Just so you know, this is a pretty long chapter.
I'm gonna try to start making the chapters longer (not not this long, though. heh.) from now on. just to reduce how many are overall in the fic.
Megatron stood on the rooftop as the Decepticons swarmed the city. "Take no prisoners!" he yelled...
the memory quickly flipped to another one. Driveby and HT on a darkened street, a group of unidentifeied mechs running at them, firing their weapons. HT moved in front of Driveby. "Go. I'll meet you later." he whispered
"But..."
"Just go." the tank fired another shot, then turned to embrace the femme. "Be safe, love." he whispered. The tank smiled unnoticed at the memory.
Alpha smiled at the mech's memory, but turned away before he saw her smiling. She then dove into Jade's mind
The rec. room was alive with music as the jet walked in. There were the lambogini twins and a certain Porsche dancing...
to the Macarena.
"It's too early in the morning for this." the jet shook her head.
Prowl came in behind her, and from the look on his face, he was about to have a logic-cicuit overload. Sure enough, the white and black tactician fainted..
"You're right, Sides." Sunstreaker said gleefully. "he doesn't know what good music is." Jazz just grinned and shook his head.
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the scene switched to the inside of a small mountainbase. The same one Driveby's group had been using recently. Only back at this time, it was Jade's group living there. There were several 'bots standing around. One was a white Camaro, and a green dragon-former was seated at one of the chairs from the nearby table, and a minibot-sized black and silver mech with blue eyes stood next to a green, black and blue pickup.
"So we're driving down route 36." the dragon glanced at the camaro with a sparkle in his optics.
"And John sees this girl in a tanktop walking down the street and goes.." The dragon turned all the way around in his seat mimicing gawking motions.
"And I'm like..." (pretends to grab steering wheel) "John car!"
"huh? skRRRT MEEEEEEP" the dragon made a swerving motion and fell out of his seat.
"Ow ow ow." he picked himself up, holding his injured leg.
Everyone laughed. The white camaro the dragon was referring to (Mic, a.k.a.John) just tried to glare, but it came out as a smirk.
Alpha giggled at the memory. She shook her head and then removed herself from her friend's minds. She looked at her friends and smiled. There's no way that jerk can convict any of us. She smiled.
The doors opened, and Klutch came in. Everyone stopped talking. Klutch folded his arms. "Playtime's ova." he said.
"Aww, but we were just getting started." Cable said. Cap whacked him on the shoulder.
"Lemme guess, think 'happy thoughts?' the challenger tank quipped.
Klutch gave him a look.
"Right..right.. I know, shut up." the tank mumbled.
Alpha flipped Klutch off. "Don't look at my friend that way." She said, leaning against the wall. The femme smiled at Cap and then at Prime and Prowl.
The two mechs sighed, shaking their heads.
Klutch glared at her. "Let's go. back to youa cells." Klutch ordered. The people mumbled, but went.
"Now, since you insist on bein hea since I am, I guess I'll leave, if you a proyme want to also leave." Klutch folded his arms and looked at Prowl.
The two sighed and looked at Klutch. "Now you know we can't do that."
Alpha huffed. She glared at Klutch. "Dipcensorded."
Indy looked at the femme and then at Prime. "So who's goin' first?"
"I'll let you decide that." he replied.
Jade crossed her arms as the field came on.
"Move. let me see." HT shoved her over.
Jade gave him a glare, but he didn't see it.
Indy looked around. She looked at Jade. "Jade, would ya like to go now?" She asked.
Alpha touched Jade and HT's minds. "Don't kill each other, now." She laughed.
"uh..." Prowl turned the fireld off, and the jet stepped out, glancing around.
Klutch smirked.
Jade glared.
She sat, but paused for a second at the consent questions and swallowed.
She glanced at the others.
"Yes."
"think happy thoughts..think happy thoughts..." she thought.
Indy nodded. She touched Jade's jawline. Think happy thoughts, Jade. She said in Jade's mind.
The jet remembered the first time she flew. They had just arrived in the dimension, and the Decepticons had set a trap for the autobots. Windstriker, a purple and tan A-10 thunderbolt, had insisted on joining the fight, whether anyone agreed or not.
The jet jumped into the air, looking down at everything. She had allways wished she could fly... it was like a dream.
She swung down and lauched two sparrow missiles at Megatron. The leader dodged, but Soundwave was thrown off the cliff.
"Yeah!" Jade did a barrel roll and headed back up.
The scene switched to another occasion. The Decepticons had built a huge cannon in one of the valleys. The Autobots thundered down into the valley...
"Nah. lemme find something better..."
Jade walked down the hall, carrying a drum of something. She reached the end of the main hall to the command room, and carefully poured it, coating the floor...
She snickered and waited.
"Hey, has anyone seen my new zero-friction fourmula..." Wheljack tripped and slid down the hal, tumbling to a halt at the command room.
Sunstreaker and sideswipe came down the hall. "I wonder how Jade's gonna like my next joke.."
Jade's optics widened.
"Sides don't!..."
too late.
"I'm gonna tear you apart for ruining my paint job!" Sunstreaker yowled, trying to use the kneeling Sideswipe for a brace to get up. But he only slipped, taking the red twin back down with him.
"Hey guys, what's all the ruckus about?" Bluestreak rounded the corner and came sliding down the hall.
What Auto-bots griping about now!?
the dinobots.
"...I'm doomed.."
the jet muttered, facepalming. She headed for the opposite side of the command room.
"no, Grimlock, don't!" Blustreak cried. But all four of them soon were headed towards the downed gunner and Lambos in a pile of metal. "Wheee!" Sludge exclaimed. Crash! cruch!
"Ow"
"Me Grimlock say get off me!" the t-rex roared.
Swoop, who was flying overhead just said. "You dinobots funny." and took off after Jade.
The jet ran into the repairbay and shut the door after her leaning against it. Ratchet looked up at the femme who had both arms out against the door as though bracing it shut.
"what did you do this time." he asked flatly.
"Believe me, you don't wanna know." the jet replied.
She glanced at the door behind her, then hurried out the door at the other end of the repairbay as something crashed into the one she came through.
Indy released Jade and then choked back laughter. She smiled and then nodded. "Thank you." The femme looked around, smiling. "Who wants to go next?"
Alpha busted out laughing. Nice joke, Jade. Poor Dinobots... She laughed in the femme's head.
heh, thanks.Jade smiled and went back to the cell, smirking at Klutch, who scowled.
"you." Klutch pointed. Beacon and Cable glanced at each other. "which one of us?"
Klutch looked at Indy.
Alpha sighed, calming down. How much trouble did you end up getting in to?
Indy looked at Beacon. "Beacon, would you care to?"
Jade turned her internal comm on. "Sorry, but that kinda wierds me out, I don't like having people in my head. But anyhow, quite a bit, once they caught me. Jack was mad about me stelaing his zero-friction molecule solutions, and Grimlock and the other Dinos wanted to tear me apart, and Sunny was REALLY mad... I spend about 12 hours in the brig for that one. but that was the worst I've ever done. Sideswuipe has done worse, I think."
Beacon came over and sat down.He looked at Indy, then offlined his optics.
"Hey Beacon, race ya to the transline bridge and back." a red and blue teenage mech, about Beacon's age said.
"Okay."
"Go!" the other mech transformed and sot off into the sky. Beacon flew after him.
"Hey, you were supposed to count then say go!" Beacon called. Theother mehc went uder and up over the overpass. Beacon went over and around under it. He sped up. They landed.
"Hah! beat ya again." the mech said.
"Oh yeah, second go, then?"
"Sure!"
Beacon took off without even saying 'go'.
"Hey!" the red and blue flier yelled...
the memory ended, and switched to another scene.
The white flier had been sent by the city leader with a message to the next city, on the outskirts of agorahex, that the Decepticons were closening. "You're the fastest flier we've got. We're counting on you." the bot said. Beacon nodded and took off.
He had gotten halfway there when a powerfull blast out of nowhere hit his wing. He crashed, picking himself up.
"I have to get there. But how? I can't fly with my wing damaged." he said.
"Come on, I'll give you a ride. I'm going that direction, anyway. A black pickup truck with teal sidestripes pulled up.
"These are my creator's friends. Torros and Turnpike."
"Hello." the two cars next to her chorused.
"Thanks." Beacon climbed into the pickup's bed.
"We have to hurry! the Decepticons are advancing, and I have to get this message to the next city and warn them." he said.
"Right." the pickup sped up, her caretakers speeding up to follow.
Indy smiled at the memories and then let him go. "Thank you." She said, letting him go.
"It's okay. I understand. I wouldn't like it either." Alpha smiled.
"Yikes...that's a long time...poor you..."
"Not really, considering it was in the evning, till the next day." Jade replied, shrugging.
Indy walked away from the mech and then looked. "Who's next?" She asked, smiling.
Nice one. Alpha smirked at the mech as he walked back over to his cell
Beacon glanced at her and smirked back, then looked over at Ty. The black chevy blazer with teal sidestripes had been a pickup truck before coming to Earth...
"How about you." Indy pointed.
Alpha looked at Ty and smiled a bit. Don't worry, ty. 'S not bad.
Ty came over and sat down.
Indy touched the femme's jawline and closed her optics
A little sparkling tried to fit two peices of metal together in the repairshop her creator ran. She picked up the welding torch, and started to go across it.
"No, look. you have to go up and down.slow, even passes with the welder." a male voice behind her said.
The tall white and soot grey mech took the sparkling's hand gently and guided her. "like this. See?"
"Uh-huh. I got it." the femme replied.
"Remember, patience is the key." the shadow said, and moved away. the femme sparkling nodded.
The teenage femme looked up from her welding as her creator, Tundra, ran out of the back room to the front of his repairshop to see what all the ruckus was about outside. Two of his friends had come in, shouting something about the Decepticons were coming. The Gaurdian robots had tried to hold them off, but there were too many. Some of the residents of the city had proclaimed themselves Decepticons, and were arming themselves to join the march to Iacon.
Tundra came into the back room. "Ty, you have to leave. They will help you get safely to Iacon."
"but father.."
"I'll meet you there later. I have some things to do here first. These two are autobots, they'll make sure you get there safely." he motioned to Turnpike and Torros.
the black femme wanted to argue with her creator, but knew better. The three of them reached the street, and the femme transformed into a black pickup truck with teal sidestripes. She looked back, and could make out Tundra picking up some kind of blaster off the table, looking over it through the window.
The femme glanced up just in time to see a streak of grey and silver, that crashed into an alley.
"What was that?' she wondered. She drove over to find a wobbling mech, about shoulder height to her, and he seemed to be about the same age.
"I have to get there. But how? I can't fly with my wing damaged." he said, almost to himself.
"Come on, I'll give you a ride. I'm going that direction, anyway." Ty said as she pulled up.
"These are my creator's friends. Torros and turnpike."
"Hello." the two cars next to her chorused.
"Thanks." Beacon climbed into the pickup's bed. "We have to hurry! the Decepticons are advancing, and I have to get this message to the next city and warn them." he said.
"Right, hang on!."Ty revved her engine and sped away.
Indy smiled and let go. She nodded. "Thank you." She helped her up and then turned to the others.
Alpha smirked. Wow. Not bad, Ty. She smiled.
In the control room, at teletraan-1, Prime and Klutch presented their case to the government. the white-haired man looked over his glasses at the two of them.
"I'm sorry, Klutch. But since these transformers have done these so-called crimes on American land, they should stay here. You may have say-so where you are from, but it is only fitting their hearing be held here in America."
Klutch scowled.
"You may stay and present your case as prosecution, though. Does that seem fair to you?" Klutch held back from saying what he wanted to.
"Yes, sir." He nodded, as did Prime.
"If they are found guilty, though, you will have every right to drag them back to your...institution. Provided that is what the judge rules." the man said.
the blue car merely nodded.
Klutch patiently waited as Prime and the whoever-he-was (Klutch didn't really care) finished their conversation about when and where the hearing would be.
Alpha swallowed as she stayed in Prime's mind, listening. She knew he knew she was there, but didn't care. The femme pulled out of his mind and then delivered the news to everyone. Well? She asked in each person's mind.
"interesting."
"cool!"
"That's great!" Ty said from down the way.
"Yeah." Beacon put in.
Indy peeked out of her door, glancing both ways down the hall, then hurried down the hall.
"Klutch is not gonna be happy with may if he finds out I've gone an' snuck out while e's gone." she thought.
Where ya headed, Indy? Alpha asked as she leaned back. The two psychics somehow had connected minds...but only at certain times...
"you'll see she replied, heading down the hall
Jade looked at the caomflauge-painted tank sitting on the bench thinking.
"So...you were a con?" Jade asked.
"Yeah." HT replied. "What about it?"
The jet shrugged. "Just wondering."
He gave her a look. "I used to scrap Autobots for a living; Does that bother you?" the camo-colored tank grinned threateningly.
"Not really." Jade shrugged again.
HT blinked. "really." he said in an unbelieving voice.
he stood, at least a head and shoulders taller than her, and leaned forward, lowering his voice. "I used to rip the wing off of jets just to hear them scream." he said.
Jade glanced up at him and took two steps away, putting her wings behind her. "You wanna go back to Megatron?" she asked.
HT stopped. "I didn't say that." he stated.
"I know, I was just wondering." she shrugged, and seated herself on the bench. HT glanced at the wall, where Alpha and Cap were at the other end of the row of cells. "What I decide to do is none of your business." he said flatly.
Jade looked at HT.
HT looked and Jade
HT growled.
Fine. Alpha sighed. Be careful, Indy.
The femme heard the two. "Alright you two! Don't kill each other!" She yelled, laughing.
Indy rang Jazz's doorchime.
The Porsche got up, and the human that was with him ran around behind the couch.
Jazz opened the door. "Uh...hi?" He said.
Alpha laughed. Down you two. Don't make me hurt you. She smirked in both of their heads.
"allo. Allo, Mike." she smiled at the couch.
The human peeked around it.
"I"m pschic, remebma?" she replied to his suprised look.
she came in, and waited for the black and white to shut the door.
Jazz shut the door and regaurded the red femmecar.
"What do you want?" He asked the femme, keeping himself between her and the human.
Indy blinked. "calm down. I'm not heah to hurt you oah Mike. If I wanted to, I'd have told Klutch he was heah a long time agow." she smiled.
"You have the code to Jade's supspace locka in her quartas, right?"
Jazz muttered something, but sat down on the couch nest to the red car. He glanced at the femme and nodded.
"Why?" He asked, folding his arms. He didn't trust her one bit not to try something.
"Because, she keeps a lot of stuff in theah, including old home-movies.You know, walking around the ock with a camcorduh. You might be able to find something to help huh out with.
And, I wonted to ask you to be at the hearing. They're having it heah, in the states. Theah's no way youah govunment would let Klutch drag youa friends away, anyway. right?" she smiled.
"Right..." Jazz muttered. "Remind me again why you're helping us?" He asked, tilting his head slightly to one side curiously.
I've been inside youah friends mids. seen theah memories. They aren't bad people. Just...Klutch thinks so." she glanced at the door. "I gotta go. If Klutch find out about this, I'll most likely... well... that isn't impoatant." she headed for the door.
Cap glanced over at Alpha. "so, were you allways a 'bot?" he asked conversationally. He knew it was really none of his business, but decided it was better than the boring silence.
"Okay..." Jazz nodded.
"We'll talk latah." Indy said, and dissapeared out the door "I wonda what that was about?" the human asked. Ya think she's tryin ta get us ta go through Jade's stuff and get us in trouble"
"I dunno, man." Jazz replied, looking at the closed door as Indy walked away.
Alpha sighed. "No." She muttered, looking down. "I wasn't. And that still gets me into trouble..."
"...really?" Cap was suprised.
"Really." Alpha nodded sadly. "But I wasn't a 'Con by choice..." She whispered, wrapping her arms around her knees. "I did so many things as a Decepticon...I hated every minute of it...but I couldn't leave...I wish I had had enough guts to...there would be more grown bots now if it wasn't for me..." Tears fell.
"Hey." Cap put an arm around her. "Now who's the depressed one? it's okay. It's in the past. There's no way to change it, and you can't let it get to you. You're with the good guys now." he gave her a hug.
Alpha whimpered, but let him hug her. She choked back a sob. "But..." She hicupped, "I was the one that helped create the experiments...I caused them so much pain...it's...it's all my fault...like Lee said..I deserved everything he gave me..." Her hands touched her armor where her scars/markings were.
"we all have regrets. We all have secrets. That's what Klutch is after. but I have a feeling Prime isn't gonna let that happen." he smiled encouragingly. "We've all made mistakes. It's no reason to give up on life."
he looked out of the bars.
believe me, I know. that's why I try to act so happy all the time he thought.
"Hey." he sat up and turned to face her.
"I heard this really funny joke the other day. How many decepti-seekers does it take to screw in a lightbulb?" he grinned.
Beacon groaned and facepalmed. "That's the oldest one in the book." he yelled.
"Is not." Cable called back. Cap shook his head.
Alpha laughed at the two. She wiped her optics.
"You two are crazy." She smiled and then hicupped. The femme laughed nervously.
"Sorry..."
"s'ok." Cap grinned.
"So, how many seekers does it take to screw in a lightbulb?" he paused
"weeelll..." he glanced back at her.
"One to hold the bulb in place, one to fly around trying to screw it in going "It's not workiiiiinnngggg!", and one to flip the lightswitch up and down and yell "shut up starscream I'm trying to make your stupid party strobe work!!!"
Alpha laughed. She smiled at him and shook her head.
Cap grinned. some of the others snickered, too
Cable hopped up, a look across his face. "What? what is it?" Beacon asked.
Cable clicked on his comm.
"Communications update guys." he said.
Alpha shot over to the bars. "Tell all." She muttered.
"Hey, that's a good thing when he's listening to the Autobots." Cap said, joining her.
"Klutch is pushing to get this over with as fast as possible. We go to the hearing tomorrow." Cable said.
"What!? Isn't that a little soon?" Driveby exclaimed.
"Really!" Jade called back. "We haven't had enough time to plan our defense!"
"there's another thing..." Cable replied, his voice getting a dissapointed undertone to it.
"You guys are gonna be mad when I tell you this but..."
"But what?" Gunlock called.
"Yeah, say it allready." Beacon said.
"Please tell us!" Alpha yelled, looking out. "Or I'll read your mind..."
"Prowl isn't gonna be able to help us. The humans know he and Driveby were... romanticly involved in the past, and think he'll be biased in our favor." he said.
"That was four and a half million years ago!" Driveby loudly objected.
"and he's our defense anyway! what does it matter if he's biased in our favor?!" Jade added.
"yeah." Cap added.
"Hey, don't scrap the messenger, I'm just letting you know." Cable objected.
"He also told the humans." he muttered.
"WHAT!?" Driveby yelled.
"tell me he didn't!" Jade said.
"No." Alpha muttered, looking down. She sighed and then leaned against the wall. "I already knew about the humans." She said loudly.
"Well, the blue git just gave 'em a full update on our situation. You can believe there's gonna be more news flying tonight."
Jade threw her hands in the air."Great. Just great. we're screwed, aren't we?"
"No." Cable responded. "Not exactly. Prime has offered to take his place." He waited for a response, then added "He's putting his reputation on the line to defend us."
Cap turned to Alpha. "Don't worry. I'm sure Prowl will give him all his info for our defense. We'll be fine." he tried to smile encouragingly.
"Yeah...after all, we have the Autobot leader on our side..." Alpha tried to smile. She sighed, "We may not be screwed just yet..."
Omega appeared, leaning on the wall outside of everyone's cell. "I could have told you about the humans knowing."
"you did."
"Oh. Right."
The doors opened, and Prowl, Klutch, four gaurds, and Indy walked through.
"You and you, come with me." he pointed at Beacon and Cable.
"What, wha'd I do?" Cable asked.
"We're getting all the information we can before tomorrow, that's waht." he replied, leading them towards one of the rooms.
"You got the good memories, and now youre gonna get the bad ones?" Jade reasoned.
Klutch nodded,smirking. "you gave general consent. That means both sides can find whatever memories they want to use."
"No!" Alpha yelled. She latched onto the bars and glared at him. "They haven't gave consent yet, though." She whispered to herself. The femme glanced at the two.
"I believe they have." Klutch held up the datapad/recorder device.
He smirked "you're next."
Prowl waited for them to dissapear in the room, and came over to where Alpha and cap were. "I would suggest you co-operate, otherwise we will not be able to use our positive evidence against him." he said.
Alpha backed away. She sighed and then swallowed. "Is he...is he gonna redo all of us?" She asked, looking Prowl. The femme bit her lip and waited for his answer.
"Yes. unfortunately, there is nothing I can do to stop him." he said, looking away towards the room.
"No." Alpha whimpered. She shook her head. "no..."
Prowl looked at her. "you might be able to block some of your memories from her, Alpha. Since I am no longer your defense, I no longer have to follow the rules of ethics involved." the tactician smirked at her. I've seen you do it before. Just don't make it obvious. Everyone has secrets... every Autobot has secrets." he winked
Alpha smiled a bit. "Alright..." She nodded. "I just wish I could block other people's memories for them..."
A few minutes later, the two 'bots walked out, and back to their cell and sat down. Klutch smirked at Alpha and motioned for her. Cap gulped and followed.
"not him. not yet. One of you is enough." the blue car said. Cap plodded back and sat, looking at Alpha.
Alpha bit her lip, but followed. She swallowed and looked at her friends. Wish me luck, guys. She muttered in their heads.
Ooh boy... The femme sat down and looked at Indy.
Indy wasn't smiling, either. She reached out...
just don't resist me, please. she pleaded.
Alpha swallowed. the femme blocked her memories that were the most painful.
Alpha yelled as she ran from someone. The femme looked behind her and was tackled by a young Autobot.
"P-Please! Get off of me!" She whimpered, "I just wanna protect my brother! That's the only reason I attacked!"
"I'm sure!" The Autobot snarled, holding his blade to her throat. "You Decepticons are all alike!"
"That's not true!" Alpha sobbed, tears running down her cheeks. "Please! Don't...you kill me and my brother dies!"
"Tough luck."
"For you!" Omega snarled and he kicked the Autobot off Alpha.
He stabbed him through the chest.
"Never touch my sister." Omega growled. He landed next to Alpha. "Alpha?"
"We...killed him..." Alpha sobbed, hugging her brother.
"I did, Alpha..."
"But he wouldn't have-"
"Shh..." Omega held her close.
Alpha looked up and saw the Autobot staggering over to Omega. "OMEGA!!" Alpha screeched, firing at the Autobot.
The Autobot grunted as the shot hit his spark. His optics clicked off and fell to the ground, dead.
Alpha shoved Indy out of her mind. "Get out! "
Indy grunted as the blue femme shoved her out of her memory. Klutch, who was standing behind her, pulled out a small hypo. He looked at Indy, and pressed it to the back of Alpha's neck.
"you can't argue if eu're not awake." he whispered.
"N-No..." Alpha whimpered as she lost consciousness. "Omega..."
Omega's optics shot open. She growled and, from where he was standing in front of the emprisioned Autobots and HT, and the black colored mech hit the wall. "Sis!" He snarled.
Prowl glanced over at the room, then at Omega. "The door is locked. There's no way in anyway. She will be fine." he said, voice still calm.
"They knocked her out." Omega growled, "I thought you said they weren't going to hurt her! You don't know what's in her mind!" He yelled, glaring at Prowl. "You don't know what she was forced to do by the 'Cons." He growled low.
As much as he wanted to, the white tactician knew there was nothing he could do to stop them. They weren't physically hurting her, therefore they would be allowed by the court to get away with it in the name of evidence gathering. He couldn't tell Omega that, though. It would just make him angrier.
Prowl went over and knocked on the window. Klutch looked up and motioned for him to wait. A moment later, he came out carrying the unconcious femme. He went over to the cell and Cap moved out of his way so he could lay her on the bench. He looked at Cap, who glanced at Alpha and gulped.
Omega saw his sister and growled. He clenched his fists and went invisible. the mech let out a growl.
Alpha whimpered as she tried to block her mind, but she was weak. The femme clenched her fists.
Indy looked at alpha who was laying on the bench, and started to withdraw from her mind. Then something caught her attention "It'll take a minute to download the infomation." Klutch said and turned the field back on.
Alpha whimpered as she tried to block Indy.
"I can't, Megatron..." Alpha whimpered as she looked at the mechs that were chained to the wall.
"Do it or your brother..."
Alpha swallowed, but nodded. She pulled out an energon knife and headed over to the first mech. tears rolled down her cheeks as she cut into his chest.
The mech screamed in pain. "STOP!!"
"I wish I could...believe me, I wish I could..." Alpha whispered as she watched the red energon drip. She collected it and then moved onto another bot.
Pl-Please...stop... Alpha whimpered in Indy's mind. I-I don't wanna relive these...please stop...
Cap jumped up. "Leave her alone." he yelled, placing himself between the two. Indy looked past him...
Alpha sobbed both in the memory and in real life.
Alpha moved onto another bot. This one had green energon. She sliced his chest. "There." the femme muttered, handing Megatron a vail from each of the bots to Megatron.
"Kill them." Megatron hissed, looking at her.
"No." Alpha shook her head.
"Yesss..." Megatron smirked.
"n-No...I can't..."
"Do it. Or Starscream and Soundwave shall rip your brother's spark out..."
"Fine. Don't hurt him! Please!" Alpha whimpered. She looked at the mechs and raised her blaster, but it was yanked from her and replaced by a sword.
The mech's screams filled the night.
Alpha sobbed louder. She shook her head furiously, curling up. "S-Stop...please..." She whimpered.
Omega growled. he swallowed.
Cap glared at Indy. she heard someone growl, and sensed something..no, someone a few meters away.
Indy turned. She sighed and walked away, shaking her head.
Alpha sobbed and wrapped her arms around herself, curling up into a ball. "Pl-Please Megatron..." she sobbed, "Someone help me..."
HT snarled. "what did you do to her!" he yelled.
"Just wait till I get my hands on you!" he threw himself at the energy-charged bars, sparking electricity. Indy turned and looked at him. Then wordlessly walked away.
"It's okay." Cap pulled the crying femme into a hug. "It's over now... you're safe." he looked around for Omega.
Alpha sobbed and opened her optics. She clung to Cap and sobbed her heart out. "I-I had hoped to never relive those horrible memories..." she sobbed. The femme looked up. "H-HT, I'm-I'm okay...just...just something I never wanted to hicup relive..." She whimpered through her tears.
Omega appeared. He looked down and tears rolled down his cheeks. "Alpha...I'm sorry...I promised I would protect you..."
Klutch and Indy dissapeared into the room to download the memories, and Prowl walked up. "Are you alright?" he asked softly. His voice had an unusually depressed tone to it, compared to his normal logical one.
Indy sat down and put her face in her hands. sometimes memories that had strong emotions attached to them.. negative ones... made her more tired than others. "I..don't know if I can do this." she said.
Klutch sat down in the other chair. "Of course you can love."
his smile dissapeared. "you will." he stated.
Indy glanced out through the window, not really seeing through the single-sided glass, but sensing it.
I'm sorry. I truly am. she thought-said.
She connected to the download module.
Alpha walked over to the bars and reached her arm through the bars.
Omega grabbed his sister's hand. "It's okay, Al...I'm so sorry...I couldn't protect you..."
Alpha hiccuped. She wiped her tears. "It's okay, bro...I'm okay, Prowl..." She whispered, clutching her brother's hand.
Please dont'...I didn't do those things of my own free will...
I know... Indy's voice trailed off as she uplinked. Klutch smiled as he saw the images flash by on the screen.
I'm sorry. truly, I am.
Prowl glanced at the two then switched off the field so Omega could get to his sister.
Alpha sobbed and ran into her brother's arms. She started to cry again as he wrapped his arms around and held her close in the middle of the rooms. "It's okay, Al...it's okay..." He whispered, rubbing her back. "Don't worry. Nothing'll happen to you as long as I live...I swear it..."
Alpha sobbed and hugged him. "I killed them, Omega...I killed them...stabbed them through their sparks...why?"
"You were protecting me, Alpha...you were being a good big sister." He whispered, closing his optics.
"But I should have been stronger...I shouldn't have given into Megatron!" Alpha whimpered. "Please...I don't want to relive these memories..."
"I won't let them dig anymore up, Al...I promise." Omega looked up. His optics flashed with anger.
Klutch and Indy came out, and walked over. Indy looked at her. I won't pry into your mind anymore. We are done with you. she thought-sent.
She looked at Cap. "Come on, Cap. She turned, and the minitank glared at her.
HT yelled "Just wait till it's my turn, I'll give you something you'll never forget!" he waved a fist.
Klutch sighed. "He's gonna be a diffucult one, isnt eh?" Indy skimmed his thoughts quickly. Anger, fear, and... the red car quickly pulled her thoughts away.
"He cares about her.." she thought.
Cap shuffled into the room behind her, glancing at Alpha, and forcing down a pang of fear.
Th-Thank you... Alpha sobbed. She looked up. He...he cares about me? She blinked.
The femme looked at HT and swallowed her tears. She left the safty of her brother's arms and walked over to HT.
"Hey-Hey, I'm okay, Ht...don't worry." she hiccuped and then wiped her tears away, putting on a weak smile. Alpha looked at Jade and then turned around to Klutch. She sent him a major headache, but pulled away before it could get too severe. Once she was gone from his mind, the pain stopped. Alpha smirked and then felt her brother pull her back into the safty of his arms. She closed her optics.
HT looked at her through the bars and smiled. "Just say the word and he's scrap metal." Jade looked scared. She didn't say anything. "Great, so she's going after bad memories. think happy, think happy..." she thought.
Cap gulped as indy reached for him...