You Heal Me

Chapter 8

I haven't talked to Megatron in a week. It's becoming increasingly difficult to smile and laugh. Knockout and Breakdown have tried everything they could but they both knew that the only way I would get better would be to talk to Megatron. Even to just have him yell at me, that would be better than nothing. But every time I even enter the same room with him, he will automatically find some way to stay away from me. I've tried talking to him but he will immediately start talking to Soundwave or order some of the troops around.  I've sort of given up hope that he will talk to me.

I need out of the warship. I haven't left the ship for the short amount of time I've been on it and I need to get out. I need to get to the clearing. It will bring back some memories that I'd rather not remember but I need to go there. I might find some answers to my questions.

I sigh and sit up and get off my berth. I walk to the bridge were I found Soundwave.

"Soundwave, can you bridge me to some coordinates?", I ask and once he nods, I list off the coordinates of my cave. I don't want to go directly to the clearing, in case Megatron is there.

He opens a bridge and I walk through to my cave. I walk into it and remember all the time I spent here including the most recent time. When Megatron invited me to join him on the warship... I sigh and leave the cave and work my way to the clearing. As I get closer, I hear the sounds of battle. I get there and I see Megatron and Optimus fighting. I growl.

"Stop!", I yell. "What are you guys fighting about?!"

Optimus looks at me and I could feel his relief but then I saw him glance at my insignia and his anger returns.

"You've brainwashed her!", Optimus snarls.

"He's done nothing of the sort!", I snap.

Optimus looks at me and I could tell his anger was now focused on me.

"You've betrayed the Autobot cause", he growls. I sigh.

"No, I didn't. I left base because I was having panic attacks. Megatron was there and we spoke. That's it. I never spilled any secrets", I defend myself.

"You betrayed me", he says after a short period of time.

"No. You're the one who betrayed me. Almost everything I've ever done was out of love for you. You betrayed me. I found someone else who was there to help me and while I haven't seem him as much as I'd like, he has not betrayed me. Optimus, you are my father and you always will be and I'll love you forever. But you betrayed my trust. I trusted that even if you found out, you would listen to my side of the story. Megatron has helped me a lot, he's the one who was there for me when you banished me and I've fallen in love with him." I hear a sharp intake of breath from Megatron and I could feel him watching me. "He was always there to comfort me and he is nice and sweet and caring underneath his act of a ruthless warlord. Whenever I'm with him, that's how he is. You can even ask his troops. When I first arrived, they saw how he acted around me and Megatron didn't care. He would snap at them to get back to work but that's it."

Optimus was trembling and as I reached through the bond, I felt his anger leaking through the blocked end of our bond. The anger was directed at me and Megatron.

He finally spoke. "You are not who I thought you were, AuraStorm."

I look at him with fear in my eyes. What is he going to say next?

"You are not the daughter I once thought I had. I don't know who you are anymore..."

I stared at him with pain-filled optics and I whisper to him. "Papa..." He doesn't look at me. Instead, he calls Ratchet for a ground bridge. One opens and he goes through without looking back. I felt my spark shatter into a million pieces and I start to crumple to the ground only to be caught by the warlord. He gently lowers me onto the ground and holds me close to him.

"He doesn't care about me, does he?", I whisper to myself. I hadn't expected to get an answer but  I did.

"He does, Aura, he just... he's just angry. I don't think he expected his only child left to join the other side", Megatron whispers. I feel tears leaking out and I let them fall.

"He hates me, doesn't he?", I whisper, staring at the place where my father had disappeared into the ground bridge.

"No, Aura, no. He loves you, he's just hurt. I believe he hoped you would stay by his side forever. I think he wanted you to forever be his little sparkling", Megatron whispers.

"This never would have happened if I hadn't met you", I whisper and I feel Megatron tense. I look up at him with tear-filled eyes. "But I'm glad I did, otherwise, I never would have found where my heart is."

Megatron looks at me in surprise and I smile softly at him. I lean up a short ways to his face and kiss him. The look on his face was worth it. I smile at him before speaking.

"That's what you were planning on doing a week ago, outside the medbay, wasn't it?", I ask quietly.

Megatron smiles at me and nods at me. I smile softly before wrapping my arms around his neck and hugging him. He tenses up but relaxes shortly after, and wraps his arm around me. I smile and we stay like that for several minutes.

Soon, Megatron speaks again. "So, you love me huh?"

I blush and smile. "Yeah... I love you."

"I love you, too", Megatron says as he pulls me closer to him. I smile and kiss him.

Soon, Megatron calls for a ground bridge and we head through, both of us heading the same direction. We end up outside our rooms and he gives me a kiss goodnight.

"Goodnight, Aura", he says. I smile at him.

"Night, Megsy", I tease and hide in my room. I don't hear anything so I peek outside for a brief second, which was a mistake. Megatron grabs me and starts tickling me and I start laughing.

"Stop!!", I shriek with laughter. We had ended up in my room as I ran from him, trying to get away from the tickling which didn't work since I had trapped myself. And Megatron had easily caught up to me and wrapped an arm around me. I kicked the air as he lifted me up before hanging loose. Megatron laughs softly and loosens his grip.

"Give up?", he whispers into my audio receptor. I grin at him before escaping.

"Nope!", I laugh and run out of my room and down the halls of the warship toward the medbay. I look behind me and don't see Megatron. I laugh and continue running until I see a ground bridge. I stop and frown in confusion until I see Megatron. I shriek and run the other direction and hear him running after me. I end up in my room and I quickly lock the door. 

Soon, there's a knock on the door and I breathlessly ask, "Yes?"

"Can I come in?", came Megatron's voice.

"Only if you promise not to tickle me", I say with a grin.

"I promise", Megatron says.

"You better not break that promise", I say as I unlock the door. I take one look at Megatron's face and immediately my good mood is gone. "What?"

"When I asked Soundwave to open a bridge so I could chase after you some more, he reminded me of the 47 spheres aligning soon and I remembered the doom prophecy that was spoken many years ago...", Megatron whispers. "I must leave in the morning to fulfill my destiny. I am the rising darkness the prophecy spoke of."

I look at him. "No, you're not and if you believe that, I don't want to speak to you. We don't know what the rising darkness is. It could be something else entirely!", I exclaim.

Megatron tried to argue with me but I grew angry with him. I close the door and lock it. I finally admit my feelings and he goes back to being the evil warlord everyone knows him as. I hear him plea with me but it soon goes away. I groan and open the door to find him still standing there.

"Go to sleep. I'll still be here in the morning, you can try to reason with me then", I say.

Megatron looked relieved and I roll my eyes. I close my door again as soon as he leaves. "How did I manage to get a warlord to fall in love with me?", I mutter to myself as I lay down on my berth. I sigh before deciding to save the questions for later and fall asleep quickly.