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Times Are Changing	By : LuciferDragon Category: S through Z > Transformers (Movie Only) > Transformers (Movie Only) Views: 4016 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: The only characters I own are Icestriker, Jadefire, and Katrina. Everything else belongs to the Transformers movie-verse. I make no money off this fic. It's all in good fun.

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34.
Three years later…
Jadefire took a minute to steady herself, not wanting to be there right at that moment. A hand landed on her shoulder pauldrons gently, and she turned to see Ratchet. "I don't think I can do this."
"You have to see him eventually, Jade."
Cleanup had been going on for a very long time now. The secret was out: Robots did in fact live among the humans, no matter how hard they tried to cover it up. It was easier to allow the humans to know the truth, seeing as their world as they knew it was almost destroyed by Sentinel Prime and Shockwave. Graves were erected on what was now known as sacred ground for the remains of their fallen warriors. Even Jazz was removed from his watery grave and placed in the proper tomb. Two mausoleums had been constructed, one for the fallen Decepticons out of respect, and one for their own brethren.
"He didn't get the chance to see him before he was offlined."
Explosions erupted around her as she entered her last bit of data. She didn't even get a chance to examine her surroundings before her spark felt like it was tearing apart.
Jadefire's spark clenched at the words that equaled to "murdered". She shook her head. "I can't go alone."
"You are not alone. We're right here." Ratchet nodded to her side. "You owe him this."
She stared ahead at the Autobot mausoleum, searching for the strength to move her legs forward. "I-I can't see him like this."
Ratchet gave a soft smile. "I understand how you feel, but it's been six months, and you haven't returned since the service."
"I've been busy."
"Too busy for this? Or just making up excuses to avoid the truth?"
She could barely hear Sideswipe even though he held her shoulders to keep her upright. She could make out, "He's dead. Jade, we have to leave!"
Jadefire fell silent, forcing her legs forward, tugging the small presence next to her along. Be strong in front of him.
Ratchet followed at a small distance, giving her a bit of space, but still reassuring her he was behind her the entire way.
Jadefire's pace slowed as she found the tombstone containing the designation she was looking for. "Hey, I brought him for you 'Hide. He… he's just like you." She gave a short laugh and knelt in front of the case that held her former lover's remains. After a second, she motioned for the small presence to move forward. She held on to the small protoform's shoulders as he fidgeted in place. "Jax, say hi to your father."
The youngling narrowed his blue optics at the engraved plate in front of him. He reached out and touched the embossed letters that spelled out "Ironhide" in Cybertronian. He glanced at his mother before looking back to the designation. "Why's Daddy in here?"
Jadefire gave a quick look to Ratchet before sitting down behind her son. "He was a hero, that's why. He risked his life for millions of years, so Autobots like us could live peaceful lives." She paused for a moment, reaching forward for his unarmored shoulders. "He gave that life to protect us for the last time."
"Didn't he love you, Mommy?"
"Very much so."
"Then why did he go and die on you?"
Her spark clenched with pain, still adjusting to it being solitary again. "He… he wanted so much to see you as more than a glowing orb in my carrying chamber. He wanted to be around, so he could watch over you, see you grow up, choose your armor, do your first trans-scan. Sentinel… he cut that short, and offlined your father. It wasn't his choice."
"Wasn't Daddy strong?"
"One of the strongest, the most experienced. There was just nothing he could have done. He fought bravely for years, even before Optimus formed the Autobots." She gave a soft smile to the designation plate. "He didn't take scrap from anyone. That's why… why he became your father, initially."
Jax studied the plate some more. "So he was a good mech?"
"Of course."
The youngling stepped back and looked to his mother. "I'll protect you in Daddy's place. I'll make sure nothing happens to you, ever."
Jadefire clutched her son close to her, finding words meaningless at that moment in time. I wish you were here with us.
Ratchet cleared his vocal processors, gaining their attention. "I'll take Jax outside, to give you some privacy."
She nodded to the medic, allowing Jax to go to Ratchet's side so the mech could bring him back out of the mausoleum.
She fought against Sideswipe's hold, despair racking her whole body. "No! Let me go, Sideswipe! I have to get to him!"
"Jade, it's no good, he's dead, and you will be too if we don't get out of here!"
She stared at the plate for what felt like ages before she put a hand to it, tracing the letters in Cybertronian as her son just had moments before. "I miss you, 'Hide." Her hand dropped back to her leg. "I should have visited sooner, I know, but things…" She trailed off, finding it difficult to lie to herself anymore. "You shouldn't have died. You had so many things to look forward to yet. Seeing our first sparkling's protoform, being there for his first function as a fresh hatchling. Watching him grow into a strong warrior like you were." She moved forward, resting her helm against the cool marble. "He adores you, even though you never met. He wants to be strong like you always were." Jadefire ran her digits over the stone. "I want to be strong like you always were. I can't." She ground her dental plates in frustration. "I've been too scared to come to this place. Too scared to admit you were… you were offlined.
"I knew it would happen though. Good things never last, you know? Millions of years of waiting, watching from the sidelines, for four years of being by your side, three of those as your sparkmate. It isn't fair!" She slammed her fist into the ground, making a large indent next to her. "To the Pit with you, Primus! How dare you tear him away like this! Who-who do you think you are?"
The designation plate merely stared back, silent as the grave. It offered no answers, no consolidation. Only the cold, hard truth that lay peacefully behind it remained.
She returned when Sentinel had moved on, taking his path of devastation with him. The humans and 'bots kept their distance from her, and kept up their duties. The rust was starting to blow away in the wind, but the ground was forever stained with his body where it fell and crumbled to nothing. "You weren't supposed to die… Not yet."
A hand on her pauldrons broke her line of sight, letting her see the shape of Sideswipe. "You shouldn't see this." When she didn't answer, and kept her sight trained on the stain, he pulled his hand away. "Jade, come back inside."
She still didn't answer. Her gaze seemed to be fixed on the rust particles still remaining.
"We'll be together again, someday, Sweetheart."
She stared blankly ahead, not daring to turn around, sitting still as anything. "'Hide?"
"We made one good looking youngling, I'll admit that."
"'Hide…"
"Keep strong for Jax. He needs you. If he's anything like me at that age, he'll be a handful."
She let out a laugh. "Yeah, I'll be sure of that."
"I know you think I went too early, I think so too. Don't lay blame on the fates. Someone had to die that day. Better me than anyone else more important."
"Don't you realize how important you are to me? To Jax?"
"I do know, but it was a worthy sacrifice to save the billions of humans Sentinel, Megatron, and Shockwave almost killed. I'm just sorry it had to be now, and not hundreds, if not thousands of years later."
Jadefire gripped at her legplates, still not daring to turn around. Even if this voice was a figment of her imagination from losing recharge hours, it was better than screaming at air. "I miss you so much, 'Hide."
"And I miss you. I'll watch over you two, always. I love you, Sweetheart."
She couldn't bear it anymore and whirled to see at least some form of her mech behind her. All she saw was the other side of the mausoleum, holding Jazz's remains. "I love you too, 'Hide. More than you'll ever know." She ran a hand over the designation plate a final time before rising. "Rest now, my warrior." Jadefire gave one last look over her shoulder, closing the mausoleum doors behind her and throwing the tomb into darkness.
As Sideswipe moved to leave her in peace, she finally found her voice. "Sides?"
"Yeah Jade?"
She turned to look at him, her optics temporarily a hue of red. "Kill him. And make sure he suffers."
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