For those of you who waited eternity for me to find my inspiration for this, I dedicate this chapter to you all. Seriously, you have the patience of saints. Much love xoxoxo
An eerie silence had fallen on the autobot base as human and robot alike sat helpless wondering what their next move was. Optimus Prime was currently trying to do that at the present moment, he sat in front of the scrolls running his metal fingers across the symbols that described the weapon he and his team desperately searched for.
'Were we so desperate that we needed to endanger the lives of the humans and children no less…'
Suddenly the image of the halls of the decepticon base painted with the blood and energon of his comrades. He shuddered thinking back to his time on Earth up until now and had to wonder with the amount of times they had nearly got the humans hurt or killed were they any better then the decepticons?
"Sir," Ironhide's booming voice broke through his thoughts.
"What is it Ironhide?"
"I have to ask Prime what happens now?" he asked concerned. "With this power now out in the open this only invites more trouble for the humans and us. Surely more will come looking for the source of the power."
Prime was only silent for a moment before looking up at the soldier and replying calmly, "When that time comes that others come looking for the weapon, we will show them true power old friend."
The first thing that Ruby remembered happening even before she even woke up was the pain starting from her chest and spreading through her entire body. When she finally found the will power to open her eyes she looked down to see the giant black and blue bruise that had formed on her chest.
'How the hell did I get that' she thought to herself and as she gently touched it sudden flashbacks of the decepticon base and the searing pain from Megatron frying her brain. Her hand suddenly shot up to her head as the phantom pain from the memory formed and looked around the room to see where she was now.
The next thing she notice was the intense growling coming from her stomach and wasn't sure if she should be concerned or amused by the fact that it was having a duet with another nearby stomach. Looking over she saw Sam sleeping on his arms that lay on her bed with his right hand gripping her left one.
"Your insides make beautiful music together," Ruby heard Mikayla say and looked up to see her leaning against the door with a blanket. "Probably start a band and call yourselves the tum tums," she joked bringing the blanket over and putting it on her boyfriend before giving him a kiss on the cheek.
The red head couldn't help but start laughing even though it hurt worse then a Brazilian wax, as far she was concerned.
"You're a bitch you knew that would hurt," she said giggling making the raven-haired beauty smirk. "Consider it revenge on behalf of Startscream you left a pretty handprint after the smack," she replied earning a wince from the other girl.
"On the plus side I found out we're hand twins," Mikayla said picking up Ruby's hand proving that they indeed have the same shape and size of hands.
"Fascinating," Ruby replied still groggy from her weeklong catnap, "we should show Ratchet he'd probably have some giant robot hard on thinking he discovered some medical phenomenon." Both girls went into a fit of giggles at the mental image of Ratchet getting excited over the concept of 'hand twins'. Sam woke up to the sound of Ruby going into a coughing fit from the laughing.
'Cough' "ow" 'cough' "ow"
"Ruby…RUBY holy shit your up," the teen jumped up at shock of seeing his cousin conscious, "and your dying, awesome," he added quickly grabbing her some water. Once the coughing fit had subsided the boy was quick to have her in his arms minding her injuries.
Ironhide was walked into the main area and sighed; the mech was greeted with the same scene for the past week, a room full of solemn faces and uncomfortable silence.
"Still the same I take it?" he asked the good doctor who simply replied," Sam is still holding Ruby's hand and Starscream is holding Throttle's."
"This can't go on much longer it's becoming depressing and dull even I miss the little shit and her little shit antics," the soldier admitted receiving only ratchet's hand on his shoulder in agreement.
"Bitch, make me a sandwich if you missed me so damn much!" a cry called out into the room slicing through the silence.
Ironhide had never been so happy to be degraded when he looked up to see Ruby standing there proudly in all her backless hospital gown glory. The humans were the first to react; Ron and Judy pulled their children into a tearful group hug happy to have their family back together. The robots looked on in relief and joy to see all of the children happy and most importantly healthy.
Andy shot off the couch and pulled the girl into a passionately deep kiss shocking everyone in the room before laying his forehead on hers.
"Did he just try to eat her face?" Hot Shot whispered over to Bumble Bee who only rolled his optics grumbling.
" I missed you," he whispered into her ear as he stroked her hair and clung to her as if she'd disappear if he didn't.
" Aww were you worried about me you should know better then that," she whispered back in a teasing voice making the boy smile. Pushing herself away the girl took a moment to look around the room.
"Where's Throttle and Grumpy?" Ruby asked above the cheers.
"Throttle took a lot of damage during the battle, she's required extensive repairs to her body. I've kept her offline until I've completed the repairs," Ratchet explained as kindly as possible; he watched the girl's expression bracing himself for reaction until finally…
"Grumpy with her?" she asked calmly.
Ratchet nodded confused before she smiled evilly and started literally shuffling her feet towards Throttle's room.
"Do I want to know why she's deliberately going the wrong way?" Optimus asked Ron carefully.
"Is she wearing socks?" The man asked knowing that is was all carpet down that hall.
Starscream was growing impatient; the doctor said she should be awake by now and he didn't know how much more of this he could take.
'I should have gotten there sooner' he thought to himself filled with guilt looking at the newly repaired but offline form of Throttle. It killed him to see her and he couldn't get the mental image of her broken body out of his mind.
"Sup emo," a voice broke him from his pity party and looked down to see the fiery human sitting beside him bumped and bruised but otherwise same smart-ass as ever.
"You still alive?" he asked with a slight smirk not looking away from his mate, he would never tell her that he was just as worried about her as he was about Throttle. All the red fluid that escaped her body that was supposed to keep her alive that day disturbed him, but to see her here now trying to cheer him up in her condition was truly impressive.
'These ridiculous creatures are stronger then we give them credit for, at least these ones anyway…'
ZAP
Starscream jumped out of his seat from the sudden shock and turned angry optics onto Ruby.
"DID YOU SERIOUSLY JUST ZAP MY TAIL PIPE?!" he roared.
"Think of it as revenge," she replied with a smile on her face.
"If I hadn't done that you wouldn't be sitting here human and don't you forget it," he scolded the child.
"I never will but you have," she said catching Starscream of guard. She looked back over to Throttle and asked," why are you beating yourself up over a victory?"
"Do you have any idea what it was like for us seeing you two that way? All the energon and blood….it was everywhere. To think if we had just been a few minutes early Throttle would not be offline and you…you would not have died and I wouldn't have had to torture you to bring you back," he explained holding his head in his hands.
"I lead the team it's my fault we weren't there sooner."
ZAP
"Ow. WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?!"
"WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME? WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?!" she yelled back at the robot.
"YOU NOT ONLY PROVED YOURSELF AS A LEADER BUT SAVED THE LIVES OF US AND KEPT YOUR TEAM SAFE ON A RESCUE MISSION SIMPLY BY KNOWING THE LAYOUT OF THE BASE." She screamed at the robot who looked completely shocked at the lecture he was getting from Ruby.
" LOOK AT ME STARTSCREAM, I'M ALIVE AND SAFE AND THROTTLE IS GOING TO BE OK TOO SO GET OVER THIS STUPID PITY PARTY YOUR HAVING AND GET IT INTO YOUR THINK METAL BRAIN THAT YOU DID GOOD IDJIT."
"I couldn't have said it better myself," a quiet voice said and both a surprised Ruby and Starscream looked to see Throttle opening her optics and smiling at them both. Slowly she sat up adjusting to her newly repaired parts.
" 'Bout time you woke up," Ruby broke the silence mischievously.
"I've been on sleep cycle since the final repairs, I've been waiting for you slow poke," Throttle joked back before turning back to her mate.
"Age before beauty," the teen snapped back with a smirk earning her one hell of a glare.
Realizing he was in the danger zone Starscream quickly got up mumbling something about getting the doctor while he had the chance. After he left the room was filled with a more comfortable silence then what was there previously. Throttle took this moment to sit up more and stretch out her stiff limbs, swinging her legs over the side of the medical bed. When she suddenly felt warmth on her foot she looked down to see Ruby holding on to her for dear life.
"I'm sorry," she heard quietly coming from the girl, "I'm sorry you had to get hurt this bad, I'm sorry I couldn't protect myself better. I'm just…..I'm sorry.
In that moment Throttle realized that probably for the first time Ruby Whitwicky was acting her age. She was responding as much as one could expect a person her age to act in her shoes. For a moment it dawned on Throttle that this girl was still a child, a very strong one, but none the less a young one that still very much had a lot of growing up to do and still needed love and protection.
The femme gently picked up the girl with a soft smile and held her up to her face, "I regret nothing, little sister, I will always be here when you need to feel safe."
Ruby could no longer hold back her tears, the tuff girl with the 'miss independent' attitude clung to her friend's faceplate crying her eyes out while Throttle made soothing noises. This was how the autobots found them, Throttle holding Ruby to protectively while the girl sobbed like a child. The group felt a sense of pride at the sight because this human who had been through hell and back finally felt secure enough to be completely open.
That's all folks I'm flattered so many people loved this story because I started it on a whim I hope to find inspiration to finish my other story and start more thank you for pestering me to continue this lol xoxoxo