All I have to say is that life has been hectic for me these last few weeks so apologies for the long wait. I will be free in few weeks as I will be finishing college and that means that I can focus all of my time on writing. That means frequent updates of at least once a week. Sounds good, right?
Megatron/Anna: Few people have asked me just what their relationship is and I can confirm that Megatron will not be the 'competition' I've been talking about. However, there is...how should I put this, a special kind of bond between them, but not one you would expect.
Guest Reviewer: Thank you very much for letting me know what you think of my work. I think the exact same I simply want Anna to grow into her maturity while retaining her odd personality. She's still a teenager and I want her to act as such and grow up with time and she will. These sort of things and events change a person and you can already see the change in her. Once again thanks for letting me know what you thought, I appreciate it.
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DISCLAIMER: I own a cat, a dog, a huge manga collection, two computers, one phone, my dirty imagination, and bunch of other things; however, I am by no means, the owner of Transformers. Even if I wish I was.
The whole group, including Bee, walked down the main hallway towards the room where they kept the AllSpark. I was exhausted. My muscles ached, my body was throbbing and I was on a verge of passing out. I knew that I was slowing the group down due to my agonisingly slow phase but I honestly needed a moment to rest. Before I even realised I was leaning against a cool and damp wall, my eyes closed as I allowed my body a brief pause. I felt utterly drained. Breathing heavily, I closed my eyes for a brief moment. I faintly heard loud metallic footsteps before I was lifted in the air. I opened my eyes and found Bee looking at me, he let out a soft chirp and I smiled in reassurance.
"I'm good."
Bee gently placed me on his shoulder and I leaned against the warm metal and sighed, it felt nice and reassuring. For a moment, I remembered how warm Optimus was; he was even warmer that Bee and it made my heart ache. Why weren't they here yet? Why weren't they trying to save Bee and us from here?
"You want to come down Anna?" Sam asked and I could tell he was worried. He always did worry too much.
"I'm good up here," I called back as Bee moved down the hallway to the AllSpark hanger. My heart got heavier as we approached the AllSpark and when we entered the room, it felt like Megatron himself was standing on my chest.
Even with the weight in my chest, the AllSpark was still beautiful. And I realised that it was even more incredible up close on Bee's shoulder and as he reached out to touch it. I felt energy run through me as well. I wasn't sure if it was from the cube or Bee but as the wave of blue energy ran over the cube, I felt a stirring in my chest. The cube began to revert down, shrinking, twisting and transforming, and my eyes widened as I watched the process.
Finally, there was just a tiny version of the cube in Bee's hand and it sparked in his hands for a second before settling down.
"Wow," I breathed. Bee looked at me and chirped happily.
"Message from Starfleet captain… lets get to it," were the words that came from Bee's radio and I grinned down at Sam and Mikaela who were still to awe to say anything.
"He's right, we're screwed with Megatron in the other hanger. Mission city is 22 miles away. I say we sneak that cube out of here and hide it somewhere in the city," Lennox suggested taking a step forward and I had to admit that it was a pretty good plan.
"Good, right!" Keller exclaimed. But Lennox cut off his excited remark.
"But we cannot make a stand without the air force," Lennox continued, giving the secretary a pointed look. Secretary Keller nodded, turning to Simmons.
"This place must have some sort of radio link! Short wave! CB!" Keller listed and Simmons nodded numbly, he seemed to be in a state of shock but was slowly getting back to normal.
"Sir, you gotta figure out a way to get word out to them! Everyone else let's move!" Lennox ordered loudly, making a hand gesture for everyone to move.
"Alright Sam, Anna, Mikaela, in the car!" Lennox said as Bumblebee put me down and reverted to his Camaro form. I climbed in first and scrambled into the back seat where the cube was. I couldn't hear what was being yelled outside as the doors closed and Sam and Mikaela took their seats in the front of the car, quickly strapping themselves in.
The weight in my chest didn't hinder my breathing for now, but it was uncomfortable like a tight knot deep in my chest that was about to snap. I sat down behind the passenger seat and slowly lay my hand on the cube.
It almost felt like it was alive; I could feel the energy in it, like a buzz in my skin at just a touch. I swallowed hard and lifted it into my lap, slowly tracing the symbols on it.
My eyebrows furrowed suddenly, a sickening realization clawing up my spine. I finally realised what it was about the cube that struck me as odd this whole time.
The symbols carved on the cube they were–
"You alright back there?" Sam's voice sliced through me like a red-hot knife, causing me to jerk violently in my seat. Sam seemed started by my violent reaction and I cleared my throat awkwardly.
"Yeah, fine. Top-notch. Spiffing."
He looked unsure, glancing down at he cube that still sat peacefully on my lap and nodded slowly.
I didn't pay attention to the drive as I simply rubbed the seat with my hand while I held the cube in my lap with the other, my head resting against the window. The energy sizzled in the air and my breathing quickened uneasy shivers running down my body. I began gasping softly, small beads of sweat rolling down my temple and I bit my lips harshly. I didn't even have enough time to realize what was happening before everything was consumed by darkness.
Anna sucked in a deep breath, her eyes flying open as she jumped up from the floor. She found herself in an unfamiliar room; it was dark, damp and unusually big. She looked around herself hurriedly, realising with sinking horror that nothing but darkness surrounded her. She scrambled up to her feet, looking around in panic. Where was she?
"So here you are again, human," a dark voice echoed deafeningly. Anna froze in both surprise and horror. She knew that voice and she knew it well. Megatron.
She quickly turned around, trying to pinpoint his location, her expression hard but eyes full of barely concealed fear. She found him in the corner of the dark room, his outline barely visible in the darkness, but there was no mistaking those cold, deep scarlet optics that stared at her in disgust. Anna moved back, her movement jerky and uneasy as her eyes tried to locate a quickest escape route.
"I will soon be free," Megatron drawled out. He seemed very pleased, even though his voice was dark. "I know you have the cube. I can smell it on you. Delicious."
Anna tried to suppress a shiver of disgust at his words and the implication behind them. Megatron moved closer, coming out of the shadows that were concealing him. She flinched away, afraid to be anywhere near him. However, Megatron moved closer, his malicious gaze pinning her down.
"You know," he began, his gaze for once leaving her as he looked around the empty room. "If you give me the cube willingly when I find you, I'm going to spare you."
She could not help herself, she snorted, "Yeah, right."
Megatron looked down at her, his expression cold as a stone, before he grinned darkly. She was terrified of that smile; it was a smile of a psychopath. "I was beginning to think you were mute, human."
Anna moved back once more, her back pressing against a wall when Megatron leaned down to get a better look at her. Like he needed it anyway. He could probably see her a mile away with his robotic vision. Anna breathed in, trying to control her nerves and fear that was rushing through her veins. This was just a dream and he was harmless in her dream. Alright, maybe not harmless, but he could not do much either. She moved her hair out of her face and stared right at him, gathering whatever last bit of bravery she still had left in her bones.
"What do you want from me? I'm just another human, you have no use of me," she spoke, her voice on the verge of cracking. She bit inside her cheek painfully, yet still managed to focus her fierce glare on the fearful Decepticon Leader. Megatron made an odd humming sound and smirked darkly, his sharp teeth showing.
"'Just another human'," he mocked, his voice openly taunting her. He leaned even closer to her, and she could see every detail of his metallic face. It was horrifying. "You really don't have any idea what you are, do you?"
Anna stared at him, suddenly more confused than afraid, "What I am? What kind of question is that? I'm just another rebellious teenager. That's all I am...I'm just human."
"Believe whatever you like," Megatron said coldly, his voice raspy. "It matters little to me."
She gulped anxiously, her eyes wide. Megatron grinned at her, amused by how she was unable to hide her fear and confusion from him, he reached out and his cold metal talons brushed against her shoulder. She flinched away.
"We shall meet again, my little human," he hummed at her small figure, huddled in the corner, her expression frozen in shock. "When the time comes, submit to me and you shall live."
She looked up at him, her face even paler then before.
"Goodbye, my little pet," he purred out dangerously.
Everything began to fade away, and Anna let out a horrified shriek.
"Anna! Anna, wake up!" I jerked up when loud screaming rang in my ears, tearing me from my slumber. My eyes flew open and it took me a moment to realise that it was me who was screaming. My throat was dry and tears burned in my eyes, blurring my vision. Sam's hand was firmly on my shoulder and he and Mikaela were staring at me in horror. I shivered and quickly wiped my eyes, gasping for air, my hands trembling while one of them still laid on the cube.
"Are you alright?" Mikaela asked carefully, her voice quite and soft.
"Y-Yeah, I'm okay," I murmured softly. I saw Sam and Mikaela share a look before they rounded on me. My eyes fell on the cube again, successfully avoiding their questioning gazes.
"You were screaming," Sam stated uncomfortably, almost hesitantly. "What was that about?"
I just shook my head and did not answer. How was I supposed to answer?
'Hey, Sam. You know it's no big deal, but I just saw Megatron in my dreams and he began petting me like his dog while calling me his pet...Fun isn't it?'
Yeah, I don't think so.
"Optimus and the others are behind us now, we're only 4 more miles out," Mikaela explained and I nodded, still not looking up even though relief washed over my fried nerved like a balm once I heard that Optimus and others were near.
"You're getting paler and paler Anna… what's wrong?" Sam demanded and I sighed. I looked out the window as I answered, a sense of foreboding overwhelming my gut.
"I don't know," I murmured faintly.
As we made it down the high way, I pushed the cube to the side and glanced through the back window in hopes to see Optimus and others, my breathing shallow but neither Sam nor Mikaela heard.
Only then did I notice another vehicle coming towards us.
"Bonecrusher…" said the crackly voice of the radio. It was the voice from before again and I smiled slightly before a frown marred my face as I realized Bonecrusher transformed and was flipping cars in his way as he gained on us fast.
Suddenly I noticed a cop car pull out from behind Bonecrusher and I swore loudly. I knew that car too well. Barricade.
"Sam..." I trailed off. My mind was buzzing again as I stared at the cars on the highway that were speeding towards us menacingly. Some of them wanted to protect us, others...not so much.
"Shit, block them, block them," Sam urged looking panicked. I was on my knees looking out the back window, hoping for the best as I bit my lip and swallowed once more. Ratchet and Ironhide pulled in behind Jazz in a triangle formation and Optimus pulled back.
"Optimus is dealing with them," I whispered under my breath in both relief and worry. A part of me was all for our leader to whoop some Decepticon ass, the other part of me wasn't sure if he could take all of them on at the same time; there had to be more than Bonecrusher and Barricade there, surely.
Suddenly, Bonecrusher reassemble again and I swallowed as he grew taller, he had a very pinched and mean look about him and even from a distance I could see him clearly. He was skating on his wheels instead of walking like others did and my throat almost closed up as he ran into a bus, splitting it in half and making it burst into flames. I really hope there was nobody on that bus.
"Holy mother of…" I breathed in amazement as I watched Optimus also assembled and the two of them clashed before rolling off the highway and disappearing out of sight. I felt my gut clench in horror. What if Optimus was unable to defeat Bonecrusher and got hurt instead? I shook my head. I had to believe he could do this, he was Optimus after all, everything about him reeked of power and strength.
"That is not good," I whispered to myself but by the sound of it Sam and Mikaela heard me as well as they nodded their head in agreement, still looking at me as if waiting for me to have another fit.
"I'm on the highway to hell, highway to hell!" Bee's radio blared out and I cracked a slight smile. He accelerated and I closed my eyes as music flooded through the speakers.
(10 Minutes Later)
We hit the main city sooner than I expected and I shivered, my eyes trained on the sky for any sight of the air force. The cube remained beside me, half leaning on my knee. Sam noticed the cube near me and nodded in my direction.
We pulled to a stop and I climbed out, leaving the cube in Bee. Honestly, I didn't want to touch it any more than I had to. Those marking still gave me the creeps.
Bee transformed just as Ironhide did and I looked up when I hear the loud noise of a plane, turning my head I saw an F-22 Raptor not far from us. But there was only one. My eyes narrowed suspiciously, my gut squeezing uneasily.
That was no air force raptor.
"It's a Decepticon," I muttered, darkly.
"What?" Sam whispered from beside me. I pointed at the raptor as it circled around the area where we were. Green smoke was billowing in the slight breeze where Lennox's and Epps' men had put the markers down.
"It's Starscream! Backup and take cover! Bumblebee!" Ironhide ordered loudly and I gulped as Bee and 'Hide moved towards a motionless truck and lifted it up as a barrier.
"Move!" Lennox screamed and I stumbled back but somehow, my feet felt like 3-ton lead pipes and all I could do was stare in horror.
"Back up everyone!" Ironhide roared. Sam and Mikaela grabbed my wrists and pulled me back, causing me to stumble again, my body seemingly unable to move on its own accord.
"Incoming!" was all that rang in my ears as Starscream fired at the truck and it exploded in a massive bang of fire and debris. I saw Bee and Ironhide go flying backwards and the three of us were thrown back as well.
My body sailed through the air before slamming against something hard and falling heavily onto the floor, sharp pain cutting through my side.
Loud ringing reverberated in my ears and my vision darkened before completely fading. And just before I succumbed to much welcomed darkness, Megatron's words echoed through my mind.
You really don't have any idea what you are, do you?
AN: Thank you once again guys for your never-ending support, I'm really glad you like this story so much. I mean we're almost at 800 reviews how amazing is that?
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REWRITTEN: Rewritten on Saturday, 11th of May, 2013.