Back To Normal...Somewhat

Saber shoots up from the berth, only too have pain shoot through her stomach. She looks down and sees bandages all around her waist. "What the?" The images flash through her mind, for a split second, she felt Nova's spark. The doors open and in walks Ratchet. "Ratchet! Where's Nova?!"

"What in Primus' name are you doing up?!" He shouts, Saber pushes off the berth, attempting to stand. The pain that she thought was coming from her stomach was actually coming from her spark. Realizing what the source was, she falls to the ground. Ratchet barely manages to catch her before she gets hurt more. "Saber! Speak to me Saber!" Ratchet shouts, setting her back down on the berth.

"No...No....no..." Tears form in Saber's optics, sadness and anger. Images flash in her optics, but one stays longer than the others. The image of Slade with his blade in her spark. "No!" Saber screams, anger flooding in her spark. Ratchet pushes his comm, and says something into it. Soon enough, Bumblebee and Racer run into the med bay.

"What's going on with her?" They each keep the angry femme down on the berth while Ratchet grabs a needle to subdue her. Tears stream down her faceplates.

"Nova..." She cries, in an instant, Racer freezes in place. Realizing what she meant.

"But, I thought your spark bond was broken." Racer says quietly, Saber cries silently. Finally starting to calm down after the medic sedated her. Ratchet looks over at Racer with curious optics.

"How do you know that?" He asks, that look in his optics means he isn't going to ask again. Racer just sighs.

"I was with Nova, right before she left." That gains Bumblebee's attention as well. "She was telling me about her and Saber, that they had to remove their spark bond in case Megatron ever got to one of them. Then the other wouldn't have to be in pain as well. She said, they did it to protect each other." Ratchet nods his helm. "But if they didn't have a spark bond, then how did she feel her?" Ratchet hums in thought.

"Racer, what aren't you telling us?" Bumblebee looks over at Racer with a serious look, he just sighs and leaves the room. Waving with his servo to follow him. They medic and warrior hesitate for a moment with worry in their optics. They soon enter another room, this one has all the main mechs like normal in it.

"I should probably tell you all what happened." Everyone looks at Racer with confusion in their optics. He takes a deep breath, "After Saber was found the way she was, Nova was furious. I knew what she was going to do, and I wanted to stop her. But I saw the look in her optics and I knew it was pointless." Bumblebee looks up immediately, knowing what she did. "I went with Nova, and she saw her sparkmate," The mech's all look at him confused, seeming to not understand. "She went to say goodbye." It instantly clicks in their helms. Sadness in their optics. "That's when she told me about her spark bond breaking with Saber. So that they could protect each other." That was the last time I saw her, she went to Kaon after. To fight...him."

No one speaks for a moment, "And Saber just said her name while crying," Bumblebee said after a while. Ratchet sighs, finally looking over at Racer.

"Well, it's possible that she...didn't feel Nova's pain." Everyone looks over at Ratchet.

"She felt her die." Wheeljack says quietly, everyone goes quiet for a while. It's a small and quiet respect for the fallen warrior.

A few tears fall from Racer's optics, lowering his helm he cries silently. "She just wanted to keep Saber safe, when she saw what he did to her, she lost it." His mutters quietly, then leaves the room. The first place he goes is to Saber's side. Where he's always been, and where he will always be.

***

Saber opens her optics, around her is the Primes. She doesn't speak, even when they start to become concerned. "Saber, please talk to us." Once she can't take it anymore she starts crying, then falls to the ground. A huge mech wraps his arms around her, she doesn't care who it is, she just cries.

"Saber." His voice is deep, and there is red...and blue on his armor. Saber opens her optics and looks up. There sits her Creator, she just starts crying more. "What happened sweetspark?" He asks quietly.

"N....Nova...." He freezes in his place, tears forming in his optics as well. The other Primes look at them sadly.

After a few minutes, Saber finally stops crying. She now stands there with anger in her teary optics. "What happened?" Prima asks first, she just stares at the blackness around them.

"Slade." She whispers, that's all they needed to hear.

"Saber-" Solus starts, but is quickly cut off by Saber's glare. Her servo twitches in anger like it usually does when she is about to attack.

"I'm gonna kill the son of a glitch." She mutters, anger in her optics. A larger servo is placed on her shoulder blade. Looking back she sees Optimus standing there.

"I'm sorry my sparkling, but you cannot." Saber looks at the ground, anger forming more and more in her optics.

"He killed Nova!" She shouts at him, tears forming in with the anger. "He needs to die!" She shouts, her servos closing to a tight fist. He pulls her into a hug, which surprises her. For some reason, it calms her straight down. It's like nothing had happened. Her anger is gone in an instant.

"I know he did, sweetspark. But Nova wouldn't want that, she gave her life to protect you. Trying to kill Slade would put that death in vain."

"No death will ever be in vain, especially when the one they died for, is one heck of a warrior." Saber starts to stop crying, looking up at her sister.

The memory returns, only for Saber to shake her helm and be rid of the memory quickly. She gently looks up at her Sire, tears formed in her optics. She is only just realizing the last time she saw him.

"Are you real?" She whispers, Optimus raises his servo and gently rests it against her cheek.

"Yes sweetspark." He whispers quietly, the other Primes have disappeared. Most likely to give them some space to talk. Out of no where, Saber bursts into crying. Tears stream down her faceplates.

"I'm so sorry! I just sat there and did nothing!" She shouts, hiding her faceplates in his chassis. A soft sigh escapes Optimus' derma. When he pulls her back, there is a sad but peaceful look on his faceplates.

"Nova once said, everyone dies for a reason. There wasn't anything you could do Saber, just like Nova, I died for a reason." He says quietly, sadness in his optics. Saber just continues crying into his chassis for a while. Once she stops, he realizes she had fallen asleep in his arms. With a small smile, he lays her down and lets her dissolve. "I love you sweetspark, and I'm so sorry I had to leave you so soon."

***

Saber gently opens her optics, this time she sits up slowly. Her servo goes to her helm quickly, a small groan emits from her derma. She looks around and notices that she is in the med bay. This small pain in her spark reminds her what had happened. Sadness fills her optics, but she over all doesn't react much to it. With a soft sigh, she pushes herself to her pedes.

The medbay doors open and allow her to leave, just as she makes her way down the hall her spark pulses at her again. Yearning to be with Nova's once more. Only to find that it will never happen again. Her servo goes to her spark instinctively, for a moment she has to lean against the wall for support.

Once she gets to the door, she opens it without any extra effort. But the second the door opens, everyone looks at her. "Stop looking at me like that." She whispers quietly, feeling a bunch of optics on her. "I'm fine, just gonna take a minute to go away." She says a bit more louder to try and show that she is strong.

"Saber-" Racer tries, but gains a glare in return. He sighs. "Saber I knew she was gonna..." He doesn't finish the sentence, Saber just sighs. Everyone must have been expecting her to blow up on him, but she didn't.

"Can we continue with the plan now?" She says, looking bored and tired. Ratchet goes to speak about it, but gains a glare in return. "Now." She says angrily. Wheeljack just sighs.

"Alright, the Decepticons have gone quietly again, just like they always do when they did something bad to us." He explains, Saber just nods her helm.

"Alright, widen the search for any Decepticons, and watch closer on the nearby bases." She says, seeming more normal than she has in a while.

"Are you alright?" Bumblebee asks out of nowhere, she doesn't reply for a few minutes. Then turns to face him.

"I'm just trying to get back to normal." With that said, she turns and leaves the room. Everyone just looks at each other.

"Normal? How can she try to be normal? Her sister, and only family she had, was just killed by the mech she loves." Smokescreen says, gaining a bunch of glares from all the mechs. "What? What did I say?"

***

A few days have passed, and things have gone back to normal....somewhat. Saber acts as if nothing had happened sometimes, and whenever Nova is brought up, she avoids the entire subject. Especially when Racer brings up what he did.

"Look Racer, I'm not mad alright. I'm just...upset." She whispers that last part, knowing that she can't hide her true feelings about this all forever. He wraps his arms around her shoulders.

"I know you are Saber, but if you don't talk about it, then it's only going to hurt more when you do eventually." His voice is soft and caring, just like it always has been. Saber looks up at his optics, noticing the dark bags under his optics. Her servo instinctively moves up and her digit rubs against the dark bag.

His servo comes up and gently holds her wrist, her servo naturally rests against his cheek. Which he leans into, his own servo against hers. "Looks like I'm not the only one who needs to talk about it." A small smile forms on her derma, he laughs quietly. Obviously still tired, how about we both get some rest, then we can talk about it in a bit huh?" The smile on her face starts to become a smirk instead.

"Fine." The smile forms on his derma as well, but before either of the two can do anything, the comms go off.

:Saber! Decepticons have been spotted near the third quadrant!

"On my way," Saber brings her servo back down to her side, looking at how tired he is she sighs. "You stay here and rest," He quickly shakes his helm.

"No, nuh uh. We always do this together. Who's going to get you out of all those sticky situations huh?" She chuckles, but looks at him with a small smile.

"And who's going to watch over you? Make sure you're alright?" She says that last part quietly, unsure if he heard it or not. He sighs calmly, then stares into her optics for a moment.

"Fine, but if anything happens, you call me. Alright?" She nods her helm quietly, then turns and runs off when her comm goes off again.

:Hurry Saber! We're being outnumbered!

***

Saber transforms just in time, grabbing her blade out and jumping over a con that was about to kill Wheeljack. Her blade cutting his helm straight off. Saber then lands in a roll. Getting up, she glares at another con that is pointing his gun at her helm.

She quickly runs at him and cuts the tip of the gun off. With a smirk on her faceplates, she kicks the con in the face. Then stabs his spark. Satisfied, Saber turns and kills another. With her help, the cons quickly die down and retreat shortly.

"It's been a while since we've had that kind of a success without losing someone close." Saber realizes what Wheeljack was talking about.

"You mean without me getting hurt again? Probably because Slade's not here. Again." She mutters that last part, part of her is upset that he isn't around. Why? Is it that she was so used to fighting him? She goes quiet thinking of the other possibility. Maybe them fighting, was her way of being with him. Now that he doesn't even show up, she feels lost.

"Prime! You comin'?" Jazz shouts, waving his servo over towards Saber. She quickly shakes her helm and walks over.

"Yeah, coming." She stops for a moment, looking back at the destroyed drones that they had sent. Something just isn't adding up. Saber then makes her way back to base. As she is driving something starts beeping on her back. Under a piece of metal so she or someone else wouldn't see it.

***

A soft sigh escapes the war lords derma, in front of him is a screen. The small bug moves just as Saber transforms. Once they walk in the base, they make their way towards the meeting room. "So what's the plan Prime? What'er we doin' with the cons?" Jazz asks with his strange accent. The bug moves onto Sabers arm, but hides under her armor.

"They've gone quiet, but why?" He chuckles silently, as if there is something so obvious but yet they still haven't noticed it. "He's planning something, and once I find him, I'll end this war." Racer puts a servo on her shoulder, which angers the war lord.

"I know you're angry Saber, but killing him isn't going to bring her back." The smirk forms again on Slade's derma, knowing exactly who he is talking about. The femme sighs.

"I know, but at least it will end this war." She says something else, but only the bug was able to pick it up. "Then I can be with her." That confuses the war lord, what does she mean by, be with her. The only way to be with Nova is to...Oh. That frustrates him. His servos close to a fist, hearing that for some reason made him furious. She can't! She has to survive! To be with him, and only him.

His optics glare at the mech standing next to Saber, the memory flooding back into his mind.

"One down, one more to go." A small smirk forms on his derma, shortly it'll be zero left to go. "I'm going to fulfill my promise. Saber. After all, I only have one more bot to kill before you finally give in to me."

His beaty red optics glare at the image that had stopped on the picture of Saber, "All I have to do, is kill one worthless measly little racer."