Chapter 5

Never Leaving

"Jetfire…are you sleeping?" Skywarp rolled to his side as he looked down to Jetfire, who was recharging his system. Checking his status rating, Skywarp found out his energy was nearly drained out. "You been restless, weren't you?" He slightly touched the red helm. He couldn't believe he fell so easily in love for the white flyer as he lay close to him on the field of grass and colorful blossoms. Looking up to the open cloudy sky, Skywarp felt refreshed. Then he remembered he had saved him once from Cyclonus because of him, he wouldn't have felt so sympathy. Those silvery wings, it was so beautiful on him. Skywarp smiled as he smoothed them softly. "Jetfire…"

A bush rustled and quickly Skywarp sprang into attack position. With his hand near his wing span, he waited…

Again the sound occurs as his optics flickered. The trespasser appeared and Skywarp in first sight, he realized who it was.

"Wheeljack…?"

"Come." Wheeljack commanded as he hidden himself back into the shadows.

Skywarp grief as he looked back to Jetfire, who was peacefully resting on the meadow area. Then he looked back to the bushes where Wheeljack disappeared. He breathed in and out to release his sorrow and obeyed his command.

"What do you want?" Skywarp questioned forcefully.

Wheeljack looked at him in surprise. "Why, nothing Skywarp." He responded friendly.

"Don't avoid the subject." Skywarp recalled starting to get angry.

"Okay, relax." Wheeljack said as he stared to his friend's eyes of red. "Megatron wants you back."

Skywarp didn't seem amused. "Really…?" He added with sarcasm.

Wheeljack didn't want to argue so he continued. "Is because you been with the Autobots for the past cycles, he believed you can take them down by doing an inside job for him also he'll promises you a huge award." Skywarp then snickered, Wheeljack looked confused.

Unexpected Skywarp pull out his handgun and purposely fired at Wheeljack's left shoulder.

"Ah, dammit Skywarp…!" He cried with pain.

Skywarp begin to smile deviously. "That's crap." He answered as he glared his red eyes to Wheeljack. "I'm sorry, Jackie. I'm not coming back. I'm happier with them then you guys." He said referring his usual nickname for him as he begins to walk away until he sensed someone else was nearby.

"Don't be stupid, Skywarp! If you trust those Autobots, they'll turn against you!" He screamed unaware of the spy. Skywarp stop and glared back at him. "Don't be like me!" The black car cried.

A slight sound of rusty metal was noticed, Skywarp spun back. "Skywarp, listen to me when I'm talking to yea!" Wheeljack cried again.

"I'm not you though." Skywarp recalled as he peek to his side, Wheeljack whined. "I'm sorry…my place is here…good bye Jackie." Skywarp flickered as he disappeared just like a warp gate.

"You're an idiot…" Wheeljack gasped as he slowly raised himself and walked away leaking blood.

Secretly Blurr stayed in his hidden position watching the black car mech go. His red eyes glowed from behind a tree with his gun slightly slide down to his side. He begin to chuckle. He looked up to the sky with his battle mask breathed out smoke. "There more between you and Jetfire isn't there?"



"Shit…"

At the meadows where Skywarp have sworn he left Jetfire here but now…he wasn't. All was left was a single clue as Skywarp came by and pick it up. A music box…

Skywarp quickly scanned the area, calling out Jetfire's name. Nothing and that was all he was getting. "Dammit!" He cried as he smashed the music box to the ground. Leaving the pieces behind, he quickly headed back to the forest where he was lured by Wheeljack. "Wheeljack…?" He warped everywhere, hoping to glimpse someone familiar. "Jackie!" He cried again, nothing. His voice box almost had it. "Jetfire…" He cried one last time.

"Aww…is the poor little seeker missing his mommy?" Skywarp choked into a growl. He knew that voice anywhere.

He looked forward with his red optics narrowed. Cyclonus appeared looking pleased of meeting up with an old friend.

"Where is he?" He announced quickly to the point.

"Where is who?" The helicopter asked, teasing.

"You know the primus who I'm talking about!" Skywarp screamed as he felt his engines burning within.

"Ah, no…I don't. If you're talking about the flyer that would be different story…"

"Damn you..." He pulled out his gun and Cyclonus neither flinched.

"You're the one asking." The helicopter chuckled.

Skywarp's temper was triggered as he perfectly shot those lasers. Cyclonus missed them as Skywarp continued his move. He ran forward and vanished in a blink of an optic. Quickly Cyclonus scanned the area. All confused until Skywarp appeared behind him and slashed down his blade. Cyclonus shrieked as his back was completely ruined into shattered pieces of metal, he then came down to the ground, numb. His rotor was broken as he loudly cried.

Skywarp smiled widely as he was some manic. "Don't play dumb with me, now tell me where is he?" His eyes glared with blood-shots.

"There no need of him, Skywarp."

Skywarp was shot with fright; he started to shiver quietly as he turned around. "Megatron…?" He called out with a frighten tone.

Megatron's appearance was something as Skywarp would never wish to happen as he faced his previous commander.

"Of course, you wouldn't let me miss out the fun would you, Skywarp?" He said strongly, Skywarp gulped.

He took a step back as Megatron moved forward. "About Jetfire, Skywarp…I heard rumors."

Skywarp was scared stiff as Megatron stroll around him. "Oh please don't be scared, I don't bite." He said coldly as he glared his red optics to his. "You seem to have healed when you were gone. Has Jetfire helped you with that?" Skywarp slowly begin to growl. "Aren't you happy to see me at least, Skywarp, you finally had grown mature and no longer look cute but beautiful, you old prankster."

Skywarp begin to build courage as he held his rage, Megatron came behind him and clutched onto his shoulders. Skywarp was quickly startled as he couldn't dare to look at him. "So is Jetfire, Skywarp. If you don't do something soon, who knows what I would do to his beautiful appearance." Skywarp widen his eyes with shock as Megatron came near to his audio range. "You're lucky, he escaped from us but it was fun letting him scream, crying with pain…"

The words surged though his robotic system as Skywarp jerked away from Megatron. "Shut up, you are no longer my commander, Megatron. Optimus Prime is my commander now!"

Megatron flinched as he grasps Skywarp by his neck and forced him hard against tree trunk. "You little bastard…never admit that Optimus Prime is your master." Megatron recalled angrily as he tighten his grip.



"Let him go, Megatron." Blurr announced as he held steady of his gun.

Megatron seemed impressed of the blue mech appearance in time. "Of course…but just to tell you, if you keep him locked inside the base all times, he'll become sick and his system will swirl." Megatron explained as he mentioned the flyer. Spreading a grin, he thrown Skywarp to Blurr's direction, Blurr was startled as he quickly came forward to catch him. Thinking if it was distraction, Blurr looked up. Megatron and Cyclonus were long gone.

Surrounded with trees, Blurr couldn't hear their sound of escape except Skywarp slightly grunting of his crushed neck. "Let's get out of here." Blurr recalled as he helped Skywarp to move.

Skywarp looked up to the red optics of the Autobot. "Thank you…" He whispered as he felt his neck pain was easing out. Blurr then looked back to him with a hidden smile.

"We are in the same team aren't we?"

Autobots' Base…

Blackness, silent until finally light slowly opening his lazy red optics to view a ceiling, his neck was sore, his head was soaring with memories other then that, he felt fine. Regaining his strength and focus, he scanned the area around him. On one side there were shelves, a table filled with medical tools to another there were data-pads scattered upon one desk. The Med Bay, it has to be. Gradually he moved off the bed platform and approached another bed. With a white sheet covering his whole main, Skywarp glared carefully of the patient.

"Jetfire…" He whined hurtfully as he came and lightly touched his fore helm.

He looked offline but the status monitor beside his bed platform was beeping calmly which means a good thing. Skywarp begun to feel uneasy seeing him like this, laying there with his eyes close, waiting patiently until someone comes by and reactive him again. 'If I haven't left you, unguarded…' Skywarp begin to think. 'You wouldn't be…in this state.' He admitted it, it was his fault…

Skywarp bowed down and laid his head besides his, while gently holding Jetfire's head, he cushioned it. Unexpected Jetfire opened his golden eyes to realize the situation. He kept quiet…hearing the muffling snivel from his friend, Skywarp. He gently smiled and by the look at Skywarp, he hasn't realized his awakening yet. His fingers twitched. Skywarp sensed it immediately and saw Jetfire narrowing his golden eyes at him.

"Jetfire…" He whimpered.

Slowly Jetfire reached up to Skywarp and gave him a small kiss on his cheek. Skywarp was stunned, his whole system was surging strongly and his cheeks burned red. Seeing his reaction, Jetfire sighed. "I'm sorry…"

Skywarp moved his face to his direction. "Not at all…" He whispered that made Jetfire feeling comfortable. Luring into his lips, Jetfire stayed as Skywarp kissed him. Skywarp was lucky…his feelings for Jetfire had finally released him from his pride. As he let go to stare into his golden eyes, he felt so happy. "Go asleep now before it gets any worst." Skywarp recalled that made Jetfire chuckled.

As Skywarp help him lay down, Skywarp sat on the side of the bed platform. "Skywarp…" Jetfire called.

"Yeah…?"

Jetfire pulled the white sheet over his mouth. "My head hurts..." He said honestly that made Skywarp smile.

"Same here…" He proudly said as he bowed down kissed his red fore-helm. Jetfire shut his optics as he went though recharge. Leaving him to rest, Skywarp came out the Med Bay to see Sideswipe glaring at him. "What?" He asked in a sound of a growl.



Sideswipe widens one of his optics, his visor flashed. "You were just getting cozy in there weren't you?" He responded deviously, Skywarp's embarrassment system pound. He looked aside, flushed with red cheeks.

"Please don't tell anyone." Skywarp requested, Sideswipe then spread a smile.

"Tell that to Scavenger, he's on monitor duty." Sideswipe pointed out.

Skywarp froze, he begin to remember every room except their own quarters had a security cam. If Scavenger knows, who knows what will he do if he seen their relationship of now. Skywarp looked back to Sideswipe.

"You do know, Scavenger will tell Prime about it." Sideswipe recalled that made Skywarp flinch then Blurr appeared from the shadowy hallways.

Skywarp couldn't believe this soon everyone will know especially Megatron even though it was predictable. Quickly Skywarp ran down the hallway. Sideswipe was speechless of his reaction.

"As long he doesn't make him unhappy. I'm fine with it." Blurr lifted his shotgun to his shoulder, Sideswipe plea a smile. "What?" The blue mech asked realizing his smile.

"What do you think about Hotshot's reaction when he hears about this?" Sideswipe asked that appealed to Blurr.

"Very uncalled for…" He said showing little of his expression.

Skywarp speeded though the hallway remembering every room that Jetfire had showed him on a tour the first day and burst though the security room. His eyes sting, his voice choked and his face was priceless. In front of his direction was Scavenger just like Sideswipe said, and the other transformer was Optimus Prime, both looking at Skywarp's surprised entrance. Skywarp freeze and stand still. Scavenger knows Skywarp enough that he would do this, he looked at Prime. "Prime…?" He called willingly to do something.

"Is that why Jetfire trusted you?" Optimus asked strictly, Skywarp stayed speechless. Looking back to the monitors, Optimus watched his boy, sleep…

"Do you want me to leave the team then?" Skywarp spoken, interrupting.

Prime looked amused as he looked back to the young violet and black seeker. "No, you don't have too…" He answered that gave Skywarp some relief. Optimus came by and patted him on the shoulder. "It gives me a reason why Jetfire had kept you." Skywarp's face was blank as Prime walked away from him. After a couple steps, Skywarp spun around to watch him go.

"Optimus…"

Optimus's insides hurt, his mind were filled with despair and loneliness. He thought one of his loves…as he sat unsteady to his metal made chair. He looked around the briefing room with his spark pounding of remembering. He once remembered seeing his first love touch his shoulder that made him look around to see her. "Elita…" He whimpered quietly. Covering his face with his hand, Optimus remembered in Iacon, he first saw her and that she smiled back to him. It was everlasting, he felt so free to express his love to her when he was once Orion Pax until he was reborn as Optimus Prime. If it wasn't Megatron who tried to torn them apart it was Alpha Q. Created with a special robotic system, Elita was a special one. As his spark flickered in hurtful way, when he lost Elita in flock of Terrorcons, he continued to search for her until he came across a sparkling. In that same day where he lost Elita, he found Jetfire. Coming to realize that Alpha Q wanted him also, Optimus risked his life to save this boy to the one he already lost. If Scorponok ever realized that Jetfire was alive that day, Optimus would have lost both. Gripping his face, he felt his optics was fading its light.

Optimus's memory files…loading…found…processing…complete.

"They're call tears!" cried Alexis with her eyes soggy and wet. Optimus watched Rad comes and give her a slight hug.

"I'm sorry, Alexis. I didn't mean to scare you like that." Rad confessed that made Alexis a little angry.

"Then next time, don't run off on your own!" She cried. "What would have happen if I were to lose you and Carlos?"

Carlos's ears tingled, "Say that again, Alexis. You missed me!" He cried happily that made Alexis anxious then finally she smiled.

Optimus looked aside as Elita came by and laid her head besides his with her hands wrap around his neck. "What would happen if I were to lose you Optimus?"

"Nothing because I know…we'll be together…always." He wanted to say but stupidly enough, he went to war without saying a word.

Leading Elita to go and join the war herself. Risking her own bolts and metal, she succeeds of becoming one of the high elite officers until finally she was teamed with Optimus, the one she was looking forward too to be together again. Optimus then begun to fear if anything were to happen, it would be his fault for choosing this way of becoming a commander to the whole Autobots' nation.

So much, he wanted to go back in time, to save himself of making a huge mistake leaving her…with her heart broken in two and that she followed to be with him, only to be gone forever…

"Daddy, why is your optics fading…?" Optimus looked and saw young Jetfire holding his hand. He seems to have grown much into a youngling then a sparkling. "And why are we here?" Jetfire pointed out in a distance where inside an official center until someone approached them. A female...

"Is this Jetfire?" She asked eagerly as her red body structure was curved more then a male transformer.

"Yes." Optimus confirmed. He looked back to Jetfire.

"What…?" Jetfire claimed so quietly, Optimus kneed down in front of him.

"We'll see each other again sometime okay?" Optimus explained in minor detail, the youngling gulped, he grabbed hold on both of his arms.

"You're leaving me…?" He shouted that almost drawn every eyes of a transformer in the center. The female wasn't surprise since she basically sees this at least every month. When someone finds a youngling or sparkling, they either keep them and care for them or dumped them into an orphanage. Optimus felt shallow of doing this but it was the best as he patted Jetfire's head.

"I promise, I'll be back when the war over." Optimus explained, hurting his spark for saying this. He got up and Jetfire stood timeless still. "You be good, Firestar will take good care of you." He begins to say good bye to the female mech then left.

Firestar, the female glared Jetfire's expression of despair. She came down to him, comforting him by patting his back.

"I'm so sorry, Jetfire. It's just that Prime is high-ranked autobot commander, our leader that protects us from harm." Jetfire begin to move away from her. "Jetfire…?"

Jetfire looked back at Prime who was nearly at the door. Everyone else had paid no more attention what had happen. All they could do was pity him. Jetfire clutched his hand as he looked up to Firestar. "I need him…" He ran off.



Firestar was surprised as Jetfire bolted towards the exit where Optimus was just leaving. Instead of chasing him, she smiled. Optimus reached outside just in time as Jetfire begun to run. When he came down the entrance steps, his eyes fading of his decision, he heard a sound, doors sliding open.

The cried of 'daddy' had flinched his spark. He spun around to see Jetfire jump towards him. Nearly stumbled down the steps, Optimus were greeted with a huge hug by small someone, he cared for and what he believed, he would cherish forever…

He looked up feeling ill. He got off his chair and decided to go see him.

'If you go to war, I will too!' Jetfire screamed throughout his memory.

"Jetfire…" He whispered as he reached the Medical Bay. Coming in without permission from Red Alert, Optimus came by to Jetfire's platform. Flashing back to the past, Optimus remembered seeing him as youngling sleep so peacefully beside him. When he got older just like Elita, he followed Prime into war. He became a successful young officer tutored by Smokescreen but after the day when Smokescreen died by Megatron. That night, Optimus could hear sobbing behind the door of Jetfire's room. He so much wanted to embrace him and tell him, everything is alright and Smokescreen would be alive…but in reality…not all things are that easy.

"Optimus…" The commander flinched as he looked over. Jetfire was talking in his sleep.

Was he dreaming about him? Optimus was confused as Jetfire continue to sleep. To regain his strength, his power and the thing that makes him alive…his spark…

-Twitch-

Did it just twitch? Optimus felt it, his spark it's twitching. It was hurting his main, he return to focus on Jetfire. He disabled his mask. Even if he was feeling pain, he gave Jetfire a kiss on the forehead anyway. If anything happens…Optimus promised himself. 'I'll be here...'

He then sparked up to remember the security camera. He looked and gave slight smile back to Skywarp.