REVIEW REPLIES!
Autobot Shadowstalker: Finally! Do you know how long I have waited for this ? Alpha Trion, Arcee's child is coming soon. What's next the Ark shows up with Autobot reinforcements?! Update soon!
That's not next. Thanks for the review!
SapphirePrincess1020: I have to ask, is Malita going to change sides? Update soon.
That's for me to know and for you to find out. Thanks for the review!
Bee4ever: Oh boy! It's been said the darkest hour is just before dawn. Well, the sun's coming up! Look out, 'Cons!
Got that right! Thanks for the review!
Link's Rose: heehee, I MISSED THIS STORY! I've been survinv on doctor who and legend of Zelda, I needed a good dose of transformers :D So…now I dunno what to say. The typical 'Update soon' doesn't seem to be enough. So… TENTH DOCTOR IS SEXYNESS AND SO IS OPTIMUS. Yes, I'm a little off my rocker at the moment, but that's okay :D :D :D
I don't watch Doctor Who so I have no idea what you're talking about. But thanks for the review!
Abyss Prime: HOLY FRAGGING PRIMUS! LOVE IT! Keep it up! Update soon!
Thanks and I will!
Guest: Princess of Dreams
If I were them, I'd listen to Alpha Trion. I know that from experience. I had to listen to someone wise, who shall remain nameless, after Wenlock, the Nightmare Wizard killed a friend of mine, in order to figure out how to defeat him.
I'm not sure wether Malita can be trusted. I mean, she is still Megatron's daughter. But why would she help Orion/Optimus then? I would like to believe she's becoming good, but I'm still not sure. Or is it just the fact that I don't trust easily anymore unless I'm absolutely sure? Hmm…
Please update!
Malita's just in a conflicted place at the moment. Yes. She is beginning to change. But she doesn't know whether she's doing this because she was thinking abut what would happen if it was her own father in that position or if she actually wants to abandon the Decepticon cause and join the Autobots. Thanks for the review!
Guest: All I can say is: man the Darby family tree is confusing. Bet either of the two siblings would have a tough time doing a family tree project for school if they had a choice. Know what I'm sayin?
As far as the schools are concerned, Rosalie is still Talida's biological mother even though that's not true. I doubt that they do a family tree project in high school. Thanks for the review!
Guest: Please continue story it's AWESOME
Thanks and I will!
AlphaTrion3145: I miss the songs in each chapter.
Believe it or not, so do I. Thanks for the review!
haloangel21: This is intense. Can't wait to see more ;)
Thanks, halo!
GordonALFShumway: I just heard that Bumblebee might propose to Talida… How exciting. I'm floored, I'm a dog… I'm absolutely Silly. Oh how I wihs I could be there when the time comes. Will he propose somewhere in between the episodes, or somewhere during an episode? Hey Bee, after the wedding, send me a slice of cake.
Yes. Bumblebee will be proposing to Talida. And no. I'm not saying when or how. Thanks for the review!
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"Wake up! Wake up!"
Talida moaned as her eyes adjusted to the sudden bright light in the car. When she looked up, she saw Alpha Trion looking…nervous? It was unheard of!
"What's going on?!" Talida immediately asked, automatically reaching for her sword.
"Look outside!" was all Alpha Trion said.
And look outside Talida did. She saw that they were rapidly approaching Iacon. At first, she was unsure of what the situation was. The Autobot capital was in ruins. That wasn't new. Her father had shown her pictures he had taken before he left. It looked like 9/11 had happened there multiple times on every building. But that wasn't the problem. The problem lied in the stretch of monorail track.
It was running out.
"Stop the monorail!" Talida instructed.
"The emergency override's non-functional and the monorail won't stop until we reach a station!" Alpha Trion explained.
"Shit!" Talida cursed before turning to her half-brother and pregnant stepmother, "Jack! Arcee! We need to wake up! NOW!"
"5 more minutes," Jack moaned.
"If we stay here, we'll get more than that!" Talida snapped.
"What's happening?" Arcee demanded.
"Well, there's good news and bad news. The good news is we're reaching Iacon. The bad news is… WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TRACK!" Talida screamed.
That immediately awakened Arcee and Jack. They scrambled to the open door. They saw that Talida was right. They were approaching the ruined Autobot city. But the tracks would run out just as they reached the border.
"I'm seriously starting to hate trains," Jack moaned.
"Where are we now?" Arcee immediately asked.
"In the ruins of Crystal City. If we jump now, we can make it to Iacon on foot," Alpha Trion promised.
"No. We'll jump just before the carriage goes over the edge. That way we won't have far to go," Talida objected.
"We wouldn't survive!" Alpha Trion protested.
"We don't have the time to journey on foot from the bloody centre of Crystal City! We have to get back to Earth so we can return the Matrix to my father and bring him home!" Talida snapped.
"Guys! We're nearing Iacon and we're running out of track!" Jack warned.
"Get ready," Arcee advised.
Alpha Trion grabbed Jack as soon as he had the Matrix secured on his person while Arcee grabbed Talida as soon as she had secured the Energy sword to her jeans and belt…well, what was left of her jeans, anyway. The two Autobots stood at the edge of the door clutching their respective charge, watching as the first cart went over the edge. Then the next one went over…then every single cart until it reached the last cart. The cart that Jack, Talida, Arcee and Alpha Trion were currently occupying.
"NOW!" Talida cried.
Just as the last cart went over the edge, Arcee and Alpha Trion jumped. With a grunt, they landed on the ground as they watched the monorail fall into a pit. They heard a loud bang as the monorail exploded.
"Thank God we weren't in that!" Jack remarked.
"Good. We're where we're meant to be," Alpha Trion decreed.
"So where do we go now?" Talida asked, "Actually, why are we in Iacon?"
"Iacon holds the key to returning the three of you to Earth. This is a necessary stop," Alpha Trion told her mysteriously.
"What is this key? How is it meant to bring us home? Last I heard, all the Space Bridges are non-functional!" Talida reminded him, "Look! For once, can't you just give us a straight answer?!"
"Rayna has left me specific instructions. You are to build something; something that would give you hope," Alpha Trion blurted.
"Rayna?" Arcee repeated in confusion.
"The Princess of Cybertron who died during the Exodus?" Jack guessed.
"Like me, she was able to foresee the future. She knew what was going to happen and when it was going to happen. And Rayna's body might be long dead, boy. But her spirit lives on," Alpha Trion decreed.
No words were said after that. They knew better than to disagree with Alpha Trion. It wasn't just because he was a member of the Thirteen Original Primes. No. It was because he was the oldest Cybertronian being that was still alive. Alpha Trion knew the planet and all of its history like the back of his servo. Well…everyone except Talida knew better than to argue with Alpha Trion. Well…as the saying goes…
Like father, like daughter.
"We're here," Alpha Trion decreed as they stood outside a building that was barely standing.
"What is this building?" Jack asked.
"The Iacon Hall of Records," Arcee answered.
"This was where Dad started out. This was where he was designated during the caste system," Talida recalled all the stories she had heard.
"He was the best there was. Come on. I'm show you the workstation," Alpha Trion offered.
The workstation of Orion Pax was the only workstation that was still perfectly standing. Even the wall that stood next to it was still standing. Talida smiled. She heard her father's voice inside her head telling her about how those who worked in the Hall of Records were lucky to be able to have their workstation near a window. Her father was one of the few lucky ones.
"This is where he worked," Talida whispered.
"He finished more work than anyone else in the entire building. But he never went home," Alpha Trion recalled sadly, causing Jack and Talida to look at the elder startled, "Allow me to ask you this question: how can you go home when you don't have a home to go to?"
"Orion Pax didn't have the perfect home life," Arcee began as everyone sat around the computers with Talida sitting in his chair, "He was born one Earth year after Megatron. Millennium before that, the caste system was introduced. Since everyone that was designated to a caste had to be raised in that caste, many parents were separated from their sparklings after their castes were designated when they were two years old. Orion's family was among them. Megatron is Orion's brother."
"Sounds like Cain and Abel," Jack remarked.
"Megatron and Orion were close. Megatron was very protective of Orion. Pit. Some would even go as far as saying that Megatron loved Orion more than his mother did. You see, Megatron was the light in the optics of their mother, Sparkler Pax, while Orion was the light in the optics of their father, Battery Pax. When Megatron turned two, Sentinel Prime's people came to the house. Everyone was expecting that. Even if the parents winded up able to raise them, they still received a visit from Sentinel Prime's representatives. No one can really explain the process of how one designates a caste for that person. All everyone knows was that it was done. Sentinels Prime's representatives didn't come over. Sentinel Prime himself did. He never did that. But he was hell bent on being the one to do the designation of castes for the Pax family. He took one look at Megatron and told them that they made the right choice in avoiding the time-wasting effort of giving him a name because where he was going, it was pointless to have one. He ripped Megatron away from Orion and said that he couldn't stay there and had to reside in Kaon with another family of his caste. Orion and Megatron cried for each other. But no one cried harder than Sparkler did. She envied Orion after this; especially after Sentinel came back the following year and said that Orion was able to stay because he was in the right caste," Arcee finished the story.
Jack's mind was suddenly formed with a vision of Orion and Megatron as younglings. He saw Sentinel rip Megatron away from the brother he once loved dearly. He saw the two of them crying as they reached for one another desperately. He couldn't imagine being torn from his sister like that. Granted, they were only half-siblings. But they loved each other either way.
"Now, onto what you have to build," Alpha Trion began.
"I brought breakfast!" June sang as she drove into the base with a picnic basket full of food.
"Have we heard anything?" Fowler asked.
The humans all took turns staying up for two hours to monitor the frequencies. Fowler went first, June was next, Miko went after her and Raf did his turn last. When Raf began his shift, June went back to her house to bring some breakfast. Fowler helped June out by putting in a call to the hospital saying that due to a family emergency, June required some time off and didn't know when she'd be back. The hospital gave her a month off to get her affairs in order.
"Dad came back to grab some Energon for himself, Bulkhead and Ratchet," Raf answered.
"Did they say anything about Tally, Jack and Arcee?" Miko asked as she helped herself to some toast.
"None," Raf reported sadly.
"thetjhjshgdjkfgfdgjh…"
"What was that?" June wanted to know.
"Ratchet, what's going on?" Miko asked.
"That wasn't us. It's a transmission. It's too encrypted. I can't tell where it coming from," Ratchet reported.
"It could be a trap," Bulkhead warned.
"ethejt…Ratchet…"
"That voice!" Ratchet gasped.
"It just can't be!" Bulkhead cried.
"Hello, people of Earth! We're here to bring you the latest updates from a very far away planet known as Cybertron!"
"Talida?!" everyone gasped.
Boy, am I evil or am I evil?
BYE!