Transformers: Leader's Proof - Fragile, but Hard to Kill

Chapter 56 The Headless Horseman's Strange Tale... (crossed out) The Headless Rosa's Stran

Several humans watched the land bridge with concern until two figures finally emerged from the light: Arcee and Jack.

As Jack took off the hood of his spacesuit, Nurse Darby excitedly ran up and hugged her son.

“It’s good that you’re alright…” Jane Darby murmured, but she quickly sensed that something was off. Connecting the dots with the missing Autobot signal, and then the subsequent appearance of another one, she had a vague feeling that something was amiss.

Someone has died? Nurse Darby looked at Jack, her eyes questioning the somewhat saddened Jack.

“Mom…” Jack looked at his mother, and then the others saw Bumblebee tightly hugging Rosa as they walked out of the land bridge.

Behind him were partitions, and everyone's expressions were grim.

"Bumblebee! What the hell... (gasps) How could this be..." Bumblebee looked at Laffey. From the human's perspective, Rosa's head was blocked by Bumblebee's arm. At this moment, Bumblebee slowly released the arm that was blocking Rosa's head.

Everyone gasped, and Raffi almost stumbled and took a step back, but was steadied by Agent Fuller.

“Take the children away first…” Nurse Darby was worried that seeing more unpleasant images would traumatize them, but they didn’t want to leave.

“But I want to… stay with her.” Maggie looked at Jane Darby, then at the dead Rosa.

Bumblebee, carrying Rosa's headless body, entered the base's main hall, his gaze fixed on Rosa...

"Buzz... Beep."

Everyone remained silent.

“Let’s go…” Arcee took a deep breath. “Let’s bury our comrades.” She tried hard not to cry. Although Rosa had joined later, she had known everyone for a long time and was a very intelligent girl.

"Let's give her a polishing job, so she can leave gracefully..." The ambulance listlessly picked up the polishing machine next to it, watching Bumblebee place Rosa on the medical bed. Optimus Prime walked in and nodded in agreement.

“Let me do it…” Arcee handed over the polishing machine.

The atmosphere was incredibly somber. Laffey couldn't even control himself, hugging himself and burying his face in his knees as he cried. Bumblebee clenched his fist tightly and punched the base wall again, his voice filled with sadness and anger.

"Aaaaaah!" Meiqi's scream suddenly broke the silence, drawing everyone's attention, which then followed to Rosa...

The headless Rosa began to move shakily. She tried to get up, but one of her legs slipped and she fell off the medical bed.

Like a zombie.

"It's a dark super-energy entity?!" Arcee was the first to realize something, and when she saw Rosa stand up, she immediately thought of the Flying Mountain from back then.

The already dead Overmountain, like a zombie, has no will; it only wants to destroy everything it sees and tear apart anyone it can...

"No! It's not a dark super-energy entity! I can't detect it!" The ambulance looked at the instrument in its hand, staring at her incredulously.

After falling off the medical bed, headless Rosa got up from the ground again. Everyone immediately took a step back, looking at her with utter horror. Even a few humans screamed.

Everyone transformed into firearms, and even the ambulance, which didn't have any weapons, picked up a cutting tool from the side.

Rosa couldn't possibly be alive without her head! She's dead!

Then they witnessed an even more horrifying scene.

Rosa's head seemed to be recast into a mold like molten iron, instantly growing back from her neck. They could even see the internal structure of Rosa's head during the repair process, until it was completely restored to a whole head. However, the shadow Rosa had cast on them was still there.

At the same time, they saw the screen displaying Rosa's upper face light up, showing a bunch of red codes.

Countless lines of code flashed by, and finally a single line of text appeared.

[Reboot complete]

A few seconds later, two blue beady eyes appeared on the screen, and Rosa stood up straight at the same time.

The screen then split open from both sides, revealing Rosa's face again, and the blue optical lenses lit up once more.

"Hey, calm down." The moment the reboot was complete, she saw everyone else looking at her with horror, and at the same time they were all pointing hand cannons at her.

Even unarmed ambulances picked up cutting tools.

It's obvious they definitely saw something.

Rosa spoke again after thinking for a few seconds.

"I didn't eat the Dark Super Energy Body." Well, it feels like the more I explain, the worse it gets.

"Come here," the ambulance driver said, putting the cutter back in and turning on the scanner to signal Rosa.

Rosa obediently stepped forward, while the others still pointed their weapons at her. If Rosa were to walk like a zombie at this moment, they would probably be so scared that they would open fire immediately... right?

Fortunately, they saw Rosa walking steadily as usual, walking to the side of the ambulance, and the ambulance took a deep breath and let Rosa stand inside.

Seeing that nothing had happened, the others relaxed a little and put their weapons away.

Even after the ambulance scan was completed, he was still in disbelief, and the results were the same as the last scan – still a mixture of flesh and blood.

The ambulance looked back at the base panel; Rosa's life signal had been reactivated, and there were no problems.

"Everything's normal... I'm starting to doubt my eyes." The ambulance driver looked at Rosa. "Now, tell me everything you've been hiding!!"

The ambulance was really angry. The projection incident had worried them for so long, and this terrifying incident had also made them anxious. The ambulance was almost startled when Rosa got up, causing the fire to stop jumping.

"I have one last thing I haven't told you..." Before Rosa could finish speaking, the ambulance angrily interrupted her, "You still have something to hide!?" the ambulance roared.

Uh, it seems Rosa misunderstood. The ambulance was referring to concealing the fact that she could be resurrected after dying.

"Yes... but you might not be able to accept... that form."

"You have other forms?!"

"So..." Meiqi gripped the railing, looking at Rosa excitedly, "You can actually transform?!"

Rosa shook her head. "It's not exactly a transformation, but I suggest we have an ambulance take a look first. It's a bit of a shock, and I'm afraid other people might not be able to accept it."

Rosa was a little speechless. "Also, it's best to prepare some first aid supplies in advance, just in case you get scared to death."

Those around him were even more puzzled and looked at Optimus Prime, who was also frowning, as if he was considering something.

Everyone looked at each other and exchanged glances.

A while later, just when Rosa thought the matter was over, Optimus Prime relented and allowed the ambulance and Rosa to enter the research lab.

Before leaving, he asked the ambulance where the emergency medical supplies were, so he could rush in if needed. But the ambulance driver thought he was a doctor who had seen a lot of cruel things and had a strong mentality, so he shouldn't have any problems.

But then, the ambulance witnessed a scene they would never forget.

He then realized that when Rosa transformed from a soldier back into her current form that day, the tentacles inside her body were not fake, and the ones in the scan were real as well.

Now he saw more, much more...

Megatron was right, it really is a monster.