Love is Dead
A Transformers Fanfic
Chapter Eight
Dear God
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Dear God the only thing I ask of you is
to hold her when I'm not around
when I'm much too far away
We all need that person who can be true to you
But I left her when I found her
And now I wish I'd stayed
'Cause I'm lonely and I'm tired
I'm missing you again oh no
Once again
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Alaina and Sideswipe left the Med Bay quickly after hearing the news. The located Sunstreaker and met up with him quickly. Sunny had to go with his twin for the fall. After all, where one twin went, the other followed. When Alaina had asked them why she couldn't go with them, she was told that they were unsure if the incoming Cybertronians were of Autobot or Decepticon in nature, and therefore couldn't allow a civilian to go in case a fight were to break out. The three hours were spent together in silence until Optimus Prime came to retrieve them.
"Sideswipe, Sunstreaker, it is time for us to depart," the leader of the Autobots said after he walked into the room the three were holed up in.
"You two had better be careful," Alaina told the twin 'bots firmly, placing her hands on her hips. 'Sides chuckled while Sunstreaker huffed in annoyance.
"We will, don't worry," the red twin assured her.
"Psh, do you doubt my abilities?" the yellow twin asked her haughtily. "Nothing can harm us." Laughing, Alaina hugged both of the mechs as best as she could, despite Sunny's protests to having organic fluids on his paint job. After they left, she retreated to her room.
"Well, what do I do now?" the brunette asked herself. She stood in the middle of her military-regulation room thoughtfully. Sideswipe had told her of his new plan to have her move into his and Sunstreaker's room once everything settled down, but Sunny was still a bit wary of her and her…organic traits. "Might as well clean up."
More and more mess revealed itself to her as she cleaned up the fairly small room. By the time she was done, an hour had passed and she had a pile of clothes in the middle of the floor. "Great, more laundry to do…" she trailed off with a huff. Like most people, she detested doing laundry. She threw as many clothes into her laundry basket as would fit, heading to the Laundromat that was on base. On her walk back to her room, she ran into a blue bot that she had seen around the base occasionally but had never formally met.
"Greetings, Alaina," he said, his door wings twitching a bit. "My name is Jolt. I am Ratchet's apprentice," he introduced. Alaina nodded slowly, propping her now empty laundry basket on her hip.
"It's…nice to meet you."
"Ratchet has told me to keep an optic on your vitals; to make sure that the distance between you and your bonded doesn't cause you any harm."
"Wh-…Alright," she reluctantly agreed. The blue 'bot bent down and held out a hand for her to step on. She did so gracefully, sitting down and holding her basket in her lap. They walked off to the Autobot's hangar.
The majority of the Autobots had gone on the retrieval mission, so the hangar was void of Cybertronian life aside from the yellow and black Camaro. Sam and Mikaela were sitting on his hood in each other's arms. When they noticed the new arrivals, 'Bee bucked his hood up and his charges slid off so that the scout could transform. He whirled and walked over to Jolt and Alaina. Giggling, she transferred hands.
"Hello Bumblebee, it's good to see you again," she said. He clicked in agreement and nuzzled her against his cheek. As he set her down on solid ground, the brunette noticed the other girl in the hangar. She looked vaguely familiar but she couldn't place a name. Walking over, she held out a hand. "Hi, I'm Alaina," she greeted.
"I'm Mikaela," the dark-haired girl introduced herself. A look of disgust was on her face and Alaina had the feeling that she was not going to like this girl very much. "You're the woman that Sideswipe bonded with, right?" Mikaela sneered. Alaina stood up proudly.
"Yes, I am," she said, looking down her nose at the bitchy girl.
"Here, drink this," Jolt intervened, holding a mug that looked like a toy in his giant hand out to her. "It's chamomile tea, Ratchet said it would help you relax until the team returns." Sighing, she drank it slowly, feeling her muscles relax shortly after.
-Sideswipe's POV-
Sideswipe and his twin raced in front of the rest of their team. They were eager to return back to the base – and to Alaina. Well, in Sunstreaker's case it was an effect of Sideswipe's bond with the two of them that made him want that, or so he would claim. Once they reached the spot where the landing was supposed to take place, the Autobots transformed into their bi-pedal modes. The wait was fairly short for them, and soon three brilliant streaks of light appeared in the dark sky overhead. They shot through the sky quickly, landing with a great crash and sliding multiple feet before coming to a complete stop.
As the pods transformed into their protoforms, Optimus stepped forward. "What is your designation?" he questioned in Cybertronian. One of the new arrivals stepped forward.
"Optimus Prime? Wheeljack reporting for duty!" the enthusiastic scientist was followed by the two others, who told them that their names were Hound and Mirage.
Sideswipe sighed in annoyance. Both he and Sunstreaker were more than a bit miffed at the fact that they went all that way for nothing. Sure, they were glad that more of their comrades had arrived to aid them in the war against the Decepticons, but both twins – as much as Sunny hated to admit it – didn't like being away from Alaina if they couldn't help it. Simultaneously, they transformed into their alternative modes.
"Sideswipe, how is the bond holding up?" Ratchet inquired as he was performing a maintenance check on the new arrivals. Their communication systems had been damaged, which was why the Autobots at bas couldn't tell which faction they were from.
"It's fine," the red mech shifted on his axles. "Prime, sir, can we head back to base?"
"Permission granted," the Prime said, understanding why the two wanted to leave. Almost before he was done talking, the twins were off, kicking up a cloud of dust as they left the field that the landing had taken place in behind them. They arrived back at the base in half the time it had taken them to get there.
-Alaina's POV-
Alaina had calmed down significantly since her bonded had left. When the twins started making their way back towards her, she could feel it. A smile spread across her face and she scrambled away from her position on 'Bee's hand, making her way towards the entrance. Confused, the others followed behind her.
They understood her excitement when the bright yellow and crimson red forms of Sunstreaker and Sideswipe came speeding into the hangar. Sunny skid to a stop almost immediately after his entry, but Sides went on a few feet, transforming scooping his bonded up and holding her over his spark chamber all in one fluid movement. "You are okay? The distance didn't cause you any problems, did it? I mean, I didn't feel anything, but-" his ranting was cut off when Alaina put a finger to his lip plates.
"I'm fine, Sideswipe. Don't worry; I would let you know if there was anything wrong."
"Okay," he relented. "Well it was kind of pointless for me and Sunny to go, the three that fell were Autobots," he told the humans. The 'bots already knew – Prime told them via internal Coms.
"But that's good right? Now you have more Autobots to fight against the Decepticons," Sam said. Sunny walked over and nodded.
"Yes, but it meant that we weren't needed to accompany the other Autobots, and therefore strain the bond that we have with Alaina," the yellow mech told them. The girl in question looked over at him with a smile. It was the first time that he actually admitted to having a bond with her. After he said that, the base rumbled with the sound of six engines entering the hangar. The new mechs had arrived, and they had picked their alt modes.
Wheeljack had chosen a 2011 Dodge Challenger srt8 in blue, with white racing stripes. Hound had picked out a dark green, 2011 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon and Mirage had chosen a 2011 Dodge Viper, white with a single black stripe down the center. In unison, they transformed into their bi-pedal modes. Mirage, who had been informed of all important events along with the others thanks to a data pack, walked over to 'Sides and Alaina.
"I just don't get it," he said, peering at the confused couple. He had chosen a slight British accent for his English. "How is it a low-class human like this femme managed to bond with Sideswipe?"
"It is a one of a kind phenomenon, so don't question it, Mirage," the CMO said, coming between the two mechs before a fight could break out.
A/N: Well, I finally updated! Please review and tell me what you think of it. And what you think of the four new arrivals! The next update might take a little while, although not as long as this one took, because I am going to outline the rest of the story before I write and post it.
Thanks for your dedication!
I love you all!
-ZH
