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❝ CHAPTER 7 ──
RUNNING AWAY ❞
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      ━━━━━ THE THREE TURNED around looking towards the Decepticon that shot at them. "Move out! Let's go!" Lennox told them.

Stephanie stood up running behind them as the Autobots and other men went ahead of them. Stephanie watched as the Autobots transformed, attacking the Decepticon. Each of the men including her lined up behind the cars.

"Concentrate your fire!" Lennox shouted as each of them started shooting at the alien.

Not long after they had shot at it they came to a halt watching the alien fall to the ground. Stephanie lowered her gun to the ground looking around hearing something in the distance.

"It's Megatron! Retreat! Move! Fall back!" Ratchet called out to the humans.

Stephanie watched as the robot came into their line of sight. Lennox ran back towards her wrapping his arms around her body and pulling her away from the scene. Placing her down on the ground he looked at her as she looked at him.

"Find your brother. Stay with him." Lennox ordered. "You need to be his protection."

"On it." She shouted, turning away from Lennox, to search for her brother.

Stephanie left her team behind running towards the direction where she knew her brother would still be. Finding her brother she came to a stop looking at Bee.

"What happened?" She asked, taking her gun off and placing it on the truck.

"Bee he lost his legs, we have to get him out of here Steph." Sam said, looking at her. She looked at the yellow Autobot as he looked at her with a sadden look on his face.

"Let's get to it." Stephanie said, moving towards Bee. Sam climbed up onto the car grabbing the wires and handing one over to Mikaela and the other to Stephanie.

"Wrap it around the head. Steph, place the wire under his arms and then give it to me." Mikaela told her.

She only nodded, placing the wire under Bee's arms. She handed it over to Mikaela looking back at Bee, he looked at her intently.

"Maybe when this is over I can take a look at your vocal box, and maybe try and fix it." Stephanie announced, still looking at the robot. He nodded in response with a noise following behind the nod.

"Sam! Steph!" Lennox shouted in the distance.

The blonde moved away from Bee running to the other side of the truck to see her team running towards them, she grabbed her gun flinging the strap over her shoulder.

"Where's the Cube?" Lennox asked stopping in front of Stephanie but looking up at Sam.

"Right there." Sam said, pointing to it.

Lennox moved around Stephanie running towards the open area. She watched as he looked around the area scanning for something. Turning around he headed back towards the group.

"Okay."

"What?"

"All right, I can't leave my guys back there, so here, take this flare. Steph will go with you. Okay, there's a tall, white building with statues on top. Go to the roof. Set the flare." Lennox ordered the two.

"No." Sam said, shaking his head.

"Signal the chopper and set the flare." Lennox added. Stephanie left to help Mikaela with Bee.

"So, you're an army girl?" Mikaela asked, bringing up small talk between the two.

"Yeah, I am." Stephanie said, pausing for a moment.

"Just didn't want to spend my life doing something boring." Stephanie replied, looking at Mikaela.

"I see this is your thing?" She asked, adjusting the wire.

"Yeah, I guess I don't have an issue from running away from a fight or a war, in my case." She replied, looking away from Mikaela. Stephanie moved away from Bee and looked towards Ratchet and Ironhide as her brother jumped off the truck.

"Sam, we will protect you and your sister." Ironhide informed the two.

The blonde nodded her head, pulling out a clip. She pressed a button that rested on the side of her gun allowing the empty clip to fall to the ground. Sam watched as she shoved the clip back into the gun.

She pulled the trigger back holding her gun up to her chest, "thanks but I can handle myself." Stephanie spoke looking at the Autobots. She and Sam turned away running in the direction of said building.

"Sam!" She heard Mikaela call out.

Stephanie came to a stop watching as her brother came to a stop after she did, he turned around and walked back towards the brunette. She knew it wasn't the time for them to have a moment.

"Sam! Get to the building! Move!" Ironhide called out.

Stephanie ran back to her brother grabbing his arm and pulling him with her, the two made it out of the clearing before anything bad could really happen.