"I saw them die. Me and my brothers will die and I cannot tell a soul…" I threw the book on a shelf and took out another book. "I saw a man take the Matrix…" I threw the book on a shelf and took out another and another and another. Through the week of not speaking to anybody I spent in the Hall of Records and I read any book I could. I think I just wanted to get to know Trion because I didn't when he was alive. I wanted to feel his presence. I wanted him to be close to me again.
Whenever I read my name in his books it reminded me of what he said about how he often wrote about me. In one of his books it read "…and she approached me, crying, and told me how I was apart of her family. I'd never known a family so dysfunctional as this one but I think I enjoy being apart of it more than I did the last one." The sentence made me mourn all over again.
I sat on the ground with a red book in my hands and I read through it's contents. Unicron's name appeared again and again next to Primus. I frowned as I read about the battle they had and why the Thirteen were made. The story didn't make any sense.
Prime waited outside like he had been every day. He stood when he saw me but he didn't speak probably for fear of spooking me back inside. "Who's Unicron?" I asked.
"Unicron? Why do you want to know about him?"
I showed him the book and he read its contents. "Tell me about him?"
"It was a story we told on Cybertron. Unicron is Primus' twin brother and is the representation of everything evil and chaotic in our universe. Primus eventually found out about the evil overtaking his brother and set out to destroy him. He failed. The Thirteen were created to put an end to him but they, too, failed to do this. The two beings have no physical form as far as we know."
My stomach lunged at the thought of my last vision. That was Unicron. "We have to go back. Galvatron is planning on resurrecting someone and we need to stop him."
We stopped by Moscow so I could grab my things but as I ran past a TV set an image made me stop. The image was of the transformer that I had dreamed about. The video cut out as he destroyed an entire town. I ran back to Prime outside of Moscow. "No time we have to go back now!"
I directed Prime to an abandoned factory on the boarder of Nevada and Arizona. I opened up the rusted door and we walked inside. A book I recognized as that of one from the Hall of Records lay open on the floor. I ran to it and skimmed the page. Trion told of what Galvatron would need and Galvatron must have taken the book to see what he needed.
"What has he done?" I whispered as if the book could tell me.
"I cannot waste time," Prime said. "I'll get you home."
"And then what? You're going after Galvatron?" After a moment of staring into his eyes I screamed, "No! You can't! What if you're killed?"
"That's a risk I'm willing to take. Elsa, sometimes one must sacrifice themselves for a greater good. I would be happy to give up my life protecting you and this earth."
I shook my head. "No, please don't!" I pleaded but he wouldn't hear it. He took me home but I wouldn't talk to him the entire way. I kept trying to keep myself from crying. When my house came into view I finally spoke, "Prime, you're apart of my family. You know that…right?"
"Yes, I know that."
"Good," I wiped away the tears that were starting to come out. "Then you'd better come back in one piece, okay?" He took off shortly after I approached the door and then slowly I walked inside.
As soon as I walked inside Alisha wrapped her arms around me in a tight embrace but I didn't feel it. I opened my mouth to speak to her but nothing came out. The colors of my house washed away and transformed into outdoor scenery in the middle of a city.
The skyscrapers were knocked over and houses were crushed at Prime's feet. He wasn't fighting Galvatron he was fighting Unicron. Around me lay the bodies of Hound and Crosshairs. Crosshairs was severely injured but Hound was lifeless. Unicron pierced Prime's chest and ripped out his Spark. The Spark shined so brightly I had to shield my eyes with my hand.
I gave up the Covenant, Primus. My thoughts echoed so loud that it spooked me.
"Who do you think you are to give up the Covenant?" I felt a giant hand squeeze my tiny body. I yelped when I could feel my once broken ribs. They felt like they would break again. "I have done everything for you from birth and this is how you repay me."
"I hate this! I hate you! You ruined my life! I never wanted this and neither did Trion!"
Primus squeezed harder. I couldn't breath through the pain but I continued to yell.
"You forced me into this. You didn't do me any favors by choosing me you've cursed me by choosing me! And I won't do this anymore!"
Primus simply laughed. "You are a foolish child." He opened his hand so I sat in his palm. I was doubled over on my knees and holding my sides with my hands. After a while I looked up defiantly.
Above us there was the bluest sky and the darkest night as the sun rose and fell quickly. "In four days the autobots will be in pursuit of Unicron and they will leave you. In four years when Alisha has matured Unicron will come and devour your world like he has many worlds before yours." Behind me I could hear movement as he spoke. I turned to look out over his fingertips at the movement of everyone.
"What's the point of showing this to me, Primus?"
"You have four years to quell my anger or I will not come and Prime," Prime walked into view from a cloudy meadow but as soon as he came into perfect view he crumbled into dust, "will die."
I laughed. "You don't have a physical form!"
"Don't I, though?"
The color of Primus blend together and Alisha was shaking me on the floor. I stared up at her with wide eyes. "Don't ever tell me where the Covenant is, Alisha," I begged.
"Why not?" She allowed me to sit up.
"Prime will die if I write in the book and so will Hound. Crosshairs will be injured…I don't even want to think about why Bee was missing from my vision. Please, just whatever you do, never tell me or anybody else where the Covenant is. As far as you know it's destroyed."
Alisha hugged me again. Her golden hair was soft to the touch and her tears felt cold as ice. She reminded me of our mother and she was just as beautiful too. "Don't leave me like that again!" She demanded of me.
"I won't, Alisha. I promise I won't."
Several days passed by before Prime came back and just as promised he came back in one piece. I couldn't contain my happiness for very long. As soon as Prime drove up through the driveway I hugged him. Nobody else got as much time with him as I did that day. He told me of Galvatron's second death possibly by Unicron. Unicron fled, possibly in the atmosphere.
"I'm going after him," he announced to me before anybody else.
"I'm coming with you!"
"No, you and Alisha must stay here."
"It's far too dangerous for humans," Crosshairs agreed.
"I'm coming!" I demanded. After a long hour of arguing I finally gave in. I watched them leave for what I hoped wouldn't be the last time. Before they left Bee held me in his hands in his version of a hug. "Bee, you're the best car, and friend, any human could ever ask for. Please, come back home safely."
"I'll do what I can," Bee promised.
After they left I spent all night staring up into the sky. I could see everything from the roof of the garage. I closed my eyes and I could see Trion from under my eyelids. "You'll do great, kid," I could hear him in the back of my mind. I opened my eyes, stood up, and I screamed at the sky, "We're coming for you, Unicron! And after that I'm coming after you, Primus! Don't you ever threaten my future or my family again!"
