Let The Flames Begin by Paramore on the side :)

"Spark no!" Party yells behind me, but i'm already grabbing hold on the metal staircase. It's burning hot to touch and i hiss in pain as it add another lay of burnt flesh over the just healed wounds i acquired last time i was in the city. 

All the same i pull down my jacket sleeves so they give some sort of protection to my palms and start to climb the ladder three steps at a time, nearly slipping now and again but never stopping. I cam see the door, and it's so close now that there would be no point in turning back. I spare a brief glance at the ground and see that Neon and Ghoul are holding Party back from coming after me, trying to drag him towards the car. 

I haul myself over the ledge and all but fall through the door, immediately being hit by the sheer heat of the flames around me. The curtains i once found pretty have gone up completely, and the temperature makes me feel like i'm about to melt or pass out. The smoke doesn't help either, filling my lungs with choking blackness and making me double over, heaving for a moment. 

"Spark?" I look up to see Silver on the ground near me, looking crumpled and weak. Obviously her battery can't stand the heat or have the energy to move against it, as she had collapsed to the floor, her eyes widening as she see's me. 

"S'ok" I sputter, crawling closer to her. "I'll get you out of here." Even the air in the room is chokingly hot, pressing down on me like weights, blurring my vision too so that it almost seems like a mirage in the room. 

"No... no you need to go" She tries to shake her head but is to weak to do so, making it just droop towards the floor. 

"Not without you" I cough "i've come this far, haven't i?" I crawl closer and closer feeling the flames lick around me like snakes. I know i have to stand up, but it's still a shock when i do. The whole room seems to sway and i try to reach out blindly, grab onto anything to steady myself, but i fail and just end up stumbling, managing to catch myself at the last moment. 

I hold my hand over my nose and mouth in an attempt to block out some of the gases that are floating around me. It's a feeble attempt, but if it makes any sort of difference then it's worth it. My vision is really swimming now and it's hard to put one foot in front of the other, but i manage to make it to Silver and drop down next to her. It's too hot to even breathe now, and when i grab her she goes weak in my arms, battery nearly completely gone. 

"I don't think i can stand" she whimpers as i drag her towards the door, one hand under each of her arms. I don't have the energy to even reply to her by this point -  i have to focus it all on dragging her towards the door. How was it even that far away? It seems to take a century - and a whole lot of coughing and spluttering - before we reach the door. And just in time too, as that's when part of the floor gives way, falling down into the building below. The flames shoot up now and i scream from the sheer heat of it, dizziness threatening to overcome me and send us both falling. I fight against it though, pulling us out onto the ledge with a heave. 

I fall for a moment then, looking down through my soot-filled hair to the ground, where the other three are standing. Ghoul and Neon are struggling to hold Party back, but when they see us on the ledge they immediately stop and let him go. 

Party and Ghoul rush to the bottom of the stairs as i help Silver over the edge. She grips weakly to the railings and i try to help her down the steps, but she goes too slowly. I know that it's only a matter on minutes before the flames reach here as well, taking us both or destroying the stairs. Ghoul must realise this too, as he yells up.

"Silver, you've gotta jump" he calls to her "don't worry, i'll catch you i promise." She looks back to me for a moment before taking a deep breath, and then falling backwards. Ghoul is true to his word and grabs her before she can hit the ground, stumbling backwards but managing to stay upright. Neon is there in a second, helping him pull her over to the car and into the back. 

"Spark come on!" Party yells up at me. My whole body aches, my vision swimming to the extent that i just want to pass out. "Spark if you don't hurry up and get down here i'm coming up!" His words do the trick, and i clamber over the edge. Even my jacket's protection can't fully protect me from the burning hot metal now. I try to go climb too quickly, eyes watering from the sheer pain of each grasp i get of the metal bars. I'm about halfway down when i slip, my feet flying out from underneath me out of exhaustion and my hands following suit. 

I don't fall for long though before Party's catching me, setting me back onto my feet. I stumble towards him, reaching out blindly for something to steady myself on. He seems to realise that i'm having difficulty in actually standing because he grabs hold of my arm and half pulls, half carries me towards the waiting trans am. 

I'm shoved into the back with him and Silver, whilst Neon and Ghoul sit in the front. The second we climb inside Ghoul floors it, driving in and out of the city lanes like a madman. I'm too out of it to even care though, just trying to stay awake. Neon is leaning over me to help Silver get another battery in, muttering something about how we'll need to get her an extra power source when we get back to the base. 

"Are you hurt?" Party pushes my hair out of my face, scanning me anxiously for anything that would give away an injury. 

"No. Just tried" I mumbled, letting my eyes droop. The adrenalin is wearing off now and i can't help but close my eyes leaning back into the seat. Someone's saying something about passing out from smoke inhalation, but i'm too out of it to know who's talking. I just fall into a deep state of unconsciousness, unable to fight it any longer. 

When i come around, after a dreamless sleep, i find myself back in my bed at the base. My throat feels scratchy but apart from that i seem okay, maybe a little bruised but that's the worst of it. I sigh and sit up in the bed just as the door opens and Party walks in, a grin breaking out across his face when he see's i'm awake. 

"Never fucking scare me like that again" He collapses next to me on the bed and wraps his arms around me tightly. I chuckle hoarsely, my throat giving a painful reminder of my current state, as i wrap my arms back around him in return. "Seriously, don't laugh about it. I thought you were dead when that ceiling fell through." 

"Well i'm fine" I lean my head against his chest with a small sigh "I was scared shitless, but i got in and out in time. I knew i could do it. I wouldn't have risked my life if i thought i was going to die, although i did cut it a bit fine." 

"A bit?" He leans over me "You were seconds away Spark. Oh and you managed to open up the blisters on your hand again so i had to re-bandage it" i look down, only just noticing the fresh white gauze on each of my palms.

"I'm sorry i made you worry like that" I cup his face with my bandaged-covered hand "but i knew i could do it. I saw Silver up there and i knew i couldn't not run up there and save her. I know you would've done the same if given the chance." 

"I was going to" he admits, moving his feet so they are on the bed. He lies down beside me and placed an arm around my shoulders, moving so that i can rest my head on his shoulder "but then you ran before i had the chance. And then the others held me back too, thinking it was a lost cause. I guess i just feel bad that i didn't come with you." 

"Don't feel bad about it. We got out okay, that's the main thing. How's Silver?" I remember how weak she'd looked when i dragged her out, like she could shut down at any given moment, or whatever the correct term for dying was for droids. 

"She's doing ok. Well, as okay and can be expected. Kobra's charging her up on batteries and trying to work harder on inventing a better alternative. I had to send him to bed last night otherwise i knew he'd stay up all night." 

"Last night?" I raise my head to look at him properly "how long have i been out of it?" 

"Just less than 24 hours. That's about normal for the amount of smoke you inhaled though. We did our best to help your lungs with that, but you'll probably have a cough for quite a few days yet. Dr Death said he was going to send over some sort of syrup for your throat. Apparently it works wonders." 

"Have you been to see him?" 

"No" he frowns down at me "you know i wouldn't leave you whilst you were unconscious. We radioed him though and debriefed. He's cool with Neon and Silver staying with us..." He gave a sad sigh then "we're going to bury Bolt tonight. We were waiting for you to wake up before we did, we knew you'd want to be there, even if you didn't meet her." 

"Oh" I remembered Bolt's crumpled form on the gravel, her wires ripped and eyes lifeless. "Yeah, i'd like to be there. Are Neon and Sil coping okay?" 

"Sil's still kinda out of it, but she seems to have accepted it. Neon's been crying a lot, but that's to be expected. I think she's more angry than anything else. She wishes she'd shot that civilian now, but we talked her out of that. We all know Bolt wouldn't have wanted us to spill innocent blood over her life." 

"And what about you? You lost a friend too, it's okay to be upset." 

"I'm doing okay. Im just glad you're okay to be honest. I wasn't as close to Bolt as i am to Neon and Sil, so that helps a bit. I'm still a little cut up though" Now it's his turn to rest his head in the crook of my neck, playing with the ends of my hair as he does so. 

"I guess there comes a point where you're use to losing people" I sigh "i definitely haven't reached that place yet though. I thought it was where you just stopped bothering about anyone, but i was wrong." 

"Yeah?" he props himself up on his elbows, and i immediately notice how close our faces are by this point. 

"Yeah, because that wasn't properly living. This is much better" I lean in and kiss him, wrapping a hand around the back of his head and keeping him there. Not that he would try to move away anyway. In fact he responds immediately, moving our bodies closer so that he's leaning down over me, hands rubbing circles in my sides as we make out. Every time our bodies brush together it gives off electrical sparks that shudder through me and make me have to hold back a gasp. 

His hands travel further down and start to play with the ends of my t-shirt, and i don't stop him. If anything i lean into his touch and give a small, happy moan that gives him all the encouragement he needs to pull my t-shirt over my head.

He runs his hand up my bare back and stops just before my neck, pressing his forehead to mine and looking me straight in the eye for a moment. 

"You want this?" he pants, already seemed a little flushed and out of breath as he looks down at me, his red hair long enough that it brushes against my face. 

"Yeah" i gasp back, only now realising how flustered i am too. He doesn't ask twice, just starts kissing me again, except this time he doesn't stop, not even when we're yanking off each others clothes and falling back into the mattress. 

(Author's note: the chapter used to end there but imma treat y'all)

Party was only wearing a t-shirt so that comes flying off with ease. Once again I'm looking at his topless chest, but this time I'm not blushing. Instead I run my hands over his shoulders, letting my nails dig into the definitions between muscles as we kiss. He groans, and moves so that he's learning over me, hands frantically helping me remove what remains of my clothes. 

"You're beautiful" he mumbles against my lips, starting to trail kisses down over my collarbones and breasts. 

"So are you" his hair is falling down and brushing against me as he brings his head back up to look me in the eye. His hands keep travelling down, and before I know it his fingers are inside me, and I can't hold back the noises escaping my mouth as he gets to work. 

It takes me a minute to be able to breathe properly, or at least enough that I can reach down and return the favour, wrapping my hand around him and trying to move at a matched pace. Now it's his turn to moan, eyes rolling back into his head for a moment before he meets my gaze again. 

"I want you" he groans "so fucking bad."

"Fuck me then" I smirk, removing my hand and instead placing one on his shoulder and another in his hair. He kisses me roughly, moving his hips to align with mine before he pounds into me with so much force I cry out. He feels amazing, and every nerve ending in my body seems to tingle as I bring my hips up to try and meet him. 

Everything is a heated blur; his fingers digging into my hips, a light sheen of sweat coating his chest, his eyes have gone dark and I'm moaning and gasping as I bury my head in his neck. I don't care who hears us, and I can no longer feel the sting of my burns or the smoke in my lungs. All I can feel is him and every spot our bodies are touching. 

"Baby" he moans as his pace increases. I can feel the pressure building up inside of me, and when he moves a hand to rub against me I know I won't be long, and by the look on his face neither will he. 

"Fuck I'm close" I gasp, arching my back . My words seem to spur him on, and before I know it I can feel my orgasm shaking through me as I cry out. His pace becomes disjointed, and he slams into me sloppily as he comes too. 

For a moment we both can't move, too busy trying to catch our breath. He slowly pulls out of me, moving to fall down beside me and pull the cover back up over us where it got pushed aside long ago. He scoops me into his chest, and runs a thumb over my flushed cheek. 

"You're amazing" He smirks, planting a quick kiss against my lips. "I really didn't think that was going to happen, but if the last twenty four hours have taught me anything it's that we can't afford to hold back."

"It made me feel better than any painkillers could" I giggle, letting my legs entwine with his. The feeling of our bare skin against each other was so addictive, I wanted us to touch in every place possible. 

"Good" he smiles softly, which is a change from his normal signature smirk, and brushes my hair away from my face "let's stay here for a bit like this. I'm not ready to face the rest of the world right now." I nod in agreement, and relax into his touch. 

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i updated really quick for you guys so you wouldn't be stuck on that cliffhanger forever and i even threw in sex do you love me or what.