Endlessly, She Said

Transformers FanFic

SideswipexOC

Chapter 12

The End

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Read: This chapter is mostly in flashback form. Present day will be in italics

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Sideswipe watched in horror as Alaina fell from that blasted Decepticon's grip. She seemed to fall in slow motion. The Decepticons were all laughing at the situation. The Autobots were all watching in horror as she made the decent. He and Sunstreaker both broke free from Ironhide and Ratchet's grip in order to run to her. Unfortunately, they were one of the farthest groups from Megatron, and even though they had inched closer during their struggles, the duo was still too far away to help her. Optimus Prime, however, was not. Diving forward, he caught Alaina and shot at his enemy all in one move.

After that, the Decepticons realized that they were close to being defeated and so they ran. Ratchet took Alaina quickly from Prime's hand and ran off with her before either Sunny or Sides could do anything.

That was the last time he saw her. It's been a month since then and nobody has seen her since.

Alaina could feel Starscream's grip on her loosening quickly. Scared out of her mind, she locked eyes with Sideswipe before she went plummeting towards the ground. She didn't even have time to scream before she was caught. A hand curled around her protectively as shots were fired over her head. When the hand opened shortly after the shooting had stopped, she realized that Optimus Prime had caught her, and that the Decepticons were retreating. Optimus quickly handed her over to Ratchet and the last thing she saw before she was hauled away was the distraught look on both Sideswipe and, surprisingly, Sunstreaker.

"Ratchet, I'm fine; I swear." Alaina said as the medic bot ran scan after scan on her body. When his finger reached out and touched her abdomen, she gasped in pain. "Okay, so maybe I'm not that alright." She admitted.

"That's what I thought," The medic mumbled. As he carefully bandaged her bruised ribs and sprained wrist, he wondered just exactly when he had become so attached to the girl.

"You realize that I can't stay here anymore." She spoke up suddenly, surprising him.

"What on earth do you mean?"

"The Decepticons know that I exist now, and they also know that the twins have somewhat of a soft spot for me. This means that you guys and I are both in even more danger now. The attacks will probably be more frequent than ever because those fucking Decepticreeps have realized what they can do to get the upper hand," She paused for a moment, trying to steady her erratic breathing.

"I don't want that to happen. If I leave, the 'Cons will notice eventually that their upper hand is gone, and the Autobots will have the upper hand. I just don't want anybody else to get hurt because of me." She cried, tears building up in her eyes as she thought of the incident that took her parents' lives, and how she wished she could have protected them the same way.

"Well," Ratchet sighed, "I don't recall when exactly I developed such a soft spot for you, but I will support you in your decision." He told her. She looked up at him with wide, disbelieving eyes.

"You will?"

"Yes. I believe that your theory has a shred of truth, and it is in both our and your best interests." He handed her a few rolls of bandages and a tube of antiseptic ointment.

"What's this for?" She asked in confusion.

"I do not want you getting anything infected, wherever you go." He told her. "Now, you will need to pack all of your clothing. I will get your other supplies ready." He shooed her off, warning her not to be seen. When she returned, she carried a large, military issue duffel bag.

"Alright, I'm back." She announced as she sneaked back in. The medic quickly activated his holo-form and filled her arms with packaged goods. After she finished shoving that in her bag, he handed her a baggy that had a small wad of cash in it.

"Ratchet, I can't take that," She protested, pushing it back into his hands and shaking her head.

"I insist." He said, putting it into her bag despite her protests. "I won't have you living like you were before." She reluctantly agreed with him.

"Ratch, what if I get tracked?" She worried; the last thing she needed was to be found.

"Hold on one second," He said, turning away from her to dig in a drawer. "Another Autobot, Wheeljack, and I invented these a while ago. When you wear it, it hides your signature so that you will be just like any other human to everyone aside from me," He said as he turned around. In his hand he held a thin black band that looked something like a bracelet. "Here; Sam and Mikaela liked to use them when they needed time to themselves."

Putting it on her wrist, she found that it was actually quite light. "And I'm going to assume that it's water proof?" She asked. He nodded. "That's good." About to leave, she paused for a second.

"What is it?" He asked, frowning.

"If I write a letter for 'Sides, would you give it to him for me?"

"I guess I would be able to do that." He shrugged, and once again Alaina was shocked at just how human the Autobots acted. Scribbling a note quickly on a spare piece of paper, she folded it and handed it to the medic. "Give this to him tomorrow, all right? That way he can't follow me."

With that said and done, Alaina hugged Ratchet and threw her duffel bag over her shoulder carefully, speeding out of the med bay for the last time. Walking swiftly towards the base's exit, she was very careful not to be seen. With the recent battle, things had been knocked over and they provided good cover for her. Taking one last look back, she smiled a sad smile before walking out of the Autobot base.

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The next day, Sideswipe rushed into the med bay in hopes of finding Alaina well and healthy. When all he saw was an empty room, and Ratchet working in his office, he panicked.

"Ratchet, where is she?" He yelled, barging into the medic's quarters. Ratchet did nothing – which shocked Sideswipe immensely – but he handed him a letter.

"This is for you."

Confused, the silver twin left the med bay without a word, going to his room that he shared with Sunny and activating his holo-form. He ignored Sunstreaker, who was on his berth polishing his armor, and opened the letter.

Sunny was a little concerned when his brother came into their room and sat on his bed without even looking in his direction. Keeping an eye on him, he activated his holo-form quickly and shot up when Sides dropped the letter and started shaking. "Sides? Sides, answer me, Damnit!" His brother looked up at him with broken eyes.

"She's gone, Sunny."

"What?" His brother didn't answer him, he just pointed to the fallen letter. After reading it, he wasn't quite sure what he's supposed to be feeling. But he knows one thing for sure.

He won't rest until he finds her and his brother is whole again.

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Dear 'Sides,

If you're reading this, then I am gone. Please, I beg of you, don't follow me. This is for your own good. I don't want anybody else to get hurt, even Sunstreaker, and especially you. I also do not want to get hurt any more. It's getting difficult to keep everything alright. Please, do not think that this is, in any way, your fault, because it's not. It's definitely not! And please, please do not think that I don't care for you. Because I truly do love you, with all of my heart and then some. And I will always love you. Endlessly.

All my love,

Alaina.

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A/N: Well, this is it. The last chapter. No more Endlessly! This is my first finished fic, and I am SO proud of it. (I won't tell you guys how many unfinished ones I have...) and so, tell me what you guys think!

Should there be a sequel?

Anything specific you guys want in the sequel, if there is one?

Any other story plots you would like me to do?

Random thoughts you wanna tell me?

Please review!

-ZH