Disclaimer: I own NOTHING!!! Nothing I say! If I did I would be so happy. I'd love to have a car that could transform… however that is impossible…for now anyway. Thanks again to all those who are reading and/or reviewing. Now on with chap. 4.

A Friend Departs, and Rivals Arrive

"Are you positive that it was Barricade?" you could hear the seriousness in his voice as Optimus questioned Hana.

Once Hana had gotten to Sam and Mikaela's school she told them what she saw. Quickly the three climbed into Bumblebee and took off for the Autobot base. They had arrived to find Optimus and the others waiting for them outside, for Bumblebee had sent them a message briefly explaining what was up. Now Hana was telling Optimus exactly what she'd seen

"Well I assume it was him." Hana had her left elbow in her right hand with her hand to her chin, physically showing how hard she was thinking. "It said "to punish and enslave on the backend, and there was a small symbol that looked similar to the Autobot symbol but different, on the back. It looked like…"she reached into her bag and brought out her sketch book, sketching wildly. "this."

"That is the Decepticon symbol all right." Ironhide stated, his canon humming quietly.

"Continue." Optimus encouraged in a softer tone.

"The only thing that confused me was that I saw some cop in the drivers seat. I know that the Decepticons don't particularly like humans so…" Hana stopped, as she didn't quite know how to put it.

"That was probably a hologram." Ratchet stated from where he stood by Optimus.

"It looked a little solid to be a hologram." Hana furrowed her eyebrows in confusion.

"It could have been his holomatter but as that would take up much of his energy supplies I find it highly unlikely. We can create fairly life like holograms that work just as well for concealing ourselves, and they do not take up nearly as much energy." Ratchet explained.

"Holo what?" Sam asked.

"Each of us has a holomatter generator. With it we can create a solid form that we can transfer our conscience into. However it is very exhausting and can run through or energy supplies very quickly. At best we can keep them activated for 2 hours." Ratchet informed him.

"Cool."

"So what should we do now?" Mikaela asked looking around at the Autobots.

"Until we know further on what he is planning we can not do much. He is by himself at the moment and it would be foolish of him to attack with no other Decepticons to back him up. However I suggest we keep a closer eye on the children. He could very well plan on taking them, and if he did I do not even want to think of what could happen to them." Optimus told his fellow Autobots and human friends, looking at each of them while speaking.

"I agree. I sense that things are going to become more complicated and dangerous in the near future." Ratchet stated, looking at the sky as if expecting Decepticons to come flying down towards them and start attacking.

"Well if the Decepticons are starting to come out again I had best hurry and finish what I came here to do. I will make sure to warn John Keller, and William Lennox upon my return." Hana spoke up, already heading towards the door to the base.

Optimus nodded. Ironhide followed her to lend his assistance. Sam and Mikaela got their stuff from the weekend and got Bumblebee to give them a lift to their homes, leaving Optimus and Ratchet. The two watched as their comrades and friends drove off, then they followed the other two into the base and the door closed behind them.

[Early the next day

"Well I'm off."

"It was a pleasure to meet you Hana Furlwing. We hope to see you again soon." Optimus put his hand forward and she shook his finger.

"And it was a pleasure to meet you, all of you. Please tell Sam and Mikaela that I said bye. I'll come back as soon as possible." Hana smiled happily and turned towards the yellow camaro that was parked behind her. With a final wave goodbye she climbed in and the door closed behind. Then the car left across the clearing heading towards the Airport. When Bee pulled on to the highway Hana spoke up, it was still really early she noticed, 6 o'clock.

"I hope my brother will be pleased with these." She mused out loud. "Sometimes he can be an old stick in the mud."

The car made a series of clicks and noises that alerted Hana to the fact that he was confused. "Oh sorry. I mean he can be quite…picky. I love him though. He can be cold and intimidating but really his kind and compassionate." She spoke to the steering wheel thinking that's where he saw her from.

They sat in silence for the rest of the trip, aside from the quiet music Bee was playing on his radio. She listened intently to the soft sounds and leaned back in the seat, lightly dozing. It took them till about 7:30 to get there.

"Thank you for the ride Bumblebee. I really appreciate it. I'll see you all again soon." Hana said while grabbing her bags. She then ran for the airport door as she didn't know when the next flight left and she didn't want to have to wait 5 hours. "Bye Bee!" She turned and waved and then continued for the door. She heard the car rev its engine in response and she could hear music playing but she couldn't make out what song it was. She smiled happily and was practically jumping with excitement. It was taking a lot of effort not to. She couldn't wait to come back.

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"I seriously…hate math." Sam groaned, dropping his head on the desk.

Mikaela just laughed at him. Math class had just ended and no they had to go to History. Thankfully it was the last class of the day. Mikaela waited patiently for Sam as he gathered up his books then the two headed down the hall towards their next class. Once they finally pushed threw the crowded hallway they arrived just s the bell rang. Sam and Mikaela took their seats that were now beside each other.

"Hey Mikaela." A voice came from behind her.

Mikaela turned to see the girl who sat behind her. "Hey Alexis."

Alexis and Mikaela had become class friends, as the two of them didn't talk much outside of school. Alexis was an intelligent girl but she wasn't geeky and nor was she part of the I'm-so-much-better-then-you group. Mikaela knew that Alexis had at least two friends. She couldn't remember their names at the moment though. Appearance wise, Alexis had shoulder length brown hair that was choppy around the bottom and she had these sparkling emerald eyes. Currently she was wearing an orange shirt with tree-quarter length sleeves, capris and white sneakers and socks.

"How was your weekend? Alexis asked while sitting down.

"Oh well, it was…interesting." Mikaela smirked looking at Sam threw the corner of her eye.

"Don't even mention it." Sam grumbled also sitting down, while absent-mindedly rubbing the spot on the back of his head.

"Oh? What happen?" Alexis inquired.

"Oh um…" Mikaela started trying to come up with something to tell the girl but thankfully was cut off as the teacher came in.

The rest of the class went by without incident. The bell finally rang and Sam and Mikaela got up to leave. They went outside once getting ride of the books they didn't need and putting them into their lockers. However once they got outside they saw that Bumblebee wasn't there…which was unusual. They shrugged it off thinking he could be busy helping the other Autobots, so they walked home.

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Ratchet was in the communications room, not particularly doing anything. He had rearranged the med-bay to his liking and was now taking a break. His attention was suddenly redirected to the computer on the opposite side of the room from the door as he heard beeps coming from it. He walked over to it and brought something up to fill the screen. He scanned it over checking to see what had caused the beeping.

"Oh no…" Ratchet immediately activated his com-link. "Optimus! Come down to the communications room we got a problem!"

Not even a minute later Ratchet could hear the heavy footsteps of his leader as he came running down the hallway. The door was shoved open to reveal Optimus looking serious. "What's the problem?" he demanded.

"We've picked up three signals coming towards Earth." Ratchet explained urgently, enhancing the image. "Two are heading for the state of Oregon and another is heading our way."

"Are they Autobots…or Decepticons?" Optimus asked almost apprehensively.

"Unfortunately two of them are Decepticons…the two heading for Oregon. The one heading towards us is and Autobot I have yet to clarify the designation." Ratchet answered.

"How long until they land?"

"One hour."

"What's wrong?" a voice sounded behind them.

Optimus and Ratchet turned to see Bumblebee and Ironhide as they entered the communications room. They came to stand by Optimus and Ratchet and both looked at the screen.

"Great, more slaggin Decepticons." Ironhide grumbled out, his canons coming to life.

"Any idea which ones they are?" Bumblebee asked.

"No…not yet." Ratchet said. "Wait…Bumblebee, shouldn't you be going to pick up young Sam and Mikaela?"

"…"

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"Hey! Mikaela!" Alexis shouted running down the sidewalk after Sam and Mikaela.

The two of them had left school only an hour ago, and were just taking their time getting home. They had been just about to cut through a construction site as a short cut. The two turned around to see the girl coming up to them.

"Hi. What's up?" Mikaela asked, s confused look on her face. Alexis usually got a drive home.

"Well, I was waiting for my dad to come get me at school but he called me and told me he couldn't come get me because he was stuck at work. I knew that you guys lived in roughly the same area I do so I was gonna walk with you if that's alright." Alexis explained.

Mikaela looked at Sam who only shrugged his shoulders, then she turned back to Alexis. "Sure."

"You know you two walk really fast." Alexis said once they had resumed walking.

"Really?"

"Yeah."

The three of them were roughly in the middle of the construction area when they passed under an unfinished part of the building, walking by a fished portion that was in shadows. Just then bright lights showered upon them as an engine burst to life. The three off them jumped and quickly turned and then they turned the direction they'd been going and ran.

"RRRRRRRRAAAAW!" Tires spun as the black and white cop car tore out of its hiding place and charged after the kids, giving a roar of furry.

"RUN!" Sam shouted, even though they already were.

"Why is that cop chasing us?" Alexis asked hurriedly.

"It isn't a cop, but there's no time to AHH!" Mikaela stopped mid sentence and screamed as the vehicle in question sped past them and blocked their path. The three skid to a halt and quickly spun around and headed back the way they came. However the car had no intention of letting them leave. It came up on there left forcing them to turn right which lead them into a dead end. They stared in fear and frustration at the tall wooden fence that surrounded the construction site. They turned around to face the car. It had skidded to a stop and now faced them. They heard it as it revved its engine dangerously, its tires spinning as it built up speed. Suddenly it released its breaks and flew towards them…they were trapped.

"AHHHH!" They all screamed. Mikaela clung to Sam and Alexis put her arms in front of her bracing herself although it was futile.

SMASH

Sam, Mikaela and Alexis all lifted their heads and looked at where the cop car had been and they now saw a yellow camaro, which had obviously rammed the other. More dust was kicked up as the black and white one went into reverse and while doing so started changing shape. Metal moved against metal, grinding against each other as it shifted. Alexis watched in fear as the car stood up and once finished transforming towered above them. Her gaze quickly shifted o that of the yellow camaro as it too changed and stood, although not as tall also towered above them.

"Bumblebee!" Sam cried out in happiness.

Just then they heard sirens and the three teens turned to look behind Bumblebee and saw a third vehicle. It was a search and rescue hummer. It pulled up beside the yellow one and also turned into a giant alien robot.

"Wha…"

Alexis hardly had any time to speak as the black/white cop car flung itself towards the smaller yellow car. Bumblebee fell under the weight and the two proceeded to grapple with each other. The black/white one pulled back slightly and punched the smaller one in the head, the yellow one retaliated by kicking the bigger one off with his foot. The bigger fell backwards a couple dozen meters away landing hard on it's back causing the ground to tremble. It quickly got up and while doing so grabbed one of the huge metal beams that were on the ground beside him and threw it in the direction of Bumblebee. Bumblebee dodged but quickly regretted doing so as a smirk appeared on the bigger ones face. Her turned quickly watching in dread as the beam flew towards the children.

"Oh god!" Alexis screamed.

They were quickly relieved when the beam was cut in two and the pieces sent flying in different directions landing further away from them on ether side. Sam and Mikaela looked up at the search and rescue robot as the saw that was connected to it's left arm came to a halt.

Their heads soon whipped back to look at the black/white car as it let out another roar only this one was a roar of frustration. It glared at the two other bots and then with yet another roar spun around and transformed in mid air, landing with a thud and speeding off.

"Thanks guys!" Sam stated looking up at the two bots in front of them.

The two came over to them and the taller one knelt down to rest on one knee. "Are you all alright?" he asked concernedly.

"I think so. What about you?" Sam turned to look behind him, as did Mikaela to look at Alexis. Alexis however was not looking at, or even listening to them. She was staring at the two huge figures with fear and shock on her face and showing clearly in her eyes.

"What's going on!"

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'I am definitely taking my jet next time.'

Hana was sitting in the plane heading towards Arlington, Virginia where, once she got there would be heading for the Pentagon. She had been in the plane for only a little while but she hating going so slow. She had had to transfer flights, which had taken only like forever. The flight had been delayed a couple of hours so they had only just left, roughly half an hour ago.

'I wonder when I'll be able to head back. It'll take a while for the building to get underway. Actually, now that I think of it I wonder if my brother knows about these guys…probably.' Hana thought as she gazed out the window at the clouds.

Just then she felt the plane start to shake violently as did everyone else on board as she could hears shouts erupting from the people. The plane tipping left and right under the force of whatever was causing the plane to shake. The flight attendants clung to the closest thing to them, and the passengers started screaming and shouting in terror, fearing that the plane was going to crash ending their lives.

Hana clung to the arms of her chair squeezing her eyes shut. She opened them however as she heard a whistling sound through the noise of plane and the yells from the people on board. She glanced around rapidly but couldn't find the source of the noise. She looked out the window fearing that it was the plane plummeting towards the ground. However as she looked out she noticed that they weren't, but she could still her the slight whistle. She was then alerted to another rumbling sound which seemed to cause the plane to tremble even more so. She continued to look out the window and seconds later she saw something which caused her to hold her breath. It was a huge meteor, flames all around it. As she looked at it she noticed that it didn't look like any normal meteor, she saw reflections in it almost as if it was…metal?

The meteor flew by in a matter of seconds but it seemed to last hours. The plane slowly started to cease shaking until it finally stopped altogether. The flight attendants slowly stood up and looked around, then they proceeded to check on everyone to make sure the passengers were okay one going to check on the pilot. They finally came to her seat and the two others in the seats beside her.

"Are you alright?" she asked concernedly.

The other two answered asking what had happened but Hana wasn't really paying attention. She continued to stare out the window lost in thought. She had a strange feeling that she knew what that was and she hopped it was one of the good guys. She was again reminded of the importance of her task and she fully intended to carry it out.

Well that's chap. Four. That was my first ever battle scene…as short as it was. It wasn't meant to be long, so go easy on me. Oh, if any of you know where Tranquility is located I would greatly appreciate it if you could tell me. So please review.