Skylight's P.O.V:
I haven't recharged this good in so long. For once in the longest time I was actually waking up warm and not cold. As I onlined my optics, I saw that I was up against a bot's orange and white chassis. Looking up I saw the familiar face of Ratchet recharging quietly. Seeing him like this brought back a few memories from my blocked memory banks of times when I was younger. Times like when I would be curled up next to Ratchet when I would have nightmare and he would speak soft and kind words to calm me down.
I don't know how long I just lay there just staying in Ratchet's familiar and warm embrace but at the sound of my tanks rumbling, I would have to say a while. "Could have woken me up a while ago Sky if you wanted to." Looking back up at Ratchet's face, I saw that he was now awake and he had a smile on it. "Like you said, I could if I wanted to. Being here does bring back some good memories." I said as Ratchet slowly sat up. "You've been getting more of your memories back?" Ratchet asked and I nodded as I sat up with a stretch. "A few, they come and they go."
Suddenly my tanks rumbled again and I couldn't help but laugh sheepishly, as the humans would say. "How about we go get you some energon? When was the last time you truly had a full tank?" Ratchet asked as he slid of the berth. "Pretty long time. I sometimes had to go for weeks without energon. Finding energon were I stayed before was near close to impossible."
Ratchet looked both shocked and surprised that I had said this, and I could say I could blame him. Most Cybertronians could barely go a week without energon but I could last a good two and a half; I had trained my body to save the little I had over the years. "Well, you won't have to worry about that anymore." Taking my servos in his Ratchet led me out of his room and down the hallway.
After passing a few of the other doors, Ratchet stopped in front of one that had a keypad lock on it. "Tight security I see." I joked and Ratchet nodded smiling. "Can never be too sure." As Ratchet typed in the code, the door opened and it showed a good sized amount of energon cubes stacked up against an energon liquefier. "Low or Mid-grade?" Ratchet asked. "Low grade please, Ratchet."
Picking up a small energon cube, Ratchet handed it to me and I took it happily. As Ratchet turned to pick himself a cube, I quickly began to drink my own. It had been so long since I had normal energon and it tasted somewhat sweeter. As Ratchet began to drink his own, he saw that I had already had finished half of my own. "I take it you haven't had any energon recently?" I pulled my cube away and I shrugged. "Can't think of the last time I had any energon." Ratchet nodded and took my now empty cube and handed me another. "We have plenty."
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After Ratchet and I had finished off our fill of energon, we went into the main room to see most of the team out and about. Optimus was standing by the computers reading something, Arcee was standing off to the side with Bumblebee talking about something and I saw that humans were already here and were watching something on the TV. "About time you woke up Skylight!" turning over to where the humans were, I saw that Miko had her full attention on me along with the others.
"Did I miss something important?" I asked as I went over to them while Ratchet went over towards Optimus. "No, I just wanted to chat with you is all. You never came back last night; did you come in after we left?" Miko asked and I nodded. "I walked back last night. Sorry if I worried you." Miko shook her head and pulled out her cellphone. "No problem. Just hold still." Doing what she asked, I allowed her to take my photo already knowing that was what she was doing by the way she held up her phone.
"Another bot to add to the scrapbook." Miko said as she turned back to the TV. "Miko keeps a scrapbook at her house of all the Autobots she meets as well as anything else she find exciting." Jack explained and I nodded. "I see."
Walking over to where Optimus and Ratchet stood, I noticed that the screen held a file of old missions that the team had gone on before I had joined. And there were a great number of them. "Looking over past missions Optimus?" I asked and it gained both Ratchet's and Optimus' attention.
"Something like that. Ratchet and I were just deciding on what to do on a situation we have." Optimus answered as he shut down the file. "Anything I can help with?" I asked, wanting to be of some use to the team. "Not at this present time, but thank you anyway Skylight." Optimus said as he walked past me to where Arcee and Bumblebee were talking.
"If you want to help Sky, you can assist me with repairing the ground bridge. One of the parts needs to be tuned up." Ratchet asked me and I nodded. "Sure."
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After a while, Ratchet and I had finished repairing the part and had placed it back inside the ground bridge but I noticed that the base had grown really quiet.
Looking around I noticed that everyone was gone, besides Optimus, and even the humans were gone. "Where did everyone go?" I asked. "Out for a drive I think. They should be back soon Sky." Ratchet said as he noticed also that they had left. "Actually, I sent them away for a while." Optimus spoke up as he came over to us. "Why?" I asked. "We need to talk about something's Skylight and I thought it would be best if it was just the four of us."
"Four of us? But there is only three here Optimus; Ratchet, you, and myself." I said but then it dawned on me as Optimus looked over in the corner of the room, where it was almost too dark to see, but I could see someone standing there. "Smokescreen, please come over here please."
Slowly Smokescreen came into view but he didn't look too please as he came near us. "Yeah Optimus, what'd you need?" Smokescreen asked as he refused to look me in the optics. "Ratchet and I have talked it over and we are willing to shorten you base grounding if you do this simple task for us." Optimus said and Smokescreen nearly forgot I was here as he smiled slightly.
"Okay, what is it you want me to do?" Smokescreen asked and the look Ratchet and Optimus shared told me that there was going to be a catch to his early freedom. "We need you to go and check up on a Decepticon sighting Ratchet found a few days ago." Optimus explained and Smokescreen nodded. "Okay, fire up the ground bridge. The quicker I get out the quicker I can get away-" Smokescreen stopped himself as he received a harsh glare from Ratchet and as he noticed that the wrench Ratchet was holding.
"You can leave immediately but you will not be going alone." Hearing Optimus say this caused both Smokescreen and myself to look up in confusion. "Okay, are you coming with Optimus?" Optimus shook his head. "Neither Ratchet or myself will be going with you on this mission; the one who will be going with you is Skylight."
If it weren't for the fact that Smokescreen now looked really ticked off, I most likely would have questioned the Primes decision. "That Freak! I'm sorry Optimus but I would rather much stay here for a week in my room than go on a mission with that." Smokescreen pointed his servo at me and I couldn't help but slip behind Ratchet in fear. "You better watch your mouth you little ungrateful Mech!" Ratchet shouted as he was about to fling his wrench at Smokescreen but Optimus raised his hand and Ratchet slowly lowered his servo.
"It was not a request Smokescreen. You will go with Skylight on this mission and there will be no complication. Do I make myself clear?" Optimus' voice didn't show it but I could feel it coming from his spark that he was really angry with Smokescreen.
Smokescreen looked over at from my hiding spot behind Ratchet and turned back to Optimus with his head down. "Yes sir." Those two little words were filled with such venom towards me that if I was able to I most likely would have turned myself invisible to hide away from Smokescreen. "Good, now I'll let Ratchet fill the both of you in on what he found then you can leave." Optimus said as he walked away.
"Come on you two. I'll show you where you're going than I'll send you on your way." Ratchet said as he took my servo and pulled me over to the computers with Smokescreen following slowly behind us. "Ratchet, i-is it really a good idea to send me and Smokescreen alone on this mission? He doesn't really have a great care for me to begin with and this seems to only make him want to hate me more." I asked Ratchet as we finally came to the computers.
"Most of this was Optimus' idea Sky; I don't really have a say in it but I did agree with him that if he spent more time with you he might just change his mind about how he thinks of you." Ratchet explained in a hushed voice as Smokescreen finally joined us. "Okay, this is where you two are going."
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As we walked out the other end of the ground bridge. I took in all the monstrous tall trees and the mountains that seemed to go on in an endless line. Ratchet had bridged us to what was called the Rocky Mountains and from the way the sun looked it had to be in the late afternoon. "Come on; let's get this over with so I get back to base so I don't have to stay out here any longer than I need." Smokescreen said as he shoved his way pasted me to go down the trail.
As we walked farther down the trail, Smokescreen leading the way with me a good distance away, I figured I might try to talk with Smokescreen. "So, Smokescreen, what was your life back on Cybertron?" I asked, trying to start some form of a conversation. Smokescreen didn't answer so I tried something else. "What kind of earth music do you like? I enjoy what the humans call-" "Look here Freak! I know Optimus and Ratchet only paired us together because they wanted me to get used to you but I am only to tell you this once. I have no plans to befriend a freak like you so just give it up." Smokescreen looked ready to slap my face with the anger that was coming from his spark so I backed up slowly and bowed my head. "Now move it, Ratchet said the Decepticon sighting was just up ahead."
As Smokescreen ventured ahead, I stood still and watched the ground. Maybe this idea of Optimus' wasn't such a great one. Maybe Smokescreen would just be one of those Mechs who would never look past my abilities and just think of me as a freak.
"Check it out over here." Lifting my head up, I saw that Smokescreen had called me over to a cliff edge and he was looking at something. Walking over to him, I pushed back a tree branch to see what it was. Down in the valley, I saw a small amount of Decepticons standing in front of a hole in the mountain side while others came out with crates full of energon. "Looks like a Decepticon energon mine." I said quietly and I noticed how a soft rumbling sound started up.
"Let's call base for a bridge and tell the others f this." As Smokescreen turned around to leave, the rumbling grew louder and suddenly a large amount of the cliff edge fell; it just so happens that the part that fell happened to have Smokescreen on it. "Smokescreen!" Reaching my servo out, I gripped his in mine and held onto him as best as I could.
"Autobots! Terminate them!" one of the Decepticons shouted and the others began to shoot at us. "About time to leave don't you think?" I asked Smokescreen, who nodded slowly. As I began to pull him up, one of the 'Cons shot at the cliff and it caused a large section to fall down; along with Smokescreen and myself.
As we both made contact with the ground, I felt my screen crack on the left side. Slowly the 'Cons came closer and continued to shoot at us. "We need to get out of here!" as we both stood up one of the 'Cons took a shot at Smokescreen and it hit him square in the side of his face. "Smokescreen!" rushing over to his side I saw how his hearing receptor was now damaged and it was leaking a small trail of energon. "Get out of here! I don't need your help." But as he tried to push himself up he was sent back down as a 'Con blasted at us and I forced him back down so I could cover him with my chassis.
"this femme is new; I don't remember her from anywhere." A bright red 'Con said to a larger seeker who held a blaster in his servos. "Either way, ending their lives will please lord Megatron." The Seeker spoke as he raised his blaster towards us.
My chassis began to shake widely and I couldn't believe this was the way I was going to offline; right after I had found Ratchet and after I had found a place to call home again. Suddenly my chest plating began to vibrate and it gave off a loud hum. "What is that femme doing?!" the red Mech said before he could think my chest plating spread apart and my spark sent out a blast of energy at him which sent him flying into the mountain.
As the red Mech shook his head, he looked down at his chassis and saw that it was no longer a bright red but a deep dark black and it was scratched like crazy. "You ruined my finish! You'll pay for that femme!" as he stood up his servo transformed into a saw and the seeker charged his blaster.
Looking down at Smokescreen, who looked both surprised and terrified, I thought of an idea. I knew it wasn't my smarted one but I had to protect my team. Quickly standing up, I concentrated strongly at the thought of blasting all these 'Cons away. Suddenly my vision became blurry and I felt my body become surprisingly weak. Than my spark sent a blast out and it spread out in all directions hitting all the Decepticons in the way. Most of them were destroyed but the red Mech and seeker were only sent flying back into the mountain.
Slowly the blast disappeared and my chest plating closed. I was trying my best to stand on my legs, as I watched the 'Cons that were left stand up as well but they all had a shocked expression on their faces. "What in the name of the All Spark was that?!" the red Mech said as he slowly backed away with the seeker. "Whatever it is it's not worth losing our lives to." As the seeker transformed and blasted away, the red Mech transformed into a car and drove away into the valley.
As the remaining 'Cons left, I finally allowed myself to fall down with a thud. My whole chassis felt so weak that I was surprised that I was still online right now.
Suddenly I felt myself being turned around onto my side and I was than looking into the optics of Smokescreen. They looked different somehow; instead of the usual anger they held when they looked at me, these held sadness and concern. "Why? Why did you help me? After I told you leave, after I said all those things to you?"
I smiled weakly and tried to lift my servo to his face but I never made it so I allowed him to take my servo in his own. "That's what being part of a team means; helping each other no matter what the other says." Smokescreen looked completely shocked when I said this and I guess I could blame him.
"We need to call base. We're in both need of repairs from Ratchet." Smokescreen said with a smile and I nodded. "You'll have to call him. I don't have enough energy to comm. link him and I can't send a distress call." Smokescreen nodded and tried to call Ratchet at the base but he shook his head. "I can't either. That blast must have damaged mine to."
This worried me a little; if we were unable to contact the others who knew how long we would be waiting out here. And in our conditions, it didn't look too bright if we had to wait. "Do you think you can stand up?" Smokescreen asked me but I shook my head. "I barely have enough energy to hold you servo Smokescreen; much less than stand up on my legs." Smokescreen nodded and looked up to the mountains. "If we're able to get to the top of that Mountain, I might be able to send a small distress signal." Turning my head slightly, I saw the mountain wasn't too far away, maybe a few minute's walk if I were able to move my legs. Suddenly I felt myself being lifted up and being held closed to a chassis. "Try to relax a little. I'll have us at the top before you know it." Looking up, I saw Smokescreen with a happy smile on his face. "Thanks." I said as he began to walk towards the mountain. Closing my optics, I listened to the soft beats coming from Smokescreens Spark allowing it to lull me to sleep.
New CHPTR, what do you guys think?
Dedicated songs are 'Arms' by Christina Perri, 'Never Alone' by BarlowGirl, 'Our Solemn Hour' by Within Temptation, and 'Underneath' by Adam Lambert.
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