I walked through the halls briskly, Soundwave at my side as he had abandoned his post to comfort me, us both making our way to the deck. My visor was dropped to hide my angry violet optics, my movements jerky because of my fury, Soundwave a silent sentry at my side. We soon made it to the right doors, Soundwave entering the code as I walked through the doors, Xenon lifting his helm at my presence. He whined and nuzzled my chestplates, purring when I rubbed his snout gently, Soundwave leaving us in peace. I opened my bond with Xenon, showing him what I wanted to do, smiling when he approved. The great predacon kneeled, patiently waiting as I carefully climbed onto him, gracefully rising once I was comfortable between the bottom of his neck and his wings.
: Creator, I will be taking off now. : Xenon whispered through our bond, his wings spreading as he shook them out, his frame tensed for takeoff.
: Go ahead Xenon. : I whispered back, yelping when he immediately dove off the deck, drifting through the skies as we caught a draft. I lay upon his neck, closing my optics in comfort as we sailed through the night sky, Xenon soothing me through the bond. Suddenly the great predacon swerved to the side, an energy blast flying past us immediately, Xenon roaring in fury as my optics narrowed. He suddenly dove out of the clouds, flying past a huge ship that was sitting there, making me flatten my frame against Xenon. The ship followed quickly, continuously firing at us as we tried to get away, never being able to disappear from the ships sights. Suddenly a blast hit Xenons hindquarters, sending us both spinning to the ground, Xenon slamming into the ground as I got thrown farther away. The predacon whined, his frame curled up in pain as it relaxed, his optics closing as he huffed in pain. The pain filtered trough the bond, my protective instincts snapping online as the ship landed nearby, my spark soothing his as I hid behind a large rock. The lift dropped, three large autobots stepping off of it cautiously, their blasters pointed at Xenon. The predacon didn't move, just huffed painfully as the autobots closed in, my processor trying to figure out the best course of action.
"Guys! Theres a Con over there!" a female voice yelled, my helm whipping around as I spotted the human ducking behind a rock, then the blasters pointing in my direction. A quiet growl erupted from my chestplates, Xenon looking at me tiredly when he heard it, my spark comforting his as he closed his optics again. Glaring at the pesty human, I slowly stepped out from behind the rock, my weapons already subspaced and ready to come out at a moments notice. The autobots tensed when they saw me fully, my visor hiding my optics as they scanned possible firefight advantages.
"State your name and faction!" the biggest one yelled, stepping closer as the other two stayed behind, both watching me closely.
"Phoenix." I said quietly, watching as the big one came even closer as he got confident, my frame tensing more with each of his steps.
"State your faction." the big one said as he came up to me, optic to optic with me as he stared me down, my sharp optics catching the other two Autobots whispering something.
"Neutral." I whispered, my optics flicking to Xenon sadly as he huffed, then flicking back to the bot in front of me as he glanced at the other two.
"Then why did we see you riding the Decepticons pet?" he said quietly, stumbling back when my e.m field crackled with a burst of white-hot fury, my lavender optics turning amethyst with anger as I scowled.
"He isnt a pet! He is my friend!" I yelled, my servos clenching in anger before they unclenched, Soundwave soothing me over our bond as I felt him closing in on my position. Smiling sadistically, I flipped backwards a few times, sliding behind the rock when they started firing. I heard their shouts of surprise when Soundwave landed, peaking my helm out as I saw my guardian fight the two smaller ones, causing me to frown when I saw the big one nowhere. Suddenly feeling a presence behind me, I crouched as a blast flew above me, my leg sweeping behind me as I felt the big one fall on his backstruts. My twin blades subspaced into my servos, the mech taking out a huge sword of his own, making me frown in apprehension. Jumping up I kicked his chestplates and flipped back, sliding back as the mech stumbled to his knees, using his sword to stand again. Running and sliding between his legs, I grabbed his ankle joints and yanked roughly, watching as he fell on his faceplates harshly. Jumping up quickly, I ran up to his form, putting him into forced stasis with a blow to the back of his helm. I heard engines after it was too late, a larger body tackled me to the floor quickly, a mechly grunt coming from my attacker when I headbutted him. Struggling more, I looked up and saw Soundwave come closer, Xenon behind him struggling to get up. My optics suddenly turned pleading, both of them freezing and looking at me, their anger filtering through the bonds at my idea.
: Just go. : I whispered through the bond, pleading with them as they remained frozen, their emotions torn between respecting my wishes and saving me. Finally Soundwave started stepping back, obviously asking for a bridge, the greenish light appearing behimd Xenon. The predacon whined but followed Soundwave into the bridge, the bridge closing immediately after Xenons tail disappeared, their sorrow coming through the bonds full force. It crippled me, making me collapse under the mech, my body untensing as I gave up. A blow was sent to the back of my head, everything turning dark as I heard another bridge open.
(Time Lapse: 1 Day)
I groaned as I rebooted, shaking my head as light beamed against my face, my optics offlining in protest. Tuning my senses, I raised them instead of using my sight, hearing bots talking about me quietly. Chirping was sounded before all was quiet, a mechs steps heading toward me, a light suddenly appearing in my face making me instictually flinch.
Damn! I yelled at myself, my optics opening as the mech above me sighed, an irritated look crossing his faceplates. He suddenly gasped, stumbling back as my optics widened, suddenly struggling to get out of my binds.
"It cant be...I saw your spark extinguish..." Ratched whispered, his optics wide as everything became silent, the biggest mech looking between us with curiousity.
"Who is this femme, Ratchet?" he said, coming up to us slowly, his gaze locked on me as I stuggled more. Ratchet shook his helm, his optics still wide as he came back to my side, my body tensing instinctively.
"Prime, I dont think I will tell you." Ratchet whispered, collective gasps going around the room, my optics locked on the famous Prime. He stared back, tilting his head in curiousity, then focusing on Ratchet.
"And why is that, old friend?" he rumbled quietly, his bulky body shifting as he turned towards the medic, said mech sighing as he looked at the ground.
"For her safety." the medic grumbled, a servo rubbing his face absently as he looked at me, my eyes looking at him sadly as the Prime sighed.
"And in private?" he inquired, watching me as I started struggling again, my visor darkening in anger.
"As long as it stays in private." Ratchet whispered, my struggles stopping as I turned away from him, betrayal running through my spark.
He betrayed me... I whispered to myself, my optics offlining to stop myself from crying, my visor darkening more to hide them. Chirping was heard again, my optics rebooting as a small black mech came up to me, his servo resting near my arm as he tilted his head.
"Are you ok Miss?" he said in our language, watching me closely with his wide optics, his attenae flattening in sadness. I sighed quietly, looking at him as I pursed my lipplates, frowning sadly as he waited for a reply.
"No, I havent been ok since before this war were in, and its only getting worse." I whispered, everybody turning towards me at the sound of my voice, the small bot whirring sadly as he rested his servo on my arm.
"Dont worry, itll turn out ok miss, youll see." he clicked, pulling away with a smile as he walked to the humans, picking up the smallest one and going outside quietly. Sighing for what felt like the hundreth time, I watched the young bot leave with his human, offlining my optics as I leaned my helm back against the table. Ratchet and Prime were talking a little ways from me, everybody else starting up their own conversations, the humans being the loudest.
If only you knew, young one I whispered in my head, untensing my body as I cleared my mind, completely blocking my bonds as I fell into stasis.