Epilogue

I let out a huge sigh, as I relaxed across the top of Ace. The setting sun lit up the sky above me in a most magically manner.

Things felt like they were finally piecing together. Megatron and his goons were gone; Optimus Prime and his guys were back in control. I could finally move upon my own, and no longer needed everyone's constant supervision. Jack had started college. Both Sam and I had taken a year off, before we were going to go to college. Plus, Ron and Judy were firmly set upon having me stay home for as long as possible, since I had gotten hurt so badly in a "car accident". And Mikaela, well she was currently working as a little restaurant downtown, trying to earn enough money to put herself through the local community college. Then there was Ace and Bumble Bee, who had decided to stay here on earth with Sam and me.

I heard Jack's old rust bucket Chevrolet Chevelle pull up next to Ace, Bumble Bee, and all the other autobots that had decided to gather here upon this warming evening in early fall. Once his car was parked, he sprang out of his car and over to mine.

Jack climbed up the back of Ace, and spoke in a wide smile," How you doin' up here?"

I happily smiled at him, as I twisted my eyes to see him, without twisting my neck to get a better view. "Good. You?"

He smiled wider and grazed my lips with his words-before he kissed my lips," Better, now that I see you."

I giggled during the kiss, as Jack sat down next to my sprawled out form. Everything was almost perfect.

Deliberately I broke out of the kiss, and swung my eyes around Jack's body to spot how my brother and Jack's cousin were doing.

The two of them had been acting shy about their relationship, ever since the how ordeal with saving the word. But Jack and I knew better, so did Judy and Ron.

And to prove it, Mikaela and Sam laid across the windshield of Bumble Bee, making out.

I giggled again contently, while Jack laid down next to me, wrapping his strong arm around me, as we both nuzzle closer together. We were under the slowly shifting night sky, just like we had back when we first met each other. And with the occurrence of this only made a certain thought become more permanent in my thoughts.

I could die right now, and be one of the happiest people on earth.

Then, Optimus Prime's low rumbling voice broke through the silence, like a patriarchal father telling a story to all of his autobot and human children, underneath this darkening sky.

"With the All Spark gone, we cannot return life to our planet. And fate has yielded its reward, a new world to call home. We live among its people now, hiding in plain sight, but watching over them in secret, waiting, protecting. I have witnessed their capacity for courage. And though we are worlds apart, like us, there's more to them than meets the eye."

I closed my eyes tiredly, nuzzling my head against Jack's strong chest, letting Optimus Prime's words soak through my very being. Yet this embrace I shared with Jack let the waves of love we share numb my mind and my body more so than Optimus Prime's words.

"I am Optiomus Prime and I send this message to any surviving Autobots taking refuge among the stars. We are here. We are waiting."