AN- Welcome to my newest story. This and Protect Him are now my primary projects, and so WILL be completed. YAY! This story has really been in development for the past couple days, so I hope you all find it satisfactory.

So take a seat, grab a snack, and enjoy the ride... :D

Blah- Lithium

Blah- Neon

Blah- both


Fate is often a fickle beast. It calls upon us at a moment's notice and never gives us a chance to recover. Sometimes it ends badly. Others quite well. But those ends lie in the future. It is the heat of the moment decisions that concern us now.

I was one who fate called upon when I wasn't expecting it. But it's not about me, or the rest that were stuck with me…. No this goes far deeper, farther back than I could even think. It started with something, someone, far beyond my comprehension. Their deity, Primus….

I too was called upon. Neither of us knew what to expect and if we did, we were quickly proved wrong. So many things that were beyond us. So many many mistakes…It's a wonder we SURVIVED at all…

My name is Lithium Veritas Cordessa.

And I am Neon Bonitas Cordessa.

We are twin sisters. And this is our story…

Lithium glared dangerously at the offending machinery in front of her eyes. The large gun was just refusing to cooperate with her as she worked on her aim in the local shooting range. After giving up on it starting to listen, her newly tanned hands picked up the Ruger M77 Hawkeye All weather rifle and aimed it at the target. Her breathing slowed as she took aim on her target. The shot rang out in her only partially protected ears. Satisfied with the steaming new hole in the dummy, she put the rifle back and headed out of the range.

"Thanks George." She nodded to the owner. He sent her a happy smile as he continued on with his current problem. Lith rolled her eyes humorously as she headed out of the establishment and over to her car. The small green Focus sat patiently for her to approach. She wrenched open the door forcefully and plopped inside. Its little engine started up and she started back to Sam's house where she was currently crashing.

The ride back was silent until her phone rang. Orphan Tears by Your favorite Martian played loudly in the enclosed space. Lithium swore as she reached across the dash to grab the small phone. She pressed okay and held it between her head and shoulder.

"Hellur." She greeted happily.

"Hey Lithium you on your way back?" Sam asked excitedly. His strange joy putting her slightly on edge.

"Yeah. Why?" She rolled her eyes as she made another turn to her destination.

"Neon's back and you won't guess who she brought." Sam teased her through the phone. Lithium growled deeply.

"Sam, don't pull shit with me. What are you getting at?"

"You'll have to find out." And with that the offending teen slammed shut the phone. The dark haired girl yelled as she threw the phone on to the passenger seat. Her eyes were locked on the road as she picked up her speed. She hated surprises and especially when they were from Sam. Narrowly dodging a stupid biker, she raced back to Sam's house. When she pulled into the driveway, she was greeted by a very welcome sight. There on the front lawn stood her sister, Neon, and the autobots in their holos. Lithium squealed happily as she pulled up and leapt out of her little Focus.

"Optimus!" the brunette yelled as she ran to the mech she had claimed as her own. Said mech's holo simply smiled and held his arms out for her. She ran into them greedily, clasping her own arms tightly about his frame.

"It's good to be back." the great Prime whispered into his lover's hair. He took in her scent, gun powder and vanilla. Such a strange combination that he loved simply because it meant her. The woman pulled back slightly and smiled up at him.

"I thought you all weren't due back for another few days. What about those new autobots you said were coming?" she shot off questions at them like an automatic shotgun. Optimus chuckled and continued to hold her close.

"Things went more smoothly than we had anticipated." Neon answered her twin's questions. The blonde was more than thrilled to see the two getting on so well still. It was normally by this point that Lithium had pushed away all possible suitors. Her blue green eyes scanned the group, seeing new faces and old. "How about we introduce you to some of the new guys?" her soft voice deftly carried to her twin's occupied ears.

"Yeah sure. " the brunette agreed readily. She extricated herself from Optimus's arms and looked around the new faces. Optimus began the introductions, pulling her back flush against him.

"This is Hound. He specializes in ecosystems." she laughed.

"So he's a tree hugging hippie..."

Optimus rolled his innate blue eyes before continuing. "This is Sunstreaker, Sideswipe's twin." he pointed to the handsome man with golden blonde shaggy hair. He nodded once at her before continuing to catch up with his twin. "My second in command, Prowl." this time his gaze went to a very stiff looking man being practically molested by Jazz.

Her tri colored eyes widened at the sight. "I take it they're sparkmates. Jazz certainly isn't wasting any time catching up. "She giggled lightly at the new sight. There was only one other mech she didn't recognize. Her lithe finger pointed him out of the now crowded front lawn.
"Who's that?"

The tall broad figure reminded her strongly of Optimus, but on the other hand he held less of a commanding air about him. He seemed more like a soldier ready to pounce at a moment's call.
"That is Ultra Magnus, one of my most trusted soldiers. "Prime said softly in her ear. He nestled his face into the crook of her neck once more. Lithium barely was able to contain the shudder that threatened to rack her body at his mere touch.

She looked the other mech's holo over carefully before deciding to go over and speak to him. He was standing there all alone and she wanted to see just how similar or different he was from her mech. Once again pulling herself free, she ignored prime's sad whine and moved next to Magnus.

"Hey there." Lithium greeted as cheerfully as she usually ever got. Magnus didn't say anything to her directly, merely nodded in her general direction. Lithium harrumphed in indignation and glared at him.

"You could actually respond you know. I don't have to be polite to you. "

"I will respond when I feel it is necessary. I feel no need to talk to any organic at the moment. It is bad enough that I must suffer through this part of the disguise." he still kept his unnatural blue eyes turned away from her. Enraged, she shoved his holoform backwards and up against the house siding. She could hear the others become aware of the situation and turn to look.

"I have a name. It's Lithium. You would be wise to start using it and get over your whole I am better than thou routine or you won't last long around me. I don't care if you are one of Optimus's most trusted soldiers." she growled at him as she spoke. Her words ground into him ferociously. As soon as she finished, she released him and started heading inside for some cool down time.

The others surrounding them had indeed noticed the scuffle and watched as she quietly told him off. As the enraged female headed off Optimus tried to follow her in, but Neon held in back.

"I'll handle miss temper. You go figure out what happened from Magnus. "The calm twin headed on behind her sister. Optimus watched them go, torn between what he wanted to do and what would be best. He settled on just doing what Neon suggested and headed over to Ultra Magnus. Said mech was shaking himself back into reality after Lith's outburst.
The soldier turned his head at his leader's approach. "Sir who was that?" he questioned incredulously. His head momentarily snapped to see where she had gone but quickly returned to the prime.

"That was my mate, Lithium. My question is what happened over here? I know she has a temper, but she won't snap without cause. " Magnus eyes widened like dinner plates after hearing who he had inadvertently insulted.

"I was unaware you had a human mate. Please forgive my misjudgment sir."

Optimus's eyes narrowed dangerously. "That doesn't answer my question soldier." his deep baritone had dropped to a low growl. "What happened?" he repeated.

"I said that I had no need to talk to an organic such as herself, that it was bad enough I had to be here at all." he straightened his posture to reflect the soldier he knew he was. Of course he would make it up to the femme, Lithium. At his confession Optimus stayed silent for a moment before looking his soldier in the eyes.

"You were apprised of the situation on the way over here, were you not? The humans are our allies and friends. They will be treated with respect and dignity. I will talk with you more later about this. "Prime turned away from him and headed back over to where the two girls had gone. Ironhide gave him a look as he passed by. He raised his eyebrows in turn but otherwise remained silent. His current mission took him upstairs in the Witwicky household. The women's voices could be easily heard from the guest bedroom.

Inside the room the two women had quickly begun talking. Neon had directly started in on her sister. Not that she was worried about her overly zealous twin; she was worried about how things were going with the new autobots, well Ultra Magnus anyway. Lithium had thrown herself on the rough bed and started screaming into the pillow.

"Why is he such a pig headed cow? I can't even believe that an autobot would say that, let alone one so highly regarded by Or...Optimus." Lithium quickly covered up her mistake at using his past name. She wasn't sure that Neon even knew about their pasts the way she did, except for maybe Ironhide. Lithium glanced over at her timid sister and silently cheered her on for hooking up with the gruff weapons specialist.

"Lith don't you think you overreacted just a tad? He probably didn't really mean it and you know he'll never do it again once he figures out about you and Optimus." her sensible twin dragged her from her reverie.

"No I don't. I had every right to put him up against the wall like that. And don't bring my relationship with Optimus into this. You know very well how much that grates on my nerves! I will be respected for myself not for who I'm with! And in any case I really don't care if he really 'meant' it or not. He said it and that's what matters. " She finished passionately. Their equally strange eyes met in a battle of wills that Neon as always was doomed to lose.

"I didn't mean it like that, I just wanted to..." her heartfelt response was cut off by a soft knock on the door.

"Come on in Optimus." Lithium sighed heavily as her lover walked in. He sat down heavily on the bed between her and her sister. The bed groaned painfully beneath their combined weight.

"I hope that you will forgive Magnus's over sight in his logic processors. He is normally a very sensible, easy to be around mech. " He cast an apologetic glance to his mate before continuing. "I have further informed him our partnership with humanity and your place among us. "

Her eyes narrowed back down to slits once more. "So you told him he had better respect me because of what I am to you..." though she kept her tone light, those eyes of hers gave everything away. But Optimus didn't quite comprehend. She may be his woman but he wasn't sure he would ever fully understand her.

"Yes I did. Was that not wise of me to do? I fail to see how as you are very special to me, and I don't appreciate..." Prime got no further as his head snapped to the side with the force of Lithium's blow.

"How many times must all of you hear the exact same thing before it sinks into your thick plated processors? I don't want their respect if it's coming just because I happen to be in a relationship with you. If they don't then I want it out in the open on my own terms." she growled just as she had with Magnus. "I am not just your arm candy to be seen and respected but never do anything!"

The door slammed shut behind her as she stormed back outside past many a curious faces and into her Focus. The small car started with a rumble and she sped off back to base. At least there she could tell at her underlings for no apparent reason, they were used to it. Lithium didn't bother calling ahead to have the gate ready for her arrival. She didn't really care at the moment.

Back in the bedroom, Optimus rested his holo's head in its hands. That was not what he had meant at all. Neon placed her hand comfortingly on his shoulder.

"It'll be fine Prime. You know how Lithium gets sometimes. It'll blow over in an hour. " she reassured him best as she could. If she were more confrontational she would have told her sister off, but she understood far better than they thought. They were after all twin sisters.

Prime sighed and looked up at her. "I'm sure it will. I'm just scared that one day it won't just blow over. I love your sister, Neon. I can't lose her over something stupid. Or something serious. Primus forbid she lose that temper of hers with a decepticon; they would kill her on spot. " A shudder racked his frame at the thought. His eyes closed tightly against his raging mind. Neon just smiled sadly at the poor mech. She knew how hard it was to have any sort of connection to Lithium. And boy was it difficult. "Thank you, Neon. I think I'm going to head back to base and make sure you are right." his holoform dissipated in a shower of sparks and she was left alone in the room. She waited until she could hear the rumble of his engine heading down the road before she headed back down to Ironhide.

Said mech was waiting for her to emerge by the backdoor, speaking half sparkedly with a morose looking Ultra Magnus. Once he heard her come down, he turned away from the conversation and pulled her into his arms. It was always after something like this that he was glad he picked the calm, sensible of the twins. He almost felt bad for his Prime, but something told him the fierce leader would be more than a match for the temperamental female. At least that was what he was hoping for. Shoving those thoughts aside, he focused his attention to the femme in his arms.

The being watched the events smirking. The future certainly seemed to be something good for all parties involved should he push them together so. But none of what he saw would happen if he didn't make his move soon. So with all the care and patience a holy deity
possesses, he set of putting his plans into action.

First came the convincing of his creation's children. From his millennia of observation, he had come to the decision that the autobots wouldn't be much of a problem. All he really had to do was start sending their leader those subliminal messages in his recharge again. Once the prime was secure the others would fall right into place.

The much more difficult thing lied with the humans whose lives he intended to infringe upon. Humans were notoriously difficult to control. In addition, he had never dealt with humanity before. His first choice was to use the same tactics as was on the Prime. With no other ideas, he decided that was the best course of action for him to take.

"Don't worry my chosen ones. I will make sure your futures are tightly knotted together." Primus whispered to the four over the vast distances.

Then he set to work...


AN- I hope you all liked the start. I have big things planned for these two. So review and tell me what you think. Likes, dislikes, flames, I welcome it all.