Til Death Do Us Part

Girl Talk and Confession

The next morning when I woke up I saw the whole room swirling around me. I closed my eyes and everything was straight as could be. I looked around the room and saw three figures sitting against the wall. It seemed that Ironhide, Sideswipe, and Ratchet didn't want to leave me alone, but the one person I didn't see was the person I was really starting to care for.

"You're awake I see." Optimus's voice vibrated from the side of me. I looked to my right and there he was, he had a chair next to my bed and he was looking down at me.

"How long have I been out?" I mumbled putting my hand to my head. I then looked on my arm and found tons of spider bites which were not good. "This is why I don't like spiders."

"You've been out for only twenty-four hours." Optimus replied.

I laid back down and realized twenty-four hours. "Oh shit! Aunt Judy is going to be on the fritz!" I yelled. This woke the three sleeping mechs along the side of the wall.

"She's not, we told her we went on a camping trip, and Sam knows what happened and so does Mikaela. We didn't want to take you back there looking pitiful as you did." Optimus explained.

Ironhide came over and looked at Optimus, I couldn't tell what kind of look it was but it was a protective look. He then looked down at me and said, "You ever run away from us like that again I will make you scared and make you wish you had never ran in the first place got it?"

I quickly shook my head with my eyes really big. "Aw come on now Hide don't scare her to death we still need her alive...well I still need her alive. I'm her guardian." Sides spoke coming up to the bed I was laying in.

"Okay everyone move I need to make sure she's doing okay." Ratchet announced as he pushed Ironhide and Sides out of the way. He looked at Optimus and decided not to push the leader for once. He wasn't in his way anyway; it was the other two standing around. He did a few scans over my body and then said, "She looks fine, seems like we can now leave and go back to Sam's place."

"Not exactly," Optimus spoke with a sad tone. I looked across the room and there were military people standing ready to do something dangerous. "While you were sleeping we got news of Decepticons in China and in seven different countries. For the time there hadn't been any activity been going on has been nice..." he looked down at me when he said that, "But we need to make sure the Decepticons are brought to justice."

These words hit me like a piece of glass. I didn't want them to go. "Are all of you leaving?" I asked. I heard my voice crack when I asked it and I felt tears building up in my eyes slowly blurring my vision.

Ironhide walked forward and picked me up in his hand and said, "We'll be back; none of us plan on dying any time soon and who knows we may bring you back a souvenir."

"I'll take you home Jess." Ratchet spoke as he started to walk over but I clung to Ironhide's finger a little longer.

"May my goodbye be a little bit longer?" I asked and I felt a tear roll down my cheek. Optimus came to the opposite side of me and gently ran a finger along my back and Sideswipe came over to me as well.

"I'll be back for ya, I can't leave my charge without protection after too long. You might get into trouble like how you've almost gotten in just being at your aunt's place." He laughed which brought a smile to my face.

I looked up at Ironhide and whispered, "You better come back...you just gotta. I don't want to go back to NYC to my boring family. My dad hardly ever sees me...you're truly the first being I've been able to get close to who I was able to make a bond with, a bond closer than my father's bond."