Final chapter! All reviewers, thanks for your comments, support, and suggestions. I'm a little sad this story is over, but it couldn't go on forever...

[Blah] Flashback

~Scence change

{Blah} Shadows talking

Disclaimer-Once again, I do not, in any way, own Transformers or the Secret Saturdays.


Epilogue

The day Iris died, was one of the saddest days in Ironhide and Ratchet's admittedly long existence. When Sunstreaker had showed them their daughter's lifeless body, Ironhide had been crushed, while Ratchet had thought it was Sunstreaker's fault and tried to kill the golden twin. Surprisingly, it was Sideswipe who saved Sunstreaker from the medic's wrath. After the confrontation, the two older Autobots had retreated from the rest of NEST, dealing with what had happened in their own way.

Ratchet brought out the high-grade.

~Ironhide sat in his quarters, staring at nothing. He remembered the day when Iris was seven, when she had first had to be stabalized...

["Daddy, I don't want to end up like all the other Shadow Keepers!" "Why not, Iris?" "They all never grow up and get married! I don't want to die young!"] Ironhide forced himself to not cry as he remember her declaration. She didn't get her wish...

~Jolt locked himself in his quarters. He never spoke to anyone ever again, because he blamed himself. It was just who he was. He saw everything as his fault.

~Bumblebee was very sad, so he spent as much time as he could as far from NEST base as possible. Sam and his family were sad, but they didn't know Iris very well, so it didn't effect them as much. But they still came to the funeral.

~Lennox and his human team held a military-like ritual as Iris's funeral. She wasn't an official soldier, but she'd been just as much a part of the team as the Autobots were.

~Sideswipe was naturally upset at the loss of his friend, and, against all expectations, he didn't blame Sunstreaker, because Sunstreaker was just as upset as the rest of them were, if not more. In the end, Sideswipe forgave his brother and the two were soon as close as they were before the war.

~Skids was at a loss. Mudflap had locked himself away, crying in their quarters, and wasn't coming out to refuel or socialize, he didn't even come out for the funeral. Since Skids couldn't get anywhere near his brother, he sent calming pulses through the twin-bond, hoping time would heal his brother.

~Prowl and Jazz were the same on the outside; they had to keep it together as commanding officers. However, in private, they were emotional wrecks. Optimus himself was much the same.

~Mirage and Wheeljack were the only two who seemed the least effected. They hadn't been on earth very long, so they had barely known Iris and didn't really react at all.

~Zak fell into depression. The Saturday family saw the effect Iris's death had on Zak and they left NEST, not before attending the funeral though. On the outside, Wadi was sad, but on the inside she was over-joyed. Finally, there was no longer a threat! Zak would surely be hers!

Iris's death was a historical day for those who knew her. There were several times when the shadows themselves wept.

~Somewhere far away on that day, a newborn little boy opened his eyes for the first time. There was an instant where they flashed black, before returning to blue, and the baby opened his mouth and started to cry.

~Before the Shadow Council there stood a girl. She looked just like Iris's shadow form, but she wasn't Iris. She had no memories, she only knew her name. {Artemis. Is that your name?} All the shadows seemed to have spoken at once, in every language. The girl nodded. {Very well, Artemis. Join the other past Shadow Keepers. Keep the current Keeper safe.}

{Yes, Council.} Artemis said, bowing slightly before disappearing like the shadow she was.

~Mudflap clutched the chamber below his spark, where the powers still remain as an echo. He had felt it. The birth of the baby, the disappearence of the entity called Iris, and the appearence of the entity called Artemis. In his spark, Mudflap knew, and he whispered the simple truth to his empty room aloud, "The cycle has begun again."


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~Gothic-Princess-77 saying thanks for reading, peace out, and I hope you enjoyed this story!