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Gunfire blasted everywhere.. male and female, Marine and Army Rangers alike yelling commands and cries of agony, blood sprayed everywhere, and Onyx found it hard to breathe in her tight Marines uniform, guns, knives, and ammo strapped all over her body. "Lennox, get your ass over here!!" Arthur Williams shouted, and Onyx quickly hauled ass to get from her position to his, where she was showered in a rain of bullets and shrapnel. "I'm here, Corporal.." she said, holding her now bleeding shoulder. "Sit your ass here and wait for my signal, then you and Magnus are going in!" he demanded, gesturing to the beat up Peterbuilt. "Yessir!" Onyx saluted, and tore a piece of cloth from a rag in the blue semi's glove box and wrapped it around her wound to momentarily stop the bleeding. "Ready.. set.." Onyx muttered, her hand gently resting on the light blue and maroon red metal. The truck shuddered at her touch, it's frame tensing. "Easy, big boy.." she muttered, a slight smile tugging at her chapped lips. All of a sudden, a shrill screech rings through the air, and Onyx jumps back from the truck, it's pistons whirring to life and it's gears screeching and turning as the frame of the truck started moving around, the beautiful baby blue and mesmerizing maroon red shifting and moving places, forming a male-looking frame of a 28 foot tall robot, its bright blue optics shining harshly, a sense of authority making itself known. "Let's go, Ultra Magnus!!" Onyx called, and the robot grabbed her, setting her on it's shoulder where she clung to its neck cables as it ran forward, trampling enemy soldiers beneath its pedes. "RAAAHHHH!!!!!" A male voice screamed, and Onyx smirked, knowing the humans were confused as to how this robot sounded so human. Onyx launched herself from the robot's shoulder, shooting blindly, taking down multiple targets. She spotted the current enemy leader, and high tailed it after him as he ran for his life. She heard the robot shouting her name in the distance as she trailed after the Vietnamese man. "No.. please..!!" he pleaded as Onyx grabbed her knife, advancing towards the now cornered man. "Too late for 'please'.. don't you think, Magnus?" Onyx taunted, just as a 6'8" man in a Marines uniform with bright glowing blue eyes stepped into the room. "Very." he said. Onyx smiled, and then stabbed the man with her knife in his throat, and with a flick of her wrist, the man was beheaded. "Nice." The blue eyed man said, hugging her close. "Thanks." She said, kissing him passionately on the lips. He gladly kissed back, slipping his tongue into her mouth. They break apart and walk off the battlefield holding hands.
Then it all went to hell.
Bombs went off all over, wounding Onyx greatly, and killing Ultra Magnus instantly from where his alt-mode sat, parked. A scream of agony left Onyx, but that couldn't even begin to describe the feeling of emotional and physical hurt she felt.
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Onyx jolted upright, sweat dripping from her overheating frame. "That was not even a week ago.." She whispered, she got up, slipping on a pair of sweats, not bothering with a shirt as she walked downstairs in a pair of black sweats and a black sports bra. She stepped outside, the chill of the morning air waking her up. "Morning." William said, making the black haired female nearly jump out of her skin. "Hey.." she mutters, still somewhat jumpy from her flashback. "You look upset.." Will says, leaning against his truck. "...Remember how mom accidentally exposed me to Cyber neucliec acid when I was four..?" She asked, leaning against the house. "Yeah..." Will muttered. "Well.. before I got to come home.. I was stationed in Vietnam with my team and a Cybertronian commander.." She says, looking her uncle in the eye. "Really!?" Will yelps. "Yeah.." she said. "His designation was Ultra Magnus.." Onyx mutters. "Wow.. That's a long name." Will says, feeling a sense of deja vu wash over him. "Not the longest Cybertronian name I've ever known, but yeah.." Onyx mutters. "Something happened between you two.. didn't it..?" Will asked. Onyx shyly nodded, a bright red blush coating her cheeks. A tear falls down her cheek, and she forces herself to keep talking. "He was killed on our last mission.. he died in his holoform, holding my hand.." She whimpers, the images of his lifelessness, and then the fizzling sound of his holoform fading out for the last time shaking her to her core. William walked over, and wrapped his niece in his embrace. "I'm so sorry, Onyx.." William whispers, and Onyx lets out a sob.
Ironhide's pov. (OOP)
I sat in my vehicle mode, listening to Lennox talk to his niece, hearing the deep gut wrenching sadness in her voice made me tremble, remembering when Chromia died in my arms. I understood how she was feeling. It made me want to activate my holoform and hold her close, but I couldn't compromise my position. Not yet.
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Back to regular pov.
It was three hours after Onyx had spoken to her uncle, and she was babysitting Annabelle while her aunt and uncle were out for a couple hours. She was singing to little Annabelle when she heard two engines pulling in. She hoisted Annabelle onto her hip, and walked out onto the front porch. There, she saw her uncles truck, her aunt being behind the wheel, and a baby blue and black 2010 Dodge Challenger, her uncle being behind the wheel of the muscle car. "No way.." She mutters. "My old car!?" I say. "Yeah!!" Will yells, turning the car off and giving her a hug. "Fuckin' hell.." she muttered. "I had a couple of buddies snag it from S7 HQ before everything was shut down over there after the battle of Mission City." Will says, and Onyx laughs. "Wow.." she breathes out.
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Onyx was sitting in the barn, relaxing to the sound of the three horses breathing and attempting to communicate, wondering if she might have enough money to get a horse of her own. "You like them?" Will's voice startles her. "Huh- what..?" she asks, noticing a tall man beside her uncle. "Who..?" she questions. "This is Orion, one of my teammates." Will explains. "Ooh, okay.. pleasure to meet you, Orion." Onyx says, getting to her feet and offering her hand, which the tall man shakes gratefully. "And you must be Onyx. I've heard a lot about you, mainly from a couple of comrades. Are you familiar with Bumblebee, an Autobot working on a few stealth missions currently?" Orion asked as Will walked over to one of the horses. "Yessir. I worked with Bumblebee once when I first joined the Marines and after that mission the government instantly put me into higher rank, with Commander Ultra Magnus." Onyx says, almost wincing at the mention of her now dead lover. "Ultra Magnus? Where is he now?" Orion asks. "Killed in action, sir." Onyx says, and he nods. "Hm." he says, before saying his goodbyes, and leaving. "You want a horse, Onyx?" Will asked. Onyx thinks for a moment, before nodding. "Good, because I'm having two more delivered tomorrow. A black Arabian, and A light brown and white Gypsy Horse." Will says. "I'll take the Gypsy." Onyx says, and Will nods. "Alright, I'll see you later then." he says, and Onyx nods.
"See ya.."
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