Chapter 10: Hyperjump's POV
I could never explain the situation. I knew I was dying, but there was also this need not to die.
With the Decepticons, you follow orders, carry out missions. No need for a person. Only a machine. That's how I grew up. Now this femme had given me the chance to change. Become my own person. Though, being trapped in your own body, isn't a good way to start. I felt her shake me. I just wanted to sleep, but I opened my eyes. Still couldn't see… "Ten minutes…" I muttered, drifting off.
"No! Stay awake." I heard her shout. "Do you have any siblings?"
Siblings? When you're a Decepticon, you don't have true families, only work partners or team-mates. Not that I had a family. Just Soundwave. "No…Just my dad…" I managed to give out. I knew what she was doing, trying to keep me awake. I tried to grasp onto her voice, to keep myself there. "Your dad. Who's your dad?" I grappled with myself, managing to shake my head. Suddenly, I disconnected with my body. I was just floating. Dark, cool, calm…
I don't know how long I was in darkness, but suddenly, I was standing in a long hallway. I could hear whispering voices… I didn't recognize them. Something hit me on the head. I spun around and saw several Decepticon drones standing there. a silver hand grabbed my black one. My dad was pulling me along. "Hyperjump… I'm so sorry…" he whispered to me, dragging me to a door. I was too surprised to say anything. He opened the door, pushed me through and slammed it shut. It was just a black box of a room; with a green light shinning thought the top.
"He won't hurt us! ..." Skystorm's voice rang around the room. I spun, but there was nothing.
"Skystorm?" I called.
"Hyperjump?" Her voice was quieter. Before I could respond, the room dissolved. I was floating again…
I was lying in a white room. Blurred figures were standing over me… couldn't move…
The forest was brighter then usual. Skystorm was sitting next to me. She smiled when she saw I was awake. "Hyperjump." she said, before wrapping her arms around my shoulders. I smiled. It just felt so natural. I put my arms around her and pulled her close. She leaned up and kissed my cheek. I laughed. There was no way to say anything. This femme was awakening a part of myself I'd never known. The need to belong to someone. "Hyperjump?" Her voice was surprisingly urgent. I would have blushed, but it had to be said. I'd never felt this way, but what else could it be?
"I love you, Skystorm," I said, before leaning down to kiss her. She dissolved in my arms. The forest was melting away. Darkness enveloped me again… but my memories were still there, running through my head…
"Dad?" I asked my father, who was sitting at his computer station.
"Yes son?" he said without turning to face me.
"What are you doing?"
He sighed. "See this?" he asked, pointing at the screen. I nodded. "It's a message for the Autobots." he said. I gaped.
"B-but dad… That's high treason!" I hissed at him. He turned to face me.
"You think I don't know this? Son, I've been doing this for many years. Ever since you were born, actually. I don't care about the Decepticons anymore." Before I could reply, the door smashed open. Megatron was standing in the doorway. Soundwave jumped up, but Megatron flattened him with a blow.
"High treason." he hissed at my father, lifting him into the air by the neck. "I always thought highly of you Soundwave…" Then he dragged him from the room…
The crowd of Decepticons was silent as Soundwave was led out into the field. He wasn't cowering. He was standing defiantly. Megatron walked up to him. "Was it worth it?" he asked Soundwave. "You gave up your life to send the Autobots codes. How's that feel?" he laughed. Soundwave didn't answer, but instead, spat at his feet. Megatron didn't respond but raised his blaster…
I launched myself at him from the crowd. Activating my spinning blade, I sliced into Megatron's calf. He roared in pain as I shouted for my dad to run. He took one look at me. I nodded. Grimacing, he launched himself at the nearby trees and transform into his Mercedes mode. Dodging a blast from Megatron's blaster, I jumped into the air, transformed and, propeller spinning, I sped off. The sound of the blaster rang behind me. My left wing exploded into flame and I staggered in the air. There were trees nearby. I could land there… if only I could reach them… needed to reach them…
I was floating in the dark again… but, surprisingly, I felt like I'd been hit with a sledgehammer. A loud beeping sound was nearby. I opened my eyes, which felt like lead weights. I was in a room filled with monitors and mechanical arms. Where was I? I sat up.
This wasn't the Decepticon medbay, and no humans had Cybertronian technology. Only one thing then. My mind filled with horror. The Autobot medbay… I ripped off the connections on my chest and smacked into several robotic arms. The door slammed as I rushed out of it. Several people screamed and an Autobot rounded the corner. I dashed in the opposite hallway and found myself in a hanger filled with military vehicles and Autobots. The Autobot I recognized as Ironhide rushed at me, but I ducked the blow he meant for my head. I activated my weapons as he managed to get me into a headlock. I wrestled my way free, but a pair of Autobots joined the fight. It hurt to fight, but I kept swinging at them. Arcee and Jazz were fierce fighters and I didn't have the strength to fight them all at once….
"Stop!" came a voice from behind me. Optimus Prime was standing before me. The Autobots backed off, so I deactivated my own weapons. "Jazz, let Skystorm know that Hyperjump is awake." Jazz picked himself off the floor and went through a door. Then I saw who was standing with Optimus.
"Dad." I breathed. Soundwave stood, uninjured, next to Optimus. The biggest surprise was the Autobot symbol on his arm. Optimus gestured me forward and I followed him out of the room. My dad put his hand on my shoulder. Optimus turned to me.
"Skystorm is waiting for you, but her creators are furious."
I was flabbergasted. "Why?"
Optimus gave me an odd look. "I'm sure that you'll find out." He stopped at a door and opened it.