Congratulations to Aztec98 for submitting the name 'Atonimus' to me. I give the credit of that name to that user. I do not own Transformers nor The Outer Limits, except for Atonimus and Vicarious.

(We return to regular point-of-view. This has been, The Outer Limits)

Vicarious was sleeping in his berthroom, dreaming of destruction. A small voice was calling him from beyond. A new threat? Thought Vicarious as he transformed and flew in the direction of the voice. It was an endless flight, but no matter how far he flew, he never gained distance. "Who are you?" he bellowed. Must you forget me? Didn't you always want me? Called out the voice. Whatever it was, it sounded weak and helpless, even weaker than those humans that Shockwave was breeding. It sounded younger, more primitive, more…like those sparklings that the humans gave birth to. Vicarious chose to ignore it as he woke up from his dream.

He yawned, then went to roaming around the ship. The Eradicons have been divided into two groups: the ground-based ones were to be called Vehicons, while the flying ones chose to be called the Eradicons. A lot of the mechs began to respect Vicarious because of his power, so many of them stopped making fun of him. He approached Hardshell, as the mech grunted a hello. Hardshell was holding a little Insecticon himself, and it made little clicking sounds. Hardshell wrapped his arms around the sparkling to shield it from Vicarious as the spiked-covered mech passed. That little sparkling seemed to have stirred up something in Vicarious, but he couldn't remember what.

The rest of the day proved uneventful, so Vicarious retired early. He went back into a deep sleep, and a small voice seemed to have been calling him. Hmmmm-nnnnuuuuhhhhh, who is it? Asked Vicarious in his sleep. Don't you remember? You wished that your Mima would give you one said the voice. Mima? Asked Vicarious. He tried to wake up, but he was in someplace dark, someplace familiar, someplace…wet. As alien as this environment looked, it was strangely familiar to Vicarious. Where am I? asked Vicarious as he swam in the weird environment. Don't you remember? This used to be your home said the voice. Home? Asked Vicarious. He stopped momentarily as an ancient memory came to mind. He was in a wet place, where it was dark and warm. He was safe. Am I truly home? Asked Vicarious. Yes, yes you are the other voice giggled. Where are you? Called out Vicarious. I'm further ahead called out the voice as Vicarious swam further.

He eventually came across a sparkling protoform. It was silvery-white, with some red appearing on it. Vicarious stared at it for a long time, and then he asked Little brother? The sparkling laughed, as tears came down from Vicarious. I have been waiting for you for a very long time said Vicarious. The protoform nodded, and then he said Prima says that soon his brother will be coming for you and Mima. Prima? Who's Prima? Asked Vicarious. Prima is the one who I've been talking to for quite some time. He says that the Fallen one is coming soon, with some dark allies. His brother wishes to train you, while his sister will train Mima with two of the human femmes. They also said that their grandfather will get the Star Warrior to return from his trip with his family in a few stellar cycles for the final battle. They say that in the process, Earth will die because the Chaos Bringer will awaken at its core. When both the Chaos Bringer and the Star Warrior last fought, the Star Warrior won, but he may not be so lucky this time with the Fallen one and his dark allies helping him out. That's why you're needed; Prima's brother wishes to train you. It is Shockwave who took you away from the right path said the protoform. So I see said Vicarious And why has this Prima taken to speaking to you? The protoform giggled, as he said I am here to help you if you ever lose your way again. You have been lost by Shockwave's lies, and both Mima and Sire are unable to help you to be ready in time when the Fallen returns. Mima needs help along with the two humans because they've been selected by Prima's grandfather and Prima's sister to be the next femme Prime in the battle against the Fallen. It is one of Prima's other brothers who will combine them into one being for the training.

Vicarious took all of this in. What his brother was asking of him was a big task, and he was unsure if he could even attempt to do this task. Pit, he wasn't even sure of who to trust and who he was. His little unborn brother seemed to be listening as he said Don't worry, Big Brother, Prima and the others will help you find yourself.

"Shockwave to Vicarious. Shockwave to Vicarious. Do you read me?" said Shockwave over the comm link to Vicarious. Vicarious arose from his sleep. He placed a servo to his helm. Was it all a dream? Wondered Vicarious. "Shockwave to Vicarious. Are you awake?" said Shockwave to Vicarious. "Yeah, yeah I'm up" grumbled Vicarious. "Good. I need you in my laboratory. I need your help with the Predacon project" said Shockwave. "Ok, I'll be there in five cycles" said Vicarious as he got up. He'll figure out his dream later.

When Vicarious got into the lab, a lot of the Autobots glared at him. His sire looked away, as his creator looked sadly at him. "Vicarious, I need your help with Predaking here. He'll be ready to wake up in a few short solar cycles" said Shockwave. As Vicarious walked over, he heard a small voice Just play along with Shockwave for now. Vicarious stopped and looked around. "Vicarious, is there something wrong?" asked Shockwave. "Hmm? Oh no, I just thought that I heard a voice" said Vicarious. Little brother, are you trying to communicate with me? Thought Vicarious. Yes I am, but act as if you don't hear me. Just keep up this act for now. Prima wants you to keep a low profile spoke Vicarious' unborn brother. Go it thought Vicarious as he resumed walking over to Shockwave and helping him out.

After many hours, Vicarious left to go sleep in his berth. As Vicarious left, Shockwave thought of when Vicarious seemed distracted earlier. Hmm…looks like that my experiment is glitching. No matter. I will dismantle him if he continues to malfunction. Predaking and the others will make perfect replacements for Vicarious thought Shockwave. He then went back to his experiments within his lab.

Arcee watched her son leave, and she felt as if she failed him. A tear left her optic as she remembered giving birth to him. She never got to see him being born, never got to hold him, lost the chance to watch him grow up, and now, he was lost to the Decepticons. Her sparkling kicked inside her, and she sighed. Her unborn sparkling was going to meet the very same fate as Vicarious. Was that dream a lie? How can I have that dream and expect it to be the truth? Vicarious didn't exactly trust me when he saw me in Megatron's berth chambers, so, how can he even trust me when he's like this? He truly is a lost sparkling, and I am the worst creator to the Pit and back thought Arcee.

Optimus watched his mate cry, and he felt her pain through her spark. Arcee, it's not your fault said Optimus through the spark bonding link. Yes it is responded Arcee I wasn't there for him for anything! I'm not even a creator! I'm nothing more than a breeding factory for Shockwave's protoforms! Optimus sighed, and then he said Arcee, there's not much you could have done. We have tried to help Vicarious, but…we lost him thanks to Airachnid and Silas defiling us like that. I don't think that he could trust us any more after Shockwave modified him. He's gone, Arcee, he's lost.

Back in his berthroom, Vicarious went to sleep, and he was once again with his unborn brother. Your time to act is soon, Vicarious. Shockwave will soon activate the Predacons, and they will offline Sire, Mima, and the other Autobots. He will also extract me and make me lost, like you. Prima has given me instructions on what to do said the sparkling as he filled in Vicarious.

It was about 2:00 AM when Vicarious left his room. He walked over to Shockwave's lab, and he punched in the controls. They opened, and he went inside. All of the Autobots were sleeping, but Vicarious passed them. He reached for a few needles, and then he went searching for a sleeping serum. He came back, and he injected all of the mech Autobots with it. Only Arcee wasn't given any, and neither were the humans. Vicarious then went and got one large container, and he began collecting the humans, but gently. None of them woke up, so Vicarious began filling out the next part of the plan.

Dreadwing was sleeping, when his door opened, and Vicarious stepped in. He went over for one of Dreadwing's bombs, and then he left. After the door closed, the Seeker twitched a bit in his sleep, but then returned to not moving.

A Vehicon was walking to do some late night walking (he was suffering from insomnia) when he saw Vicarious walking with the Forge of Solus Prime. "Vicarious?" he asked. Vicarious didn't seem to notice him as he walked by him, which aroused the Vehicon's suspicions of something weird happening. The Vehicon followed Vicarious, until he came to the Ground Bridge unit aboard the ship. There, not only did he see the Forge of Solus Prime, but the other relics, the humans, and the Autobots at the bridge. "Vicarious sir, what is going on?" he asked. Vicarious turned around, and an ancient voice said "Vicarious can't speak right now. He is with his unborn brother. If you value your life, you will head for Cybertron and wait there until the upcoming war is over. If you choose to stay, then I have no choice but to offline you. The One's plans must not be tampered with." The Vehicon held up his blasters, but a flash behind Vicarious' optics frightened him. He bowed down and said "I am sorry, Prima, the Warrior of Light. I did not recognize you in this vessel. Please forgive me."

Vicarious/Prima held up his servo and said "There isn't much time. I need help in getting these Transformers, relics, and humans off this ship. I have chosen another human base for them to call home, but the others will wake soon, and interrupt my plans." "I will be honored in assisting one of the original Primes" said the Vehicon as he picked up a sleeping Bumblebee as Vicarious/Prima got Optimus and they took them through the Ground Bridge.

This continued until only Arcee and the humans remained, of which the Vehicon took the humans. The Prime stayed behind, and planted one of Dreadwing's bombs. He then picked up Arcee, who was stirring. "Huh?" she said as she tried to gain a sense of where she was. As Vicarious/Prima was about to step through the bridge, a voice said "I should have known that a traitor like you would do something like this." Vicarious/Prima turned around and saw Dreadwing standing there with his blaster ready. Vicarious/Prima stared at him, then said "You know as well as I do that you'd never shoot Arcee while she is with spark, Dreadwing." At this point, Arcee was fully awake and began squirming in Vicarious' arms. "Yes, but I will offline her for being a whore" said Dreadwing. Prima/Vicarious stared at him, as Arcee began panicking and flailing her arms in a futile attempt to escape out of her situation. Prima/Vicarious stepped back into the Ground Bridge, then turned around and ran. Dreadwing raised his blaster and was about to fire when a sudden beeping sound caught his attention. He turned his head to the Ground Bridge controls and saw one of his bombs there. "Oh slag" he said before he ran as the bomb went off.

Prima/Vicarious had made it to the other side of the Ground Bridge before the explosion happened and the portal closed. The Vehicon stood there and saluted Prima/Vicarious. Prima/Vicarious nodded, and then Arcee just blew up; "Ok Vicarious, what the frag is going on?" Prima/Vicarious placed Arcee on the ground as the tint in his optics changed, and the massive transformer collapsed. "Prima sir, are you ok?" asked the Vehicon. Arcee turned her helm to him and shouted "Ok, I don't know what is going on around here, but I demand answers right now!" "Mima? Where are you?" said Vicarious. Arcee looked towards Vicarious and said "Ok, I don't know who you are, but what did you do with my son?" Vicarious pushed himself up and looked towards Arcee, but she could tell that something was wrong with him. For starters, it wasn't his voice, and secondly, his optics were a different color. "Mima? Why are you angry?" said Vicarious before his voice changed (to regular Vicarious) and said "Don't mind her attitude, little brother. She's always like this." "Vicarious, what happened?" asked Arcee as she began stepping backwards. Vicarious lunged towards her, and grabbed her servos. Arcee began squirming, as one servo was placed against Vicarious' helm, and another on her womb.

Arcee suddenly found herself in a very unfamiliar place. She looked around, and saw Vicarious with another transformer, but it was a protoform of a sparkling. Arcee asked Who are you? Vicarious looked at the protoform, then looked towards Arcee and said This is my little brother, Mom; the one inside of you. We are currently inside your womb. Arcee just stared at Vicarious and said There's no way. We can't be in my womb. The sparkling giggled, then said Actually, we are, Mima. I've been waiting to meet you for a long time, Mima. Arcee just stared at the sparkling for a long time and said You're actually my sparkling? She then swam over to her sparkling and held him tightly to her bosom. The sparkling giggled, then said You're warm, Mima. Arcee began crying as she said I promise that we'll always be together, my unborn one. I promise to never lose you.

The sparkling became serious, then pushed himself away from Arcee and said I have to tell you something important, Mima. Prima says that he will be coming for both you and Vicarious in preparation for the Fallen one and his allies coming. Arcee just stared at him in shock, then said Prima, you don't mean one of the original Thirteen? The sparkling nodded, and then said The one and the same. He will come to collect you, Vicarious, and two of the human femmes to train in preparation for the coming of the Chaos Bringer and the Fallen one. Prima says that one of his brothers will train Vicarious, and that his sister will train you and the two humans. One of the other brothers will combine you with the human femmes to create the next femme Prime to take on the Fallen one. The last time that the Chaos Bringer appeared, the Star Warrior was able to defeat him, but he may not be able to defeat him again with the Fallen one and his allies, which is why the both of you are needed by Prima and his brothers. All of this will take place in a few stellar cycles after I'm born.

Arcee looked at her sparkling and said Unicron is returning? But how? Soundwave defeated him five years ago. I was there! There's no way for Unicron to return. The sparkling looked sadly at his mother, and then he said The Chaos Bringer is currently being reborn in Earth's core. When he awakens, Earth will die and all living on it will perish. The rest of the universe will follow, but the Star Warrior will return and try to stop the Chaos Bringer, but he will not succeed alone. This is why you're both needed; to stop the Chaos Bringer, the Fallen one, and his dark allies from succeeding in the destruction of the universe. The Star Warrior will return with his family, and they will assist you in stopping the Chaos Bringer. Arcee stared at her sparkling and she asked You mean that Soundwave, Berserk, and Ravage are returning? But Berserk and Soundwave were both able to stop Unicron the last time that he appeared. How is it possible that Unicron, the Fallen, and their followers will win? Won't we be able to defeat Unicron and the others?

The sparkling shook his head and said Even Prima doesn't know the outcome of the battle. He told me that the Fallen once killed his sister, and he says that the Fallen one is now strong enough to eliminate the other twelve Primes now. The area began fading, as Arcee called out Wait! Will I be able to see you again before you are born? The sparkling responded Possibly. Arcee then said Then, I would like to give you a name for the next time that we meet. I want to name you Atonimus.

The area faded from view, and both Arcee and Vicarious found themselves back in the hanger of the new Transformer base. Vicarious placed a servo to his helm as he said "Ow, that went on longer than I anticipated." He felt a servo touch his cheek, as he opened an optic and looked down to see his mother smiling at him. Vicarious then hugged his mother tightly as he said "I'm sorry about all the bad things that I called you, Mom." "I'm happy to have you back at last, Vicarious" said Arcee. The Vehicon coughed, and Arcee transformed her servos into blasters. "Mom! Mom, he's on our side" said Vicarious. "He is?" said Arcee as she looked at her son. "Yes. I'm remembering some of the memories that Prima left for me while he was in control of my body. This Vehicon pledged loyalty to him, and we have to repair the other Autobots in preparation for the final battle. I'm still surprised that my body was in possession for six hours" said Vicarious.

Raf yawned and scratched the back of his head. He awoke to find himself in a very unfamiliar place. "What the fuck is going on?" he grumbled as he pushed himself off the floor. He saw the other humans huddled close to each other. Miko was pressed up against Jack's back, with her arms wrapped around his midsection. Vince was lying on his back with Sierra resting on his chest, and June was resting by herself. Raf began walking, and stopped when he saw the other Autobots. Many of them appeared damaged, and both Vicarious and a Vehicon were busy repairing them. Arcee sat by Optimus as she held his servo. Raf watched by the sidelines, but the Vehicon caught his attention as he said "Looks like one of Shockwave's pets are now up" as his arm transformed into a blaster. "Hang on, Brian, the human is a friend of the Autobots" said Vicarious. "Brian?" said Raf. Vicarious turned his helm and looked at Raf and said "Yes. His full name is BR1-XA-1N-30022-Z2, but he chose the Earth name 'Brian' for short."

Raf nodded, and then asked "So, where are we?" "Well, we're in some governmental area located in a place known as Groom Lake. There's a huge underground to this base, and we could hide easily from the other Decepticons" said Vicarious. "Uh-huh. And, why should I believe you?" asked Raf as he raised an eyebrow. Vicarious looked and stared at Raf for a while as he said "Well, a lot has happened within the last seven hours." Raf still stood waiting for an explanation as Arcee got off the berth where Optimus rested and walked over to Raf. She knelt down and met him at eye-level. "Listen Raf. Vicarious had received a message from Prima, one of the original Thirteen. Both Vicarious and I will be here for a short while before we have to leave. We will also be taking June and Miko along for Solus Prime to train us. I don't know on how long it will be until we see each other again, but when we do return, there will be a great war, far more destructive than the one we're currently waging with the Decepticons. Unicron will return, along with the Fallen. It is said that Soundwave and his family will arrive in time to fend off Unicron, but…" Arcee fell silent. "But what?" asked Raf. Arcee looked sadly at Vicarious, as he nodded, then Arcee looked back at Raf and said "There is a chance that we will lose against the fight with both Unicron and the Fallen. I was also informed that Earth will die during the battle."

Raf was silent for a moment, then said "Prima told you all of this?" "Well, it was actually Atonimus who told me the message" said Arcee. "Atonimus?" asked Raf. "He's my unborn little brother" said Vicarious "He will be born in…what was it Mom? Three deca-cycles?" "Yes, about that" said Arcee. Raf just stared at them in shock as he said "How could you believe something that hasn't been even born yet? The three of you could have just conked your heads together, or are currently experiencing something that Shockwave gave you! Once, I thought that you guys were the coolest, but I was wrong" before he ran off. "Raf, wait!" called out Arcee, but it was too late. Raf refused to listen to the femme, and he just kept on running.

He ran and ran and ran within the base. Eventually, he came across a large hangar that had mysterious planes resting in it. He sat beneath one of them and wept. Thoughts conflicted within his head as he tried to sort them out. Who did he trust more, the Autobots or Shockwave? Sure, Bumblebee was like the brother that he'd never had, but Shockwave accepted him as an equal or close to it. He heard some loud footsteps, and a large slender hand reached out for him. It gently picked him up, and he soon found himself staring eye-to-eye with Arcee. "Raf, listen, I wasn't on something from Shockwave when my unborn sparkling was talking to me. Vicarious told me that it was both Atonimus' and Prima's help that got us off the Nemesis" said Arcee. "Just how am I to believe you? It doesn't make sense for a sparkling to tell you that message if it wasn't born. Just how did it communicate with you?" asked Raf. "It's because my sparkling is a strong telepath" said Arcee "Somehow, he knows things. He knew that Vicarious was going down the wrong path, and he helped him get back on the right path. Vicarious told me, that for a brief time, Prima was in control of his body while his consciousness was with Atonimus'. I'm afraid that you're going down that same path as well, Raf, the one where Vicarious went down before Atonimus stopped him. You're an important part of the team, Raf. We don't want to lose you like the way that we lost Vicarious for a number of years."

"Well, if there's one thing that I have to complain about, it's that I wish this whole thing could have happened in a year from now, if not two" said Raf. "Why do you say that?" asked Arcee. "It's because Shockwave would have allowed me to bang June, if not Miko and Sierra…maybe even you" said Raf in a dark voice. Arcee looked shocked, before she came to her senses and said to him in a serious voice "And just where did you learn how to speak like that, Rafael?" "From what Miko, Jack, Sierra, and Vince screamed whenever they fucked each other, from when Shockwave was harvesting eggs from June's uterus, and whenever Shockwave harvested yours and Airachnid's eggs from your uterus. On top of that, there is also when you fucked Optimus in Shockwave's lab. I had to suffer a lot of blue balls because of all of you" grumbled Raf.

Arcee glared at Raf and said "Listen, I may not know what snapped inside of you, but you'd better stop it. You're not having that attitude around Vicarious, and especially around Atonimus when I give birth to him. Got it?" Raf just gave a cold stare back at Arcee, before she hissed in pain. She placed a servo over her womb, and immediately, both Arcee and Raf found themselves within the womb. They saw Atonimus staring at them, and Raf felt disgusted by what he was seeing. A sparkling in its protoform state as a six-month old fetus was creeping him out. It swam to Raf, blinked a few times, then said Do not take this prophecy so lightly, Rafael. Prima says that this is all a warning of what will come. There will be a time when the Autobots need your expertise at Earth technology in the following battles with the Decepticons. Shockwave has already released the Ancient Ones, and they are rebelling against the Decepticons. The leading Predaking is gathering up his followers to stop big brother, Mima, June, and Miko before Prima arrives to take them to train for the final battle. The Autobots will need all the help that they need until the final battle with the Chaos Bringer and the Fallen one. All the Earth technology that the Autobots need are within this base, Raf. The Autobots just need your help in decoding what the computers say, plus what these weapons do.

Raf stared at the sparkling, then reached out with his hand. The sparkling reached out with his, and felt the mysterious protoform. So this…isn't an illusion? Said Raf. The sparkling smiled then looked to his mother and said He, like Vicarious, was also a lost one from Shockwave, but I saved another lost youngling. Raf looked at Atonimus and asked Just…just where are we? The sparkling That, I do not know. It is on Earth, in a dry lake. Many humans do not come here, but it is a safe place. The vision faded, and Raf found himself back on Arcee's servo.

"So, what you told me of the Earth ending was true Arcee?" said Raf. The femme looked sadly at Raf as he began crying. "I, I don't want to die" he cried. "Shh…listen, Raf. I promise to protect you and the others for as long as I can while I'm still here on Earth" said Arcee. A loud scream was heard echoing through the hallways, as Arcee and Raf looked at each other, then headed to where the scream was coming from.

Author's note: Wow, amazing prophecy, right? Atonimus is basically Prima while Vicarious is Liege Maximo. And yes, Soundwave will return with Berserk and the rest of his family after their adventures to other words to the Prime universe.