Goddess of a Prime

Chapter XXXIV

I was pleased Chardirakii loved her gift. I don't think I'd ever seen her so happy.
And that little squeal she made when the cyber-panther first popped its helm out of the box...I think my spark melted from pure joy.
The humans didn't show up that day, they were too busy spending Christmas with their families.
For the duration of the day Chardirakii and Hexia sat on the floor with the cyber-panther, whom Chardirakii had named Midnight (thank you CliffJumper101) teaching the little cat tricks and petting it, all the while jabbering to each other in a language I did not understand.
It pleased me to see them getting along, as siblings should at times. Through our bond I could sense my Sparkmate's continuous joy.
A squeal sounded and I turned to see Hexia fall over backwards, Midnight clambering up her chest-plate.
Chardirakii laughed, the sound pure and clear to my audios, and I smiled slightly.
"H-hey...can we join you femmes?" Smokescreen asked, Bumblebee standing slightly behind him.
Hexia grinned,"Sure!"
To my delight (and slight alarm), Smokescreen sat down right next to Chardirakii and started petting Midnight.
It appeared things between the three were started to calm down. Smokescreen wasn't acting so hostile towards Chardirakii, and her sister had begun to get along better with the others as well.
Perhaps time had healed them and bound them together.
Bumblebee scooped up Midnight into his arms and whirred happily when the cyber-panther purred and licked his chin.
I decided to go for a walk by myself.
The chilly midday air greeted me as I stepped ped out of the base and headed for the back woods. Although it never snowed, winter here was still rather cold, but we didn't mind. At least I didn't anyway.
I walked through a forest and heard the bubbling of a stream.
I walked over to it and sat down, allowing my thoughts to flow like the water beside me. I hardly paid attention to them, as I closed my optics for some calming meditation.
After an hour or so, I heard a femme calling me. It was Chardirakii. Just her I assumed, and hoped.
"Over here!" I called.
Moments later my beautiful femme stepped around a tree with Midnight tucked in one arm. When she saw me she smiled.
"Did I interrupt you?" she asked.
I shook my helm and smiled back, then patted the ground beside me,"Have a seat."
Chardirakii willingly obliged and set Midnight down in her lap, softly stroking her helm.
"It makes me happy to see how much you love your gift," I said.
Chardirakii's smile widened,"How did you know how much I've wanted a pet?"
I shrugged,"Lucky guess?"
Chardirakii snorted and lightly punched my shoulder-plate.
I reached over and petted Midnight a little, making the cyber-panther purr loudly.
"You don't think she'll be a problem when she grows up?" Chardirakii asked me, a small frown creasing her fore-helm.
I shook my helm and chuckled,"On the contrary, so long as she's trained well, Midnight will be a much-loved addition to the team."
"She'll do great on missions," Chardirakii agreed.
"Too bad neither of you will get to see her sink her denta into one of my soldiers," a raspy, deep voice growled from the shadows.
Chardirakii and I tensed up as Megatron and a large group of Vehicons stepped out of the trees.
"Megatron," I growled, standing up and taking a defensive position,"What a coincidence."
"Indeed, that I should find you and the very femme I am to spark," Megatron sneered.
Chardirakii stood and I stepped in front of her to shield her from Megatron's view,"Chardirakii is not your plaything to indulge in whenever you wish."
Megatron chuckled darkly,"Ah, but you see, Prime, I don't really have a choice. Her sire, has ordered me to spark her."
"Which one?" Chardirakii asked from behind me, clutching a hissing Midnight to her chest-plate.
"How many do you have?" Megatron asked.
"Two," was her bland reply.
"Oh...then Unicron," Megatron said, looking a little confused.
"Chardirakii, leave now," I said.
"But I want-"
"Now!" I shouted, pulling out my gun and firing at Megatron,"He wants you, not me! Now go!"
I felt her hesitate behind me, so dodged a shot and pushed her,"RUN!!!"
Chardirakii stumbled a little, then transformed into her beast mode and ran.
Megatron punched me across the face-plates,"So noble of you, Optimus, to fight for the lady."
Several Vehicons took to the air after Chardirakii while I battled Megatron.
"You leave her alone!" I growled, uprooting a near tree and cracking it over my rival's helm.
Megatron stumbled, then punched me in the side hard.
I grunted and stepped backwards, but now Megatron had the upper servo.
He grabbed me by the neck-cables with his left servo, then deployed his blade with the other before plunging it deep into my side.
I cried out in absolute pain, but still had enough sense to kick Megatron in the leg, then punch him in the chest-plate.
His servo released my neck and I gasped for air, while also holding my injured side.
Energon leaked from between my digits and I had a terrifying suspicion Megatron had severed a large vein.
Megatron now smirked,"Ah, Optimus. You never learn."
He spun and punched me directly in the face-plates.
I lost my balance and fell over backwards, tripping over a large tree root and landing on my back-plates.
Megatron stood over me, a horrifying grin on his face-plates, showing all of his sharp denta and lifted his blade.
Warm energon leaked from the corner of my intake and I struggled to get up.
Megatron slammed a ped down on my chest-plate, holding me down.
"To survive, you need to run. Let others sacrifice themselves and save yourself, but you, Optimus...ever the gentle-mech, you offer yourself as tribute and that is why you lose."
He lifted his sword higher, and was about to strike downwards, when a magenta and black blur slammed into him and knocked him off of me.
Chardirakii and Megatron rolled some ways away, then the femme, still in her beast mode, flipped onto all four peds again and snarled, her sharp tail lashing and violet optics shining with anger.
"Chardirakii..." I said, then started coughing up energon.
She jumped over Megatron and landed between him and me, that ferocious snarl still on her narrow snout.
"Chardirakii, retreat," I said, then coughed again, spitting energon onto the ground.
Megatron had hit a vital vein. If I didn't get to Ratchet quickly, I might not be able to protect Chardirakii.
Ever...
...again.