Kentucky Rain Part 6

Author's notes: Warning here, some violence and swearing in this chapter. Nothing too bad but it was warranted for the subject matter.

Legal Stuff: I dun own the TF's; this was written for entertainment only

A few seconds later I dozed off. I should have known that this wouldn't last. In fact I should have known that I would get the rudest awakening that could possibly be created. I didn't think of that for the moment and just went to sleep.
A few hours later all of that changed when the sound of mortar fire and alarms pulled me up out of my dreams. I opened my eyes to Alyssa shaking me.
"WAKE UP!! COME ON!!"
I looked up and saw her, there was a smear of soot on the side of her face and she was holding some type of gun.
"GET up! We have to get you out of here NOW!!"
I blinked in confusion, "What happened? What's going on?"
The door opened and I could see a group of autobots, much like her loaded for bear, go charging past the door. Ratchet, also packing, came in to the med center and slammed the door behind him.
"Miss Angel you have to get out of here now! The decepticons are trying to invade the base. They know Prime is down and if they get hold of you this time they will kill you."
"WHAT!? Not again!" I got my self up and moved over with Alyssa so ratchet could set us down on the floor. "So which way do we head?"
He pointed to the back wall, "When you get out head straight down this hall, it will take you to the back entrance of the ark." The door swooshed open again and Wheeljack was there. "He's going to go with you."
"I'll do the best I can to keep you safe."
The engineer held out his arms to Alyssa and my self and we both climbed into them. A few seconds later the two of us were taking off down the hall.
Most of the people were going the other way and we could hear lot of fighting and explosions going off in the other direction. No one seemed to care much about one scientist and two measly humans. At least that's what we thought until we got out the rear entrance. He stopped and sat the two of us down for a few seconds and then keyed in the pass code. Then we all turned to head in the other direction, and once again, I found my self staring at what had to be the biggest gun I'd ever seen strapped to Megatron him self.
The Decepticon leader lunged forward and caught Wheeljack squarely in the jaw with one of the meanest right hooks that I've ever seen.
"Did you really think, autobot, that I wouldn't realize you would try to get the human out your emergency exit?"
Wheeljack pushed him self up to his hands and knees and glared up at him, "Well it was worth a try."
I saw him type the code into his own communicator and the door began to open again slowly, just enough for a human to slip through one at a time.
"For some one as intelligent as you are scientist, you are a hopeless optimist." The sliver Robot snarled.
"What can I say, it's a personality flaw I'm willing to live with."
At that Wheeljack launched him self up and plowed into Megatron's mid section.
Alyssa gave me a shove toward the hole and then ran to help him, all I could do for a second was gape.
"WHAT'S wrong with you!?" She screamed, "GET GOING!! We'll hold him off as long as we can!"
I didn't have to be told twice, I wiggled back through the entrance and headed back into the base. The only real spot I knew were my rooms and the med center so far. I was guessing that my room was a lot less safe at this point so I headed in the other direction. I was three quarters of the way here when I heard the explosion that told me Megatron was done with Alyssa and 'Jack. I was next.
I got to the med bay got through the crack that had come in this door as well. Ratchet looked at me in horror and then realized what must have happened.

"Get back there." He shoved me behind the curtain where Optimus' body was still being held. "I'll keep him here as long as I can. TRY and find some way out if you can."
I huddled down behind the thing and this time there wasn't any explosion, this time the door was torn off its hinges and I heard Megatron come into the room.
"Where is she medic?"
"Where's who? There's no one here but me and my ..."
Ratchet trailed off and there was a strange choking noise that came from him.
"I AM NOT In the mood to play games Autobot!! NOW tell me where the human female with Primes spark is or I shall tare this miserable place a part!"
"Not... Here..." he managed to get out.
There was a moment of silence and then the intergalactic dictator growled at Ratchet.
"You are a horrible liar."
This was followed by a horrendous crash against the far wall. Then a huge shadow came up to the curtain. It stopped for a moment and looked at it, then the curtain was ripped out of the ceiling and there he was staring at both Optimus and me.
I tried to take off, I really did. But running for your life and sprang ankles don't really mix that well. Once he had a hold of me he raised me up to eye level.
"Human," He glared at me; "I have no qualms about killing a miserable pile of soggy flesh like you. But ... I will spare your life..."
"IF?" I managed to get out. He was doing a pretty good job of crushing most of the air out of my lungs, but they did work that small amount.
"IF you release Optimus Prime's spark from your body this instant and allow me to be rid of it once and for all."
I gasped a bit more and motioned to his body, "He's right there, you wanna kill him go for it ... I won't stop you. I can't stop you."
His face suddenly contorted in anger and he started squeezing me for all it was worth. All I could do at this point was toss my head back and scream. After a few seconds it stopped and he looked at me.
"DO NOT play the fool with me female! You are completely aware that you have him inside of your body, release him and you will escape with no more than the injuries you have now."
"How..." I had to bite my lip it hurt so much to breath now, "How do I know your not gonna kill me any how?"
"I give you my word." He promised.
I looked at him for a moment and then, full well knowing what would most likely happen next, I proceeded to tell him, "SCREW YOU!"
I don't know what made him madder really. The fact that I didn't believe he'd keep his word, or the fact that I wasn't giving in. Once again he got a look of pure unadulterated rage on his face.
"SO BE IT HUMAN!!!"
He started again. The first time he squeezed me he had been holding back, this time he didn't. I felt my right shoulder dislocate and wanted to wail. He had made me scream the first time, this time, no matter what I wasn't going to give the over grown cap gun the satisfaction of my crying out. I dug my teeth into my lips so hard I could feel the blood start to flow almost instantly.
Because I didn't scream this time that made it that much more personal to Megatron. He kept on, and this time I felt three of my own ribs give way with a nasty crack.
I couldn't fight him any longer at that point. I felt the world start going black around me. I was just that far from dying when I heard it, the voice that had been keeping me company for the last few days, this time how ever it didn't come from my head.

"TAKE YOUR HANDS OFF HER!!"

A blue metal hand the same size and power of the black one that was wrapped around me shot out and clamped its self down on Megatron's wrist. There was a wrenching motion and then I fell loose. I was pretty numb at that point that I didn't even notice when I hit the ground. I couldn't see much but I did hear what happened next.

"NO! NOOOOOOOOOOO!!" The decepticon leader wailed, "HOW!!?"

"Last night while she was asleep, my body was repaired enough to be taken off life support." I got the distinct impression that he looked down at me at this point. "She'd suffered enough for me. I left her more than 24 hours ago Megatron."

"BLAST YOU! Why wont you ever stay DEAD!!?"

There was a great deal more that followed this I'm pretty sure, but here I must have blacked out because the next thing I remember was someone touching me on the side of my face. I forced my eyes open and looked up at him, back in his body where he belonged.

"Angel?" He asked me softly.

I looked numbly up at him. I'd never seen eyes that beautiful on any human guy, after having him as a part of me for almost five days, as I lay there half dead my self that was when it hit me. Id fallen for him, some one that I could never ever have. Some where in those days, I had fallen in love with Optimus Prime. I swallowed around a sudden lump in my throat and nodded up at him.

"You... okay?" I managed. He looked like he was about to cry, but shook his head yes.

"Good." I smiled and put my head back.

I was happy. For some strange reason right then, lying on the floor, having just nearly been crushed to death by a giant evil dictator, I was still happy because the guy I loved was going to be alright.

After that pretty much every thing is a blur, though I do recall one conversation from it. I think it must have been between Alyssa and Wheeljack.

She let out a huge sigh and I got the feeling she was looking at me. "What are we gonna do? She's half dead and Prime he's..."

"Terrified," Wheeljack finished for her, "He's terrified she's going to die."

"She's not," Alyssa said. "Is she?"

"I don't know," The sports car replied, "But I don't know what might happen if she dose."

"What do you mean?"

"Optimus is what I mean Alyssa. He cares very deeply for your friend here." Again the looking impression, "I don't know what's going to happen to him. I just don't think he can stand to watch another girl he loves die."

After that every thing is one big blur again, until I woke up in the hospital this yesterday. My ribs are killing me, my arm is killing me, and my head hurts like hell. Also, looking around this room, I think the autobots must have cleared out every flower shop with in a 20 mile radius. Every flower under the sun is here, including an absolutely enormous bunch of my favorite, Fire and Ice roses.

Those are from Optimus.

That's the real problem. I'm in love with him and there isn't one bloody thing that I can do about it. I can't ever be with him. I don't expect him to want a relationship with some one like me despite what I heard Wheeljack say to Alyssa. So I'm in the rock and the proverbial hard place. And that's why I've come to the choice I have.

The orderlies have gone to get me some clothes just like I had them get me this laptop this morning. I know "He's" going to come to see me at some point and I just can't deal with it. I won't. So, I'm not going to be here when he gets here.

As I finish this I'm getting up and getting dressed. I've told the hospital staff to give the flowers to the guys at the ark, and to tell each and every one of them how much I loved them and that I thank them all from the bottom of my heart. I'm also going to leave him a note. I'm sure he will understand that it's for the best. But right now what I need is to go home and rest. Go back to Kentucky and think. I love him, but I wont torment my self with some on I know I can't ever have. I look out as I type this last line and see that it's started raining. It began in the rain and it's finishing in it, Seems appropriate to me.