Chapter 7

Sam had handcuffed Simmons to the pole.  As he did so, I started walking towards Jazz when I saw helicopters and seven more SUVs driving towards us with flashing red and blue lights.

"Optimus!"  I yelled.  "They called for back-up!"

"Let's go!"  The twenty-eight foot robot yelled.  He waited for everyone else to shift into car form.  Bumblebee spun his tires and drove onto the highway.  Ratchet followed, then Jazz.  He came, stopped, waited for me to get in.  I did and he stuck closely to Optimus Prime.

"Are you okay?"  Jazz asked me.

I shrugged, putting my hand on my ribs.  "Well, I could feel better," I said.  I opened the bag that I had on my lap.

"Are you going to take the job?"  Jazz asked.  His speed increased immensely.

"I don't know.  I don't want to leave you or Sam...  It's a tough decision," I said.

"You don't need to worry about me.  I go wherever you go," Jazz said.  "So, take the freaking job."

I nodded.  "Let's do it."  I said.  I looked behind us, Optimus was being followed by a helicopter.  I opened my bag and grabbed the handgun.  I loaded it.  "Jazz, stay true," I said.

"Got it," he said.

I rolled down the window and aimed at the helicopter.  "Turn now!"  I said.

Jazz turned to the left and the car went gliding left.  I had a perfect shot to the helicopter.  I shot at the glass.

"Don't shoot!"  Optimus said from behind us.

"They need to stop following us.  Split up!"  I yelled.

Jazz drove down a road and stopped over a bridge.  He transformed with me inside him and I was in his hand by the time he was finished.  He put me down with my bag on my back.

"Stay here," he said.  "Defend yourself.  I have to go find the others."

I nodded.  "Okay," I said.  I had my gun ready, pointing at the ground.  Jazz had turned into the grey Pontiac Solstice and driven off.

The blinking lighted cars came from the other side.  I held my gun up.  "Get out of the car!"  I yelled.

They did so and pulled out their guns.  There were four of them.  I was outnumbered.  I looked over the railing.  It wasn't that far of a jump.  I looked back at the men.

"Goodbye," I said.  I put my gun into my holster and jumped.  I screamed as I didn't think about how I was going to land when my stomach hit metal.  I grabbed onto the first thing I felt, which was someone's hand.

"Chick!"  Sam yelled.  He grabbed onto my wrist, pulling me up.

"Hang on," Optimus Prime said.  He was to one who saved me.

I wiggled onto his back, hanging on to Sam tightly.  I held onto my gun, making sure it was on safety.  I looked down at the river below us and saw two helicopters flying underneath us.  They were looking on the river and on the cement layer underneath us. 

Mikaela leaned forward.  I could see her grip slipping.

"Mikae--!"  I yelled.  But that time, I was leaning forward, trying to save her from dropping thirty feet down.

"Sam!"  She yelled.  She reached for my hand and caught it at the last minute.

"Mikaela!  Hang on!"  Sam yelled over the helicopters.  He reached over me and grabbed her arm, trying to pull her up.

"Sam!  Don't let me fall!  I'm slipping!"  Mikaela shouted.  I felt her hand slip out of my grasp.

I saw her falling and Sam grabbed my hand and swung down, catching Mikaela's arm.  "I got you!"  Sam said.

I tried pulling up Sam AND Mikaela, but they were too heavy and they were pulling me down with them.

"I'm sorry!"  I yelled.  And I felt myself go over Optimus' shoulder.  Mikaela and Sam screamed.

I yelled at Optimus.  "Help!"  I yelled.

"No!"  Optimus shouted.  His feet swung down from the bridge and all three of us hit his feet, groaned, slowing down a little, but still going to hit the ground.

"Sam!"  Mikaela yelled.

I felt cold metal wrap around my body, making my ribs hurt even more.  I shut my eyes as we went spinning in a circle.  I was flung at least twenty feet away from Sam and Mikaela.  I got to my knees and heard Sam yelling for people to stop.

A helicopter shot at the big yellow robot.  Bumblebee had saved our lives.  And he was paying for it.

I got out my gun as the vehicles drove underneath the bridge, stopping directly in front of me.  I aimed my gun at the guy in the middle.

"Don't move!"  I yelled.

"Chick!"  Mikaela yelled at me.  "Don't!"

I backed up towards Sam and Mikaela, putting my gun away, but holding it still firmly in my hand.  Bumblebee had his arm tangled by the helicopters.

"No!"  Sam yelled.

"Sam, you can't help him!"  I screamed.

"Get on the ground!"  Agents from Sector Seven yelled.

"I have to!"  Sam yelled.  He ran forward to try and stop the helicopters.

"Sam!"  I shouted.  "Don't!"

I was pushed to the ground, screaming in the process.  My arms were put behind my back and my head was shoved to the ground.  "He's not fighting back!"  I yelled at the agents.  "Stop!"  I yelled to the agents in black.

The person hanging on to me pulled me up and dragged me away.  I lokkedt around for Sam, when I came face to face with Agent Seymour Simmons.

"Happy to see me?"  He asked.  "Put her with her brother."

I was shoved around and then I was put into one of the helicopters.  I put on a pair of headphones and then I took off my bag.  I looked at Sam.

He looked so depressed after seeing Bumblebee treated that way.  He shouldn't have been treated like that.  They were freezing Bumblebee.  It's called torture.

"What's the bag for?"  Sam asked.

"The army.  My Captain offered me the second Lieutenant spot," I said.

"What'd you say?"  Sam asked.

"I said I would think about it."

Sam looked at me and took my hands.  "You have to take it.  It will get us out of this mess," he said.

"I did take the job," I said.  "I just didn't know how you would react."

Then the helicopter took off.  We flew over the city, picked up two other people and then we got off at Pentagon.  I recognised some of the people there.  We were greeted by the President of the Pentagon and then we were taken down a path with army guards there.  I recognised the Captain.

"Lennox!"  I yelled.  I ran over to him, wincing in the process.

"Chick?  What are you doing here?"  William asked.

I shrugged.  "I need you to do me a favour," I said.

"What is it?"  He asked.

"I need you to tell these people from Sector Seven that I am part of your crew," I said.

"Does that mean you're joining?"  Lennox asked.

I nodded.  "Yes.  I would be honoured to take the spot.  Anyway, Sam and my friend Mikaela are being imported to the criminals unit here and I have no idea where that is."

Lennox nodded.  "I'll get you out of this mess.  Then I'll patch you up," he said.  He put a hand on my back and led me back the way I came.  "First, you need to change because your clothes are disgusting.  Even for a man."

I nodded.  "I know," I sighed.  "I was meaning to change...  Then I got caught up in robot mess."

"Understandable."

We walked down to the bathrooms.  I walked in the woman's bathroom and changed my shirt into an army green tee shirt and my pants into the baggy army green pants.  I put on the boots I had in my bag and put my gun holster on my left side.

I exited and followed Captain Lennox to where Sam was in the Pentagon.

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A/N:  Sorry for the short chapter!!