Chapter 53
He was falling.
He couldn't pin point when it was he tripped or fell, what he suddenly became aware of was he was falling.
He flayed his limbs in an attempt to slow himself down, of course, he had no idea how far he'd fall and what would be waiting for him at the bottom.
He smacked the bottom hard, but as he slowly pulled himself up he realised he wasn't seriously injured, in fact, he wasn't injured at all.
Rodimus felt the wall behind him as he took a step back, holding his arms out he made contact with walls on both sides, he expected it, but was still angry when he realised there he was trapped.
"Damn".
He whispered.
"Rodimus?"
"MAGNUS!"
"Sssh, no need to yell, Rodimus, I'm right here".
Rodimus held his hands out but was unable to feel any other one there.
"I'm trapped in a small room, I can't feel any door".
The young leader whinged.
"Its above you, about twenty cybermetres".
"How do you know that?"
"I climbed up there".
"You're possessed you know?"
"What are you talking about Rodimus?"
"You're possessed. We're in the Decepticon Matrix".
"That's not helping, Rodimus".
"Of course its not! But it's the damn truth and if you don't acknowledge it then how do you expect to escape?"
"It's probably the Quints or…"
"Or what? Galvatron has finally got his slag together and did all this?"
"Well, its more then possible".
"Come on Mags, this is one of those situations where you soil…"
Rodimus went quiet for a moment. Up above him he saw two red dots. Optics. And they were staring down at him.
Then the laugh.
It started low at first, slow and uninterested. The optics glowed and flickered before the laughing began to increase; it became a string of deep, dark voice.
"Ha. Ha. Ha. Ha ha. Ha ha. HahahahAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA".
"Who are you?"
"Who ever he is, he won't answer. He usually comes by every now and then and has himself a fine little chuckle".
Magnus grumbled from the neighbouring cell.
The brightness of the optics increased in their intensity and then Rodimus was aware he was being soaked with something, something that smelt familiar.
Energon.
The kind that had come out of a body.
"Primus".
He growled softly as he realised just how much energon he was being covered in.
"Magnus, are you okay?"
"Yip, just covered in more energon – he does that too".
"And you haven't tried to escape?"
"Of course I have".
"So, you've just given up?"
"No. Just resided myself to the fact I'm going to be waiting a while before I'm out".
The laughing stopped as did the flow of energon and Rodimus was surrounded by silence. He slumped against the back wall and wondered if he should try to spark up a conversation with the city commander, something told him it wouldn't work as Magnus was a bit of a stickler for socialising under circumstances such as these… well, circumstances where they were in battle or captured by the enemy, who would have thought one could get stuck in the Decepticon Matrix…
Rodimus wondered about his body, he'd gone into the Autobot Matrix before and when he woke he'd found Springer at his side cursing him out, so, was Springer next to his body now cursing at him? Or was Springer was possibly in here now?
They're all dead.
A voice whispered inside his head.
Shut up.
He whispered back.
"What?"
"Nothing, Mags, go back to waiting to be rescued".
A small gust of warm wind hit him in the face. It was a strange sensation, primarily because it was coming in pulsations… then he realised why… someone was essentially breathing on him. In the small confined quarters of his cell, deep within the bowels of the Decepticon Matrix, something was standing in front of him breathing on his face.
The dark hid whatever it was, and for that Rodimus was slightly grateful.
"Magnus?"
"What is it now, Rodimus?"
"There's someone in my cell with me".
"Really?"
"They're breathing on me, Magnus".
"Breathing?"
"Yes".
"So its an organic?"
"I don't know, Magnus".
"Well, Rodimus, how does an organic get themselves in the Decepticon Matrix? Not to mention, an organic only breathes when they're alive, to get in the Decepticon Matrix, or the Matrix, you have to be dead, is there a dead organic in your cell with you, Rodimus? Perhaps we're all dead and we're in the Pit"
"You know, sarcasm is the lowest form of humour, Magnus".
"You'd know".
"Magnus, I'm serious".
Another series of putrid breaths smacked his face.
#What would you think if I told you, I've always wanted to hold you?#
"Rodimus. What the Pit are you on about?"
#I don't know what we're afraid of…#
"Rodimus, please don't sing".
#...nothing would change if we made love…#
"Dear God, I'm stuck here with a mad mech".
#So, I'll be your friend, and I'll be your lover. Cos I know in our hearts we'll agree,, when we don't have to be one or the other, Oooooh noooo, we could be both to each other#
At least the breathing stopped.
#And yes it's a chance we're taking, somebody's heart may be breaking#
A slight tapping on the dividing wall could be heard.
#Ooooh, but we can't stop what's inside us, a love for each other will guide us#
It was Magnus purposefully banging his head against the wall.
#SO I'll be your friend, and I'll be your lover DUN DUN#
Rodimus accentuated the "dun dun" with two heavy fist blows to the wall.
#Cos I know in our hearts we'll agree, we don't have to be one or the other! BOOM BOOM CLASH#
"Please, Rodimus, STOP. NOW".
#I've been through you and you've been through me, and sometimes a friend is the hardest to see, oooooh, but we always know when its laid on the line, no body else is as easy to find#
A small slither of light appeared in the wall as Rodimus smacked it in beat.
#So I'll be your FRIEND! And I'll be your LOVER! Cos I'll be your friend, AND I'LL BE YOUR LOVER!! DUN DUN! Cos I know in our hearts we'll agree, we don't have to be one or the other#
The strangely vocally gifted Autobot leader smashed the wall again with his fists and the light crack increased, the wall felt less strong, it started to give and then suddenly, with a large smash the black walls fractured and began to rain down on them in showers of light.
"What in the name of Vector Sigma!"
Magnus stood and looked across at Rodimus as the small dots of light gave them a strange coating of illumination.
"And you wanted me to stop singing".
Rodimus chuckled.
"I went from being a captive to being tortured. But it doesn't explain why that cell collapsed around us".
"Well, obviously, its because we're in the Decepticon Matrix which is evil and nasty and just doesn't like a good 80s love ballad, so it shattered!"
"So, essentially what you're saying is that to defeat the Decepticons once and for all, we just all have to join the choir".
"Well, not a churchy choir that sings all those depressing human songs about dying and hell, but yeah, maybe".
Rodimus stared towards his previous destination goal.
"I think once we get out of here First Aid will have to give you a good".
"A good what?"
Rodimus turned to face Magnus, he was gone.
"Guess you've gone back to your body, I hope…"
He started trudging his weary body towards the centre, wondering if he'd come across any other "prisoners".
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Author's NB: I've been watching Family Guy on DVD, and I LOLed when Chris started singing Friends & Lovers by Gloria Loring at Meg's birthday party. I also imagine Rodimus doing a douchey thing of singing a song like this, if only to piss off Magnus. Haha.