I know. I started the ceremony and left a lot of questions but I have good reason and you will have to trust me on this. The cubes are there for a reason. I know that I left that in an open flux and you may hate me for it but I don't care. All will be revealed in time and I'm sorry if I hurt any feelings.

I hope that you are enjoying the story. I have enjoyed writing it. The ceremony dies resemble some masonic traditions but there are none that I would get into trouble for revealing. If you don't know what the masonic order is then I suggest that you might want to look it up. My family goes back five generations in the order so I have been raised through the whole process but I don't participate now because I feel that it is consuming and God and family are more important.

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Allie could feel the warmth emanate in her spark, she could feel her systems heating as the crystal edifice that held the sentient oracle rose up from the floor, and she could sense fear and awe from the younger femmes who still had not fully adjusted to their place within the ritual. It never ceased to amaze her that even has old as she was it still held a certain amount of fear when the oracle first appears. All of them could feel it as it rose up from the floor and the energy began to consume their bodies as it took all that Allie could do to hang on, the fire burning through her body. It was more powerful than anything that one could feel as its power vibrated throughout their systems. If one could see from the outside of the temple and Hall one could see the power shining up in a bright gold light as it reached the sky.

"Optimus! The power readings are off the grid!" Prowl stated as he ran toward the terminal and he oversaw Wheeljack as he tried to adjust their equipment but it was no use. Their equipment was going crazy from the excess power in the air and Soundwave could not pinpoint any of the signals that the oracle was transmitting.

"It is like Raynie said. We are helpless while they are in the ritual chamber." Sideswipe said gloomily. He was very concerned for Raynie as was Sunstreaker. e He looked over to his twin and watched as Sunny brooded. He knew he needed to get his brother out of here because all it would take was one wrong move from another bot to get him to pummel the poor bot into the ground. "Come on Sunny; let's go wait it out with our little Sunshine." Sideswipe said quietly.

"Optimus, are you okay?" Bumblebee asked concerned for his Prime.

"I don't know. I never realized how possessive I am towards her until this moment. I don't like this!" He stated. "That oracle can do anything it wants to and it can hurt them if it chooses to do so."

"Yes, but they have been here and performed these rituals for a long time. We have to trust them on this." Bee said. He was concerned too because he had seen the readings that Wheeljack took and his love was down there in the midst of all that heat and energy.

"I know but I just don't like being excluded and not knowing." Prime said

"I know the feeling. Shalon not as used to clamping her side of the bond down and I felt her fear before she could master it. She hasn't withheld anything from me since the rescue operation. Megatron said as he walked up to Prime and Bee.

"Allie has become more withdrawn these last few months. Her carrying and we having to work on our trust issues have not been the most pleasant and now this and I want to lash out because I don't know what is happening. The worst part is that I have to trust her on this when I want to protect her." Optimus said as he rubbed the bridge of his nose, a human gesture that he had picked up on earth and Megatron smirked at Prime.

"We all have to trust them on this and by Wheeljack's and Soundwave's readings the oracle is putting off enough energy that our energy converters will be working overtime for the next week and outputting enough energon that we will never starve." Prowl said solemnly as he watched the concerned expressions of his leaders. Even Soundwave seemed nervous and Prowl who never thought he would be reassuring a former con walked by and squeezed the mech's arm in support before walking to his office. No more was said as everyone retired to either their office or their quarters to wait the outcome of the ritual.

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"Allie, I'm on fire." Shalon whispered. She hadn't felt this bad since the oracle had transformed her and it didn't seem fair that it had taken their bodies and filled them with such energy that they had literally burned inside out. Once it started Shalon didn't think she would survive but then it had stopped and a sense of floating came over her and the visions started. The oracle was known for giving them prophecy and this was no exception. Shalon saw the images but she knew that it would be Allie or Chelsea that would interpret them. They were the ones that were gifted with it. Shalon was told she would eventually learn the trade since she saw the images but Shalon didn't really want this particular gift. It could be painful at times and she liked being mated and raising a family better than being gifted as a priestess or leator.

"Shalon lie very still and don't talk until our bodies cool from the energy." Allie whispered as she too saw the visions and was disturbed by them. At least now she knew who had sabotaged the gate. The oracle had revealed that revelation and shown her how to get proof.

A tear slipped from her optics but turned to steamed. It defied the laws of everything that science taught them and any movement was painful until they could bring down their temperature. Once that happened then Chelsea would call their sarcophagi to rise from the floor and they would recharge for the rest of the night there. Allie had warned the mechs about that as well and Optimus was not happy but until the energy levels were returned to normal in their bodies there was no way that they could rejoin them without there being adverse effects. She remembered well the one time they had rushed out after a ritual and how they could not even work in sync with each other as well as the energy affecting the bond to the point that many would panic or try to hurt themselves to see why they could not feel.

She would be glad to get out of here. It was her least favorite of being an Ancient One and she wanted her mate but at the same time she knew he was displeased with the situation because it was something he couldn't control and the oracle would not let anyone watch. She worried about their relationship, about his quiet temper, and that she might be paying for not telling him everything. How could she? There was so much that confused her about the oracle and she felt small in comparison to what power it beheld.

They laid there on the floor. She would hear a whimper or a sob but most had been through this enough to know to just stay still.

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"Thank you Seaway. I will take over care for the sparklings." Soundwave said to the youngling. She would be upgrading soon. Cassie had told him because she would have to make a choice to either become an Ancient One or remain in her Cybertronian body. She was very small, smaller than her sister and he wondered if she would be much bigger than Comm. If so then it would only be by a few feet. It might be nice for her to be small so that Frenzy or Rumble might court her. He had seen their interest, especially Rumble but then they may want to court her together like the Autobot twins did with Raynie and that would be fine too. That would make them happy since they were inseparable and Seaway seemed to like the same games and activities that they liked. He had even caught all three of them wrestling over a controller once after putting the triplets down.

"Thank you my lord. If you need anything I will be checking Sideswipe and Sunstreaker and then retiring to my room." She nodded politely and left their quarters. Rumble ran after her and Soundwave started to stop him but then decided that it was his way of being a gentlemech and looking after Seaway. Frenzy stayed in the middle of the floor playing with the sparkling as Soundwave sat down to watch his family. Ravage watched over them to make sure that they didn't toddle off and Lazerbeak and Buzzsaw perched on their rests that Cassie had made just for them.

"Soundwave, do you think that Seaway would take Rumble away from me?" Frenzy asked quietly.

"No, I think she would accept both of you." He replied.

"But she seems to have more in common with Rumble." He countered.

"Well Raynie has more in common with Sunstreaker but she is bonded to both of them and loves Sideswipe as well." Soundwave stated. "You're worrying too much. I am sure if you are that concerned then talk to her."

"Okay, I if I don't get rid of this feeling I will talk to her." Frenzy said.

"Good. Don't fight with your brother. You still have a ways to go before you are old enough to bond with a femme." Soundwave stated. In truth they were already old enough but Soundwave wanted them to enjoy the peace before having to deal with extending the family. They had been younglings forced to upgrade before their sparks had been ready so that they could survive the war and Soundwave wanted them to get some of the youth back now that there was peace.

Isis toddled over to Ravage and chirped at her big brother and Ravage licked her helm. She giggled and patted Ravage just the way Soundwave had taught her and Ravage wrapped himself around her protectively. Shadow and Firefox were playing with their sparkling toys with Frenzy teaching them a tune on the synthesizer that Soundwave had built for them. They were so precious and as Shadow toddled over to Soundwave he picked him up and hugged him close. Firefox chirped in jealousy as she toddled behind him and Soundwave chuckled as he too picked her up and held both of them together. Isis chirped at her brother and sister but wouldn't budge from Ravage. Soundwave knew he would have to talk to Cassie about her frame since she was leaning toward the feline frame. He wanted all his symbiotes to be happy and to have partners and it looked like they might achieve that.

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There was a knock on the door. Sunstreaker opened it to see a very small femme in the doorway. Raynie had introduced them to her and Sunstreaker allowed her inside.

"My lord, I came to check on you and Sunshine." She said.

"Sunshine is recharging. We had to have Ratchet come and help her to sleep. She wouldn't recharge without her mother but she is fine for now." Sunstreaker said softly afraid that he might wake her.

"Oh, do you need me to stay? I am really good with sparklings." Seaway said.

"No, I think she will be fine. Ratchet gave her something very mild that will help her recharge through the night so that Sides and I can recharge."

"Very well, I will say good night then." Seaway nodded to Sunstreaker and turned to leave. Sunstreaker made his way back to the berth room. He missed Raynie terrible and was concerned for her but he knew that he had to focus his energy on Sunshine and keep the bond calm so that she wouldn't wake. It had been terrible because she wouldn't stop crying and he and Sides had felt terrible for having to call Ratchet when he was dealing with First Aid but they had been at their wits end with their femme and Sunny had already hit the wall from frustration.

When Ratchet arrived he had been lectured and made to feel about an inch tall for resorting to violence but both had finally calmed down when Ratchet had helped their femme to calm down and finally recharge.

"Hey, who was at the door?" Sides said sleepily.

"It was that youngling femme that Raynie introduced us to. She wanted to check on us and make sure that Sunshine was okay." Sunstreaker said.

"I miss Raynie." Sideswipe said.

"I do too. I'm worried about her." Sunstreaker said quietly.

"Lord Megatron is right. They do this several times a year so they will be fine." Sideswipe said.

"I still can't believe you call him 'Lord'." Sunny said.

"It is part of his title but that doesn't mean that I worship him or that if he should put someone in danger that I will agree with it." Sides said.

"I just hope that he isn't deceiving us. Did you see those cubes that came out of the floor and rose up to circle in the air around the oracle?" Sunny said quietly.

"Yeah. They had the same markings that the Allspark had and there were six of them." Sides said.

"Yeah, do you think that maybe they represent the original thirteen instead of Primus?" Sunny asked.

"I don't know. I am not a spiritual orator or priest. I am sure that Optimus will want to ask Allie."

"I know. Did you see his and Megatron's face?" Sunny said.

"Yes I did. I thought Optimus' optics was going to bulge out of his sockets." Sides said.

"Megatron looked like he was retreating into his processor scheming. I hope he doesn't do anything stupid." Sunny said. "We have a sparkling to protect and it would devastate the femmes because they want this more than we do."

"I know. Raynie said that it would not bode well if peace could not be achieved. I want this Sunny more than anything. I am tired of fighting and Thundercracker seems kind of cool now that I have gotten to know him and Warp."

"Well we will let Optimus worry about that until something happens. I don't know about you but Sunshine will not stay in recharge all night and I want some rest." Sideswipe said as he turned over on his stomach and punched the pillow.

"You're right. Good night." Sunstreaker moved closer and wrapped his arms around Sides as he snuggled in. It felt strange to recharge without Raynie but it would only be for one night.