Helping a Heart Become Whole (Beast Wars AU Rampage × Fem!Reader)

Finding out Her Story

*Rampage's POV*

Rampage wakes up at about eleven in the morning to someone in the kitchen. He could tell it was Tarn just by his scent alone. "Why is he here?" Rampage groans as he gets out of bed. He puts on a change of clothes, not even caring if they are dirty, and heads downstairs to the kitchen. "Why are you here, Tarn?" Rampage asks.

"Brought Y/n some food since she doesn't always remember to feed herself," said Tarn.

"Is there any reason why she eats only bland tasting food? I had recently bought her a bunch of groceries but she hasn't touched any of it yet."

Tarn looks down at the groceries he had just bought for Y/n and then looks in the cupboards. "A lot of this she won't be able to keep down unfortunately. I believe its time you knew what she endured before I saved her."

Rampage leans back against the counter, keeping an eye on Tarn. "So what is her story?"

"After high school, Y/n enlisted into the Army National Guard. She wasn't really given a choice by her mom. It was either join the army after high school or have no home to return to after graduation. Y/n was sent overseas to help families to rebuild their homes or help build wells for clean drinking water." Tarn puts the groceries away he had bought for Y/n.

"After about a year in helping overseas, Y/n's base was attacked by the Decpeticon, Shockwave, and Y/n was captured. She endured four months of torturous experiments in which Shockwave wanted to see if he can put a human through a 'forced evolution' and turn Y/n into a Decepticon. That arm she has, was all he managed to do before I found his lab."

"So how did you find where Y/n was?"

"While she was in high school, Y/n was working for Botanica. Botanica felt that Y/n was still alive even though Y/n's mom didn't care if she was alive or not. All I had at the time to work with was what Botanica described what Y/n's voice sounded like, since I didn't know what her heart sounded like."

"Now that makes sense. Now why did you take it upon yourself to take Y/n in as your own?"

"I've always taken in those less fortunate," said Tarn with a slight laugh. "After I found Y/n and tried to make her feel at home in my home, I found out she has PTSD. It was a lot worse back then but it's not as bad now. For the first two months, Y/n refused to sleep in her own room. Talk about a rather embarrassing situation for me."

"Now that's explains most of what you have kept me in the dark on. But now that I had to deal with Y/n first hand when she snapped..."

"She snapped?! How long ago?"

"The first night I was here. I don't think she has a personality split. I think that arm of hers is leaking more energon into her system."

"What makes you say that?" Tarn now had his full attention on Rampage, listening to every word he was saying.

"I think she's dying from energon poisoning and her mind is trying to find a way to escape from the pain of it."

Tarn stares at Rampage for a moment. "You maybe right. I was planning on taking Y/n to the lab and have both Sasha and Tarantulas figure out what in the Pits is wrong with her. As soon as she gets home from work, drag her to the lab if you have to. If you say she might be dying, then we cannot afford to waste any more time." Tarn leaves the kitchen. "You know where the lab is, right?"

"Yeah. How could I forget..." mumbles Rampage. Tarn leaves Y/n's home, leaving Rampage to some peace and quiet before Y/n got home from work.

*Y/n's POV*

Y/n returned home around five in the afternoon. She smelled of potting soil, damp earth, and flowers after having to clean up after the two people who had laid waste to the greenhouse. Silverbolt had found them hiding in the warehouse not long after Y/n showed up earlier that morning. She had just barely stepped foot into her home when she feels Rampage grab a hold of her arm. She feels herself getting pulled up against solid muscle.

"You smell good." Ramlage voice was almost a purr. He had seen her pull up in the driveway. He was going to tell her she needed to go to the hospital. But with how Y/n smelled when she walked in, he got other ideas.

Y/n freezes at the sudden physical contact. Rampage leans down, putting his face in the crook of her neck, breathing in her scent.

"Why do you smell so fucking good?!" A growl rumbles in Ramlage chest. He tightens his grip on Y/n.

"Let me go, please," said Y/n. She felt really uncomfortable being as close as she was to Rampage.

"Mine," growls Rampage.

"I am not yours! I don't belong to anyone!" Y/n yells before she manages to get herself away from Rampage and then slaps him across the face. "Do not touch me like that ever again!" Y/n hurries upstairs to her room, locking the door behind her. She quick grabs a change of clean clothes. Y/n unlocks her bedroom door and finds Rampage waiting for her. "Leave me the hell alone!" Y/n growls.

"But you smell so good. It makes me..." Rampage growls at Y/n. "I want you as mine."

"Just leave me alone. I had a fucking long day. All I want to do is take a shower and go to bed."

The sudden want for Y/n was soon quickly overshadowed by the threat of what Tarn would do to him if he didn't get Y/n help. "I'll let you take your shower but I won't let you sleep. Tarn wants you to go to Tarantulas's lab." Rampage quickly let's go of Y/n after giving himself a mental slap again. She smelled too good to him. He didn't know if it was her emotions or the fact she smelled of fresh Earth or a combination of both. But whatever it was, he had to restrain himself before things gotten out of hand.

"Tarn can go suck it! I'm though with them sticking needles in me, trying to figure out what is wrong with me. I already know what is wrong."

"Then what is wrong with you then?"

"I'm a broken human being with maybe months if not days left to live because of what Shockwave did to me."

"Then go to Tarantulas's lab and let them fix you."

Y/n takes her change of clean clothes to the bathroom before returning to confront Rampage. "Why the hell do you care?! You barely know me!" She punches Rampage in the chest and he hardly flinched.

Rampage lets Y/n take her anger out on him, burning herself out. It wasn't long before she had exhausted herself. Because if i don't, Tarn will try to kill me, Rampage thinks to himself.

"Go take a shower. Then we'll go see if Tarantulas can fix what is wrong with you." Rampage felt bad for Y/n. Trans-Mutate would know what would be best to help Y/n now, Rampage thinks to himself.

"What's the point anyways. All I'll have is the same answer as last time." Y/n makes her way back to the bathroom, closing the door behind her.

Rampage could tell that Y/n was in pain and that pain tasted sour.