Chapter 7-
(Annalina's POV)
I can't believe I just went through that. And I'm not even talking about getting kidnapped. Here am back at base waiting in the Med bay again for Optimus to come get me and I can't help but think about what happened just hours ago.
(Flashback)
I break the kiss for air. His holoforms eyes are bearing into me. We simply stare at each other for a moment but then the silence is broken by laughter.
"I told you Optimus. A woman knows these things." I heard Mikaela's voice through the radio. I look questioningly at Optimus for an answer.
"Com-link." He says smiling. I simply roll my eyes at him.
"Not that stupid. What is she talking about that she told you?" This must have hit a sensitive spot for he turns from me, embarrassed.
"Well, I had asked them about... Then she made mention of..." He stuttered with his back turned. Despite the broken sentences I got the idea.
"You asked them about how you would go about... let's say courting me and Mikaela said you should just ask me out, that I was going to say yes anyway. The sorry part being you didn't even get to ask the question because you were stuttering."
"That's about it." Mikaela answered me. I start laughing with her but stop when I see he hasn't turned around again.
" Optimus it's nothing to be embarrassed about. Most human guys don't even think to ask someone else when they are clueless. I think it's amazing that you even attempted to go about things the proper old fashioned way." I grab his shoulder and make him turn toward me. Leaning forward slightly I whisper in his ear, "Can you turn off the com link?" He does silently. Now I can talk privately. "What's wrong?"
His eyes briefly flick up to mine then fall again. He starts his story quietly. "I am simply worried. Now that I have told you how I feel and know you feel the same I can't help but think what else Megatron will try on you. Long ago there was another I thought I loved. Her name was Elita-One. As the war started progressing, Megatron captured and killed her in front of my optics to get me to surrender to him. I had a hard time after that and..." he stopped. I was left speechless. He didn't need to say it for me to know what he was so worried about. He was scared Megatron would do something like that to me and I'm even weaker than any fellow cybertronian. Now I turn his face to mine.
"Optimus, I know that no matter what I say you are still going to keep worrying but I am going to say it anyway. No matter what happens now or even in the far away future, know this. I love you. Nothing is ever going to change this. I will willingly face hell for you. I may not be the strongest person in the universe but know this as well. I will do everything in my power to stay with you for as long as I am able. I don't want to leave you anytime soon, hell I don't want to leave you ever." I stop and laugh slightly. I look at him to see if anything I say is reaching him and couldn't believe the whirlpool of emotions is saw swirling in his eyes. I don't know what came over me but I lean in and softly plant my lips on his. This was much more intense than our last, which was like five minutes but it felt like forever. This time it was him to break our loving exchange.
"We are at base. Ratchet wants to see you now. I promise we will talk more when he is done." His eyes locked on mine as he slowed to a stop in front of that same hangar door. Within seconds he was gone and then appearing in front of my door to help me down. As soon as my feet hit the ground I was grabbed up by Ratchet and taken to the med bay.
(End Flashback).
The soft sound of footfalls reached my ears. The door swishes open to allow Optimus and Ratchet entrance. Optimus smiles down at me, something I return gratefully.
"You have a clean bill of health. I don't want to see you in hear again. Now out!" Optimus picks me up carefully while hurrying out as Ratchet brandishes a wrench.
"So where are we headed?"
"The main hangar. Its time you met everyone." He finished as we entered said hangar. It was huge and filled with both humans and other cybertronians that I had probably already unknowingly met. "Annalina, this is Ironhide, my weapons specialist." He pointed to an imposing black mech with rather large cannons protruding from his arms. I waved as I knew readily who I had known him as. Then he pointed to a yellow and black mech, who bore a strange resemblance to a bumblebee. "And this is our scout, Bumblebee." Even as he said it I couldn't help but laugh. Then he lowered me down to where Sam was and I stepped off his hand. There were two other men there. "These are our human allies, Major Lennox and Sergeant Epps."
"Hey Annalina. You can call me Will." I shook both men's hands. They both seemed really nice.
"Now I have duties to attend to. I leave you in their care, Annalina. I'll see you later." Optimus smiled down at me once then walked out of the room. I turned to my fellow humans to see what would happen next.
"Gees, Anna. You are handling this a lot better than I did." Sam commented. "I almost had a freak out."
"Well Sam I actually got to know them before I found out about everything, so maybe that affected things. So what are we doing?"
"Oh I know. We were playing Karaoke revolution and commenting on song choice so Ratchet rigged a game where we can just plug in our IPods. I hear miss thing here has a voice. So let's hear it." Epps said excitedly.
"I am most assuredly going to regret this but okay." Sam looked at me slack jawed as we moved over to the game room. Epps set everything up as Sam and I had a staring contest.
"We're using Sam's IPod. And Anna you're up." I walked to him and grabbed the mic. Thankfully I helped put together and therefore knew most of what was on aforementioned IPod. Unfortunately the song was in Japanese. But there was no backing out now.
"kabosoi hi ga kokoro no hashi no tomoru
itsu no ma ni ka moehirogaru netsujou
watashi no chou fukisoku ni tobimawari
anata no te ni rinpun o tsuketakaramiau yubi hodoite
kuchibiru kara shita e to
yurusarenai koto naraba
naosara moeagaru nodakiyosete hoshii tashikamete hoshii
machigai nado nai n da to omowasete
kisu o shite nurikaete hoshii
miwaku no toki ni yoishire oborete itai nosokubaku shite motto hitsuyou to shite
itoshii nara shuuchaku o misetsukete
"okashii" no ga tamaranaku suki ni naru
ikeru toko made ikeba ii yomayoikonda kokoro nara
kantan ni tokete yuku
yasashisa nante kanjiru
hima nado nai kurai nikurikaeshita no wa ano yume ja nakute
magire mo nai genjitsu no watashitachi
furete kara modorenai to shiru
sore de ii no dare yori mo taisetsu na anatayoake ga kuru to fuan de
naite shimau watashi ni
"daijoubu" to sasayaita
anata mo naite ita nodakiyosete hoshii tashikamete hoshii
machigai nado nai n da to omowasete
kisu o shite nurikaete hoshii
miwaku no toki ni yoishire oboretaihikiyosete magunetto no you ni
tatoe itsuka hanarete mo meguriau
furete ite modorenakute ii
sore de ii no dare yori mo taisetsu na anata."
The song ended strongly on the final trill of notes. As i turned back I could see the look of shock on the soldiers faces. Seeing as I don't sing in front of anyone I thought now would be a good time to take advantage of the situation.
"Well you heard I could sing but I bet you didn't think I could do that well in Japanese!" I simply laugh as I sit and wait for them to take their turn.
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AN- Sorry this took so long to get out it wasn't supposed to but I got dragged up by Speech class. Any who I don't own anything but my OCs since I forgot to do all this at the top. Thank you to all who reviewed. It makes my day to see someone comment. I will try my best to get things on a real set pace this time.
Btw, the song she sings up there is called Magnet. Its vocaloid and I like to think of her doing the Rin and Len version. If you want to know what she was saying here is the English translation:
A feeble fire is lit at the edge of my heart;
without my knowing, it spreads into burning passion.
My butterfly flapped about aimlessly,
leaving behind some powder on your hand.
Pulling apart our intertwined fingers,
moving from our lips to our tongues.
What we're doing do might be unforgivable,
and that's precisely why we're so fired up. I want you to embrace me closely and gauge my limit.
Please make me believe that this is not a sin.
I want you to kiss me and repaint my body.
I want to be intoxicated and drowned in your charm. It might be necessary for you to tied me up;
if you love me, then show me some fidelity.
I can't help but like "Weird" things,
so let's just go as far as we can a heart that has gone astray,
we will melt so easily,
that there's no free time for us
even to feel each other's has been repeating is not our dream,
but the unmistakably realistic we
I know as soon as we touch, we can't turn back,
but that's fine, for you're my one and only dawn breaks, I become uneasy,
and end up crying in tears.
You whispered "It's okay" to me,
but were you also crying?I want you to embrace me closely and gauge my limit.
Please make me believe that this is not a sin.
I want you to kiss me and repaint my body.
I want to be intoxicated and drowned in your me closer, as if we are two magnets,
that even if we separate, we will reunite again.
Let's become one; it's okay not to able to turn back.
That's fine, for you're my one and only love.