Robots are Real
Chapter 9
Sentinal is the key to everything…
"Sssshiiiittt!" I screamed out in anger.
"What's your problem?" Lieutenant Armstrong asks.
"I just realized! The reason why we found Sentinal!" I shouted. "The Decepticons need him! They need him to activate the Pillars! Where is Sentinal?"
"He's outside and-Shell!" I ran off before he could finish.
I knew there was something wrong! But when I walked outside, Ironhide and Sideswipe were fighting the Dreads. "Whoa, we got us a Mexican standoff!" Sideswipe laughed as he pulled his guns out.
"Put the guns down." Ironhide said to the three Decepticons.
"And we'll let you escape with your dignity!"
The Dreads all just looked at each other and attacked. I concentrated my power on the Decepticons and they were crushed. "Sentinal!" I looked up at him. "You need to get inside! You're the key to everything!"
"Indeed I am!" Sentinal said. "What you don't realize my Autobot brothers, is in order to win the war, a deal had to be made... with Megatron." And he fired through Ironhide's spark.
"NO!" I screamed out in rage.
"I hereby relieve you of your duty."
"YOU BASTARD!" I screamed and ran towards him. But then he fired at the ground in front of me, which sent me flying and landing on my back. Groaning, I could only watch in horror as Sentinal marched into the base and took off with the five Pillars.
"Shell!" Sideswipe rushed to my side as I pulled myself into a standing position.
"DAMNIT!" I screamed and banged my fist on the concrete. "I knew something was wrong! Why didn't I trust my gut…..? Now Ironhide is dead!"
…..
"This is all your leader's fault." Readen snarled as she entered the base.
"Hey! He didn't know! Okay lady!" Dino yelled at her.
"If it wasn't for him, Sentinal wouldn't be-!" she never did finish because I punched her across the face…again.
"Shut the fuck up." I snarled. "Don't you dare blame Optimus for this. It's your fault for not telling us about the Ark. Suck it up lady, you fucked up." I left her to grovel and went to Optimus. He was in his truck mode, outside of the now destroyed base. "Optimus…."
"What Readen has said is true."
"No, don't blame yourself for this. I should've…been able to do something."
"Shell!" Dino came outside. "You gotta see this!"
I rushed back inside and watched the news. My eyes widened.
They were exiling the Autobots.
17 hours later…
"You can't go…."
Prime's holoform appeared in front of me and he looked at me sadly. "I'm afraid it's what's best for your planet."
"What's best for my planet? Optimus, they took over Chicago! They're going to bring Cybertron here and kill everyone!" I shouted. "You have to have a plan!"
"There is no plan." He said quietly.
I gave up. The tears stung my eyes. "So….." my voice broke. "This is the last time we're going to see each other?"
He reached up and brushed the stray tears away from my pale cheeks. "I'm afraid so."
I was silent for a moment before I grabbed the collar of his shirt, pulled him down and crushed my lips to his. The kiss was goodbye. A kiss of death. He returned the short and near violent kiss and then pulled away, his hand stroking my cheek. "I love you." I managed to choke out.
He squeezed my hand tightly as he backed away, arm length away. "I love you too." And he let go. His holoform disappeared and he walked to the rocket. Falling onto my knees, silent tears rolled down my cheeks as I heard the countdown.
"3…..2…1….blastoff."
I watched as the rocket took off and squinted my eyes. Suddenly, missiles came from out of nowhere and….
Blew up the rocket.
I could only watch in horror as the pieces of debris fell to earth. I fell to my knees yet again and banged my forehead on the pavement. The soldiers behind me were quietly murmuring.
I closed my eyes and let out a scream of pure anguish.
…
Shoving things in my backpack, I placed one of Que's gadgets, a latch/hook on my left wrist and placed a type of dagger in my inside coat pocket. With that, I zipped up the bag and placed it on my back. I was leaving the room when the soldiers saw me leaving.
"Whoa, where are you going?" Alexander asks.
"I'm going to Chicago, Sentinal is my target." I replied and walked out to one of the army trucks.
"Whoa! You can't go by yourself!" Johnson shouted as he and the others ran out.
"I don't care! The Autobots are dead and Cybertron will be colliding with Earth in hours!" I shouted back. "I'm going to Chicago whether you like it or not!"
Washington sighed. "Fine, but we're going with you."
"Why are you helping me?" I ask.
"Because that asshole killed our friends too."
I gave a small smile. "Soldiers, roll out!"
And many hours later, we entered the ruined city of Chicago.
"Oh….my god….." Johnson whispered.
Decepticon ships flew over the city, making sure no one made it in…..or out alive. "Sentinal's in there somewhere. I'm gonna find him and murder the bastard." I said and slowly began walking.
"Hey!" Johnson rushed after me. "You're not going in there! Nobody's going in there!"
"I have to!" I shouted back. "The Autobots are dead because of Sentinal! And I am the reason why Sentinal is here."
"You're not going in there!" Johnson grabbed my arm, spinning me around. "It's over. I'm sorry, but it's over."
I was about to shout at Johnson when a small Decepticon ship suddenly fired at us. "Get down!" Washington ordered and dragged me underneath a ruined building. The ship fired at us and then suddenly…..it was fired down by something from behind us.
We all heard the thundering footsteps and looked behind and above. Optimus stood above us, his arm turning from a cannon to an arm. "Your leaders will now understand: Decepticons will never leave your planet alone, and we needed them to believe we had gone. For today, in the name of freedom, we take the battle to them!"
We watched as the other Autobots came along. "I saw your ship explode!" I shouted, standing up.
"The SHIP!" Leadfoot exclaimed. "We were never ON the ship! We designed the damn thing, didn't we?"
Tears pricked at my eyes and I let them fall. Clenching my fists, I only said. "You guys are fucking idiots for making us worry."
We rushed to the spy drone and talked to Readen about our plan to destroy the Pillars. The main Pillar was hiding in an open outside area in the Sears Tower. With the main Pillar down or destroyed, Cybertron can't be brought to Earth.
"Move out!" Washington ordered.
Que provided us with some special weapons and gadgets before we went off and decided to take aim in a heavily-damaged building. "Okay….so the Pillar is across the river and the bridge is up." Armstrong said. "Damn…..Alexander, you still got that rocket launcher?"
"Right here man."
I nodded. "We take the shot when it's clear."
All of a sudden, Washington's eyes widened. "Everyone, hide!" he grabbed my wrist and we hid behind one of the floor to ceiling pillars as a Decepticon drone busted through the window and into the building. Everyone was hiding underneath a desk or behind a pillar.
"What now?" I mouthed.
Washington grabbed a piece of debris and threw it to the left. The Decepticon drone followed it. "Run!" Washington shouted and we ran, right out of the building. Now, the building was slanted, so we were sliding down fast.
"I don't wanna die! I'm only 25!" Alexander screamed.
"Shoot the windows!" Armstrong shouted and they shot through the windows, letting us fall back into the building. Washington landed harshly on a beam and grabbed my wrist before I fell through the damaged building. He pulled me up and then we heard a whirling noise.
"That can't be good….." Armstrong muttered.
Just as he said that, a giant worm-like Cybertronian creature came through the building and began crushing through the middle. The top half of the building fell onto another, making us hold onto the beams. "Is everyone alright?" Armstrong asks.
We got a few yeah's and yes's. The worm creature was still making its way through the building when suddenly; Optimus came flying in and destroyed the head of the creature with ease before flying off.
"Let's get out of here before this building collapses on us." Washington said and we rushed outside, only to entire firing from above. "Get inside that building!" the soldiers went into the building while I ran off somewhere else.
"Um guys, where's Shell?" Johnson asks.
"Alexander, you were supposed to be watching her!"
"Hey! Not my fault! I've got giant robots firing at me from all directions!"
Meanwhile, I ran through an ally way and stopped as I looked up at the Sears Tower. "Got a few more miles…..Readen needs to get the bridge down." I said to myself. All of a sudden, I heard a whining noise and Starscream came up from behind me.
"What a treat! You and me, alone!"
"Shit!" I cursed and ran.
"I love it when your insect feet run!" he cackled as he thundered after me.
This guy's a fucking psycho! I thought. I tripped and fell, rolling onto my back. I then held up my arm with Que's hook gadget on it and fired. The hook fired at Starscream and latched onto his right eye. He screamed out. "My eye! My eye!" he shrieked and began staggering around, dragging me with him. I swear my arm was going to pop out of my socket!
Starscream, without even knowing, threw me through a window and Que's dagger fell out of my coat pocket. I grabbed it as Starscream neared the window. "This better work!" I spoke and jumped out the window, onto Starscream and yelled as I stabbed the dagger through Starscream's other eye. This time, he screamed out in pain, dragging me along with him again. "I can't see! I can't see!"
I roughly collided with Washington. "Shell! What the hell is going on?" he asks.
"I got a bomb! We have to kill Starscream!" I shouted and Washington put his arms around my middle, both of us screaming as Starscream dragged us up into the air. When I got near enough, I put the bomb on Starscream's head and cut the line. Starscream's head blew up and his body fell as we fell.
And that's when Bumblebee came in and caught us before we hit the ground. He got us out of the way as Starscream's corpse landed on the ground. "Well…..he's dead." I panted.
…..
We regrouped near an area where Soundwave and several Decepticons had Que, Bumblebee, Dino and Ratchet.
"Hey! Sentinal said no prisoners!" one of the drones said.
Soundwave laughed. "Yes, no prisoners. Kill them."
"No, wait!" Que said as he was placed in the middle. "I'm sure we can work something out!"
And then he was blown through his head and spark.
Another drone shoved Bumblebee onto his knees and held his gun to the back of Bee's head. Those blue fear filled eyes met mine and then suddenly…the largest Decepticon ship began to fall. The drone was distracted and Bumblebee tore off his head.
We just heard that Optimus took out the Pillar and now the space bridge had been disconnected and Cybertron collapsed. I separated from the others as Optimus and Sentinal began to fight and found Megatron in the ally.
"Oh, have you come to surrender?" he asks.
I glared at him and held out my hand. "No." and I crushed my hand, therefore crushing his head. Now Sentinal was the only one left. I rushed into the battlefield and gasped as Sentinal took off Prime's arm. "SENTINAL!" I screamed.
The bot turned to me as I felt my powers rage through me. My hands began to glow and I floated off the ground only a foot or two. "You really are a powerful human." Sentinal spoke and pressed a button on his arm.
A loud ringing noise came from out of nowhere and I cried out, falling to the ground and shoving my hands over my ears. The ringing only got louder and louder and I screamed.
I heard Sentinal yell out and the ringing stopped. Opening my eyes, Sentinal was now crawling on the ground, heavily damaged. "Optimus, all I ever wanted was the survival of our race. You must see why I had to betray you….."
"You didn't betray me, you betrayed yourself." Prime spoke and held up his gun to Sentinal's head.
"No Optimus!"
And his spark was blown apart.
I let out a sigh of exhaustion and relief.
The battle was finally over….
…..
Limping through the soldiers, they finally moved and I saw Optimus's holoform appear. Tears pricked my eyes and I ran, more like fast-limped towards him and ran into his arms.
"I am sorry I left you." He murmured, tightening his arms around me.
I sighed and looked him straight in the eyes. "I forgive you…and I love you."
His holoform smiled and he tenderly kissed my forehead. "I love you too."
All of a sudden, Bumblebee started dropping large sized ring things. "Rings?" I questioned and Bumblebee started humming the wedding march.
Prime let out a small laugh and I just frowned. "Bee, it's too early! You gotta slow way down!"
Bee shrugged. "I'm just trying to help out."
I just sighed, but let a small smile cross my face. The battle was finally over and now…
Earth could live in peace.
