KILL 'EM WITH KINDNESS | OPTIMUS PRIME

FORTY TWO

Astray

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Bumblebee drove in, transforming into his full bot mode and went to shoot at the soldiers but broke apart. Different parts went everywhere and Lordes raised an eyebrow annoyingly.

"Seriously, 'Bee? This trick again?" Lordes whispered before the parts started to come back together again. While Bumblebee was distracting the soldiers, Lordes broke off the cuffs they put on her and she blasted some men to the ground before blasting at Cade's off.

"Here! Catch!" Lordes shouted to Cade before she grabbed his shotgun from off the ground and tossed it to him. Lordes began blasting at the vehicles the soldiers were trying to get back in, the vehicles exploding at contact. When she turned back around, she saw that Bumblebee had the man in his dermas and smirked.

"Come on, 'Bee. Put him down!" Lordes shouted before Bumblebee dropped the man and put the blaster to him.

: I'll blast you so badly-you would've wished you were never born. : Bee radioed as Lordes approached the man.

"Just so you know, Bee's my brother. So, if you mess with his sister, well.." Bumblebee glared down at the man before soldiers began aiming at him and Lordes.

"Woah, woah, woah! Stand down now!" They heard as Lordes looked past the soldiers and saw a face she hoped she shouldn't have seen.

"You, drop it!"

"I ain't dropping shit." Cade retorted as the man sighed and looked up at Bumblebee.

"Bee, this isn't how I wanted to do this. But I have to." The man assured to Bumblebee before the bot aimed his blaster at him.

"You.." Lordes began as she glared at the man in front of her. "You're William Lennox. You knew my father. My HUMAN father."

"I did, Lordes. I know how you must feel about me-"

"You don't know shit, Lennox! You worked with my human father and my real father! You fought alongside both of them! You didn't even know that my human father died! Died by people like you! My father fought and fought through hell to protect me, you helped him and he helped you! Not only him, but Optimus Prime! And you betrayed them!" Lordes shouted before her hands started to glow.

"Lordes, calm down. We don't want to fight." Cade said as Lordes' glare tightened but the glow in her hands died down.

"You're right, Cade. It's not worth fighting. None of you are worth fighting for. After everything the Autobots did for you guys, this is how you repay them? By killing off? Hunting them down? You ought to be ashamed of yourselves!" Lordes continued to shout before she was interrupted by Hound and Raven joining in.

"Stand down, guys." Lordes said before Bumblebee moved his blaster away from the man, Cade lowered his shotgun, and then the others stood down as well.

"You know, I could be a real bitch if I had killed you all right now, but I'm not. I'm better than that, and I'm better than you. I kill Decepticons, not humans. So, this is just a waste of time." Lordes finished before looking at Bumblebee and Cade.

"Come on, guys. Let's go."

"Hey, you're not going anyw-" Before Lennox could finish, Lordes raised her arm towards his chest, her hand glowing brighter than eariler, as if prepared to fire.

"I could kill you right here, right now, Lennox, and these men couldn't put me down. So I would suggest letting us go so you won't have blood on your hands." Lennox glared down at Lordes slightly, before she lowered her arm and began walking away.

"You sure you don't want to shoot me?! I'm a big ole' target! Wusses." Hound taunted before Bumblebee mocked them with a chicken sound. Raven chuckled softly before she walked away. Lordes glared deep into Lennox's eyes before she turned away and walked off, leaving Lennox sigh softly.

"Do we go after them?"

"No. Send a drone, put a tracker on." Lennox ordered before everyone headed to the vehicles that were left.

"What are you doing? We should be going after them!" The man said as Lennox stopped him. "Is this about that Aubree girl? Are you scared of her or something?"

"No. I'm not. Do you know who her father is?" The man glared before Lennox looked around and then whispered: "Her father is the leader of the Autobots."

The man's eyes went wide before a smirk went across his face. "This is interesting."

"Santos, don't do anything stupid." Lennox said before the man, Santos, rolled his eyes.

"I don't have to listen to you." Santos spat before walking away, leavinv Lennox to glare at him.
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Lordes sat slient in the passenger seat of Bumblebee's vehicle mode, tears slowly streaming down her face as she thought about Lennox.

She couldn't believe that he would betray her and the Autobots like that! She was so angry at him, she stayed slient so she wouldn't lash out on the others.

: How you holdin' up, soldier? : Bumblebee radioed as Lordes looked at the radio, wiping away her fallen tears.

"I don't know, 'Bee. I can't believe he would do that to us. You've worked with Lennox for so long, not to mention he worked with my human father AND my real father for just as long. I just.." Lordes sighed while letting more tears run down her face.

: It's gonna be okay, partner. :

"I know, it's just..I can't believe him." Lordes said before she looked back at her lap.

: How about we get some ice cream, son? :

"How can we get ice cream?" Lordes laughed wholeheartedly. Bumblebee rumbled softly before he sped up past Hound and Cade and got up in front of them.

: Okay, here's the deal, kid-we sneak into the-grocery-store and we grab-as much as we want!-Wouldn't that be awesome?! : Lordes laughed before she patted his dashboard.

"Dream on, 'Bee."

: I'm serious! : Bumblebee rumbled as Lordes raised an eyebrow.

"Uh huh. Okay."