Untold But Unforgotten (Taz/Up Fanfiction) EDITING PERIOD COMPLETE!

Chapter 9

Taz saw the glint of metal as the saw shot out of Optimus Prime's chest. She screamed loudly, and was pretty sure a few robots exploded just from the force of that scream. She watched as he was sliced, as the blood poured. The robots dropped the two halves of his body, and Up hit the ground with two loud thuds.

Taz felt a renewed energy overcome her. She screamed again, this time in defiance, anger, and pure pain. She tore apart the robots holding her and grabbed her zapper from the ground. She rampaged on, kicking, screaming shooting, unaware of anything but exploding metal and the sharp pain in her chest, like a knife in the heart.

Finally, she looked around for more robots and realized there were none. She had just defeated them. She had won the Robot War.

But right then Taz didn't care. She ran over to where she saw one half of Up's body. She didn't know where the other half was. This was the larger half. It went from his left foot, to his thigh, to his right shoulder. Tears streamed down her face as Taz put her head down on his bloody chest.

Thump thump. Thump thump.

What the hell?

Thump thump.

Was that what she thought it was?

Thump thump.

"Oh mi Dios muerto!" she cried. It was his heartbeat. She lifted her head up and now realized the barely-there rising and falling of his chest.

"Up?" she said. "Up, can jou hear me? Stay with me, Up!" Taz hit the distress button on her watch. "Help will be here soon, Up. Jou'll be OK."

She tried to think of something to do, something that would comfort both of them. What would her mother do?

Her mother. Of course!

She cleared her throat and sang. It was the same song the robot had been singing just minutes ago.

Taz checked the sky, searching for any rescue that may be on its way. Nothing. She continued her song.

She could swear his lips twitched in the slightest of smiles. She herself smiled through her tears.

She looked up at the slightest whirring of an approaching pod. She glanced down at Up once more as she finished her song. “It don’t matter what’ll come to be, our love is all we need to make it through,” she whispered in English, concluding the ballad.

"Lieutenant Taz?"

She looked around to see a man she had only before seen on a screen. She stood up. "Dr. Spaceclaw," she responded, too worried to give any snark.

Spaceclaw smiled sadly. "I came as soon as I heard. And because, of course, I have to congratulate the Ranger who saved us all!" He held out a medal. Taz took it from him.

"Por favor, sir." It took everything she had not to ask the question that was gnawing at her. But Spaceclaw wasn't stupid.

"You're wondering about Commander Up?" he asked. She straightened up immediately. Was she finally getting answers? It had been three weeks and all she knew was that he wasn't dead yet. "Well, you'll be pleased to know he is doing fine. His new robot half is working perfectly and he is quickly adjusting to-"

"Wait, what?" Taz snapped, interrupting him.

Spaceclaw looked honestly confused. "What's wrong, Lieutenant?"

She met his gaze sharply. "I just thought that jou said that, after all of the trouble we went through to wipe them out, and after this new injury because of them, jou put a robot half onto Up?"

"Well, yes. Otherwise he would have died."

Taz clenched her fists. Poor Up. What had these idiotas done to him? "Can I see him?"

Spaceclaw looked at the ground. "Well, um, no. I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner, but we just sent the Commander to a Rehabilitation Center. It will be quite a while till you can see him again."

"How long is 'a while’?”

"Two years."