TFP: Alone

Chapter 48: "What's going on?"

Sunstreaker's P.O.V.

It was the morning after Legacy's graduation. I felt better today than I have in awhile. I got up and stretched, feeling my joints pop. I did my normal morning routine of doing one hundred transform-ups and other exercises to keep myself up. My cooling fans hummed by the end of my work out and I sat down on my berth and looked at the piece I had been working on.

It seemed like forever since I've been in here. I had enough time to work out a carving with my digits. The walls were made of a tough material, but it was easy to scratch. So I got to work on the wall, using the tips of my digits to scratch the wall into a masterpiece.

It was mid-day when I hear the mechanism on my door click and it swings open to reveal an Enforcer with a pair of stasis cuff in his servos. I step toward him, holding my wrists out. I was surprised that Sides and Legacy came so early. But, Legacy didn't have to go to the Learning Center anymore so maybe it was just her. Sideswipe was probably at work still.

I was being escorted by two Enforcers, but then we made a turn that was opposite of where we normally go. As the hall expanded and we came into the cells of the regular inmates, they were being pulled out of cells and cuffed just like me. Something was happening.

"What's going on?" I ask the Enforcers, feeling panic sink into my spark.

They didn't answer me, but they just kept their servos on my arms, leading me to the end of the cell block. On the other side of the door, there were even more inmates in cuffs in a huge line. We were walking up a ramp and into another area. There were lights on the ceiling that were too bright and burned my optics. I squint and look ahead of us.

The line was moving relatively fast and I was curious to see what was ahead. But when I reached the front of the line, I feel rage fill my spark. Tracks. I thrash in the Enforcers grip and I scream.

"Tracks!" I scream. "You're gonna wish you died in the barracks. I'll rip your spark out and shove it up your aft you fragger!" I shake free of the Enforcers and I run toward Tracks, ramming him. We fall to the floor and I use my bound wrist to bash his faceplate. But I was all too soon pulled away and I thrash to get back to him.

Pain explodes all over my body and I fall to the floor, my vision blackening around the edges. I hear the crackling of an energon pod and I stay on the floor.

::Sunstreaker? What's happening?:: Sides asks. He was right there with me in my mind now. He used my optics to assess and I stood up, swaying on my pedes.

::I don't know.:: I tell him. I was put back in line and Tracks was pulled up to his pedes and forced to move forward. We enter the next room and I feel my spark sink. They were putting us in stasis pods. I look around and see that so many prisoners were being thrown in pods and they shut the doors before they could even get a word out.

::Sides...:: I was speechless. Several other prisoners were coming to the realization of what was going  on. A prison ship. They were shipping us off planet.

::Sunny?:: He was scared. I try to shake out of the Enforcers grasp again and I just got loose when I was prodded again. While I was down, they pulled me to a pod and I try to slow them down any way I can. But, I was going in no matter how hard I tried.

::I love you Sides.:: I tell my brother as I'm thrown in a pod and they try to shut the door, but I stick my pede out.

::Sunstreaker?:: Sideswipe was panicking. Once the cryo-inducers were activated, our bond would be absent. I'll be there, but I won't be. Sides will truly be alone.

They kick my pede and I reel it back and they slam the door shut. It was dark and stuffy. I bang on the doors, but then I hear hissing and fear filled my spark. My vision was going fuzzy and I blinked slowly, my body going numb.

I send Sides my feeling of love one last time before everything went black.

Sideswipe's P.O.V.

I gasp sharply as all feeling left the bond. I fell to the ground clutching at my spark chamber and tears fell from my optics, hitting the ground. Pat. pat. pat.

Other workers on the site rushed to my aid, but with an angry bellow I shoved them away. I stood up, still holding my spark and shuffled away from everyone.

It felt like there was a big, empty void in my spark. Part of me was gone. My other half was gone. My twin. My brother. I felt so alone.

A/N: Only three more updates before this book is done! There is going to be one last book and the series will be done. I hope you guys enjoy!