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Mirage repairs seemed to drag on indefinitely. It's not that Noah couldn't handle it or anything, on the contrary, despite his limited knowledge of cars, the repairs seemed to be oversimplified, which in part made him a little off guard. And especially because of the anxiety that sometimes gripped him, making him himself no longer sure if he wouldn't somehow kill his friend a second time. But that's not the reason for the protracted repairs. Everything was being prolonged immeasurably, by the memories coming at him, both the good and the bad, and in particular they were the bad ones. And the worst memory was when Mirage saved him.
The words are not exactly the same like in movie, changed in favor of the fic!
*
When Scourge aimed his cannon at Noah, Noah was sure it was over. He would never have thought that he would die in such a way, nor for sure, at that age.
A thousand thoughts suddenly ran through his head. Would Autobots and Maximals cope after his death?All in all, what a silly question, after all, they are big robots from space, so the death of a human would not change anything special. But after all, they are fighting other robots from outer space, which seem much stronger than them, but what does he even think, with Optimus Prime and Optimus Primal in the lead, there is no option that they will not cope.
Will Mirage be able to cope without him?
Well in this case, Noah's answer is already a bit different. Why did Mirage even decide to face Scourge alone, after all, it was obvious that nothing good would come out of it, and even if it did, what if Mirage was right there in his place? Oh no no no, Noah probably wouldn't be able to handle it, if a friend he's known for days could die. Although if he dies, Mirage probably wouldn't even be particularly concerned about it. After all, who is he to him, some human being to a big robot from outer space.
But in the end, Mirage didn't like the recognition when he told Chris they were just work friends.~
Noah laughed at this memory, recalling Mirage's next words after that /You've been inside me/. This made him think that he probably prefers not to know what his younger brother thought after hearing this from the confident Mirage.
~Well, okay, maybe Mirage would miss him a bit, though, but not particularly.
How would his mother react, how would Chris react, when would they find out he was dead. His mom probably wouldn't have survived it herself, although first she probably would have revived him, given him a lecture in two languages, then hugged him, happy to see him alive, and then killed him again.
But Chris.. Chris, now is growing up without a father, so the loss of his brother, would probably affect him significantly. His brother already has to worry about whether his health will be okay on his own. So Noah would not want his little brother to have to worry about his death just yet.
When he was ready to die. Oh, no, he wasn't ready to die, but now that it had come for him, there was nothing left for him to do but wait for Scourge to shoot. And with the shot that was supposed to be the end of him, nothing happened, because something covered him. Not something, but someone.
''Mirage! What are you doing!'' shouted Noah, not understanding why Mirage covered him, saving him.
''I keep.. my promise.. Noah'' he said through the pain Mirage, adding-''I fulfill my.. duty because.. in the end.. it is necessary.. to protect someone who is.. important to you.''- Mirage finished, smiling weakly at Noah.
''NO, NO, NO. Mirage get up, I will not let you die!''- shouted Noah through his tears, wishing at that moment only his death, not Mirage's.''- Please Miarge, I am not important, Please get up.''- continued crying Noah
''To me.. you are the most important.. Noah''-began Mirage-"Anyway.. not only.. not only.. for me.. I promised.''- he finished, and with Scourge's last shot, his bright blue eyes went out, and he fell covering Noah completely with his body.
''NO, MIRAGE! Please wake up, don't do this to me, don't leave me!'' cried Noah.
His guilt began to overwhelm him, after all, it wasn't Mirage who was going to die, it was him, feel so guilty.Noah blamed himself and cried under Mirage, not knowing what to do next. But then he heard Chris voice. Well, yes, after all, Chris had given Mirage a radio.
''Sonic? What's going on? Are you okay?''-asked a worried Chris, clearly horrified by what was suddenly happening in the world.
''He.. he's dead, Chris. He saved me. Chris, I won't succeed this time, I won't win this. I'm sorry,''- Noah said, then noticed Mirage's blue eyes light up again.
''You're alive!?!''- shouted Noah, disbelieving what was happening.
''Yeah, only this time you'll have to take the wheel,''- said Mirage as usual, trying to sound joking to at least calm Noah down a little.
When parts of Miarge began to pass to Noah, Chris began a motivational speech for his brother.
''You can do this. You're my brother, Noah Diaz from Wilson Avenue apartment 2C Brooklyn, New York.''
''No names already here, Tails''.
''Forget that. Let them know who you are!'' shouted Chris, making Noah's confidence soar. He will give it his all, he will do it for Chris, for Mirage, for the world.
''Yo, Scourge.'' (...)
*
Well, at the end of that mention Noah even smiled, recalling the surge of confidence he felt then, so much so that he didn't want to let anyone down. And at the mention of Mirage's body on him, he trembled slightly, he was literally in it.
He looked at the car below him with a longing look. He sorely missed Mirage's sense of humor, his flirtatious texts in his direction or his gentle touches, which looked if Miarge was afraid to do anything in his direction, as if the slightest touch would hurt him.
But there was something that made Noah feel better. The realization that he was well on his way to completing the repair of Mirage. His Mirage. He hoped that in the end, after all the repairs and money spent, it would all pay off.
Noah smiled to himself as he closed the hood of the car, gazing at its silver color with blue stripes. He immediately felt another pleasant memory invade his mind, so he grabbed the most necessary tools and lay down on the recliner, getting under the car, recalling an story this time.
*
Why is he so stupid and agreed to Reek's proposal. Maybe he needed money, it's true, but it's only now catching on that he didn't think of any other way to earn money. As usual, he decided to make decisions in an affair, as he usually does, after once again not being accepted for a job.
It's not that he's unsuitable, he has a great deal of pluses on his resume, like a former military engineer. Former because he was dismissed from the service for lack of commitment to teamwork. And ever since then, when he looks for a job this is always the main reason why they don't want to accept him. It's not his fault right? Lack of commitment to teamwork happens to everyone, so it's a shitty reason.
Well, and now, because a run-of-the-mill decision, he finds himself here, on a damning mission that Reek entrusted to him, boasting that it would go smoothly. Well, yes, because after all, stealing a car is nothing special, right?
Trying to pass as discreetly as he can, already being angry with Reek, because after all, 'there won't be anyone there and the road will be clear. Well, yes, trusting Reek is like trusting a goldfish in an aquarium to survive more than 2 days.
Well, but be that as it may, Noah is trying not to bounce around so much, so as not to raise suspicions. But how can he not look suspicious when he's screwed?
''The car has been sitting at the back of the parking lot for weeks, a silver one with blue stripes,''- Reek said confidently.
When Noah finally spotted the car, he opened his eyes wide.
''Silver, blue stripes,''- said an enthusiastic Noah as he looked at the car walking toward him.
''Oh yeah, man. Now just like I taught you''
Noah, listening to the instructions, strained to do everything with as much precision as possible as if he were some kind of skilled car thief.
And after a while he managed to open the car, which made him feel extremely confident, although this confidence didn't stay with him for long, because the car, as if nothing had happened, locked itself again.
''What the fuck?"- muttered Noah to himself, starting to sweat slightly due to the stress that had gripped him.
When, with another successful attempt, the same situation happened again, Noah himself didn't know who was stressed out more, him or the car, which every time it locked itself.
But finally in the back of his mind he came up with a plan, which fortunately turned out to be the right one, and immediately after opening the car he managed to get inside, satisfied that he had managed to outwit the Porsche.
But his delight didn't last long, because as it turned out, he didn't outsmart the car, but the car outsmarted him, locking him inside.
To which he was very surprised when, after trying to start the car, he saw that there was no way out. But he didn't think about it for too long when he suddenly noticed a guard heading in his direction, with a gun pointed at him. Terrified Noah, not knowing what he could do next, raised his hands, shouting to the guard that he couldn't get out, no longer knowing whether he was asking for mercy or help.~
Noah, in between reminiscing, began to wonder altogether what would happen if it turned out that this beautiful porsche was not really an alien from outer space and he managed to get inside and drive away with a squeal of tires, or worse if he failed and this guard caught him or, in the worst case, even shot him. At which, deep in his soul, Noah felt a pressure, all luckily it turned out that his car was stealing and not his, which meant that there were no major problems. Well, of course, not counting the fight for the world etc. Noah laughed quietly to himself, returning to his memories.~
Sitting resignedly in the car, helpless with his hands up, he suddenly heard some sound from the radio, from which he didn't understand much, as he still had to listen to Reeka's muttering in the earpiece. But after a short while, he managed to pick up something from the radio.
''Can you hear me Mirage,''- said an unfamiliar voice from the radio.
''Mirage?"- asked a confused Noah to himself, and the car, as if on cue, took off with a squeal of tires.
Noah was terrified, he didn't know what exactly was going on, and where this possessed car was leading him. On the way, he met Reek, who gave a joyful shout when he saw the silver car with blue stripes, not knowing what was really going on with Noah. So Reek immediately took off after the silver porsche.
But as soon as Reek spotted the police heading in the direction of this wonderful porsche, as if nothing had happened, he suddenly no longer knew what the porsche was or even less who the person driving it was (Of course, because Noah was driving the car, not the car was driving itself ekhm), turning in a completely different direction than the porsche was going.
''Reek? REEK! How I hate you!''- shout Noah angrily, not expecting Reek to put him out like that as soon as he saw the police. And now he was left alone with a possessed car and the police on his tail. Where does this car even drive him?
He couldn't gasp any longer because after a while, the police seemed to get bored with further pursuit and decided to start pitting the Porsche, which also swerved, but kept going.
Although what surprised him the most anyway was how the car itself somehow magically turned the right way again, and soon after how the car conjured up four holograms thus losing the police. Oh no, this is already too much for him. Noah's head began to pulsate from the overabundance of information, and he himself still didn't know what awaited him seeing that the car continued to go somewhere.
When they arrived at some abandoned building, he wasn't sure where he was. And then suddenly he was thrown out of the car. Standing up as fast as he can turn seeing the beautiful porsche turn into a robot? (also beautiful?)
Noah without thinking any longer grabbed, some old rusty pipe, which he put in front of him in defense, while looking at this robot.
The robot was silver with additions of blue color, with a posture that somehow resembled a human, but certainly was not. What drew Noah's greatest attention were the robot's eyes, which were a beautiful light blue color and collimated perfectly with the color of his body. His dreamy thoughts about the robot were interrupted, by the porsche.
''Woo, I thought after the car chase, we were boys,'' the robot said calmly, backing away from Noah a bit when he noticed the pipe. But seeing that Noah didn't move an inch, he decided to try something new and turned his arm into a cannon and aimed it at Noah.
As soon as Noah noticed it, he tried to go on playing that he's wasn't afraid, but fuck, he was so damn afraid.
''Though guy.. I like it.. I like it a lot,'' the robot said then holstered his gun, looking at Noah, who continued unmoved.
''What are you?'' Noah finally dared to ask, trying to sound confident.
''The name's Mirage,'' he went on as confidently as he already knew Mirage, he held out his fist like he wanted him to give him a tap.
Which, indeed, also turned out to be true.
''Come on, give me a little tap,'' said Mirage anticipating a move by Noah, who after a moment's thought orchestrated it-''There you go. Now we're friends''~
Noah couldn't contain his laughter once he got to that point, remembering how much Mirage cared. Perhaps it was because of this Mirage behavior that Noah fell hard for him~.
When Noah, heard the sounds of other vehicles, and moments after that Mirage's words that the gang's here, he got a little nervous not expecting that there might be more of them. And as soon as he saw, a huge red-blue robot, he was overwhelmed by total fear.
Hearing a deep voice, probably that of their boss, Noah scrambled, and as soon as he felt the robot grab him and lift him up, he was sure this was the end of him.
But fortunately, or not, he was only prodded by another robot, which scanned him, and after a while they knew everything about him, literally, even why he was no longer in the army.
But the red robot was somehow not particularly interested in him and put him on a metal high frame, walking away to the rest.
Noah was somehow not interested about what the machines were talking, so he started looking for a more discreet escape from the place. When he finally spotted a potential escape route, he immediately set off, wanting to get out of there as quickly as possible. But Noah, like Noah, can't do something discreet, not even to escape. Well, and with that, when he fell off the ladder, he caught the attention of a blue robot, known as Mirage, who came to him practically immediately. As it turned out, Mirage was trying to get him to participate in some nefarious plan that involved stealing some kind of key. Oh no, Noah wouldn't be tricked into some more theft. But when the robot, began to present to him why he could do it, he became more interested when he had a chance to have money for it. (Maybe if Mirage had offered him love, it would have had the same effect).
The plan was simple, he had to sneak discreetly into the museum, find some kind of key, take it, and return just as discreetly. What could go wrong, after all? Noah had been asking himself this question all along. Even when in the museum he met a girl who looked with interest at what he recognized as the key, who also did not want to give him the key, calling a security guard, but as soon as she saw, completely different robots, other than he known, she did not even hesitate to give it back to him, too bad it was only at a time like this.
Then suddenly they were chased by some strange little robots, who seemed to have only one intention when they came to them. And when they escaped from the museum, not only were they attacked by some strange robot, but she also took away their key. And what's worse, another robot from the new ones killed bumblebee, and probably would have killed everyone else too if it hadn't been for the fact that suddenly another robot that looked like a bird flew in and saved them. After all, what could go wrong, right?
When they went to a safe place, Noah learned that the new robot that is on their side is called Airazor, and the three new ones were Terrorcons that served one big robot that devoured planets? Noah just wants to go home, and never wake up again.
Just as Airazor said, it turns out that the key has two parts and a newly met girl named Elena knows exactly where it is. Isn't that strange?
But as everyone found out the key is located in Peru, and Noah no longer thinking probably declared that he would fly to Peru, because he does not want to entrust the planet to someone who could not save his own. It's not that Noah didn't even care about this planet, but apparently he had already decided to make the decision in an affair, that's not a bad thing, right?
When the big Autobot, Optimus Prime, called them all off to go to rest before the trip, Mirage drove him home. He told him to stay put, and not to draw attention to himself, it's not like the Porsche itself in a tight Brooklyn street looks strange.
At the same time, Noah went to see his brother, and Mirage, who can't sit still for any length of time because of his Adhd, decided that he would watch Noah talk to his brother. After all, if the big robot stands on some random car it won't happen to him, huh? Unfortunately, Mirage's high hopes failed him, and just as quickly as he stepped onto the car, the car broke underneath him, in the process making so much noise that it could have woken up half the city, as well as setting off headlights that he ultimately didn't know how to turn off himself.
Which Noah didn't quite like, immediately leaning out the window wanting to understand why this robot was like a child.
Speaking of children, the whole situation made Chris also curious about what was going on, especially since for a moment he himself could see something that resembled a robot. When he stepped out onto the fire stairs, he no longer saw the big robot but a silver Porsche standing around as if it were nothing, which in no way confused Chris. (Chris 1;0 Mirage)
So without thinking any further, Chris threw a can at the porsche, causing it to instantly transform into a robot, clearly upset about being thrown something that scratch his paint.
Chris, confused as well as slightly horrified by what he was seeing, didn't speak, and when Noah saw his brother standing with the robot, he thought for a moment that he was about to kill them both.
Chris, without thinking a moment longer, asked his brother, not really understanding what was going on.
''You know this thing?
''Yeah, we're just uh work friends,'' said a slightly embarrassed Noah
''UH, HUH WORK FRIENDS! You've been inside me!''
*
Noah, tightening the last parts, laughed at the conclusion of this memory. Somehow he never thought that one day someone would make him have butterflies in his stomach, much less expect them to be through a robot.
When he heard footsteps in the garage, he tightened the last part and came out from under the car, meeting Reek in the garage, who probably as usual came to complain to Noah that he was unnecessarily repairing this pile of junk, by the way telling him to sell it.
''Nah, im not sellin'.''- Noah said confidently.
Which clearly did not please Reek, who immediately began his monologue.
''What, why? Is it because of this action? After all, I told you that I didn't leave you. Or you know what, yes I did leave you, but so what if you succeeded anyway?"- asked Reek, not understanding why he didn't want to sell the scrap.
''It's not that. This car is special,''- Noah said proudly, expecting Reek's reaction.
And when Reek offered him a bet, he immediately accepted it knowing full well that his porsche doesn't need keys to start.
''Yo, Mirage,''- shout a satisfied Noah, knowing what was about to happen.
And hearing Mirage's familiar voice, he couldn't hold back a smile anymore. he missed him so much, but after staring at Mirage for a while like a puppy in love, he remembered that Reek was still in the garage. When he saw Reek, he didn't know whether to laugh or start worrying, because he looked like he was about to give up the ghost. Therefore, he walked up to Reek lightly touching his arm at which he flinched.
''W-What is it?"- asked a terrified Reek in a cracking voice, which Mirage quickly commented.
''No what, but who,''- Mirage said confidently, straining like a cat, checking his parts in the process.
''Reek, that's my friend, Mirage,''- Noah announced, trying to pull Reek slightly toward the porsche, to which the latter didn't move-''calm down, he won't hurt you,''- he added for reassurance, to somehow make Reek not so afraid.
Walking up to Mirage, Noah introduced Reek to him, at which a brief exchange of words began between the two, mainly about how he was feeling, bout parts, etc.
At which Reek watched with big eyes, himself in disbelief at what he was really looking at. His friend Noah has another friend named Mirage, who is a robot. No, this is probably too much for him. Unable to get over himself, he listened to his two friends talk to each other, having a confusing conversation himself. But I think he has already begun to understand why this car is so important to him. Reek being immersed in his thoughts, did not hear Noah calling him.
''Reek? REEK!''-shouted Noah snapping him out of his trance-''You good?''-he asked, seeing that he wasn't too well probably because of the situation.
''Yy, y-yeah, im good. But I think I need to go home and sleep on it, because it's a little too much for one day.''- said a slightly nervous Reek looking everywhere but at the blue porsche and added-''And I'm to understand that I should keep this information to myself? Because, you know, I haven't seen you walking anywhere by the hand with.. him.''-he said what Noah confirmed.-''Cool, chill. I'll keep it to myself, you've got it like in the bank.''- said Reek showing the movement that he closes his mouth and throws away the key.
'You know what, I think your friend is a little afraid of me,''- Mirage said right after Reek left the garage.
''I think he's not just a little afraid of you, he's very afraid. But from the beginning he was very curious to why I was still holding you, then I wanted to show him why.''- Noah answered him, smiling charmingly in his direction
''He'll get over it, I guess I'm not so scary after all, since you love spending time with me.''- Mirage said exultantly, looking like a puppy at Noah.
''Yes, yes. I wish i wouldn't stop loving spending time with you. You'd better show me if by any chance I need to tighten or fix something.''- said Noah telling Mirage in passing to sit down so he could get a better look at everything.
Which Mirage did as well, sitting down comfortably against the wall, belaying Noah right away so he wouldn't accidentally fall off his leg, and began a conversation that began with an exchange of memories from the battle of the world.
''Tell me please Noah, then when I gave you my parts, how did it go on?"- asked Mirage curiously, looking at Noah's work.
''Then when I was already dressed in.. you? Chris spoke to me on the radio, told me such motivational words that I already knew I had to give my best. Besides, I didn't want to let you down either, after you saved me. So I called out to Scourge, and then...''- Noah began to tell the story, and Mirage was staring at him like a picture and listening to him as he excitedly began to tell the story.
''... and then Primal came to the rescue, and caught Prime at the last minute, and fortunately we were able to escape from there. Wait a minute, did you by any chance, you know, didn't you know that?'' asked a confused Noah
''I saw it, but I wanted to hear it from you, which was really pleasant hearing you say in an excited voice that you saved Prime in such a way!''- said Mirage imitating Noah's voice, at which he lightly slapped him on the shoulder. But to tell the truth, the sight of a happy Noah, is his favorite.
Then the conversation began to go, further through the most diverse topics, coming to gentle reminiscences, even before the war.
''I don't even want to imagine what my brother thought when you said with all the confidence 'You've been inside me!'. He's still so young, and already he's probably having anxious thoughts about what his brother is doing with the robot from outer space when he's not home.'-finished speaking Noah laughing out loud.
''But that's the truth. You've been inside me, and we didn't even have our first date!''- laughed Mirage and added-''But rest assured, this can still be arranged if you agree, of course, unless you don't, I'll kidnap you like the first time and we'll go anyway.''- finished Mirage, winking at Noah, making him blush.
More hours of conversation passed and with the slow end of repairs, the boys were already approaching the topic of their favorite color.
''Noah, what is your favorite color?"- asked Mirage looking at Noah, like a kitten at a bowl of fish.
''Hmm, I think.. I think my favorite color is blue. I've become very fond of it lately, and especially the one in your eyes appeals to me a lot.''- said Noah, trying not to sound too desperate, just trying to show his affection for Mirage in some way.
''Oo, Noah you are so sweet. I knew you liked blue a lot.''- blinked Mirage's infatuation, at which Noah looked away.
''Mirage, please lie down now, because I'd like to make sure of something,'' Noah asked him, which Mirage didn't comment on any longer, and lay down. And after a short while Mirage also started talking.
''Honestly, why?'' Mirage asked.
''Why what?''- answered Noah with a question, deep down expecting what Mirage was talking about
''You know, why did you decide to save me? Rebuild from scratch. I don't understand why, it must have surely cost you a lot of time and money.''- asked Mirage, being curious.
''Yy.. I-I..''-Noah had to take a moment to think about how to put it into words-''I did it...because you're ...important to me. important, yk, after all we've been through, not knowing each other for long, it's like.. you gave your life for me by saving me. I just, felt I had to do it. In addition, in a short time, you became quite an important part of my life for me. So I thought it was the best decision.''- concluded Noah timidly, while getting slightly stressed.
''Oh Noah, you are also very important to me, the most important, I told you that already. And if I had a choice again, to save myself or to save you, I would save you again without even thinking about it.''- said Mirage, looking at Noah, who suddenly lowered his head. So he put out his arm and gently touched Noah,-''Are you okay?''- asked a concerned Mirage, not knowing if it he said something wrong.
Noah, rubbed his eyes, and raised his head looking at Mirage further sitting on his chest, with eyes full of tears.
''Yeah, I just ... I thought at the time that I had lost you. I was so unable to understand why, what I had done that you preferred to save me rather than yourself. And then with each day that I fixed you, each time I had a lot of memories of that day, of course there were also the good memories, but mostly they were the bad ones. The moment when you were trying to comfrot me despite the pain you felt, the moment when, your eyes that always shine so bright.... went out-''-Noah couldn't stand the tension any longer and cried, feeling so helpless. Therefore, after a while, Mirage get up from the ground, wrapping his hands around Noah and pressing him to his chest.
''Noah, baby, you don't have to worry about me anymore. I'm here, right? And I have no intention of going anywhere, I'm here for you and nothing is going to change that, right?''- Mirage not quite knowing how he could still comfort Noah. But an idea came to him that he once saw on the street. When a child started crying and his mother started humming something to him that calmed him down considerably, he thought it might work on his Noah. Although he didn't know too many things he could hum, he chose the one that seemed most appropriate.
''Mira mi amor, yo sigo aquí, yo sigo estando para ti.. hoy sigo estando para ti.. hoy sigo estando para ti..''- Mirage, seeing that Noah had slowly stopped crying, stopped humming. Then he looked with concerned eyes at Noah, who began to smile slightly at Mirage.
''How do you know such words? And do you know what they mean?''' asked Noah feeling himself start to blush as soon as he remembered Mirage humming before the words with a perfectly fitting message. (ekhm, yes I know that the colapso song came out 25 years after the actions of the film, but let's consider that it was known back then nonetheless).
''I heard it on the radio one day, and if I didn't know what they meant, I wouldn't have hummed it to my most important person. You're my yellow, Noah.''-said Mirage confidently, knowing what he was feeling, and wanting, finally say it to Noah.
To which Noah as soon as he heard 'You're my yellow,' his heart beat hard and he flushed all over. Could this mean that Mirage feels the same way about him? After all, it's impossible.. although, now after all he has told him it must mean something after all. For a brief moment Noah had to think about it, and he got some sudden confidence, recognizing that he had to take advantage of it. He stood up with a wobbly step, and gently climbed up Mirage's chest so that he was roughly at the height of his face.
''Mirage, please. I need your confirmation, are you sure I'm catching your clues right?'' asked Noah, feeling tears flow into his eyes again.
''If you expect to hear from me these brief words of love, then yes, I love you Noah, as much as I can.'' said Mirage confidently as usual, smiling at Noah
''Oh Mirage, I fell so much for you, that I can't believe what I'm hearing,'' began Noah tearfully-''I started to care about you so much from the beginning that what you're telling me now sounds like I'm dreaming.''- said Noah and his tears hidden in his eyes began to flow.
He put his hand on Mirage's face, pressing it close enough to rest his forehead on Mirage's chin, then raised his head up apognizing Mirage's eyes.
''I love you so much too, Mirage,'' Noah said, moving closer to Mirage's mouth.
End.