Chapter 1 Heralds of the Balance

Optimus Prime, Leader of the Autobots and Last of the Primes was dead. Plain and simple, yet he doesn't feel others around him, he should have been one with the Allspark but no. He felt disconnected somehow, currently he was just floating in a dark void with no body, he knew he was just in his Spark form if you could even call it that but it was a strange and confusing feeling.

For a long time he just floated there, waiting, for anything to happen. He didn't know how long he was there, a minute, a day, years, eons. It was unknown to him and he didn't like it, the loneliness was crushing, the darkness of the void was crushing. He just wanted something, someone, anything at this point. He wanted….

Than out of the void came a small light, another Spark appeared, this one was different from Sparks that he has seen in his day. It was bright yes, but it looked like it was made of liquid by the sheen of it. It's color was blue, calming blue, and it was from what he could tell, confused. Just like he was, so he managed to float closer to the spark and reached out with one of his tendrils and connected with the spark.

This was no ordinary spark, but he already knew it, but what surprised him was who it was.

Jack Darby.

Instantly a bond was formed whether intentional or not but in a way it was for the best as he could tell Jack was confused and terrified. He sensed that the bond was that of akin to a sibling bond, which he was fine with and soon sent reassurance and comfort to him which seemed to relax him. Even though they didn't say a word they still held conversation through sharing memories, more specifically Jacks.

Optimus watched as Jack became a full time government agent, how he found love in Miko of all people, how his life went through his ups and downs, his mother's death, his children's births, his struggles at work and eventually his death. His death is what really shook Optimus, he died in a bombing. He was at a government office when a terrorist group of some kind detonated the bomb, it didn't kill him right aways, trapped under rubble. But while trying to get him free, his rescuers miscalculated and made more rubble collapse crushing Jack and killing him. He was only 46 years old, he was still young if coming up to his middle point in his life, it saddened the Prime's spark to see him here, wherever here is.

Than they sat there in the void, time passing in long stretches, but this time they had each other and this new sibling bond they now shared. But not before long once again, another soul or spark came, same as Jack's but a fiery orange instead of a calming blue like Jack's. This time they couldn't reach out to the spark, something was stopping them, but none the less they started to get what was akin to a radio signal from the spark.

This one was Rafael Esquivel.

He was also confused but comforted known that both Jack and Optimus was here. And so yet again, with Jack now also looking in on the parts he missed out on, Optimus witnessed Rafael's life. He watched as Rafael become a world renowned scientist, inventor and studies of alien sciences. He watch as he became world famous for his technology advances, even winning the Nobel Peace Prize among others. He watched as he fell in love with a girl from New York, he watched his children's birth, their weddings and he also watched when he heard of Jack's death, the terrorists were MECH. Optimus shuddered in anger but continued forward. He then witnessed Rafael's death, this one also tragic like the last. A car accident, a drunk driver slamming into his vehicle, rolling over some many times before bursting in flames and exploding, killing him. He was 59 years old, Raf expressed that he lived a good life and was happy with it, even if it ended horrifically.

Again that sat in the void, waiting, they figured that Miko would be the next to join them, whether she was the last had yet to be seen but since Fowler and June died sometime before they came, it was safe to assume that they would be resting in peace. But this time, they waiting for what seemed like an eternity, the wait was long and tiresome but having the three of them there help but only a little.

Than another light came, this one pink and clearly Miko. She was content, happy even, more so when she realized who the others were, again they were stopped from forming a bond with her which was fine, again the memories of Miko came. Optimus was the main focus once again as he saw Miko achieving her dreams and becoming a world wide rockstar, her fame brought her fortune but it didn't go to her head due to the Autobot's influence. But than she wanted to step away from the rock scene and retired from it to marry Jack. She became a stay at home mom which she was fine with, she continued to make songs but in different genres at home and making a slight name for herself on the internet. Than he witnessed her receiving Jack's death, she was heartbroken and fell into depression. But her children are what guided her out of it, she joined the military soon after her kids moved out and joined the government to combat MECH. Before she retired she had managed to bring the terrorist group down once and for all and was hailed a hero for it. She spent her golden years in peace and watched as her children married and had their own kids. Than he witnessed her death, this one was not tragic like the others but sad nonetheless, she was surrounded by her family, dying from cancer and slipped away from them in pain. She was 89 years old, she lived a good long life, and this was obvious by her contemptment of her death when she entered the void.

Now they were all here, and some time passed before the felt another presence entered the void, the blackness gave way to vision of outer space, with nebula and galaxies surrounding them in a beautiful array.

A voice, soft and feminine rang out to them, "My Chosen, my Champions, I have called you're souls here for a purpose."

They tired to vocalize but couldn't, "I know you have questions, but for now I will give you my name so you know who I am, my face will be revealed in time."

"My name is simple the Queen of the Balance, but for short you may call me Equality." She said, the souls seemed curious by this Queen of the Balance.

"I am the unknown sister to Primus and Unicron and keeper of Balance in the universe. I have chosen you four as my new champions, you are my Heralds. You are to be tasked with bring balance from order and chaos, good and evil. And right now the universe begins to tip to much towards evil." They became concerned.

"You see, there is a darkness blooming on Earth, Prison of Unicron. A force never before seen wishes to end all life on the planet and make it their own. They call themselves, the Horsemen, named after the four horsemen of the apocalypse. You must put a end to there scheme that could lead to not only humanity's extinction but all life on the wondrous planet." They felt determined to end these Horsemen, if it was the last thing they did, at this Equality chucked in amusement.

"I see that are willing, but know this, you will be reincarnated which means that all of you will become Cybertronians, expect for Optimus who already is so he will go through another change or two. You will find out when you get there but one of the two changes is that you will no longer hold the title of Prime." He understood this notion but was curious to the other change.

"As well, I gift you a device to each of you to create hard light holoforms, making it easier to get around as humans. But know this former humans, you are travelling sometime in the future, about a 100 years after Miko's death. The current year is 2194, in June of 10th. You will be transported to the continent of North America to the new country of American-Canadian Republic or Ameranda. Good luck my Heralds." And with that there souls or sparks now beaming into the starry galaxies headed for a small blue and green planet far into the future awaiting to be reawakened.

To be Reborn.