It was scary to be inside of Sides spark chamber. Didn't he have any other place to me hide me? Anywhere besides the glowing ball that could possibly kill me or at least give me radioactive poisoning? Hopefully the mech would be careful with his actions or else it would made not touching his spark even harder.
The only sound besides the low hum was the alarm. Everything else was silent; no sign of Cons coming our way. I yelped when shots rang out. Sides came to a screeching stop and moved quickly for cover. His swift movements had nearly made me touch the dangerous object. "Sorry, Brey," he apologized.
I stayed silent, unable to open my mouth in fear. Before, I was acting like a tough person around Knockout and Breakdown. Now though, we were in the middle of escaping with Decepticons shooting at us. One shot could bring down Sides with me still inside of him, I would go along for the ride.
More firing sounded with some coming from our end. I didn't know if the Twins had any ranged weapons with them but Barricade would probably have some on servo. "We need to push through, or else more will show up and block us in," Sunstreaker called out.
His voice was muffled compared to his brother. "Let's take them head on. Don't fall behind, Barricade. We aren't going to come back and save your aft," Sides ordered. By the noise of metal on metal, his and Sunny's blades slid out of their places. They were ready for battle. "Hold on tightly, Brey. It's going to be a bumpy ride." Oh, shit.
The two released a battle cry and seemed to charge straight into the firing squad. I squeaked and gripped onto the metal of the casing even tighter. Sides felt like he had shivered from my grip but didn't save anything and continued on.
Don't die you two or I swear. They must have been cutting through the group of Cons pretty well as the noise of their guns were decreasing in sound. Yet, this wasn't close to the end of this battle. There were still many Decepticons on this ship. It was just the four us against them. How did they even get up here in the first place? Did they have secret alt. mode that they could use to fly?
"Autobots have been spotted on the flight deck. All Decepticons head to the upper levels and ready yourselves for battle." We were on the flight deck? Impossible! We barely had stepped out of the Med. Bay and said place wasn't that close to there.
"Good timing, Prime," Sunstreaker said with a smirk, or at least it sounded like he was.
My hands were trembling in fear and my breaths were starting to become quick and short. You can only stay strong for so long. In front of Knockout and Breakdown, it was an act of being tough and unmoving. Now, I was away from them, in Sides spark chamber that could possible injure me. Everything was coming down on me.
I tightened my grip and screwed my eyes shut trying to ignore the sounds outside. "Aubrey?" Sides called out gently once the noise of screeching metal went silent.
"Ye-yeah?" My voice betrayed me and I mentally cursed at myself.
"I'm so sorry, Brey. We're almost out here. Just a little longer, I promise." His tone was soft and gently, reassuring me we were going to escape from this place all in one piece. A tiny smile made its way to my features but didn't stay there long.
By the sounds outside of the chamber, more Decepticons have showed up. I whimpered with my eyes still clamped shut and tensed every muscle in my body. Mentally, I latched onto the promise he said and tried to block out the loud screeching of metal.
Sides, you better keep that promise or I swear I'm going to haunt you.
Bright light shone on my shut eyes and caused me to cringe. I instinctively used my hand to block it and curled more in myself, my hand still gripping on the piece of metal. "Aubrey, it's okay. We're safe," Sides reassured. I felt a servo gently touch my side. In reaction, I shuffled away and released my hold. "It's alright."
I carefully opened my eyes and allowed them to adjust to the light. In front of me, Sunstreaker stood with a subtle look on his and blocked the view of other Autobots. The red twin's servo was at the edge of his chamber, waiting for me to climb out.
"Come here," Sunstreaker ordered and motioned to come towards him. I shakily climbed out and stumbled into his servo. My hands latched onto anything of his servo as he closed his chassis plates. "How is she?"
The somewhat familiar feeling of a scan passed over my body. "Heart rate is extremely high so is her blood pressure. Doesn't have any broken bones or open wounds, thankfully. I suggest we take her to Ratchet," Sides offered and glanced up at his brother. Sunny nodded his head and turned around to head towards wherever Ratchet is.
Said mech was close by and having a conversation with Optimus. I still was lying down on Sides servo and white-knuckling his armor. "Ratchet, here's Aubrey. Please, take good care of her," Sunstreaker growled and glared daggers at him.
Sides stretched his servo out to hand me off to Ratchet. I gasped in fear of being away from the twins and scrambled away from the medic. "N-no! I don't wanna-I don't want to leave. I s-stay with Sides and Sunny," I stammered over my words and held onto the plating of Sides wrist/forearm.
The red mech stopped moving his arm and stared down at me. My eyes were wide in fright. I gazed up to him and pleaded him with an expression to let me stay with him. Ratchet would have to pry my cold, dead body of his servo. "Aubrey, I have to make sure you're fine and the Cons didn't do anything to you," the medic explained.
Eyes wide with terror and leaving one of the mechs that just saved me, I white-knuckled Sides plating and observed the medic. Ratchet reached out to grab me but I screeched loudly and backpedaled to the middle of Sides forearm.
Sunstreaker finally got into the mix and quickly stepped into between to shield me away from the neon yellow bot. His brother used his other servo to scoop me off of his forearm and held me in a protective grasp. "Never mind, we'll hold onto her," Sides dismissed stepped away.
My heart felt like it was in my throat as the mech moved away from Ratchet. Said mech went to move around Sunny. Instead, he was tackled to the ground by the yellow twin and was unable to escape his grasp. That's when the other Autobots around us got into the mix.
All of this action and growing chaos was not helping my silently panicking self. Tears were now running down my face and my breaths were shaky as I stood to my feet unsteadily. A quick glance to Sides told me he was also worried about what his brother was about to do.
Bumblebee was the first reach the two struggling against each other and tried to talk the pissed off Bot. At that moment, no one besides his brother could get him to calm down by saying a few words.
His attempt failed, not surprising and nearly back fired on him. Sunny's attention was mostly on Bee now and things turned on him. Ratchet was able to kick the golden mech off of him and get to his pedes. "Sunstreaker, this isn't the way to do this. We got her back and I need to check her over for injuries."
A snarl made its way onto Sunny's features and he stared daggers at the bots in front of him. His back was to us and stance in a guarding way. The twin blades slid out of their sheaths and clicked into place.
Oh no, this wasn't going to end well. "Sunny, don't. You don't need to attack them," Sides tried to get his brother to stand down but failed to try any physically prevention. "It won't help us back at base." That's when I finally realized we were standing in the middle of a forest. I was so out of it.
Sunny's frame tensed as he ready himself to charge at any of the bots in front of him. Gathering every ounce of strength left in my trembling body, I took a large gulp of air. "Sunny!" I shouted and stared at the back of his frame.
Said mech stood rigid then a moment later turned around to face us. "Please, don't. Just come here," I ordered softly and motioned for him to come over to me. He stood there for an extra couple of seconds before following through and stepped up to us. I beckoned for him to lower his helm and he did so.
I gently placed my hands on the smooth plating of his face and gazed intently at his blue optics. "Sunstreaker, please don't get yo-yourself in trouble. I just want to go, to go back to home and snuggle with you two," I stumbled over my words a little, my fear was slowly washing away.
His furrowed brows softened. He leaned into my touch and closed his optics. "I can't promise that I won't beat the slag out of one of them if they look at you wrong." I knew it was wrong to encourage that kind of behavior but I couldn't help the quiet giggle that escaped my lips.
A smile grew on his own when he heard my laugh. I turned to look at Sides. "I hope you don't mind but could Sunny hold me?" He shook his head with the corners of his mouth tilting upward. His brother scooped me off of his servo in a spark beat and held me close to his chassis.
After glancing at all of the bots around us, there was one missing: Barricade. Where was he? "Where is Barricade?" I questioned and gazed up at the golden mech holding me. Hic optics narrowed at me saying the ex-cons name.
"Gone. Ran off after we escaped the ship," Sides explained before his brother could angry. I felt a little sadden at the mech leaving and missed my chance to say thank you. It surprised me that he came to save me. Megatron was going to kill him if he ever saw Barricade again, that was a for sure thing.
Moments passed after then all of a sudden-
"Where in the hell in she?! I swear I'm going to kill those two for nearly jeopardizing the mission," a more than familiar voice shouted at the top of his lungs. I wiggled out of the comfortable position that Sunny had me in and saw Lennox marching his way past the wall of Autobots.
His eyes locked onto the three of us and narrowed. "You two." His voice was now deadly sounding as he continued his way over to us. "Where is Aubrey?! And, don't even try to lie to me or I'll shove one of Hide's cannons up your ass." I felt Sunstreaker tense up at his words and reassured him by gripping the plating of his digit.
"Just put me down, please." The mech gave me some trouble before settling me down carefully and sending Lennox a warning expression. We stood there for a moment, staring at each other in shock. He was the first to make a movement and rushed up to me. His arms wrapped around me in a death grip. "Lennox," I sobbed and leaned on him with all of my weight.
That when the waterworks started up again. Drops of salt water were pouring down my face as we continued to embrace each other. "God, I thought you died!" Will pushed me away to arm length and glared at me intently. "Never, ever do that again. I fucking swear, you and your health. This is the worst of the worst, though."
Those words drew a small giggle out of me and I embraced the soldier once more. For a tiny moment, I thought this was all fake. Them saving me this so quickly didn't seem true. In real life, mysteries take days, weeks, even years to be solved. Sometimes they never get solved. "No promises," I joked and cringed as my body was slowly starting to fail me.
The entire time I was with the Cons, I didn't get a wink of sleep nor food. My instinct from when I was young kicked in and took over everything that I did. Sleeping was a form of vulnerability. Yes, Knockout and Breakdown did keep me away from Megatron and somewhat helped me escape, you can't trust everyone who helps you.
My last thought made me glance behind me at the twins and shook my head. Those words weren't true in any way. If I didn't follow through with Zeke's suggestion, I never would have known how amazing Sides and Sunny were.
It will definitely take time to get use to the situation of being in a relationship, more of the fact of being with two beings. I totally skipped the one partner part of this dating thing. "Has Ratchet checked you over?" he brought me out of my thoughts.
"I-I, I don't want to leave the twins. I need to, to stay with them." My words were still a little messed up. Will's brows furrowed and went to grab my hand but I was able to avoid his hand. "Lennox, pl-please, don't. I-I need to stay with them."
"Aubrey, he needs to make sure you're fine," Will stated and grasped my shoulder. "The Cons could have done something to you." I shrugged his hand off and backed away while shaking my head.
Sunstreaker came to my rescue and snatched me off of the ground. "William, I won't even try going against them. I tried to do so but failed. My scans show that everything seems alright besides her higher heart rate and blood pressure," Ratchet interrupted.
On both of the twins face plates were smirks as if they proud of their actions. I smacked Sunny's chassis with the back of my hand and gave him a look. He returned it with an expression as if he didn't do anything and a 'what?'. "Now, can we head back to the base?" Sides spoke after the few second stare down.
"Yes." Will turned to Boss Bot. "Optimus, the planes have landed at a nearby airstrip. It's not military so you guys need to stay in your alt. mode." Said bot dipped his helm to acknowledged what Will had said. I zoned out as Optimus gave a small speech and cuddled closer to Sunny.
A headache was slowly growing but I knew it was just from the stress of everything that just happened.
Tears ran down my face as all of us drove towards the small air strip. A hand gently grabbed mine and pulled it against a warm chest. "You're safe, Brey," Sunny's voice soothed my trembling form. I sobbed and latched onto his holoform with all of my strength. "There, there." He patted my back and wrapped his arms around me.
I didn't say anything to him as he careful lifted me into his lap. He moved the seat as far back as possible and held me close to his holoform. Instead of fighting against the transition, I buried my head into his shoulder and dug my nails into his skin, afraid of losing him again; including his brother as well.
The trip back to the base went by like the flash of a light due to the fact I fell asleep by accident. Being inside of his alt. mode and cuddling with his holoform had made me feel safe.
"-rul! You don't want to wake her." A familiar voice hissed quietly but still drew me out of my nap. I groaned tiredly and stretched out only to be met with some kind of wall blocking me from do so. My eyes snapped open to see what was in the way and calmed down. Sunstreaker was holding me in his servo after what looked he just transformed. "Too late for that."
"Hm?" I mumbled and curled back into a ball, my eyes closing on their own. "Are we back at the base yet?"
They both chuckled at my antics. "Yes, we are. We're actually in our berthroom. A few of the bots and humans tried to stop us but we were able to slip past. All we want to do right now is snuggle with you," Sides explained. I reopened my eyes and scanned our surroundings. He was correct, we were in their berthroom.
We were far away from anyone or bot. "You should follow through with that," I mumbled with a hint of a blush making its way to my cheeks. A suggestive look passed over his face before a smirk took over his features.
"Will do." The two lied down on their berths which were pushed together. Sunny set me down in between them where a pile of blankets were. Immediately , I wrapped myself up the blankets and glanced at the two around me.
Smiles adorn all of our faces as we were finally back with each, for good.