TRANSFORMERS: Revenge of the Fallen Prime
Revised
Chapter 12

Egypt, Africa
2009

They hid in a crumbled, small building and looked out of the large hole and, to their relief, Ironhide and the Arcee triplets came into view, looking around. One of the triplets looked over and caught sight of them.

"Spotted Sam!" Elita called as she and her sisters started to roll towards them.

"Sam!" Ironhide started to jog over. "Matsuri!"

"Ironhide!" Sam called back.

"Follow us to the pillars." Aree stopped at the hole. "We'll take you to Optimus."

Just when they were about to move, the four autobots were suddenly ambushed and Arcee went down followed by Elita.

"Get out, Sam! Get to the pillars!" Ironhide commanded as he returned fire and the three humans were quick to follow his instructions though Sam left his jacket behind. They got out of the building and ran as fast as they could to the pillars, dodging decepticons and possible friendly fire.

Matsuri could feel a tingle on the back of her neck but ignored it as they turned the corner.

"Hey!" Sam shouted once we caught sight of the bots. A trail of explosions suddenly lit up behind them and they quickly dropped to the sand, hoping to let some of the airborne shots sail over them. Guns were going off on both sides, pillars were toppling over and all Matsuri wanted was this to stop.

"Come on!" Will's voice suddenly pierced the air and then she was being helped up by Mikaela and Sam. They ran to a broken piece of a wall that was still standing and hid behind it beside Will and Robert.

"You better have a good reason for us to be here." Will told Sam.

"Hey Will, it's nice to see you too." Matsuri greeted sarcastically, making Will give her a look before looking at Sam.

"Where's Optimus?" Sam questioned.

"He's right over there." Will nodded over, making them look. "Across the courtyard."

"I got to get to him right now."

"Not with an air strike coming."

"I have to get to him right now."

Will glanced up before he quickly ushered the three to the corner as a decepticon started to make its way towards their hiding spot. A blast suddenly came from over them and looked like it hit some of the men a distance away.

"INCOMING!" A sudden yell shouted. "Stick the landing."

There was a crash and then there was Jetfire, striding over. "Behold the glory of Jetfire!"

He hit the con and then put its neck against the wall. "Now let me show you how we brought the pain in my day!"

He stomped on the con's neck and sending its head flying. Just as they were about to let out a breather, there was a rumble and suddenly, Scorpinok burst from the sands and into Jetfire's torso. The con started to drill into him, but he managed to rip him off and slammed his fist on the con's head. "I'm too old for this crap."

"You okay, Jetfire?" asked Matsuri.

"I'm just dandy." Jetfire grumbled.

"We're gonna make a break through the B's on my command, okay?" Will told the three. "You guys stick with me, you understand? Stay on my ass."

The three nodded and they, Will and Robert started to get ready to run for it.

"I hope these F-16s got good aim." Robert commented.

"Yeah? Why is that?" Will asked.

"I told them to hit the orange smoke."

Will slumped in disbelief slightly before looking over to the orange smoke that was close to them before looking ahead again. "You mean that orange smoke?"

"It wasn't my best toss, okay?"

The two looked at each other before looking forward. "Run!"

They all bolted away, Will holding Mikaela's hand so she doesn't trip just as the F-16s started to fly overhead and then, the rain came, covering parts of the village with fire and smoke.

"Sam!" shouted Will, which caught Matsuri's attention. She glanced over and saw that Sam was veering away from them, heading straight for Optimus. Matsuri took a deep breath before veering towards Sam, running as fast as she could until she was right next to him, running. The two shared a look, promising so much, hoping.

"Die!" that familiar, haunting voice snarled. Two shots rang out, the first one sent Sam flying and the second hit Matsuri, making her go flying as well and landed hard on her back. There was ringing in her ears, overpowering everything but soon, it began to dull. She could hear Mikaela shouting and the sound of a chopper overhead.

"Hey, hey, Matsuri!" Robert's face suddenly came into her view, causing her to blink. He looked like he was in shock, eyes roaming her body, but they kept going back to her left side and arm. "Oh god. Just don't move, okay?"

"Robert...?" She breathed before she struggled to sit up.

"Kid, don't-!"

She looked at her cybertronian arm- well, what was left of it. Wires and pieces of metal hung down and blood dripped onto the sands below it. She noticed that her entire left side hurt, and her shirt painfully stuck to the skin of her side.

Her head snapped over when she heard the shouting and her heart stopped when she saw her brother laying there, burned, shirt ripped and the medics trying to revive him. "No... nonono, Sam!"

"Matsuri, stay put!" Robert tried to grab her, but she pushed him away and stood on shaky legs and began to make her way over to them. She could see the medics giving up and Mikaela crying over him, rambling on about things Matsuri couldn't hear, even if the other was screaming it.

"Mikaela..." She called, her voice just loud enough for her to hear. Mikaela looked over and her eyes widened, more tears streaming down her face once she saw the damage. Matsuri forced herself to walk the last few feet before her legs failed Mikaela quickly caught her and brought her close, a hand smoothing Matsuri's hair.

"Please, Sam.." Mikaela sniffed as she leaned over him again. "Please...I love you..."

She made sure that Matsuri could sit on her own before hugging Sam, her hand going through his hair. She kept mumbling 'I love you' repeatedly until, suddenly, the man gasped, his eyes flying open and hands gripping onto Mikaela's arm. She quickly grabbed his cheeks and moved his head, so he was looking at her.

He stared up at her like she was the only thing in front of him. He slipped his hands on her cheeks, breathing heavily. "I love you. I love you."

He forced himself up along with Mikaela's help before freezing when he saw Matsuri.

"Don't...worry about me." Matsuri smiled slightly, reframing from tackling him and hugging him as tightly as she could. "Get it to Optimus."

Sam hesitated for a moment before standing and grabbed the newly formed Matrix of Leadership. He walked over to Optimus, climbing on top of him until he was above the mech's spark chamber. He rose his hands up before slamming the Matrix into Optimus' chest and the effect was immediate.

Blue optics light up, flickered for a second before steadying and he coughed. Sam quickly got down from the mech's chest as Optimus started to rose to his knees before looking down at Sam. "Boy, you returned for me."

"Hey, don't you mean we?" Matsuri questioned as she forced herself up and limped over and stood next to Sam. she could see his optics took notice on her missing limb quick and she waved his concern off, trying to keep the pain in the back of her mind.

"A living Prime." chuckled Jetfire. "I don't believe it!"

A sudden noise sounded and then Optimus was on the ground, sending everyone down to the ground as well from his little shockwave and he was pinning Optimus, stabbing at whoever he can before the Matrix started to hover. "My Matrix."

"You wish!" Matsuri climbed up on a wall and jumped as hard as she can, ignoring the blinding pain in her side and reached her hand out, getting closer and closer to it, fingers just grazing it-

Everything seemed to slow as warm blood dripped down onto Optimus' plating, smearing slightly. Matsuri was frozen in mid-air, a sharp, metal point protrudes out of her abdomen. Then, it all sped up with Matsuri being thrown, discarded onto the ground feet away from Optimus, now with a gaping hole in her abdomen. The Fallen teleported away and Matsuri could hear a cry from Mikaela, a high-pitched, agonizing whine from Ratchet and Bumblebee, enraged snarling from Ironhide and sobbing from Sam.

"No! Matsuri!" Sam dropped to his knees beside her and lifted her torso up and held her to his chest, rocking. "Oh god, please no!"

Matsuri tried to open her mouth to say something, anything but the only thing that came out was blood. He frantically wiped the blood from her chin and pulled her closer, sobbing. Mikaela came up behind him and fall to her knees, an arm around Sam and a hand gripping Matsuri's human hand.

"My sparkling...gone..." Ratchet said brokenly as he sat up from his spot. Ironhide reached over to his mate, a arm pulling the medic close and he began to make soothing clicks and rumbles.

Bee gave a sad whirl as he got closer to his charges. He had failed- twice now. His charges both died, and it seems like she was staying dead unlike her brother.

Optimus' optics zeroed in on the youngest human from where he lay, noting her pulse slowing rapidly and her eyes losing the light until, finally, they were a dull blue and unseeing.

"Get up..." Sam mumbled. "Get up!"

Optimus looked at Sam who was staring at him, tears rolling down his cheeks, but he had the look of determination in his eyes.

"Get up, Prime!" commanded Ironhide as he and the other autobots stood.

"Oh no..." Jetfire murmured as he looked at the autobots before looking at the body of Matsuri and then towards the harvester.

"He's turning on the machine!" Sam shouted. "You gotta stop it, get up! Optimus!"

The mech tried, his gears whining at the effort. He knew that Sam was right, but he also knew that he didn't have the strength to try. He heard mumbling and looked over at Jetfire, who had a hand hovering his sparking side.

"I never did a thing worth doing until now. Optimus...take my parts...and you will have a power you've never known. Fulfill your destiny." He struck his hand into his chest and ripped out his own spark before his body fell to the ground, prone.

"Jolt, electrify!" Ratchet commented as he walked over with the other. Jolt stuck a cable into Jetfire's and Optimus' Body...and Jetfire's parts latched onto Optimus.

Optimus stood once all the parts were in place and he paused, relishing the feeling of the power that flowed through his lines. "Let's roll."

He took off, soaring into the air, heading towards the pyramid with Will and his team right behind him on foot.

"Please..." Sam mumbled to himself as he turned his attention to Matsuri's face. "Please...let her come back to us..."

He was praying to the Primes he had met, hoping that they would hear and bring his sister back to him. He couldn't face this world without her, he needed his sister back.