Just so you lot know, I perpousfully had Jetfire and his mate stay in quarters until past that planets version of noon. And in response to Tigerprime, not everyone who acts "nice" has good intentions. Enjoy!
Shadows of Them
Good intentions?
The kids awoke, stomachs grumbling. Bud looked up, not realizing where he was, "Mom, why didn't you wake me for breakfast- huh?
"Remember Bud, we're not home." Kobe murmured.
"Do you think the Transformers here know what people eat?" Bud asked.
"Well, they said they've had humans here before…" Lori muttered, pulling herself up.
"Of course we do!" a chipper human voice cooed, entering the room with a platter of fruits like none they'd ever seen. They looked at her, she had dark skin, dark brown hair, brown eyes; her hair tied back in a partial bun, pale blue clothes and sandals, and a bright smile facing them.
"Wow! That looks really good!" Bud exclaimed.
The girl nodded, she couldn't have been more than seventeen, "Yeah- the food here is amazing, it's even better fresh, but this is a few days old."
Bud grabbed a blue-colored fruit, biting into it, grinning as the pink juice within it dripped down his face, "Wow! This is a million times better than McDonalds' food!"
Kobe and Lori tried the fruit too, both having similar reactions. The girl smiled, "I'm glad you guys like it."
Lori looked at her, "What's your name?"
She smiled, "They call me Kamirra- I don't remember what my name was when I was on earth."
"Don't you miss your family?"
Kamirra shook her head, "Not at all- I didn't have a family, I lived in an orphanage in Africa."
"That's so sad…" Lori whispered.
"Not really- I'm happy now, and that's all that matters. I've been asked to show you lot and your Minicons friends around Tolerace, are you ready? I've got a lot to show you, and not a lot of time before you go to see the council!"
"Uh… where exactly are you taking us…?"
Kamirra smiled, "Just to show you around. Arial Alert volunteered to help me too, I've just got to get her up and around so come on!"
She motioned toward the door, Lori spoke first, "Wait a moment… why aren't you eating anything?"
"I already ate, long before I woke you guys." Lori wasn't satisfied, but decided not to pester.
About an hour later, Destiny Prime entered the Guardian quarters with a scowl on her face, her optics dark. Red Alert looked up, startled at how she had entered with no words, just the door snapping open. "Mommy!" Code Red ran towards her, but she didn't seem to hear or see him.
Elita-1 looked at her creation in shock, "What happened?"
"Nothing Elita." Destiny hissed, sending shivers down her creator's body.
"What's wrong Love?" Red Alert asked, moving toward her, moving his hand to touch her shoulder.
"Don't touch me." She snapped, giving him an icy glare.
Code Red hid behind Red Alert's leg, "Daddy, what's wrong with Mommy? She's scaring me!"
"I'm not sure Cody. Arie, tell me what's going on."
"I'm fine!" she snapped, storming to her and Red Alert's quarters, "I just need some alone time."
Pax let out a cry, she couldn't see anyone, and her mother's harsh voice only scared her more. Destiny paused to look at Pax, she almost went to her, but then seemed to think better of it. She continued to go down the hall, optics dimmer than she ever remembered them being.
Turbine was stumbling down the hall with two cups of energon, one for her, one for Jetfire-they had had a long night. She smiled when she saw Destiny, "Hey Destiny!" Destiny didn't recognize her being there, and just entered her quarters, leaving Turbine confused in the hall.
Destiny fell onto the recharge berth, liquid dripping from her optics. Her systems felt over-loaded, her body weak. She looked over the edge of the bed, whispering, "Primacron can be such a bastard." she off-lined her optics, allowing the information that had been forced into her systems to flash through her mind.
The day she had fallen to be saved by Primus- but in this… reality she never crossed it- she had been too afraid to. The Ariel Pax in that other reality was a cowered, but she had something that Destiny's spark had shielded Ariel Pax's from, a dark streak.
The other reality's Ariel climbed the Autobot ladder of command easily enough, anyone who stood in her way disappeared, and she was only loyal to the most powerful being she knew, or knew of, Megatron. To prove her loyalty she even killed her creators and brother, stealing the Matrix from Optimus Prime just before killing him, the Matrix's stolen power making her systems even more unstable, re-formatting her into Empress.
Most disturbing to Destiny, was that Empress bonded and created sparklings with Megatron. Not only that, but the pair destroyed any and all Autobots they came across, even destroying the sparks of Primus and his servants, allying themselves with Unicron.
"Love? May I come in?" Red Alert knocked on the door, speaking softly and cautiously.
Destiny wiped the liquid away from her optics, "Yeah Red, you can come in."
He entered, closing the door behind him, sitting next to her and running his hand up and down her back, "Are you ready to talk?"
"No, not yet. Reddy I just… I hate myself right now." Red Alert looked at her carefully, forcing her to sit up and held her, "Reddy, I don't want to talk about it."
"You've forgotten, I have had to deal with Hotshot for years, I can be unbelievably patient."
She smiled slightly, "Yet I also know that you can have an unbelievable short fuse Reddy." She rested her head on his chest, optics flashing uncontrollably.
"Love, please don't shut me out." He whispered to her, hoping she'd open up.
"I can't talk about it, but I could show you…"
He looked at her in surprise, "Destiny, we shouldn't re-bond for a third time, you're in enough danger from yourself as it is."
"It isn't as though I've injured myself… besides, I want you to know, I just… I don't want to say it aloud. Please Reddy?" He groaned, she was right, and he wasn't about to tell her no, and he knew she knew that.
Arial Alert ran up the road, the humans and Minicons running behind her. She pointed to a large circular building, "That's the council's headquarters. They make all the important decisions. That's also where trials are held."
"Thanks Ace- but you're supposed to be helping, not leading!" Kamirra taunted.
"Well yeah, but you're slow."
"You have longer legs than me!"
"Ace!" Starr Prime approached, hands on her hips, "Why aren't you home?"
Ace cocked her head sideways, "Why should I be home? I promised I'd help show them around, so what?"
"Your mother might just want you around, after all, this morning she did go to see The Great One."
"What!" Ace shouted, looking at her accusingly, "You sent her to talk to The Great One! Are you nuts?"
"Master would not harm her purposefully Ace."
"Says the faithful!" Ace snapped.
"Mind your manners to him Ace, I know you haven't had the best experience with her, but he is the creator's creator."
"And the destroyer's creator." Ace pointed out in annoyance.
"Who are you talking about?" Bud asked.
"Primacron. He built the first transformers, and he's older than our… 'dimension' itself." Starr explained.
Ace folded her arms, "He's also an self-loving-arrogant busy-body." She pointed back down the road, "I'm going home to make sure Mommy's okay."
Starr nodded, "It is true she may've gotten in over her head while speaking to Master Primacron… He can be… unpredictable…"
"Whatever!" She ran off, not looking back.
"Destiny? Destiny? Can you hear me Love?" Red Alert was holding her lovingly, trying to shake her awake. He hated to let this burst of information from her go un-deciphered, but his mate's safety came first. She had been out for nearly an hour, and he was more than concerned.
He nuzzled her cheek, knowing that it stirred her, "…Mm?" she groaned, optics fighting to flicker online.
"Welcome back to the world of the waking Love. How do you feel?"
"Exhausted… worried… nervous… relieved…"
"Well, that's better than some things you could be feeling with what you've been through today."
"Yeah, it's barely past second sunrise and today has already been one of my worst. Don't get me wrong Hon, I've had worse, but…"
"I know Love. You should rest Arie, but I want to check your stabilizers first."
A pounding on the door jolted their attention, "Mommy! Mommy! Are you okay? Daddy! Let me in!"
Red Alert smiled every time he heard his sparklings call for him, he would never admit it to his male friends, but he loved them more than he'd ever love anyone. "I'm coming Ace, hold on a moment."
"Is Mommy okay?" she demanded.
He walked across the room and opened the door, "She will be sweetheart."
Ace ran past him at those words, "Mommy!" she ran over and hugged her, "Did Primacron hurt you?"
"No no Ace, he just showed me what would have happened if I could fix my biggest regret- but then I wouldn't have you Cody, Pax or even your Daddy. I have no regrets now sweetie."
Ace shook her head, "Mo-om! I'm not a baby anymore! Pax is the baby now!"
Destiny looked to Red Alert, "Where is Paxie?"
Red Alert patted her should, "I'll go get her and Cody Love. I'll be back in a moment."
"Thanks Reddy."
"Yuck!" Ace whined at her creators being mushy, making them smile fondly at her. "Don't be all mucky!" Red Alert shook his head, laving to get Cody and Pax.
There, I decided to end on a ootsi-cutesie note. So Sid, if you don't stop bothering me I swear to Primus above-… Yeah… RnR please peepies!