Um… okay, there's a lot of mushy crap in this chapter, threaded with information that's important later on, I'm evil, but I blame… hum… who do I blame… Oh! School being out- that just gives you a warm fuzzy feeling everywhere- right? Yeah, I'll let you guys read the chappie now.
Shadows of Them
The Great One
Red Alert felt his arms being moved aside, "Where are you going?" He asked, his optics flickering on, he saw Destiny Prime getting out of their recharge berth, reaching for her helm.
She looked at him, surprised, "Sorry I woke you Reddy." She whispered, putting her helm on her head- covering the blue-purple fiber-optics on her head, "I just want to… to get there before first sunrise." She looked like she was about to speak, but then moved toward the door.
"Arie, what's wrong? Ever since I arrived you've been acting like you need to tell me something- but you never say it, please tell me Love." He sat up, concern plastered on his face.
"Reddy it's just that…" she sat next to him and let him wrap his arms around her, nuzzling his chest, "Do you have any regrets?"
He frowned, "What do you mean, of course I do, everyone does."
"I-I mean… major ones."
"Love- I have too many of those to count, I was a war-time medic remember."
She was silent a moment, then whispered, "Do you regret bonding with me so soon? Do you regret having our sparklings? Do you regret leaving your team medic-less to be with me and our sparklings?"
He seemed startled, he smiled, shaking his head, "Not for a moment. I would never regret our relationship or sparklings, ever. And I don't regret leaving that silly war to be with my family."
"But aren't your friends part of your family? And what if… because you left… they lost their lives?"
"They'll be fine."
"What if they lose?" he gave her a look that begged to understand, she nuzzled his chest, "What If Megatron wins?"
"Don't worry- he won't."
"You don't know that!What if he does because you aren't there to repair them- to help them! What if… What if the Black Hole isn't stopped? It'll reach hear eventually!"
He was silent, shocked at the series of events she was showing him, "And what if I don't make it back to you?"
She shivered, "That was the reason I brought you to Tolerace, I-I saw…" he looked at her quizzically, "I hate my Primus-given power. I don't see how things happen- just where someone ends up…"
"You're afraid that if I stay they'll lose, and if I go I'll not make it back. Love, you know that's silly."
"But it's true." She looked to the floor, "I know this is hard to accept- but when I saw your friend Vector Prime… I saw it… how close his end is… and I just… I know that this war is to fault. I just…" She got up and walked again toward the door.
"I'm going with you." Red Alert grumbled, dragging himself out of the berth.
"I'll be fine Reddy! I'll be back before second sunrise Love."
"Are you mocking me?"
"No, you're new accent." She hit the button on the door, opening it, "I won't be long Reddy."
"Who exactly are you going to see? You haven't told me."
She looked back at him from the doorway, "I'm going to see the oldest being on the planet."
"Vector Prime?" He joked dryly.
She chuckled and shook her head, "No. Older." She shut the door behind herself, leaving him wondering who was older than Vector.
"Getting a early start?" Elita-1 asked, suddenly directly in front of her.
"Elita I-… I just…"
"I know where you're going- you're going to see The Great One!" She put her hand on her shoulder, "You have no idea what you could be getting yourself into! Please… re-think this."
"Comility, I have. I shouldn't have pulled Red Alert back- it has endangered everything! I have to fix my mistake!"
Elita was silent a moment, then smiled, "You're so much like Optimus… I just… I can hardly believe it."
"What are you talking about? That's ridiculous!"
"You're both born leaders, and just like him you sometime act first on instinct, then try to go back and repair what you've done wrong- neither of you have ever swept anything under the rug in your entire lives!"
Destiny rolled her optics, shaking her head, "Comility…"
"Alright- just remember, The Great One always punishes those who feel they've made a mistake."
"I know. I know…"
Destiny crossed the Forrest Zone quickly, endangering herself as little as possible- she knew she still wasn't at full strength. She eventually excited the forest at a dry, warm, place, a castle-like structure in the middle of the barren-looking land. She entered through a cave on the side of it, walking down quickly, and eventually coming to a lit room.
The room had shimmering portals scattered throughout it, an infinite number of them. Destiny was aw-struck. A voice, booming yet "nasally", laughed at her reaction, "Our multi-vers is only one of many Destiny, each with a different path, some more similar than others, and others completely different from this one."
She spun to see a rather small being entering, she fell to her knees, "Master Primacron!"
"On your feet Servant of my creation." She obeyed without question, "Now, what is it you want me to do for you?"
"I want you to please-please allow the Autobots to go back to the outside world and stop the Black Hole! The council would never let them return."
His rather large eyes narrowed, "And why are you the one begging this case?"
"Because it's my fault they're here. I was afraid for my bondmate's life, so I pulled him here, and… his friends followed. I shouldn't have-"
He raised his thin, bony hand, his long, extremely loose robes slipping down his arm "What do you regret most- And I don't mean just about bringing them here, tell me what you regret most throughout your life."
She was silent a moment, then whispered, "To be honest… I regret running off when I was a sparkling and my spark merging with one from a Servant of Primus…"
"Come with me- I want you to see why you shouldn't regret fate, a multi-veric dimension similar to our own, minus a few primary details." He walked down through the room, Destiny Prime obediently following. He stopped in front of a portal emanating a more shadowy glow than others close to it. "We live in a dimensional section with all the multi-verses that have Transformers. The multi-verses I helped create."
She looked at him in surprise, "But what does that have to do with-?"
"Look into this portal- and see what you would have become had you not joined into one." Hesitantly, Destiny reached out her hand toward the portal, and there was a flood of information into her systems, memories that were hers, but not her own.
They were the memories of Empress.
Ha! Chapter is done! HA! Ha! Ha-ha! Okay, Okay I'm done. All done. Yeah, review please, much much more will be explained later. And now- to study for tests later this week- or… ice cream… I chose ICE CREAM!