more train to home

also warning (violence, blood)

Megatron can't look away from his hand.


chapter 4

"Tell Kronika...I love her so much. And I will always be in her heart"

"Wait...wait. What are you talking about?" Optimus says

Megatron laughs a little "One got lucky"

He shows him his hand. Prime eyes go wide, his heart stopping, "No

Optimus stays still he doesn't know what to do. He walks up to get closer to stops from him.

"NO...don't come any closer..." Megatron says "I don't want...I don't want to hurt you"

"Maybe...we can do something. Maybe we can...umm..." he looks around. He sees an emergency axe. "We can cut your hand off...we can slice it clean before it spreads..."

"Optimus wait...no..."

"Come on...it's going to hurt like hell..but you will be saved...let's cut if off...and and..."

"NO..."

"We have to. Before you get infected...we have to"

Megatron punches him across the face. Prime stumbles but gets his balance back. Bee tries to run to him, to help him. Grimlock does the same. Megatron stops the two, lifting his hands up.

"Please...stay away from me..." Megatron shouts "It is too late Optimus...I can...I can feel it...already...but I'm fighting...one last time..."

"Please...Megatron...we have to..."

"It's okay...my friend. I'm okay really" Megatron says "I still have one more favor...if you can...do it for me"

"Of course...'

Megatron looks at Bee "Nice meeting you kid. And Grimlock too"

Optimus shakes his head.

Megatron looks at Kronika, who is still unconsious from the fall. He laughs a little. "She made me a better man. All I did was fight and fight and fight, I was a jerk. Nobody liked me at the company" He laughs a little "She always gets mad at me...asking why I didn't show any respect, or sportsmanship, I told her because I am the best...and she punch me so hard...right here the cheek"

Optimus notice that Megatron is now twitching, his hand. He notice his is going pale.

"So I did what she said...and it made me be better, stronger...I got people to support me, friends. I got so many fans, and support. But she was the one that supported me the most." He twitches again "Because of her I fight better...I fight for her...I love her...so much. I love her so much" His eyes are now turning blank "Please tell her..."

...

"You big dummy...do that one more time, I will hurt you" Kronika warns him. He just won his mtch, but he knock the man out so easily, he didn't even let him get up again.

"He was weak...So I laid him down...and i win" Megatron smirks.

Kronika kicks his leg. He goes down.

...

"How do you feel now?"Kronika says. Megatron just won, but he went to his opponent, and lift him up. They both share the victory.. The crowd is now chanting his name.

"It feels great...everybody always booed me...and now...they are cheering..."

"Because...they love good sportsmanship..." she says

"I still don't" he laughs but gets punch.

...

"You look so beautiful tonight..." he says as he looks at her under the moonlight.

She is wearing a grey dress, with a little bit of black around her dress. Megatron surprise her today. She didn't even know he took her to a fancy restaurant. She is staring at him.

"What...?" she wonders

"I know I've ask you to marry me before...but I want to ask you again. Properly this time" He kneels down, he reaches into his pocket. He takes out a box, he shows it to her. "I will fight for you, you made happy, you made me a better man. You are my everything. I love you so much Wil you..." before he finishes he gets tackle down by Kronika. She is kissing him.

"Yes...I will!"

...

"I love you..." she whispers. She hugs him tighter to her. He takes her, giving her love, making love to her. Once the minutes pass, he is hugging her tight, not letting her go.

"Promise me...that you won't leave me" she whispers

"I promise...we will grow old together, and we will die together..." he whispers back. "I love you"

...

He always smiles when he wakes up, to see her sleeping peacefully. He always laughs when she punches him, he always enjoy how she babied him everytime he gets sick. No matter the days, she always brings a smile to his face.

He can be having a bad day, the worst day at work. But once he gets home. He sees her, dancing, cleaning, cooking, or even laying the couch. The bad memories of work, or the angry feelign goes away. All those bad thoughts, just vanish. When she sees him, she spreads her arms welcoming him home. He runs to her, hugs her tight. He leans back to kiss her.

The bad day is now the best. It always end, with a good day.

He can't imagine living without her. He looks at his hand, seeing the bright silver ring around his finger. He is so glad, he married her.

He turns to look at the sky, but it shatters. He looks down at his hand, it's pale. He shakes his head "Looks like I'm breaking my promise...I'm sorry, but I have to go first"

...

"Of course"

Megatron stares blankly at Optimus. Prime can see the tears in his eyes. "Push me off this train Prime...before..I hurt her"

He starts growling, twitching even more. Optimus shakes his head. He can't do this, he tries to hold back tears as he sees his friend, turn to a zombie.

"PUSH ME PRIME!" he shouts. Optimus runs to him, and pushes him, making him flip over the rail, onto the ground. Optimus stares blankly at the railroad, the train is moving fast, Megatron, is long gone. Optimus shouts, he yells with so much anger.

"WHY!' Prime shouts "HE was so CLOSE!"

"NOOOOO!" Kronika shouts.

Optimus shoots up, quickly looks at her. She is lending out her hand, like she is trying to catch him, before he fell. He slowly walks to her. He kneels in front of her, she is still in shock.

"I'm sorry" he whispers "I'm sorry..."

She pushes him, but he didn't move. He just let's her take her anger out on him. She cries out for him, shouting at him, asking why did he die.

"WHY! He promised...we will die together" she cries "We will grow old, and die old!" She keeps fighting off Optimus, pounding his chest. He goes to hug her, trying to soothe her as best as he can. He is also crying. Because of Megatron, they made it this far. He did help Bee, he did help him. Megatron, did fight for them.

"I'm sorry..." That is all Prime can say. He doesn't know what to say. He can't even imagine what it will be like, or how it feels to lose someone you love. He doesn't want to feel that pain. He really hopes he doesn't. Kronika is snuggling close to Prime. She is now calm, but still shaking. She is still crying, her tears won't stop, and they never will. Prime just rubs her back. She looks at Prime, he can see that part of her is gone. She doesn't have that same eyes..she is now, lost. "Don't give up yet Kronika" he says "He wants you to fight. To keep fighting" She nods, she knows thats what he will tell her, and then she will punch his chest. She cries even more. Optimus just rocks her, and rubs her back, letting her cry it all out.

The minutes pass, she is no longer crying. She leans back, telling Prime that it's okay. She needs to be alone for now. He tells her to stay here, and he will leave her be. Optimus gets up, he goes to the control. He hears a thud. He jerks up to see Tarn slowly getting up. Tarn growls as he rubs his jaw, he even stumbles a bit. Optimus can feel his blood boiling. It's all because of him, everyone got killed. Because of him, Megatron got infected. Because of him, Megatron sacrifice himself to save his love. Because of him, Kronika is heartbroken. Tarn looks at Prime.

"What are you doing?!" he shouts "Let's pick up the speed..let's go home"

"You bastard!' Prime says

"What..?!"

"Beause of you! Megatron got bite, because you had to hurt Kronika...How dare you hurt HER!" Optimus shouts.

'I had to do it, I need to survive!" Tarn says "It's all Megatron fault for getting bit. it's all his fault for sacrifcing himself. At this time, we only have to care about ourselves!"

Kronika hears the shouting. She gets up, slowly walks to the two. She hears everything. How dare he blames Megatron. He didn't deserve to die. She now feels guilty, because of her, he got bit. If she was strong enough to fight him off, he wouldn' have thrown her, and Megatron wouldn't have come to save her. She starts crying. Optimus turns to see her, she is breaking again, her world shattering.

"It's not your fault Kronika!" he says "He loves you so much. He will do anything for you"

She looks at Prime, she feels little releif.

"He would do it again, if it means for you to live" Optimus says

"That is why he died!" Tarn says "He was dumb enough to save her,!"

Kronika shouts at him, but stops when Optimus holds him by the collar.

Optimus punches him. Tarn stumbles back to the door. Prime grabs him by the collar agian, he keeps punching him. He can feel his hand, getting cut open. Tarn knees Prime, right on the groin, he drops Tarn. He scrambles to grab something to hit Prime with. He is crawling to the emergency axe. He breaks the glass. He grabs it, holds it tight.

"We can't fight NOW! Zombies are still out there...we have increase the speed of this train!"

"Zombies is the last thing you should worry ABOUT!" Prime kicks his guts. Tarn shouts in pain, he even let's go of the axe. he tries to get some air. "After I'm done with YOU!" Prime picks him up again. "I will throws you to the zombies!" Prime punches him "And you will die a slow...painful...death!" Prime knees his guts. He shouts in pain, as he goes down. Prime stomps on Tarn's fingers, he shouts. Optimus is about to kick his head, but he hears a shout.

"Stop OPTIMUS!" Grimlock runs to him. "Don't do this!"

"But he killed Megatron!" Prime shouts "He killed so many innocents!" Optimus grabs Tarn in a headlock, he starts choking him. He is going to make him suffer. He is going to suffacate him, then let him breath, and he does it again.

"I know...but...you are not like him. You want to help, you don't kill"

Prime loosens his hold

"I know he did wrong. But please...don't be like him" Grimlock cries. "Please..don't cross that line"

Bee is hiding behind Grim. He never seen his dad this angry before. He is a different person to Bee. When he saw his eyes, he didn't even recongnize his father. He is a completly different man. Bee gets scared. His father, is scary when he is angry. Grimlock lends out a hand.

"Please...it's okay. We can let him stay here, we will be outside..." he says "Just leave him alone...and let life deal with him!"

Optimus looks back at Tarn. He is all bruise up. He is still trying to catch his breath. He groans in pain, as he tries to move. Optimus nods, Grim is right. Killing him, won't do anything. He doesn't want his blood, on his hands. He turns to Grim, he goes to grab his hand. Optimus starts walking to Grimlock. Tarn gets up, he feels something close to his hand. The axe. He grabs the axe. He needs to survive, he feels like Prime is still going to kill him. He doesn't want to die. His heart is racing, his adrenline is spiking. He needs to survive. Tarn runs to him, he swings his axe, not knowing where it will hit the man in front. Grimlock eyes widen, as he sees Tarn swinging something behind him.

"LOOK OUT!" Grim shouts. Optimus truns arounds but the axe is already in full force. Prime gasps.

"NOOO!"

"DAD!"


Elita is pacing back and forth. The news, is all over the channel. She is staring at her phone. She is hoping that Prime calls her. She wants to call but what if he is trying to call her, and she is disrupting notice that it's the day, they are set to return. She curse, why today, WhY! They are so far away from her, and the zombies are out there. She wants them home, safe in her arms. She looks through her phone, reading the news. She doesn't see anything about the train station, so that means it's still okay. She keeps searching, keeps reading. She finds nothing about trains. She smiles a bit, that means the ride here will be safe. She sees her screen turn green. It's Optimus. "Hello" she answers quickly"

That was the first time he calls her. She is glad, that nothing serious is going on yet.

Elita searches again. The zombies, the virus, is all over the city, and towns around the city. She hears her phone.

"Please be careful" Elita says. He explains everything wrong, zombies are on the train. The one Optimus and Bee are riding. He tells her that everything, is okay. That he is still on his way to San Pax. She hopes he makes it. She stares at her phone, she is going to wait for another phone call. But it never comes.

Elita is looking at her phone. She turns to the Tv. The news is on,the news is playing. Elita sees different videos of zombies, she is getting worried. She hopes he does call her in thirty minutes. She gets up to get a glass of water. She is feeling a lot better now. she wishes she never got sick. She loves going with Prime to his work. It's suppose to be a vacation for her. She gets to travel around the city. She even gets to buy whatever she wants. Prime even told her, that he will give her his wallet. She jumps with joy. She is looking forward to it, but all of a sudden, she gets sick. It all started with a cough, then an itchy throat with a little burning. She gets a fever a day after. She got so angry, she even curse, she shouts, she threw pillows. Prime will just go to her, and hug her tight. She always pushes him away, she doesn't want him to get sick. She told Prime that she is staying, she doesn't feel good at all. As the days go by, she rides out the flu. She gets better. Now, she is looking forward to them arriving home, safe and sound. But then, the news goes on. She gets an alert saying all airlines are down even buses. The couple decided to take the train to the city. By car...it takes at least three and half hours to get there. On train is probably the same amount. She always wanted to ride the train, so they got tickets. And now, he is riding one back.

She wonders if it was best to take the truck to the city. She wants to get on one and drives as fast as she can. She wants to go to them, she wants to bring them him safely. She shakes her head, no, they are on a train, they can be here any minute. If she does go, where will they be at. The station is up ahead, right before the entrance of San Pax. She sets the cup down, and she goes outside. She is staring down the street. She hears truck engines, she turns to see the army, slowly driving by the nieghborhood. So far, San Pax is the only town, that hadn't been infected. The army decides to settle here. Where is is all safe. The army close all the exits, entrances to this town. No one get in or out, she shakes her head, even she did go with her plan, to drive to find them, the army wont let her through.

The army is ready for anything. Also, ready to shoot on sight. If they can't confirm that you are alive, or the undead, they shoot with hesitation. The general did tell them not to shoot on sight, but to wait for command. So far, it is quiet. Elita jumps when she hears a loud bang. She turns around, she can hear gunshots from afar, looks like the virus is getting closer. The army, won't let any zombie go by. Elita is glad that town is safe, but she hopes the army will let Prime and Bee in.

She sniffs, she goes back inside. She grabs her cellphone. Nothing, she is not getting calls, or text. She tries to call him, but no signal. She growls as she throws the phone. She sits down on the couch, and she turns on the news. She sees the city, it is all destroyed, and nothing but zombies filling the area. She sees the Optimus's work building is on fire, it looks like it's about to go down. She jumps when she hears gunshots again. She can't stand this. She doesn't want to be here waiting. She needs to know, if her boys are okay. She gets up, walks to her room, and gets dress.

She goes out, runs to the truck. She drives to the exit. She goes down the road you use to go to the city. She keeps driving but stops when she sees army trucks, barricades right in of her. Elita notices that the train station is not being gaurded. She tries to look closer, she sees that it is empty. There are still cars park right next to it. She sees Optimus's truck, it's still park there. She wonders if any trains have pass by yet, if anyone made a stop here. She sees the men, are scouting around, looking around. Maybe the shooting in the other side. She looks at the gaurds, who are using the sniper guns to look around. She bumps into the general.

"Whoa..hey. You are not suppose to be here" he says

"I know...but...I got curious...I want to know what happen? I want to know what is happening...what's with all the noise"

"Mam...this is the only town that is safe. Other's got infected. We are doing our best to hold back the zombies. They are not taking this town too" he looks around "And then one after San Pax...we are trying to keep zombies right over there...where we can eliminate them"

"Is there is any survivers...?"

'Yes but...they are injured..hurt...frightened..." he sighs "We hope we found more surivers...than zombies'

She walks to the barricades but he stops her.

"You can't be here. Go back...stay inside"

"Wait...I have to see something"

"No stay back!" he shouts. She nods in understanding.

"General, did any train come by yet?" she says

He thinks about it, he doesn't really remember if one did. He doesn't remember in fact he believes no train have pass by yet. Or even stop at the station right in front.

"No...not train has pass nor stop at this station"

"You think...one will...some time soon" she says

"I dont' know. We did report, and warn all the train to stop at a station close by"

"Really?"

"Yes...to evacuate. No train should be on the railroads, or least that's what we ordered"

"Okay" she whispers

"Now go on Home" he says

"wait...I can help. I'm a nurse"

He sighs, he does need help. There are so many injured. He nods "Over there.."

Elita runs to the tent, she finds the wounded. She goes to work. Now, this is good, she can be distracted, but deep down, she is worried sick. Before they bring in the wounded, they check them. Making sure they don't have the virus in them. She goes up to one, she kneels in front of the kid. He is holding tight to his bear. She helps him, she helps the youngs one, while the other worry about the adults. It did take some pressure off the other nurses, doctors.

Elita jumps when she hears gunshots. This time is louder than back at home. She wonders, if it's going to be like this all day. She goes back to work, right now, worry about the children. Just focus on them, all will be okay. She will help them, and tell them that all is going to be okay. She goes back to check her phone, nothing. She calls again.

"Optimus...please answer..." she whispers "Bee..?"

She sits down, she tries to hold her tears. She is scared, what if, they are already gone. What if, they are zombies, trying to make their way here, and they will have to shoot them. She shakes that thought. No, they are going to be fine. She knows they will. Elita walks around, giving the people water, snacks. She takes a seat, she stretches. There is nothing but loud gunshots, and big booms being heard. She goes back to work. As she works, her mind is racing. So many scenes are playing through her head. Every single one of them, includes her losing her boys. She even thinks of her boys, turning to zombies. She takes a step back, and runs outside. She goes down to her knees. Why can't these scenes stop?

She hugs herself. She can't think like this. "They are going to be okay. I know they are" she whispers "Everything will be okay" She tries to breathe, tries to count to ten. She takes one deep breathe, and she goes back to work. She needs to stay focus now. She will only pay attention to the patients. She is going to work hard, to help them feel better. Elita is on break. She tries to watch the news on her phone, but it keeps breaking. There is no signal at all. She doesn't even hear from Optimus either. She looks through her phone now. She sees pictures. Mostly all of them are all Bumblebee. There is one that always makes her smile. She went to work on midday shift. She doesn't get off till midnight. She goes home, walks to the room. She stops when she sees the view. She starts giggling, she tries not to laugh too hard. She doesn't want to wake them.

Bumblebee is laying next to Optimus. The both are on their backs, with one hand on their stomach, the other next to the head. They are sleeping in the same position. Not only that, they both snored, and scratch their stomachs. She grabs her phone and takes a picture. "Like father like son" she giggles. She goes to do her own things.

Elita swipes to see another. It's Optimus carrying Bee on his shouders, while Bee is flying like an airplane. HIs arms spread wide, his smile wide. She sees a tear hit the screen. She whipes it off. She sniffs, she starts crying. She misses them so much. "Please get home. I miss you" She looks up, praying that they will make it safe. "I love them. Please help them get home. Primus"

Elita goes back to work. As she walks back she hears men shouting. She looks up, to see them pointing to the right. She wonders what is going on. She wants to get closer. The general is distracted, maybe she can sneak pass them. She needs to know what is going on.

"There at the station...survivors!' one shouts "One is waving a flag...it looks like two..."

The general nods "Alright men get ready to move..."

Elita decides to go with the group. She wants to know, she really hopes it's them.

"Whoa..you can't come!" he says

"What if they are hurt?" she says "i can help them"

"AHh...fine. But stay close, there still might be zombies there' he signals to follow. Elita follows. As she is getting closer, her heart starts pounding. Something, deep inside her, she feels something is wrong, but she also feel, that she is going to see the boys. She can feel it, she wants to hurry, she wants to get there now.

The soldiers starts roaming the area, searching for the suvivor. One shout, saying that he found them. Elita rushes to where he is. She is getting a heavy feeling now. She turns the corner and stops cold.

"Mom..."

She looks to see her son. He is in front of her, shaking from the tears. He slowly walks to her. She goes down, to hug him tight. "Oh thank Primus" she cires. She hugs her son for dear life. She cries into his shoulder, she tightens her grip. She wants to make sure that he is with her, that he is finally home. She leans back to look at him. He is also crying, hugging her tight. He hiccups, and sniffs. Elita shush him, telling him that it's okay now. He is home, with her. She hugs him again. She leans back again, and looks around.

"Where..is...your...dad?" she says

Bee looks down.

"DAd needs help...hurry" Bee says. He starts dragging her.


The train ride home

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