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Chapter XXI

Silence was broken when Alpha let time go by again. At first there was screaming and cheering. Then the humans realized that the enemy was gone and two new saviors were standing before them. Bestial glowed again and the Maximals were back to their individual bodies.

"Brother, you need some serious work on yourself," said Goldwing. "Your fin was right in front of my face!"

"Sorry!" Darkjaw said sarcastically. "I don't know where any part of me ended up, anyway!"

"That's an image," Tigress mumbled.

"Guys, quit it," Icefire moaned. "We're about to be hounded by six different television channels, I'm sure." Oddly enough, about twenty different cameras and sixteen reporters were shoving their microphones to the Maximals. Only a few had noticed Alpha and Omega revert back to Jericho and Aries. The girl jumped on Jericho and gave him a hug.

"That was so awesome!" she said. "And I kept cool!"

"Wish I'd gotten a chance to get el polo loco on the grey gay guy," Jericho joked. Aries laughed and gave him a kiss on the cheek. "What was that for?!"

"For being a man," she said. "For the first time, you acted serious. I'm proud of you."

"Aww!" Panthora teased. "Kodak moment!"

"Get out of here!" Jericho said. Icefire laughed and turned around to see her school.

"That's so weird," she sighed. Four hundred sixth, seventh, and eighth graders were standing outside the building. A few stepped forward and smiled at her.

"Brianna!" one said. It was a guy. "Is that…? Wow!"

"Hey, Shamus," Icefire giggled.

"That's my girl!" said two others; Dominica and Mahogany. Icefire gave another laugh and looked back down at Jericho and Aries.

"How come you guys can change, but not us?" she said. Aries held up a finger and closed her eyes. All of the Maximals' bodies shifted and grew smaller. They were back to their old forms and wearing the same clothes they had on a few weeks ago.

"Thank you, God!" Brittany shouted to the sky. "I praise you!"

All the Maximals were running and jumping around. They used their human senses to get everything in. They missed being human so much that it seemed new to them now.

"Home again, home again!" Andre yelled.

"Jiggety jog!" William finished.

*

The Maximals were back home; Brianna and Brittany as Aries' neighbors; Andre and William being cried over by Monica; Cari, Cody, and Logan having the same problem with their own mother. They were put on a couple of talk shows and news' desks. It was interesting how it all happened, according to the news board. They wanted to get logical about how they changed, so Brianna and gave it her best shot: "The All Spark's power transferred into our bodies, merging with our cells and our thoughts. We had established earlier on the same day what we wanted to be if we ever had super powers and the All Spark gave us that wish. But we never thought we'd end up fighting an old warmonger from another planet." Everything was almost back to where it was (and Gerald was promoted lieutenant, thanks to the Maximals).

The All Spark was kept safe at the Summers' house. Every now and again, the Maximals had to have Jericho and Aries change them again. Apparently, killing Megatron irritated a few of his followers and tried to get back at them. Logan got into high school and the Decepticons were still coming. A team's work never ever ends.

"Fight each other, or fight together. What's it gonna be?"

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Author's Note: Oh, happy day!