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Summary: Abandoned by the Decepticons until she can prove herself again, Alice decides to go against Megatron to find a way for peace. To do so, she accidently enlists the help of Leo Spitz. Can they put the past aside and find a way to attempt to end the Cybertronian War?

Rating: T

Before It's Too Late

Chapter 6: Revelations

"Alice, there's nothing here." Leo stood up and wiped the sweat from his brow. They had gone to the Temple of the Sun during the day, but there had been too many people around. They had returned that night, determined to find what they were looking for. "Can't we just go somewhere so I can sleep?"

"No. It's here. I'm certain of it." Alice insisted.

"Why are you so sure that it's here?" Leo asked. Alice crouched down and brushed the dirt away that covered the floor. Underneath, the floor was decorated with worn away Cybertronian symbols. "Oh well, that explains it." Leo shrugged.

"They've been all around the place, like they're leading the way to the Temple." Alice explained. "It must be around here somewhere."

"Why can't we look during the day?" Leo moaned.

"Because there'll be too many people about." Alice snapped. "We have to find this now and sort it all out, before Machu Picchu starts getting busy again."

"Alice, that's not going to be for a while." Leo said. "It's night time."

"Good. Then we have all night to..." Alice stood on a stone tile which moved. All of the tiles on the floor started to move and rearrange. "... look." She finished.

"Well, now we don't need to spend all night looking." Leo shrugged. He moved closer to the hole that was now in the ground, and inspected it. There were giant steps leading down into the darkness. Alice approached him and they looked at each other. "So, do we go down there?"

"By the looks of things, yes." Alice nodded. She looked out across the ruins, then pushed Leo down to the ground, and crouched down beside him. "Did you tell NEST about me?"

"No, why?" Leo hissed.

"Because Optimus Prime is over there!" Alice growled. "He must know what's going on!"

"So? He can help you, can't he?" Leo asked. "He wants peace too, so surely he'll help you bring these assassins back to get rid of Megatron."

"Leo... there's something I haven't told you." Alice sighed, grabbing his arm and dragging him down the steps, into the darkened chamber. "And I don't think you're going to like it."

"You're not going to sacrifice me, are you?" Leo raised an eyebrow.

"No."

"Phew."

"The assassins will go after Optimus Prime too."

"WHAT?"

"I told you that wouldn't like it." Alice said. "They're a group of Decepticons and Autobots who allied to bring peace to Cybertron... they plotted to remove the Autobot and Decepticon leaders, and they'll take out all of them until they can have peace."

"You crazy bitch!" Leo snarled and slammed Alice against the wall. "Optimus wants peace! He's the one that we need if this war will ever end! If they take him out, there won't be any chance of peace! And, he's the last of the Primes! You can't get rid of him, Alice. I won't let you."

"Leo, I have to do what I can to ensure the survival of my race." Alice insisted. "If both Optimus and Megatron have to go for us to have peace, so be it."

"Alice, can't you see that there will never be peace between the Autobots and Decepticons?" Leo asked. "I've been thinking about it, and they're just too different. If you set these assassins loose, then the war will get even bigger. You're a Decepticon, Alice. The Autobots will retaliate and the Decepticons will because you've betrayed them. If anything you're just making this war longer."

"Then what would you have me do, Leo?" Alice asked fiercely. "What would you do? Would you sit there and watch your race destroy itself from the inside out? No, you wouldn't. You would be trying to do something about it."

"Do you really want to know what I want you to do?" Leo asked softly.

"Yes."

"I want you to run." Leo sighed.

"Why?" Alice's eyes narrowed.

"Because I think this is a stupid idea, and any minute now Optimus Prime is going to burst in here and kill you." Leo insisted. Alice's hand shot out and grabbed Leo by the throat. He looked down at her hand, which was mechanical again.

"Sorry Leo, but I have to do this." She squeezed.

"Alice..." He choked. "You... said you... would... never hurt... me..."

"I..." Alice looked up into his eyes. It would be so easy to take his life. She would never have to be confused about how she felt about him again... but then there was the issue of whether she could do it.

"Could you... do... it?" Leo asked, as though reading her mind. Alice glared and threw him down onto the floor, then walked away, leaving him gasping for air on the floor.

xXx

"She's opened the chamber." Optimus observed, inspecting the large hole in the middle of the floor of the Temple of the Sun. "We have to get down there." He looked at Epps.

"Do you think Leo's down there too?" Epps asked.

"Probably." Optimus replied. "I hope he is, and I hope that he is unharmed."

"Alright – you go after the crazy Decepticon. I'll find Leo." Epps said, running down into the chamber. Optimus followed, slightly miffed that he hadn't been given a chance to agree or disagree. He could see Epps ahead of him, kneeling on the ground beside someone... Leo. "Optimus, he's okay... just a little shaken up."

"Optimus," Leo wheezed and sat up with Epps's help. "You... have to find Alice...stop her."

"I will. I'll come back for you both." Optimus declared and ran off down the tunnel.

"Can you stand?" Epps asked. Leo nodded, and Epps helped him get to his feet. "We need to get out of here."

"No... I'm not leaving without Alice." Leo insisted. "I think I can stop her."

"I won't let you, Leo." Epps said, grabbing Leo's arm. "You're a civilian. I'm not going to purposely let you run into the middle of a potential warzone."

"Fine." Leo stamped down hard on Epps's foot and charged off down the tunnel. Epps swore and ran after him.

"Stupid kid..." he grumbled to himself.

xXx

Alice was stood in the middle of the chamber, looking around in awe. The assassins were around the walls of the chamber, all dormant and waiting to be activated. All waiting for her to activate them. It was silent in the chamber, except for the sounds of something coming her way through the passages. Optimus Prime was coming for her. Alice knew that all she had to do was find the other chamber with the energy source, and then Optimus Prime would be dead. The war would be over soon after that, when Megatron was eliminated.

Alice inspected the chamber walls, looking for anything that might look as though it led into another chamber. She could hear Optimus Prime's footsteps getting louder, which meant that he was also getting closer. She found a ridge that ran along part of the wall and followed it, to where she found some sort of door frame. Alice looked at her mechanical hand, and then punched through the stone wall and watched it crumble. She stepped though the hole she had made, into a separate chamber, one that was illuminated by something that was glowing in the middle of the room. She cautiously walked towards it, stopping just in front and reaching out a hand. She touched it with her mechanical hand, and was thrown backwards across the chamber, just as Optimus Prime entered.

"Alice." He rumbled.

"Optimus, nice to see you here." She growled, standing up and rubbing the back of her head. "If you don't mind, I have things to do."

"I can't let you bring them to life, Alice."

"Why not?" She challenged. "Because they'll kill you? Maybe you could just get Sam and the Matrix to bring you back again. It worked last time."

"Alice, this is serious." Optimus said. "If Megatron and myself are killed, Starscream will take over the Decepticons and Ironhide will take over the Autobots. There will never be peace if that happens. They're both too fond of war, and neither of them trust each other."

"Then they'll be assassinated too." Alice shrugged. "It isn't my problem."

"Alice, they won't stop until the whole of the Cybertronian race is dead. That is only when we will have peace." Optimus explained. "They will see you as a threat to peace and kill you too. You don't want that, do you?"

"You don't know what I want." Alice glared.

"I know you want this war to end, and I know you want to be able to transform again." Optimus said. "I also know that you care for Leo, otherwise you would've made sure that you killed him. Why didn't you kill him?"

"I..."

"You're not really sure, are you?" Optimus asked, crouching down in front of the Decepticon. "You just know that you can't hurt him. You won't ever be able to."

"Oh, and why is that?" Alice asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Alice, I think you've fallen in love." Optimus replied.

xXx

"Well, this was a great idea." Mikaela said, tapping her foot and checking her watch. She was standing outside a Peruvian airport with Sam. "Next time we decide to fly to South America, let's find a flight that Bumblebee can get on too."

"Mikaela, we went at such short notice that there weren't any flights we could get Bee on with us." Sam said. "I'm sure he'll turn up... eventually. I doubt he's sticking to any speed limits and he'll probably smash through the borders."

"It's still going to take a couple of days."

"Yes, but he can drive at night too." Sam reminded her. "And he won't have to keep making random stops. He'll be here."

"I hope you're right." Mikaela said. "Because I'm surprised most of the cars here even work!" she fumed, gesturing to the parking lot and what looked like a taxi bay in front of them.

Not many chapters left now :)

I'm aiming for ten, but it might be less than that... it probably will be less than that.

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