Chapter 8

"Tourniquet"

"Hold on, Cyclonus. You can't die." Demolisher ran down the corridors of the old, broken down base. I don't care if he attacked me. I would've done it, too, if something I valued was taken from me. He passed into a room, and set Cyclonus onto a recharge berth. Grabbing some tools from a nearby, large desk, the tank began to work on the repairing.

Slash continued to stare out the room's door. Tears trickling down her cheeks and falling into the large pool of energon that she stood in, creating ripples that flowed to the edge of the liquid. Faintly heard footsteps that belonged to a Transformer echoed outside. The girl snapped out of her depressing trance and ran to a button at the doorway. Jumping with what little strength she had left, Slash reached up and slammed her palm against the button.

She landed on her feet and collapsed to the floor as the door slid closed, laying on her side. Her breath was shaky and her emotions out of control. Slash clasped her hands over her face and began to sob even more.

(((I tried to kill the pain

But only brought more

(so much more)

I lay dying

And I'm pouring

Crimson regret

And betrayal )))

Why now...? Why ever?

(((I'm dying

Praying

Bleeding

And screaming

Am I too lost to be saved

Am I too lost

My God! My Tourniquet!

Return to me salvation

My God! My Tourniquet!

Return to me salvation)))

Demolisher continued working as he grew more and more nervous. The threats that Cyclonus would die, or Megatron would find him haunted his thoughts, making him nearly blind of thinking. His hand slipped from the grip of the wrench and he quickly tried to grab it. The tank's circuits were burning of stress as he tried to calm down, every moment seemed to pass by like hours.

(((Do you remember me

Lost for so long

Will you me on the other side

Or will you forget me)))

The screwdriver in his other had slipped, and the tool fell to the floor.

((( I'm dying

Praying

Bleeding

And screaming)))

Demolisher gazed to his lost tool, trying to collect himself.

(((Am I too lost to be saved

Am I too lost)))

He then shook his head to clear his overloading CPU and quickly fell to his hands and knees, grabbing the screwdriver.

(((My God! My Tourniquet!

Return to me salvation

My God! My Tourniquet!

Return to me salvation)))

The sounds of Slash's sniffles and hick-ups echoed in the now silent room.

(((Return to me salvation)))

Slash then jerked her hands from her face and stumbled up slowly, wobbling as she hung her head. She turned to a desk and noticed a sharp piece of Cyclonus that had chipped off.

(((I want to DIE)))

Walking to the desk, she rose her head, revealing her swollen, still tearing eyes.

(((My God! My Tourniquet!

Return to me salvation

My God! My Tourniquet!

Return to me salvation)))

Demolisher finally ended his repairing by closing the door on Cyclonus' chest. The copter's optics lit up, and he jumped off the recharge berth. "Where's Slash!?"

"Back in the room, why?" Demolisher became confused at why Cyclonus was so worked up over the human.

"She doesn't know I'm alive." Cyclonus grabbed the tank's shoulders and stopped for a moment, "......She doesn't.....SLASH!" the copter dashed out of the room and down the hall.

"Cyclonus! What's going on?!"

Slash held the piece of metal to her neck as she continued to cry. She faced the door as she heard footsteps running to her room and was convinced that it was Megatron.

(((My wounds cry for the grave

My soul cried for deliverance

Will I be denied

Christ!)))

Slash pressed the metal on the left side of her neck.

(((Tourniquet!)))

She winced and took a gulp as one last tear of life fell down her cheek.

(((My suicide)))

Pulling the weapon across her neck, Slash sliced it open, and blood poured down her throat and chest.

"SLASH!" Cyclonus bursted through the door, knocking it down and revealing his human's dazed form falling to her knees. "No!" he couldn't help but watch her collapse forward. Kneeling down in front of the human's form, the copter Transformer tenderly scooped up his pet's body and gazed down to her as he cradled it in his hands. "Slllaaaaasshhh..." he winced and energon tears began to pour away and stream down his face.

10 years later......

"We're sending you our best recruit, now, sir!" a male Transformer's voice spoke into an intercom.

A door slid open to reveal another Transformer. A femme that was about half the size of Demolisher, and her attitude looked depressing, and rotten mixed together. A red visor rested on her forehead, most of her body was made of dark grey colored armor, and where skin would be if she were human was white. She wasn't heavily armored, but she carried a large gun on her right hip.

(((I linger in the doorway

Of alarm clocks screaming

Monsters calling my name

Let me stay

Where the wind will whisper to me

Where the raindrops as they're falling

Tell a story)))

"Who was that?" The femme asked.

(((In my field of paper flowers

And candy clouds of lullaby

I lie inside myself for hours

And watch my purple sky fly over me)))

"The group at Earth need a little help against the Autobots. Megatron will be leading you,so-"

"No one leads me..."

"Well, anyway, he's the leader of that group, so you'll be under his command." The male Decepticon sighed, "He doesn't show much mercy, so you might want to think about changing that attitude of your's."

"Whatever...When do I depart?" The femme turned to her right, facing the docking bay.

"Right now would be good."

Without a word, the grey femme walked through the doors to find her ship.

The male Transformer watched her with a little worry on his face.

(((Don't say I'm out of touch

With this rampant chaos

Your reality

I know well what lies beyond

My sleeping refuge

By nightmare I built my own world

To escape)))

The doors closed behind the female recruit as the male watched and thought, Good luck......Slashturn...

((((((((((shut to black)))))))))))

((( In my field of paper flowers

And candy clouds of lullaby

I lie inside myself for hours

And watch my purple sky fly over me

(piano solo)

Swallowed up in the sound of my screaming

Cannot cease for the fear of silent nights

Oh how I long for the deep sweet dreaming

The goodness of imaginary life

(guitar solo)

In my field of paper flowers

And candy clouds of lullaby

I lie inside myself for hours

And watch my purple sky fly over me)))

DC: ((cries)) That was a GOOD chapter!! ((is suddenly happy))

Megatron: You let him LIVE?!

DC: Yeeesssss.

Megatron: ((anime anger pulse thingy))

DC: Oh! Get over it, you big baby!

Megatron: ((more pulse thingies))

DC: That was the last chapter of this fic, everyone! Hope ya liked it! I tried my hardest to write this chapter, I've been having writer's block for a good while, PLUS our school's schedule changed from 4 classes to 7, so we get shorter classes and less free time.

Megatron: GOOD!! You deserve it!

DC: ((presses a button on a small remote))

Megatron: ((transforms)) Hey! How did you do that?! You can't control me!

DC: --() ((presses the button repeatedly))

Megatron: GAHHHH! ((transforms from robot to vehicle over and over))

DC: R&R! Bye! Oh! And tell me if I should write a sequel or not!

And so the small story ends. I just wanted to let everyone know that this story was written to be dedicated to everyone who has had the idea of suicide, knows someone who is suicidal, and those who have lost someone to the painful emotion. I thank everyone who has reviewed and supported me throughout this fic, and hope to keep the support for all of my other ones. So all of you take care! And remember to reach out to those who are depressed. Even a simple "Hi" can change a person's horrible fate.