*wearing a grim reaper outfit*
Call me..GRIM REAPERESS! MUAHAHAHA! On this dark and lone night, I shall make our poor defenseless sparkling begone to the land of dead! With this scythe, I shall bring him to the brink of DEATH! LET THE SUN DIES AND DARKNESS ENGULFS! *cough cough*
Sorry, just trying to lift the halloween spirit. But I wasn't kidding when I said bringing Sides to the brink of death. Guess what I meant by that. *grins evilly* Not mine.
The sun's ray shone upon Sunstreaker's face and the yellow warrior woke up with a groan. He rubs his tired optics and sat up, comprehending what he should do. Prowl had given him permission to stay off-duty until Sideswipe returns to normal. Speaking of Sideswipe, he glances to his right and saw his brother sleeping soundly in his blanket.
The sparkling is snuggled nice and warm in the blanket and looking very calm. Sunstreaker decided to get off his berth and ready his low-grade since Sideswipe has the tendecy to wake up early in the morning and bug him. Walking towards the dispenser, he pulls out the bottle, pour the low-grade in and set it down on a heating pad.
As he waited for it to warm up, a soft sneeze could be heard indicating thet Sideswipe might have woken up. Returning back to his berth, he could see the sparkling rubbing his optics and moving about his blanket. Twitters and clicks escaped his vocals when he realised that no one picks him up.
'The low-grade's about to warm up anyway, might as well get him,' Sunstreaker thought. He went over to Sideswipe and rested a hand on the little helm. Sideswipe stopped squirming and staring at his brother with half awake optics. "Morning Sides, I got your bottle ready," smiled the yellow twin as he picked his brother and rested him at the crook of his left arm.
The sparkling reached his arms out to play with Sunstreaker's digit as they make their way towards where the bottle is. Pulling his hand away, he took the bottle, shook it gently and pops it in the waiting mouth.
Sideswipe immediately latched onto the bottle as his little finger curled around and tucked underneath his chin. Sunstreaker brought him to his berth and continued to feed his brother.
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To the Ark residents, letting their guard down was never a good thing especially with the Decepticons still standing. And after weeks of hiding, the Autobots are getting a bit paranoid.
"Prowl, are you sure that there are no signs of those 'Cons?" Optimus asked. The SIC just nods his head at his leader.
"Positive sir, Teletraan haven't detected any threat by them, even Powerglide didn't see any Seekers or cassettes trying to find any energy source," Prowl replied, his fingers typing furiously at the super computer's console.
"This isn't normal, it has been nearly three weeks without an attack. What is Megatron planning?" murmured the Prime. As the two high rank bots ponder the situation, Red Alert walks in towards them.
"Sirs, there's a few disturbance to out energon refinery in sector Omega and sector Alpha. I've detected that the pipes are not alligned correctly but.." he stopped, causing Prime and Prowl to glance at each other and then back to the security director.
"Continue, Red Alert," instructed Prime gently. The SD seems to be reluctant at first to speak.
"I have sent a couple of mini bots to repair it but somehow, the energon is depleting at an alarming rate and the pipes kept being moved by someone. I even place a few cameras there but it kept getting damaged and when I checked it, it turns out to be blast marks.."
Prowl and Prime was shocked when they heard this. "Prowl, send Cliffjumper, Brawn, Jazz and Mirage to investigate. Red, show me the tapes that you've manage to capture," Prime instructed. The two saluted him and quickly went off to do their job.
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:Jazz, Brawn, Cliffjumper, Mirage, report to my office immediately:
Prowl's voice could be heard clearly through the intercom. The mentioned four could only wonder what Prowl would want with them. They got to their feet and went straight towards the SIC's office where they would get their mission.
Meanwhile, Jeazmyne is a little confused as though why her guardian was suddenly called away when they're having so much fun on the DDR. She sulked and heads off towards the medbay to find her friend. Sadly said friend wouldn't hang out with her.
"But..but..why..?" whined Jeazmyne.
"Ratch needs me for this, said he needs to prepare the medbay for any upcoming threats," Leanna answered while putting on her labcoat and glasses.
"Upcoming threat? What upcoming threat, the 'Cons have been quiet for nearly a month!" Leanna sighs in exasperation, looking left, right and behind her, she whispered to Jeazmyne,
"Look, I don't know either but doc's said that Red found something in sector Alpha and Omega's energon refinery. They suspect an intruder,"
"Those are our biggest refineries.." Jeazmyne muttered. Leanna simply nods her head and pushes Jeazmyne away before entering the medbay. Jeazmyne hung her head and went off to find Sunstreaker.
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Sideswipe is giggling like crazy when his brother blew warm air all over his small frame. The sparkling's twitters drown out any other noises in the rec room, if there is any. When his cooling fans kicked in, Sunstreaker immediately stopped his blowings and cradled his brother closer. The blanket he used to wrap Sideswipe lies beside him.
The sparkling cooed quietly as he rested his head over his brother's spark chamber. The soft beat of the yellow twin's pump lull him to sleep as Sunstreaker wraps the blanket around him. Just as he was about to fall asleep, the alarm blasted and explosions rocked through the base, causing the sparkling to whimper.
Sunstreaker holds his brother closer just as Prowl's voice could be heard from the intercom.
:Decepticons attack at sector Omega, all Autobots report immediately. I repeat, Decepticons attack at sector Omega, all Autobots report there immediately!:
As the frontliner turns around towards the door, he could see his comrades yelling at him to get to the scene. "Hurry up kid! The 'Cons are bashing our tailpipes!" Ironhide shouted.
"I'll catch up!" Sunstreaker shouted back. He scrambled up to his feet and went down towards the Ark's storage room where he hid Sideswipe in between some crates. "Don't worry Sides, I'll be back," he murmured, placing a gentle hand on the sparkling's little helm.
After that, he pulls out his gun and went off to find some 'Cons, leaving a very distressed Sideswipe crying in between the crates. The sparkling extended his arms, trying to reach his brother, but no one came so sat there, sniffling quietly.
Just then, the light flickered off and the backup generators kicked in, causing the entire Ark to be filled with blinking, eerie red light.
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Megatron's newest plan is to pump out the Autobot's refinery dry and leaving them defenseless. Which is why the Autobots are having a bit of trouble trying to contain the Decepticons.
"Where'd ya put Sides?" Jazz had asked Sunstreaker while they were fighting Starscream.
"In one of the storage room! He'll be safe there!" replied the yellow twin as he dodged a nullray blast. Starscream zips left and right while throwing hand grenades at the two and firing his guns at the same time.
"Do you fools think you can take down the mighty Starscream? I can win against you with one hand tied behind my back!" he screeched, laughing as he fired more blasts at the two. One of the grenades exploded a little too close near Jazz, causing the saboteur to get blasted a few feet back. He staggered to his feet but knelt down when he found out that one of his knees are damaged badly.
Ravage tried to strike the frontliner but he just got tossed back and smashed through the Ark. Sunstreaker ignored the kitty 'Con and went back to fighting Starscream.
Unknown to any of them..Sunstreaker's brutal strength caused Ravage to smash all the way to where Sideswipe is located... Now the cassette is up and about, it tried to find a way out, when barely audible whimpers reached its ears. Turning his head and growling, Ravage sneaks off to find the source, and found a sparkling among the crates.
Sideswipe's optics are glassy with tears. When he saw this red-eyed creature, he started to whimper and twitter to get his brother's attention. The sparkling starts to panic when no one came and the creature advances closer. Finally, Ravage hissed at the sparkling and roughly grab him by the scruffbar and ran out.
Sideswipe wailed and curled himself into a tight ball when Ravage carelessly climbed on top of the Ark's roof, managing to scrape and scratched the sparkling's soft armour. Finally at the top of the Ark, Ravage saw the one mech that nearly knocks him offline.
Sunstreaker.
Ravage bit harder at the sparkling's sensitive scruffbar until Sideswipe's cries could be heard throughout the battlefield. The yellow twin's head snapped up and was horrified at the sight before him. His brother's in the grip of a 'Con and his end of the bond is screaming for Sunstreaker to get him.
"PUT MY BROTHER DOWN!" Sunstreaker roared. He aimed at Ravage but has no courage to fire since the shot might hit Sideswipe. The gun shook as his hand trembled with uncontain fury and fear. Both Autobots and Decepticons ceased fire to check what was happening. When Megatron saw what was at Ravage's jaw, he smirked.
"Prime, I didn't know you have a sparkling among your troops, what a best way to kill him and your frontliner at the same time.."
Optimus growls at the back of his throat. With the sparkling held hostage, the Autobots have nothing to do except comply what the Decepticon ordered least they want Sideswipe dead. Just as he was about to oder his comrades to stand down, Bluestreak manage to prove why he's the best sharp shooter.
The grey Datsun fired his lasers straight towards Ravage's head, knocking the cassette down and releasing his grip on Sideswipe. The sparkling cried as he rolled down the roof and straight towards ground that's coming up fast. Windcharger fired his magnets and managed to catch Sideswipe before he could hit ground.
Skywarp fired his lasers and knocks Windcharger off before warping off to get the sparkling. Ironhide and most of the Autobots fire at the purple jet but he just warped somewhere out of their way.
Annoyed and outright furious with the 'Cons for messing with his brother, Sunstreaker's optics start to turn red and with deadly accuracy, fired his lasers at the unsuspecting Decepticons.
"SUNSTREAKER, wait!" Ratchet tried to stop the yellow twin from getting his brother back by doing insane stunts but the Lamborghini have already sped off towards a retreating Thundercracker.
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Skywarp teleported high up in the clouds and is having fun hurting Sideswipe by slowly burning the small frame with his guns. He even dangles the wailing sparkling by a foot. "Poor kid, doesn't know what might hit him, don't worry though, I'll take care of you and your brother," he whispered cruelly.
Just as he was about to let go of the sparkling's foot from a few hundred feet above air, Thundercracker collided with him after being Jet Judo-ed by Sunstreaker. The purple jet loose consciousness and drops Sideswipe. Sunstreaker watched his brother fell with pure terror.
"SIDESWIPE!"
Jumping off of the crashed blue jet, he dived head first to catch his brother. 20 feet above ground, he managed to grab Sideswipe and release his parachute. "Don't cry Sides, I've got you and I'm not letting go.." he murmured. The sparkling is in bad condition. Energon flowed out of the deep scratches that Ravage had created and part of his armour are burnt through.
Sideswipe's optics start to dim as they decended gently towards ground. Sunstreaker tried to bounce his brother so that he'd stay awake, if Sideswipe fell asleep with the amount of damage he obtained, he might never wake up anymore.
A shot from his back brought him to his knees, turning around, he saw Soundwave and his cassettes. The Autobots are still fighting the rest of the Decepticons a few kilometers away.
"You've done enough damage to my brother Soundwave..you're not gonna lay another hand on him as long as I lived.." he growls as he tried to ignore the pain erupting from his back.
"Autobot: Injured. No position for threats. Elimination shall be swift," came the emotionless reply. Laserbeak, Overkill, Ratbat and Buzzsaw advances towards the yellow warrior, ready to take him down if it wasn't for Hound being in the right place at the right time.
A hand grenade was thrown and all the cassettes including Soundwave was knocked back.
"Sunstreaker let's go. We need to get out of here and take Sideswipe to see Ratchet," Hound instructed. Sunstreaker nods his head as warnings start to pop in his CPU. He pushes himself up and cradled Sideswipe closer while running towards the Ark.
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Smokescreen covered the entire battleground with his magnetized cloud of smoke, rendering the Decepticons confused. He then fired a special ray from his guns that scrambled the 'Cons weapons. With their hands holding useless weapons and practically outnumbered, Megatron ordered for retreat and letting the Autobots cheer on their victory.
In the medbay, Ratchet and Hoist are working on one surgery room while First Aid and Swoop in the other surgery room. Most of the bots aren't that badly injured which is a good thing. The only downside is that Sideswipe isn't holding on much longer.
"Stabilise his spark! I can't keep at it much longer!" shouted Ratchet. Hoist plunged an electrical stabilizer into the mini chamber and fired it so that the sparkling's life force doesn't fade away, and ultimately drag Sunstreaker along with it. Both top surgeon and doctor work as fast as their hands would allow it.
Every sparkpulse from Sideswipe made the sparkling weaker. The only thing his remaining energy are able to feed would be his spark and processor, and that energy is fading.
Shouts and curses from the medbay did nothing to keep Sunstreaker calm. Just by thinking that his brother lays dying in that room made him sick and he wants nothing but to barge in there and be with his other half. Closing his optics and praying very hard, he can only hope that Sideswipe survives the gruesome operation.
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After nearly 16 hours, two exhausted medic stepped out the medbay to retrieve some energon while the other two stayed to watch over the sparkling.
"Aid, comm Sunstreaker and let him know that Sideswipe's alright. Hoist and I are going to get some energon.." sighs the surgeon. First Aid nods his head as the duo left.
Sunstreaker is pacing in his room even though he should be resting. When he heard the message that Sideswipe is alright, he made a fiery beeline towards the medbay and not caring who he bumped into. All he cares about right now would be his brother.
"Where's Sideswipe?" snarled the yellow warrior as he opens the door. The sight before him made the mech held his breath in anticipation. First Aid is cradling Sideswipe close as he whispered to Sunstreaker to be quiet.
"He's been through a lot. Ratchet says that he nearly lost him three times but managed to get the little guy stabilized before something worse could happen. Here, take him back to your quarters and make sure he gets enough rest and plenty of energon. That'll make him heal faster," whispered the kind medic.
Sunstreaker gently received Sideswipe from First Aid and thanked him before returning to his quarters.
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Sunstreaker scanned the amount of inuries that Sideswipe obtained. But it wasn't the injuries that nearly cost him his life, it was the amount of energon lost while the injuries aren't sealed. The sparkling is sleeping soundly in his blanket and not even moving. Usually Sideswipe would twitch or squirm slightly.
Fear gripped through Sunstreaker's spark when he thought of a 'Con managing to get their hands on Sideswipe again and practically killed him. Holding his brother closer, he swore he wouldn't let that happen.
Placing Sideswipe on his pillow, Sunstreaker subspaced his bottle just in case Sideswipe wakes up. The yellow twin lie down beside his sleeping brother and cuddled him closer, protecting him from anymore harm and finally resting after a terror filled battle.
I hope I got this right and manage to scare the lots of you. I don't write much tragedy so I have very little experience. All I wanna do right now is curl up in my bed 'coz..it's raining and dark. Usually dark and cold days make me sleepy.
Any ideas? Just review me and I'll see what I can do.