Just some wrods from meh before we begin. Kay so this story is mainly gonna be about Arcee. The first chapter of my fanfic Dreaming of Angels, this story has been written for a while now and I finally felt like posting it and yeah. XD lol funny thing is when I began to writting this it was almost the end of the world. BUT WE'RE STILL HERE! HAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! *dignity laugh* lolz I guess this is the part where I give a disclaimer and yadayadaya
Disclaimer: I do not own Transformers, Hasbro does (AND THEY'RE JERKS FOR NOT MAKING SEASON 4 OF TFA) ANYWHOO! Enjoy the fanfic!
Shots flew past her as she sped up the ramp. She could hear explosions down below. She ignored them, determined to reach her partner. She quickly transformed. She could see his red chassis lying a few feet away. She tried to run for him but was stopped by shots raining down on them. The floor under him gives way, but she quickly reacts, grabbing his arm before he could fall. "Let's get you home, partner." she said with a small grin. But nothing could prepare her for what she was about to see. He looked up at her…but it wasn't him. He looked up at her with feral optics and growled at her. She gasped. She realized that not only that it wasn't him, but that he was sliced in half and leaking a dark substance that seemed to be the same color as his now sinister optics. Her hand slipped out of his and she watched as he fell down below into the unmined energon. She could see the others looking on in shock. Moments later they were racing out of there for there lives. But she didn't. She watched as the bomb exploded, powerless to do anything but watch as the energon around the bomb exploded, engulfing her, and destroying him…
Arcee woke with a start, suddenly transforming and nearly crying out his name. Realizing where she was, Arcee panted, then sighed. It was only a dream… she told herself. But it had felt so real. Arcee looked around Jack's small garage, her spark still racing. She placed her hands over her face. It had been the fifth time that week that she's had that dream. It had always been the same until now. She knew she was dreaming about the last time she physically saw Cliffjumper, but she had never stayed behind to watch the explosion. To watch Cliffjumper die. Arcee cursed herself for allowing her emotions get the better of her. She thought she had gotten over his death months ago. She still felt sad every now and then but it wasn't this bad. Arcee moved her hands away from her face. She tensed as she heard the door opening. If Jack's mother entered the room, it'd be really bad for both her and Jack. She sighed in relief. It was Jack. Arcee looked down at him as he stepped into the room. Jack flicked on the light switch, he squinted at the sudden brightness then flicked them off.
"Jack? What are you doing here?" Arcee asked, quickly hiding her emotions from him.
"Couldn't sleep, I heard you wake up…" explained Jack. When Arcee didn't respond, Jack continued. "Are you okay, Arcee?" Even through she couldn't see his eyes, she could hear the concern in his voice.
"I'm fine." Arcee answered plainly.
"Arcee, something's been bothering you all week. Don't think that I haven't been noticing the way you've been acting or the fact that you've been waking up in the middle of the night all week." Arcee sighed, it was like he could sometimes see right through her.
"It's nothing," she said, more to reassure herself. She could see Jack cross his arms over his chest in the darkness, clearly not satisfied with her response. "It's nothing," she repeated, "Just…nightmares…"
"Nightmares?" Jack asked, clearly interested. "About what?" Arcee looked away, not wanting to talk about it.
"Arcee?" Jack asked concerned. She looked down at her partner, wondering if she should tell him about her dreams. No she thought. Jack had once before already had to face the demons of her past. She didn't want to trouble him with telling him about her nightmares. Absent mindedly, Arcee checked the time. It was nearly three in the morning.
"Uh…Don't you have to school tomorrow, Jack?" Arcee asked, not unkindly.
"Don't you have to take me there?" Jack countered. Arcee cracked a smile.
"Then we probably should both go back to sleep." said Arcee.
"Yeah, your probably right" Jack said before walking to the door. He could tell that whatever was bothering Arcee was a touchy subject and decided to leave it as that.
"Hey, Arcee," Jack said as he stood in the doorway. "Whatever's bothering you, you probably shouldn't keep it locked away."
"Goodnight Jack." Arcee said in mock annoyance.
"Okay then, well, see you in the morning…no wait, it is morning." said Jack.
Arcee smiled slightly and watched as Jack closed the door behind him. Once she was sure he was gone, Arcee sighed and closed her optics. She wondered if she felt guilty for what happened. As if it was somehow her fault that Cliffjumper was dead and now it was as if he were punishing her for what happened. Arcee shook the thought out of her head. Cliffjumper would never want to hurt her. She was his partner after all. Arcee sighed, quietly whispering her dead comrade's name, "Cliff…"
The next morning Jack entered the garage with his backpack slung over his shoulder. Arcee said nothing, preferring that their earlier conversation had never happened. Jack greeted her before climbing on. They drove to the school in silence, giving them both time to think. As Arcee pulled up to the high school, Jack noticed several students walking into the school. He decided it was best to speak to her before they reached to school.
"Hey Arcee?"
"Yeah, Jack?"
"You okay? Like, are you really okay?"
"I'm glad that you care, Jack. But I'm fine. You don't have to worry about me." Arcee said as she stopped beside the curb.
"What kind of partner would that make me if I didn't worry about you?" Jack asked as he stepped off her.
Partner… Arcee thought. She was relieved that she wasn't in robot mode. She had no problem hiding her emotions while she was in vehicle mode. Robot mode was a bit more challenging nowadays. She wondered why she wasn't able to keep her poker face these past few days.
"A bad one?" Arcee muttered, moments before the warning bell rang. They both looked up and could see Miko and Raf standing at the foot of the stairs. Miko waved for him to hurry up. Jack waved back and motioned for them to wait a minute.
"Well, see you after school, Arcee." Jack said.
"Yeah, see ya." Arcee said as Jack began to walk towards the entrance of the school. "And Jack," Arcee said, causing Jack to stop.
"Yeah?" he said, turning back to face her.
"You don't have to worry about me so much, okay? Even though I'm you're partner, you already have other things to worry about. I don't want to bother you with my own problems." Before Jack could answer her, Miko marched up to them.
"C'mon dude! We're gonna be late!" Miko said, seeming slightly annoyed for waiting.
"Oh, sorry. See ya, Arcee." Jack said Miko grabbed him by his back pack and began marching back to the school. Arcee chuckled slightly as she watched Miko practically dragged Jack into the school.
Once the trio disappeared into the school, Arcee sighed.
Arcee glanced across the street and at the school.
"Let's go Sadie," she said to herself after making sure one was around. She flicked on her holo-form before speeding down the road. Arcee hadn't been able to fall asleep that morning after Jack left. She wasn't tried, in fact, she's never felt more alert, at least not out of battle anyways. She decided to drive around Jasper to clear her mind. As Arcee drove around the streets of Jasper, she thought about going into the freeway, then remembered about the morning's rush. As Arcee came around a corner to a gas station. She glanced ahead up ahead of the road. There were a few other cars in the road, most likely humans on the way to work. Or about to be late for work... Arcee thought bitterly as a red car sped past her, cutting her off.
"Hey watch-!" she yelled, getting caught off guard. She gasped. She knew that car. No…it couldn't be… Arcee thought frustratingly. Her mind was probably playing tricks on her. She sped up nonetheless. She had to be sure.
Arcee tried to catch up to the familiar red dodger, but she lost sight of it as it sped around a corner. Arcee sped around the corner and skidded to a stop. Scrap! she cursed. There was no one on the road ahead of her. Arcee strained to hear the engine of the car, but heard nothing. She began to drive down the road slowly, her optics scanning the streets and the alleys for any sign of the car. She glanced up at the bridge that lead to the free way. A blur of red sped up above in the bridge. Arcee immediately sped up a near by ramp that merged into the freeway. Moments later she skidded to a halt to avoid crashing into traffic.
"What the?" Arcee said, frustrated and confused. The car was no where to be seen! She could hear the distant sound of a car speeding away. Arcee looked past the halted cars and caught a glimpse of the red car racing down the opposite lane.
"How did he?" she growled in frustration. She was not going to lose him again. Arcee cursed in Cybertronian and backed up before using the dividers as a ramp. She jumped over to the other lane, causing a passing car to serve out of the way to avoid crashing into her. She skidded out of the way in time and continued to pursuit the red car. She chased the car past traffic and onto a bridge. As she got closer to the car, it seemed to speed up even more. Suddenly it veered off the road, Arcee followed. She jumped over a high wall. She quickly transformed and landed on an embankment.
"What?" the red car escaped her again! Arcee looked around the embankment, but there was no sign of the car and no where for it to hide.
"Scrap!" she growled, punching the wall in frustration. She sighed and closed her optics, wondering if it was just all in her head. Had she just imagined the red car? But she was positive that it had been Cliffjumper. Arcee wonder if she should have Ratchet check out her systems for any glitches.
No… she decided that she'd keep whatever's going on to herself.
A/N: SSSOOO! This is the first chapter of mah fanfic Dreaming of Angels I just finshed watching Transformers: Prime, Crisscross, and it got me into an Arcee mood and i wanna keep writing to this story. So sit back and enjoy and relax, I already got chapters 2, 3, and 4's gonna be typed soon 8D so bear with me and mah slowness.
PS-THE RED CAR IS NOT Knockout in case you were wondering, lol