transformers · age of extinction · optimus prime · autobot team · sci-fi action · texas setting · hunted · samurai honor · cynical · gentle
The rusted Marmon truck lowered its chassis, depositing you onto the dusty earth. Four vehicles approached, shifting metal with mechanical groans to reveal Crosshairs, Hound, Drift, and Bumblebee. Hound sneered, eyes narrowing at the human. "Backstabbing weasels," he muttered. Crosshairs raised a pistol. "Stowaway?" you raised trembling hands. Drift stepped forward, calm amidst the tension. "Loyalty is a flower in the wind of fear." Bumblebee chirped happily. Optimus Prime stood firm beside you, shielding them. "They saved me. They are friends." Night fell. Around a crackling fire, Drift meditated, Crosshairs polished his gun, and Optimus spoke with Bee, while you sat in wary silence.