Heart of a Prime

Chapter 8

Saphira felt as if she had been in a haze over the last few hours. She paid very little attention to the agents as she sat in the SUV, being driven to a location where a helicopter was waiting for them. She was still too upset about what happened with Bumblebee and not knowing where Optimus was to really care. She barely heard anyone speaking to her, only following the orders of the agents as they tell her what to do. The cuffs were removed once she was in the chopper. She sat in the chopper, staring out the window as the vehicle flew through the air towards the location. She did not know what was going to happen, but she intended on figuring out a way to save Bumblebee. She felt as though it was her fault this happened. She didn't find the glasses sooner, and she had mainly thought that Witwicky was an idiot captain. Nonetheless, there was nothing she could do now.

As the sun rises though, Saphira was able to see a massive dam below them. She looked at it carefully and realized that the dam was where this Sector 7 was. She rolled her eyes a little as she saw the military vehicles from above as the pilot steered the helicopter towards a helipad to land. She was surprised they had landed a few miles away, which would require them to get into another car to get to the place. She was unstrapped from the helicopter and she stepped out of the aircraft and follow the agents to another, awaiting SUV.

"Hey! Why is there a civilian here?" A voice startled Saphira and turned in surprise to see a military officer with short cut, brown hair and warm brown eyes, he had a concerned expression on his face upon seeing Saphira. "She's a teenager!"

"She's here for the same reason as you soldier," An agent responds to the man and gestured for him to get into the vehicle. "Let's stop wasting time Captain. You and Robert can get in this car."

Saphira huffed a little, getting into the car and pulling a seatbelt on, resting her elbow on the door and looking out the window. She heard the men getting in and she glanced at them, noticing they kept a respectful distance from her. The Captain looked at her with a kind expression, he had noticed the bags under Saphira's eyes and the tear stains on her cheeks, he could see the teenager has going through a lot.

"Hello, I am William Lennox." He extends his hand to Saphira as a polite gesture. "Are you here about some robotic creatures right?" Saphira nodded silently, taking his hand and shaking it gently. "I see you must have had one hell of a night recently. Are you okay? The agents didn't hurt you at all?"

"I am fine...I guess." Saphira sighed, looking away from Lennox to look back out the window. "And yeeaaaa...I bought a car...it turned out to be an alien robot." The man widened his eyes in shock when he heard her say that and Saphira glanced back at him. "Don't worry, he did not hurt me. He is very nice."

"That explains why the girl was brought here." The other man said, he leaned forward and extended his hand towards her. "Sergeant Robert Epps, nice to meet you young lady. If only it were on better circumstances. We met unfriendly robots recently on our last mission, they nearly killed us. So forgive me for thinking you might have been in danger."

Saphira was surprised to hear that and she smiled at both men. "I'm Saphira...and I did meet one of the unfriendlies. They're called decepticons."

"Decepticons? Hmm...suits them and their red ass eyes." Robert shakes his head, glancing towards the facility as the agent drove them towards the dam. "I do not get why we are here though. We were gonna deal with them."

"Not all the bots are dangerous though. I met autobots too."

"Autobots?"

"It is short for autonomous robotic organisms. They came from a planet called Cybertron that no longer exists." Saphira shrugged, turning her head to look out the window. "Don't worry, I'm telling you because you guys are not like stupid government agents."