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Soo this should be the second to last couple of chapters to this story!

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Warning: This chapter is a major tear jerker! Get your hankies out!

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Chapter 23

You can't do this to me...

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Pain.

Unbearable, unimaginable pain. Blurr could do nothing but lay there in a pool of his own energon. Looking down at his stomach panels, he blanched when he saw a huge gaping hole where his tanks should've been, sparks and wires pouring from him like in those movies that Tai and him would watch every Friday.

'So...this is how I'm gonna die....' He coughed, a stream of energon spraying from his mouthplates

'Blurr...!' Optimus gasped, kneeling down next to his fallen team mate. 'Stay still.' He placed one his large hands on Blurr's shoulder panels to calm him down, he figured anyone with an injury that severe would start to panic. But shockingly, Blurr seemed perfectly calm. Turning pain filled optics to his leader, he coughed a few more times before speaking.

'How...is..Tai?' He gasped. 'Has...Ratchet been...able....' He let out a pained gasp as sparks flew from the gaping hole in his middle. 'To...save her....'

Optimus and Ironhide glanced back at Ratchet, who was still working feverishly on Tai in an attempt to save her life. But nothing seemed to be working, no matter what the skillful doctor did. Sam looked like he was going to break down as he leant against Bumblebee, who had a large hand stroking his back. Jazz was kneeling next to Tai, her small hand in his large clawed one as he rocked back and forth anxiously.

Ratchet didn't know what to do, no matter what he did, he couldn't get her small spark to start back up again. It was starting to fade into nothing as the bright blue energy started depleting.
'Come on, dear...' He murmured, lowering his head in distress. 'Fight for me...you're a fighter; I know, I've seen it...'

But she still didn't move. Blurr could tell by the sudden silence of the Autobot commander and the weapons specialist that something was terribly wrong. 'No...' He groaned in anguish. Than with his last remaining strength, pushed himself up onto his knees and crawled forward toward his surrogate little sister slowly.

'Blurr...stop...' Sideswipe quickly ran forward but was stopped by Sunstreaker. 'What are you doing, you glitch?'

'You gotta let'm do this bro...' His normal cocky tone was soft and laced with worry.

Blurr finally reached Tai and that's when he collasped. With his large hand, he gently laid it next to her small, limp one and placed it carefully on top of it. It still had the familair bright green fingernail polish and her trademark rings. Ratchet looked up and actually stopped working on Tai, and was about to help him but Blurr grabbed his wrist.
'No...don't...' He gasped out. 'Don't...give up...on her...'

'Blurr...she is too far gone...' Ratchet looked torn. 'She has lost too much life fluid...' Blurr shook his head stubbornly and turned over on his back.

'There...is one way....' He sighed as his chest panels opened, revealing his own brightly glowing spark. 'I have...lived long enough...she has so much to do....to give...'

'What are you asking me to do?'

Blurr than gave him a determined smile and coughed as energon clogged his throat pipes. 'The energy...from my spark should be enough...' Everyone's optics widened while Sam gasped.
'Blurr...let Ratchet fix you...you can't die, Tai would be heartbroken...' Sam pleaded with the injured mech. 'Please Blurr...'

Blurr smiled at his charges cousin. 'Sam...it is the only way...to save her...' No one liked the fact that his voice was slowing down to normal. A sudden loud noise caught everyones attention.

'Sam!' The voice of Mikaela echoed across the quarry. Bumblebee leapt up the cliff wall and met her at the top.

'Bee...why is Tai's bag and bike here?' She asked in confusion. 'What happened? I thought I heard something take off...' She looked down the cliff and saw all the other Autobot's gathered around somebody. She felt relief when she saw Sam wave up to her. Bee gently wrapped his hand around her and slid back down to the group and placed her gently on the ground. 'Sam!' She ran towards her boyfriend. 'What's going on? Where's Tai? Her stuff's up there...she never leaves her bag lying around...' Sam than surprised her by just hugging her tightly, his breath hitching slightly. 'Sam, are you crying?'

She looked up when she heard gasping and wheezing. Her eyes widened when she saw Blurr, lying in a pool of bright blue liquid. 'Oh my god!' She gasped, her hands covering her mouth. 'What happened to him?'

'Soundwave.' Ironhide growled, his optics looking very bright.

Mikaela than caught a glimpse of something that nearly made her heart skip a beat; a limp, bloody hand with bright green fingernails. She knew only one person who would paint her nails such bright colors. Pushing past Sam, and avoiding the restraining hands of Bumblebee and Ratchet, her eyes widened.

There was her new best friend, lying as if dead on the ground. The sight of her torn open chest, shredded arm, and slashed up face made her feel sick to her stomach. She screamed loudly, and turned away from the sight, burying her face in Sam's shoulder.
Ratchet meanwhile was going through so many emotions in his processor. Part of him wanted to do what Blurr wished but the other part...the other part was refusing and to just continue with what he was doing. But he knew it was no good, he had to save one or the other.
'Blurr...are you absolutely certain...?' He knew it was a stupid question.

The Speedster chuckled lightly. 'You...know I...am...' He hiccuped as more energon poured from his mouth. He turned his gaze to Optimus. 'Prime...take care...of her...' Optimus took Blurr's hand in his own large one, giving him a comforting smile and a nod.

'I promise with all my being...' He replied. 'My old friend.'

Ripping off his silver insigna that wasn't painted on and handed it to the astonished leader. 'Make...sure she...gets that...'

Blurr than turned to Jazz. 'Jazz...hurt her...and I will haunt your aft....' Jazz managed to chuckle lightly at that. 'Tell her...I...love...her...she was...the best little sister....any bot could ever..ask...for...' With that, he than jammed his fist into his gaping wound and tore out his last energon line, his optics going dark.

Ratchet immediately jumped into action. Gently removing the still pulsating spark from the lifeless shell of the speedster, he placed it next to Tai. The effects were instantaneous. Bright blue particles swarmed up from the round glowing spear, and into Tai's chest like a swarm of lightening bugs.

It than started to look like something out of a japanese anime. Tai's whole body started to glow a bright blue color almost blinding everyone in the proxess. Her mangled arm lifted up into the air on its own, before repairing into a small robotic arm that looked like Anakin Skywalkers arm from Star wars episode three. The metal and remaining flesh blending together almost perfectly. The skin on the left side of her face folded back onto her head, revealing a small bright blue optic while the right side of her face stayed the same.

'This is a technorganic looks like.' Sideswipe muttered. 'Why is she still so small?'

'That is the way she was growing...' Ratchet explained. 'The youngling knew what she was doing.'

Optimus was amazed. 'My...sparkling.' He muttered softly, gently stroking Tai's messy hair from her forehead.

A few minutes later, the blue light disappeared. All of her wounds were completely healed, her clothes were still torn and stained with blood as she twitched violently much like those malfuncioning robots in the movies. Than with a loud gasp, she jerked back to life and panted heavily. She looked around in confusion and fear. She spotted Jazz and reached a hand for him, unfortunetly her new robotic hand. Her human eye widened in shock.

'What...' She gasped out, coughing violently for a few minutes. 'What...happened?'

'Welcome back.' Ratchet smiled gently. 'We thought we lost you.'

Sam and Mikaela hurried forward and knelt down by her, making sure not to move her too much. Tai sat up slowly, crying out in pain softly. 'I feel like I got hit by a truck...No offense, Dad...' Optimus smiled softly. 'None taken, sweetheart.'

'Where's Blurr?' She than asked. 'Is he alright? Is he back at the base?' She noticed everyone glancing at one another with looks of....sadness.
Sam than kneeled down and hugged her tightly. 'I'm so sorry, Tai...'

'What?' She asked, pushing him away slightly. 'What's going on? Where is he?' Something got her attention from the corner of her eye and she turned. Her eyes widened in horror.

There was her beloved guardian, lying down on the ground. His usual bright blue frame now a dull dark gray color. 'Blurr?' She whimpered softly. He didn't respond...
'Blurr?!' With a scream of pain, she crawled to her feet and leant heavily against Sam. 'Tai...don't get up...lay back down...'

'No!' She shook her head violently and literally ran to her fallen guardian, tripping on the way. 'Blurr!' She screamed out. She climbed up onto his chest and placed her small hands on his face. 'Blurr! Wake up! Open your optics!' She than noticed the giant hole in his stomach and the absence of his spark. 'Blurr....' She whimpered softly, her small robotic arm touching his cold metal face. 'Don't...leave me...You promised me...' Her breath hitched as loud sobs escaped her throat. 'You promised...'

'Tatyana...' Optimus sighed sadly. 'Come here...'

'No!' She screamed out through her sobs. 'No...he can't be...he can't be dead...' She looked back at her guardians gray face and gray optics. 'He promised...he promised me...'

Jazz wanted nothing more than too take her small form into his arms and hold her tightly. He hated it when she was like this.

'Tai-dye..baby...' He said in a soft tone, walking over to her and gently placing a clawed hand on her shaking back. '...Come 'ere...' He gently scooped Tai up off of Blurr and held her against his spark plating. Tai felt a warm feeling course through her chest as she continued to sob brokenly...tears falling from both her human eye and her robotic eye. Looking down, she noticed a bright blue light shimmering like a lightening. Where her chest was normally covered with soft flesh, now there was shiny silver metal in the curvy shape of her human chest.

She felt like her heart...no, spark...was completely shattered. She suddenly didn't feel very well, her head felt fuzzy, she felt cold, and she felt the same terrible numbness that had consumed when her father was killed.

She vaguely heard someone...she didn't know who...call her name before darkness once again clouded her vision.

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When she came too, she didn't know where she was. But when she opened her eyes, the familiar poster covered walls of her on-base apartment met her eyes. She felt something warm and soft touch her hand, craning her neck she smiled when she saw it was her beloved dog sleeping by her bed.

Sam and Mikaela appeared to be asleep on her couch, draped all over each other.

'S..Sam...?' She gasped out softly. He jerked awake and nearly knocked both Mikaela and him off the couch. 'Huh...who dat...wha?' He and Tai's eyes...and optic...met and he leapt up. 'Tai!' He ran to her bedside and sat down. 'How are you feeling?'

She shrugged lightly and flexed her robotic fingers slowly. It did make her smile when the tips of them were bright green. 'Confused...but alright...' Sam took her robo hand in his and examined it closely. 'Wow...this thing is...awesome...'

That got a small chuckle out of Tai.

She than reached up to touch her optic, feeling the soft flesh turn into hard, warm metal. So this is what she really was. That is why she was so intelligent...this is why she is such a quick learner...how her skin magically started to heal itself...Why her father was killed...Why Blurr was...

Choking back soft sobs, she closed her eyes and curled up on her side as she clutched the Autobot insigna which was now a part of her robotic arm. She felt numb and cold on the inside....much like the feeling when her father was killed. First she lost her mother, than her father...now the best friend and older brother she ever had.

'Tai....I'm sorry...' Mikaela whispered, laying next to her friend and stroking her messy hair out of her eyes.

'No...' Tai sobbed out loudly, bolting from under her covers and running out the door. 'Blurr...can't be...'

'Tai!' Sam yelled out, trying in vain to catch up to her.

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Meanwhile in the medbay:

Optimus, Ironhide, and Sideswipe had transported Blurr's body back to the base. During that time, Lennox and Epps had shown up, wondering what in the hell was going on. It must've been bad when Ironhide had a slight brightness to his optics. They quickly got out of the way when Jazz came barraling through with a limp and bloody Tai in his big metal arms.

Bumblebee clicked sadly at the sight of his fast talking friends lifeless body. No one really knew what to say, but the heavy tension in the air was enough to make anyone uncomfortable.

'BLURR!!!!' That scream echoed all aorund the base. Everyone's eyes and optics widened.

'Oh no..Tatyana!' Optimus quickly headed to the door in hopes of apprehending her but she plowed through with lightening fast speed.

'It can't be true...he can't be gone...' She muttered hysterically. When she saw his hand hanging limply from the medbay table, she skidded to a halt. Her blue eye and optic widened in terror and grief as she slowly approached the limp hand of her beloved guardian. She reached out with her still humanoid hand and recoiled when she felt the cold metal.

Her breathing rate had increased dramatically by that point, enough to where it worried Ratchet and he stepped forward. 'Tatyana...I'm so sorry.' He knelt down next to the little Techorganic. 'But this was his choice, he chose to give you life...he did a very noble thing...'

Tai looked up at the medic, who was shocked to see tears leaking from her optic as well...human tears. She than grabbed at her hair and fell to her knees with a loud wail of grief and anger, pounding on the floor so violently the skin on her human hand started to bleed a mixture of red blood and blue energon. Than with a mighty whoosh, her robotic arm than transformed into what looked like a small cannon and with a yell, she shot a huge hole in the wall opposite everyone. That shocked everyone at how powerful the blast was. Optimus stepped forward and knelt down next to his daughter and gently scooped her up in his hand and brought her to his face.

'Tatyana...look at me...' When she didn't, he gently lifted up her chin with his pointer finger and his spark nearly broke at the sad expression on her face. 'Blurr gave up his life because you were offline...he didn't want you to leave this world yet.' She just continued to stare up at her father, her breaths shaking slightly as tears continued to stream down her face. 'Everything will be alright, sweetheart...' He gave her a kind smile and gently stroked her hair soothingly, much like a father would.

'When?' She sobbed out.

For once, Optimus Prime...the leader of the Autobots...did not know how to answer that question.

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