Invisible
By:
Sinead
Lyrics
transcribed on:
Written
on: 10 - 13 January 2004
Author’s
Note: Well, since I got
EXTREMELY bored, and I needed something to torture myself with again, I started
two new projects. The first of which was this new, idea-packed series, which
showcases the talented and awesome Hacker, and the Beast Warrior of her choice,
Depth Charge. And I’m extremely honored that she trusted and allowed me to
write about her. The second project is the trenchcoat that Shuichi Shindou wears
in the anime series Gravitation. It’s a yellow-and-orange thing, and
it’s being made for a singer-songwriter sister-in-spirit who graduated last
year, and is currently in an anime-fan-infested college. She’ll be wearing it
at Anime Boston, in the costume competition. It was finished upon
What’cha
doin’ tonight?
I
wish I could be a fly on your wall
There
was one thing wrong, and one thing wrong only. X had vacated the area
when Depth Charge had sighted him. Normally, the crab never missed a
chance to taunt his disowned brother. When Depth Charge had returned to the
cargo bay, where he lived, he saw Primal waiting for him. And he learned of the
truce that had been forced upon the Predacons. Depth Charge had asked the
simplest question: Why?
Megatron
had been assassinated. Terrorsaur was now in charge. And the second half of
Rampage’s spark was held by Primal himself, as a desperate measure that the
murderer would behave.
Activating
his optics, Depth Charge came to the present. A present when he was not allowed
to hunt X . . . his once-brother. A present where three bots have been taken
from the Wars by some higher-up power, and made human . . . to be paired with
another human. Huh, he thought, moving to sit up, I wonder who will be
next? Not that I care . . .
Are
you really alone
Who’s
stealin’ your dreams?
Hacker
stared at her mirror in shock. “Holy. Crap.”
Shadows
were swirling around the edges of the glass, but in the center, there was a
clear view of Depth Charge, who seemed to be brooding over something. Hacker
smiled gently, but leaned against her bookcase, not wanting to go through just
yet. He seemed to be deep in thought, and not everyone liked to be distracted by
someone when they were thinking.
Besides.
Just seeing that he was actually real was more than enough for the
author.
Why
can’t I breathe you into my life?
(So
tell me)
I
bet that he’ll be Predacon, Depth
Charge thought. There’s been two Maximals taken, so it only seems obvious
that another Predacon would be brought away. Primus . . . why did the rat have
to go next?
He
rested his head in his hands, and sighed.
What
would it take
To
make you see that I’m alive?
Hacker
saw his sigh, then walked towards the mirror. She touched the wooden frame of
the object of vanity, careful not to touch the glass. Even so, the shadows
seemed to recede even further towards the edges of the mirror. Sinead, Starath, and
Sapphire all agreed upon all the details about these things occurring, so there
was no doubt about what was actually going to happen to her. But . . . why her?
If
I was invisible
Then
I could just watch you in your room
It
didn’t seem possible that it could happen to her. She was . . . just simple
old Hacker, the band drummer, the author, the OTFCC reporter . . . nothing
special. But the others . . . they were something else. They seemed to take
everything in stride. They sounded as if they had been confident about the whole
ordeal, even though Sinead said that over half of the times she and Dinobot had
been getting to know each other was spent with her bawling. Sapphire had spent
it joking, worrying about what would happen next between her and Rattrap. Then
Starath . . .
If
I was invincible
I’d
make you mine tonight
Hacker
chuckled. Starath and Megatron had argued almost nonstop, and they still did,
over all the most trivial matters. But they all loved their partners, and would
die for them, if it ever came down to it. Sinead even followed Dinobot into the
midst of a bloody battle, to try to stay with him, to try to save him. Starath
braved the depths of Megatron’s fury, to try to get him to see just how much
she cared for him. And Sapphire . . . she was four days without knowing if
Rattrap were dead or alive. She mourned, and though her mourning, she saw just
how much this once-thought cartoon character really meant to her.
If
hearts were unbreakable
Then
I could just tell you where I stand
Depth
Charge sighed, then reached over to turn his light off. Worries would have to
wait until tomorrow, and to tomorrow alone. He needed sleep, and he should, as
soon as he could get into that mode. But . . . with the dreams that he
had, who would want to sleep?
I
would be the smartest man
If
I was invisible . . .
Wait,
I already am
Hacker
saw him lie back, and she smiled, knowing that now was the time. She
crept through, careful not to make noise, and stood a few feet away from Depth
Charge. Should she be nice and gentle about telling him that she was here? It
was a possibility.
Albeit
a rather slim one.
Saw
your face in the crowd
I
call out your name, you don’t hear a sound
She
grinned, and crept up on the Maximal, until she was inches from his face.
Mentally, she was laughing uproariously, remembering all the times that she had
done this to friends who had made the mistake of falling asleep before she had.
With a deep, silent breath, she formed the words in her mind, then put on the
squeakiest, most sickeningly-sweet voice she could manage.
“Hiya!
You’re Depth Charge!”
I
keep tracing your steps
Each
move that you make
The
Maximal sat up straight with a roaring yelp, and turned the lights on as he did
so, seeing a grinning . . . “What the Pit what that for?!”
The
human shrugged, and said, “Well, I thought that I’d say hi, since my mirror
decided to link to yours.”
Depth
Charge blinked, as Rhinox yanked the cargo bay door open, to reveal himself and
Optimus, both armed to the teeth, right there. Cheetor was behind them. Depth
Charge’s mind took a moment to sort out the sentence, which meant . . . “Aw,
slag.”
Wish
I could read what goes through your mind
Wish
you could touch me with the colors of your life
The
Maximal technician put his gun away, then blinked to the human. “Who are
you?”
She
smiled. “I’m Hacker. Not a Hacker, but I liked the name. It makes
people worry.”
“With
what you pulled on me, I wouldn’t be surprised if people worry when they see
your face walk into the room,” Depth Charge grumbled. “Why the Pit did you
have to do that?!”
If
I was invisible
Then
I could just watch you in your room
Hacker
only smiled, as she replied, “Because I felt like it.”
Cheetor
was laughing. “Awesome!” He managed to look around Optimus. “Hey, you’re
here to brighten Fish-Face’s day?”
“Or
days.”
If
I was invincible
I’d
make you mine tonight
“Primus,
I’m cursed.”
The
three Maximal had left them alone (finally) and Hacker was sitting upon a large
strip of metal that Depth Charge called his desk. He was sitting upon his bed,
watching her. Her answering smile was genuine, as she replied, “If you could
hear Dinobot, Rattrap, and Megatron speak about this, they’d tell you that
they’re anything but cursed. They really have gotten used to being
humans, and they really like . . . sorry, love their female
partners-in-crime.”
If
hearts were unbreakable
Then
I could just tell you where I stand
Depth
Charge sighed, then rested his head in his hands again. There was a small
thought in Hacker’s mind, one that said that she should go over to him, and at
least try to comfort him. After a moment, she gave in to that, and rested
her hand upon one of his own. He looked up at her, then away, not wanting her to
see the horrors he had witnessed though his optics. She was young, and innocent
yet. And she needed to stay that way for as long as she could manage to be so.
I
would be the smartest man
If
I was invisible . . .
Wait,
I already am
Hacker
saw him turn away, then smiled a small, sad smile. “Depth Charge, what’s
bothering you?”
He
glanced at her, then glanced away. “Nothing that you need to know.”
“So
you don’t trust me.”
“I
never said that.”
Reach
out
But
you don’t even see me
“But
you’re not trusting me.”
“Not
you. Your reaction.”
Climbing
up to sit next to her favorite Beast Warrior, Hacker thought about the many
times and changes that she had been forced to accept. This one seemed to be the
kind of one that she would accept gladly . . . although . . . three,
almost four years ago . . . that ordeal had to be one of the toughest times of
her life.
Even
when I scream out
Baby
you don’t hear me
The
human leaned her back against Depth Charge’s side, causing him to blink down
at her. “So you think that simply because I’ve seemed like the innocent,
know-nothing kinda girl so far, that I haven’t had to deal with rough
times?”
“Well,
you were the one acting the part.”
“I’ll
give you that one. But I’m not what I seem, sometimes.”
“Who
is?”
I
am nothing without you
Just
a shadow passing through
“You’re
not going to tell me, are you,” Hacker said, turning to look up at her idol.
His
red optics looked back at her somewhat blandly, as he sighed, then leaned back
against the wall. Hacker rearranged herself so that she leaned more against his
torso than his side, practically forcing him to rest his arm around her
shoulders . . . “You’re slagging tiny. But . . . maybe I’ll tell you
later. If you prove to be someone who I can trust.”
Hacker
smiled sadly, this time to herself, and hunkered down closer to Depth Charge.
This giant robot . . . he was something more to her than just the other
infatuations she has had for other cartoon characters. He was something more.
Something . . . someone who seemed to be her other half, she had once
thought.
But
. . . who would have ever thought that getting to know your other heart would be
harder than getting to know your own heart?
If
I was invisible
Then
I could just watch you in your room
“You
still awake, human?”
“As
awake as you are, robot.”
“You’re
not gonna fall asleep here, are you? I don’t think that I can fit into your
room.”
“So
you’ve been eyeballing that mirror, have you?”
“So
what if I have? What are you gonna do about it?”
“Nothing
yet. I was only wondering.”
“Huh.”
If
I was invincible
I’d
make you mine tonight
Finally,
after a comforting silence between the two beings, Hacker stretched, and slid
off of the side of the bed. She walked over to the mirror, and looked it over.
It was rough-cut, but polished to a high sheen. Depth Charge watched her with an
eerie aching in his Spark. Ignoring it, he, too, stood, then walked over to
behind her. “What are you going to do?”
Silently,
he was hoping for the answer that . . .
“Come
back when I can. If only to have you glare at me again.” She said the second
half of the sentence while smiling up at the Maximal, giving him the impression
that she really didn’t mean it.
If
hearts were unbreakable
Then
I could just tell you where I stand
“Uh,
er, that . . . that would be okay,” Depth Charge managed to get out, as he
tried uneventfully to slow his pump-rate. Slag all females! They always
know how to get to you. Even when they don’t know that they’re doing
it, they are!
Hacker
smiled, and reached up to tug on his hand, smiling even more widely at him. He
could feel his mech-pump speed up, as she whispered, “And if you ever need me,
call. Or if you even want me to just sit with you, I’ll come as soon as I
can.”
And
with that, she went back to her own world, her own time, to rush to her computer
and start typing a frantic, ecstatic email to three authors, who would all demand
answers out of her. Not to mention, that their partners would want to know more
about what was happening.
I
would be the smartest man
If
I was invisible . . .
As Depth Charge saw her run out of her room, laughing in happiness, he whispered, “I wish that you never had to leave.”