Clara and Lucy wouldn't tell anyone what had happened, they spoke to each other in hushed tones, and whenever someone came near, Clara went deathly pale, like she was frightened of them, and Lucy would go all shifty eyed and try to look anywhere but at whoever it was that had come to see them.
Their visitors consisted of Optimus, Ratchet and Epps, Epps appeared to be the only person unaffected by the outburst, he just didn't care. Optimus had tried to get some information out of them, but had received a very sad, very angry glare from Clara.
"What do we do? I've got a planter eater in my head!" Clara whispered hoarsely and Lucy shook her head.
"I don't know, but your just a host, wont he, just, like, leave?"
Clara shook her head, looking, if possible, even paler.
"Clara? What will happen?"
"I…nothing, don't worry Lu" Clara told her sister, managing a weak smile, truth was, it wasn't nothing. Having Unicron in your head, is not a good thing.
Optimus came walking over with William at his side and Lucy stared at the ground, Clara, stared intently at Optimus.
"We need to know what just happened, otherwise Galloway will never let you two live peacefully" William told them and Clara turned her gaze to him.
"What about you, all of you, what do you think?"
"Well, according to, whatever it was, your just a host, maybe we can just remove it"
Clara's hands stiffened, and moved like a movie in slow motion, something Will didn't miss, she closed her eyes and breathed out, and her hand stopped moving, and went slack again, before she flexed her fingers carefully.
"It can't be removed, it doesn't work like that" She told him and Will noticed that even Lucy looked interested now.
"how does it work then?"
Clara opened her mouth, then cringed and shut it again, like something was stopping her, forcing her to keep quiet.
"Clara, we can't help you if you don't tell us"
"I can't, and I don't mean, oh you wont like it, I mean, I can't, every time I try…I just can't" She told them and Will nodded, sympathetically, but she didn't want sympathy.
She wanted to get away. This place, being around her father, it was suffocating her, she hated it.
I have to get away, I can't stay…
"We've found several signatures, similar to that of Clara's and Lucy's, we think their more sparklings"
Then it clicked, she and Lucy, they would go and find the other sparklings, they would be able to get away, but…Lucy.
"I'm tired, Lu, you tired?"
Lucy looked at her sister and a silent understanding passed between them.
"I'm tired"
They both walked as quickly as they could to their room without looking like criminals, and lay on the bed, willing themselves to sleep.
Their private dream world was darker, and they weren't alone anymore, Unicron stood, hiding in the background, but he was promptly ignored, he'd always been there, they'd just never noticed him before.
"I need to leave" Clara said suddenly and Lucy frowned.
"Why?"
"I need to find the other sparklings, which means you need to cover for me, tell them I'm ill, I've got a migraine, anything" Clara told her, hands waving about in exaggerated movements.
"How will you find them?"
Clara pointed to her head.
"There's a map, in my head, they will follow my signal, and I will follow theirs, we'll meet in the middle" Clara told her calmly, Lucy looked carefully at her sister, then turned, facing Unicron.
"She get's hurt, and I'm coming after you"
Unicron nodded, calmly and carefully, he had no real appearance, he looked much like the grim reaper, a long black hooded cloak hiding his face, only thing missing was a scythe.
"Fine, stay safe, for the love of the all spark, stay safe" Lucy told her sister, and they woke.
Clara grabbed her bag and stuffed a few things in, spare clothes, phone, cash and a little food, she had to get away now.
So she ran, she wasn't entirely sure how far, but she got out of the base and just ran, across the desert towards wherever the hell she had to, she followed the signal, she knew it was close, she just had to find it.
Lucy yawned and looked over at the empty bed, and worked about pushing pillows under it to make a body shape, then stayed in her room, she did this when Clara was ill, stay by her side, and threaten the doctors when they came near her with a needle, Clara doesn't like needles. There was a knock on the door.
"Lucy, Clara? You two in there?" It was Epps, Lucy pondered, on telling him, he had been nice, calm, caring. She shook her head. Tell no-one.
"Yeah, Clara's not feeling well, got a migraine, so I'm taking care of her" Lucy called back and heard Epps reply, but it didn't register, as he walked away soon after.
Lucy grinned, she could keep this up, and every time she slept, Clara would be there, waiting, ready to inform her of how everything was amazing, of how she had found friends, and how she would be back soon.
Clara knew this town, she remembered it, it had been one of the various towns they had passed through on arrival to America, she realised, thoughtfully, that she had passed the home of someone like her, and not even realised.
It was a creepy thought, so she ignored it. She knew the signal was near, in fact, it was heading straight towards her, she turned, and faced the teenage girl she knew to be a sparkling.
"So your Clara"
"That I am, and you?"
"Zara, daughter of Ratchet"
"Clara, daughter of Prime, pleased to meet you"
Zara had black hair, and a fringe that covered her left eye, she was wearing black as well, with neon pink gloves that didn't have any fingers, Ratchet would love this.
"You ready to go?"
"Been ready and waiting for a few days now, where we headed?"
"Wherever were needed"
Zara looked around at the small town and shrugged.
"Let me get my things, then we can find the others"
Clara smiled, this, was going to be fun.
Hey guys, Tulip again! Please don't hate me for this crappy chapters, my brain is slightly dead, I had a history essay today and it was dull as hell, hopefully this clears up just who is in Clara's head, I think it was FlamingBitch who said it was Megatron.
Oh, and keep an optic out for the allspark, Unicron isn't the only one with a host!
