31: Silverstar's Journey
Chapter 31 - Back on Track
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Transformers Prime or the franchise. All characters (except Riley/Silverstar) belong to Hasbro.
::Hello:: - Bumblebee Talking
"Hello" - Normal Talking
'Hello' - Thoughts
*Hello* - Cybertronian Talking
=Hello= - Over the phone or Comm
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Reminder: If you don't like the story, I rather you leave it alone than nitpicking flaws without giving proper criticism. This story is mostly for fun, just writing whatever my brain conjures up. Getting it out of my system, if you will.
So if you don't like it, leave it alone. I'm taking criticism (something that points out flaws and praises on certain aspects so I know my strengths and weaknesses,) but it's mostly for myself to improve for when I choose to make my own story world from scratch.
(I will be adding this to the beginning of every chapter from now to the end of the 3rd book I'm planning, just so the message is clear.)
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(Reader's POV)
"What do you want? How did you find us?" Silverstar demanded the mech the answer.
"You can lower your weapon, I'm not here to fight." She slightly lowered her blaster but kept it trained on him in case he tried anything. After all, this was the last mech she wanted to see.
"Then why are you here?" Agent Fowler questioned.
"To inform you of the others conditions." Knockout said, hinting that this wasn't going to be pleasant.
Silver remained suspicious of him. "Why? After everything we have all experienced and witnessed, what real advantage do you have? How do I know you're alone at this very second?"
"You just have to take my word, Star Child. I did my research on Starscream's failed attempt at terminating your base and snuck out of the Nemesis to come here. I am risking my aft, so you're welcome." Knockout ended off snarky, crossing his arms and huffing.
Silver looked back at the others, who shrugged, making it her call. She transformed her blasters back to servos and stepped to the side, letting Knockout enter.
"So? Tell us what you have to say about the others."
"Is Bulkhead and Wheeljack alright?" Miko suddenly asked, to which Jack pinched her.
"Those two have it easier, shockingly. But yes, compared to the other bots, they're doing fine little girl." Even though Miko got her reassurance, she and everyone else didn't find any comfort by Knockout saying 'compared to the others'.
"What do you mean?" Agent Fowler asked.
"Well, Ratchet and Magnus are fine. They take most of the blow when Megatron is bored, but my patching skills have served them well. Arcee...well let's just say she was being extra nasty to any con stepping near her, so Megatron did what he 'had' to, She's been tolerable ever since."
"What happened? What did they do to her?" Jack asked desperately, unable to hold his worry back any longer.
"I tried my best to fix her up but...she may have trouble seeing out of an optic now." Knockout explained before shivering at the flashback of the horrid sight.
"What about Bee and Smokescreen?" Silver asked.
"The kid has mostly been quiet, sitting in the dark parts of the room. Does get super defensive however, too difficult to deal with, so Megatron doesn't bother much. But Bumblebee, he's been the most shaken up. He can no longer talk, as Megatron destroyed anything remaining of his voice box."
Silverstar could feel the pent up rage about to burst. Knockout noticed and slightly took a step back. But it simmered down to guilt. She badly wanted to reassure Bee and everyone else, be by there side to tell them it was going to be fine.
"Listen, I know you guys are planning to storm the warship, and I'm not going to stop you. Frag, this exchange never happened, dermas are sealed. But be careful, security around the ship is at its highest. The repairs on everything are nearly finished as well, so whatever you're planning needs to happen soon or now."
Everyone nodded in understanding as Knockout looked unsure. He was pretty much convinced they wouldn't be able to pull this off, one bot and a small group of humans? Not very likely.
"Knockout, a word?" Silver asked, making her way to the entrance.
The medic felt uneasy at first but was reassured after that he wasn't going to die. "Not yet anyway." Silver joked.
"What?"
"Well, if you get in the way then I'll have no choice." She said all chill.
"Believe me, I'll be far from the fight. You didn't see me at the battle of the Omega Lock, now did you?" They walked fully outside now, making sure the hangar doors were closed to any eavesdroppers.
"Honestly, a lot was going on...a lot." Silver shook her helm from the imagery appearing. "But you would stand out from the crowd, so I guess I did notice."
It went silent as the two stared at the cloudy sky. Similar weather to the day of the supposed final battle. 'Maybe it was...' Silver thought. 'Only time will tell.'
"Knockout? Why...are you here? You know I'm mad at you...but you still came."
"Well, that's another reason. For the answer to why you're mad. I have a suspicion, but I rather hear you say it."
Silver thought for a moment, even remembering what Jack had told her. It did convince her, and she did think being mad at an individual for an entire army's doing was unfair.
"I guess it's because of the role you played in destroying the base. I even told Jack that you were probably standing next to Megatron when it all happened."
"I was correct then. Listen, it was not my decision to make or contribute to. Nothing is anymore, being a Decepticon sucks now. But you do have to admit, seeing something that big explode, it was optic-catching." He said amazed, dramatizing it with his servos.
The femme smiled a bit. "Well then….I guess I can see your reason, not. Besides that….thank you. You know, for coming and telling us about the bots."
"Am I a step closer to forgiveness?" He asked chuckling. Silver pretended to think about it before shaking her helm. "Nope."
"The trip and risk were still worth it. Hope your plan works out." He started walking away backwards. Then she realized something.
"How did you enter the military base?!"
"I drove obviously." Knockout shouted as he got further away before turning around to transform and drive off.
'Now, to start the rescue mission.'
(~Timeskip~)
"We're in and heading to surveillance now." Silver whispered into her comm unit.
=The firewalls are too strong for me to get through. I can tell you where the cameras are located but I can't access their feed.=
"It's ok Raf, that'll do just fine." Miko assured him.
The two girls snuck through the ship with Raf pointing out cameras whenever they got close to one. Taking the cons out on the way was easy, though Miko was awfully loud when doing it. She was already bad enough walking around in the Apex Armour.
"Miko, he's down. You can stop now." Silver sighed. "Just making sure." Miko replied eyeing the body. Silver grabbed the girl's hand before striding down to the end of the hall, where they were face to face with the surveillance room entrance.
Silverstar nodded to Miko, who busted the door down and began wreaking havoc on any Vehicon or Eradicon in her vicinity. Silver waited by the entrance, watching as every single one was beaten easily. Once Miko was done, the femme stepped inside and began operating the systems. There, she found them all, seeing their miserable forms through a screen. Finding their locations, she turned back to Miko.
"Guard the room. No one enters the room unless its myself or the Team. Stick to the plan." Miko nodded and watched as Silver ran out of the room, heading to the others as fast as she could.
The first 3 rooms were Ultra Magnus and the wreckers. They were shocked to see her but nonetheless happy. She undid their restraints before moving on to the next hallway with them tagging behind. Arcee was next, and her right optic had definitely seen better days. Then Ratchet, who himself had seen better days. Then Smokescreen, and finally, Bumblebee. But it was different when it came to Bee.
"Bumblebee?" Silverstar softly called out after her previous attempt was ignored. She slowly crept into the room and lowered down to Bee's curled up form. He looked up when hearing her approach and jumped back a bit. But when he saw it was her, he calmed down immediately.
"I heard what happened and I'm here now. It's gonna be fine. But you and the others gotta help me out, ok? I know you just relived something you never wanted to look back on, but we need your help. We can still win this if we all work together."
Bee let his arms fall to his sides as he shook his helm. He tried using his voice but only static and weird noises came out. His optics winced a bit from the pain it caused, which Silver took note of and shushed him like he was a crying infant.
"I know you don't want to, but at least come with me." She stood up and held her servo out, which Bee stared at for a few seconds before looking up at her. His big round optics shattered her spark into a million pieces. "I'm sorry I wasn't there for you, to be by your side and comfort you. But like I said, I'm here now. And I don't plan on leaving you now." Bumblebee shook his helm, trying to say it wasn't her fault for anything. He took her servo, standing up before wrapping his arms around her. She returned the gesture, pouring her love for her brother out.
=Hate to break up the moment, but bogies coming down the hall.= Miko suddenly commed in.
The two bots let go of the embrace as Silver rushed to the door and peeked out. Sure enough, 5 guards were coming their way. She ducked back in, about to tell Bee a last minute plan when the others took care of the problem for them. They came by the entrance seconds after, giving the all clear. Silver looked at Bee who put a brave face on and gave a thumbs up, signifying he was ok and ready for whatever was going to be thrown.
"Miko, where's Megatron?" Silver asked.
=In that place, I keep forgetting what it's called.=
"The Bridge?"
=Yeah! That place!=
"Thanks Miko, I'm sending someone to join ya. Just so you don't do anything stupid." I looked over at Ratchet and Bumblebee. "Can you two go? You might get some company while defending the room." The bots nodded and went ahead.
"This time, let's stick together...please? Megatron take all of us on." Everyone agreed before making their way to the armoury. Just in case the battle got a bit heated, they would need their weapons. They kept up stealth since no alarms had gone off yet and none of the con troops were running around like mad.
Upon arriving, they took the guards out but not before Wheeljack tripped the alarm by accident. Now their presence on the ship was well known.
"Raf, do you have any way of shutting the alarms off? And maybe a way to block Soundwave from accessing surveillance?"
=Already on it.=
"You really had this all planned out?" Smokescreen said rather than ask impressed.
"I'm not going to fail you guy's a second time. And the Autobots aren't going down that easy." Silver replied before telling everyone they were heading to the bridge. Arcee pulled her to the side before joining the others. "You've been acting...normal recently."
"Isn't that a good thing?" Silverstar asked confused.
"Not after losing someone close, you feeling ok? You know you can talk to us."
Silver shook her helm. "Not now, we have to at least win first." She smiled to Arcee before looking at her injury. "Are you gonna be ok fighting?"
"Might as well give it a try." Arcee shrugged. Silver didn't want to lose another family member, especially to something as stupid as an eye/optic injury.
The femmes followed the others all the way to the Bridge, where Megatron was standing outside the open door and waiting. Troops flooded in behind them, trapping them in the hallway.
"Nice try, but I'm glad you're all here now. The moment we have all been waiting for has finally come." His devil smile sent chills through everyone, even his own soldiers.
Silverstar already had a plan for this, she did map out every possibility.
"This time, there's 6 of us against you." Bulkhead said.
"Those guys behind us are nothing, we'll have 'em down faster than you can run back to your creators." Wheeljack added, hovering a servo over his grenade.
Silver noticed Megatron was preoccupied by their words and commed up Raf. "Can you still do Operation: Dark?"
=All set.=
"Perfect. Kill the lights."
The whole Nemesis suddenly went dark, only optics and armour parts lighting up the entire space. Nobody knew what to do except fight.
Megatron charged at the group while the con troops shot from behind. Magnus and the wreckers fought Buckethead while Smokey and Arcee took the Vehicons down.
Silver on the other hand, snuck past them all and into the Bridge. There, she commed Raf to power the lights for the room. When he did, nobody outside noticed. The warship was already in the air, it was the Omega Lock that was nearly completed. A massive déjà vu for everyone.
"Time to go to our home world." Silver mused.
A shot flew past her suddenly, barely passing her helm and hitting the huge screen in front of her. She turned around, wincing as one of her audio receptors rang out. Megatron had tried to stop her but was way too occupied with the wreckers to take a proper shot. He called in assistance from Starscream and Shockwave but they were already dealing with Grumpy, Bee, and Miko.
Silver turned back around to the ship's controls, telling herself that flying one couldn't be hard...right? She could hear the fighting behind her, Megatron was still standing and doing well in fact. Ultra Magnus and Arcee were down, Bulkhead was nearly there, but Wheeljack and Smokey still had it in them. For now.
Once Silver finally managed to set course for the Space Bridge hidden behind Earth's moon, she got her blaster out and helped with the fight from afar.
Megatron was beyond pissed at this point, and used his strength to one hit everyone around him. He was leaking and growing weaker but he was once a Gladiator of Kaon, therefore he wasn't easily defeated. He's beaten worse than this after all.
"You may have had a good plan but it ends now." Him and Silver were at a standstill, blasters trained on each other's helms. "I plan on snuffing out every last one of your sparks, after seeing me revive our precious home, so you might as well make it easier on yourself."
"I came this far, and I'm not going down without a fight." Her free arm was hidden behind her back, so Megatron couldn't see what she was doing.
She secretly activated the Space Bridge, then steered the entire ship on one side, making everyone on board either slide down or lose balance. The whole room was heavily tilted to one side and since she expected it and Megatron didn't, she shot at his fallen state. He quickly adapted to his new surroundings and shot back. She leaned the ship the other way, like a teeter totter. He had enough of this and ran straight at her. Not quite expecting it, she ducked out of the way and into the lower section of the Bridge, where troops usually stood.
Megatron balanced the ship out again before looking down below. But she had disappeared.
"Where is that brat?" He growled under his breath as he checked the other side. His fists clenched from built up rage, growling as he tried to balance the odds in his favour.
Suddenly, a groundbridge formed above him and Silver dropped down, pinning him against the ground. She dug her knee into his chassis and held a blade to his neck.
"You've certainly gotten better at this." Megatron strained, smiling with his sharp teeth. "What are you waiting for, finish me off and win the day. Avenge your friends, your family, your dearest father."
She wanted to, and she could, but she didn't want to. Deep down, she asked herself if he would, if Optimus would. He hadn't in the past, and the consequences of it led up to here.
"I won't be doing it." She said, but didn't remove the blade.
"Then perhaps I shall." A voice came in.
Both Cybertronians looked towards the entrance, to see everyone there standing or getting up with Predaking at the front.
"Turns out Megatron lied to him." Arcee explained, using the wall to help herself up.
"Then he can be my guest." Silver roughly took the blade away and stood up. Predaking came along the catwalk and grabbed the weakened warlord. The two made their way down the Nemesis halls, with Megatron weakly fighting back. Team Prime watched from inside the Bridge until they had disappeared.
"What happened to Starscream and Shockwave?" Smokescreen asked Ratchet once it was just them.
"They saw the fight between you guys and him. And thanks to Miko and Bee, they were too worn out to fight any longer. We watched them flee towards the escape pods.
"Well, looks like they'll be heading to Cybertron then." Silverstar remarked, having her optics trained on the screen in front. Everyone watched as the ship neared the massive vortex. But Silver suddenly stopped it. "Uh, why are we stopped?"
"The ship can hold air, and it isn't a real victory without the whole team. I have Perry with me, so no need to worry about groundbridging back home."
Everyone agreed as she called up Raf, June, Jack, and Fowler. Minutes later, they joined the bots and Miko aboard the ship. With that out of the way, Silver stepped to the side so Ultra Magnus could take control and fly the ship through. In a flash, they were seeing the dead metal planet in front of them.
"I'll go see if they actually finished the damn thing." Silver pointed behind her before heading that direction.
"I'm coming too!" Miko called out, running to catch up.
The two walked all the way to the lower section of the ship, still be weary of any Vehicons who still didn't know what was going on.
"So, you're gonna have Cybertron back again." Miko tried starting conversation.
Silverstar smiled a bit, nodding. "I just hope the others will protect it well."
"Are you kidding me? They're awesome fighters. No doubt they'll protect well. I wonder who the new leader is now." Silver winced slightly at her words, feeling a sting in her spark.
"Oops, sorry. Too soon. How...have you been about all that?" Miko asked cautiously.
"Fine, let's just do this and get all of this over with." The conversation ended right there with Silver pacing faster.
Once they reached the doors, most Vehicons who were working on the Lock were confused. But everything made sense once the two females entered. They tried leaving, only for Silver to shoot the door panel, closing everyone in for right now.
"Is the Lock finished and stable?" Miko asked with her tough voice. Nobody answered so Silver checked the monitor. It was in fact ready, but not yet determined if stable. She was thankful it was at least done.
"Do any of you know how to stabilize this?" The group of nervous cons pushed one of them forward, who glared back annoyed. "We won't harm you, none of you. We all want our home world revived, yes? So let's work together and get the Omega Lock running."
None of them relaxed but the one did proceed towards the computer and do the last part needed. Silver recognized the mech surprisingly, after thinking the ones she did know were dead or not around as much.
"Thanks BR3NT." It shocked the Vehicon but he was just happy somebody used his designation rather than 'Vehicon' or 'Troop' or any other names given overtime.
"Team, Omega Lock is all set. Sit back for the show." Silver pressed the red holographic button, causing the shining liquid below to start coming in. As it did, she assured the Vehicons that nobody would be taken prisoner, rather be offered to help the rebuild the ruined towns and cities below. All of them accepted, but no doubt others will be against it. Silverstar only hope majority of the crew would be willing to help.
The Omega Lock was finally ready, and the moment everyone had been waiting for was here.
"If this is all we have, then it needs to be directly shot in the core." Silver commed to the others. The ship started moving, eventually reaching the atmosphere and flying along the planet. When they reached the massive crater, the Well of Allsparks, Silverstar pressed the button and sent all of the Omega Lock's contents in. It was bright and loud, not even shouting over it would make a voice audible.
But once it was all drained, the planet started glowing a sapphire blue. Every bot and human were mesmirezed by the sight, staring with aw as they witnessed an entire planet's revival.
"We did it sire."
(~Timeskip~)
"No no no no no, this can't be happening." Silver started panicking.
"We have to tell the others." Miko said before running off. Silver was too sick of the sight in front of her to go anyway. She turned around gagging, rushing out of the room with the door closing behind her.
She sat there for a few minutes until Ratchet and Ultra Magnus came. The door opened for them as they now took on the shocked and nervous expressions.
"Well, wherever he is now, let's hope he never returns. And if he does, we'll be ready." Magnus said. "We also have no more beasts to worry about." Ratchet added relaxed slightly.
"How can you two stare at that without getting sick?! It's literally a dragon with a cut off head oozing energon. Oh yeah, and a bunch of dismemberment. Disgusting." Silver shivered from it before getting up.
"I'm a doctor, I've seen worse." Ratchet answered.
"And I've had my fair share on the battlefield." Ultra Magnus replied.
"I'm out, see ya." The femme walked away, leaving to join the others.
"This may be a cause for celebration but I am not yet alive." A familiar voice said to Silverstar.
"Primus? Wait, my crystal."
"You mean this?" Silver whipped around to the voice, seeing the escapee of the evening. The one and only Megatron. The crystal dangled by the string from his index digit. He brought it inside his palm before tossing it towards her. She caught it, holding it close to her spark before staring down the Mech. He walked towards her but fear inside Silverstar was strong, freezing her in her spot.
He stopped beside Silver. "This is not over." He said in his raspy voice before further continuing down the hall. He transformed and flew away, leaving her standing there confused and still afraid. She snapped out of it and ran back to the Omega Lock room. There, she just saw Megatron leave from below and surprisingly away from Cybertron. She knew he was serious when saying this wasn't over, but hopefully he wouldn't come back anytime soon. Or at least give Cybertron a chance to build a society again and have a strong enough force to stop him.
"So long, Megatron...Now what in your name is going on? What do you mean? Why are you choosing to speak now?"
"Because now is an appropriate time. You may have revived the planet, but it ceases to function without the Allspark itself."
Silver's optics widened from the revelation. "Wait, you're telling me that isn't with you already?!"
"Your sire launched it off Cybertron near the end of it's death. It's located in an asteroid field, awaiting to be returned."
"Great." Silver said sarcastically before sighing frustrated. "Do you at least know where it is?"
"I will be able to guide you to it, yes."
"Ok good. Hold on, we're getting it." Silver placed the crystal back around her spark before sprinting back to the others. She bursted in the room, asking Wheeljack to accompany her somewhere.
"Why me?" Jackie asked.
"Because you're super good at flying ships and Magnus is still one servod (handed)." The two left the others in question as Silver went to the Decepticon hangar. Even though the con were made up of mostly flying Cybertronians, they had an emergency ship on the lower level. Barely anyone had been in there, so when those two entered, it was dustier than a grandma's bookshelf.
"The cons really had everything. How'd you know about this?"
"Well, when you're a 14-year-old, who thinks they're a con, wandering a warship like this, you find a lot of things." Silver answered with a smile before opening the ship up. It had a similar design to the Jackhammer, but bigger and creepier with a dark paint job.
The two bots entered, with Wheeljack at the driver's seat and Silver in the passenger. She held onto the side of the seat once the engines turned on, only because of Ratchet sharing his experience of being a passenger in Jackie's ship.
"Now, you still haven't said what were doing. A pilot needs to know their destination before takeoff." Wheeljack said, turning in his seat towards her.
"We're retrieving the Allspark in a field of Asteroids because my sire sent it there eons ago." She responded.
He gave a confused look. "The Allspark, shouldn't that be in the Well? Why did boss send it up in space?"
"To keep it from Megatron and the Decepticons? I'm not sure. He usually has a good reason for doing things."
"Do you know where it is?"
"I have someone that does." Silver pulled her necklace back out, her optics glowing as she got in contact with the creator of Cybertronians himself. Wheeljack took it as a sign to go and began the departure with her being the GPS. Primus led them to the field but from all the rocks and debris, he couldn't pinpoint the Allspark's exact location.
"Are you able to navigate through this?" She asked looking at Wheeljack.
"What do you think I am? An amateur?" Wheeljack slowed his speed down a bit, but only a bit, and started weaving between everything like a pro. They searched for a good half hour but still found nothing. "I'm starting to doubt-"
As Wheeljack spoke, something caught Silver's optic. "THERE!" She called out, practically standing from her seat and pointing.
"That sure doesn't look like an asteroid." Jackie looked at rocks surrounding it and concluded that it was too dense to fly through. "Then I'm gonna rock hop. Stay here and shout or comm if you see anything."
Silver exited from the top, jumping off the ship and onto a nearby rock. "Just hop from on to the other." She kept telling herself.
Wheeljack could only watch, hoping she wouldn't slip or get hurt. A few rock hops later, and she made it without a problem. The Allspark was now in her grasp, and much bigger than either bot thought. Silver took a moment to catch her energy, staring at the infinite blanket of darkness and stars. Thinking about it, space was huge, bigger than anyone can or could imagine. And apparently, Autobots, Decepticons, Neutrals, most if not all Cybertronians were scattered across it. It was a subject anyone could easily get lost in.
Shaking out of her thoughts, she made her way back Wheeljack and into the ship. "Now we gotta take this to the core?"
Silverstar nodded. "That's where it belongs."
"We got the Allspark and we're returning now." Wheeljack commed back to the others.
=Allspark?= Ratchet questioned on the other end.
"Yes sir." He confirmed.
=We've landed the warship near the core, we'll meet you there.= Ultra Magnus spoke this time. In the background, you could hear the confused chatter.
"You got it chief." Jackie turned the comms off after that, heading right for Cybertron.
(~Timeskip~)
"Where's Miko and the others?" Was the first thing Silverstar asked getting off the ship.
"Still on the warship, they're ok." Arcee assured her.
"Does anyone know how my sire got down to Primus' core?" Silver asked everyone. Bumblebee knew because he was there and present, but unfortunately couldn't say. Ratchet luckily knew.
"Optimus was with Bumblebee and Jetfire. I can only assume they rode on Jet's back in his alt?" Ratchet looked to Bee, who nodded and gave a thumbs up.
"There's no other way down? Just flying?" Ratchet shook his helm. "No other method that I know of."
"Back in the ship I guess. Come on Jackie."
"Alright Princess." Silverstar turned around and opened her intake to say something, but didn't and let it slide. They travelled down to the core as everyone watched anxiously from above.
Once they reached the glowing core, Silver stepped out of the ship and stood on top. She slowly opened the container and the small sparks flew out like dancing stars right into the light. Then she opened her chassis and took the Matrix out.
"You'll be needing this as well."
"Why do you say that child?"
"It's not mine to take or accept. I could never have it knowing how it ended up in my servos." She let it go, expecting Primus to just take it. But instead, it stayed there, hovering in front of her.
"Even if you don't think you are the one, perhaps one day you'll find someone, who in your optics, is worthy of having it."
"It should be with you, where its safe and someone can come get it. Like a sword in a stone."
"If that is what you wish, I will not persist further. I trust your judgement, seeing as you have the blood of one of my own."
"But my sire was made a Prime, not born as one."
"There is much knowledge many don't know, including that of my youngest. Thirteen. He chose to not have a name, but a number instead. Thirteen came back to the Well, and he was reborn. Alpha Trion watched from afar, got him where he needed, and much more.
Now, I believe you have a family to go back to. I will ask one last time..."
(BTW, I read the Covenant, that's apart of the aligned continuity, and found out Orion/Optimus is just a reborn version of Thirteen so it got me thinking and stuff. Silverstar has one interesting family tree 0-0. And it was said by Alpha Trion himself that he is biologically related, even being a new version. Thought I'd just add this little fact in X3)
(~On The Surface~)
The others waited both patiently and impatiently on the rim of the Well. Some paced back and forth, others sat or stood. But everyone was standing and looking up when the ship came out of the well full speed. Once it landed, everyone asked about what happened and if everything was ok.
"We did it." Silver said once everyone quieted down. Everyone cheered, getting all happy and wondering if this was actually happening. And was it actually over?
The emotions building up within Silver couldn't be contained anymore as he was constantly on her processor. "I wish he could've been here to witness it." She choked up slightly, letting her sadness be known for the first time.
Everyone felt the same way and gathered in a group, almost like they were hugging each other at once. They all said nice things about him, funny moments, what would happen if he was here. Some made them chuckle, some made them feel even sadder, some brought light and joy.
There was a noise, and it grew louder and louder.
Everyone looked to the Well and in an instant, colourful sparks flew out and around. All sorts of coloured beams came out like orbs of light, leaving a trail of glitter and the orb's shade. These orbs were sparks, sparks that were now free. Life had returned to the planet, and in showing it, released the many souls and minds in a firework like show. It all seemed like a dream, one Silver never wanted to wake up from.
(~Hours Later~) (On Earth)
Hangar E was one of the saddest places to be. The room had a depressing vibe, and I'm sure many could guess why. Now that Cybertron was restored, it was time to go home. Riley spoke up, announcing she was staying on Earth. This was her home.
And to everyone's shock, Ratchet wanted to stay as well.
Agent Fowler offered the kids jobs as Agents, before June stepped in and added when they came of age.
But now, it was time for the dreaded goodbyes.
Miko sat on Bulkhead's ped, burying her face and crying. Bulk tried speaking but ended up making Miko cry more. He offered his digit for her to hug instead. She grabbed it and held it close to her. "I'm gonna miss you Bulk, don't ever forget about me." Miko weeped after a minute. "How could I forget someone like you?" He asked chuckling sadly.
Arcee and Jack had a less touchy but still heart wrenching goodbye. They recounted a few times they spent together, smiling at the memories even. "Don't make me hunt you down." Arcee said to Jack, referring to when they were only acquaintances. Who knew they would have such a blossoming friendship.
Bumblebee offered his servo out to Raf, which the boy hopped on. The scout held Raf close to his spark, wanting to say anything to Raf. But Raf knew, and gave a small smile to him. "I know Bee, and...I'll miss you." Bee smiled under his mouthguard before letting out a buzz, similar to that of a bumblebees. It was in the tune of saying 'I love you'.
Smokescreen, Wheeljack, and Ultra Magnus said their farewells to Fowler. The Agent saluted, to which they did it back.
Ratchet wasn't much for individual goodbye's anyway, so he stood to the side watching it all. Riley was the opposite, making sure she didn't miss any departing bot.
Once all was said and done, Docbot activated the groundbridge to the Nemesis for the others. With a final departing look, every Autobot turned without looking back and left as the humans, Riley, and Ratchet watched with smiles.
"Since they get to celebrate their home being revived, I say Miko throws one of her parties."
"For once, why not." Jack agreed. Raf as well.
Riley looked at Ratchet, who reluctantly gave in and agreed as well.
It was a night of music, dancing, stories, video games, and plenty of other things. Riley texted her squad, saying it was all over. And though Megatron, Shockwave, and Starscream were still out there, she was for sure done with this. "War was interesting but I'm officially out unless absolutely necessary."
(~Later That Night~) (Riley's POV)
Something was shining brightly through my eyelids, which I only closed an hour ago. I haven't been able to sleep and now there were these pesky lights!
Opening them a crack, I saw 2 orbs floating right in front of me. I shot up from the couch, rubbing my eyes to make sure I was seeing right. But I was, right here were two sparks from earlier. One was pink, the other was red and blue...wait a minute.
The two balls of light started going away towards the Hangar doors. I got up from the couch and darted down the stairs, running across the floor before slipping through the opening. Now I was outside. The lights kept going, all the way to the exit of the Military base. What is going on, a goose chase? I got woken up to chase lights, great.
Eventually they stopped at a nearby mountain similar to how the old missile silo looked like. They started forming a body, turning into 2 figures I knew well and have suspected to be.
"Mom, Dad? Is it actually you? Like the real you? Not daydreaming or just dreaming?"
"Well I'll be damned if we're not real." Mom said jokingly, resting her servos on her hips. It was them, in their real bodies, but human sized and all ghostly with the colour of their spark.
"We're sorry we couldn't make it sooner-" Dad never got to finish his sentence as I grabbed both of them and pulled them in for a hug.
"I don't care, I'm glad to see you now."
Mom pulled me back for a second, looking at me with her smile. "You've grown too much, it's time to stop."
Riley laughed a bit, wiping her nose with her sleeve. "I don't think I can, Mom."
"Then we'll have to make you." Dad said, placing a servo on my head as if to stop my growing.
"Dad, I'm so sorry I couldn't save you. I tried and-"
"Sweetspark, you did everything you could. You are not at fault. But I'm proud of what you have accomplished while in my absence and there's no doubt you'll continue to do great things."
"We're so proud of you, I'm so proud of you. You're so strong and brave, and though we can't be there for you like this, we'll be in here." Mom placed a servo over her spark and placed her other over my heart.
"I...I love you guys so much. I don't care if there was a battle or if you had an important title, I'm always grateful to have you guys as my creators."
"Though we didn't plan on you coming into our lives, I am forever glad you did." Dad pulled us both in for another embrace.
"We love you too honey, forever and always."
This took longer than expected, whew. Welp, a proper goodbye for the child and a goodbye to the bots for now!
I Might go back and extend some scenes later on. I feel it could use some extra dialogue and spice.
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