I am Broken (TFP) *Rewrite*

Chapter 9

Upon reaching the other side and stepping down from the vortex, Dahlia groaned a little as her whole body felt like it was vibrating. She shuddered and scratched at her neck a little as she tried to get rid of the discomfort and looked around for a moment. She was surprised they seemed to still be in Nevada, though it made sense, since Fowler wouldn't have been taken far. Unless the cons have their own ground bridge, which Dahlia assumed was possible. She sniffed the air, and she could smell Miko's scent, and the strong scent of energon as well. And she even caught the faint scent of Fowler.

"Woah..." Rafael groaned as he shuddered and Dahlia looked at the two boys. "Are your bones vibrating?" Jack nodded, rubbing the back of his head in discomfort.

"Seems to be some kind of aftereffect or something," Dahlia commented with a groan. "Ugh..." She rolled her shoulders and grimaced. "It can even feel it right down to my nerves a little bit. Though that's not surprising...my nerves hurt sometimes..."

"Nerve pain?" Jack asked in surprise and Dahlia nods. "What kind of pain? Pins and needles, numbing..."

"Both, really. But it's nothing I can't handle." She sniffed the air loudly and looked around. "Fowler was definitely here." Jack raised an eyebrow at her. "Look, I am still not going to act like a dog and follow the scent, I'm just saying he was here. And so is Miko..." She sniffed again. "And I got Bulkhead's scent."

"It's kind of impressive that you can smell the different autobots," Jack compliments with a smile.

"I mean, it makes sense. Not all humans smell the same. I can always tell the difference. Like Raf has a completely different scent to Miko." Dahlia glanced up and jumped a little as she spotted the massive, decepticon warship. "And...we might have just walked into a fire fight. Because that must belong to decepticons."

"Yep...looks like their ship," Jack commented nervously, before gasping as multiple decepticons ran to the side of the top of the ship and aimed their blasters at them. "Scrap...they're aiming at us! HEY!" Dahlia grabbed both Jack and Raf by the arms and dragged both of them to some boulders, and the decepticons began to shoot at us. "Keep you heads down!"

Dahlia yelped as a blaster fire almost grazed her face right in front of her, and she gasped as she felt Rafael pull away, as he fell backwards to avoid the fire. She turned to grab him, though she jumped back, letting Jack go as a blaster fire hit her right in front of her feet, and she was surprised to feel the heat of the blaster fire. She realized that the decepticons were not going to let them get to safety with how fast and angry they were shooting at them.

Dahlia was about to grab the boys again as she watched Jack cover Rafael with his body to protect him from the fire when she heard Bulkhead's engine. She turned and smiled in relief upon seeing the green bot speeding towards them, and stopping by them to shield them from the firing. Dahlia could not see Miko with him, so it was unknown if she was with him right now, but Dahlia could smell her scent, so she assumed so.

"Get in! Now!" Bulkhead shouts at them, and Dahlia quickly climbed into the car with Jack and Rafael. She was relieved, though she looked at the ship curiously, as she was quite amazed by it.

However, she didn't get much relief as Bulkhead began to speed forward, making her yelp and grip the seat tightly, clenching her eyes shut as Bulkhead swerved and spun a circle to avoid the shots still being fired at them. She had not expected him to move like this, and it made her very uncomfortable to the point her claws unsheathed, and she whimpered a little as she felt the sting in her fingers, though she did not try to stop herself. And the tips of her claws dug into the seat slowly.

"Thanks, Bulkhead," Jack said breathlessly, looking back nervously at the ship, watching as the decepticons continue to shoot at them.

Rafael nodded in agreement. "Yeah, thanks."