*Chapter one*
It was a quiet night on the freeway. No cars, No people, perfect for Sideswipe to finally get out of the troubles back at base.
'Finally' thought Sideswipe 'No one around. I'm alone at last'.
He turned off the freeway and into the nearby woods. Slowly, he stopped near the edge of a small cliff and transformed into his robot mode. He sat down on the edge and towards the night sky. If someone knew the constellations well enough, they would know that he was looking towards his home planet Cybertron.
"I miss you bro." Whispered Sideswipe, barely even louder then the small breeze swaying thru the thick trees surrounding him.
His spark clenched at finally saying those words out loud. The entire time that the Autobots' had been on Earth, he had kept a mask up. He made everyone think that he was perfectly happy and didn't have any problems going on in life, other than the Deception's'. Made them think he was living a trouble fee life. But he wasn't. Not with his past slowly catching up with him and his 'bro' not with him.
Finally he took off the mask and revealed to the world what was happening in his spark. He cried. Putting his helm into his servos as he let all of his emotions out.
Sideswipe had thought that no one had noticed him leaving base. But… He was very wrong. Fix-it had seen him leaving and told the rest of the team about this. Bumblebee and Strongarm had left the base to why he had just up and left. They thought that he would be out street racing or something, but they didn't expect this.
Bumblebee and Strongarm were just driving near the cliff edge behind some trees and saw the whole thing. From the whisper to now to say they were shocked would be an understatement, they didn't know what to even think! Sideswipe was the care-free and mischievous prankster of the team. He had a reputation. And here he is, showing what has really been happening in his spark and the pain he's for some reason feeling and taking off that mask that no one even knew he had on!
Bumblebee and Strongarm looked at each other. They went to move closer but accidentally stepped on a fallen branch making a cracking sound.
Sideswipe quickly in one swift move stood up, spun towards their direction, and pulled out his katannas.
"Wh-who's the"?! Asked Sideswipe, trying to wipe away his energon tears with his shoulder.
"It's just us Sideswipe" said Bumblebee walking over to Sideswipe.
Sideswipe sighed and put his katannas away saying "Oh, sorry. Wait. How long were you standing there"?
"Long enough" said Strongarm walking over to the two mechs.
"Are you alright? Why were you crying?" Trying to figure out what was bothering her teammate.
"Uh… I wasn't crying. What are you talking about?" Said Sideswipe trying, and failing, to put his mask back up. Tears still slowly coming out of his optics.
"Sideswipe, we saw the whole thing. What happened?" Asked Bumblebee also curious about his friend's situation.
"None of your business… Let's just, go back to base" said Sideswipe transforming and starting up his engine.
Bumblebee and Strongarm just looked at each other and sighed. The two followed after Sideswipe and went back to base. The drive back to base was silent, (luckily) but also extremely awkward (unlucky). Thoughts were running thru all of their heads. But Sideswipe was the most worried. They saw the whole fragging thing! This is goanna put a major dent in his reputation, if not destroy it! Strongarm is goanna tease him like crazy! Oh what fun life is going to be now.
When they got back to base it was even WORSE! They all transformed into their robot modes and walked over to the rest of the team. Sideswipes optics were still a little red from crying and if you listened close enough, you could hear him sniffling a little.
"Welcome back to race – trace – BASE" greeted Fix-it pounding his chassis a couple times to get the right word out.
Sideswipe mumbled a 'hi' and walked over to his small make-shift berth room.
No one spoke of what had happened the rest of the night. The rest of the team was still unaware of Sideswipes mask being let down (and the mask itself). Bumblebee and Strongarm decided to talk with Sideswipe in the morning and slowly, everyone went to bed.
Time skip
Morning
Once everyone was awake, Bumblebee decided it was a good time to talk to Sideswipe.
"Sideswipe" said Bumblebee to the warrior who was currently sharpening his katannas.
Sideswipe looked up and said "Yeah".
Bumblebee motioned for Sideswipe to follow him and Sideswipe did. The two walked over to the part of the junk yard where nobody could hear them and they sat down on two large tires. They sat in silence for a few minutes until Sideswipe said:
"I miss him". Bumblebee didn't entirely know how to reply. Who does he miss so much? Why didn't he tell him about the pain he's going thru? How long has he been going thru it?! Bumblebee had many questions but he knew now was not the time to ask some of them.
"Who do you miss?" asked Bumblebee putting a servo on Sideswipes shoulder.
"Sunny… I haven't seen him in so long. I – I don't know how to find him again" Sideswipe replied. Tears were starting to form in his optics, but he was able to stop them and he started to shove away all of those feelings again. No. Crying won't help. It never helped before so why should it help now.
"It's okay Sideswipe. We'll help you find him. I'm sue Sunny is alright" said Bumblebee trying to help his teammate- no, friend get thru this pain and loss he felt in his spark.
"Thanks 'Bee" said Sideswipe standing up and turning to go back to everyone else. Bumblebee followed him and the two joined the rest of the group.
"HEY SIDESWIPE, CATCH" yelled Grimlock throwing a giant piece of scrap metal to Sideswipe.
"WOAH" Sideswipe was able to doge out of the way and didn't get hit by the giant metal ball.
"Oh, um, sorry Sideswipe… you okay?" said Grimlock seeing his mistake and apologizing for it.
"It's okay big guy. I'm fine." Replied Sideswipe standing back up right to show he was fine, "No Biggy. Really, I'm fi-"Sideswipe never got to finish his sentence. The scrap metal ball had hit a wall of junk behind Sideswipe and the giant pile fell down right on top of him.
"SIDESWIPE" was the last thing he heard before he went into shut down. He tried his best to stay in the world of the conscious but to no avail. Everything went black.
Time skip
Bumblebees POV
"SIDESWIPE" all of us yelled at the same time. Me and Grimlock went over to his unconscious frame and dug him out of all of the scrap.
"Bring him over here" Said Fix-it preparing a berth for Sideswipe. "Don't worry, he should be fine".
"Alright. Is he damaged at all?" I asked.
"He should be fine other than a few dents in his helm" replied Fix-it. He reached over to a part in his processor to turn him on-line again. As soon as he did turn on-line though Sideswipe wasn't exactly himself.
His helm kept giving off sparks and making buzzing noises. He also looked like he was in pain. And a lot of it.
"Fix-it, what's happening" I said, looking to the mini bot for an answer. Fix-it quickly shut Sideswipe down again.
"Well, it seems that Sideswipes processor got a little, um, jumbled up" replied Fix-it opening up Sideswipes helm to go to work fixing it. After a little while Fix-it said:
"Bumblebee sir, it seems that a certain programming in Sideswipes processor has been shut down for a long while. Should I activate this program?" I thought this over a bit and said:
"Sure Fix-it. Time to see Sideswipes full personality".
Once Fix-it turned the programing on the powered up Sideswipe to get him back online. WE just weren't entirely prepared for what happened next…
Sideswipes POV
Suggested music: Monster by Skillet
When I woke up from my little recharge nap I felt different. Not in a good way though. Oh no. They turned the program on. No no no no no. NO. I don't want to hurt them. I turned that program off for a reason.
Anger. Hate. I need to fight to live. NO, these are my friends. Stop! Fight! Ugh.
I opened my optics and jumped off of the berth pulling out my katannas at the same time
"Sideswipe" said Bumblebee, not aware of what had just been unleased. "What are you doing"?!
I said nothing. I wanted to scream for them to run, but my programming stopped me from doing it.
I grabbed my helm. I have to fight back. I can't hurt them.
They all started to walk towards me. "Sideswipe, are you okay?" Asked Strongarm.
"R-r-ru-"I tried so hard to tell them.
"What is it Sideswipe?" asked Rustle who was standing next to Fix-it on the plat form on the Alchemor.
"RUN" I finally got it out. But that caused the programming to kick in.
While they were all trying to figure out what I meant I lunged for the biggest one. In this case, Grimlock. I am so dead.
I put my battle mask on and started to swing my katannas at Grimlock. I flipped off of him and landed in front of Drift. He pulled out his katannas and we started to go full sword fight on each other. It was a little cool. But I was still sooooo dead.
Bumblebee came running up behind me but I sadly saw him coming and I swung one of my Katannas towards him. It flew thru the air but I still had enough mental strength to force the swing to miss. It landed right next to his helm. I'm in so much trouble after this.
"Fix-it! What kind of program was that?!" Yelled Bumblebee. Yup. They started up that program. I tried to gain control over my processor but I didn't have much of a chance in that battle. I was able to gain a little control and it hurt like PIT! I fell to the ground clutching my helm as a fiery pain flared thru my processor. Scrap I forgot about that. If I tried to fight back, the programming fought back. SCRAP!
Having me on the ground did open up a chance for them to pin me to the ground though. One good thing. But… I was still in pain. A lot of it too. I heard Fix-it say:
"The programing's designation is 'Gladiator programing' whatever that beans – knees – MEANS."
I mentally face palmed at that last comment. Really Fix-it, really. I blacked out again, but this time I welcomed it. When I wake up I'm going to get pit. Aren't I.
To be continued…
Bumblebee223: I hope you all enjoyed that first Chapter!
Sideswipe: You seriously brought my Gladiator programming into this. Did you have to?
Bumblebee223: No, I didn't have to. But I wanted to!
Sideswipe: Can't wait for the next chapter.
Bumblebee223: Shut it. Besides, the next chapter will be a little better for you.
Sideswipe: A little?
Bumblebee224: Yes, a little. Deal with it. Please R&R
P.S. This does not mean I'm giving up on my other story. Anyway Have an Awesome day!:D