It hurt. It hurt them to hear Nova scream as if she was being burned alive.

They'd tried everything but nothing seemed to work. Nothing seemed to be able to pull her out of this constant state of terror she was in. No one could seem to find the reason of why she was like this.

"Ratchet, are you sure you can't find the reason why?"

"No Optimus. There's nothing physically wrong with her. It has to be something mentally wrong with her right now. We can only wait and see."


It hurt. It hurts. Why does it hurt? Why do I hurt so bad? Why do I feel like I'm being ripped to shreds in a shredding machine? What happened to cause me to be in so much pain? Am I still trapped? Am I still in the harvester, still in pain? Why hasn't anyone came for me yet? Don't they realize that I'm still alive? Please don't tell me they forgot me in here. Optimus? Where's Optimus? Optimus can get me out of here. Oh, please tell me Optimus is nearby. Where is my Oppi? Why am I screaming? Is anyone there? Why am I tied down? Where am I? I don't recognize anyone here? Wait a moment… is that Sam?

I struggle, letting out a scream. I needed to get to my brother.

"Nova, please calm down!" I look at the person and see that it was Sam. I force myself to relax, looking at my restrained hands.

"Where am I?" I croak, wincing when my throat hurts.

"You're in the Med Bay Nova. Let me go get Ratchet." I grab his hand, which was resting on mine.

"Please don't go. I don't want to be alone." I beg. He must have seen how scared I was of being alone because he nodded, sitting back down.

"Sam? Where's everyone else?" I ask him.

"They're going out on patrols right now. Optimus will be glad that you're finally conscious." I glance at Sam.

"What do you mean by that?"

"You've… Nova, you have been here for two months now. Ratchet said that you had gone into a state of panic that you couldn't seem to get out of. It hurt us so much to see you like that Nova." I nod, and someone opens the door, making me flinch so hard that the bed move.

"How is she doing Sam?" I hear Mikaela ask and I look at her.

"Mikaela?" She gasps, before running over, pulling me into a hug.

"Nova! Oh my gosh, you're okay!" She squeezes me.

"Can't breathe!" I choke out, making her let go of me.

"I'm so sorry! I'm going to go get Ratchet." She leaves and I turn towards Sam.

"Can you get these off of me?" He does and helps me sit up.

"I'm sorry Nova, for not understanding why you didn't tell me. I would be scared beyond my mind if I went through everything you did. I would have been scared to tell anyone too." He gives me a hug and I do the best I could to hug him back.

"You're forgiven Sam. What's all that's happened while I was out of it?" He starts telling me how these two months have just been about resting and waiting for me to wake up. The door opens again and I stil flinch, but not as violently.

"Nova?" I turn towards Ratchet, letting go of Sam and opening my arms towards him.

"Ratchet." Ratchet gives me a hug.

"You're finally awake! Let me give you a check up and then I'll see about getting you into a wheelchair so you can see everyone." I nod and he scans me.

"The Allspark energy is fluctuating, and the Matrix is as well." I nod, looking at the IVs in my arms.

"Could you remove these?" He shakes his head.

"You haven't had solid food for two months. You're stomach has shrunk and you won't be able to handle solids for a while. I can see about getting you some applesauce or jello to eat for now." He walks out before coming back with a wheelchair, hooking my IV bags onto it.

"Ready to go see the others?" I nod, and they help me into the chair. Sam wheels it out of the room, where Mikaela was waiting.

"I didn't tell anyone else. It's going to be a surprise." I grin, looking at Sam.

"Onwards steed!" He laughs, rolling me down the hall. The moment I enter the rec room it's like time stopped. Everything went silent and everyone was looking at me.

"Hey guys." Everything turns to chaos, people rushing towards me to give me a hug.

"Calm down! Back up, she just woke up!" Ratchet yells, making everyone give me some space.

"Nova! It's good to see you awake." Ironhide scoops me out of the chair, ignoring Ratchet's yelling, giving me a hug with his holoform.

"It's good to be awake." I snuggle into his chest, making him tighten his grip on me.

"Put her back right now Ironhide!" Ratchet hits him on the head, and Ironhide laughs, setting me down into the chair. He ruffles my hair, which I noticed was at my shoulders.

"What happened to my hair?" I ask.

"We had to cut it. When Megatron shot you, it burned a good portion of it so we trimmed it." I nod, looking at Ironhide.

"Where's Optimus? I want to see him."

"He's in his office. He's been hiding in there ever since we came back." I roll my eyes.

"Well then I need to scold him. Sam, can you roll me there?" Sam does, and when we are outside of his office, I look at Sam.

"I'll take it from here. I'm sure Optimus can bring me back." Sam leaves, kissing my forehead.

"I'll call Mom and Dad to tell them you're awake." I turn towards the door, knocking on it. I wait a moment before knocking again, a little harder this time. The door finally opens and Optimus's holoform opens the door.

"N-Nova?"

"I'm really here Optimus. Now give me a hug." He does, collapsing in front of me. I rub his back as he starts to cry.

"I shouldn't have shot the machine while you were in it!" He whispers and I smack his head.

"If you think that's why I was out of it then you're wrong." I grip him tightly, nuzzling his holoform's head. "I'm okay now Optimus, I'm okay." We stay like that for a while, just drinking in each other's presence. I feel him pull back, so I hold his hand.

"Optimus, it's not your fault. It was the only way to turn off the machine and you actually saved me."

"What do you mean Nova?" I look up at him.

"The machine wanted only the Matrix. The Matrix, Allspark and I can't separate from one another so the machine was literally tearing me into two to try to get the Matrix. It stopped when you shot it. You saved me from dying Oppi." His eyes widen at the term of endearment.

"Oppi?"

"Yeah. You're my cybertronian dad. If you want to…" He pulls me back into a hug.

"Of course I will Nova. I would be honored to be called Oppi." I grin.

"Thanks Optimus. Let's go back to the others. I'm sure the twins and Bee want to greet me." He turns off his holoform, picking me up and holding me in his hand. We walk back to the rec room, where everyone was waiting.

"Nova!" I hear Lennox yell and I groan.

"I just woke up Lennox!" He doesn't seem to care, smacking my head the moment Optimus sets me down.

"Don't scare us like that ever again, do you understand?"

"I'd do it all over to save you guys so you'd better not get into trouble." He lets out a laugh, hugging me.

"Hey, where's Arcee, Chromia, Moonracer, and Jazz?" Everyone looks away.

"Nova… oh Nova." I look at Ratchet.

"Where. Are. They."

"They're gone. Jazz died trying to fight Megatron after he shot you." I freeze, staring at the ground.

"Can I see their bodies?" Ratchet picks me up, slowly walking over to a storage room. He opens it, and I see their bodies.

"Can I have some time alone? I… I want to say goodbye." Ratchet sets me down, not noticing my expression of determination. As soon as he shuts the door, I get out of the wheelchair, entire body shaking to stand. I stumble over to the triplets and climb onto Arcee, grunting.

"Matrix, I'm counting on you to bring them all back." I feel the Matrix gather its power into my hands, and I thrust them into Arcee's chest, feeling a small wave of power flow through me. Two glowing tendrils connect to Chromia and Moonracer, and I could feel all three of them waking, the Allspark fixing their bodies. I scramble off, making my way to Jazz. I power myself up again when the door slams open. I look at the person to see Optimus and Ratchet. I grin at them before slamming my hands down once more, the wave of power exhausting me. I could feel something connect itself to me, and I pulled against it, trying to see what it was.

"NOVA WITWICKY!" I could hear Ratchet yell. I allowed myself to crumple as Jazz woke. Ratchet picked me up, bringing me to his face.

"What the hell were you thinking?" Optimus helps Jazz sit up.

"Because they didn't deserve to die." I looked into Ratchet's optics and I could see my reflection, my eyes glowing an ominous red. I wonder if I could resurrect Ravage?


Okay, so it might be a month or two before I start posting the third movie, since I've barely started on it. For the most part, I might just post one-shot in a story dedicated for them, since I'm sure that you will be asking for characters to be with Nova left and right. I'm sorry for the temporary hiatus I put you guys through these last three weeks. I had to take care of some things but I will be back to uploading weekly once I have some chapters for you. I'll most likely write the entire next movie before posting them, so it will give me time to rest and give myself a break. I'm warning you guys right now, the next movie or so may not have that many movie scenes in it, since I'm gonna go crazy and throw you all for a world of horror and confusion. I promise that it will make sense in the end and hopefully you guys will like it. I have school that I have to focus on, so I'm really sorry if posting chapters are delayed a day or two, but I'll try to keep my uploads on either mondays to Tuesdays, so you guys can have something to look forward to on such horrible days. I love you all so much and hope you like the story!