After the incident with the mustang, Skylar remained in the little den, not coming outside or eating at all. A couple of days passed with her hiding under the sheets until Sky realised that there was no point in hiding in here forever, and that she would have to overcome her fears and fight for it. That is what Alise told her, to fight for your belief or you are never going to get the opportunity to live what you dream. Taking a deep breath, she sat up from the mattress and studied the mess surrounding her. A dusty and damp smell hit her nose and her stomach loudly rumbled, causing Sky to double over as her hands pressed against her belly, Hm, I think the time is to go scavenging. Skylar thought to herself as she recovered and reached out to the objects that were on top of a wooden crate; a crowbar, torch and binoculars.

I cautiously stood up, and was greeted by a sudden pain from where the wound I had achieved when I ran away, had stretched and disturbed the clotted blood, causing fresh blood seep from the edges. My mouth let out a loud wince as one of my hands flew up to my side, and almost retracted instantly from the wound as another sharp pain occurred from the touch. I slowly brung my hand up to my eyes, and saw a deep red liquid staining my skin. I held my breath and then reluctantly pulled up my ripped and blood-stained t-shirt, and was greeted with a sight which made my stomach turn.

I wasn't one of those people who felt instantly sick at the sight of blood and cuts and all that business, but my cut had gotten a lot worse since the last time I took a look. The piece of cloth which covered the injury had soaked through completed, and had unravelled and must have gave way while I slept, leaving my cut up flesh open for all the dirt and grime which I encountered from the roof. The inside of the cut had dried up, and now was sporting fresh spots of blood, which mixed in with lightly yellowish dried blood around the outside of the wound with a smell of literal zombie flesh. Great, I am turning into a zombie now…won't be long before I start attacking random people on the street and start tearing them apart, I amused myself with my thoughts as I sighed, and swapped my t-shirt with a grey vest that I found in the storage of the clothing store, being gently around the area where the infected cut was. I then grabbed the items that were on the side and walked out the make-shift door of the den and out into the sunlight, almost permanently blinding my sight.

After my eyes had adjusted to the sight of natural light, I clutched tightly to the crowbar and walked down the street, my eyes darted left and right at every sudden movement made. "Well, this is going to be enjoyable." I sarcastically told myself as I walked down the street and prepared for a day of scavenging.

After several hours of searching every store and house that wasn't destroyed, Skylar dropped to the ground, feeling all the weight on her shoulders and emptiness without anyone there to guide her or comfort her. Tears started to form in her eyes as she looked at the ghost town around her and put her head in her hands, letting out a loud sob. The coloured sunset highlighting her shadow on the ground, making her feel even more alone.

But what she didn't know what that she was the only one.

She was being watched by a pair of glowing red optics in the shadows of an old clock tower, and that were studying every movement she made. Barricade tried not to move as he did not want the femme's attention just yet. Especially when his master wants the fleshing for his own reasons, the thought crossed across his mind and he glanced back at the girl, Skylar Witwicky as she reminded down but had stopped leaking. The Decepticon moved his position and focused back on the femme, who straightened up and grabbed the metal crowbar which was laying on the ground next to her. Barricade's optics narrowed as he studied the human's sudden change in movement and the facial expression got sharper and he was about to abandon his spot when the femme turned her head and her eyes fell right upon him.

Barricade froze suddenly as he observed the femme's optics change in shock and fear as she realised what she was staring at. Her eye colour…blue like an Autobot. The 'Con quietly hissed as Skylar suddenly ran away and up into the next street, catching him off-guard in surprise and Barricade got up though the church roof, rubble and slate falling around him and he started to walk down the empty road, his pedes crushing abandoned cars as he scanned every house that passed him until he felt a heat signature coming from a small den. Barricade smirked and reached over the roof and ripped it off, revealing a distraught Skylar crouching in the corner. She looked up and let out a ear-piercing scream before she ran out the den and disappeared once again much to Barricade's dislike. No matter how much I would enjoy squishing you myself, I must not keep my master waiting. He smirked to himself as he Megatron, who was waiting to hear from his loyal comrade.

.::Lord Megatron, I have sight of the human girl.::. He said as he sent a image of the femme's face to his master. Megatron saw the image and laughed cruelly as he looked into the frightened eyes of Skylar.

.::You have been of great use to me Barricade, prepare the area for my arrive. And keep an eye on the femme; we do not want any intruding Autobots interrupting our celebration now.::. He smirked to himself as he left his hideout and flew to the location where his Skylar is, sensing the taste of victory within him as he thought gratefully to himself.

You are all mine femme, and even Prime cannot stop me.

I let out another impossibly high-pitched scream (which I did not know that my vocals were even capable of) as a giant mechanical hand ripped off the den's roof, which left me in the plain open to the..what ever that thing was. I cannot let it get me, I am too young to die! I desperately told myself as I quickly climbed up a pile of rubble and jumped down into the alleyway while the thing had slowed but was still following behind me, little earthquakes rippled though the ground with every step it took. I tried to slow down and catch my breath but my body wasn't having it until I ended up running to the near exit out of the ghost town. After I paused for a few minutes to hear the whereabouts of the giant thing which was chasing me, I collapsed against a wall and attempted to regain what little air there was, my chest felt like it was burning and my side was increasing on the agony meter every time I breathed.

Loose tears ran down my dirt-covered cheeks as I tried to gather of what had just happened. That thing…that thing which was chasing me…I felt something inside my mind stir at the thought, it felt…familiar. When it suddenly hit me and my mind was suddenly flooded with dreams. All the dreams I had in the past; of that metal planet, Cybetron…and the huge mechanical robots, the Autobots and the Decepticons, and the civil war between them..

I let out a shocked gasp as my thoughts fitted together; I had been chased. By a mechanical robot alien…frowning, I tried to remember the eye colour when it came to me also. Red eyes..a Decepticon. I then knew what I had to do.

I need to get home. Where I would be safe, where I can- my thoughts suddenly stopped as a huge explosion happened right in front of me. I covered my face with my hands as rocks and branches came flying past me and held my breath as a gigantic sand cloud overcame me. Once it had stopped, I gingerly lowered my arms from my face and opened my eyes.

And looked directly into a glowing pair of blood red eyes.

I instantly froze, daren't to move even a centimetre as a gigantic metal face continued to what it seemed to observe me before it's expression changed into a wide smirk. I gulped as I heard a deep chuckle coming from the robot's throat as it's eyes looked at me again before a rough and deep voice broke the silence.

"Well look what we have here..the fleshing that caused all the trouble!" The voice growled slightly before a huge metal hand came out of nowhere and moved towards me, it's fingertips suddenly grabbed one of my arm and moved its tip against my skin, causing blood to appear before the face chuckled again. I struggled with all the strength I had left inside of me but it was no use; I was trapped.

I cleared my throat and spoke, looking up at the huge alien above me, catching it's attention before carrying on.

"Caused all the trouble? What trouble?"

The robot laughed and looked me in the eye as one of it's fingers stroked the side of my face as I felt fresh drops of blood fall onto my shoulder. "Why femme, do you not recognise me from your visions?" He replied ludicrously as I abruptly gasped as it dawned upon my mind.

Megatron, leaders of the Decepticons.

I gave him a glare as I continued to struggle out of his grip. "You are Megatron, leader of the Decepticons."

A smile creeped upon his faceplates (I think that is what they called it), "And you are Skylar Elizabeth Witwicky, daughter to that puny human boy Samuel Witwicky and pathetic femme Mikeala Banes." He literally spat into my face as he spoke. A hidden feeling of fury grew deep inside of me and I continued to rage against him.

"Why do you need me?"

Megatron then made direct eye contact with me as he spoke with the edge of evil in the tone of his voice.

"Because there is something inside of you…something that I need."

"What is that?" my mind confused by what he had just said.

Megatron was just about to reply when the grip on me suddenly vanished as something large slammed into him, causing him to lose his balance and crash into the side of an old school. I quickly got up and rubbed my wrist; Damn, that really hurt. I silently cursed as I watched a yellow robot get up from where Megatron was laying, and chirped loudly as in signalling for something. Then I heard engines running as several army vehicles pulled up beside me, armed soldiers piling out with guns and grenades as I watched a dark-skinned man walk up to me, a slightly concerned look on his face.

"Skylar!" He shouted to me, a sigh of relief growing in his voice as I recognised the kind face and grinned and ran towards him, waving back. I can't believe it..they found me! My mind thought happily as we reached each and embraced into a quick hug as tears appeared in my eyes.

"Epps! What..what are you doing here?" I exclaimed loudly as my voice cracked with emotion and Epps smiled kindly as he wiped the tear away from my cheek. I filled with happiness as I continued. "How did you find out where I was? Why is thi-" I was cut off as the smaller, yellow robot which had taken down Megatron earlier on had walked up to where we were standing, and I looked up in awe as it chirped happily down at me. Epps saw my expression and chuckled, patting my shoulder and also glanced up at the huge alien robot standing before him. He gave him a knowing nod, and replied to my questions with an amused expression.

"Well Spark, everything will be explained in time. We just need to-" Epps voice was drowned out as a huge explosion came out of nowhere, knocking everyone to the ground. A dark shadow cast on them, and their ears were greeted by another slightly mechanical voice but was a few octaves higher than Megatron's voice as Skylar glanced up and saw another alien robot that stood in the ruins of broken down bricks and cement, it's red glowing eyes searching the area. For me, most likely. I sighed to myself as I started to slowly crawl along the gravel to safety, pain surging through my body now and then. "Why, the Autobots have brung in the puny humans to protect the femme now? Well, it was a great mistake to prevent my lord from getting his trophy!" The voice cried out as a pile of rubble flew down from the sky and flew around the group of soldiers, whose weapons were raised and shooting at the giant alien attempting to get it down but was failing greatly. It's hands flew out and wiped the soldiers away that were in its path as it stomped towards to where I was hiding, getting closer and closer every time. I held my breath as explosions started to shake the ground and everything around me, panicked voices shouting as everyone scattered for cover. The yellow robot who saved her earlier was nowhere to be seen as more explosions and gunfire let out, making the noise unbearable. I tightly closed my eyes and ran out from my shelter and down the ruined alleyway in an attempt to escape but unfortunately, I was spotted by Megatron who seemed to have recovered from being knocked down earlier on as he laid his eyes on me, cunning and evil filled them as he roared from the air.

"You think you can run from me, fleshing?" As he overturned rocks and cars and threw them in my direction, only to be closely dodged by me as I sprinted as fast as I could go, the feeling of that strange energy growing inside me. "Come to Megatron!"

I narrowed my eyes and ran faster, but only to be stopped by a explosion from Megatron as he shot at me. I let out a scream as I was knocked out and was thrown into the force of the ground, my face instantly in pain as I laid there for a few moments, all of me in agony. I felt the close of Megatron and all my energy suddenly vanished as my body slowly gave up and I faced the ground, covered in dust and dirt as Megatron stood over me, glaring down with a greedy look in his eyes. He reached for me with one of his giant clawed hands and I shut my eyes, waiting for the ground to disappear beneath me when I heard a unexpected shout then a crash. I slowly opened them back up again, only to see another robot in front of me, shooting at Megatron who had fell to the ground.

This robot was blue and red with flames, and was the same size as Megatron. It also had sharp blue eyes, not the dark and evil red ones that Megatron and the other deceptions had. I gasped as I observed the huge fight between them and cowered into the ground, avoiding rocks thrown at me. I think he is trying to protect me..I pondered to myself as the robot took a punch from Megatron's metal fist and fell hard, metal clashing.

An revved engine suddenly broke me out of my mesmerized state as I turned around and saw a familiar yellow and black striped Camaro drive up and braked in front of me, and a very dirty and panicked Alise ran out and fell next to me. The Camaro revved it's engine and Alise gave it a look which said something..and then turned to me and embraced me in a tight hug as tears freely fell from her eyes. I hugged her back as tight as I could; the long-forgotten smell of home awoke my senses and tears appeared in my eyes as we stayed like that for a few seconds before another shower of broken rubble and dirt flew from the huge death match between Megatron and the mysterious robot, and a deep but stern, protective voice came from the blue and red flamed robot as he shot Megatron, And instantly I recognised that voice.

"Bumblebee! Get Alise and Skylar out of here NOW!" The robot yelled at the Camaro as he fell to to ground, and the Camaro's door opened for us as Alise helped me up. I bit my lip and tasted blood in my mouth as pain took over my senses and I flopped into Bumblebee's leather seat as the door closed and the engine revved loudly as they drove away as quickly as possible from the town. My mind blacked out for a few moments, but I suddenly woke and yelled, making Alise jump in the seat next to me.

"OPTIMUS!" Tears fell from my face as that deep, caring voice filled my head and I looked out the window back at the mess and destruction that we had left behind. I stared at it for a few minutes before settling back into the seat as Alise glanced at me with a worried expression on her face. I slowly turned to look at her, and whispered with the little energy I had left. "That…that was him, wasn't it?" I asked her as we both looked into each other's eyes. Alise closed her eyes gently and nodded, and with my answer I turned back to look out the window, as we drove along.

So many questions swarm in my head as the last of the energy drained out of me, and I began to see black spots in front of me as my last thought drifted and I fell into a peaceful darkness.

…Optimus…

New chapter FINALLY. So so sorry that I have taken forever to update, a lot of things happened such as school starting, laptop being evil, etc etc.

NOTE: As school has now started for me (-.-) and I have a year of exams and writing to get through, updates are going to be slow. But I promise that I will update and continue with this as soon as I get free time on my hands.

As usual, I don't own Transformers or Alise, Just Skylar. ^-^

Please R&R! It would mean a lot to me as it honestly boosts my interest and confidence to keep writing this! Many thanks and Love y'all.

"You may lose faith in us but never in yourself."