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WOW, that's a lot of info! I'm surprised I can keep it all straight…yet, I still question if I have it half right. If I don't, let me know…I'll fix it. But, I think its there…and hopefully it'll make sense. My head hurts after this chapter, lol : )

But it was worth it! Definitely more to come…

Enjoy! All reviews are welcome!

XOXOX

Without being able to recognize where she was, Carly still looked up at these 3 Transformers. At least that what she assumed these 3 beings who stood before were. Although she really couldn't tell. They were shadow figures, and the only thing she could really see were the glow of their eyes and a little bit of a silhouette of their bodies…that was it. That was all she could make out as she still stood before them, unsure of who these creatures were or where she even was. She still stood before them as she heard one of them begin to speak.

"Carly Miller, we have been watching you for a long, long time…longer than you will ever know. You have unconditionally lived for Optimus, our last descendant, with courage and sacrifice, the qualities of a leader. A person worthy of our secret, and a person worthy of Optimus's love and Optimus himself! The Matrix of Leadership cannon be found…it must be earned. YOU must somehow retrieve the Matrix for it was never meant to be put into Decepticon hands! Once the Matrix has been relocated, YOU must merge it with Optimus's spark! Only you and you alone can revive Optimus! It was, and has always been your destiny…" Carly could hear the 3 original Primes say to her.

She wanted to ask so many questions. However, without being able to do so, that world quickly vanished and soon became Carly's bedroom.

Being left scared and petrified as a result of that dream…Carly shot up out of bed. Sweat poured down her face while she clutched the comforter tightly against her chest.

Was that a dream?

Was that real?

The original Primes!

What were they talking about?

Why were they talking to me…were they actually talking to me?

Am I taking all this too far?

Is all of this in my head…am I going crazy!

Carly couldn't help but to think as numerous thoughts and emotions went through her entire body at this very second.

There was absolutely no way she could have gone back to bed after that dream. And, she didn't even try. Instead, she gathered up her comforter and ventured out to her balcony without even waking up Lennox.

As she got comfortable on a patio couch that she had out there, she just couldn't help but to stare off into the night sky with numerous, even millions of thoughts and emotions running through her. She just couldn't help but to think how little old her was, and has always been meant to be with Optimus Prime. Was all that true? Was she really supposed to be with Optimus! She really had no clue, not even the slightest. Well, at least if that was the case…she now knew why she had never been with anyone, has never had a boyfriend, has never even really been friends with a guy except Sam…and, now because of that…she knew there was something greater meant for her. She didn't know what, she didn't know why, she didn't even know if any of that was even real…but, at least she was now comfortable with the fact that she's truly never been with anyone, and that Optimus was truly the one she was meant to be with.

And, in a weird and unexplainable why…she was truly beginning to accept that Optimus was the one that she was meant to be with.

Has always been meant to be with.

And yet, he was taken from her by Megatron…along with the Matrix of Leadership that Optimus willingly handed over to her…because obviously he thought she had the qualities of a leader, or else…he would have never handed it over. However if the Matrix was never meant to be found, then how was it so easy for Megatron to take it from Carly…if the Decepticons were never meant to have it! All of this was beginning to be too much…too confusing to the point where Carly almost had a hard time keeping this all straight. It was just too much, and yet…she believed that she was meant to be with Optimus. For whatever reason she couldn't help but to think as her thoughts were quickly broken by the sound of the patio door being open to reveal Lennox standing in the doorway.

"You're up! Is everything okay?" Lennox questioned, concerned as to why Carly was up at 3:30 in the morning.

However, Carly never answered him. Instead, she looked over towards him to acknowledge the fact that he was there…but she never answered him as she just continued to look up far beyond the stars.

And he knew that something was wrong. He went to say something while walking towards her, however…he seemed sort of shocked that Carly began to speak.

"Will…do you think I'm crazy?"

He knew what she meant by her question. And heavy heartedly, he sat down next to her and took her in his arms as he tried to bring some sort of comfort to her…in which, she willingly rested her head on his chest.

"If your crazy…then I must be too for being the captain for this NEST team in working with the Autobots…"

Well, that wasn't exactly the answer she was looking for…but…she understood what Lennox was trying to say. However, she just softly laughed sarcastically as she really couldn't think of anything to really say.

And noticing this, Lennox took it upon himself to find out what was really bothering Carly.

"Alright Carly, what's wrong…why do you think you're crazy?..."

"REALLY WILL! I sacrificed my own life to become one of them all because in my crazy little mind I think I'm really supposed to be with Optimus, whom Megatron just killed…because of me…because Optimus was only trying to protect me! And you really wonder why I think I'm going crazy!" She loudly cried, almost loud enough to where the entire neighborhood could almost hear her.

And yet, she didn't care. She just felt like screaming.

"Alright, calm down Carly." Lennox replied as he tried to hold her close to him so that she would calm down.

He just didn't think that this was something the whole neighborhood should hear.

"You're telling me to calm down after what has happened…and…after that dream I just had!..."

He knew it. He knew there was something else that had to have made Carly get up.

"What! What dream?" Lennox questioned while taking a hold of her shoulders so that he could look into her unsettled green eyes.

Before she even tried to explain that dream she just had, Carly took a long, deep annoyed sigh as she fell out of Lennox's grasp and onto the couch. She wasn't looking forward to explaining this dream to Lennox…but, knew she had to as she took one more sigh for mental preparation.

It was just that she was nervous as to how Lennox would react. Maybe he would think she was crazy after she explained that. She couldn't help but to think to herself as she slowly started to explain it to Lennox.

"I honestly don't know Will! I honestly don't know what the dream was…I don't even know if I can even explain it! I don't even know where I was in the dream, I couldn't recognize anything. It could have been Cybertron for all I know. But the only thing I do know is that the 3 original Primes were in it! All 3 of them took turns in talking to me. They were saying how they've been watching me for a long time. They explained the Matrix and how I was the only one who could revive Optimus. But what really scared me was how they told me that reviving Optimus has always been my destiny!..."

Even though Lennox knew Carly's dream WAS JUST A DREAM, he still couldn't help but to look at her wide-eyed. No wonder why Carly woke up when she did. He probably would have woken up too if he had that kind of a dream.

But that's all it was, was just a dream…right…

"Its just a dream Carly…there's no reason to get upset…" Lennox replied as that was the only thing that he could think of to say.

All Carly could do was sigh out of annoyance because in reality…she knew better. Knowing that Lennox would look at it like that, all Carly did was get up and walk back into her room as Lennox tried to stop her. But not wanting to talk about it anymore, Carly ignored Lennox as he was somewhat was taken back by her. Then again…he could see her reasoning as he just let her go back to sleep while he looked after her.

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He had let her sleep for quite some time before they went back to NEST. And when Carly arrived with Sideswipe and Lennox with the Mercedes, it had seemed that things were quite hectic as Lennox noticed that Charlotte Mearing, the Director of National Intelligence had been there for quite some time. Lennox couldn't help but to notice as he stepped out of the Mercedes and caught a glimpse of Charlotte briskly walking towards him as he closed the door to the Mercedes.

"You mean to tell me that Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobots is dead! Do you have any idea as to why or how this happened, and…was anyone ever going to inform me?" Charlotte angrily questioned as it had seemed no one proceeded to tell her the news about Optimus.

And as Charlotte fired the questions, Carly became rather quiet as she cleared her throat and sadly looked down at the floor, as it seems that Charlotte had just realized Carly was standing there next to Lennox.

"Who is she? She can not be in here, she's unauthorized to even step foot on this property!" Charlotte growled as Carly got rather defensive.

"Unauthorized! Excuse me, I think I have enough authorization to be in here as it just so happens I happen to be Optimus's partner!..."

"Partner, like what…a girlfriend! Like…dating each other, your joking right!" Charlotte asked extremely dumbfoundidly as she found that rather hard to believe.

"Indeed she is, I watched her become one of us with my own eyes. She has about enough authorization to be in here as you do!" Ratchet hastily growled as Charlotte seemed to back off a bit, however not all the way.

"Look, I don't care to know your history with the Autobots! From now on you do not have permission to be in here…do you understand me!" Charlotte ordered as Carly completely ignored her.

"With all do respect, I'll take orders from Optimus Prime and the Autobots. I know them…I don't know you!" Carly snarled as she proceeded to walk away from her and Lennox and over towards Ratchet where they continued to walk off together.

"Alright, could you tell me what the hell's going on here!" Lennox angrily asked Charlotte after Carly walked away.

"Who's the chick Lennox! You know no ones allowed in here without authorization!" Charlotte continued….

"Never mind that for now. What's going on?" Lennox forcefully questioned wanting to know why she was even there, besides the knowledge of Optimus's death.

"I was ordered to come here because of this…" Charlotte started to explain as she guided him over to a table that had the engine part to the Ark on it.

"There was a raid at Chernobyl, due to suspicious alien technology…was your unit involve?" Charlotte asked as Lennox became rather quiet.

As he recalled doing a secret mission to Chernobyl, (a Ukraine power plant that was destroyed by a nuclear accident) because the NEST unit was notified of suspicious alien technology there, he remembered fighting off Shockwave and Optimus finding the engine part. He also remembered not telling Charlotte of this mission for it was a secret mission as the Autobots learned that there might have been alien activity due to Energon detector's and with the help of the U.S. Military alerting them about the suspicious activity. They went on a secret mission to the Ukraine in search for any Decepticons when they came across the engine part. Optimus was not happy and wanted to eventually talk to someone about why this was kept in human procession. And now, Lennox kind of had a feeling that, that conversation was about to happen.

"So, your unit was evolved…"

"We received Energon readings over in that area. What, were we supposed to ignore them and let the Decepticons attack!" Lennox questioned as he noticed Charlotte kind of got quiet and proceeded to face towards the rest of the Autobots who seemed to be conversing among themselves.

That was, until Charlotte and Lennox approached them.

"Why were we never told about this! Everything humans know about our existence we understand has all been shared. So, why was THIS kept from us!" Ratchet questioned hastily.

Charlotte hesitated before she answered.

"We were in the dark about this also…until now, when we've recently discovered that our first mission to the moon in 1969 was just a cover to investigate the crash landing of your spacecraft! A secret only a few men know. There was a total of 6 missions in all. There was discovery of these pillars throughout the landing sight. Hundreds of photos and hundreds of samples were taken and were privately concealed..." Charlotte explained as the Autobots dumbfoundidly looked down at Charlotte.

"The Ark, it escaped Cybertron during the war. When the Decepticons attacked it…it must have crash-landed on the Earth's moon and this engine part must have fell to the Earth's surface. We've got to get up there before the Decepticons do." Ratchet frantically explained.

"What is so important about this spacecraft and its cargo?" Charlotte asked.

"The captain that piloted the Ark, Sentinel Prime was the inventor of those pillars in which you talked about. It would have helped win us the war. Its extremely important that we get up to the Earth's moon before the Decepticons do!" Iornhide reinforced as Charlotte didn't even try to attempt in saying anything back.

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Meanwhile deep in the heart of the African desert, Megatron rendezvoused back with Starscream as he was pleased that things were going as well as they were.

"Is Prime actually dead?" Starscream questioned as Megatron took seat upon his throne at their hideaway location deep within the African desert.

"You fail to question me? I got what I went there to retrieve, and now PRIME IS FINALLY DEAD!" Megatron bellowed as the Matrix of Leadership levitated above the palm of his hand while Megatron was so self confident of himself.

"After thousands of years…the last of the Primes is finally dead!" Starscream cheered.

"And with the Matrix finally in my possession…we must get to the Ark to revive Sentinel before the Autobots learn of the crash landing on the dark side of Earth's moon…."