Don't Look Back
Chapter 2
Rampage
by Nurannoniel The Insane Mutant Elf
'Is there really such
a thing as Hope? Is it all just a dream?' Now X watched as Syria collapsed into her cell. He was afraid to
call out to her... He had only been given a voice box today. He had only learned speech from her
teachings.
She'd always known when he understood something, for X would get excited with
every new realization. But right now, she seemed in too much emotional distress
for X to emotionally (let alone verbally) call out to her. 'There has to be
some meaning to that word, Hope. At least I.... hope.'
~The lava pits – Ancient Earth~
Hope. What a strange thing to think about now as Rampage looked out through his quarter's window. Since that first escape, Hope had become something real. But after this long, it was gone again. All thanks to the Maximals, Depthcharge, and Megatron. Hmph. Still...
Syria. Whatever happened to her after that night? Rampage still laughed at the thought of such a small femme being so helpful. But it didn't help that every time he stood up he almost always knocked her over. Even in the ship, she had to duck to keep from being hit. Depthcharge had a VERY small ship...
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"Hey, watch it X!" Syria could just barely fit into the ship with the two larger bots. She almost had to hide under X's arms to keep from being knocked down. It was going to be a LONG flight.
Depthcharge just shook his head and checked the scanners. The lab had no clue he'd rescued these two, for no one had followed them to the space port that night. Depthcharge started the ship's engines and waited for his two companions to settle in. It took several cycles and much cursing before X was finally able to find a spot to sit down. Syria, with no room left, sat on top of the larger bot.
They took off into the black, star-speckled night.
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Rampage suddenly sighed. "Just like tonight." A star flashed, catching the large bot's attention. "First star I see tonight...."
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"Wish I may, wish I might, have the wish I wish tonight." Syria proudly finished reciting the poem. The two mech's jaw's dropped open. "Then you make your wish! But NEVER tell anyone what you wished for, or it won't come true."
Blinking and nodding, Depthcharge returned to navigating the ship. X returned to trying to read a data-disk given to him by Depthcharge. Syria returned to being bored. The peace didn't last long before Syria started to chatter again.
"X, would you please...?"
"Of course." X clasped his hand over Syria's mouth. "Give it a rest, would ya?"
Syria continued to talk under X's hand. The two mechs sighed. It seemed that the flight was taking even longer than expected.
A few megacycles later, the trio arrived on Omicron. Still no one suspected the white femme and the red mech of being laboratory escapees. To X, it finally seemed that Hope had meaning, and this was it. Freedom, friends, and the light of day. He looked up to the sky and let the sunlight warm his face. "Syria, the sun..."
She looked up at her giant friend. "Yes, the sun. I forgot what it was like to feel the sun."
Depthcharge looked at his friends, puzzled. 'Of course, he's never seen the sun!' Seeing X marvel at such a simple thing made Depthcharge realized how much he took the simple things for granted. "C'mon, we should get home." He turned and walked a few steps, but stopped when his friends did not follow. "Something wrong?"
X's green optics blinked. He looked down at his small white friend who had taught him the meaning of everything... almost. "What's a 'home'?"
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Rampage couldn't help it. For the first time in what seemed like forever, he laughed long and hard. Syria had forgotten to tell him about the word "home", and Depthcharge's expression had been priceless.
When Rampage recovered from his laughter, he again saw the star he had wished on a few minutes before. Was it getting brighter??
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The "star" that Depthcharge and Rampage had both wished on came crashing to earth, shaking both bases violently.
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