And So It Begins

Chapter 9 - Small But Mighty

Here's to all of you Alex simps!

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Sam and Alex quickly ran into an old abandoned building. Alex whistled lowly in amazement at the size of the room before she looked behind her, trying to figure out how close Megatron was to her and her brother. Sam staggered beside her also looking before Alex gently put a hand to his shoulder, nudging him forward.

"You're not gonna get us...You're not gonna get us..." Sam chanted under his breath as he continued to run deeper into the building, his sister chasing after him. The boy flinched when he heard glass shatter behind him, slowing down slightly.

"Keep moving!" Alex urged him quietly, her green orbs never leaving the path in front of her.

"I smell you, boy!" they heard Megatron snarl as they reached a set of stairs, leading them up to a higher floor. "You as well, femme! I'll make you suffer for your attack." Sam shot his sister an incredulous look at the demented alien's words.

"You shot him?!"

"Yeah? And?" Alex replied, unbothered by it seeing as how her friend would have been killed if she hadn't intervened.

"You're insane." Sam shook his head, stupefied by his sister's calmness to the fact she attacked the giant alien that would gladly rip her apart.

"Always have been, Sammy. Always have been." Alex chuckled with a shrug. As they ran across the second floor to the next flight of stairs, Alex felt her heart drop when she heard a growl beneath her feet. "SAM RUN!" she exclaimed to her little brother, who was running ahead of her. Suddenly the floorboards behind them were ripped open by Megatron as he reached out a servo to grab them. A lion like roar escaping him as he missed the human girl , the tip of his digit slashing through the edge of her hair.

'That was a bit close.' Alex felt her heart hammer in her chest as she felt the blade of his servo barely miss her. 'Bet the bitch is enjoying this.' the redhead rolled her eyes at the thought, having a pretty good hunch that thoughts were correct. She didn't bat an eye when Megatron let out a roar of his name, which seemingly echoed through the building as she and Sam climbed the next set of stairs. Reaching the end of the stairs, Alex quickly climbs up the ladder to make sure the coast was clear for her brother. Once she reached the top, she grabbed the AllSpark from her brother and helped him climb up onto the roof.

Sam handed a flare over to his sister before he quickly picked up the AllSpark. The Witwicky duo ran forward and Alex slammed the flare into the wall, lighting the flare before she held it above her head, waving it around for the nearby military helicopters to see. A helicopter rises from the street below, hovering right in front of the two. Once they reach the edge, Sam stretches out just as a soldier did from the helicopter, just a inch away from touching. Alex snapped her head to her left when she heard the sound of metal shifting.

Surprised green orbs met with cruel red optics.
"SAM!" Alex quickly pulled her brother away just as Starscream fired a pair of missiles at the helicopter. Sam tightened his grip on the AllSpark, pulling it to his chest as he fell to the ground, Alex curling herself around him. The boy let out a terrified scream as the helicopter got hit by the missiles, the tail rotor spun above them, barely missing them as debris and dust scattered everywhere.

Something ripped through the metal of the roof next to them, making the two jump before Alex pulled Sam to his feet, quickly dragging him over to a nearby pillar.

"Get behind the pillar." Alex urged her brother as she looked over her shoulder, seeing a metal claw pierce through the floor.

"There's not enough room for the both of us." Sam stated as he held the pillar, looking around him to see if there was room for the redhead.