Shadowstalker growled. "When I find that bounty hunter, he's going down and not even Optimus and Megatron will be able to stop me!"
"Who said that I would try?" Megatron asked.
Back with Alpha Trion and Ahsoka.
"What part of don't tell anyone do you not get!?" I shouted through the comm-link.
Alpha Trion facepalmed. "Unlike her, I can keep secrets."
"I can't help it. It's just so exciting that..." Ahsoka began before Alpha Trion turned off the comm-link again.
Then he sent me a telepathic message. "She is, complicated... but I find myself intrigued by her. By the way, me and Dooku now have one thing in common... The loss of a wife."
It took me a moment to figure it out but I was able to respond. "Yes, quite honestly, I'm surprised that Ahsoka hasn't blurted out the Autobot and Jedi secret in public yet. And I'm sorry for your loss, you at least remained on the good side, Dooku ended up choosing the path of the dark side, he nearly killed Alora at one point."
(In the Past)
Alora refused to come out of her room, she wouldn't eat, she wouldn't sleep, and she wouldn't talk to anyone. Arcee walked into her room to try to get Alora out.
"Alora, cutting yourself off from the world isn't going to bring her back." Arcee said.
Alora just sat there with her back turned to her. Arcee transformed and activated her holoform and sat next to her.
"And Ratchets going to kill you if you don't eat something soon." she said.
Alora looked up at her with tears in her eyes. "Good, than maybe I can be with mom."
Arcee was taken back by her words. Than she thought of something that really scared her. Was Alora really starving herself just so she could die? Shaking that thought away Arcee comm-linked Optimus and told him about her situation with Alora. While in his holoform, Optimus walked into Alora's room, picked her up and carried her bridal style to the kitchen, Arcee not far behind.
"Put me down! Optimus, put me down now!" Alora screamed.
"I am not letting you out of my sight until you have eaten something, and that you have ignored these thoughts of you killing yourself." Optimus said. How Alora understood suicide at this age, he'd never know. He set Alora down at one of the chairs by the table and sat down next to her, while Arcee began to make alora something to eat.
When Optimus wasn't looking, Alora darted from her chair and began to make her way to the door, but Optimus grabbed her before she could. Finally she screamed. "Why won't you just let me die!?"
That was the last straw for Optimus. He grabbed her by both her shoulders. "Because Alora, I have seen those younger than you killed, I have seen so many die in front of me, and I'm not going to watch you try to kill yourself. I'm not going to let you die because you are important to me, to your brother, to your sister, and you were important to your mother. I wouldn't be able to live with myself if you died."
Something hit Alora at that point, she began to cry. "I'm sorry Optimus. I'm so sorry. I just miss her so much."
Optimus hugged Alora. "It's ok, I'm here little one, I'm here, and I'm never going to let go of you."
He thought of something for a moment. Maybe he should tell her the truth.
"Ok Alora, are you going to eat now, or am I going to have to pry your mouth open?" Arcee asked as she placed a sandwich and a gourmet cherry soda on the table.
Alora wiped away tears. "Ok, I'll eat."
Optimus still sat with Alora and Arcee in the kitchen when Ark walked in. "Alora, dad wants us to start packing."
Optimus looked at the boy. "Why?"
"We're leaving Earth." Ark said.
Arcee gasped.
Alora clung onto Optimus. "I don't want to leave."
"I don't want to leave." Alora said as she stood outside the ship.
"Now Alora." Dooku said.
"I don't want to leave." Alora said again.
"Alora, NOW!" Dooku said as she boarded the ship.
Alora was about to board when she looked back at the Autobots, they were all in their original forms. Alora ran to Optimus and hugged his hand. "I'm gonna miss you, please don't make me leave!"
Optimus knelt down. "I'm going to give you a mission Alora."
"Ok, what is it?" Alora asked.
"Your mission, should you accept it, is to be strong for your brother and sister, which means you can't try to kill yourself, you must also keep them and yourself safe. Stay close together for this is the time when family matters. Understood?" Optimus said.
"Yes sir, Optimus." Alora said with a salute. "I'm still gonna miss you."
"We are going to miss you too." Optimus said. "Now go, you can't keep them waiting."
Alora nodded and boarded the ship. She sat down in her seat and looked out the window as they took off, leaving the ones she knew as her family behind. She had a bad feeling about this.
Next chapter: A few years later, Alora will now be 12, Ark will be 13, and Anika will be 11, Alora seperates herself and Dooku from Ark and Anika.
