Car Robots:
		Ironic Hero
		Chapter:  3
		Small Miracle
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	Gelshark stood alone now in the heaped snow it now rose
to his knees but he had not moved from that spot.  The rising
sun warming his body indicated the start of a new day.

	Gelshark heard a fait voice in the distance.
"Gelshark"  it said.  "Gelshark"  again as it drew closer.
Warmth returned to Gelshark's spark as he recognized the 
voice.  

	"Yuki kun."  He said as the boy approached.
Out of breath from running Yuki coughed in the cold winter
air.  Gelskark kelt down closer to Yuki's hight.

	"I thought I'd find you here.  This is the same
battlefield Gigatron was defeated on."  Yuki commented.
"Yes this is where I parted ways with those I once called
friends.  I know you think I had already parted ways
with the Destronger cause but in truth Devil Gigatron Sama
was still where my loyalties lay even if I realized that my
friendship with the people of earth was growing."

	Yuki looked up to Gelshark's face and asked.
"But now you are our friend.  Your my friend Gelshark."
Gelshark nodded a yes.  "When your friends cheered my name 
at monument tower I felt something I had never felt before.
I forgot about my loyalties and my cause.  Somehow 
protecting your lives became more important.  When I returned
your fahter once again I was trying to fullfill my own agenda
but when you begged the Cybertrons not to attack me I felt the
same thing.  And when you brought your friends to meet me.
There was a time I would have killed every one of you, but again
something stopped me.  Only now that I've lost everything
that I once held in such high value have I realized what
the people of this planet mean to me."

	"Gelshark...you're still going to celebrate Christmas
with us arent' you?"  Yuki asked.  Gelshark smiled
trying not to let Yuki see the heartbreak he still felt over the
loss of his leader.  "Yes Yuki kun I'll be there.

	"Then we should get going back to Tokyo.  
The celebrations have already begun."  Said Yuki.

	Gelshark looked to the rising sun and remembered
that the day was now Christmas eve.  "Yes Yuki let's go GELJET!"

	The jet craft shot in from the sky and picked up Gelshark
and Yuki.  "Hold on tight Yuki kun."  Said Gelshark as Yuki
clung to his ankle.

	Gelshark and Yuki flew aboard the Geljet over the city
looking down on it's beuty as the rays of morning light struck it.

	"Tokyo looks so cool from up here."  Yuki commented.
"Do you hear that?"  Gelshark asked as he buzzed by Monument
Tower.  "Yeah look all my friends are there on the roof.
It looks like they're happy to see you."  Yuki replied.

	Gelshark made another run by before landing on the roof.
He set Yuki down Gently amongst his friends.

	"Gelshark we've been waiting for you."  Said one of the
Children.  Gelshark smiled with cheer in his spark.

	Hours passed as Gelshark went about Tokyo.  He listened
to the many sounds.  The children cheering his name, his own
theme song Go Go Gelshark and the heartwarming melodies of Christmas
hymns all served to remind him of his beutiful friendship with 
the people of earth.

		"Fallen snow crunches
		Coldest of times warms my spark
		Children laughing...joy."

	Gelshark recited his Haiku half mumbled late in the night
as a glorious tree covered in ornaments alighted in the heart of
the city.  Yuki overheard and commented  "I guess when it's cold
outside it helps us remember the value of being warm to each other."
"You're quite the little phillosopher Yuki kun."  Gelshark replied.
"It's not too cold is it?"  Yuki asked.  "You needn't worry about me.
It's much colder in space."  Answered Gelshark.

	"I know a place much colder"  replied a much deeper voice.
Gelshark turned around to see the one transformer he least expected.
"BLACK CONVOY!"

	The black robot stepped forward with sword in hand.
"You thought I was dead didn't you.  No only waiting for my opportunity."

	Gelshark stepped out to face him.  "What purpose would
a battle serve now."  "Revenge.  You humilliated me.  Cost me
my last chance at power.  You've taken everything from me.
And I've been watching you.  Now I can take away that which you
hold most dear."  Black Convoy answered.

	In fear the children ran scattering except for Yuki whom
stood brave in his place.  

	Gelshark stood firm in front of Black Convoy.  
"I was once like you.  I only lusted for power and rellished
every moment of battle.  Peace was nothing but a pause between wars.
No more."  Gelshark said as he took a battle stance ready to
fight against Black Convoy.

	"YOU WERE NEVER LIKE ME!  No one is like me.  I hate
you Gelshark.  I hate everything you could ever love.  I hate
my own existance, and I hate the world in which I must writhe."
Black Convoy said as he put both hands around the hilt of his sword.

	Gelshark clenched his fist.
"I will stop you Black Convoy.  My reasons may be different
now but I've been waiting for this battle for a long time.  Let's go!"

	The two robots charged in and began trading blows.
Gelshark slashed with his claw meeting Black Convoy's sword dead on
and the two locked together as each robot using their free hand
locked up, each trying to overpower the other.

	Black Convoy threw his knee between them and pushed Gelshark
back before regaining his own balance and renewing his charge sword in
hand.

	Gelshark fired off his chest weapon shouting "LASER STORM!"
the beam flew forward.  Black Convoy diverted his charge
to the right but not fast enough and the beam plowed through his shoulder.

	Ignoring the damage Black Convoy continued his attack and
laid his sword across Gelshark's claw arm cutting halfway through it.

	With one good arm left Gelshark Reached behind his back uniting
his two fins into a dual bladed weapon and swiped at Black Convoy 
ripping into his chest.  Likewise Black Convoy made a counter strike
inflicting a simillar gash across Gelshark's torso.

	Swinging again they locked blades.  Each with a 
blade locked in one hand and the other hanging limp.

	With a push both combatants skid back before rushing in
again this time not locking blades but swinging low and each recieved
a massive cut in the side.

	Swing after swing each warrior inflicted another wound
and recieved one of equal proportion.

	Gelshark finally took a chance and hurled his blade at Black
Convoy aiming for his sword hand but instead found Black Convoy moving out of 
the way leaving his already damaged left arm to absorb the blow and fall
completely off.

	Black Convoy finding Gelshark now without a weapon in hand and too
drained to use his Laser Storm attack charged with sword ready in his one
remaining hand and finnished the job of severing Gelshark's claw arm.

	Gelshark howled in pain and staggered before falling on his back.
Black convoy raised his sword and thrust down through Gelshark's abdoment
causing him to scream once again.  

	Pulling his sword free Black Convoy gloated.  "He who
fights for weaklings shall himself become one."  
Gelshark leaned up and reached behind his back.
"haven't you ever heard the saying that the meek shall inherit
the earth."  he said distracting Black Convoy from his true intent.

	"Bah, I don't care about inheriting the world.  I just
want to destroy it."  Black Convoy said with his rage growing.

	Black Convoy again raised his weapon ready to strike a 
finnishing blow but before he could land it Gelshark lunched forward with
a dual rocket launcher in hand which he pressed against Black Convoy's
chest and fired both rounds from simultaniously resulting in
an explosion large enough to throw both fighters to the ground.

	The smoke obscured them from one another's vision.
When it cleared both had risen to one knee.  Gelshark was badly
damaged.  Black Convoy showed a hole in the center of his chest 
that cleared through to the other side yet still he clung to his
sword and his life.

	Black Convoy fired out a number of rounds from his shoulder canons
blasting through Gelshark sending him back down to the ground.

	With his energon resources too depleated to continue firing
Black Convoy rose to his feet sword in hand ready to finnish the job.
He stepped over Gelshark and rose the crimson blade high over his head
when Yuki ran over to Gelshark's side and yelled to Black Convoy.

	"NO!  BLACK CONVOY STOP IT!  STOP!  There must be some good in you!
Please stop this.  Look inside yourself.  Isn't there anything
that makes you regret hurting people?  Isn't there anything in there
that makes you want to do good?"

	Black Convoy stopped for a moment before answering.
".............NO!"  He said harshly as he struck down at not
the fallen Gelshark but at Yuki.

	The sword instead of tender flesh however landed in hard
metal.  Gelshark had rolled over protecting Yuki with his own body.

	Standing below Gelshark whom knelt over him Yuki looked
to the Destronger's face.  A single tear fell from Gelshark's face
and down to the snow at Yuki's feet while two tiny rivers ran from
Yuki's eyes.  "Gelshark don't give up!"  Yuki pleaded as Black
Convoy swung his sword laying slash after slash into 
Gelshark's back.

	Putting one foot up Gelshark thrust himself backward onto 
Black Convoy's sword then twisted breaking the blade off in his
own body.

	standing face to face with Black Convoy Gelshark pulled the
broken blade from his body and threw it down on the ground.

	Black Convly dropped the broken hilt of his weapon.
Weaponless and energon reverves nearly empty both combatants
stared off for preparing for one final charge.

	"If I die I'm taking you with me Gelshark."  Said 
Black Convoy.  Gelshark looked back over his shoulder
to Yuki.  "I can't die here."  

	Silence for a moment settled over the street turned
battlefield.  Snow continued to float down.

	Gelshark even in this time admired the beuty.  Black
Convoy however felt only the cold.  

	Equally damaged this final blow could only be decided by
who wanted it more.  Love against hate.

	Finally Gelshark and Black convoy screamed out 
as they rushed in fists clenched for one final blow.

	Their fists collided in mid attack each had intended the same
blow.  In an instant that seemed like hours the battle was decided.

	Black Convoy looked down at himself.  His remaining hand had shattered
and now Gelshark had pushed his fist through his remaining torso.
As Gelshark withdrew his hand smoke and fire poared from the holes
the battle hade made in Black Convoy.

	The dark one and Gelshark both fell flat on their backs.
Black Convoy's eyes began to fade.  He thought of Gelshark whom
fought with such ferocity against him.  He thought of the world
which he hated so.  He thought of himself as even in his final moments
his own bitterness consumed him.  

	In his own mind he though.  "Primus...I'm coming you son of a bitch.
Coming to show you all the hatred in my spark.  I hate you....
I hate you.....I....hate......."  Black Convoy's eyes went dark.  
His body shut down and his spark burned out.  Only the shell remained
in this reality.  Whatever remained of his essence was now with the
matrix.

	Gelshark turned his head aside to look at Yuki.
"Yuki kun.  Thank you for standing by me.  Thank you for everything.
Now I can die in peace."  

	"No Gelshark you can't die!  Don't Die Gelshark!  
You....you can't die.  Because...because you promised to spent
Christmas with me.  Gelshark"  Yuki cried as his please turned to wimpers.

	Gelshark's eyes had faded to black and his body shut down.
"GELSHARK!"  Yuki screamed.  

	Two fallen warriors lay in the snow.  One died alone.
One was grieved by a lone child.  One a villain to burried in the
ash piles of history.  One to be remembered as a hero.  How
Ironic that they once were both the same.

	The night passed.  Like many Children Yuki could not sleep
but not for eagar anticipation but of meloncholy in his heart.
He eventually fell asleep on his tear stained pillow.

	The morning came though Yuki had not yet opened any of his
gifts.  He walked into the streets where many had gathered to celebrate
around the brightly lit Christmas tree where just the previous night
two warriors had fallen.  Atop the angel shone brighter than ever.

	Yuki looked up and tried to enjoy himself but the tears would
not cease to pour.  Someone behind Yuki spoke.  "Why are you crying"
Thinking he had heard Gelshark's voice Yuki turned around
his tears amlost turning to cheer but rather he felt bitter dissapointment
as he found no one there.

	"Why are you crying?"  this time the voice was of a child Yuki's age.
Yuki turned to see a boy clad in blue with blue hair sporting an unusual
white streak on each side.  The boy asked again.  "Why are you crying?"

	Yuki stood silent for a moment.  "Someone died.  Gelshark."
"I heard about it.  Then you're Yuki Onishi aren't you?"  The boy asked.
"That's me,  Who are you?"  Yuki answered while returning the question.

	The boy didn't answer but instead returned his gaze to the 
decorated tree.  "All the Children miss him.  But it's Christmas
you shouldn't be crying."  The boy said.

	"He...broke his promise.  He promised to spend Christmas with
me."  Yuki replied.  "Look at the angel atop the tree.  See how brightly it
glows."  The boy said Directing Yuki's attention.

	While Yuki looked up the boy spoke one more time.
"Yuki kun...I didn't break my promise."  

	Yuki's attention snapped back but the boy was nowhere to be seen.
Yuki looked around but didn't see so much as footprints in the snow
 indicating where the boy had stood.

	Looking to the sky Yuki smiled.  "Thanks Gelshark."
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