Chapter 7

Passing the Torch

They ran through the tunnels towards where they were keeping the Autobot. Anna, Sam, and Mikaela in the lead especially when they began to hear the faint cries of pain. She was one of the first through the door and it took her all but a second to reach the first scientist that was spraying nitrogen to try and freeze the Autobot.

"Stop! Enough!" She ordered taking the the hose from him, causing him to fall to the ground but none of the others listened to her. She found herself standing in front of the platform that the Autobot was sprawled on and took a deep breath, taking her gun out and aiming it steadily towards the scientists. Some of them finally taking notice, especially when Mikaela and Sam joined her.

"The next person to spray him with nitrogen is going to be shot. No promises of if you'll live or not."

Her team looked at her shocked, never having seen her be aggressive towards others before.

The scientists looked at each other hesitantly but put the tanks of nitrogen and hoses on the ground. Anna nodded once seeing that they were listening to her and turned her attention to Sam who was talking to the Cybertronian.

"Are you okay?" It took a few before the Autobot realized that the pain had stopped. Sitting up, he turned his blue eyes onto his charge and the femme that had been with him before they had been separated. While he hadn't been totally aware, he had heard what the older femme had done and felt gratitude bubble up in him towards her. "They didn't hurt you, right?"

At his question, the Autobot nodded and his battle mask fell over his face as he examined the other occupants in the room. He began to sit up even more and in doing so, armed one of the arm cannons and swept it back and forth at all of the humans except the three that had helped him.

The others began to wonder if they had just made a mistake in letting the robot go.

Sam knew that they didn't have time for this. He needed to get Bee to calm down and onto the task at hand. "Listen to me. The Cube is here and the Decepticons are coming." Bee made the beginning motions to stand up but didn't as he still eyed the other humans warily. "No, no, don't worry about them. They're okay. Right? They're not gonna hurt you."

"Back it up." Anna barked out, everyone immediately complying and not even questioning her orders. "Mikaela said that you're an Autobot, correct?" She asked addressing the Cybertronian directly and not paying attention to the very confused look Mikaela was shooting her.

Mikaela knew that she did not explain much to the female soldier, if anything so to her to have that much a reaction to just the Autobot name confused her and Sam greatly.

The bot nodded once, his electric blue eyes locked on her own.

"He's a friendly, everyone, so just calm down. Autobots are the good guys. Sam, I'm assuming that he can't speak directly? It looks like his vocal cables are damaged from this angle."

"Uh, yes… his name is Bumblebee."

"Okay, Bumblebee, I don't know if you heard Sam here but here is what's going on. Megatron is in the next hanger over with the Cube pretty much next door for him to take. We need to get the Cube out of here before either the Decepticons break in or Megatron breaks loose. Can you do that?"

"Aye, aye." Came a response from a radio broadcast. Anna smiled softly.

"Good, let's get to it. We don't have much time."

They were off now to save the world and not die trying… hopefully.

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After Bee had shrunk the Cube down to transportation size for a human, the soldiers, S7 agents, Sam, and Mikaela, headed out to try and get the Cube to safety.

Lennox had ordered Anna to ride with Sam and so she was sitting quietly in the backseat of the Autobot turned Camaro with the Cube humming softly next to her.

"Are you two ready for this?"

The two teens looked back at her and she could see the tension and fear in their faces.

"Ready for what?" Mikaela asked.

"We're about to enter a civilian city with beings that are intent on getting the Cube and destroy all life. They aren't going to be careful, not going to hide. They are going to do everything it takes in order to succeed. One of you might need to take the Cube and run to the extraction point while the rest of us distract the enemy. Will you be ready to leave the other behind in order for Cube to get secured?"

Sam and Mikaela exchanged glances at the soft words from her but didn't have answer as Sam caught sight of six familiar vehicles heading towards them.

"They the other Autobots?" Anna guessed as she saw the tension practically melt out of their bodies.

"Yes."

Anna lifted her radio up to let the others know.

"Do not engage. They are friendlies."

"Copy that."

Anna lowered the radio back to beside her and her hand accidentally brushed the Cube, a sharp volt of something raced through her causing her to gasp loudly.

The two teens looked back at her and saw something that frightened the crap out of them.

Anna's once brown eyes were now a vibrant purple hue and her face was void of emotion.

"Bee? Is she okay?" Sam asked. A curious chirp came out of the radio as his only answer.

Sam eyed her radio but decided not to inform anyone on the off chance she might snap out of it before they got to the city. He hoped she would be okay.

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Anna appeared in a very familiar landscape with Primus looming over her. The one difference however was the Allspark that loomed behind her.

"Primus."

"Dear Anna. You have done well so far."

Anna was confused. "I have? But I haven't done anything yet."

"Oh, but you have. You saved Bumblebee and the sparkling, and got the Allspark away from the Decepticons and are even now heading towards the nearest city in order to hopefully get it to safety and kept out of their reach. I am very proud of you."

Anna fought down the blush rising to her cheeks. "Thank you… but I have a feeling that this is just the beginning."

"Perceptive as ever, young one. You've proven to me, and to the Allspark, through these deeds - no matter how small they might have seemed - that you are indeed the right one."

"Right one? For what?"

"To become the new Allspark."

Anna felt shocked. "W-Wait, what?"

"The Cube has become inefficient in this day and age, especially because of the Civil War breaking out amongst the Cybertronians. The Allspark needs a new vessel and out of all of the beings in the universe, it chose you."

"You talk as if the Cube and Allspark are two separate things." Anna said trying to process everything that Primus had said so far.

"The Cube is a vessel, the Allspark is what powers it. Energy can only by converted, never destroyed is true all throughout the universe. Once the Cube is destroyed, the Allspark will need a new vessel. You."

"What even makes me such a good candidate?!"

"You care about my creations. You're a healer. An inventor. Someone that can not only heal but build with your heart makes you the perfect one. There were others that came close but none that held the Allspark's and my attention for this. The Allspark will allow you to: heal, create sparklings, and create Energon - the food that my children eat. My children will be able to sense it after a time as the Allspark and yourself become one. It will also give you some benefits as well but I'm sure you'll enjoy finding that out yourself. Will you accept?"

Anna stared at the ground between them, her mind still racing. She didn't know what to do!

"I… I accept."

Primus smiled softly down at her. "Thank you, Marian Stark. You have saved them from extinction."