This chapter is written around the Transformers episode The Return of Optimus Prime, owned by Hasbro,from Alyx' point of view.

To Elita One: You're SO right! Grins.


As this strange feeling of aggression overwhelmed me and a red glow covered my body, my Decepticon shipmates took off. I turned towards Rodimus.

"How does that make you feel, babe?" he asked me curiously.

"Great… Hot Rod?" When I looked at him I noticed his juvenile looks.

"Yeah well, guess who took my Matrix?"

"I don't know, but let's go TRASH HIM!!" I felt like trashing, ripping and tearing apart anything that came on my path. Just frying felt to easy and unsatisfactory to me now.

"Guess who just won't DIE?!" he asked me with a smirk.

I tilted my head and gave him a wondering look.

"It's red, with and blue, very stubborn and about to be taken apart by… you!" Hot Rod laughed.

"Optimus Prime…?" Remembering the last zombie encounter with him this uncontrollable rage blazed up within me.

I transformed to my most powerful form… godzilla! But not as enormous as the one in the latest movie.

"OPTIMUS PRIME!!" I let out with a powerful and loud roar that echoed between the car-factory buildings. "Let's show him what danger I really am!"

Hot Rod transformed and followed me.

Bent forwards, holding my head low, my long muscled hind legs trusted me forwards with incredible speed. My powerful tail kept me balanced. Hot Rod really had to push his throttle to keep up with me.

The closer we came to Autobot-City, the more we were attacked by infected Transformers. I rammed them out of my path. The smaller ones I grabbed between my teeth to throw them aside.

In the mean time Optimus had traveled into the Matrix to look for a cure for the Plague. He found that this madness could only be cured by a whole lot of wisdom. There never had been enough accumulated wisdom before to destroy the spores that caused the Plague.

When we reached Autobot-City I saw infected Transformers break through the defenses.

"That's our entrance!" Hot Rod called out to me. "Go get him!"

I ran into Autobot-City, following the trail of the infected Transformers. They led me right to Optimus Prime. He lay on some sort of table, all white… Galvatron was about to impale him with this long metal pole to end his existence once more! A desperate Quintesson tried to protect Prime cause he knew Prime probably held the cure for this madness.

But just as Galvatron wanted to impale him and when I was about to crush him out of the way because Optimus Prime was MINE… Prime's chest opened… and the light of the Matrix blinded me as well as Galvatron.

I flinched back with a loud growl and I heard Prime's voice: "Now light our darkest hour!" as he released the energy and accumulated wisdom by opening the Matrix.

There was now way I could possibly avoid that energy as it eradicated the Plague. Everybody was cured immediately as the energy and wisdom touched them.

I looked around somewhat dazzled. Why was I in my godzilla form…? And where was I? I saw Hot Rod who was also wondering where he was and how he got here. And how had he become Hot Rod again… We could not remember a thing.

As I turned around I looked right into Galvatron's face and I could see he freaked, but only for a sec. That's all the time I gave him cause I saw Optimus Prime.

"Dad…?" I carefully asked him as I transformed back to my organic metal larger self. This time I could clearly sense his spark! "DAD!!"

Tears ran down my cheeks as I ran passed the other Transformers and swung my arms around his neck, as I always had wanted to do. And now, because of this large organic metal form, I finally could.

"Well, you sure have grown…" he said with smiling eyes, alive eyes.

"Optimus, is it you for real this time?" Hot Rod asked him.

"Yes, I am back!" He replied to that. "I am back to stay!"

"And I was just starting to get the hang of being a leader!" Hot Rod grinned.

"Now you can at least spend more time with me!" I told him with a smile as I let go of Prime and brushed my body against his.

"I see I have missed a lot here," Prime said quit surprised.

"Some things you just don't want to know," Galvatron said dryly as he and the other Decepticons made their way out.

We all went out to see the effect of the released power of the Matrix. There wasn't an infected Transformer or human to be seen anywhere.

When the ones responsible for the outbreak of the Plague had apologized to Optimus, Galvatron stepped up to him.

"Does this mean the fighting will continue?" Hot Rod asked Kup who stood right next to him.

He shrugged his shoulders. "Hard to say."

But to all our surprise Galvatron said: "There will be no war today, Optimus Prime. You have earned Galvatron's respect."

We were like sooo amazed! And happy, cause Optimus had done it again!

Hot Rod saw the empty Matrix in Prime's hand. "The wisdom of the ages! It's lost!"

"No, not lost." Prime said. "We're all a little wiser now."

"But the Matrix is empty!"

"It's up to all of us to fill it again. With the wisdom we accumulate from this moment on. Autobots, transform and roll out!"

We took off to see if we could be of assistance anywhere. And when we finally got back and most Autobots were back in Autobot-City there was one more thing Prime needed to correct. Everybody was gathered in Central Command.

"Hot Rod has told me that the Quintessons had used my lifeless body as a zombie to lead all Autobots into a death trap," he started.

Autobots nodded. Most didn't want to be reminded of that adventure.

"It seems I have put Alyx' reputation in a bad light," he said.

Standing among the other's I looked up at him most surprised. I didn't know he was going to say something like that. He gestured me to come to him.

With flushed cheeks I stepped up to him with a shy smile on my face. I don't like being in the spotlight… it makes me awfully shy.

"This young lady is certainly no threat to us," he cleared that up. "She's our friend and she's our family." He put his arm around my shoulders and gave me a blink.

"Did you really adopt her as your daughter?" Sunstreaker and Sideswipe wanted to know.

"Yes, I did," was his answer. "Why?"

"Just curious…" they gave him a big smile and hoped to stay out of trouble for asking that.

He gave them a probing look, glanced at me and I lightly shrugged my shoulders.

"Well, if that's all, you should all go and relax. The Decepticons will leave us alone for a while now, so take advantage of that!"

Hot Rod got my attention when the other Autobots present gathered around Prime to tell him all about what had happened while he was gone. We snuck out of Autobot-City.

Hot Rod took me to the lake near Lookout Mountain. The sun was setting and the sky was lit up most beautiful with reds and yellows. At the lake he took my hand and we walked along the lakeside.

"Now that all is back to normal, will you come back to stay in Autobot-City?" He asked me.

A smile formed on my face and I nodded. "Of course I'll stay!"

That made him so happy he grabbed my waist and threw me up in the air. "YAAAY! That's fantastic!"

I let out a surprised scream. He caught me in his arms and looked me deep in the eyes. I swung my arms around his neck and kissed him.

Now I finally had a home, family a fantastic lover and my Dad back! I found love... Love in a Metal Heart.

THE END