Hey guys! So I just realised that the last two chapters I wrote in third person POV, I didn't do that on purpose I'm sorry! But anyway this is the last chapter of this arc :,( don't worry though there will be two more arcs to come! Props to Bee4ever for beta-ing this entire way! everyone say thank youuuu! thank you to all of you whom have reviewed/favourites etc. ill see you guys next week with the new chapter!

~Enjoy

I could do nothing, I felt nothing. The entire day, all I could do was replay what happened, relive the pain. As soon as the words slipped from Lennox's mouth, I walked out and went straight to my room. From there, I robotically sat on the edge of the bed, the bed I'd no longer be sleeping in, and glared holes into the floor. Inside, I was a mess, but I couldn't feel the pain. It was if a wall of glass separated my body from the pain. I knew it was there, but I couldn't acknowledge it. I knew it was there, but my brain wouldn't let me feel it. All I did was sit and stare for hours until Mikaela finally came to me and tried to get me to pack, but I couldn't do it. She gave up after a half hour of coaxing and packed for me. I could tell she was talking to me, but it wouldn't register in my mind. It was as if she were speaking a foreign language, in one ear and out the other.

When she finished packing she left again, and this time Sam came. He shook me and yelled once, but I couldn't budge. He told me it wasn't the last time we'd see the Autobots, but the thought wouldn't sink into my brain. For an hour he tried to get something out of me and nothing worked. I didn't even know what was wrong: I couldn't talk, I couldn't register information, I couldn't move, all I could do is be. If you can call that being. Sam left, and this time no one came back. I was alone in my room for another hour before Lennox came and told me it was time to leave. That finally rocked my foundation to the point where I jolted out of my state and started to cry. I couldn't stop the tears no matter how much I wanted to; they just poured down my face and wetted my shirt. Lennox looked at me with overwhelming amounts of pity and sorrow.

"You know this isn't what I want right? The orders come from higher up and they don't believe it's safe here or anywhere so they're sending you home. If it makes you feel better we're sending Bee home with you." He tried to comfort me.

It brought a small comfort to my shattered heart that at least I'd have some tie back to the Autobots. However, Bee wasn't Optimus and I just wanted Optimus. I wanted to be able to have conversations, to be able to touch him, to smile with him, to laugh, to be with him. I realized then how deep my feelings went for the robot. I loved him, so much so that life without him seemed dull. Yes, I could go on living, but it wouldn't be living. I'd be existing. I needed Optimus in my life; I needed him at least as a friend or confidant. As Lennox gathered my things and led me out to the SUV's, I realized how much I loved him. How badly I needed to see him one last time.

"Lennox," I asked as we arrived at the cars.

He looked at me knowingly, "You have ten minutes; that's as long as I can stall them."

With a quick nod I made a mad dash to the hangar, I flew and pushed my legs to carry me as fast as they could. I burst inside and found Optimus alone. Someone must have taken pity on me; I thought thankfully as I ran up to him. The Autobot leader looked down at me with wide optics.

"Delyia I – "

As I looked into his eyes, and saw just much pain he was in I knew. I knew then, I couldn't tell him. It would only cause more stress and distraction for him; that was something he definitely did not need. So I smiled and with a heavy heart I hugged his shin. For the last time in God knows how long, he leaned down and picked me up with his large hand. Setting me unto his shoulder I nuzzled close to his face.

"I'm going to miss you Optimus."

"I miss you more than you know, Delyia." He sighed.

"I'm not gone yet." I muttered clutching onto his wires.

"To me and my spark, it feels like you're a million eons away." He sighed, then picked me up and sat me on the ground.

I looked up at him confused before I noticed his blue optics dull and his Holoform appear next to me. A tear slid from my cheek and he brought a hand to my cheek, quickly wiping it away. With a soft sob I fell into his arms, pieces of my heart clinging to him. I would be leaving a part of me here, while the rest of me tried to operate without. How could I just leave him? How would I go on?

"Delyia," he sighed into my hair. "It's time."

"I can't, I can't go!" I croaked.

With a sad smile he pulled me away from him, "I'm afraid you have no choice, as much as I don't want you to. . . You need to leave."

I held onto him, more tears coming. I couldn't move; my body wouldn't allow it. All I felt was an overwhelming amount of pain, like my body was being torn in two.

"How can you say that?" I cried out.

"It's what is best for you! No matter how much I want you to stay you must leave! It is what is safe, and that to me is more important than anything at this point."

"How do you know it's safe?! I'll be away from you! Away from the protection of base!" I argued back.

"If you're away, that means that you're no longer important to us. Then they'll leave you alone." He angrily replied, my world stopped.

"Am I – Am I really no longer important?" I didn't know if I was ready to hear the answer to the question.

A sad smile played across his lips again. "Delyia, you are the most important thing to me." He leant down and kissed my cheek before squeezing me in one last hug.

I returned the gesture, both of us clinging to one another afraid to let go. But Lennox came in and called me telling me it's time to leave. And we were forced apart, Optimus gave me a slight nudge and I walked away leaving the best part of me standing along in the hangar. As I sat in the SUV I turned around one last time to look at the base, I could've sworn I heard a cry coming from the hangar, but when I didn't hear it again I played it off as my mind playing tricks on me. I remembered the rings in that moment and whispered,

" 'Till we meet again; Good-bye Optimus Prime."