Chapter 13

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Gabby clutched the rosaries her mother gave her. They were her father's at one time. He was a good God-fearing man, and her mother was still religious.

It was not the symbolism of the rosaries that she hung onto; it was the memories of her father. She was never a religious person. She liked to think of it as more spiritual than follow something in particular. Although she prayed all the time.

She sat on the hotel bed and still held them close to her. It was part of her father that she still had physically with her.

She knew there was something after death. After she was shot, she had seen it, and remembered it. It was not she feared it anymore; it was that she wanted to avoid it for a long time.

A slight smile tugged at her lips. She wondered what God thought of her now. She wondered if those above approved that she had coupled with an alien. She still had deep thoughts of this. She wondered what they did do to upset the flow of the universe. She often wondered if Optimus Prime thought the same thing. She wondered if he ever knew what would come with mating with a human.

They were both deep thinkers that way.

The ironic thing was that they were not the only ones to do that. Sideswipe had been notorious for loving the human female, and Ratchet had been with her friend Maria plenty of times. However, one thing was different; Gabby and Optimus had produced offspring from it.

Gabby refused to believe that she ever did anything wrong with Orianna. No, in fact, she thought Orianna was the most beautiful thing she ever did with her life. No matter what the powers that be thought.

Gabby had taken the bible out of the drawer and paged through it. She did take some comfort in it, despite cursing whatever it was above them for her situation sometimes. She would never believe she was being punished for Orianna. Never.

Gabby's lips tugged again into a smile as a song came on the radio. It was fitting for what she thinking as she sat there and waited for Optimus to come back to the hotel room.

Take me to church
I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies
I'll tell you my sins and you can sharpen your knife
Offer me that deathless death
Good god, let me give you my life

Gabby stood and brushed her newly colored hair, and was about to put it up in a bun to dry naturally for the night. She still had only a tank top and shorts on.

The door opened carefully, and Gabby handled her gun, but realized it was Optimus back in holoform.

"We are safe," he said as he eyed her up and down. She thought she heard a sharp intake of breath at the sight of her.

God, he was handsome in holoform, she thought. His knowledge, and his spirit, and his passion for his kind was something that most humans should admire. Gabby always would, she knew that much. It was always much more than looks.

Gabby nodded hesitantly. She began to work on her hair again.

"Don't….." she heard from behind her, and took in a deep breath. "Please….leave it down," he finished softly.

If the heavens ever did speak
She's the last true mouthpiece
Every Sunday's getting more bleak
A fresh poison each week

'We were born sick,' you heard them say it

My Church offers no absolutes.
She tells me, 'Worship in the bedroom.'
The only heaven I'll be sent to
Is when I'm alone with you—

I was born sick,
But I love it
Command me to be well
Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen.

The only heaven I will be sent to is when I am with you…

Gabby turned around fully, and suddenly the shorts dropped to the floor. Each held their stares as Optimus approached her; his blue t-shirt suddenly disappeared revealing a muscular chest with scars covering it. His blue eyes began to glow lighting up the room in their soft glow.

She could have sworn she heard the semi began to shake outside.

In the madness and soil of that sad earthly scene
Only then I am Human
Only then I am Clean

His really warm hands were suddenly on her waist, and his lips met hers with a fervor that Gabby had almost forgotten about. His beard tickled her face, and was soft which never ceased to amaze her.

He only let go to pull off her tank top, and she was placed gently on the countertop as their lips met again.

Now that everything was quiet, with no more need to talk, watch, pay attention to anyone or anything right now. It was just she and Optimus, and Gabby could feel almost two years of fatigue washing away as Optimus continued to touch every part of her.

His hands cupped hers behind her, and he fastened them there tightly as his mouth moved down the rest of her body. Gabby could only feel his warm mouth pressed against her skin, and it felt so right. If loving this robot alien was wrong, then she never wanted to be right.

Her eyes were glazed over, and he smiled at her, and she smiled softly back. No words were needed.

No Masters or Kings
When the Ritual begins
There is no sweeter innocence than our gentle sin

Optimus had told her once that everything about him was in control. Over the Autobots, over his weapons, over his whole being. Yet, when he was with her, something inside of him always lost that control, and he never had any regrets for letting it go.

He let go of her hands, and put his warm hands under her buttocks. She was gently lifted off the counter and her legs wrapped around his mid-section. Their eyes never left their stare as he carried her easily over to the bed. Her arms around his neck to keep steady herself as he approached the bed.

Gabby fell back and made room for him as climbed on top of her. His blue glowing eyes interrupted the view she had of the ceiling, as she felt that familiar feeling inside of her.

Take me to church
I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies
I'll tell you my sins and you can sharpen your knife
Offer me that deathless death
Good God, let me give you my life

…

"I know you have to recharge soon," Gabby said as she traced her finger along Optimus' chest later on. Her head against his shoulder and his arm wrapped around her.

Optimus shrugged. "I am just glad we have some time alone before we go forward with our plans."

"I think you really mean from Barricade," she teased.

Optimus scoffed. "That too. I really can't fault him though."

Gabby smiled. She knew Optimus and Barricade would never agree on anything except her.

Gabby could hear he was getting tired. Being in holoform for a long time always exhausted him.

Optimus looked down and Gabby adjusted so she could see him.

"I owe you an apology," he suddenly said.

Gabby furrowed her eyebrows. "For what?"

Optimus turned and his eyes faced the ceiling.

"I did not understand what and why you were doing what you were doing, and now I am starting to realize that you did it to survive. You were right; you can't live off my love alone. I sometimes forget that you are an organic being," he explained with true regret in his eyes.

Gabby looked down and back up at his slightly glowing eyes.

"No ones going to take my soul away, and believe me I have fought to keep it. I know what I was doing was wrong too, but yes, I had to, and have to continue. If I could live off your love, I always would," she answered.

She sat up slightly. "I have done many bad things since we were separated. Things that I would have never even thought of a few years ago, and I would have been the first to be vocal about imprisoning that person, but now I see things differently."

Optimus smiled a little. "As do I."

"I did it for you, and for Orianna," she finally said. "However, I will never let Orianna lose her innocence over what my species does."

Optimus smiled again, and Gabby scrunched her eyebrows in question.

"Get dressed," he said suddenly rising out of the bed.

Gabby only had to blink and the clothes were back on him.

She looked at him questioningly, but did as she was told.

He took her hand, and they headed out the semi, which sat there quietly in the parking lot of the hotel.

Optimus suddenly disappeared and the door opened. Gabby got into the driver's seat.

"Are we going somewhere?" Gabby asked.

"No, just listen," Optimus said through the speakers.

Gabby strained her ears so she could hear whatever it was he wanted her to hear.

Gabby's eyes widened, and immediately began to fill with tears.

The voice was unmistakable. She would never forget it's sound for as long she lived.

"Father…I am close to….the galaxy…I should be back soon…"

Gabby's hand covered her mouth as she tried to hold back the sobs. She could not stop the tears from falling over her cheeks.

"Tell mother…..I…..am on….my way…..home"

Gabby shook so badly that she had to hold onto the steering wheel to steady herself, and her emotions.

"Orianna…." she whispered in between sobs.

Gabby was suddenly pulled into strong arms and cried into Optimus' shirt.

"I was so close to giving up." Gabby muttered into his shirt.

"As was I, but I know neither of us ever lost hope," he said quietly.

Gabby suddenly sat up straight and said, "She will be in danger when she comes back."

"I have warned her already. She did answer and say to let her know when the time comes. She is so close, Gabby," Optimus said with a catch in his voice.

The couple held each other for a long time as Gabby let the news that her daughter was still alive and coming back to Earth just like she wished and prayed for on so many occasions.

They headed back into the hotel room to settle in for the night. Optimus insisted that he could holoform for a little longer, because he just wanted to be next to Gabby.

Gabby picked up her father's rosaries and clutched them against her chest, and smiled through tears as she said a silent thank you to her father.

They sat there quiet for a moment when Gabby's cell phone rang.

"Yes?" She answered in a raspy voice.

Optimus watched Gabby's emotions change as she listened to the information coming through the phone from the man they met the other day.

Gabby's face dropped for a second and she took a deep breath.

"Tell them to keep the supplies on hand. We have to come up with a Plan B, and tell Barricade to stay there with you. We will meet you there," she said.

She hung up and put her head in between her legs and kept taking deep breaths.

Optimus sat back down beside her. He could have easily heard the conversation, but wanted to hear it from her.

"What is it?" He asked concerned.

Gabby rubbed her temples and turned to him.

"They have everything for us, but the vehicle to transport it in. They can't get an untraceable trailer in time before they are caught," she said in thought.

"They have everything else?" He asked.

"Everything else is ready to go, and all I have to do is test it, but nothing for transport," she said. "We may have to come up with another plan."

Optimus sat there for a moment and thought. It was true. Lockwood needed to be taken down.

"Well, there is only one other choice," he began and looked up to Primus for guidance, because he knew Gabby's reaction.

"What?"

"I will have to be the transport," he answered.

The reaction he received was everything he was expecting.

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A/N Note. Credit to Hozier for "Take Me to Church."