...I need a better title for this. Anyway, this is something that came to me after I bought Transformers: Dark of the Moon on Blu-Ray a few days ago…and while I was daydreaming in school. But this one is based on Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, so we're going back in time a little bit here.

This is the bit in the final battle against The Fallen in Egypt where Sam tries to get the Matrix of Leadership to Optimus Prime in the hopes of reviving him. However, he is killed by an explosion set off by Megatron. As Lennox is trying to revive Sam back on Earth, Sam's spirit finds himself in a limbo sort-of-thing. He's not on Earth. But he's not in heaven either. Now, here's where things get different.

In the original film, Sam meets the entire Prime Dynasty who revive him and give him the Matrix of Leadership, telling him to use the Matrix to revive Optimus so he can finally defeat the Fallen. But I'm gonna do my own twist on this. Instead, Sam meets a young girl named Talida (TA-LEE-DAH) who is part-human, part-robot. Here, you guys call her kind a techno-organic who has some sort of relation to Optimus…OK. Already, I've said too much. If you wanna know, read the story.

This is gonna be a three-chapter story. This chapter is where Sam meets Talida and retrieves the Matrix of Leadership. Next chapter is the scene where Optimus defeats the Fallen with his thoughts and stuff. And the final chapter is Sam and Optimus having a chat on the carrier heading home and it's also where Sam discovers the true identity of Talida.

I know, I know. Talida is a weird name. But I wanted to do something unique. I can tell you this: for this story, in Cybotronian, Talida means 'precious miracle'. And I can tell you she's five years old. OK. That's all I can tell you.

© I own nothing related to Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Plot (part of it), script, characters and anything else related to the film belongs to Michael Bay and their respective creators.
© Talida rightfully belongs to me. (If you want to use Talida in a Transformers fanfiction, go for it. Just make sure you double-check with me and you tell me what plans you have for Talida. Also, in your story, you can't claim Talida as your own OC. You have to say that Talida belongs to me.)
 Iridescent belongs to Linkin Park. (Just read and you'll see.)

OK. Here we go. OH! Just so you know, this is my first Transformers story EVER on . So this might suck BIG TIME and certain characters may be OOC (especially Optimus Prime. However, the main point of this story is to show a completely different side of our favourite Autobot...well, Optimus Prime is my second favourite Autobot. My favourite's Bumblebee).

Oh! Also, each chapter's gonna be in a different POV. This chapter's gonna be in Sam's POV. Next chapter's going to be in Optimus' POV. The final chapter…half of it's gonna be in Sam's POV and half of it is going to be in Optimus' POV.

OK. I'm just gonna get on with it now since I am prone to wasting a whole page just on an author's note and I'm trying to get out of the habit of doing that.

ENJOY!

Sam's POV

"You were standing in the wake of devastation.
And you were waiting on the edge of the unknown.
And with the cataclysm raining down,
Insides crying, "Save me now!"
You were there, impossibly alone..."

All I remember is running on the blistering sand under the burning Middle Eastern sun with Mikaela. All I remember is holding the sock with the crumbled Matrix of Leadership in my badly-injured hand. All I remember is praying that Mikaela and I would manage to reach Optimus' body without harm. All I remember is hoping that Optimus would be revived and that the Fallen will finally be defeated. All I remember is breathing hard and my heart thudding as Megatron chased all of us the entire way. All I remember is the sounds of gunfire and explosions from the big battle that suffocated everyone. All I remember is hearing Mikaela's screams of terror one shot was dangerously close to hitting us. All I remember is being knocked off my feet by the latest kill shot that Megatron had just fired at me. All I remember is flying through the air with the blistering hot desert sand for a short period of time. All I remember is hitting the white hot ground ready to engulf me in a particularly painful manner. All I remember is having the wind completely knocked out of my body, leaving me totally breathless. All I remember is hearing Mikaela and Lennox scream my name as they saw me in my current state. All I remember is feeling my senses go black as death welcomed me into its cold eternal embrace.

I gasped at the world that surrounded me. The colours were dead. A bright white light was shining. The landscape looked like Cybatron; the Autobots' home planet that was destroyed during the war. Emerging the white light was a figure. When I got a closer look at her, I was amazed.

She was a young girl. And she was absolutely beautiful. She had to be five years old at most. Her wavy honey brown hair framed her small head and shoulders perfectly. Her crystal blue eyes pierced through my own. She was wearing this beautiful flowing white dress with white sandals. She looked like an angel…minus the wings, of course. She must be an angel. Well, what other explanation could there be? I'm dead, after all…am I?

"Hello, Sam Witwicky."

"How do you know my name? Where am I? Where am I? Am I dead? Am I dead?" I demanded.

"We have been watching you for a very long time, Sam. You have fought for Optimus, our last descendant, with courage and with sacrifice, the virtues of a leader, a leader worthy of our secret. The Matrix of Leadership is not founded. It is earned. Return now to Optimus. Merge the Matrix with his spark. It is, and always have been, your destiny," she smiled at me as she revealed the Matrix of Leadership to me.

"Thank you," I thanked as I reached for the Matrix.

"Wait. Before you go back, I want you to do me a favour," she stopped me.

"Anything," I nodded back. I mean, who am I to refuse a request from a kid?

"When you revive Optimus, when everything that's going on with the Fallen is over, I want you to convey a message to him from me. I want you to tell him that Talida will always love him and will wait for him so we can be reunited when the time is right. And please don't let him do anything reckless. I don't want us to be reunited just yet," she begged me.

"I promise. Will he know you?" I asked Talida.

"He'll know me. Now go. He is the only hope your world has of survival. He is the only chance you have of defeating the Fallen, something that should've happened millennia ago," Talida reminded me.

She was right. No more time can be wasted. This was started by our ancestors all those years ago. Now it was up to us, their descendants, to take care of their unfinished business. Immediately, I reached for the Matrix of Leadership. When I did, I was blinded by a pure white bright light.

When I opened my eyes again, I was in Egypt. I saw Mikaela hovering over me tearfully.

"I love you. I love you," I gasped.

Then I remembered what Talida wanted me to do. No more time could be wasted. With the help of Lennox, Epps and Mikaela, I raced over to the pillars where Optimus laid in his lifeless state. I climbed on top of him. When I reached his spark, I screamed in determination as I jumped and stabbed his spark with the Matrix of Leadership. Immediately, something happened. I saw Optimus Prime come back to life. His first words were,

"Boy, you returned for me."

Nearby, I heard Jetfire going, "A living Prime. I don't believe it."

I couldn't believe it either. The Matrix of Leadership has actually revived him. My plan worked. My hopes came true. Then our moment of happiness was squashed by the Fallen snatching the Matrix from his spark.

"My Matrix," he sneered as he held it in his possession, "Go join your precious Talida."

Anger and hopelessness flashed across Optimus' face as he crumbled onto the desert sand, weakened once again. No. This is not happening again. I'm not letting him give up. Never. He can't join Talida now. She doesn't want him to. Not yet.

"Get up! Get up! Get up! Get up!" I pleaded him.

"Get up, Prime!" Ironhide yelled.

"He's turning on the machine! You've got to stop him! Get up! OPTIMUS!"

"Do you feel cold and lost in desperation?
You build up hope. But failure's all you've know.
Remember all the sadness and frustration.
And let it go...
Let it go..."

Here's chapter one. Chapter two is coming soon. It all depends on how much schoolwork I get stuck with. Feel free to review BUT NO FLAMES!

BYE!