CHAPTER THIRTEEN

Please Don't Leave Me

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Meg: Here it comes – someone's gonna die.

Emma: Okay…I'm ready…sort of…but…everyone in that house just got killed!

Meg: Emma, you should know me better by now!

Emma: Sorry…what are you listening to?

Meg: Take Back The City, by Snow Patrol.

Emma: Again!?

Meg: Yes, again! _

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All at once, I was able to see again.

There was smoke in the air, and everything seemed hazy and fuzzy. I took a tentative step forward, and then tripped over.

"Ow…" I said. My body was aching, for a number of reasons. Where the slag is Ratchet when you need him?

"Em?" I heard the voice, but I hardly dared to believe it.

I looked up, and saw him silhouetted in the moonlight.

"Are you alright Princess?"

I bit my lip and shook my head. "No, I'm not…my parents are dead…Leveret, Kyo and Tiffany are dead…and now…" Tears leaked from my eyes. "Starscream is too…"

Bee leaned down and picked me up, holding me to his spark. "Why did you do it, Em?"

"I love him," I sobbed. "I love you too, but Primus I loved Star – I loved him as much as I love you…why did I love you both!?"

Bee held me to his spark. "I mean…why did you kill him?"

I looked up at him in surprise. "What do you mean? He would have killed you…I had to protect you…because I know how you felt about me…"

"How I feel about you," Bee corrected me. My eyes widened in shock. "You see, I had a feeling that this might happen," He went on, and looked up at the moon. "I hoped I was wrong but, I'd prepared myself for it. I just want you to know that I love you more then anyone in the universe…you are my spark partner, and I care about you…"

"Bee…" I whispered, in my hoarse voice, and he glanced down at me. I was crying. "Please forgive me…"

Suddenly, we heard a sound, and we both turned to the huge shallow crater my energy beam had created.

Star was looking at us, his optics dimmed but not yet out.

"E-Em…" He called out to me.

I glanced at Bee, who was looking down at me.

I nodded, and he sighed. He set me down, and I crawled/limped my way over to Starscream, and went up to him so that I could look into his optics.

He raied a hand, and in it was my class ring. I slipped it onto my finger, feeling the cold iron burning.

"Y-you are…amazing…even though you're a…human…" Star told me, and then he corrected himself. "Well…part human…anyway…" He glanced over at Bee. "Can't believe I lost to him…you…you were supposed to be mine…"

"Ssh." I said gently, my eyes filling with tears. "It's better this way – I'm not evil."

Star chuckled then. "Heh heh…I never said you were…my Princess…"

They were the last words the seeker ever said.

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"It's over…" I whispered, as Bee held me close to his spark, like he never wanted to let me go. "Somewhat…"

Bee didn't say anything, because he was looking at something else.

My ears suddenly picked up the small sounds and, just then, Leveret and Kyo popped out from underneath the rubble.

"Leveret!" I shouted, as Bee went over to the cats and picked them up (they were fairly calm about seeing a giant yellow robot too, I might add). "And Kyo!" I added, as they nuzzled up against my chest. "You're alive…" I glanced at the smouldering rubble. "But…Mum and Dad…"

Suddenly, we heard the sound of sirens, and a car pulled up before Bee had time to react.

"THIS IS THE POLICE!!" One of many men with guns shouted, as we were suddenly surrounded. "NOBODY MOVE!!"

I blinked. What the hell was wrong with people these days? We weren't the bad guys – we didn't cause this!

Suddenly, I realised something. If I'd transferred some of my powers to Star when we…uh…interfaced, then did that mean I'd gotten some of his powers?

Or, had I gotten brand new powers?

I was about to find out.

"GO!!" I suddenly yelled to Bee.

I opened up a dimensional gate, which Bee ran through, and then the gate closed.

We were safe.

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Meg: Starscream died… T_T

Bumblebee: Yay! *Sees Emma's expression* Uh…yay?

Meg: Oh, and the next chapter is also rated M…for the same reasons as before…

Bumblebee & Emma: It's what!!??