Chapter Four

It had been a week since Rail Racer had 'saved' Sara from Sky-byte and again she stood waiting for her 'protector', though this time she wasn't at the train station. She'd found an abandoned building site a mile or so outside the city. She had grown tired of waiting for the train to pull into the station and so had created a false alarm so she could talk him, she just hoped that he wouldn't be too mad with her once he discovered the truth. She hid beneath one of the abandoned pieces of machinery while she waited, not wanting to give the Predacons or Decepticons an easy target. After all, it wouldn't do if she got caught even before she had a chance to speak to him. She began to wonder what she was actually going to ask the train, she had, had a load of questions she wanted to ask but now that she was going to get the chance she couldn't think of a thing.

When Rail Racer arrived he was surprised to see that there were no Decepticons or Predacons anywhere, and as far as he could see there was no sign of Sara either.
"Sara?" he called out.

Upon hearing her name Sara peeped out from her hiding spot to see who it was, she smiled at seeing the combiner and crawled out. "Hi Rail Racer." Walking over to him.

"TAI said you were in trouble, but we see no…" he began.

"Um…yeah… about that…" she began nervously. "I uh…kinda…faked the alarm." Upon seeing the annoyed look upon the mech's face she adverted her gaze and said softly, "Sorry."

"You shouldn't do that." He reprimanded.

"But I wanted to talk to you and since you don't seem to pull into our station, and believe me I know, I've stood there waiting and the only ones I've seen are the other three." Looking back at him.

The combiner felt a mixture of amusement and sadness, he was amused at the fact that she thought he was a singular being and saddened at how she referred to his 'separate parts'.
"What would you like to talk about?" he finally asked.

"You said you've been around but I've never seen you anywhere, not even when I was at your base."

The mech couldn't help but chuckle at her statement, he sat down and placed his hand on the ground so she could climb on then brought her up to his level. "We have been around." The female cocked her head to the side a confused look clearly displayed on her face making him smile. "Trust us." He said not wanting to reveal who exactly he was in case she would storm off angrily.

Sara shrugged getting into a more comfortable position. "So, if you don't pull into our station do you actually work with the others?" making him chuckle again.

"You could say that." He replied.

The woman gave a small smile before looking down at his white palm. "You know, it was kinda weird seeing them again. Rapid Run, Rail Spike…" she gave a small shy smile before continuing, "…Midnight Express." She then remembered something and sighed sadly. "I-I didn't exactly mean to ignore them but… well every time I see them I keep remembering what happened to Joe." She was quiet for a moment before looking back up at the combiner, "Do you think they'd ever forgive me for saying what I did?"

The mech gave her a surprised look, which gently turned into a soft smile. "We're sure they will."

She smiled in relief, "That's good, I wasn't really angry at them, I was just…well, angry that Joe got hurt and they…unfortunately, were the only ones around." She looked back down at his palm. "I didn't mean to stare at Midnight Express while saying what I did either. I…I just…just felt so…hurt. I really do hope I didn't upset him I would have hate for that to happen." She looked back up at him again. "I know he has feelings for me, I just hope I didn't…" she trailed off becoming embarrassed at what she was revealing.

Rail Racer was trying his best not to look shocked at what the female was telling him. "Why didn't you tell them this? Why avoid and ignore them instead?"

"Because I'm stupid." She replied joking slightly. "And as I said, every time I saw them all I could think of was what happened to Joe."

"You should tell them, we're sure they'd be pleased to know." Even as he said this Rail Racer felt stupid for saying it. Since, technically, she was telling them.

The female shook her head. "I-I can't. Please don't tell them, Rail Racer."

The combiner sighed and gave a nod knowing full well that she'd virtually already told them.