Lucas is dead. I can't believe I didn't get to him in time. I look out the window, seeing the desert go by us. Everyone was silent. I still have no idea how I survived the explosion, I just wish Lucas did too. Then Cade breaks the silence.

"How did you do that?" He asked. I turn my head towards them,

"Do what?" I knew what they were talking about.

"Survive that explosion, how did you do that?" I put my hands in my lap.

"I-I don't know, I-I-I just did." I stutter. The silence fell upon us once more.

Time skip - 15 minutes

We pulled up to the abandoned gas station and bailed out of the truck. Optimus transformed and punched the ground, everyone jumped but me. I was expecting.

"My deepest sympathies, for the loss of your friend. Stay here while I make sure we weren't followed. We are all targets now." Optimus said sadly as he transformed back into a truck. He drove away, we all walk into the gas station. Tessa started fiddling with some old Christmas lights, and they still worked. I sit down in an old chair. The others were still silent.

"Sky, what happened when you went with Optimus?" That was Shane, or Lucky Charms. Hee hee, yeah I call him that too.

"Well, we left the house and hit the road. Then I saw that Lamborghini Aventador following us, I asked Optimus if I could shoot him, and he said yes. I shot his door, then we got onto the highway. He was still following us to the parking garage, Optimus climbed up with me in his hand. Lockdown shot at us, so I shot his shoulder in return. We got on the roof, Lockdown started chasing Optimus and I shot his knee. That made him chase me. Optimus saved me. That's about it." Wow, that was a mouthful. They just stare,

"I need some alone time.." I walk outside. Then I hear them argue about Tessa and Shane being together. I find a rock and I sit down.

Time skip - 3 hours

It was dark now, each star wanting to shine brighter than the rest. I look up at the sky as I lay down on the cool sand.

"I'm still alive, Mom and Dad. I'm tougher than you thought, aren't I? I survived an explosion and bullets to my chest. I bet that neither of you could do that." I'm talking to the sky. I'm so weird. I hear the sound of metal shifting, Optimus is back. I don't even move.

"Sky, we need to talk." Optimus says. I sigh,

"About what?" I roll over. Optimus gives me a look, like a 'Seriously?' look.

"About what happened earlier, that action of yours." He said. I sigh again.

"Optimus, I don't know how I survived that explosion. I just ran to Lucas to save him, but I was too late. I feel like a failure." I say, starting to feel depressed. Optimus kneels down next to me.

"You're not a failure, Sky. When I saw you run towards him, I saw your heart at work. You wanted to save him so badly, but sometimes they can't be saved." Said Optimus. I look up at him. He looks at my arm, the one where Energon spilled into my cut.

"Your wound is gone?" He asked. I nod,

"I was about to rinse it out with water, but when I looked back to my wound it was gone. It didn't hurt no more, it was like it wasn't even there." I say. Optimus looked interested to me. Am I really impressing THE Optimus Prime?

"Interesting. But now Lockdown is after you now as well as me. You have a special ability. I don't know what it is, but it makes you very special." Optimus smiles at me. I smile back. So now I'm one of Lockdowns targets, greeeaaaattttt.

I kinda knew this would happen if Lockdown and I ever met. Optimus holds out his hand, motioning me to get on. I get up, and step onto his hand. He lifts me up onto his shoulder. I sit down and look back up at the sky. Billions of stars.

"So where's Cybertron?" I ask Optimus. He looks at me surprised, apparently not expecting my question.

"Can we see it from here?" I ask. Optimus scans the sky, and he points to a bright blue dot.

"That's Cybertron, how do you know about all of this?" He asks. I gotta tell him the truth. I start off with saying how big of a Transfan I am, then explaining that Lockdown pulled me in my tv screen, and how I ended up in this world, or uh, dimension more or less. Then how I met the bad guys, not a great first introduction. How Lockdown kidnapped me and how I stole the weapons. Optimus seemed pretty interested my story. When I finish my story, he looked at me with wide optics.

"So that's how I got here." I finish.

"That is definitely unheard of until now. I will do everything that I can to get you home." Optimus says. I smile, but I don't wanna go home just yet.

"Thanks Optimus. So, are we friends?" I ask nervously. He looks at me and smiles,

"Yes we are." Optimus replies. 'OH MY GOD, I am now friends with my HERO!!!' I'm totally calm. I'm normally one of those people who don't freak out over meeting famous people. I yawn, I'm really tired. I lean against Optimus' helm, I felt it warm up a little bit. I sit back up,

"You okay, Optimus? I just felt you heat up." I said.

"Yes, I'm fine. It's just a little chilly out tonight." Said Optimus. Chilly outside my butt! It's at least 85 degrees out right now! He's fibbing. I've read a few Transformers fanfictions here and there. They said if a Transformer heats up, or their cheeks turn light blue, it means they're blushing. Is Optimus really blushing? I'm too tired to think about it. I yawn again, Optimus sets me down.

"Going to sleep?" He asks. I nod. Optimus transforms back into his alt mode and opens the door.

"You can sleep in my crew cab, if you want to." He offered. Wow, not passing up this chance. Definitely not.

"Okay, if it's alright with you." I'm still a little nervous.

"It's fine, you're exhausted. Climb in." Wow, blunt. I climb into the truck and go back to the crew cab. I'm surprised a truck model this old has a crew cab. I lay down on the small mattress back there and fall asleep instantly after hitting the pillow.

I woke up the next morning in the crew cab. I totally forgot that I slept inside of Optimus. I get up slowly and stretch out.

"Good morning, Sky." The familiar voice of my new friend greets me.

"Mornin'" I said. I get out of the truck.

"Tell the others that we need to leave, okay?" The truck says.

"Can do." I smile as I go towards the gas station. I walk in and see them all asleep.

"Wake up, sleepyheads! Time to go!" I shout. They all jump, and I laugh.

"Optimus says it's time to bail, get up!" I say. Tessa looks at me funny,

"Did you fall asleep with your contacts in?" She asks. Wait, what? My blue ones? I left them back at the house, which is now rubble.

"If you mean my blue ones, no. I left them back at the house, why do you ask?" I'm really confused.

"Because your eyes are blue." Said Tessa.

"WAIT WHAT?!" I exclaim. Cade and Shane notice too. Shane hands me a mirror, and I swipe it out of his hands. Now THIS I gotta see for myself. I stare in my reflection. Tessa was right. My dark brown eyes are now blue. Not like Shane's, but more like Optimus' optics. What the hell is going on?!? I drop the mirror in total shock. It shatters when it hits the floor.

"What happened to me? Why are my eyes the same color as Optimus' optics?" I got a million questions whirling around inside my head. Tessa pats my back,

"Calm down, it's okay." She says. OKAY?! My eyes changed color overnight!! How is THAT okay? But I manage to calm myself down,

"Thanks, let's get going. Optimus is waiting." There's the old me, ready to go. We walk out of the gas station and get into Optimus. His engine roared to life and we left the station.

Time skip - 3 hours

Cade was fiddling with that drone he stole from Cemetery Wind. Tessa sat outside with him while Shane and I were in Optimus. I had my feet up on the dashboard, and I was playing Flappybird on my iPod. This things battery hasn't gone down at all, yay! Shane puts his feet up, and the heater turns on full blast.

"Optimus doesn't like that," I warn.

"But you got your feet up! And he's not mad at you?" Shane's acting like a child. But he took his feet down, the heater turned off.

"I trust her more than I trust you. You seem a little shady..." Optimus' voice came from the radio. The glove box opened, a foam ball came out and hit Shane square in the forehead. I giggle hysterically. Shane glares at me,

"Haha, very funny." He grumbles. I giggle some more. Cade and Tessa jump into their seats,

"We gotta go, now!" Cade says. I hear sirens, the cops. Optimus roars to life and drives away.