Chased

Ch.3

The room was locked from the outside so Elisa knew she wasn't going anywhere. Not to mention that she knew she was under massive surveillance. With her fast recovery the IV was taken out and she was given a good meal. Even though Attinger had threatened her, she made a note to thank him for the food. Human enemies were the worst in her opinion. They were the best at messing with the mind and with these manipulation skills Elisa knew she had to play nice because violence wasn't going to get her anywhere. She was in a white t-shirt and white shorts as she wondered around the makeshift cell. She didn't pay the footsteps any mind until the doors opened again. She looked to see Attinger with another man behind him. He was balk, with glasses and a suite as well, but his looked more leisurely almost, while Attinger's looked more professional.

"Wow you are gorgeous." The man said loudly and Elisa blinked in surprise and wasn't sure what to say.

"Uuuuhhh....thank you." She finally spoke. He walked up to her and started to look over her like a lab rat. She put up with it until he pinched her. "Ouch...that hurt." She snapped right at his face, nearly making him jump back.

"Oh shit...I'm sorry where are my manners? Joshua Joyce." He said finally saying his name.

"Elisa." She said more calmly.

"I would have thought you would have made of metal like the others." He teased with small chuckle.

"No, I'm human." She stated.

"Are you really?" He said with sarcasm. She narrowed her eyes at him in confusion before looking at Harold then back at Joshua then back again.

"May I ask how is he your partner? He's got the attitude of a fashion designer." Elisa said to him. Attinger had to chuckle as he approached the two.

"You're close. I build robotics in my big company KSI or Kinetic Solutions Incorporated." Joshua explained.

"What kind of robotics?" Elisa asked fearfully.

"Better transformers." He said proudly. His smirk instantly faded at the glare Elisa gave him as she let out a deep growl. He cautiously took a step back as Elisa's eyes flashed bright blue and she bared her fangs before backing off. "Wow." He said amazed. "How'd you do that?" He asked quickly and Harold had to roll his eyes at that. "I could take you to my company building if you'd like. You could see what we've done." Joshua suggested.

"No thank you." Elisa said bitterly. He only shrugged and looked her over again trying to see the rumored dragon body she had, but she wasn't showing anything. "What...what exactly do you do with these...better transformers?" She finally asked wiping away a tear.

"I control them. They'll be our ultimate weapons system." He said proudly.

"You can't really hope to control them. That never works in the movies and it will never happen in real life. It's called science-fiction because it's supposed to stay science-fiction." She argued back.

"There's also a genre called fantasy where dragons are living in our world, but I guess that's just small talk coming from a...beast." Joshua smirked.

"I AM NO BEAST!" She shouted slamming her claws into the wall and making Joshua let out an unmanly scream. The two men could only stare in wonder as she pulled the claws out of the broken wall and flashed them right in front of Joshua's face earning another yelp from him as he stumbled back against her bed.

That was when Attinger released the device Lockdown gave him.

It instantly attached to Elisa's wrist and she shouted in pain as she fell over. She scrambled into the corner and huddled into a ball again in fear as she looked up at the two men.

"I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry." She kept pleading as she tried to get the wrist band off, but she only got another shock. "Please take it off." She begged breathing hard and in pain.

"I'm afraid I can't do that Elisa. I can't have you attacking my friends like that." Attinger stated.

"I'm sorry, but I'm not a monster." She sobbed and buried her head in her hands as she cried. It was then that Joshua finally noticed the girl and the not the specimen. Thinking her situation over again, he quickly realized that she was out of place among the transformers even with their acceptance. He began to wonder if she was every singled out by one of them at some point or another because she was dragon and not a transformer. He looked back at Attinger when Elisa didn't respond to them and he nodded for them to leave.

Xxxxxxx

"Elisa..."

She lifted her up when somebody called her name.

"Sire? Are you alright?"

"Elisa you need to run. I don't know how much longer I can hold back Lockdown. He's a bounty hunter and he has too many weapons at his disposal. I'm so sorry, but you need to leave. Go and hide where ever you can."

"Sire no, I'm not leaving you."

"Elisa I'm doing this for you. I want you to be safe because I love you very much."

"I love you too Sire.

I'm trying to get you baby I promise. I know you don't like these people but cooperate with them as best as you can. I don't want them to hurt you."

"Sire...I think that might happen either way."

"I was hoping you wouldn't realize that."

She had to laugh at that before she spoke, "I'm old enough now to learn a thing or two."

"I know and I'm so proud of you Elisa."

"Thank you Sire."

"I love you Elisa, always."

"I love you too Sire."

She cautiously got out of the corner she had retreated to and was glad that the two men were gone. She looked at the device on her wrist and saw that it was a mixture of green and black and it was just too spiky for her liking. She walked around the room to try and get her legs stretched. She nearly jumped when the door's opened again and the two men again came into room.

"Ready for that trip?" Joshua asked calmly.

"I guess. It doesn't look like I have a choice." She said as she cautiously walked up to him. He cautiously patted her shoulder as she was guided with the two men into a car.
"Who's that friend of yours Mr. Attinger?" Elisa asked.

"His name is Lockdown. He's been helping us track the other transformers." He answered.

"He's a bounty hunter isn't he?" She asked.

"You could say that." Attinger said. She looked out the car window and she thought she recognized some of the buildings.

"Is this Chicago?" She asked curiously.

"You betchya." Joshua said happily. "How is that you have a human form?" He asked her. Attinger made sure to listen to.

"I was little when I woke up, I was human. My body just adapted to yours. When I got older I learned to control it." She answered.

"You say they just took you in?" He asked.

"I was found when I was a baby...yes a dragon." She added just in case he would ask. "They took me in and raised so I'm going to have personal feelings about this." She argued strongly.

"Fair enough." He said calmly. She didn't like the way Attinger was staring at her, but she didn't dare say anything. Thankfully it wasn't long before they got to the building. When they entered the building and she heard an odd sound. She looked up at Joshua confused. "Like it?" He said with a big grin.

"You asked for a sound when you come in the building?" She asked amazed. "Are you sure you didn't start out in fashion?" She asked. They both laughed and headed over to one of the labs.

"See this?" Joshua asked when he placed a small piece of metal in her hand. Her eyes went wide as she knew what it was. "It's what their made of. We're calling it Transformium." He explained. She gripped the metal tightly and was about to throw it to the nearest window when Attinger placed a firm grip on her shoulder. That grip actually frightened her so she gave it back to Joshua and let her hands at her side as they continued. The grip didn't leave her until they entered a room with a white glass table. Joshua placed his open hand on the glass screen and a white metal ball appeared. The table started flashing and it looked as if the ball came to life. She nearly yelped when Joshua waved it in front of her face. Then suddenly an iPod appeared in front of her.

"You can...you can do that?" She asked amazed looking at the device.

"Sure." He said before it turned into a gun. This time Elisa gasped and bumped back into Attinger as Joshua only laughed. "I'm not going to shoot you." He said sincerely pulling the loaded magazine out. Attinger had both hands on either of Elisa's arms as the gun turned back into a floating mass of metal. "Oh I know." He said excitedly before he turned the metal into a laptop. He turned the table off and the metal returned into it's original form.

"How....how....how did you do that?" She asked amazed.

"I managed to map their whole genome." He answered.

"You mean their genetics?" She asked confused.

"Pretty much." He shrugged. She shivered nervously as Attinger rubbed his hands over her skin. It was only the briefest of touches, but Elisa could easily catch it with her senses. They started walking into another lab when Elisa spotted them melting something. She ran out of Attinger's hands and froze when she entered the lab.

They were melting Ratchet.

Tears came down her face as she approached the battered head of her Carrier. She had felt his pain when his spark had been extinguished. She would always remember his last words through the bond.

"Optimus...Elisa...I love you both so much."

She looked behind her and saw Joshua and Attinger watching her carefully.

"Can I see him please?" She begged him. Joshua didn't answer but waved the crew away from a moment as Elisa got up to her Carrier's helm. He flinched as she touched the hot metal, but the burns didn't bother her. She let out small sobs as she caressed his broken cheek. She wiped away some tears as she looked up at his dim optics. She took a deep breath before she took a piece of his optic and refused to let it go. "This is Ratchet. He was our medical officer. He was a good friend to everyone. He and Optimus raised me." She whispered quietly. She took one last look at her Carrier before she quickly went out the door.

"Do-do you need help with those wounds?" Joshua asked nervously.

"They'll be healed by morning." Elisa stated.

"Well perhaps this might interest you." He said as they went into another room with more lab equipment.

"Oh dear Primus." Elisa gasped as she recognized the robot's optics.

"This is Galvatron. I'm working out a few bugs since I molded him after Optimus, but that face isn't exactly a friendly one." He shrugged.

"You're not going to get a friendly face. You're basically giving Megatron a new body." She said nervously.

"Megatron's dead. Optimus killed him back in the battle five years ago. He's not coming back." Attinger stated firmly.

"Megatron was also killed when the Allspark burned up inside his spark and yet he came back to bring The Fallen to earth. If Megatron's body can survive then I can only imagine what his conscious can do if he ever tainted even one of your robots." Elisa said seriously.

"That's what she said." A sarcastic voice called out. Elisa looked and hurried over to little Brains. His leg was broken, but he was holding the piece in his servo as a little crutch and he had some kind of head ware on him.

"Why hello there, Brains." Elisa said unamused.

"Not so tough around humans now are you?" He teased. Elisa slammed her fire claws into the glass. She knew it wasn't going to break when she dug her claws into the glass. Brains let out a scream and scrambled away from her. "I'm sorry Elisa. I'll promise I'll be good pretty dragon!" He begged as he cowered away.

"That's what I thought. I always liked Wheelie better you pervert bot." She snapped at him before she turned back to Attinger and Joyce. All they could was stare at her fire claws in fascination. "Want to touch?" She asked waving her claws in front of them. Attinger moved out of the way while Joshua touched her claw before shouting in pain and waving his hot finger in the air. "Watch out, it's hot." She said sarcastically.

"How hot?" Attinger asked.

"I don't know. Hot enough to slice through this lab if I wanted to." She said but flinched when the wrist band gave her a small shock. She huffed as she stared at the device.

"Lockdown programed it so that you would get a shock if you tried to harm Joshua or myself." He said with a little smirk. Her fire claws retreated and the two men rushed her out of the room. She was placed in a large office with a nice view.

"Don't go anywhere." Attinger stated as he left the room.

"You hungry?" Joshua asked politely.

"No thank you." She answered before he left.

"It's only a matter of time before she makes a mistake." Attinger said.

"Wait, you want her to go full out on us?" Joshua said nervously.

"I need to see." He stated.

"You don't think she might rip us to pieces or something!?" Joshua snapped back.

"She's waiting for Prime, but he's not coming with Lockdown on his trail." Attinger said.

"Quite honestly I don't want to be sliced to ribbons!" Joshua insisted. Attinger only huffed and rolled his eyes. The two went into another office and saw Elisa looking around the room before settling against the wall with the large window. She took one look out the window and shook her head.

"Yuck...too high and too many people." She said annoyed. "And why is everything always white? It's so boring and too fancy." She grumbled to herself. She looked at the piece of blue metal in her hand and let out a bitter sigh. "I miss you Carrier...we all do." She said quietly. She quickly regained her composure and tried to the door only to find it locked. "Figures." She mumbled. She knocked on the glass with her knuckles and heard that it wasn't very thick. She tried to look out the glass wall, but suddenly cried out in pain and clutched at her head. "Oh frag." She groaned as she rolled up into a ball and held her head. The two men looked at each other before coming back into the room. She whimpered and retreated from them as they came closer.

"Elisa...you alright?" Joshua asked with genuine concern. She didn't answer.

"Elisa?" Attinger called out.

"Shut up!" She shouted. "You're too loud." She snapped.

"Turn the lights off." Attinger said quietly to Joshua. He did, but because of all the sun the light hardly left the room. "Elisa what's wrong?" Attinger whispered.

"Migraine." She moaned from her corner. Joshua squirmed at the answer, but remained by the light switch. He saw Attinger take something out of his inner jacket pocket and he took out a needle. He cautiously came up to Elisa and she backed away when he touched her arm. She saw the needle and hissed at him so he grabbed her arm and quickly injected her with a sedative.

"No...no, no, no..." She whimpered out. She hated being put to sleep as she often had nightmares. Even though she tried to stay awake sleep quickly took her over.

"I'll get the car." Joshua said quietly.