CloudSkipper's Secret
Chapter 8
She tossed and turned, screaming out his name until she thought her vocals would snap. The chilly wind that swept across the dead moor cut her like a blade, he was gone and he was never coming back. But they were, they were the ones who had taken him from her.
As she heard a faint voice calling her, Arcee snapped open her optics to see Cliffjumper bending over her, his aqua optics looked tired and worried. "Soz, Cliff, I'll go back to sleep, I promise." But the brash solider didn't move.
"Cee, everything alright? Who's Kyle? Maybe I should take you to see Ratchet or Red Alert just to check that nothing's wrong." He touched her fore helm with the back of his servo as she looked around the bunker. From the looks of things she had nearly woken everyone up except for Smokescreen, he'd always sleep no matter what.
"I'm fine, sorry for waking you all up." Arcee apologized, that left Tailgate and Cliffjumper as Bulkhead, Wheeljack and Bumblebee groaned and covered their helms with the sheets.
"I'll go get them, coz ya know ya did scream like somethin' was tryin' to kill ya." Tailgate chuckled softly as he passed them on the way out.
"Not funny." Cliffjumper growled, Arcee smiled, at least not all of the mechs were grumpy.
"Yeah, okay. Ha!" Tailgate walked towards the medical bay snickering at how protective his partner was at the femme.
Cliffjumper tried moving closer towards Arcee to check for any signs of pain or wounds, but she refused by moving away. "Cliff, I'm fine, okay? Just leave me alone, I'm alright, I'm not going anywhere." The red mech didn't meet her optics as he looked at her hip plating and bridal stride. "Then why are you bleeding?" Cliffjumper pointed to a new gash wound on her side near her velvet stomach.
"Oh Primus! I didn't think it was possible."
Suddenly Ratchet burst into the room with a worried expression on his faceplates. "Where is she? Is she alright?" At that, all seven bots looked at the CMO with such surprise that even Arcee thought they'd wet their oil pans! "Doc, she's fine. She's right over there-" Cliffjumper gave Wheeljack a deadly glare.
" She has a name!" He patted Arcee on the back gently. "Besides, she is bleeding from a servo-sized wound in her waist. I think Arcee's had a life-like dream or something." As Cliffjumper edged away so that Ratchet could get a better look at it.
"Just a gash, it'll heal. Though not as fast as normal small wounds so don't go banging it around, got it?" Once the medic was done patching her up, Cliffjumper let Arcee twist around to look at the new patched plating on her side. She lied back on the mech and shut her optics, as her breathing deepened, Arcee felt Cliffjumper relax as he too fell asleep.
"Arcee, where are you?" The blue scout opened her optics to see a green and black mech just standing a couple of metres away. "Kai, it's you." She purred as her brother came closer and hugged her. "How's it hummin'?" Arcee asked, the scout looked at her with determination in his green optics and a mischief grin spread across his faceplates. "Let's go, quick before Zeta or Starsinger comes!" Kyle grabbed his sister's smaller servo in his and they both ran like Shockwave's tentacle was right on top of them. Arcee forgot where they were heading for and just laughed as she and her brother ran all the way to Rusty Shores, along the shore-line and into some old crooked caves that were dangerous if the tide was in, especially at night.
"Kai, we shouldn't be here. What if-" The green and black scout didn't listen as he gave a battle cry before jumping down into one of the caves. Soon, a deep growl filled the silence as there was a snap and a gasp as Arcee recognised what was about to happen.
"Kyle! No!" Arcee screeched as a huge shadow loomed over her, looking down at her with sharp amber optics.
"Blue Scout Die!" The vicious Predacon snarled at her.
Tossing and turning, Cliffjumper wrapped the crying femme into his chassis and quietly soothed her back to sleep.
Okay, here it is guys, and yes I did die in that fight against the Predacons, I still can't believe it! I fought like all of Primus, and I'm still dead. Also, if you don't know what a 'Predacon' is, you're lucky to have not met one, it is like a big aft dragon only metal. Yes, Arcee and Cliffjumper have a thing, and yes it's still me Kyle here, Starsinger has not yet returned. Next chapter we reveal a new couple, hint Moonie, and also another bot dies. But no need to worry, Sides comes back online! Yay. So hope you enjoyed it, I'll see ya soon.
