Ok, now we def close to the end. More craziness in this chapter, ooh and to any Trekkies reading this I am working on a Star Trek fanfic as well, this makes like three fanfics Im working on at a time XD Honestly, I rly dont have as much time as youre prob thinking...anyway chapter 11 here it is..more craziness in three..two...one...
Chapter 11
As they got closer to NEST the explosions and gunfire got dense. There were Decepticons everywhere on the side Rachel, Sam and Mikaela were running. Rachel couldn't see NEST yet, but she could see their return fire hitting the Decepticons. They ran out of the other side of the cluster of pillars. Sam started yelling and waving his jacket as they ran, trying to get NEST's attention.
Sand blew up from every angle as a massive explosion came from behind them. Rachel could no longer tell Autobot from Decepticon. She ran, that was the only thing she was focused on. Run. That one word held so much power. Sam and Mikaela ran next to her, hands locked together. As another explosion hit and NEST returned fire, Rachel, Sam, and Mikaela dove to the ground for safety. Rachel soon saw Lennox running to them. Sam got up on his knees yelling, trying to get the attention of the soldiers. As Lennox and the soldiers flanking him got closer, Sam crawled, pushing Rachel and Mikaela ahead of him. Lennox and the soldiers ducked behind a building that was nothing but two walls now.
"Rachel, Mikaela!" Lennox yelled, motioning to them to join them behind the walls.
Rachel was the first to run from where they were to Lennox. Once she was behind the walls she pivoted, pressing her back against the blue wall. Mikaela ran behind the wall after Rachel, and then Sam ran after her.
"Come on! Get in here!" Lennox said.
"Oh, look who showed up," Lennox said. "You better have a good reason for us to be here."
"Where's Optimus?" Sam asked.
"He's right over there, across the courtyard," Lennox said pointing to where Optimus laid covered by a parachute.
"I got to get to him right now," Sam said holding up his sock that held the Matrix dust.
"Not with an air strike coming," Lennox said.
"I have to get to him right now," Sam repeated with force.
"Guys," Rachel whispered to them, pointing up.
Over them loomed a big Decepticon with shields, firing at NEST and then retreating behind the shields.
"Whoa, whoa," Epps -who Rachel had just noticed was standing with them- said backing up.
"Go, back, back, back, back," Lennox said pushing them back.
"Where's Ironhide when you need him?" Rachel moaned.
"Where's any Autobot when you need them?" Lennox said.
They retreated to the corner of the walls, taking cover from the Decepticon.
"Listen up..." the Decepticon said firing at NEST.
Rachel looked up, seeing as the Decepticon wreaked havoc on NEST. There was clicking like metal, like a Transformer transforming and shout of "Incoming!"
"And stick the landing!" came Jetfire's voice, he rolled getting back up.
Rachel looked up in shock as Jetfire approached the Decepticon with an ax.
"Behold the glory of Jetfire!" Jetfire said slicing the Decepticon in half with his ax.
Jetfire picked up the upper half of the Decepticon and slammed him into the walls. Lennox seemed shocked next to Rachel, and she remembered: he'd never seen Jetfire before.
"Now, let me show you how brought the pain in my day!" Jetfire said stepping on the Decepticon's head.
Rachel cowered by Lennox, she heard sand rustling and then something jumped over the wall at Jetfire. The scorpion-looking Decepticon attacked Jetfire, Jetfire grabbed the Decepticon pulling it away from him. Then the Decepticon got out of Jetfire's grasp and attacked him again, wounding Jetfire. Jetfire fell down and the Decepticon came after him again.
Jetfire smashed the Decepticon's head in with his fist,"I'm too old for this crap," Jetfire muttered.
Rachel stayed close to Lennox as he and Epps prepared their guns.
"We're gonna make a break through the B's on my command, okay?" Lennox said. "You guys stick with me, you understand, you stay on my ass."
Rachel nodded, taking in every word Lennox said. She felt like she wasn't in her body, like she was looking down on this happening, not living it. It felt unreal, but Rachel knew it wasn't.
"I hope these F-16s got good aim," Epps said.
"Yeah, why is that?" Lennox asked.
"I told them to hit the orange smoke," Epps said.
Rachel's eyes widened as she saw orange smoke swelling up beside them. Lennox dropped his shoulders, he barely looked to the side.
"You mean that orange smoke?" Lennox asked, criticizingly.
"It wasn't my best toss, okay?" Epps said.
Rachel looked at the ground, shaking her head. Lennox and Epps looked at each other.
"Viper, Thunder," came over Epps and Lennox's radios.
"Run!" they both yelled.
All seven of them -including the two soldiers who had accompanied Lennox and Epps- ran for all they were worth. Behind them jets dropped explosives, demolishing the Decepticons.
"Come on!" Lennox yelled.
Soon, Rachel heard metallic footsteps behind them, she turned her head to see Ironhide running after them. After that, she just focused on running. As they were running, Sam suddenly broke away from the group, Rachel was on him in an instant.
"Sam!" Lennox yelled.
"Sam! You dumb-ass!" Rachel yelled, running after him.
She had suspected he would try something like that, he was desperate to revive Optimus -if it even worked- even if he was in danger. Rachel disregarded her own safety, trying to catch up with Sam, wanting to push him to the ground where they would be safe. As Rachel was running she heard heavy footsteps behind them -not really expecting it to be Ironhide, who she had seen running after Lennox and the others- she turned.
"Oh, crap!" she screamed seeing Megatron running after them.
"Sam! Sam, stop! Sam!" Rachel screamed, but she knew Sam couldn't hear her.
"Die!" Megatron said firing a shot at them.
The shot blasted Rachel forward and she blacked out.
When she woke a few seconds later she was lying on her back in the sand, her left arm bent at an odd angle. She knew it was broken.
Her head was spinning, and she could feel blood running down many places on her body.
Sam! she suddenly thought.
He had been running in front of her...running to Optimus. Rachel shifted so she could look ahead of her. When she saw what was ahead of her, her heart sank. Rachel looked in horror as she saw Sam was sprawled motionless on the sand.
"SAM!" Rachel cried, but her cry was off because she couldn't hear herself, the blast had screwed up her hearing.
Mikaela ran and dove to the ground next to Sam, Lennox was right behind her. Lennox yelled something that looked like "get back" at Mikaela, throwing her gently off of Sam. Lennox started pushing on Sam's chest, doing CPR. Mikaela yelled something at Lennox, tears streaming down her face. Rachel's hearing came back, and she could hear the sound of helicopter blades slicing through the air. She lifted her head to see a red and white medic helicopter fly overhead. Rachel then looked back to Sam, Lennox and Mikaela were looking at each other their faces both showing the same expression: they were scared, scared for Sam. Tears filled Rachel's eyes, her friend had died right in front of her and she couldn't do anything to help.
The medic chopper landed and soldiers jumped out of it, running to Sam.
"You gotta move. You gotta move,come on," Lennox said to Mikaela, pulling her away from Sam.
Rachel saw Bumblebee off to the side, watching, but he was on his knees. Rachel wanted to be able to comfort the young Autobot, but seeing as she couldn't move without passing out, she didn't.
"Clear!" she heard from one of the soldiers.
She turned back to look as one of the soldiers shocked Sam. Nothing happened.
"Do it again!" Lennox said, still holding Mikaela back.
Tears ran down Rachel's face and into the sand as they shocked Sam again and still nothing happened. She looked at Lennox, who's face was also showing his sadness, but Rachel knew he wouldn't cry but he looked just as close as you could get.
"No!" cried Mikaela crawling back to Sam as Lennox let go of her.
The soldiers had either paused on shocking Sam, or given up, Rachel couldn't tell. Her own pain was escalating, her arm filled with stinging pain and blood running down various cuts and gashes. She hardly cared, her friend was dead and nothing was working to bring him back. Mikaela was leaning over Sam, crying and saying something to him, but Rachel could hardly hear.
"...Sam, please! I love you!" she heard Mikaela yell.
Rachel's tears doubled, too many minutes had passed. Sam was gone. Without him two of her friends had died, Sam and Optimus both. Her hope of ever bringing Optimus or Sam back vanished in the next minutes.
Just as Rachel had given up hope, Sam gasped, jerking awake. Rachel gasped as well, happiness taking over her. As Mikaela embraced Sam, Rachel saw the Matrix dust -which had fallen next to Sam- stream together, reforming the beautiful creation. Sam started to get up, he grabbed the Matrix and started to make his way to Optimus. Rachel bit back a scream of pain as she shifted, propping herself up on her right elbow. She held her breath as Sam climbed up on Optimus. If this didn't work, nothing would. Soldiers were also gathered around, watching. Sam came over Optimus' chest and stopped. With a wild yell Sam held the Matrix above his head and drove it into Optimus' chest. Optimus' body jerked as if he'd been shocked and a sharp humming filled the air. Sam looked just as shocked as Rachel, who let out her breath. A smile crept over Rachel's face as Optimus began to move. Everything was going to be fine.
Yay! Optimus is alive! Like I said craziness, Sam dies for a bit but the power of the Primes brings him back..sounds like a disney movie XP Too bad I cldnt have used the scene w the primes cause I liked it but there was no way Rachel could have been tied to that... anyway, rly rly close to the end now...like a few chpts I think...so chapter 12 comin your way soon, I'm getting pretty far into DotM now.
Live long and prosper..
