Driven to Murder

~Chapter 4~

A/N: I drew the image above. Hope you like it!! It of the drunk guy that Optimus mudered.

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I was home, watching the late night news. I ignored it for some time until, I heard a news person say something about another dead body.

"The mysterious murderer has possibly struck, again. A man in his 40's has gone missing. No witnesses or camera captures. If any information call local police." The news person said.

The person's voice was laced with fear. I could tell, even if I have the volume all the way up. Knockout and Megatron could hear it too. Megatron now has questions, that I only explained to the team and the kids.

"Crystal what is going on?" Megatron asked.

"Do you know what there talking about?" Knockout asked.

I didn't face the two ex-decepticons, I knew they would go to deep into the subject of monsters and death. Besides, its killing me, mentally, just knowing that Optimus is out there and possibly after me. They don't really know the dangers of what this Optimus creature can do. After them begging me to tell, I did tell them.

"No way!" Knockout was horrified and shocked.

"Pime was always the one to fight nobally, now he does this to survive." Megatron said, recalling all memories of Optimus and him fighting, before these crimes.

"No one even knows what has caused this change in him." I said.

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A low growl escapes from between his jagged, bloody denta. He dogged the oncoming car lights and into a nearby manhole, after somehow transforming into a cyber-beast.

"How did I do that?" he questioned his new form.

He then figured out that he could possibly make it out of Jasper and away from the people. For a down side that meant he would have to find food more often, but he would be out of the eyes of the public.

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I went up to my room to sleep, but I just couldn't. I was too awake from thinking that if I close my eyes, I will wake up in heaven the second I open them. I knew I will soon have to start taking something to calm my paranoia. Still it could be a sense of danger that is keeping me alert like this.

I've been up for an hour after the late night news, its currently 12am. Knockout is keeping watch over me, and Megatron is out patrolling the neighborhood. My house was all that was given to me by my wealthy parents, it was all I own and it surprisingly fits two giant alien robots. Knockout was in one of the corners, leaning against the wall with his arms crossed over his metal chest.

"Still can't sleep mi'lady?" He spoke softly.

"Yeah, its cause of all this death and the publicity Optimus is getting." I said, pulling the blankets closer to my trembling, body.

"Don't worry, I'm sure there is a way to stop this..." I cut Knockout off by speaking to Megatron in my comm link.

'Crystal you awake?'

"Yeah, what is it Megatron?" I asked.

'We got a suspicious figure running towards the house, be alert!'

My eyes widened, could Optimus have found out where I live? I jumped up, and ran out the room to lock all entrances. Especially windows. Knockout had chased after me, and surprisingly I was faster than him.

"Crystal!! Slow down!" He yelled.

"How can I!? I gotta lock down the whole house!" I yelled back at him.

I ran past the window that I had already locked, but I instantly saw a flash of red. I froze. I then walked back and there. Staring at me were two blood, red optics. My breath hitched, and my body tensed up.

Knockout turned around and saw the fear in my body movements. He ran back to me and just as he got there the red optics disappeared.

"Crystal!? What is it?" Knockout asked.

"He...he's on the house grounds!" I cried, and knockout placed his servo around me.

"Don't worry everything is going to be alright." He said.

'Crystal! I heard you saw him! Are you alright?!' Megatron was worried.

"Yes, but the bad thing is, he knows where I live..."

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Optimus ran and ran through the empty streets of Jasper. Trying to find away to leave the public eyes.

He ran down on particularly familiar street, and then he came to a house. Its smells familiar like?

Crys...

Cryst...

"What the..." He just growled and ran into the back yard.

Why couldn't he remember her name? He knew she was someone important to him, but he just couldn't form her whole name within his mind and his voice. Have those six and a half years really took a toll on him?

He ran past a window and saw a girl. One who was much taller than he remembers. The girl was staring at him. Those eyes of hers were full of fear. He watched her call for someone and a red bot showed up.

'Knockout...' he thought.

Optimus just growled and ran off through the bushes. Leaving those blue eyes to stick in his mind.

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Megatron tracked the beast down for miles until he lost it in a dense forest. Megatron had to return to the enormous home that I had graciously allowed him to live in.

"What now? I mean he knows where I live." I said, as I wrapped myself up in a blanket.

"He won't come after you anymore..." Megatron said.

Me and knockout looked at the ex-warlord.

'What the hell is he talking about?!' I thought.

"Megatron what did you do?" I asked.

"I chased him out of the town." Megatron said.

I facepalmed. I knew Megatron wanted to help me, but that went too far. I clenched my fists, and slammed it against the wall.

"You idiot! We need to catch him and lock him back up!" I barked.

"I am sorry, Crystal. I was trying to protect you from him." He said.

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Optimus ran through the trees, still as a cyber-beast. He came upon a cave, and rested there. He hopes that there is plenty of food for him to hunt for.

Also think up a plan to make those who caused him any trouble to burn and rot in the pits of hell.