TRANSFORMERS CYBERTRON MY WAY
chp. 7 Ship
"Talking"
'thinking'
'beast speaking in someone's mind'
"beast speaking telepathically"

disclaimer: don't own TFC or anything else crossed with this fanfiction. If you have any complaints, talk to Mr. Pie.
Mr. Pie:.....................................................................................
me: f*** you Mr. Pie, f*** you, ok let's get on with the show.

'Everything shall soon be clear to you, Optimus Prime', the beast thought as it moved gracefully through the water.'Looks like it's time to awaken the girl', it said to itself as it began to sing its eerie song(1).

(Autobot H.Q.)

Alone in the med. bay, was a still unconscious Andim. She was on a large metal table, big enough for a transformer, and lay still on her back. Her hair was down and there was a bandage wrapped around her head. Her head was resting on human-sized pillow and a blanket covered her up to the base of her neck.

Suddenly, an oddly familiar song echoed in her mind, bringing her out of her unconscious state. Her eyes opened slowly as she stirred. Her vision was a bit blurred, but it cleared in a minute. She threw a hand to the back of her head when she felt a dull, throbbing pain. She felt the gauze,"Huh? Where'd this come from?", she asked no one in particular, speaking in tired manor. Struggling to sit up, she almost didn't notice the door slide open, revealing a very concerned Optimus Prime.

He practically ran over to her and carefully pushed her back down, fearing she might hurt herself. Andim looked over at the mech and said, in tired voice,"Optimus? Wh-where am I? What happened?". Optimus explained to her that she was in the med. bay and described everything that happened from her nearly drowning to Atlantis disappearing."But where are Coby and the others? And why was I in the med. bay anyway?", she asked him, still a bit groggy."They were on board the ship when it disappeared. We're not sure where they are now, but we've got every autobot on Earth looking for them", he began,"As for why you're here, when that rock hit the back of your head, some red fluid began to spill out of the wound"."Red fluid? Oh, you mean blood. Wait, my head was bleeding?!", Andim freaked.

Optimus made a few shushing sounds in an effort to calm her down before saying,"Well, yes your head was, as you said, bleeding"."Then who did this?", she asked him, pointing at the gauze on her head."That would be me(3)", Optimus told her as she looked into his optics for any lies. She found none. She blushed a little bit when she realized Optimus still had his hand on her body."Um, Optimus? Could ya let me sit up now?", she asked nervously. Optimus looked where his hand was."Oh! Right, sorry", he said quickly, taking his hand off her body.

Sitting up and cracking her neck, Andim looked down at herself and finally noticed that she was wearing nothing, but her black undergarments."AHH!!! Where the hell are my clothes!?", she screamed as she tried to cover herself. Optimus quickly covered his optics right before she said,"Optimus! Why the hell am I half-naked!?"."Your clothes were soaking wet and none of us wanted you to fall ill", he responded, still covering his optics."So you undressed me!? What the hell man!? What if someone saw my you-know-what!?", Andim asked, referring to her scar."No one else saw your scar, I made sure I was the only one in the room at the time", Optimus replied calmly. Suddenly, realization hit her like a brick."OH MY GAWD, REIKA!!! SHE'S STILL IN DANGER!! HOW THE HELL DID I NOT REALIZE THAT!?!?", she exclaimed,"Optimus, please for the love of God, hurry and get me my clothes!". The mech wasn't offended by the girl's behavior, he could tell, by her tone, that she was just stressed and worried about the only sibling she'll ever have.

Rushing out of the med. bay, Optimus returned within a few minutes, her clothes in hand. Handing them to her, Andim began to get dressed, not caring that Optimus was watching. Once she got her hair in a low ponytail(3), she jumped into his waiting hand, which placed her on his shoulder, She grabbed onto the edge of his wing-shaped antenna to balance herself as he walked out of the med. bay and onto the runway(Hey, that rhymed!). Setting her down carefully, Optimus transformed, Andim hopped in, and the mech started driving. Once they were outside, Andim noticed it was dark out."Jeez man, it's nighttime. How long was I out anyway?", she asked him curiously."About seven hours", Optimus replied."Seven hours!? Damn", she said as they arrived at their destination.

Jetfire was standing there, waiting for everyone else. When Optimus came to a stop, Andim jumped out of him so he could transform. Jetfire noticed the teenager and said,"Hey there Andim, glad to see you're alright. You had us all worried there for a while"."Thanks, but have you guys had any luck with finding Atlantis?", she asked the Australian mech."Sadly, no", the jet replied as Scattershot arrived. She looked down in disappointment, she was really worried about her friends and family.

Andim sighed as she sat on a small rock and began to think,'Reika, where are you? Time is running out, we need to know where you guys are before Megatron does'. Andim began to get a gut feeling that her sister was closer than she thought. Her attention was suddenly drawn to the moon. She found herself staring at it until Landmine finally arrived, having no luck either. She continued to stare at the luminous sphere for a few minutes before saying,"They are close, yet so far away, I can feel it". This statement grabbed the mechs' attention.

"What do you mean?", Landmine questioned."I can't really describe it, but it's like I can kind of, sense where Reika is", she explained to the bulldozer. They all wore a look of confusion on their faces."It's a twin thing", she stated simply."If Reika is with the others, and Andim is able to sense her location, then that means we'll be able to find our friends and the Omega Lock. Andim, do you think you can pinpoint their general location?", Optimus asked her."I'll try", she said before she crossed her arms and legs and closed her eyes.

They all watched as Andim tried to reach out to Reika through their sisterly bond. After about five minutes, only one word came to mind. Moon. Her eyes snapped open,"The moon. They're hiding behind the moon", she said finally as she stood up,"But there's more, I sensed fear. We have to hurry and get to them before Megatron does!"

(a bit later, in space)

"Are you sensing anything?", Optimus asked the girl within him(wow, that sounded so wrong) as the small band of autobots came closer to the moon."Yes, we're getting closer, but Reika's terror just increased, I feel it in my soul", Andim replied."We'd better hurry!", Optimus called as his speed increased. Soon, Atlantis came into view, along with Starcream and Thundercracker."F***! The decepticons are already here!", she swore in frustration. But something wasn't right, where was Megatron?

"Optimus, I don't see Megatron anywhere, he must already be inside the ship!", Andim cried. With that said, the autobot commander flew down to Atlantis and blasted his way in. Once inside, he let Andim out and transformed. Taking the girl in his hand, being careful not to accidentally crush her, Optimus quickly rushed out the door and came to a corridor."Which way should we go?", he asked her. Andim closed her eyes for a few seconds and immediately said,"Right! Please hurry Optimus, Reika's terrified and in pain!", she cried. The mech hurried down the hall and continued to follow Andim's directions until they came to the storage room for the Omega Lock.

Megatron was there, the Omega Lock in his grasp. Reika was behind Vector Prime, who had his sword drawn, along with the other kids and minicons. She was unconcious and her left arm appeared to be out of place. Optimus carefully set Andim down, keeping his gaze on his rival as Andim joined the small group behind Vector Prime."You're too late Prime! The Omega Lock is mine and soon, you and your army of weaklings will be destroyed!", Megatron gloated(ugh, again with the annoying victory speech).

"Optimus, Megatron removed the Omega Lock before I could deactivate the security system! The ship is going to self-destruct!", Vector Prime called."Vector Prime, get the kids and get out of here! I'll get the Omega Lock from Megatron!", Optimus replied as he fought against his adversary."The Pit you will!", the decepticon shouted.

There was one small problem though, there were only three minicons that the children could ride in, Safegaurd didn't have a seat for a human, and the minicons that did, only had enough room for one human. Vector Prime couldn't carry any of the humans in his vehicle mode because the minicons wouldn't be able to keep up with him, they'd get caught in the blast. And last time Vector Prime checked, humans couldn't breathe in space without some kind of special equipment or hold their breath for very long. He was stuck.

Suddenly, a loud shriek was heard before the large dragon-like beast entered the room, via hole in the ceiling. Optimus was too preoccupied with fighting off Megatron to notice.'Relax, I am not an enemy', it told Vector Prime, noting his defensive stance."Vector Prime, wait! This... thing is not a threat! It saved me when I was in Megatron's evil clutches!", Andim reasoned.'The girl speaks the truth. But now is not the time for conversation, this ship will blow up any minute. Put the twin girls on my back, I'll help you get them to safety', it told the ancient mech. Vector Prime didn't really have much of a choice, so he carefully placed Reika in front of Andim on the creature's back.

The two flew out of the room, the humans and minicons in tow. Explosions were heard within seconds."We must hurry!", the beast said as its scales folded against its back. Greenish-blue markings began to form around itself and Vector Prime in the form of a sphere(4). Andim looked back, she felt as if she abandoned Optimus, left him for dead. The explosions were getting closer as the two sped down the seemingly endless hallway. Finally, they came to the exit and flew out of the ship just before the exit blew up. The sphere around Vector Prime disappeared, but the one around the beast remained.

'Optimus', Andim thought sadly as the beast moved towards Jetfire, Landmine and Scattershot. She felt tears well up in her eyes and looked away from the exploding ship, unable to witness another death."You didn't a simple explosion would stop me from retrieving the Omega Lock did you?", a familiar voice rang out. Andim looked back at the ship and saw the form of Optimus Prime, triumph evident in his optics. Her sorrow quickly subsided as her heart was overcome with relief. That was when she remembered her still unconscious sister.

"Coby, what the hell happened in there before we arrived anyway?", she asked her cousin as Optimus made his way to the small group."When Megatron broke into the cargo hold, some of the rubble landed on Reika and somehow dislocated her shoulder. She passed out a minute before you guys came in", Coby explained over the com. link. Suddenly, a transmission from Red Alert came in, but it was cut short when he mentioned Hotshot.

(later)

Andim was sitting by Reika's bedside. She had been able to put Reika's arm back in place, but she was still unconscious. Jetfire walked in to see how the two were doing."How's she doing?", he asked Andim, grabbing her attention."She's fine, still out like a light, but fine none the less", she replied."Y'know Andim, Optimus was really worried about you when you fell unconscious", the cargo plane told her."Really?", she asked in response. Jetfire nodded,"Yep, he took it upon himself to get ya patched up. He even came back to the base whenever he could just to check on you and make sure you were alright". Andim was silent for a few minutes before saying,"Could you watch Reika for little while? I need to be alone for a bit"."Sure, no problem kid", Jetfire said."Thanks Jetfire", Andim said before she left the base.

Andim sighed as she sat on a small cliff not too far from the base. Optimus, Vector Prime, and Landmine had left for Velocitron two hours ago. A strange sensation kept tugging at her heart, a feeling of longing to be near Optimus. She missed him. She pulled out her locket and looked at the treasured memories within. She saw something that she had never noticed about it up to now, a small gap behind the baby picture. She moved the picture and found a hidden message carved into the silver. The message read,'Maria, Andim, & Reika, my three beautiful angels', and it was carved in a lovely font that was almost angelic. Andim suddenly realized that her father had this message carved into the locket when he gave it to her mother. She held the locket close to her chest as she closed her eyes and thought of her parents.

But as she remained in her tranquil state, she failed to notice a shadow sneaking up behind her. She was completely unaware of its presence until a cloth came over her mouth and nose, a large hand holding it in place. The shadow forcefully dragged her a few feet away from the edge of the cliff as she tried to fight back. She struggled for a few more seconds before the contents in the cloth began to take effect. Andim suddenly felt drained, her eyelids began to feel heavy as she drifted in and out of consciousness. The person released her, causing her to fall to the ground. She looked at her attacker, but her vision became too blurred to see him or her."Some… body… help……", was the last thing she said before her world went dark.

1)Lugia's song
2) Optimus pretty much knows where all the basic medical supplies are located.
3) Andim had to settle for a low ponytail because of the bandage.
4) It's the same thing lugia does whenever it forms a barrier.

me: sorry if it's getting kinda sucky, my muse tends to turn on and off every now and then. but anyway, ANDIM'S BEEN ATTACKED!!! WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO HER!?!? you'll just have to wait until next chapter.

Megatron: assuming you can even finish chapter 8
me: HEY! WHAT THE F*** ARE YOU DOING HERE?!?!
Megatron: I'm here to take over this fanfic! (insert evil laugh here)

me: apparently you know nothing of my authoress powers*summons army of evil fluffy, pink bunnies and squirrels*
Megatron: Are those supposed to scare me? what a joke!
*bunnies and squirrels start snarling like rabid dogs*
me: did i forget to mention that they're genetically enhanced, super bunnies and squirrels? and that they can easily rip apart metal?
Megatron: You're kidding…… right?

me: SIC HIM!!!
Megatron: *screams and runs like a little girl*
me: BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA!!!!! FEAR MY WRATH MEGACREEP!!!

*Optimus walks in and sees Megabutt being chased by army of evil fluffy pink bunnies and squirrels*
Optimus:.......i'm thinking blackmail?

me:.....hell yes *brings out video camera and starts video taping Megatron's most humiliating moment, ever*