Hot Shot's words hit me like a tin of bricks- you could tell by the way I was gasping for air. Me? Why me? After all this time, why would they be after me again? It didn't make sense...

"Why would they want her?" I looked over at the mysterious boy I'd noticed earlier. He had short brown hair and bright blue eyes. Oh, and he looked cocky as hell. I chuckled- a wise man once said, "It ain't called cocky if you can back it up." I tilted my head to the side and looked the boy in the eyes.

"Greetings, young master," I said. "Might I have the pleasure of your name?" I could hear Alexis and Rad hold in a snicker. They knew what I was doing- trying to give the new guy the wrong impression of me, to confuse him. That's what I wanted right now, and the kid looked at me just like I thought he would- like I was off my rocker.

"I'm... uh..." he stammered. "I'm Kicker..." He nodded to the large Transformer he was sitting on. "This is my partner, Ironhide." I smiled at them both. Kicker looked about 16... but looks can be deceiving.

"How old are you?"

"16." Okay, maybe not in this case. "How old're you?" I hesitated- did I want to say 26? Would I rather be 16? Neither.

"It's not polite to ask a lady her age," I said with a smirk. Kicker- who in their right mind would name their son "Kicker?" (A.N: I WOULD!! Ahem... continue. ^^;;)- blinked a couple times... then smiled. It was a smile I could have done without seeing. Carlos used to give me the exact same one- the smile that made me fall for him...

"What's your name?" asked Ironhide.

"Sarah. Sarah Cornell." Ironhide's jaw dropped.

"No way!" he cried. "Man, you're famous back on Cybertron! You're the ONLY human that can handle Energon without any protective gear!" I looked up at Hot Shot and smiled.

"I got a fan club," I said in a singsong voice. "Nah, nah-nah, nah-nah, nah." Hot Shot chuckled and shook his head.

"Sorry, Sare," he told me. "Ironhide was part of mine first." I smiled... then frowned.

"You guys destroyed the laser cannon... what could they want me for?" Optimus cleared his throat, causing me to look up at him. In spite of the situation, I smiled and let out a light chuckle. "What'd you forget to tell me this time?" Optimus shook his head.

"This," he said. "I didn't forget to tell you. I just found out myself." I took a deep breath. Things that you just recently discover are never good. Believe me. "It would seem that they need to sacrifice you..."

"SACRIFICE?!" I yelled, causing Optimus and the rest of my company to cringe and back away- I sometimes have that effect on people. "Why do they want to sacrifice me?! WHAT would they sacrifice me to?!" Optimus took a deep breath.

"The Void." I shuddered. The mere sound of the name did that to me, along with the way Optimus said it. Really slow.

"Do I even want to know what that is?" Optimus shook his head, I let out a sigh and pushed my glasses up on my nose. "Tell me anyway."

"The Void is a black hole near Cybertron." I looked up at the direction of the voice- how Hot Shot managed to know all these old prophesies was beyond me, but I was gonna got with it. "Over a million years ago, Daegal, the Dark Dragon Transformer wrecked havoc upon Cybertron... he nearly destroyed the planet."

"What happened to him?" asked Kicker. "I mean, he obviously didn't succeed in destroying Cybertron." Ironhide, Rad and Alexis nodded their agreement. I just stood there. I wasn't sure what else to do.

"The Ancients," Optimus said. "Our ancestors, imprisoned Daegal within the Void's endless darkness. But it was foreseen that if... that if the Chosen one of the Decepticons was sacrificed to the Void, then Daegal would be free once more and would be indebted to his freers..." Suddenly, everyone noticed that I was being very quiet. Hot Shot looked over at me, seeing an old memory replayed. I was sitting in the corner of the room with my arms wrapped around my knees, trying not to cry. He knew what was to come next- my emotions would collide and all would break loose.

"So," I said. "What you're telling me is that a million years ago, the same idiots that said I'd be used as a battery pack also found out that I'd be tossed into a wormhole and help destroy the entire Autobot race?!" Just like last time, my voice got louder with each word I said and everyone nodded and backed away. "Well that's just great!" I continued. "Just when my life can't suck any more than it already does, let's add in another prophesy!" Thankfully, I've managed to get a better hold of my emotions over the past ten years. So, I was able to refrain from crying until after I stormed out of the room.

"Hmm," said Rad. "That's usually when she'd start crying." Ironhide looked at him, confused.

"What's crying?" Hot Shot took a deep breath and looked at Smoke Screen.

"You wanna explain this one?" Kicker shook his head and walked out the door, right after me.