Here we are chapter 15. He he he, this story is going great if I do say so myself. Thank you to all my reviewers, I'm glad you liked it.

And without further delay…

"I've sent a report saying that you're not here" Lennox approached me "They say that we need to keep searching the other possible locations but I think I'll leave that until tomorrow"

I was perched on Optimus's bonnet, watching blankly. Lennox had been on the phone for about twenty minutes with me listening intently. Epps had gone to inform the rest of the team about what was happening and Abbie was sound asleep inside Bumblebee. That left me, Fig and Lennox. A few seconds of awkward silence followed.

"So-um-what are you going to do now?" I asked

"Pretend to keep searching for you, and then go home to my wife and daughter" Lennox said "What about you? From what I can gather from the reports you're and orphan"

I nodded silently and he continued speaking.

"You can't stay in hiding forever Ally. The government want to find you so they can protect you. Now I don't why the government would be doing something like that but, with all the crazy shit I've seen in the past few days, I'm willing to believe anything"

My head snapped up. Okay yes, this guy probably saw a lot of weird stuff, being in the army and all, but there was something in the way he said it.

"You were a survivor of the base attack" I gasped, sliding off Optimus onto the ground. Starscream had said that the Decepticons had hacked a military base. And I was betting anything to do with Decepticons hacking meant a lot of dead people.

"How do you know about that?" Fig asked, thankfully in English. Ignoring him I faced Lennox. This man knew about the robots. He might not have known all the details but he knew that they existed. Suddenly everything made sense.

"That's why they sent you and your team to find me isn't it" I was more talking to myself than anything "Because the Government don't want to get to many others caught up in this so they send a team that already knows and already has experience fighting these guys. Oh my god it totally makes sense now, they sent you guys instead of that pompous Simmons dude because once he saw what he was going up against he knew he needed people with experience"

"What?" Was all Lennox said. Fig was looking at me weirdly as well "Are you saying that you know about all of this?"

"Depends on what 'All of this' is" I shrugged

"You know about the robots" Lennox clarified

"Did I say robots in my little speech just then?"

"No but you implied it. Unless 'these guys' means something else" Lennox shot a nervous glance at the vehicles "Are they…"

Thankfully I was saved by Epps who strode into the room followed by about ten others. All of them looked surprised when they saw me. On closer examination I saw that not one of them was without some kind of injury, whether it was a black eye, a graze, a cut or stitches. Now I was paying attention I could see the large graze on Lennoxs' temple.

"Is this the girl that we're looking for?" One of the men asked

"Yep, and she's coming with us now" Lennox took my arm

"What?" I jerked away "I thought you said that you weren't going to take me"

"I wasn't, but now that I know why the Government wants you I feel like I have to" Lennox raised his hands in surrender "I think it's for your own good Allison. I've seen these robots in action and if the Government wants you because of them then I'm taking you in whether you like it or not"

One of the Autobots rumbled slightly but I held up a hand. I didn't want to resort to these guys showing themselves.

Don't transform. If they see you, I think that these army dude are more the 'shot first, ask questions later' kind of guys. They've had bad experience with your kind and I highly doubt that they will take kindly to having more robots towering over them I forced that thought into their minds. Not one of them seemed happy but they obeyed and didn't transform. I'll go with them now and you are very welcome to follow us but please don't attack or do anything stupid. I'm sure I'll be fine.

I managed a weak smile at Lennox. Going with the army was so far down my list of things to do it had fallen off the list but Lennox was right with one thing. I couldn't stay in hiding forever.

Inside Bumblebee Abbie stirred. I had almost completely forgotten about my friend. I thought quickly. I couldn't bring Abbie with me, as much as I wanted to, and she wouldn't take too kindly to any of this so I thought of the next best alternative.

Bumblebee, take Abbie home. When she wakes up explain to her what happened and get her to give you the directions. Tell her I'll come as soon as I can Bumblebee hesitated but buzzed softly in agreement. I nodded my thanks then returned my full attention to Lennox.

"Well I haven't got all day" With that I whirled and stalked out the door.

oOo

The trip back was very quiet. Nobody spoke to anyone else and if they did is was to apologise for bumping into each other. I rode in the front passenger seat, staring blankly out the window, every now and then checking the wing mirrors. If the Autobots were following they were doing a very good job of keeping themselves hidden. I hadn't even seen Starscream fly overhead.

I completely ignored the man driving and looked back at Lennox and Epps who were sitting in the back with the rest of the men.

"How long is the drive?" I asked.

"Not long. About three hours, depending on traffic" My heart sank. Anything over fifteen minutes was long in my terminology. I hated long car journeys with a passion and this was when I had my iPod or a book to keep me entertained. Now, I had nothing like that and my only company was a bunch of brooding guys. I sank down into my seat and pouted. This was going to be a long trip.

About an hour and half later we were bumping our way steadily along the back roads of some old country town. I was so bored I had actually resulted to plaiting my hair into tiny little plaits just to give myself something to do. A few of the men in the back had fallen asleep and the rest were playing with their guns or staring out the back of the van. Epps was fiddling with his phone and Lennox was staring straight ahead at the wall of the van. I had suspicions that he was asleep with his eyes open.

I shifted my position again to try and get some feeling back into my numb bum before checking the wing mirrors again. When I saw no fancy trucks or cars or F-22s I sat back in my seat and continued to watch the road ahead.

We were just going over a small bump in the road when the truck jerked violently, jerking me forward in my seat. If it hadn't been for the seat belt I would have been pitched out the window.

"Holy Shit, what was that?" The driver yelled. The car jerked again, even more violently than before, then was flung off the road.

I screamed in terror as we rolled a few meters before coming to a stop, thankfully the right way up. Gasping I loosened my grip on the seat belt, just as the car shook again.

"Alright everyone out of the vehicle now" Lennox shoved his men out of the back "Keep your guns ready at all times"

When my door didn't open at first I slammed my foot against it and it swung open. I hopped lightly to the ground and looked around. My eyes widened when I saw what was rearing up over me. It was big, very big and it looked like a giant scorpion. Its' long barbed tail swung back and forth dangerously as it scuttled a bit closer to me. Paralysed I swallowed back a shriek as its' yellow optics shuttered and opened in a slow blink.

"Ally, step back from it" Lennoxs' voice echoed into my consciousness but I remained stationary. I was semi aware of the army milling behind me, their guns all trained in on the robot.

"What do you want?" I found my voice at last. The scorpion didn't answer and due to the fact it had no mouth I highly doubted it could, well in words at least.

Then without fother warning, its tail lashed out at me in a single fluid movement. I leapt to one side, but not fast enough. The long barb was driven straight into my arm causing me to howl in pain. After twisting it around for a few seconds the barb was yanked out and driven forward again. I ducked down just in time, clutching my injured arm. Blood seeped between my fingers in a steady trickle from the wound.

Gunfire filled my ears as the army opened fire. The scorpion backed off slowly giving me enough time to drag myself away from it. The bullets weren't damaging the robot though; they simply bounced off its metal skin, even though it did flinch when the bullets hit its face. A sudden idea came to me.

"Aim for its eyes" I called to the army. The eyes were the only part of it that weren't armoured. Lennox nodded to show he had heard me then gave the order to his men. Immediately all gun fire was trained at the robots face and eyes. It shrieked in agony as one bullet connected, shorting out its optic and blinding it in that side. Then it renewed its attack. I winced as one of its missiles exploded the ground near some of the men sending them flying backwards. One of the guns skittered along the ground to my feet. Ignoring the excruciating pain in my arm I scooped it up. I had seen plenty of movies which involved guns and all the actors had done was pull the trigger.

"How hard can it be" I whispered, raising the gun up to my face. Praying silently to myself I squeezed the trigger and unleashed a barrage of bullets. Most of them missed the target completely but a few impacted. And that was enough apparently because soon its focus was back on me, which wasn't exactly what I had been aiming for.

"Oh crap" I dove out of the way as a missile was launched at me. A split second before it hit I activated a force field. The colour deepened to an electric blue as the missile hit the shield then it faded back to clear. I was aware of the men staring at me in amazement but my attention was mostly drawn to the robot that had scuttled closer. Its barb shot forward and rebounded off the shield.

"That's not gonna work sunshine" I smirked. My arm was burning, I could feel exhaustion creeping up on me but I could also hear a jet. "I don't think anything can penetrate my shield so it's a waste of effort trying"

Another missile made my arms buckle but thankfully the shield held. But for how much longer was anybodys' guess. I was tiring rapidly and I could feel the blood dripping down my arm onto the ground. I didn't think I could withstand another missile.

Thankfully I didn't have to find out because just as the robot prepared to fire again the ground beside it exploded and Starscream landed beside me.

"Bad move Scorponok" He snarled and grabbed the smaller robot. Scorponok fired at Starscream, blowing a hole in his armour. Starscreams responded by crushing its head in his hand.

"Always hated that guy" The jet growled throwing away the dead body. I lowered my shield and sank down to my knees.

"Talk about in the nick of time" I muttered as Starscream crouched down beside me.

"Nonsense, you were doing fine" Starscream very gently moved my torn sleeve out of the way so he could see the wound on my arm. I winced away from him and clutched my arm tightly. The pain had increased to the point where tears were threatening to make an appearance.

The click of a gun made me look up. Epps had his gun trained on Starscream then on something else. I looked round so I could see the Autobots, minus Bumblebee, making their way over to us.

"Oh boy, this is gonna be complicated" I rubbed my temples and sighed. The army was staring open mouthed at the robots as they stood behind me.

Please don't draw weapons; please don't start shooting at each other I begged. I slowly pushed myself onto my feet and stood between the two groups.

"Who are they?" Lennox demanded, one hand resting on his gun.

"Um…Army guys, meet the Autobots. Autobots meet the army guys" When all I got was a bunch of blank stares I pulled a face "You know what, forget it. You guys introduce yourselves, without shooting each other"

Nobody did anything and I face palmed.

There we go. Random I know, but hey. Now don't ask how Scorponok got there and had his tail back because I don't know. I just felt like putting him in so please don't bag me out to much.

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