I only own my oc's Odette, Nightfire, and Odette and Jennifer "Jenna" Lennox; and Mariel Samantha Witwicky only owns her Oc's, Mariel, Yomi, and Cyber. Catherine and Tyler are owned by NightmareWolf24, she just lets me use them.

Mariel's anger scared the crap out of Jennifer. I just wanted it to end. The pain, the episodes, everything, Jenna thought and it was heard as if Jenna spoke out loud as she hid behind Mariel.

"Do not worry, Protector. I will not harm you nor the Youngling. I only wish to warn you," A voice spoke from the darkness. A female appeared, one that was familiar to Mariel. Where had she seen this person before?

"Who are you?" she asked. The female smiled. Mariel couldn't tell what her species was, but it definitely wasn't human.

"You will remember in time, Protector. But remember:

The Power will be found out.

The broken soul will heal.

A heart strong will break,

But if courage is kept,

Peace shall be brought.

Remember the words, Protector. Remember the words," the female said before vanishing.

Sam was very worried. No matter how much energy they sent to Mariel's heart-spark or Jenna's spark, they couldn't wake them. Sam was so very scared for the two girls. Never before had a human with a spark, only a spark, been drawn into The Void. The Void is where memories were lost. The Void is where many never returned from of their kind. It was scaring Sam. If Sam knew anything, though, it was that Jenna would come out intact. After all, The Void only tried to destroy Cyber-Organics. Jenna just had a spark, so she was safe. But Mariel was not. She could lose her memories again. All of them.

"Sam, will they be okay?" Yomi asked. Everyone was looking at the boy. Sam bit his lip.

"Jenna will be fine... It's Mariel that we need to worry about. They're trapped in The Void at the moment," he said. Shade and Shadow gasped.

"It does not affect humans, but Mariel could lose her memories! Or worse, we could lose her again!" Shade said, scared for her cousin. Leader then took over, a grim look on his face.

"There is only one way they will come out now. They must let go of what ever in the past is haunting them. For Mariel, she must forgive herself and accept the deaths that happened. Be they by her hand or not," he said. Shadow looked at him funny.

"This is Hikari we're talking about, Areon. Protector and Hikari would never-" he was cut off by Areon.

"That was Hikari, Death. You'd do well to remember that. Mariel was born in the labs of S-7. She has murdered before in this life. S-7 agents were killed at her hand," he said, looking grimly at the others. Yomi felt bile in the back of her throat.

"In other words, we may not get our Mariel back. When she wakes, she will once again be a terrified, curious sparkling-infant. Her scanners won't recognize us and she won't recognize us. She'll, in a sense, be reborn again," she choked out. She had tears running down her face. Cyber, Optimus, and Ratchet were quiet. What could they say? Ratchet cursed about not getting there on time in his processor over and over. Cyber was having trouble not locking down into stasis. Optimus had his battle mask drawn to hide his own feelings. Never before had he felt more useless.

Shade hated this. Once again she had failed to save her friend. Life and Shadance were fighting in side. Both blaming the other.

Shadow could feel Death and Phoenix trying to reach Protector and Hikari over the Balancers' Bond. Nothing was working.

Areon was apologizing to Sam and Leader in his head over and over. Leader kept saying that nothing could've been done. Sam was silent. Areon knew the boy was grieving. How could he have let this happen? He should've insisted that Sam stay close to the girl harder. Now it was too late. What was he to do?

"I want to go home." Jennifer whimpered.
"And you shall, sparkling."A mech's voice said from the darkness. Suddenly a very large Cybertronian appeared. He was, at least, four times Optimus' size.
"Who are you." Jennifer whispered.
"My designation is Primus, young one." He said.
"Now listen both of you. You two need each other to fully heal. Jennifer, you need a friend who can be like a big sister/ mother figure. Mariel, you need a friend that is innocent in nature, but who has also gone through a lot, herself. You need someone who would give their life to help you. Now, this place normally would get rid of your memories, Mariel, but I will not allow that to happen. When you return, you shall have all your memories. Now go."
It was like the only source of light was shut off as they were swallowed in darkness.

When the two awoke, Jennifer freaked out and backed herself into a corner, with all the people she didn't know staring at her. Cat, Will, or anyone she knew wasn't there. Tears ran down the young girl's face as she thought she was going to die the same way her parents did.

Mariel was cautious. She did notice that they were not where they'd passed out at. Mariel cursed inwardly as she realized who they were in front of. They weren't yet fully awake.

"Hello, sparklings," a voice said. The one who spoke stepped forward and Mariel paled. No. No. No. Anyone but him! her mind pleaded. But, alas, it was who she thought it was.

"Destruction..." she whispered, fear in her eyes.

Cyber and the others were still waiting for Mariel and Jennifer to wake up. But, Mariel mumbled something in her sleep-like state.

"Destruction..."

Areon had a very bad feeling that he knew what was going on. Some how, the two had gone from The Void to the Pit. Meaning that someone was trying to kill the two girls. They had to beat whoever it was before they could return home. A female's voice rang out, startling everyone.

"This is the first step in their healing..." the voice said. Areon felt his stomach drop. Damn Fate to hell-pit.

Jenna was scared to death. She had no clue where she was. She gasped when two voices suddenly appeared.
"Jennifer, my baby, you will be alright." a woman said.
"Stay strong squeaker, do what your heart says." a man said.
"We love you." they both said.
"Mom...Dad," Jenna murmured, stand in up with determination clearly shown on her face as she stood next to Mariel. "I wont let you down."
She was going to do anything she could to get her friend back to the real world, even if that means losing her life in the process.
Jenna looked to Mariel and said. "I stand with you."

Mariel was shocked. No one had willingly stood by her before. Slow clapping was heard. Mariel turned her attention back to Destruction. He had betrayed the Balancers by murdering his other half, Creation. Mariel glared. Destruction began to chuckle.

"Who would've thought. Weak little Hikari who became the Protector has sinned!" he cackled. People appeared around him. All of them had been mauled. They were missing arms, legs, hell! Even some had their stomachs torn out! Mariel winced. She remembered every single face. This is what she had been hiding from the others. She was a murderer. A killer. Gone against her own vows. Now, it was her fault that she and Jenna were stuck in the Pit or Hell. Either one.

"Remember these faces? Young Miss Jenna, the creature you stand by has murdered each and every one of these people. This is her handy work. Though, I must admit, Death couldn't have done better himself if he tried!" Destruction cackled.

"You are sick," Mariel growled out. Though, a voice reached her. Three figures appeared from in the midst of the mass. Two men and a little boy.

"Mariel... Why?" the little boy asked, "Why did you betray us?"

"Girl, did we do something wrong? I thought you said you'd protect us, not kill us," the man behind the boy asked. The other man just looked sad.

"I guess we were wrong. You are what Banacheck said you were," he murmured. Mariel had reverted back to her true form. Both her arms and legs were that of a gargoyle's and metal. Her wings and tail were still there as well. Her fangs were back. She looked down at her hand to find blood. Not just any blood, by the smell. It was their blood. She whimpered.

"No... I-I didn't... I swear I didn't..." she was starting to cry. Soon, she and Jenna were in a room. A room. Destruction's voice called out around them.

"I can give you back those three. But you must kill Jenna first. If you can resist your instincts, I'll let you both free," he said before cackling. Mariel scurried to the furthest corner from Jenna. She could feel the one she had locked away beginning to resurface. She wouldn't allow the monster inside her heart and head to kill Jenna. She wouldn't- couldn't! She closed her eyes, only to see all the death she had caused. Death. Kill.

Kill... Kill... a voice in the back of her mind urged. She kept trying to resist it. She had to try and keep Jenna alive. Somehow.

Jenna glared at the wall where the creature was previously. Jenna looked at her friend. Jenna walked over to Mariel and dropped to her knees. She hugged Mariel and hid her face in Mariel's neck and said. "It wasn't your fault, I know it. Do what you need to do...I trust you. Just know, he won't bring them back." A tear fell from Jenna's eye and onto Mariel's shoulder.

Optimus and the rest of his team arrived to an empty hanger. Normally Jennifer was there to greet him. Both Optimus' (in their holoforms) and Nightfire walked to Cat and Jenna's apartment to find another Optimus, Cyber, Ratchet, Some other people, Will Lennox, Tyler Winter's, and Cat looking at Two unconscious girls on the bed. It was Jennifer and Mariel. Optimus walked over to his charge and placed his hand on her cheek. She is as cold as death.
"What happened?" Optimus asked, hoping someone can provide an answer

Areon looked at the Prime. He felt many emotions, but did not let it show.

"They have been draw into a place know as The Void. It can take form of their worst nightmares, but only if they are Cyber-Organic, like my Bond Sister. We've lost Protector to it once before, and she woke up with no memories. When Mariel wakes up, she will have lost what makes her Mariel. You see, while it doesn't affect those that are pure-blooded or pure-energoned, it does harm Halflings of any sort. No Halfling is safe in the Void. Considering Mariel's kind is half Cybertronic (basically what Cybertronians are made from) and half Organic, it puts her more at risk. Jennifer is completely safe. Unless someone from the Pit interferes. And right now, someone is. His designation-name is Destruction. He, at one point, was a Balancer. A Balancer is a Matrix holder, which is one the Matrix chooses. A Prime is not a Balancer, though. For you cannot be both," Areon began, "There were many Balancers. Hope, Despair, Love, Hate, Fear, Courage, Destruction, Creation, Death, Life, Leader, and... Protector. There can be many Balancers. They can be of the same, even. But, there can only be one Leader and one Protector. There are also main ones among the others. They are called by their titles."

Areon glanced around before looking down.

"Many Millennia ago... There were two other pairs as well... Heaven, Hell, Matrix, and... Pit... But, they became Anti-Balancers. At least, Pit and Hell did. They killed Heaven and Matrix. That is why there are such religions on Cybertron and Earth. We can go inter dimensional at will... but too many were lost forever because of that, so it was banned by Protector. Protector was faced with the protection of many. Her job was hardest," he said sorrowfully, "Many lives have been lost over the years because of war started by Anti-Balancers... Destruction, the main one, became an Anti-Balancer the day he killed his bond twin..."

Shadow and Shade had looked at Mariel and Jenna through this.

"The only way those two will come out... Is if Mariel doesn't go against her vow while in The Void," they said together. There was nothing they could do. Yomi looked at the two newbies.

"Why don't we inform those two what's up?" she said, trying to lighten the mood.

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