Dedicated songs: 'Ave Mary A' and 'Please Don't Leave Me' by Pink, 'Please Remember Me' by Tim McGraw, 'Hold My Hand' (remix) by Akon Feat. Michael Jackson, 'Amazing Grace' sung by Susan Boyle, 'Possibility' by Lykke Li, 'No More Tears' played by David Nevue,
Smokescreen's P.O.V:
As I sat outside the med-bay with Optimus, I thought of what had just happened in the med-bay. Skylight's spark had stopped beating and Ratchet was trying to start it back up again. I didn't doubt that Ratchet could help Skylight but my own spark was racing at what just happened.
Not taking my optics away from the med-bay doors, I didn't notice Optimus come over and place his servo on my shoulder plating. "I'm sure Skylight will be alright, Smokescreen. She's in capable servos." I knew Optimus wasn't showing it but I could hear it in his voice that he was just as worried as I was.
"I know Ratchet's capable Optimus, it's just that…" my voice faltered at the end and I could only turn my gaze to the floor. What if I had caused this? What if Skylight was in this state because of me? "Smokescreen, I do not want you thinking that this is your fault. You did nothing to cause this; you are not the culprit of Skylight's state."
Looking up at Optimus I was surprised how he knew what I thinking. Almost as he knew what I was feeling. I was just about to open my mouth to say something when I heard the med-bay doors open and I snapped my helm over to them to see Ratchet coming out.
"How is she Doc? Is Skylight alright?" I asked as I rushed over to him with Optimus right behind me. Ratchet looked up at us with wide optics and I saw the small trail of tears beginning to fall. Lowering his helm Ratchet looked away and in an instance I knew what became of Skylight.
"S-she's… with the All Spark now." Ratchet's voice was low and you could hear the sobs behind it. "She is at peace Ratchet. She is in no more pain." Optimus' voice also sounded on the verge of tears, why I couldn't think of, as he walked over to Ratchet and embraced him. Once Ratchet was in Optimus' hold, he let out the tears he was holding in and he sobbed wildly.
Taking my optics away from the two, I gazed at the doors and without thinking I rushed into the med-bay. Skylight couldn't be gone; she wasn't off-lined.
Once I was in the med-bay, I looked over at the berth Skylight was on and I nearly fell to the floor at the sight.
Skylight lay on the berth as stiff as a board, her colors were now sickly white and gray, and her optics were closed with her optic screen gone.
She just looked like she was in a deep recharge, but I knew the truth. Walking slowly towards Skylight, I felt a slight pinch in my spark. Taking Skylight's servo in mine, I felt the cold and the stiffness of it.
Reaching my other servo towards her face, I ran it across her cheek but I still felt the same unlikable cold. I stood there for Primus knows how long before I finally broke out into my own fit of tears.
"I'm sorry Skylight, I amso very sorry. You didn't deserve this." Squeezing her servo tightly, I closed my own optics trying to hold back the flow of tears. "If I could I would take your place. All you did was try to help me and what do you get in return? You end up losing your life."
By now my tears were far from being controlled so I just let them fall out as I rested the crest on my helm against Skylight's helm. I could hear the tears fall on her face with a soft 'clink' sound.
I don't know what it was that I was feeling right now but with it combined with the fact that Skylight was gone just sent my spark into a deep dark pain. A pain so deep that I was having a hard time thinking that I would never get out of it.
Ever since I came to team Prime, I had offlined many 'Cons and I watched as all of their lights went from their optics but this was the first time I had ever had part in offlining a fellow Autobot. In the beginning when I first met Skylight I thought of her as being a 'Con in Autobot armor but after she saved my life I knew that I was wrong.
As I continued to cry, I felt the grip I held on Skylight's servo tighten but I just placed it under that her body was becoming even stiffer by the minute. Then what surprised me next was a sound that I was least expecting.
A soft beat started to come from the spark monitor next to the berth. Snapping my helm up, I watched as the small line started to go up and down and its pace grew and grew.
Looking down at Skylight, with tears still streaming down my face, I watched as Skylight's colors slowly began to fade back to her lovely blue and lively white. As her colors were back to her normal tone, Skylight's optics slowly flickered and they glowed a vibrant purple.
Suddenly Skylight's other servo snapped over her optics to block out the light from the ceiling but she had a soft smile on her face. "Sm-smokescreen?"
I just stood there dumbly, not sure what just happened, but after a few moments I shouted out happily and pulled Skylight close into a tight embrace. "Skylight!" Skylight gasped out in surprise at my sudden embrace but after a few klicks she slowly returned it.
"W-what happened? Where's Ratchet?" Skylight's voice had a slight static sound to it but it was still her sweet voice none the less. Releasing her from my hold I gently placed her back down on the berth and ran a servo over my face to whip away my tears that fell on her.
"Hold on, I'll get Ratchet." Rushing over to the doors I rushed out of them and nearly ran into Optimus and Ratchet. Ratchet was still in Optimus' arms but his crying had died down some.
"Ratchet, Optimus, you two got to get in here!" I shouted at them and it caused Ratchet to look over at my smiling face. "What is it Smokescreen?" Optimus asked but I could only shake my helm. "Just come in here and see."
I stood there for a few klicks until Both Ratchet and Optimus quickly followed me into the med-bay. Once we were all in the room, the look on Ratchet's face showed nothing but shock.
"What's the matter Ratchet?" Skylight asked but Ratchet didn't respond; just stared at her into oblivion. "She's alright Ratchet; it isn't a joke." I said giving Ratchet a push towards Skylight.
Once Ratchet made it over to Skylight's berth, he pulled her close and held her even tighter than I did. Skylight at first looked surprised but after surprised feeling left she returned the hug. "What's wrong Ratchet? Why are you crying?"
I guess Ratchet had started crying again but I couldn't blame him; one moment we all think Skylight had off-lined and the next she's just acting as if she had just woken up from recharge.
"It's nothing Skylight; nothing you need to worry about now." Ratchet said as he pulled himself and Skylight apart. As he rested her back down on the berth, Ratchet turned to us and whipped away his own tears.
"Optimus, turn down the lights. Smokescreen, go over to the table and get Sky's optic screen." Optimus and I nodded and went to do what Ratchet asked us to do.
As the lights turned down, I spotted Skylight's optic screen on the table. Picking it up, I turned around and I saw that Optimus was standing next to Ratchet who was rubbing a digit over Skylight's face with a smile.
Looking down at the optic screen in my servo a sudden pain crawled up into my spark as I looked over the small scar on the screen. I didn't know what it was but it made me feel like I was a danger to Skylight.
Walking over slowly, I placed the optic screen down next to Ratchet and slowly backed out of the med-bay; without anyone noticing that I had left.
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Ratchet's P.O.V:
I was still having a hard time believing that Skylight was now online. I was there when her spark stopped beating and when her colors faded to gray, so seeing her with a smile on her face and her colors brighter than ever kind of made me think I was in a dream state.
As I welded Skylight's optic screen back onto her hearing receptors, it dawned on me that her optics were now purple instead of the blue they were before she off-line.
"What's on your processor Ratchet?" Optimus asked as I placed the welder away. "Skylight's optics have turned back to her original coloring. I think since she offlined I believe the programming that was used to override it was terminated."
Optimus nodded and we looked over at Skylight who was trying to stand up from the berth. "Skylight lay back down. You don't have your full strength back." Optimus spoke out as I placing my servos on her shoulder plating I tried to push her back down but Skylight was not having any of it.
"I feel fine, I just need some energon." Skylight said as she gently pushed my servos away. "Sky you don't know what your body just went through. You need to rest to regain your strength." I was about to push Skylight back down onto the berth but she had other ideas.
Skylight jumped up from the berth and before she could think she nearly fell down. Catching her before she could hit the ground, I held her close as I brought her back up. "Skylight, don't even try to argue with me, you need to rest and I am not making that an option." Placing her back on the berth, Skylight finally laid down and closed her optics with a sigh.
"Optimus, could you get Skylight some low grade energon? She needs to replace what she lost." Optimus nodded and walked off to go get the energon I asked for. "Ratchet, what happened? The last I remember is Smokescreen carrying me up a mountain."
It didn't surprise me that Skylight didn't remember much; when she came into the base when Bumblebee found them, Skylight was already in an extreme stasis. "When you used your spark blast against the cons you nearly depleted a large amount of your energon and you had a ruptured energon line which caused your already low levels to drop into dangerous ones."
Skylight looked up at me in surprise but she nodded her helm; telling me that she wanted me to continue. "After I repaired the damage, you went into stasis and not to long after that you… took a turn for the worse."
Skylight tilted her head in confusion and I sighed; I wasn't going to enjoy telling her this. "Sky, you… you offlined." Skylight's expression went blank for a few klicks but after that she shook her helm. "But, how is that possible? I'm online right now; if I was off-lined I would be…" Skylight intakes began to become rapid and her chassis began to shake.
Placing my servo under chin, I turned her helm to where I had her purple optics looking at me. "Don't worry about it now. You're here with me now and I don't plan on loosing you again anytime soon." Pulling her into a tight hug I could still feel Skylight's chassis shaking slightly.
"Where's Smokescreen? I need to say something to him." Skylight asked as she pulled away. To be honest I didn't even notice that Smokescreen had left the room. "I don't know. Maybe he left to go get some recharge; it really late after all."
Skylight looked ready to say something but at the sound of the door opening we both turned to see Optimus was back with an energon cube. "Thank you Optimus." Taking the energon cube I sat it in Skylight's servos and pushed to towards her. "I want you to finish this off and then I want you to go into recharge."
I used a voice saying that this was in no way an option and Skylight nodded in agreement. As she drank and finished the cube, I watched as Skylight laid down on the berth and no more that ten klicks after that she was in deep recharge.
"I shall stay here tonight Optimus; I don't want to take any chances." Optimus nodded and turned to leave but he had a slight hesitation in his step. "And don't worry; if anything shall happen I will inform you."
Optimus nodded again and left the med-bay without another word. Looking back at Skylight I sighed and sat down next to her. This was going to be a long night.
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Skylight's P.O.V:
The next morning was in the simplest of terms: Crazy and Annoying.
From the moment I woke from recharge, Ratchet was watching my every move and treating me like I was a helpless sparkling.
From the moment I slid off the berth to me trying to walk out of the med-bay, Ratchet was either fussing over me or saying how I should rest some more. By now, after about three earth hours, I had just about had enough.
"Ratchet, I know you mean well but. I. Am. Fine!" I shouted as Ratchet began to pull me back over to the berth. "Well, seeing as I am the medic here and you are not, I say you've walked enough for today and are going on berth rest for now."
I gave off an irritated sigh as Ratchet and I made it half way to the berth but as soon as we were near it, a plan popped in my CPU. "Hey Ratchet, before I sit down can I have a cube of energon?" I asked in a pleading voice, knowing that Ratchet wouldn't say no.
"Very well, but when I come back I want to see you in this berth or I swear by Primus himself I'll use the earth custom of grounding." Ratchet voice sounded both truthful with his threat but at the same time it sounded as though he was joking.
"I thought Optimus was the only one who could order us around?" I asked as Ratchet began to walk out of the med-bay. "Optimus might have the power over all of us but I have a higher power over you Sky and it's called being your guardian."
I couldn't help but roll my optics at this. Ratchet might be my guardian but I was a full grown Femme now and very capable of taking care of myself. "Whatever Ratchet." I said as I made it look as I was getting up on the berth.
After I heard the sound of the med-bay door close, I set my plan into action. Walking over to the door, I slipped out and shut it quietly behind me.
Looking down the hall, I saw that Ratchet was gone and I rushed off towards the main room.
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Once I was nearing the main room, I could hear someone talking taking. Again my scout training kicked in and I couldn't help but listen.
"I don't know Optimus. Maybe I'm just going crazy but I just feel as if this was all…" it was Smokescreen and from what I had heard he was talking with Optimus. "Smokescreen, you had no part in that what so ever and I don't want you to think of it further."
Optimus sounded very serious about whatever it was they were talking about but from the way Smokescreen sounded it looked like he wasn't going to take Optimus' order quickly.
Deciding that I had listened to them enough, I finally walked out of the hall and walked towards the two Mechs.
"I see Ratchet has finally let you out of the med-bay Skylight?" Optimus spoke and for some odd reason I found myself unable to lie to him. "Not really, I kind of… snuck out."
Optimus surprisingly smiled when I said this and nodded. Optimus was about to say something but Smokescreen beat him to it. "Optimus, would it be alright if I go for a drive?" Optimus looked over at Smokescreen and nodded.
"Hey Smokescreen before you go can I-" nut before I could finish, Smokescreen had already transformed and drove out like a crazed Mech. "What did you want to ask him Skylight?" Optimus asked and I only shrugged. "Nothing important Optimus."
Optimus looked like he didn't truly believed me but it didn't matter as a loud angry voice filled the base.
"Skylight! Where ever you are you better get your sorry tailpipe back to the med-bay before I have to come and hunt you down!" Ratchet didn't sound to please and by the tone he was using he was using his 'Guardian' power over me and not his medic one.
"I think it is best if you head back to the med-bay Skylight." Optimus spoke with a slight laughter in his voice and I nodded. "Wish me luck Optimus. From the tone and intensity Ratchet used, I'm going to need it."
As I walked back to the med-bay, I could help but wonder why Smokescreen left in such a rush. Maybe I would find out tomorrow… that is if I was ever allowed out of the med-bay ever again.
Okay, this is definitely not my best CHPTR but I needed to set some stuff up for the next CHPTRs.
Hope it's enough for you lot.
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