Heaven's Four

It was getting really tough to fend off the Decepticons. Many Autobots had been killed already, and it seemed he was the Seekers' newest target. He was zigzagging between the scorched halls of Autobot City, trying to make his attackers lose their sense of direction. He rounded another corner, when he suddenly saw Thundercracker with his back turned on him. He was about to wheel around when the Seeker turned and saw him. Without a word the two drew their laser rifles and started shooting.

BLAST

The Autobot dodged the purple ray.

"...Phew... that was close."

He fired a round at Thundercracker, who was caught off guard. The blast struck him on the chest, sending him flying backwards and through a still-standing door. He went to check things and found the Seeker unconscious.

"Great... now just need something to bind him with... Ah-ha!"

He grabbed some electric cables that were still sparking. He pulled his hands away from the cables when he got a little electric shock.

"There. They'll give him a nasty surprise when he tries to free himself."

The Autobot gave a short laugh and darted to a long corridor. He spent about ten minutes zigzagging in the halls again, this time seeing Skywarp and Ramjet sneaking towards closed double doors.

"...that...that's Wheeljack's lab!"

He went after them, trying to keep his steps as silent as he could. When the two Seekers shot the doors open, he rushed forward, ramming himself into Ramjet's back. He didn't see what Skywarp did, but some laser blasts and a yelp told him enough. He wrestled for a while with the black and white Seeker, managing to see something he didn't want to remember. Skywarp teleported just behind the Autobot engineer, grabbed him and said:

"Now, Ramjet!"

Ramjet pushed him off of himself, taking his blaster and aiming a shot at Wheeljack. The blast tore pieces off of his chest plate, just as Wheeljack let out a piercing yell. The Seeker took his blaster again and aimed it now at Wheeljack's head.

"Say goodbye, Autobot..."

The Autobot, who was still on the floor, growled and jumped up. He leaped at Ramjet, who turned around and shot him instead. That was enough to give Wheeljack the time to join his fists and hit them on Skywarp's face. He wheeled around and shot his shoulder missile at the sneaky Seeker, shattering his teleporting mechanism. Then a blast hit Wheeljack's back, knocking him off his feet. Ramjet ran past him, pulled Skywarp up and placed his hand behind the Seeker's shoulders. The two then grinned and aimed their blasters at the two Autobots. And then a blast from the doorway knocked them both to the floor.

"Now, Arcee, get them out of the danger zone! I'm going to take care of those two! ...how did they get in in the first place?"

"Maybe they found their way in before the transformation of the city was completed? ... Wheeljack, can you hear me?"

"Hey! I told you to get them out!" the green triplechanger known as Springer yelled just as Dirge and Thrust appeared. Arcee gazed at the two new Seekers and the two others who had just stood up, and did as told. She took Wheeljack's arms and started dragging him across the floor, when suddenly the Minibot Windcharger burst in through the doors.

"Need any help?" he asked. Arcee just smiled and inclined her head towards the other fallen Autobot. Windcharger nodded and used his magnetic abilities to lift the Autobot off the ground. He was halfway to safety when a laser blast from Thrust struck him in the back. Suddenly Windcharger's optics flashed and died. Orange smoke poured from his mouth and he fell forward.

"Windcharger!" Arcee yelled and ran to the fallen Minibot. She shook him, without avail. Then she picked herself up and started to drag Wheeljack across the room even more determinedly. She managed to get him to safety without a hitch, and then she came back for Windcharger. She put her hands under the Minibot's arms and started to drag him away. Suddenly she heard a faint noise coming from somewhere to the right.

"Arcee... what... happened?" the words were almost a whisper.

"You got shot by Ramjet. Windcharger tried to help you to safety, but he got shot, and apparently killed, by Thrust." she answered, looking at the Autobot. Apparently he was about to say something else, when suddenly he let out a strange noise and his optics started going off and on.

"I... don't have much time... Arcee, can you tell... him... about this?" the Autobot asked. After receiving a nod from Arcee his optics shut off permanently. Arcee looked at him and gave a sad sigh. When she looked at Wheeljack, she realized that he was dead, too. Then she lifted her head up, her optics burning with determination.

"Springer, hold on there, I'm gonna help you in a minute. All three are dead. I'll still get them to safety, so that these idiots can't scrap them into even smaller parts." she called out. Then her thoughts took a philosophical turn.

"It looks like wherever we are and whatever we do, we can't rest in peace until the Decepticons are off our backs. It seems Optimus was right after all... we have to fight. For our friends, for the innocents... and especially for the universe and everything in it. And it seems like three have finally claimed their freedom."

...she looked at faces she was happy to see alive. Then she proceeded to do what she felt wasn't so nice.

"I... have to tell you something. He's dead. Died while helping Wheeljack during an attack by Ramjet and Skywarp."

"I guessed something was wrong when he didn't show up in the medbay. I guess he's in peace now." with that he turned and made his way out of the room. Soon after a crash was heard. When Arcee, Springer, Rodimus and Ultra Magnus rushed out to see what had happened, the femmebot burst into tears she didn't know she was holding back. The Autobot was there, laying on the floor on his back, with his optics closed and his head resting on it's right side. He was holding a serene smile on his face.

"Now they both are... rest in peace, boys," Rodimus looked around himself and sighed. "This war has claimed many of our friends, but I will see it doesn't claim any more of them. I will do it... for Sunstreaker and Sideswipe."

It was later diagnosed that the connection the brothers had shared had finally claimed the yellow twin's life by short-circuiting his Spark. And so, Sunstreaker was taken to the Autobot mausoleum so that he could rest right by the side of his brother Sideswipe.

'Two bodies, but only one soul

Withstanding together and alone

Identical, or not, still are the same

Not even death do them part

Still they speak, from the other side.'

(- an acrostic poem about twins, written by DeltaSilver88... for an English essay)