𝐌𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐲

Resolve

𝑴𝒂𝒛𝒊𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒏'𝒔 𝑷𝑶𝑽

Everything is so loud. I can't do this! I felt my heart breaking, my head feels like it's about to explode! The rapes, the torture...everything is coming back, and I can't make sense of anything! I feel like something is tearing me up from the inside, and EVERYTHING HURTS!

"Mazikeen!"

Who? What? Wait...that sounds like...Cade? I felt myself screaming, but I couldn't hear anything. I grabbed the bond with him in my hands.

"IT HURTS!!!"

I felt him pulling me toward him. My bonds...they opened back up...but I didn't open them, or did I? I felt a hand on my shoulder,

"Squishy...open your eyes,"

It hurts. It hurts to breathe. Maybe if I just keep my eyes closed, it will stop?

"I...It hurts too much!"

"What does?"

"Everything!"

"Open your eyes, Mazikeen! I know you can!"

"I CAN'T CADE! IT HURTS!"

"You know who I am?"

"I'm remembering everything! Make it stop, Cade!"

"Squishy-"

"No! Make it stop!"

Then...it stopped hurting. How is that possible? I felt a wave of peace flow through me. I felt something touch my cheek. I opened my eyes to see Cade there, in his holo-form, his alt-mode nowhere near, 

"Can you hear me now?"

"Cade?"

Cade smiled softly at me and nodded, 

"Yeah,"

He pulled me into a tight hug. Oh, it's a deluxe father-Will hug that he gives me after I get hurt badly...which happens more often than it probably should. I felt everything slow down, the memories were still coming through the walls but...it was more manageable. But...Mudflap and Skids...they died. I felt Cade squeeze me softly, 

"I got you, Squishy, I got you,"

I felt the tears finally slip out as I hugged him back,

"T-They are d-dead!"

"Who?"

I looked at him, even if it was hard from how blurry my vision was with the tears, 

"M-Mudflap and S-Skids! They died alone!"

He sighed and put his hands on my shoulder, 

"Squishy,"

I shook my head. There is no way he is going to tell me this isn't my fault, 

"W-What kind of AllSpark holder am I if I let them die alone?! They died, Cade! I didn't even fragging know!"

Is he seriously glaring at me right now?

"It's not your fault! I don't know how they died. But they did not die alone! They died together, a fate that any twin wishes. If one of us dies and the other lives, that kind of pain has driven Cybertronians mad."

"But I didn't know,"

He sighed, 

"Squishy, you know as well as I do that you can block bonds. Some can even snap the bonds in order to save their partners. The only exception would be an Amica Endura bond. Tell me, can you feel Tex, Sunstreaker, and Sideswipe right now?"