Twilight Zone and Transformers

Act of Terror

Chapter 2

Summary: A story of a woman, who is abused by her husband, a different kind of friend, and a very strange gift…

The woman will be free only when she learns to stand up for herself, but she can't do it alone with the help of a friend from another world, and a gift from a family member.

Can she face this man she dares to call 'husband'? Or will she fall, again and again?

Early the next morning, right before the sun is even up, Sideswipe awakens from a recharge to dishes smashing, yelling and crying.

He scans the area only to find it was Jack and Lewis again. He wheels close to the kitchen window and listens, Jack throws another dish at the floor, and Lewis is crying hard. He forces himself to stand down and wait till the commotion to calm down. He leans in and listens as Lewis sniffles and starts to slowly clean up the broken dishes. 'Stay strong Lewis! Stay strong.'

He curses himself for having a busted holoform, and a broken com-link. He prays to Primus that she will keep up her strength until she comes to the choice to leave this evil mech she dares to call 'husband', and 'lover'.

Lewis stands up with her broken dishes and gently places them on the table on her left, she winces to he sound of Jack's voice.

"I'm going…" He looks at her, he wears some fishing gear and holds a pole and his old fishing box.

Lewis only nods and wipes her eyes, holding in her fear and anger toward Jack, she really didn't want to upset him again. "Let me see…" He pulls her chin toward him so he could bask in the damage he had done to her.

"See, not so bad. You make such a big deal out of it," He snickers. She only forces a weak smile, "You're such a little cry baby." He teases.

Deep down that hurts Lewis, but she never lets him know, it would only add to his over grown ego, so she nods and wipes her eyes again to show she trying to gather herself up.

"Come on, give me a little kiss." He kisses her lips lightly. He slowly steps over the broken dishes and makes his way to the back door to his truck.

"When will you be back?" She asks through her choked tears.

"Whenever I come back." He stated. He closes the door and leaves her to her thoughts, her pains, and her misery.

She stands there for a minute, she looks back to the burned eggs she made for him, 'It's because I burned them… I just burned the eggs…'

Slowly, she sees the silliness of her mistake, but then burns with anger on how he smacked her, and ruined the beautiful dishes her mother had given her at her wedding. She angrily tosses the broken dishes into the sink and races to the living room and grabs her china dog, and continues to race to the front yard to sit with Sideswipe.

Once outside Sideswipe opens his door for her and she sits down with new tears breaking through her eyes lids, he gently hugs her with the seat belt around her, trying to offer comfort. But for poor Lewis, it does not come, only the sudden thought of revenge and anger eats at her heart.

"Shhhh, I'm here Lewis… I'm here…" Sideswipe cooed.

Lewis only rocked back and forth, then she mutters out loud, "Damn… him… Just damn him!"

Lewis holds the little china dog to her newly bruised cheek, and starts to leak tears.

A honking noise pulls her out of her thoughts, it also surprises Sideswipe, and they listen and hear that it was Jack's old truck. Lewis, without a thought, raced to the backyard through the house, leaving Sideswipe to think to himself once more. 'Please be careful!' The sound of the honking stopped, he turned up his audios so he could hear what the couple was saying.

Lewis raced through the house to get to the front door, she placed her china dog on the table and opened the door. She sees Jack twirl around in fright and he swears at God.

"Did you see it?" Jack asks with fear.

"See what?" She asks innocently.

"What! What! The demon dog! It tried to attack me while I was in the truck!" Jack yelled still trying to shake off the shock of it.

Lewis only looks around, there was no dog. "Honey, there is no dog…" She looks at him with weary eyes.

Jack only looks around once more and points to her, "First thing Monday you call the cops and see who has a dog running around here!"

Lewis only nods and retreats back into the house. Once she sees that her husband had left, she grabs her little dog and goes into the back to be with Sideswipe again.

"Are you alright?" He asks.

"Yeah… Jack was attacked by a dog…" She whispers as she sits back into the seat. Sideswipe holds back a remark that would have made others laugh, but would only make her mad, "I'm just glad you can sit with me for a little, you need a break for a day or so. Would you like to go out and shop? Go to the park?" He asks trying to make her mind wonder.

Lewis perks at the sound of shopping, a few days ago she had seen such a beautiful blue dress that matched a pair of shoes she had. "Shopping sounds nice, thank you Sideswipe…" She wiped her eyes and went back inside to gather what she needed for the trip.

Sideswipe roared his engine once Lewis was out of hearing range, it was a roar of amusement, Jack being attacked by a dog brought him some what a little happiness. He waited patiently as Lewis looked the house up and came out with a pair of jeans, white sneakers and a light yellow blouse with a sunflower over her heart.

"Ready?"

"Yes, thank you so much Sideswipe…"

"Think nothing of it! Today is all about you my lady! Now," He opens his door, "We will be on our way."

If he had been standing he would have bowed and gestured her to enter like a doorman would have. She only giggled and got in with her purse at her side, "A friend to join us?" Sideswipe asks as he spies the little china dog in hand.

"Oh! Just for luck I guess…" She says looking it over. He only reeves his engine and chuckles. "Where to my lady?" He jokes.

Soon they were off to town to buy the dress and other things needed for the rest of the day. Sideswipe only agreed to take her mind off of things, but Lewis wasn't thinking about the dress as much as she had lead on, she was looking over her little gift. 'Thank you Susan… Thank you…'

Katie here! I know it's been like, forever, but I just want everyone to know, I haven't quit! I refuse to quit!

I know this isn't the story people want updated, but I knew this one has been very neglected. So here's a chapter to make up for it, and I promise to update the others as soon as I can!

Love you all! Peace!

~*~Katie Gibbs~*~