Here's chapter 2! I got great feedback on the first one. Btw, thanks to everyone who sent me a review or put my story on their favorite stories list. =D Gonna try and make less typos on this one. I promise.

Well, enjoy!

Jazira froze. She couldn't have just heard that right. She could have sworn that Lennox just told her that he wanted her to go to Diego Garcia and join NEST. But she had to have heard it right. Lennox's smile all but confirmed it.

Jazira lifted her foot off the ground and held her leg out in front of her.

"Alright Will, you got one leg. Now go ahead and pull the other one." she said, slightly amused. Lennox laughed. Her sense of humor was surprisingly fresh for someone who had been living on her own for so long. She was truly someone he would love to have on the team.

"I'm completely serious Jazira," he replied. "Galloway's visit here has been keeping me from getting you down here sooner."

By now Jazira had finished her salad and had begun to work on her Luna Bar.

"Waid a seg," Jazira said before she could swallow the mouthful of her dessert. "Why the hell didn't you just tell me that you wanted me on the team but I had to wait until the dirt bag was gone?" she asked once she had swallowed.

"You're kidding right?" Lennox replied. "That guy has more connections than he knows what to do with. He would have undoubtedly heard about you and my invitation to have you here. Then, not only would he have my ass, he'd make damn sure that you'd never make it here," he paused before quietly adding "he'd probably try to turn you into some twisted government experiment."

Jazira considered Lennox's explanation before nodding in acceptance.

"Fair enough," she said. "So what's the plan now?" Lennox's warm smile of appreciation for her last statement abruptly shifted to one of guilt.

"Well, tonight's good news comes with some bad." He said. Jazira set her dessert next to her. She'd prefer not to choke on it if the news was so terrible as to make the great Major Lennox hesitate.

"Typical," she sighed. "Alright, lay it on me." Lennox's attention seemed to shift around from place to place as if he was giving the bad news to his wife.

"Well, here's the thing…" Lennox began. "Having you here isn't just my call, it's the Autobot's as well." Jazira could tell the Major was trying to be careful with his words.

"Yes?" Jazira edged him on.

"Well when I told you that I wanted you to become a member of NEST, I was speaking on behalf of the human members….." Lennox continued to hesitate.

"Ok..." Jazira's patience was growing thin.

"Don't misunderstand me now, we would ALL love to have someone like you here…"

"Dammit Lennox, stop trying to sugar coat everything and spit it out!" Jazira demanded.

"Optimus is on his way to determine if you should be a member." Lennox finished quickly, to the point.

Silence enveloped the room. Jazira sat there in shock. Her eyes fixed on the floor as she lost herself in thought.

'Optimus is coming here to test me?' She thought to herself. 'Does he think that Will's judgment isn't above reproach? Why wouldn't he trust him? Why wouldn't he trust ME?' As soon as that final thought entered her mind she could have slapped herself. It disgusted her how selfish that sounded. Of course Optimus should test her. He's the leader of the Autobots and it's his responsibility to keep his soldiers safe. It was the right move to make considering the fact that he had never even seen her let alone spoken to her.

'But wait….' She thought. She remembered the first part of that Lennox had told her and panic welled up inside her.

"AW HELL!" She shouted, startling Lennox. She flopped back, exasperated, to lie on the car, her arms lay spread out beside her. Lennox gave her a questioning look.

"What?" he asked. Jazira didn't bother to sit back up to answer.

"Optimus frickin Prime is coming HERE and you didn't give me ANY time to prepare!" She yelled at the ceiling throwing her hands in the air. "I like to know when I have company coming over; especially when it's the LEADER OF THE AUTOBOTS!"

Lennox's worried expression changed back to his warm smile.

"I'll keep that in mind for the next time." He retorted with a grin. Jazira sat up and looked back up at Lennox's face on the tv screen.

"Ok, so exactly how long do I have until he arrives?" she asked. Lennox looked away from Jazira and over to what Jazira guessed was the other side of the room.

"Epps!" he shouted. A few seconds passed before the frame Lennox's friend and fellow soldier entered the view of the camera.

"What's up?" Epps asked.

"Did we hear from Optimus recently?" Lennox asked as he jerked his head toward the computer where the image of Jazira perched nervously on the car could be seen.

"Yeah, Big Man just contacted us." Epps replied and handed Lennox a piece of paper. Epps gave his friend a rough pat on the shoulder before walking out of view of the camera again.

Lennox reviewed the paper and smirked. He knew that Optimus was capable of making very good time but the big guy never ceased to amaze him. He as sure that Jazira wouldn't like what he was about to tell her but he wasn't about to lie.

"Well Jazira, we just heard from Optimus and he has reported that he is about 50 miles from your location," he paused before adding "he should be there in less than an hour."

Jazira's stomach dropped. Less than an hour. The words echoed in her head over and over again. She looked beside her, picked up the half eaten Luna Bar, and shook it naggingly at the television.

"Well congrats Will," she said. "You just managed to ruin my dessert."

Well I hope you guys enjoyed that chapter. I wanted to try to bring a little more of Jazira's personality into things before we get into the juicy stuff. Next chapter we'll start with the action.

On a side note: I'm so pumped that Transformers 3 comes out in a month. I'll be seeing it in theaters at least 5 times, and 3D will be a must. I decided to put my artistic talent to use and painted the Decepticon and Autobot symbols on my nails. Yeah, I'm that excited. =P