Hello
Knockout Starscream - Anna and the bots hope she pulls through as well.
sweetredranger - I will sure try Hun!
Random Person - you're welcome! Anna agrees with you on Amy not dying. LOL, it's okay. Leave another song!
iceblossom - Thank you! I will be using your song in the next chapter but please leave another!
The bright light consumed everything leaving you blind. There was silence before a song came through the light. Lyrics playing around you like a screen.
"Your Time by Stan Bush"
You've waited your whole life
Giving all you have inside
But this one chance to realize your dream
Believing in yourself
'Cause you see there's no one else
No, you can't stop this feeling
That it's your destiny
"Your choice. Live or let go. Keep going or stop. You can dream now, but will you? You have the chance to believe in yourself but can you? You have to choose your destiny here and now. What is your choice?" A voice asked.
Amy stood consumed in the light listening to the words spoken to her. "I can dream now. I can believe in myself. I can choose my own path." She thought. "Anna, I don't want to leave her."
"For this moment, for the first time in a long time thinking about you and your future. Not Anna's." The voice said to her. Amy looked down.
Giving it your all
Whether you stand or fall
Is there in your heart, oh
Gotta hold on, just be strong
If you want to reach for something higher
Something worth fighting for, yeah
There's a moment in your life
When your star begins to shine
This will be your time
Listening to the lyrics she came to a decision. "I want to live," Amy said.
"So be it. The road ahead will be hard and painful but never give up keep fighting." The voice replied. That is when the pain started for Amy She tried to stay strong and fight to stay alive.
...med bay with Ratchet and Nurse Darby...(everyone else had been kicked out)...
Ratchet worked with Nurse Darby to get Amy stable. She was screaming in pain as if she was being torn limb from limb.
When they tried to pull you down
Victory's the only sound
You hear it in the strength you found within
When it seems you just can't give any more
Remember what you came here for
Way down in your soul
You know you're gonna find the will to win
Nurse Darby put some medicine in her to help ease the pain and Amy stopped screaming.
Run like the eagle flies
Feeding the fire in your eyes
Let it begin, yeah
Gotta hold on, just be strong
If you want to reach for something higher
Something worth fighting for, yeah
There's a moment in your life
When your star begins to shine
This will be your time
All she had to do was fight it. All she had to do was want to live.
In your search for truth, you'll find
The questions, they go on and on and
You'll never lose your way
When you know who you are
And when the final hour has come
You're on the rise, you've just begun
You're always giving it your best
Never dreamed you'd go this far
Gotta hold on, just be strong
If you want to reach for something higher
Something worth fighting for, yeah
There's a moment in your life
When your star begins to shine
This will be your time
This will be your time
This will be your time
Hours went by as Ratchet and Nurse Darby kept her stable before Ratchet sent Nurse Darby home but refused to let anyone in till morning at the earliest.
Then next morning Ratchet met with Optimus to go over in detail what damage had been done to Amy.
"How do you want me to go about this Optimus?" Ratchet asked.
"As the humans would say from head to toe," Optimus replied. Ratchet sighed but nodded.
"She has a concussion, her face is badly bruised, Her throat was slightly damaged due to her neck being squeezed, Her arms are bruised, her wrists have deep marks on them from the rope they used. Her left wrist is broken, Her torso is bruised, she has broken, sprained, and bruised ribs her lungs are fine. Her right knee was in miss Darby's words, "Badly messed up and will cause a lot of pain." Other than that I do not know." Ratchet told him.
"What do you mean that is all you know?" Optimus asked.
"I did not scan her." Ratchet replied. "I will not until she gives me permission." Optimus was hoping there was nothing else.
...later...
Amy had woken up and was sitting up with Anna talking about school and how much Anna missed her.
"I'm glad you're still here." Anna finally said. Amy pulled her close.
"Me too." She whispered. The door opened and Bee came in holding Raf who held some flowers.
"Hey, Amy." He greeted with a soft smile as Bee set him down on the berth beside the bed.
"Hey Raf, Bee." Bee leaned in and gently nuzzled her taking her off guard but she leaned into him.
"Missed you too," Amy told him.
"Please don't scare us like that again." He said.
"I'll try not to," Amy replied. Bee pulled back and Raf stepped forward.
"Bee helped me pick these for you," Raf said handing her the beautiful bouquet full of colors. Amy took them and the faintest of smiles grazed her lips. She took a small light blue flower and tucked it behind her right ear.
"Thank you." She told them.
They spent an hour or so talking about school, the missions the Autobots had done, Bee talked about training with Ironhide and how he had gotten thrown down several times which made the faintest smiles to appear on Amy's face, for which he was grateful.
Miko, Jack, Arcee, and Bulkhead had stopped by to check in. Arcee shared a nod with Amy meaning that she was sorry about snapping a while back and that they were cool. Amy gave a nod back. Bulkhead talked a little about a mission where he and Arcee got stuck together for a while fighting A couple cons. Miko exclaimed how she got to go with for part of it. Jack told Amy he missed her at school.
After they had left it had gone silent. Amy started messing with her IV that was still in her arm.
"Amy don't mess with that," Raf said.
"Can I take it out? It..." Amy stopped herself. She was never used to stating whenever something hurt her. Raf gave a small smile.
"Bee, may you please com Ratchet to come to med-bay?" Raf asked. Bee nodded and sent a comlink to Ratchet.
Not too long after the med-bay doors opened Ratchet followed by Optimus walked in.
"Good to see you awake Amy. What seems to be bothering you?" Ratchet asked. Amy bit her lip and looked away. How she wished she could vanish.
"Come on Anna, I think we have homework to get done," Raf said. Anna nodded kissed her sisters cheek and allowed Bee to pick her up and they left.
"Amy?" Optimus asked.
"The IV," Amy said softly. Ratchet nodded.
"I will remove it here in a second." He replied checking some monitors and printing something off. He transformed and activated his holo-form. Amy looked away as he gently removed the Iv and put a band-aid where the needle had been.
"How are you feeling Amy?" Ratchet asked softly. Amy bit her lip.
"I don't know." She replied. Optimus walked over.
"Amy, You can take your time, but we need to know what is bothering you." He said softly. Amy tensed and pulled her legs to her chest.
"Can I think about it?" She asked.
"Of course Amy," Optimus replied. "I will come to see you soon." He told her before walking out.
"He barely left your side." Ratchet told her. She looked up at him unsure of what to say.
"We do care for you, Amy. I hope you will trust us someday. For now, just try to get some sleep. If you need anything I put my com number on your phone." He told her and held out her phone. She took it, nodded and carefully laid down to try and get some sleep. Ratchet turned off the lights as he walked out.
Several hours went by and no matter how hard Amy couldn't sleep every time she was almost asleep the visions of her father and those guys came into her head and she would jump awake. The worst one startled her so much she jerked her hurt knee making her gasp and clutch it holding the tears back she took her phone and looked for Ratchets number. When she found it she hesitated a second before calling him. It took a ring but he answered.
"Yes?" His soft voice answered.
"R-Ratchet?" Amy tried not to sound too much in pain.
"Amy? I will be right there." He said.
"k."
Not a minute later Ratchet came in and turned the lights on to see Amy clutching her leg.
"Amy? What happened?" He asked softly, as he slowly cupped a servo around her.
"The nightmares. Th-They won't stay away. I can't sleep." Amy replied looking down.
"Its gonna be okay. Let me get you some medicine." Before Ratchet could pull his servo away she grabbed it. He froze. That was the first time she willingly touched any bot. He looked down at her, she was trembling.
"Amy?" She clutched his servo shakily.
"I-I." She paused. "Medic to patient?" She asked. Meaning that whatever was to be talked about would stay between them unless she said so.
"Of course." Ratchet replied.
"S-Scan me." She said looking into his optics. His optics widened unsure of what to say. Her eyes were like trembling pools as if someone was drowning. He nodded as she released his servo. She laid down and closed her eyes.
"Ready?" He asked. She nodded clutching her eyes closed. He vented softly before scanning her. He then went over to the computer to go over what the scan found. Amy sat up and pulled her legs up hugging her knees to her chest hiding her face in them.
"What in the Allspark?" Ratchets voiced sounded unsure. Amy heard something crash as if Ratchet had hit something. He couldn't believe what he saw. He didn't want to believe it!
"A-Amy?" His voice was filled with worry, sorrow, and rage. She didn't look up.
"Amy please look at me." He pleaded. Slowly Amy lifted her head to meet his optics. As soon as she did she could see the hurt, the regret, and how much pain it caused him to find out what she had been through.
"H-How long? How many..?" He tried to stay together but with every second knowing, he felt sick. How could someone do that to her?
"A lot. L-Like every time I left base a-alone. E-Everytime they had me a-alone." She replied quietly. Ratchet's optics widened.
"O-oh sweet spark." He reached his servos out and cupped her. "I am so sorry." He could feel her trembling as he gently, slowly, picked her up and cradled her in his hands close to his spark as tears started leaking from his optics. Ratchet leaned against a wall and sat down holding her close. She trembled in his hands as she clutched onto him. They stayed like that for the rest of the night. Neither moving until the med bay door opened. Optimus stepped in looked at the bed then looked around when he saw Ratchet the worry in his optics grew.
"Ratchet?" He walked over and offered a servo. Ratchet took it and Optimus helped him up and noticed Amy.
"What happened?" He asked in worry. Ratchet looked at Amy, who refused to look at anyone.
"Amy? Do I have your permission?" Ratchet asked.
"Not in front of me." She replied quietly. Ratchet nodded and very gently laid her in bed and tucked her in.
"I will be right back Amy." He said softly. She nodded and watched Ratchet walk out with a worried Prime following.
Ratchet gathered everyone into the main room so he would only have to say it once. For him, that is way too many times.
"Ratchet hows Amy?" Optimus asked after a moment of silence. Ratchet started trembling his armor shaking as he clutched the railing. Everyone grew worried Ratchet only reacted like that if it was really bad.
"She." Ratchet looked at all of them. "The men that were arrested." He started. He looked down venting hard.
"Ratchet? How bad did they hurt my little girl?" Optimus asked. Ratchet trembled even more.
"They repeatedly.. over several long years." He stopped to look at Optimus. "Raped her."
It was as if you told them the world had ended. Dead silence. Optimus went straight to med-bay to find Amy holding herself facing away from the door.
"Amy?" He walked toward her bed and gently rested a servo around her back. She hugged herself tighter and looked in the opposite direction of him.
"I'm sorry." Optimus's spark exploded in his chest. Why was she sorry? It was not her fault. Slowly Optimus wrapped his digits around her waist and picked her up and held her close to his faceplates.
"You don't need to be sorry." He said softly. She looked down, but he could see the pain. He held her to his spark.
"They will pay for what they have done to you." He growled.
...later...
Amy was in some pain. Her ribs were hurting her knee ached and her head was pounding. She lay on her stomach in the bed in med-bay trying to get some rest. while the bots had to go on an emergency mission for something. She thought back to the past and her father.
"Why did he do that? What did I do to him?" Amy couldn't stop repeating those questions in her mind. So she started singing softly.
"Fight song"
Like a small boat
On the ocean
Sending big waves
Into motion
Like how a single word
Can make a heart open
I might only have one match
But I can make an explosion
Little did she know Optimus and the others had gotten back and Fowler showed up needing to speak with her. Optimus had picked up Fowler and headed to the med bay and froze when the door opened when they heard her singing.
And all those things I didn't say
Wrecking balls inside my brain
I will scream them loud tonight
Can you hear my voice this time?\
They could hear her. They were so glad they could finally hear her.
This is my fight song
Take back my life song
Prove I'm an alright song
My power's turned on
Starting right now I'll be strong
I'll play my fight song
And I don't really care if nobody else believes
'Cause I've still got a lot of fight left in me
Amys stopped seeing them standing there, she looked down.
"Amy? I need to talk to you." Fowler said. She nodded as Optimus set him down beside her. " it's about the trial." Her blood ran cold and froze as she looked at him.
"What about it?"
"They all pleaded innocent.." Amy scooted back in her bed her breathing heavy as she trembled.
"No. No. No." They were gonna be ste free! they were going to take her away and hurt Anna!
"Amy," Optimus said softly but she didn't hear him. She was fearing the worst.
"I don't wanna go back. please don't make me." She pleaded.
"Amy! We need you to testify." Fowler said and she froze. testify? Tell them everything that he did to her? She pointed to the door.
"Out." She told him. She did not want to relive it. Not again she hated thinking about how weak she was.
"Amy. We need..."
"Get out!" Amy raised her voice at him cutting him off. He went silent but allowed Prime to pick him up and set him on the floor so he could walk out.
"Amy?" He said softly. She was trying to shut everyone out again he didn't know how to stop her from doing so.
"I can't." She told him looking up at him. "I don't want to relive it! I can't not again!"
"Yes, you can. I will be right there with you. You can do it because you have your fight song." He encouraged her. Her reply was to continue singing.
Losing friends and I'm chasing sleep
Everybody's worried about me
In too deep
Say I'm in too deep (in too deep)
And it's been two years I miss my home
But there's a fire burning in my bones
Still, believe
Yeah, I still believe
And all those things I didn't say
Wrecking balls inside my brain
I will scream them loud tonight
Can you hear my voice this time?
This is my fight song
Take back my life song
Prove I'm alright song
My power's turned on
Starting right now I'll be strong
I'll play my fight song
And I don't really care if nobody else believes
'Cause I've still got a lot of fight left in me
A lot of fight left in me
Like a small boat
On the ocean
Sending big waves
Into motion
Like how a single word
Can make a heart open
I might only have one match
But I can make an explosion
This is my fight song
Take back my life song
Prove I'm alright song
My power's turned on
Starting right now I'll be strong (I'll be strong)
I'll play my fight song
And I don't really care if nobody else believes
'Cause I've still got a lot of fight left in me
Know I've still got a lot of fight left in me
"Fine. I'll testify." She replied. But it sounded numb. She was shutting down her feelings. She was blocking him out again and he had no idea how to keep her from drowning in the numbness. She didn't want to feel anything when she had to talk about it.