CHAPTER TWELVE

Choices

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I don't know how long I was out of it for. I don't know where I was. I was only slightly aware of what was going on around me.

I heard Bee's and Screamer's voices, mingled with the Jet-Twins. I heard Stream Fire's voice, and another voice I couldn't quite place.

I heard Ratchet's worried voice as he worked to repair me, and also the voice of someone I neither knew nor could understand. Whoever he was, he was talking very fast.

I heard him and Bee argue on more then one occasion.

I heard Hornet's voice, and the tiny voice of whom I assumed was his and Moth's sparkling. I heard the name Dragonfly being thrown around a bit, and guessed that that was the sparkling.

But, the one thing soothed me, when Bee and Screamer would leave the room for only the briefest of moments, was Moth.

She had the most soothing presence and she never spoke, but somehow she made her feelings known.

I think I spoke back to her, but I can't remember.

Mostly, I remember what I dreamed about.

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I was standing in a vast expanse of whiteness. I looked to my left. The whiteness was shocking after so long of being blind, but not nearly as shocking as seeing Ironhide!

"You're alive!"

"Course I am, kid." He said gruffly. But, his blue optics twinkled, and my spark lightened.

Then, I looked to my right. "And Wasp…oh, you're alive too…but…how?"

Wasp shrugged. "How should I know?"

I smiled. Wasp would never change.

"But…where are we?" I asked, and then I realised. "Oh…right…" I had been here before.

Back when Bianca and me had used the power of the All-Spark to "defeat" Megatron that first time, and we had come to this place.

The six Primes had spoken to us, and told us what we'd need to do.

They'd also told me where to find the Matrix…

Why was I here now?

"Why am I here again?" I asked.

"You have a difficult decision to make, Emma."

"Whaaaat?"

"You must decide…to use the power of the Matrix to defeat The Fallen, who is planning to harness the energy of a great and powerful machine to convert this planet's sun into more energon…"

"Then what's to decide?" I exclaimed, looking at each of the tall Primes in turn. Time had not aged them at all, but it had made them seem more weary. "I thought that's what I was going to use it for anyway!"

"The Matrix is similar to the All-Spark in many ways. It can give life, and it can be used to take it away. It is an extremely powerful tool, and the only thing that can defeat The Fallen. But, Emma, you may choose to use it for a different purpose."

I waited.

"We would completely understand…the All-Spark and the Matrix both chose you…you may use them in any way you choose."

"Just spit it out – what else would I use it for?"

"To regain your vision – otherwise it will never be restored."