Outcast. Freak. Monster. All those words whispered in Danni's ear, and she hung her head, bangs covering her face. Shame, pain, anger, confusion, fright. Those emotions mixed into one, and she felt like a stranger among the people she had spent the two past months with. No one talked to her, people just looked at her with disgust, glaring at her and moving as far away as possible when she came near, as if she had some sort of contagious disease. Only Optimus gave her comfort. Even though Sam was okay with her being a Techno-Organic, he still didn't speak to her, trying to just stay with the Human group.

It was racist, at least she thought of it that way. They had shunned her away, not wanting to be next to something so disgusting, disturbing, unknown. Zane was probably the only Human who talked to her, but he was afraid of her still. So, Danni only had one person to go to. Optimus. She rested her head in the crook of his neck, his body leaning against a building as she watched the sun set. The Humans were getting ready for a much needed sleep, nestling themselves with their family, friends. Zane went down to plop himself on top of the dog pile of his friends, snoring soundly.

Danni looked violet pink sky was the sun slowly slipped under the horizon. Topspin, Leadfoot, and Roadbuster leaned against one anothers bodies as they slowly went into recharge. Bumblebee slept next to Sam and Carly, body curled protectively around his charge. Dino slept over by a group of Humans, sinking into his own tense recharge. Sunstreaker and Sideswipe laid in their own dog pile, looking as though they had fallen asleep as they were having a fight, Sideswipes fist right under Sunstreakers cheek, as Sunstreakers knee jabbed right into Sideswipes gut. And Ratchet, he had been paying close attention to Danni, so was sleeping a few feet away from Optimus and herself, head against one of the crumbling biuldings.

Optimus sat down as quietly as he could, and looked over to see Danni starring out into space. Optimus reflected on when he had first met her. So young, so innocent, confused, alone. It pained Optimus to see her have to grow up under the circumstances they were in. She was almost the same, confused and alone. But, she was different, much to different.

Danni closed her eyes, and sighed. "Optimus, every things changed." Optimus was silent. "Nothing makes sense anymore." Danni looked at Optimus in the optics. "So this is war. Where good guys don't win, where they don't ride off into the sunset. Where warriors, the innocent are destroyed and forgotten." Danni looked up to the heavens as Optimus listened intently, surprised by the sudden wisdom in her voice. "This is war, where anyone can die. Where everyone dies."

Optimus looked up at the stars as well. His ancestors looked down at him, shaking their heads. He had vowed to protect the weak and innocent, to protect Earth. He had failed, had broken his promise to mankind. He had brought misery, death and destruction to the planet he had called home. He had seen Humans fight Humans, and it reminded of their war. Brother killing brother, kin mauling kin, and for what? Revenge? Power? Respect? No one here deserved to die, no one deserved this type of fate. It wasn't right. It wasn't just.

Optimus closed his optics with a heavy sigh, feeling Danni slowly fall asleep as well.

XXX

Darkness creeped up on her, flashes of light blinded her. Shadows shrouded her form, and she let a silent shriek of terror escape her lips as they pressed against her sides. Screams of pain entered the room, and unearthly cries erupted from the shadows, crying out in pain, sorrow, rage, and hunger. Pain for those who had gone and died. Sorrow for their own fateful deaths. Rage of how the Autobots did nothing to avenge them. And a bloodthirsty hunger for revenge. Their screams whirled around in her head, and she covered her ears, screaming as loud as her lungs would allow her. And suddenly, the screams stopped, but when Danni opened her eyes, all she saw was darkness. But, large, red optics opened in front of her, and leaked out of them was blood.

A river flowed past her, and she gagged as the felt the thick, went up to her knees. Looking up, she saw a small glimmer of light appeared, descending down in front of her, clearing away the blood from her spot as it went on, a river of red. The ball of light fluttered closer to her, and as it came nearer, warm spread throughout Danni's entire body. But, the warmth went away, and was replaced by a chilling cold.

The river grew higher, and the ball of light flew above her head, no longer protecting her from the currents. Danni became slowly engulfed by blood, and she reached up towards the ball of light, which fluttered away from her grasp. It spread mighty golden wings, and slowly brought them down on Danni, once again shielding her from the blood. The screams sounded off, howls of pain, people pleading for their lives.

Danni watched through the eyes of the victims, feeling as they burned, death pulling them away. The memories of peoples final moments flashed by her, and she watched, tears rolling down her cheeks. The orb pulled in its wings, cocooned her in the light. Danni felt herself float into the light, feeling carefree, happy for once in several months. The orb then spoke, voice lower than a whisper, carried into her ear by the light breeze.

Blood red optics shall light the way, and between his steps death shall stray.

"DANNI!"

Danni slowly opened her eyes, eyes adjusting to the light. Epps stared down at her, relief in his eyes. She slowly lifted herself up, looking at the surrounding crowd, starring at her wildly. Where did she do? Did she sleep walk or something? "What…Why's everyone starring at me like that?" She questioned Epps.

"What do you mean, "why's everyone starring at me like that"? Girl, your heart just stopped beating! You died!"

Danni's eyes widened in shock. She'd just…died? How was that even possible? Her eyes went even wider in realization. The orb, it was taking her away…up to the Matrix. But, why? It certainly wasn't her time, and she wasn't in a life or death situation, so why had she just, well, died? She turned to see Optimus' worried face. "I…died?"

Optimus nodded.

Danni looked at everyone, as they curiously looked at her. She'd just died. Right there. At least she knew there was an afterlife. But, what about what the Matrix had told her? "He spoke…" Danni looked at the ground in disbelief. If she had spoken to the Matrix, she had spoken to Primus himself. A Cybertronian God, to whom no Human believed in, thinking it fake. But, Danni knew now he was far from fake, and looked at Optimus. "Primus…" She whispered.

"What? What is she talking about?" Epps looked at the Autobots, then back at Danni.

The Autobots ignored Epps ranting about what Danni was talking about, and looked down at the Techno-Organic in disbelief. "You…You spoke…to Primus?" Ratchet stuttered, optics looking ready to fall out of his head. Danni slowly nodded, still looking at the ground. Ratchet turned to Optimus. "What does that mean?" The medic questioned.

Optimus shook his head. "I do not know Ratchet. But, it is much like what Sam experienced. He had died, and was visited by the Primes. It appears something like that has just taken event." Optimus tried to sound as calm as possible. "If Primus has chosen to speak to her in some way, it was his choice of doing so."

Danni shuddered as the sounds of screams filled her ears again, and remembered Primus' voice, his words. What did they even mean? "Optimus," The large mech looked down at the tiny Techno-Organic. "He..He said something…I don't know what he meant by it…it was…" Danni tried to find words to describe what the god had said, but nothing came to mind.

"What did he say?" Optimus questioned, and everyone looked at her anxiously.

"He…He said, Blood red optics shall light the way, and between his steps death shall stray."

Optimus gave a grave look. Everything was silent, no one dared to even breathe. Those words didn't sound good at all, not one bit. Everyone looked shaken up by that, but Danni was the worst. She'd just delivered news to them, not so good news. Who was this person, death straying between his very steps? Was it Megatron? Maybe. It couldn't be the Fallen, Optimus had seen NEST totally demolish the Decepticon. But, a thought popped into Optimus' head, and his faceplate seemed to become a ghostly white, if it were even possible.

Unicron.

Next Chapter will be explaining where Danni came from, how she was formed, yadda yadda yadda. But, there was Chapter 15!