5 CHAPTERS IN! WHOOT WHOOT!

It's been really fun so far, and I got the next chapter underway. I will probably post it tomorrow. Anyway, have fun!

I think that the Slenderman is staring at me through the window

*Static

Nope, it was mario in a tube. Hmm, am I hallucinating?

"Nope. Its'a me, Mario."

Fuck you, brain.

Arcee couldn't possibly be more surprised than this: Her optics were so wide Jack could swear they would fall off if they were wider. She was in a really deep trance. Not only that, she was surprised by the fact that one ACU was able to almost take down Megatron in one shot. Arcee snapped out of it and tried to find where Jack was. Sure enough, he was standing triumphantly over a decepticon that he killed by himself, rifle on his shoulders. Arcee felt that same feeling again, this time a little stronger. She still didn't know what it was, but she liked it. She got up and walked to Jack.

"Hey Jack. I see you got one." Arcee said.

"Yeah, I did. I can't believe how awesome this feels, being the first human to take down a robot 3 stories tall by myself!" Jack said, overflowing with excitement.

"Yeah, good job partner."

Jack was caught off-guard by that. She almost never called him her partner. Jack felt a little warm inside from that statement, though.

"Wait, you called me partner." Jack said with a slight smile on his face. Arcee smiled,

"Yep, you just got promoted, Jack." Jack was happy with that.

"So, this is Jade." Chase said as a woman appeared beside him.

She was a skinny, caucasian brunette with long, brownish hair and looked like she was only 16. She had a sleek, skintight suit of armor on, with light blue shoulder guards and chest plates. The arm, leg and some of the plates on her feet were a light shade of red, while the rest were coated with some glowing paint. The armor was also trimmed with pink, and it had the UEF symbol on both shoulder guards.

"Uh, hi. I'm Jade." Jade said with a nervous smile, obviously nervous.

Optimus noticed the nervousness.

"My name is Optimus Prime. Don't worry, Jade. We won't hurt you." Jade sighed in relief, now knowing that she wouldn't get shot on her first deployment. "God, it's hard to get adjusted to actually walking after you get out of an ACU." Said Jade as she caught herself losing her balance. Everyone laughed.

"So, Chase, Jade, do you need somewhere to go, or are you fine here?" Chase sighed.

"Outside of combat, we normally just stay in our ACUs, but I would like to sleep somewhere other than in the cramped space of an ACUs head for once." Chase said, basing his info on the years of simulations that they have done.

"I agree, I swear the bunks in there are as small as a box, and not even close to being comfortable." Jade said, stretching as she did. Jack stared at her, but snapped out of it.

"You could come with us, if you want. We have a base that you could sleep in." Chase and Jade smiled a little.

"Might as well, these ACUs need to stock up on energy and resources for a few hours, anyway." Chase said as he went back to his ACU.

"We will come with you." Jade said, already knowing the answer from Chase. She headed off to her ACU and started it up.

Autobot Base

"Ratchet, we need a ground bridge. We have some visitors." Ratchet groaned. "What did you find this time?"

"We found 2 human teenagers, calling themselves commanders, with some pretty neat giant robots, Ratchet." Said Bulkhead.

"Wait, you said giant robots? What do you mean by that?" Ratchet asked, with some concern in his voice.

"Just activate the ground bridge, we'll show them to you." Bulkhead said. Ratchet activated the ground bridge.

Grasslands

"Wait, we need to go through that?" asked Chase, confused how the ACUs would fit inside the portal. Oh, didn't think that through. Optimus thought to himself.

"Ratchet, is there a way to upgrade the ground bridge to be a bit bigger?"

"I could probably do that, but that would mean completely disassembling the ground bridge and building it somewhere with more space. Are you sure that you want to do that, Optimus?" Optimus paused for a bit.

"Once we get these two humans and their ACUs to our location, then you can upgrade." Optimus said. Optimus turned to the ACUs.

"Chase, Jade. Is there a way you can disassemble the ACUs and build them on the other side of the ground bridge?" A moment passed, then Chase spoke up.

"We could probably try to build an engineer, give it the blueprints it needs, and let the engineer build the ACUs, but I don't know how long it would take. Also, we would need resources. Is there anywhere we could build some generators or mining facilities that isn't in your way?" Chase asked. Optimus radioed the troops in the Autobot base.

"Yes, there is. There is an open field about 200 meters away from the East wall of the base. It has an area of .5/.5 miles. Is that enough space?" Chase paused a little.

"For now, yes. We will need some more space, though, in the future, if we want to set up our army." Everyone but the commanders looked confused.

"I'll explain when we get there. For now, lets get to work on getting the ACUs to your base." And with that, Chase and Jade started building while the rest went through the ground-bridge. Optimus had Ratchet keep the ground-bridge up, until the engineers that have the blueprints, and the commanders, get through.