I'm trying to even everything out. Trying to write between Dragonball Z and Transformers. It's getting hard. And Transformers is the only one bringing in reviews. So I know if people like it or not. Dragonball Z, not so much. Terrorsaur needs to get laid before he dies, whom was he supposed to be with again? Was it Scorpinoc? Please not Waspinator or Rhinox. My mind would die and this story may never get finished. It's just a bad mental thought. (Shudders.) Oh dear god. Anybody think this'll be a good music video; it's Shut up and drive. Not sure about the artist yet.
A few more weeks had passed and Megatron wasn't getting any better. In fact he was getting worse. He was getting more demanding. He could no longer stay in his robot form. He had to remain in beast mode from now on. He didn't really talk anymore. It was like he was saving his energy. He hardly ever left his room. Inferno and Samantha did their best to keep it a secret but it was getting harder. Megatron wanted outside. He was beginning to go stir crazy. Megatron waited for them to fall asleep before he would make his move. He almost made it to the door when he was stopped. Samantha had grabbed him by the tail.
"Where do you think you're going?"
Megatron just looked at her. He didn't have to answer. He was the one in charge. Or so he thought. She pulled on his tail.
"Get back in here. You're not going anywhere."
He gave her a dirty look. She gave him one back.
"Look at me like that all you want Megatron it's not going to get me to budge on this. I believe that the one carrying the child is to be babied at all times. You don't need to worry about anything as long as Inferno and I are here."
Megatron wasn't a whiner. But he really wanted outside. Samantha kept staring at him until he lowered his head and walked back over to her. She started to pet his head.
"That's a good boy."
"Samantha… maybe we should let the Royalty out. I mean, soon the Royalty wont really be able to move. We should do something nice before we have to be mean."
Samantha sat there and thought about it. When she looked back at Megatron, he was looking at the floor. His head was flat against the floor, kind of like when a dog is just lying there. He snorted. She could tell he was bored. She couldn't stay the hard ass towards him forever.
"Alright fine. Let's go outside."
Megatron lifted his head. He couldn't believe what she was saying.
"But if you start to slow down or get sick even once, we head back home."
Megatron licked up the side of her face. She didn't mind the gesture but it was still kind of gross. They started to walk down the halls and all was well at first, until they ran into Terrorsaur. He was half asleep and almost ran into Samantha. He just put his arms around her waist instead.
"Hey, what are you doing out this late? Trying to find your way to my room?"
"Hardly. I'm just going out for a walk."
"You want some company?"
Samantha was about to tell him she was fine but Megatron had walked up net to her and looked down at to the exact place where Terrorsaur's hands were. Then looked up into his eyes. He lifted the corner of his mouth and was preparing to growl. Terrorsaur was still too out of it to figure out that he should let go. Instead of growling Megatron let out a roar, he didn't mean to take it so far but he was losing patience. The roar caused Terrorsaur to cling harder. Megatron looked like he was about to take Terrorsaur's head off. Samantha grabbed his arms and gave them back to him.
"It's going to be okay Megatron. He was out of it. That's no reason to try and kill him. Let's get going okay?"
Samantha started walking and was almost out of the base. Megatron was still staring at Terrorsaur.
"Megatron come on, you're the one who wanted out."
As Megatron passed, he snorted at Terrorsaur. Inferno walked by then ran after the others. Terrorsaur was still standing there stupefied.
They were walking through the hot coals making their way towards the grasslands. Megatron had picked up Samantha and placed her on his back. She ordered Inferno to carry her if he was going to make a fuss. Inferno had her piggybacking him. Megatron was swaying from side to side. The grasslands were coming up soon. Samantha had lifted her head and tilted it to the side. Inferno had noticed the change.
"Something the matter little Royalty?"
That caught Megatron's attention. He stopped and turned his head to her. She kept her head up. She looked like she was sniffing the air.
"We're being followed."
"How can you tell? My scanners aren't detecting anything."
"I'm sure. I know that smell anywhere. And I can hear him flying. I'm just trying to find him now."
"You don't know who it is?"
"I have a good idea. I know the general area and I suggest that we avoid it."
"But why? Shouldn't we attack the enemy?"
"No offense Inferno but you've lost to him before and I don't want to fight him. And think, this'll put Megatron in danger."
"Point taken. But doesn't running seem like the coward's way out."
"That may be, but it'll take longer this way, and Megatron will get his walk out in the night. Besides, we may be able to lose him."
Megatron was starting to head off in the wrong direction. Samantha jumped off Inferno and raised her arms, preventing him from going any farther.
"Where do you think you're heading?"
Megatron had nodded in the direction he was heading. She shook her head.
"If we stay upwind we'll be safe."
Megatron turned his head. Saying, I'm afraid of no one. I shall run from no one. Samantha grabbed his head and placed hers to his. He wasn't going to fall for this trick again. Then he felt her shaking. She was serious. He felt water go down between is eyes and then off the tip of his nose. She had started crying.
"Why can't you listen to me? I care about you. You may not believe that but it's true. I don't want anything bad to happen to you. And the one who follows will hurt you again. If it comes to it, I will fight for you. But I wish for that to be a final option."
Megatron lifted his head causing Samantha's feet to lift off the ground. He carried her like that for a while. She wouldn't stop clinging to him. They made their way to the grasslands and he placed her on the softest green grass. He noticed that she was asleep. The stress had finally gotten to her. Inferno was to stay and watch her. Megatron and Inferno had a little silence fight about that plan. Inferno had won and told Megatron to stay there. He left and made his way around the perimeter. Megatron fumed for a few minutes but soon got over it. Megatron had shifted his tail and pulled Samantha closer to him. She was still warm. He lifted his head, he could smell something coming towards them and it wasn't Inferno. Megatron placed Samantha underneath him. He had to keep her hidden. The grass was shuffling and moving around them. A hand parted the grass and came into view.
"Some bodyguard you have."
Megatron looked to see that Inferno was nowhere to be found. He glared at Optimus like he was saying what have you done this time. Optimus approached as he brushed himself off.
"Oh don't look at me like that. Besides, what need have you to require a bodyguard?"
Megatron shifted where he was lying. If he had to run he needed easy access to Samantha. Optimus had noticed he was protecting something.
"What are you hiding? You haven't said a word since I got here. Usually you're going off about how you'll never be my toy or how you'll get revenge on me for both you and you're little whore."
Megatron was going to stand up and attack but got pains in his stomach. He sat back down. Samantha had shifted and rolled out from under him. He was sitting on the grass. It was hard to tell that she had moved. Optimus moved closer to get a better look.
"What are you protecting? It's been a month. What have you found?"
Megatron still couldn't answer him. He turned his head, trying to ignore him. He heard the footsteps coming towards him. Optimus had come dangerously close to his face. If he weren't going to listen, he'd make him.
"Don't ignore me! You know very well that you're lying to me and I want answers, now."
Megatron had just hardened his eyes to him. Optimus had closed his eyes and shook his head.
"This is unfortunate. I was hoping you'd come to your senses. But I guess I'm going to have to beat the message into your head."
Optimus was about to attack but noticed movement behind Megatron. Samantha had sat up and was rubbing her eyes.
"What's with all the noise?"
Optimus took a step back. Megatron had noted his change in attitude. He was no longer overbearing, but was now intimidated. Samantha stood up and stretched. She turned and saw the Optimus was backing away. Her eyes narrowed but she hid behind Megatron.
"What's he doing here?"
She made herself sound more vulnerable then she felt. She kept glaring at him, her eyes changed again. Megatron was just lying there, watching the little silent stares of death they were giving each other. Optimus (I wanna say grabbed but no.) gathered his ball bearings and took a few steps forward.
"So Samantha, would you care to take this outside?"
"We are outside."
"You know what I meant you little… just follow me."
Samantha got up from behind Megatron and started walking forward. Megatron stuck his tail to stop her. She bent down and held onto the tip.
"It's alright. I'll be fine. Really."
He didn't like it but let her go. Before she disappeared behind the tall grass, she turned and smiled at him.
"Start heading back to the base. I'll follow shortly."
He wasn't going to bother fighting her. He knew she would win the argument. He slowly stood up, his head not making it over certain parts of the grass. (You don't think it can get that high? I know it can. My neighbors don't mow the lawn, ever. It gets really high. True it does droop but when they let it continuously grow, it gets its height back.) He continued to walk against his will. He could hear the fighting. He saw lights over the edges. He knew Optimus was firing on her. Then something went over near his head that wasn't a missile. He managed to duck just in time and looked at the tree behind him. It was singed. He got closer then the tree broke and fell to its side. The marks were starting to cool. No weapon could have made those marks. He had to go back. No he couldn't, he wouldn't be able to make it back to the base if he backtracked now. He had no choice, no he no longer cared, and he had to go back. The lights were getting brighter the closer he got. He was almost there. Something grabbed his leg and he fell forward. He was grabbed and held from falling to the ground. He turned and was looking Inferno in the eye.
"No Royalty, you mustn't go out there."
Megatron started to put up a fight. Inferno did the best he could to keep him down.
"You have to trust me Royalty. The little Royalty is holding the enemy off. We have to get you back to base before the fight ends up over here."
As the walked off, Megatron kept trying to turn back but Inferno wouldn't him. All he could do was listen to the beating of wings and gunfire.
"You fight well, for an abomination. Why don't you let Megatron see you for what you really are?"
Samantha was speaking to him from the sky. She was circling from above.
"I don't want him to know."
"So… you're just like Grimlock from back during the first great war. You pretend to know nothing yet you know everything."
"First of all, that wasn't the first great war. That one was one of the last. The first one happened millions of years before your ancestor was even created."
"You seem to know a lot about our history."
"I've been around for most of it."
"At yet you still have that girlish figure. What do you do to keep that? Sacrifice children?"
"You wish. But I bet you'd know all about that. Oh wait, you're too stupid to remember the past life you just came from."
Optimus hated her. She kept getting in the way. And now she was powerful enough to challenge him, perhaps even win. He took a few steps back and Samantha dove for him. He jumped to the side and blasted towards her. He heard her yell then hit the ground. He made contact. Now he had a chance to go over there and finish the job. He came up from the side she was holding her shoulder.
"That all you got creature?"
Samantha was gritting her teeth. She couldn't talk. It was just too painful. He started to swagger towards her.
"So who's going to protect you now?"
"I can protect myself."
"I doubt that. Now…"
He kicked her to the ground then stepped on her back. He began to pull on her right wing as he stood on her.
"Tell me what Megatron is hiding. I'll let you go if you do."
"I'm used to torture. Hurt me all you want, I'll tell you nothing."
"That is a disappointment. Megatron would be proud of you. But if I was to tell him what you are, would he still?"
"It would be my word over yours. Who do you think he'd believe?"
"I could make him see reason."
"Reason, you haven't had any of that since you were Orion Pax."
(Get it, Orion Pax, Optimus Prime? It's cool if you do or don't. I just think it's funny.)
Something had clicked for a second or so. But that was it, the feeling passed. He pressed harder into her back. It was painful but she held her tongue. If this continued, she would pass out.
"I'll ask you one final time before I start cutting pieces of you off, what is Megatron hiding? And don't lie to me."
"He has nothing to hide, especially from you."
"Then why doesn't he talk to me?"
"What do you think you rapist?"
He pressed harder and pulled her wing out. She saw his sword come out and touch her.
"I'm not afraid to use this. I think it's cute really. You trying to be the little hero and save Megatron but all you're doing are hurting him. And now, you have to pay for the pain you're about to cause him."
She could feel the sword digging into her back. He was beginning to take her wing off. She lifted her wings up, causing him to fly off balance then started to run away. Optimus stood up and yelled in her direction.
"You can't hide from me. Now that I know you bleed, I have nothing to fear from you."
Optimus turned and headed back to his base. He had to kill her somehow.
