Chapter 10

Lennox pounded his fist against the door of the gated pawnshop didn't matter much to him if Big Rhonda's was open or not. While highly skilled in visual field recognition, Lennox found that he needed none of those hard earned skills to identify the lumbering woman that had descended into the shop as the pawnshops owner Big Rhonda. The woman flashed him a warning glare as she wrenched open the glass-fronted door that sat behind the gates.

"Don't you be bangin' on my door! I ain't open right now." Big Rhonda's words were backed up by the growling form of the woman's Herdier. Lennox cringed back from the barking pokémon before returning his attention to the woman before him. Lennox took a second to compose himself before speaking.

"Ma'am, we have an emergency. You wouldn't happen to have a shortwave radio would you?" The woman before him studied him for a moment. Her eyes taking in his uniform and his face.

"I already told you that I'm closed."

"Ma'am please, if you have a radio-"

"No radio but I've got a CB. Are you payin' cash?"

Lennox ground his teeth together. "Ma'am please it's a matter of national security. Open the door, please." Rhonda's Herdier snarled as Lennox placed a hand on the gate between them.

"Don't you be takin' that tone with me. this here's a matter of Big Rhonda's security and I know my rights. You wouldn't happen to know why none of my cell phones ain't workin', would ya?" Lennox took a step back from the door and unstrapped his hoister to reveal his service pistol.

"Ma'am if you don't let us in them I'm going to have to shoot the lock." Rhonda stepped to the side for a moment and reached for something sitting beside the door. When she reemerged she had a shotgun in her hand.

"G'head and he'll be the least of your problems." Rhonda said as she tilted her head towards her now snarling pokémon.

"You step one foot in here and I'll be shootin' you!" Lennox raised both of his hands so that she could see them and fought against the mad urge to burry his face in them. He was fairly certain that Epps was standing next to the kids somewhere behind him and laughing his ass off.

"Ma'am we don't have time for this."

Rhonda gestured at him with her shotgun. "I got plenty of time. I'm closed."

"Look." Lennox held out his left arm and pulled back his sleeve so that the watch on his wrist was viable.

"I'll give you my watch. It's Military Ranger issue and tells perfect time. by the atomic clock in Geneva. That's in Switzerland." Rhonda glared at him.

"I know where Geneva is. I got three coco clocks that work just fine in the back." Lennox frantically tried to talk the woman into taking his watch.

"You can even scuba dive with it on. It's good up to three hundred feet." Rhonda drew herself up. If was both a warning and a definition.

"Do I look like I'm going scuba diving to you?" she asked. Lennox was more than frantic by now.

"LADY, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, TAKE THE WATCH!"

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Sparky at her side Maggie found herself leaning against the the filing cabinet that she and Keller had moved with all of her strength. Only she and Sparky were leaning against the cabinet trying to keep it wedged against the door. Simmons and Keller along with Snip and Keller's Lucario, Auron, were leaning against the door itself.

All of them were weary about setting loose anymore of their pokémon. Maggie herself had a pokémon that could use ice type attacks but Pebble wasn't as fast nor as small as Sparky and if she let him out he'd have been the more tempting target than her little Raichu. Glen's Snorlax would have been a big help in keeping the door closed but it wouldn't have kept the little monster on the other side of the door from trying to tear it down and chances were it would succeed eventually.

Besides Fatso was the biggest target that any of them could give the little metal alien and even the Snorlax would eventually fall to the sharp disks that the little robot could fire. Glen, himself, was leaning over one of the jury-rigged computer's speakers listening to electric stutter suddenly sounded above the static that the speaker was still issuing.

"We have a response!" Glen yelled as he turned towards his companions. "They've accepted you're code!" The room around them seemed to get just a bit lighter at that announcement.

"Call in the air strike! Put it into your own words as best you can but you have to let them know whats going on here. Tell them what they need to be looking for and how to respond!" Glen nodded his head and went back to work over the keyboard. Keller cringed as the door they were leaning against finally gave enough to allow Frenzy to squeeze through and enter the room. Upon leaping into the room Frenzy instantly took in his surroundings and began firing one lethal disk after another.

Maggie jerked to the side as one of the disks cut through the air in front of her. At the sudden threat to his trainer Sparky fired off a Thunderbolt that raced through the air only to miss its madly running target. Frenzy remember his fight on the plane and how dangerous that the creatures that humans kept could be to him if he didn't pay attention. He had no intention of letting one of the little beasts in the room end his life before he was ready for it to end. While Frenzy had dodged the attack from Sparky he didn't succeed in dodging the ice shard that slammed into his back.

Never one to waste even the smallest advantage in a fight Snip lunged forward ready to tear into Frenzy with glowing a split second Frenzy's optic's gazed upwards at the area above his head. In that split second he was able to find a quick escape from the beast that was lunging at him. Just as Snip was about to tear into him Frenzy jumped and slammed his feet into the small cat like creatures back. Using the momentum that the smaller body provided Frenzy launched himself into an open vent and disapparated.

"Send that message quick Glen!" Maggie yelled as she turned hear head towards the vents. The entire room had gone silent in an attempt to listen for any sounds that would give away Frenzy's location. The only person who wasn't listening was Glen who was to busy trying to send everything that Keller had asked him to send over the revamped computer.

"I'm going my best her Maggie! The killer alien robot isn't really helping!" he shouted. Keller ignored the two bickering computer nerds as best he could. Unlike the others in the room his eyes weren't fixed on the vents above their heads but on the still for of Auron.

The Lucario had his eyes closed and the nerve bundles that hung from the back of his heads were vibrating. Auron didn't have to use his eyes to find what they were looking for. He had a far better way of finding the danger in the room. Rust red eyes snapped open seconds before a condensed ball of blue energy formed between Auron's paws.

"Do it Auron." Keller ordered. The Aura Sphere was thrown for Auron's paws and slammed into a section of the vents over their heads. Frenzy came crashing down with a metallic screamed as stumbled backwards and into Keller as Frenzy landed near her. The pair went toppling to the floor in a tangle of limbs. Frenzy paid neither of them any attention as he fired a disk at Simmons.

It was only the years of training that he'd been put through that saved Simmons life. The agent just barley managed to move his head out of the disks way as it passed through the air leaving only a lightly bleeding cut as evidence of its passing. Snip hissed as he ran over to his trainer and took up a guard in front of the bleeding man his claws at the ready.

While Simmons was distracted with his bleeding head Frenzy turned his gaze towards Maggie and Keller and prepared to fire as many disks at the pair of them as he would be able. Auron and Sparky were ready however. Several Dark Pulse and Electro Ball attacks slamming home against the small alien. Frenzy shrieked and lunged forward only to be met by Auron for close combat. Paws slammed into Frenzy's frame and knocked the mech back wards.

While he was still off balance Sparky darted in and slammed an Iron tail into the mech's torso over the area where Frenzy launched his disks. Sparky ducked as several disks were let loose. Most of them embedded themselves into the rooms walls or into unused equipment. One however ricocheted off of a metal support beam and headed right back towards its send. Frenzy moved to get out of the way only to have something extremely old slam into him and freeze him in place.

The humans and pokémon in the returning disks way ducked down close to the ground to avoid getting hit. The disk shot over them and slammed into the frozen form of its owner. Frenzy's head hit the ground moments later, ice chipping off and sliding across the floor at its impact. Frenzy's body however was still frozen upright.

"What goes around come around!" Simmons cried with glee as he knelt next to the severed head. Snip by his side. The agent grinned and bought a hand up to scratch at one of his Sneasel's ears. It would take them some time to get the frozen body to pry loose from the floor but as soon as they managed it they were getting rid of it. Simmons looked up at Maggie as the hacker and her Raichu walked by him and towards Glen. Surprisingly the pair of them smiled at each other.

"Did you get the message out?" she asked. Glen sat slumped in his chair and for a moment he didn't bother responding. The grin that broke across his face however told her everything that she needed to know.

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It wasn't long after Lennox had rejoined the others for Epps to make relay contact with the scrambled flight from Nellis. The way they were communicating was strange and took longer than any of the soldiers would have liked but they were at least communicating instead of sitting in the dark like they had been before. If there was on thing that the military was good at then it was improvising on the battlefield. It was even better that there weren't to many officers involved with what they were currently doing.

"Aircraft circling city, this is on site. How copy? Are you able to track our position?" The only reply they received was the sound of static before a low whine became audible. Coming in low and fast an F-22 Raptor passed directly overhead. The plane was flying a lot lower and a lot faster than anyone in the FFA would have allowed. As the plane thundered past Lennox and several others turned to follow it.

"The air force had arrived! Confirm our position." A couple of soldiers fired flares into the sky above their heads. It was immediately evident that they had been seen, for the jet that had flown over their heads a few minutes before began to circle back in their direction.

"Raptor flight, we are five klicks south of the tallest building passed on your recent flyover. We have you visual." Epps said into the CB before he he clicked the switch. He was hoping that there would be some sort of verbal confirmation this time.

There was still only static from the Raptor. The fighter kept coming and it was dropping lower as it approached. Sam tensed as he and Mikaela stood watching the approaching fighter jet. The pair had climbed out of Bumblebee interior while Lennox had been trying to get the owner of the nearby pawnshop to give him her CB radio. Now they stood watching the jet like all of the others with them.

"Something's wrong." Sam said. His eyes were fixed on the plane but it wasn't what he was seeing that had him so worried. It was what he was sensing or rather the lack of what he was sensing. He couldn't seem to feel the piolet that was sitting in the cockpit of the plane and he wasn't sure if that was because if was still out of his range or if that meant that it had no piolet. With every second that passed he was beginning to come to the conclusion that it was the later.

"Sam?" Mikaela asked from where she was standing next to him. Mikaela placed a hand on Sam's shoulder as she looked at him.

"What is it?" Sam blinked and looked at her his face slightly paler than it usually was.

"There's no piolet in that plane." Sam's words were spoken with the type of calm that make a shiver crawl up Mikaela's spine. Sam didn't even seem remotely frightened by what was going on. Mikaela blinked and opened her mouth to say something in response to Sam's statement, likely something about how crazy it sounded, but Sam was already turning so that he could yell at Lennox and Epps.

Within the military convoy several shapes began to shift. Shapes shifted as the Autobots swiftly didn't need to consult with humans among them to know that something was wrong.

"Jazz, Bumblebee, take flanking positions." Ironhide rumbled. Jazz moved to one side as the Raptor came towards them. The jet was flying impossibly low. There was a brief moment where nothing seemed to move before the jet fired an onslaught of mistles at the convoy.

"No!" Lennox howled as he dove to one side in an attempt to keep from getting hit by any debris or shrapnel. Starscream fired several times as his targets ran for cover. Heedless of the danger that they would be put in both Ironhide and Bumblebee moved so that they were able to flip a heavy truck onto its side and in front of the convoy.

It wasn't much but it would help protect the humans that were fighting with them. If only took one mistle however to cut the truck in half. Unable to get out of the way in time Bumblebee was catapulted backwards. His torso going in one direction and his legs going in the other.

The sound of metal dragging along concrete accompanied him until his body ran out of momentum and stopped moving. The Allspark however didn't stop moving for a few yards more. When the artifact did finally stop bouncing it released a single wave of energy that raced across the asphalt and concrete that surrounded it. While the wave of energy had no effect of the materials that made up the sidewalk and road it had more than enough to work with when it came to anything electronic in the area.

A pair of young men that had been watching the goings on with complete and utter shock were forced to leave their vehicle as the energy from the Allspark took affect. As the men ran away from the tricked out sedan every piece of electronics in the vehicle had started to move and sprout limbs of their own. It was almost as if an metal spider of some sort had given birth to a bevy of horrible mechanical offspring.

Even though it was rapidly loosing energy as it went further away from its source the wave still had enough power to break the windows of a nearby super-store. The energy burst rushed through the aisles and swept over the shelves that held various merchandise. It didn't take very long for the shoppers to start panicking and running in every direction. One employee, who was pushing a cart full of game stations, scream bloody murder as arms burst out of the sides of boxes and began to tear through the cardboard that trapped them. In the back of the store TV's and stereos sprouted legs and worked their way off of their stands only to wander about drunkenly on Allspark energy.

Along the stores situated a block over was an expensive gun shop. Within the barred window display a single gun began to put out hesitant tendrils and started to rise before it fell back onto its display mount. What little energy it had been given already spent. There was no knowing what would happen if the Allspark were to let loose a second larger pulse of energy.

Lennox dragged himself from the debris. The soldiers gut instinct was to find the nearest weapon and arm himself so that he could start fighting back.

If need be he'd call on his pokémon but only if the time was right and so far it wasn't. Lennox know however that it wouldn't last. He didn't know how many Decepticons they were facing but he knew that it wouldn't be too much longer before they'd need more than the sabot rounds they were armed with to fight back. Lennox blinked and his eyes rested on Sam and Mikaela. No one had said it but the teens had become his responsibility the moment that it had been decided that they were going to run with the Allspark.

Climbing to his feet the army caption moved to help the teens stand from where they'd been thrown to the ground. Around them the street had been turned into a war zone Water sprayed from a broken hydrant and the road was damaged from where it had been struck with Starscream's mistles. Any civilians that had been standing and staring were now running away from the area as fast as they could.

They weren't taking any chances when it came to getting fired at. Their being gone was all for the better of the soldiers for it gave them one less thing to have to worry about. Laying off to the side of the street Bumblebee began to pull himself forward and out of the wreckage around him with his arms. When Sam and Mikaela caught sight of him they both ran forward looking alarmed. Mikaela's hands rose to cover her mouth as she took his his beaten and battered frame. Sam's hands were clenched at his sides and his eyes were worried.

"Merciful Mew." Sam hissed between his teeth as he looked over his damaged friend. There was nothing he'd be able to do for the downed robot. At least nothing more than stay close and see if he could get Ratchet's attention. as unlikely as it seemed at that moment. In fact that fact that Ratchet hadn't come running was probably a good sign. It meant that while Bumblebee's loss of legs was bad it didn't seem to be deadly. Had the damage been so then chances were that Ratchet would have been right there to look after his comrade.

"You're gonna be okay Bee." Sam said. Bumblebee nodded his head and gave a slight whine before he began pulling himself over to where the Allspark had landed when it'd been knocked free. The artifact lay unprotected and exposed were it had fallen. Lennox and his men however were doing their best to spread out so that some small form of protection would at least be available.

Chances were that they wouldn't be able to outright stop any Decepticon that wanted the Allspark but they were ready to try. Pulling the fallen CB from the wreckage around him, Epps hurriedly ran a check on the primitive device. While the radio was beat-up it was still in one piece. The question to be asked was whether or not it still worked and would transmit a signal? Turning a knob Epps was rewarded with an all to familiar crackle of static.

"This is an air force controller on sight southern city suburbs; we are under heavy fire from rouge aircraft. Does anyone copy?" There was only static in reply. Epps found that he was beginning to hate the sound of static. The only thing that he hated more than the sound of static was the crappy CB radio in his hand. Epps mood improved however when a choppy voice sounded from the CB's single large speaker.

"Yes, army Black Hawk - inbound to your - copy..." Much of what the man was saying wasn't understandable.

"Say again." Epps growled. "over."

"... lay down ... your coordinates..." the voice was saying. Static and mayhem and there was nothing Epps could do about it but tell them what they needed to know and hope that the message made it through.

"From IP Alpha two-seven-three degrees, ten miles November Victor one-two-four-three and three-four-two-seven, NA one-point-two-six klicks north."

"Copy that... ETA two minutes." Two minutes. Two minutes could be an unbelievably long amount of time when you were on an active battle field but it was the best that they could do. Feet moving as fast as they were able Epps proceeded to convey the needed information to as many members of the convoy as he could. It was a task much easier said than done considering what had just joined the battle.

Not more than two blocks away, Blackout appeared, perching like a hawk on top of an undamaged building. It was the ground that was shaking beneath feet that was the immediate problem however. The Decepticon that rounded the corner had been undetected. Hidden in the guise of an Abrams tank. The tank itself flattened empty cars as it rolled towards its intended targets. A couple of small armed Sector Seven vehicles started charging towards the Decepticon firing their weapons as they went.

Not that it seemed to bother the Decepticon one bit. Pulse blasts tore through the air instead of artillery shells as the behemoth fired back at the smaller vehicles. Both charging vehicles were hit and knocked engine over exhaust pipe. When they finally stopped rolling both vehicles went up in flames before exploding. Lennox could only grind his teeth together as he watched.

There was nothing he could do to help them men that had been inside. Even if he would had been able to do something he was reluctant to leave the protective circle that he and his men had formed around the two teen and the downed Autobot. The small arms that they had to defend themselves with would be useless no matter what form the tank was in and sabot rounds would be more useful when the vehicle before them actually bothered to transform. This meant one thing and one thing only in Lennox's mind. It was time to release their pokémon and see what they could do.

Lennox reached towards his belt and fingered the balls there until he found the one he was looking for. Plucking the old pokéball from it holder Lennox found that he could only stare at it. The monster inside had been his first pokémon and was by far one of his strongest. They'd been in more trouble together than he cared to remember.

"Tank, stand by!" Lennox yelled as he tossed his ball into the air.

There was a flare of red and seconds later his battle scared Blastoise was standing a few feet in front of him ready to fight. A loud screech alerted Lennox to Kendra's arrival onto the field. He could already feel the heat that the Blaziken was giving in preparation for the battle to come. Lennox was faintly aware of the sounds of other pokémon as they were freed from their capsules. He hated the thought of putting them in danger but if it meant that they'd win the battle to come them he'd do it. He knew that his pokémon wouldn't stand being left out of a fight. They saw protecting him as their job just like it was his to protect them. They protected each other on the battlefield and it would be that way until the day that they died.

Sam blinked as the emotions of the pokémon around them flooded his mind. They were ready to fight even if the beings that they were going up against caused them to worry. Sam couldn't blame them really. Not when they were reacting to their masters emotions as well as the situation. Most were ready to fight and have the courage to do so. There were a few amongst them however that feared what was happening. It was always easy to tell the difference between battle veterans and none fighters that way.

"Should we help?" Mikaela questioned. She'd been fairly quiet since they'd been shot at. Sam knew she was scared. Just like he knew that his continued sense of calm unnerved her. It was understandable. His grandfather had taught him how to stay calm when the situation around you only continued to worsen. It was after all part of his job. Panic led to mistakes and mistakes could get you killed and if you weren't lucky enough then they'd get someone else killed instead of you.

"Not yet. If we call on one of our pokémon then we're just giving them another target. Besides most of the pokémon here have more experience in these types of battles. For now we'd just be in the way." For half a second it seemed like Mikaela was going to make a smart remark about his advice but the words never came. She simply closed her mouth and nodded.

"We'll help when the times right Mikaela don't worry."

"If you say so, Sam. I hate waiting but I don't want to cause any trouble."

There was no need for them to deal with the tank. As everyone looked on that tank that was Devastator began to transform, so that by the time he was finished he was standing on massive legs. The humans that stood guard over the Allspark all cringed when the turret that rested next to the mech's head pivoted in their direction. Sam reached out to place a hand on Mikaela's arm and this time she reached back.

There was no need for Lennox and his men to fire however for something low slung and fast was making its way towards the transformed tank. Jazz launched himself onto Devastator's back and managed to wrench him backwards just as he fired.

The pulse blast ripped through the air above human heads but did no free Jazz slammed his opponent into a nearby structure just as Ironhide and Ratchet appeared. The pair transformed together and then proceeded to help Jazz beat the living daylights out of the Deception that was unlucky enough to get caught between them. They weren't alone in their attacks. Taking the chance to do any damage that they could Lennox urged his group forwards.

Aiming carefully so that they wouldn't hit any of their robotic allies Lennox and his men let loose a variety of attacks from both sabot rounds and any pokémon attack that wouldn't loose power over distance. a pulse blast from an unseen enemy knocked Jazz to the side and forced Lennox and his men to retreat so that they wouldn' be in the way. There was another reason for their sudden retreat. The figure that had just rounded the corner was massive and looked like something out of their worst nightmares. And this time he wasn't frozen in a block of ice.

Megatron had arrived. Megatron growled as he bent of an injured Jazz. His red eyes fixed on the Autobot below him before he struck out with a hand and sand his claws into Jazz's chest. Jazz made a noise that sounded like an electronic scream as Megatron pulled the spark from his chest. The sphere in the Decepticon lords hand flicked for a moment before fading into nothingness. Jazz fell still at Megatron feet. Megatron merely stared at the empty spark casing for a moment before crushing it in his hand and turning his attention towards the humans that were guarding the Allspark .

He would never have the chance to move against them for not a moment later another rose to challenge him. Tearing through several fences that separated the buildings around them Optimus Prime was transforming even as he raced towards Megatron. In response to Optimus's arrival Megatron began to transform as well. The alien aircraft didn't get the chance to make if far however for as soon as he was close enough Optimus stretched out his arms took a tremendous leap and grabbed hold.

The weight of both mechs was too much for Megatron to hand and both were sent plummeting towards the ground below only slowing to slam into one of the nearby buildings before hitting the Optimus rose to his feet Megatron transformed back into his natural bipedal shape.

"Hello, brother." Megatron hissed as he shifted his position so that he would be able to fight better. Optimus merely gazed back at the mech across from him, his gaze even.

"Hello, brother." Nothing else passed between the pair word wise. There was no need for words when they were facing each other. Everything that either of them might have wanted to say had already been said. There was nothing either could say to the other that would cause anymore pain or any pause in the fight that was to come. At least there would be no words yet. There was only the fight to come and what resulted from it. The pair of them charged at the same time and collided.

Bumblebee found that all he could bring himself to do at that very moment in time was stare at the Allspark where it rested in his hands. The humans perimeter around him had dissolved when the fighting had started and now they and their beasts were busy taking whatever shots they could get at the Decepticons. That was fine.

The lack of guard didn't bother him as much as it should have but the others were close enough to come running should he need them. Besides he had Sam and Mikaela and he was certain that should the need arise that they would be more than willing to come to both his and their own defense. The though of them fighting was still wrong however. The battle the night before had been bad enough. He didn't want to see another one not when what they were facing were Decepticons and not other pokémon. If they were battling other pokémon then they had half a chance of winning.

The Decepticons however would bat their beasts aside like they were nothing and then kill them. He didn't want to see that happen. Not if he could help it and it seemed very unlikely that he'd be able to. Oh, he could still fire his weapons but without the ability to move around on his own he was nothing more than a big yellow target for the Decepticons to shoot at.

The best he could do was give the Allspark to someone who could keep it out of the Decepticons greedy clutches. Reaching forward Bumblebee brushed a single metal finger across Sam's back The teen turned to look at him his eyes going wide when Bumblebee pressed the Allspark into his empty hands.

"Bee, there's no way in hell that I'm leaving you here." Bumblebee shook his head and pointed in a direction that would take Sam away from the fighting.

Sam was the best one for the job. He'd stay calm enough to not get himself into trouble and he had Mojo. He'd seen the teen riding on the big dogs back and had seen the devotion in the monsters eyes. He knew that the Arcanine would keep both Sam and the Allspark safe even if it meant his life. He was also hoping that he'd be able to get Mikaela out as well. "No." Sam growled. Sam had no intention of leaving his friend all alone to fend for himself.

It wasn't in his nature to leave behind those that were injured. He'd been raised to help protect and care for the injured and not to leave them behind. He didn't care if he was putting himself in danger by staying with Bumblebee when he should be running. If he ran and took Mikaela with him then there wouldn't be anyone to look out for the downed robot. His grandfather had taught him to run into danger and not away from it. He wasn't running, not unless he could be sure that Bumblebee had some sort of defense.

Bumblebee merely looked back him bright blue optic's wide and begging. There was the sound of gears grinding together as the yellow mech groaned and gestured away again. Sam shook his head and felt tears prick at the corners of his eyes. Sam took a deep breath and tried to regain control over his emotions. Getting emotional now wouldn't do any of them any good.

Above the sounds of battle a sudden thumping noise filled the air. Lennox looked up into the air and fought the sudden urge to jump up and down in joy. The Black Hawks had finally arrived. It had taken them half of forever but they had made it. Turning Lennox ran over to the area where he had left Sam and Mikaela standing near Bumblebee.

Sam looked like he was arguing with the mech but Mikaela didn't seem to be with them anymore. She was across the street circling an abandoned tow truck like she was plotting something. Lennox ignored her in favor of going towards Sam. Reaching into one of the pockets sewed onto his uniform he pulled out a compact cylinder and thrust it into the hand that wasn't holding the Allspark.

"Here's a rescue flair." He said as he began pointing at something down the street from where they were at. It was a tall white building.

"I want you to get up to the roof of that building and signal one of the choppers. They'll pick you up. I want you to run and I want you to run fast." Sam blinked and gave Lennox a bewildered look.

"But what about..." Lennox's hand shot forward and took a firm hold of the front of Sam's shirt. Pulling the teen closer the soldier looked directly into his eyes and uttered a series of words that would, unbeknownst to the soldier, change his life more than even the alien robots would.

"You're a soldier now, kid. Everyone here's a soldier until this is done and over with. Get the Allspark out of the city and as far away as you you don't a lot of people are gonna die." Sam blinked his eyes fixed on the man in front of him.

Pure determination was rolling off of the soldier. Lennox thought that he could do it and wasn't really giving him a choice in the matter. Sam turned as Mikaela made her way back over to the small group. The two locked eyes and an unspoken conversation passed between the two. She'd be staying behind but if the way she was glancing at the tow truck was anything then she wouldn't be idle while he was running. As Sam moved to start running Mikaela grabbed hold of his sleeve.

"I'm really glad I got in that car with you, Sam." Sam smiled at her sincerity and gave her a nod before he began running. There wasn't any need for him to call on Mojo. At least not yet. The distance he had to run was too short and Mojo too attention grabbing. This was something that he'd have to do by himself.

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Okay so there was a bit more action but not a whole lot. I'm going to try and get as much action in the next chapter as I can. Which means that I'm going to try and actually include the pokémon in the fights against the Cons. I think I've already told you that I'm not very good with battle sceens. I also noticed that there wasn't a lot of Mikaela. She kinda fades into the background in this part of both the book and movie. She will have her time to shine of course. I'm thinking that the next chapter should be the last of the ones where I use the book and movie as a guide so with some luck after the next chapter I'll be getting into the AU stuff. I will of course try and have the next chapter out in the next couple of days.

Teams

Lennox

Tank - Blastoise

Epps

Kendra - Blaziken