Flesh to Metal
By: Tiffany Harders
CrusaderTransformer1: Well, another day, another fanfiction. And someone showed up to do the disclaimer for me!
Strongbad(from Homestarrunner): This writer-chick does not own G1 Transformers or any other kind of Transformers, she doesn't even own the company that made them. And if you ask me, that's kinda lame!
CrusaderTransformer1: OKAY! Thank you, Strongbad and readers, enjoy the fanfiction.
Strongbad: Don't read it! It sucks! It would be so much better with me or Trogdor in it!
CrusaderTransformer1: SHUT UP! GO AWAY AND LET THEM READ!
Strongbad: (Leaves while grumbling at me)
Hello there. My name is Domino, I'm a blue and white Autobot fembot with green optics and I used to be a twenty-two year old human woman with brown hair and blue eyes. My human name was Laura Bow and I was and still am a Christian even though I'm a Transformer. Here's my story about me and how I became a transformer and a little bit about my best buddy, a black and yellow male Autobot with orange optics named Blackjacket, another transformer who used to be a human too.
My story is a little bit of what is usually one of the usual problems of today.
I had an abusive boyfriend (whose name I will not say) for a while and every time I tried to leave him and almost succeed, he would find me and beat the living daylights out of me. I don't why to this day why I was with him, or tried to change him. He showed his true colors after I moved in with him and because of him, I lost a relationship with God for a long time, just because he would not allow me to go to church and he took my Bible away from me, saying it was a bunch of bull-s. He wouldn't even let me out of the apartment that we lived together in and he got all the groceries, always making me cook for him. I wasn't even allowed to use the cell phone that was the only means of calling my relatives. I don't know how long it took me, to figure out that he was a scumbag and that I had to leave, but a few times I got all of my small belongs into my travel bag and left the apartment by means of the fire escape while he was out. Then I would run to a nearby bus station and wait in line, get on, and then go the farthest stop. Then I would walk around, looking for an idea of where to go and then someone would come up to me with my abusive boyfriend (be it one of my friends, one of his friends, or a policeman) and he would take me back.
I never did find out how he found me so quickly every time, I never bothered to research how he did it anyway.
As soon as we would get back to the apartment and he locked the doors, he would beat me until I couldn't move. Then he would throw me into a closet or my bedroom, lock it and then go get something to eat or go to bed. Sometimes he would try and rape me, but I always fought back no matter what. That mostly 'turned him off' and he would beat me before leaving me alone. This went on for about a year, at the least.
I finally got my chance of escape when he and one of his friends started fighting over some drugs that they were selling and I grabbed my bag before I slipped out the fire escape while they duked it out. Instead of waiting for bus, I ran until I reached a train station and using all the money that I had saved in a secret pocket in my purse for a long time, I bought my ticket to freedom. As I sat on that train, growing farther and farther away from the apartment and from him, I felt happier than I had felt for an extremely long time. I was finally free of my abusive boyfriend...
I found my way through life in a little town and then found my relationship with God again through a wonderful little church in the middle of that town. I made a lot of good friends, even guy friends, and sometimes they would ask me out, but I always refused. I just wasn't ready for another relationship after what I had been through. My guy friends were always hurt by my refusals, though and that made me feel bad every time I refused them. Despite feeling bad occasionally, I was very happy in the town that was my new home. I had a cute little cottage near a patch of woods all to myself and a brand-new white Bible sat on my nightstand, ready to be read every morning.
But my happiness didn't last long in that town.
I first heard from one of my new friends that a man had come to the place where I worked and said he was looking for me. When I asked who, she informed me that she didn't know and she also confessed that she told him how to get to my house. A wave of limb-paralyzing fear went through me for some reason and I quit early, ending for my house as fast as I could in order to get my things and leave again.
As soon as I opened my door, a hand went around my throat and then threw me to the floor. I looked up to see my ex-boyfriend's sneering face above mine.
"You b, did you really think I'd let you go like that?" He growled, and grabbed me by the hair, dragging me upstairs.
I tried to scream for help, but he kicked and punched me, yelling to shut up. All I could do was cry as he dragged me to the bedroom and think hard about what I had to do. As he held my hair with one hand and tried to open the door with the other, I lashed out one fist and caught him below the belt. He yelled as he toppled over, letting go of my hair and I punched him directly in the face, making him go down completely. The next thing I knew, I was running out of the house and into the woods that were behind them, hoping to lose him. As I ran, I could hear his heavy foot-steps behind me, making me run faster. I don't remember how long we ran, but he finally cornered me and I was so sure I was going to die.
"B! I'm really going to make sure you die a slow, painful death!" He snarled as he came towards me.
Just when he was about two feet from me, a giant silver metal foot came down on top of him and I heard the disgusting crush of bones and flesh as the foot came in contact with the ground. I stared at the foot as my ex's blood seeped from under it, not sure whether to be grateful or terrified at the fact that my now deceased ex-boyfriend had been crushed. The owner of the giant foot chose for me.
"Another human?!" These flesh-creatures disgust me to no end!" A voice from above my head roared.
Before I could even react, a large metal hand encircled itself around me and I found my voice as I screamed in the silver face of a giant robot. He seemed angered by my scream, because the metal fingers that held me started to tighten. My scream was cut off as the hand cut off my oxygen and I struggled in pain as it got tighter and tighter. I could feel every bone in my body starting to break and my vision had black stars swirling in front of it while blood came from my throat and poured down the sides of my mouth.
"Let her go, Megatron!" Another voice roared and a blast was what I heard before I felt Megatron's hand let me go and I fell. My life flashed before my eyes as I looked down at the ground that was coming up slow to meet me, like a dream and in that dream I was floating slowly towards the ground. Another metal hand, this one royal blue, suddenly came into my vision and I landed on it, passing out as my body made contract.
When I woke up, I was sure that I had died and I was in heaven. The bright light I first saw was certainly bright enough to be heaven, in my half-awake opinion as it glared into my eyes. And then a face came over mine and I stared up at the shadowed face, feeling a slight smile coming onto mine, thinking it was angel, or maybe Jesus himself. Then the bright light went off and the features of the face became clear. It was a robot's head, with a silver helmet, a face mask, yellow eyes, and two strange lights on the sides of his helmet. My smile faded away slowly as I realized that I wasn't in heaven, but still alive and I started to sit up, having trouble at first and then a hand was on my back, assisting by pushing upwards. As soon I was sitting up, I looked at the robot beside me and found that I could look him in the face at the same level. You would think I would be scared, but amazingly I wasn't as I looked down at my new body. As I said at the introduction, I'm blue and white. I'm mostly white with blue hands, feet, head, and chest. My face is a light gray, though and I found out later that my optics were green. The robot introduced himself as Wheeljack as I finished examining my new body and he began to run tests on me, explaining to me that he was seeing if the new body I had was running correctly.
I sat there for a long time without saying a word and allowing him to run tests without protesting, then I found myself asking a question that had been buzzing in my mind for a while.
"Who made my new body?" I found myself asking him as he was at a machine.
"I did." Wheeljack replied, not turning around as he continued to push buttons.
"...Good job." I said finally.
He went to another machine and even with the face-mask I could see he was smiling as he did so. Then a door opened somewhere and both of us looked up to see a yellow and black Transformer come in, looking at me.
"Blackjacket! I told you, no visitors until she's ready!" Wheeljack scolded, and even though he had his back to me, I could tell he was frowning at the newcomer.
"I was listening at the door, she seems to doing alright to me." Blackjacket said slightly embarrassed, stopping where he was and I thought that he sounded like a kid, a teenager at the most, "Sorry Wheeljack."
"Sigh. Miss, this is Blackjacket." Wheeljack said to me, turning back to the machine.
I took a long good look at Blackjacket who was rubbing the back of his head sheepishly, a male transformer who had black armor and yellow striping that reminded me of a yellow-jacket wasp. His face was also yellow, his optics were orange and he had the friendliest look about him. If you had told me then that he and I were going to be the best of friends within a day, I would have believed you.
"Hi." He said to me, getting over his embarrassment, "What's your name?"
I was silent for a moment and Blackjacket got this concerned/confused look on his face.
"...Well, I used to be Laura Bow." I said at last, "But...now..."
"Don't worry about it now." Wheeljack suddenly said, "We'll call you Laura for now."
Why can't I be called Laura permanently? I wondered in my mind.
"By the way, your new body seems to working okay." Wheeljack told me, "And Optimus Prime is coming to see you."
"Optimus who?" I couldn't help asking.
My question was answered as the door slid open again and a red, white and blue robot with a look of authority came in, his blue optics searching for a moment before landing on me. If I had still been human, my breath would have been taken away and I would have been blushing like mad and luckily my new body wasn't used to me yet, so blushing wasn't an option at that point. I was blown away by this guy's presence and I could see his bravery, strength, and kindness through his optics as he looked at me.
"Hello, I'm Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobots." He said, his voice also blowing me away for a second time.
I have always thought that leaders, commanders, sergeants, ect., had the nastiest and toughest or even loudest of voices, being hardened as they were. This robot's voice was charming and deep, the kind that made you want to trust the guy.
"Laura." Was all I said with a small wave, still sort of blown away by him.
The door opened again at that moment, but no giant robot came through that time. I stared at it as it closed again, and the thought that went through my head was that the door must have a glitch of some kind. Then I saw that Optimus was watching something with his head cast downwards and I looked down just in time to see a boy and a smaller transformer who was the same size as the boy. The boy had brown hair and eyes, dressed in some sort of white and light blue uniform with a big red D on his chest. The little transformer was pink and orange with light blue optics, his helmet looked something like a cap and I noticed that he had a little slingshot at his side. My optics widened as I recognized the boy as one of my new friends from the little town and its church.
"Daniel?" I said out loud, still staring at him.
He smiled up at me, and I could see that he had been crying, tear streaks down his face and fresh tears were coming out of his eyes.
The little Transformer introduced himself as Wheelie with strange rhyming sentences and they proceeded to tell me everything that had happened since the Autobots and Deceptions (insert shudder here) had come to earth. It involved all the planets they had gone to, also about a punk boy named Tyler, Daniel's friend and adopted older brother. Somewhere down this conversation, I found myself listening to a time when Tyler was still around and they had gotten into trouble. Soundwave, one of the Deceptions, had found them alone with Wheelie one time in the woods near Autobot City and Tyler ended up getting injured extremely bad, almost completely fatal while defending the others. My jaw dropped at that point, as I sat cross-legged on the metal table that I was on.
"Oh my gosh." I said slowly, and then asked, "Did he die?"
"No, we managed to save him." Optimus told me and then suddenly pointed at Blackjacket while adding, "He's standing right there."
I looked at Blackjacket in surprise while he just shrugged and smiled at me, his orange optics showing some sadness. I realized that it must have been how hard it must have been for him to adjust from being a transformer, and that this story made him uncomfortable because of memories of being in pain more than likely.
"I'm so sorry." I said to him, and he shrugged again.
"It's not so bad, I got be an Autobot, that's good enough for me." He told me.
"Yeah, some people get all the luck!" Daniel said, and then pretended to pout, making us all laugh.
A sudden thought hit me and then I looked at Optimus.
"I hope you're not planning on turning everyone who's dying into Transformers." I sternly told him, half-hoping he wouldn't be offended.
"No, we're not." Optimus confirmed, "You were exceptions, besides, we can't turn anyone else into Transformers."
"Why not?" Daniel asked from where he was at Optimus' feet.
"It's complicated." Optimus replied, and I think he stole a glance at Wheeljack, though I'm not sure to this day.
Sometime later that day we were walking through the Autobot City (I was being helped by Blackjacket, since I wasn't used to my new body yet) and I was introduced to the other Autobots. Hot-Rod, Jazz, Ultra Magnus, Arcee, Ironhide, Kup, and a lot more. I even saw Daniel's father Spike in some kind of funny robotic suit while we were walking around and we had a brief conversation before we continued our walk around Autobot City.
I was also introduced to the Dinobots, Grimlock, Swoop, Slag, and Slash.
Grimlock sniffed me a couple of times and suddenly decided he didn't like me, stomping away with the other Dinobots, leaving me with some hurt feelings as I watched after them.
"I'll talk to them later," Optimus told me, "Wait till they get used to you and then you won't be able to get rid of them!"
I must have looked extremely scared at the thought of never being rid of the Dinobots, because both Optimus and Blackjacket started laughing hard at the look on my face.
A few weeks later, when it turned out I was fairly used to my new body, Wheeljack showed me how to scan and take on the appearance of cars, animals, and even house-hold objects. I picked a sleek blue Toyota from one of Spike's magazines that Daniel had brought to me and was happy with the choice ever since.
I was taught about the Autobot City by the gruff but rather nice Autobot named Kup and the pretty, really nice fembot Arcee. They were the ones who taught me how to transform and fight, even though for some reason Kup complained constantly about my choice of vehicle. I didn't care for that much, I loved being in car mode and I loved my choice of vehicle.
Hot Rod was also one of my teachers, but his teaching was mostly about controlling my vehicle mode and he would make me race him around Autobot City, and I finally won against him a few weeks later. Hot Rod was thrilled, but he pretended to pout when he lost to me.
As for energon (Transformer's form of energy, like food is to us), Blackjacket took the reasonability of teaching me about that and how much to take for one transformer. For those who wonder, there are different kinds of energon with different and they all taste different. I made a small list for you as an example of what I'm talking about, check this out...
Blue energon: Blue-berry
Green energon: Spearmint (Blackjacket's favorite)
Yellow energon: Orange with a hint of mint in it
Pink energon: Cherry and Strawberry combined (My favorite!)
Red engergon: Watermelon
Orange energon: Mango fruit (I think Optimus mentioned once that this was his favorite)
I didn't see much of Optimus after I met him (He was mostly on a moon base of sort), but I found myself wishing for some reason that I could see him when he wasn't there. I was confused by my yearnings to see Optimus, they were strange and yet very familiar at the same time. I supposed once it was because I liked him very much.
I saw plenty of Blackjacket though, he seemed to appoint himself as my caretaker, making sure that I got enough energon and that I was functioning properly. I once caught him watching Monty Python's The Holy Grail in the base's lounge once, and it surprised me that transformers watched movies at all, much least Monty Python.
It turned out that day Blackjacket and I have the biggest thing in common, we're huge (literally) fans of Monty Python's The Holy Grail. We both know it by heart and we even joke around by reciting lines from our favorite parts of the movie, changing some words to suit us.
Daniel had showed him then movie when he was still human a long time ago and now they keep a Tranformer-sized disc of it, courtesy of Wheeljack.
Wheeljack also made me a blue Transformer-sized Bible with a gold cross on it, so I could keep my faith by studying it and it's in both English and Cybertronian. He also warned me that I may be reading the Bible and praying for a long time, the Transformers were very close to being immortal, even the ones in war, and I told him I didn't care if I had to do that. I thanked him with a hug for the Bible and left.
I got my name Domino, and it was all thanks to Daniel.
That kid is so strange sometimes...I had told him that one of my favorite foods from as a human was Domino Pizza and the kid started calling me Domino-Eater for some reason from that point on. He still does as a matter of fact!
Optimus heard Daniel call me that once and he asked me if that was my new name. Before I could answer, Daniel butted in.
"Yeah, her new name is Domino..." He didn't get as far as "Eater" because I picked him up by his uniform shirt.
"Domino...that's a nice name, sounds like an Autobot name too." Optimus told me as I death-glared Daniel at optic level, making him quiet for the moment.
Before I could correct Optimus, he went elsewhere and then I decided to get my revenge on Daniel by taking him outside and ignoring his begging, I dropped him in the cold lake outside Autobot City.
I've never heard such a small guy scream like he did that day as I went back inside, grinning evilly as I went. I met Blackjacket on the way in. He stopped where he was in the doorway when he saw me.
"Hey! I just talked to Optimus." He said to me, lifting a hand to wave, "Is your new name really Domino?"
"I guess so." I replied, still walking and passing him.
"Cool, another thing," Blackjacket added, making me stop and turn around, "Have you seen Daniel? His dad Spike is looking for him."
"Last time I saw him, he was in the lake." I replied and Blackjacket went outside.
As soon as he was out, I made myself scarce that day, knowing he was going to find out that I had tossed Daniel in the lake. I doubted he would be upset much considering how much Daniel caused grief sometimes, but his dad would probably mind a great deal more, and I didn't want to argue with him or anybody in any case. I was moping over my new name, I suppose.
Blackjacket cornered me the next day though, asking to speak to me in private.
"Blackjacket, if Spike is mad about dropping Daniel in the lake..." I started.
"Don't worry about that. Spike thought it was funny, and he said that Daniel probably had it coming." Blackjacket told me, waving it off and leaning against a wall, "Optimus asked me to ask you something."
"And what would that be?" I inquired, also leaning against the wall.
"You might want to sit down for this question." Blackjacket warned me.
"Why? You gonna propose?" I teased as I sat on the floor.
Blackjacket blushed so hard that he almost turned red, but he managed to re-collect himself.
"It's about the human that Megatron stepped on." Blackjacket told me gently, "Optimus wants to make him a grave and a tombstone, to bury him properly."
My teasing mood disappeared in a flash, and I was silent for a long time, my optics staring at nothing as I thought about what had happened. I couldn't help but shudder so violently that my armor rattled when I thought of what happened to my ex, how disgusting his death had been...
"If this is too sensitive a subject for you..." Blackjacket started to say, looking startled to hear my armor rattling so much.
"No..." I said, mentally preparing myself for the explanation that I felt they all deserved, "I knew that I was going to have to tell someone sooner or later about him."
I told Blackjacket everything about my deceased ex-boyfriend, how he had treated me at the beginning and how he treated me afterwards. How I had escaped to the little town where I had lived happily for a while and how safe I had felt until I found out that he had come for me. How I found out that my ex-boyfriend had found out where I had lived and how I had escaped him and ran into the woods where he met his fate while trying to kill me.
"And you know how I was when the Autobots brought me here." I said, my voice choked as energon tears ran down my face.
Blackjacket was visibly crushed by what I told him, and his optics were also filled with energon tears for me as he gave me a hug, allowing me to cry into one of his shoulders. After I had stopped crying, he took me to my chamber and left me alone to recharge, probably going off to tell the others what I had told him.
That had been half a year ago, and nobody else said anything to me, the only one who talks about it is Blackjacket. When I think about it, I suppose everyone agreed that it was best that he was the only one for it, considering that he was my closest friend in Autobot City.
I also don't remember how many missions I've done now, but I've done plenty and Optimus is always nearby to watch out for me. My mission job is always to protect humans that might be in the area and get them to safety, also any animals that might get hurt. Blackjacket keeps trying to get Optimus to let him stay with me, but our leader's always refused so far, saying I could look after myself now.
Every time he said that, I wanted to melt into a metallic puddle just from the pleasure of hearing that from him. And one time, as I watched him fight with Megatron and other Deceptions to protect others with his life on the line, I startled myself by finding that I had fallen head over heels in love again, this time with the Autobot leader, Optimus Prime.
At first I was in denial, telling myself that there was no way in the universe that I could love again. I kept reminding myself of what had happened last time I had fallen in love, and that just kept bringing the pain back, remembering all the times that my ex had been wonderful and how nasty he had turned out to truly be.
It went on and on like that for five whole months until I couldn't take it anymore, I had to tell someone or risk blowing a fuse in my brain just thinking about him all the time! So one day, I got Blackjacket in private and I hesitated a lot, but I told him the truth that day.
Blackjacket was absolutely thrilled after I told him, I mean bouncing-off-the-walls-thrilled that I had found love in his leader. But that ended immediately when I told him that I didn't plan on telling Optimus.
"What! What you mean you're not telling Optimus?!" Blackjacket asked incredibly, his optics were wide as his mouth hung open after speaking.
"I...just can't." I told him, not looking at him.
"But Domy, he deserves to know!" Blackjacket loudly protested.
"BLACKJACKET!" I suddenly whirled around and screamed, making him go silent, "I JUST CAN'T! NOT AFTER WHAT HAPPENED TO ME BEFORE!"
"Domy..." Blackjacket said gently, coming towards me, but I backed away, "He's not like that, not at all."
"I can't know for sure." I told him, energon tears running down my face and I ran off crying to my chamber.
Several Transformers saw me and gave chase in concern, asking what was wrong and I outran them all, making it to my chamber without any tag-alongs. I cried the entire night there, feeling alone and unwanted.
The next day, I washed off the remains of my tears and prepared to act like nothing had happened yesterday, and I opened the door to my chamber to find all the Dinobots standing there, waiting for me.
"Why Domy sad yesterday and she run from everybody?" Grimlock asked me, "Me Grimlock want to know who made Domy cry! Me Grimlock will beat him up!"
"It was nothing Grimlock and nobody made me cry." I told him, wearing a false smile on my face, inwardly touched that he would beat someone up for me, "It was something...childish and I'm ashamed of myself today."
"What childish thing?" Swoop asked me, somewhat leaning forward that his beak was inches away from my face.
"I..." I stood there and pretended to think while the Dinobots stood there patiently, waiting for my answer, "I'm sorry, I don't remember, guys."
They believed me, and that was the only lie I ever told them and as I watched them leave, I begged God with my mind to forgive me for lying to them. The Dinobots were some of the silliest and most loyal Transformers in the whole bunch. They had gotten attached to me very quickly and they acted like I was their big sister, coming to me when they had questions or problems. They also had a child-like innocence and trust, which made the pain of lying about what happened yesterday even worse.
I met Blackjacket later on, and luckily he didn't say anything about what had gone on yesterday and he went through that day and the next like we usually do, which was a great relief to me.
Blackjacket is still the only one who knows that I'm in love with Optimus Prime and he keeps telling me gently at times to tell Optimus. I usually told him the same answer I gave before, or I ignored him, going to doing whatever we were doing.
I also starting avoiding Optimus if I could help it, and whenever I was forced to be there with him, I was uncomfortable and I couldn't look him in the face.
Poor Optimus was hurt by my 'distrust' and he tried to confront me about it many times, but I always made up an excuse and left, hoping he'd give up soon. The problem I found out later was that Optimus does NOT give up on anything ever, and I had a tough time avoiding him or making up excuses to just be away from him, still hoping he'd give up. He still kept on coming, which made me want to scream at him to leave me alone.
Blackjacket finally came onto me about it and I explained myself, but begged him not to tell, and he grudgingly agreed, but told for the thousandth time to TELL OPTIMUS HOW I FELT. I refused for the thousandth, and he stomped off, getting angry at last because of my refusals to tell his leader how I felt. He didn't speak to me for a week after that argument, and that hurt me more than anything, having the only friend I truly trusted not speaking to me.
I would have never told Optimus on my own, I was afraid that if I did, he'll be just like my deceased ex-boyfriend. It was a stupid fear, I know, but I couldn't help it. It came whenever I thought about listening to Blackjacket's advice and telling him how I feel, I would get too scared to even think about it.
But God has strange ways of making things work, and here's an example...
"I'm bored, Domino." Blackjacket groaned to me from where he was sitting on the ground.
"What do you expect me to do about it?" I asked him as I leaned against the wall with my shoulder while standing.
We were speaking again and having a little quiet time while we were at it. The Deceptions hadn't done anything for a while, so it had been real peaceful of late. Which was the way I liked it, I hated laser fire and I hated being in danger most of the time.
"I expect you to suggest something crazy to do, sometime like the last time we did something crazy." Blackjacket told me with a big goofy grin on his yellow face.
I let out a groan at the memory of what we had done last time, Blackjacket messing around and we ended up acting out the King Arthur/French Knight argument from the Holy Grail.
Flashback...
"HELLO!" I called up to the top of the wall.
I waited patiently for an answer from Blackjacket, but didn't hear anything. He was supposed to let me in the Autobot City, and he didn't seem to be around, which was strange. He was always around...
"HELLO!" I called again, and this time a pair of black hands appeared on the wall before Blackjacket poked his head over the wall.
"Hello, who is it?" Blackjacket said to me in a hilarious and obviously fake French accent.
I had to stifle a giggle hard, but got control of myself as I decided to play along.
"I am Domino, Queen of the Britcons, and these are the Transformers of the Round Table (gestured at nothing) whose castle is this?" I called up to Blackjacket, still trying not to laugh at our little game.
"This is the castle of my master, Lord Optimus Prime!" Blackjacket called back, pronouncing Optimus' name strangely with his French accent, this time making me laugh out loud and double over.
"Go and tell your master that we have been charged by God on a sacred quest," I continued after I had my laugh and wiped the energon tears away, "If he will give us energon and shelter for the night, he can join us on the quest of the Holy Matrix."
"Well, I'll ask him, but I don't think he'll be very keen." Blackjacket replied, "Uh...he's already got one you see!"
"What!" I exclaimed in mock surprise, "...Are you sure he's got one?!"
"Oh yes, it's very nice!" He told me and then I heard him say to no one, "I told her we've already got one."
I giggled loudly at this.
"Well...um...can we come up and take a look?" I asked Blackjacket.
"Of course not! You are English types!" Blackjacket mock-scoffed.
"...Well what are you then?!" I asked/yelled up at him.
"I'm French! Why do you think I have this outrageous accent you silly queen!" Blackjacket yelled back at me.
"What you doing in England?" I asked.
"Mind your own business!" Blackjacket yelled back, making the exact same face as the French Knight and it made me bellow out in laughter once more while holding my middle with one arm and pointing at his face at the same time.
"What are you two doing?" Someone asked up where he was.
Blackjacket's face then went out of sight as I tried to calm down as I bent over, still laughing slightly.
"Oh hi Optimus!" Blackjacket said somewhere over the wall, making me stop laughing as fear run like cold water through me and I straightened up, listening hard to their voices, "We're just acting out Monty Python's Holy Grail, wanna watch?"
"No thank you, where's Domino?" I heard Optimus ask him.
I didn't stick around for Optimus to see me. I transformed into my Toyota mode and sped out of there as fast as my vehicle mode would go.
End of Flashback...
"I still don't get why you sped off, Domy." Blackjacket said to me, using the silly nickname that everyone started using for me.
I almost rolled my optics in irritation, he knew full well why and both of us knew it. It was the reason he hadn't spoken to me for a week, but I kept that fact to myself.
"You know why, ever since I found out that I'm in love in Optimus, I've had to avoid him or else I may do something that I'll regret." I told Blackjacket for the fifth time and an image of Optimus' face went through my mind.
"Domy, he's not at all like the guy you told me about. He's like me, except he's more serious and besides, I'm cuter!" Blackjacket joked, making me smile.
"I just can't be sure, my ex-boyfriend was nice until I moved in with him." I replied, shuddering at the memory of when I found out what he was truly like.
Blackjacket sighed and stood, walking over to my side and putting his arms loosely around me.
I allowing it, seeing no other way to make myself relax and I leaned against him.
"The jerk's dead, he can't hurt you anymore." Blackjacket told me gently and then added out of the blue, "Megatron squashed him with his fat foot."
The un-expected silly yet gross comment made me laugh while shuddering slightly at the same time and Blackjacket gave me a strong hug.
"Besides wouldn't it be better if you told him?" Blackjacket asked me, his optics serious, "He might feel the same way."
I shook my head, slowly pulling away from his embrace.
"I'd rather wonder than to suffer heartache again." I told him, as serious as I was able.
Blackjacket was silent for a long time, just thinking quietly while I feared he would get mad again and give me another week of agonizing silence, but then he just shrugged.
"I understand, Domy." Blackjacket finally told me, giving up for the moment, "Hey! Wanna act out the part of King Arthur and the Black Knight? Or in our case, Queen Domino and the Black Transformer?"
"Sure, why not?" I replied, while thinking, I could use a laugh right about now. How I feel about Optimus is a depressing and sensitive subject.
"Okay, I'll be the Black Transformer! Naturally!" Blackjacket said, getting up and stretching.
"Naturally!" I agreed, since he was the funnier of the two of us AND he was black.
And so the craziness of our obsession with Monty Python began once more. We picked up a couple of thick wooden staffs, stepped away from each other and got into position as the characters, and then the play began. I thought I felt like I was being watched for a moment, but ignored it.
I 'rode' up to Blackjacket and signaled for my imaginary manservant Patsy to stop.
"You fight with the strength of many robots, good sir Transformer!" I said to Blackjacket in my best King Arthur voice.
"..."
"I am Domino, Queen of the Britcons!" I continued, acting confused to why he was silent.
"..."
"I seek the finest and bravest Transformers in the land to join my court at Cybertron."
"..."
"You have proved yourself worthy! Will you join me?
"..."
I pretended to look at 'Patsy' and then looked at Blackjacket again.
"You make me sad. So be it...come Patsy!" I said, 'riding forward'.
"None shall pass!" Blackjacket said in a monotone voice without looking at me, making me stop.
"What?" I asked.
"None shall pass!"
"I have no quarrel with you, good sir Transformer. But I must cross this bridge!" I protested.
"Then you shall die!" Blackjacket replied, still not looking at me.
"I command you, as Queen of the Britcons, to stand aside!" I ordered, gesturing for him to move.
"I move...for no Transformer." Blackjacket said, looking at me finally.
"So be it!" I said dramatically, drawing my 'sword' from my hip.
We pretended to lamely sword fight for a while and then I 'slashed' Blackjacket and he hid his arm behind his back, making it look like I cut it off.
"Now stand aside, worthy adversary." I ordered dramatically.
"Tis but a scratch!" Blackjacket replied cockily as he held his stick with his other hand.
"A SCRATCH?!" I said in mock-disbelief, "Your arm's off!"
"No it isn't!" Blackjacket said.
"Well, what's that then?!" I asked him, pointing with my stick at the ground.
Blackjacket pretended to look at his arm on the ground for a moment and then just shrugged at me.
"I've had worse!" Blackjacket said dismissingly.
"You lie!" I cried accusingly.
"Come on ya pansy!" Blackjacket challenged.
We pretended to sword fight again, only shorter this time and then Blackjacket charged. I just stepped aside and 'slashed' his other arm. Blackjacket dropped his 'sword' and hid his other arm behind his back.
"Victory is mine!" I declared dramatically.
I then knelt on the ground, slightly leaning on my stick.
"We thank thee Lord, that in thy mercy..." I started to pray.
Blackjacket suddenly rushed at me, lightly kicking me in the head. Not enough to hurt me, but enough to push me over.
"Come on then!" He told me, lightly kicking me again.
"WHAT?!" I asked/questioned loudly, looking up at him from where I was on the ground.
"Have at you!" He crowed back, kicking me lightly in the skid plate.
I grunted as I got up, feeling a light kick in the back of my knee.
"You are indeed brave, good sir Transformer, but the fight is mine!" I protested after I was up straight, slightly looking over my shoulder at him as he danced around me.
"Oh...had enough, eh?" Blackjacket taunted, his voice taking an English accent.
"Look you stupid bugger, you've got no arms left!" I said in a mock-disgusted tone.
"Yes I have!" Was the reply.
"Look!" I ordered, pointing at the ground.
Blackjacket gave the ground a quick glance.
"It's just a flesh wound!" He told me cockily, giving me another kick.
"Look, stop that!" I ordered him, trying to move away.
"Chicken! Chicken!" Blackjacket taunted, kicking me again.
"Look I'll have your leg!" I warned and after he kicked me again, "RIGHT!"
I 'slashed' his right leg and Blackjacket brought that leg up and behind him, probably holding it up with his hands.
"RIGHT! I'll do you for that!" Blackjacket yelled in mock-disdain as he hopped around on his remaining foot to keep his balance.
"You'll what?!" I yelled back mock-disbelievingly.
"Come here!" Blackjacket ordered mock-angrily, hopping forward and bumping my shoulder with his head.
"What are you going to do? Bleed energon on me?" I asked sarcastically.
"I'm invincible!" Blackjacket declared, ramming at me again, this time with his chest.
"You're a loony." I replied assuringly, half-meaning it.
My friend was a loony when it came to certain things. For an example, he has a fascination with Arcee for instance. (He has a shrine of her on his computer, I'm not kidding! I've seen pictures and everything on that thing!) I keep teasing him now about his crush on the pink and white fembot while his face turns a lovely shade of orange.
"The Black Transformer always triumphs!" Blackjacket declared, hopping forward again and bumping my shoulder with his head again, "Have at you!"
I just looked at him mock-disbelievingly and readied my 'sword'.
"Come on then!" Blackjacket challenged.
I 'slashed' his last leg, and Blackjacket quickly knelt, hiding all his 'slashed' limbs behind him and he did it so well that I thought he had fallen for real. He then looked down and around on the ground and then up at me.
"All right, we'll call it a draw." He told me, like he had made his decision and nothing was going to change it.
I just nodded at him, and gestured at 'Patsy'.
"Come Patsy!" I ordered my imaginary manservant, 'riding' past Blackjacket.
"Oh I see, running away eh?" Blackjacket said after me as I continued to 'ride a distance away behind him, "You yellow buggers! Come back and get what's coming to you! I'll bite your legs off!"
With our chosen Monty Python scene now over, we burst out laughing and rolled on the ground. Energon tears were coming out my optics like streams, I was laughing so hard and I clutched my sides to control the pain my laughter was causing while kicking my feet in the air.
Blackjacket wasn't in any better shape, he was hitting the ground with one fist while laughing and lying on his stomach.
"That was the best one we ever did!" I told Blackjacket between laughs.
"I agree!" Blackjacket replied, gasping for air, "The last one was always cut with your giggles and laughter!"
"I couldn't help it!" I defended myself, my laughter spent, and leaving me exhausted on the ground while panting for unnecessary air, "Your French accent was hilarious!"
"I didn't find it so funny," A familiar voice from nearby said, "But then I'm not familiar with Monty Python's work like you two are."
Both of us sat up like lightening and standing from us a few feet away with his arms crossed against his chest was none other than Optimus Prime. I had to suppress an urge to gulp at the sight of him, knowing full well now that he had been watching us the entire time and couldn't help but wonder if he thought me an idiot for doing something like that.
Blackjacket must have seen this as an opportunity, because this is what I heard next from his mouth as Optimus dropped his arms and came forward.
"Optimus! DOMINO IS IN LOVE WITH YOU!" Blackjacket blurted out, making me gasp in complete horror.
Optimus just froze where he was, standing there with surprise and shock written in his blue optics.
"BLACKJACKET!!!" I screamed, leaping to my feet.
"YOU'LL THANK ME LATER!" Blackjacket told me, transforming into his truck mode and drove away, dust flying in the air.
OH THIS ISN'T FAIR!!! I'M GOING TO KILL YOU, BLACKJACKET!!! OUR FRIENDSHIP IS OVER AS OF NOW!!! My mind screamed after him as he sped away and I stood there in shock while not looking at Optimus, terrified of what he must think.
I just stood there for a long time, waiting for something to happen, and fighting back fearful tears that threatened to spill from my optics. I was so sure that as soon as he was out of his shocked state, he would tell me as gently as he could that he didn't feel the same way or...
"Domino?" I heard Optimus inquire more gently than I had believed towards me, "Is...it true what Blackjacket said? Are you in love with me?"
Fright of his unknown reaction suddenly leapt in my throat and I couldn't stand to be there anymore. I quickly transformed and sped out of there like the entire Decepticon army was after me.
I must have caught him by surprise because I was a good distance before I heard Optimus shout my name, then I heard the unmistakable sound of transforming behind me and I increased my speed, hoping to outrun him before he caught up to me. I could hear him shouting at me, saying to stop, that was an order, and for once, I didn't obey. I just increased my speed until it couldn't go any higher and soon, Optimus was left in the dust, my motor the only thing that I was able to hear for the moment.
I drove until nighttime, and after much bumping through the woods, I finally came to a lake and a clearing that was big enough for a Transformer to rest comfortably for the night. I transformed and sat down against a big tree to allow my system to cool down while looking at the lake. The full moon was shining on it, along with the stars, and frogs were croaking happily somewhere nearby. But as beautiful as it was, I couldn't be relaxed or at peace, knowing I had taken a coward's way of dealing with a problem.
By running away.
Besides, wouldn't it be easier just to tell him? He might feel the same way. Blackjacket's words echoed at me in my mind as I sat there.
I definitely preferred wondering to suffering heartbreak again. I thought miserably, energon tears were coming fast. Once was enough.
The tears spilled out and I did nothing to stop them as they fell, barely hearing a plop, plop, plop, as they fell onto my armor. My system had cooled down long ago and I finally acknowledged this as I laid myself down on my back to get some recharge, if any that night. I just shut off my optics and allowed the tears to flow until my system had calmed itself and I found myself in a dreamless slumber and later I had the sensation of someone being carried bridal style...
I woke up sometime that night in a chamber, which would have been normal for me if I hadn't remembered that I fell asleep in the woods by a lake.
Oh crap! How did I get back here?! My thoughts screamed as I tried to sit up, only to be stopped by something around my waist, What the...?
I looked and found Optimus' red arms with royal blue hands around my middle that was covered with a blue blanket, the arms gentle but strong, and I shivered at the discovery as I looked around. I found I didn't recognize the chamber as my own and after some quiet yet panicked thinking, I came to the conclusion that Optimus had found me, brought me back and carried me into HIS chamber. I slowly turned my head on the pillow to the side to look at Optimus, hoping he was asleep so I could pry his arms off me and leave, but instead I found myself staring straight into his glowing blue optics.
I gasped and tried to pull away from him using all my strength, but he tightened his very strong grip on me and as I struggled, I could see his optics pleading for me to stay with him. After a few minutes struggle, I immediately gave up for two reasons, one was that I couldn't stand someone begging, and the other was that he was too strong for me to get away anyway!
I relaxed, but shut off my optics and refused to look at anything, fighting back frightened energon tears as I laid there on my back next to Optimus. I heard nothing but deafening silence for a long time, then all of a sudden I felt Optimus pull one of his arms from me and I heard this small yet audible click. I started to activate my optics to see what Optimus was doing, but before I could, I felt the softest lips I had ever felt in my entire existence latched themselves onto mine in a loving kiss. I was too stunned to do anything else except activate my optics and stare at Optimus' now un-masked, beautiful face as his optics looked deep into mine as he kissed me.
I couldn't even describe the perfection of his face, but I can tell you that his skin was the lightest gray that existed, and his eyes were not any kind of the blues that were on Earth, but they seemed to be all of them combined as they flashed at me in the dark.
Every single kiss that his lips passed to mine made me shiver, and I slowly started to respond as Optimus cuddled me against him under the covers. I hugged him back, shutting my optics off and allowing him to take control, finally showing him without words how much I loved him. He responded with a harder kiss and probed my mouth with his tongue. I opened up without a fight and was lost in bliss as his tongue caressed my own, making me moan out in pleasure along with Optimus.
I didn't notice that Optimus was getting on top of me until he pulled away from my mouth and started kissing my neck, slowly working his way down. I was perfectly content to let him continue what he was doing, but sometimes the past memories will come at a time when you don't want them the most.
My ex's face and actions suddenly just appeared in my memories as Optimus kissed my neck and fear raised its ugly head as I started to shiver violently. Optimus seemed to think it was passion-influenced, because he doubled his actions while holding me by the shoulders.
"Optimus..." I whispered, the plea barely audible to my own ears, and Optimus didn't hear me, "Optimus...wait."
Optimus continued without any clue that he had heard me and it raised me to near hysterics.
"Optimus...Optimus stop." I commanded, my voice a little stronger and this time Optimus paused, but that wasn't enough, "OPTIMUS! STOP IT!"
I started to shove at him and in his hurry to get off me, he fell off the recharge bed to land with a THUD! and a "OOF!" on the floor, the blanket going with him.
I sat up quickly and unconsciously turned so my legs were hanging over the side of the bed, energon tears running down my face yet again and Optimus sat up on the floor with the blanket wrapped around his leg, and I saw he was looking up at me with concern. I looked at him for a split second before shutting my optics off, unable to look at him.
"I'm sorry..." I said to him, covering my face with my hands in shame and sorrow, "I'm sorry!"
"Domino..." Optimus said my Autobot name in the gentlest of tones, and I could hear him getting off the floor over my sobs, "Primus...what did he do to you?"
I couldn't answer and I felt the bed move before his arms wrapped themselves around me in a strong hug, and despite my fear of him, it was a very comforting gesture. But that's not all he planned on doing as I found out, because he picked me up bridal style without having to stand up to do so (he's a buff Transformer) and put me on his lap, wrapping his arms around me again and rocking slowly back and forth. I hid my face in his neck and bawled, Optimus said nothing as he continued to rock and hold me.
I lost all track of time as I sobbed out the horrors of my spark on Optimus, who endured it all patiently and quietly until at last I couldn't cry anymore.
As I pulled away, I was surprised to find I felt better than I had in a long time, and Optimus stopped rocking to look me in the face.
"I'm sorry." It was all I could say to him, feeling so weak and foolish for crying like a baby while I thought, I wish I was stronger and not such a weakling.
"Don't apologize, I love you and it's going to be alright." Optimus told me, giving me another kiss as he pulled a Transformer-sized handkerchief from somewhere and wiped the energon tears away.
My spark was bursting with happiness and love as I smiled at Optimus.
"I love you too, sir." I told him, earning a beautiful smile in return as he continued to rid my face of tears.
Once when he finished with my face, I took the handkerchief from him and started to wipe the tears away from his neck. Optimus bent his head to the side and allowed me, his beautiful optics watching me the entire time. When I was finally satisfied, he grabbed my hands with his, trapping them against his chest.
"You're the most gorgeous thing I've ever seen." Optimus told me, kissing my hands, "I've been in love with you ever since I saw you sitting in the infirmary."
I blushed and smiled as I kissed him, giggling as he tried to keep me there with just his lips.
"Like-wise." I said to him when I finally got free of his kiss.
It was still night-time, so we went back to sleep after Optimus picked up the blanket from the floor and snuggled me against his chest and I put an arm around him as we fell asleep together.
The next morning, I found myself in the same position with him, but it was still comfortable even after being that way the rest of the night. I looked up at his face and found to my delight that he had left his mask off when he had fallen asleep.
He's so beautiful, I thought with all my spark, staring up at his face.
"So are you." Optimus suddenly said, making me jump slightly.
"Oh...did I say that out loud?" I asked, snuggling into his chest.
"No...I can hear your thoughts over our bond." Optimus replied, shifting me a little.
"Bond?" I inquired, lifting my head again to look him in the face.
Optimus yawned and then looked me in the optics again.
"When Transformers fall in love, and they confess it to one another," He explained as I watched his face, "Their sparks automatically bond with each other. Some humans may call it an automatic marriage."
"Automatic..." I started, but couldn't continue because I was too stunned and fear started to rise again.
"Please don't be scared, Domino." Optimus said, pullimg me up so that our faces were on the same level, "This wouldn't have happened if it wasn't meant to be."
"But..." I started, looking at his chest instead of his optics.
"I would never hurt you," Optimus continued, breaking me off, "I wouldn't be able to, I love you too much to ever make you cry or be sad. If that man who hurt you was still alive, I'd make him pay for what he did."
I looked into his optics, half-expecting to find the lies I was so used to, but found only honesty looking back at me. He suddenly kissed me, making me melt into his arms before he pulled away to look me in the face again.
"All I am, is yours." Optimus said to me before giving me a peck on the lips and adding mischeviously, "And all you are, is mine!"
"Too true, too true." I agreed, letting my fear of him go, this time for good.
CrusaderTransformer1: This is my first Optimus/OC, and I hoped you liked it.
Strongbad: I still think that your stories would be better with me or Trogdor in them. TROGDOR!
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