~*~Rose's POV~*~

Blueflame was performing her own aerial show. Flips, drops, and barrel rolls, it was almost like she was dancing in the air.

Defiantly a show to see.

Turning back to my research I couldn't help but to think back to the femme in my dreams.

I found myself doodling on my data pad more than taking notes on seeker habits.

"What are you doing?"

Blueflame at some point landed and walked up behind me.

"Doodling." I confessed.

"Doodling what?" She tried to look over my shoulder.

"Nothing, don't worry about it." I erased the whole data pad.

"My mind doesn't want to work, it just keeps going back to a nightmare." I say with a small smile.

She only smiles back, knowing she couldn't push me on the matter.

"Let's get back inside before anyone comes out and sees you." I say pulling her inside.

"Lead the way!" She follows after me.

The day was quite.

I hissed at any mech that tried to get too close or dared to try and touch Flame.

Those who were smart left us alone, those who were foolish to test me got a wrench to the head, and an earful from Ratchet.

"I can't believe you made his arm twist like that…" Blueflame says as we go for our evening energon.

"He didn't feel it… Much." I say twirling my small wrench that Ratchet had gifted me a few years ago.

"I'm sure he'll feel it when Doc tries to fix him." She giggles following me still.

I could only smile, it was nice to see her so relaxed.

After a few minutes, she stops walking. "Something wrong?" I asked as I stopped not far from her.

"How long will I be here? I mean like… I'm actually a prisoner or war… So shouldn't I be locked up in a cell some where until the higher ups decided they wanna kill me off or something?"

I was taken back, is that what she's been thinking about the whole time she's been here?

"No. I wouldn't let them." I say with a strong tone.

She looked up to me from her feet.

"You can't protect me forever…" She says.

"I've seen so many things in this horrible war, the last thing I wanna see is another child in this mess. Especially, a good femling like yourself. I can't make you want to be an Autobot, but I want you to see what we really are… We're not monsters." I say.

She looked unsure about something.

"And if I wanna stay a Con? What will happen to me then?" She asked.

"I…I won't make you stay." I say with a sad sigh.

"They will try to lock you up, but I'd help you get home." I say honestly.

She smiled lightly. "Thank you Rose. If I do ever leave I won't be a soldier anymore. I probably won't even be able to go home Primus knows what my father would do to me if I did."

"Why? Your father should be happy you're okay." I say concerned.

"Things have changed since I was young… He's not the same mech he once was." She looked away as we continued our little walk.

"I'm sorry." I say softly.

She only shrugs her shoulders. "I can't change who he is. He's just not who he use to be."

I growled as mechs came too close to us.

We were going to get our energon and leave. Peaceful and no one would get hurt.

"Rose! What are your doing with the Con?" A mech asked disgusted as we were sitting together.

"None of your business." I hissed pushing Blueflame away from him and flaring my door wings.

"She's dangerous! She'll try and kill you!" He hissed.

"No she won't. You don't know her."

My armor started to prickle. Trouble was coming.

He grabbed my wrist. "Let go!" I shouted as he tried to yank me away from Blueflame.

~*~Blueflame's POV~*~

"Let her go! You can't do that!" I say trying to grab Rose back.

The mech just sneered and pulled her from me. She yelps as her wrist is twisted around.

"That fucking hurts!" She cried out.

This mech was going to break her hand off!
"She should be locked up and Rose should be working with Ratchet!" The mech hissed.

"Ratchet doesn't need me all the time! And you are not the one to tell me how to do my job!" Rose reared her hand back and punched him right in the nose.

The mech only takes the hit, and hits her right back. She falls in the floor, right in front of me.

"So that's it… You became a Con lover?" He hissed and wiped the blood from his nose.

"Stop it!" She stands up and tries to push me away more.

"You are a Con lover! Say it and maybe I'll let you and her go!" He grabbed my wrist again.

"Flame get Ratchet! Now!" Rose shouted at me.

"No one is going anywhere!" He growled

I didn't have a choice…

I held up my cannon and warmed it up, I aimed it at his head.

"Let her go! I don't care if I get locked up for killing a worthless piece of scrap like you! I'll be saving a good Bot by killing your nasty self!" I hissed with fire burning in my ruby eyes.

The mech throws her into a wall and tackles me.

"Flame!" Rose shouted.

The mech started punching and kicking at me, I growled and started punching back at him.

"Someone! Stop this!" Rose screeched.

No one knew what to do, help their friend fight the Con or save the young femme from getting beaten up by their friend.

Rose quickly got up and ran up to us. "Stop it! She hasn't done anything!" She grabbed at his arm and pulled him away.

The mech instantly rears back his other hand and slapped her across the face.

"DON'T TOUCH HER!" I roared as I slammed my cannon into his chest and fired three times right into his spark.

I threw him off me and looked to Rose, she was dazed, but other wise no other injuries.

Ignoring the shouted mechs around me, I lifted her up and ran to Ratchet's med bay, not looking back.

~*~Rose's POV~*~

I feel to the ground as he hit me.

My vision was blurred, and my audio was ringing. I see a few flashes and the mech falls…

I felt small hands touch my arm and cheek.

"-ose! R-se! Can y-u he-r me? Rose!"

I blinked trying to recover from the shock.

"Ro-e? Fo—ow the l-ght…"

I blinked as a light was flashed in my eyes.

"Rose? Can you hear me now? Respond Rose." Ratchet says.

"Wha… What happened?" I shake my head lightly, as I brought up my hand up touch my head, I felt a sharp pain in my wrist.

"Ah!" I cried out.

I looked at my wrist, it was wrapped up tightly and it looked swollen.

"Ratchet, I have to leave… I just killed a mech…" Blueflame said shaking.

"Hush now youngling, Prime will have your back." Ratchet tells her as he wiped tears from her eye.

"No he won't! The others will blame me!" She shouted.

"Stop it Blueflame, you did nothing. Rose and I will be by your side. What you did was self-defense and you defended Rose from an attacker." He says trying to comfort her more.

"That doesn't change anything! I killed him, and I don't care." She said coldly.

"Flame." I stand up.

"It's okay, I know you think it's not but it will be." I hugged her lightly.

She tensed up. When was the last time she was hugged like this?

"It's over now, and if they wanna hurt you, they'll have to go through us." I tell her softly.

Ratchet smiled and nodded. "Like it or not youngling, you're stuck in this little family." He says, it was kind of scary to see Ratchet giving off such a fathering vibe, but he did have a spark.

"What should I do until they come for me?" She looked at Ratchet.

"Stay here with Rose." He instructed.

"I'm sure Optimus will be here soon."

"What about you Ratchet?" I asked a little uneasy.

"That mech was low enough to pick a fight with a femme, who knows who will be suicidal enough to attack you for protecting us."

"Let me worry about that, Med bay is on lock down until it's safe for both of you. Try and rest for now. It's been a long afternoon for both of you." He says.

Ratchet left to go speak to Prime. Leaving me and Blueflame in med bay with nothing but silence.

I flinched as I jolt my wrist. Darn mech almost broke it off…

"Here, want some help? I have some energon that might help with the healing process. Well, help with the pain…" Blueflame says.

"Helping the pain would be nice, thank you." I say with a pained smile.

"He wasn't the best example for the Autobots. I'm sorry you had to see such a thing." I say with a huff.

"It's okay. I'm just glad he didn't hurt you any more than he could have. I'm just worried about what will happen from here… That leader of yours might send me to death."

"Optimus won't, because he would have to send me to death too." I say.

"I sent the first hit, all of that was on me the moment I actually hit him. Optimus would have to punish both of us."

"Maybe he would, I feel like he would." She says laying on a spare medical brenth.

"Don't worry about it right now… We'll think of something later…" I pulled a blanket over her.

"Did you ever have kids?" She asked out of the blue.

"No, still never found the right mech." I say was a weak smile.

"Neither have I… I doubt I ever will. Most mech are scrap heaps anyway… I doubt there's anyone out there for me anyway…" She curled up on her side and yawned.

"You're young." I say as she slowly dozed off.

"You still have all the time in the world and there are other mechs out there, you just gotta find the right one." I pet her head.

She purred softly and curled up more in her blanket and pillow.

How could anyone turn such a femling into a soldier?

"Rest up Flame… I'll keep you safe… I promise…" I whispered.

Okay, so things are getting interesting.

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Peace out!

~*~Katie Gibbs~*~