Chapter Three

X-Brawn drove up to the train station along with Prowl and Sideburn wondering what all the commotion was about. A worried looking Joe ran over to them.
"You wanna tell us what this is all about?" he asked.

"Sara…she's…well… take a look." The brown haired male said unable to put the situation into words and running back to the station.

The three Autobots drove over to the entrance and peered inside, there on the platform stood Sara. She appeared to be waiting for a train.

"I had to break off a date, for this?" Sideburn said half annoyed.

"Your call sounded like an emergency, Joe, but I see no emergency. Your sister is perfectly fine." Prowl said also partly annoyed to be called over nothing.

"Perfectly fine? Perfectly fine! Prowl, she's in a train station!" Joe exclaimed.

"We can see that." The Lamborghini replied.

"Have you ever thought that she might have forgiven the trains?" X-Brawn asked.

Joe shook his head, "Already asked that."

"And?" Sideburn asked wanting to get back to the red sports car he had to leave to come here.

"She gave me an if-you-value-your-life-don't-ask-me-that-ever-again look." He replied.

"Then what's she doing here?" Prowl asked.

"That's why I called you guys. This is totally out of my sister's character… well, at least, her current behaviour anyway." The male said.

"Did anything happen yesterday?" X-Brawn asked.

Joe thought for a moment, "Well…she did say that one of the Predacons tried capturing her… then…oh who was it that she said came…"

The brothers watched as the male tried to think of the name of the Autobot that came to his sister's rescue, all the while keeping an optic on the female just in case she got into trouble.

"Tracks? No, that wasn't it. Uh…Rail, yeah, that's it. Something to do with Rails."

"Rail Spike? Rail Racer?" Sideburn began as he started listing off all the Autobots he knew beginning with 'rail' "Rapid Run?"

"Since when does Rapid Run begin with 'rail', Sideburn." Prowl said.

"Hey, he runs along a rail track, doesn't he." Sideburn said slightly defensive.

Prowl sighed and shook his head while X-Brawn chuckled.

"That's it! Rail Racer."

"Optimus assigned Rail Racer?" X-Brawn said slightly confused.

"Interesting, considering Rail Racer is just all the trains combined." Prowl said.

"Huh?" Joe asked totally confused.

"Midnight Express, Rail Spike and Rapid Run combine to form Rail Racer." Sideburn said casually.

The brown haired man scratched the side of his head as he looked at the Dodge Viper a confused look on his face not understanding what was 'explained'.

"In other words," X-Brawn began "She's being guarded by the trains, only in a different form." Hoping that was easier for the human to understand.

"Oh…sneaky… I guess that would… wait, that means that…" he suddenly facepalmed.

"Joe?" Prowl asked.

"She's waiting for Rail Racer to pull into the station." He replied through his hand.

Sideburn burst out laughing, only to be bumped in the side by X-Brawn.

Inside the station Sara continued to wait, she wondered if Rail Racer would ever pull into the station. So far she'd seen Rapid Run, Rail Spike and Midnight Express, but ignored the three of them, she didn't want to talk to them. She want to talk with Rail Racer and since he was a train she was certain that he had to pull into the station at some point, she would just have to be patient and wait, but as the hours ticked by she was beginning to wonder if that train would ever show up.
"Why have I not seen you before?" "We've been around, and will be long as you need us."

She recalled the conversation in her mind, though something about it confused her. Why did he refer to himself as 'we' he was only one 'person', so what was with the 'we'?
A cold wind blew past and the brown haired woman shivered, she looked at her watch and almost gasped at what the time was. Six o'clock? I've been here five hours and still no Rail Racer? Could it be that he runs a route in another city? Could that be the reason why it takes him longer to reach me when I'm in trouble? She sighed as she rubbed an arm in order to get some warmth back. Guess I better be heading back, it's starting to get dark and with my current...'predicament' I don't want to be out here alone and give them an advantage. At first she contemplated asking one of the trains to take her home, but she was still angry with them and headed out.
Another cold wind hit as she started walking towards her apartment, with the darkness setting in she didn't think she'd make it back to her parents house, plus the darkness would give the Predacons the perfect cover for a 'kidnapping'.

"You wanna run that by me again?" Rapid Run asked with an amused tone.

"She was waiting for Rail Racer to pull into the station." Sideburn said, still very much amused by the afternoon's events. "She thinks that it's only one mech, not the three of you together."

Rapid Run couldn't help but chuckle at the revelation.

"I suppose that would explain her appearance at the station." Rail Spike said clearly not amused as Sideburn and Rapid Run were. "Any idea why she waiting for him?"

"Your guess is as good as mine, Rail Spike. Guess you guys made a good impression on her." The blue mech said chuckling.

No one had noticed that Midnight Express had walked out shortly after hearing about why Sara was at the station. He had tried to get her attention so they could talk, but all she did was ignore him. It upset him greatly, it still did, he had stupidly thought that when he saw her at the station that she was ready to talk to them but that hope was soon extinguished when he saw the look on her face as he pulled in. No matter what it took he was going to talk to her, try and make her understand what happened that day. That she wasn't really unguarded, but by the time they reached her it was too late the damaged had been done. Those cruel harsh words still echoed in his mind, 'I don't wanna see or hear from any of you ever again.' He didn't think he'd ever forget them nor the moment she'd said it, the moment his spark shattered upon seeing the fun-loving and caring woman turn cold and hated towards them. He sighed, he needed to get out roam around before his mind got stuck on a permanent loop.