Greece was beautiful in the area outside of the towns. Trion insisted that the Forge was set on a stone but nobody could move it. It sounded like the tale of Thor's Hammer or King Arthur and Excalibur. "All of your human myths have to come from somewhere, don't they?" He countered when I told him neither of these men existed. "Thor was indeed a very strong human but he only got that strength from finding the Forge of Solus Prime." Finally Trion stopped in a wide meadow.
"Why did we stop?" Hound demanded.
Trion let me down. "Only a few of us can go. Solus Prime, if she was smart, has this place under guard. Too many at once and we'll likely die as a group. The human is smaller-"
"No," Bee yelled from the back of the group. He had been quiet in anger the entirety of the trip. "You aren't going anywhere with Elsa."
"I never suggested such a thing. I was going to suggest she go alone. Solus Prime meant for this to only be for human discovery, I think."
Go alone? I looked at the mist and meadow. The mist covered most of the meadow so I couldn't see beyond it. After a minute of staring Trion gently pushed me forward with his thumb, insisting that I go. Once my legs started walking I couldn't stop no matter how much I willed them to stop. When I finally stopped and looked back from where I came the mist covered the autobots and Trion so that they were nothing more than silhouettes and the farther I moved the less I could see their figures.
The mist wrapped me in chilly arms. I rubbed my arms in hopes to get rid of the goosebumps that were forming. It was so quiet that the only thing I could hear was the beating of my own heart. Where was I even going? It felt like I was going straight but something told me I was only moving in circles. I've passed that blueberry bush five times! Were blueberries even native in Greece? I kneeled next to it and started looking at the leaves closer. The leaves and berries weren't normal like blueberry bushes should be, they were hard and cold. A light came up from the middle of the bush when I touched one of the fruits. The light made me jump backward onto my back. In front of me was a hologram of a transformer very much like Prime but with more of a womanly figure. I scrambled to stand.
"Go back from where you came, human child. Go back and never return here. If you should stay you will wander the roads forever. Only those my Forge chooses shall find it." It disappeared.
"Was that Solus Prime?" I asked nobody in particular. Where did I even come in from? I didn't know anymore and the mist was so thick I could only see a few feet in front of me. "Go around one more time," I told myself, "and then I'll give up and go back." I continued forward around a few more times more than I told myself I would and each time I noticed something new. Far away a bridge appeared and disappeared and then a cliff came into view that the bridge connected to, and then I saw on a rock on the cliff on the other side of the bridge was a huge hammer. I walked toward the bridge when all of this came into view. The mist slowly cleared away to leave a contained wall.
The bridge was old and some boards were missing. It hung at an awkward angle so that if I were to slip I could have nowhere to go but down. I made the mistake of looking below and seeing a very long drop to darkness. "You can do this, Elsa. It's for Alisha, for Alisha. For Alisha." The first step creaked and gave way and I flung myself backward. "For Alisha," I whispered again and held onto the rope tightly. Each step was shaky and it felt slow. I held on with both hands, trying to lean my body weight toward the good side of the bridge. Every so often another board would break underneath my weight but I pressed forward until I got to the other side. My breathing was short and heavy and a breaking sound behind me made me stop breathing. The bridge was gone when I turned around. "So much for going back that way." I whispered.
The hammer was beautiful! It was made of gold and had silver parts in between the gold. Scratched jewels were welded on distastefully to show how many people after Solus wielded the monstrous weapon. It was like King Arthur. If I could get it I could save my sister.
Both of my hands rested comfortably on the hilt and I pulled. It didn't budge, it didn't even move. "Come on," I whispered and tried again. Still nothing. I pulled and pulled and pulled for several minutes. I kicked it, I tried pushing, I tried anything and it wouldn't move. "Come on! I need you! I need you to save my sister…I can't…" I put my head on the hammer. I couldn't do it and I started to cry hot, angry tears. How come I found it but I can't pull it out?
I took it in both my hands again and tried to lift it. I just wanted to waste my energy away and then I wanted time and the earth to stop for a little while so that I could have more time to think. The hammer was heavy. So heavy that it scratched the stone and fell on the grass. I laughed hysterically. "I moved it!" I announced to the trees.
I slowly dragged it down the hill it was perched on. At the bottom of the hill was flat ground with patches of flowers mingling among the grass and purple flowers grew next to a dirt trail that led to the autobots. Why didn't I see this trail before? It would have been much easier to just take this path.
Everyone was surprised to see me with the hammer. "The bridge broke," I explained. "Now that we have the Forge we can get Alisha back."
"No," Prime sounded sullen.
"Why not?" I yelled.
"We cannot let Galvatron have the Forge. With it there could be dire consequences."
I stared at him. Hate bubbled inside my stomach. "There has to be something we can do, Prime! She's family!" Prime was silent for a long time. The wind blew my hair into my face and I looked at the Forge. The Forge of Solus Prime seemed so much duller now but it still looked beautiful.
A hand came down and took the Forge. My hand slid out from the handle. I couldn't breathe with the thought of Alisha being in danger another day.
"Alpha Trion, what do you think you're doing?" Crosshairs yelled.
I looked up to see the Forge in his hand. "I believe I am taking the Forge. Oh, but I wouldn't move." He hovered the hammer right over my head but something about it felt strange. This wasn't like the last time he kidnapped me, he had help to do that. Somewhere deep inside I knew that Trion actually would never hurt me and, for a moment, I wondered why.
Nobody moved an inch. They felt that Trion would harm me or maybe they were afraid to find out the truth. Nobody said a word for a long moment except for Bee. "Okay, okay, just calm down and tell us what you want."
"What I want?" Trion's voice was half mocking as he snatched me from the ground. "What I want you won't give."
"Sure we will! Just name it!" Bee sounded desperate.
Trion didn't answer him as he took off.