A/N next time you go into a hospital and they ask you your religion, simply say Jedi :p
One Shall Rise Part 2
(Dreaming)
I don't know where i am, it's pretty dull and am i going crazy or does it look like I'm trying to see through a fish bowl here?
I try to speak but no words come out my mouth, then i see Arcee...out cold. I look at my hands, there as white as Mickey mouse's gloves.
I run to Arcee as a black claw appears above her and is about to come down on her, then a blue glow makes the black claw back off, but it fled to somewhere else, i seized the blue glow and pursued the black claw, then my dream blanks as all i see is white...
"Ellen." I heard someone say it was faint but i heard it, and i was about to head towards that voice but i couldn't i would walk a few steps forward, only to be pulled back again...i realised what was happening, every time i was pulled back i was going closer to death and when i took a few steps forward i was being saved...i want to see my friends, my family.
You won't claim me death, not on this day and i felt the hard struggle of trying to live, it was like pushing your way through a sandstorm, every now and then i would get a little faster moving forward until i eventually reached a door, i took no chances and kicked that door down.
(End of Dream)
"Ellen?" i heard that as clear as a bell, as i heavily opened my eyes and just as fast a ton of bricks would fall on you, so did the pain as i couldn't help but curl up in a ball.
I felt a couple of hands firmly hold me down as i knocked a few things over. "I need a stronger dose of pain relieve." I heard June say. "Jack try to calm her down for me, while i go through my bag."
As i lay on my side, jack had crouched down to my eye level, "Ellen, your okay, your in the base."
An instant panic came over me, "how long was i out for? Are the others okay? What about unicron?" i yelled as i tried to sit up but fell instantly in that failed attempt.
"Ellen be still, your bodies in shock." I heard ratchet say comforting.
"You sure know how to take a beating though." Jack jested to me. "You're a fast healer too, that wound on your head is already healed."
I then started shaking again my back was killing me, "why do i feel so sloth like?" i then managed to say.
"I've given you allot of pain killers, I've also given you some dexamethasone and methylprednisolone, to reduce the swelling to your spine." June said as she injected me with, what i'm hoping to be pain killers.
"My spine? My spine! The damage isn't permanent is it?" i asked.
"Calm down, surprisingly your spines fine, no fractures, no trauma nothing. And i really did fear the worse when you were bent like that, I'll be applying these extra strong pain killers for you every so often, as i know how active you are." He told me.
"Oh bless you kind woman!" i said melodramatically. "But, wait...i was dying at one point though right?"
June gave me a confused look. "You were bleeding to death, i told raf to wait in your room as you were getting it everywhere." Jack said to me. "I tried to get miko to go too but you know that she's sick in the head." Jack joked.
Then miko punched him in the side, "i wanted to be at Ellen's side you jerk! In case ... the worst ...happened." she stuttered, then shoved jack out of the way as she came to my side, "Ellen i want to hug you but i don't want to hurt you." She said looking like she was about to whimper.
"You can hug my hand." I suggested.
Surprisingly those pain killers had kicked in shortly after as i felt the urge to lift myself up, i did it slowly i didn't want to feel that kind of pain again, as i sat up straight i then gave miko my hand in a stuck up manner. Miko looked at me with confusion, "did i stutter or something, hug my hand!" i yelled jokingly.
Miko briefly hugged as i laughed. "Yeah that's what's i'm talking about." Then it hit me. "What's happening with the others, did they find unicron?" i asked frantically.
"I told you to relax." June said holding my shoulders with her arms.
"I'd be much more relaxed if you told me the situation." I demanded.
Jack sighed "Optimus and the others are facing unicron, but only copies of him, not the real deal." He explained.
"But if he can make copies of himself. They could be locked in combat with him until they can come up with a solution, is there a solution?" i said.
"Don't get yourself worked up like this." June said again as i clearly wasn't listening.
"By the way how did you end up like that?" miko then asked.
"Miko, i thought we agreed not to question her." Jack said.
"That's okay jack, i had a run in with an incarnation of unicron, he was made up of the earth itself." I said to miko.
"Are you serious?" June then said.
Ratchet who was so locked onto the screen, keeping track of the others it was only when i said that he briefly turned away from the screen. "Why on earth would unicron pursue you?" he questioned, as he then swirled back round to the computer, he had to multitask.
"He said he sensed the taint of primus, a prime. The genetic signature within my arm is dads, he must have mistook it for him." I said holding my arm.
"Wait what?" June said utterly confused.
"I'll explain later mom." Jack said.
"Anyway i was curious to why he was so hell bent on getting to dad, i knew i had overstepped my boundaries but if he revealed why, then we could have found that solution." I said.
"Well at least now we defiantly know that Optimus is a threat to unicron somehow." Jack said.
I then shuffled myself off the table as the others looked like they were ready to catch me or something.
"Ellen, easy... you have to rest, you may be knee high in pain killers but remember your backs still healing." June said.
"I'll take it easy don't worry, by the way how did you come to realise i was outside? Everyone's been too occupied on the unicron crisis." I said as June motioned raf to come in as he peeked round the corner, he then came running over to me as he abruptly hugged my waist. "Whoa, easy there raf." I said as i patted his head.
Ratchet again turned away from the computer, "Optimus comm linked me asking where you were, he felt you were dying." He said solemnly.
"Damn it, i'm such a distraction." I said.
"The bondage saved your life Ellen. And we should all be grateful that you have it." Ratchet said.
"Ratchet?" Arcee then came over the comm link.
Ratchet quickly swirled round to the screen "what is it what happened?"
"i happened!" came the booming voice of megatron...as well as unicron?
I then hobbled over towards the stairs, what's going on? You miss allot of stuff when you nearly die, i then stubbornly attempted to hop up the stairs, jack immediately grabbed my arm as well as miko, "let us help you." Jack said.
There was no point in arguing so i let them "okay." I breathed as they helped me tackle the stairs i had to admit i felt a bit embarrassed with not being able to climb the stairs. As we reached the top, jack and miko stood ideally by my side as we watched the screen intently. "I'm so confused with what's happening right now." I said holding my head.
"It's probably the medication." Miko said giving me a thumbs up.
"Megatron." Came bulkheads voice.
"King cons there too?" miko exclaimed.
"He has aligned himself with unicron!" Ratchet said with poison in his voice
"Don't be so sure, megatron just saved optimus's tailpipe." Arcee, as we were all taken back.
"Am i in the right universe right now?" i asked June with a dull looking face.
She put a hand on my shoulder, "yes this is the right universe."
"Okay well i'm just going to roll with this random situation and act as though i know what's going on." I said.
We couldn't see what was going on only hear by their voices alone.
"You guys seriously need to upgrade from radio, this no picture thing is making me anxious." I said as my leg shaked.
"It is rather ironic considering our last encounter, if memory serves; you were desperately attempting to extinguish my spark." Megatron said.
"That option remains very much in play." Dad said darkly.
"I would expect nothing less. However, i have a proposal. Join me in defeating our shared enemy, unicron the chaos bringer." Megatron proposed.
Seriously what good is a conversation between these two, if there are no images to back it up?
"Ha! Absurd." Ratchet laughed unconvincingly "Unicron is evil incarnate, if megatron was to take any side, why would it be ours?" ratchet questioned.
"Because Megatrons pride would never allow anyone other than himself to rule this planet." Dad stated.
"You know me all too well Optimus." Megatron said a bit too pleased.
"You lead an army of cons, why come to us?" bulkhead asked.
"Because this particular endeavour requires something beyond the realm of my command. The power of a prime." Megatron said.
Bulkhead then laughed slightly, "then i guess we don't need you." He said.
"On the contrary, Optimus may be the only one to defeat unicron, but i remain the only one who can guide you to him." Megatron argued. "Unicrons lifeblood runs through me, only i can hear his thoughts anticipate his movements. Optimus, our past alliances, autobot, decepticon no longer matter, not while unicron lives."
Ratchet suddenly slammed his fist on the control panel, "the past always matters!" he yelled, it made me jump a little.
"A truce between autobot and decepticon, how long do you expect us to believe that will last?" dad questioned.
"Only as long as is mutually beneficial." Megatron replied.
"And when our proposed shared mission is complete?" dad asked.
"I will conquer this earth, my way." Megatron said darkly.
No beating around the bush with Megatron.
"Brutal honestly from a decepticon?" Arcee said.
"Aligning with the lesser of two evils, is still siding with evil." Ratchet said.
"Do you think you've witnessed the full power of unicron? Those foot soldiers were nothing more than a taste." Megatron said in his defence. "Unicron has yet to fully awaken! With each passing moment the bringer of chaos evolves. Mutating earth from the inside out, what we have witnessed until now is but a prelude of the utter devastation his rising will wreak upon your world." He said referring to us.
"Like your quest for power destroyed cybertron?" Arcee retaliated.
"Make no mistake, this time there will be a planet left for me to rule!" megatron vowed.
"Even if we agree, unicrons all the way down at the centre of the earth, how are we supposed to get there drive?" bulkhead asked frantically.
"There is only one way." Dad hinted subtly.
"Absolutely not! Ground bridging into space or onto moving trains is difficult enough, but plotting a blind jump inside of a sentient being?" ratchet yelled. "Besides direct exposure to that much dark energon will debilitate you. You haven't built up an immunity like megatron has."
"Yet another strong argument, for soliciting my guidance." Megatron said.
"You can provide unicrons exact co-ordinates?" dad asked.
"If you transport us to this planets very core, i can lead you directly into unicrons spark!" megatron said. "The very heart, of his darkness!"
"Optimus even if we survive the jump, how are we supposed to stop unicron?" Arcee asked.
Everything was silent for a while, "with the matrix of leadership." Dad finally said.
"What is that?" fowler questioned.
"A vessel of pure energy, the collective wisdom of the primes?" ratchet said.
"Do we, have time for a scavenger hunt? I mean where's Optimus supposed to find this matrix?" jack asked.
"Optimus does not need to find it, he carries it within him." Ratchet said gently knocking on his chest.
"It was the combined power of the primes that defeated unicron so long ago. The very reason he now seeks to destroy you." Megatron stated matter of factly.
"It would follow that unleashing the power of the matrix directly into unicrons spark, would return him to stasis." Dad said.
"Hold on, if everything goes right, unicrons gonna stay down there?" miko asked.
"Yeah cant we siven him out somehow?" jack asked.
"He's not in the earth's core jack; he is the earth's core." Raf told him.
"Raphael is correct, tampering with your core could affect the magnetic pull, trigger the very cataclysmic events we are attempting to remedy. Tragically, unicron is your planets very seed, always has been and always, must be." Ratchet said.
"What a bitter truth." I said.
"Sleeping just became harder." Miko then said.
"Ratchet send a groundbridge." Dad said.
Ratchet did just that as the groundbridge was humming away for a long while.
"What's taking them so long?" i asked.
Then a few moments pass and they all came flying in, with no time for friendly greetings or 'how are you' i got straight to the point.
"So what's the plan?" i asked.
"If megatron is going to guide us into unicron, we have no choice but to bridge him to base so to be able to acquire these co-ordinates." He said.
"What?" June exclaimed grabbing a hold of raf.
"I know desperate times call for desperate measures, but bringing megatron here?" ratchet questioned.
"How could you even think about letting that monster near these children after what he did to raf?" June argued.
"He will be closely monitored, and only aloud to linger long enough to send us on our journey." Dad said "not one moment more."
"What's gonna stop the con from calling in an air strike if he knows where you live?" fowler pointed out.
"By ground bridging megatron here, he will be unable to get a fix on our co-ordinates." Dad explained.
"Optimus, what's gonna happen to you when all your, matrix energies released." Jack asked a valid point.
"The power within the matrix has not been previously utilised in this particular manner." Dad explained.
"But you have an idea don't you?" i then asked.
Dad was silent for a while with his back turned to us, "autobots, if humankind is to be saved, i have no choice but to proceed." Dad then said turning to face them, there's the risk of having the leader of the autobots as your guardian, you have no say in it because he has to do it... hey wait...he dodged my question?
"But you do." He then said to them giving them that choice.
"Well i don't know about human kind, but i'm willing to do it...for miko." Bulkhead then said.
"For jack." Arcee said with no hesitation.
"For raf." Bee said.
"For Frodo." I had to slip out, the moment was perfect.
Then jack nudged me in the side, "that's what I'll be doing from now on, every time you ruin the moment" he said.
"Ooow, remember i'm still recovering here?" i said to him holding my side.
Then i grew serious as i looked at Dad, i nodded to him in confirmation, i knew he had to do this, he gave me a quick nod himself then turned on his comm link "megatron, we are sending transport." He told him.
"You can always be relied upon to listen to reason Optimus." Megatron replied.
Ratchet activated the groundbridge, "all of you need to go hide, now." He said to us humans.
June rounded us up as we headed down the hall way, i was protestant and so was miko as ratchet pushed her across the floor with his hand as miko tried to fight against it, "urgh no fair, i haven't even seen him, why do we have to hide?" she said.
"Because i said so." Was ratchets response.
Miko didn't say anything else as she continued down the hallway with me, then i stopped and turned, "we could always, you know, peek round the corner." I said to her.
The others heard me as they too couldn't help themselves, we all had our backs to the wall as i looked on, Megatron was taking his sweet time getting through the groundbridge, as the autobots were armed and ready if he decided to make any wrong moves.
As he came through he looked around base, "so this is where the magic happens...quaint." he said.
As we all stared at him raf suddenly walked out there straight towards megatron, "raf!" jack said.
"Raphael no." June said. As we all followed after him, raf ran up to megatron with obvious anger of what he did to him.
"y-ou!" he said with bitterness as jack placed an arm on his shoulder to stop him going any further.
"Ahhhh." Megatron said as Arcee placed herself between us and megatron as she pointed at him, "you're looking much better than the last we met little one, humans...resilient." he said.
Jack then gently shook him by the shoulders "come on raf, he isn't worth it." He told him as he let go of him and his mom comforted him.
Me and jack both glared at him as we went back to our places. "And you. I never forget a face, even that of a human." He said to jack.
Jack looked at him silently as we just continued on our way.
Then miko decided she was going to get her say on the matter, "you double cross anyone, mine is the face you'll never forget, neverrrrrr!" she yelled in the most epic way she could muster, agent fowler then grabbed her as she got a bit excited.
"A silent response, you're turning into a right badass jack." I said to him as i twitched lightly.
"urgh." I groaned.
"The pain killers... there wearing off." Jack said.
"Its fine, i can't rely on pain killers all the time, i just have to endure." I told him
"Jack, Ellen." I then heard dad say as we both turned around.
He then looked to his side, seeing it was all clear he then knelt down to us as he looked to jack, "will you, keep something for me?" he said.
"sure." Jack said.
He then got out a thin looking device, as he nodded in its direction; it then got even smaller to fit jacks hand as he handed it to him. "What is it?" he asked.
"it is..." he then thought for a moment "the key to the groundbridge power supply." He said as his face made so many lying gestures, i knew what it was, so why lie to him?
"Okay but, shouldn't ratchet have this?" he said.
"perhaps, but I've been impressed by how much you have matured since we first met, as such, i feel you have earned the responsibility of safe guarding this important device...until i return" He said.
Jack looked at it, "i won't let you down." Jack told him, i smiled for him. Jack then turned to meet with the others.
He then turned to me, "Ellen, i can't predict the outcome when we render unicron back into stasis, but if the autobots return before i do." He started.
"But you're coming back." I interrupted.
"If the autobots return before i do, I'll need you to take my place..." He said shaking off my comment.
"w-what? but your coming back there's no need, besides appointing me to something like that are you fragged in the head?" I said taken aback by this sudden appointed post.
"I am uncertain of the outcome when i do release the power of the matrix, but i theorised it may take a piece of me with it." He said.
"What do you mean a piece of you, your life?" i asked.
"I do not believe it would take my life, but the matrix contains all the wisdom of all the primes that have come before...including my own, and so, all that knowledge will be released and in doing so take everything i know, from my predecessors away." He said.
"So you're relying on us to restore it somehow?" i asked.
"This is why i am entrusting my position to you, Arcee, Bulkhead, Bumblebee, Ratchet. In my absence they will surely lose all sense of reason and go purely by emotion." He said.
"But i'm no better." I said.
"You've been able to control your emotions allot better in dire situations, since your encounter with silas." He told me.
"i-i still think you're fragged in the head, i mean putting all your faith in me and jack?" i said.
"yes." He said confidently.
I scoffed. "And you're serious about me taking your place a-as, a-as leader?" i said.
He nodded.
"How am i meant to do that, i can't even organise my homework let alone lead a team, besides... they won't listen to me." I said shuffling my feet, like they'd take me seriously.
He then placed a finger under my chin, forcing my eyes to lock with his, "it will come to you, they'll listen."
I groaned and then let some tears stroll down my face and this was the last timei could from here on out, "i can't believe you're leaving me."
"My will is your own; I've never truly left you." He then stood up at his full height as he smiled at me briefly before heading back, jack then came from behind me with the other closely behind.
"You okay Ellen?" he said as i quickly wiped the tears away.
"Y-yeah fine." I said. "Come on, we need to wave them off." I said to him in my normal tone.
Megatron stood by the groundbridge as it turned on, "you first." Arcee said.
"As you wish." Megatron said giving her a slight bow as he preceded through the groundbridge, dad was the last to follow as he looked at us for moment, i gave him a smile even though i was dying inside knowing he won't be coming back. I mouthed the words 'I'll find you' before he parted, and with that he was gone...from here on, only things get harder.
A/N (do not write here) Okay