A bit of a shorter chapter. I think that's the way they're going to be from now on. I'm so close to the end, but I don't want to finish it in like 1 or 2 chapters. So, wherever I feel like ending them…I'll end them. I'd rather have a bunch of short chapters than a bunch of drawn out couple of chapters. But, that's just me…

Its almost finished :( But damn I love writing this thing!

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XOXOX

A solid day had gone by since the tragic death of Optimus Prime and the rest of the Autobots. And since then, Carly basically has done nothing…nothing at all. The most she has literally done is wake up, brush her teeth, get dressed…kind of. That was, if wearing Adidas workout pants, t-shirts and flip fops was dressed and to Carly…it wasn't. With what she wore on a daily basis, she practically felt like she was in her pajamas…but, she didn't care…she just didn't care. As to her, there wasn't a means to look her best, hell there wasn't really a means to even get up anymore. She knew the Decepticons were going to take over soon anyway and she just didn't have any motivation for anything anymore. Carly couldn't help but to feel as she got up before Lennox.

Lennox fell asleep on the couch the night before and as Carly made her way to the kitchen, he soon woke up as he heard the sound of footsteps. And when he was fully awake, he was surprised to see that Carly was awake. She didn't wake up until afternoon yesterday, and this morning, it wasn't even five o'clock and she was up and dressed in her Adidas attire that he just wasn't used to seeing on Carly.

"What are you doing up?" He couldn't help but to ask, even though he knew that was a stupid question.

"Couldn't sleep." Was all Carly said as she got a glass of water.

"Why don't you go back to sleep Carly?" Lennox question as he met her in the kitchen.

"Why, so I can just lie there thinking about what happened? No thanks. I'm tired of being in the house. I'm going to work and retrieving my things from my office." Carly bluntly told him as she grabbed the keys to her Camaro…the only car she has that she tries not to drive all the much…considering it is a show car and she tries to keep it that way.

She bought her Camaro a few years ago and fixed it up as a show car. However, the other car that she had as a daily driver got wrecked not too long ago and she hasn't had the chance to get another one yet. And when she started driving the Mercedes, she sort of forgot about getting another car…that was…until she learned that the Mercedes was a Decepticon. And now, since she hadn't driven her Camaro in quite a while…it actually felt good to get behind the wheel again. That was, until Lennox tried to stop her again.

"Carly please, you shouldn't be driving." He told her as he leaned in through the drivers side opened window.

"I'm fine Will. Just please let me go…I just need to get out of the house and have some time to myself." She told him as she started the car.

"Fine, just be careful." He told her.

As she was on her way to her former employer, all she did was look at Lennox as she back her Camaro out of the garage.

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And as she pulled up to the building, she decided to pull into the parking lot across the street so that she would be less noticeable if there happened to be anybody there. Ever so carefully she tried not to make any noise as she unlocked the front door, and when she walked inside, she took off her sandals so that there wouldn't be the sound of them echoing through out the empty building. And, as she made her way to her office, she kept checking her back and the trail she walked through to get to her office as she couldn't have been too cautious. Even though she knew it was risky, there were just a few things that she couldn't just leave there. Carly couldn't help but to think as she successfully opened her office door without noticing the sign of a single person through out the entire building.

However as she packed the items that she just couldn't leave behind, she just couldn't get rid of the feeling like she was being watched. And as she packed away her iPad and made one last pass through her office to make sure she didn't forget anything…she was startled to see Dylan standing there in the opened doorway.

"Dylan!" Carly gasped as she found herself uncontrollably backing up into her office as she tried to give herself a safe distance between Dylan.

"Carly…fancy meeting you here." Dylan replied as to her surprise, he stood right where he was, without so much as moving a single muscle in his body.

"I just came by to pick up a few things I left. I should be going now." She told him as if it wasn't to her surprise he wouldn't let her walk through the doorway.

"I'm really glad you came by the office today Carly…" Was all Dylan said as he got rather close to her, close enough to make her uncomfortable.

"You know, I've always thought you were absolutely gorgeous…and…since I pretty much get what I want, well…I guess that's just one of the perks in working for the Decepticons…" Dylan replied as he couldn't help but to lightly brush his hand against the skin of Carly's cheek.

"Not in a million years!" She growled as she swatted Dylan's hand away from her face. However, as she tried to make a break for it, she was soon brought back to Dylan's side.

"You know, you should really think of this as a partnership, an opportunity if you will, if you want to live to be a part of history." Was all Dylan told her as he grabbed her by the arm, led her out of the building to a limo that was parked on the side street as it seemed as though it was waiting for them.

What could she have done? It wasn't like she had a choice now. The Decepticons were going to take over…it was just a matter of time now. And with what happened to Optimus and the rest of the Autobots…Carly basically lost the will to want to do anything. She knew things were going to happen, but what could she do? It wasn't like Dylan was going to let her go, nor was it even likely for her to escape from wherever it was Dylan was kidnapping her to. And if she was being kidnapped, she at least deserved to know where it was he was taking her to.

"Where are we going? Isn't that the least you tell me…" Carly hissed as the limo driver pulled away from the curb.

"Downtown Chicago…"

"Chicago! Why!" Carly questioned.

"Because, Chicago is home to one of the tallest skyscrapers in the world. Why do you think the Decepticons came here in the first place? What other planet in this universe offers more than 80 billion workers? What could be more valuable to them then Energon at this stage in their war?..."

"US!...But how are they going to bring all of the human race to Cybertron?" Carly asked.

"They're not bringing us to Cybertron…they're bringing Cybertron HERE! Those pillars that they were after are a spacebridge. Once that spacebridge is activated…Cybertron will be transported into our atmosphere…"

"And you want this to happen!" Carly curiously questioned.

"You think I had a choice! Remember what I said about relationships having consequences?…I am here because of my father…and…you are here because of Optimus Prime, in which you just so happen to be a vital part of information. Come on…let's go…" Dylan demanded.

As he took her by the arm, they made they're way onto his private plane to fly to the city of Chicago where Megatron awaited for their arrival.