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Divided Souls - Chapter Fifteen

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Chapter Fifteen

In the end dad got five years and he would be able to apply for parole after serving two years.  I was happy with the result and ecstatic with what Lucy had achieved.  We’d all gone back to base together, Optimus, Lucy, Agent Fowler and I.  Optimus didn’t say much on the drive home and I knew deep down it was because he was disappointed with the result.  Five years was a good sentence and the maximum that he could have received.  Agent Fowler and Lucy were sat on the couch together having a coffee and discussing the day’s events.  I was sitting with Optimus whilst Ratchet did a routine check-up of his assemblage and systems.  My stomach rumbled and Ratchet spoke without looking up from his work. 

‘Sky.  Tomorrow I’m going to need a long chat with you about what happened today, but right now it sounds like you need to refuel.’  I nodded and slid off of Optimus’ leg.  I stretched, all my joints feeling stiff and sore.  Optimus looked down at me and moved his hand slightly toward me.  His movement was limited because he was hooked up to Ratchet’s machines, so I stepped forward to close the last bit of distance between us.  Agent Fowler descended the stairs and approached the berth where Optimus was sitting.

‘Hey Sky, Lucy and I were gonna go out to get some pizza to celebrate, my treat.  Wanna come?’  I nodded and grinned at him.  It then struck me that I was unable to get off of the berth without help.  It was about ten feet off the ground, and Optimus couldn’t help because he was being poked and prodded by Ratchet.  I turned and gave Ratchet a guilty smile and he rolled his optics but smiled all the same.  Being picked up by Ratchet was a little awkward, as I saw him as my doctor, and although he was gentle, he wasn’t to the same degree as Optimus was.  No one could ever be as gentle as Optimus in my opinion.  He scooped me up into his large palm and deposited me on the floor next to Agent Fowler.  I tapped Optimus’ foot before we got into Lucy’s rather nice Ferrari and drove out of the base.  It was a bit cramped in the back but Agent Fowler needed to be in the front to accommodate his long legs.  Lucy drove quickly and the base was soon out of sight.  When we stopped at the traffic lights, she put the top down.  I couldn’t help the grin sliding on to my face, I loved riding with the top down.   The weather was warm and cool at the same time, with the smell of rain in the air.

‘I think it will rain tomorrow.’  I said, leaning forward so I could talk to Agent Fowler and Lucy more easily.

‘Pfft.  I’ll eat my hat if it does.’  I smiled at Agent Fowler’s way of phrasing things.  My favourite was ‘star spangled shorts.’  Before long we were on the highway and Lucy accelerated to match the speed of the traffic.  Because the base was in the middle of nowhere, the nearest pizza takeout was a 20 minute journey away.  Occasionally Optimus and I made the journey there, but on two occasions he had attracted quite a crowd of admirers. 

‘Lucy?’  I said her name tentatively and quietly, and her eyebrows raised as she looked at me in the rear-view mirror.

‘Yes Sky?’

‘I want to thank you, you’ve helped me put a huge part of my life that I hated behind me, and I will always be grateful for that.’

‘You’re more than welcome Sky.  It’s my job, and it makes it even better when I see the effect that a sentencing has on my clients.  I feel good putting sleaze balls like your dad away in prison.  The world is a better place without them.  Having said that, I would be out of a job if there weren’t any of them around!’  I smiled and leant back into my seat, enjoying the sensation of the speed and wind in my hair.  Lucy decelerated to come off at the exit and soon we had pulled up in front of the pizza place.  Lucy twisted around in her seat to face me.  ‘Sky?  Would you mind staying in the car?  It’s just..’  She gestured to the dodgy looking neighbourhood and shrugged her shoulders.  I nodded and took the keys from her outstretched hand.  She and Agent Fowler got out of the car and went into the takeout place, Agent Fowler letting Lucy go through the door first.  It didn’t take long before Agent Fowler and Lucy emerged from the takeout, each carrying two boxes.  I grinned as the boxes were handed to me.  The pizza smelled delicious, and I rested the boxes on my lap, not wanting the grease to mark Lucy’s leather seats.  My phone buzzed in my pocket and I fished it out to find I had a text from Optimus.

//

‘Are you alright?  Make sure you strap in in the car ;) O x’

//

I smiled and typed a quick reply before pocketing my phone.  ‘Do you want to take the scenic route back?  The countryside is beautiful at this time of the evening.’  I nodded and Agent Fowler groaned, muttering something that sounded very much like ‘women.’  Lucy shot him a look of death before pulling out onto the road.  We drove along a road that I had not been down before.  On each side, tall trees hung over the road, breaking the sunlight as it filtered down through the leaves.  Agent Fowler reached forward to turn the radio on and country music filled the car.  He leant back into his seat, tapping his hand on his knee in time to the music.  We hadn’t been driving for much longer than twenty minutes when I heard a low rumbling noise coming from behind us.  It was quiet at first but grew progressively louder as the seconds passed.  It was the distinctive sound of a low, throaty engine, the kind that exists only in ridiculously expensive sports cars.  It wasn’t long before I saw the source of the noise.  A maroon coloured car was coming up behind us, making no effort to slow as it got closer and closer.  My heart stopped when I looked at the car properly, drinking in every little detail.  The car was beautiful.  It had a sleek, angular body and was low to the ground.  The car’s muscle tyres were complimented by bright yellow rims and there was no mistaking the distinctive sigil that was adorned onto the bonnet.  I didn’t think twice as I leaned forward to alert Lucy.

‘Lucy, pedal to the metal!  Now!’  Lucy stared at me incredulously in the rear-view mirror, confused by my sudden outburst.  Agent Fowler spun around in his seat and gazed at me with sudden understanding. 

‘Lucy! Do it now! Before we’re part of this road!’  Lucy did not hesitate and the car leapt forward, the force of it thrusting me back into my seat.  I watched the needle climb rapidly up the speedometer, stopping briefly on 110mph.  Lucy’s knuckles were white from gripping the wheel so tightly, her breathing fast and shallow.  ‘Damnit Lucy! Go as fast as this thing will go!  But do not go back to base, do you understand me?’  Lucy nodded and swallowed loudly.  ‘I’m gonna call for back up.’ 

‘I don’t think that will work fleshling!  Something about a lack of cellular service in these remote areas on your vile planet!’  Knockout’s voice was beside us as he pulled up right alongside us, matching our increasing speed easily.  I knew that ultimately we could never outrun him, but if we could keep going long enough for Optimus and the others to reach us or realise that something was wrong, we had a tiny bit of hope.  I hit Optimus’ speed-dial, but there was just static on the other end of the line. 

‘Agent Fowler, he’s scrambling our communications!’  Agent Fowler let out an angry shout and threw his phone at Knockout.  It knocked off his wing mirror and his engine revved angrily in response. 

‘Argh!  Watch the paint insect!’  Knockout sped up, coming out in front of us before transforming on the move.  He turned and reached for the car, grabbing it by the bonnet and arcing us in a perfect semi-circle before he let go completely.  I felt my stomach move up and then back down as we did a full loop the loop before the car landed hard and fast on its roof.  Agent Fowler was unconscious, a single line of blood trailing down from his dark hair.  Lucy was in a worse way, her face a scarlet mess of blood, her nose crushed into her face from where she had smacked it on the wheel.  The wheel itself was digging into her chest and her breathing was erratic, her lungs not able to draw in enough air.  Every couple of breaths she had to spit out a fresh mouthful of blood.  She tried to speak, but all she managed were a few gurgling sounds.  The pain in her face was awful and I suddenly felt so helpless.  I reached for her, grabbing her hand as best I could in the confined space of the car.  She gurgled again and started to cough, her whole body convulsing violently.  Her grip on my hand tightened before her eyes were no longer focused on me, but slid past me, focusing on nothing in particular.  The pain left her eyes as her hand slowly went limp in my grasp. 

‘No!  Lucy! Stay with me, it’s going to be okay,  I promise!’  My words were broken and desperate, the tears already rolling down my cheeks.  I didn’t register the pain I was in or the way I was laying in an unnatural position in the car as it was abruptly tipped the right way up.  Knockout pulled me roughly from the wreckage of the car and lifted me up into the air.  I tried to shy away from his strong fingers as they grasped me with too much pressure around my ribs and torso.  He threw me into the air before transforming and catching me in his alt-mode.  Multiple seatbelts came across me and restrained my arms, even my legs.  He drove away from the car wreckage, and my mind wondered to what Knockout and his fellow Decepticons had in store for me.  

Sorry for the shortness of this chapter! >< I haven't been writing as frequently as I was before, I honestly don't know when this will be finished :XD: 

As always, thank you for reading and tell me what you think!! I love reading your comments! :la::eager: 

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Everyone out of the way! Optimous Prime on a rampage coming though! >.<