C11

Miko woke up in the middle of the night. She was confused and scared but when she realised that she was save at the base, she calmed down.

I had spent the night at the base, too, to be close to Miko. June had told her host parents that Miko would spend the night at their house, to cover her absence. Raf and Jack had gone home to get some rest, but I called them early in the morning and told them that Miko was alright again, so the boys arrived earlier than ever.

"Can you remember anything?" asked Ratchet as Jack and Raf entered through the Groundbridge. Miko didn't notice them.

"No, not at all. I remember that I touched Jane and then... Nothing." she answered.

"Not surprising. It's the cortical psychic patch that has his effect on you." I said.

Miko still couldn't believe what had happened to her.

"But the power of the stars, wasn't it supposed to protect me or something? I mean... It always protected us!"

"Calm down, Miko. I asked myself that, too, but as it seems, you haven't been in danger."

"Not in danger? Maybe you haven't noticed, but Megatron took control over me and I was captured by the Decepticons. Again!"

"I have been running around like that for days and the power of the stars didn't protect me from them either. Miko, our power turns up when our lifes are at risk, when we can't protect ourselves."

"I have been unconscious all the time. Pretty much defenceless if you ask me."

"They haven't harmed you, have they? There was no reason to protect you! I know how crazy that sounds, but it's the only answer i can think of."

"However." Jack said "It is good to see you alive, Miko."

"Yeah, too close to losing you." Raf added.

"When you say so. I don't know anything." Miko said quietly.

"There might be a way to get access to your memories, Miko. But... There must be a reason why you don't want to remember it." I mentioned.

"Whatever, I need to know!"

"Are you sure?"

"I am. Please, Jane."

Ratchet turned to me. "And how do you think can you access her brain without a cortical psychic patch? That would be the only way I know."

"Well, you remember that I once showed you my memories? The truth is, I can do that with everyone. I just didn't tell you because reading someone's mind is not really my favourite thing to do and it doesn't really work on you Bots or the Cons anyway."

"And in english that means?" Miko was annoyed.

"I can enter your brain and let everyone see what has happened."

"Then do it."

"One last time. Are you really sure about this? Are you sure you want to see it?"

"Do it already, Jane."

My eyes and hair turned blue and the second I entered Miko's memories turned the whole room into a hologram of the warehouse.

XXX

"Pathetic human form, she is not as strong as Jane." Megatron's voice came out of Miko's mouth.

"Everything is set up, my lord." Knock Out said and picked Miko up.

"Then let us begin."

"Of course, my lord. But therefore, the girl has to be in control."

Miko's body faded away for a second, before she flinched and started yelling at Knock Out.

"You are so going to pay for this!"

She threw a lightning ball and scratched his paint-job.

Shifter stood there, laughing, as Knock Out fixed Miko to a medical berth.

"Too bad Jane can't see what her invention now will do to her best friend. She was so scared when I used it on her for the first time. I wish she could see you now." Knock Out hissed and connected Miko the patch. She screamed in pain and tried to get free before she faded away.

XXX

"Why did you stop?!" Miko looked at me.

"I need some fresh air." I quickly answered and ran upstairs.

I was holding back tears. I remembered how he had used the patch on my human form for the first time. It had been so much easier to be Staria. Cybertronians don't feel pain when connected to the patch. But they never got the results they wanted. And then, they forced me to make it work on humans.

"Jane, are you alright?" Alley stepped up behind me.

I was sitting at the edge again, looking at the desert.

"Why do I feel like all this is my fault?" I didn't look at her.

"Maybe it is. But maybe you saved Miko with it, too. You knew how to make it work, Jane. Maybe Miko wouldn't have. Maybe she would have died, maybe not. We will never know what would have happened."

"That doesn't really help."

"Look, I can understand how hard this must be. But Miko wanted to know. And she needs to know what happened afterwards."

"He said that by purpose."

"What?"

"Knock Out. He didn't say that to Miko. He said it because he knew that Miko would not remember it. He knew that I would try to help her. He said it to me. To make me feel bad for what has happened."

"And what if he did? What difference does it make? You nearly died to save Miko from them, don't let anything they say get this close to you."

"You are still not really helpful, do you know that? But in one point you are right. Miko needs to know what happened."

We went back to the others and in the way they looked at me, I could tell that they had listened.

"Do you want to go on, Miko?" I asked.

"Only when you are okay with it."

"There is nothing I could do about it anyway."

"It was not your fault."

"Just let us go on."

"But... When I was unconscious, how can we see what happened around me?"

"You are connected to Cybertron, Miko. Less of the ongoing is easy to explain if it even is. All I know is that Primus watches over us."

"Not really an explanation. But well... Ready when you are."

And the room turned into the warehouse again. Miko was lying in the cube we found her in.

XXX

"Is the trap set?" Shifter asked Knock Out.

"As soon as you order it, the timer will be set for exactly five minutes, as earthlings measure it." He answered.

"I know how they measure time, I have been stuck as one of them for long enough!"

"Ouh, weak point." Knock Out muttered.

They turned to the cube, where Miko was awakening.

"Dude, someone got the license plate of that truck? My head hurts like I got hit big time." Then she realised who was standing in front of her. "Never mind, ugly and traitor is answer enough."

"What did you just call me?!" Shifter hissed.

"Uh, I thing I said traitor. Not sure, my head still hurts. What have you done to me, why can't I remember anything?!" Miko grinned at her.

"We will see who laughs in the end."

"Obviously not you, Jane will kick your metallic butt!"

"Thus is to be seen." Miko turned to the right to see who had spoken and flinched. "Hello there, Autobot pet. Did you miss me?"

"M-Megatron." Miko shivered.

"Not as brave now, are you? Well, Jane will be here soon. We unfortunately underestimated your strength and you sent a signal to your friends. Luckily for us, this was our plan anyway."

"And why do you tell me that?"

"Well, you see, this is a bomb" He pointed at the construct she was held in. "And there is three ways to blow it up. You running out of energy, someone forcing the cube open and the timer running out."

"I still don't see the point in this... Wait, my energy?"

"Ah, you really are a fleshling. I still wonder why you are the chosen one to survive all this."

"What?"

"Oh, Jane hasn't told you about the prophecy then? Well, let me help you out..."

XXX

I had ended it.

"Jane, why did you stop again?!" Miko sounded disappointed.

"I promised Primus not to tell you anything about the prophecy. And I won't."

"Wait, I know the prophecy, too. And I didn't promise him..."

"You know less than half of it, Miko. And it's better like this."

"Why, because I am the one who will survive?! Jane, it's over! Tell us!"

"No. I won't break my promise."

"Then I will continue it myself." Miko hissed and brought us all back into her memories.

XXX

"Well, let me help you out." Megatron laughed. "Evil upon to return, kills the precious one. The first, so told the past, pays for what she has done. The mistake to be erased, a battle fought again. But will only the smaller, the weaker star remain. The end will come as said before, no way around. And as the power fades away, their biggest hope shall fall."

Miko stared at Megatron.

"I... I didn't know all this."

"But you know the rest. Tell me."

"Why should I?"

Megatron pointed his blaster at her.

"That's why."

"Not all as seems, not all as told, past changed future's way. Believe in what you hope and fear upon the last of days." Miko quickly told.

"Ah, thank you. This was all I need. Knock Out...!"

"Wait! You still haven't told me why you are telling me this!"

"Because, as you are told to survive this, you won't remember anything. And Jane most likely will help you regaining your memories. Speaking of her... I hope you enjoyed lending me your body, Jane. I know you will hear this. And now... Knock Out, activate the bomb. It is time to leave."

"As you wish, Lord Megatron."

Knock Out activated the bomb and Miko immediately felt her power dragged away from her.

"I won't let you get along with this!"

"Trust me, my dear child, you don't have a choice."

XXX

Miko collapsed right where she had been standing.

"Miko!" The bots stood in shock.

"Jane, what happened?" Jack asked and looked at me.

"She stepped over the limit." I said calmly.

"You don't seem to be worried about... Wait, you said you didn't know what happens when you step over the limit!"

"Cool down, Jack. Miko will be just fine, she just need to charge up again. She wasn't strong enough to hold her memories up for so long. The limit knocks you out, that's why I haven't told you. I knew you would only be worried all the time. I can't even believe Miko didn't stop, she must have felt how weak she was."

"Well, why not having a talk about what you haven't told us?" Arcee suggested. "There seems to be quite a lot of that."

"I should have picked the other way." I muttered a little bit too loud.

"And that means what?"

"Alright, story time."