KILL 'EM WITH KINDNESS | OPTIMUS PRIME

TWENTY SIX

Remember Who You Are

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"We need to find shelter now! We're too out in the open!" Cade shouted to Hound and Bumblebee as explosions went off, knocking the four humans off their feet.

"I agree! But, where are we going to hide?" Shane asked Cade as he approached him. Cade looked around, everything around him was either destroyed or it was too much exposure. He had to find somewhere safe for his daughter.

Cade was so focused on finding somewhere to hide that he didn't notice a KSI bot coming up behind him. Until..

"Dad!" Cade turned around and saw it's blaster aimed at them, already hot and warmed up. All of a sudden, red flares started to surround the bot and it began to rip itself apart until it was scrap. Cade furrowed his eyebrows until he heard the call of his name.

"Cade!" He turned to his right and saw Shane with someone. He couldn't tell who it was because of the hood of their head. Cade grabbed Tessa's hand and dragged her towards the brick building that Shane and the mysterious person was hiding behind.

"Are we safe?" Tessa asked once everyone made it through.

"I'm not sure."

"You are." The mystery person said as they removed their hood to show a young girl no older than 15 standing in front of them. "They won't spot us here. I've actually been looking for you guys for a long time."

"Why?" Cade asked as the girl removed her jacket.

"My name is Raven. I'm from Cybertron just like Zara, or Lordes if that's what you call her." The girl, Raven, said as she plopped on the ground.

"Wait. Repeat that one more time."

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"Raven, I've been trying to communicate with the Stealth team, but they aren't responding!" Zara said as she slammed her servo against the computer. Raven shot at another Decepticons before she turned back to the computer.

"Okay, try rerouting the signal to a more further distance. Maybe they're more than 50 miles away." Raven suggested as Zara nodded and had increased the distance signal.

"Stealth team, we're losing control over the Iacon Hall! We need backup now!" Zara shouted into the computer before the computer was blasted and it exploded, knocking both of the femmes off their feet.

"We have to go now! Optimus Prime is waiting for us at the launching deck!" Raven shouted as she grabbed the femme's hand. They ran off, Raven using her blasters and shooting at the incoming Decepticons. They were way too outnumbered and they need backup fast!

Raven tried to hold them off, but her energy was being drained quickly.

"Raven, we have to hurry." Zara said as she threw Raven's arm around her shoulderplates and helped her run towards the launching deck.

"I'm not gonna make it." Raven said breathlessly as Zara shook her helm and got to the door as it slid open. "Don't say that, Rav. We're going to get out of this. I promise."

As soon as they reached the top of the deck, Zara immediately saw the Autobots heading to space pods.

"Bumblebee, help me get Raven onto a space pod!" Zara shouted to her best friend as he nodded and they helped Raven to a space pod. Just as they were strapping her in, Zara heard the sound of engines and looked up to see the Decepticons' Second in Command, Starscream, and his Armada aiming their weapons at them.

"Get down!" Cliffjumper shouted as everyone braced when Starscream shot down at them.

"There's no time, Zara! Get Raven and yourself out of here!" Bumblebee shouted as Zara shook her head. "No! I'm not leaving you guys!"

"...Zara..?" Zara looked back at Raven, watching as she slowly began to look pale in the metal. Zara began to shed lubricants before she closed the pod.

"Safe travel, Raven." She whispered before the pod shot off and into space. Zara vented deeply before she looked back at Bumblebee.

"Let's make sure the Decpeticons get a good beating before we leave."

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"...That's the last thing I could remember before I got here. It's like when I crashed on Earth, it erased all of my previous memories before the war on Cybertron." Raven finished as she fooled around with her hands.

"And you're sure that's the only thing you remember?" Tessa asked as Raven nodded.

"Yeah. It's still blank, but I'm trying to use my abilities to recreate my memories." Raven explained before she sighed. "Anyway, where is Lordes? I didn't see her with you guys."

"She's with Optimus Prime. They crashlanded somewhere along with two others, and Crosshairs and Drift." Cade explained as Raven nodded.

"Good. Well, we better fight those bots off before they destroy the whole city."

"How? We're humans! We can't take them on!" Joyce shouted as Raven rolled her eyes.

"You do realize you have me, right?" Raven said with a smirk. An explosion went off and it caught Raven's attention. That wasn't any explosion. Not the ones the makeshift bots were making. This was different.

And her curiosity was correct. She wiped the dusty window near the battle and saw large metal Dinosaurs marching their way. And on them were the Autobots!

"They're here."