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"Sideswipe!" I shouted in fear as soon as I saw him. Everyone turned to look at me, but I don't care. I ran to the medical berth to see if I could help, but Sunstreaker was faster. He intervened and scooped me up. Not caring about his paint job, I struggled to get a grip on his smooth armor so I could see over his shoulder and look at the unresponsive mech.
"Sideswipe!" I called again as the doors closed. "Take me back Sunstreaker! I have to help him!"
"There's nothing you can do Lily. You would just be getting in the way." Sunstreaker said calmly.
I shook my head as I felt tears start to sting my eyes. "I don't care! I have to help Sideswipe!"I struggled in his grip and tried to get to the now closed doors.
"Stop or else I'll get Ratchet to sedate you!" Sunstreaker hissed at me. I stopped, knowing he would. I whimpered and buried my face in his neck. I took a shuttering breath and started to cry, not even caring who saw. I just want my Sideswipe to be okay...
Sunstreaker vented and shifted me so I was now resting against his chest, above his spark. I pressed myself against his chest and I felt the thrum of his spark as it beat in steady rhythm. Sunstreaker started running a finger up and down gently along my back. I felt him walking and a door open and close. I felt him sit down, but I didn't care. All I cared about at that moment was Sideswipe and whether or not Ratchet and Jolt could put poor Humpty Dumpty back together again. (I know it sounds terrible, but he looked like Humpty Dumpty. He looked like a giant mechanical puzzle. I just pray that Ratchet and Jolt aren't like the kings men and are able to put him back together again...)
After a while, I calmed down and felt drained. Not only physically from crying and lack of sleep, but also mentally from worrying so much.
"Little Flower?" I sniffed and looked up to Sunstreaker. "Sideswipe is going to be fine. Don't worry, he's come back from far worse." He smiled down at me softly. I sniffed again and wiped my eyes before smiling back. I knew what he said was true. They were ex-gladiators and had to fight in a whole bunch of death matches. But, it's kind of hard to imagine something worse than parts of Sideswipe being twisted, burned, and warped to the point that parts of him were beyond recognizable. Not to mention the giant puddle of his lifeblood that dripped in steady streams onto the med bay floor. I shuddered at the memory and leaned back into Sunstreaker.
At least Sunny is still here with me. I'm definitely grateful for that.
I closed my eyes. Please, please, please! don't let Sideswipe go offline! I silently prayed.
Sometime during the next day, Sunstreaker got a comm from Ratchet, telling him that Sideswipe would be fine and we could come and visit. As soon as the 'bay's doors opened, I looked to Sideswipe. I looked over his body and found no evidence him being close to going offline. My eyes lingered on his face. He looked so peaceful, as if nothing ever happened to him.
Sunstreaker put me down next to Sideswipe's head. I scooted closer and started rubbing one of his audio horns. (I found out by complete accident that he likes it.) After a while, I stopped and climbed onto his chest. I sat right over his spark chamber so I could feel it and make sure he was still alive. I looked at his faceplates and willed him move just a little to let me know he was alright. I sighed sat like that for the rest of the day, ignoring everything and everyone around me.
Why do bad things have to happen to the people -or mechs in this case- I love? My little brother got hit by a car when he was like seven (don't worry, he only broke a femur). One of my friends got murdered in a home invasion robbery gone bad. My biological father left me and my family by the side of the road with no money. My cat that my mom got only a couple months after I was born died (her name was Booster and she was my oldest friend). My older brother got sent to Juvie because of what he did to me, and now he is currently in state prison because he never showed up to court to pay for his ticket fines. And now Sideswipe is hurt and I can't do anything to make him better.
"Lily?" A voice said, interrupting my thoughts. "Lily, you have to recharge."
"No," I growled, "not until Sideswipe wakes up."
"You've been awake for two days. You need to recharge."
"No."
The voice let out a deep sigh of frustration. Someone appeared and knelt next to me. I didn't look up from Sideswipe. They grabbed my arm and I felt a sharp prick in the crook of arm. I hissed in pain as I felt a needle start to loose it's contents into my arm. I started to pull away, but the hand that was holding me tightened. I started kicking out at the one who was holding me and heard a grunt of pain. The offending needle pulled away.
A couple moments later, I started getting dizzy and I only filtered in one last thing before I had the sensation of falling and everything going black: Sunstreaker was leaning over me and looking concerned. "Sorry, Little Flower," He said as everything went black.
Okay, let me just put this out there for future reference. I really hate taking anything that aids me in sleeping or completely knocks me out. They always give me weird dreams. Like take now for instance. I was currently dreaming about two unicorns, one red and the other yellow. Oh look, now they had wings, so now they're Pegasus-unicorns. Now they're flying... Wait! Where are you going? Ooh, now I see. Is... is that a giant Raphael from TMNT?! And is he wearing a pink and sparkly tutu? The frag!? Wait, no! Don't hurt Raphy! *Giant Raph started shifting and morphed into...* Holy crap! It's Darth Vader!
The scene shifted and I was now staring at the two Pegasus-unicorns. (I'm just going to call the P.U.s for short.) They were staring back at me.
"How long has she been like this?" the red one asked.
"Couple hours. Hatchet had to sedate her because she refused to charge till you woke up," the yellow P.U. answered.
The red P.U. walked up to me and placed a wing around me. I smiled and leaned into the warmth. You know, for a wing, it felt pretty hard. "I wonder what she's dreaming about?" it asked, looking at me curiously.
"... Uni-corns..." I mumbled, getting closer to the warmth. Both the P.U.s snorted.
I'm not sure how much time had passed, but I woke up some time later to find Sideswipe's hand around me. I yawned and stretched.
"Morning, Little Flower." Someone said. I whipped my head around to the source of the voice.
"Sideswipe!" I cheered happily. I got up and jumped onto his face, hugging him.
"Mmph!" he exclaimed when I landed. I felt Sideswipe smile (my stomach was right over his mouth) as he lifted a hand and patted my back before resting it lightly over me. I smiled and closed my eyes, rubbing my face against his. We stayed like that for a few minutes.
"Mmhmph," he mumbled into me.
I looked up at him. "Huh?" Sideswipe opened his mouth and I felt something wet on my stomach. My eyes widened and I shot off him like a bullet from a gun. "Ewww!" Sideswipe just licked me! (If there is one weakness I have [besides spiders], it's being licked. I hate getting licked.) I glared at him as he grinned at me. I looked around the room and noticed something missing. "Where's Sunny?"
"Getting some energon. Were you really going to stay awake till I woke up?"
I nodded, "Ya. Why didn't anyone wake me up when you woke up?" I started rubbing one of his horns.
Sideswipe smiled and closing his optics. "Because you looked so peaceful." He said as his engine started purring.(I guess everyone looks peaceful while they're sleeping.) I smiled. Just then, Sunstreaker walked in with two cubes of energon. He sat down in the chair next to the berth and put one of the cubes next to his brother. He leaned back and started sipping his energon.
"How long was I sleeping?" I asked as Sideswipe sat up to drink his own energon.
"About eighteen hours." Sunstreaker said from around his energon.
Eighteen?! Ugh! I'm going to have so much fun getting to sleep tonight. I looked up to Sideswipe and asked, "How long ago did you wake about?"
He paused drinking and looked at me, "Uhm.. nine to ten hours." I groaned and flopped onto my back. My stomach of course, had to choose that moment to grumble and demand food.
"I'm hungry." I just love stating the obvious.
"Has anyone ever told you that you look great in a uniform?" Sideswipe said with a sideways grin, leaning on a wall in our room.
"Yep." I said, popping the 'p'. I was currently putting things into a backpack for tonight. I stopped packing. Did Sideswipe do what I think he just did? I shrugged it off and resumed packing. "Zebra told me. She said it fits my curves perfectly."
Sunstreaker Gibb's slapped his twin.
"Ow! What?" Sideswipe rubbed the back of his head and looked at his yellow half. Sunstreaker only glared at him. Sideswipe turned back to me. "I'm still not convinced your friend doesn't secretly like you."
"Think what you want, but Zebra is my friend and I don't really care if she secretly likes me because I am straight." I zipped up my backpack. "Okay, I'm done."
Sunstreaker quirked an optic brow. "Straight?"
"Straight means that a girl only likes guys. If a guy is straight, that means he only likes girls." I pointed at myself, "I am straight, meaning I only like guys." Before I could stop myself, my ADD kicked in, taking away my brain-mouth filter. "Of course there are those who like the same sex. Guys who like guys are gay. Girls who like other girls are lesbians. It's pretty simple to tell between the two. Guys who are gay like to dress up like girls. Girls who are lesbians like to dress up like a guy. Why? I have no idea."
Sideswipe crouched in front of me and poked me softly. "But you dress like a male. Doesn't that make you a lesbian?"
I swung my backpack onto my back and looked into his optics. "Nope. Like I said before when I didn't know who you really were, I'm a tomboy. I like to dress like a guy and I like to do things that a guy does, but I also sometimes like to do girly things... depending on what it is. I'm confusing you, aren't I?" I stopped, looking between them. They both nodded. I shrugged, "Eh, oh well. I tried. Truthfully, the whole thing confuses even me."
"Humans are so weird." Sideswipe mumbled, standing back up.
"You're so weird." I grinned up at him, walking to the door.
"Not going to argue there." Sunstreaker agreed as we walked out of our room to the awaiting plane.
Okay, I really wish I could tell what we talked about in CAP, but some of the things is below top secret and at the same time, you need to have special clearance to be able to know these things... I hope I'm not breaking any laws or something by saying that much...
So any ways, once CAP got done, we went over to Zebra's house. Her parents were pretty welcome, but pretty hesitant about the Twins. No surprise there though. Zarina on the other hand was all over them and Jazz. (The Twins didn't seem to happy with how her being uh.. "clingy from a distance" I guess you could say.) Relatively speaking though. She asked (in my opinion) way to many questions.. that came to close to her finding out about the Autobots.
That night, the guys had to sleep with Zebra's little brother, Alex. (Her parents didn't think it was to fair that they had to sleep out in their cars.) Arcee and I were staying in Zebra's room. We stayed up most of the night watching movies and talking about.. stuff... I'm not going say what we talked about. It's like CAP. You need to have special access to know what happened. (NO HOMO!)
Anyways. Wednesday basically consisted of waking up and spending more time with my friends and family. And lets just say I refused to leave Sideswipe's side. He didn't seem to mind at all. In fact, I think he enjoyed it.
At about two, we left Zebra's house for my own so I could spend some time with my family. Heh, le-et's just say that my mom and dad gave me lots of hugs. And my cats and dogs also gave me lots of love. Except for Max. He pretty much ignored me, but no surprise there. Me on the other hand, I rushed him and gave him my biggest bear hug I could give him. I would never admit it out loud, but I missed him.
Man, I missed my family. We caught each other up on what was happening. The only thing I didn't tell my family about was the fact that my new friends were actually giant sentient robots from another planet. They didn't even ask about it which is a good thing because I am a terrible liar. While we talked, we did something I'm pretty sure no one else does. We played board games. And something I learned: Do NOT play Monopoly against Jazz or Sideswipe. You will get bankrupt so fast, it'll maker your head spin. But in the end, everyone had fun. (Except for Sunstreaker. He refused to play any games.)
After we finished playing, we had dinner and true to my word, I asked my mom to make Beef Noodle Casserole. She did and when the 'Bots tried it, they liked it like I knew they would (Sideswipe even asked for thirds. Snob. No offense Sides). Because my mom is (not trying to gloat here or anything) the best cook I know of.
Once we were done, we all (except for my mom and dad) left for youth. Max rode with Jazz while I was with Sideswipe. I hope Sunstreaker isn't getting jealous of all the time I've been spending with Sideswipe... We arrived at youth, played some games, had our service, then we sang worship songs, and then spent some time alone in His presence. Let me just tell you, my guardians never looked so out of place than they did now. Jazz took it all in stride like he normally did while Arcee hesitantly joined in. Sunstreaker and Sideswipe might have looked uncomfortable, but they never left my side the entire time. I just had to smile at that. They're taking this whole guarding me thing seriously and I couldn't help but find it all a little cute.
At the end of youth, I said goodbye to my friends and decided to ride with Sunstreaker as we made our way back to my house to drop Max off.
"I'm surprised you're not riding with Sideswipe." Sunstreaker observed as he deactivated his holoform when we were far enough away from the youth.
I looked to the dash and smiled. "I just thought you were lonely since I've been with Sides more than you since he woke up." I felt Sunstreaker's engine rumble through the seat.
"I appreciate the thought."
I was quite for a few seconds before speaking up, "Sunny? What would you do if the Decepticons were all gone and you could return back to Cybertron?"
Sunstreaker was silent as he thought about it. "I never really thought about it, but I guess I would visit the old places Sideswipe and I used to hang out. But since Cybertron is dead and the All Spark is gone, we have no way of bringing life back to our planet. It just wouldn't be the same."
"Do you think if you are able to go back, I could go with you?"
"Possibly. But it would depend on if we are even able to get back."
"Ya, I hadn't thought of that." I leaned my head against the window and the stars slowly get brighter as we left Rolla behind us. We rode in content silence all the way back to my house. Once there, I got out of Sunstreaker and walked inside to give my parents one last hug before I had to leave again. Being ever dutiful, my favorite twins followed me in while Arcee and Jazz kept an optic out outside. I gave my parents and pets one last goodbye hug and turned to leave when they stopped me.
"Hold on a second, Lily." My dad said, stopping me from walking out the door. I turned around and looked at him curiously. My mom stepped up to me and she had a small wiggling mass of black fur that hadn't been there before. The small furry thing let out a couple pitiful meows. My eyes widened as soon as I both saw and heard it. It was a kitten!
"We thought you might like to have something that reminds you of home with you. We didn't name him yet, we thought we would let you." My mom explained as she held the mass of fur out to me. My eyes continued to widen as I carefully took the small wiggling mass. It looked just like my first cat, Booster (except Booster was a girl). Just like Booster, he was all black and had cute little green eyes that just made you want to snuggle with him and love him and never want to let him go. I grinned like a little kid on Christmas morning after seeing all the presents under the tree. I turned to my guardians and put on my cutest puppy-dog pout I could.
"Pwetty pweese?" I pouted, pulling the small kitten to my face, rubbing it's oh-so-soft fur with my cheek. Sideswipe melted at my look and reached out to pet the soft fur of the kitten while Sunstreaker winced slightly. The latter glared at the former before sighing heavily and walking out the door, most likely to talk to Jazz. I smiled down at the kitten that was now snuggled contently in my arms and purring happily at all the loves he was getting.
I wonder what I should name him...? I don't know. I'll have to wait till I figure out his personality a bit more before I can do anything.
I handed the kitten to Sideswipe, who gladly took him, and turned to my family. "Thank you!" I gave them all huge hugs, even a very reluctant little brother. I turned back to Sideswipe and the kitten as Sunstreaker walked in.
"It can come with us, but that thing isn't riding with me." Sunstreaker said while glaring at the small black fuzz ball that was still in Sideswipe's arms.
"He is not an it or a thing. He is a he and his name is Salem." I told him while crossing my arms and glaring at him. So much for waiting on the personality. "And fine, I'll just ride with Sideswipe."
"Salem?" My mom asked from behind me. I turned to look at her and smiled.
"Ya, ya know? From Sabrina The Teenage Witch?" I explained. My dad snorted as he turned and sat at his desk chair.
"We need to get going." Sunstreaker said, motioning toward the door. I looked back at him and nodded before giving my family and pets one last hug. I gently took Salem from Sideswipe and looked back at my family.
"Bye, love you guys!" I called as we walked out the door. I got into Sideswipe's alt-mode and he slid the seat belt over me while I got my newest family member comfortable. The Autobots pulled out of my long driveway and turned onto the road that led to Rolla. I looked one last time at my house and felt a strange heaviness on my heart.
I don't know why, but this feels like the last time I'm ever going to see my family again.
"You alright, Little Flower?" Sideswipe's holoform spoke up, interrupting my thoughts.
I looked over to him. "Huh? Oh, ya. I'm alright. I just have a weird feeling, that's all." He raised an eyebrow, but didn't press for an explanation which I was grateful for. I looked down at the small kitten that was sleeping safely in my arms. "Hey Siders? Can we stop by the store and get a few things for Salem?"
"Ya, sure." So we stopped by Wally-World (Walmart) and bought the basic necessities needed for owning a cat. Once we were done, we were back on our way to Fort Lost In The Woods where from there, we would take the usual plane back to what I have dubbed 'Area 51' (the Autobot base).
The next day was spent playing with Salem (I took him everywhere I went) and introducing him to everyone. I even met Sam and Mikaela again. I apologized to them about me wandering back to my room when Sunny asked (more like demanded) for them to keep an eye on me. They said it was alright and they understood. I even made sure that neither Sideswipe or Sunstreaker got mad at Bumblebee for not being able to keep an optic on me. Once that was done, I became quick friends with Bumblebee's charge and his girlfriend.
"So, Lily, how has your stay with the Autobots been?" Mikaela asked. We were currently walking aimlessly around outside the hangers with mine and Sam's guardians following us not to far away.
"Pretty good. Everyone has been pretty nice to me so far. Except for Ironhide for a little bit. Sunny, Siders, and I stuck confetti in his cannons and it took him a couple days to get over it. Ratchet and Jolt also have been teaching me how to be a medic like them." I said as I shifted Salem around so his claws weren't digging into me anymore.
"What's it like to have the Terror Twins as your Guardians?" Sam asked, looking back at the three who were following us.
I laughed quietly, "It's awesome! They always want to make sure I'm both happy and safe. They'll do anything to make sure I am. They also love to play pranks and sometimes I get to help out."
"Aww! That's so sweet!" I turned and smiled at Mikaela.
"I think it's cute."
Sam cleared his throat. We both looked at him with amusement.
"Why don't you go hang out with the other guys, Sammy?" Mikaela nodded toward the mechs behind us. He took his Que and hurried to the others, happy to get away from us and our girl talk.
"Hey Mikaela? Your boyfriend is cute." I told her once he was out of hearing range.
Mikaela laughed, "Yes I know and he's all mine." She winked and we continued walking.
I held up one of my hands in surrender (my other one being full of a kitten). "I wasn't saying I wanted him for myself. You wanna hold Salem?" I asked, holding Salem out to her. He gave a pitiful meow and Mikaela gave an 'Aww!' before taking him and holding his fragile little body close to hers. "So what was the big fight with the Decepticons like?"
"It was pretty scary. I wasn't sure if we would survive or not."
I pictured myself in her place. "Now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure I would have had a mental breakdown if I was there. What about Sam?"
"Well, he had to run in the middle of the battle, got thrown off of a roof, and then got stuck in a fight between Optimus and Megatron. Oh, and he also shoved the All Spark into Megatron's chest."
I nodded, "Sunny and Sides told me about the last part. I think he was really brave to do that. If it wasn't for him, I'm pretty sure we wouldn't be standing here talking about it right now."
Sideswipe walked up to us at that moment. We stopped talking and walking, both pf us looking up at him. "Hey Lily, Optimus just sent out a public comm saying that we're moving to a different base."
"Really? Where?"
"Someplace in the middle of the ocean called Diego Garcia."
"Middle of the ocean?!" I squeaked out. "How am I supposed to go to CAP or youth group? What about camp next week?"
Sideswipe put on a lopsided grin. "Well, actually, Wheeljack and Ratchet have been working on something that will help with that."
"Really? Is that where Wheeljack went and Ratchet keeps going?" I asked as Sunstreaker, Bumblebee, and Sam walked over.
"Yes. We'll be leaving in a few days, so we have to go get ready." Sunstreaker said from behind us.
I looked to where Sam was hugging Mikaela from behind. "Are you guys going too?" They looked up Bumblebee, who nodded.
"Summer only." Bumblebee said through a radio clip.
"Sweet!" I gently took Salem from Mikaela. "See you guys later!" I walked between Sunstreaker and Sideswipe all the way back to our room to back what little belongings I do have. I would have helped them out with packing, but their stuff is just a little too big and heavy for me to lift.
Oooh! I can't wait to see the new base!
Ok, I couldn't keep Sideswipe hurt for to long. I just love him way to much. And in case anyone is wondering, yes Civil Air Patrol is real. Just go to Google and look it up.
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