Amity-Star: Here it is. I actually redid this chapter three times, until I
thought of the perfect thing. . .
Hot Shot: Just get on with it, I'm hungry.
Disclaimer: I don't own Caitlin, she belongs to Dual Mistress K, Shadowlocks is copyrighted to Torika_Blayde and all I own is Dawn and the plot.
~^*^~ Chapter 10: Time cannot erase. ~^*^~
The water was nice and warm against her skin as she stepped into the shower. Her thoughts were of what happened in the Control Room a mere four hours earlier.
"A year at least? What happens if they're stuck this way?" Caitlin thought out loud and massaged her scalp with Herbal Essences ((I don't own that either.)). A sudden thought struck her.
"They could come to collage with me!" she said suddenly as she hurried to finish her shower and get changed.
~*~
Dawn looked up at the moon from her vantage point out on the cliff like balcony that was situated above the entrance to the Base.
The moon was full and her thoughts strayed to when she used to come out here and think when she was originally human. The stars twinkled mischievously above her as she layed down on the patch of grass that grew on the open space.
The ground was still warm, relinquishing its heat to the cool desert night air as the moon travelled to it's apex. She closed her eyes and must have slipped into a light doze, for the next thing she knew, Optimus was sitting right next to her and speaking softly. "Awake I see." He said as he smiled.
Dawn looked around as if in a dream and noticed that the moon had strayed further into the sky. Yawning loudly she placed her hands under her head and closed her eyes again. "What time is it?" she asked as she felt herself start to slip back into dream land.
"It's quarter to twelve." Optimus said as he watched Dawn's eyes snap open and her being sit upright.
"Quarter to twelve?!! I've been sleeping for about three hours!!! Why didn't you wake me earlier?!" she said as she jumped up but then almost fell over, spots dancing infront of her eyes from the sudden change in position.
Optimus chuckled and stood up, brushing off the seat to his black jean pants. "That's because I kind of fell asleep too." He said as Dawn started laughing.
"You? Optimus Prime? Leader of the Autobots and 'fearless warrior' fell asleep? That's a good one." She said as she emphasised the words 'fearless warrior'. Gripping her side she just about keeled over from laughing so hard. Finally stopping, she wiped the tears of laughter that had pooled in the corner of her eyes and sighed, still clutching her stomach.
"As I said, I came out to get you because Caitlin wanted us for something and I found you asleep, and well, I decided to wait until you wake up, and then that's when I kind of fell asleep." Optimus said truthfully as Dawn fell about into another round of hysterics.
Standing up, she walked over to where the hidden human door to the base situated and entered the security code. She looked back over her shoulder and, yet again, fell about when a sudden beeping noise came from the keypad.
ACCESS DENIED! Was written in large red letters on the tiny screen. "What the-" Dawn started but then stopped when a hand touched her shoulder and moved her aside a bit, Optimus moving forwards, towards the keypad.
"The code's been changed." Optimus said as he turned around. "We've been locked out." He stated as Dawn's giggling ceased and a look of pure shock crossed her face.
"What if they don't find us?" Dawn started as she looked worried.
Optimus shook his head and walked away from Dawn, the hologram activating behind him; a disguise of shrubbery and rocks.
Dawn sat down but then stood up and went to edge of the 'balcony' like ledge. A frown crossed her face and she turned around, only to deepen her frown when she noticed that there was another ledge that curved over to form a shade from the elements. "We can't get out. We can't climb," she said as she pointed to the ceiling and then pointed to the edge, "And we certainly can't drop down."
Optimus nodded his head. He knew they couldn't climb; it was far too steep and there no foot or hands holds to grab onto; and they couldn't climb down - their ledge that they were standing on stuck out from the rock wall, creating the roof of the cave below them, and even if they were to drop down, they'd be moulded into pancakes since it was about a hundred fifty drop down to the bottom. "Oh, well. Let's get some sleep. Hopefully they'll find us by the morning." Optimus said as he took a seat on the path of grass and motioned for Dawn to sit down.
"You think?" Dawn asked as she sat down and gazed at the stars.
"Yeah." Optimus replied as too star gazed.
~*~
Caitlin glared at the monitors. For the passed two hours she had searched the camera monitors for the both Dawn and Optimus and they still hadn't turned up. "Where the hell could they be?" she asked aloud as Jet Fire walked in, the biggest grin on his face that not even Shadowlocks could compete with.
Caitlin whirred around and glared at him. "What are you smiling about?" she snapped. She had told the others about her remarkable idea, but everyone had said that they wanted to hear what Optimus said about the idea.
"Oh nothing." He said slyly as he sat down next to Caitlin.
At that, Red Alert walked in and walked up to the two. "Alright, what have you done with them?" he asked as Caitlin's anger faded away like a flash of lightning and was replaced by uneasiness.
Caitlin fidgeted and Jet Fire noticed this. An eyebrow went up. 'Hmm, interesting.' He thought as a small plan cooked away in his mind. Quickly turning his thoughts away from his plan, his grin appeared like it had before and he started laughing. "You still don't know where they are do you?" Jet Fire asked smugly as the glare returned to Caitlin's face.
"Jet, I'm warning you. . ." she said as the grin disappeared from Jet's face and was replaced by blankness. When Caitlin got this way, whoa, you had better watch out.
"Okay, okay! I've gotten revenge on Optimus and Dawn." He said as his grin appeared again when the death glares from Caitlin seemed to evaporate and be replaced with the look of a child opening their Christmas and birthday presents at the same time.
"Ooo. Tell, tell!!!" she said as Red Alert slapped his forehead.
"Oh, no, not another prank war." He sighed but stayed where he was, in-case somebody needed to get rescued.
"I locked them out of the base." Jet Fire said proudly as his smile brightened.
Caitlin looked at him her smile dropped. "That's it?" she asked as Jet looked at her weirdly, his features set in puzzlement.
"What do you mean 'that's it'?" he asked as he took a sip of his cola.
Caitlin slapped her forehead and proceed to bang her head on the mini-con sized control panel. "Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!!!" she repeated as Jet smiled happily and seem to skip out of the room, leaving poor Red Alert to persuade Caitlin to stop knocking out brain cells.
~*~
Shadowlocks laughed manically as she thrashed Hot Shot for the hundredth time in a row.
They; Shadowlocks, Hot Shot, Blurr and Sideswipe; were in the human's play room where there was a pool table, an entertainment system, a bowling alley with two lanes, a gym and whole library.
Star Scream walked into the room and smiled evilly as he watched Shadowlocks proceed to verbally abuse the TV when the computer presumedly killed her. "Hey, Shadow! If you want a real fight, I'll play you." Star Scream said as he placed the glass of Coke he was holding on the table and sat down beside Shadowlocks.
It seemed that the whole room had gone quiet. Shadowlocks could just imagine everyone go at that moment 'oo' or 'oh' at that statement. "Sure, why not. I need the challenge." She said with a smirk as they started another game and chose Bowser and Junior Bowser as Star Scream chose Petey Piranha and King Boo.
"Ha, you'll never be able to defeat me! They are the most slowest- HEY!!!" she screamed out as Star Scream turned the tables on Shadow's winning streak and at that moment she was loosing by a long shot.
~*~
"That's Pisces." Dawn said as she pointed to a constellation of stars that resembled two fish, entwined with one another. "That's my star sign." Dawn continued as she felt a tear roll down her cheek. She realised it's presence and wiped it away quickly, as to not show Optimus that she was crying.
Too late. He had already acknowledged its presence and had turned to her. "Dawn, what's wrong?" he asked as he wiped away another tear that rolled down her cheek.
Dawn looked away from him, her eyes staring at the sky as her tears flowed freely. She couldn't stop them, and this was the second time in her life that she had let Optimus see her cry. "It's just that it's so hard to forget. It's so different now. Everything is different." She said as she closed her eyes, trying to shut the tears away.
Optimus' other hand cupped her other cheek and she opened her eyes, her breath catching in her throat. "It's alright. I can't imagine what you're going through at the moment. But I can see by the pain in your eyes that you are going through a time of great hardships. It's alright, you can talk to me." Optimus said in a voice barely above a whisper as he leaned his head forward and let his breath tickle her lips.
Dawn's breaths were shallow and quick. She just couldn't wait for the rest of the next part to hurry up. She closed her eyes and leaded forwards, his lips capturing hers in sweet embrace.
And a burst of light made her wake up.
~*^*~
Amity-Star: If I grossed any of you out, sorry, but it is a romance fic. Anyway, just be happy that I wrote this chapter and not work on my other fics. *Blessed Be!!!
Hot Shot: Just get on with it, I'm hungry.
Disclaimer: I don't own Caitlin, she belongs to Dual Mistress K, Shadowlocks is copyrighted to Torika_Blayde and all I own is Dawn and the plot.
~^*^~ Chapter 10: Time cannot erase. ~^*^~
The water was nice and warm against her skin as she stepped into the shower. Her thoughts were of what happened in the Control Room a mere four hours earlier.
"A year at least? What happens if they're stuck this way?" Caitlin thought out loud and massaged her scalp with Herbal Essences ((I don't own that either.)). A sudden thought struck her.
"They could come to collage with me!" she said suddenly as she hurried to finish her shower and get changed.
~*~
Dawn looked up at the moon from her vantage point out on the cliff like balcony that was situated above the entrance to the Base.
The moon was full and her thoughts strayed to when she used to come out here and think when she was originally human. The stars twinkled mischievously above her as she layed down on the patch of grass that grew on the open space.
The ground was still warm, relinquishing its heat to the cool desert night air as the moon travelled to it's apex. She closed her eyes and must have slipped into a light doze, for the next thing she knew, Optimus was sitting right next to her and speaking softly. "Awake I see." He said as he smiled.
Dawn looked around as if in a dream and noticed that the moon had strayed further into the sky. Yawning loudly she placed her hands under her head and closed her eyes again. "What time is it?" she asked as she felt herself start to slip back into dream land.
"It's quarter to twelve." Optimus said as he watched Dawn's eyes snap open and her being sit upright.
"Quarter to twelve?!! I've been sleeping for about three hours!!! Why didn't you wake me earlier?!" she said as she jumped up but then almost fell over, spots dancing infront of her eyes from the sudden change in position.
Optimus chuckled and stood up, brushing off the seat to his black jean pants. "That's because I kind of fell asleep too." He said as Dawn started laughing.
"You? Optimus Prime? Leader of the Autobots and 'fearless warrior' fell asleep? That's a good one." She said as she emphasised the words 'fearless warrior'. Gripping her side she just about keeled over from laughing so hard. Finally stopping, she wiped the tears of laughter that had pooled in the corner of her eyes and sighed, still clutching her stomach.
"As I said, I came out to get you because Caitlin wanted us for something and I found you asleep, and well, I decided to wait until you wake up, and then that's when I kind of fell asleep." Optimus said truthfully as Dawn fell about into another round of hysterics.
Standing up, she walked over to where the hidden human door to the base situated and entered the security code. She looked back over her shoulder and, yet again, fell about when a sudden beeping noise came from the keypad.
ACCESS DENIED! Was written in large red letters on the tiny screen. "What the-" Dawn started but then stopped when a hand touched her shoulder and moved her aside a bit, Optimus moving forwards, towards the keypad.
"The code's been changed." Optimus said as he turned around. "We've been locked out." He stated as Dawn's giggling ceased and a look of pure shock crossed her face.
"What if they don't find us?" Dawn started as she looked worried.
Optimus shook his head and walked away from Dawn, the hologram activating behind him; a disguise of shrubbery and rocks.
Dawn sat down but then stood up and went to edge of the 'balcony' like ledge. A frown crossed her face and she turned around, only to deepen her frown when she noticed that there was another ledge that curved over to form a shade from the elements. "We can't get out. We can't climb," she said as she pointed to the ceiling and then pointed to the edge, "And we certainly can't drop down."
Optimus nodded his head. He knew they couldn't climb; it was far too steep and there no foot or hands holds to grab onto; and they couldn't climb down - their ledge that they were standing on stuck out from the rock wall, creating the roof of the cave below them, and even if they were to drop down, they'd be moulded into pancakes since it was about a hundred fifty drop down to the bottom. "Oh, well. Let's get some sleep. Hopefully they'll find us by the morning." Optimus said as he took a seat on the path of grass and motioned for Dawn to sit down.
"You think?" Dawn asked as she sat down and gazed at the stars.
"Yeah." Optimus replied as too star gazed.
~*~
Caitlin glared at the monitors. For the passed two hours she had searched the camera monitors for the both Dawn and Optimus and they still hadn't turned up. "Where the hell could they be?" she asked aloud as Jet Fire walked in, the biggest grin on his face that not even Shadowlocks could compete with.
Caitlin whirred around and glared at him. "What are you smiling about?" she snapped. She had told the others about her remarkable idea, but everyone had said that they wanted to hear what Optimus said about the idea.
"Oh nothing." He said slyly as he sat down next to Caitlin.
At that, Red Alert walked in and walked up to the two. "Alright, what have you done with them?" he asked as Caitlin's anger faded away like a flash of lightning and was replaced by uneasiness.
Caitlin fidgeted and Jet Fire noticed this. An eyebrow went up. 'Hmm, interesting.' He thought as a small plan cooked away in his mind. Quickly turning his thoughts away from his plan, his grin appeared like it had before and he started laughing. "You still don't know where they are do you?" Jet Fire asked smugly as the glare returned to Caitlin's face.
"Jet, I'm warning you. . ." she said as the grin disappeared from Jet's face and was replaced by blankness. When Caitlin got this way, whoa, you had better watch out.
"Okay, okay! I've gotten revenge on Optimus and Dawn." He said as his grin appeared again when the death glares from Caitlin seemed to evaporate and be replaced with the look of a child opening their Christmas and birthday presents at the same time.
"Ooo. Tell, tell!!!" she said as Red Alert slapped his forehead.
"Oh, no, not another prank war." He sighed but stayed where he was, in-case somebody needed to get rescued.
"I locked them out of the base." Jet Fire said proudly as his smile brightened.
Caitlin looked at him her smile dropped. "That's it?" she asked as Jet looked at her weirdly, his features set in puzzlement.
"What do you mean 'that's it'?" he asked as he took a sip of his cola.
Caitlin slapped her forehead and proceed to bang her head on the mini-con sized control panel. "Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!!!" she repeated as Jet smiled happily and seem to skip out of the room, leaving poor Red Alert to persuade Caitlin to stop knocking out brain cells.
~*~
Shadowlocks laughed manically as she thrashed Hot Shot for the hundredth time in a row.
They; Shadowlocks, Hot Shot, Blurr and Sideswipe; were in the human's play room where there was a pool table, an entertainment system, a bowling alley with two lanes, a gym and whole library.
Star Scream walked into the room and smiled evilly as he watched Shadowlocks proceed to verbally abuse the TV when the computer presumedly killed her. "Hey, Shadow! If you want a real fight, I'll play you." Star Scream said as he placed the glass of Coke he was holding on the table and sat down beside Shadowlocks.
It seemed that the whole room had gone quiet. Shadowlocks could just imagine everyone go at that moment 'oo' or 'oh' at that statement. "Sure, why not. I need the challenge." She said with a smirk as they started another game and chose Bowser and Junior Bowser as Star Scream chose Petey Piranha and King Boo.
"Ha, you'll never be able to defeat me! They are the most slowest- HEY!!!" she screamed out as Star Scream turned the tables on Shadow's winning streak and at that moment she was loosing by a long shot.
~*~
"That's Pisces." Dawn said as she pointed to a constellation of stars that resembled two fish, entwined with one another. "That's my star sign." Dawn continued as she felt a tear roll down her cheek. She realised it's presence and wiped it away quickly, as to not show Optimus that she was crying.
Too late. He had already acknowledged its presence and had turned to her. "Dawn, what's wrong?" he asked as he wiped away another tear that rolled down her cheek.
Dawn looked away from him, her eyes staring at the sky as her tears flowed freely. She couldn't stop them, and this was the second time in her life that she had let Optimus see her cry. "It's just that it's so hard to forget. It's so different now. Everything is different." She said as she closed her eyes, trying to shut the tears away.
Optimus' other hand cupped her other cheek and she opened her eyes, her breath catching in her throat. "It's alright. I can't imagine what you're going through at the moment. But I can see by the pain in your eyes that you are going through a time of great hardships. It's alright, you can talk to me." Optimus said in a voice barely above a whisper as he leaned his head forward and let his breath tickle her lips.
Dawn's breaths were shallow and quick. She just couldn't wait for the rest of the next part to hurry up. She closed her eyes and leaded forwards, his lips capturing hers in sweet embrace.
And a burst of light made her wake up.
~*^*~
Amity-Star: If I grossed any of you out, sorry, but it is a romance fic. Anyway, just be happy that I wrote this chapter and not work on my other fics. *Blessed Be!!!