Waves of Starlight (TFP fanfic)

Chapter 6

Just for context, the symbiotes are able to talk telepathically, so whenever they do, it'll just be in bold.

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Valena woke up, feeling groggy. Rubbing her eyes as she woke up. She fixed her hair with her fingers, startled when she saw it was glowing. "What is happening to me?" She muttered in fear. She saw a piece of shiny metal against one of the walls and went over to it. Looking at what reflection she had to find, her eyes have changed. They were no longer brown but rather a bright glowing blue. Like the eyes of the Autobots.

She merely curled up on herself in fear, glaring at her reflection, hoping it would change, but it never did.

Remix went over to her and tilted his head at her sudden change in appearance. The wolf hadn't seen many humans, but even he knew this wasn't natural. He also saw the way she reacted to it and nudged her with his nose. He was quite big in comparison to her, but he handled her as gently as he could, laying his head down so his eyes closer to her level, whining quietly.

Valena looked up at him in surprise. "Hey..." She mumbled, gently touching his nose. "It's probably stupid of me to be afraid, isn't it? It feels like I am always living for someone else rather than for myself. Now, I will probably be forced to hurt the Autobots because of Megatron. If only I could just race away, take one final race, and let life flash past my eyes." Mostly talking to herself before she shook her head. "It's probably dumb of me."

He looked at her with sad big eyes and nudged his nose under her hand. They were a bright blue despite him being a con. Remix knew what the feeling of being scared was like. Most of his life had been like that before he met the Waves. It was weird how all these people, humans, and bots met and were brought together by such sad pasts, not knowing if the future would be different. That's why they needed each other, someone to help them forget that pain, even if just momentarily, for a few minutes. He thought for a bit before nudging her more and lowering his paws, beckoning her to climb onto his back.

Valena looked at him before sighing. Standing up, climbing onto his back with ease. She figured he was gonna take her to Soundwave again. Who knows. Soundwave seemed to leave her confused. She felt like he, too, was confused. What did he think of her? Did she stand a chance at getting her freedom back?

But the con had other ideas. Instead of heading towards the bridge where his master was, he went in the opposite direction, down the halls to where the medbay was, and growled at anyone who looked at her.

Valena looked at the directions they went, watching as they traveled down the halls until they reached the medbay.

Knockout was working on a patient at the moment. A con that was injured before turning to see the symbiote with the human. Recognizing the glowing hair and changing eyes right away. "Primus!"

Remix rolled his eyes and went over to one of the tables so she could get off. He looked between the two and seemingly started to concentrate before somehow, a single word appeared in both of their minds.

Race.

Knockout and Valena both looked in shock at the symbiote. "Would Soundwave be okay with that?" Valena asked, getting off.

"What about Lord Megatron's orders?" Knockout mumbled at the same time.

The two, bot and human, looking at each other.

He let out a short, weird laugh and nodded. Soundwave would be fine with it as long as the symbiote was there to look after her, and as for Knockout, it wasn't like he already went racing without anyone except Breakdown knowing.

Smiling. They both looked at each other, shouting simultaneously. "I'M DRIVING!"

"I am the freaking vehicle," Knockout yelled.