Well...here's the Epilogue. Its happy! Now this book is officially complete. I will revise the earlier chapters but I don't think I'll change it. Read my other book The Man Behind The Legend if you like The Forbidden Kingdom.

I don't own the song - Hillary Duff does. I don't know but I like it. ^^

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Epilogue

Six Months Later

Time flew by painstakingly slow for the Autobot medic. It has been six excruciating months since the death of Nexia, the last Phoenix of Cybertron. Each Autobot had taken to their own musings to take their mind off of the loss but their sparks were still broken in their own way.

Ratchet's spark ached or his departed mate, eagerly wanting to follow her to the depths of the Matrix. Each time he tried to offline himself, however, her words echoed throughout his processor.

He had often taken to driving to Tranquility Lake, where all of his memories of her were the most prominent. All of his tears had long dried up but the bitter feeling of emptiness still filled his spark. At times, though, he could swear that he could hear her voice singing to him. This time was no different as he sat in front of the lake. He was in his vehicle mode with his holoform activated. His lab coat and glasses were discarded as he stared into space, a longing look in his eyes.

"Lets go back…back to the beginning." Nexia's voice rang through the clearing. Ratchet's mind began to wander, wondering if he was slipping into the verge of insanity.

"Back to when the Earth, the Sun, the Stars all aligned…" her voice continued, casting a soothing spell upon the medic. He looked up at the stars and basked in the glow of the full moon. Surely it was his spark creating the sound of her haunting voice but he went unaware of the winged figure approaching him from behind.

Nexia was indeed alive, brought back from the death by Primus himself. She was lost in a shroud of darkness but she heard a voice…Ratchet's voice…calling out to her. She was torn between a long tunnel of darkness with light at the end and a tunnel of fire behind her. She knew that she had unfinished business on Earth so she chose the tunnel behind her, the one she knew that would lead her back to Ratchet's waiting arms.

"'Cause perfect…didn't feel so perfect…" she continued as she stepped into a beam of moonlight. Streaked and braided hair lay over her shoulder and a silver Chinese style dress donned her figure but the sash lay forgotten in the trees. She was barefoot, quietly stepping over to his hunched frame. She wore a soft smile as she sang, her white and silver wings blowing gently in the late spring breeze.

"Tryin' to fit a square into a circle was no lie.." she continued singing softly, padding up to the shuddering form of the Autobot medic. She embraced him from behind, causing the old mech to freeze. Finally, he played it off as his spark creating hallucinations but he wanted to believe it was her so, so much.

"I defy…" she sighed, kissing the crook of his neck. He jumped up, whirling around as he did. He stumbled back in shock but the winged girl grabbed his hands before he could fall into the water.

"Let the rain fall down and wake my dreams. Let it wash away my sanity. 'cause I wanna feel the thunder, I wanna scream. Let the rain fall down, I'm comin' clean. I'm comin' clean." she sang, pouring her heart and soul into the song. She was about to continue but a strong force had wrapped around her waist. Ratchet didn't care if she was an illusion but he would be damned if he let her disappear.

"Its wonderful to see you, too, Ratchet." she murmured, bending down and kissing him on the lips. He responded back with just as much fervor…wait. His eyes snapped open and he pulled back slightly.

"How is it that I can touch you? You aren't real…" he trailed off, gazing at her smiling face. Suddenly he understood as the bitter and empty hole in his spark was filled with a mixture of joy and love. He picked her up and twirled her around, laughing and beaming.

"How? You're alive!!" he exclaimed, setting her back upon the ground and pulling her into a loving embrace. They stood, her wings wrapped around their bodies as they soaked in each others' emotions.

"I heard you calling me. I was almost gone - into the light. I was going to go to my family…into the matrix…but you were behind me. You were calling my name and crying. Something landed on my face and when I wiped it away it was a tear. I realized you were crying and I knew that I had to go back." she whispered into his neck.

"I'm glad you're back. I would have killed myself long ago if it were not for your words." he said, nuzzling his face in the crook of her neck.

"I could never leave you. As long as I am in your memories then I have something to live for." she whispered in his ear he was ecstatic, now vowing that they would never be separated as long as they both lived on.