I'm Friends With the Monsters (AOE)

Chapter 11: Warriors

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I guess it was around then I blacked out, because when I woke up, I felt actually... better. "O-Optimus?" I called out. I felt him tilt and I slid out and fell into his hands gently.

"Gabby, how do you feel?" He asked softly. 

"I uhm... my leg feels better. I'm warm... does that count?"

The other Autobots chuckled. "Good 't see ya alive 'an kicking." Hound said.

"Thanks." Speaking of 'alive and kicking', "Optimus, back there. Before we got captured, was that- that robot really Megatron?"

A deathly silence washed over our ship. Everyone wanted to hear the truth. "I will explain as soon as we rejoin your family." He told me quietly.

Should I tell him what happened?... Nah. Not yet.

...

It was about an hour, and a good-sized crash landing (I told them to be careful), but we made it. Bumblebee pulled up and Uncle Cade, Tessa, and Shane leapt out!

"UNCLE CADE!!! SHANE!!! TESSA!" I shouted, limping over as fast as I could.

"GABBY!" All three yelled. Uncle Cade hugged me first, kissing my face everywhere he could. No words were really said, but I knew he cried a little. Tessa was sobbing a bit, but managed to compose herself after a minute. Shane sniffled and ruffled my hair.

"Glad to see you made it, Gabs."

"thanks Shaney." I said, smiling softly.

"Might as well tell Bumblebee the good news! We've got a ship now." Crosshairs said, sitting up from his 'chillax' position. "We're leaving."

Hold, on. WHAT?!

"WHAT?!" I exclaimed. "W-why?!"

Optimus, oh man, he was not happy. I wouldn't blame him at all.

"You humans, after all we have done, you don't know what you've brought upon yourselves." Hearing those words made me feel sicker and sicker by the minute.

"What?! What is it now? What are you talking about?!" Uncle Cade ask-shouted, staring at him with disbelief. "I'm doing stuff out of my league here!"

"Uncle Cade-"

"You don't see who's controlling who." Optimus answered him.

"Huh?"

"Within that man-made prototype, I sensed the presence of Megatron."

I let out a loud gasp. "I knew it...!"

"What, the Decepticon that started the Chicago War?"

"mhm." I mumbled, the name making me on the verge of puking.

"How do ya think that KSI built those bots in the first place, hm?" Brains asked from his perch above us. "They had a whole mess 'a dead Decepticon heads, and they were download'n their minds!"

"Hold on... what?!"

"Exactly what I said! 'An I was in charge of autopsy duty. No union, no benefits, no nuth'n. They hooked me up to Megatron, 'an that mind wasn't as dead as they thought! He fed 'em the science 'an specs, all so they could build him a brand new body. Then, he infected it with his evil, nasty chromosones. And that red, beady-eyed- whoo! Got all my lovely locks on, and I can smell him right now! Total inside custome job."

Brains slid down and landed on the ground. "KSI might've named the body a snappy name like Galvatron, but that's just Megatron reincarnated!"

Yeah... I'm gonna puke.

"You knew this and you didn't warn them?" Tessa asked.

"Little girl, you can go to a pretty dark place when you're on death row." Brains told me and her, his voice serious for a minute. "He's been playing KSI all this time. All so that he could manipulate them into go'n after the Seed."

"The what?" I asked, raising my eyebrows.

"Wait, the 'Seed'?" Shane asked.

"Those nasty soldiers chasing us." Tessa recalled. "I saw them board the ship and took something called the Seed."

"Sixty million years ago, give-or-take an eon," Hound began.

"Thousands of planets were cyberformed with Seeds. They turned your organic life into our elemental metals. Our Creators destroyed your world, to make us." Optimus finished.

I felt... completely stunned.

"That's what Galvatron wants to happen again! He wants to detonate the Seed in the biggest city, and kill millions!" Brains wrapped up. "He's gonna show the world, 'baby I'm back'." I gulped. Not. Good.

"The blast wave will reduce the city to molten metal. He'll have enough to build a massive army, and annilhate your species forever."

So not good!

"Ya dumb, greedy bastards just bought extinction to yourself. Not my problem though!" Brains said as he hobbled off. "I'm free at last!"

We'd just... bought ourselves... extinction. Oh man.

"We gotta get the Seed before Galvatron does." Uncle Cade declared.

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While we prepared to bunker down for the night before the big day in the morning, I snuck away to talk to the Autobots.

"You guys are seriously abandoning us?!" I exclaimed when I limped over.

Everyone let out a collective sigh. "Look, kid. You're one of the few good ones of your species left... let's face it. We're not wanted here." Hound told me, shining up his gun.

"If you just proved yourselves that you're not monsters, maybe-"

"Gabby, quit it." Crosshairs growled. "We're leaving right after we save your sorry hides again from your stupid mistakes."

"Yeah, I'll admit, my race has made some stupid mistakes... but we're learning, aren't we? I don't know how many times we need to rely on you guys, but I know you're my heroes. All of you! I read about you, I believed in you... just wish I could help... help you guys out."

"Aw, kid you're breaking my spark." Hound sighed. "Ya got those big blue optics and it's kill'n me."

"Sorry." I apologized. "At least... take me with you!"

"That's going too far." Drift said, walking up. "We are warriors, yes. But Gabby you nearly perished aboard Lockdown's ship."

"It's like I told Prime! I don't care! I want to be one of you guys! Death I'll risk!"

"Stubborn femme." Crosshairs muttered.

"Give her a break." Bumblebee came to my defense. "She's trying."

"What is going on over here?" Optimus walked up. "Gabby-"

"I wanna come with you!" I exclaimed. "I wanna help get the Seed and I wanna come with you guys when you leave!"

"... Gabby." He said softly, kneeling down. "I cannot allow you to come with us."

"Why?!" My eyes teared up. "Why do ya gotta go? It's not fair! I hate humanity! I need you guys still!... I need you..." My voice cracked and I cried. Right in front of everyone.

Optimus scooped me up and held me close. Bee beeped and patted my head gently. "You are a warrior Gabby." Optimus told me gently. "The Keeper of the Allspark-"

"No." I stopped crying, looking up. "I am the AllSpark."

"What?!" Hound exclaimed.

"Blasphemy!" Drift snorted.

"It's true! It happened w-when I was blacked out." And I told them the story, the conversation, my choice.

Every Autobot was silent when they heard me speak. ".... You indeed are a warrior. Gabby, we cannot take you with us, but you will be our greatest assest in this battle."

"And... why's that...?" I asked softly.

"Because. You can lead us to the Seed."

Well... can't argue there!