I'm back again. Wow I am on a roll with this story. Sorry the last chapter was a little weird. Feel free to drop all the criticism you want.
I'll be getting a laptop soon so hopefully I'll be able to update more often.
On with the show.
I was dreaming, floating through some sort of unknown world. But it wasn't that unknown. In fact it felt familiar. My eyes searched the broken ruins of buildings, the shattered upside down cars and the hole riddled smashed road.
"What happened here?" I asked the empty space. No one answered which wasn't surprising.
I was just turning onto what I assumed to be the main street when a huge explosion shook the ground. I spun in a full circle so I could see the two robots. They were fighting one another as if the fate of the world depended on it. Slipping a bit closer I recognized Optimus, his paintwork scratched and dented, optics glowing dangerously.
The other robot was unfamiliar to me. He was huge, at least two meters taller than Optimus and a lot wider. He was made of sharp silver metal and had some mean looking claws. His optics were red, the same color as lava, and were filled with hard, icy hatred.
I gasped and pressed a hand to my mouth as the silver bot threw Optimus to the ground. It was then I saw something else.
It was me. Yelling Optimus's name and trying to crawl over to him. I could see the blood dripping freely down my dream self's face, staining my hair and splashing onto the floor. My arm looked broken from the way that I was holding it and dozens of scrapes and bruises covered every scrap of uncovered skin.
"Time to wake up now" I tried to pinch my arm to wake myself up but nothing happened.
"Allison, Stop fighting" That voice. I recognized that voice. I looked around wildly for the source.
There standing before my dream self was my father. Whole, unhurt and very much alive. He was talking to me. I couldn't hear what I said but I could see myself shake my head defiantly.
"Allison, please" My father seemed to plead with me. Another head shake.
"Allison" The silver robot raised his foot. I muffled a shriek. I was going to die.
"Allison" The foot was brought down.
"Allison. Slag it youngling wake up"
I gasped and jerked into a sitting position. Trembling and panting I began to look over my body.
"Ten fingers, ten toes, four human limbs and cute little nose" I repeated the rhyme my mum had taught me for when I had a nightmare.
It was then that I realized that I was the center of attention for three robots and a human. I blinked and managed a small wavering smile but I was too caught up in my dream to say any stupid remark.
My father, he had been there. He had been alive. What did that mean? Actually what did the whole dream mean?
"Nightmare?" Abbie asked sitting down next to me. I nodded mutely.
"Wanna talk about it?" I shook my head then swallowed. I looked up and locked eyes with Optimus.
"Who's Megatron?" I asked carefully.
"Where did hear that?" I didn't recognize the bot who spoke. He was a kind of neon yellow and had red stripes on his arms and a search and rescue symbol. He seemed older and sterner than the others.
"This is Ratchet, our medical officer" Optimus gestured. "And yes where did you hear about Megatron?"
"The Decepticons were saying something about resurrecting him" I muttered. The Autobots exchanged glances.
"Megatron is the leader of the Decepticons" Optimus said slowly. He tapped the side of his head and a holographic image of the pointy silver guy appeared floating between us.
"Oh my giddy ants" I gulped
"What is it?" Ratchet looked at me concerned "Your heart rate is increasing rapidly"
"That guy, he-he was in my dream" I stumbled. I closed my eyes and tried to calm my pounding heart.
"What do mean?" Abbie asked
"My dream, I was in some ruined city, there was an explosion so I went to investigate. You were there Optimus" I looked up at the Autobot "And this Megatron guy. You were fighting. I was there too. I looked hurt and then there was my Dad."
Abbie stiffened "Al, your Dad is dead"
"I know, but he was there. He was trying to get me to stop fighting but I wouldn't listen. Megatron was going to kill me but…"
"But what?" Bumblebee crackled out through his radio
"But then I woke up. I never got to see the end or if I died"
No one moved or said anything for a while. Then Ratchet spoke up.
"The All Spark has been known to provide glimpses of the future" Ratchet tapped his chin with a delicate finger "What you saw may have been a warning for the future"
"But what about my Dad?" I asked "He's dead and yet I saw him"
"He may not have died" Ratchet shrugged
"He was in a car wreck, I saw his body" I yelled "I would know if he was dead or not. And if he was alive why didn't he come back?"
"It was known to us that he was the one who discovered Megatron. We also know about the symbols and the car crash. But it may have been that he didn't die. The Decepticons are cunning and know that he is the only one with the knowledge of Megatron's location. They would not want something like that to go to waste" Optimus sounded so serious that it chilled me to the core.
"Are you saying that my Dad is working for the Decepticons?" I refused to believe it. It couldn't be true. Could it?
Nobody said anything but merely stared at me in sympathy. I furiously shook my head.
"Why would he do that? My Dad loves me and my mum. He wouldn't just leave us like that"
"As hard as this may be to accept Allison it is the only explanation we can come up with" Optimus held out his hand to me "But if you have recovered sufficiently I believe we should take you home to your mother"
"You aren't going to try and hide me away from the world?" I asked suspiciously, the conversation with Bumblebee still fresh in my mind.
"No, we are not. But we will be watching you carefully at all times" Optimus said gently. I hesitated for a second before climbing onto his outstretched palm. Abbie climbed on beside me and Optimus transformed.
His transformation was much the same a Bumblebees but it still hadn't lost its wow factor. Seeing a thirty foot robot transform into a vehicle of any kind was still amazing even though I was depressed and still thinking about my dream/prophecy.
In no time at all a large; hot wheel semi-peter built truck was parked before us. Its door opened for us which was, again, something I still found amazing.
"Bags driving" Abbie hopped into the cab. I followed but stopped, feeling the sudden tweak in my ankle. I looked down to see strapping showing over my bare foot.
"You sprained it when you jumped down" Abbie explained seeing the look of confusion on my face. I gritted my teeth and managed to limp over to the cab and climb in. The door shut and the seatbelt fastened itself.
"Glad to see you're more in tune with the road safety laws" I smiled remembering Bumblebee's driving as he rescued us from Barricade. God that felt years ago now.
"How long have I been gone for?" I asked no one in particular.
"About two days" Abbie said sheepishly "I called your mum and said that you were staying at my place for a few days but I don't think she believed me"
"Thank you" I stared out of the window for a while before I spoke again "Abbie"
"Yeah" She cocked her head
"I'm sorry. For-for running off. It was stupid of me but I was just confused" I hung my head "It was just too much for me to take in. Suddenly being told that you have to save the world, that you are super powerful and that you have to leave your mum"
Abbie smiled gently and patted my shoulder "Hey don't worry about it. I would have done the same thing"
I breathed a sigh of relief. It was nice to know that my friend wasn't mad at me anymore. But as we drove there was one thing that remained at the forefront of my mind. Something I hadn't told the others.
I'll be there for you Allison. The next time you are in danger I will be there. I promise.
Starscream's message to me, the one I had picked up just before I had drifted off into my nightmare filled sleep. I was guessing it meant that he would be watching me as well. I expected to feel uncomfortable with that but instead I felt happy and relieved. It was nice to know that my former enemy was my friend. However forbidden that friendship may be.
Hazah, two updates at once. I am really on a roll. That chapter was a little more on the comforting side.
How will Ally cope with the prospect that her father is still alive and working for the Decepticons? And how will she cope with these new prophetic nightmares?
TTFN (Ta Ta for now)