𝐶𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝐿𝑜𝑣𝑒

𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑢𝑒

They lay lifeless before her, all three and one stands before her that makes her energon boil.

Voltage, her ship director, killed on the Decepticon ship slowly by having his wires torn from his chassis many times over for information he did not have. Only to be drug out to see his leader one last time with a smile before a blade driven in his helm ending him, the sight of his smile haunts her still.

Cross, her tech buddy and one of few life long friends, murdered before her when they had a run in with the cons. Murdered by his own weapons and and shot through his neck cables with his own duel blasters, the blood that splattered across her frame still makes her shake.

Bodystrike, the warrior medic of the team, killed by having her spark torn from her chassis by the warlord himself and stomped in front of her, the glow of her spark and flickering optics scares her still.

Blair, the traitor that led to all of their deaths and her friend since childhood turned in battle on her with the blade to her back, ever since when they meet their fights are never docile and spill little blood, a fight that will settle one day and bring revenge for her fallen friends and maybe... Take away their haunting smiles and her sleepless nights.

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Melody woke up ridged and in a cold sweat from the night before, she looked around her berthroom cautiously and sighed flopping back down on the berth under her.

'Another nightmare... Same one for awhile now and yet it always seems to leave me shook'

With a sigh and a heave she got up from her berth and made a small hot cup of energon to wake up with as she looked at some old photos and notes pinned on her wall. She smiled a small one at them and moved leaving the room with a sip of her hot energon and to the main hanger. She walked in but leaned against the wall still trying to wake up.

She looked around calmly, Ratchet at work like normal and looking as grouchy as ever, Bulkhead talking with Bumblebee, probably sharing old stories again or missions they had, Arcee who was already looking tired of the day already. Then theres Optimus, who... Is nowhere to be found.

'A patrol then, he normally takes most morning ones and-'

"Good morning Melody."

She stopped and choked on her energon from the sudden deep voice next to her, she started coughing and sat the drink down on a rail and covered her face looking away as she managed a reply.

"Mor *cough* ning prime-"

Optimus rose his optic ridge at her and waited till she finished coughing and apologize, she brushed it off and said it was fine as they began to chat for a bit of their morning. It was nice, she could honestly forget some things while just chatting, it was her relieve in a way, that is till the alarm went off on the moniters gaining all the bots attention.

Ratchet looked at the moniters and spoke the words that are often repeated sometimes.

"The Decepticons seem to have found one of our smaller mines."

Optimus looked at the moniters then turned looking at the rest the team, everybody already knew. Ratchet was already setting the cords into the ground bridge, everyone stood looking to Optimus waiting for the words the meant their leave.

"Autobots roll out"

With that they all headed through the bridge and into a rather set up bomb.

FLASH

They skidded to a stop and transformed rubbing their optics, it still early and this was surely how to tick off some bots.

"One of Blairs flash bangs, move to a wall till your vision isn't spotty. They know we're here now"

Melody said as she was already pressed to one and rubbing her optics with the others. After a few minutes of pressed silence they all didn't have spotty vision and grew confused before Optimus started splitting them into teams and spreading out. Melody was paired with Bumblebee and tge two were making their way down a tunnel till it opened up to the area the cons have already set up.

:Well they sure don't waist time in getting to work.:

"Got that right Bee, now we wait as Optimus instructed and..."

They both looked at one another confused then both hear the sudden beeping pick up and both dived out of their spot at a bomb went off and had them both on a ledge from it.

"Told ya the bombs and flash bangs were a nice touch screamer just look! We gotta bee and a fly in our trap!"

"Blair shut your trap! Your tricks are cheap, your just mad you can't tackle this wreaker."

Melody spat back at her as she stood with Bee at her side, Bee had his blasters out and pointed and Melody had one of her blades out before looking down and seeing the others engage in battle. Bee and Melody nodded as they split ways and started fighting Vehicons whilst Blair watches pissed and commed up to the ship before jumping into the mine and locking into a fight with Bulkhead.

A jet was heard overhead as a blue and yellow mech dropped into the fight, he attached a bomb to Bulkhead and sent him back a bit and then moved and caught the prime off guard with one. Melody was about to blast at Blair before someone hit the side of her helm, she hit the ground and hissed at the pain before just barely rolling to the side to avoid a blade and looked at the mech.

"Why do none of you Autobots stay still when approaching death?!"

"Wheres the fun in that! Even you gotta know that it's fair game out here, blueberry."

The white wreaker femme said and kicked him back as she got up and looked at him taking a ready stance as she transformed both her blades and the now pissed mech took stance himself.

"My name isnt blueberry Autobot."

"And mine ain't 'Autobot', it's Melody. Now how about you share your name so I know whos aft I'm gonna be kicking soon."

The smirked and pressed something in his servo that had her leap to her side looking at the blast before getting pinned to the wall by her neck and looking with a glare to him once again.

"The mech whos kicking your aft currently is Dreadwing-"

He only got to say his name before getting punched and dropping her as she looked at prime with a thankful nod.

"We take this loss but we will get another mine, come on."

Optimus spoke as he covered her while she ran to the portal, before netering she stopped and looked behind Optimus and got her blaster and shot at Dreadwing who about to shot the prime. Both looked at him then to each other before leaving the mine.

But little did Melody know that wouldn't be her last time seeing Dreadwing or Optimus stepping in.