Before I get started I would like to thank Answerthecall, Perakeles Tandrum, and Shadowstreater27 for the follows.

Answerthecall: Flare sounds like a plausible name at this point and I'm glad that you like it so far.

Shadowstreaker27: I'm happy that I was able to capture your attention and Nightbird is in the mix of names.

Mystical (Guest): Flareup is closely related to Flare, but that would be plausible as well.

(Guest): I'm glad that you think that this is great and I do plan to keep on going.

Steel Autobot: I'm happy that you believe that this story is "Awesome"

Now to the story…

Chapter Three

It had been almost a week now since the DINGIS incident and I hadn't been permitted to leave the base, wherever the hell that was, and I was starting to get restless. I wanted out of here and this wasn't helping me out one bit. The worst thing about this situation was I felt totally out of control of my own life and to tell you the truth, I most likely was. I was confined to my own room with a cot and a computer, and that was it. If I wanted to go anywhere around this place, I needed an escort of three guards and that totally ticked me off. I was currently inside of my "cell" and on the computer trying to get past all of the firewalls that MECH had set up against hackers when I heard a knock on the doorway. I sighed and just shut off the computer screen. "Who is it?" I asked.

"It's me, Silas."

"What is it?" I asked rubbing my temples.

"May I come in?"

"I don't really want you to." I answered.

"Very well," Silas replied. "Did you know those two kids that were in the train?"

"No," I lied. "I was surprised to see kids in the train car when I cut through the roof. Why am I being confined to this room? What did I do wrong? Why can't I go to school?"

"You're being confined to this room because I do not need a curious teenager wandering my base and no you did nothing wrong," Silas replied. "As for the reason that you cannot go back to school, the government could have traced me to you and therefore use you as a possible lead against MECH."

"So that's another reason why I'm being held here?" I asked.

"Not held," Silas chided. "Watched."

I didn't reply and soon I heard the sound of boots walking away on the metal floor. I turned the monitor back on and resumed hacking into the mainframe of MECH's computer. When I finally succeeded, I placed a flash drive into the USB spot and started to download some information. I smiled, MECH shouldn't have taught me how to hack without being caught. I briefly considered placing a spider-bug virus inside of the mainframe, but decided against it. That would have been too risky on my part. The download finished and I ejected the flash drive. I placed it in a pocket that was located on the right side of my pants and I made sure that it was secure. Tonight, I thought. Tonight I'll make my escape from this gigantic mistake.

For the rest of the day I watched the clock tick away until I was sure that a new guard was placed outside of my door. I started to slow my breathing down to calm myself down in preparation for my escape. My plan was simple: get to the hangar and steal a plane or helicopter, and then use that to escape. Knock out anybody who got in my way.

I walked over to my computer and killed the security cameras with a virus and planted a spider-bug virus within the system. I had decided in the end that I should plant one in there anyway. I went to the door and knocked on it three times signaling that I wanted to leave. "Really, Beau?" a voice asked.

"I need to use the bathroom, I've been holding it in all day." I replied.

"Fine." A voice responded irritably.

I smirked slightly and then hid it as the door opened. I saw that it was only the one guard. I quickly pulled him in and choked him out. I placed the unconscious body on the cot and took the keys off of him. I was still in my MECH body armor and I didn't care at the moment. I put on my mask and walked out of the room. I closed the door and locked it and then broke the key off inside of the lock. Whoops. I thought. I hadn't intended for that to happen, I wanted them to at least be able to get the poor guy out. I made my way to the hangar and saw an Apache helicopter and an F-22 Raptor. I climbed into the cockpit of the Raptor and strapped myself in. I had flown an F-22 three times before and I was comfortable with how it worked. I started take off preparations and exited the hangar. I took off and started flying south.

I reached altitude quickly enough and took deep breaths as my heart was hammering. I couldn't believe it; I had escaped MECH for the moment. Now where can I go? I questioned. I have MECH's plans in my pocket and I'm pretty sure that the American government would like those plans in their hands. Would I go to DC? I snorted in disgust at the last part of that thought. Scratch that, I'd most likely get shot down before I even entered DC's airspace!

I flew south for about twenty minutes before a signal started to flash and I felt the jet jolt to the right. I looked out of the cockpit and behind me to see smoke coming out of the right engine. "Shit." I cursed. I saw a mountain range coming up and I grimaced in preparation for what I was about to do.

I pulled the lever from underneath the pilot seat and I was ejected just as the F-22 started to nosedive. The parachute opened up and I waited for the chute to bring me back down to solid ground. That's the last time I'm stealing an F-22. I thought with grim amusement.

When I finally got to the ground, it wasn't in the way I thought I would have made it. My chute got tangled in a tree and I became stuck there. I unbuckled myself from the chair and the chair thudded down thirty feet to the ground, but I remained stuck to the parachute. I reached for my folding knife in my left chest leg pocket and pulled it out. I looked beneath me and then back up at the cords keeping me attached to this tree. I grabbed onto a tree branch with my right hand after I opened the knife and I then proceeded to cut the cord on my left shoulder. I cut through that with ease and I slipped a little bit. I then cut through the cord on my right shoulder and I was glad that I was holding onto the tree branch, because I fell all the way down so that I was fully extended and only my right arm was keeping me from falling to my death. I noticed another tree branch just underneath the one that I was holding and I let go and immediately grabbed the other one with both arms. I was then able to fold the knife and put it in a chest pocket. My heart was hammering and adrenaline was coursing through my veins. I lowered myself to the branch beneath me and did that until I reached a point where it was safe for me to just jump out of the tree. I landed with a thud and started walking towards the south. I paused and looked behind me to see a plume of smoke from where I had crashed and I wondered if anything was still salvageable from the crash site. I removed the MECH mask and threw it onto the ground. I hope that I never have to wear something like that again, I thought.

I resumed walking south once again and I kept walking until the sun went down. I used my knife to cut off some small branches and I was lucky enough to find flint stones in my back pocket to start a fire. I found a place with a small alcove in it and made my camping spot there after checking to see if there were signs of any animals' dens there. I built the small fire and closed my eyes to get some rest, totally unaware that I had eyes watching me.

Unknown's POV

I watched the indigenous species of the planet earth, known as a human being, after it crashed its mode of transportation. Lucky enough for me, it crashed it right over my pod so I didn't have to worry about the Decepticons finding the site. The human was obviously male and seemed fairly young for the species. I was pleasantly surprised when I saw that he made his camp in a place that seemed fairly defensible and would keep him safe from wild predators, in theory anyway because it was not in my nature to let that sort of thing happen to a child or any innocent being to be killed by a wild animal. The shelter also provided protection from the elements of this planet. I would keep a watch on this youngling until he found his way back to his own species and then I would find my way to mine.

Beau's POV

I woke up fairly early and saw that it was still dark out. I groaned and removed the body armor from my body. I set it all in the alcove before I exited it and then I started walking again. I made sure that I still had my knife and flint on me before I got too far and I was satisfied that it did. I nodded once in satisfaction and started to jog. I jogged for roughly an hour before I forced myself to stop and take a break. The sun had come up over the mountains a little over twenty minutes ago and I took deep breaths to get my panting under control before I took in my surroundings. So far there still weren't any signs of roads or civilization anywhere. I was currently up on a ridge overlooking a valley when I noticed a large smoldering wreck of something. I squinted at the wreck down in the valley and frowned, that seemed extremely large for wreckage. It looked more like an explosion had taken out whatever had been there. I started to climb down the ridge and it took me half an hour to get to the bottom of the ridge safely. I approached the still smoldering wreckage and stopped about ten feet away taking in the shear size of the thing. What could have caused this? I thought. It looks almost like the outline of a ship or a… my eyes widened in a sudden thought, What about those things that we saw trying to retrieve the DINGIS? Could they have made something like this? If they did, exactly how big are they?

I shook my head in wonder and I turned away from whatever it was that was left of whatever and I heard an odd swishing sound. I turned back around and saw a white web flying towards me. My eyes widened and I ducked underneath the web. I looked around for the source and didn't see it. My heart started to pound and I felt it rising into my throat. I never before had felt as afraid as I did in that moment. I started backing up and I raised my right arm behind me to start to search for a handhold and it was quickly bound to the rock in the sticky webbing that I had just avoided. "Shit!" I swore as I felt myself get slammed into the rock. I then heard an even stranger sound, the sound of soft metal clinking on the ground coming towards me. I didn't think it was possible, but my eyes got even wider than they were already when I saw what was making those sounds. It was a gigantic metal looking robotic being supported by six spider looking limbs.

"It looks like I've finally managed to capture what I was looking for," the being said in a female voice that was sinister and had a touch of insanity in it. "A human being as they're known as, your head will make an excellent start to my new collection."

"What the hell are you talking about?" I demanded. "Who made you?"

"No body made me, child," the being said. "I was born just as you were, I however am not an inhabitant of this planet."

"You're an alien?"

"To you I am."

"What are you?"

"I am what is considered a Cybertronian, not that it matters to your pitiful life."

"You know that humans aren't really all that special," I said. "We fight and kill each other just like any other animal on this planet. Our species seems to enjoy violence, if that's what you're looking for I think that you'll find it."

The being landed on its own two feet and approached me, I still had to crane my neck to look up at it though. "Your life means nothing to me, insect," it said.

"Funny that you should call me that, I mean you do have the six legs that support you when you're not like this." I said with a slight smirk.

The robotic being narrowed its eyes and then I felt pain shoot across my face. I was pretty sure that it had just cut me from my right temple to bottom of my left jaw. "Ouch." I said feeling blood trickle down my face.

"I should just kill you now and get it over with."

"I agree, you should," I said looking into its eyes. "After all, I don't think that it'd be befitting a magnificent being like yourself to be unmerciful."

"Fine, I'll give you one hour to live," the being said, "and then I will kill you."

"So you enjoy sport or something?" I asked.

"I enjoy games." It replied before walking away on its other six appendages.

My left hand slipped into one of my pants' pockets on my left side and I pulled out my knife. I bit the blade as I opened it with my left hand. I then looked around to see if the thing was anywhere in the area. I tried cutting through the webbing, but the only thing I could do was lift it up. I was only being held to the rock by the webbing from my hand to just below my elbow. I'll only do that if I have no other choice. I thought. I wasn't quite desperate enough to try what had crept into the back of my mind.

I tried cutting the webbing once again and found that I was only getting one strand at a time. I heard the sound of fighting and the sound of metal hitting metal. I closed my eyes and steeled myself for what I now knew what I must do if I even had a remote chance of living. I gripped the hilt of the knife with grim determination and closed my eyes. I took a deep breath and made the first cut. I then started the long process of cutting my arm off in order for me to escape. I left the knife embedded in my arm as I pulled out my parents' dog tags and placed them in my mouth so that I could bite down on them instead of my lower lip. I bit down harder as I continued to saw away at my arm with tears streaming down my face. I let out sobs between my clenched teeth, never before had I experienced such acute pain. I never believed that I would have to do this mutilation to myself either, yet here I was cutting my own arm off with a three and a half inch blade. When I was finally able to come free from the rock face, I slid down it in pain. I was able to remove my shirt and I don't know how I did it, but I used the shirt as a bandage and tied it to the stump that was now my right arm. I managed to get myself standing and I did my best to ignore the pain that I was feeling. I started to walk away from the now bloody rock face. I made it to the tree line and then collapsed out of exhaustion, blood loss, and shock. The sound of the fighting had now stopped from what I could still hear and I heard the sound of heavy footsteps running towards me. God, if you're there, please let me see my parents when I go. I thought.

I heard a gasp and I turned my head to look and I saw a giant golden, female looking robot. She touched a side of her head and then I closed my eyes surrendering to the eternal darkness.

Authors Note:

Usually I hate cliffhangers, but here I am doing one (I think).

Please let me know what you think.