Chapter Twenty-Nine
Previous Chapter Rundown
"I know of only one way to get information from you, Elita. And that would require you to become my mate," again he growled, watching as I tried to cover my spark unconsciously. "Melding our sparks into one entity, sharing our memories, our most," he leaned in close, his face plates mere inches from me, "intimate thoughts."
I felt my stomach rebel at the thought. I shook my head violently, my legs refusing to move.
"But there is that one problem. The fact that you burn from merely touching us. Then again, I don't mind watching you burn in agony as I take your spark and your body."
My mouth with dry with fear as my eyes widened, quickly forcing its way to look at Sam. He freaked out and quickly distracted the leader from my form. I distinctly remembered hearing a part shift and a light blue illuminating a spot on the floor, but it disappeared in seconds, Megatron focusing on Sam.
The sound of a saw caught our attention as Sam started screaming wait. But I didn't run toward him. Instead, I ducked to the ground, covering my head as a voice bounced around my cranium. It was a warning to take cover and for good reason because in that moment, a large body crashed through the roof of the warehouse to our rescue and it is then that I knew who it was.
Optimus Prime has come to save us.
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I screamed again as loud gunshots echoed through the building, large sparks erupting around me. I felt hands on my body, pulling me up to my feet and I blindly followed. We ran from the warehouse together, not bothering to look for our other comrades as we ducked out of the warehouse. It was like running on rubber as I looked off into the distance, seeing Bumblebee driving away. But Sam ushered me to Optimus, my spark leaping to my throat as I sat in the driver seat.
"Prime!"
"Hang on! I'm getting you out of here!" he blared through his speakers, speeding away as quickly as possible. Sam kept looking back behind us, watching out for anyone or thing that may be following us as I leaned forward, wrapping my arms around his steering wheel.
"Prime, oh God, Prime," my body shook as I continued, knowing this had to be quick. I felt frightened and felt my insides twist. The city faded away and a lightly wooded area surrounded us as I felt the words fall from my lips before I could stop them. "Don't do this! Don't fight them alone. You can't! I….I don't want to be with Megatron! Don't give him the opportunity to combine his spark with mine! Please!"
Sam quickly grabbed my arms, taking them off the steering wheel as I continued to babble from my hysterics. Sam held me then, rocking me back and forth as we followed the winding path.
"He will never have you, Zynith! I won't allow it!" Prime growled but it was the last I heard of it as Sam screamed, pointing out the back windows. It was then that I felt Prime shift, telling us to prepare as we were suddenly ejected from him. Prime transformed then, turning to meet Megatron, but he wasn't given the chance as Megatron tackled him. Both leader's rolled along the ground as Sam and I ran for our lives, my chest heaving with the effort. I felt so weak, so torn by what happened that I didn't know what to do, even as Prime yelled for us to hide.
We continued then, dodging the trees we past to try and get away. We suddenly stopped at two trees right next to each other, Sam and I trying to see how Prime was doing. I had never truly seen him battle a bot without the worry of harming humans and seeing him now, I couldn't help but think that Prime was far superior than Megatron. He moved with such grace that it was almost like a majestic dance, but I received something far more primitive in the signals coming from Prime. It seemed like he was melding with my own processor so I could feel and hear his thoughts as he fought.
The sound of a helicopter forced my eyes to tear from the battle, my spark dropping down to my toes as I watched several other Decepticons join in the fight. Starscream joined us, focusing his hateful gaze on us as we shifted away from him.
"Come here boy!" Starscream yelled as he started to chase us. I pulled on Sam's hand, not knowing when our fingers intertwined but we ran together, trying to get away. I felt a sudden feeling of fear, not from me, but from an outside source. I could tell it was Prime, felt it down to my infrastructure. It also contained rage as I heard a grunt from behind us, seeing two bodies fall to the ground from my peripheral.
"Move, move, move!" Sam yelled as we jumped over a downed log. The Earth behind us erupted as the bullets landed to close to our forms. I felt a sudden sting on the back of my leg, crying out in agony as we came upon another log, crouching down beside it. I felt unadulterated horror fill my mind, knowing Prime heard me and was worried. But he needed to focus on the battle, so I slumped to the ground, looking at my leg. My calf was bleeding, noting a piece of wood had inserted itself into me. I ground my teeth and removed it, feeling the sudden relief. I knew I would need energon soon, my body being overworked with how much it needed to heal.
We are coming, Zynith! We're trying!
What's taking you so damn long, Ironhide?!
They set a trap for us. Delayed us!
My spark froze in my chest, my eyes widening in realization. They trapped the others to keep them from coming to Prime's aid. The Decepticons were really not after me or Sam at all, the symbols merely a ploy. This whole thing was a trap from the very beginning and I was just a lucky prize to be had. To threaten…..
They want to kill Prime! Their real target is Prime!
Autobots, hurry! This was a trap!
Ironhide was in a panic in my mind as I looked over the log, getting to my knees. Sam and I watched as Prime continued to fight while Megatron taunted the leader.
"There is another source of energon on this planet. The boy and girl can lead us to it."
Prime never responded as he tried to fight off the others until Megatron kicked him in the face, his battle mask flying off. I tried to go to Optimus in that moment, Sam and I screaming his name, but Sam tackled me to the ground, rolling us both together to several more trees. He continued to hold me as I stopped moving, watching the scene in horror. But Sam lifted me up and started pulling me into a full on sprint as I heard the spinning of chopper blades followed by a sound of a weapon charging. It was then that I felt the ground behind us explode as we jumped over another log, landing beside the roots.
"Is the future of our race not worth a single human and Halfling life?" Megatron said as we both looked at Prime. He was not looking at us, merely going to a knelt position, staring out into the distance. I heard him spit in the process, knowing he had been hurt. I was afraid that maybe he was listening to Megatron, considering his words.
"Come on," Sam said. Prime still didn't move.
"Get up, Optimus. Please," I whispered, watching in fear. That was when he shifted, his demeanor quickly changing.
"You will never stop at one," he stood in that moment, his stance feral as his hands both showed two glowing blades. "I'll take you all on!"
And he moved, quickly attacking the nearest Decepticon to him. We watched as, not a leader, but a warrior joined us, twisting and turning to defeat his enemies. His blades connected with all of his enemies, tearing metal from their bodies and leaving damage in their wake. Prime even punched Megatron in the face, overpowering him in mere seconds before moving on to Starscream. Sam and I both looked through the roots of the tree, our eyes/optics focused on the battle with fascination as Prime caused as much damage as possible. We even watched as he overpowered one, ripping the face off of it and forcing it to fall to the ground with a groaning thud. But he stumbled, landing on the ground and searching it.
"Sam! Zynith! Where are you?!"
Neither of us could answer as I screamed in that moment, watching a clawed servo wrap around his shoulder. And in that moment, my whole life ended as a blade erupted from Prime's chest, dangerously close to his spark. I watched in horror as Prime was lifted from the ground, his servos desparately trying to pull the blade from his chest. His words were no but I heard his thoughts, his pain and fear. I saw it when I stood up, my arms reaching for him as his optics finally attached to me. He was frightened, not of his own death, but for me. How he failed to save me…..to show me how much he….
The thoughts ended as an explosion erupted from his chest, his arms falling limply to his sides. I felt a deep pain in my chest, parts of me going numb in agony as I felt a strangled scream get trapped in my throat. Flashes of the pink bot came before my optics as I watched his body fall, both the one known as Orion fading in and out as Optimus fell. That was when it cleared, the two bots melding to one. The reality of my past memories coming before me in that one moment. Everything flashed before me. Orion's death, his recreation, Ariel's own destruction, and her own reconstruction all before my optics as Optimus landed on the ground roughly.
"Run! Both of you! Run!" his words barely registered as I stared at him, watching his sapphire optics fade to darkness. My own had to be as wide as saucers as it finally dawned on me, all my doubts in that moment of who I was, my heritage, turning into confirmation. Ariel and Elita. Optimus and Orion.
They were the same.
"NO!" I felt my body try to move forward but Sam quickly grabbed my hand. We ran in the opposite direction, my whole body unable to believe what I just witnessed. I barely heard the sound of the other Autobots coming to us, or the Camaro screeching to a halt with it's door opening at the same time. But it meant nothing to me at that moment as I was shoved into the backseat, numb to everything.
I didn't hear the choked sob coming from the radio, nor the quiet cry coming from Mikaela. I didn't even register that Leo had placed a hand on my back as I remained doubled over, feeling completely numb quite literally. Parts of me seem to have died. My spark was beating erratically and it felt like it was reaching out of me, trying to reach for the one person in the world that could calm it. But there was nothing there. Nothing.
"Zynith?" her shaking voice made me look up, watching as tears ran down her face. And that was when I broke, my arms surrounding my form as I suddenly began screaming again and again. I continued on with my scream as pink and blue energon tears fell down my cheeks, my body rocking back and forth. The tears landed on my jeans, burning holes into the fabric.
Mikaela kept Leo from touching me, the newest addition to our hell surprised by what he was seeing. And then I heard his sudden yelp as arms surrounded me, rocking with me back and forth. I even felt tears in my hair, seeing another shade of color join my own. But his arms did not take the cold feeling from me. It didn't do a damn thing because in the end….in the fucking end….he….he was…..
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Prime was dead. And I was alone.
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Boti: Alright children, I am sorry for not having updated in forever. (Please don't kill me.) I was doing quite a bit of working 2 jobs and that took most of my time. But I have actually quit my 2nd job (since my health took a little tumble…don't worry I'm better now) and therefore I am back at the typing. I am just trying to get the motivation to watch the movie again so I can do the next few scenes.
Those of you wondering, I literally have 25 stories going at one time. None are finished (like this one) and I will literally go one a massive writing binge with one, then stop. Right now, I am doing an X-Men one in an alternate universe revolving around Beast. Why? Hell if I know.
Don't worry, I should be back on Transformers in the next day or two. Please have patience and I will definitely be back. I just need to finish some of these that way I can do weekly posts without causing horrible problems. Thanks again! Love you all!
