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Chapter 3
In the Department of Mysteries, an unspeakable ran in, just after Halo went through the veil.
"Minister! The Veil doesn't lead to death! It leads to a parallel world!"
"What are you talking about?" Fudge asked.
"It leads to another world, and we know how to travel back and forth, and control when we appear in that universe."
"When?" Umbridge asked.
"Time runs quicker there."
"So, if we wanted to go after her, to actually administer the correct sentence?" Fudge asked.
"We could get anyone who went through after her there a few weeks after her, and teach them the spell to bring themselves back."
"Good." Fudge said. "I want a team put together to go after her, and make sure she's dead this time."
No one noticed the beetle, the rat, the girl under the Invisibility cloak or the disillusioned auror in the room.
Halo's eyes were wide as she saw the lights of something entering the atmosphere. They went in different directions and landed somewhere further off. The three teens got back in the newly altered car/alien/robot, and drove to another point. Just as the car pulled up, other vehicles did too. As they did, Halo became aware that she could vaguely sense all of them, and they all felt slightly different.
They all transformed, the largest of them changing from a red and blue truck. "Are you Samuel James Witwicky, grandson of Archibald Witwicky?"
"Yeah, why?"
"My name is Optimus Prime. We are Cybertronian's from the planet Cybertron. Automitous robots, Autobots for short."
"Autobots." Sam repeated.
"This is Jazz, my first lieutenant," he motioned to the Autobot that used to be a sports car. "Ironhide, my weapons specialist," he motioned to the Autobot that used to be a pick up truck, "Ratchet, my Chief Medical Officer" The Autobot used to be an ambulance, "and you already know your guardian, Bumblebee."
"Bumblebee." Sam said. "So, you're my guardian?"
Bumblebee nodded.
"His vocal processors were damaged in a fight." Optimus said.
Ratchet sent a laser at Bumblebee's throat, causing the yellow Autobot to clutch his throat.
"Still working on it."
"But, why does Sam need a guardian?" Halo asked.
Optimus sent blue lasers at the ground, and the ground disappeared. Halo was soon watching as a war played out before her. She almost groaned. Had she found herself helping in another war? Yes she had. And once again, she wasn't at all surprised.
"You have the glasses of your grandfather." Optimus said.
"How did you find out about the glasses?" Sam asked.
"EBay." Optimus stated.
So that meant that they had to go back to Sam's house, to get the glasses. It didn't take long to get there, but then things started to go wrong. First, it was Sam's parents interfering, and then it was Sector Seven agents, whoever they were. They scanned everyone in the house and Sam, Mikayla and Halo's readings were off the charts.
"Tag em and bag em!" Agent Simmons said.
"Bloody hell, not handcuffs again! What is it with the law these days?" Halo muttered angrily.
They were escorted into a car, and interrogated. Simmons' opinion on Mikayla made Halo's anger spike.
"She's a criminal!"
"Like you would know. Records don't always tell the whole picture." Halo snorted. She would know.
"And we know all about you too, Lady Potter Black. Noble company we have here. Daughter of the late Lord and Lady Potter, and Goddaughter to the late Lord Black. Not a single stain on your record, just because you came out of the blue, no history, so I guess we don't know everything about you, but you aren't even seventeen. You shouldn't be driving, how did you get your licence?"
"I'm advanced for a newly turned sixteen year old, I'll admit, but my records say seventeen."
"The ones your Godfather faked."
"To give me a life for once."
"And he knew the conditions you were supposedly kept in?"
"He knew nothing of the sort. We were separated. You should know, you seem to know everything."
"So, what do you kids know about aliens?"
"Urban myth." Mikayla said.
"They don't exist." Sam said.
"There's something wrong with you, isn't there?" Halo asked.
Suddenly the car was picked up, as large metal hands, broke the roof. The roof was pulled away, and the car fell.
"You boys are in trouble now." Sam said. "Gentlemen, meet my friend, Optimus Prime."
"Taking the children was a bad mistake." Optimus said. "Autobots, relive them of their weapons."
Soon, all the sector seven agents were all bound and restrained.
"Right, off." Mikayla said to Simmons.
"What?" He asked.
"Your clothes, take them off."
"Now you listen young-" He began, just as Halo snatched his badge from them.
"This is a do anything and get away with it badge." She joked, waving it.
"You are in so much trouble for this. This is a federal offence." Simmons said. "Why are you having me do this?"
"For threatening my dad." Mikayla said. "Ooh, nice." She said sarcastically, as she cuffed him.
They soon left, not knowing that there were more agents coming, but as soon as they were spotted, Optimus picked the three teens up and deposited them on his shoulders and began to run. They were chased through the city, before hiding under a bridge.
"Easy." Optimus said, as a helicopter passed through.
Suddenly, Mikayla slipped. Sam grabbed her and Halo grabbed Sam. But then Halo lost her grip on Optimus, and the three fell. Optimus caught them with his feet, allowing Bumblebee time to catch them.
Bumblebee was brought down by wires, and men trying to freeze him.
"NO!" Halo cried as she and Sam ran for him, shaking of agents.
"BUMBLEBEE!" Sam yelled, desperate.
They knocked several men to the ground, but were pulled off again, and pulled away to some cars, no one noticing the fallen glasses.
"Miss me?" Simmons asked.
In her anger, Halo spat in his face, and began hurling every insult she could think of at him at the top of her voice.
"You lot are as bad as the man who murdered my parents!" She yelled as she was shoved into the car.
They were driven to a helicopter, and loaded in, there were two other civilians there.
"So, what did they get you for?" The girl asked.
"I bought a car, turned out to be an alien robot. Who knew?" Sam asked.
The guy looked astonished.
"I should have hit that bastard into next week." Halo seethed. She knew her eyes were glowing with magic right now.
"We can't do anything right now." Sam said. "Remember what you said earlier, stay calm."
Halo nodded, and closed her eyes, taking in deep breaths, attempting to stay calm. She stayed that way for the rest of the flight, until they reached Hoover Dam, where they met the secretary of Defense, the head of Sector Seven, a group of Soldiers and once again, Simmons.
"Now, son, I think we got off on the wrong foot." He said to Sam. "But we need your help."
"Alright, but I want a few things first."
"What's that then?" The head of sector seven asked.
"Mikayla's Juvie record, gone, as in, never there. And I want my car." Sam said.
"Come this way son, and we'll talk about your car."
They all walked passed Simmons, Halo shooting him a death glare. As they approached the NBE 1 chamber, a wave of dread washed over Halo. She saw, what could only have been Megatron.
She could sense him. And he was evil. Twisted and Evil, and it made her feel like hurling.
"What you are looking at is the source of all major breakthroughs of the twenty first centaury."
"Megatron." Halo said.
"Pardon?" Simmons asked.
"That's what they call him." Sam said. "Megatron, leader of the Deceptacons."
"Well, we call him NBE1" Simmons said.
"We believe he crashed over the arctic circle." The leader of Sector seven said. "Your grandfather made one of the greatest discoveries ever."
"He was searching for the All Spark." Sam said.
"The what?"
"It's a cube of energy." Sam explained. "You know where it is."
Soon, they were led to the cube, and Halo immediately felt its power attach to hers, and begin to leech into her.
What do you want? She wondered, only to get no answer.
Simmons sickened her further when he relished in killing the small phone turned robot.
Things started to go wrong with the power, and Halo knew the Deceptacons were coming, and Megatron was waking up.
"I need my car, now." Sam demanded.
"It's been confiscated." Simmons said.
"Un-confiscate it then!" Halo growled.
Lennox and his men soon had their guns out, pointing at the Sector seven men.
"Take the kid to his car!" Lennox demanded.
"Simmons, loosing really is not an option for these boys." The defence secretary said.
They were taken to Bumblebee, who was being frozen. Halo viciously pulled as many away from him as possible. So did Sam.
"It's alright now." Sam said. "Did they hurt you?"
"Yes." Bumblebee said, his cannons sliding out, his helmet snapping down.
"Whoa, it's alright, everything's cool now." Sam assured. "Just back up a little." He advised the others. "We've found the All Spark. It's here."
Bee stood up, and the agents led the way again. When they got back to the All Spark, the constant thrum of energy that had died down just a little picked up again, and kept feeding into her. Halo didn't understand what was going on though.
Bumblebee reached up, and grabbed the all spark.
"Oh he doing something." Epps muttered, as the cube shrunk.
Bee handed it to Sam, and transformed.
"We need to get the cube out of here." Lennox said. "Get to the city; we can hide the cube there."
"Good idea." The Defense secretary said.
Soon, Halo, Sam and Mikayla were in Bee, with the Cube, and heading for the city. There were the soldiers behind them, and they were soon joined by the Autobots. Halo could sense them easily now. Very easily, and she detected the Deceptacons too.
"The Deceptacons are approaching." Halo said.
It didn't take long, and then the Deceptacons were there.
"That's the same police car." Sam said.
One of the larger Deceptacons changed, and Optimus caught him in a fight. Halo was doing her best to keep calm, but not knowing what the hell the cube was doing, and the fact that she was in the middle of a war meant she was getting panicky.
In the city, it didn't take long for fights to break out. Everything was chaos, but for some reason, Halo felt the pain when one of the mechs were injured.
Soon, she and Sam were running for a building with the cube. Sam passed it to her, as she was ahead. They weren't going to let Megatron get his hands on it. Soon, they were on the roof, Megatron demanding the cube. They fell, and Optimus caught them.
"Sam, Halo, you risked your lives to save the cube."
"No sacrifice no victory." Sam said, repeating his family's motto.
"If we are about to loose, unite the cube with my spark." Optimus said, showing them his spark. "I will sacrifice myself to save this world."
He then stood, and threw himself into another fight with Megatron. Halo gripped the cube as tightly as she could, as if it was the only thing keeping her alive. The energy was slipping into her at an amazing pace, and she could feel her blood pumping through her veins, and hear it thrumming in her ears. Sam had her round her shoulders, and was running with her.
"Sam! Halo! Connect the cube to my chest!" Optimus said.
Halo looked up to see Megatron reaching for her and Sam. She ran for him, and thrust the cube into his spark. She felt the energy run through Megatron, before all of it looped back into her. The energy killed Megatron, and as the last of it looped back into her, Halo was thrown back.
"Halo!" She heard someone cry, as if from a distance.
She saw Sam and Optimus leaning over her worriedly as she adjusted to the energy in her body. She needed to find a way to get rid of some of it. She shakily pushed herself up, and leant on Sam to stand up.
"Halo, Sam, I owe you my life." Optimus said. He looked at the dead Megatron, and pulled the last of the all spark from his chest. "I'm sorry, brother."
"Optimus." Ratchet and Ironhide approached, carrying Jazz, torn in two. "We couldn't save him.
"Oh, Jazz." Optimus said.
"He's still there. Barely. Put him down. I think I can do something." Halo said.
Curiously, Ratchet did so. Halo placed her hands on Jazz, and pushed some of the energy into him. His spark lit up, and then, so did his optics.
"Ratchet, if you don't do something, I can't keep him alive." Halo said.
Ratchet got to work, fixing him up enough so he wouldn't off line. He could do more later, in private. When he was done, he nodded to Halo, and she cut off the energy, only to be distressed that it hadn't abated. She closed her eyes, and tried to force it back, to keep it contained. It obeyed her, thankfully.
"Halo, how did you do that?" Optimus asked.
"Honestly, I have no idea." She said. "But right now, I think I'm going to-" Before she finished what she was going to say, she was fast asleep, with everyone staring incredulously at her.
"Alright, we need to get you guys hidden for now." Lennox said. "Halo can stay with you until she wakes up."
"Ironhide, can you carry Jazz?" Optimus asked.
Ironhide shifted. "Sure can." He opened one of his doors. "I'll take Halo too."
Optimus carefully placed the sleeping teen in Ironhide's cab, and Ratchet secured Jazz to his truck bed. Mikayla would drive Bumblebee and Sam, and the army would follow behind.
A/N: So, what do you think? Please review! I love reviews, and a lot of people have favourited and alerted, and I thank you for paying attention to my story, but I do like reviews! This is not the end, from now on, my main plot is coming into play.