"From the moment I met you, everything changed. I knew I had to get you. Whatever the pain. I had to take you and make you mine… (Take you and make you mine…) I would walk through the desert. I would walk down the aisle. I would swim all the oceans just to see you smile. Whatever it takes is fine. (Whatever it takes is fine…) Oh oh oh-oh-oh oh! So put your hands up! Oh oh oh-oh-oh oh! 'Cause it's a stand up! I won't be leaving 'til I finish stealing every piece of your heart! (Every piece of your heart…)" Sorry. Right now, I'm REALLY into One Direction. Then again, when am I not?

REVIEW REPLIES!

LadyAmazon: aw no, Talida…

Wait till you read this chapter. Thanks for the review!

haloangel21: YESH! ANOTHER SMUT…that is, if you will XD Can't awit to read the next few chapters just basically all about Optimus and Arcee. YESH!

I need some help though…i've run out of ideas for my next segment in "More than Friends" series. Any ideas?

Oh, that smut DEFINITELY will be there! Oooh…good question about that last one. Hmmmmm…I'd maybe have Optimus take Arcee out on a date or it could be a few months later and he wants to spark-bond with her. I dunno. Inspiration's not my best friend right now. Hope that helps. Thanks for the review!

Mystic: Hi and great job with the chapter can't wait for chapter 25

Neither can I, to be honest. Thanks for the review!

Optimus' girl: (1) I have waited so LONG for this chapter! I have waited so LONG for Optimus and the others to save Talida from her evil cousin!

I just can't wait to read when Optimus and Arcee confess their love for each other! Where will Optimus and Arcee confess their love for each other? There has to be a very a special place for them to meet!

I just LOVE the songs that you keep picking for your stoey! What song do you plan to use for the next chapter? I just can't wait to read the next chapter of your AWESOME story.

Keep up the AWESOME work with all your stories!

I try. *bows* And…you'll have to wait and see. Oh! Hey! You're the 100th reviewer! Congratulations! So…what do you want your prize to be?

(2) I have waited so LONG for this chapter! I have waited so LONG for Optimus and the others to save Talida from her evil cousin!

I just can't wait to read the chapter when Optimus and Arcee confess their love for each other! Where will Optimus and Arcee confess their love for each other? There has to be a very special place for them to meet!

I just LOVE the songs that you keep picking for your story! What song do you plan to use next chapter? I just can't wait to read the next chapter of your AWESOME story? Where do you find the songs for your story?

Keep up the AWESOME work with all of your stories!

I find my songs on my iPod, my mind or YouTube. Thanks for the reviews! Hey! 100 reviews!

anon: More smut! Please!

Coming up! Or do you have a request? :P

Transformers: Prime rightfully belongs to Hasbro and The Hub.

© Talida Prime and other OCs rightfully belong to me unless I say otherwise.

Tourniquet rightfully belongs to Evanescence and their respective record label.

And yes. I'm taking requests. So…HIT ME, BABY!

ENJOY!

"I tried to kill my pain.
But only brought more.
So much more.
I lay dying.
And I'm pouring crimson regret and betrayal.
I'm dying, praying, bleeding and screaming.

Am I too lost to be saved?
Am I too lost?

My God! My tourniquet!
Return to me, salvation!
My God! My tourniquet!
Return to me, salvation!

Do you remember me?
Lost for so long.
Will you be on the other side?
Or will you forget me?
I'm dying, praying, bleeding and screaming.

Am I too lost to be saved?
Am I too lost?

My God! My tourniquet!
Return to me, salvation!
My God! My tourniquet!
Return to me, salvation!

(Return to me, salvation!)"

"Wanna talk about it?"

Arcee's voice shattered through Optimus' thoughts like Thor's hammer on glass. He turned to face his soul mate and saw the concern radiating her optics. Optimus immediately knew what Arcee meant. They share the same concern. Nearly a year ago, Talida was captured by Decepticons and was brutally tortured. Since they rescued her, she hadn't been the same. She slipped into depression. Deep depression. Only recently, Jack had to stop her from slitting her wrists.

"We shouldn't have left Talida alone," Optimus rumbled.

"Normally, I would say that she would never make an attempt to take her life. But recent events don't agree with me," Arcee sighed, stating that she agreed, "She's broken, Optimus. No one's ever the same after trauma along those lines. Talida's not the same after her kidnap and torture under Malita's command. Bumblebee's not the same after Megatron completely destroyed his vocalizer. Even I haven't been the same after my encounters with Airachnid!"

"This is different, Arcee! She's just a child!" Optimus reminded her.

"You think I don't know that? Wanna know something all three of us have in common? We had you to help us through it! You stopped us from doing something we would regret later! You did it for me and Bumblebee! You can do the same for Talida!" Arcee reassured him.

Optimus, deep down, knew that Arcee had a point. She had, in a way, become his conscious since they left their dying planet so long ago. Even when they were apart for thousands of days. She always knew some of the things that he didn't. Like how to understand his teenage daughter when she began going through problems.

"GUYS! WE NEED HELP!"

Cliffjumper's terrified yell ended the slowly-growing tender moment between them. Without a second thought, they ran out of the refueling room towards the main command center. Bulkhead, Bumblebee and Ratchet, having also heard Cliffjumper's cries, were hot on their heels.

What they found stopped their sparks.

Cliffjumper was on his knees cradling something – or rather, someone – in his hand. And that someone was Talida, who was unconscious and close to death. Immediately, they all took note of the smashed syringe and the missing portion of the homemade toxic Energon they had recently confiscated from the Decepticons. They put two and two together and just knew.

Talida made another suicide attempt.

"Let me through!" Ratchet requested as he pushed everyone – even Optimus – out of the way and he laid Talida on the human-sized bed that happened to be nearby before hooking her up to numerous machines to monitor her vital statistics, "I only have ten minutes to flush the toxic Energon out of her system! Cliffjumper, find me an IV! Arcee, fetch me three bags of her Enerblood! Bulkhead, monitor her vitals!"

Everything happened in a blur all around them. Ratchet desperately trying to keep Talida alive. The remaining Autobots obeying every command he screamed. Eventually, it all became too much for Optimus. Seeing his precious daughter in that state. He ran out of the room. Cliffjumper and Bulkhead were shocked by this. As a Prime, Optimus rarely showed his emotions to his subordinates. Ratchet, Bumblebee and Arcee weren't as surprised as their two friends were. After all, they have known Optimus the longest (with Ratchet outdoing Arcee and Bumblebee by a millennia or two).

"I'll talk to him," Arcee sighed as she ran after her soul mate, "Optimus, wait!"

Optimus had hidden in his quarters, trying to breathe normally. However, his emotions were getting the better of him. And he allowed them to. That was his daughter fighting for her life on that berth. His little girl. And he had been so blind. So blind to the fact that he needed to help Talida through his depression. Maybe if he did, she wouldn't have tried to commit suicide. With a pain-filled roar, he pounded a dent into the metallic wall.

"It's gonna be OK."

Optimus turned at the sound of the voice laced with tears. Arcee stood before him. Tears were brimming her optics as he began to remember something else. Talida might as well be Arcee's daughter, considering their close relationship. Immediately, he pulled her into a servo-crushing hug and they cried together. They tried desperately to comfort each other. But they failed miserably.

"Optimus?"

Optimus and Arcee turned around at the sound of Cliffjumper's voice. Immediately, they knew what he wanted. They ran past him, shoving him to the ground in the process. When they reached the command center, they turned to Ratchet who was checking on Talida's vitals.

"How is she, old friend?" Optimus asked worriedly.

"Lucky. I barely managed to flush out her systems in time. She's going to be unconscious until her Enerblood pressure returns to normal. It should take a couple of days. After that, she'll have to go on a watch for three days at most," Ratchet advised.

"How come?" Bulkhead asked, earning a glare and a whack on the head from Cliffjumper.

"You know damn well why!" Cliffjumper growled dangerously at the former Wrecker.

The reaction from Cliffjumper shouldn't have surprised them. But it did, nonetheless. Ever since they met when Arcee returned to Earth, Cliffjumper and Talida were like brother and sister. Much like Rayna and Ironhide before Rayna's demise.

"We have to make sure something like this doesn't happen again," Arcee clarified for the still confused Bulkhead.

They never left her side during the weekend Talida was comatose. The only time they left was when a situation called for it. Every time Ratchet checked her vitals, he noted the improvement and kept on predicting when she should awaken. However, one day…

Ratchet predicted correctly.

Optimus had just returned from recon with a whole bag full of Energon. No sooner had the portal closed did he hear Arcee gasp.

"Guys! Get in here! She's waking up!"

Scrambling footsteps came from all directions as the others ran into the command center. Talida groaned and opened her eyes while holding her head as she tried to sit up. No sooner had she made the attempt, Optimus was cradling her in his massive hand shedding tears of joy. Yes. Tears. Ratchet was grumbling his thoughts in Cybertronian as he gathered the bag of Energon Optimus had dropped and began sighing his relief as he noticed that every single shard was intact.

Arcee, Cliffjumper, Bulkhead and Bumblebee slumped against each other in relief. They hadn't been this scared since they learned of her kidnapping last year.

Optimus looked down at his daughter. Things were still far from the way they were. But for now…

It was all OK.

"I WANT TO DIE!

My God! My tourniquet!
Return me to salvation!
My God! My tourniquet!
Return me to salvation!

My wounds cry from the grave!
My soul cries for deliverance!
Will I be denied, Christ?
Tourniquet!
My suicide!

(Return me to salvation!)

(Return me to salvation!)"

WHOO HOO! ABOUT DAMN TIME I GOT THIS FINISHED! Y'all know what's next.

BYE AND PLEASE REVIEW!