Revenge of the Swapped:
Well here's the nexy chapter! I hope everyone doesn't hate me cause of all the cliffies...hehe. But I hope you can all enjoy this and please R&R! I'd really appreciate it :) - Rin
Chapter 6-
I slammed the car door behind me and ran full speed up a grassy hill. Up ahead I heard giant explosions and the clang of clashing metal that sent chills us my spine. I slipped twice because of wetness on the grass; I looked down and I saw a reddish liquid that smelled like a mixture of gasoline and...ozone. I wasn't positive cause I didn't really have experience with Transformer biology but I guessed that it was their equivilent to blood.
Just then I heard a scream and a groan of pain.
"CARI!" I yelled and scrabbled up the rest of the hill to a horror show of a sight.
My friend was in the grasp of Megatron, who had just plunged a giant blade down into Optimus Prime's chest. With a savage growl the Decepticon pulled the blade back out and Optimus fell to the ground with a hollow boom. Behind me I heard the shouts of the other Autobots but I stayed where I was and fell to my knees as Megatron began to retreat with another Decepticon.
Numbly I watched as Cari was taken with them, even from here I could see that tears were running down her face as she pounded on Megatron's claws in a vain attempt to free herself. I didn't even hear Michael calling my name or feel as he put a hand on my shoulder and shook it gently. All I could see was Cari being taken away and hear the pounding of my heart in my ears.
Then suddenly that's when everything seemed to snap into focus as hot tears streaked down my face and the sound returned to my ears with an explosion of gun fire and clangs. I shot up from kneeling on the ground and without even looking at Michael I dashed down the hill as fast as my legs would carry me. My breathing was ragged and my sides hurt from when I had been flung to the ground...but I didn't care.
"GET...BACK...HERE...YOU...DAMNED...ROBOTS!" I screamed so loud that it echoed.
I continued to run past the shocked looking Bumblebee and Ratchet who stopped to see who was shouting curses. Megatron also seemed to hear me and turned his head to look right at me.
"GIVE CARI BACK!" I growled and dashed towards the Con's looming shape.
"SAM! No get back here!" I heard Michael yelled from behind me but I didn't care.
I felt my legs slip out from under me and I did a barrel roll down the hill, dirt and grass going into my mouth and I gave an oomph as I landed on my back. The air was knocked out of me and I struggled to breath, sobs tugging at my chest to get out. Around me the Autobots ran forwards, Ironhide shouting orders in the distance. I felt someone tug me upwards and I was able to take a breath. Michael held me up by my shoulders and I was dimly aware that he was calling my name.
"Sam!" it finally registered in my brain I looked up at him.
I saw concern on his face and the same helplessness that i was feeling; I knew what he was trying to say though. There was nothing that I could do...
"Bumblebee get the humans out of here!" Ratchet yelled out and the yellow bot transformed into his vehical form.
The Camaro roared over and Michael guided me over to the passenger seat. I sat down and without a word Michael got into the driver seat and Bee took off, followed by two smaller cars: one red and one green. Tears rolled down my face as the car turned the corner and the battle field was left behind. But even though...I could still see Cari's screaming face and Optimus's shattered frame falling to the ground. I put my head in my hands as I tried to compose myself but I still felt so numb...and useless.
"What...what was that?" I heard someone say from behind me and I looked in the rear view mirror to see Leo's pale face staring back.
I took a deep breath, wiping the wetness from my cheeks and eyes. Then I sat up and looked back at the very scared looking boy.
"Those were the aliens from Shang Hai. They have been here for a year and that was the last time that I saw them, they are autonomous robotic organisms from a planet called Cybertron." I said back, keeping my voice steady.
"Wait you've seen them before...the aliens are real!" Leo hissed.
I rolled my eyes, "Yes they're real."
This made Leo go silent.
For almost another half an hour the car was silent except for the rumble of the engine and the whoosh of the wind outside the car. Finally I looked outside and saw the scenery had changed from forest to a highway with other cars.
"Bee where are you taking us?" I asked softly.
"Secret...base." two different voice said over the radio.
Behind me I could hear Leo jump and I saw him peer closer out of the corner of my eye. I nodded, not knowing whether or not he could see me. But I knew that if I were to get help in finding and rescuing Cari I could find it at the Bot's base.
Cari's POV-
I gasped as I was dropped to the ground and my vison spun for a moment. I closed my eyes but when I opened them I regretted it, Megatron's huge foot was directly in front of me and I looked up to his monsterous face.
"Puny human! Where is the informations?" he growled and I quickly stood up.
Without thinking I scrabbled backwards and ran across the deserted lot that Megatron had walked to. About a mile away the sight of close knit houses marked a city.
'If I can reach them I can hide from the Cons.' I thought to myself and pumped my legs harder.
Behind me I could hear Megatron give a roar of displeasure and I felt the ground shake as he charged after me. I gulped dryly as I imagined the thirty foot robot chacing me and I tried to find some place to run other than just straight. But it was like one of those nightmares where you can't run faster than your fear but there's nowhere to hide.
I felt my feet pound on the ground, the beat uneven with the rapid thump of my pulse. Slowly the building inched towards me and I saw a small alleyway upahead. But the rumblings behind me grew louder and so powerful that I almost lost my balance twice.
"You're mine!" I heard Megatron shout and I randomly ran to the left.
I felt the wind off of the Decepticon's claws as they dug into the ground where my feet had been only seconds before. I did this twice more before I reached the alleyway and I skidded on the loose ground and ran through. Trying to run faster I saw another alleyway and ducked down between two abandoned brick buildings. But I didn't stop, I took random turns and side streets until I had made it halfway to the more populated part of the city. For a moment I leaned against the side of a building to try and catch me breath, pain flaring around the bruises that were on my sides from where Megatron had grabbed me.
But in the distance I could hear the Con leader growling as he searched for me and I knew that I couldn't stay here for long. I took a deep breath and then jogged forward again, passing one or two people now on the sidewalks. I continued into the city, my breath coming in gasps and my legs begging me to stop but I resisted. If I stopped not Megatron would end up finding me. For almost another ten minutes I ran until I felt my legs starting to wobble. Finally I had to stop or risk hurting myself, so I sat down on the curb of the road and put my head on my knees. Slowly I gained my breath back and the pain in my sides subsided into a dull ache. After recovering from my sprint, I sat for the good part of an hour trying to get my thoughts in line and trying to figure out where I was in the Revenge f the Fallen movie.
I decided that walking would help me focus and I stood up slowly, wincing as the muscles in my legs stretched. From the look and sound of it Megatron had stopped looking for me which made sense as I saw the scene where he was beating on Starscream. But what came after that? At this point I started getting into the more popluated part of city and saw a shop up ahead. It was some sort of deli with neon signs hanging behind barred, glass, windows. Smirking as I remembered the scene I ran across the street to get to the shop. But I stopped midway in front of a television shop as the eight screens in the window began to flicker rapidly.
Different scenes from different tv shows flicked back and forth inbetween bars of static. Then a gravelly voice came from the speakers and the image solidifyed into the face of the one Con that scared me more than ol' Megsy.
The Fallen.
"Citizens of the human hive, your leaders have withheld the truth. You are not alone in this universe. We have lived amoung you, hidden, bu no more." the Decepticon rumbled and several more people stopped along side me to stared dumbstruck at the robotic face plastered on the tv screens.
"As you've seen, we can destory your cities at will. Unless you turn over this girl..." I gulped again as a brief picture of myself flashed across the screen and I slowly started backing away from the tvs.
"If you resist us, we will destroy the world as you know it."
I bolted down the street, pulling up the hood of my jacket so that it covered my head. Slowly I approached the deli shop and opened the door, a bell ringing in the back of the shop annoucing my presence.
"Number fourty-two I got your kishka, knish, kash-varnishka and kreplach combo right here!" I grinned to myself at the voice.
I waited as the former Agent Simmons argued with his mother and turned back to the woman who stood in front of me.
"Give me your money. Get outta here!" he muttered as she left and glanced in my direction.
"Take a number, young lady."
"Robo-warrior?" I said making Simmons look up, "Know him?"
"I've never heard of him." the man replied cooly.
"Okay how about Agent Semore Simmons? Former agent of the now shut down Sector Seven?" I said slying and his face slackened.
"Alright meat store's closed! Everybody out, out right now!"
With a bunch of mutters the patrons slowly filed out and Simmons dismissed his mom and the one other employee that was in the room. Once we were alone (except for the kibosh or what ever it was called) he turned to me with narrowed eyes.
"How do you know who I am?"
Sam's POV-
"What is the meaning of this! You DARE point a gun at me?" I heard Ironhide rumble dangerously as several military cars surrounded him and several of the Autobots.
"You want a piece of me? I will tear you apart!"
I jumped out of Bumblebee and ran forward, pushing aside two soldiers.
"Drop your weapons!" I heard a familiar voice and saw Lennox running forward, followed by Epps.
"Tell them to lower their weapons!"
"Tell them to lower them first." I glanced over at a man in a suit that walked up to Lennox.
He wore glasses and looked very irritated at the moment. Not to mention the looks that he was flashing the Autobots. Then I remembered, this must've been Galloway. I had heard Cari rant enough about him enough to know that he was a total pain in the rear and a stuck up jerk to boot.
"Tell them to lower their weapons." Lennox said again, slower and darker than before.
"Major there is nothing I can do. Your NEST team is deactivated." Galloway replied and turned, his dark eyes immediatly locking onto me.
"And who are you? Who let a child into a restricted, goverment, facility?"
I glared back at him and crossed my arms over my chest.
"Sam?" I heard Lennox ask and I gave him a nod.
"Yup, nice to see you again Major." I replied keeping my eyes on Galloway.
"Who are you?" Galloway demanded again and I frowned deeper.
"I am Samantha Dev...Witwicky. One year ago I was involved in the Mission City attack. I helped save the Autobots from the Decepticons and I'm hear to ask them to get my friend back." I responded.
"You...you saved..." Galloway spluttered but quickly regained his composure.
"Your friend?" he demanded.
"Yes, my friend Cari was captured by the Deceticons...and I need the Autobots to get her back."