Change of Law and Heart

Chapter 36: Solid Ground

It was scary to be inside of Sides spark chamber. Didn't he have any other place to me hide me? Anywhere besides the glowing ball that could possibly kill me or at least give me radioactive poisoning? Hopefully the mech would be careful with his actions or else it would made not touching his spark even harder.

The only sound besides the low hum was the alarm. Everything else was silent; no sign of Cons coming our way. I yelped when shots rang out. Sides came to a screeching stop and moved quickly for cover. His swift movements had nearly made me touch the dangerous object. "Sorry, Brey," he apologized.

I stayed silent, unable to open my mouth in fear. Before, I was acting like a tough person around Knockout and Breakdown. Now though, we were in the middle of escaping with Decepticons shooting at us. One shot could bring down Sides with me still inside of him, I would go along for the ride.

More firing sounded with some coming from our end. I didn't know if the Twins had any ranged weapons with them but Barricade would probably have some on servo. "We need to push through, or else more will show up and block us in," Sunstreaker called out.

His voice was muffled compared to his brother. "Let's take them head on. Don't fall behind, Barricade. We aren't going to come back and save your aft," Sides ordered. By the noise of metal on metal, his and Sunny's blades slid out of their places. They were ready for battle. "Hold on tightly, Brey. It's going to be a bumpy ride." Oh, shit.

The two released a battle cry and seemed to charge straight into the firing squad. I squeaked and gripped onto the metal of the casing even tighter. Sides felt like he had shivered from my grip but didn't save anything and continued on.

Don't die you two or I swear. They must have been cutting through the group of Cons pretty well as the noise of their guns were decreasing in sound. Yet, this wasn't close to the end of this battle. There were still many Decepticons on this ship. It was just the four us against them. How did they even get up here in the first place? Did they have secret alt. mode that they could use to fly?

"Autobots have been spotted on the flight deck. All Decepticons head to the upper levels and ready yourselves for battle." We were on the flight deck? Impossible! We barely had stepped out of the Med. Bay and said place wasn't that close to there.

"Good timing, Prime," Sunstreaker said with a smirk, or at least it sounded like he was.

My hands were trembling in fear and my breaths were starting to become quick and short. You can only stay strong for so long. In front of Knockout and Breakdown, it was an act of being tough and unmoving. Now, I was away from them, in Sides spark chamber that could possible injure me. Everything was coming down on me.

I tightened my grip and screwed my eyes shut trying to ignore the sounds outside. "Aubrey?" Sides called out gently once the noise of screeching metal went silent.

"Ye-yeah?" My voice betrayed me and I mentally cursed at myself.

"I'm so sorry, Brey. We're almost out here. Just a little longer, I promise." His tone was soft and gently, reassuring me we were going to escape from this place all in one piece. A tiny smile made its way to my features but didn't stay there long.

By the sounds outside of the chamber, more Decepticons have showed up. I whimpered with my eyes still clamped shut and tensed every muscle in my body. Mentally, I latched onto the promise he said and tried to block out the loud screeching of metal.

Sides, you better keep that promise or I swear I'm going to haunt you.

Bright light shone on my shut eyes and caused me to cringe. I instinctively used my hand to block it and curled more in myself, my hand still gripping on the piece of metal. "Aubrey, it's okay. We're safe," Sides reassured. I felt a servo gently touch my side. In reaction, I shuffled away and released my hold. "It's alright."