Hope this chapter made sense. I'm trying NOT to recite 'Dark of the Moon,' too much as I'm trying to make this my own "fic." And if you've seen 'Dark of the Moon,' you know what happens anyway.

I'm not really getting into a lot of the mumbo-jumbo that goes on in 'Dark of the Moon.' Its just a plain simple fanfic.

And…I'm getting close to the end…I can't wait to write the ending…its gonna be killer! :)

I do not own any part of the Transformers franchise. Transformers belongs to it's sole producers, companies and franchises.

I don't know if I like this one or not. No matter what I tried to do to it it just never sounded right to me. I tried to make it sound the best I could…Oh well, maybe I'm being too critical.

Enjoy! All reviews are welcome!

XOXOX

And when Carly finally came to, she found herself lying on the ground. At first she didn't know where she was, but then as she began to look around…she realized that she was at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. and prissily right in front of the Lincoln Memorial statue. Even though she could recognize the statue, she still felt out of it and was trying to regain consciousness while she still tried to get her barring's. And while she started to come to, she just couldn't help but to wonder how she got to the National Mall to begin with. Granted she lived near there, but still, why was she there at night and how did she get there anyway? Carly couldn't help but to ask herself as she still looked around and when she caught sight of Megatron and now realized that he was sitting upon the Lincoln Memorial statue…everything started to make perfect sense.

"Megatron!" Carly finally frantically acknowledged him as she stood right in front of him.

"At last fleshling…you've finally awakened." Megatron replied as he noticed Carly was fully awake.

"What is going on? Why am I here? What do you want with me, I don't have the Matrix anymore!" Carly confusingly shouted as she desperately wanted to know what was going on.

"You! I want nothing to do with you. I'm just using you as bait before Prime arrives to save you. And as for the Matrix…I don't need that anymore." Megatron explained.

"What!..."

Carly began to question when her very own thoughts were cut off when she caught sight of another Transformer became present as he walked up towards the Reflecting Pool.

"Ah…as if on queue Sentinel." Megatron replied as he caught sight of him as well.

"Sentinel! But I thought the Autobots were reviving him tonight!" Carly questioned as she couldn't have been anymore confused.

"We needed Prime and the Matrix to revive Sentinel. He was always meant to rendezvous with me here on Earth…"

"This was all just a set up then!..."

"You're pretty smart for being a female fleshling. It has all been a set up, even your mission to Earth's moon in 1969. It has all been a set up and the Autobots fell for it!" Megatron gloated as Carly began to panic as she couldn't help but to think about Optimus.

"Are you kidding me! Optimus, I've gotta!..." Carly panicked as she began to run away, but was stopped by Megatron as he grabbed her, threw her against a column and tied her to it so that she couldn't escape.

"You're not going anywhere. I've always known you useless fleshlings were good for something." Megatron growled as Carly felt somewhat defeated.

Being tied to the column, she watched as Sentinel scattered pillars. But what she didn't know was that thousands of these same kind of pillars were being scattered around the globe at that very second. Ever so badly she wanted to stop him, if only she was more knowledgeable about how to transform and go into combat. Hell, she barely knew how to transform into her vehicle mode. The last thing she wanted to do right now was to transform and fight and get hurt. She couldn't help but to think as she just stood there wishing there was something she could do. And then by some miracle and yet almost not, she caught sight of Optimus driving right for them. After Sam got out of the cab, it was no sooner when Optimus transformed into his true form and faced Megatron and Sentinel.

"Sam, what are you and Optimus doing here!" She questioned as he brought her down from being tied to the column.

"I contacted Optimus as soon as you were kidnapped by that Decepticon…"

"Decepticon?" Carly questioned, unsure of what Sam was talking about.

She couldn't remember a thing.

"Never mind. I'm just glad we were able to find you by using the coordinates from your cell phone, like Optimus did to pick me up from the school's parking lot." Sam replied.

"You're glad! I've never been so confused in my life!" She told Sam as her eyes were torn from Sam over to Optimus who was in the middle of fighting Sentinel.

She couldn't help but to gasp as she noticed Sentinel had Optimus pinned against a concrete wall by his neck with his blade.

"You're lucky I didn't kill you! In time, you'll see." Carly overheard Sentinel hiss at Optimus as he started to walk away.

"This isn't over!" Optimus vowed as he angrily transformed into his vehicle mode and finally rescued Carly and Sam.

And with fallen Cybertronian zombies plummeting to Earth from the active Space Bridge, Optimus got Carly and Sam out of the D.C. area just in time.

Even though he knew this was far from over.

XXX

And after Optimus dropped Sam off at his apartment, he decided to just carry Carly inside because she was still extremely out of it. Optimus couldn't help but to think as he gently laid her down on the bed and proceeded to watch over her. However, he just couldn't help but to turn on the television to see if there was any coverage from tonight's attacks…and sure enough…it was all over television, over almost every channel. And with the sound of the television on, Carly couldn't help but to wake up.

"Are we home?" Carly couldn't help but to question as she couldn't help but to wonder how she got home so fast.

"Yes we are. Go back to sleep Carly. Whatever Soundwave did to knock you out…he knocked you out hard. You've been out of it all night." Optimus informed her as she still looked at Optimus with glazed eyes.

"Soundwave? What are you talking Optimus?..."

"Never mind. You're too out of it to explain things. Just go back to sleep…please…" He told her again as she began to get frantic over something that was the television.

"Shhhh, what are they talking about!" She frantically hissed as she took the remote away from Optimus.

Optimus had landed on CNN and they were covering the attack that just happened at the National Mall that happened only moments ago.

"With this recent attack that happened only moments ago between the Autobots and the Decepticons…the U.S. Government has decided to end its military alliance with the Autobots. It has seemed as though the Autobots leader, Optimus Prime arrived on scene to try to stop the Decepticons from using their Space Bridge. However, the Space Bridge had been activated and now Cybertronian zombies are plummeting to Earth and who knows what else will happen. But as of now, the Government has decided to end its military alliance with the Autobots. It is unclear at this time rather or not the Government will exile the Autobots back to Cybertron. And while both Autobot and Decepticons are powerful in their own way, this is the best decision our Government can come up with. It's a shame it has to come to this, but hopefully they will exile the Decepticons as well. The last thing this planet needs is an alien civil war….and also coming up on the 11:00 news…"

Stunned, completely stunned of the shocking and breaking news, Optimus and Carly just blankly stared at each other.

"How can they exile you! You're here to protect us!" Carly panicked.

"Yes however, what your leaders say is true…"

"But!..."

"But…I also can't help but to agree that your planet doesn't need our civil war. Its our fight. The last thing I want is for this planet to end up like Cybertron…that's what I'm trying to avoid." Optimus explain as he tried to reason with her.

"Then go down to NEST and tell them you need to stay!" Carly demanded.

"Its not that simple Carly. Its what your leaders wish…and…its my word against there's…"

"So, you're just giving up! You're going to let the Decepticons take over!" Carly questioned as Optimus fell silent, closed his eyes and looked away from Carly. However, he was quickly forced to open his eyes as Carly grabbed his chin with her index to bring his face towards her.

"I'm sorry Carly. It was I who told your leaders who to trust, and I…was so wrong…"

"Unbelievable! I can't believe this is happening!" Carly cried as she turned her back towards Optimus.

"Carly, I…" Optimus tried to explain as he placed the palm of his hands on her shoulders.

But she still ignored him.

"I'm sorry Optimus. I just can't believe you're going to give up like this!..."

"I'm sorry Carly, I wish I could change things. However…your leaders have spoken." Optimus replied as Carly finally turned around.

She looked up at Optimus with glazed eyes still as she tried to fight back her tears.

"So…if you are exiled…what happens to us?" Carly just couldn't help but to question as a tear fell from the corner of her eye.

Optimus just couldn't help but to bring himself to say anything. Not one thing because Carly was all he was thinking about. He couldn't help but to think as he just simply cupped her face into the palm of his hand.

"I'm sorry Carly…but your leaders have spoken. And honestly I have no idea. However…if…we only have tonight…here…and now…" Was all Optimus could bring himself to say as Carly just collapsed into his arms.

"I can't believe this is happening. And…to make matters worse…I have to go to Dylan's stupid company dinner tomorrow! Could anything else go wrong!" Carly cried as she just sank deeper into his chest.

And all he could do was just hold her close. If he only had this one night left to be with her, he never wanted to forget it…and he wanted her to never for it as well.