Shadow Katakura: Thanks! I did read it and I'm so excited for the sequel! And you changed your name?

Elhini Prime: I did have a good Easter :) Hope yours was awesome too! :)

Anne: Thanks, it was a pain in the aft to write haha. Glad you liked it :)

I just realized...I HAVEN'T UPDATED SINCE EASTER?! Holy batcrap batman it's been a while! Oh and by the way I have a little announcement at the end of the story in the Author's Note! :)


The room was deadly silent at Ratchet's announcement/condemnation. Solus took a half step away from the powerful god with wide optics. She knew his spark was slowly fading but never realized just how bad it was. Ratchet was at lost for what to do to help Primus, it was far beyond his expertise. He suddenly felt useless like he had when he failed to restore Bumblebee's vocalizer for the longest time. Primus slowly stood after recovering from his sudden pain. June looked up at Prima in worry.

"What happens if Primus dies?" she asked the question no one dared to bring up. An immense feeling of sorrow filled the room as Primus sighed heavily. Prima looked away from the human questioning him. He didn't want to be the one to answer it. It was hard for him to take as well and he didn't want to have to explain it to a human who couldn't possibly understand. Primus looked at the remaining members of the Thirteen then directed his attention to June with sad optics.

"Then there is no hope for Cybertron or its inhabitants." He answered weakly. His form flickered and before he could bid everyone farewell he disappeared. Crimsonbreak clenched her fists tightly, trying to fight back the scream of frustration. Winterstreak put a hand on her shoulder with a worried gleam in his eyes. Crimsonbreak ignored him and stormed out of the room, tears threatening her eyes. Now that the team knew about the Dark One's visit they trusted her even less and Primus didn't exactly help with the hatred.

"Stupid…fragging…stereotypes…stupid…fragging…red…o utfit!" Crimsonbreak growled between punches and kicks on a punching bag she was currently using to blow off steam. With one final exhausted punch Crimsonbreak collapsed to the ground, breathing heavily. She heard light pedesteps and looked up to see Prima watching her curiously. She turned her head so she wasn't holding eye contact.

"You are nothing like I expected when I first found out Winterstreak had a sparkmate. He was scared of us judging you unfairly because of your color so he refused to say much about you. He merely said you had to be the most beautiful femme he'd ever seen. According to him you had a lot of energy, a powerful mind, and a strong will to protect those you love." Prima said bluntly. Crimsonbreak looked up at him in confusion, but he continued. "There is darkness in your spark, young one, but it's different than what's in Soundwave or anyone else. Primus doesn't even fully understand you yet."

"That just makes me an even bigger freak, especially to the team! People have doubted Winterstreak's judgment because he trusted me, slag because he bonded with me! I'm not trusted by my own people, I'm being harassed by the ninja who made my life pit, and now Primus is dying and there's no way to revive Cybertron because Optimus was forced to destroy the one thing that could save it!" Crimsonbreak snapped. She realized who she snapped at and averted her gaze once again.

"Then your team truly is blind. Everything Winterstreak said about you is true, but you don't have enough self-confidence to prove them wrong." Prima answered calmly. He left the room, leaving the young ninja to her thoughts. A plan suddenly came into mind and she grew a smirk. She sent a quiet comm. to the Autobots, Fernblaze, Nightshade, Winterstreak, and Yellowbeam explaining the plan so they wouldn't interfere. Winterstreak was hesitant but agreed to gather the cyberninjas together for a private meeting without the Autobots or humans. Winterstreak, Fernblaze, Nightshade, and Yellowbeam also weren't in the room, therefore unable to stop whatever happens. Crimsonbreak stood before everyone and winced slightly at the glares she still received.

"A lot has happened lately. You've regained your memories and we allied ourselves with the Autobots. In the same way many things have changed, but there is one thing that still has yet to change over the years I've been SIC. Your hatred for me hasn't decreased, but instead has grown over time. You act like I'm a monster and that I should be destroyed. Therefore I have come to a decision." Crimsonbreak began. She unstrapped the sword from her back and threw it to the side so there would be no way for her to reach it. "If you truly wish to kill me, then do so now. I will not fight back and the others will not save me. If you do not kill me, then please grant me your trust as your SIC, if not for me then for Winterstreak."

Silence.

There was nothing but silence in the room after that. No one dared move in fear of the consequences if they did kill the SIC and Winterstreak's sparkmate. They then realized that she was serious and that Winterstreak wouldn't intervene nor would there be any punishment from him if they did. Her sword was still on the ground several feet away from her. They went to end everything when they saw her cringe and lower her head. They all took out there swords and Crimsonbreak prepared for the worst and waited for the first strike. However, that never happened.

"We're hypocrites aren't we? We hated the Dark One yet believed everything he ever said about cyberninjas like you." an orange cyberninja sighed as she dropped her sword to the ground with a loud clank. Crimsonbreak looked at her with wide, thankful eyes. She stared in shock as everyone slowly dropped their swords shamefully. The same femme walked up and grabbed Crimsonbreak's sword gently. She then knelt before the red ninja and held up the sword. "I'm sorry we pushed you to such drastic measures to make us see that we were wrong."

"All is forgiven." Crimsonbreak answered happily before hugging the orange ninja in front of her. The others stood there in surprise and watched as Crimsonbreak slowly returned her sword to its place on her back. She faced her team and saw at the back Winterstreak watching with smiling eyes. She ran up and hugged him happily. They were just glad that the others didn't hate her anymore and finally accepted the fact that she wasn't a monster. Smokescreen, out in the hall, had heard everything that happened and smiled.

"It's about time that conflict resolved itself." The young Prime whispered to himself. He hated seeing Crimsonbreak treated that way so it was a relief to see that she was accepted among her people. He turned to go find Solus when he literally crashed right into her. She was currently in her 'Arcee form' as they called it. "Oops sorry, Solus, didn't see ya there."

"It's alright Smokescreen, I was looking for you anyways. My brothers are starting to get impatient with the slow planning." Solus huffed. They went into another so they could talk privately. "Look, my brothers are pain in the afts, but can you blame them? Most of them haven't been in any form of a war since Unicron, I'm not even sure fighting to banish Megatronus counts. We need them but I'm not sure how long I can keep them willing to fight before most of them decide to return to the Pocket Dimension."

"If they're not willing to stand up for what's right then let them leave. By what I've seen, everything you said was right. You do fight a lot, you do hurt others, and sometimes you act like you shouldn't be a Prime. But there is something in every single member of the Thirteen that if you put together, would make a true Prime." Smokescreen shot back. Solus looked slightly taken back by his words but smirked slightly.

"Ah so you are catching on fast, and not just because of the Matrix either. I can't say exactly who will stay but I know of a few. I'm for sure staying in this war of course, Winterstreak would never abandon his team or Crimsonbreak, Nexus and Ravage are too stubborn to back down, and Alpha Trion would probably stay with Firestrike, Silverspark, and Starscream. The others we would be lucky if they stayed much longer." Solus answered. Smokescreen sighed in frustration and rubbed his forehelm.

"Do me a favor and get your brothers, Optimus, Prowl, and Crimsonbreak together for an emergency meeting. If the Thirteen drops out of the war then our chances of survival, let alone winning the war, are slim at best. If the Thirteen want a plan then they're gonna have to help us make one." He then turned and left the room. Solus stared after him in surprise and slight concern. She decided that it was best to just go along with whatever he was planning and went to gather the requested bots. At the meeting everyone waited anxiously to find out what it was all about.

"Stop freaking out, we're just planning our next move. Put a little faith in the poor mech why don't ya?" Solus grumbled in annoyance. She looked over to Crimsonbreak and Winterstreak, who both looked like a huge weight had been lifted off their shoulders. Solus smiled and knew that this could only mean one thing: Crimsonbreak was finally accepted by the others. She recalled the day that she had found Winterstreak after years of not seeing him and how he had told her about his "little crush".

**Flashback**

Arcee (still in disguise) hid behind a crumbling wall with her blaster whirring, ready to shoot again at any Decepticon nearby. When she heard movement coming her way she jumped out and aimed her blaster at the culprit. She barely stopped herself in time when she saw that it was in fact Winterstreak Prime, her brother. They began to catch up on everything that'd happened to them since the last time they met.

"So who's this mystery femme I hear you've fallen for?" Arcee asked with a smirk. Winterstreak rubbed the back of his head sheepishly and looked away. He hadn't expected her to find out so quickly. He sighed and began to explain who Crimsonbreak was and how he met her. Arcee was surprised to find out that the femme happened to be a red cyberninja but she, unlike many others, didn't judge her so quickly. "So why are you this far out of your territory?"

"Crim was taken by cons and I'm trying to get her back….and it's kinda my fault she's in this situation." He admitted sadly. They'd just started dating and no one but Crimsonbreak's family, Yellowbeam, and Fernblaze knew about it. Flashes of memories went through his mind. "I'm not going to leave you out here to die!" Winterstreak yelled as he grabbed Crimsonbreak's shoulder's in fear. "Everyone wants me dead anyways! I might as well die proving them wrong!" Crimsonbreak shot back as she motioned to the team. She hugged him and pushed him to safety before running back to hold off the cons.

"Congrats Wints, your first femmefriend and you get her captured by the enemy." Arcee chuckled in amusement. Winterstreak rolled his eyes and shrugged. He studied his sister for a second before his eyes narrowed in suspicion. He'd heard rumors about Solus and Soundwave's blooming relationship and how she left him. He crossed his arms and glared at her.

"Uh huh, says the one who left Soundwave because you thought it wasn't right!" Winterstreak snapped.

**End flashback**

Solus was brought out of her thoughts when the meeting finally began. Everything seemed to be going fine until Crimsonbreak completely spaced out. Winterstreak got worried and put a hand on her shoulder but she still didn't move. The others noticed and began to get worried. Crimsonbreak gasped in pain and shock and put a hand on her head.

"Crimsonbreak? Crim what's wrong? You gotta speak." Winterstreak said softly. He was calm on the outside but on the inside he was completely freaking out. His sparkmate had spaced out then gasped like she was in pain. Crimsonbreak looked him dead in the eyes with a look that answered all his questions in a sparkbeat. He gently put his hands on her shoulders. "Is he…?"

"He's here…on Earth…The Dark One has returned!" Crimsonbreak exclaimed.


Oh scrap the Dark One has returned!

And here's the announcement I promised:

I AM LEAVING FANFICTION!

Haha JK just making sure you were paying attention

My friend venomousDreamer and I are cowriting a story together! In a way we're writing it sorta like we're our own OC's if that makes any sense. You should all check it out! The 2nd chapter so far is the only one I've written alone but we both did CH 1.

It's called *drum roll* Euterpe! Here's the summary:

What happens when two Decepticons find out everything they know is a lie? Will they join the Autobots and their sister? Or have they gone too far to turn back now?
Transformers - Rated: T - English - Humor/Romance - Jazz/Sideswipe

Well that's it for now! Till all are one!

Reviews are welcomed! :)