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Mya POV
The green eyed woman anxiously sat in her seat as Ironhide sped down the road. They'd seen what happened with Optimus and Bee; it scared her that there were artificial Transformers. Ironhide was angered humans had the nerve to attempt and create their own robots. Killing Autobots and melting their parts to create falsified versions of themselves? It was incomprehensible.
Ironhide, along with the others, had split up. That multicolored artificial had vanished, as far as the weapon specialist could tell, along with the large grey one.
Optimus was farther ahead, trying to keep his humans safe.
Mya felt worry knot her stomach. She was appreciative that Desirée and her new companions had accepted her and Ironhide; it meant a lot to her. Not to mention the young woman's children, who seemed scared but accepting of the newcomers in their life.
"Don't worry about them," Ironhide grunted. "Desirée and Optimus are powerful, nothing can stop them."
"What about their kids?" she asked.
"They will be safe," was his gruff reply. Mya shifted nervously in her seat. Desirée was a woman who could hold her own, but she was broken at the same time. Mya couldn't understand how Desirée was able to keep herself grounded after so many years of being shot at, being threatened.
Desirée Witwicky's life was constantly in danger. Mya tried to comprehend the magnitude of that. She wondered if she could handle a pressure like that.
She shook her head. Mya was able to make it this far without backing out. She'd make it till the end of the road with the Autobots; and, though she was too stubborn to admit it, she'd make it all the way with Ironhide at her side.
Desirée POV
Missiles were being launched at us from the grey robot chasing behind us. Cars had been caught in the crossfire, crashing and exploding. Cade told us to jump out. That grey artificial was shooting nonstop, it was only a matter of time before Optimus got hit.
Holding the girls close to me, we jumped out of Optimus. We hit the grass on the side of the road. I tried not to roll over onto the girls as I hit the ground.
Optimus ended up getting grazed by some of the missiles once we were out, causing him to transform. Optimus skidded to a halt on the road, his foot just barely hitting an oncoming car. Slowly sitting up, I held the girls and looked over at Cade and Shane. Tessa wasn't with us.
Looking back at Optimus, I saw Tessa half-laying beside Optimus, looking completely terrified.
The grey robot transformed and started fighting Optimus; Cade called out to Tessa, trying to figure out how to get his daughter out of the way of the fighting robots.
"Cade, watch my girls," I exclaimed. I gave Saoirse and Eden a kiss and a quick hug before Cade took them and looked at me confusedly. I ran out to the road. Tessa was pushed up against the front of the now-abandoned vehicle. I could barely hear Cade's cries. "We need to go," I said hurriedly. I grabbed Tessa's arm, trying to lead her away from Optimus and his enemy.
Tessa scrambled up to get catch up with me, but we were cut short in our escape by the fight in front of us.
Cade and Shane managed to make it a safe distance away on the road, Cade yelling at us to go to the field. I noticed the girls were clinging to Cade, the older man standing protectively in front of them.
Tessa and I scrambled toward the field. Not even a minute later, Optimus was hit and came to a skidding halt in front of Tessa and I.
Tessa and I scrambled out of the way. Optimus went back to the fight, activating his Energon sword and trying to shove it into the enemy's chest. There was already an existing opening in the artificial's chest, a bright orange glow coming from it. The other guy didn't seem fazed. Shoving Optimus out of the way, something shot him in the back.
The time we watched the fight, no one noticed the giant alien ship that was about a mile out. Optimus turned around.
Tessa gripped my arm, holding it tightly.
An Energon Signature filled my senses.
"Tessa, stay behind me," I murmured. I saw Lockdown approach us. A mask was covering his face, an air of intimidation radiating off of him. A gun formed on Lockdown's face, shooting Optimus in the chest, but not mortally wounding him. He fell onto a car behind him, wincing in pain.
Quickly looking behind me, I saw Tessa run inside a semi-wrecked car we were pressed against.
"Tessa!" I hissed, going in after her. "Get out, you can't stay in here."
She shook her head. "Optimus, get up!" she hissed.
"I can't," he said, trying to move. "Get out of here."
Instead of doing what Optimus said, Tessa crawled to the back of the car. I threw my hands up in exasperation. She just didn't get it.
"I almost feel sorry for you, Prime," Lockdown said. "Your allegiance, these humans, to have loyalty for a cause...is that the cause? They'll always betray you."
Optimus scowled up at him. "Who sent you here?" he rasped.
"Where do you think you came from?" Lockdown asked, the mystery in his words intriguing me. "You think you were born? No, you were built. And your Creators want you back. We all work for someone." Turning, he walked away, grabbing onto a lowering part of his ship before being lifted away.
"Who are the Creators?" Tessa gasped.
"I-I don't know." I gulped.
A mini ship came and hovered over Optimus, dropping a net over him and the car. I cursed, feeling the car jerk in as it was being lifted off the ground.
I saw Shane (who held the girls) and Cade running toward us, motioning for us to get out, yelling at us. Cade ran alongside the car, kind of skidding on the ground as the mini ship started going up. He tried getting Tessa out, she wasn't making it easy for him. As we started lifting off the ground, Tessa started freaking out.
I yelled at Shane, his attention going from Tessa to me. "Watch my girls!" I cried. "OK? Watch them!"
He tried calling something, but Cade and Tessa's yelling drowned him out. I saw the girls crying, squirming in his grip.
As we went higher, Cade and Shane calling out to us, Optimus's last words to them were to watch over the Autobots, and keep his daughters safe.