"Leave her alone!" Prime yells
Chapter 11
Arcee wakes up with a headache. A light is shinning in her eyes. She blinks a few times. She looks around the bright white room. Where is she now? She tries to escape, but she is tied up, again. She tries again. The vision is now clear. She looks straight ahead. She gasps.
"Optimus!' she cries "Optimus...hey"
He tries to respond, but his jaw is hurting. He is looking at the floor, he can't look up, the light is hurting his eyes. He tries to speak, but his throat is dry.
"Optimus...are you okay?" she whispers. She knows that he is not, he is bruised, he is bleeding. She wants to hold him, to take the pain away. She tries to go to him. As she did the door opens. She stops. Lion and Tiger both walk in, with something in their hand. She sees them go to Prime first. "Wait...what are you?" They grab his hair, pull him up to look at her. His eye, is slightly close, his right scar is bleeding again. "No...stop it"
"Arcee...my darling" says Lion
She glares, she didn't say anything.
"You both are strong. I thought you might have gone insane, will all the hotel room. I trap you for so long, yet here you are, trying to fight back. You got my friends, I'm impress" He touches Prime's face. He removes the blood. "I thought he will lose it"
"We are stronger together" Arcee says "As long as he is with me, we can do anything"
"Right...right" he says. He places a knife on Prime's neck.
"Wait...no!" she says
"Together, how about, when one of you are gone"
"NO stay away from HIM!' she yells "I swear I will kill you!"
Lion laughs as he removes the knife. He punches Prime right on the nose.
"NO!" she cries
He goes again, Prime couldn't fight back. So much pain, so much pain. Lion is about to hit him again,
"Stop please. I'll do ANYTHING!" she cries "Please...stop"
"Anything to save him" Lion says "Tiger how long do we have?"
"Five minutes..."
"Five minutes...?" she whispers
"Your son, and Megatron are on floor seventeen...but on the other side of the hall. There is a bomb. You have five minutes to save him"
Arcee eyes widen. "no.."
"You can choose to save your son" he says "But Prime here, will die"
Arcee is speechless. She tries to say something but nothing. She looks at Prime.
"Arcee...baby." He says "Save...bumblebee..."
"But...but...Optimus...Bee needs you too"
"Tell him I love him"
"No...NO." Arcee says.
"Arcee...if you don't answer, both will die" says Lion
"I...I..."
"Bee, save him" Optimus whispers "it's okay"
She cries as she looks at the floor. She shakes her head "No...No...I can't...loose you"
"Arcee. Bee needs you. You have to save HIM!" Prime yells
Arcee closes her eyes. The time feels like it went to fast. The beeper on the watch went off.
"One more minute"
Arcee looks at Optimus "I love you" she turns to Lion "Save Bee. Turn off the bomb"
Tiger goes to Prime, he aims to the knife on Prime's neck. He doesn't move, or flinch.
"Say good-bye Arcee." says Lion
Arcee shakes her head. She looks at him one last time. He is smiling at her, telling her it's okay. She is about to yell but the whole building shook. Tiger goes to one knee, as Lion hold himself up on the table.
"The bomb..." says Tiger. "I thought you deactive it?"
"I did..."he looks at his watch "It is at zero, it also says it has no signal "That's impossible, the bomb has been place somewhere else"
"Megatron" Arcee whispers.
Lion and Tiger get up, trying to decide what to do. The hotel shakes again, all stumble.
"NO!" Lion growls "Kill Optimus"
Tiger nods. He goes to Prime, but the buidling shakes again. Tiger looses balance and he lets go of the knife. Prime kicks it away, towards Arcee. She jerks her chair, making her fall next to the knife. She starts cutting the rope. She gets set free. Lion goes behind her, he grabs her. She flips over him, and kicks his knee. She trips him down, she kicks his head. He growls as he tries to get away from another kick. Arcee hears a yell, she turns to see Prime. Tiger is punching him non-stop. Arcee yells out in anger as she grabs a chair and hits him with full force. The chair breaks on impact. Tiger goes striaght down. She then cuts Prime's ropes. She helps him. The building shakes again. She tries to grab on. Prime gets his strength to stand tall. He gets push down. Arcee is being choke by Lion.
"Leave her ALONE!" Prime yells. He punches Lion, side, he lets go of her. Prime punches him again. He then grabs his arm, and he throws him across the room. He helps Arcee up. The hotel shakes again. Prime and Arcee start limping to the hall. He stops when he sees the guards, he can see all of them, stumbling around, trying to get balance. Prime is wondering what floor the bomb went off at. There is another shake of the hotel. He feels something hit his back. Arcee stumbles with him, falling to the ground. She turns to see Tiger with a bat. He is about to hit Prime. She goes to cover him. Tiger hits her back, she yells out in pain. Lion runs to Tiger, he punches him across the face. Tiger stumbles a little. He glares at Lion.
"Don't hurt HER!" he yells
Arcee tries her best to move, she winces. Optimus gets up, and he hugs her tight to him. He is glaring at Tiger.
"I want her to be with me.' says Lion "I want her"
Optimus gets a gun, and shoot one. Tiger growls as the bullet hits his shoulder. He goes back, holding to his shoulder. Lion glares at Prime. He looks at both Prime and Arcee. He runs to him, but he gets shot, getting hit right on the shoulder as well. Prime gets up, helping Arcee up. She winces, and starts running with Prime. Optimus keeps running but bumps into someone. Prime raises his gun.
"Whoa hey...friendly" Megatron says. Prime pulls back. he puts it away. "You guys are okay"
"Yes...where is?" Arcee says but Bee goes to hug her. She hugs him back, tightly. Prime goes to hug both of them. He is so glad Bee is okay. He wants to keep Bee safe, he doesn't want him to get hurt. He can't lose him. The hotel shakes again this time, a loud noise is heard. The buidling shakes harder this time, like it was falling.
"Um..I threw the bomb before it went off. I guess it landed in one of those balconies, I thought I threw it to the ground"
"So...the place is falling"
"Yes...and it's on fire"
Optimus thinks for a bit. He looks up. "The roof...you think we can get down from up there"
"I don't know. But we can't go down" says Megatron
"Okay...Let's go"
They all run to the roof. He opens the door. Prime is the first to look over the edge. It is smoking, the floors are all burning. There is a explosion, making them take cover.
"OH boy" Megatron says.
Optimus looks around. There's got to be an emergeny slide, or something they can use. He searches the roof. He is wondering what to do. Megatron sees something, he is about to say his plan but a bullet hits his shoulder. He yells as he goes to his knee. He turns around to glare at the man who shot him. Tiger and Lion are running after them. Prime goes in front of Bee, and Arcee. He glares at the two.
"Why don't you just die!" yells Lion "Optimus! I want you dead!'
"But why?" Prime yells "I did nothing wrong. I never done anything to you!"
"Yes you did!' he yells "You took the love of my life!"
Prime is now confuse.
"Arcee...I love you!" yells Lion "I always LOVE YOU!"
He goes to walk to her. Optimus pushes him away.
"I always wanted to be with you!" he yells "But then this man. He took you away from ME!. He took our happiness away!'
He raises his gun to Optimus.
"WHo are YOU!" Arcee yells
Lion laughs as he removes his mask. All of them gasps.
"WHeelJACK!" Megatron yells "I KNEW IT!"
"But...but..." she says "You said you will never date a girl like me!"
"I was wrong" he says "I thought you will wait up for me!"
"But...you hurt my feelings! You...you made it clear that you will never like me"
"I was WRONG!" he yells again "And then, all of a sudden, I see you so happy. You are always smiling, always laughing. You are full of life. And I..I got jealous. That's when I started liking you. I thought it was because you won or something, but then I see you with Prime. WITH OPTIMUS!" He growls "He made you happy, and I got so mad. Ever since then, I was always mad at Prime. For taking you away me"
"I was never yours!' she yells "Optimus...is good to me. I love's me for ME! Something you don't know how to do"
Wheeljack yells again. "I tried getting rid of him. That crash, I tried to take you out. But somehow you survive."
"It was you" Prme whispers
"Yes..." Wheeljack says "I was driving behind you. I use one of my inventions to pop your tire. I then bump into you, so you can flip over and crash"
"You did it!" Prime can't believe it.
"I thought that was it, but then I heard that you are recovering, So I had to think of another plan. The money I won from the grand race, i paid my crew to run this hotel. Even some friends that hate you went along"
"You...you! You bastard!" yells Prime. "Because of you! My dreams are crush!"
He tries to run to him, but the gun is held up again. Arcee can't beleive what she is hearing. She's been through so much that time. She almost lost him, all so Wheeljack can have her. She yells as she kicks the gun out of his hand. Megatron goes to tackle Tiger fights one and one with Tiger. Bee find a door. He opens to see lots of stuff. It's full of nesccesities for the hotel. He hides under it all.
"And who might you be?" Tron ask "Could it be Bulkhead"
He laughs a little "How do you know?"
"You and Wheeljack, best friends, you guys go way back" Tron says. "Well...today is the day I stop you"
"Come on"
Tron runs to him, Bulk dodges and grabs him, and suplexes him. Tron lands on his back. He grunts as he legs go above him. Tron rolls to the side, as he held his stomach. "Ouch" Bulk picks him again, and then suplexes him again. Tron lands again, with a hard thud. Tron tries to roll away but stops. He feels Bulk pick him up, and suplexes him again. The third time Megatron stays on the floor. He is trying to catch his breath. "Oh...my back"Megatron rolls to his back, he looks at Bulk. He picks him up by the shoulders. He lifts him up and he throws Megatron to the door. He goes right through it, landing on the staircase. He goes down, rolling down. Tron tries to get bac but goes back down. Bulk smiles as he starts walking to help his friend.
Prime is fighting Jack, with everything he got. He is not letting him get a break. He won't late Jack get one punch in. Prime is angry, he wants to end this. He wants to kill Wheeljack. He is not getting away with this. He is going to make him pay. Wheeljack is trying his best to find an opening but Prime is to fast. All he can do, is take the punches. Optimus kicks him to his knees. Prime grabs him in a chokehold. Optimus is about to punch him, he feels arms wrap around him. He gets flip over. Bulk makes him land on his top back. Prime growls as he rolls to his side. Bulk gets up to help Jack up. Optimus stands up.
"Two against one Prime" Bulk smiles
He gets ready to fight. He is going ot beat them. He sees them, getting in a fighting position.
"Once we are done with you. Arcee is coming with us" smiles Jack
"No...I'm staying right here...next to Optimus"she says. She gets ready to fight.
"You can't beat us Arcee...'
"Wanna bet"
She runs to them. Optimus goes right after her. He tackles Bulk before he spears Arcee. She twirls around, and kicks Wheeljack right on the jaw. He twirls around and hit the ground. She smirks. He growls as he tries to punch, but she blocks it and kicks him. She uses the force to use her knee to his his jaw. She turns to trip him. She starts kicking him. Prime is on the other side, kicking Bulk. He is strong, noting can bring the big guy down. Optimus is taller, so he has the advantage, he hopes. He grabs Bulk to slam him down, but he couldn't really pick him up. Bulk turns the around, making Optimus hit the wall of a small room. Bulk punches it but he moves out of the way. Optimus punches Bulk, while he is struggling to punch him back"
Optimus punches his guts, over and over. Bulk grabs Optimus, and he headbutts him. Optimus stumbles back. He grabs on to his head. He goes to his knees. He sees the world spinning. He feels like fainting. He keeps getting head on the head a lot. He can't...he can't keep doing this. He feels an arm arcoss his chest, he goes back first to the floor. He sees Bulk foot, landing right on his chest. Optimus rolls away before another hit goes. He grabs bulk and flips him to the wall. He goes through landing right in front of Bee. He growls as he looks at Bee.
"You okay kid?" he whispers. Bee tries to get away from Bulk.
"Dad..." Bee goes to help him up. Bulk lands upside down.
"AHH!" Optimus hears. He looks at Bee.
"Stay hidden" he runs to Arcee.
Arcee gets hit, right on the jaw. She stumbles back. She gets trip down. Wheeljack grabs her wrist, straddles her, and place her hand above her head. She tries desperatly to get free, but he is strong. He leans in to lick the side of her neck. "I always wanted you, Now I ha-" Arcce feels her hands free. She rolls away from. She turns to see Prime is punching him. Wheeljack is trying his best to stop the punches.
"Leave her ALONE!"
He feels his arms getting grab. He looks to see Bulk, he is about to lift him up. Arcee kicks Bulk on the side of his knee. She hears something snap. He yells out in pain as he goes to the ground. He holds on to his knee. Arcee turns to Optimus, he is on the floor. Her eyes widen, what happen, Optimus she thoughts. She sees him holding on to his shoulder, a knife sticking out. She sees Jack get up. She yells out in rage, as she kicks him, right on the jaw, he goes back to the ground. He is out cold. She kneels next to Prime. She takes the knife out. He yells in pain.
"You okay?"
"Yeah...I'm fine..." he whispers
"Bee?" she says "Bumblebee where are you?"
Bee comes out of the hiding room. He runs to both of them. He hugs them tight.
"You guys okay?" Bee says. He looks at his dad. He is smiling weakly.
"I'm okay kid" he says. He hears footsteps. He looks to see Bulk slowly heading to them with a bat. He raises it up to swing. Optimus gasps as he covers both Arcee and Bee. He waits for the impact. Bulk growls as he stumbles to the ground. Megatron sits next to them. He hugs the three of them. Prime looks at Bulk, Megatron, killed him.
The hotel shakes, making them hold each other.
"What do we do?" Arcee says
"We can't go down, the whole building is on fire" Megatron says
"The storage room, maybe we find something we can use" Optimus gets up to look around. Bee goes to help him too. "Come on..."
The hotel shakes again. There is another explosion. He looks around again. He sighs. Bee keeps looking. He throws lots of things out of the room. He starts yelling, and yelling.
"There got to be something, an emergency slide, or...a big ladder...or a..." He stops. He runs out to check the edges of the hotel. Megatron does the same but to the other side. It's a big hotel, it can take them a couple of minutes. Prime stops, he sees a ladder. It goes straight down. he sees the fire, hasn't really gotten to the ladder. He runs back to his famly.
"We are going down. That side of the hotel, isn't bruning yet. We can climb down...and"
"What...we have to be fast, the ladder is unsafe too...how can we?"
Prime runs to the storage and grabs a big white blanket It's long, and huge, it what they use to decorate the loby. It reminds Prime of those blanket where you can perform your flips, on the air. He ties it tot he ladder. "With this...we can just slide down" He gets another one and ties it tight. He ties three more. He drops it, it goes all the way down.
"I don't think it reach the bottom" Megatron says
"Great...now what..." Prime say s
"The pool, we can let go and land on that pool" Megatron points. Optimus nods and goes to move the blankets. "Looks like we have to use the wall to climb down."
Prime ties it to a pole tight. He looks over the edge. Megatron goes up to go down first. He looks at Bee. "Come on...hang on to me"
Bee looks at his dad. Optimus nods, he won't be able to carrying him. His shoulder, it's injured, it hurts. He kisses Bee's temple. "Be careful" Megatron nods. Bee climbs to the back of Megatron. He hangs on tight. Megatron slowly starts climbing down, using the wall to help him. Optimus goes next. He looks at Arcee. "Come on...hang on to me"
"No...you are hurt. I can climb myself"
"Okay..." Prime starts going down after Megatron. The building starts shaking again. Bee hugs Megatron tighter. The flames burst out. Megatron looks to the side. It's getting closer. He quickly goes down, using the jumping methode. Prime tries to do the same. The buidling glass explodes and shakes again. Megatron is getting closer. They make to the fifth floor. He lands on the balcony of one room. He looks down to see the pool. He He looks up to see Optmus and Arcee climbing down as well. He looks at Bee.
"Bee...this is going to hurt" He says
"I'm ready" Bee says.
Megatron nods his head. He climbs to the rail. He gets his balance. He moves Bee, and carries him on his front. He jumps with all his might. He holds Bee tight to him. He hits the water with an impact. He holds in his scream. He starts swimming up, and Bee is right next to him. He goes up and gasp for air. He growls, he got by the water, and it hurt. He swims to the edge, and climbs off the pool. He looks up to see Optimus on the rail too. He jumps with all his might. He lands on the water, with a great impact. Arcee does the same. She swims to the edge to get out. Optimus help sher and hugs her tight.
"You okay" he whispers
"Yes...I am fine" she says. The building explodes again, and glass spreads everywhere. They all look up, and gasps. Wheeljack is running down the wall. He is hanging on to the white blanket. He stops to the fifth floor.
"Run" Optimus says.
"Where..."
"The beach...we need a boat" Optimus says. They all start running, trying to get as far away as Wheeljack. Bee is in front of them, he is searching for a boat. Wheeljack shoots, and hits Arcee. She yells as she falls down rolling over. "NOO!" Optimus stops and kneels next to her. She is holding on to her left leg. Optimus sees the wound, on the back of her leg. He hears another shot. He covers Arcee, it didn't hit him. Megatron falls with a thud. He is holding on to his shoulder.
Wheeljack is now closer to them. He is holding the gun up to them. Optimus uses his body to protect Arcee. He waits for an opening.
"You can't save them Optimus!' he yells "I was about to spare you...all. But I'm going to kill all of YOU!"
"You will not hurt them" Optimus says
"Arcee...you can still save them. You can come with me. And i will let them live" he says as he gives a hand to her. "Just come with me"
"NEVER!" she yells "Go to HELL!"
Jack shakes his head. He clicks the gun, he aims it at Optimus. "very well"
Jack is about to pull the trigger, but something hit him on the side of the head. It was a rock. He stumbles a little forward. He turns to see Bee standing tall. "Stay away from THEM!" Bee throws another one, hitting him right on the eye. "Get away from US!' Jack turns to him. He starts running to him.
"NO BEE!" Optimus runs after him. Bee turns around to start running away but Jack is too fast. Optimus isn't fast enough. Jack tackles Bee down. He punches Bee. "NOOO!"
Prime jumps to Jack, tackling him. He yells as he stabs Jack, right on the wide of his neck. Optimus keeps, stabbing him, over and over and over. He is yelling with rage. He keeps going until Jack is no more. He stops when he feels someone hug him. He turns to look at Bee.
"I'm okay dad...it's over" he whispers
Optimus hugs him tight. Megatron gets up, then helps Arcee walk to them. They kneel next to the boys. All hug each other.
"It's over Optimus. We did it" Megatron sighs
"look...dad a boat" smiles Bee
"Yeah...good work Bee. Now, let's go home" Optimus gets up. He helps Arcee up. As he did he kisses her. They all limp to the boat. Optimus went right ahead and carry Arcee to the boat. They all get on, get settle. Megatron goes to drive the boat. "Let's go home"
Megatron looks around the place. He sees nothing but pieces of boats, people dead. The hotel going up in flames. He can't believe it. They did it, they are going home. All thanks to Optimus. Megatron looks to where the ferries head. Over there, he needs to start there. The land is far away from the hotel. He runs the engine and he drives it.
No...you are not going away that easily
more to come