Forever In Strife : Transformers Rescue Bots

Chapter XLI

1 Day

Julie's body was laid on a medical berth in the bunker. Optimus, High Tide, Heatwave, Blades, Boulder, Chase, including the two newer bots, Blurr and Salvage were sitting inside the firehouse. The townsfolk still couldn't believe a giant dragon that disappeared without any sign had saved their lives. Not that they all cared. Even the Burns were constantly walking into the area, hoping that some way or another that Julie would be awake and alert. They had less than 24 hours until the new moon would rise into the night. It was midmorning as the Mayor had the town give a ceremony, in dedication to the Luskey Dragon that helped return Griffin rock back to its place.

As the hours went by, they started to gather into the bunker, to say their goodbye's even if Julie wouldn't wake up. Whether she would be able to hear them or not.

"She really is 'Sleeping Beauty.'" Blades muttered as they looked at her figure.

"Ratchet, old friend, is there anything we could do to wake her?" Optimus asked, turning to the medic they had studied her body in hopes they could save her.

"I have done all I can think of, Optimus. I wish I could do more. Her brain is active, and her health is secure, but her body is stressed and overworked. Most plausible to why she isn't waking up. She could wake up at any minute, but there is also the chance she won't wake up." Ratchet replied, as everyone looked to him for hope.

"I know she is a little smaller than you right now, but you should kiss her. It might wake her up." Cody spoke, getting their attention. "If it really is like 'Sleeping Beauty,' a kiss should wake her up."

"Cody, it's just a fairy tale. An old story. That doesn't make it real." Dani interjected as she laid a hand on her brother's shoulder.

"Very well, Cody Burns." Optimus replied as he kneeled down next to Julie's resting form. His digit gently grazed the hair on her face as he crouched over her.

Surprising everyone, he transformed into his alt mode, his hologram that he hadn't used in a long time appeared next to the bed.

"He can do that?" Blades asked.

"Shh!" Dani, Kade, Cody, and even Chase shushed him, as they watched. Optimus's human form approached Julie. His arm slid underneath her upper figure, as he lifted half of her up towards him. Whispering things that they couldn't hear. His servo gently glided across the side of her face. As he brought her forhelm to his dermas, he kissed her helm long and firmly, holding her gently like she was going to break, before he released the kiss, moving down toward her lips as they watched. Seeing his dermas approach her own, as they gently grazed, before firmly kissing her lips. Optimus held her a little firmer as he leaned into her.

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Julie felt her mind was all cloudy. She had been in pain and felt dead for who knows how long as she hovered in the realm of the Primes. She had been walking the grounds after the pain disappeared, waiting for her mind to return to her body, but she worried that she wouldn't be able to say goodbye before her next mission.

Feeling as warmth came to her, she looked around at the realm that had been dim, as it started to light up. The light around her started to glow brightly, before she saw a figure approaching her.

"Solus, is my time already up?" Julie asked.

"No my dear, but it will be soon. There is someone dear, waiting for you to awaken. I have told you what your destiny is with love. You have met two pieces of the same spark. There are two more out there for you to find. Through them your spark will heal and become a hole my dear. I understand that you are afraid, but you must embrace it while you can." Solus spoke as she approached her. "I wanted to find a sparkmate, fall in love and have sparklings, but that was not my fate. You have a chance to love Julie. Embrace it, before you lose it."

"I'm afraid, Solus. I want to have love, but that would leave me something to lose. I don't want to enjoy it, to find it gone."

"My dear, you can't lose love. Nothing can take it away, it can only grow." Solus whispered into her audials, as Julie looked up to see the realm and Solus fading away.

Julie felt herself return to her body. Feeling quickly coming back to her, but her body was stiff, making it difficult as Julie pushed against the stiff pain. Opening her eyes, she was surprised to see a man kissing her lips, but after looking at it closely, she was able to recognize it. Reaching her arm up and wrapping it around the man's back, causing them to jolt as she slowly returned the kiss, gentle and sweet as she made it brief, releasing each other as the holoform in front of her quickly disappeared, the sound of gears shifting as she looked up to see Optimus quickly towering over her. Julie groaned as she pulled herself up onto her own feet.

"Hey, eep eep eep. No moving." A familiar voice ordered. Julie slowly turned her head to see the very familiar orange and white coating of paint. The bot looking down at her also with a smile. "It's good to see you, Julie."

"RATCHET!" Julie cried as she quickly jumped out of the bed, her wings carrying her towards the grumpy doc bot. She hugged his chassis as he brought a servo to embrace her as well. "My spark can't take it. This must be a dream. I'm in the allspark, aren't I?"

"No Julie, you're alive." Another voice spoke, Julie turning her head to see everyone in the room. "And I am gonna make you regret scaring the sparks out of us." Julie looked at Heatwave and smiled.

"You better do it quickly, my time is coming short." Julie remarked. "I'd rather leave on a good note, wouldn't you agree? There is somewhere I want us to go, where I will give my goodbye's before I am sent off."

"You mean the cliff." Cody replied, as she looked down to see the boy. Nodding with a smile on her lips.

"No teleporting everyone." Ratchet exclaimed as she looked up to see him lightly scolding her.

"Whatever you say, Ratchet." Julie smirked, as she flew towards the tunnels. "Come on. I have a few hours, let's use it while we can."

Arriving at the cliff, they could see the moon already starting to rise into the sky, far out across the sea.