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"Destiny… you cannot… destroy… my… DESTINY!"
Unicron's yell forced Bumblebee's optics open. He found himself slouched on his knees, hands in stasis cuffs resting on his legs. He looked up painfully, Unicron exploded in an array of colours. It blinded him, so he turned away. He then noticed he was not alone. All of his friends were with him. Arcee, Ratchet, Jetfire, Jetstorm, Wreck-Gar, Jazz, Blurr, and Bulkhead. There was also this mysterious femme bot beside him, which reminded him about Sari. The femme seemed to be in a state of shock, she looked horrified. Bumblebee saw her wrist.
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"Sari?" he whispered with surprise in his voice. She looked over to him. Her optics glimmered with grief. The sight of her sadness made Bumblebee want to cry. The Autobots looked around. Unicron's Vehicons fell over, going off line. They fell all around. The Autobots looked to the sky as Unicron's head floated around the sky along side tons of debris. They were all thinking the same thing.
Optimus.
"No…" Ratchet whispered. A loud clank came from the backside of his helmet.
"Silence, Autobot." Soundwave's voice came from behind. Ratchet scowled, shuffling his servos enclosed in stasis cuffs.
"Ya, silence!" Random quickly said. All the Decepticons were there, even Starscream, but he was at the front, staring his enemies down. There was Lugnut, Blitzwing and the Constructicons, standing behind the Autobots, keeping an optic on them.
"Hey, Bumblebee…" Bulkhead whispered to his friend, who was beside him. Bumblebee looked over to him, "was that you? Y'know, and the disk of light an' stuff?" Bumblebee nodded slightly and looked down, thinking of Waspinator. Starscream strolled at the Autobot's knees. He stopped at Sari.
"Why hello there." He smirked, leaning down to get close to her face. He placed his finger under her chin and inspected her. Sari whimpered. "I think you're a good place to start."
"DON'T. TOUCH. HER." Starscream, Sari, the Decepticons and Autobots looked to Bumblebee.
"Oh really?" Starscream strutted over to the bot. He leaned close, about a servo away from him. "And how are you going to stop me?" Bumblebee spit oil in Starscream's face. Starscream growled and wiped the oil off. He stood up and scanned the group. Sari turned to see Bumblebee, he was looking at her. Sari could see a large cut under his optic.
"You." Soundwave interrupted the Autobots' thoughts. He pointed to Wreck-Gar. "You're time is up."
"My time is up?" He asked. Soundwave nodded towards Starscream, who smirked evilly and grabbed Wreck-Gar by the neck, forcing him up.
Ratchet sulked. He knew exactly what Soundwave would do with Wreck-Gar, and his team. He had just learned to like him. He was a hero. He helped Sari save the Autobots from Soundwaves control, which was good enough for Ratchet. Wreck-Gar was an innocent bot. This wasn't fair.
"Hey! Where are we going?" Wreck-Gar asked with a little pain in his voice as Starscream pulled him into the open. The Autobots watched in horror as Soundwave lifted his gun to Wreck-Gar's head.
"Oh, hey! Now you don't want to do that! I'm a-"
The Autobots flinched as Soundwave shot his gun. Wreck-Gar fell to the ground, lifeless.
Optimus landed in an empty street. He gently placed Sentinel down. Elita stumbled to her knees and looked at Sentinel. He was gone. She had a hard time believing that. She just wanted him to gain his bright blue colour back and say 'fooled you!', because Sentinel would do that. She waited. It didn't happen. Optimus knelt down beside her, their arms touching. There was a silence, Optimus placed his arm around Elita and cradled her in his arms, grieving for their old friend. They looked up to the sky. Unicron's head floated around, clearly it had been caught by Earth's gravitational pull.
The two heard noises from nearby and turned. The Dinobots slowly approached, sensing the sadness in them.
"Grimlock." Optimus stood up. "Where are the others?"
"Grimlock do not know! They got taken away by bad Autobots! Us Dinobots hide and find Maximals." Grimlock turned, showing the Maximals. They waved. Optimus did not wave back.
"Bad Autobots?" He thought for a moment. "Oh, you mean Decepticons?" Grimlock nodded. Optimus opened a compartment on his forearm, the tiny screen showed energy signals. "They're close by. All of them."
"Then we should go help them." Elita stood up slowly.
"No, Elita, stay here with Sentinel." Optimus placed his servos on her shoulders. Elita bowed her head.
"Okay." he heard her say. Surprising to Elita, Optimus kissed her on her forehead. Her vents heated.
"Dinobots, Maximals, follow me." Optimus ordered sheepishly. He transformed and drove off, with the others close behind, leaving Elita still in a daze.
"Zat vas exiting! Vere's ze popcorn?" Random clapped his servos.
"Not a bad idea!" Starscream thought out loud. He kicked Wreck-Gar's offline body, walking back to his prisoners. "Now, does anybot want to volunteer to be next?"
Not one word.
"Okay," Starscream laughed. "No matter." He placed his finger on his lean chin, figuring out his next victim. He was having too much fun with this. He turned to Soundwave. "Why don't you pick?" Sounwave made no gesture, he just walked up beside Starscream. There was an awful silence for the Autobots, but Soundwave made his decision. He slowly pointed to Bulkhead.
"That one?" Starscream questioned.
"Revenge is imminent." Soundwave returned. He remembered Bulkhead from a while back, it's not hard to remember someone who tried to kill you.
"Lugnut," Star scream said formally, "would you ever so kindly is to bring this 'Bulkhead' up at the front?" Lugnut hesitated, not wanting to obey orders from Starscream, but he complied. He grabbed Bukhead with ease and nearly threw him carelessly out into the open.
Bulkhead looked sad, as he faced his friends. Bumblebee shook his head, not wanted this to happen to his best friend. They had been through so much together. He squeezed his optics shout on instinct, but forced them open. He was indecisive on whether he should his closest friend die right in front of him or not.
Sari would've cried if she was still human. She loved Bulkhead, in a brotherly way. She'll never forget her birthday, when he bought her the xylophone. It still is her best birthday gift ever. She looked down and away, choking on tears that weren't there.
Bulkhead was forced to a halt by Lugnut. Soundwave eagerly aimed his weapon at the large green bot. Bulkhead wasn't ready to die. He clenched his optics shut. He didn't want to see anything before he died. He wondered what it would be like to die. Would it hurt? What would he see? Looks like he was going to find out.
There was a blast, but Bulkhead still stood. He opened his optics. The Autobots had a look of relief. Blitzwing's arm was missing.
"Oh my." Icy felt light-headed.
"WHO DID ZAT?" Hothead looked around.
"Aw, now we can't be an ambidextrous!" Random laughed. The Decepticons looked around.
Optimus came from around the corner with some company.
"Maximals!" Optimus called, "Get the Autobots!" The Maximals complied. They worked together and undid Bulkhead's cuffs. He rubbed his wrists and sighed of relief. The Maximals went to Sari next, when they undid her cuffs, she bolted towards Soundwave.
"C'mon, Bulkhead." She ran past him. He nodded and ran to Soundave while the Maximals unclipped the others' stasis cuffs.
Lugnut, Blitzwing and Starscream knew they were out numbered. The three transformed and flown off.
"Prime," Ratchet started, "What happened to Galvatron?" There was a short wait for the Autobots to hear Optimus' answer.
"I don't know." He mumbled, looking up to the sky. Bumblebee looked in the direction that Sari and Bulkhead went off to face Soundwave. Jazz came up and placed a servo on his shoulder.
"Let them fight on there own." He said. He knew Bumblebee wanted to go help them. He realized Bumblebee has matured a lot on this adventure. He was proud of the little bot. Bumblebee wiped Jazz's servo off. He cradled himself in his arms and paced.
"Where's Elita?" Arcee asked.
"With Sentinel." Optimus said, his back turned to the femme.
"Why didn't they come here with you?" Jazz crossed his arms casually. Optimus turned to face his team.
"Because Sentinel is dead." He choked. There was a state of shock. Jetfire and Jetstorm shook with grief and embraced each other. The team could hear them quietly sobbing for their mentor. Ratchet sat down on a piece of cement that came from the building behind him.
"Omega is dead." He decided to say. The Autobots all went pale. So many of their loved ones are dead. They all sat down, except for Bumblebee, who kept pacing, waiting for Sari and Bulkhead to come back.
"GET BACK HERE YOU COWARD!" Sari screamed at Soundwave. Bulkhead was in close proximity to her. He spun his wrecking ball in larges circles. Sari wanted to know what she could do, and Soundwave was the perfect guinea pig. Her arms became cannons. Cool. She thought to herself. She blasted Soundwave as Bulkhead flew his ball. It landed right in front of the Decepticon. He stopped and turned.
"Autobots, inferior. Soundwave superior." He said, taking out his blades he kept in his arms. Sari also took out her blades. They were much larger than when she was a techno-organic. Sari swung, and Soundwave deflected. He ducked under Sari's next swing and whammed her off. She crashed into the side of a store, leaving a crater. Bulkhead swung his wrecking ball again, which was easily avoided by Soundwave. He was swift, too swift. He cut the string of the ball and kicked him in the face plate. Bulkhead fell to the ground and struggled to get up, so Soundwave turned his attention to Sari. Her legs wobbled, but she was not giving up. She had to avenge her father. A blade battle raged on between the two as Bulkhead watched hopelessly, trying to get up. Sari instinctively took out her large energy hammer. Soundwave found this the perfect time. He lunged his blade forward.
The sound of blades halted.
"Sari! No!" Bulkhead got up as fast as he could, which was painful. Sari didn't know what he was yelling at her about, but by looking up at Soundwave's optics, she knew he had won. She looked down and her face looked disgusted. Soundwave's blade had gone completely through her metallic stomach. Energon covered his blade as Soundwave took the blade out from Sari's body. Sari felt woozy. The world was spinning as energon leaked tremendously out of her.
"Scrap." She said before collapsing onto the pavement. An energon pool quickly formed around her.
Bulkhead was filled with anger and sadness., but mostly anger. He lunged for Soundwave and dodged his blade attack. He punched Soundwave so hard, energon was on his servos, and it was his. Soundwave's face was indented in, but he still functioned. Surprisingly, Soundwave still acted quickly, but not as quickly. Bulkhead had the upper hand. Soundwave threw his energon filled blade at the Autobot, but he grabbed it in mid air and snapped it. In a daze, Soundwave did not see Bulkhead stab him in the face. Soundwave went limp and fell to the concrete with a bang. The colour quickly fade from his body. Bulkhead waited for a nano-click to make sure Soundwave was dead. He was.
Bulkhead ran to Sari. It was too late. The colour of Sari had faded. The once lively little girl was now nothing more than memories. "Ratchet!" Bulkhead comm-linked, always thinking there was hope. "It's an emergency!"
All of the Autobots arrived and didn't believe what they saw. Bulkhead knelt down beside a grey Sari.
"No…" Optimus, said, horrified. Not another one. Ratchet ran up and urged Bulkhead to move out of the way. With no hesitation, Bulkhead went back to the team. Arcee held her servos over her mouth in disbelief. Jetfire and Jetstorm held their heads low. Jazz stood emotionless and in shock. His mouth hung open slightly.
Elita had joined them while they were on their way. She said she needed her friends. She needed Optimus.
The Maximals and Dinobots looked sad. They were confused, though. This never really happened to them before.
Bumblebee. His lips quivered. Sari, gone. No, it… can't be, right? Right? He pierced his lips shut. He couldn't take it anymore. He ran for his friend and collapsed beside her as Ratchet checked her pulse.
Flat line.
"She's gone." Ratchet leaned back. The Autobots stood there in silence. This was hard to take in.
"No…" Bumblebee quivered. He looked to Sari. Her once beautiful, fun face… "NO!" He broke. He sobbed in his servos. The team stood quiet. Not a bird in the sky was tweeting. All there was was Bumblebee's sobs of pain. He leaned over Sari and towered above her. He caressed her cheek.
"C'mon Sari!" he pleaded. "Listen to my voice, okay? I need you." He stopped for a moment. He felt something. Something in his optics. He didn't know what this was. "SARI, PLEASE COME BACK TO ME, PLEASE, I NEED YOU! I CAN'T DO THIS ALONE!" His head rested on her chest. He was shocked to see a drop of oil fall onto Sari's chassis. He sat up and felt his face. Wet. He looked at his fingers. Oil. He was leaking from his optics. Ratchet had never seen an Autobot leak before. Him and Bumblebee exchanged looks. Optimus and the others stayed close, but realized what Bumblebee was doing. Maybe he was ill? Or maybe he cared more for Sari than anyone had ever thought before. Bumblebee slid his hand into Sari's as more oil leaked from his optics.
Wait, what? WHAT? WHAT IS THIS? I DON'T EVEN- Kay, woah. LOL. This is my second last chapter of this story! I KNOW RIGHT. Man. So this leads to my question… This whole thing was inspired by DOTM where the Autobots are behing held captive by... well... Soundwave! IT WAS SO SAD.
QUESTION: Should there be a sequel? What would it be about? What would happen? What would it be called? The whole shindig… :P
