Me: *is rocking out to The Last Night by Skillet* You come to me with scars on your wrists, you tell me this will be the last nigh feeling like this
Arcee: What are you doing?
Miko: *walks in* Rocking out? SWEET! *gets her guitar out, starts playing the song*
Me: WWOOO! GUITAR SOLO!
Miko: *plays guitar solo*
Me: lol hope you're all still enjoying the fanfic!
Bumblebee: *walks in, beeps, starts dancing*
Me: WWOOO!
Ratchet: WOULD YOU TURN THAT RACKET OFF!
All 3: NEVA! *are bombarded by wrenches*
Arcee: *facepalm*
"What was all that about?" Bulkhead asked once the portal disappeared.
"Why on earth did you let Arcee go to the mine?" Ratchet asked, slightly irritated at Optimus's decision.
"Arcee seems to be going through a hard time. It would be best if she had some time alone." Optimus answered calmly.
(Think it has something to do with Cliffjumper?) Bumblebee beeped.
"Perhaps, it is best that we ask her when she returns." said Optimus.
"Uh, what'd he say?" Jack whispered to Raf.
"He asked if the way Arcee is acting has something to do with Cliffjumper." Raf answered before walking up to Bumblebee.
Jack watched as they began to play video games. He looked over at Bulkhead and Miko, who were speaking to one another on the other side of the room. Jack began to think about earlier that morning when he had spoken to Arcee. After she believe he was gone, he had stayed at the door and heard her whisper Cliffjumper's name quietly to herself. Jack looked over at Ratchet, who was standing in front of the monitors and appeared to be deep in thought as he worked. Jack looked around and could see that Optimus was nowhere to be seen. Bulkhead was busy speaking to Miko and Bumblebee was playing video games with Raf and Jack still had no idea what Bumblebee says without the others translating for him. He decided to talk to Ratchet.
"Hey Ratchet," Jack said, pulling him out of his thoughts. "You got a minute?"
"What do you need, Jack?" Ratchet said, not taking his optics off the screen.
"That Autobot you guys were talking about earlier, Cliffjumper," Jack said, causing Ratchet to pause.
"Uh… you guys mentioned him a few times, but you never really told us who he was." continued Jack, "Do you think you can tell me who he was before he…" Jack said, trailing off. For a while Ratchet said nothing. Jack almost regretted saying anything. Finally Ratchet sighed and said,
"If you must know, he was a hotheaded Autobot. He was impulsive in battle and tend to think of the consequences of his actions later. Which is not surprising, considering his name." he said, looking at Jack.
"Before he was killed, he came to Earth along with Arcee. They had come to earth at a different time than the rest of us and had used a Decepticon spacebridge to get here." Ratchet continued.
"Were they like, partners or something?" asked Jack. Ratchet nodded.
"From what I know, they were quite close. Arcee had taken his death harder then the rest of us, but was able to conceal her emotions."
"So when did he die exactly?" asked Jack.
"He was killed not long after you three came to base." said Ratchet.
"Well, Arcee's been acting strange all week,"
"I've noticed,"
"Anyways…uh Ratchet, do…do Autobots dream?"
"Yes, unfortunately we Autobots are not so different than you humans. Why do you ask?" Ratchet asked, not looking at him.
"Well, Arcee says she's been having these, uh…strange dreams lately."
"Dreams?" Ratchet asked, seeming mildly interested, "About what?"
"I'm not really sure. She said she didn't want to take about it…" Jack said, trailing off. "I think she was dreaming about Cliffjumper."
"Why do you think that?" asked Ratchet. Jack shrugged.
"Well, first night she started having these dreams, she woke up both me and my mom in the middle of the night when she screamed. Don't worry, my mom never saw her in robot mode. I told her I was watching a horror movie. Anyways, at first I wasn't sure what Arcee said, me being half asleep and all. But I'm pretty sure that she called out Cliffjumper's name. After my mom stopped freaking out, I went to go see what was wrong. When I went to the garage, Arcee was shaking, almost as if something scared her." explained Jack.
"And this morning," he continued, "Arcee didn't cry out but I heard her wake up. When I went to go check on her, she looked like she'd seen a ghost." Jack said, trailing off. "Maybe Arcee's been having these dreams because she feels guilty for what happened to Cliffjumper."
"Why would she? It wasn't her fault Cliffjumper was turned into the living dead." said Ratchet.
"No, but wasn't she the one who saw him all zombiefied?" asked Jack.
"Ugh, zombies, don't remind me." Miko said. She and Bulkhead were standing a few meters away. Miko was standing in Bulkhead's hand.
"I thought you liked zombies." Bulkhead said, confused.
"Yeah, until one tried to kill us." Miko told her guardian, "Sssooo, heard you guys talking about Cliffjumper."
"Yeah," said Jack.
"The mine Arcee went to was the same one Cliffjumper blew up in right?" Ratchet nodded.
"Is that why Arcee was so interested in going there on her own?" Raf asked, looking up from his game.
(Maybe she wanted to make peace with him in his final resting place) suggested Bumblebee.
"Maybe," Raf said before the beacon appeared on the monitor again.
"The energy signature," Ratchet said, turning his attention back to the monitor. He could see that Arcee's energy signature was very close to the energy signature. He was about to call Arcee to tell her when suddenly her comm link came online.
"Oh Primus, Ratchet, please tell me I'm not going insane." Arcee said, her voice sounding strained as if she were trying to stop herself from crying.
"Arcee, what are you-"
"It's Cliff,"
"What?" Ratchet asked, dumbfounded.
"He's alive."
A/N: Yeah short chapter, lolz sorry, CLIFFHANGA! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA! DUN DUN DDDUUUUUUNNNNN! Cliff's alive? WE SHALL SEE!
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