Heart of a Prime

Chapter 85

As she walked further into the city, the smell of fire, burning rubber and, even, the smell of blood filled her nose. Her skin was soon sprinkled with ash as she began to walk between buildings to keep herself as hidden as possible from the decepticons. Saphira knew that she had quite a way to go before she could reach her destination. Trump Tower was in the middle of the city after all, so it could take a few hours to reach it. But she was willing to be patient. As much as time was of the essence, she knew rushing could get her killed. She was not going to be stupid.

She stopped the end of the alley between the two buildings, looking peering from around the corner and looking around cautiously. She could not see any decepticon straight away, but she knew that with the ships flying around, they could easily drop down at any time. She looked to the sky and ducked back a little when she spotted Starscream flying around. She knew the one thing that he had was a keen eye. Almost nothing would get past him, and if he was watching the city carefully, he will most definitely see her.

The other decepticon she would even need to be looking out for was Laserbeak. Given his size, he could literally hide in plain sight. That was more of a concern, especially if he was not hanging with Soundwave. She did not know if they were expecting her to come here. It actually would be rather unsettling if they did expect her to be here right now. But there was little she could do.

She grabbed her handgun and checked to make sure she had enough bullets. She didn't have any extra bullets with her that she could use when needed, so she knew she could not waste any. She kept the weapon hidden as she waited for Starscream to be out of her sight before she began to move around the building. With piles of rubble and vehicles around everywhere, she took advantage of those so she could use them as cover for herself. She doubted the decepticons would be paying close attention to that.

She knew that because she was not from Chicago, it would also take sometime to get her bearings. And with no signal, she could not use her phone as a guide through the city. She could only follow the street further in as much as she could. If she got lost, she would at least simply try to follow a decepticon without being spotted, or she would try to anyway.

She crouched by an overturned car as she reached the end of the first street, peering out and looking around. She could not see anything straight away. Though the sound of a decepticon speaking behind her made her jump and made her lay herself on the ground. She looked through the windows of the car to see the feet over a decepticon walking by the vehicle. It did not see her and she was glad that it did not. But she watched it intently to see what it was doing.

She gasped when the decepticon suddenly shoved a piece of metal that was leaning against the wall of a building opposite her, and there were several people hiding there. They began to scatter, and she widened her eyes as the decepticon began to shoot them. And she did not know what kind of blast the decepticon was using, but as soon as the blasts hit the people, it disintegrated them to their bones. And their bones looked burnt.

Saphira covered her mouth with her hands as she almost let out a shriek when she first saw it. Watching the black skulls and bones fall to the ground from the blast was horrible. There was no sign of any kind of flesh on those bones. Saphira felt tears well in her eyes again as she waited. The decepticon let out a chuckle before he continued walking, most likely looking for other humans to kill.

I don't remember them having those kinds of weapons...at least the deaths are quick. Hopefully, but I doubt, the deaths are painless. That's the only thing I can hope for people.

Saphira waited on the ground several more minutes after the decepticon had left. She did not know if she would even receive mercy from the decepticons, though she did not know if Megatron had given them specific orders just yet. But she honestly would prefer to not be given mercy, because she would most likely go through something a whole lot worse than being turned to nothing but dust and bones.