I fought, but I fought weakly to make sure they knew I would be a prime target. Run autobots, run away home. Because I could no longer. A team of autobots could and will survive without me. I yelled out in pain after every hit. I saw no point in running when I knew I had no chance. A part of me told me to give up, die already.

"Prime!"

That voice, it was Ratchet.

I looked up to see the medic attack a single tank, giving us the chance we needed. With all my strength I ran. I ran with Ratchet to Primus knows where. All that mattered was that we could not seek Sam for help. We couldn't risk his well being for us. Not again.

We ran for days without saying a word. How could I? I failed to protect the team from our most trusted allies. The humans. I put my trust in them and that killed Que. my trust in Megatron got Jazz killed. My trust in Sentinel got Ironhide killed. My trust in myself got my beloved Elita killed. My trust kills my autobots, my friends, my family.

We had no way of contacting the others. But as we passed radio signals all we could hear was the murders of my team. It weighed heavy on the both of us. And as we drove, as we heard the victories of the humans, I grew quieter.

"This isn't your fault" Ratchet said as he stopped at an abandoned building. "It's survivors guilt" I could say nothing as I parked. In these silent moments I would wait for Ironhide to hit my good 'stop throwing a fit' he would say. I'd listen. But he isn't here now. "You trust me don't you?" I heard Ratchet speak as he held out a servo. Despite of it all, I took his servo and let Ratchet repair me. "I trust you old friend" I let out a choked sob.

That was the last thing I said to him before we were attacked. We parted ways as I distracted the humans from my medic. I trusted myself to keep Ratchet safe, in turn he'd keep the autobots safe. 'I can do this. I can do this. I can-'

My thoughts were cut short as I was impaled by the force of Megatron in a missile.i was shutting down but I kept running until the humans lost sight of me. I quickly scanned a vehicle, and I shut down.

It was dark.

And I was scared.