Ok I got the idea for this story from a dream I had after the first movie came out. I have changed a few things but its mostly the same, and I 'm rather happy that I did wait to write this one.

Disclaimer: I don't own Transformers.

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Up high in the mountains of Montana there was a secret military base that could not be seen by the naked human eye. But if there had been anyone nearby they would have wondered where the load alarm was coming from. Deep inside the soldiers it charge were having problems.

"Shut down the base, don't let him get away." Shouted a soldier who was clearly in charge. His voice seamed to carry over the load alarm that was sounding throughout the underground base. The techs at the computers were trying to fallow the order but he could see on the video screen that their quarry had just made it outside after taking down a guarded who was in his way.

"I won't all available units to track him down and get him back here now. Everything we have worked so hard on will be for nothing if N.E.S.T. gets their hands on him." He snapped. It was only a moment after that a man who held authority like a clock walked in and glared at him

"What happened Commander?" he asked.

"General Silas, Sir, the subject has escaped on foot outside the base." The Commander said as he stood at attention. "I just ordered that teams be sent out to apprehend him and bring him back before N.E.S.T. finds him or us. Sir"

"Vary good. You better hope that they do find him. I would rather terminate the subject's original body before his comrades get to him." Silas said as he turned to leave but stopped at the door.

"Oh and just so you know if that dose end up being the outcome, your life will expire with him. Understood?'

The commander gulped before answering, fear written on his face. "Clearly sir."

Silas left without saying another word and as the door closed behind him the commander looked at a live feed on one of the screens. On it was the prone form of the Autobot known as Sideswipe.

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Oc's Pov

Spring is one of the few times of year that we college students look forward to. The none stop parties, the fun in the sun at the beach. Well that's what usually happens but after the incident at new years, my close friends and I had decided that we spend our spring break at a remote cabin in the woods.

The drive up was great, it was warm for the time of year ,and everything was surprisingly green. Looking at all the wonders given to us by nature and there's no better way to experience it then on a motorcycle, which is my pride and joy, well until I have kids. We were almost there as we passed the turn off for Missoula and headed up a secondary highway.

Oh I should introduce myself, I'm June Addison, I have blond hair, stand about 5'6, and I'm currently in my last year of university. My major is in computer technologies and I have minors in robotics and mechanics, for fun.

There was 7 of us in total heading up, my one roommate Sarah Clark is a brunet with red streaks in her hair, averaged height and she likes to party. Jake Morshower is a huge body builder, with brown hair and has been wrestling séance he was in junior high. Both of them are taking medical studies, their also dating.

Riding with them in the back seat was the totally gorges looking, can't believe he's a nerd till he specks, Scott McNeil. He has bright red hair, lean and had the highest IQ of all of us. But even though he's a genus he couldn't be any more clueless about whey the girls were fallowing him. Especially when it came to the one who was sitting next to him, my other roommate Miko Yamamoto who has a crush on him. She is Japanese in origin but she is all California, which she dresses and acts one a daily bases.

Bill Beazer was driving his truck that had all our gear in it, and he was sitting next to his dear twin sister and my best friend Becky. They were almost spiting images of each other in personality not looks. Becky also has blond hair, close to the same shad as mine own and my height. Bill has brown hair and is similar to Jake in build. Both are easy going but if you provoked them, you wouldn't want to be in that fight could kick butt in a fight.

We soon arrived at the cabin and after we had unloaded everything, everyone, save me, got into their swimming suits and jumped in the lake. I simply pulled out my camera and got a few pictures of them before I spotted the little trail to my left.

"Hey June come on change into your suet and jump on in, the waters great." Becky called to me as I stood on the dock watching them.

"No thanks, you can keep the freezing lake water to your self's for now. I think I'm just going to take a short walk on this trail and see where it leads." I said as I took out a pair of radios and left one near their towels. "I've wanted to take some scenery pictures for my brother Dan. He likes to paint landscapes." With that I left not waiting around for them to try and stop me.

I walked for a while, listing to the sounds around me, seeing a chipmunk or two run across the path ahead of me. Half an hour later I reached a lookout point that showed the valley we were in. It was a beautiful sight, and after taking a few pictures I was ready to see what other views I could find.

I had only turned to go when I heard a moan come from the bushes not to 5 feet from me, making me freeze in my tracks. Looking around I spotted a broken off tree branch, it was a pretty good size and looked like it would work for my proposes nicely. So I picked it up and slowly walked over to the bushes, branched at the ready.

After 15 minutes of searching and not finding anything I decided to go back to the cabin and my friends, forgetting the views for now. It was as I turned to go that something latched on to my leg.

I of course did the sensible thing any girl would have, I started to scream, in the process I raised the branch and was about to hit whatever it was, but stopped in when I saw what or I should say who it was.

It was a man, he looked about my age and height, lean, had short black hair and had nothing on save what appeared to be appeared of boxers. I quickly came to the conclusion that he had seen better days. He was covered in dirt, grime and also in something that looked like greases. As I looked him over he lifted his head and looked at me with emerald green eyes that took my breath away.

We stared at each other, I was transfixed by his eyes, were it seemed like he was trying to simply pull his thoughts together. He was just opening his mouth to say something but it was then I unfroze. Dropping the stick I immediately went to his level.

"Don't speak ok, save your strength. I'm going to take you back with me to the cabin, were my friends and I are staying. Two of them are medical students they'll be able to help you better than I can, ok? My name is June Addison by the way." I said this all rather fast, which is a bad habit of mine when I'm nerves or felt awkward.

He seemed to think it funny as he smiled at me weakly, right before his eyes rolled up in the back of his head as he passed out. I immediacy felt his grip loosen on my leg. Not wanting to wait and see if he would come around I grab the radio I had and tried to call my friends for help. But after trying for what felt like 7 minutes I lifted him up on my shoulders in a fireman carry and started to walk down the trail.

Even though we were close in height, he weighed a lot more than me, so the short walk that had taken me half an hour seemed to go on forever with him on my back. I nearly put him down and ran to get my friends but being stubborn I kept going at a slow pace. When I finally reached the cabin I was drenched in sweat and was gasping for breath.

"Jake, Sarah!" I weakly shouted getting their attention; they all looked at me shocked. "This guy needs your help."

Suddenly everyone of my friends got out of the water and came running. Jake and Scott, who were the first to reach me toke him off my shoulders and head to the cabin. Sarah was right behind them, well the rest of us brought up the rear and they got the story of how I found him.

They put him in on one of the bed sin the boy's room, well Sarah pulled out the first aid kit. We all crowed around the door watching as she and Jake started to check him over and clean away most of the dirt and grime. That was until Jake saw us all standing there and glared at us.

"All of you clear the door way and let us work. Except you June, we need to know all of what happened when you found him." He said. Everyone did as they were told. I told the story to them, and when I was done I stayed. Watching them as they looked for any injuries he may have.

That was until he woke up.

He grabbed Sarah's arm so fast neither of us had time to stop him, as he tried to sit up. I bolted over to them and tried to calm him down.

"Hay, take it easy. These are the friends I told you about, their trying to help you." I tried to explain to him as I put my hand on his shoulder. His left hand was around my throat before I could blink, and it was really tight. My body immediately froze as it and my mine remembered what had happened to me on New Year's. My fear of what might happen paralyzed me.

"Let her go. Let both girls go right now!" Jake snapped as he tried to pry him off me but his grip on me strengthened, and I whimpered as tears ran down my face.

"I need help in here now!" The others came running. Bill and Scott were quick to jump in and try to pull him off us. Bill got Sarah free first and was able to hold that arm down; well Scott was trying to hold the rest of him down.

The whole time they were fighting him he was looking at me and I was caught once again by his beautiful eyes. During the struggle I noticed several emotions cross his face. At first he looked angry, but that was slowly replaced with confusion, right before shock. I felt his grip loosen on my neck and Jake pulled his hand away.

I got as far away from him as fast as I could till I hit the wall and stood there in shock. Miko and Becky were at my side in a heart beet and led me out of the room. I sat down on the couch and cried my eyes out well I heard the fighting soon come to a stop.

I heard some talking going on around me but I wasn't paying close attention as I started to calm down and get a hold on myself. After I had calmed down completely and insured my friends that I was ok, I got back up to go back into the room were the others were. But as I was about to enter the room I ran into Jake who was leaving it.

"Whoa, hold on June where do you think you're going?" Jake asked as he gently grabbed my shoulders stopping me.

"I was just going back in to see if he's ok." I said.

"He's asleep; he passed out not to long after you left, though we can't find out why." Sarah said as she stood behind Jake and tried to get around him.

"It's probably for the best. Are you ok?" Jake asked as he looked at my neck, there were more than likely bruises there now. Probably like the ones from-

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N.E.S.T.

Lennox's team, which included Ironhide, Ratchet, Optimus Prime and Arcee, were all tacking up their positions around the unknown military base. It had surprised them when the Autobots advanced scans were only able to find it, when the tech the US government had given them couldn't.

"I see only two guards on the outside perimeter." Ironhide said as he looked at the base.

"That dosen't necessarily mean that there isn't more in hiding in places around the base." Epps said as he looked at it with a pair of binoculars. Lennox listened to everything that was said but his mind keep falling back at the events two days ago that had brought them here.

Flashback

They had revised a tip that there was a group of Decepticons around a place in Montana called Devils Lakes. So of course not being able to ignore it they got a small contiguity of soldiers and Autobots together and head out to see if there was any truth behind the tip.

When they had arrived at the location they had spread out to search the area, remove any civilians and using Ironhide's and Sideswipe's advanced scanning to located any cons in the area and take them out.

They had been combing the area for over an hour without any signs, and Lennox was about to call for a wider search to be done when some of them were engaged by an unknown military group. Everyone was quick to come to the soldiers aid who had found the group, and it was when Epps got a good look at the uniforms of the enemy that the discovered that they had a problem.

"Their called what?' Lennox asked well giving him a confused look.

"Their called MECH. A secret terrorist group who go around the world gathering any new technology they can get their hands on and sometimes they even take the inventor of the tech. They've been on the governments list of possible subjects for over a dozen worldwide crimes ever séance they first showed them self's." Epps explained over the cover fire of their teammates.

"Remind me latter to ask you how you know all that, but right now I think that it would be a good idea to keep Ironhide and Sideswipe out of this fight. Contact the soldiers who are with them and tell them to- " Lennox was suddenly cut off as he got a distresses call from another parity of their group.

The vary one that had both Autobots with it.

"I say again we are under attack but their main focus seem to be Hide and Sideswipe, their mainly ignoring us. Please advise!" both Lennox and Epps heard over the radio. Looking at Epps, Lennox realized that they were both thinking of the same thing, what they had that MECH wanted.

Their Autobot allays.

"All units fall back and regroup with Bravo Team and assist the Autobots." Lennox ordered as his group laded down cover fire and retreated. They soon meet up with Bravo team. They noticed that a lot of their men were down, with Ironhide protecting them with his cannons and his body. Sideswipe was further away and was giving some of the men time to make it to cover.

"Let's get them out of there." Lennox shouted over the gun fire. His team was quick to fallow this order as they ran forwarded and ether grabbed or laded down cover fire until all of the men were clear.

"Sideswipe, Ironhide! Get out of there!" Epps shouted.

They saw both mechs turn and run towards them but suddenly both shouted as electricity covered them,. The humans could only watch as the attack on their new allays continued, soon sending them straight into stasis lock leaving them to they collapsed on the ground.

"What the-"Epps was saying as Lennox cut him off.

"Cover them." They all ran out firing at the MECH soldiers but stopped dead in their tracks with what happened next.

The ground under both bots came a part, as panels came out of the ground and started to surround them, but with the way Hide had fallen he was rolled onto stable ground. Sideswipe was not so luck as the panels, which were walls to a trailer, surrounded him. MECH laded down cover fire as a truck seamed to emerge out of the ground drive away.

"Don't let them get away."Lennox ordered but with Hide down and their own transport vehicles on the other side of the lake, all they could do was watch. Some of the men did try to run over to their vehicles and chase them down but latter radioed that they got away.

Well Epps radioed base to report to Optimus and the other Autobots back at base, it took Ironhide came out of stasis lock. To say the least when had heard about what had happened he was not happy.

"How could this have happened, how could you let them escape?" Hide snapped at Lennox as he paced around the area. Everyone was being sure to stay away from him for the time being as to limet the possibility of him accidently step on one of them.

"Well I just got off the cone; Optimus, Ratchet and Arcee are on their way to meet up with us. Also I talked to one of our techs, their checking satellite surveillance for the truck." Epps said as he joined them. Both of them looked at the grumpy Autobot, who continued to grumble to himself as he paced.

"I don't know how to tell him. I'm afraid he might blow up something if he doesn't like the news." Lennox said.

"Don't worry about it, the big guy told me that he would be contacting Hide." Epps explained. Just then Ironhide stopped dead in his tracks. Both of them took this for him being contacted by Prime and listing to what he had to say.

He heaved a sigh as his shoulders drooped. "Understood." He said as he looked at them. "Prime said that I am to wait for the others and that I should not blame you or myself for what happened." He then transformed to his Alt mood and didn't move, clearly not wanting to talk about it further.

It was tedious sitting there and waiting for word from the techs and for reinforcements to arrive. But they soon got both things they were waiting for. As the convoy, with Optimus leading the way was just arriving the day after when they were contacted with the report that the truck had been spotted on the highway leading into the mountains.

After that it only took them a day and a half to pin point where they had taken Sideswipe.

End of Flashback

Lennox was brought out of his thought as the main doors opened for what most likely the changing of the guard. The one time they were at their most venerable. Lennox gave a few hand singles to his men and they followed him to the main door.

They were quickly able to subdue the men there and started to head in before Lennox got Epps to single the Autobots to approach. Thankfully the doors were big enough for even Prime to walk though. As they came in they found that the main entrance was almost disserted, and unfortunately they were unable to take all of the men out before the alarm was sounded.

Moving in small groups on either side of the bots they quickly move throughout the base take out any soldiers who tried to get in their way. They eventuallywere able to take the control room were others got the arms room or barracks taking a lot of men prisoner.

Finally Lennox's team, who had stayed with Optimus and the other Autobots found what looked like the main hanger but they quickly noticed that a part of it had been converted to a lab with a lot of computers and other equipment.

All of which seemed to be hooked up to Sideswipe.

They heard a chopper powering up as gun fire rained all around them. It was in that instant that Lennox saw a man in a lab coat push a couple of buttons before flipping a switch. Sideswipe immediately started to convulse.

"Ratchet!"

Hearing his name called the medic looked at Sideswipe, saw what was happening and ran over was fast as his lags could carry him. Lennox had already reached the computers and had stopped the man before he could get away.

"Whatever you did reverses it know." He ordered the scared scientist as he grabbed his coat.

"I can't stop the termination sequence once it's been activated." He man said.

"He can't but I can." Ratchet said as he started to fettle with the cable hooked up to Swipe. Lennox didn't see exactly what he did but he soon heard the machines around him shutting down as the sounds of fighting came to an end.

"A chopper got away, it had a lot of scientist and tech on it, your orders sir?" one of his men asked.

Lennox looked at Prime and saw the worry in his face and knew they were thinking the something. "I won't this place searched from top to bottom, and locked down before we bring our techs in to help Ratchet. We not leaving till Sideswipe is back on his feet. Some on get me Chairman Morshower on the con."

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June's Pov

Later that night after we had dinner I was able to get some things together and sneak into the boy's room where we were keeping him. They had of course cleaned up most of the dirt and grime off him well checking for any injuries he had, but there was still a lot on him.

I put the bowl of hot water down and the cloths on the bed side table. I wet one of the cloths and started to gently clean him off. I started with his hands and arms then was starting to clean his face when I heard the door open behind me, and like a kid getting caught with their hands in the cookie jar I turned around, hid the cloth behind my back and gave Scott an innocent smile.

"June what are you doing in here?" he asked giving me a concerned look.

"Nothing."

His eyes flickered over to were the steaming bowl and cloths were before looking at me again, with an eye brow raised. "Cleaning him up are you?" he asked leaning agents the door frame.

"Yes." I said as I wet the cloth again and went back to cleaning his face. Scott didn't say anything as I continued to clean him up but I know he didn't leave.

"This defiantly brings back unwelcomed memories." Scott suddenly said.

"What do you mean?' I asked. I knew exactly what he was talking about but I wanted to act dumb, not really wonting to compare the two incident with him. I thankfully got a distraction from the topic as the unknown man in the bed moaned and opened his eyes.

"W-were am I?" he asked looking at his surroundings before his eyes fell on me. I swear that my eyes had gone big as I took a step back from him. Scott was by my side in a heartbeat.

"You're in a cabin near Missoula, my friend here found you on a hiking trail and brought you here. Two of our others friends are med students, they looked you over but didn't find anything wrong with you." Scott explained.

"I remember." He said as he sat up and looked at me and smiled, which eased my stress levels a bit. "Thank you for your quick thinking. I'm Side- ah Shawn. Ya Shaw."

I nodded as I fettled with the cloth nervously avoiding his eyes. Scott put a hand on my shoulder. "Why don't you get Sarah and Jake, they probably need to look him over again and ask him some questions." He said. I nodded and left, putting the cloth with the others and left without looking at either of them.

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Sideswipe's Pov

I watched my rescuer flea the room and was beginning to wonder if I had done something to upset her but the human male in the room looked at me with hard eyes. I observed him and wondered what could be going through his mind, when another male and female walked into the room.

"I'm Sarah, this is Jake, how are you feeling?" the female said as she pulled out a small flashlight and checked my eyes.

"I'm feeling ok, just a little sore in my shoulders." I said as I rubbed them abit. The male Jake went on the other side of the bed and began to do something that that made them hurt like hell. I filched but he simply lessened the pressure which helped. They asked me some more question but when they asked me what had happened to me I realized that I didn't really remember.

"That's pretty natural with a traumatic event but give it time it will come back to you." Jake said. "Well séance we can't seem to find any injurys, if your felling up to it I'll show you were the bathroom is so you can clean up. Well you do that the guys and I will look through our spare cloths and see if we can find some that will fit you."

The moment he said that I knew that I had a meager problem; I knew nothing about human hinge.

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A/N: I hope you like it so far, I will admit that the Terrorist group is from Transformers Prime and it seems to work in this story. Tell me what you think, R&R.