Chapter 12

Waking up was better than ever; I had never felt something so soft under me. I opened my eyes to see what it was exactly…turned out to be Road Ripper's holoform, my head on his chest and my right hand over to feel his heat beat. It felt so different, being in this position. It was weird, but it felt too good, I couldn't move. I looked up to see his face, still sleeping and using an arm behind his head as a pillow. I couldn't help but smile. This was all too cute! None of my boyfriends put together could match his charm, not one.

He groaned a bit before he actually opened his eyes. He turned his head over, to see my own face, and smiled that wondrous grin.

"Morning," he whispered.

"Ditto," I said back. He kissed my forehead.

"Sleep well?"

"You tell me."

"Not bad. But you fidget a lot, you know that? You nearly kicked me in a spot I'm not sure I'd like to repeat."

I blushed. "My bad…"

"Morning, guys!" Sideswipe shouted above us. We looked up to see him smiling. Yeah, he was definitely nicer than his brother at this. "Had a good night?"

"Maybe," I sang to tease him. He laughed.

"Well, we need to talk to Road Ripper for a second. Mind if I steal him from you?"

Ripper looked at me. "Cool?"

"Yeah, it's fine; go ahead."

The red dressed holoform disappeared to rejoin his robotic body a few meters away. I saw his color return and his body hum as it came back to life. He stood up from the black dirt.

"What is it?" he asked.

"Uh, actually, this is a private matter…" Sideswipe grunted, scratching his head. "It can't be in front of her; just you."

Road Ripper looked at me with a blank expression. I crossed my arms, sighed, then nodded my head. Sideswipe reacted quickly and grabbed Road Ripper's arm to drag him over to Wheeljack and Sunstreaker. I was left by myself in the small patch of newly grown grass. Well, at least there was a bit of life left on this desert planet.

(Road Ripper POV)

"Alright, guys, what's this about that's so important you had to take me from as soon as I got up?" I growled, not pleased with any of this. I knew Sunstreaker wouldn't mind keeping me from Zikya, the jerk. But Wheeljack, if I knew him yet, would wait a few hours before anything. And he looked nervous.

"We have some bad news to tell you," the white 'bot groaned.

"What kind of bad news?"

"Life or death kind," Sideswipe answered.

"Who's the victim?" I'll be damned if it was Zikya!

"You."

Was I actually hearing this?! Did that guy seriously say I was going to die?

"Wait, but…How could-?" Wheeljack held up a hand to stop me.

"We caught Frenzy in the night. As he escaped from us, he shouted something about Megatron grabbing the All Spark. And since you're the only All Spark fragment around for miles, I believe Megatron wants to kill you."

No, this couldn't be! For one, I was still way too young to be murdered. And second…how would Zikya feel? I'm sure she would feel broken, her heart crawl into a dark hole and the tears pushed clean out of her. That poor girl would hide from the world and be lonely the rest of her life. Literally. The world was dead, and if I died, she would feel the same way.

"How do we stop him?" I growled.

"We can't," Wheeljack sighed. I grabbed onto his chest and pushed him against a broken-down house.

"There's always a way!" I shouted angrily. "Like Pandora with her box and the Trojans are suckers for horses! There's got to be something that could put Megatron off-guard!"

Wheeljack turned his head to the side to think. He looked back at my snarled face. "The only weakness we know is that he craves for power. But there's nothing more powerful than the All Spark."

I let go of, making him fall hard to the ground. I turned my back on him, holding my fists so tight I could break the derma-plating. Nothing but the All Spark could drive Megatron?

"If he wants the All Spark, he's getting it," I snarled.

"What?!" Sunstreaker shouted. "You're going to willingly hand yourself over top a psychopath?! I thought you were stupid, but not this stupid!"

"Like Wheeljack said, there's nothing more powerful than the All Spark." I held a wicked grin on my face, scaring the slag out of both the Lamborghinis. Wheeljack stood up and chuckled.

"I think I know where you're going with this," he said, wiping the dirt off his mask.

"Care to tell?" Sideswipe whimpered, still scared of my look.

"It's a surprise," I smirked.

(Zikya POV)

Okay, why the heck was he about to mangle Wheeljack? He held him up on a building as if he was going to throttle him, but let go. What was going on? Then he frightened the twins with some kind of look. Okay, this was creepy.

They were walking back towards me, Road Ripper still holding his smile. I ran up next to him and tried to keep up with his steps as we walked side by side.

"Hey, what was that all about?" I asked. "What happened? What did 'Jack do?"

"Nothing," he said. "We were just talking."

"About what?!" I shrieked two octaves high. "What could he have possibly said that would make you want to hurt him? Other than he said he was falling for me, too?"

"Heh, funny…"

"Don't change the subject on me, boy. I'll have another crazy Madea moment and get a blowtorch and a hamma next time!"

"You don't want to know." The creepy smile disappeared and he looked as if his spark was crushed into where it was all just a bunch of powder that could mistaken as sugar.

"Something's up, baby, and you're gonna tell me," I said, having the same facial expression. He looked down at me, giving a weak smile.

"Trust me, you don't need to worry."

"You're lying."

He looked away and his steps became faster. I had to run to keep up. At some point, I was able to get in front of him and hitch a ride on his foot. I tried to look up at his face, but his chest blocked the way; I could hardly see it.

"Please tell me?" I said, pretty much begging.

"No."

"I'm your girlfriend, you're supposed to tell me everything, remember?"

"So we're official now?"

"Quit trying to change the subject!"

"Okay, okay, sorry! Jeez…But I'm sure you would freak out if you heard. Maybe even cry."

I had to think before I spoke. I wanted to correct him and say I wouldn't cry, but he knew me too well. If he said I would cry, then I would cry.

"I still want to hear it."

Road Ripper stopped and leaned down to pick me up. I stood in the palm of his hand as he put me at eye level. He sighed and gathered up his courage to speak.

"Wheeljack told me that something was going to happen, something that would hurt you real bad…He said Megatron's out to kill me."

"Fuck no!" I shouted, the tears already coming out. "I won't let him!" Road Ripper's holoform appeared next to me and he put his large arms around me. I hit against his chest and let the tears fall down as fast as they could. "He can't kill you! Please!"

"I'm sorry, Zikya," he cooed, petting my hair. "He's after the All Spark, and I'm a part of it. He wants my spark."

"No! This can't happen! I'll kill him!" There was no possible way for me to sound tough when I said that. Road Ripper was too precious to me! He's the best thing that happened since the world caught on fire, and now the angry all-out ammo guy wanted to kill him. "I don't want you to die!"

"I can stop him, though. Or at least try."

"Whatever it takes, just do it! Hit him where it really hurts, you know? Aim low."

He couldn't help but laugh, but mine was too weak. It's hard to laugh and cry at the same time, since both could choke up your lungs. Not to mention his body heat was a bit disturbing to the atmosphere. Must've been October by now.

"Promise me you'll be safe?" I cried.

"I do, I will. Trust me, I'll be fine. As long as you believe I can make it."

"Okay, I'll try my best."

"That's my girl."

He pushed back a bit and grabbed my chin. His eyes closed as he pulled in to give me a kiss. I kept my eyes in a peek to watch him. He gave me a kiss on the lips, making my whole body feel the exact power of his All Spark heart, which was a little too much to bear for a mere human. The power was so intense, he must've been a god.

In fact, he is.

xXx

Author's Note: So, like how it's going? It took me a while because I was so engrossed into another story that I wasn't able to come with anything further for this story. Hope you enjoyed seeing Road Ripper nearly live up to his name as he nearly battled it out with Wheeljack! XD Leave a review! You can add some ideas to what could happen in the story since I'm on a big ol' writer's block. *shrugs*