Title: Not Again.

Challenge Set: 50

Challenge: Nightmare

Rating: G

Word Count: Um...not sure...1,800 something...

Pairings: None ((Well, a hinted Jack/Alpha))

Time frame: In the dream? The battle for Autobot City. Really? After "Cybertron".

Summery: Alpha's lost him once, can she handle loosing Jack again? Can she handle loosing her brother? Or is it only a nightmare?

The day before, things were fine. The next day things went from playing poker with Windcharger and Wheeljack to fighting for her life for Alpha. As she dodged a quick blast, she wondered how the day could possibly have gone from such a great day, excluding the mammoth hangover she got from all the drinking the nigh before, to a day of such terror, butchery and casualties. Tears jerked the young Autobot's optics as she slashed through Skywarp's wing with her sword. Good Primus…why did the Decepticons have to take over the shuttle? They killed everyone on board!

Alpha quickly slashed through the seeker's other wing and backed into Wheeljack. She glanced over and saw he had a wound on his arm and was fairing decently; the femme threw her sword at Thundercracker. "You doin' okay, Jack?"

"As good as I can be doing." Wheeljack reported, firing at Soundwave. He glanced up upon hearing Ultra Magnus comm. him to go and start up the mega-cannon. "Alpha, watch my back."

"Good as done, Jack! I promise!" She swore, firing at Soundwave as Wheeljack ran for the cannon to get it working-hopefully. Alpha looked up and saw Thundercracker swooping down and firing; she ducked.

The laser fire continued and a pain filled yell reached Alpha's audios. The femme's optics widened and she turned suddenly and swiftly. "No!! Jack!" She yelled upon seeing the mech fall, wounds going strait through his back and chest. Tears formed in her emerald optics. "Jack!"

Thundercracker laughed as he landed beside Wheeljack's unconscious body. He aimed his laser at Wheeljack's back and fired. With one last cry, the engineer shut down and his optics clicked off for the final time. Thundercracker looked up and saw Alpha seething at him, optics blazing with untold fury. She ran at him and yelled, stabbing a dagger into the seeker's wing.

Thundercracker cried out and glared at the young medic. With a swift lunge, he grabbed her throat and held her in mid air, allowing her legs to kick freely as he glared at her. He threw her against the side of one of the walls of the city, but before he could even attack, laser fire went through his stomach and he fell, not dead, but offline…for the moment. Alpha looked up and saw her brother standing behind the Decepticon's body, rifle in hand.

"Omega!" The femme cried, rushing into his arms. The tears that had been forming finally fell. She looked over at the carnage and then heard shots being fired; Omega let out a cry and, visor falling off his face, started to slip out of Alpha's grip. "Omega!"

Omega fell to his knees, gasping for breath and clutching his chest, and Alpha saw a wound going strait through his back through his chest. She fell to her knees as well and grabbed his shoulders. "Omega! Omega, don't you leave me! You hear me? You can't! Wheeljack just left! Don't you leave me too!"

"Al…Alpha…" Omega managed to gasp out, clutching his wound as energon and mech fluid oozed from it. He looked up at his sister, visor finally falling off his face, and their optics locked; the two entered the other's mind.

Alpha felt everything her brother was going through; his pain, his horror…his fear…it was all hers now. She shivered at the cold fear and shook her head, her fear mixing with his. She knew by his pain that it was too late for him. He was as good as gone; no medic could heal his wound and he was giving up. As they separated minds, Alpha grasped Omega's arms. "Don't you dare! Don't you dare leave me!!" She yelled, tears falling. "You hear me?!"

"A-Al…"

Alpha sobbed. "You're the only thing; the only person I have in this world. Please, for Primus' sake, don't leave me!"

"I-I'm sorry…sis…I…it's not…my choice…" Omega gasped out, "I'm…sorry…" His frost blue optics dimmed as he started to go limp; Alpha grabbed him as everything else faded out.

"Bro…please…please…I need you…you're my little brother…please don't leave me…I'm begging you." She whispered, rubbing his back between his wings. "Please…"

Omega let out a deep, ragged breath. He leaned against his sister and Alpha felt her little brother drifting away, breath by breath. Trembling, Alpha put a shaking hand on the back of her brother's head and closed her optics, sobbing uncontrollably. "I'm sorry!" She managed, "I'm sorry I couldn't protect you, Omega! I'm sorry…I'm sorry I wasn't a good big sister…forgive me….forgive me…"

Al?

Alpha froze, tears still flowing freely. "Omega?"

Al? Al, wake up! C'mon, Al! Don't scare me like this! Wake up!

"Alpha!"

Alpha gasped and her optics shot open; she shot up and saw that she was in her room and Omega was sitting next to her, concern written all over his face. He wrapped his arms around her and rubbed her back. "Al? Al, you okay?"

Alpha started to tremble, then shook freely as the tears from the nightmare fell down her face. She clung to her brother, sobbing. "Omega! Oh thank Primus!" She whimpered. "I…I…"

Omega rubbed her back. "That nightmare again, huh?" He asked tenderly, nuzzling her lovingly. The answer he got back was a sniffle and a nod; he sighed. "Oh Al…"

"'S not my fault…"

"I know, Al…I know…shh…just relax…it was only a nightmare…" Omega wiped his sister's tears. "I'm here…I'm here, big sis, you won't ever loose me. I promise."

Alpha nodded and closed her optics. She heard her brother's fuel pump thud right in her audio and she yawned softly, drifting back into recharge. How she managed to get over the dream quickly, she didn't know. All she knew was that she was safe in her brother's arms and he was safe there with her. Alpha felt her brother's arms wrap around her shoulders, hugging her close, and she fell back into recharge.

Omega glanced down at his sister. Tears that he had been hiding fell; for, he too, had had the same exact dream his twin had, only in his Alpha was the one that he couldn't save. The seeker rubbed Alpha's back as he closed his optics.

The two were soon both fast asleep in each other's arms in a sibling embrace.