The Specialist and I

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Lennox's POV

I held Annabel in my arms as I stood next to Optimus and Ratchet. Annabel had fallen asleep.

"Chromia, what exactly happened while you were in Australia?", Optimus asked.

"That's a long story.", Chromia said.

"We have time.", Ratchet said.

Chromia's story (Keep in mind that she's explaining this to everyone. This is just to help you visualize what happened)

"We were walking in a forest as we tracked the Autobot signal. Ironhide and I were talking about what happened while we were separated.

'After I left with the others...Where did you go?', Ironhide asked.

'I had taken cover in the underground tunnels.', I answered, 'When bots say Cybertron went dark, they aren't talking figuratively. Many died from a disease Megatron created. Others died from getting shot or stabbed. I was one of the lucky ones. I found bots on the surface and brought them down. When Megatron left, we all went to the surface to fight and to find others. What about you?'

'When we arrived on Earth, we came across the one that possessed the coordinates for the cube. Humans were hiding it in what they call the Hoover Dam. Optimus ended up killing Megatron after we found him. But....Starscream resurrected him. You know the rest.', Ironhide said.

Ironhide and I walked quite a ways. We ended up finding Megatron and Starscream at it again. He was begging Megatron to let him live and Megatron was aiming his blaster at him. Nothing really new there. I wanted to get closer because something told me that they were saying something important. Something that you should know, Optimus. But when I got closer......Megatron aimed his blaster at me and fired. Ironhide got hit. I thought the blast was coming toward me but he had other ideas.

I saw Ironhide drop to the ground and rushed over to him. Megatron fired at me as soon as he saw me."

Optimus and Ratchet looked at one another. Of course, they weren't expecting Megatron to be behind this. He enjoys torturing bots and then kills them. Just look at Bee. He's a perfect example.

"Lennox.", Optimus said, "You need to tell her. Megatron might be after her next.

"I'll call her.", I said and pulled out my phone.

I called her phone three times. No answer.

"Something wrong?", Ratchet asked.

"She's not answering.", I said.

"Let's go.", Optimus transformed and I set Annabel back on the bed.

"I'll take care of her and hand her off to someone when she wakes up.", Ratchet said.

I nodded and got inside Optimus' alt. mode.

Lori's POV

"So, where to?", I asked and smiled at Mark as we walked to my truck.

"I drive.", Mark said.

"Okay.", I said, "But if you smuck up my truck, you're paying for damages."

I got in the passenger side and watched the scenery go by as Mark drove. That's when he turned down a road that lead to no where. My heart started pounding.

"Mark....where are we going?", I asked.

"Shut up, human!", Mark yelled and punched me, "You're bait for Prime."

My eyes closed without me wanting them to and everything went black.

When I woke up, I was surrounded by metal. Metal walls, metal chains, metal torture devises....wait WHAT?! I struggled as I tried to get my arms loose from the chains.

"You don't want to do that.", I heard Mark's voice then I heard someone else's, "It's a 60 foot drop. You're bones will break easily."

"Who are you?", I asked.

"Soundwave!", I heard as a figure stepped out from the shadows

His black metal body didn't scare me. What left me a little tense was the fact that he had no face. Not to mention the giant bird above me. Yes, I just noticed.

The door opened and a silver figure walked in. As he came closer, I could see him better. It's the same guy that kidnapped me and asked for something my dad had that he wanted.

"You're awake.", Mark's voice came out of him, "I am Megatron. I'm sure you recognize my voice. After all, you've been hanging around me a lot lately."

"What do you want?!", I asked.

"I already told you. You're bait. While I wait for Prime, I'm going to torture you. You hang out around the Autobots quite a lot so you must know where their base is.", 'Megatron' said.

"I'm not telling you ANYTHING you son-of-a-bitch!", I growled, "You lying backstabber! Psycho!"

I kept throwing insults at him. Hopefully, I can buy myself some time. I eventually angered him enough for him to hit me. He hit me exactly where I wanted him to.

I blinked and my eyes turned bright blue. My entire body changed into one like him.

"Say "Hello" to DustBowl!", I grinned and dropped to the floor.

Megatron looked like he'd seen a ghost. Soundwave stood still. I ran out of the room. Since I didn't have my phone when I turned, I can't call dad or mom. I recalled Ironhide giving me his com number. Maybe he can help.

I called his number. No answer. I tried again. Still nothing. I kept running faster and faster as Megatron chased me. I kept looking behind me. I ran into something and looked up. A lot more robotic beings were standing in front of me.

I stood back up and looked behind me. I saw their shadows. I pushed past the other robots and ran. Megatron ran through them like he was a bowling ball and they were the pins.

"Get back here!", Megatron yelled.

When I was far enough away from them, I slowed down. I didn't see Megatron so I must have lost him. Next thing I knew, I was being thrown into a wall and fighting Megatron. I had spotted my dad earlier with the robots that were ran into by Megatron.

Maybe.....

"Lori! It's not safe! RUN!", I yelled, "Don't look back! Just run!"

I managed to escape and turned back into my normal self. I ran and ran and ran. I spotted a semi and.....dad! Not to mention a few really nice looking cars.

"Dad!", I yelled and ran to him.

I heard someone growl and turned around. Megatron towered over me. He tried to grab me but I jumped and ran up his arm. I pulled out a hammer that I created with the crystal Ron gave me. I hit Megatron on the head and he was out cold. I smirked.

"That, my friends, is why you never mess with Lori Lennox.", I said and looked for Ron, "Dad....where's Ron?"

Orion looked at Dad and Dad nodded.

"Lori, come with us.", Dad said as Orion pulled out his phone.

"Rhyan, were coming back to base. Lennox is bringing Lori to see Edih.", Orion said and hung up.