The Enemies Face and a Mothers Love
"Miles!" The sound of the young boys name seemed to echo as it was both called and screamed. The voice that was the loudest however wasn't that of Prowl but of Will for Miles had just saved his life. Miles whined as he twisted and turned in Kale's grip. Kale's fangs were embedded deeply into the straw colored wolfs neck and it seemed like he was refusing to let go. Miles thrashed back and forth in the other wolfs grip but was unable to free himself. Kale's fangs were in too deep. It took a moment for all present to wrap their minds and processors alike around what was currently happening.
It was only when the first shock had worn off that one of them was able to move in an attempt to pull the two apart. Prowl moved forward ready to pull Kale from his human charge. His attempt was in vain however for Kale chose to let go just a few seconds before Prowl was able to reach him. Prowls attempt to interfere with the fight didn't seem to matter. Kale had done his damage.
Blood ran rivers down the back of Miles neck. Despite the pain he was in Miles was able to find it in himself to growl and turn to face his enemy. All he had to do was hold him off until Sam got there and then everything would be okay. Nothing could beat the two of them when they were together. Nothing. Snarling at the threat that stood before him Miles lunged.
Will stood fascinated with what he was seeing before him. There was something about the fight that was going on between the two large wolves that made him unable to turn away. He knew he should have been worried about Miles and about the fact that Kale had just tore into him but he couldn't look away from the fight. Couldn't bring himself to say anything or even move. Some part of him wanted this. Some part of him wanted the power that the creatures in front of him were displaying. This power was what could let him keep his family safe.
Fangs and claws tore through the air as Kale and Miles tore at each other in a dance of primal instinct. Kale smiled a wolves smile as he forced Miles to the ground jaws ready to close over the tender flesh of the other wolves throat. He was going to end this now and be rid of another enemy. The sound of alarmed shouts reached the black wolfs ears. He ignored them for he had something else to do. He had a life to end. As fangs descended a sharp shout tore through his mind. It would seem that his cousin had finally caught up with him.
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Sam ran as fast as his legs could carry him towards the Autobot base. He had to hurry before Kale did something that couldn't be taken back. He knew better than any that at this point Kale would kill everyone at the base if he was able. And Miles would try and stop him no matter what the cost and loosing Miles was something that he didn't want to happen. He didn't care what it took he wasn't going to sacrifice his best friend when he didn't have to and if he had to kill Kale in order to keep his friend alive then so be it.
Nothing was going to stand in his way. For now though it was best that he focus on getting where he was going and doing that as fast as possible. Kale had gotten too far ahead of him. Muscles straining as he ran Sam knew that he was going to be too late when he felt that second conciseness join his and the pure agony that ran down the link seconds later only confirmed what was going to happen if he didn't get there soon.
Adrenaline rushed through his systems at the pain and he ran all the faster for it. He wasn't far from the base all he had to do was get there and everything was going to be okay. Muscles began to burn as Sam's run continued to eat at the distance between where he was and where he was going. As he finally burst into the clearing he could only manage to form one thought as his eyes rested on the scene that greeted him.
"Let him go Kale!"
Kale yelped as Sam rammed into his side and sent him sprawling to the ground. Sam however paid no attention to his cousin as he moved over to his injured comrade.
"Miles." Miles offered Sam his own version of a grin as he looked up at the dark brown wolf that was his friend.
"Hey man. What took ya?" Miles asked as he rolled over onto his feet. Sam whined as he caught sight of the back of his friends neck. Kale had really done a number on him.
"I'm so sorry that I wasn't here sooner Miles." Miles snorted and gave Sam a flat look. Now wasn't the time for him to feel sorry about something that he couldn't control. Besides they still had to run Kale off. As if thinking about him were enough to bring him back Kale lunged at the two determined to tear into whichever one he could reach. It seemed like the thought that he wasn't fighting one anymore hadn't crossed his mind yet. Needless to say his plan of attack failed. Though injured Miles was still fast enough to move out of the way and few things on any number of feet ever had a chance of catching Sam.
"Play fair cousin and fight me alone." Sam snorted.
"Why would I do that when you take every cheep shot you can?" Kale snarled.
"I thought you had more honor than that Sam. Your girl seemed to think you did." Sam snarled at his cousins words and lunged his fangs meeting the skin right above Kale's tail. The sudden spike of pain caused Kale to yelp but he held his ground trying for one of Sam's back legs. Their fight continued.
Miles paced back and forth in between Sam and Kales fight. He knew when it was okay to help and when it wasn't and now was one of those moments that it defiantly wasn't. This was a fight between the two of them and he had no place in it unless he was protecting Will and Sam's parents. It was then that he even really remembered that they were there. Along with the Autobots.
Miles turned so he could look at the group that was watching the fight with a mixture of horror and fascination. He had wondered if the Autobots would attempt to interfere when it came down to them actually fighting in front of them for the first time. Other than Prowls attempt to remove Kale from his neck earlier none of them had moved. He wondered if they understood that this fight was between Kale and Sam. That they had no place stopping it or trying to help. Miles bared his teeth at Lennox in a smile when the older man caught his eye.
"We can't help can we?" he asked. Miles shook his head. "I didn't think so." So they did understand or at least Lennox did.
"This isn't what I expected when Sam told us about Kale." Miles turned and looked at Ratchet cocking his head to the side as if confused.
"What did you expect Ratchet? Sam told us that Kale wanted him dead did you think he was lying?" Ironhide asked as he shot the medic a flat look.
"Of course not I just didn't expect this."
"If it weren't for the fighting thing it'd be pretty cool." Miles huffed clearly amused at Jazz's statement. A sharp yelp brought his attention back to the fight between Sam and Kale. It looked like the two were at some sort of stale mate. Now all the two of them were doing were circling each other and snarling. Miles had a feeling that the two of them were talking and it sucked not knowing what they were saying.
The only way he'd know was if Sam let him hear. The chances of that happening at that moment were extremely slim. In fact they were almost nonexistent. Sam's body tensed with every step he took. He knew that this fight wasn't going to go on for much longer. While Kale wanted him dead he had a feeling that this wasn't the fight he wanted to kill him in. This was a test of some sort and he wasn't even sure if it was for him or not.
Whatever Kale wanted he was sure that it had very little to do with him anymore. While the whole ordeal earlier had been Kales idea of baiting him (sadly it had worked quite well) but at that moment he knew that what kale wanted had little if anything to do with him. His thoughts were proven true when Kale started backing away but for every step Kale took backwards he took one forewords. Even if Kale was running he didn't want the distance between them to change until Kale was gone.
"Its been fun Sam," Kale's voice invaded his mind. "but I have everything I need to know now. The next time we meet cousin I will kill you and when I'm done with you I'll kill everyone you ever considered dear." With a flick of his tail Kale was gone. A swiftly retreating shadow into the trees. The fight between them was over now but Sam was sure that it wasn't the last one he was going to fight on that night. Heaving a deep breath that sounded on awful lot like a sigh Sam turned to look at the group assembled outside of the base.
Miles, who was still bleeding just not as badly, Lennox, and the Autobots. Then there was his parents. His father looked confused and his mother had that look she got before the shit hit the fan and she got mad enough to spit nails. Things were about to make another change and he hated himself for the vow he was about to break. Turning to look at Miles and the others Sam wasn't quite sure if he was ready to face what was to come yet but he didn't really have much of a choice. For now all he could do was roll with the punches and try to straiten things out as much as possible.
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"Miles I swear to Primus that if you don't hold still I'm going to tie you to this table." Ratchets voice was annoyed and that never tended to be a good sign. Miles found he could actually only laugh at the medic's attempts to look at his neck. Even though he had told the bot that he was fine and that the wounds had healed he was still being subjected to a very thorough look over. Blue eyes rolling heavenward Miles did as Ratchet had told him and stopped moving.
"I'm fine Ratchet. Bite wounds heal fast."
"I don't care if they heal the moment they happen I'm still looking you over. And as soon as I can get a hold of him I'm giving Sam a good look over too." Miles snorted.
"You may have to there's no telling what his mom's goanna do to him." Blue optic's shuttered.
"You speak about Samuel's relationship with his mother as if's they hate each other. Why is that Miles?" Miles Turned so that he was facing Prowl. The black and gold bot had insisted that he be present while Miles was checked on. Not that he minded of course. With Prowl around Ratchet was less likely to kill him due to annoyance.
"It's hard to explain man. Sam… Sam loves his mom but I'm not really sure if she loves him. Part of the reason why this thing with Kale is such a big deal is because Sam's hidden what he is from his dad for years because his mom doesn't want him to know about her side of the family. I'm not sure why but she hates them with a passion."
Ratchet stopped for a second as if thinking about what Miles had said before getting back to work. "That makes no sense at all. Just because she has no love for her family doesn't mean that she has to insist that Sam act like he's normal. It hardly seems fair to Sam."
"Ya, well its not but he did it anyways." Miles shrugged. The situation between Sam and his mom was something he had been used to for a long time and it was also something that he had no desire to stick his nose in, human or otherwise. Besides of he knew Sam's family as well as he thought he did the thing between Sam and his mom was going to end soon and he was more than happy to not be in the room with them when they finally had it out with each other. He'd face Ratchet and his various scans before he faced what was waiting for Sam.
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"How dare you do this to me!" Judy Witwicky shouted as she stood in front of her son. She didn't care that Ron was standing in the room with them. Thankfully it was only the three of them in the large Rec Room at the moment but she was quite sure that they could have company at any time. The only reason that they were alone now seemed to be because the Autobots and other people were trying to be polite. That didn't really matter to her now though because right now all she cared about was the fact that her husband knew about her family and that Sam had broken his promise. The older woman didn't seem to remember that a few hours before he had warned her about the possibility of their shared secret coming out. Now it had and she was pissed beyond all reason.
"Mom." Sam said in a quiet voice as he faced his mother. "I warned you about Kale. You knew that there was a chance that dad would find out."
Mother and son stood face to face both daring the other to make their own move and while Judy was raring to go Sam was ready to stop. He didn't want to fight with his mom he'd had enough fighting with Kale. He was already tired of fighting but he knew better than to ignore his mom because she'd have no problem following him around and finishing the argument that she had just started.
"Kale wasn't the one that turned into a wolf in front of your father. That was you Sam all you!" Judy whole body shook with anger as she faced her son. He was the reason for everything bad that had happened that night. He was the one that had broken the promise. He was the one that had changed first.
"I know and I'm sorry that I broke my promise." Sam sighed as he looked at his mom and then let his eyes wonder to where his father was standing a good few feet away from either of them. He could smell the hurt rolling off the other man in waves and he hated the fact that he was the main reason for the emotion. But right now he had to try and make his mother see reason and she wasn't going to like it at all.
"It's your fault too you know. You were the one that insisted that I lie. You were the one that begged me to not tell dad about what I was because your ashamed of your family." Sam's voice had gone quiet.
"Don't you dare assume you know anything about my relationship with my family! They were monsters all of them!" Judy's voice rose another octave as she argued with her son.
"They're only monsters to you because you aren't one of them." His mom didn't seem to understand what it was like being what he was and that was simply because she wasn't what he was.
"You don't understand what it was like growing up like I did! I was the freak in my family! None of them understood me and my father even had the audacity to ask me if I wanted him to bite me!"
And there it was the stupid little reason why his mother seemed to hate him and the rest of her family. An offer to bite and help her fit into the family. "He was trying to help you fit in. He was worried about what the separation was doing to you. He offered because he loved you." Despite all he was feeling Sam managed to keep his voice calm. He couldn't loose control now no matter what happened.
"My father never loved me. He's a heartless monster and so are the rest of them."
Sam blinked and looked at his mother. "What about me mom am I a monster too?" He knew he didn't want an answer to that question but he needed to know. He needed to know what his mother truly thought of him. Because deep down some part of him wanted to hear the truth.
He had to know if his mother thought he was a monster or not. He had to know if she loved him. Judy Witwicky blinked and looked at her son. This was the child that she had loved with all her heart years ago until she had found out that he was the same as the rest of her family. She had wanted to love him but found herself unable. Some part of her hated that he had been given something that she had been denied but that part hadn't lasted long. Now her only child was asking her to tell him the truth about what she thought about him. She knew he wouldn't like the answer.
"As far as I'm concerned you're the worst one of them all." A small smile crossed Sam's face as he nodded his head. He'd been right about that little tidbit of information. Sam shot his father a look before he turned and left the room heading towards the large room at the entrance of the base.
"Ya, I figured that's what you thought." He mumbled to no one. There was hurt in his voice and he was thankful that no one was there to hear it. He was thankful for that one little miracle because he wasn't sure what to feel at that moment or even what to do. He hurt in more ways than one and in more ways than he had ever thought possible. He knew however that he couldn't focus on that now. It wasn't the time for moping. He'd mope and whimper and cry when Kale was gone and he could afford to let his defenses down. Beside's he had to steel himself for what he was about to do and for the vow he was about to break.
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Ron found himself blinking back tears as he watched his son walk out of the room. He knew that he should have stopped him and he was ashamed that he hadn't but at the moment he had more pressing matters to attend too. Right now he needed to talk to his wife because from the small argument she'd just had with there son it seemed like she was the one that had started it. He didn't hate them for what they had done but he was hurt by the fact that neither one had even tried to tell him.
Ron sighed as he took a step closer to his wife and put a tense hand on her shoulder. Judy whipped around her eyes blazing in anger until she saw who it was then they changed to eyes filled with sorrow and fear. It was almost like she was begging with her eyes and for a second he was tempted to give in but that temptation was pushed away by the need he had for answers and he was going to get as many out of her as he was able before he went and talked to Sam.
"Judy we need to talk."
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Eh. Sorry for taking so long but I had a kinda bad case of writers block. Sadly I got halfway through the chapter and got stuck. That and I had a lot of crap going on. My sister came down for a weekend and then my friend had to get stitches and I played babysitter for a bit. I wanted to make it longer but this works for now. If my calculations are correct then I have two or three chapters left depending. So drop me a review please.