"Damn it Ratchet! Where the hell are you!?" Jazz cursed over the com-link.
"We're almost there! We've got Sam Mikaela and Miley with us!" came the reply of the medic bot.
Jazz looked down to human female in his arms; her breathing was shallow and quick and he noticed that she was still bleeding.
"Damn it Audrey, stay with me..." he whispered to her and she gave his large hand a weak squeeze and winced.
"I-I-..." she choked trying to form the words to what she need to say.
"Audrey...don't..." he began but stopped when he felt her squeeze his hand again as if signaling for him to stop talking.
"I-I'm s-s-sorry..." she finally managed to say before her eyes closed.
"Audrey...Audrey!" the Autobot looked down at her in fear as he tried to wake her.
The sound of a siren caught his attention and he looked through the open garage door to see Ratchet and the other Autobots pulling up.
Sam and the two girls stepped out of Bumblebee as soon as the yellow Camaro came to a stop and then ran over to the silver Autobot and their fallen friend.
"Oh my god! Jazz what happened?!" Mikaela shouted as she looked on in horror at the mechanics injured form.
"I don't know!" he snapped back.
Mikaela drew back slightly but did not criticize him for his tone.
Sam looked around the garage for possible clues to what happened when he spotted the little Jack Russell Terrier, Francis huddling under some scrap metal whimpering.
"...I found Francis..."Sam said as he reached down and gently pulled the frightened dog out from underneath the sheet metal. Cradling it in his arms he walked back over to the Autobots and the girls who were placing Audrey onto a stretcher and getting her in the back of Ratchet as best they could.
"Where are you going to take her...?" Mikaela asked softly.
"The military base isn't to far from here..." Ironhide replied.
"That's a good Forty five minutes away...and that's disobeying the speed limit..." Optimus said slowly and looked down to the humans for help.
"The hospital is only ten miles away." Miley suddenly said and looked up to the red and blue transformer.
"What are we gonna tell them?" Mikaela asked quietly knowing that the hospital would ask questions.
"Don't worry...I have an idea..." Sam said and hand the shaking terrier off to his girlfriend.
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It was a odd sight to see a rescue Hummer speeding down the road with two sports cars, Peterbilt and a GMC Topkick right on its tail, it just wasn't common, but no one seemed to want to get in their way, no matter how strange it was.
"What are we gonna tell them?" Mikaela finally decided to question her boyfriend; breaking the silence in the sporty yellow Camaro.
"We're going to say that she was working on our car and there was and accident and this happened..." he said slowly looking over to his blue eyed girlfriend and then back to Miley who looked back to him and nodded sadly while stroking Francis.
"They won't buy that!" Mikaela snapped, feeling very flustered over the whole situation.
"Well we don't know what happened either! So they're gonna have to buy it!" he yelled back at her.
"...Guys..."Miley said weakly, not wanting them to fight anymore.
"WHAT!?" they both shouted back to her, making her jump a little in her seat.
She then sank down in her seat and decided not to say any more.
Bumblebee drove on quietly, wishing there was some way he could comfort his human female.
"Hospital, two block down." came Ratchets voice over the radio. "What's the plan?" he then questioned the humans.
"Get as close to the hospital as you can, but don't get caught." Sam replied softly.
"Understood."
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The Autobots parked just around the corner of the hospital in the shadows; immediately Sam, Mikaela and Miley stepped out of Bumblebee and rushed over to Ratchet and proceeded in carefully taking Audrey off the stretcher. Jazz began to roll forward and looked as though he was about to transform when Optimus stopped him.
"Jazz now is not the time!" the leader hissed lowly at the lieutenant.
"But,...Audrey-" the silver Pontiac began but was interrupted by the Peterbilt.
"There is nothing we can do now...It is out of our hands Jazz...The humans will take care of her..." Optimus said softly trying to calm the Autobot down.
Jazz fell silent as the teens managed to hoist the mechanic from the medic bot. Quickly yet gently Sam and Mikaela slung her arms around their shoulders and braced themselves and then slowly began to walk towards the corner. When they reached the corner they had Miley run a head of them to get help and as she disappeared inside the building they rounded the corner slowly.
Soon a group of nurses rushed out the doors with the young teen in the lead; immediately they rushed over to Sam and Mikaela, taking Audrey from them and placing her hurriedly on a rolling stretcher. The teens then rushed into the building after the group of medics only to be told they would have to wait out in the waiting room.
The three teens sat down on one of the plastic covered couches and waited.
"...Do you think she'll be alright...?" Miley finally decided to ask out loud.
"...She's a tough one...but...I don't know..." Sam replied softly while starring at the floor.
There was a moment of silence and then Mikaela spoke up.
"I'm sorry I snapped at you earlier in the car..." she said looking over to her friend who gave her a weak smile.
"Don't worry about it..." was the reply.
"Me too..." the teenaged boy said shortly after. "And I'm sorry I yelled at you Mikaela." he said looking over to his girlfriend.
"I'm sorry too..." she replied.
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It was close to around one o'clock in the morning when a doctor finally entered the room and walked over to the three teens.
"How is she?" Sam said quickly looking up to the man tiredly.
"She's doing well; your cousin is a very lucky woman." the doctor said.
'My COUSIN?!' Sam's mind screamed and he slowly looked over to Miley who gave him a weak smile.
"When can we see her?" Mikaela said quickly before Sam had a chance to say something stupid.
"You are welcome to see her right now if you wish." he said and jotted down a room number on a scrap of paper and handed it to her.
"Thank you doctor." she replied and the other two nodded at him; he gave them a short nod and then left the room.
"My cousin?!" Sam hissed over to Miley.
"I-I-I got nervous...and well...I kind of said she was your cousin..." the girl said shyly.
"We look nothing alike!" he replied and then added. "Anybody else suddenly related?"
"No..." was the short reply.
"Come on you guys, let's go pay her a visit..." Mikaela said tiredly and stood up and Sam and Miley followed her lead.