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WE SLIDE ❞
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      ━━━━━ IT HAD BEEN the following day, Stephanie ended up staying with Hero given that she wanted to keep an eye on her brother for the first few days. After what had happened at the house, she couldn't help but feel that something was coming and it was worse than before. She had pretty much told Hero what had happened after he had left the team.

But Hero wasn't all that shocked that these things had happened. She looked down at her phone, seeing a message from her brother. After looking at the message she grabbed her shoes and slipped into them, then grabbed her bag.

"Hero, I have to go. I'll meet up with you later." Stephanie said, heading to the front door.

"What's wrong?" Hero questioned her.

"Sam needs me to meet up with him. Apparently something happened." Stephanie replied, opening the door.

"I'm coming with you then." He stated, walking into the front room.

"Fine, but you have to stay with Daisy." Her eyes were on him as he looked at her.

"Okay."

The blonde ran down the steps heading over to the driver side of her car. Climbing in she buckled herself up, she then looked over at Hero as he climbed into the car.

"Hero, I'd like you to meet Daisy."

"Daisy is your car?" Hero questioned, thinking that Daisy was a person.

"Yes, I am but I am only here to protect Stephanie in case something goes wrong." Daisy spoke, catching the man off guard.

"What the hell!" He spoke looking around the car for the sound of the voice.

"Don't worry, he can be trusted, Daisy. Now, we should get going." Stephanie said, watching as Daisy turned herself on and pulled out of the driveway heading to where they were needed.

After an hour the sun was finally shining bright in the sky, Daisy pulled into a graveyard, following behind Bee. They had caught up to them, Daisy came to a stop and Stephanie climbed out heading over to her brother. Hero sat in the car looking up to see an autobot walking out towards them.

"You won't give me a day, huh? You won't give me one day in college?" Sam questioned after climbing up the wall to meet up with Prime.

Stephanie followed behind him, looking up at the autobot. She knew in that instant that something had gone wrong, and that she would probably have to go into work.

"I'm sorry, Sam, but the last fragment of the All Spark was stolen." Prime said, looking between the two siblings. Stephanie sighed, lowering her head in defeat.

"Like what? Like Decepticons stole it?" Sam asked, starting at the Autobot.

"We placed it under human protection at your government's request, but I'm here for your help, Sam, Stephanie, because your leaders believe we brought vengeance upon your planet. Perhaps they are right. That is why they must be reminded by other humans of the trust we share." Prime explained looking back down at the two siblings.

"This isn't my war." Sam said, causing his sister to turn her head and look at him.

"Not yet, but I fear it soon will be."

"I felt it too."

Prime looked down at her, seeing the fear clear on her face. Though it wasn't fear, it was something different, something that Stephanie had only felt once.

"Your world must not share the same fate as Cybertron. Whole generations lost." Prime told them.

Stephanie nodded her head, she then turned away walking back towards Daisy while Sam continued to talk to Prime. She jumped down to the road heading past Bee. Once she made it to Daisy she knocked on the window for Salvatore to come out. She could feel it deep down in her bones, she knew something was coming and because of that she always remained prepared.

"Should anything happen today, you have to help me. Another war is coming, I can feel it." Stephanie said as she popped open the trunk to reveal a ton of weapons.

"You've been busy." Hero said with a smile resting on his lips.

"Well, stepping into the world of Autobots and Decpticon's it changed my life and I don't think I ever want it to end. Except for maybe the Decepticon's."

"I have a few classes to teach today, but after that I want to help. I know I said I had retired from this, but this is a good reason to get back in."

"Let's get you to work then." Stephanie closed the trunk.

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Stephanie sat outside the school waiting for Hero, she had been dressed in a suit that she had created. She was shocked that security hadn't even arrived at the scene because she had a gun resting in holsters on both her thighs. She also had a set of staff's resting on her back that would connect together and couldn't be broken.

Stephanie jumped when something fell out of the window not far from her. Hero had changed into an old uniform, having various weapons on him, he picked up running over to Stephanie who had picked herself up from the steps.

"Are you okay?" Hero asked her.

"Yeah, that box just fell out of the window." Stephanie said, she slowly turned around seeing what dorm it had come out of. "Sam." She breathed out, the blonde pulled the batons out, connecting them together and holding it to her side. "Come on." Stephanie said, running down the steps, leaving the box behind.

Stephanie watched as a Decepticon looking robot came out of the school heading for the library. Both her and Hero ran after the Decepticon heading into the library after it. The two ran through the door that had been blasted open, running over to the edge they watched as the Decepticon shot the book shelves.

The blonde connected the batons together creating a staff with them. "I guess it's time to save my brother again." Stephanie breathed out sending her friend a smile. He watched as she jumped over the side landing perfectly on her feet.

"She's gonna get me killed one day." He spoke to himself following behind her.

Stephanie held the staff out in front of her while Hero pulled out a gun holding it up to the Decepticon. The blonde made the first attack, stepping forward and swinging the staff towards the head of the Decepticon.

Hero then proceeded to shoot it, causing some damage. But it was enough, the Decepticon pushed forward throwing the two into a wall. Stephanie stood up from the ground looking over at Hero as he picked himself up soon after her.

"Are you okay, H?" Stephanie asked using the nickname that he didn't really like, but only allowed her to use it.

"I'm great, I'm just pissed that's all."

"We have to get to my brother, now." Stephanie said disconnecting the staff and shoving the baton's back into the case they were originally in.

"And how do you suppose we do that?" Hero asked, watching the Decepticon shoot it's way through the tables.

"We slide."

Stephanie ran forward sliding down on the ground. A smile rested on the blonde's face as she slid past the Decepticon, and soon Hero followed behind her. A whole was blasted into the wall of the library, both Stephanie and Hero slid to a stop as the wood from the wall fell down to the ground.

"Come on!" Stephanie picked herself up from the ground, she looked back at the Decepticon as it made its way closer to them. Hero pushed towards the three young adults, getting them out of the building before they could be killed.

Stephanie turned around catching up to her brother, "this is your war now, Sammy." Stephanie stated. The five ran down the steps heading down another section of the school back towards the area of Sam's dorm.

"You've got to get that box!" Mikaela said, looking over at Sam as they ran.

Stephanie looked back watching her brother go after the box that clearly contained something inside it, though she wasn't sure what it was but it didn't matter at the moment. Both Stephanie and Hero climbed into the back with Sam's roommate who took the box.

She could hear it talking, "let me guess that's another Decepticon." Stephanie said, looking at her brother and then Mikaela.

The blonde didn't receive a response from either her brother or Mikaela, as Leo handed the box over to her. Stephanie pulled her gun out showing it to him, and soon after he took the box back; terrified of what she was going to do.

"Relax, I'm not using it on you. I might use it on that thing out there that's after Sam." Stephanie informed him.

He only nodded his head in response, but Stephanie could tell that he was scarred. The Decepticon jumped into the car breaking some of the window, then it's mechanical tongue stretched out into the window. Stephanie shoved her gun back in her holster.

She turned towards Hero grabbing a blade from one of his holsters. Sliding forward she attempted to cut said tongue. Before she could do so Mikaela drove the car backwards causing the blonde to slide back into her seat and drop the blade, and instead of taking another one from Hero like she should've she leaned down searching for the blade.

"Kiss this, bitch." Mikaela said, driving into the lamp post.

Stephanie picked herself up after finding the blade, she watched Mikaela drive the Decepticon into the lamp post.

"Nice." Stephanie said, patting Mikaela on the back.

"Drive, drive, drive, drive." Sam spoke fast, Mikaela did as told and drove forward. Sam popped his head out the window looking back at the now dead Decepticon. Stephanie handed the blade back over to Hero, who shoved it back into his holster.

"Don't you miss these days?" She questioned him.

"No, this is much different. But, I'm not going anywhere." Hero told her, placing a smile on his face.

"Okay, so what else don't I know, all right? Since you guys forgot to mention some minor details, huh? And why is one of my professors here?" Leo questioned the three.

Mikaela drove out from under the bridge, passing by another car. "That thing you saw back there, that was the little baby..." Sam went to explain, however he was cut off by a chopper flying towards them.

"Shit!" Stephanie breathed out as it came extremely close to them.

Mikaela turned the car, causing it to come to a stop, Stephanie moved out of the way jumping into Hero's lap as blades came down through the roof. Leo continued to freak out, while a car drove towards them knocking into them as they lifted off the ground. Sam managed to push the door open and fall out.

"Sam!" Both Stephanie and Mikaela shouted.

Hero had to hold onto the blonde while Mikaela and Leo reached out for him trying to get him back into the car.

"Sam!" Stephanie shouted again trying to break free of Hero's grip so she could help her brother. The two worked together, and eventually were able to pull Sam back into the car.

"I don't want to die! We're gonna die! Oh, my God!" Leo shouted.

Stephanie watched as they came over top of a building, the Decepticon that had been holding onto them, let them go, allowing the car to fall through the building, with the five screaming for their lives.