CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

Take Back The City, Part 1

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Meg: I love this song.

Emma: You love Snow Patrol too, don't you?

Meg: YES!! :)

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I woke up on New Year's Day with a strange feeling in my stomach.

Like something was going to happen today, but I didn't know what.

"Vet check-up today, Leveret." I told him as I dressed in a black singlet and blue jeans. "The one vet that's open on New Year's Day."

Leveret didn't look pleased.

"I'll let you attack Ratchet when we visit next."

Leveret jumped off of my bed and hurried down the stairs. I grinned.

I stopped at my special dressing table, and put on my necklace and bracelet, and the butterfly earrings. Then I hurried downstairs.

"I'm taking Leveret to the vet." I told Nenona and Jerome.

"Okay love," Nenona said. She was doing the ironing.

"What about breakfast?" Jerome asked.

"I'll get Maccas or something," I replied, grabbing my keys. "I'm gonna hang out with my friends today…"

"Alright," Nenona smiled at me and, on an impulse, I ran back and hugged and kissed her and Jerome, before hurrying out the door again without looking back.

*

The vet's office wasn't crowded, so Leveret and I were in and out in a flash. Bee was waiting for us in the car park.

"Where's Bia?" I asked, as I glanced across the street, to where a TV shop was.

"She got called to the base by Optimus…" Bee began, and then we both looked over at the TV's.

Megatron's face appeared on them all.

"Pathetic humans of earth!" He growled. The TV was static-y, but the image was burning clear in mine and Bee's eyes. "We are the Decepticons, and we have come here to find what we need to take control of the universe! If you do not hand over what we seek, then we shall destroy your planet! This is what we seek!"

And my image appeared on the TV.

"The human girl, Emma Pendanto! Hand her over, and your world as you know it will not be destroyed!"

Everyone seemed to turn to look at me then.

I didn't think. I just jumped into Bee, and he sped as away.

*

No One's P.O.V:

The Decepticons were attacking the city. Barricade, Blitzwing, Lugnut – all of them.

Soundwave, who had hacked in to the TV station satellites, was now broadcasting the attack worldwide.

"Soon…" Megatron muttered, smiling evilly. "I shall have what I so greatly deserve…"

*

"Where's Zikya!?" I was trying to remain calm, but it wasn't really working. I wasn't even wearing a seatbelt, as Bee and I sped away from the city. "Opti, tell me what the slag's happening!? Where's everyone at!?"

"Zikya is with Wheeljack, and she is safe." Optimus replied.

"And Bia?"

"Bianca is with me. The others are working to stop the Decepticons." Then, Opti said something to Bee in Cybertronian.

"Right." Bee replied.

Suddenly, something flashed through my mind, and I spun around.

Barricade was pursuing us, closing in fast.

"Bee, Barricade's following us!" I yelled, and I felt the familiar energy I had been working to control flow through me. "Take care of Leveret for me!" I added, and hoisted myself out the window.

"Em!? What are you doing!?" I heard Bee's voice in the back of my mind.

"Trust me!" I yelled, and then I jumped.

I felt the strange energy take over my body, defying gravity and lifting me in to the sky.

I wasn't sure what it looked like, but I heard people yelling in a different way. New Divide, by Linkin Park, was stuck in my head as I flew through the air towards Barricade.

The blue light gathered around my fist, as it made contact with Barricade's face. He staggered back, and then he attacked.

How I managed to dodge it all, I didn't know, but I was grateful when Bee came back to help me.

"WHERE'S LEVERET!!??" I shouted to him, as he punched Barricade in the chest.

"IS THAT ALL YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT!!??" Bee yelled back, and then I saw Leveret, clinging to Bee's shoulder.

I managed to fly over to them (this flying thing was getting weird) and said: "Give him here."

Leveret jumped onto my back and clung to my shoulder, as I threw a ball of blue energy at Barricade, who fell back, and in to the river.

"Bumblebee!" I heard Bianca's voice through the communications link. "Megatron has Opti and me down, so…" She was cut off.

"BIANCA!!" I screamed, and then I was heading in that direction, towards the centre of the city, the tallest building.

Every loss, and every lie, and every truth that you deny…

"MEGATRON!!" I shouted.

*

Leveret jumped off of my shoulder just in time, as Megatron grabbed me.

"Finally, the human I desire…" He said.

The burning in my chest intensified, and burst forth, shocking Megatron's hand, and freeing me. I landed on the top of the building, and felt my ankle crunch as I landed on it wrong.

I bit back a gasp of pain, and straightened up, just as Megatron came for me.

I jumped out of the way, now Leave Out All The Rest was stuck in my head. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Bia and Opti lying on the building, both of them with huge gashes in their armour, and bleeding whatever it is that's in them.

I turned to face the city for a second, and screamed: "RATCHET!!!!"

I know he heard me, and I know he came, but it didn't matter because, suddenly Megatron's hand grabbed me around the waist, and squeezed.

I yelled out in pain, and the energy burned from my hands, sending shockwaves down Megatron's arm. My eyes shut tight in pain, I focused the energy as hard as I could.

I opened my mouth in a silent scream.

Forgetting, all the hurt inside you've learned to hide so well! Pretending, someone else can come and save me from myself!

"EMMA!!" I heard the voice yelling in the back of my mind, and suddenly my eyes opened.

Bee was calling to me. Bee was here. Bee needed me to survive.

I can't remember what happened, but later people told me about it.

My eyes glowed blue, and suddenly Megatron was forced to let go of me. I floated there in the air, glowing with blue light.

"Slagging Decepticon!" I yelled, in a terrible, resounding voice. "Crawl back under the slag heap you came from, and STAY AWAY FROM MY FAMILY!!"

The blue light then spread out, engulfing everyone within the city.

*

Megatron's P.O.V:

The power of the All-Spark core was more powerful then I had given it credit for.

As I was repaired by my doctor, I wondered if, perhaps, it was because it was within a human…could that be the purpose of the All-Spark? Was the reason for its existence to be harboured by a human?

Well…a somewhat human…

I had to do some thinking on this.

That stupid slagging glitch had nearly killed me, and if she hadn't been totally drained of energy, then she would have.

*

"Is she gonna be okay!!?? Is he gonna be okay!!??" I cried, nearly leaping out of Bee's arms as Ratchet worked on Bia and Opti as fast as he possibly could. We were back at the base, and I was having panic attacks. "Oh my Primus, it's all my fault, if only I'd gotten there sooner, Ratchet are they going to be okay!!??" I fairly yelled.

"Bumblebee," Ratchet said, in a firm but gentle voice. He didn't look up from his work. "Take Emma out of the room. Bring her back in when she's calmed herself down." He gave me a quick glance with his optics.

I couldn't protest as Bee stood up and, with me in his arms, carried me out of the room.

He took me to the rec room, where everyone else who wasn't in the med bay was.

"Emma!" Zikya cried, when she saw me. She set down Leveret, and said cat ran up to us, scrambling up Bee's leg and into my arms, where he began meowing loudly.

"Zikya, are you okay?" I asked her. She nodded. She was sitting in Wheeljack's lap, and he wasn't letting her go anywhere.

The twins and Andy were sitting on the other couch, looking tired but in one piece. Arcee, Elita1 and Ironhide looked fine too. I groaned, and lay my head back down on Bee's arm. "I can't believe what just happened…damn those Decepticons…"

"Uh…Emma?" Arcee suddenly stood up, and went to turn on the TV.

A news presentation was being shown.

"It seems that, along with the widespread damage across Perth City, thousands of people seem to be suffering from mass amnesia." The news lady said.

My eyes nearly bugged out of my head. "What did she say?" But, I already knew the answer. I remembered some of what had happened. "The blue light…must've erased everyone's memories…wow, that was lucky…" I muttered. Leveret purred, and rubbed against my chin.

"Em, how long have you been able to fly for?" Bee suddenly wanted to know.

I looked into his aqua optics, and replied: "For a day now…umm…I've been training…apparently, some of Bia's powers transferred to me…"

"Yes." Andy said quietly.

She and Bee seemed to hold a conversation with their eyes just then.

*

Ratchet bandaged up my ankle, and gave me crutches.

"I feel like an invalid." I complained to be on the way home. Bia had already dropped Leveret off for me, because Nenona had called and asked where I was, and Andy had said that I had fallen and hurt my ankle, but that she'd bring Leveret home, and then I'd be getting a lift with someone else (since cats aren't allowed in the 'hospital').

Bee and I arrived at my house, but Andy wasn't there.

"I guess she went out," I replied, and managed to get out of Bee without killing myself. I swung myself up the driveway on my crutches.

"Need a hand?" Bee called.

"Nah, I'm right – get back to Bia and Opti, and tell them to get better soon." I replied.

"Okay – night, my little butterfly." Bee called.

I couldn't help but blush. "G'night…honey bee…"

Bee flicked his headlights on and off at that, and then drove off down the street. I smiled, and turned to make my way up the long driveway toward the house.

That was when the house exploded, and burst into flame.

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Meg: …I'm going to upload some pictures onto my DA account. Here's the link to my page: http : // dark-anmut . deviantart . com / - without the spaces.