Title: The Return

Rating: M

Pairings: Sunstreaker/oc, Prowl/Jazz

Disclaimer: I own nothing, Transformers belong to Hasbro

Okay, so I wanted to update this again and since I finally finished the last of my homework, I decided this is my gift to me in a way! Lol, please enjoy!

When Alex woke again it was to the familiar ceiling of the med bay, closing her eyes again to block out the bright light.

"...it's the only way to keep the spark from going out." Ratchet's quiet whisper drifted out from his office. Cracking open an eye she turned in the direction, but couldn't see anyone beyond the half closed door.

Then Optimus Primes voice came through next. "Then have Wheeljack start building a body so that we can transfer her spark quickly, or we will lose her completely."

"I've already done so, but it will take a while since he has to get the material and then everything that will be needed for her systems." To her the medic sounded tired and she wondered what had happened to make him sound that way.

"Do what ever you can to make her comfortable Ratchet and I'll start informing the rest of the autobot's what is happening." Alex quickly shut her eyes and pretended to still be asleep as the leader of the autobot's walked out of the med bay the doors closing behind him.

When her eyes opened again she came face to face with Ratchet and she couldn't stop the tears once they started flowing freely. He scooped her up and rocked back and forth in a soothing way. Alex was anything but comforted as what the two had said and there was just no way the onslaught.

Ratchet continued to hold her until the last of her sobs had turned into sniffles an occasional hiccup breaking through as well. When she pulled away he saw that she had given up the will to fight and looked like she had just come to accept her fate. But, there was also fear displayed deep within her blue eyes. It was a fear that was felt by him as well and the others would be the same way when Optimus told them. He wanted to say that everything was going to be alright, but even he himself didn't know if it would. Nothing like this had ever happened in all the millennium that he had been around.

"Where's Prowl," she asked quietly that he almost missed it.

"He, Jazz, Sideswipe and Sunstreaker are waiting outside the bay. The four of them have not moved since you've been brought in here." he explained pulling away.

She looked rather confused. "How long have I been in here?"

He flinched, his holoform disappearing and moving away from her a little. "You've been here for almost a week now." He watched the color literally drain from her already white face. "You heart stopped at least three times since you were brought in here and it was difficult trying to get it beating again. Your spark has literally taken over everything in your system and is slowly killing you more and more. Your heart will be the last to die if we don't get the spark out of you soon."

Alex's mouth opened and closed a few times taking in what he had just told her. "How long do I have?"

"I've given it a minimum of two weeks at most and then after that your spark will be extracted and your body will die completely."

Fresh tears had found their way once again to her eyes. "My.. family," stuttering over the words. He shook his at her. "THEY HAVEN"T BEEN TOLD YET." she scream in frustration.

"No, they have," he quickly reassured her. "but it's just that they aren't taking it to well either."

"OF COURSE THEY'RE NOT TAKING IT FUCKING WELL. HELL I'M NOT TAKING IT WELL, BECAUSE I'M DYEING ALL BECAUSE OF SOUNDWAVE AND HIS GOD DAMN FORMULA!" Her screaming made Ratchet flinch back even more under her onslaught. "WHAT WOULD HAPPENED IF YOUR DAUGHTER WAS DYEING AND THERE WAS NO WAY TO STOP IT. oh god," she sobbed breaking off from her yelling.

His holoform was instantly besides her again checking over her as she fought to throw him off and away from her. "Please Alex," he struggled getting a punch to the face by her. "You must not over extort yourself otherwise it will kill you faster."

"WHAT'S THE POINT IF I'M ALREADY DYEING. YOU'VE ALL KILLED ME BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T KEEP YOUR STUPID WAR ON YOUR PLANET AND HAD TO COME AND DESTROY MINE INSTEAD. WELL, I HOPE YOU ALL GO TO HELL FOR THIS!" She screamed the last part louder so that it echoed around the room, burying herself on the bed was still.

Alex didn't care if she hurt his feelings all she wanted right now was to be left alone to wallow in misery. She felt the medic pull away, the sound of the bay doors open and then close but not before an onslaught of voices came through it. It wasn't long before she fell asleep not noticing as five autobot's surrounded her, each concerned about her.

Blinking her eyes open, she quickly closed them whoever when the whiteness of the med bay blinded her. Everything that happened yesterday came back and she let out an audible groan. "How are you feeling?" Ratchet's voice came afterwards. Picking up the pillow she brought it down over her head ignoring him, wanting nothing more to be left alone. But the medic was relentless. "Come on Alex, I need to check you over." She grumbled into the pillow, which was muffled and hard for him to hear. He let out a sigh. "Do you want your guardians here with you, because none of them have left yet."

"No." was the reply he got.

He growled. "Slag it Alex, if you die on me I will curse you into the matrix for it."

She shot up instantly and glared at him. "Well you'll get your wish sooner or later, since I'm already dyeing."

He caught her arms to stop her from laying back down. "Please, let me explain." When she did say anything he continued. "It's only your body that's dyeing. I've monitored your spark and noticed that it is acting like you act. So when your body dies, everything that you remember about your life will be transferred into your new body."

She looked away from him, whispering softly. "Send Prowl in alone please." Ratchet let go of her and did as she asked the tactician coming in a second later.

His holoform instantly appeared besides her and drew her into a hug something she welcomed greatly. "I'm so sorry for your pain."

Alex shook her head. "I'll still be alive Prowl, but it just won't ever be the same again. I've been human since I was born and it's the only thing I know."

He pulled away slightly but only to look at her. "I'll help you anyway I can. So will Jazz, Sunstreaker, Sideswipe and I'm sure the other autobots would be willing to help as well. Don't give up on this yet Alex, there still is hope for a bright future."

Suddenly, feeling tired Alex laid back on the bed and closing her eyes. She felt Prowl start to pull away, but stopped him. "Please stay, I don't want to be alone through this," pleading with him. His resolve fell as he climbed onto the bed next to her and allowed her to curl up against him as she went to sleep.

*BEEP**BEEP**BEEP*

The annoying beeping sound woke her up as she looked around the med bay for the source of the noise. Alex saw a heart monitor off to the side and glared at it as it continued to beep. Her eyes trailed down the cord and found that it was connected to her body. Obviously something happened to her while she was asleep. Something warm on her left made her look that way and was surprised when Prowl was still there with her. Again glancing around spotting Ratchet in recharge on one of his med berth.

Slight movement came from Prowl, turning to look at him, jumping slightly when she saw his eyes open. "Sorry, didn't mean to scare you," he whispered sitting up in the bed.

"It's alright, you just startled me is all."

"Yeah, but you gave us all a scare a few days ago." pointing to the beeping machine.

Alex inhaled deeply making the monitor go berserk, waking up the sleeping medic. He stumbled off the berth and was besides the two in an instant checking over, his scanners going wild. "What happened?" he asked once he could find nothing wrong.

"I've been asleep for two days?" she asked quietly still not quiet believing it.

Ratchet nodded his head. "Yes, your heart stopped again while you were asleep. Gave Prowl a scare when he realized he couldn't get you awake."

"How much worse can this get?" she asked.

Ratchet took one of her hands in his. "Alex, your body is dyeing and the spark wants to take over. Wheeljack is working as fast as he can build you a body, but he can only do so much."

"What... happens if he doesn't..." trailing off not able to finish her sentence.

"We can only hope that he does and that everything will be alright afterwards." Prowl tried to reassure her, she felt anything but. A small silence had fallen over them. "Alex, the others want to see you and talk with you." the tactician said.

"Alright, send them in," she said sitting up in the bed. Prowl also sat up allowing her to lean against him, since her strength was not very strong at the moment.

Jazz, Sunstreaker and Sideswipe had quickly run into the bay once Ratchet opened the door and allowed them in, but not before warning them not to do anything to stressful. When they saw her on the bed looking deathly sick, all three of their sparks sank at how bad she had gotten over the past week and a half or so.

Each hugged her in turn and their holoforms took a seat at the foot of the bed. They saw that she was struggling to stay awake and a few times she just kept her eyes closed and talked that way. Prowl had to shake her lightly each time she trailed off, making her jump and wake up again. Ratchet was never far away either always checking the monitor and running scans, which she hardly jumped at anymore.

About an hour into their visit Alex had fallen asleep again, Ratchet telling them that it was better to let her rest when she was so sick. None of them wanted to leave her side so the medic allowed them to stay, as long with more warning about not disturbing her to much. Prowl had asked Jazz to go get some of his work so that he could get reports done while in the bay. The others didn't have much to do other then talk with one another, or in Sideswipe's case annoy Ratchet. The medic was doing his best not to kill the red mech, at times turning off his audio receptors and ignoring the lamborghini all together.

Sometimes, Alex would be awake to talk or listen to them, other times she was mostly asleep and them watching helplessly as her body slowly deteriorated. Her energy was never strong anymore, most of the time needing help to sit up or even drink and eat her meals. Half the time she wouldn't eat at all almost causing Ratchet to shove it down her throat. He did anything he could to keep her going and help her stay alive.

Author Notes: So what do you think? Let me know by reviewing please!