A/N: Hey everyone! Time skip of about three months. Nothing important except Lennox and Ani were promoted each to Brigadier General. That's only one rank. Now, thanks for all your reviews and encouragement! Unto the chapter!
"Frag it!"
"C'mon."
"Really?"
"You cheat. You must cheat." I smirked as I gathered all the chips. The holoform beside me was chuckling having folded before I robbed all my friends of their chips.
"I don't cheat. It's these new things called bluffing and a pokerface. Look 'em up." The three holoforms and two humans continued to grumble while I stacked the chips. I then dealt the cards out and adopted my pokerface. Two aces, perfect. The round started with Henry folding. We went around, Lead raising to 20, 'Buster folding, and so on. Light banter crossed between us, including some teasing about 'Spin and I getting together which resulted in the nearest object being thrown at the person. Usually it was a datapad.
"Fold." 'Spin threw his cards down face up in the center of our merry little group. Now that he wasn't in anymore I leaned back against his strong frame. He answered by wrapping an arm around my shoulders and pulling me closer, glancing at my cards. He raised an eyebrow but nothing else. Twist chuckled.
"Told you you were a perfect couple."
"I'm not gonna throw something at you because you're right. For once." Lead and Henry tried to contain their laughter while 'Buster and Dan burst out laughing. I felt 'Spin's chest jerk slightly with his chuckles. I gave a victorious smirk to Twist's glare and called his bet. We continued until it was just me and him. The hand had two other aces and I was feeling lucky. Twist gave a knowing smirk then pushed all his chips into the pot.
"All in." I nodded, seemingly unaffected, and called. He threw his cards on the pile. "Three of a kind; aces." He started to grab the pile but I tsked. Pausing he looked at me. I dropped the cards and his eyes widened to the point where they could've popped out of his head.
"Four of a kind; aces." Everyone laughed at Twist's dismay as I dumped my chips into my bag. I then smiled and leaned forward, kissing his cheek and standing. Dan, Henry, and I laughed at 'Spin's shocked face while Twist smirked at his brother. I grabbed the poor holoforms hand and helped him up, dragging him from the room and bidding everyone goodnight. I continued to drag the dazed holoform to our quarters and plopped him on the couch. He finally snapped out of his daze and looked up at me, pouting. I laughed at the look and sat beside him, snuggling up to his side.
"You know you look really cute when you pout?" I asked. He looked down at me, keeping the pouty expression. He then leaned real close, smirking slightly.
"If you say so. Do I earn something?" I returned the smirk and action to the point where we were centimeters apart.
"Maybe." We stared into each other's eyes, or at least his visor glasses on my part, for a while longer before the gap was closed. It was a short yet passionate kiss, and I was smiling by the end. 'Spin nuzzled my face and spoke, his mouth near my ear.
"I think it's your bedtime." I looked at the clock and saw it was one in the morning. I pushed myself closer to the holoform, if that was possible, and closed my eyes. My head rested on his chest as I listened to the humming of the forms Spark.
"If you say so," I mumbled. His chest rumbled with chuckles before I was lifted and carried bridal-style towards my berth. He set me down and went to leave but I grabbed his wrist with my death hold. He could've easily dismissed the holoform but decided to be kind and laid down next to me. His arms wrapped around my waist and I was pulled into his form. My head was resting on his bicep and I was half gone already. He set his forehead against mine and I could feel his gaze studying me. Not that I minded. I smiled before falling into deep sleep.
"Ok, I know it's being selfish but I never get sleep when I visit you." The white and silver mech turned to face me and I knew something was wrong by the look in his optics. "What?" He sighed then spoke, but I almost didn't want him to. It was so sad I was immediately on the verge of tears.
"Your friends will need to be taken back. All except for Twin Twist." My eyes widened in complete shock.
"What!?" Primus crouched down before me, his optics filled with the most intense sadness I've ever seen.
"They are made out of pure power because their bodies weren't healed. What you see and feel is my power solidified. They need their original bodies."
"Why would they need to go back?" Primus sighed again before speaking.
"Normally I would be fine with it because I would be supplying the power, but I'm not." Realization struck as he continued. "You've been feeling more tired over the past week because it's taking a major toll on your body. Twin Twist is fine because you teleported and gave life to his body that wasn't majorly damaged. The others, not so much." I closed my eyes and focused on my power. Sure enough, it was drained. I opened them and sighed myself.
"I'll get to work on the bodies then." The sadness didn't leave his optics and before I could ask, five faint figures started to appear beside him. A sixth I recognised as Sentinel walked from the black. "Wait, not right now!" Before anything else could be said or done ringing filled my ears and blackness swamped over me.
I bolted upright to a worried 'Spin and my phone ringing. I checked the number and opened it speaking before the caller could.
"I need access to the Autobot bodies and I need it now." The holoform raised an eyebrow at me but I saw the exhaustion in his stance. "Dismiss the dang thing," I mouthed. He snorted but complied.
"First tell me why the heck Ironhide and Jazz disappeared right in front of my eyes!" Lennox demanded.
"Seems they along with Elita, Arcee, and Q were made out of pure energy pulling from my strength. Primus called them back temporarily so I could fix their bodies and revive them. Thus, I need that access."
"Primus? Isn't that their God or something?"
"Yeah." Silence was heard on the other end of the line. I grew angry, not wanting to waste a moment in re-reviving my friends. "Maldita sea Lennox, respóndeme! ¿Tengo el juego?" "Damnit Lennox, answer me! Do I have clearance?"
"Sorry. Uh, yeah you do. I think... yeah Fig translated. I'll send a C17."
"No need. All seven of us are coming."
"Okay?" I still hadn't revealed my power to anyone outside of our seven, but I think Ratchet was starting to take guesses. Luckily, in both clothing modes that I keep around the 'Bots, the glyphs are covered. Optimus wouldn't be able to decipher what they mean.
I threw my legs over the side of the berth and let my eyes flash before closing them. When I opened them the world was darker than before and I was seeing a HUB. Looks like my anger's showing, I thought to myself. I hopped off the berth and marched into the living room where Topspins bipedal form was waiting. He rose a metallic eyebrow but complied when I motioned for him to follow.
I marched down the hall, my impatience turning to anger and anger seething. Halfway I felt extra weight on my back but thought nothing of it. I reached Dan's quarters and pounded on the door.
"Dan, obtener su popa perezoso y en movimiento en veinte," "Dan, get your lazy aft up and moving in twenty."A grunt was my reply before he mumbled 'I'm up, I'm up'. Nodding in satisfaction I marched towards Henry's quarters and pounded, denting the metal. The door opened and Henry's tired face appeared. He blinked once, his eyes widened, blinked two more times, then spoke.
"What's with the swords?" I raised an eyebrow at him, a slight scowl forming. "You're angry, got it. I'm not gonna ask. See ya in twenty." With the way Henry was, I didn't need to ask how he knew I wanted him in twenty minutes. I spun on my heels and walked towards the main hangar with Topspin on my tail.
When we reached it I went straight for Twin Twist's prone alt form. Roadbuster was leaning against the hangar watching the sun rise while Leadfoot was working on something at the workbench. When I reached the car I kicked the side of the door as hard as I could, getting the other two Wreckers attention. The car jerked and Twist's voice rang from the radio.
"Ow! What was that for?"
"Great, you're still with us."
"Still with you?" I was facing the hall waiting for my two soldiers. I stared before replying.
"The others were made of pure energy. I was making sure you were still here. Seems like I repaired your body and transported it when I brought you back." The silence I heard was answer enough. Over a data burst I sent my soldiers that same info. Judging by the minute delay and the shocked looks on their faces when they arrived I knew they weren't expecting that.
"Everyone ready?" I asked. Knowing I would need it I continued to use 'Spin's leg for support.
"For what?" 'Buster asked. I smiled before activating the power. A flash of extremely bright purple then we were outside the NEST boundary. I think it was somewhere in Nevada now.
Out of nowhere my support fell to the ground.
"Whoa!" Three huge crashes sounded along with two other quieter thumps. The sound of a transformation filled the silence and soon Twin Twist was blocking the sun.
"For that." Dan got up from the ground and glared.
"You gotta warn us Ani!" Henry yelled. I wasn't listening, instead focused on the dust cloud in the distance. I pushed off 'Spin so his brother could help him up. I felt all the daggers on my back but just waited for the lime green rescue vehicle and the blue and red Peterbilt followed by a few army vehicles.
"We are so dead." What Dan didn't notice was that the semi had its trailer. And I could tell what that trailer held, even without my powers. The group reached us and the semi disconnected before transforming. Waving absentmindedly I walked to the back and opened the trailer. In there was what I was waiting for. The remains of all the Autobots that were killed. Including Sentinel.
I jumped from the trailer and walked to Optimus, knocking on his foot. He looked down at me as I looked up.
"Thanks for bringing the bodies Paxy." The wreckers and my soldiers tensed. Optimus smiled and nodded while Ratchet looked flabbergasted.
"You told me only one person was allowed to call you that," he said to Optimus. I took a breath before stepping forward and turning into my robot form. My anger was gone so it was my normal body. I gave Optimus a one armed hug, nodded to the completely flabbergasted Ratchet, and looked at Dan and Henry.
"Get in you 'Bot form boys. We got work to do."