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On with the show!

That afternoon, Kayla woke to loud metallic bangs and the chatter of many men. She was still curled up on Ratchet's stretcher, but the medic was nowhere in sight.

Kayla unwrapped herself from the thin white blanket and moved to peek around the front seats. What she saw was painful, and terrifying.

Optimus was being loaded onto a long flat bed truck as a large, heavy duty net lay across his lifeless form. Men crawled across his body and around the truck, almost like a hoard of ants. Elita1 was nowhere to be seen, but Ratchet's holoform was next to Major Lennox as they argued back and forth about something.

Kayla swallowed thickly as Ratchet flung his hands up in the air and Lennox bowed his head, shaking it lightly. Soon, all of the men, plus Optimus, were gone.

It took a moment, but Ratchet finally looked to his alt form and sighed, his voice going through his speakers as he answered her unasked question. "They are taking him away, to the human's main military base. We are all being moved."

Kayla's lips pressed into a thin line and she scowled at the door they had just left through. "Something's fishy," She said "Shouldn't burial rights fall to us? Er- I mean, the Autobots?"

Ratchet ignored her slip up, entirely too furious to care at that moment "Technically."

"Then fight em! Take um back!" She growled, clenching his passenger seat head rest in a death grip. Her anger came off her body in waves, so much raw fear and anger that Ratchet narrowed his eyes at her.

"We cannot."

"Why the frag not?!"

"Because... we do not, cannot, harm humans. It would be best if we left this world and it's populace to it's own demise."

"Optimus would not have wanted that. He would have-"

"Wanted us to help the humans? Wanted us to sacrifice ourselves to protect them?" He snarled and his holoform disappeared. Kayla climbed out of his alt mode as he transformed and knelt before her "Yeah, he most likely would ha-"

"No!" Kayla made a show of stomping her foot to interrupt his louder voice. "He wouldn't have wanted your technology to fall into human hands! We can't let them have his body!"

Ratchet vented and shook his head, asking softly "What would you have us do, Kayla? We can't go around killing humans, we'd start a war if we tried to get him back forcefully. We don't need to have enemies of Decepticons and humans to worry about."

At this, Kayla sighed and calmed down as well, scratching her head lightly. "I- I don't know Ratch. I just feel like this is wrong, we need to do something."

Ratchet reached out and rested his finger against Kayla's face comfortingly. He needed a plan, and he hoped Lennox could help him.

Lennox sighed as he overlooked Optimus' body as the flatbed loaded him onto the large plane. He shook his head in disgust at the turn of events yesterday. The alien race that was helping defend them, are now going to be used to dissect and gain their weapons knowledge. In his own him, he knew the humans weren't ready for this. Not by a long shot.

Epps stood beside him, arms crossed and his jaw set thoughtfully. He was probably thinking the same thing right now, and that's what disturbed him. Hell, most of these soldiers knew better.

If only there was some way to help the Autobots get possession of Prime back...

"So, we're shipping him back to base... This is such a mistake."

Epps nodded, sweat dripping off his nose as he completed the motion. He seemed at a loss for words.

A voice called from behind them "Major Lennox, phone call."

Taking the large phone, Lennox held to to his ear "Yeah?"

A hoarse voice sounded from the other end of the line "Lennox, I'm with the kid."

"Huh?"

"The kid. You know, The one with the bad attitude, right?"

Lennox's mind started to race. Sam. Simmons was with him?

"Yeah."

"We need the truck."

Lennox glanced at the flat bed as it started to drive up the ramp and hide Optimus from view. "Ok, why?"

"We got a possible resurrection going on over here."

Lennox looked to Galloway as the bald man turned to him "Where's here?"

"You're not going to believe where we are. Code Tut, as in King Tutankhamen. Back of a $1 bill."

Lennox nodded and grabbed a pen and piece of paper from his back pocket. "Read it to me."

"Coordinates for airdrop, 29.5 North, 34.88 East. Write it down, got it?"

"Got it."

"Oh, my God. I got to go. Okay. Heat comes."

And with that, the phone line disconnected. Lennox glared at the paper a moment before turning to one of the airmen behind him "Check these coordinates for me. Don't let anyone else see it."

Later that afternoon, the airman ducked out from the back of the plane and handed him the paper back. "Here they are, sir."

Lennox scowled at the paper "Tip of the Red Sea. Gulf of Aqaba."

Epps glared at him disbelievingly "Egypt? Are you serious?"

Epps walked a slow half circle around Lennox, hands behind his back in thought "Even if we could figure out how to get the big man over there, how is this kid supposed to bring him back to life?"

Lennox looked around to be sure he didn't have prying eyes before muttering "Look, I don't know, but we've got to trust him."

I sat alone with Elita1, at the base of her smaller pedes. She was sitting on the cold metal floor, looking down at her hands in sadness. Her life was withering away, her own spark dissolving without the strength of it's bond mate. Her eyes were dimmer than before and her lips were pulled into a small frown.

I knew this feeling all too well. The feeling that all hope was lost. That moment, when everything you knew was no more, and when the people you held the closest slipped out from between your fingers. Unfortunately, all of her hope had a right to be lost. She only had a few days before she too would pass and join him in the Well of Sparks.

My heart ached for the blue femme and I gently pat her pedes as she recalled her memories of Optimus in her mind. Every now and then, she'd open up to me and whisper a story from their past. It was as if she spoke too loud, her words would shatter and fall from the air.

This had been going on since early this afternoon, it was now 9 pm.

Despite being tired, hungry, and wanting to rub my sore arse, I stayed with her in the back of the plane. The Autobots were currently being moved into their own planes, Arcee, Chromia, and Elita1 were all together in one with Ironhide and Sideswipe near the front. I refused to move, and nobody could say otherwise as I quietly comforted the blue sister.

Elita1 was currently going through one of her silent spells, her sad blue optics were locked onto the floor before her. I heard the light footfalls of a human, and glanced up to see a bright looking Kayla. Her eyes said something she couldn't, and excitement gnawed at my insides.

Were we going to get him free?

"Amy, come on, we need to get ready for departure."

I shook my head and glanced to Elita1 "I don't want to leave her." I thought of all the times I was left alone to my own thoughts, those twisted dark thoughts I had when I was awake. I couldn't leave the blue sister to the same fate.

Chromia's finger thumped me from the opposite side and I whipped my head to look at her. She smiled gently "Go on, little one. She'll be okay."

Guilt gnawed at me, but I knew the sisters would be strong as long as they stuck together. They would give her more comfort than I probably could at this moment.

I nodded my head and stood shakily, rubbing my sore arse. Hours upon hours spent sitting wasn't really the best idea I had all my life.

Jazz comforted me gently 'Ya did more than ya think, sweetspark."

Kayla led me by the arm off the plane and back inside to our now empty room. I finally relieved myself and changed into comfortable traveling clothes. Sliding on tan kapris, a forest green tee, and green and brown flip flops. Lastly, I hooked a belt on with Firefly resting in it's holster. I knew better than to go without it, even if I barely knew how to use it.

Kayla was already dressed by the time I came out, wearing her signature ranch boots, boot cut jeans, and a button up red top with a white undershirt, and finishing the look with her customary hat.

Not 30 minutes later, we were finishing up our last meal on base when Lennox approached us with a slight smile. Kayla raised an eyebrow at him and he winked back "Just wanted to tell you girls to stay with me in Optimus' plane."

I bit back a growl as I realized I couldn't be with Elita1. I hoped he had a damn good plan.

Kayla crossed her arms "Alrighty. What's that ya got up your sleeve Major?"

Lennox shook his head, though his eyes twinkled in mischief "I cannot say. Just stay close to me, got it?"

I sighed and rubbed my temple, I was ready to be done with this whole day and just go back to bed. I felt my age creeping up on my human body, my arse hurt, my back hurt, and I was very, very sleepy.

Jazz laughed in my mind 'Not fer long."

I ran a hand down my face "Okay. Let's just get this over with, please."

Kayla wrapped her arm around my shoulders and led me as we followed Lennox back to the largest carrier. Once inside the carrier, we were strapped into the seats along the wall just beyond Optimus' large body. I kept my eyes on his form long after the plane had taken off, until I fell asleep on Kayla's shoulder.

I woke with a start, wind was howling past me and the noise was threatening to burst my eardrum. Lennox's voice screamed over the howling wind "All right team, grab your chutes!"

A bald headed man, Galloway, stared at him disbelievingly "Bailout like, bailout?"

Lennox glanced to the man "You familiar with the standard MC-4?"

"Of course not! I've never jumped out a perfectly good airplane before!"

My mind started to catch up with where we were, I looked to my left to see Kayla strapping on her own parachute. She looked to me and smiled "Put one on, girlie. We're about to jump."

My breath hitched and I felt my eyes burn with unshed tears. One of my worst fears and I was being forced to face it in one of the cruelest of ways possible. Heights. Kayla helped fit me with the parachute, hooking it onto me properly with the help of Epps.

I could feel Jazz trying to calm me down, but I was far past that. No, no, this day was just getting worse and worse. I shook my head as Jazz's emotions tried to overpower my own. Moments later, I felt like I could breathe again. My head was clear and I could understand what was being said around me, what was happening.

"Thanks Jazz." I murmured, just loud enough so I know he could hear me. If he wouldn't have been able to calm me I probably would have ended up on the floor.

Lennox rejoined the group, but without Galloway. Kayla shot him a knowing look and Epps asked "He say goodbye?"

Lennox shrugged as he started to put on his parachute leisurely "No, he didn't even say goodbye."

Kayla let out a bark of laughter "You pushed him, didn't you?"

Lennox shook his head and a grin started to form "No, he let himself out. I told him to pull the blue really hard when he gets out of the plane, and you know what? He pulled the fuckin thing right there!" The men around us laughed at his words.

I rolled my eyes at the thought of Galloway's face as he realized what he had done "Idiot."

Kayla smiled "And to think, guys like him have power of us, what?"

The plane make a sharp left turn and we all held our breaths, for any moment now, we would be dropping Optimus off... and flinging ourselves over with him.

What will we do after, who knows? But, if this many soldiers are in on the plot, it's got to be something good.

It wasn't but another 30 minutes before Lennox called out to the group "All right, dropping the big guy! Let's move!"

Kayla grabbed my hand and I squeezed her's back, this was my moment to overcome my fears. If my own strength fails, I have Kayla next to me and Jazz with me. I shook my head as doubts plagued me, taunted me. Jazz pushed them away easily and sent me love through our connection. I stroked the spark under my shirt lovingly as I felt my resolve strengthen.

Optimus' body started to slide as the plane started on a sharp incline. As soon as his body had cleared the edge, Lennox was running off the edge followed by all of his men. I took a deep breath, looked to Kayla, and smiled tightly. She laughed at my fear and winked "Come on Amy, we've done far scarier than this."

All it took was a gentle tug as she started forward for my feet to follow her. Together, we sped up and jumped, hand in hand, off the edge.

Once the brightness of the world around me ceased to blind my eyes, the gentle calm that Jazz had worked so hard to achieve was instantly shattered. I screamed at the top of my lungs in fear as I curled my body up into a ball and held Kayla's hand in a bone crushing grip.

Unfortunately, that also made me too fast and my hand slipped from Kayla's grip.

Kayla flared out her body, spreading her legs and arm out to catch the wind and embrace it. With one hand on her head, holding her hat, and the other out into the air, she called to me "Pull your chute! Don't wait cause you're scared!"

My body reacted and I glanced at the two colors I could pull. I couldn't decide, nobody had shown me how to do this before I jumped! My mind couldn't process what Lennox had just said, I was in too much of a blinded, crazed state as my body spun about wildly.

I felt Jazz enter my mind and try to calm my heart before I had a stroke. His whispered words felt like a shout 'Blue, pull teh blue.'

The parachute flew out of it's packaging and caught the wind, jerking me up harshly. I swear, if I had been a boy, I don't think I could have children now.. Ouch. Even Jazz cringed when the harness flew up and gave me a massive wedgie. My face scrunched into one of agony, like I had just eaten the biggest lemon warhead of my life and I was trying to stay quiet.

I watched Kayla fly past me, still free falling. We had a little ways to go before we hit the ground and I wasn't in a hurry by any means. I watched at Optimus' body landed gently, thanks to giant parachutes, into the soft hot sand.

I slowly drifted downwards and my knuckles turned white as I clung onto the harness like my life depended on it.

...Oh wait, it did.

Kayla reveled in the way the wind battered around her form as she made the descent easily. On her left, she could see Ratchet falling from another plane with his body in the upright position. He held a blaster gun at the ready and looked ready to run as soon as he hit the ground. The sun cast bright oranges on his form and he looked breathtaking!

Before she could admire him more, Kayla pulled her line at the last few possible moments and landed gracefully in a jog. She had only done it once before, but it was probably the most exhilarating experiences she could ever imagine. Free falling next to a giant robot, yeah, that's a new one for the records.

As soon as she finished pulling off the harness, Ratchet's alt form stopped beside her and she smiled. Kayla pat the side of his form and stared out into the empty desert. They were to keep a watch for Sam, and that's what she intended on doing until the deceptiscum showed up.

From the passenger side of Ratchet, Kayla could see Optimus' from laying in the sand as soldiers ran to stand beside the large leader. "Cover Optimus!" A voice she recognized as Lennox yelled out "Secure the village. Get those cases down here! I need snipers and Stingers up high!"

Lennox came to a stop beside Epps not far from Kayla. Epps looked through his scope and hissed "So, we just dropped off ten tons of dead robot in the middle of nowhere... I hope this kid knows what he's doing."

Lennox nodded "Yeah, me too."

One of the look outs on top of a building called to them "Got a visual. Yellow Team, four clicks."

Kayla had been waiting to hear news of Bumblebee and she wasn't disappointed. He was safe, Sam was safe, and there were no Cons around.

Epps shouted back "Pop flares, let them know we're here."

As the flares burned, Amy finally landed softly onto the sand and whimpered. Kayla went to her side and touched the woman, who flinched away from her touch like a scared animal.

"Well... if I had to pee before, I don't anymore..." Amy grumbled to herself angrily.

Kayla couldn't help but laugh. She knew Amy hadn't meant to be funny, but the look coupled with the words was too much for her to not laugh. Kayla pulled the harness from Amy's form and held the other girl's arms as she stepped out from the offending material.

'At least she didn't actually pee herself' Kayla thought dryly 'I'd feel pretty bad about that.' Amy seemed to be in a daze of sorts as Kayla easily led her up to one of the many stone walls and sat her in the shade.

Amy leaned against the cold wall roughly with her eyes clenched shut, a growl escaped her lips "Never, ever, let me do that again."

Kayla laughed and rubbed her friend's arm "I can't guarantee that, seeing as how we are involved with giant alien robots." She remembered seeing Ratchet falling from the plane and scratched her temple awkwardly "Sexy, giant, alien robots... with nice paint... and afts.."

Amy rolled her eyes at Kayla's rambling, but she concentrated on Kayla's voice rather than the ruckus of the men scrambling around them. Kayla paused in her list as she caught sight of an incoming plane, it's markings resembling a mix between a tiger and zebra's stripes. They curved gracefully around the body, but they were wicked and sharp, one could easily tell it was an enemy.

From a bit further away, she picked up Epps' voice as he gawked at the plane "That thing's got alien tattoos all over it. That in't air force."

Kayla growled, she would remember those markings anywhere "It's Starscream!"

A high pitched squeal reverberated through the air with enough force to rumble Kayla's stomach slightly. The soldiers passed one another a look of curiosity and some took out their ear pieces and examined them.

"What the hell was that?"

"Anyone copy?"

"Anyone there? Who's up?"

"Damnit, it's dead. Comms are down."

Lennox glared at the offending ear piece and pitched it into the sand angrily.

Epps groaned "EMP burst."

"How will we alert the Sam and Bee?" Amy asked, her hands clenched at her sides "We need to let them know we're here."

Lennox looked to the girl and frowned "I've got an idea."

He looked to the men in his quad and called out, cupping his hands around his mouth "Alright boys, old school time. Let's pop some flares so the kid can find us and burn an S.O.S.. Let the eye in the sky know we need some help.

Amy pushed from the wall and shook her head. "Let's go help. I'm not going to be a Mary Sue because of a little fall."

Amy's movements faltered a moment as she took a step forward and giggled "Yeah, you wish." Kayla rolled her eyes playfully at the duo.

They began to grab any sticks or helpful items and run them over to the giant letters what would soon be alight. When they can made their third trip and the fire was being lit, Kayla heard a voice she'd hoped to never hear again. The very same voice caused Amy to flinch and drop to the ground as she scrambled for some sort of coverage.

"Decepticons, begin our assault!"