Chapter 26! No this isn't the last chapter. Enjoy this chapter. It's full of action so enjoy!

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The first thing I saw when I burst through the door was a bunch of people huddled together. They looked scared. Among then was my mom, Anna, and Joan. They were staring at me, horrified. Great.

"Clare!" Anne yelled and motioned me over. I shook my head no and ran off. "Clare wait!" I heard her call. Anna was following me. I whirled around.

"Don't follow me, Anna," I growled irritably. "It's not safe."

"No shit," Anna said. "Get your ass back here."

"No," I said as my mom caught up to us. Her eyes went immediately to mine.

"What happened to you!?" she screamed. I rolled my eyes. 'Drama queen,' I thought. I could hear gun fire and blasts. The ground shook with it. I needed to hurry.

"Not now," I said quickly . I didn't wait for a response. I just turned and ran, ignoring the calls from my family. They could follow me all they want. I didn't care as long as they stayed out of my way.

After running for a while, I noticed that people were running into me. They must be coming into the building. I turned a corner and gasped. Half of the airport was demolished. The parking lot was in ruins. Cars, glass, and rubble was littered everywhere. The Autobots and Decepticons were engaging in little mini battles here and there.

"Hey, Clare!" I heard a familiar voice. I turned and saw Lennox. He, Epps, and more of the soldiers were ducking in cover. Where the fuck did they come from? I ran over to them.

"Where did you come from? Why are you here?" I asked quickly.

"We're here to help you," Lennox said. Epps explained that Optimus contacted Sector Seven a couple days ago about Starscream. Then, Simmons rounded up the soldiers and sent them here. While Epps was talking to me, I was observing the fights.

Optimus and Megatron were beating each other to a pulp. Ratchet and Ironhide were fighting against Blackout. Jazz was trying to dodge a tank's attacks. A tank. How the hell did a tank get here? 'Stay focused, Clare,' I thought. I assumed he was Brawl. The name fits.

Suddenly, the tank transformed. He was very tall, but not as tall as Blackout. He was as bulky though. Jazz was way smaller. He'll be crushed. Why was he fighting alone? Where was Bumblebee?

"Kid, you listening?" Epps said impatiently.

"No," I muttered as I scanned the battlefield for Bumblebee. I noticed that Starscream was nowhere in sight either. Neither was Barricade. What the hell?

I saw something that horrified me. Bumblebee. He was laying face down on the ground and wasn't moving. Please, don't be dead. Not again.

"Bumblebee!" I screamed and ran up to his body. I gasped when I realized that his legs were gone. They were a few yards away from him. Bumblebee, to my relief, was still alive. He looked up at me. His blue eyes looked like he was in pain. "Oh, Bee. Your legs," I said with some panic in my voice.

Bumblebee began to drag himself towards me. I watched with a broken heart as my guardian desperately attempted to crawl to me. He reached out and touch my leg. Hearing his painful robotic moans was too much. I walked closer to Bee's head and fell to my knees. I hugged Bees head with my arms and body. Bee stopped moving and leaned his head against me.

"Don't worry Bee," I whispered softly. "I'm here. I won't leave you again."

"Thank you," Bumblebee said weakly. Suddenly, Bee looked up and panicked.

"Disgusting," someone growled behind me. I looked up and glared at Barricade. Of course he'd be behind me. "Watching you and Megatron was disgusting but this is even more revolting."

I felt anger surging through me. I did not need to remember that. I realized that Bee was staring at me confused.

"You and Megatron?" he asked softly. There was concern in his voice. I tried not to look at Bumblebee. I knew he was still staring at me though. He knew something happened.

"I can't kill you," Barricade sneered. "But I can kill that Autobot." Bumblebee gently pushed me away but I held onto his hand.

"No Bee, I'm not leaving," I said rather calmly.

"Clare!" I heard Anna yell. Shit. They actually followed. "What the hell are you doing? What are these things!?"

Barricade's attention was off of me. I could see him grinning at my family. Oh no.

"Hmmmm..... Lord Megatron said nothing about killing your family," Barricade said thoughtfully. The Decepticon turned towards my mom and Anna.

"NO!!" I yelled. Suddenly, someone shot at Barricade's back. Bumblebee.

"Annoying Autobot!" Barricade roared and charged at us. Bumblebee shot again which slowed Barricade down.

"Run Clare!" Bee yelled as he continued to shoot at the Decepticon. Ignoring him, I stared at Bee's cannon and got an idea. I reached out and touched Bee's cannon. Bumblebee watched as I released energon into his weapon. "What are you doing?" Bumblebee asked in a hushed tone.

"You've got one shot," I said. "Make it count." Bee looked at me then at his cannon and nodded. He understood.

Bumblebee pointed his cannon at Barricade's chest at point blank. The Decepticon froze and looked down at the cannon aimed at his spark. Bumblebee was hesitating, dammit. Barricade sneered.

"You can't kill me, Autobot," Barricade growled. "You're too weak."

Bumblebee glared at Barricade. "You've hurt Clare," Bee growled as he charged up his cannon. "Unforgivable." The end of Bee's cannon began to glow. A light blue laser blasted out from the cannon and pierced right through Barricade's spark chamber. The Decepticon stood there frozen with a huge hole in his chest. Shock was all over his face as his body crumpled to the ground. His red eyes immediately went off.

Both me and Bumblebee were staring at his cannon in aw. The glowing slowly died away. Cool, I can somewhat upgrade weapons.

"Wow," I said. I was slightly stunned by what happened. "Nice shot."

"Thanks," Bumblebee said in an equally amazed tone. I shook head to refocus. I stood up and walked up to Bumblebee's severed legs. I placed my hand on one of them and released energon into it. Wires shot out from the leg and attached itself to Bumblebee. The leg dragged itself over and was reattached to it's respected place. I touched Bee's second leg and it did the same.

I took a step back and watched my guardian stand up. He looked down at his legs and bent them, making sure that they're intact. He cheerfully danced in pace.

"Thank you Clare," Bumblebee said happily.

I smiled and was about to say "you're welcome" but someone roughly pulled me back. My mom was glaring at me. Fury was blazing through her eyes and she slapped me hard in the face.

"What the hell did you just do?" she yelled at me. "Why are you helping these monsters?" The way she called my friends monsters pissed me off. I angrily shoved my mother away from me.

"They are not monsters!" I yelled. "They are my friends and I not going to desert them!" My mom and sister were stunned by my outburst. I was also a little surprised. I've never yelled at them before. Oh well. First time for everything. I quickly calmed myself down. "Please believe me. After this is over, I'll tell you everything."

My mom was about to argue but Anna stopped her. "What are you going to do?" she asked in a rather calmed tone. At least she's not as hysterical as my mom.

"I'm going to help my friends who are in need of it," I said.

"But you'll die if you go out there!" Anna said. Don't they think I know that?

"I won't die," I said softly.

"How can you bee so sure," she said.

"I know it to be true."

"But.." I cut Anna off.

"I won't die. Trust me." My family stared at me in disbelief. 'Please just shut up and believe in me,' I thought irritably. "Now go back inside!" I yelled. Anna gave me a quick apologetic nod and dragged my mother away, who was crying hard.

I turned and saw Bumblebee staring at after my mother. He looked irritated.

"I don't like how she hits you," he said darkly.

"You don't like it? I'm the one who has to feel it," I said jokingly. Bumblebee just stared at me. He was serious. "Don't dwell on it for too long. Now let's go help Jazz." Bumblebee lightened up a little and transformed into his Camero mode. I climbed in and pointed to Brawl. "Onward to the battlefield!" I said, half seriously, half playfully.

"Will do Ma'am!" Bumblebee's hologram said. He was playing along too. Awesome. "Hang on," Bee said as he bolted towards the tank Decepticon at full speed.

"Hanging on," I muttered. Bee's hologram pounced onto me and pinned me down as he crashed his Camero self into Brawl. Good thing too, because I would have flown through the windshield if he hadn't held me down. The crash knocked Brawl off his feet.

"Go and help Jazz," Bee said as his hologram disappeared. I nodded and hopped out of the Camero as he transformed and fought Brawl. Jazz was about to join Bumblebee, but I stopped him from fighting.

"Oh no. Not in that condition!" I said angrily. Jazz grinned and leaned down to my level. I gingerly touched his chest and fixed him up.

"Thanks Clare. You might be better than Ratchet," Jazz said with a laugh.

I smiled. "No. Ratchet's the expert doctor. I'll just be his little human nurse," I said. Jazz laughed at my remark and joined Bumblebee in the battle against Brawl.

I stood in the middle of a half destroyed airport and watched the alien robots fight. I felt much more calmer then last time. I was more focused and ready. Which was good.

Suddenly, a jet flew down and shot at the Autobots. Ratchet and Ironhide both got hit and were knocked over. Damn you, Starscream. To my relief, both of the Autobots quickly stood back up. They managed to dodge Starscream's second attack.

Blackout began to shoot at Ratchet, who was able to easily dodge by somersaulting into the air. Ratchet's left arm turned into a saw and he cut off Blackout's arm. Ironhide shot at the stunned Blackout with both cannons. Lennox and his men were also shooting at Blackout. The Decepticon was receiving a brutal beating.

Ironhide aimed both of his cannons at the staggering Decepticon and blasted them both at the same time. Both blasts hit Blackout right in his chest, causing him to fly back and land with a loud metal thud. He didn't move after that. Two down, three more to go.

I glanced at Megatron and Optimus. My heart sank when I saw Optimus on his hands and knees. Megatron was savagely beating him down. Dammit.

I looked back at the battle between the Autobots and Brawl. The Decepticon was clearly outmatched. Starscream flew down and shot at the Autobots, who were trying to dodge both his and Brawl's attacks. I could tell that Brawl wouldn't last long. So I didn't worry too much about that battle. I brought my attention back on Optimus and Megatron. I continued to watch Megatron fiercely. I couldn't stand it any longer. I ran to the Autobot leader.

"No Clare. Get away!" Optimus yelled as he kicked Megatron away.

"No Optimus," I said. Prime's angry eyes came down on me. His expression turned slightly to worried.

"Clare, you promised me that you won't jump into the middle of a cross-fire," he said a little frantically. He used my exact words. Wow. He has a good memory. I imagine all robots do.

"I know, but I can't do that. I want to help. I need to help!" I pleaded. Optimus just stared at me. His expression became blank.

"Why is there blood on you?" he asked in a hollow voice. Crap. I forgot about the blood. I really don't want to tell him. Not now. Not ever.

Before I could respond, Optimus lunged out and grabbed me. I was held against his chest as he shot at Megatron, who flew back at the impact.

Optimus looked at me. He was staring at my chest. I had no shirt on and my sweater was hanging down from my shoulders. The Autobot leader was waiting for my answer.

"Megatron..." I didn't finish. I didn't want to say rape even if it was a true statement. I thought of something else. "Megatron attacked me," I said a little too quickly.

Optimus didn't looked convinced, even with his battle mask up. He brought me closer to his half covered face.

"You're lying," he said in his deep voice. I dropped my eyes. I couldn't look into his magnificent blue eyes. My body began to tremble with fear. I could feel him staring at me. "Clare, look at me," Optimus said calmly. I hesitated and forced myself to look at him. Tears were coming down at this point. "Please, just tell me what happened," he said in a slightly pressing tone.

I just broke down in front of the Autobot. I gave in to the fear and guilt. "Megatron raped me!" I blurted out. I was half screaming half sobbing to Optimus. All those feelings I had for Megatron earlier were gone. Fear, anger, and guilt replaced them.

Optimus POV

Rape, Clare said. She claimed that Megatron has raped her. I knew what rape was. It was a disgusting and cruel act. Beings who do it have no sense of morality and it angers me.

I watched my beloved friend cry hysterically. I was afraid that she might have been broken. She couldn't even look at me. Was she ashamed? Why? What she told me next, made me understand why.

"And I liked it!" she screamed. I could tell that she was telling the truth. My mind went blank. I watched Clare as she hid her face in her hands. Guilt was all over her face.

Unimaginable rage surged through every circuit in my frame. But not at Clare. No I can't be angry at Clare. It wasn't her fault. She couldn't help it. She's still very young. I could sense her confusion, guilt, and fear.

"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry," she continued to sob. I wanted to comfort her without scaring or harming her. I held her against my chest plates. Her small frame was trembling uncontrollably, which worried me.

"No need to apologize," I whispered softly.

"You're not mad?" Clare's voice still held tears.

"I have no reason to be angry at you, Clare," I said. Clare slowly began to calm down. Her body relaxed against me, which relieved me.

My optics flickered to Megatron, who stood there glaring at me.

"You disgust me, Megatron," I growled to my brother. "Of all the things you have done in the past, this is by far one of the worst." To my surprise Megatron grinned at me.

"What you call disgusting, I find pleasurable," he said softly. His vocals were unnaturally calm. The fact that his assault on Clare didn't faze him, terrified me. His lust for power has gone beyond from controlling. He wants total control over everything. He even goes to the point of dominating an innocent human. Megatron really had gone insane.

"I have to say, Optimus," Megatron began, "playing with the little fleshling was more enjoyable than I thought." My frame began to shake with fury. I wanted to tear his smug visage from his head. Megatron must have sensed my anger because he continued to taunt me. "Do you envy me, Prime? Does it anger you that I was able to touch her while you couldn't?"

"No," I said simply. It was my turn to taunt him."It just shows that my processor is not damaged and that I have more self-control than you ever will."

Without warning, Megatron lunged at me. I managed to jump away from him in time. I felt Clare press herself against my in fear.

"Don't worry Clare. I won't allow Megatron to lay a talon on you," I said to my love. Megatron's servo transformed into a flail. He swung it at me and managed to hit me in the chest plates. I grunted and fell back. Thankfully, I was able to keep Clare away from the attack.

I suddenly felt my energon levels rising. I felt more powerful. I looked down at Clare. Her burnt hand was against my chest plates. She was giving me some of her energon. She really wants to help.

Megatron charged at me. I aimed my gun at his lower servos and shot at him. Instead of a bullet, a yellow laser came out. I was stunned to see my attack blow one of Megatron's servos off. I didn't realize how powerful my weapons would be.

Having one leg did not stop Megatron though. He used his remaining lower servo to jump on top of me. I felt his claw grab on to my servo which was holding Clare. Both me and Megatron toppled to the ground. Clare fell out of my hand.

Clare POV

I fell to the ground. I tried to get up but my ankle hurt and I fell back down. Suddenly, Megatron's claw slammed down next to me. I stared at the silver Decepticon.

"You're mine," he growled. "MINE!"

I desperately began to drag myself away as Megatron crawled towards me. He was growling wordlessly at me. His claws smashing next to me as he dragged himself forward. His talons wrapped around my body. I closed my eyes and screamed.

I heard Megatron gasp and his talons froze. I looked up to see The Decepticon leader over me. A glowing orange blade was sticking out from his chest. Red magma like stuff was leaking out, just like before. Optimus' blade had gone right through his spark chamber.

Optimus pulled his blade out. Megatron began to shake violently then fell over. Megatron's red eyes gazed at me as they died away. As they faded, I felt like I've lost something. I stared at the dead grotesque face of the Decepticon leader. I waited, hoped for him to come back alive and grab me. But he never did.