Hey guys! Last chapter of this part. HUUH! Le gasp! I will work as hard as I can to finish the next part, I promise!
Crystal-Wolf-Guardian-967: Yay! Glad you do!
ZabuzasGirl: But I can't! I gotta give mehself time to write. :( Sorry! And, even worse, I have to extend next part's period to a weekish between each update! AHHHHH!
Alice Gone Madd: You liked Alpha, huh? *blushes* Thanks! She just popped up in my head and I wrote her down. XP And the more than meets the eye? Well, let's see. She knows Sec. 7 like the back of her hand, Sec. 7 knows, and fears, her, Simmons knows her 'personally', she has a special ability that could be seen as 'alien'. Hmm, I wonder where she went when she disappeared? :P
Guest: Jazz? Die? What is this nonsense you speak of?! And I'm glad you like this story!
Kay slowly woke up, her entire body aching. Her eyes focused to see large cracks in one of the lenses of her glasses.
"Oh no," she muttered, forcing herself upwards.
"Help," a weak voice called. Kay froze.
"Hello?" she called out. She noticed her surroundings: the collapsed remains of a small business.
"Please, help," the voice called again. Kay crawled forward, taking her glasses off halfway through her crawl as they were making the situation worse than better.
She reached an area where she could stand and saw a middle aged man covered in collapsed shelves. Kay reached him as quick as she could, lifting the shelf off him and dragging him out. He winced when she touched his arm.
"Let me check it, please," she told him. He cracked his eyes open to see her then released his grip on his left arm, allowing Kay to inspect it. With her blurred vision she saw only splotches of color mixed together, so she closed her eyes and felt his arm. She pressed lightly on points, listening to his reactions until she felt a bulge that cause the man to cry out.
"Did you guys have a first aid kit here?" she asked him. He nodded. "Where?" Slowly the man raised an arm and pointed to the remains of a counter. Kay carefully set his arm down and walked to the counter. She saw the white case and reached for it, but her arm got stuck in the hole.
"Dang it," she muttered as she pulled it out. Looking around and seeing nothing that could be used as leverage she grabbed the edge, shifted her stance, and heaved.
Flares of pain erupted within her body and she yelled, dropping the wooden ceiling. Kay bent over gasping as her ribs shifted slightly and her back popped multiple times. Tears pricked at the corners of her eyes.
"C'mon, Kay," she whispered to herself. "You can do this." The teen stood and repositioned her arms. Then she heaved. The pain flared again but she fought past it, a scream slowly rising in her chest before it burst out. She shoved the ceiling to the side and lunged forward, grabbing the first aid kit and jumping back.
Kay sighed and knelt beside the man grabbing items to make a makeshift splint.
"I'm sorry," she said before pulling harshly on the man's arm. He cried out as the bone slipped into place, allowing Kay to put the splint items on.
"What was that for?" the guy muttered.
"You bones have to be aligned to fuse properly, otherwise you'll be in a lot of pain." She glanced at him and smiled sadly. "Trust me."
"John?" The two turned towards the non-collapsed part of the building where an emergency exit door was barricaded shut and being pounded on. "John?"
"I'm fine," the man called out. His voice was weak as it was, so the volume of his shout was quieter than Kay thought able to be heard.
With the man's arm splinted Kay stood and went to the barred off door. Luckily it was only a flimsy rack that, when Kay heaved, went flying. The door burst open to a blonde haired woman.
"John?" she asked.
"Over here, Kate," the man called. The woman rushed over, most likely her husband.
"Are you alright?" she fretted checking over his arm and the splint.
"I'm fine, Kate," the man consoled. He turned towards Kay and smiled. "I wouldn't be without you, though. Th-" he froze as his eyes landed over her stomach. "My God, you're injured!" he exclaimed. Kay looked down and blanched, her breathing beginning to pick up pace. She became pale and slid to the floor while Kate walked over.
"Look at me, you'll be fine," she reassured. "I need you to lay down so I can inspect it. Kay obeyed, helping her raise her shirt. She noticed the light frown.
"Is it bad?" she asked. Kate shook her head.
"No, but the shrapnel is still in there. I'm gonna have to pull it out." Kate got out the disinfectant and prepared the gauze before slipping gloves on and grabbing the metal. "Ready?" Kay nodded, grabbing a piece of insulation that could be squished. "On three. One. Two." Kay screamed as the shrapnel was ripped from her stomach and the blood flow stopped by a disinfectant covered gauze. Quickly Kay shut up, heaving in breaths as the pain subsided.
"What happened to three?" she demanded breathlessly. Kate only smirked as she continued to wrap the wound.
"All done," she stated a minute later. Kay shakily stood and covered her stomach, zipping up the now very worn leather jacket.
"Thank you," she said quietly.
"Thank you," John replied from his own standing position. Kay carefully walked backwards, waving as she left. The couple waved back.
Nausea swept over Kay causing her to blanch visibly. She stumbled forward to a standing trash can and heaved, nothing but stomach acid with little chunks coming up. Kay wouldn't really call it vomit.
Alpha? she called out hesitantly. The bond was soaked in pure rage, the anger slowly seeping over to Kay. Alpha? When Kay tried again all feeling stopped except for an echo of shock.
I'm coming! was the only reply. Kay wobbled towards a bench and sat, breathing heavily. When her hands hit her forehead she could feel a fever, most likely from the infection Ratchet was talking about.
"Come here!" a far off voice sounded. Kay looked up in time to see Megatron blast overhead with a flailing form. The leader landed on a nearby building and flinched away as he was shot near the head.
"You wanna piece o' me? You wanna piece?!" he demanded. Kay forced herself upwards, dragging her feet in a pitiful excuse of a zombie walk.
"No! I want-" Kay screamed as Jazz was being pulled apart and the world froze. Her breaths stuttered as she raised a ricketed arm and swept away the support beneath Megatron's feet. She turned to Jazz and sent him to a safer, medicine focused dimension. They accepted him with open arms and immediately began patching him up.
Kay felt the energy in her body drain away quickly. She released her hold on time and collapsed to the ground, allowing her exhaustion to take over and make her look unconscious.
"-twaah!" Megatron bellowed in surprise as he collapsed to the ground. Kay used a bit of her remaining energy to explain to Jazz what happened while Megatron searched for the culprit. Kay froze as he passed by, growling as his large head swung from side to side. He glanced down at Kay and snarled, kicking her lightly in his terms but sending her flying in her terms. She let out a yelp as she crashed into another building.
Megatron leapt into the air and transformed, taking off for a white building in the distance. Kay laid motionless, both mind and body shutting down.
~Kay?~ a metallic and worried voice called. Kay groaned and pushed upwards but let out a yell as pain shot through her shoulder and back. Alpha whipped towards the noise and shouldered herself in the building. Her teeth carefully closed over the slack in the teen's leather jacket and she lifted, bringing her outside.
~Stay awake, Kay,~ Alpha ordered with a growl. Kay cracked her eyes open.
"I need your help," she panted out. "I need to get Jazz back from a dimension," she paused and gasped in a breath, "but I don't have the strength." Alpha lowered her muzzle towards Kay's forehead.
Say no more, she stated before delicately placing her nose on Kay's forehead. The teen was flooded with energy and she quickly used it to bring Jazz back. The Bot froze in his movements so the transport would be safer and dissipated into thousands of pixels, those pixels reforming a couple of yards away from the two.
Alpha pulled back and left Kay tired but more energized than earlier. The teen pushed up and limped towards Jazz where the medics had helped add support to Jazz's stretched systems. Because of that he was a few inches taller.
"You alright?" Kay asked. Jazz turned towards her.
"That ride is very weird," he stated blandly. Kay laughed but it ended up turning into a cough that had her doubling over. "Woah! Calm down, lil lady!" Jazz exclaimed, carefully picking her up. Kay calmed and looked straight ahead, only to gasp.
"Sam!" she exclaimed. The teen jumped from the Bot's grasp, a renewed vigor rushing through her veins as she watched her best friend and brother-from-another-mother fall from the top of a building. At least it was into the hand of Optimus.
Kay vaulted over downed cars, gasping at the exertion. Megatron tackled Optimus mid-air, sending the Bot crashing to the ground with Sam in his hand. Kay reached the two, bending over as she gasped for breath.
"I am out of shape," she somehow forced out as Sam was set beside her. Sam grabbed her hand and ran into a trench, glancing back at Optimus as he did so. "What's wrong?" Kay asked. Sam went to answer but the two had to duck as Megatron rammed into Optimus.
"We gotta go," was all he said. Kay climbed out behind him and they ran for a safe spot. Kay looked back to see Optimus kicked in the face and she winced, the action enough to send her unstable body crashing to the ground.
From his downed position Optimus retaliated, shooting Megatron and making the Decepticon collapse. He then pushed up and crawled to the two friends with Megatron copying him.
"Mine! AllSpark!" the crazed Con spit out.
"Sam! Put the Cube in my chest! Now!" Kay was surprised.
"What?" Sam looked warily between the two Cybertronians; one trying to roughly grab the two humans and one trying to sacrifice himself for their race.
"Sam!"
Kay, feeling the tension, sent out a pulse that slowed time but she couldn't stand to stop it.
"So what are you going to do, Sam?" she asked quietly, forcing her creaky body upwards. After this she would sleep for a week then take a shower for a week.
Sam looked between the two once more then nodded.
"We're going to shove it in Megatron's chest." He turned to Kay and looked straight into her eyes. Then he held the Cube out for Kay to grab. She did so and restarted time.
Together they thrust upwards, the Cube disintegrating straight into Megatron's chest.
"No, Sam! Kaytlen!" Kay blanked as the two held it upwards. Pulsing blue light, though it was faint, snuck down her arms and into her chest. The yellow in her eyes gained the slightest blue tint that stayed until the Cube was gone and the friends fell back.
While Megatron choked on the overheated liquid in his body Kay stared at the sky, her body merging with the power. She gained energy that was immediately put to work standing and wobbling over to Alpha.
Megatron collapsed to the ground dead.
The quiet rumble of engines signified the arrival of both the soldiers and a tow truck. Mikaela stepped out and ran towards Sam, hugging him. Kay noticed the form on the back and was filled with more worry.
"Bee?" The Bot turned to her voice and smiled happily. Kay stared at the stumps where his legs used to be. "What happened to your legs?"
"Blown off in the same blast that made you disappear," Will called. Kay glanced over at him and smiled, receiving a smile in return.
Optimus marched over to Megatron's dead body.
"You left me no choice, brother," he said quietly. He crouched and picked out of Megatron's chest a left over shard of the AllSpark. When he stood he turned to Sam and Kay. "Sam, Kaytlen, I owe you my life." Kay smiled at him, though she couldn't make out his features.
"No problem." The familiar tingly feeling from a scan washed over Kay and her face dropped, fear in her eyes.
"'No problem' my aft!" Ratchet snapped. "Besides your earlier injuries you also have more fractures in your ribs, shoulder, and collarbone, you have internal hematomas, and a puncture wound!" Kay's head dropped.
"You had to list everything off?" she whined.
"Puncture wound?" Mikaela demanded, walking over. Kay sighed and unzipped her jacket, revealing the blood stained shirt. Mikaela gasped. "Kay!"
"It's fine," Kay reassured, lifting her shirt to reveal the treatment. Ratchet inspected it, approving.
"Who did this?" Kay glanced down the street, looking towards where the store was. Walking away from it were two figures who turned and waved. Kay waved back then pointed.
"The blonde haired woman. She has some type of medical training." Ratchet went to move towards them but Kay placed a tiny hand on his leg. "Please leave them. They've been through a lot as it is." Ratchet looked down at the teen, whose body was being slowly and steadily drained of energy just by standing. She leaned heavily against her wolf companion who had already developed a strong bond with her. She wasn't the only one.
"Alright."
"Permission to speak, sir," a voice suddenly stated. Kay watched as Sam spun around towards Bee.
"You speak now?" he demanded. Kay slowly turned then cheered, glomping the Bot around the chest.
"Permission granted, old friend," Optimus replied.
"I wish to stay with the children." Kay let go, doing a playful glare.
"I'll have you know that I'll be eighteen in a month. Legal age for an adult, here." Optimus ignored the outburst and replied to Bee.
"If that is their choice." Sam answered quickest.
"Yes." Mikaela merely nodded. Kay smiled wide.
"Of course!" she exclaimed. Everyone breathed a simultaneous sigh of relief before tending to their wounded. The only major Bot disaster was Jazz's growth spurt, which had Ratchet confused with the repairs. Amongst the humans Kay was the worst off besides the soldiers who died.
The girl sunk to the ground, breathing heavily. Her body was so injured it took all she had to stay awake, and that was running out. Her vision swayed and blackened as she muttered goodnight to the medic tending to her.
And she slept.
Oh gosh! Last chapter! Don't worry, I will try my best to finish the next part ASAP!