Chapter Twenty-One: Remade
They ran as fast as they could along the tops of the buildings. They needed to get away from the bad guys! "We have to jump.. 1…2…3… Jump!" they all leapt just as an explosion went off behind them. They ended up falling from the roof, Sam landing on top of both girls, making Cairi yelp in surprise. He helped them off then took off running once more.
"We got another half-mile. I don't think the soldiers know we're here" Sam said. And again they ran. "Oh no… Sam Look!" Cairi pointed to where her Aunt and Uncle were.
They ran to their family before there was a loud blast and they were all tossed apart. Mean guys suck!
"Wait, wait!" Sam cried. Her Uncle Ron was yelling for Sam and the others to run, but Sam didn't budge.
"Dad, just stop! They don't want you, they want me!" Sam cried. "Don't hurt them. This is what you want" he held out the remnants of the Matrix to the Decepticon. "You don't want them. Just don't hurt them. I know what you want. And I know that you need me because I know about the Matrix. Here's what you want, right here" Sam kept waving the sock around. Once the Cons' back was to a building they all heard Sam scream…
"BUMBLEBEE!" Bee jumped off of a building and onto the Decepticon's back and started to attack it with brut force.
It didn't take too long for Bee to kill the Con while Burnout got the Cyber Cat that tried to jump his twin, an angry whirl leaving his vocal processor.
Once they were both taken care of all of them ran to Ron and Judy. "I don't know what's going on, but we've got to move!" Ron cried. They ran about trying to find a good place to hide, but were forced into a corner so to speak.
"There's got to be a way out of here!" Cairi called the twins over and looked at Sam who nodded "Bumblebee!" Sam cried. Bumblebee knelt close to them. "You get them somewhere safe, all right?" Sam ordered. Sam turned to his dad. "You've got to get in the car and get to safety."
"No!" Ron shouted. "This isn't up for discussion! You're my son! We all go together"
"I know. Listen, Dad, stop. Get in the car. He's gonna get you to safety. You know, you run. You don't stop, you don't hide, you run. You hear what I'm saying, okay? I'll find you when you're safe"
"No!"
"You have to let me go. You have to" Sam insisted. "Ron" Judy said gently. "Ron, let him go" Ron looked very angry, but he nodded. "You come back!" he looked at his niece who smiled weakly. "Both of you kids come back you hear me? You come back!" With a nod from them they took off.
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"Ironhide!" Sam shouted. Arcee rolled up to us instead. "Follow us to the pillars. We'll take you to Optimus" she explained. "Arcee, look out!" Cairi scream, making the femme jump barley missing the bullet meant for her.
"Get out Sam! Get to the pillars!" Ironhide yelled. They all took off at a fast run. Cairi slightly slower since she was with spark. They kept running until they were knocked over by a series of explosions.
They all stayed down, before spying Will, who was motioning for them to come over to him
He pulled Sam, Miky, and Cairi behind the wall he was using for cover. "You better have a good reason for us to be here" Will said to Sam. Sam just asked, "Where's Optimus" Will pointed, From where they were Cairi could see Optimus, "He's right over there, across the courtyard."
Not caring that there was a War going on she took off running. "Wait Come back here!" She though, it might have been Sam, but it could have even been Will since she wasn't really paying attention.
She made it to Optimus unscratched.
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Cairi just stood there looking at Orion's still form. Letting out a shaky breath she knelt next to his cheek and let out a small sob. "Things weren't suppose to be this way… You weren't meant to leave us… Orion Pax, you better come back or I'll go to the Well of Sparks and drag you out myself."
Cairi whipped around when she heard another series of loud explosion and saw Will, Epps, Sam, and Mikaela all running to the left of her.
Sam broke away from them, running straight to her. "Sam!" Will cried, Holding Mikaela down when she tried to go after him
There was another explosion causing them to fall. Cairi just had a moment to see Megatron a ways away behind Sam before he shot the ground, causing a chain reaction. "SAM!" Cairi screamed to her cousin, but he had already been hit.
"No… Sam…" Cairi felt tear fall down her cheeks, knowing that the twins felt her heartbreak once more.
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Cairi took a few steps over before she herself collapsed, sobs racking her frame. This wasn't how it was suppose to happen…
"SAM!" She looked up and saw Mikaela crying over his body after the medical team failed to jump start his heart.
"NO! Sam, listen to me. Listen to my voice. I need you. Sam, I love you, you hear me! I love you, you idiot! Please, come back to me! Please!"
Suddenly, Sam shot up, gasping for breath, her hand moving to hold Micky's face. "I love you" he murmured. "I love you." Cairi saw beside him the Matrix was once more together, "Sam…" Cairi whispered from her spot, her eyes were glued onto the Matrix as Sam climbed onto Optimus's body.
She saw and heard Sam let out a yell before plunging the Matrix into Optimus's chest. She grasped at the front of her shirt, over her spark when she felt Optimus there once more, collapsing onto her knees. "Boy, you returned for me."
"A living Prime!" Jetfire exclaimed joyfully. "I don't believe it!" The Fallen appeared behind Optimus, stabbing at the group randomly with his weapon. "My Matrix" he said, looking at Optimus.
It floated in the air before he snatched it, stomping on a comparatively smaller Optimus before disappearing.
"Get up!" Sam repeatedly yelled at Optimus. Cairi staggered to her feet and once more fell onto her knees next to her first loves head resting her forehead against his, sending hm her love through their reunited bond. "Get up, Prime!" Ironhide concurred loudly. "Oh no" Jetfire said sadly. "He's turning on the machine! You've got to stop him. Get up!" Sam cried. "Optimus!"
Cairi heard Orion's voice through the link, 'You're alright…' she smile at him and ran her hands over his cheek plates, 'Of course I am, had to go on for our sparklings…'
"All my Decepticon life, I never did a thing worth doing until now…" Cairi looked up at Jetfire, a sad smile on her face as he continued to speak, "Optimus, take my parts, and you will have a power you've never known. Fulfill your destiny" Jetfire ripped out his spark.
"Jolt! Electrify!" Ratchet cried. "Transplant those afterburners!" Jolt shot out his cable, on attaching to Optimus and the other attaching to Jetfire. Electricity flowed through the cables as Jetfire's parts transferred to Optimus's body making twice as tall. He stood, the jets attached to the wings on his back firing up.
"Let's roll!" That was the Optimus she knew, with loving eyes she watched him as he took to the skies.
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Cairi watched as her lover destroyed The Fallen Before she felt something in her core literally snap in half. Looking down she saw the fabric of her shirt, just over her spark began to glow blue, before she collapsed her world going dark, as pain took over her circuits.
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Burnout and Bumblebee were over to her faster than anyone could blink before they were pushed away by Jolt and Ratchet who began to run scans over her body. "Her spark is just resettling itself…. It seems to not wish to break any of the bonds, thus making room for all three of her bond mates… interesting…"
Ratchet gave her a sedative and pain killer, making her come to. "Oh sweet Primus…. What happened…" Ratchet told her quickly what she was going through and she just nodded pushing herself up. Looking up behind the mechs around her she saw Optimus walking toward them, shedding the parts Jetfire had given him. She knew then that everything would be alright.
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Later in the day close to sunset Cairi, Sam, Micky, Optimus, and the twins on the deck of a military vessel. Cairi was up against Optimus's leg her hand resting gently on its metal.
"Thank you, Sam, for saving my life" Optimus voice was full of gratefulness, or maybe that was her feeling it through their bond. Looking up to the sky hand on his hips, all the Autobots heard the message he was sending out into space.
'Our races united by a history long forgotten and a future we shall face together. I am Optimus Prime, and I send this message so that our pass will always be remembered, for in those memories, we live on.'