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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The plane took off and Carly took a window seat so that she could at least have something to look at other than Dylan. And as she looked out the window, she couldn't help but to let her thoughts just wander. And literally…she thought about EVERYTHING!...everything to Sam, to Optimus, to her becoming a Transformer to now this. Everything crossed her mind all at once as she just blankly looked out the window. But what she couldn't help but to think about the most was how she felt before she became one with Optimus, to how she felt now.

It was weird how things could change within just a matter of weeks. She just remembered how she felt like their was no one on the face of the Earth for her to only come to find out Will has liked her for years. She thought about their conversation they had after Optimus fused the Matrix within her…and…was she now regretting her decision to become one of them now that Optimus and the rest of the Autobots were gone? She couldn't help but to think as she tried ever so hard to not think like that…because she knew no matter what…she was Optimus's…no matter what! It was just that, the only reason why Lennox never told her the truth was because of what he did for a living, how he was part of NEST. And then…there was Dylan who had also just told her how he has liked her, well she's known that all along. There was no way in hell she would ever date Dylan, not in a million years! Carly couldn't help but to let her mind wander as she thought about all of that stuff.

And as everything played out in her head, she tried not to let tears fall from her eyes as she didn't want Dylan to see her cry. But, she just couldn't help it. She just continually thought of how she felt before she became one with Optimus to now knowing that one of the greatest guy's on the whole planet wanting to be with her. But then, she just stopped crying. Even though Lennox finally came out and told Carly the truth a while back, she knew she was Optimus's…she just damn well knew it. And…if this is what was suppose to happen…then…by the Allspark…if Optimus had to become one with the Allspark…and…if one day she was to become one with the Allspark…then that would be the day she would once again reunite with Optimus. But until then, she knew she was Optimus's and Optimus's alone. Carly couldn't help but to think as she almost couldn't believe she was thinking like that as she soon found herself drifting off to sleep.

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It was mid-afternoon as Lennox soon began to worry. Carly left the house around 7:00 and he hadn't heard a word from her, which wasn't like her at all. He knew something was terribly wrong…but he couldn't even begin what to even think first as to what was wrong with Carly. Lennox couldn't help but to think as he decided to give Epps a call.

"Lennox, what's up man?" Epps questioned as he saw it was Lennox.

"Not much, except I'm worried about Carly…"

"Carly? Why, what's wrong?"

"She left the house extremely early this morning to get some stuff she left at work, and I haven't heard from her since. That's not like Carly." Lennox explained as he made his way into the living room.

"No, its not like Carly at all…that's not good." Epps replied as Lennox became rather silent as the emergency broadcasting system blared over the TV.

"The National Emergency Broadcasting system has declared the city of Chicago ground zero and a national disaster zone. At 10:30 this morning the city of Chicago was attacked to what is known to be as 'alien warships.' They're surrounding the city and shooting anything down that tries to get close. Roadways and anyway to get in or out of the city has been blocked. Please try to stay clear of the city of Chicago until further notice. This has been a…" The announcement replied until Lennox hit the 'exit message,' button.

"I think I know where to find her…"

"You got the same message on the TV as I did?" Epps questioned as he blankly stared at the TV as he couldn't believe what he saw.

"Yeah. We're going!..."

"You beat we are, let's roll!" Epps suggested while they hung up the phone to get ready for their trip to Chicago.