Hi everyone! It's been a while since my last fanfic. I've been suffering from writer's block lately. Anyway, I've had this idea in my mind for some time and it won't leave me alone, so I decided to go with it. It's pretty OC centric. Perhaps my character will fall for someone? You'll have to read and find out. :)

Please read and review! And while I'm on that subject, if anyone has any ideas for a sequel/prequel for my other fanfic "Family Treason", please let me know. I want to go somewhere with it, but at present, I lack any ideas. Thanks guys! Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own Transformers, just my character and this plot. Wish I did own them though, imagine how much fun I could have?

The day started out as normal. Get up, get changed into uniform, get breakfast, get to the Hospital and begin shift on the ambulances. Or so Lyn Xanders figured before she got to Mission City Hospital. Like some others in Mission City, she knew what had happened only three months prior. She, like others, wasn't going to be persuaded by the government that it was a terrorist attack. For pity's sake, she had seen at least one of them! She sighed as she sat on the bus, watching everything go past. Since that day, life seemed so boring. It had been the same old routine; get up, get breakfast, come into the hospital, start shift on the ambulances, go home, get dinner, stay up for a little, go to bed and then get up and do the same thing again the next morning. Of course she loved her job, she wouldn't change it for the world, she just wished for something more…exciting, she supposed. She was quickly, and rather violently, brought form her reverie when the bus lurched forwards. At first, she thought that someone must've run out into the middle of the road, causing the bus driver to pull harshly to a stop. That thought was quickly dismissed when people started screaming and running past the bus. One quick look out of the window gave her the answer she wished she'd never wanted to know- a giant robot was causing havoc down the street.

"Oh my God!" she cried. People were dismounting as fast as they could, trying to run from the impending danger. Lyn was one of the last, and just in time, as the bus exploded behind her, the force throwing her and several others to the ground. Shaking her head to clear the fog in front of her eyes, she got up and, instinctively, looked around at the carnage, searching for the wounded who needed her help. There was one young woman next to her, screaming in agony. One quick scan told Lyn that she was suffering from second degree burns, along with many lacerations.

"It's ok, I'm here. My name's Lyn Xanders. I'm a paramedic. Can you walk?" she asked the woman. The woman, who was now sobbing, simply nodded her head. Lyn helped her to her feet, trying her best to be gentle, but also quick; she could hear the robot's dark laughter behind them. She only managed to get the woman a few metres when another explosion blew them both forwards another few feet. The woman Lyn had been helping was lying unconscious a few metres away, blood pouring profusely from a gash on her head. Lyn hissed in pain as she tried to get to the woman again. From the pain in her back and along the backs of her arms and legs, she could tell that she was suffering from cuts and bruises, and possibly a few burns. She reached up slowly to her head, feeling something warm and wet run down her fingers. Great, just what I need, she thought. Suddenly, she was grabbed viciously from behind. She screamed at the top of her voice, only to be shaken into silence.

"Be quiet, flesh creature!" the robot ordered harshly, his gravelly, dark voice instantly telling her that she was not in a good situation. That was, before she heard another from in front of them.

"Put the human down, Barricade!"

So, what do you think so far? I know it's short, and no Autobot action yet. It will get better, promise!

Please R and R and tell me what you think. Constructive criticism welcome, please no flames. :)