Chapter 7-Fear of the Unknown

Snow drifted softly as the first snowfall of the season came to the wood. Megatron was helping Eleanor with upkeep in the barn, making sure everyone was fed and warm as winter's icy claws began to creep over the lands.

Megatron himself had seen snow before, but it never ceased to amaze him as it slowly drifted down with all the unique snowflakes dancing in the air as they came to the ground resting with the rest of the snow, and of course as their strange nature, the Bluebells never wilted nor died in the deadly cold, deadly to plants mind you not humans.

"Beautiful, isn't it?" Megatron slightly jumped when Eleanor's voice called from his side, he didn't even hear her footfalls.

"Indeed." He simply replied, he felt like he should've said more though.

"Something's bothering you, what is it?" She looked at him with a concerned smile, her emerald eyes piercing him to the core.

In truth, he was holding something back, he just didn't know where to start.

"It's hard to explain, but, do you remember a couple weeks ago you spoke about your past?" She nodded. "I've been thinking about mine, you know a little already but I am...afraid I suppose to tell you the full story."

She smiled more widely, "That's how I felt before I told you, just start from the beginning and it will flow out naturally."

He sighed, "Alright."

Eleanor guided the apprehensive Warlord to the upper loft of the barn where they sat on some hay with blankets for warmth.

That is when he told her everything.

The early days as a Miner, those days in the Pits of Kaon where he honed his skills and won his freedom, meeting Orion Pax who later became Optimus Prime. The rallies calling for a better Cybertron, the ultimate meeting with the High Council and where in his mind everything went wrong and where the war began.

Then the war itself, the hardships, victories and losses. Finally, the destruction of his home, having to abandoned it for another and arriving on Earth five years ago. The ongoing war was something she was mostly caught up with and when all was said and done, he had these final words.

"In the end, it matters not but what you think of me. Most either think of what I've done as heroic or monstrous and now, reflecting on it all I fear you will be the latter. This is why I was afraid to tell you, I was afraid you think me a monster who only wants the destruction of all those around me."

His eyes were cast down, staring at his hands that were white knuckled from the strain of being clutched so tightly, then two gloved hands reach out for his clutched ones, and though made of metal had a softness to it, he looked up back at her and her eyes gleamed in lantern light of the evening turned night now.

"Megatron, you are not a monster but you are also not a hero. You are what we call, 'Human'." He stared at her in shock, she went on. "What that means is that you are solely not evil nor good as there is no such thing. You are flawed and imperfect which makes you, you.'

'If you were perfect then the world would be boring and no life would exist. To be 'Human' as we say is to make mistakes, to fall down once in while. But those of us who can understand what we have done wrong can only try to make things right in the future, that is what I mean when I say you are 'Human'."

"So, you are not afraid of me?" He asked hopefully, the next words made his Spark or Heart as Humans have flutter with that strange emotion once more.

"Megatron, I will never be afraid of you no matter what." He slowly turned his hands in hers till they were intertwined and smiled at her as if the world just came off his shoulders.

"Thank you, Eleanor. I should've known out of all the humans on this planet, you would be the one to understand." She smiled back.

"Of course, after all, you made me feel like I could be me when I am around you." Her heart raced as those words came forth, she could feel his hot breath on her at how close they were, seemly gravitating towards another.

Suddenly, a ringing sound came from Megatron's pocket.

With sudden reality hitting them both they immediately turned from each other, releasing their hands as a red tint took both their cheeks. Quickly rummaging he took out a phone that he made just in case the Nemesis ever tried contacting him, and it was from the Nemesis.

Apparently, Starscream was engaging the Autobots and proclaiming he was the Lord of the Decepticons.

Clearing his throat, he stood as he spoke, "I'm sorry, but I must take my leave, a situation is growing and I need to take care of it."

"It's alright," She didn't meet his gaze, her face still red from how close they were too….she stopped herself from thinking further. "Go, you are need."

With a pang of guilt he simply nodded and headed down and out of the barn, then out of sight of the wood she called home.

She sat their, in shock, her heart still fluttered at the sudden realization of what had just happened. She realized what her heart was saying but what her mind was denying. She looked out to where he had disappeared across the horizon over the wood.

Tears fell from her gleaming emerald eyes, her emotions were mixed.

She was in love with him.

But, she knew it couldn't work.

He was a Cybertronian currently enthralled with war, he was going to conquer her world, enslave humanity at the most and destroy what humanity had built for his own empire.

He wouldn't fall for someone like her, he only saw her as a friend or a plaything, right?

Her mind clouded with what ifs and how it had come to this. And even though he accepted her past, that she was not whole, could he love someone like that? Someone who he most likely saw as just a friend?

Were they friends? Or, something more? Did he love her back? Why did she fall for him?

Eleanor's mind spiraled out of control, tears fell in great numbers as she sobbed uncontrollably in the cold new winter air. She was now in unknown territory, and she didn't know what to do.

The fear of the unknown, seemed something truly terrifying and once more, she would have to bear it.

But this time it wasn't about her broken past and self, but now, it was the terrifying truth that she was in love with a warlord from another world entirely.