Post by ShiningGalaxy on Jan 3, 2010 18:13:56 GMT -5
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SUMMARY: Katherine Alexander, had secrets that she never told Optimus Prime or the other Autobots, until she got a call from an old comrade of hers. (Takes Place during Energon) Roadblock/OC.
On Miranda II, Katherine Alezander was in the bridge doing her own work, when suddenly someone comes on the line. She never seen this Transformer before.
"So, whats happening on the Miranda II?" The Transformer asked. She looked at hime puzzled until she recognized who it was. "Inferno? Is that you?"
"The one and only! Been upgraded to Roadblock, missed you guys too." Inferno...Roadblock said.
Katherine just smiled and started to jump up and down like a child getting a good Christmas present.
Optimus Prime and the others just laughed while she did this, Roadblock just smiled.
~*One hour has gone passed~* All the ships crew members were at the launching deck to see Roadblock since he got destroyed.
Roadblock was talking to Optimus, about something or other, but Roadblock kept on looking at Katherine for some strange reason. She just shook it off.
Just then the alarm went off, and everyone ran for the bridge, whent they brought up the scene on the screen Katherine gasped, and almost fell, Roadblock caught her.
"Katherine, are you alright?" Roadbloack asked, she looked up at him, thats when tears started falling down her face. She started to shake uncontrollably, and started to sob as well, Roadblock saw this and started to rub her back.
"What is it? Katherine?" Optimus asked concerned. She looks at him and about to say something, when Cagalli Yula Athha came on the screen, Katherine's eyes widened.
"Unknown vessel, please identify as either an Earth Alliance Forces ship, or a Z.A.F.T. ship." Cagalli said seriously, the Autobots had no idea what she was talking about, but Katherine did, so she spoke up.
"This vessel is neither one."Katherine said, hiding her excitement. Cagalli almost started crying, when she saw her younger sister talk to her. "K...Katherine?"
Katherine just nodded and said quietly. "Its been a long time Cagalli."
The Autobots just looked at her, while she was still shaking, she looked as though as she was about to cry, just then she was picked up by Roadblock who looked at her with a curious look, none of the Autobots had ever met this Cagalli person before.
Just then Cagalli spoke up "Katherine why are you doing all the way out here?" Katherine just looked at her then asked Cagalli, "I should be asking you the same thing Cagalli, you're far away from the Lunar Base, Z.A.F.T. and Earth. I've never seen any Z.A.F.T. ships around here."
"I know, we were chased all they way here, Kira's Mobile Suit got destroyed, and...Athrun switched allegiances. He's with Z.A.F.T. again." Katherine, shot her head up.
"What? Why? Is Kira alright?"
"Athrun wanted this war from going any further, so he decided to go back to the PLANTs, and Kira well...See for yourself."
Just then Cagalli disappeared and a video of the Strike Freedom, fighting another Mobile Suit appeared.
Kira was facing the sky, while flying just above the ocean, the water splashing up, Kira was trying to defend himself but then the other Mobile Suit went at him with a sword, and with one lunge at Kira the sword went right through the Mobile Suit, and the Minerva, shot at the Archangel while they were underwater.
The Autobots, looked at her face, this already happened to Inferno, and he was looking at Katherine who was looking down, and from his readings her heart rate was going up, and her stress levels was going up.
She then started to cry, and fell to her knees while she was still in Roadblock's hand, Roadblock, brought a finger and gently started to rub her back soothingly.
Roadblock already knew the answer to the question that he was about to ask but he was stupid enough to ask.
"Katherine whats wrong?"
She turned to face Roadblock. "Whats wrong? This already happened to you! Now my brother!" She broke down, and after five minutes, she looked at the screen.
"Cagalli! What about Kira? Is he...?" Her voice trailed off, hoping that she could contain her composure for just a bit longer.
Just then Kira came onto the screen, looking really beat up and tired from the battle. He just smiled at Katherine.
"Hi. Katherine." Was all he could say.
"K..Kira...I thought...we lost you!" Katherine shrieked and started crying again. None of the Autobots saw her like this before. They all looked at her with worry evident in their optics, especially Roadblock.
Kira just looked down, then started to fall to the floor, Cagalli and Lacus caught him, Katherine gasped. "Kira!"
"I'm...Alright...I.."Kira's voice trailed off as he fainted, and two other crew members carried him off to the Medical Bay.
"Katherine...?"
Katherine looked to the screen and saw that her older sister had something on her mind.
"Yes Cagalli?" Katherine asked curiously. Cagalli looked down then at her sister again and said. "Katherine...Would you come back to us? ORB...?"
"Cagalli I can't my place is here with the Autobots, I'm not going to abandon them. I know I fought alongside you guys, in the last Valentine War...I...I can't do it. Not again..."Katherine replied, looking at the Autobots they smiled but kept quiet.
"You were a great Soldier, and Commander Katherine....You have to choose though...Them or us?" Murrue Ramius said while she was standing right beside Cagalli.
Katherine looked at her then to Cagalli. She had to make a decision that was very hard for her, she needed to help the Autobots, but she didn't want to say no to her old comrades either.
She then replied to Murrue's question.
"Don't you dare make me choose Captain Ramius, I will answer you though. I choose both. However, I don't want the Autobots OR this ship involved with the Second Valentine War. Understand?" Katherine replied, and with that said she jumped off of Roadblock's hand onto the desk and walked out of the room.
Cagalli and Murrue Ramius just looked at her leave the room, making the room feel awfully awkward. Optimus started to talk to Ramius because he had no idea what they were talking about so he had to ask.
"Captain Ramius was it? Whats a Valentine War? We've never heard of such a thing...and a Mobile Suit?" Optimus asked being very confused. All the Autobots nodded in agreement, except Kicker and Mischa, because well...they were not in the room at the time.
Murrue just smiled and started to explain to the Autobots about the Bloody Valentine War, Katherine's place in the war. She explained the Mobile Suits, were like robots but they are controled by humans who pilot them, then Cagalli was asked to take The Akatsuki to show the Autobots a demonstartion but the declined to the offer.
After and hour of explaining, Optimus looked at his men and said. "Well if Katherine had to be in this war and is now involved with the Second Bloody Valentine War, then I think we should help her and the ORB union win this fight don't you?"
All of them nodded, then Hot Shot spoke up "Why didn't she tell us about her being in a war, and her being a commander?"
"I don't know Hot Shot. I just don't know." Optimus relied feeling frustrated about the situation that they were now in.
Just then Roadblock left the room to go and talk to Katherine about her not telling them about her being a Commander, and the war.
Katherine was in her room, listening to one of Lacus's songs, Token of Water (Mizu No Akashi), and she was singing it as well.
'Lift your eyes and see a new day dawning,
A dream that will soon come true
The day we've waited for,
Lift your heart and see the future for us all...'
Just then there was a loud knock on the door, which made Katherine jump about a foot off her bed, and onto the floor. She looked up at the door, and there stood Roadblock. "Yes Roadblock?" she said trying to get up from the floor.
Roadblock came in and closed the door and sat down on the floor. "How come you didn't tell us about you being a Commander, and the war?"
Tears started to whell up in her eyes, he saw this and picked her up and gently gave her a hug with his hand, she gave him a hug back, wiping her tears from her face she looked up at him and replied,
"I...I didn't want to bring up my past, and let you guys get involved with another war, because if the Z.A.F.T. Alliance found out that you were in contact with the Archangel then they would surely someone to come and destroy this ship...and...everyone aboard the Minerva II. I didn't want that to happen...Unfortuanetly I think that they will do that."
Katherine started to cry then Roadblock said, "I'm sorry, Katherine but now that we are involved with the war. We are going to help you...and them."
Katherine looked at him with wide eyes and gave him a massive hug. "Why?" Was all she could ask.
"Why? The reason is simple. You'd do the same thing for us right? Another reason is...is...is that...I...uhh..."Roadblock's voice trailed off, as his face started to change a different shade.
"Yes...Roadblock?"Katherine asked, looking at Roadblock with a hint of hopefulness in her voice. He looked down at her and noticed that she was giving him the puppy dog eyes.
"I...I...I love you." Roadblock whispered, but Katherine heard him and her face went a bright red, and she gave a really big grin, and gave him a hug as best as she could, her eyes shining brightly.
"...I didn't think you liked me that way Roadblock..."She whispered. Roadblock smiled. "Of course I do...But...What about you?"
"I love you too, Roadblock."Katherine replied, giving him another hug.
Just then the alarm went off and Optimus' voice came onto the intercom.
"Z.A.F.T. forces in the vicinity, The Archangel is under attack. Katherine Alexander, you're wanted on the bridge, Katherine Alexander, you're wanted on the bridge."
Katherine looked at Roadblock and said. "I guess I'm going to be piloting a Mobile Suit again." and with that both her and Roadblock left for the bridge.'
"Yes Optimus?"Katherine asked just as the door opened. He just pointed to screen, and saw a battle with The Minerva and The Archangel, with the Akatsuki...Katherine pushed a button.
"...Captain Ramius...Do you need help?" Katherine asked and looked at the screen when Captain Ramius suddenly came in view. She nodded.
"Alright. Do yo still have the Strike Rouge?" Katherine asked with a serious voice.
"Yes we do..uhh...why?"Murrue asked, feeling slightly confused. Katherine gave her a sarcastic look then asked, "What do you think?"
"You're...going to be helping us with the battle?" Murrue asked sounding hopeful. Katherine nodded.
Katherine looked at the Autobots and said. "I need to get over to the Archangel...Would someone be able to take me over?"
Roadblock tapped Katherine gently tapped her on the shoulder. She looked up at him.
"You want to take me to the Archangel, Roadblock?"Katherine asked still looking at him. Roadblock nodded yes. She smiled.
~*At the launching dock~* Katherine got out her necklace, The Humea Amulet, for anyone that always got into trouble, this stone would always protect them. Katherine was in her own little world when someone tapped her on the shoulder. It was again Roadblock. "Are you ready, Katherine?"
She took a deep breath and replied. "As ready as I will ever be. Lets dot this."
As soon as they left the ship, they were attacked by the Impulse, Roadblock quickly dodged it, Katherine just held on for dear life, she reached up to her communicator thingy and pressed a button. "Archangel, we're about to come aboard."She almost screamed.
They opened the door, and both Roadblock and Katherine started to float, "Whoa!" Katherine yelled. Murdock and another Mobile Suit technician came up and pulled her down to the ground. Just then Murrue came on the screen. "Are you sure about this Katherine?"
Katherine answered yes. Five minutes later she was ready and in the Strike Rouge. She was getting everything setup when Roadblock came on the screen.
"Be careful out there Katherine. I don't want to see you get hurt, understand?" Katherine rolled her eyes and said. "Oh, I'l try...This is, however, a war, and I can't really guarentee anything. I will try though."
"Also I will be coming out there with you. You know that right?" He also added, Katherine froze in her tracks. "Roadblock. No! I don't wnat you getting hurt again."
"I won't get hurt." He replied. Katherine gave him a disapproving look and said. "Don't under estimate the Z.A.F.T. Forces, Roadblock. They're stronger then what they appear to be."
He nodded his understanding. Katherine put her helmet on and said. "Captain Ramius, I'm ready whenever you are."
Murrue Ramius said okay and then came on the ships intercom and said. "Be ready to launch Katherine...Katherine!"
"Yes Ma'am. Katherine Alexander. Strike Rouge. Lets go!" With that the Mobile Suit was launched with Roadblock right behind her. Out on the batlefield, Cagali was accompanied by Rodimus, Hot Shot, and Optimus Prime, They were shooting the Impulse and The Destiny.
"Optimus!"
Optimus turned around to see Katherine in her Mobile Suit and Roadblock right beside her. He was shocked to see her in one. It was...unusual.
"Katherine. you're here to help us!" Cagalli said while shooting at the Impulses legs, but missed. Katherine flew past her and with a pull of two levers a bunch of shots were made, and hit all the Mobile Suts that were on the batlefield, destroying all of them. The Autobots were all in shock.
Then the Impulse pulled out a very long saber, Katherine just looked at him with anger evident in her eyes, She then pulled out one of her swords, but was pushed down hard just as she pulled it out, she was flying in circles, and she was screaming Optimus was out to stop her, when she put on the breaks and the Mobile Suit, finally slowed Down.
"Katherine are you alright?" Optimus asked, Katherine said yes and went to fight the Impulse. Both of them clashing their sabers at each other.
"You destroyed the Freedom! You will pay for it!" Katherine yelled, and everyone looked at her and the Impulse fighting, Just then the Impulse grabbed her Mobile Suit and Smashed it up against the Minerva.
"Yes I did, and I will gladly kill you!" The pilot said icily. She gulped when she saw the saber being drawn up so that he could kill her. He was aiming right at her cockpit. She started to panic. "I will be seeing you in hell! Everyone from ORB deserves to die!!"
"Oh God! Roadblock!!" She screamed into her earpiece, Roadblock looked into Katherine's direction, and his spark jumped a bit when he saw the situation, she was about to be killed the same way that Megatron had intended for him. He flew away from his batle and tried to get to Katherine as fast as he can.
The pilot of the Impulse noticed this and quickly brought his saber down and it went right through the cockpit, Katherine screamed bloody muder.
"KATHERINE!!!!" Everyone yelled. As they saw Katherine's Mobile Suit blow up. Roadblock got to Katherine just as soon as The Impulse left for the Minerva. He was shaking when he saw Katherine, was unconsious outside of the Mobile Suit, Blood covering her body, very very bad lacerations to her neck, legs, torso, and face. He picked her up gently and flew as fast as he could to the Miranda II.
"Hang in there Katherine. Please Primus! Let her live! Katherine stay with me!" Roadblock, practically screamed. "Don't leave us! Don't leave me!"
Katherine opened her eyes and said "Roadblock I...I'm sorry. I didn't keep your promise...Well, I did try." Katherine said hoarsely, and with that her eyes closed again.
~*In the med Bay of the Miranda II~*
Katherine was bandaged up, and IV's were coming out of her everywhere. She was injured...Very badly. Roadblock was pacing back in forth beside the table, looking at Katherine with worried optics.
"Katherine! Please, survive." He whispered, and he looked at her face, he could tell that she was in a whole lot of pain.
Just then the doctor came in, and looked at Roadblock then at Katherine, with a saddened look.
"What is it will she survive?" Roadblock asked, hoping that the answer was going to be a yes.
The doctor looked at him and his answer was...
Katherine Alexander, was in intensive care on board the Miranda II, she was badly injured Roadblock, was in the intensive care watching her like a hawk, he didn't want her to die, not on his watch. He was angry at her because she was so reckless, and didn't think straight. He was absolutely worried about her, and it showed!
He was very to the point with other Autobots at the time, and he seemed as though he was annoyed with everyone as well. Which was starting to get on everyones nerves. He couldn't help it though.
"Come on Katherine. Please! Wake up!" Roadblock muttered to himself, as he gently took his pinky finger and moved some hair that was in her face, she looked beautiful, and peaceful, not with her injuries and all, but Roadblock could see past that and kind of look into her soul.
Roadblock was in deep thought when the doctors from the Archangel came aboard to see how Katherine was and how stable she was as well, they had to clear their throats just for them to get Roadblock's attention.
"Roadblock, we're here to check Katherine's vitals, do you mind?" One of the doctors asked quietly, Roadblock nodded without saying one word to them, and stepped out of the way for them to get to her, while they were checking her vitals, Roadblock suddenly felt really really tired, it has been 12 hours since Katherine was brutally injured.
Just that thought brought terrible memories of both Katherine's battle with the Impulse and his battle with Megatron when he was known as Inferno, something of course, he definitely didn't want to think about. He shook his head to try and erase those memories, but they wouldn't go away.
He finally lifted his head and looked over at Katherine, the doctors were now putting more fluids through the IV so that she wouldn't get dehydrated, and finally hooked her up to a ventilator, this made Roadblock die even more inside.
He decided to walk over to where the humans were and when they looked up, and with a shaky voice. "I..I...Is K-katherine going to be okay? Please tell me that she'd going to be okay?"
The doctors looked at each other, and within a few moments of this awkward silence, one of them stepped forward. With a sigh they continuued to answer Roadblock's question. "To tell the truth sir. We seriously don't know. She has so many serious lacerations and broken bones, its hard to tell this early in her recovery."
With that being said, they said their goodbyes and left the ICU, leaving Roadblock with his worried thoughts once again. His thoughts about him and Katherine. He seriously did love her to death, and he didn't want her to die.
Anything that he could do for her the better, in his mind, he decided to stay over night with Katherine to watch over her and make sure that she wasn't going to be left alone.
During the night, the doctors again came and checked on Katherine Vitals, they were stable, but she was in a coma, and they didn't know when she would be to get out of it.
~In a Deep Coma~
Katherine.....Katherine....Katherine....Katheine opened her eyes to find that she was laying in a grassy hillside, the last thing that she remembered was that she was battling the Impulse.
"Where am I?" Katherine asked aloud, her voice echoing around her. No answer, she tried again, just then she saw a flas of white light. She closed her eyes tightly to try and not get blinded by the light. Once the light stopped she opened her eyes.
What she saw next made her heart sink.
It was Roadblock, he looked absolutely terrible, he was looking over something for a very long time. She wanted to be with him, she wanted to hold him...well as best as she could anyway. She ran toward him, but every step seemed as though it took her nowhere.
"Roadblock" Katherine called out, but her voice just was simply a whisper. Then she heard that voice again...calling out her name.
'Katherine.....katherine...' She looked around trying to find where the voice was coming from and finally, everything went blank.
~With Roadblock in the ICU~
The heart monitor started beeping really rapidly, and Roadblock knew that it wasn't a good sign, just as he was about to call for the doctors they ran in with their equipment, so that they could get her out of the rapid heart beat.
The Autobot quickly moved out of the way as the doctors did whatever they could to get her heart rate back to normal, and after twenty minutes they finally got it down. They were worried, that because she's in a coma, her body is going to go haywire, and the power of the mind does wonders on the body.
After they left, Roadblock, went over to the nearest wall and sat down on the floor where he leaned against it. Looking up at the ceiling, thoughts started to fill his mind.
"Please Pull Through!' Roadblock whispered to himself, as he looked at Katherine, worry starting to flare up again. He clenched his fists, as he felt a sudden urge to hit the floor, or the wall, out of frustration, he couldn't help Katherine at all and he so desperately wanted to, and if there was away, again he would do it without any second thought.
Katherine woke up to what sounded like a heart monitor, her whole body hurt as her eyes fluttered open, the light shining right into her face, she tried to move her head, but found out that her head was being held in one place. She sighed as she realized where she was, and the memory of the fight between herself and The Impulse came back to her mind, her mobile suit was destroyed, or close to it. She closed her eyes tightly and opened them up, trying to get her mind off of the horrible memory.
She groaned, and moving her eyes she saw, Roadbloack sitting right beside her, he was offline, she tried to sit up, her whole body was in a cast. She sighed.
"R-Roadblock..."her voice was hoarse. As soon as she said his name, he quickly came back on-line, his orange optics, boring into her blue eyes.
He eventually smiled. "Katherine!" he choked out, by this time, the doctors, and her sister and brother came rushing in. Cagalli's face was wet, and around her eyes were red and puffy, you could tell that she was crying.
Kira on the other hand, looked as though he was trying hard not to. Katherine was frustrated to say the least, she couldn't do anything, she could just sit there, as the doctors, checked her wounds, her neurological state as well, as her vitals.
Once they were done that. They turned to Katherine. "Kat, you will still need to stay in the ICU for a couple more days, you have sustained serious injuries.
"How long...was I here?" she croaked out, taking in a shaky breath, as a sharp pain, emanated from her stomach, she cringed.
Roadblock noticed this, he turned on his holoform, and walked over to Katherine holding her hand in his, as she squeezed it for a moment then lessened her grip. "Are you alright Kat?" She heard him ask, her eyes were closed. "Yes...I-I'm fine."
The doctors looked at her for a moment. "You were here for at least three days."
She opened her eyes and looked at the doctors, nodding in understanding. "How badly am I injured?"
"Injured enough to go into cardiac arrest, not to mention...you lost three pints of blood. We almost had to give you a blood transfusion if we couldn't get the bleeding to stop."
She nodded in understanding, Roadblock's holoform still held onto her shaky hand. After the doctors left, Cagalli and Kira walked over to her. Cagalli let the tears as she saw her sister lying there, even though she was awake, so many machines were hooked onto her, as well as an oxygen tube, going into her nose.
"Hey Kat....how are yah feeling?" Cagalli's voice was breaking as she reached out and held onto her sisters other hand, Kira was standing at her head, moving her brown hair our of the way, leaning in he kissed his sister on the forehead.
"My whole body hurts!" She moaned as another wave of pain swept over her abdomen and chest, she hissed in pain, as she squeezed Roadblock's hand as well as Cagalli's for a good minute or so, before shakily, loosening up her grip again.
Her face was covered in a small bandaged, under her right cheek, her face was a ghostly white, and her hair was stuck to her face from the sweat forming.
The doctors put gave her some morphine, before she woke up, so it was still dripping, it wasn't really doing anything for her, at the moment.
Everyone was quiet as Katherine fought against another wave of pain, she looked over to Roadblock then to Cagalli. "P-p-please...Make it stop!" She cried.
Roadblock felt his spark tug inside his chest, as Katherine asked them this, the pain was so bad, and they couldn't do anything, the Morphine wasn't helping much.
Cagalli looked to Kira then back to her sister; tears forming, she smiled sadly. "I wish I could make it stop, Kat..."she whispered softly as she moved out of the way, to let Kira have a turn sitting with her sister.
They were with her for a good few hours until Katherine saw her sister yawn, she blushed when she realized that everyone was staring at the blond haired girl. Katherine laughed and as soon as she did so, she regretted it, her stomach began to hurt. She moaned as she cringed in pain. "I shouldn't have done that..." she whispered softly to the two that was sitting right beside her.
"I think its time for you guys to get some sleep." Roadblock whispered, seeing the look on her siblings faces he quickly added, "If anything happens I'll let you know."
They nodded, and reluctantly left the two alone in the ICU, they were quiet for a few moments until Katherine spoke. "So...when-when did you guys get a h-h-holoform?" she stuttered, biting her bottom lip to keep from screaming.
Roadblock waited for the pain to die down before answering her. "I don't know about the others, but when I was getting reformatted from Inferno to Roadblock they put this new device into my systems, that allows to me to take the form of a human, or a smaller version of myself."
She nodded, realizing that her eyes felt heavy, she closed them, and drifted off to sleep, her hand still in Roadblock's own, she felt safe. Roadblock watched her sleeping face, and brushing a few strands of her hair out of her face he watched her sleep, making sure that she was alright.
He caressed her hand in a soothing manner, he let out a shaky breath that he had been holding for a while now. He was hoping that she would just get stronger from then on.
Cagalli sighed as she sat down in a chair in her room. She rubbed her forehead in frustration, or was it anger, and worry? She didn't know. She was starting to feel the stress from having Katherine in the ICU of the Archangel.
Going to sleep was absolutely impossible right now. She kept on tossing and turning. 'At least she has someone there to keep her company and to try and keep her relaxed.'
In the room down the hall, Kira was abosolutely livid. He couldn't sleep, not at all. He was tired but his mind just didn't want to cooperate with him at the moment.
People say that Payback is a bitch well for Kira he was going to be a bitch, Shin Asuka was going to pay for what he did to Katherine. He was!
He couldn't take seeing his sister in so much pain whether it was emotional or physical it was killing him. He knew that Roadblock liked her, either in a brotherly way or he actually liked her. He didn't know, if she was happy, then he was too.
XXXxxxXXX
In ICU of Med Bay on board the Archangel
Katherine woke up with a groan, a dull aching pain, making her wake up fully. She felt something heavy on her right arm, looking over, she noticed a red haired man with a few scars here and there on his sleeping face, it took her a couple of minutes to realize who it was.
'Roadblock' Katherine smiled to herself as she watched the holoform sleep, he looked peaceful, even though part of his face was covered by his arms, he still looked handsome.
She turned to face him, making sure that none of the IV's that were in her hand and arm got tangled or caught and that she didn't wake Roadblock up.
Unfortuanetely for her, the wires got caught which sent the heart monitors and other monitors to start beeping, which in turn jolted Roadblock awake, blinking he looked at her, with worry.
"Katherine are you alright?"
"Y-yeah, I'm fine." Katherine was surprised to say the least that her voice crackled from trying to talk. Roadblock looked at her, completely not convinced. He watched her as she looked away, feeling slightly uncomfortable from being under the instense stare from the holoform. She felt her face burn.
"Are you sure? The monitors that were hooked up to you set of an alarm."
"Yeah, I know. I was trying to be so careful to not set them off OR wake up up. Sorry about that..." Katherine replied scratching her head...but hissed in pain when she tried. Roadblock looked at her wide-eyed. "Don't strain your systems, Katherine."
She rolled her eyes. That hurt also. The only thing that didn't hurt was her throat, everything else hurt "I'm not a machine Roadblock...no offense."
"None taken."
After that neither of the talked, both clearly in deep thought. After about twenty minutes, Roadblock's holoform cleared his throat to get her attention. She turned to look at him. "Yeah?"
"Do you want me to inform your siblings about how you are feeling?"
"No, let them sleep. They must be tired."
He nodded. "Yes they are. I'll get them later, is that sufficient?"
"Yes."
*~Half-an-Hour later~*
Katherine starte breathing a little bit heavier.
The doctors came in and assesed her vitals.
After checking her four vitals which included: Blood pressure, temperature, respiration and pulse. They noted that they were slightly elevated so they went on to the fifth vital sign.
The Level of Pain.
One of the doctors stepped forward and knelt down for Katherine to see him better. "Katherine? Do you feel any pain?"
She nodded her head. "On a scale of one to ten, ten being the most horrible pain that you've ever felt, what would you rate it?"
She thought for a moment. In a hoarse whisper she spoke, "nine"
He seemed to think for a moment. "Alright, we'll put you on some more Morphine." With that he got up and turned away from her to go and join the other doctors.
She shook her head. "No."
"No?" Roadblock asked, as he looked into her eyes, and in his peripheral vision, he saw that the doctor's had the same puzzled look on their faces as they turned to face her. "Why?"
"It makes my throat dry. I-I don't want it." Katherine coughed which sent a wave of pain through her torso, she hissed, and clenched her teeth shut.
"If you want, we can give you another pain medication to help you with it."
She nodded her head, and smiled. "Sounds good." she replied and looked back at Roadblock. "Thank you for staying with me."
"No problem."
XXXxxxXXX
On board the Minerva with Shinn and Rey
"Why did you do that?"
"She is the sister of Cagalli Yula Athha."
"Hmm..." Rey seemed to be in deep thought, "what happens if Athrun finds out that you shot down a pilot of the Archangel?"
Shinn just scoffed at his friends suggestion, "why? Are you scared?"
Rey gave Shinn a meaningful look and sighed. "No." was his simple reply.
Shinn looked away flicking his tongue against his bottom teeth making a clicking noise. "As far as I'm concerned Rey. Athrun Zala is nothing more then a traitor to the PLANTs."
Before the blond could answer the door opened suddenly, revealing a VERY angry looking Athrun, who looked from Rey to Shinn, with a look of disgust...or was it anger? They couldn't tell.
With a blink of an eye, Athrun was holding Shinn up by his collar, "I'm nothing more then a traitor, am I?" he whispered in his ear.
"Yeah."
"If you were in the PLANTs when my father was the PLANT Supreme council Chairman, you wouldn't be saying that."
'Hmph! I hoped I killed Athha's sister."
Athrun's eyes widened in shock. "You what?!"
Shinn smirked, "you heard me! The Athha's killed my family...So I'm going to kill theirs"
SUMMARY: Katherine Alexander, had secrets that she never told Optimus Prime or the other Autobots, until she got a call from an old comrade of hers. (Takes Place during Energon) Roadblock/OC.
Chapter One:
An old comrade
On Miranda II, Katherine Alezander was in the bridge doing her own work, when suddenly someone comes on the line. She never seen this Transformer before.
"So, whats happening on the Miranda II?" The Transformer asked. She looked at hime puzzled until she recognized who it was. "Inferno? Is that you?"
"The one and only! Been upgraded to Roadblock, missed you guys too." Inferno...Roadblock said.
Katherine just smiled and started to jump up and down like a child getting a good Christmas present.
Optimus Prime and the others just laughed while she did this, Roadblock just smiled.
~*One hour has gone passed~* All the ships crew members were at the launching deck to see Roadblock since he got destroyed.
Roadblock was talking to Optimus, about something or other, but Roadblock kept on looking at Katherine for some strange reason. She just shook it off.
Just then the alarm went off, and everyone ran for the bridge, whent they brought up the scene on the screen Katherine gasped, and almost fell, Roadblock caught her.
"Katherine, are you alright?" Roadbloack asked, she looked up at him, thats when tears started falling down her face. She started to shake uncontrollably, and started to sob as well, Roadblock saw this and started to rub her back.
"What is it? Katherine?" Optimus asked concerned. She looks at him and about to say something, when Cagalli Yula Athha came on the screen, Katherine's eyes widened.
"Unknown vessel, please identify as either an Earth Alliance Forces ship, or a Z.A.F.T. ship." Cagalli said seriously, the Autobots had no idea what she was talking about, but Katherine did, so she spoke up.
"This vessel is neither one."Katherine said, hiding her excitement. Cagalli almost started crying, when she saw her younger sister talk to her. "K...Katherine?"
Katherine just nodded and said quietly. "Its been a long time Cagalli."
The Autobots just looked at her, while she was still shaking, she looked as though as she was about to cry, just then she was picked up by Roadblock who looked at her with a curious look, none of the Autobots had ever met this Cagalli person before.
Just then Cagalli spoke up "Katherine why are you doing all the way out here?" Katherine just looked at her then asked Cagalli, "I should be asking you the same thing Cagalli, you're far away from the Lunar Base, Z.A.F.T. and Earth. I've never seen any Z.A.F.T. ships around here."
"I know, we were chased all they way here, Kira's Mobile Suit got destroyed, and...Athrun switched allegiances. He's with Z.A.F.T. again." Katherine, shot her head up.
"What? Why? Is Kira alright?"
"Athrun wanted this war from going any further, so he decided to go back to the PLANTs, and Kira well...See for yourself."
Just then Cagalli disappeared and a video of the Strike Freedom, fighting another Mobile Suit appeared.
Kira was facing the sky, while flying just above the ocean, the water splashing up, Kira was trying to defend himself but then the other Mobile Suit went at him with a sword, and with one lunge at Kira the sword went right through the Mobile Suit, and the Minerva, shot at the Archangel while they were underwater.
The Autobots, looked at her face, this already happened to Inferno, and he was looking at Katherine who was looking down, and from his readings her heart rate was going up, and her stress levels was going up.
She then started to cry, and fell to her knees while she was still in Roadblock's hand, Roadblock, brought a finger and gently started to rub her back soothingly.
Roadblock already knew the answer to the question that he was about to ask but he was stupid enough to ask.
"Katherine whats wrong?"
She turned to face Roadblock. "Whats wrong? This already happened to you! Now my brother!" She broke down, and after five minutes, she looked at the screen.
"Cagalli! What about Kira? Is he...?" Her voice trailed off, hoping that she could contain her composure for just a bit longer.
Just then Kira came onto the screen, looking really beat up and tired from the battle. He just smiled at Katherine.
"Hi. Katherine." Was all he could say.
"K..Kira...I thought...we lost you!" Katherine shrieked and started crying again. None of the Autobots saw her like this before. They all looked at her with worry evident in their optics, especially Roadblock.
Kira just looked down, then started to fall to the floor, Cagalli and Lacus caught him, Katherine gasped. "Kira!"
"I'm...Alright...I.."Kira's voice trailed off as he fainted, and two other crew members carried him off to the Medical Bay.
"Katherine...?"
Katherine looked to the screen and saw that her older sister had something on her mind.
"Yes Cagalli?" Katherine asked curiously. Cagalli looked down then at her sister again and said. "Katherine...Would you come back to us? ORB...?"
"Cagalli I can't my place is here with the Autobots, I'm not going to abandon them. I know I fought alongside you guys, in the last Valentine War...I...I can't do it. Not again..."Katherine replied, looking at the Autobots they smiled but kept quiet.
"You were a great Soldier, and Commander Katherine....You have to choose though...Them or us?" Murrue Ramius said while she was standing right beside Cagalli.
Katherine looked at her then to Cagalli. She had to make a decision that was very hard for her, she needed to help the Autobots, but she didn't want to say no to her old comrades either.
She then replied to Murrue's question.
Chapter Two:
A Battle
A Battle
"Don't you dare make me choose Captain Ramius, I will answer you though. I choose both. However, I don't want the Autobots OR this ship involved with the Second Valentine War. Understand?" Katherine replied, and with that said she jumped off of Roadblock's hand onto the desk and walked out of the room.
Cagalli and Murrue Ramius just looked at her leave the room, making the room feel awfully awkward. Optimus started to talk to Ramius because he had no idea what they were talking about so he had to ask.
"Captain Ramius was it? Whats a Valentine War? We've never heard of such a thing...and a Mobile Suit?" Optimus asked being very confused. All the Autobots nodded in agreement, except Kicker and Mischa, because well...they were not in the room at the time.
Murrue just smiled and started to explain to the Autobots about the Bloody Valentine War, Katherine's place in the war. She explained the Mobile Suits, were like robots but they are controled by humans who pilot them, then Cagalli was asked to take The Akatsuki to show the Autobots a demonstartion but the declined to the offer.
After and hour of explaining, Optimus looked at his men and said. "Well if Katherine had to be in this war and is now involved with the Second Bloody Valentine War, then I think we should help her and the ORB union win this fight don't you?"
All of them nodded, then Hot Shot spoke up "Why didn't she tell us about her being in a war, and her being a commander?"
"I don't know Hot Shot. I just don't know." Optimus relied feeling frustrated about the situation that they were now in.
Just then Roadblock left the room to go and talk to Katherine about her not telling them about her being a Commander, and the war.
Katherine was in her room, listening to one of Lacus's songs, Token of Water (Mizu No Akashi), and she was singing it as well.
'Lift your eyes and see a new day dawning,
A dream that will soon come true
The day we've waited for,
Lift your heart and see the future for us all...'
Just then there was a loud knock on the door, which made Katherine jump about a foot off her bed, and onto the floor. She looked up at the door, and there stood Roadblock. "Yes Roadblock?" she said trying to get up from the floor.
Roadblock came in and closed the door and sat down on the floor. "How come you didn't tell us about you being a Commander, and the war?"
Tears started to whell up in her eyes, he saw this and picked her up and gently gave her a hug with his hand, she gave him a hug back, wiping her tears from her face she looked up at him and replied,
"I...I didn't want to bring up my past, and let you guys get involved with another war, because if the Z.A.F.T. Alliance found out that you were in contact with the Archangel then they would surely someone to come and destroy this ship...and...everyone aboard the Minerva II. I didn't want that to happen...Unfortuanetly I think that they will do that."
Katherine started to cry then Roadblock said, "I'm sorry, Katherine but now that we are involved with the war. We are going to help you...and them."
Katherine looked at him with wide eyes and gave him a massive hug. "Why?" Was all she could ask.
"Why? The reason is simple. You'd do the same thing for us right? Another reason is...is...is that...I...uhh..."Roadblock's voice trailed off, as his face started to change a different shade.
"Yes...Roadblock?"Katherine asked, looking at Roadblock with a hint of hopefulness in her voice. He looked down at her and noticed that she was giving him the puppy dog eyes.
"I...I...I love you." Roadblock whispered, but Katherine heard him and her face went a bright red, and she gave a really big grin, and gave him a hug as best as she could, her eyes shining brightly.
"...I didn't think you liked me that way Roadblock..."She whispered. Roadblock smiled. "Of course I do...But...What about you?"
"I love you too, Roadblock."Katherine replied, giving him another hug.
Just then the alarm went off and Optimus' voice came onto the intercom.
"Z.A.F.T. forces in the vicinity, The Archangel is under attack. Katherine Alexander, you're wanted on the bridge, Katherine Alexander, you're wanted on the bridge."
Katherine looked at Roadblock and said. "I guess I'm going to be piloting a Mobile Suit again." and with that both her and Roadblock left for the bridge.'
"Yes Optimus?"Katherine asked just as the door opened. He just pointed to screen, and saw a battle with The Minerva and The Archangel, with the Akatsuki...Katherine pushed a button.
"...Captain Ramius...Do you need help?" Katherine asked and looked at the screen when Captain Ramius suddenly came in view. She nodded.
"Alright. Do yo still have the Strike Rouge?" Katherine asked with a serious voice.
"Yes we do..uhh...why?"Murrue asked, feeling slightly confused. Katherine gave her a sarcastic look then asked, "What do you think?"
"You're...going to be helping us with the battle?" Murrue asked sounding hopeful. Katherine nodded.
Katherine looked at the Autobots and said. "I need to get over to the Archangel...Would someone be able to take me over?"
Roadblock tapped Katherine gently tapped her on the shoulder. She looked up at him.
"You want to take me to the Archangel, Roadblock?"Katherine asked still looking at him. Roadblock nodded yes. She smiled.
~*At the launching dock~* Katherine got out her necklace, The Humea Amulet, for anyone that always got into trouble, this stone would always protect them. Katherine was in her own little world when someone tapped her on the shoulder. It was again Roadblock. "Are you ready, Katherine?"
She took a deep breath and replied. "As ready as I will ever be. Lets dot this."
As soon as they left the ship, they were attacked by the Impulse, Roadblock quickly dodged it, Katherine just held on for dear life, she reached up to her communicator thingy and pressed a button. "Archangel, we're about to come aboard."She almost screamed.
They opened the door, and both Roadblock and Katherine started to float, "Whoa!" Katherine yelled. Murdock and another Mobile Suit technician came up and pulled her down to the ground. Just then Murrue came on the screen. "Are you sure about this Katherine?"
Katherine answered yes. Five minutes later she was ready and in the Strike Rouge. She was getting everything setup when Roadblock came on the screen.
"Be careful out there Katherine. I don't want to see you get hurt, understand?" Katherine rolled her eyes and said. "Oh, I'l try...This is, however, a war, and I can't really guarentee anything. I will try though."
"Also I will be coming out there with you. You know that right?" He also added, Katherine froze in her tracks. "Roadblock. No! I don't wnat you getting hurt again."
"I won't get hurt." He replied. Katherine gave him a disapproving look and said. "Don't under estimate the Z.A.F.T. Forces, Roadblock. They're stronger then what they appear to be."
He nodded his understanding. Katherine put her helmet on and said. "Captain Ramius, I'm ready whenever you are."
Murrue Ramius said okay and then came on the ships intercom and said. "Be ready to launch Katherine...Katherine!"
"Yes Ma'am. Katherine Alexander. Strike Rouge. Lets go!" With that the Mobile Suit was launched with Roadblock right behind her. Out on the batlefield, Cagali was accompanied by Rodimus, Hot Shot, and Optimus Prime, They were shooting the Impulse and The Destiny.
"Optimus!"
Optimus turned around to see Katherine in her Mobile Suit and Roadblock right beside her. He was shocked to see her in one. It was...unusual.
"Katherine. you're here to help us!" Cagalli said while shooting at the Impulses legs, but missed. Katherine flew past her and with a pull of two levers a bunch of shots were made, and hit all the Mobile Suts that were on the batlefield, destroying all of them. The Autobots were all in shock.
Then the Impulse pulled out a very long saber, Katherine just looked at him with anger evident in her eyes, She then pulled out one of her swords, but was pushed down hard just as she pulled it out, she was flying in circles, and she was screaming Optimus was out to stop her, when she put on the breaks and the Mobile Suit, finally slowed Down.
"Katherine are you alright?" Optimus asked, Katherine said yes and went to fight the Impulse. Both of them clashing their sabers at each other.
"You destroyed the Freedom! You will pay for it!" Katherine yelled, and everyone looked at her and the Impulse fighting, Just then the Impulse grabbed her Mobile Suit and Smashed it up against the Minerva.
"Yes I did, and I will gladly kill you!" The pilot said icily. She gulped when she saw the saber being drawn up so that he could kill her. He was aiming right at her cockpit. She started to panic. "I will be seeing you in hell! Everyone from ORB deserves to die!!"
"Oh God! Roadblock!!" She screamed into her earpiece, Roadblock looked into Katherine's direction, and his spark jumped a bit when he saw the situation, she was about to be killed the same way that Megatron had intended for him. He flew away from his batle and tried to get to Katherine as fast as he can.
The pilot of the Impulse noticed this and quickly brought his saber down and it went right through the cockpit, Katherine screamed bloody muder.
"KATHERINE!!!!" Everyone yelled. As they saw Katherine's Mobile Suit blow up. Roadblock got to Katherine just as soon as The Impulse left for the Minerva. He was shaking when he saw Katherine, was unconsious outside of the Mobile Suit, Blood covering her body, very very bad lacerations to her neck, legs, torso, and face. He picked her up gently and flew as fast as he could to the Miranda II.
"Hang in there Katherine. Please Primus! Let her live! Katherine stay with me!" Roadblock, practically screamed. "Don't leave us! Don't leave me!"
Katherine opened her eyes and said "Roadblock I...I'm sorry. I didn't keep your promise...Well, I did try." Katherine said hoarsely, and with that her eyes closed again.
~*In the med Bay of the Miranda II~*
Katherine was bandaged up, and IV's were coming out of her everywhere. She was injured...Very badly. Roadblock was pacing back in forth beside the table, looking at Katherine with worried optics.
"Katherine! Please, survive." He whispered, and he looked at her face, he could tell that she was in a whole lot of pain.
Just then the doctor came in, and looked at Roadblock then at Katherine, with a saddened look.
"What is it will she survive?" Roadblock asked, hoping that the answer was going to be a yes.
The doctor looked at him and his answer was...
Chapter Three
Please Pull through
Please Pull through
Katherine Alexander, was in intensive care on board the Miranda II, she was badly injured Roadblock, was in the intensive care watching her like a hawk, he didn't want her to die, not on his watch. He was angry at her because she was so reckless, and didn't think straight. He was absolutely worried about her, and it showed!
He was very to the point with other Autobots at the time, and he seemed as though he was annoyed with everyone as well. Which was starting to get on everyones nerves. He couldn't help it though.
"Come on Katherine. Please! Wake up!" Roadblock muttered to himself, as he gently took his pinky finger and moved some hair that was in her face, she looked beautiful, and peaceful, not with her injuries and all, but Roadblock could see past that and kind of look into her soul.
Roadblock was in deep thought when the doctors from the Archangel came aboard to see how Katherine was and how stable she was as well, they had to clear their throats just for them to get Roadblock's attention.
"Roadblock, we're here to check Katherine's vitals, do you mind?" One of the doctors asked quietly, Roadblock nodded without saying one word to them, and stepped out of the way for them to get to her, while they were checking her vitals, Roadblock suddenly felt really really tired, it has been 12 hours since Katherine was brutally injured.
Just that thought brought terrible memories of both Katherine's battle with the Impulse and his battle with Megatron when he was known as Inferno, something of course, he definitely didn't want to think about. He shook his head to try and erase those memories, but they wouldn't go away.
He finally lifted his head and looked over at Katherine, the doctors were now putting more fluids through the IV so that she wouldn't get dehydrated, and finally hooked her up to a ventilator, this made Roadblock die even more inside.
He decided to walk over to where the humans were and when they looked up, and with a shaky voice. "I..I...Is K-katherine going to be okay? Please tell me that she'd going to be okay?"
The doctors looked at each other, and within a few moments of this awkward silence, one of them stepped forward. With a sigh they continuued to answer Roadblock's question. "To tell the truth sir. We seriously don't know. She has so many serious lacerations and broken bones, its hard to tell this early in her recovery."
With that being said, they said their goodbyes and left the ICU, leaving Roadblock with his worried thoughts once again. His thoughts about him and Katherine. He seriously did love her to death, and he didn't want her to die.
Anything that he could do for her the better, in his mind, he decided to stay over night with Katherine to watch over her and make sure that she wasn't going to be left alone.
During the night, the doctors again came and checked on Katherine Vitals, they were stable, but she was in a coma, and they didn't know when she would be to get out of it.
~In a Deep Coma~
Katherine.....Katherine....Katherine....Katheine opened her eyes to find that she was laying in a grassy hillside, the last thing that she remembered was that she was battling the Impulse.
"Where am I?" Katherine asked aloud, her voice echoing around her. No answer, she tried again, just then she saw a flas of white light. She closed her eyes tightly to try and not get blinded by the light. Once the light stopped she opened her eyes.
What she saw next made her heart sink.
It was Roadblock, he looked absolutely terrible, he was looking over something for a very long time. She wanted to be with him, she wanted to hold him...well as best as she could anyway. She ran toward him, but every step seemed as though it took her nowhere.
"Roadblock" Katherine called out, but her voice just was simply a whisper. Then she heard that voice again...calling out her name.
'Katherine.....katherine...' She looked around trying to find where the voice was coming from and finally, everything went blank.
~With Roadblock in the ICU~
The heart monitor started beeping really rapidly, and Roadblock knew that it wasn't a good sign, just as he was about to call for the doctors they ran in with their equipment, so that they could get her out of the rapid heart beat.
The Autobot quickly moved out of the way as the doctors did whatever they could to get her heart rate back to normal, and after twenty minutes they finally got it down. They were worried, that because she's in a coma, her body is going to go haywire, and the power of the mind does wonders on the body.
After they left, Roadblock, went over to the nearest wall and sat down on the floor where he leaned against it. Looking up at the ceiling, thoughts started to fill his mind.
"Please Pull Through!' Roadblock whispered to himself, as he looked at Katherine, worry starting to flare up again. He clenched his fists, as he felt a sudden urge to hit the floor, or the wall, out of frustration, he couldn't help Katherine at all and he so desperately wanted to, and if there was away, again he would do it without any second thought.
Chapter 4
When Getting Better Means Suffering Too
When Getting Better Means Suffering Too
Katherine woke up to what sounded like a heart monitor, her whole body hurt as her eyes fluttered open, the light shining right into her face, she tried to move her head, but found out that her head was being held in one place. She sighed as she realized where she was, and the memory of the fight between herself and The Impulse came back to her mind, her mobile suit was destroyed, or close to it. She closed her eyes tightly and opened them up, trying to get her mind off of the horrible memory.
She groaned, and moving her eyes she saw, Roadbloack sitting right beside her, he was offline, she tried to sit up, her whole body was in a cast. She sighed.
"R-Roadblock..."her voice was hoarse. As soon as she said his name, he quickly came back on-line, his orange optics, boring into her blue eyes.
He eventually smiled. "Katherine!" he choked out, by this time, the doctors, and her sister and brother came rushing in. Cagalli's face was wet, and around her eyes were red and puffy, you could tell that she was crying.
Kira on the other hand, looked as though he was trying hard not to. Katherine was frustrated to say the least, she couldn't do anything, she could just sit there, as the doctors, checked her wounds, her neurological state as well, as her vitals.
Once they were done that. They turned to Katherine. "Kat, you will still need to stay in the ICU for a couple more days, you have sustained serious injuries.
"How long...was I here?" she croaked out, taking in a shaky breath, as a sharp pain, emanated from her stomach, she cringed.
Roadblock noticed this, he turned on his holoform, and walked over to Katherine holding her hand in his, as she squeezed it for a moment then lessened her grip. "Are you alright Kat?" She heard him ask, her eyes were closed. "Yes...I-I'm fine."
The doctors looked at her for a moment. "You were here for at least three days."
She opened her eyes and looked at the doctors, nodding in understanding. "How badly am I injured?"
"Injured enough to go into cardiac arrest, not to mention...you lost three pints of blood. We almost had to give you a blood transfusion if we couldn't get the bleeding to stop."
She nodded in understanding, Roadblock's holoform still held onto her shaky hand. After the doctors left, Cagalli and Kira walked over to her. Cagalli let the tears as she saw her sister lying there, even though she was awake, so many machines were hooked onto her, as well as an oxygen tube, going into her nose.
"Hey Kat....how are yah feeling?" Cagalli's voice was breaking as she reached out and held onto her sisters other hand, Kira was standing at her head, moving her brown hair our of the way, leaning in he kissed his sister on the forehead.
"My whole body hurts!" She moaned as another wave of pain swept over her abdomen and chest, she hissed in pain, as she squeezed Roadblock's hand as well as Cagalli's for a good minute or so, before shakily, loosening up her grip again.
Her face was covered in a small bandaged, under her right cheek, her face was a ghostly white, and her hair was stuck to her face from the sweat forming.
The doctors put gave her some morphine, before she woke up, so it was still dripping, it wasn't really doing anything for her, at the moment.
Everyone was quiet as Katherine fought against another wave of pain, she looked over to Roadblock then to Cagalli. "P-p-please...Make it stop!" She cried.
Roadblock felt his spark tug inside his chest, as Katherine asked them this, the pain was so bad, and they couldn't do anything, the Morphine wasn't helping much.
Cagalli looked to Kira then back to her sister; tears forming, she smiled sadly. "I wish I could make it stop, Kat..."she whispered softly as she moved out of the way, to let Kira have a turn sitting with her sister.
They were with her for a good few hours until Katherine saw her sister yawn, she blushed when she realized that everyone was staring at the blond haired girl. Katherine laughed and as soon as she did so, she regretted it, her stomach began to hurt. She moaned as she cringed in pain. "I shouldn't have done that..." she whispered softly to the two that was sitting right beside her.
"I think its time for you guys to get some sleep." Roadblock whispered, seeing the look on her siblings faces he quickly added, "If anything happens I'll let you know."
They nodded, and reluctantly left the two alone in the ICU, they were quiet for a few moments until Katherine spoke. "So...when-when did you guys get a h-h-holoform?" she stuttered, biting her bottom lip to keep from screaming.
Roadblock waited for the pain to die down before answering her. "I don't know about the others, but when I was getting reformatted from Inferno to Roadblock they put this new device into my systems, that allows to me to take the form of a human, or a smaller version of myself."
She nodded, realizing that her eyes felt heavy, she closed them, and drifted off to sleep, her hand still in Roadblock's own, she felt safe. Roadblock watched her sleeping face, and brushing a few strands of her hair out of her face he watched her sleep, making sure that she was alright.
He caressed her hand in a soothing manner, he let out a shaky breath that he had been holding for a while now. He was hoping that she would just get stronger from then on.
Chapter 5
Evil plans
Evil plans
Cagalli sighed as she sat down in a chair in her room. She rubbed her forehead in frustration, or was it anger, and worry? She didn't know. She was starting to feel the stress from having Katherine in the ICU of the Archangel.
Going to sleep was absolutely impossible right now. She kept on tossing and turning. 'At least she has someone there to keep her company and to try and keep her relaxed.'
In the room down the hall, Kira was abosolutely livid. He couldn't sleep, not at all. He was tired but his mind just didn't want to cooperate with him at the moment.
People say that Payback is a bitch well for Kira he was going to be a bitch, Shin Asuka was going to pay for what he did to Katherine. He was!
He couldn't take seeing his sister in so much pain whether it was emotional or physical it was killing him. He knew that Roadblock liked her, either in a brotherly way or he actually liked her. He didn't know, if she was happy, then he was too.
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In ICU of Med Bay on board the Archangel
Katherine woke up with a groan, a dull aching pain, making her wake up fully. She felt something heavy on her right arm, looking over, she noticed a red haired man with a few scars here and there on his sleeping face, it took her a couple of minutes to realize who it was.
'Roadblock' Katherine smiled to herself as she watched the holoform sleep, he looked peaceful, even though part of his face was covered by his arms, he still looked handsome.
She turned to face him, making sure that none of the IV's that were in her hand and arm got tangled or caught and that she didn't wake Roadblock up.
Unfortuanetely for her, the wires got caught which sent the heart monitors and other monitors to start beeping, which in turn jolted Roadblock awake, blinking he looked at her, with worry.
"Katherine are you alright?"
"Y-yeah, I'm fine." Katherine was surprised to say the least that her voice crackled from trying to talk. Roadblock looked at her, completely not convinced. He watched her as she looked away, feeling slightly uncomfortable from being under the instense stare from the holoform. She felt her face burn.
"Are you sure? The monitors that were hooked up to you set of an alarm."
"Yeah, I know. I was trying to be so careful to not set them off OR wake up up. Sorry about that..." Katherine replied scratching her head...but hissed in pain when she tried. Roadblock looked at her wide-eyed. "Don't strain your systems, Katherine."
She rolled her eyes. That hurt also. The only thing that didn't hurt was her throat, everything else hurt "I'm not a machine Roadblock...no offense."
"None taken."
After that neither of the talked, both clearly in deep thought. After about twenty minutes, Roadblock's holoform cleared his throat to get her attention. She turned to look at him. "Yeah?"
"Do you want me to inform your siblings about how you are feeling?"
"No, let them sleep. They must be tired."
He nodded. "Yes they are. I'll get them later, is that sufficient?"
"Yes."
*~Half-an-Hour later~*
Katherine starte breathing a little bit heavier.
The doctors came in and assesed her vitals.
After checking her four vitals which included: Blood pressure, temperature, respiration and pulse. They noted that they were slightly elevated so they went on to the fifth vital sign.
The Level of Pain.
One of the doctors stepped forward and knelt down for Katherine to see him better. "Katherine? Do you feel any pain?"
She nodded her head. "On a scale of one to ten, ten being the most horrible pain that you've ever felt, what would you rate it?"
She thought for a moment. In a hoarse whisper she spoke, "nine"
He seemed to think for a moment. "Alright, we'll put you on some more Morphine." With that he got up and turned away from her to go and join the other doctors.
She shook her head. "No."
"No?" Roadblock asked, as he looked into her eyes, and in his peripheral vision, he saw that the doctor's had the same puzzled look on their faces as they turned to face her. "Why?"
"It makes my throat dry. I-I don't want it." Katherine coughed which sent a wave of pain through her torso, she hissed, and clenched her teeth shut.
"If you want, we can give you another pain medication to help you with it."
She nodded her head, and smiled. "Sounds good." she replied and looked back at Roadblock. "Thank you for staying with me."
"No problem."
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On board the Minerva with Shinn and Rey
"Why did you do that?"
"She is the sister of Cagalli Yula Athha."
"Hmm..." Rey seemed to be in deep thought, "what happens if Athrun finds out that you shot down a pilot of the Archangel?"
Shinn just scoffed at his friends suggestion, "why? Are you scared?"
Rey gave Shinn a meaningful look and sighed. "No." was his simple reply.
Shinn looked away flicking his tongue against his bottom teeth making a clicking noise. "As far as I'm concerned Rey. Athrun Zala is nothing more then a traitor to the PLANTs."
Before the blond could answer the door opened suddenly, revealing a VERY angry looking Athrun, who looked from Rey to Shinn, with a look of disgust...or was it anger? They couldn't tell.
With a blink of an eye, Athrun was holding Shinn up by his collar, "I'm nothing more then a traitor, am I?" he whispered in his ear.
"Yeah."
"If you were in the PLANTs when my father was the PLANT Supreme council Chairman, you wouldn't be saying that."
'Hmph! I hoped I killed Athha's sister."
Athrun's eyes widened in shock. "You what?!"
Shinn smirked, "you heard me! The Athha's killed my family...So I'm going to kill theirs"