Title: Secrets
Rating: M
Disclaimer: We own nothing, that is Hasbro's area
Needed to post the next chapters!
Then the ninja bot moved toward D.J.'s limp form, where he had heard her last. He still couldn't see, but he was aware of his surroundings by using his other senses. That was one of the very first things he had learned from Master Yoketron.
He very gently touched the floor where D.J. had fallen, using his hearing and sense of touch to locate her and determine her status. When he found her, he sensed that she was still alive, but unconscious and possibly injured.
Carefully, he picked her up in his hand and made his way toward the exit, keeping his senses alert. He still could not see, and probably wouldn't be able to see until Ratchet repaired whatever damage had been done, or unless Sari used her key on him.
There was just one thing left he wanted to take care of before he left, and he wasn't going to let something like being blind stop him. He was going to deal with Powell, one last time.
There was noise in the distance and he moved towards it, rather then away. Noise meant that everyone was possible in that general direction and that also meant Powell was there as well.
His hand was placed along the wall, to help him from running into the walls headfirst. There were some hallways that lead off into different directions, but he ignored those. Up ahead the noise was growing louder and louder as he continued on.
Finally he came to the area where the noise seemed to be coming from. He paused, feeling his way forward, and realized he was at a doorway. The door seemed to be open, so he slowly stepped through. He knew that he would have to be very careful now, because he didn't want to lose track of D.J. by putting her down, but he didn't want to risk hurting her, either.
Just then he heard a shout, as well as a fierce snarl. He took a step forward to enter the room, but then he felt a movement in his hands. The movement was accompanied by a soft groan, and he realized that D.J. was waking up.
He took a few steps back, wanting to check on the girl before going into the room where the heart of the commotion seemed to be. "Are you alright?" he asked the girl softly.
D.J. moaned softly again. "I will be," she said, her voice sounding strained. "This just… happens sometimes." She gasped softly, then forced herself to continue talking. "Please don't hurt Imp if you find her. She's a black panther, and she helped me get you out of there."
Meanwhile, back at the autobot base Lizy stood pacing her room. No one had heard from Prowl or Zac since she was asked to leave the roof. After an hour of being told my Prowl to leave, she had went back up there in case Prowl had tried to kill Zac. But there was no sign of a struggle up on the roof, so that was a plus.
What the question is though, where the hell did they go?
Lizy continued to pace her room, throwing her hands up in the air and grumbling to herself.
All of a sudden, she felt something in her abdomen, something that felt like an intense pressure, and it even felt a bit painful. She gasped, clutching at her stomach, and nearly doubled over from the pain. She barely managed to make it to her bed before collapsing.
She had no idea what was going on, but it felt like something was draining all of her energy, leaving her feeling weak and tired.
After a few moments, the feeling passed, and the pain subsided. She remained perfectly still for a few moments, then slowly sat up. She then noticed that her abdomen was larger than it had been just a few moments ago, and her eyes widened.
However, another sensation began to take priority; she began to feel very hungry, especially for energon. Groaning, she got up and headed out of her room, feeling drained and wary. Not only that but she swore she felt a couple pounds heavier.
She made her way to the energon dispenser and quickly got herself a glass of the vile, pink liquid. Before she knew it, she had actually drunk three glasses of it, and was halfway through her fourth.
"Lizy, are you alright?" She turned to see Ratchet standing in the doorway. She nearly choked on the energon as she drained the glass. This gave her an uncomfortable memory, since she had been doing just this when he'd found out she was pregnant.
"I think so," she replied, and he narrowed his optics at her slightly. She turned away, wishing he would quit looking at her like that. Once again she could feel his scans passing over her body.
"Hmmm," he said, "I think your protoform has had a growth spurt inside of you. No wonder you're drinking so much energon, and so soon."
She groaned placing the cup away from her, not needing his diagnostics to tell her that. "Ratchet," she said hoping he would drop the subject of the baby for now. "Have you seen or heard from Prowl and Zac."
Ratchet shook his head. "Sorry kid, have you tried calling them yourself."
Duh, she thought remembering her comlink he had installed for her. She pressed the button. "Prowl, are you there?'
Static was heard from the other end, before it cut out and his voice came. "Li….y…. is ….at…ou?'
"Yes, it's me. Where are you?"
"Zac… trap….well. He… us… hostage." His voice came cut in and out.
Lizy couldn't understand what he was saying. "Can you repeat that?"
"Zac, lead me…. nto… trap."
Lizy froze up, as his last sentence came in clearer then the first time. "Zac lead you into a trap?!" she exclaimed. She just couldn't believe it.
Ratchet was looking at her now, and he touched his own commlink. "Prowl, where are you?"
"At… Powell's…" Suddenly, the link cut off, but he'd gotten enough of a message through.
"Alright," Ratchet sighed, "Lizy I want you to stay right here. I'm going to get Prime and the others, and we'll go after Prowl."
"Wait, I'm coming with you!" Lizy exclaimed.
"No!" Ratchet snapped.
"Ratchet I want to go help my father and I want to prove Zac didn't do this!" Lizy snapped back.
The med tech sighed. "Lizy, listen to me," he said slowly. "My scanners tell me that the sparkling inside of you has entered an accelerated growth, and while I'm sure your Cybertronian systems can handle it, you have to remember that, since you are half human, you have your limitations. You need to stay here, drink as much energon as your body needs, and eat food if you need to, so that your body can keep sustaining the baby while its developing quickly."
Lizy scowled up at him stubbornly, as he knew she would. Before she could say anything though, he went on, "Lizy your body needs to divert all of its energy to supporting the baby. If you go out there, and get into a fight or get yourself too excited, you could lose the baby. Do you want that?"
Lizy frowned, then stared down at the floor for a moment. "No," she said, briefly touching her abdomen in a thoughtful manner, then removed her hand. "Just… get both my father and Zac home safely," she whispered. "And if Zac did lead my father into a trap, I'll clobber him myself," she vowed even more quietly, so that Ratchet had to strain to hear her.
Just then, Optimus Prime came rushing into the room, glancing at them both. "Ratchet, you, Bumblebee, Bulkhead and I need to head out right away. Prowl's in trouble."
"How did you know that? Did he call you?" Ratchet asked.
"No," Optimus said, "it's because Zac just showed up and told us Powell tricked him into luring Prowl there."
Ratchet and Lizy exchanged glances. Lizy looked relieved, wearing an "I knew it!" expression on her face. "I want to see Zac!" Lizy exclaimed.
Just then, as if hearing his name, Zac appeared around the corner. Lizy squealed and dashed toward him, throwing her arms around his neck. "Zac," she said, pressing her forehead against his. "I knew you didn't mean to betray Prowl."
Zac pulled her closer against him. "I could never do that to you or your father," he said. "Lizy," he said, pulled back and holding her shoulders and arm's length, staring into her eyes, "your father made me take him to Powell, and Powell used that to capture him. I have no idea what they're doing right now." He glanced up toward Optimus. "Sir, you've got get to him before anything bad happens."
Prime nodded, and then he and Ratchet headed out of the room. The med tech glanced over his shoulder for a moment, looking at both Zac and Lizy. "Remember what I told you!" he barked at Lizy. "And you!" He pointed at Zac. "Stay with her!" Then he ran off, going after the others.
A moment later, sirens could be heard coming from the front of the base, as well as the sound of screeching tires as the Autobots headed off into the night.
After a few moments of silence, Zac cleared his throat softly and spoke. "Lizy, I'm really sorry," he said. "I didn't know that… you know…"
Lizy glanced away. "Neither of us meant this to happen," she said, touching her belly.
Zac then noticed for the first time how much her abdomen had grown. "Good Lord," he said softly.
"Ratchet told me that the baby is going through a growth spurt right now," Lizy said. "And that I need to keep drinking energon and eating food as I need it."
Zac looked at her curiously. "Energon?" he said. "What's that?"
"Oh, you don't drink it?" Lizy asked. "I have to drink it, for my Cybertronian systems, otherwise they won't get proper nutrition."
"Oh you mean your robotic parts," Zac said. "You know… sometimes I feel like there's something missing from my diet, but it never seemed to bother me too much."
"Maybe you have less technology in you than I do, I don't know," Lizy shrugged. "Then again for all I know, it might just be like how girls need more iron than boys do, because…" Lizy trailed off, indicating the baby inside of her. "Oh never mind," she said with a shrug, feeling awkward. "I guess I just mean… maybe we're built differently."
Zac flashed a grin at her in spite of himself. "Men and women will always be different," he said. Then his mind flashed to his sister. "I hope D.J. is okay…" Just then, a thought came to him. "Oh my God," he said.
Lizy looked at him. "What?"
"I wonder if that's why she has so many health problems," he said out loud, mostly to himself. "Because… she didn't have any energon."
"I don't know," Lizy said, frowning. "I'm sure that not having energon has affected her quite a bit, but… it also seemed like something was never quite right with her. I mean, I was in pain when I first woke up, after becoming like this," she said, tapping the black armor on her right check indicatively, "but I never had those kinds of problems."
She sighed. "Speaking of which… I need some more." She walked over to the dispenser and poured herself a glass. "Want some?" she asked.
Zac shrugged. "Sure, I'll try anything once," he said. As she began to fill a second glass, he asked, "How's it taste?"
"See for yourself." She shoved the glass at him. "If I have to drink this glass, you have to drink yours too," she said firmly.
Zac raised an eyebrow. "Yes, Ma'am," he drawled, and then they both drank at the same time.
His reaction was exactly what Lizy had expected. He practically choked on it, nearly spitting it out afterwards. "Oh God that is awful!" he gagged. He looked at her as she forced herself to down the rest of her glass. "How can you drink it?" he asked her, sounding disgusted.
She shrugged. "You get used to it," she said simply.
