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ove Beyond Memories: Phase 3
By Gina-chan
"Is she awake yet? What's her stats?" The voices were all
around me. At first I thought I was at Tokyo hospital, and that the portal
hadn't worked, and now here I was, dying. But Tokyo hospital wasn't what I saw
when I opened my eyes.
It was a bat.
I wasn't even phased. I sighed.
"Not another
one…" I trailed off.
"Hey," the
bat greeted. "How are you feeling?"
"Just great.
I'm in some strange world filled with robots that look animals and planes and
who knows what else…yea. I'm doing good," I replied, sitting up. The bat-boy
smiled. He must be a younger one or something…
"So what's
your name?" he asked. "I'm Nightscream."
"Gina," I
replied. "So where am I?"
"You're at
the Maximal Base," said Nightscream. I ran my hands through my hair, trying to
flatten it down.
"So where's
Jetstorm?" I asked, getting off…whatever the heck I was sitting on.
"Jetstorm?"
he said, like the word was dirt. "Why do you care about him? He works for
Megatron." I glared at him. As if I didn't already know that.
"Look. You
got a problem with Jetstorm? You're gonna have to deal with me then, pal.
Jetstorm just so happens to be my husband who I care very much about, okay?" I
said angrily towards Nightscream.
"Hey, hey,
hey!" Nightscream said defensively. "I didn't mean to insult you or anything…"
he stopped, as a large ape walked into the room. I sighed.
"Optimus!"
Nightscream greeted. Optimus nodded.
"So." He
said, staring at me.
"So." I
replied.
"Um, I think
I'll leave you two alone," Nightscream said, walking out of the room.
"You love
Jetstorm, don't you?" Optimus asked, once Nightscream left. I nodded. I wanted
to yell, 'Yes, I do, you bastard!' but I couldn't bring myself to do it. He
seemed so kind and gentle.
"Why?" he
asked simply. I sighed. Optimus held up a hand.
"Wait. You
don't have to explain. Do you mind if I read your thoughts?" he asked. I looked
at him skeptically.
"Only the
ones about Jetstorm, I mean," he added quickly.
"Kay," I
replied.
"This will
only take a second," said Optimus, placing a large, leathery hand on my back. I
felt kind of weary as I felt another mind inside my own. It sounds strange, but
I guess you can't really understand unless you experience yourself. After what
seemed like hours, Optimus lifted his hand from my back. He sighed.
"I see. So Megatron
erased his memories…" Optimus trailed off, deep in thought.
"I know. It's
hopeless," I said.
"No. Nothing
is hopeless," Optimus said. "We just need to find a way to get Jetstorm's
memories back, and then he can go back to your world with you. That'll be
taking care of two problems at once."
"But how do
you plan on getting his memories back, hn?" I asked.
"I'm sure
Rattrap has something." Optimus said. "Come on, lets go see." Optimus walked
out of the room. I followed. We walked down a few passageways till we got to
Rattrap's place.
"Rattrap! You
got any machines that can recover deleted memories from a spark?" Optimus asked
Rattrap, who happened to be working on some other piece of machinery.
"Oh sure,
boss, right dis way," Rattrap said, putting down whatever he was working on and
led us to the back of his…shop. Or room. I couldn't decide. Rattrap held up a
small, half-egg-shaped…mechanical object-type thing.
"Here,"
Rattrap said, handing the thing to Optimus. "Jus' place it over the spark, 'n
that should do the trick."
"Thanks,
Rattrap," said Optimus.
"Now lemme
warn you, it's not fullproof…there may be some side affects…" Rattrap trailed
off. "But I see you're determined then. Well, good luck."
"So now where
to?" I asked as we left Rattrap's.
"To get Jetstorm's memory back."