Cho and I enter the pipes a few blocks away from the plant. She has the map pulled up on her iPad while I have one of the devices that Jake and Hunter made. On the map, a blue dot tracks our progress while a green dot tracks the others' progress. When we reach the start of the pipes that lead to the plant, I turn on Jake and Hunter's device. Cho and I continue in, and as we see the Autobots start entering the building after taking out the gate, we open the program hacked into the cameras in the plant. As we walk through the pipes, I systematically start fuzzing out the cameras as the Autobots come into view. Then my device starts going wild.

"Guys, I think I found the portal," I say into my comm, looking at the screen with the dots on it. it looks like we're in the middle of the complex. At the next grate, we get out of the pipes and find ourselves outside a door. No one's in sight. I send my coordinates to the others. My device is beeping wildly all the while.

Cho and I wait, our backs pressed against the wall. She's working the cameras, while I watch for any trouble. Soon, I see Jake and Arcee turn the corner. Then Bumblebee. Then Hunter and Ironhide, and finally, Optimus Prime and Ratchet. We gather around the door as Optimus Prime tries to open it. It swings open. A feeling of unease starts building in my stomach. This is too easy. The door leads outside, where we find our target.The portal is built high above the ground and supported by poles that go up at least 100 feet. The portal itself is 50 feet tall, and 20 feet wide. In other words, it's huge. A dark chuckle sounds from above, and our heads jerk up toward the source.

"Do you like it?" Megatron asks from the rim around the portal, his mouth in a smile, metal teeth showing in all their terrifying splendor. "I think it's beautiful."

A loud clang sounds from behind us, and we spin around. The door's shut behind us, and I don't need to try to open it to know that it's locked as well. We're trapped. I let out a string of swear words, cursing us for falling into this trap so easily. Jake whistles.

"Watch your profanity, girl!" he teases. I glare at him.

"Not the time," I hiss at him, gesturing to the problem we have. He shrugs before becoming serious again. Decepticons are starting to gather around us. It's only a matter of time before they open fire.

"Bumblebee, pick me up," I whisper to him. Without asking why, he does it, and I climb up his arm to his shoulder. "Move a little closer to Optimus Prime, please." Megatron is going on about his grand, evil plan, not paying any attention to us, too busy thinking he's won.

"Psst! Optimus! I have an idea!" I hiss at him. He bends closer to me.

"What if we jumped up the poles to Megatron? He won't be expecting it, and if we do it fast enough, we'll have the advantage of height and surprise," I suggest, looking at him for a reaction. Slowly, Prime nods.

"Who do you suggest?" he asks me. For a moment, I'm surprised he's asking me about what we should do. I have a quick conference with Bumblebee.

"Well...you should go, because only you can really fight Megatron, plus you're our leader," I start. "And Bumblebee, because he's a smaller target." Optimus nods again. Adrenaline floods my veins, and I ready myself for action.

Bzzt. Beep, bop, bop. Bzzt.

"Of course I'm coming with you!" I whisper cry at Bumblebee, turning slightly to look at him. "Did you think I was going to just stay down here?!" That's when Prime makes his move. It's so awesome to watch. He jumps so high, he makes it halfway up the pole. Bumblebee follows up a separate pole, and Arcee follows after him, covering our butts from the air. Ratchet and Ironhide open fire on the ground, while Cho and Hunter use their weapons to attack at the Decepticons that make the mistake of trying to go for them.

I realize I don't see Jake. Where is he? Before I can think any more about it, we're up on the rim of the portal. I slide off Bumblebee and look around to catch my bearings. Megatron and Optimus are locked in battle, but Megatron is overpowering him already.

As I watch, Prime drops to his knees. Megatron has his back toward us, and before I can stop him, Bumblebee leaps onto his back. All I can do is watch what happens next in slow motion. Bumblebee pulling Megatron back away from Prime, Megatron throwing Bumblebee off, Bumblebee flying through the portal. Before he disappears into it, our eyes meet. Then he's gone.

A scream escapes from my lips, and I fall to my knees. Sadness begins slowly changing into rage, and I let it grow until it fills me. Megatron will pay for what he did. I get up and draw my sword. Megatron is giving his victory speech and doesn't see me coming. I slash at his legs, making him cry out. I slash again and again. Megatron spins around and sees me. I jump away as he tries to grab me.

"Too slow, you bastard," I taunt him. I see Optimus starting to get up behind him. I keep taunting Megatron. I dart in and slash at his leg again. He roars as I snap a few of the important wires in his calf. He grabs at me again and catches me by my leg. He holds me up by my leg, my curly black hair dangling down from my head.

"You, human girl, will die for your actions," he growls in my face. Usually, I'd be scared, but my anger makes me unafraid. I make a desperate slash at his face, but I miss. He just laughs.

"Your attempts are pathetic," he tells me.

"At least I'm not a coward who can't do his own dirty work," I spit in his face. He scowls, and dangles me over the portal, ready to drop me in. I prepare for the drop when Optimus slams into Megatron from behind. He lets go of me, and I plummet toward the portal. A metal hand grabs me before I go in. It places me back on the rim of the portal. I look up to find the hand belongs to Arcee. I smile my thanks at her before turning back to Megatron and Optimus. I'm just in time to see Megatron go flying into the portal. Just like Bumblebee. It looks like we've won when Megatron doesn't come back through the portal, though it comes at the cost of a friend. I feel a hand rest on my shoulder.

"Where's Bumblebee?" Jake asks as I turn around to look at him. All I can do is point at the portal. A look of understanding crosses his face, and he pulls me into a hug right as the tears come. I cry into his shoulder.

"Come on. We should go help the others with Decepticon clean up," Jake tells me gently when I finish. I wipe my eyes to dry up the rest of the tears, and nod. I start turning around, but then a glimpse of movement catches my attention. I turn back around and see a hand clamp down on the rim of the portal. A yellow hand. I gasp.

"Bumblebee!!!!" I shout, running toward him as he pulls himself out of the portal.

"How?! What?! You're okay!!!"

"Yeah, I am," he responds, standing up. All I can do is stare.

"B-bumblebee? Did you just t-t-talk?" I ask, incredulously. I see a smile cross his face.

"Yeah, I did," he tells me.

"Come on, we got to tell the others!" I exclaim, running ahead of him. "Guys! Wait up!"

"Bumblebee!" Prime and Arcee cry as one, shocked to see him standing there.

"Hey guys," Bumblebee greets them. They just stare.

"Your voice box...It's fixed?!" Arcee exclaims.

"I guess," he replies, shrugging his shoulders.

"Come on, let's get out of here," Prime says. "The others will want to know about this as well." Together, we go down to where the others are waiting.

A/N: Anyone cry? No one? At all? Oh...okay...um...please tell me your thoughts! Thanks for reading! Also, no meet the character for Megatron. I mean, after this chapter, do I really need to introduce him?