Hiya, this is chapter four of Dreaming of Angels and as I've said before…WOULD YOU ALL PLZ COMMENT! I love all the favs but I would rly appreciate some fee back ^^ so if it ain't too much trouble…PLZ COMMENT!
Moments ago…
Arcee jumped out of the ground bridge, landing gracefully onto a pile of rocks. Arcee looked up, shading her optics from the sun with her hand. The explosion had caused what little rock that covered the top of the mind to collapse, allowing light to flow into the demolished mine.
Under normal circumstances, Arcee would have wondered why agent Fowler had gotten so worked up about the explosion. The mine was in the middle of nowhere, far from any civilians. But Arcee's mind was too conflicted to think about that.
As she made her way through the rubble, her spark pounded painfully against her spark chamber as old memories of the mine flashed through her processor. She could see images of Cliffjumper sliced in half, growling and staring up at her with those feral optics.
Arcee tried to close her optics to get the image out of her head. But she could still see Cliffjumper's face. She could still remember the last time she had seen him in person, before he died and their last conversation via comm link. She could feel tears forming in her optics.
Arcee angrily tried to blinked away her tears, but they slowly began to stream down her faceplates. It wasn't fair! she thought angrily. Why did Cliffjumper have to die?
"Why couldn't he have just waited for back up instead of charging in on your own?" Arcee said, clenching her fist tightly. Why was he torturing her like this? Even Tailgate had never haunted her in her dreams. Not like this. These dreams…no these nightmares always felt so real to her. As if she was reliving the past again and again. And now she was starting to see him during the day when she was awake as well.
"Why can't I get over your death like everyone else?" Arcee growled, punching the ground in frustration, tears still streaming down her faceplates. She wiped them off angrily with the palm of her hand.
"Why can't I just let go?" Arcee said, quietly, wishing she could just forget it had ever happened. Above, a cloud drifted over the sun, creating shadows across the rubble.
Suddenly a low moan caused Arcee to tense up. Her head shot up. She stayed on her knees and scanned through the rubble with her optics and saw no one. Had she imagined it?
Moments later another moan echoed through the rubble, causing her to jump to her feet. Arcee jumped to the top of a large pile of rocks, trying to find who or whatever was there with her.
She heard a low moan again and spun around. Arcee noticed a cave within the mine, not too far away. It was partly caved in and filled with rocks. She could see something half buried in the rocks.
The cloud drifted away from the sun, allowing light to fill the cave. Arcee could see a flash of red metal. A shiver past through her, freezing the energon in her veins cold. No…it couldn't be…
"Oh Primus, Cliff!" she yelled, jumping down to the rocks. And there he was, laying on the ground half buried in the rocks.
She rushed to him and moved away the rocks to pull him out. As Arcee pulled him out, she paused for a moment, horrified to find him sliced in half. Cautiously she pulled him out the rest of the way and to her surprise, he was whole.
In fact, he did not appear as if he had just been through an explosion. His crimson armor shined in the sun, not a scratch or dent anywhere on his chassis. Was this real? Or was this just another sick day dream?
"Cliff?" she asked uncertainly, half expecting his eyes to shoot open to reveal that they were feral and for him to growl at her. Suddenly Cliffjumper moaned again and grabbed her arm, not in a threatening way, but as if he somehow sensed her presence despite being unconscious.
Arcee jumped back slightly as Cliffjumper grabbed her wrist. A strange jolt of energon ran up her arm, causing Arcee to gasp in shock. Her wrist slipped out of his hand. She grabbed her wrist in her other hand.
That felt real Arcee thought. She could still feel a slight tingle in her arm from whatever shock had gone through it. He's still alive! Arcee suddenly thought.
"Cliff!" she said urgently. Cliffjumper did not open his optics, but she knew he was still alive. Whatever that jolt of energy had been, it had to be real. Arcee quickly turned on her comm link.
"Oh Primus, Ratchet please tell me I'm not going insane…" She said into her comm link.
"Arcee, what are you-"
"It's Cliff." she said, cutting him off. "He's alive."
"But…that's impossible…" Ratchet said in amazement and more to himself. "Cliffjumper's energy signature just came back online…" he said, dumbfounded. "What's his status?" Ratchet said in a more serious tone.
"He's unconscious, but alive. I don't see any dark energon anywhere. I can't bring him back to base on my own."
"Then we will come to you." She heard Optimus say.
A few minutes later Arcee could hear the ground bridge open up behind her. She did not look up as she heard her comrades run up to them. Moments later she heard them all stop dead in their tracks.
"Please tell me I'm not dreaming…" she asked, not taking her eyes off of Cliffjumper.
"Don't worry, we see him too." said Bulkhead.
"It's…impossible…" Ratchet said, baffled as he ran to Cliffjumper's side. "He sustained no injuries whatsoever from the explosion…" he said, examining him. The others approached them and saw that it was true.
"But…how could have Cliffjumper survived the explosion and not have a scratch on him?" Bulkhead asked, confused.
(Maybe the dark energon healed him?) Suggested Bumblebee.
"No, I saw how damaged his was before. The dark energon couldn't have healed him, not like this." said Arcee.
"It's impossible," Ratchet repeated, "There's no way Cliffjumper could have survived the explosion…"
"It's not impossible," Raf said through their comm links.
"Megatron survived when the spacebridge exploded." added Jack.
"The only reason Megatron survived the explosion was because of the dark energon." Ratchet said through his comm link.
"But Cliffjumper had dark energon too, remember?" said Miko.
"But unlike Megatron, Cliffjumper was not alive when he was injected with dark energon. That, along with the fact that before the mine exploded, Cliffjumper had fallen into a pit filled with energon. There is no way he could have-" Ratchet said, getting cut off as Cliffjumper began to moan again.
(You were saying?) beeped Bumblebee.
"Cliff?" Arcee said, leaning over him.
Cliffjumper stirred and slowly opened his optics. To Arcee's relief they were it's normal light blue. Cliffjumper blinked as his optics adjusted to the sudden brightness. He looked up at Arcee.
"You okay, Cliff?" she asked him quietly. Cliffjumper blinked in confusion. Light shined behind Arcee, creating a halo effect.
"Am…I finally…one with the Allspark?" he asked in a slightly confused tone, causing the others to blink in surprise and to look at one another.
"Dunno," Arcee said calmly, "Can you feel this?" she said before slapping him across the face, catching both Cliffjumper and the other Autobots off guard.
"OW! YEAH I'M DEFINATLY ALIVE!" Cliffjumper said, rubbing his faceplate.
"Arcee, was that really necessary?" Optimus asked in a slightly annoyed tone.
"Primus! What was that for?" Cliffjumper asked, sitting up.
"Next time, wait for backup." Arcee said to Cliffjumper, ignoring Prime's question.
"Yeah lesson learned." Cliffjumper said, annoyed, "And to think I thought you were an angel!" Cliffjumper complained, causing everyone to laugh, even Ratchet cracked a smile.
"Yep, you're definitely alright." Bulkhead said, patting the warrior on the back.
(Arcee? An Angel? Pfff) Bumblebee said sarcastically, earning a glare from Arcee and lifted his hands up in defense, causing Cliffjumper to chuckle slightly.
"It's good to have you back, Cliffjumper." said Optimus.
"Where'd I go?" Cliffjumper asked, catching everyone off guard.
"You…don't remember?" Arcee asked, sounding concerned, "You were killed by the Decepticons."
"Oh…that…" Cliffjumper said, his smile fading.
(So you remember?) asked Bumblebee.
"Kind of…" Cliffjumper said, trailing off.
"I need to run some tests on your systems, Cliffjumper." Ratchet said, changing the subject, "Can you walk?" Cliffjumper nodded.
"Yeah, I think so." Cliffjumper answered before getting to his feet.
"Let's take you home, partner." Arcee said, smiling slightly.
A/N: Kay! Chapter four is up! In chapter five Cliff meets Jack, Miko and Raf 8D. Lolz we'll see how that turns out XD Omg sorry for the slow update ;^; haven't been in a typing mood for a while ^^; oh and not to be annoying and all but here's another reminder…PLZ PRETTY PLZ REVIEW! seriously I got like 11 favs for this story and only ONE review (well two but one of dem's on DA) :/ so plz comment, tell meh what you think, do you like the story so far? Any ideas for the story? Etc etc
Ironhide: You're not gonna let this go til someone comments are ya?
Me: Nope…AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE YOU'RE NOT EVEN IN THIS FANFIC!
Ironhide: *shrugs* just hanging, wanted to get as far away from Sentinel Prime as possible
Me: Ah, *has a toy tiger on mah head, jumps on Ironhide's shoulder*
Arcee: *is leaning against the wall, arms crossed over her chest*
Chromia: *walks up* Hey
Arcee: Hey *both look at each other over from helm to stabilizing servo*
Ironhide: *looks back and fourth between both femmes*
Me: Yes, Arcee looks like she could be Chromia
Ironhide: yup
Me: *listens to music, conflicting over working on What lies beneath the surface(KFP fanfic) and Dreaming of Angels* PLZ REVIEW PEOPLE! I feel neglected ;^;
Ps- Happy almost fourth of july! ehh...i meant to upload this before the forth of july ^^; whoops
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