C12

"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. 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." I told again.

"That pretty cryptic if you ask me." Jack said. "What is that even supposed to mean?"

"It means that the battle for Cybertron will be fought again." I moaned.

"And the rest of it?"

"How should I know!?"

"Jane..."

"Jack, I promised not to talk about the prophecy. If I break this promise, I will be gone for good."

"And that is why?"

"I am not talking about this at all. Don't really want to be forced into death, Primus was pretty clear about that... Oh oh..."

"Oh oh... What?"

But Jack didn't need an answer. As before, the bridge opened up itself again. It was the same energy that had dragged me into Cybertron's core once before.

"I knew this was a bad idea!" I hissed.

"Everyone out." Optimus ordered and Jack grabbed my wrist, pulling me behind him.

Arcee, Bulkhead, Miko, Jack and I had no other option but to escape to the top of the base. Standing on the rock, there was nowhere to run.

"Well, at least we are save up here, right?" Jack asked. It was clear how scared he was and he still was holding my hand.

"No, we are not. Could you let go of me, please? I don't really want to endanger your life." I said.

"What are you talking about? The bridge is..."

He hadn't finished as the bridge into Cybertron's core opened right in front of us.

"Miko, hide! He will detect you!" I yelled and Miko turned around.

"Where am I supposed to hide?!" She yelled back

"Grab Jack and jump!" I dodged from the energy that was trying to grab me.

"Are you insane?!" Jack stared at me but Miko grabbed his arm and pulled him over the edge.

Arcee and Bulkhead screamed, but Myra already had caught them mid-air. The kids were save.

"You have to get away, too. You will die if you get dragged inside!" I said to the two Bots.

"No way, ,we are not leaving you." Arcee answered.

"Then I have to get it away from you. Fine." I dodged again and ran straight towards the edge. Then I jumped, but there was one thing I hadn't thought about. Myra was with Jack and Miko, on the other side of the rock.

The core-bridge opened up right above me. There was only one way out. I opened a groundbridge under me and fell into it.

Bulkhead and Arcee got blasted by the explosion of the colliding streams. They had looked after me, saw how I was in the middle of the disaster.

XXX

Ratchet had his back turned to the monitor. It was showing the team's life signals and, as always, mine, too. But there was no signal from me, no moving line showing my heartbeat. My line was red and flat.

"I can't believe it." Miko was bursting in tears. "She can't be gone!"

"Ratchet, are you sure this is not an error in the system? I mean, her signal disappeared so often, I wouldn't be surprised if we just can't receive it." Bulkhead stared at the medic. He had nearly lost me more than once and had promised never to let it happen again and then he just watched as it had happened.

"Her signal isn't gone, Bulkhead. It is here, we can read it." Ratchet answered. "And as much as I want it to be false... It isn't."

"Then what do we do now?" Alley asked.

"We will find her." Bulkhead answered. "Myra found her before, maybe she can find her again."

Alley looked down at Myra. The Predacon seemed to send a clear answer to her. "Myra knows that Jane is gone and if she could track her, we would already be on our way."

"But..." Before Bulkhead had said what he wanted to say, Miko jumped up, tears and anger in her eyes.

"Miko, what is it?" Arcee asked.

"Jane is on Cybertron."

"What?! But... How do you know?"

"Primus was after her, he took her into the core, I can feel it."

"But then she is lost, she said she would die if she tells anything about the prophecy."

"And that's where Primus did a mistake. Ratchet, we need a Spacebridge. Time to bust Jane out."

"Miko, you must be joking! You... We can't just enter the core and we especially can't bring you to Cybertron, I mean..."

The look she gave Ratched let him fall silent.

"I have been to Cybertron and into the core before. And in fact, I have only asked for your help. I could go there without you and no one could stop me."

"Miko, bringing you to Cybertron is a risk. Many know who you are..." Even Optimus, in his calm and direct way, couldn't stop her.

"And they know Jane as well. Which is why Primus will let her go." She was serious. "Your decision, Optimus. Does the team come with me, or am I doing this on my own?"

"You will not..."

"Me alone, it is then."

Miko's eyes glow blue as she disappeared.

"Autobots, we follow her. Ratchet, be prepared for anything possible when we return."

XXX

Miko appeared not far from the battlefield of the final war and the hole into the core. Immediately, she was recognised. Bots stepped out of her way as she walked by, they bowed before her, cheered her name.

But Miko didn't notice them at all. The anger was raging in her. As she came closer to the battlefield, a whole crowd was following her, but the closer she stepped, the more unpleasant felt the Bots and fell back. Just before Miko crossed the barrier, a Spacebridge opened up and the team stepped out. Again, the Bots who had returned to Cybertron cheered.

"Miko, stop." Optimus ordered and immediately, all the Bots fell silent.

"No." She glared at Optimus. Normally, she respected him, but now her anger overwhelmed her.

Miko stepped through the barrier. It had been built to honer the last battle and to keep Bots away from the core, but now she simply crossed it, though it was forbidden.

"Great Primus, I need to talk to you!" Miko called as soon as she had reached the edge.

A blue body of light and energy formed in front of her, it was Alpha Trion.

"He is waiting for you."

Miko didn't answer. She just waited till the living spark had disappeared and after a last glare at her friends, she stepped forward and fell into the darkness.