Kit sighed heavily as she pulled back up in the Witwicky driveway. Jazz let her out. She threw her arms above her head and stretched until two gentle pops followed. Sighing she headed into the house after whispering a goodnight to her new guardian. She, to her relief, found the Decepticon blanket on the bed where she left it. Changing into her night clothes quickly she was ready for bed. Wrapping the blanket around her she sat down on the bed and stared off into the darkness. She often didn't sleep well in new places at first. It took her two days to get to sleep on the U.S.S. Jackson and about five at Ft. Polk. Shrugging her shoulders she became restless fairly quickly. She didn't even have a book to read and she didn't feel like writing or drawing. The urge to walk was making itself known but even she knew that she couldn't walk about in the dark here. There were too many people after her now a day. Opening her window she noticed an over hang over the back porch. She climbed out and sat down on the overhang. Looking towards the sky she wrapped the blanket around her tighter.

"You miss Starscream?"

She looked down to see Optimus. It was amusing that the big bot could sneak up like that and never hear him.

"Yeah I miss him. I wonder what he's doing and if he's fighting."

Her eyes returned to the stars. She wondered if where ever he was he was looking up at the sky too.

"Don't stay up to late, Lieutenant."

She just looked into the kind blue eyes of the big bot and nodded. He walked away. Looking towards the sky again she whispered before drifting to sleep,

"Starscream."

Kit stood once again amongst the rubble of a demolished city. There was a half buried highway sign in the rubble. Moving towards it she began to dig around it trying to figure out what city was going to be the final battle ground. The rubble slid away to reveal a sign that said Los Angeles. Flexing her hand she stood up and looked around for her guardians. It didn't take her long to find the big bots. They stood side by side looking out over the destruction of the city. Kit moved to stand between the two of them.

"So this city is the final battle ground?"

"Yes," Starscream said in a distant voice.

"Starscream is something wrong?" Kit asked.

"No matter what happens you must carry on," Jazz stated obviously.

"You two will be with me right?"

"We cannot guarantee that Kit and you know it," Starscream stated while looking down at her.

Kit looked at the two of them sadly but knew they were right this time. Someday she'd have to let go of one or both of them and the other would take up the slack of protecting her. Kit had this bad feeling that Starscream would be the one to fall. Starscream looked down at her and bent down to offer his hand to her. Climbing up to sit in his hand he brought her up to sit on his shoulder. The three looked over the landscape. The silence was killing her because there was a chance that she wouldn't be able to see them again. Kit poked Starscream in the side of the head even thought she knew it was kind of pointless.

"What are you doing Kit?"

"Poking you gotta problem with that?"

"What's the purpose?"

"There isn't one. When I was younger I had a friend that insisted on poking me every time that I would let my mind wander."

Starscream and Jazz both shook their head and laughed. Suddenly their peace was cut short by the ground shaking. Starscream reached up to steady her on his shoulder.

"Thanks Starscream."

His fingers wrapped around her waist and picked her up. He sat her behind him. Both Jazz and Starscream moved forward. She couldn't help but think that the city of Los Angeles would be the perfect backdrop to this final battle. She just hoped that she didn't loose those precious to her.

"Kit get ready he's coming."

Kit braced herself by kneeling on the ground as the two bots moved forward a little away from her. They both got into a defensive stance. Before she could even move the ground exploded underneath her and Megatron was right there making a grab for her but Starscream tackled him from the left sending them rolling around on the ground. She went to scream his name but darkness was creeping up in her vision.

Kit woke up breathing heavily. She was shaking violently not from the cold outside but from the inner cold of the thought of loosing her guardian. Getting up and going back into her room she changed quickly into her camouflaged pants. A white tank top accompanied that. Tying up her hair in a no nonsense ponytail she put on her boots and rushed out of the house. She quickly went to the shed. Jazz was in his car mode.

"Jazz!"

The Pontiac grumbled but didn't answer her. "Jazz, get up."

"Huh," the bot said in a daze.

"Jazz I know where the final battle is going to be."

"And…"

"I need to get word to Starscream and the others."

The bot shift into his humanoid form. He looked around.

"How do you propose you get a message to your companions and no I'm not driving you that far."

"I wasn't going to ask you to. That Jet autobot can get there much faster."

She stood there with her arms crossed in annoyance. She'd never ask him to drive that far not to mention it would take far too long for him to get there. She knew that the jet autobot would make it there in no time.

"I don't know if Jetfire would being willing to do it."

"Here's how I see it. If he doesn't help then I'll go to the military base and make Storm Chaser go to the base."

"You might start by asking Jetfire to help you."

"Well that's the problem I can't find him half the time."

Rubbing her forehead as if it hurt right at that moment, she sighed softly. It was starting to get to her that she knew exactly where the final showdown was going to be and she couldn't even get word to Starscream to warn him and the other two that they would be needed soon.

"What do you mean?"

"It's like he doesn't want me near him."

Jazz looked towards the ajar door and decided he'd go talk to Jetfire and Optimus had to know first.

"I'll go talk to him and inform Optimus about this new development."

"I'll talk to Optimus later about specific locations."

"All right."

"Inform me when you talk with Jetfire."

"Where are you going?"

"I need to run for awhile. It helps me to think when I'm in motion."

"But…"

"Jazz I know the risks, but I need this right now."

"Let Viper…"

"No."

She completely ignored the bot now and headed out towards the sidewalk. Getting into the right mindset she began to jog down the street. Her mind was so awash with confusion she didn't see a familiar motorcycle following her with a rider clad in all black. Kit found a stone bench and sat down and leaned forward. There was a light sheen of sweat on her forehead but it didn't matter. Leaning forward her eyes were closed tightly trying to calm herself down. There was so much at stake anymore that she was starting get nervous. She was sure that she'd need a long vacation after this. One far away from anything military or robot aliens as she could get.

"You know Kit it's dangerous being out here all by yourself in the dark," a familiar annoying voice stated.

"I know the risks Jake and frankly I don't care at this moment."

"Just giving up already?"

"Not giving up. Trying to sort through the constant turmoil that goes through my mind."

Without a by your leave Jake sat down beside her. Viper sat a short distance away in case there was any danger to the two of them. Kit sighed softly. Her fingers ran through her long locks trying to get the tangles out. There was so much on her mind that she couldn't even think to form a coherent sentence for the man sitting beside her.

"He said you were like that," Jake said cryptically.

"Like what?"

"That you were always having a lot on your mind. That it took you forever to sort things out."

She snorted at that comment. "I went to visit him the other day."

"Shocking isn't it that I am the one he hated so much?"

"I was shocked at first. I thought you were some stupid ass female Lieutenant that was use to getting her way."

She laughed humorlessly. It wasn't the first time people thought like that.

"As much as I'd love to discuss this I need to get back to see if Jazz has gotten Jetfire to help me."

Jake rose and held his hand out to her. She took it and he pulled her up. Kit sighed softly as she got on behind Jake. The two of them stormed off down the road heading back.