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Chapter 36
Thera ran towards the base, but she kept looking behind her to make sure that the ASTS weren't following her. A while ago she'd noticed that she'd lost them and for that she was grateful, at least she wouldn't lead them to her mates. When she got to the base, she looked around and saw that they weren't there and she growled. Digging in her pocket, she pulled out her phone and dialled Will's number.
"Alexx?" Will asked.
She growled a little and huffed.
"Try again soldier boy" she replied.
There was a sharp intake of breath before said breath was let out slowly.
"Thera, are you alright?" He asked again.
Once again Thera growled and she raised her eyes to the sky.
"I'm fine, are the Autobots with you?" She questioned.
Will confirmed that they were with him and Thera nodded.
"Good, I need you all to come back to the base, I have something you all need to hear" she said.
Will said that they would be back as soon as they could be and Thera hung up. She could feel the blood around her face drying, but she didn't care about it, she hadn't even tried to wash it off. It wasn't that she was proud to wear the blood of another Shifter, even if he was a complete douche who was going to rape her if she was unwilling to give in to him, it was more the fact that she simply didn't think to wash it off. As she waited for her mechs and adoptive father to return, she started to pace up and down the road she was on, she was aware that she was making the soldiers quite nervous and it wasn't because of her pacing. In the end she growled and turned towards them.
"You boys got a problem?" She asked.
They shook their heads and she nodded before going back to her pacing while the soldiers looked on, desperately hoping that the Autobots would return soon and sort Thera out. Soon, their salvation arrived and as soon as the humans were out of the Autobots they transformed. After taking one look at the state Thera was in, Ratchet knelt down to her level and looked her over.
"Are you okay Thera?" He asked.
Thera looked at him and raised an eyebrow.
"Why wouldn't I be?" She asked back.
Ratchet motioned to her face and she chanced a look into one of his headlights to see that she had blood all over her face. She shrugged and looked at the medic.
"Oh it's nothing, it's not even my blood. And yes, I did kill someone, but it was someone who absolutely deserved it" she said.
Ratchet looked at her and his optics showed disapproval and he went to say something before Optimus interjected.
"What is it that you need to speak with us about?" He asked.
He too clearly wasn't happy that she'd killed someone, but it seemed that he wasn't in the mood to deal with trivial things right now.
"The Anti-Shifter Terrirost Squad are in league with the Decepticons. Now this bit of information will both reveal to you the how and why I have blood on my face and reveal to you the information about the ASTS and the Decepticons" she replied.
The mechs all came down to her level to listen and she stood there and explained.
"I know that the ASTS are in league with the Decepticons, because prior to me ripping his throat out, the Shifter who was like myself and Alexx revealed to Alexx and myself the plan that they have. The ASTS plan to provide the Decepticons and Sentinel with an army of Shifters who are both Alphas and Omegas to help rebuild Cybertron. Though I'm not entirely sure how that'll work" she said.
Optimus nodded a little.
"Sentinel intends to bring Cybertron into Earth's atmosphere in order to rebuild it with the humans and Shifters becoming slaves and doing all the work" he said.
Thera nodded and then sighed.
"Now, the reason I ripped the guy's throat out was for two reasons. Reason one, the fucktard gave me a choice, I either mate with him willingly and provide a child for the ASTS or he takes me by force. Though how the ASTS expected me to give them a child I don't know..." She began.
Ratchet frowned a little.
"What makes you say that? My scans indicate that you are perfectly capable of bearing sparklings" he said.
Thera looked at him.
"Ninety nine point nine, nine percent of Shifter children born to first time Shifter mothers die within the first few hours of being born, courtesy of an inexperienced mother. Besides, the first born is always too weak to live, so even if a first time mother has all the help she can get, the likelihood of the child surviving is one in one thousand. And reason number two, was really to send Clive Hangon a message" she explained.
The mechs nodded, though they weren't really happy about what she had done, at least there was one less member of the ASTS to worry about.
~Shifting Hearts~
(A few hours later)
Sentinel had released a broadcast saying that he was the leader of the Autobots and that the humans were to exile the other Autobots off of the planet. It was safe to say that Alexx wasn't very happy about that, but there was nothing that she could do, especially since the government had decided to do what Sentinel had requested and exile the Autobots.
"I can't believe they're doing this. How dare they!" Alexx yelled.
Ironhide rubbed a finger down his mates back and smiled slightly.
"Don't ya worry femme. Prime has a plan" he sad.
Alexx looked at the mech and as he was about to open his mouth, she held her hand up.
"Don't tell me, that way if the ASTS capture me again and try to get me to tell them if you guys have a plan, I can tell the truth and say that I don't know" she said.
Ironhide nodded and Alexx watched as he transformed. When done, he opened his cab door and Alexx climbed in before the door shut and they were on their way to the place where the Xanthium was kept.
"Before we leave Alexx, myself and the others would like to apologise to you" Ironhide said.
Alexx looked at the dash and raised an eyebrow.
"What is it you need to be sorry about?" She asked.
Ironhide's speakers hissed in static as he cycled his intakes.
"We should never have doubted Thera. We should have understood that if Thera felt something was wrong, then something was indeed wrong" he replied.
Alexx smiled sadly.
"I understand. You all looked up to him and he was Optimus' mentor. So having someone who didn't know him an doesn't know hardly anything about the way he was on Cybertron, I guess it was more a case of you wanted to believe that he was still good" she said.
The cab rumbled in agreement as they all drove towards the shuttle. Soon they arrived and as soon as Alexx exited Ironhide's cab, the mech and the other mechs transformed. Ratchet, Jazz and Optimus all came over and they along with Ironhide all came down to her level.
"I apologise Alexx" Optimus said.
The a Shifter femme looked at him with tears in her eyes as she walked up to him and pressed her hand against his cheek.
"I know, I understand why you didn't believe me and I accept your apology. I accept all of your apologies. And I want you all to know, that no matter where you are...I will always love you" she said.
Optimus, Jazz and Ratchet all teared up at the sound of that and even Ironhide teared up at the sound of it. However, they all quelled it and Alexx pressed her lips to theirs before stepping back. Sam then came up to them and asked them what their plan was and Alexx growled, especially when Optimus said that there was no plan, though she didn't know what the plan was, she did know that they did indeed have a plan. When the Autobots boarded the Xanthium, Sam came up to her.
"I need to know their plan" he said.
Alexx just looked at him.
"Optimus wasn't lying Sam, you know he wouldn't lie to you. They're going to heed the government's wishes and they're going to leave Earth. But here's my plan. I am going to find each and every one of the humans that is involved with the Decepticons and each and every Shifter who is sent to Sentinel and his band of merry mechs and I am going to rip their throats out one by one, until I get to Clive and his right hand man. Then, I'm going to let Thera have her way with them, though I think I'd better put a cheese grater in some caustic acid first" she said.
Sam just gave her a look as if she'd been possessed by something and she just gave a smile.
"Oh nothing you need to worry your pretty little head about" she stated.
Sam nodded and they both watched as the Xanthium launched off into space.
~Shifting Hearts~
A/N: And here is the next chapter. I hope you do all enjoy it and I do apologise for leaving it where it is and I apologise to a certain reviewer...for not making this chapter longer, but as I said in my PM to you, my chapters are as long as my muse allows them to be and they will ONLY be as long as my muse allows them to be, even if that means that chapters are only just 1000 words long. Anyway, with that over...
Thank you for reading and enjoy
Vampyrex1
Date Written: 19 March 2015
Word Count: 1740
Upload Date: Saturday 21 March 2015
Next Chapter Due: Saturday 28 March 2015