-1What one feels, the other feels as well…
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Sarah awakened to the feeling of being shaken violently, and to the sound of screams. She could hear a voice crying out, raw from stark terror, pleading to be spared from some awful fate, wailing out apology after apology for deeds she didn't know of… Awakening fully, opening her eyes to behold the concerned faces of all the Autobots right up to Optimus Prime himself, she sat up before she even realized that she was awake. She shook herself, stretching her legs. "I'm whole… I'm all right." The raw croak that was her voice alerted her to one simple fact. "The screaming… Was that… me?" Nobody had to say anything. The fact that Rumble was sitting on Ratchet and shaking answered her question.
That odd feeling was back, the strange sensation of energy being funneled out of her body that she remembered from the weeks after she had initially found the Shard. Ratchet's scan laid bare both muscle and bone, and far more than that. "She's emitting energy," he said finally. "It's almost as if she's sharing her life force with something… or someone." Hearing this, her eyes went wide. "Megatron," she murmured to herself. The bond is still there. She hadn't really realized what that meant, at least not until now. They had been tied together from the first, her holding him to life, him laying bare his memories to her. He'd been lost in his memories and by night she had been lost with him, witnessing it all. She'd walked in everyone's dreams, sure, but the ones she had experienced most strongly were Megatron's. He alone had seen her, been aware of her presence, something that implied a far deeper connection than what she had with any of the others. Given all of that, the connection between them, she just had to wonder…
Were the feelings she had about him true? Were they really hers? She was tied to him so closely, the two of them bound together body and soul by the All Spark's power. Had she gotten these feelings about a normal man, she would have deemed it true love. But Megatron wasn't human. Nor am I, she thought. Not anymore. Was she reading too heavily into it? Was this what it seemed to be, or was her mind trying to interpret alien thoughts and feelings in a human way? She prayed it was the latter, prayed with all her heart, because there was no way he could possibly feel the same way about her. These were human feelings, after all. What use could beings born of technology have for love?
A stab of pain from her abused throat snapped her out of her train of thought. "I'm heading out!" Standing up, she staggered for a moment because her legs were numb, everything was numb below her arms and all she could feel was a tingling sensation, as if most of her body had fallen asleep. The sight of her stumbling snapped Ratchet out of the state of confused shock he'd found himself in. "Heading out? In your condition? You've got to be kidding, Sarah. There's no way I'm letting you go out until I'm sure you'll be all right!" Whipping around to face him, far angrier than anyone had ever seen her, she only had one thing to say. "Ratchet, if you stop me, you can be sure I won't be all right! If you don't let me do this, I may not survive the night… and another may die with me!" At the back of the group, no one saw the look of dawning comprehension and utter horror taking shape on Jazz's face. He'd known the two were connected somehow, Megatron and the girl who had become the All Spark, but he'd never guessed just how strong that bond was. Had his attempt on Megatron's life also put Sarah's life in danger? He would be discovered soon, of this he was sure, and yet he somehow couldn't bring himself to care. The only thought in his mind was that he hoped she would be all right… That and him cursing himself for endangering the very survival of his kind over a stupid personal vendetta. A little unsteady, Sarah crouched down and transformed, rising up as the black metallic being they had all come to know so well. Jazz froze like a very large metallic deer in headlights as she turned to face him. "…We need to talk when I get back. Seriously." He calmed down slightly when she turned to Optimus. "I'll be heading out now… If I'm not back by morning, and I doubt I will be, track my signal and come find me. And don't worry about me." She smiled. "I'm a big girl. I'll be all right on my own." Wasting no more words, she walked to the entrance and stared out into the night for a moment before transforming and rocketing off into the night, a comet tearing through the starry sky like a bolt of brilliant purple fire cleaving the darkness as it passed by.
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So that's how Sarah feels about things, Megatron included.