Wow, this fic is officially twice as long as any of my others and there's still a lot left. I may need to cut this fic in half and write a forth entry in the series.
Deliverance
Fact
Galvatron was avoiding her again.
Not that Elita didn't mind, she couldn't face him after the night in the launch bay. Galvatron increased the range on her collar, not out of kindness or necessity, but simply so he could go further away from her. There was one thing Elita was grateful for it was that Galvatron never spoke about what happened that night.
There was no way he couldn't know now, that she was in love with Megatron, but Galvatron made no comment on it. Elita traced her lips, where Galvatron had once kissed her. Did he have feelings for her too? If so, why? She doubted the kiss was anything more than a ruse to shut her up.
The whole thing seemed to make him uncomfortable.
It made her uncomfortable too. She felt excited when the sound of footsteps came by Galvatron's apartments, and a small part of her saddened when they passed by, because she knew it was not Galvatron coming back.
Why?
She once had these same feelings for Megatron, especially that night before he died, when he came to see her and ask about their daughter. So why now did her thoughts turn to Galvatron? Was she replacing Megatron with him in her spark because he was so close to what he was?
No! She couldn't, Megatron would never be replaced by him! She had to hold on to Megatron's memory, it was the only thing keeping him around.
Still another set of footsteps sounded, and Elita straightened with hope, and even desire.
The footsteps stopped outside the door. Elita's spark pulsed. Galvatron was back! No! She couldn't be excited! She had to hold on! The doors slid open as Elita struggled with her longings.
Thankfully when the Decepticon entered, it was not Galvatron at all, and the war inside her settled with both relief and disappointment.
"Greeting Elita One." Soundwave announced.
"Soundwave." She acknowledged with a nod. She remembered Soundwave being in here once, talking to Galvatron. Trying to make him remember something. She had been busy worrying about Arcee, and it hadn't seemed important at the time, but suddenly Elita was very curious as to what Soundwave was trying to get Galvatron to remember.
"Try to remember what you were before Unicron." He'd said that as if he knew what Galvatron was. So what was he? Elita wondered.
"Curiosity:" Soundwave said in his usual melodic monotone. "It drives many. Some to doom: Some to fame."
"What?" Elita had absolutely no idea what Soundwave was getting at.
Soundwave continued, answering her, at the same time not acknowledging that she had spoken, "Your curiosity: Galvatron's origin. Explanation: Complicated. Truth: You already know."
"Wha- no!" Elita shouted at him. "You're wrong! I mean, yeah, I want to know where Galvatron came from, but I don't know…This doesn't even make sense!"
"Elita One." He called gently. "Truth: You know already Galavtron's origins. Fact: You are incapable of accepting it, a Fact he too shares." Elita was about to ask what he meant "Clue: Galvatron has amnesia."
Elita thought about it, she's heard that before. Galvatron had no memory of what came before the Decepticons picked him up after the Unicron battle. That meant he'd had a life before then. "He worked for Unicron." She said stubbornly.
"Negative: Galvatron, like his predecessor only followed his own orders. Truth: Elita One. You already know Galvatron's origin." He emphasized again.
She wondered if she was annoying him, because she pieced it together, but denied it, danced around it, tried to find some other explanation. But she was stuck now, there was no where else to hid from the truth. "Galvatron is Megatron." She almost sobbed.
Almost as if a weight had been lifted from her, Elita felt free in a way. Her shoulder scrunched together and she buried her face in her hands. Megatron and Galvatron were one and the same. A small part of her had always known, even if the rest of it tried to hide, tried to deny. But how could that have been when Megatron was killed? And why did he join Unicron?
"Truth:" Soundwave said, "Sometimes answers lead to more questions."
Elita continued to sob into her hands. She didn't understand. Galvatron was so different from Megatron, was that because of his memory loss? It hurt that he had forgotten the love they'd shared, one she'd been foolish enough to believe would in fact transcend anything, even amnesia, but he still forgot her, and became a monster.
A hand touched her shoulder.
"Your assumption: Negative." Soundwave said. "Galvatron remembers. Symmetry: You denied the truth, as does he. Problem: Making Galvatron accept who he is. Solution: You must go to him."
"And convince him that it's the truth?" Elita asked looking up at the blue Decepticon, "How?"
"Solution: You must go to him." Soundwave repeated. "You must. Or Shockwave and your daughter will both die.'
"Wha?-" She was about to ask what Galvatron learning who he was had to do with Shockwave and Arcee, but then she remembered. Galvatron had sentenced death for Shockwave, and unavoidably Arcee too. If Galvatron could remember that Arcee is his daughter he would call of the hunt.
"How do I convince him? He won't listen to me!" Elita begged.
"Solution: Unknown." Soundwave concluded, "Elita One. You must go to Galvatron. Go to him alone, and find a way yourself."
Elita trembled. Part of her knew from the moment he had told her that she had to go to Galvatron that it would mean going alone. But she was afraid. What if she couldn't convince Galvatron? What if he had her executed? Or worse, what if she did reach Megatron and bring him back, and it was too late. Shockwave could melt in the pit for all she cared, but Arcee…She had to make sure Arcee would be alright no matter what.
Soundwave grabbed her arm. "Arcee will be alright." He said, "Truth: Shockwave took her to protect her. Fact: Shockwave will not allow her harm."
Elita gave him a puzzled looked, "What do you mean he took Arcee to protect her?" Soundwave didn't answer, he didn't need to. "He knew." Elita explained to herself, "Shockwave knew Megatron is Galvatron, he knew Arcee was his daughter, so he took her to protect her from a crueler master."
"Affirmative." Soundwave replied.
"I suppose I owe him an apology then." She managed a half smile, "And a thank you."
Soundwave gave one small nod in her direction, "Shockwave will protect her." He said again as he released her arm and turned away from her, leaving Galvatron's quarters to return to his normal duties.
"Thank you Soundwave." She said after him. He turned back once more and gave one last acknowledging nod before he disappeared.
Elita turned in on herself once he was gone. She knew what she had to do now, but how to do it, and would she be able to do it in time? She could only hope…
Yeah, writing that I decided I am going to cut this in half, concluding Deliverance in a few more chapters, with Elita trying to make Galvatron remember who he is, and the net part of the series about reuniting the family.
Where is everyone? I've only had two reviews each the last couple of chapters, am I doing a good job? Please remember to review and tell me how I'm doing or if I need to improve on anything!