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The Autobots run into battle, cries of war and anger leaving their mouths while the Maximals had formed into their own versions of the bots, with both Primes in the lead.

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A few ways away, Mirage leads the trio up the side of a mountain, with (Y/N) by his side and Noah and Elena watching them intently.

They make it to the top, and crouch behind some large rocks. "At least the foot soldiers took the bait." Noah says sheepishly, and his friend shakes her head. "But Scourge didn't. He's guarding the key." (Y/N) hisses as she stares daggers into the Terracons back.

Mirage crouches down and yanks a small grate off the mountains edge, and gestures to it nervously. "All right." He groans, his optics strained on a certain women. "This should lead to the bottom of the Transwarp control panel."

The three pear into the small and cramped space that led deeper into the mountain side with nervous frowns. "Get the key, get the out of there." Mirage voice cuts a bit deeper, and (Y/N) looks up at him with a tilt of the head.

"What are you gonna do?" She asks worriedly, and the bot smirks. "I'm gonna go distract Scourge." He points to the monster, and both (Y/N) and Noah immediately frown at the idea.

"No, you can't take on Scourge alone." Noah interjects, and the women nods firmly. Mirage clicks his younger at the two playfully. "Relax, I'm Mirage, remember?" He winks at (Y/N), but she wasnet satisfied as she takes a step forward and gestures for him to bend down.

The bot does as he's told and gets on his knees, before leaning his head down and shivering a little when she rests her forehead against his. His optics widen a little, but he nuzzles his forehead into hers and grins. "I knew you loved me." He mumbles, and (Y/N) couldn't help but smile a little at his joke.

"Yeah..I guess I do."

Noah smiles a little form the side while Elena slightly cooes at the two, and they both watch as they break away with a final goodbye, and (Y/N) joins her friends side with a worried tilt of her head. Noah pats her back and looks up at the bot.

"Hey." He calls, and Mirage smiles when he lifts his arm up into a fist. The robot reciprocates and they both pump fists. Finally taking the courage, Mirage backs away, his eyes still trained on a nervous (Y/N).

"When I get back.." He calls out, and the women watches him with a frown. "I'm gonna take you on a date, a proper date. You hear me?" He smiles when she nods with a laugh, before finally, the trio watch as Mirage runs down the hill with a loud cheer and a jump in the air.

They all laugh at the site, before finally sucking in deep breaths and making their way into the vent, Noah in the front while Elena and (Y/N) stay by eachothers side due to the pressure of being in the small, cramped space.

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Finally making it just halfway through the tunnel under the bridge, they all look up when the sound of an engine revving is heard from above. The car passes over them, and (Y/N) smirks when she catches the faintest glance of Mirage's grey paint through the small grate.

"You got this, tin can.." she mumbles to herself, and breaths deep when she hears metal upon metal scrapping against eachother from above. Noah grips her hand, and they continue forward, sometimes flinching when the ground above shook from each hit.

"We gotta hurry up.." he says breathlessly, and the push through the vent to reach the other side, with (Y/N) sometimes looking up and glaring whenever she heard Mirage take a hit.

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Only a few feet away from the panel, the trio all gasp and back away when Mirage slams into the grate above, and small sparks fall to the ground as his paint began to scrape off.

"Mirage?!" (Y/N) yells out in a panic, but Noah grips her hand tightly from moving forward. The bot smiles a bit when he sees her. "Hey baby!" He yells, but groans when Scourge grabs his shoulders. "Noah, get to the key.." he groans as he's pulled forward, and the group all watch him get tossed out of their site.

Taking a small step forward, both Noah and (Y/N) scream when Scourge's hand breaks through the grate, and he grabs both of them within his hand before pulling them up. "What do we have here?" He snarls, and both friends wave at Elena when she falls backwards.

"Elena, go!" (Y/N) yells, and screams when Scourge tosses Noah into his other hand and squeezes her waist within his other.

Scourge pulls her up to his face, and growls. "Brave..but futile." He squeezes her tighter, but gets blown back when a shot is fired into his chest, sending both Noah and (Y/N) flying to the ground with grunts and groans of their own.

Mirage glares at the Terracon, all the while gripping his waist as sparks fly out of it, with his arm formed into his blaster. "Hey! Don't mess with my girl!" He yells, and fires more blasts at Scourge before charging him.

The Terracon grumbles and throws his arm at Mirage, sending him over his shoulder and onto the ground with a yelp. (Y/N) and Noah turn around and watch hazzily as Scourge holds the bot by the neck and charges his blaster in his other hand. He aims it towards his chest, the same way he did to Bumblee.

But Mirage thinks quick and kicks his foot up, ultimately kicking the beast in the face and doing a flip back onto his knees. Looking up, Mirage gets a glimpse of Scourge's face, as his armor has been kicked off, and grunts when the bot kicks him in the face and sends him flying back.

He lands just next to (Y/N) and Noah, and the two slowly crawl towards him. (Y/N) sets a hand on his chest, and shakes her head. "Mirage.." she breaths out, but the robot can only cough in response from pain and tiredness. She grips his chest plate tightly, and looks up when Scourge tilts his head in her direction.

"No one will remember this pathetic planet." He says, his face mask in one hand while he moves his other hand up. He was hideous, (Y/N) noticed, disgusting to look at actually. His face looked as if it was torn apart and melted back together, with the top of it looking like a skull while the bottom half seemed like flesh and metal molded together.

"And no one will remember you."

(Y/N) and Noah grip eachother's hands tightly, and they close their eyes while Scourge fires up his blaster. It glows an ugly orange, and the machine whirrs loudly before he fires a blast in their direction.

But they both flinch when a certain blue robot jumps infront of them on all fours, his body acting as a shield while he takes the hit. (Y/N) feels her breath hitch when she see his pained face hovering just above hers, but his optics stayed open, and they stayed locked with hers.

"Mirage, what are you doing?!" She screeches, and tries to shove him away, while Noah could only watch, frozen in both disbelief and shock. The bot grunts. "Keeping..my promise!" He says softly, and groans once more when another shot is fired go his lower back.

Noah snaps out of his daze, and shrinks back, all the while he joins (Y/N) in trying to shove him away. "Mirage no!" "Come on, you gotta get up!" They yell together, their voices meshing together. They both flinch when another blast is fired, and Mirage's leg gets blown off.

"It's okay, you two." He says with a pained smile. More shots are fired, and more parts of Mirage are sent flying back, leaving him to crouch lower to shield the two. He cages them within his arms, and (Y/N) could have sworn she saw his optics fill with tears while he stares at her.

"H-Home team.." he painfully says with a boyish grin, and (Y/N) can feel herself shake her head violent while placing her hands on his face. "No no no no no!" She yells. "No, we-we're supposed to go somewhere after all this, okay?! I-I'll take you to Tony's pizza! How's that? Please!" She's practically begging him, pleading for him to stay awake and fulfill his promise to her.

Noah can only shake his head before he grabs her arms and pulls her close to his chest. (Y/N) tries to hit her fists against his arms, but he refuses to let go. He locks eyes with the bot, and they both nod while (Y/N) weeps in the boys arms.

"Home team."

Mirage smiles softly one last time, before he pushes his face into (Y/N)'s and rests his forehead against hers, one last time. The women sobs more softly before she closes her eyes, and Mirage breaths her in, one last time.

"Y-You're perfect." He rasps out, he takes her face in before finally closing his eyes, and allowing himself to relax against her.

Scourge fires the final shot, and both Noah and (Y/N) yell as the bot crashes atop them both, shielding them with his arms while his head laid just above (Y/N)'s.

What made the pain worse for both of them, was not that his optics still lay open, or the smell of burning metal that filled their noses.

It was the fact that even though he was gone, Mirage continued to smile.

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