Transformers ( Bayverse ) - I Bleed Into Darkness

46 - Desolation

        ~~~

        The forest was crumbling around her, dying in fast forward. The trees were being uprooted, the grass fading to yellow, to brown, until it wasn’t there at all. Everything was fading far too quickly, the rivers were drying up until there was nothing left. The soil, formerly rich and dark turned a light tan, the texture drying up. Fay stood in a desert. A desert made by overindustrialization of man.

        At least, that’s the only way she could picture this occurring as the winds whipped her hair around her face. “Hello?” She called out, squinting into the distance, hoping for something to make sense. Anything. It seemed she was alone. The grains of sand stung her cheeks as the wind swept it up from the ground.

        ~~~

        Charlie glared at the Cyberwolf that stood in front of her. When the large being had arrived on Earth, inevitably sniffing out the femme that had been her companion on Cybertron, she had become an apparently permanent fixture in their lives. Charlie, however, was not as fond of the idea as some of the Autobots.

        While all of them were cautious, and a fair amount of suspicious, of the new Cybernetic creature, most were accepting. Cyberwolves were known for their undying loyalty and their bonds with whoever they considered part of their pack. While Clawkin hadn’t exactly accepted any of the Autobots as one of ‘her own’, she did accept their role in Fay’s life. And while ‘Kin may not have been the most gracious about that fact, she played nice.

        As long as she wasn’t aggravated.

        And Charlie was pretty damn talented at pissing the Cyberwolf off.

        “I told you to stay away from her for a reason, and you know it,” Charlie snapped. “I simply don’t trust you.”

        That wasn’t entirely true. Part of Charlie understood the Cyberwolf on another level, but she wouldn’t accept it. Not right now.

        ‘Don’t tell me I made a mistake trusting her well-being with you,’ Clawkin warned, baring her fangs just slightly as she gazed down at the human girl. ‘Her health is dangerous.’

        “I’m not the only one looking after her, you know!” Charlie shouted. “But I apparently am the one putting the most effort to keep her safe! No one here even believes me about why this is important! You’re all just handing me skepticism and crap when I need your support here! Fay needs us and I don’t know how to help her and none of you are exactly helping! She needs us!”

        “I’m not entirely certain what it is you expect us to do, Human,” Ratchet told her with a shrug. “We are obviously invested in her well-being, but she if we are left with nothing but riddles, how can you expect us to aid her?”

        ~~~

        Venting heavily, FarLust looked up at the warlord from where he towered over her.

        Again, his massive, metal hand came down and struck the side of her face, stinging terribly. Again, Clawkin barked viciously from where she was chained to the wall. ‘Bastard!’ The Cyberwolf cried out, even though no one paid her any heed.

        Quietly, FarLust accepted her punishment. She had misbehaved. She deserved to be struck and beaten.

        But it had been worth it. BrokenWeld had been spared. He was damaged, to what extent, FarLust couldn’t be sure for now, but he was still online. That was what mattered to her right now. That the mech who was responsible for her knowing the meaning of free will, and instilling her desire to obtain it, was all right. At least, that he was all right in a way.