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Summary: Abandoned by the Decepticons until she can prove herself again, Alice decides to go against Megatron to find a way for peace. To do so, she accidently enlists the help of Leo Spitz. Can they put the past aside and find a way to attempt to end the Cybertronian War?

Rating: T

Before It's Too Late

Chapter 7: Emergency

Leo ran into the chamber where the dormant assassins were waiting to be awakened. He skidded to a halt in the middle, and looked around the chamber, wondering how no-one had ever found it before. Surely archaeologists had been to this place millions of times, searching for clues into Inca history. He heard Epps run up behind him, and also skid to an abrupt halt on the dusty ground.

"Damn." Epps murmured.

"I know." Leo said quietly. It didn't feel right to talk at normal volumes in the chamber. It was like a holy place, though it wasn't holy at all. It was a chamber containing robot assassins – killers. Robot assassins from both sides of a war, who had killed members of their own race for peace and had no success. "We shouldn't be here. We have to find Alice and Optimus."

"I'm with you on that." Epps said. He headed for the chamber door, which sealed shut in front of him. Epps turned back to face Leo, drawing a sabot launcher from his back. "That aint good. Leo, get behind me."

"Yeah, sure." Leo said, dashing behind Epps as the ground began to shake. "What do you think is happening?"

"Something bad."

"Well, I could've told you that." Leo rolled his eyes.

"Oh sh–" Epps started to say, as one of the assassins broke away from the wall and picked a large spear up that had been resting next to it. "LEO, RUN FOR IT!"

"WHERE?" Leo screamed at the soldier. There was nowhere for them to go. There was nowhere for them to run, nowhere to hide. Alice, what have you done?

xXx

"What makes you think I'm in love with a human?" Alice scowled.

"Alice, you should've killed Leo by now. Why haven't you?" Optimus challenged.

"I... just haven't yet." Alice shrugged. "He might still be useful for me, in case I need a bargaining chip to escape from here."

"You know just as well I do that's not the real reason."

"It is the real reason." Alice snapped.

"The only one you're trying to convince is yourself." Optimus said. He stopped when he felt the ground shaking and turned around. "Did you touch the energy source?"

"Yeah, why?" Alice asked, looking at her mechanical hand.

"You were mainly human when you touched it, weren't you?"

"Yeah."

"The security systems have been activated. If ever a human was to touch the activation energy, an assassin would be activated to kill the human, keeping the chamber a secret." Optimus explained. "They're going to kill anyone they find..."

"Leo." Alice gasped. "Oh no... we have to find him!"

"Epps is with him." Optimus said. "He has a sabot launcher, so he should be able to hold off the assassin for a few minutes until I can get there. Maybe Leo will have a chance to get to safety."

"No..." Alice said, staring at the door. "We're sealed in. They probably are too. If I had known about the activation I never would've brought him here... and I would've waited until my systems were fully repaired. Oh no... what have I done?"

"There is no time to panic." Optimus said. "We have to break out of this chamber, but we risk activating more assassins if we do."

"Leo is in danger. I am NOT going to sit around here and do nothing!" Alice snapped, heading towards the sealed door. "We have to get to him... I can't let him die."

"And why not?" Optimus asked, taking a step forwards, standing behind Alice, inspecting the door. She ignored him, and began punching the wall with her mechanical hand. Optimus aimed one of his guns at the door. He didn't need a verbal answer from Alice. Her actions to save the human were the answer.

xXx

Epps fired a sabot round at the assassin. It deflected, and hit the wall behind himself and Leo, showering them with debris. Epps dragged Leo out of the way and shoved him down on the floor, to make sure he stayed out of the way. It was Epps's job to make sure Leo got out of this alive, no matter what happened to him. His job was looking difficult right now, being sealed in a stone chamber with a robot assassin from another planet.

"Leo, move!" Epps ordered as the assassin prepared to throw the giant spear at both of them. He grabbed Leo by the back of his t-shirt and dragged him to his feet, then shoved him out of the way. Epps felt the air movement behind him as the spear shot past. "Leo, try and find a way out. I'll keep this thing's attention on me while you do."

"There is no way out!" Leo snapped. "The chamber sealed itself, remember?"

"Well there might be a way out!" Epps said furiously. "We'll be able to find out if you actually decided to look!"

"Okay, okay, I'm looking!" Leo sighed angrily and began to look around. He turned his back to Epps and began to feel along the wall for anything that might resemble a lever to open a door.

"Leo! What are you doing?" Epps demanded, turning to face Leo's back. "I said look for an exit!"

"I'm looking for a lever to open the exit!"

"This isn't Indiana Jones!"

"It doesn't just happen in Indiana Jones, stupid!" Leo protested. "It happens in a lot of other adventure films."

"I DON'T GIVE A DAMN." Epps yelled. "JUST FIND A WAY OUT."

"I'M TRYING TO! IF YOU'RE SO SMART, WHY DON'T YOU –" Leo turned to face Epps. He gasped and stepped backwards, feeling his back and his legs hit the solid stone wall. "Oh..."

"That thing is standing right behind me, waiting to kill me, isn't it?" Epps asked with a sigh. Leo nodded. "Figures." Epps spun on his heel and fired a sabot round into the assassin's face. He ran forward, and grabbed Leo by the arm. "RUN."

"WHERE?"

"ANYWHERE!" Epps dragged Leo past the assassin, to the other side of the chamber. He stopped and began to reload his sabot launcher, whilst Leo looked on. "Listen to me, keep looking for your lever – there must be some sort of mechanism to open the door. Even if it isn't a lever, you might find it by chance."

"And what are you going to do?" Leo asked.

"What I was doing before. I'm going to keep its attention on me."

"It's going to kill you." Leo insisted, watching the assassin starting to get back up on its feet. He looked at Epps. "It's going to kill both of us. There's nothing else we can do."

"Yes, we can." Epps said. "Look for an exit. Optimus and Alice are the other side of one of the doors. Maybe I can hold it off long enough to give them time to get into the chamber. Then Optimus can take it out."

"Well, that's if the assassin doesn't kill him first." Leo said sceptically.

"Leo!"

"I'm going!"

xXx

"Gr. This is taking forever." Mikaela growled. She was sat on a tour bus – at night – which was on its way to Machu Picchu. She was squashed up against the window, with Sam on her other side. The temperature of the inside of the bus was extremely hot, and it smelt. "Now I really wish that Bumblebee had been able to come on the plane with us."

"'Kaela, he couldn't." Sam sighed.

"I know... but this..." Mikaela pulled a disgusted face. "This is just... just horrible... it's too hot."

"I know... we should be there soon." Sam said, checking his watch. "Well, in a few hours... when it's daylight."

"How long is that?" Mikaela asked.

"Erm... a while." Sam replied.

"Pffft." Mikaela let out a deep sigh. "It wasn't this hot in Egypt."

"In Egypt we weren't cramped together on a bus."

"That's true."

"Hang on, that's my cell." Sam said, pulling the phone out of his pocket. The caller I.D. said 'Leo Spitz'. "Leo, where are you? What's going on?"

"Sam... my fault... chamber... assassins... Alice... Optimus... Epps... me... dead..." Leo's voice came through, rather faint and full of static. "Emergency... help..."

"Whoa, what?" Sam asked. "Leo, tell me what's going on. Where are you?" Sam was answered by the cut off tone. He turned to Mikaela. "I think they're in trouble."

And we're drawing ever closer to the end. I think there will be one or two chapters after this one.

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