Complex Robotics

Holding on to Heaven

Now, we have reached our tuning point! We're getting down to business now. (To defeat the Huns)

Okay, now to commence the chaos.

Chapter Twenty-One: Holding on to Heaven

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I stared at him with wide eyes, I could feel my heart in my throat, as if it was trying to crawl up my throat to escape the sudden horror that swirled inside me. Sideswipe gave me another empathetic look before turning to Lennox and Epps and informing them on the news.

I just stood there, as troops began leaving the cafeteria, when the emergency was broadcasted over the intercom system. Sideswipe was saying something to me, but I couldn't hear it, I couldn't hear anything but the last five words replying over and over in my head like a broken record.

Cons are attacking in Washington.

My family...

"Charlie!"

I was suddenly snapped out of the daze and stared directly into the worried blue eyes. He was shaking my shoulders, and my head bobbed back and forth lazily, before I shook my head, trying to clear the haziness.

"Charlie! Hello? Are you okay? You like you're about to pass out..." He trailed off when I groaned softly.

"My family..." I whispered.

"It's okay, it's going to be okay, I promise. Here, you got to come with Jenna, you'll-"

"No!" I yelled, wrenching out of his grasp, "My family!"

He sighed, "Charlie, I know, I get it. But you need to calm down."

"They're in trouble! This is all my fault!" I yelled, tears already blurring the edges of my vision, as I pushed past him to follow the older soldiers who were heading down the halls towards the weapon room, some were already loading up on Jeeps with guns the size of my body.

Someone grabbed me by the arm and yanked me back, and I turned to glare harshly up at the person. It was Jenna.

"Let me go!" I growled, struggling to get free of her death grip.

She shook her head, under the calmness I could see worry and panic in her eyes, "You got to calm down. Hey, let's go to the Rec Room."

Before I could open my mouth to respond, Jenna was already weaving her way through the crowd of frenzied soldiers, pulling me along with her. She finally slowed down once we were in the civilian hallways, and loosened her grip enough that I could wrench my hand out of.

"What the hell, Jenna?!" I yelled, the emotions surging inside me. I was so angry that I didn't know what to do with myself, other than scream at Jenna.

She sighed, "C'mon Charlie, can't you just stop being stubborn?"

My mouth dropped, and the blood under my skin was boiling. "Stubborn?! My family is there, where the Cons are, and I know from personal experience just how cruel and evil they are! They're going to kill and destroy and not even care! I came to this damn base to protect them, and now it's useless! I need to go with them Jenna, I need to protect them!"

"Protect them? How?! You can't take them on, you're only going to get yourself killed!" Jenna snapped, running her fingers through her hair in frustration.

I felt the tears run down my cheeks as my heart lurched in my chest, "It doesn't matter! They are my family, I have to try and do something !"