A/N HOLY CRAP GUYS I am so sorry this took so long to write that it did, but I am still a teenager that has school. I hope you guys enjoy! A/N
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Jack 1st POV
I painfully began opening my eyes, instantly being blinded by the sun which was shining straight on top of me. I sat up hearing the crashing of waves I looked around to find myself laying on a sandy beach of a warm tropical island. The island was beautiful to say the least, like nothing I have ever seen before. Mountains extruded over the land casting amazing shadows against the land. The flora on the island were like nothing I have ever seen before, such a magnificent amount of a green glow from the trees and bushes, and orange and white from the different flowers. The place felt so perfect, so relaxing.
'Where was I? What happened?' I asked myself. I stood up looking at an endless ocean with its waves gently crashing against the shore remembering my encounter with Airachnid at Nellis Air Force base, her limb stabbing my stomach, my kiss with Arcee. I looked down at my feet wishing she was here with me. I widened my eyes at the site of them, the metal that was there was replaced with skin. 'I'm human again!' I thought, 'but how?" Last time I checked I was turned into a Cybertronian due to an accidental Energon spill.
It felt that I was on the isolated beach for days, for days I stood on that island. That same island that once felt so perfect now felt dull at the thought of being without Cee. My lonely mind went back and forth from thoughts of my mother, the attack at the base, the other Autobots, and Arcee. "Arcee..." I whimpered falling to my knees hiding my face in my hands. I wanted to be back with her, I wanted to be able to hold her again. I felt as if I wanted to shed my tears and let them hit the sandy beach, only none came out of my eyes. I missed her so much she was everything to me. I wanted her with me. I stopped my sobbing to focus on the sound of the crashing waves. I couldn't think that, it was fair to her. If she was here with me that would mean her spark would've grown cold. I would have to move on, even I don't know how.
"So, this is where you like to relax?" A strangely familiar male voice came from behind me. I couldn't place where I heard this voice before. I cautiously turned my head around to see a red Cybertronian approaching me. "How's it going Jack?" He kindly asked with a smile across his face. Even though I haven't ever met this person he spoke as if he knew me for all my life, he even knew my name. For some reason though he does look familiar wait a minute, is that... Cliffjumper?
"C..Cliff?" I asked voice quivering. If he is here talking to me that means, I...I'm...I'm dead, like really gone forever.
"What other red Autobot with horns do you know?" He asked with a slight chuckle pointing to his one horn that remained at the right side of his head.
"W...Well none. Wait..." I had to ask, I had to make sure. "If your talking to me that means..."
"You're dead?" He cut me off, finishing my sentence. He remained quiet for a few seconds only the crashing of waves broke the silence. "Where would the fun be if I TOLD you?" He teased giving an innocent smirk.
I forced a smile on my face at his joke as I tried to figure out where I heard his voice before, as I said I never met him when he was alive, or wait a minute I never met him when I was alive. "That was you." I whispered.
"What was me?" He tilted his head to the left slightly.
"When I was unconscious you were the one that spoke to me in my dream." I remember the thing he said when I was stuck in that white void; '"Everything about you will be the same, yet all so different'.
"Oh yeah that, I try to be poetic from time to time." Cliff shrugged a little bit with a goofy grin on his face.
"Now I can see why Arcee was so close to you." I chuckled shaking my head slightly. Cee was right; Cliff did seem to love making jokes at what others might consider bad times.
"Not as close you have gotten to her." I should have know this was going to be brought up. I didn't know how to respond to that. Her and Cliff have been through alot together. I felt like I stole her away from Cliff and Tailgate. "She has never gotten that close to anyone, or let anyone get so close to her. Not even Tailgate. It's good to see her started to come out of her shell" He finished.
"I...I...I'm just a partner to her." I tried lying to myself, I tried not to remember the only kiss I shared with her. I didn't want to think about leaving her, breaking the promise I made her.
"We both know you're lying through your teeth Jack. Do you think that Cee would let me help comfort her when she was dealing with the loss of Tailgate like how you did? Yet she would let you help her when she saw what happened to me." Cliff replied the joking tone in his voice gone. I gave a heavy sigh, who was I kidding? We were more than partners, we were closer than that. I sat down on the sandy beach pulling my knees to my chest hugging them tightly.
"I miss her so much." I whispered. "I...I let her down." I quickly looked down to my feet seeing the bumps and patterns of the sand.
"I know Jack, I know." Cliff replied sitting down next to me. "Hey, mind if I tell you a story?" Cliff asked his joyful attitude quickly returning.
"Go ahead.' I answered quietly hoping his story would help get my mind off of Arcee also not trying to be rude.
"In the final days of Cybertron my unit was told about two missing troops. I and a rookie were sent to find and rescue the two. We fought through Megatron's troops all the way to Iacon, once the capital city of the Autobots only to be conquered by the Decepticons. We came across a abandoned power plant that the Decepticons were using as a field base. The rookie and I took it upon ourselves to stop whatever operation the 'cons were doing." Cliff slight pause as he released a soft sigh, "We blasted our way through one of the walls, to find one recently murdered Autobot, his partner screaming in horror." My body slouched as I slowly realized what he was talking about, Tailgate's death. "We took care of some of the 'cons holding them, only one was able to get away."
"Airachnid..." I softly answered. A wave of anger and rage flooded my body at the mere thought of her name. "Why are you telling me this? What is the point in telling me this?" I snapped wondering if he wanted to get me frustrated. He only replied with a small chuckle before being he laid silent for a minute. I glared at him waiting for his answer.
"Just felt like uplifting the mood." He finally answered ignoring my glare. "It will be okay Jack. Trust me, everything will be..."
"HOW IS THIS OKAY?" I yelled cutting him off, "I let the most important person I cared about down. I promised her I wouldn't get myself hurt, only a half an hour later I'm dead!" My anger got the best of me as I screamed at Arcee's old partner. I regained my cool hiding my face between my knees.
"You didn't break your promise." Cliff countered to my outcry. I slowly turned my head to look at him.
"W...What?" I asked my voice quivering.
"You have two choices Jack; Stay here where on this beach it is nice and safe, or go back to Arcee and the others. The choice is yours." I was stunned by Cliff's monotone replies now, he seemed different. One second he was simply talking to me like anyone else but now it was like he was giving my a prophecy, so series, so tense it was uncomfortable. Cliff stood up from the sandy beach, turning to face away from me and started walking away.
"What do you mean 'wake up'? What is going on?" I yelled at the Autobot as he faded into the distance not replying to my cries. The feeling of isolation crept back to me the moment Cliffjumper couldn't been seen. I kept sitting on the beach the waves gently brushing against my feet. I rested my back on the sandy beach staring into the blue sky. A chilling sensation came over me when I noticed the sun; it hasn't moved ever since I woke up on the beach. I kept staring at the sun hypnotized with it's bright light. I have never really saw the sun like this. In Jasper the sun was brutal to the skin and eyes while here the sun was calm and gentle. The constant rhythm of the ocean waves hitting my legs made it hard to keep my eyes open. I couldn't help but close my eyes as the sound of the gentle waves faded away.
Even though I didn't know what Cliffjumper was trying to say about me having two choices, I made my decision, I wanted to go back to Arcee. If there was an opportunity to see her again, to touch her metallic skin again, I would take it. It didn't matter that the Jasper sun was hot and unbearable, it didn't matter that my life would be filled with war and pain, nothing mattered. As long as I had her I just wouldn't be able to survive, I would be able to live.
Autobot Base
6:00 PM, Date Unknown-Reboot needed to correct 3006 errors.
I felt a slight throbbing all throughout my body as my eyes opened up to see a rocky ceiling. I mentally closed the flashing error text informing about the unknown date. Still, 3006 internal errors, what happened to me after I went out at the Air Force base? The sounds of beeping and humming from medical equipment slowly got my attention. Within a few seconds I realized where I was, home. Everything seemed quiet, so that gave me the idea Miko wasn't around. I groaned as a pain in my stomach flared up. I looked at the cause of the pain and saw an Energon pump connected to a puncture wound that was giving me a little bit of fresh Energon. Somehow, in some strange miracle I survived another encounter with Airachnid. I looked around the base trying to see if anyone was around to witness me waking up. Much to my surprise I didn't see the others, I half expected Arcee to be right next to me. I took a deep breath enjoying the feeling of air move in and out my chest.
"Jack!" I was startled by the sudden greeting. I looked over to my left see Ratchet approaching the medical berth I was laying in, this time without restraints. He hit some keys on the medical equipment I was attached to causing the beeping and humming noises to cease. Ratchet very carefully removed the Energon pump from my stomach causing me to wince a bit. "By the All-Spark your awake! We feared the worse when Optimus and I found you with Arcee." His words mixing with each other he was talking so fast. I have never seen Ratchet get so excited let alone happy about something. He stopped talking giving me a warm smile. "How are you feeling?"
"Like scrap, but alive." I groaned "Thanks to you for keeping me that way." I slowly sat up putting a hand over the wound Airachnid so kindly gave me. "How did I survive? This wound should have killed me."
"I am still trying to figure that out myself. You were under too much trauma for me to perform any kind of test or scans, but like you said that puncture wound Airachnid gave you should have terminated your spark instead you were forced into stasis lock."
I raised my eyebrow at Ratchet unsure what the last thing he mentioned was. "What is stasis lock?" I asked cringing as a sharp pain that felt like a electric shock passed through my injury.
"Stasis lock is the equivalent of a Human Coma. Your body is functional and your mind is active however they just weren't...working together." Ratchet answered. He paused for a second as his head dropped slightly. "We didn't know if you would ever wake up, or slowly fade away."
I gave the Autobot medic a warm smile. "I know you did everything you could for me." The medic just shook his head. He restored his original posture clearing his throat.
"The others would most likely want to see you, especially Arcee. Just take things slowly, your wound has healed enough, just don't go out and get shot or stabbed." I gave a soft chuckled at the medic's attempt of a joke. Ratchet was about to turn around when I raised my hand signaling the medic to wait a second.
"Ratchet I'm sorry being a burden through all this. I really appreciate you bringing me back, again." I softly said to the orange and white Autobot. The Autobots had to save me from death two times , never mind the times they helped save Raf, Miko and myself when we got ourselves into trouble.
To my surprise Ratchet didn't come up with some clever insult, instead he just gave a soft sigh before he spoke. "No Jack, I am sorry. I shouldn't have said those things about you. I know you don't just think about yourself, I know that you are young and are still growing up. You didn't deserve the things I said. You have never ever been a burden to us." I smiled warmly to hear his words. I didn't want to bring up our conflict before heading out the Air Force base but I guess it has been eating away at Ratchet. Quickly we both fell into an awkward silence I know it took Ratchet a lot of strength to admit he was wrong, he has always been stubborn like that.
"Do you know where Arcee is?" I finally decided breaking the silence. I wanted to see her so bad, I just wanted to be with her again.
"She's up top. Probably watching the sunset, she has been doing it a lot recently." I gave the orange and white medic a nod in thanks and slowly limped to the elevator that lead up top to the surface. Every step was a struggle my stomach hurt everytime I moved my legs. I'm surprised Ratchet would let me walk in the state I was in. The entrance of the elevator slowly opened as I approached it leading me inside the lift. The anticipation of seeing Arcee again started to build and build. The makeshift lift built inside the missile silo slowly raised me to the top of the plateau the base was built inside of.
I had doubts about Arcee and I that slowly started to creep into my head. Was that kiss back at the Air Force base a kiss of love or just a kiss of a confused femme trying to handle the situation? I didn't want to believe that the last feelings I had before I went out was just a misunderstanding. I kept wondering if I was just a partner to her, or if she only saw me as a way to clear up her anger and guilt for the loss of her two partners. Yet Cliffjumper saw us as more, he saw us as closer as partners. Then why can't I?
As the lift rose closer up to the surface I was able to see the blue sky again. For the first time ever sense Nellis I squinted at the intensity of the Sun's light. Arcee's silhouette came into my vision as my eyes adjusted to the Sun's light. When my eyes fully opened I was able to clearly see Arcee standing next to a pile of rocks that buried Cliff's horn that Arcee managed to retrieve before he was mercilessly murdered by Starscream. That horn was the only part of Cliff that was pure from the Dark Energon that Arcee had possession of.
"Hey Cliff, if your listening. I miss you, you have no idea how much all of us miss you over here. We are always outnumbered and outgunned, if isn't by the Decepticons then it is that human group M.E.C.H. Yeah, you would probably say you would enjoy the challenge, but I don't know how long we can last." I stood still listening to Arcee talk to her fallen partner. "Ever since we defeated Unicron things haven't been the same, I don't know Cliff I still wish you were here with us. We all miss your jokes, your laughter." She fell silent as she looked down at her hands and I realized she was holding something, I couldn't tell what. I was able to see tears starting to roll down her face and hitting the ground under her. "J...Jack... If you are on the other side. I miss you... I miss you so much. I want still want to feel your hands wrapped in mine, I still want to hold you again. I wanted to believe you would be okay. I...I just can't keep telling myself you will be. Everyday I'm proven wrong, and everyday you're not here with me...it hurts, it hurts knowing that had I done something different you could be here next to me right now." Arcee started whimpering, "I don't know how I'm going to manage without you. I need you." Arcee kept sobbing the last thing over and over. It pained me to see her so devastated by what happened. For I don't know how long she has had to deal with the idea of losing someone else close to her again.
I quietly approached Arcee wanting to surprise her. Both the want to surprise Arcee and the pain from my wound made my pace a bit slower than I wanted. As I got closer I managed to see what she held in her hand; my old helmet I would wear when riding with her. It warmed me to reflect on the rides Arcee and I shared, at the same time it also hurt me that our rides were the only thing Cee could look back on and find some sort of comfort. If only I decided to fight Airachnid rather than watch as my partner fought her alone she wouldn't have to go through this pain.
When I got within arms range I placed my hand on her shoulder. A tingle ran through my arm at the touch of her that made both my spark and heart have a faster rhythm to their beat. Arcee's eyes shot forward staring at the horizon and her body tensing up by my touch. I could tell she was startled, probably afraid that someone heard how she felt about Cliff and myself. She slowly turned her head around looking me in the eyes. When our eyes did meet she froze at the site of me. I wonder what she was thinking at seeing me again. She didn't move just kept staring into my eyes for a few seconds.
"JACK!" Arcee finally screamed with one single motion she jumped to her feet and wrapped her arms around my neck. In return I wrapped my arms around her waist pulling her close to me. The tingle I felt on my arm traveled through my whole body and just as before made my spark pulse and heartbeat intensify.
"Arcee," I whispered to her, my voice soft and tender with emotion. I was seeing her again, I was holding her again. I couldn't ask for anything more.
"I...I thought you were dead... For two weeks I thought you would wake up, thought everything would be alright. Everyday I was wrong, everyday I started to loose hope." she paused to relax her emotions, "I...I missed you so much!" She stuttered tightening her hold on me.
"I missed you too Cee," I replied, keeping my soft tone also tightening my hold on her. We remained quiet both letting ourselves feel the warmth of the other's body. "Arcee...at...Nellis..." I wanted to, no, I needed to remove the doubt in my head, I wanted to make sure that she did or did not have feelings for me. "After she left...W...what we did..."
I was cut off as Arcee pulled away from me ever so slightly so she could see my face. I was hypnotized by her blue eyes, they were so beautiful with that strange ability to relax me with ease. I tensed up slightly when Arcee unwrapped her arms around my neck and used her hands to cup my face. Arcee leaned to me pressing her lips against mine. Any doubt that filled my mind about us was instantly gone. I closed my eyes allowing myself to feel every emotion that was starting to rush through me.
I notice unlike our other kiss at the Air Base this was more relaxed, more calm. We shared this moment both not worrying about it ending or it being interrupted by violence or war. Strong feelings I can't even describe raced through me making my spark pulse harder and harder every second our lips were together . It felt like no one else existed on the Earth, it felt like it was only Arcee and myself. We slowly broke our kiss pressing our foreheads against each other both slightly panting. I knew at this point we were no longer partners, instead we were something more beautiful and complex. We closed the little distance between us pressing our bodies together. Our sparks were only separated by a few inches of metal.
"Arcee, I love you." I whispered gazing into her bright blue eyes.
"And I love you." She softly replied. "With all my spark." My heart and spark fluttered at her words. We laid in silence again rejoiced with being brought together again.
"I should go get some some actual rest," I spoke softly breaking the silence. Even though I was in a coma for two weeks I was tired physically. It was hard standing up and I found myself leaning against Cee thankful for helping me keep on my feet.
"In a minute, I want you to see something." She replied turning her head toward the setting sun. I also looked over to see the sun to see it giving off amazing color gradients of orange, purple and magenta as it started to disappear from the horizon.
"It's beautiful." I whispered captivated by how never in my life I was never able to see a sunset like this. I took Arcee's hand lacing my fingers with hers. We both watched in silence as the light from the sun slowly faded away only to be replaced with the darkness of night. The only light the Nevada desert now had was the moon and the twinkling stars.
"I never really liked being here on Earth," Arcee quietly broke the silence turning her whole body away from me. I shifted my stare to her, listening intently to what she was saying. "I saw it as a dirty rock with a bunch of primitives. Even when I was with Cliff my opinion of Earth didn't uplift at all. He was always trying to have my change my mind, trying to have me see the world how he saw it. Then when he...he died, my opinion for Earth and her people got worse. I got upset, upset at Megatron for destroying our home, upset at Optimus for making us protect humanity, upset at humanity for needing protection, upset at the 'cons for taking everything away from me, but mostly upset at myself for not being able to save Cliff. After that, emotionally I felt numb, I didn't want to let anyone close to me. Everyone that I did get close to was taken away from me so why would I expose myself like that again? And then I met you, you were the first human civilian I really ever had contact with, and the first thing you said to me was 'I love you.' " A wave of heat filled my face as I recalled the moment we first met, before I knew the motorcycle I was admiring was actually a sentient being. "Even then my opinion of you guys hadn't change, you were a bother to me, just another assignment Optimus gave me, and then you started to care for me when you didn't need to, you were there for me if I needed a friend. After you left the team when we rescued Fowler, a part of me was happy you were going back to your happy, comfortable, safe life. Knowing that no harm would come to you. Also another part of me didn't want to let you go, even in that short amount of time you started to grow on me, not even Cliff was able to do that." I took my hand out of Arcee's and wrapped my arm around her waist in a side hug. "You helped me feel again, I had someone I could help protect again, and for a while I was...happy about it. Then we encountered Airachnid in the Jungle. I was scared; she was the first to take someone close to me away and here she was hunting someone I swore to protect." Arcee turned her whole body to face me, resting her hands on my shoulders. "You stayed there for me even though I told you to run or stay behind. If I'm trying to make any point at all its; Thank you Jack, thank you for being there for me, thank you for believing in me, and thank you for trusting me."
"You're welcome Cee, you don't make it hard though." I softly replied as I gently pressed my forehead against hers.
"Now I'm happy to call this place home." She replied giving a small smile. Suddenly Arcee slumped her head and wings, something was bothering her, something that has been bothering her for awhile. Arcee fell into an awkward silence trying to think of what to say. I remained quiet patiently waiting for her to say what was on her mind.. "Jack, do remember the first night I stayed in you garage?" Arcee asked breaking the quiet and gently starting to rub my shoulder.
"Of course."
"I...I just wanted to say I'm sorry." I raised an eyebrow at Arcee's random apology.
"For what?"
"When you tried to help me deal with Cliff's death, I snapped at you. I...I'm sorry, I know my words hurt you now knowing what happened with your father." I noticed Arcee's eyes getting dim in regret as she shifted her gaze to the ground. I remember what she said to me, how she basically said I didn't have any problems in my life. Yeah, those words hurt however I knew she didn't have any idea about my father, him leaving my mother and I, him saying I was a mistake, him wanting to leave me at public places, him hitting me and mom.
"There is no need to forgive someone who did nothing wrong. I know you were upset, and I was never mad at you." I replied my lips brushing up against hers making my spark pulse harder again.
"Jack..." Arcee whispered this time her lips brushing against mine. We both froze after our exchange letting our breaths mingle from our slight panting.
"Jack?" A soft voice came from my left startling both Arcee and I. Arcee and myself unwillingly backed away from each other and turned toward the voice. There I saw the unmistakable silhouette of Optimus Prime, his cyan eyes glowing bright in the darkness. The titan slowly approached me placing a kind hand on my shoulder. "It is good to have you back, we all have been worrying about you."
I looked up at the Autobot leader, even though there wasn't enough light on his face to see it, I could tell that he had a smile across his face. "Thank you, I hear I gave everyone a scare?" I innocently asked hoping he didn't witness Arcee and I.
"Yes, yes you did. However that is not a problem, the important thing is that you are alive and well." My mouth curved up revealing a warm smile. Optimus was the first father I really ever had. He was always there to help Miko, Raf, or myself if we needed him.
"Thank you, Optimus. I appreciate what you guys have done for me."
"I have said it before Jack, you are part of our family, we are honored to have you with us." Optimus replied keeping his hand on my shoulder. I have never really had a normal family; mother, father, maybe even some siblings. My father took that away from me, yet the Autobots gave it back. No one would ever consider a family of giant sentient robots a normal family but they loved me just as family, and I love them as family as well.
The smile on my face grew wider at Optimus' words. Optimus took his hand off my shoulder and looked between both Arcee and myself, "Bumblebee and Bulkhead went to go take Miko and Raf home and won't be back until tomorrow after school." Optimus' attention turned more toward me. "Your mother is having to do a late...'shift' at the hospital tonight and she as well won't be able to be here until tomorrow. So you two have a good night." He said warmly.
"Thank you." Arcee and I both said in unison. We both watched Optimus walk back to the lift. When the Autobot leader went down back into the base Arcee and I turned to face each other and closing the distance that separated us again. Arcee gave a small peck at my lips before grabbing a hold of my left hand and started guiding me toward the edge of the plateau. Arcee sat down pulling me with her. We both sat at the edge next to each other, letting our legs dangle over the edge. Arcee leaned her head against my shoulder giving a soft sigh. A feeling of freedom warmed my body, here I was looking over the Nevada desert seeing the lights of Jasper give off a soft glow with the person I cared so much for. This was perfect, absolutely perfect in every way possible.
Arcee and I sat in silence letting a small cold breeze that was starting to pick up run against our bodies. I noticed Arcee shift herself a bit closer to me at the feeling breeze. In return I wrapped left arm around her shoulder. I enjoyed hearing the soft howl of the small wind echo in my ears. I only let thoughts of the future with Arcee enter my mind, after all, when the war is finished I do need something to look forward to. I decided to check the time using my internal clock, I tell you sometimes being a Cybertronian has its perks, just saying.
"Nine o'clock, wow we've been out here for awhile." I whispered to myself somewhat hoping Arcee was able to hear me. I waited for a second, no response. "Hey Cee?" I gently asked keeping my gaze to the lights of Jasper. I waited again for a few seconds, and again no response. "Cee?" I looked down at her and found her fast asleep against my shoulder. I gave a soft chuckle at the sight. The stars reflected off her armor making it look like white twinkling dots scattered over her body, she was the most beautiful being I have ever laid eyes on.
Some people would see her falling asleep against my shoulder just as a simple sign of compassion, but for Arcee I knew she meant more than just a sign of affection. Subconsciously she was allowing herself to depend on me and that is what she was showing intentionally or not. For countless years she has always relied on herself for comfort and for stability. I couldn't imagine any other way someone could manage with all the pain she had to deal with.
Today must have been a tough day for her, I guess fighting a war against a group of genocidal maniacs must drain you from time to time. I leaned my head down and pressed my lips to the top of her head. I kept my arm around her shoulder and put my free arm under her knees lifting her up cradling her body as if it was it was a precious treasure. I walked keeping a slow pace to the lift not wanting to move to fast that would wake her up or flare the pain in my abdomen again. Once I was in the lift holding Arcee close, the mechanism started lowering us to the Command Center of the base. When the lift brought us down to the lower level I gave a quick look around hoping I didn't draw any attention to myself. I don't really want anyone knowing about how close Arcee and I have really gotten. If the rest of the team did find out, especially Miko, I couldn't imagine the backlash of such a discovery.
Luckily both Optimus and Ratchet were nowhere near the Command Center. I quietly snuck passed the extra rooms of the base until I reached the quarters Arcee and I shared. I entered in the passcode on a keypad that opened the fifty foot door that lead into a room that was once used for missile storage but now was the only place Arcee and I could get some privacy. It was our own little haven, a place we could escape from the world when would need it. Once in the quiet room I walked over to the right side of the two berths Arcee put next to each other. I noticed that the blanket Arcee and my mom made for me while I was exposed to the Energon experiment was pulled all the way to the foot of the bed. For the two weeks I was unconscious Arcee didn't use it, probably waiting for me to wake up before she did. I also saw what looked like two large pillows at the head of the bed that looked similar to the style of the large blanket. The two berths looked more comfortable than the hard slab of metal that was the medical berth in the Command Center.
With a great amount of care I laid Arcee down on the berth and grabbed the blanket, covering her with it. Arcee quietly shifted herself around slowly letting herself get comfortable. In reaction I rubbed the back of her head and leaned over pressing my lips on her forehead. A warm feeling filled my entire body. God I love Arcee, she is everything to me, she is my world. I knew she had a hard life, an extremely hard life; losing her partners, her homeworld, her innocence. She was the coldest Autobot out of the ones on Earth, she lived a life filled with the hunger of revenge, a life filled with pain. It is so nice to see Arcee replace the rage, the desire of revenge, the pain with happiness, joy and even love.
I was about ready to walk around to the other side of the makeshift bed to crawl into bed next to Arcee, when I felt something grab a hold of my hand. I looked looked down and saw Arcee gently had her hand grasping mine. Her eyes half opened looking up at me.
"Please, please don't leave me," Arcee whimpered barely awake. "not again." If Arcee used that quivering voice every time she wanted something from me she would get it. It made my heart pulse harder. Which confused me because I noticed both my spark and my heart would share the same pulse rate but how she spoke a few seconds ago only my human heart react. There was no pain in having the different beats in my chest, however it did feel kinda awkward. Normally I would have been concerned about it but instead I didn't think twice about it.
"I'm not leaving Cee." I replied ignoring the unsynchronized pulses. Arcee answered only with slight mumbles causing a smile to sneak its on my face. I gently placed her hand down and walked around to the other side of the berth. I laid down on the other side of the berth and for the first time after Ratchet's experiment getting covered over me I felt like I was actually laying on a nice soft comfortable bed. I pulled the blanket over my body also letting my head rest against the soft pillow. I rolled over to face Arcee who also turned to face me but drifted back asleep. I slowly closed my eyes letting myself drift into stasis.
My eyes slowly opened to find myself in a place that was completely dark. So dark I wasn't able to see more than fifteen feet in front of me. The sounds of water dripping in a constant rhythm broke the unbearable silence. The air felt damp and cold with the horrid smell of dead flesh, stailing the air. Slowly I began to feel the sting of electric cuffs hold tightly on my wrists. I started to thrash around trying to break free of what held me. After many seconds of trying to release myself of my cuffs I figured that it was useless. I looked around what I assumed was a cave which was lit by only one clump of Energon Crystals in front of me. Someone must have made this, it couldn't have been made through erosion. Questions like 'Where am I, how on Earth did I get here?' raced through my head. It was an understatement to say I was scared at my predicament.
"Awww, my Jack is awake." A cold femme voice called out from the darkness that I immediately recognized, a voice that sent a chill down my back. I saw two purple compound eyes glow from the darkness. I began to quiver as I locked eyes with Airachnid. "How have you been? My you have a beautiful face." She cooed making my insides twist. I was terrified of her, she put Arcee through so much pain, and she also came so close on killing me many times as well. Her claws gently brushed against my left cheek, her touch sent chills down my back. She was toying with me, playing her sick game that she always did with her prey.
"LET ME GO!" I cried out, afraid at what she had planned for me.
"You know how to stimulate a girl Jack." She cooed making me shudder as she started to sink her claws into my cheek drawing Energon having the drops fall onto the ground. I cut my cries off, why should I let her have the sick satisfaction of having her listen to my suffering. Almost immediately Airachnid took her fingers out face. "Aww Jack sometimes you're such a turn off. I guess I'm going to have to punish you for you disobedience," Airachnid pouted. She turned around and began walking out of my vision. I intensely looked around trying to find her in the darkness. I was able to hear the banging and scraping of metal violently against the floor. "Come on you little..." Airachnid grumbled. Another pair of electric cuffs activating lifting another familiar femme off her feet, Arcee. The blue light from the cuffs only illuminated her face and the top of her chest. From where I could see it looked like she wasn't hurt too much but knowing Airachnid she could have harmed Arcee more than I could ever imagine.
"ARCEE!" I screamed hoping she still alive. To my satisfaction, Arcee twitched her head as she slowly regained consciousness with a slight groan. She lifted her head up our eyes meeting. Thankfully Airachnid didn't harm Arcee that much. Arcee quickly looked around not able to see Airachnid who stood behind her. Arcee started to breath heavy in fear, something she rarely did. She looked back at me seeing the deep scratches on my cheek giving a slight gasp.
"J...Jack, are you okay?" Arcee kindly asked as she examined me for other wounds. Immediately Airachnid struck the back of Arcee's head making her scream out in pain. Rage filled my body as I saw Arcee, my best friend getting her head bashed by one of Airachnid's spider limbs. I gritted my teeth while glaring at Airachnid who was watching Arcee recover from the blow, her purple eyes glowing in the darkness. Only her face was illuminated enough to see a sick twisted smile on her face.
"You will tell me everything about you two..." Airachnid hissed as she turned her attention to me. "...or I will kill her. Right here, right now, right in front of you."
"Get fragged!" I yelled in fear calling her bluff. I was confused why Airachnid formed a curiosity with Arcee and myself. It wouldn't matter if she knew how close we were, she already had us captured like animals waiting for slaughter. I turned my attention to Arcee who was looking back up at me. "You'll be okay Cee, I'll get you out of here." Arcee's expression soften and she forced a smile on her face.
"Jack, it's alright. I...I..." Arcee replied as a single Energon tear rolled down her face. "I love you Jack. With all my spark."
"What is that?" Airachnid asked in confusion. It was clear that Airachnid didn't have the ability to comprehend love. "What are you guys saying? Answer me Jack or you will hear her scream." Airachnid hissed poison full in her words. I kept my eyes locked with Arcee's praying these wouldn't be our last few moments together, not after we just reunited. Airachnid grabbed the back of Arcee's head with her her left hand. Arcee closed her eyes and relaxed her body. I knew that reaction, Arcee was accepting the fact she was going to die.
I remained quiet for a couple of seconds my eyes widened in shock. I held my breath hoping Airachnid was just toying me, hoping that she wasn't going to take Arcee away from me. Even the idea that Arcee was getting ready to die made me feel alone. Airachnid primed her blasters giving off a small humming sound. I didn't move at all, the only thing I was able to do was just stare at Airachnid who was looking back at me that sinister smile still across her face. I was irritated by that smile, she murdered so many people, so many friends or family members with that smile on her face. For as long as I've known her all she did was gloat at Arcee, bragging on how she murdered Tailgate.
"Oh how fitting Arcee, the person you tried so hard to protect, someone you would have died for. Won't even tell me something that would save your life. Just like how you didn't tell me the things I wanted that could have saved Tailgate. It's a shame, well not for me, for me this is enjoyable." Airachnid replied with a hint of pride in her voice. Of course Airachnid would be proud of bringing pain to others, she knows nothing else but bringing pain to others. Airachnid gave a soft sigh, "It's been fun Arcee. It's been fun ruining your life. However I believe this is farewell."
Immediately I fully came to the realization of what Airachnid was going to do. I didn't want to believe she was actually going to kill Arcee, but now I had to accept the fact. I thrashed my body trying my best to break free. "NO DON'T!" I screamed at Airachnid hoping that there might be any chance she could find mercy in her spark. All she did was give a slight giggle. The hum caused by her blaster grew louder, she was getting ready to fire. "NO PLEASE!" I screamed as loud as I could. I couldn't lose Arcee, not after I just came back, not after all of this.
"Jack, it's okay. I love you, remember that. I'm always there with you." Acree whispered trying to calm me down. I was upset on how calm she actually was; Why is she okay with dying,why was she okay with leaving me? Within an instant a loud bang filled the world making me tense up and my eyes widen. I saw a hole right between Arcee's eyes with Energon starting to seep out of it. Her head slumped over letting the Energon spill onto the floor and entire body fell limp. Airachnid released the cuffs from Arcee's wrists letting her fall face first on the ground.
Arcee's body hit the ground with a thud. I looked into her widened eyes, they were pitch black that beautiful cyan blue gone only replaced with the black stain of death. I kept staring into those eyes, I was looking at the person I loved with everything I had; dead, murdered. My body started to shake as my mind went into a frenzy.
"NNNOOOOO!" I screamed as stared at my partner, my best friend laying on the ground lifeless. Never in my life had I felt the pain of loss, yeah my father left me and mom. Instead of seeing it as a lose I saw it as a weight was lifted off our shoulders. My life in an instant felt empty and barren with Arcee gone. I kept screaming I don't know if it was at Arcee hoping to have her come back, Airachnid for murdering my best friend or yelling at the world letting everyone hear my pain. Right now life meant nothing to me anymore, without Cee I didn't have a reason to live.
Airachnid slowly started to approach me one of her insectoid limbs lifted above her head ready to strike. I kept focusing on Arcee's lifeless body struggling to accept the fact that she was dead. Airachnid closed the distance to me getting right up in my face. I looked into her cold purple compound eyes seeing nothing but pleasure at ruining my life. Airachnid gave me a smirk and slammed her spider leg into my stomach.
"NO!" I screamed in terror as a fabric that covered my body held me down from lunging forward. I flinched as a sharp pain flared up from my sudden movement. My mind went into a panic as my eyes dashed around seeing nothing but pitch black. I was breathing heavy as I tried coming to a conclusion of what just happened. I turned my head left to right and noticed I was in a familiar dark room. I gave myself a second to think clearly at what was going on. 'Oh my god, just a bad dream.' I thought to myself. I quickly looked down to my right and saw Arcee fast asleep right next to me. I covered my face with my shaky hands trying to calm myself down from my nightmare. I didn't know why I had such a horrid dream, nor would I want to find out. I just want to forget about it.
"Jack?" Arcee groaned slowly waking up from her sleep. "You okay?" I looked over and saw her eyes softly staring at me. I managed to slow my breathing down and regain my composure.
"Yeah, I'm Fine Cee, just a bad dream." I answered quietly but still loud enough for her to hear. She sat up next to me and gently started rubbing my back. Her touch almost instantly relaxed me, I knew she was safe, I knew she was alive, and I knew she was still with me. I rested my head against her shoulder closing my eyes. It still amazes me on how fast her touch could make me feel so calm.
"Must have been a bad one, you want to talk about it?" Normally her asking that question would have me do a double take, but after what she confessed to me and after seeing how our relationship has evolved it didn't phase me. I exhaled a soft sigh forcing myself to remember that horrid dream.
"We were captured by Airachnid, she started torturing me. She wanted me to say what was between you and me, I don't really know. I didn't say anything..th...then she killed you. Right there, right in front of me." I replied softly trying hard to keep my voice steady but failing miserably. I didn't want to get in the details of my dream, I didn't want the images of Arcee's lifeless body keep replaying in my mind. There was a few seconds of silence as we both of us pondering on what I just told her. "I'm scared Cee." I whispered to her my voice quivering. I lifted my head off her shoulder looking into her eyes showing her how worried, how horrified I was. "What happens if that really does happen? I...I can't lose you."
"It's okay Jack, Primus forbid that does happen to us just know I love you and that I would make sure you would be safe." Arcee kept her words soft trying to comfort me. She gently put a hand on my cheek rubbing my cheek with her thumb. "It's okay Jack, it's alright." Arcee wrapped her loving arms around me. A feeling of security and safety rushed through my body calming me down. We rested our chin's on the other's shoulder. I couldn't imagine having Arcee out of my life it would be unlivable. "You know I wouldn't want to leave you."
"I know." I softly answered. I tightened my hold on her slightly not wanting to let go. I wouldn't want her to risk her life to save mine, but I still do appreciate her saying that. "I'm sorry for waking you up."
Arcee gave a slight chuckle "Don't worry about it." We unwrapped our arms around each other. Arcee placed an opened hand on my chest and guided me back down to the bed. "Just relax, you're okay." I complied to her and laid back down resting my head on the pillow. The exact moment I was laying flat on the bed Arcee gently pressed the side of her head against my chest. Arcee slightly moved her head around my upper chest as if she was trying to find something.
She was looking for my heart beat. She always loved to listen to my heart when I was still a human. When we were alone in my mom's garage I would let her head hover above my chest only a few centimeters separated from coming in contact. I still remember the first time she wanted to listen to my heart beat.
About a month after our unexpected introduction at K.O. Drive through. I recall her and the other members of Team Prime went to investigate an abrupt Energon spike in the state of Arizona. The team was gone what felt like eternity, especially after we heard they had encountered Starscream and Airachnid. Which surprised me, the last time I encountered Airachnid she was a rogue, but now it seems like she is becoming the SiC for the Decepticons. I still wonder if Airachnid plans on staying with the Cons or just use them for their resources then run off like in the past.
The two Decepticons seemed to be looking for some kind of long lost Decepticon weapon. They didn't contact Command for several hours, making me extremely concerned for Arcee's safety, I didn't want to see my partner being brought back to base either barely alive or not alive at all. I waited for hours pacing around the base absolutely anxious to get word from them. Whenever Arcee and Airachnid would tangle with each other I always feared that only one would walk away and that one would be Airachnid.
When word finally came from the team and they returned safely back to base. I waited patiently for Arcee outside of her quarters as she got any wounds or scraps get checked out by Ratchet. Quickly Ratchet released her and all I remember her just walking past me without a word going straight to her quarters. Her sudden (what felt like a desire) to ignore me and not even acknowledge my presence hurt. It wasn't abnormal for her to want to be alone, in fact most of the time she was by herself but normally she would at least give me a greeting or a smile, not blow me off. The day went on and no one heard from Cee. The only thing I wanted to do was check up on her but I knew that if I disturbed her nothing good would come from it. The day slowly turned to night and I began to wonder how I would get home, would Ratchet have to bridge me out or would Arcee take me.
Much to my surprise Arcee decided to give me the ride home. Once we got on the road the drive was quiet like it always was. Normally Arcee and I would simply remain silent but still enjoy the ride, but this time we were quiet but I felt anger and pain emanating off of her. Once we made it home, I got off of Cee placed my helmet on the table next to her. I was about to head in when she stopped me with guilty tone. She apologized for her being so quiet and she told me that on the mission that day she found the murderer of Cliff; Starscream. With a little hesitation she then asked if she could listen for my heart. You could imagine my surprise when I heard this question, She was so gentle when she would listen to the beat of my heart, not making any sudden movements, never touching my chest with her head. Her listening for my heart was the first time she ever gave any form of affection to me, or maybe even anybody. It's something I will treasure with me for as long as I live.
"There it is." Arcee whispered with a hint of joy hiding in her voice. Her words snapped me of my flashback and caused a warm smile to form itself on my face. This was the first time she was actually able to lay her head down on my chest, I could tell she was enjoying the new contact. For once she didn't need to enhance her hearing just to pick up any faint sound of the pulse of my heart. I zoned out deep in thought about my nightmare, I never really realized that if Cee and I would have a relationship how fragile it could be. If her or I got hurt or killed how would that affect us? The last thing I want is her becoming more cold, more bitter, more harsh just because I got careless and got injured or killed.
Arcee tenderly pressed her head harder against my chest listening intently to the beat of my heart and spark. I can't understand how she was able to distinguish the sounds of my heart and my spark. I would believe that the electric humming that the spark would drown out the soft beat of my heart, but she was able to hear it anyway. It was still nice that we still had this way of sharing time together, it kind of made it feel like we were like every other couple on Earth, despite us not starting out as the same species.
"You know," Arcee whispered. "I thought I would never be able to hear this sound again." She paused a second and nuzzled her head against my chest a little bit. "Optimus is going to want you out in the field with us, you know that right?" She added before I could respond, her tone turned more serious.
I gave a deep sigh, she was right I would have to start fighting against the Decepticons. The Autobots will need any soldier they can find to help protect Earth and regain any hope in reviving their home planet Cybertron. Now I feel like even though Humanity never started this war, in some way it is now ours. The Decepticons want to invade our home, destroy our way of life, and enslave our race, yeah at this point this war was also Humanity's.
"Yeah, I know Cee." I replied firmly. "I guess now I can actually help out in the field rather than being a liability."
"Jack, you have never been a liability." Arcee raised her head staring right into my eyes. In reply I lowered my head but remaining eye contact, challenging her words. I still remember the words she said to me when we were running through the forest during my first encounter with Airachnid. How I tried to claim Arcee and I were partners but instead she didn't think that way at all.
It didn't take Cee long to understand what I was bringing up and back down from her statement, dropping her head avoiding any eye contact with me. "Alright... Yeah when we first met I didn't like you being around and yes for a while it was because of you being a pain in my side, but later it was because I didn't want to see you hurt." I tilted my head to the side completely confused on what she was trying to say. "Everyone I grew close to got killed. I wouldn't want to have an innocent civilian get caught up in a war they had nothing to do with it. I felt that if I grew close to someone, they would be taken from me. The pain I felt about Cliffjumper, about Tailgate, about Cybertron went away the more you and the other children were around us. You guys have such an innocence, something that we lost a long time ago, seeing death and destruction for almost your entire life. Makes you see the world as...as just one battle after another, but when we were around you, you made us see the world with hope." Arcee paused for a quick second gathering her thoughts. "That feeling of pain, of loss came back stronger when Airachnid came so close on taking you away from me two weeks ago."
Her entire body subtly started shaking, cyan eyes widened in horror. I was able to see that even after me waking up from my coma Cee was still in emotional pain. Quickly I wrapped my arms around her trying my to comfort and calm her emotions. She in return wrapped her arms around me with a tight grip. I didn't say anything, all I did was hold her, reassuring her that I was still alive. I can understand how she felt, only minutes ago I was in a mental panic of the thought of losing her and that was because of a nightmare. Two weeks ago she almost did lose me and she has been struggling to deal with the situation. She might say everything was okay but now it was hard to believe her. God it was hard to see her in mental shock and the only thing I could do was just hold her. How was she able to hide this from me? It seemed like everything was alright with her, I never knew that emotionally she was this badly wounded.
I gently rolled over setting Arcee's head on her pillow. I grabbed the blanket on her side and covered her up to her shoulders. Her body stopped shaking and she managed to relax enough to close her eyes and fall asleep. I laid down next to her gently pressing my forehead against hers. I stayed awake for a little bit longer making sure she was alright after her mental panic. I wondered what caused her to start shaking, was it her remember the feeling of almost losing me or was it her remembering Cliffjumper and Tailgate?
It didn't take that long before my eyes grew heavy and for me to eventually fall asleep. Not once worrying about having nightmares or any horrors this war would bring us in the future. I only felt the soft fabric of the blanket rest over me and the warmth of Arcee before I drifted to a restful, peaceful sleep.
7:30 A.M. Friday, August 21 ,2012
My eyes opened up as I awoke from my comfortable sleep releasing a small moan as I grew conscious. The room lightened up a little bit from the lights from the Command Center through a small 5 by 4 window on the entrance door to Arcee's and my room.I still felt the throbbing in my abdomen that hindered me from sitting up from the bed. I quickly noticed the correct date and released a slight chuckle. I quickly looked to my right to check on Arcee, after what happened in the middle of last night I couldn't help but worry about her. She laid there on her side facing me in a deep sleep breathing softly. I slowly rolled onto my side facing Cee fighting the sudden jolts of pain that disagreed with me moving. Even though now my body was made of metal, gears and wires it acted just the same as my old fleshy Human body. Despite how violently my mutation or transformation (whatever you want to call it) was I am starting to enjoy the benefits, like having weapons built in my arms, the ability to change into a car or plane on a dime, also being fifteen feet tall is nice.
I managed to roll onto my side with little discomfort. With my face about a half a foot away from Cee's face my heart and spark increased their beats at the sight of her sleeping so peacefully, so quietly. I hesitantly placed my free hand on her cheek not wanting to wake her up. Cee nuzzled her pillow at the feel of my touch, and I allowed a smile to form on my face. I couldn't imagine not having her in my life, the last few months have been quite a ride. Now though everyday with the Autobots feel normal, just me hanging out with family and friends. I started to tenderly rub my thumb across her cheek and again she nuzzled her head against the pillow releasing a soft moan. I was afraid I was starting to wake her up I swiftly lifted my hand off her face.
"Why did you stop." She groaned and slowly opened her eyes, "It felt nice." The smile on my face grew a bit wider and I placed my hand back on her cheek. At the feel of my touch Cee closed her eyes again and she curved her mouth to create a smile.
"You okay?" I asked softly. "You scared me last night."
Arcee gave a quick sigh, "I'm fine." She replied quickly giving me the hint she wanted to not talk about it. I knew it was best it wouldn't be a good idea to push it, so I respected her not wanting to bring it up any further and dropped the subject.
I slowly sat up feeling my stiff joints disagree with my movement. I uncovered myself from the homemade blanket. "I'm going to get some," I paused for a small laugh, "get some Energon."
"And why is that funny?" Arcee asked slightly irritated, probably offended. She stared at me with narrow eyes the smile once on her face gone, yeah I accidentally offended her.
"Just still weird for me to think that I will be consuming Energon. Kinda use to saying 'I'm going to get food,' not 'I'm going to get Energon.'" I said in a warm tone trying to defuse the situation. I gave a sigh and slowly stood up from the birth. The pain from my abdomen was still there, still rebelling against every motion I made. I hesitantly began limping to the door out of our room only to hear the shifting and sliding of metal behind me as Arcee lifted herself out of the birth.
"Hold on a second, I'm coming with you." Arcee replied the irritated tone in her voice gone. I complied to her and waited a couple of seconds for her to catch up to me. She opened the door and we both began walking to the Command Center, but due to my stiff and painful joints I slowly began to lag behind Arcee.
"Gah!" I yelled as my stomach tightened up causing great deals amount of pain halfway from Command. I leaned on my left shoulder against the wall, covering up my stomach. The pain in my stomach never hurt this much sense Nellis Air Force base.
"Jack you okay?" Arcee quickly asked and before I could reply she was right in front of me looking at me with worried eyes, placing her hand on my shoulder trying to comfort me. No words were able to come out of my mouth, only short shouts of pain. "RATCHET!" Arcee yelled at the top of her lungs hurting my ears. It didn't take long to hear the sound of stooping of metal feet make their way to where we were .
"What happened to him?" The raspy voice of the Autobot medic called out. I looked up and saw Ratchet shoving Arcee aside to do a medical scan of my wound. He pressed a grey rectangular device that looked like a TV remote only with a screen that showed Cybertronian text against my stomach causing a great deal of pain. The device scanned the sensitive metal skin and different symbols came up on the screen.
"I don't know, he was fine earlier." Arcee replied her voice filled with worry.
"Well, it isn't bad." Ratchet answered, ignoring Arcee. "I thought I gave him the right amount of pain extinguishers, but I see that I didn't get the right dose." Ratchet turned off the device, and him and Cee helped me back to my feet and guided me to the medical berth I have grown use to at an extremely slow pace. It was hard to stay up straight even with help, let alone trying to walk, every time I had to move my legs, my torso felt like it was being torn apart slowly and steadily. We walked into the Command Center, and noticed that we grabbed the attention of everyone in the room, Optimus, Bumblebee, and Bulkhead. I kept my head down not wanting to meet the obvious stares they were making out of concern. I felt embarrassed with the need of attention the Autobots have had to give me in the past three weeks.
"Jack?" Optimus called out in a concerned soft tone trying to figure out what has happened.
"Poor dosage of medication, Optimus. He will be fine." Ratchet replied almost instantly, as if he practiced telling Optimus this when we were walking into Command. We reached the medical birth and with the help of Arcee and Ratchet I painfully laid down back down on the birth.
Each breath I took was heavy but painful as my chest refused to rise and fall. Unlike Humans, Cybertronians don't need oxygen to survive and they don't even simulate the action of breathing. However it would stand to reason that some actions that are required for human life such as the rising and falling of the chest as Oxygen enters and Carbon Dioxide leaves the lungs.
Ratchet began mixing different chemicals; Energon, Sulfur, pure Carbon, Lead, and some other minerals I couldn't identify at his medical workstation, concocting some red substance. The substance acted as if was alive, swirling around in the container with a fluidity that even water didn't have. Ratchet brought the hand sized cylinder holding the chemical close to his face watching its motion. When satisfied with his creation, Ratchet stuck a metal Cybertronian syringe that had Cybertronian text written all over it. The size of the syringe could go right through a man's torso but barely go under the metallic skin Cybertronians have, if the needle was able to puncture the skin. Ratchet pulled back on the pump allowing the red liquid to flow into the barrel of the syringe.
"It isn't as potent and effective as the medicine on Cybertron, but it gets the job done." Ratchet whispered to himself. He brought the needle to my left upper arm, I flinched at the ticklish touch of the needle barely pressing against my arm. To my utter amazement the needle quickly punctured my metal skin entering the inner wires and electronics that replaced my human tissue. The pain of the needle entering my arm didn't phase me as the chest pain was still present and growing steadily more unbearable. Ratchet pushed the red substance out of the syringe and into my arm until there was none left in the barrel.
"He should be stabilizing now." Ratchet announced to everyone. Almost immediately the incredible pain in my chest began to fade away and I was able to notice someone tightly holding my right hand, instantly identifying Cee's touch. I calmly wrapped my fingers around the back of her hand not wanting to bring unwanted attention from anyone.
"I can't get a break can I?" I chuckled softly.
"You could be worse, right?" Bumblebee clicked and beeped giving a slight shrug.
"Your systems should be repairing themselves now," Ratchet barked his medical report, quickly he began hitting in commands on his medical equipment make the screen he was facing come to life with different Cybertronian symbols, "In order for those systems to fully repair, I'm going to send you into stasis."
I began to feel different systems begin to shut down as I was forced into stasis, I wondered how long it would be until I would be away for a full twenty-four hours. Right before I fell into stasis I was horrified in the thought of another night terror like the one last night, I wouldn't want to wake up in a panic and get everyone's attention. My eyes began to close shut and my thoughts began to grow quiet as I peacefully drifted off into stasis.
A/N Well guys, I want to say thank you for reading the story so far. I am already working on Chapter 3 and I hope to have it out faster than it took me to write this one. However I don't want to rush this, I like to make quality work because I appreciate the support you have all given me. Until next time! A/N
