A/N oooh whats this i've uploaded this a little earlier hmmm, why? well because if your like me and have been nosily checking for Transformers Prime news then you have seen the first three episodes of season 3! and if you haven't i thought i would mention it for other people to check out :P

anyway, i was so super hyped after watching it i thought i would knuckle down and finish this chapter (now that i have an idea of whats happening)

so the bits in italic near the end are lyrics from Queens 'Who wants to live forever' which by the way i happened to be listening to while writing this and well...i liked it, it gave me that 'feel' :P

Darkest Hour

Stuffs been moved now the only thing left to do is wait, "Ratchet has there been any change?" i asked.

"I was informed that they have located the Omega lock." He sighed relieved.

Of course he would pay attention when the subject is Cybertron; well...at least they made it. i then sighed as i felt slightly sick in the stomach, i guess its psychological, I'm no good at accepting change or goodbyes sometimes i wish i couldn't feel, feel sorrow or pain i just want to feel nothing then this whole thing would be a whole lot easier, b-but I'd just be a coward for taking the easy way out instead of facing it head on.

I then slightly flinched as my phone started ringing, in a panicked rush i pulled the phone from my pocket flipping it into the air and then catching it as it was about to hit the floor, "he-hello?" i said anxiously i don't know who i was anxious to hear from but i kind of wanted to hear the words 'i'm coming home' from the other end. "o-oh hello sir, yeah i was ill, sorry Dads been busy and i haven't been able to get out of bed, sorry, no i-i'll remember next time, okay bye." I put the phone down, "Principal." I said giving an explanation, "Jack is not built for messenger boy, he's too higher rank for that." I jested. "You see he..." Ratchet was back at the screen, so i was...basically talking to myself. "...never mind." speaking of Jack it's like quarter to five, i said I'd give him a call, plus to check if he got home okay, let's see Miko was messing with my phone this one time and i think she changed his name to the 'Darbinator' o-kay? Well it doesn't matter i can't be bothered to change it back so we'll stick with it.

I pressed the cellphone to my ear intently, "Hi this is Jack sorry i can't take your call but I'm probably out saving the world." Rang Jacks voice if that line wasn't true it would sound so cheesy to everyone else.

"gr-reat voice mail?" I'll try again, voice mail again, but its ringing, his phone hasn't died nor is it turned off, he can't have dropped it he keeps a hold of it like a tick, i know I'll try Miko she always has her phone, for her own reasons mainly her tunes...okay now I'm just getting a buzzing sound what the fudge? Raf, Raf keeps his phone on for his Mom...come on, ring, ring! Okay now I'm panicking! All three of their phones aren't working!

Then a ring finally came from my phone finally a callback! "Hello?! Jack?! Miko?! Ra...?!"

"N-No Ellen its Ms Darby, June, what's wrong? Something hasn't happened has it!?"

I slightly bit my lip, yeah i am real calm. "O-Oh nothing it's just i was going to have a go at them all because i asked Jack to mention i was sick to the Principal but he didn't so heh-heh." I chuckled nervously slightly blushing.

"Oh, have...you not spoken to Jack all day? I called Ratchet but he hung up. Is everything okay over there? Where is Jack?" she asked.

"Isn't he at home?" i asked giving Ratchet a slight glare.

"No." She said her voice slightly shaky, okay maybe i should've said something reassuring but white lies grow and what not.

"Have you tried Sierra? Even Vince? I know you have everyone's number." I said, seriously she must talk to allot of parents.

"I had tried them but none of them have seen Jack since class...and...I...over...~~~~~"

"H-Hello...?"

"~~~~~"

"Hello?" i then started whacking my cellphone on the back cover, as i felt a slight vibration under my feet, i then looked up as the lights started flickering as well as the computers which were only receiving static. "What now?" i sighed.

"Optimus do you read? An unknown energy spike in Earth's atmosphere is crashing all my systems." Ratchet said. "Please tell me this is related to the activation of the omega lock." He begged.

I ran up beside him, "it's screwing with my signal too, how can that be related also?" i asked. "And did you feel a tremor before?"

"Well either way i can't bring them back if the systems don't come back on soon." He said attempting to get communications back online.

"Hopefully, i mean i can't get in contact with the others, maybe this is just a natural phenomenon?" i asked though that was mere delusion.

"That's what I'll be blaming if i can't get in contact with them soon!" he snapped.

"Calm down, communications will be back up soon...i hope." I said. but as usual i betray my own words as i attempted to get my phone to work again, being human the natural instinct for when things aren't working we use the ancient ritual of whacking the hell out of it until it works again, "come onnnn, i knew i should've chosen an eagle instead of a phone plus that would've been much more epic." I said. "Ratchet, this feels like a related occurrence, i mean my phones dead, that's just happened now does the Omega lock pulsate its own kind of spike at a unlimited range or something i mean is it a universal effect?" i asked, if that's true that Omega lock must be something else.

"Perhaps i do not exactly have a fluent understanding of the Omega lock." He said always focused on the computer screen, he like myself was anxious, and when looking at his expression he looked, well, alive. But i can't let myself look at him, i c-can't.

"That's it, I'm going out, i need to know if the guys are okay even before this spike thing their phones weren't working." I said as i headed towards the exit and towards my motorbike. Then a familiar sound of a reboot got me hopeful but is sighed to how messed around i felt, "stuffs working?" i said getting out my phone as it was in the process of turning on, after it had i tried ringing Jack again...then Miko...then Raf...even Jacks Mom, now she's not answering either! "Come on!" i said now on my tippy toes spinning around in circles to get a signal, "I'm just going to blame the signal here, gotta get higher, gotta get higher, to the heavens!" i stated melodramatically.

"Optimus can you read?" Ratchet said.

"Ratchet." I heard Dad's faint tone as i ceased what i was doing, "please open a-a Space bridge." He sounded tired and also please? I lowered my phone to the fact that something has obviously gone wrong, but i never thought it would happen so fast and after they had just found the lock.

Ratchet spun around as he ran to the lever on the Space bridge, "by their tone it doesn't sound good, nor is it a 'yay our planets alive' tone." I said though even i know that after i said that my sarcasm wasn't called for.

"Oh be quiet." Ratchet snapped as he locked onto their location and opened the Space bridge, naturally i went down the stairs as they stepped in, first it was Arcee and i stopped halfway down the stairs as i looked at what she was holding she held a tube like container holding Jack i held a hand to my heart as i had lost all knowledge of the situation, Bumblebee followed behind alongside Bulkhead, each also with their own charges in the same containers.

"The children?!" Ratchet said, "What happened?" he asked his face screwed up slightly as if this were typical.

I ran upstairs again as the bots placed there charges still in containers on the side, i leapt on it as i broke the seal, one by one, "somebody say something." Ratchet said.

I grabbed Jacks arm as i helped him out it was like the borrowers or something and they were in jam jars; why not add a leash and collar of all... "Optimus...destroyed the Omega lock," Bulkhead then said.

"What?!" me and Ratchet said in unison except Ratchet sounded more shocked and i nearly let go of Jacks hand.

"You did..." Ratchet started.

"What was necessary..." Dad said as i shut off slightly to help the guys out of the containers,

"How did they find you anyway? Are you hurt?" I said quietly, body searching Jack for any dents.

"Ellen..." Jack said motioning to the bots in a hushed manner.

"So you destroyed the only device in any universe capable of restoring our, home?" Ratchet said his voice was shaky, almost, vulnerable in tone. "Optimus...we needed that." He added solemnly.

"You weren't there doc, and it's not your place to second guess a battle field decision." Smokescreen said pointing a finger at him.

"It most certainly is!" Ratchet yelled getting all up in Smokescreens face. "There had to be another way!" he continued frustratingly looking around.

"I-It wasn't that simple Ratchet." Jack argued.

"Megatron was using the Omega lock to attack the Earth." Raf added.

"Optimus saved our planet." Miko finished.

"What about our planet?!" Ratchet retaliated. "All of our struggles and Energon spilled and countless sacrifice for nothing?!" Ratchet yelled throwing his arms back as every eye and optic was on him.

"Right decision or wrong what's done is done." Arcee said. "And we have another problem here on this world; the cons just changed the rules when they put Jack, Miko and Raf into play."

Then a beeping sound was made, the communication patch, it comes in waves. "Prime! The Pentagons prepared to go depth Con one i need to know what we're dealing with!" Fowler announced himself abruptly.

"To what do you refer Agent Fowler?" Dad asked.

"Maybe you should step outside and see for yourselves?" he said, I'm afraid to ask.

"Ratchet, watch the children." Dad said sternly as he made a silent motion to the rest of the bots, who followed Dad as he made his way toward the elevator, again all silent.

The room was silent as i shook my head, "Jack, what happened?" i got straight to answers.

His eyes looked around as he tried to re-call, "As we were making our way home, a bridge opened up before us, before we could even blink we were snatched up from the ground and shoved into those containers." He explained.

"I felt like a hamster." Miko said though she stated that very seriously.

"I should've come to pick you guys up myself." I said.

"Your bike can barely seat two El." Jack said hopelessly.

"Yeah..." i said as i shook my head puffing out a frustrated sigh, "Well if you guys were picked up in the first place this wouldn't have happened!" i spun around.

Oh Ratchet heard me alright and he was quick to answer in his current state, "You have some nerve." he growled.

"You played your part in this Ratchet! If you had just picked them up Dad would've never had to make that decision of destroying the lock!" i yelled.

"I thought you would be pleased, since we are now forever stuck here!" he yelled back.

"Guys!" Jack yelled himself taking a grip on my shoulders, "Arcee said it herself, what's done is done, nothing can change that."

Having to have Jack pull us apart, good grief I'm a wreck, "Sorry Jack...your right i-i just got, i mean the fact you guys may have been...I-I'll be over here." i said sitting myself down on the stairs. I lent my head in my hand as i puffed a breath; i noticed Jack had sat himself beside me also.

"We're all here now, we're fine." Jack said putting an arm around me for reassurance.

"I know." i said smiling at him, "but i still think about what could've happened." I said to him as i rubbed my face into my hands "i hate not knowing what's about to happen next let alone not being able to see what's currently taking place." I frustrated. "'being kept in the dark' is my middle name."

"I thought it was 'Looney'" he jested weakly.

I cleared my throat as i spoke to him quietly, "actually, it's Sarek, but. You didn't hear it from me." I said lazily.

Jack looked to the floor as he looked like he was mouthing the name, "Wait..." he said furrowing his brow before i raised a hand to him.

"My uh, human Father had a similar sense of humor to my own." I explained looking at my feet, though i noticed he lent himself over a little more to look at my face, "What?"

"Don't take this the wrong way but are, you ill? Your face is pretty pale." He said.

I placed a hand on my cheek, "i feel a little sick but that's just nerves, but thanks for asking Jack." i said as we exchanged smiles, i then brought my knees up as i looked up, "allot of noise out there." I said frowning at the ceiling.

Then the ceiling shook as slight debris fell from above, "what's happening?" Jack said.

A few moments later and the others had returned from up above very anxious may i add, "What is happening out there?" Ratchet asked.

"The Decepticons have invaded Jasper." Dad confirmed as me and Jack shot up from the stairs.

"And Fowler seems to think he can hold them off." Bulkhead added.

"W-What like the Nemesis?" i asked anyone.

"Megatron used the Omega Lock on Earth he created this...fortress." Arcee said.

"Wait u-used? How?" i said.

"It was like a huge beam of light." Miko said to me, "It went through a Space bridge and came out on the other side." She described it like charades.

"So that was the only shot until the lock was destroyed? And it, created a fortress?" i said awed from the fact our world was almost assimilated.

"Prime! Reinforcements have just arrived!" Fowler announced catching me off guard.

Dad shook his head, "Agent Fowler, your military cannot prevail against th..."

"You didn't think i was gonna let Team Prime have all the fun did ya?" came the voice of Wheeljack.

"Ha-ha! It's Jackie!" Bulkhead announced.

"Wheeljack?!" Ratchet said. "But, how could you...?"

"Picked up a strange energy surge hope you don't mind the company." Wheeljack said as an avatar of his face appeared on screen.

"No, it's just that after everything, well..." Ratchet said.

"We're still on the same team Doc, always will be." Was his reply.

I watched the screen as i noticed Dad wandered away from the group and stopped at a certain point, "Ratchet prepare to bridge everyone out of here." he said.

Ratchet turned to him, "we're, abandoning the base?" he said.

"The base is lost, Wheeljack and Agent Fowler can only buy us time to escape, Bumblebee, Raphael, you will depart first." He said.

"Got it." Was Bee's reply.

"You're splitting us up?" Raf said.

"Really?" i added anxiously.

"Shouldn't we stick together?" Jack added.

"All for one and one for all?" Miko finished holding her hands together in a hopeful manner.

"We must disperse to avoid capture until we can regroup and launch a counter attack. Survival is the only priority now." He said.

There's no time for us...

Though i don't know of War, not really, but i think I'm about to get the full level of it, "Raf, lets go." Bee said motioning Raf to his side as Ratchet activated the Groundbridge.

"But i..." Raf started hesitantly.

"Its alright Raf." Jack said.

"Yeah, we'll find each other again." I said as i knelt down to him, to give him a hug, i held him firmly mainly out of fear i then swiftly let him go as he looked us over with sadness in his eyes, "Go on, hurry."

he gave a quick wave as he jogged downstairs and got into Bumblebee, i took hold of Jacks hand as i watched them depart, "Jack, Arcee, you will depart next. Bulkhead, Miko, prepare to depart as soon as they do, we have to hurry!" Dad said. i gripped Jacks hand a little more as he motioned to me that i had to let go.

"See you soon." He said lightly.

I held a hand out in front as i was about to say something but changed my mind as i swallowed a lump in my throat. Though before Miko left she gave me a quick hug, "Miko, come on." Bulkhead told her.

"We'll find you guys okay?" she said slight choked sound in her voice.

"Of course, s-stay low alright?" i said as she nodded then jogged downstairs after them. Then Ratchet changed the course as Bulkhead and Arcee transformed, Jack and Miko both becoming passengers. The Groundbridge co-ordinates were changed and Arcee and Bulkhead drove up to it as i lightly jogged down the stairs my mouth hung slightly open with how drastic things have become.

There's no place for us...

"We haven't much time!" Dad said.

What is this thing that builds our dreams, yet slips away from us?

"Wait! I need to grab something." I said, i have to get my rucksack if this is an act of survival i may need it. "Come on; come on, where are you? Ah!" i said dragging my bag out as i shoved a few more things inside then ran back out throwing it over my shoulder.

The time i had returned i couldn't see Bulkhead, Arcee, Jack, Miko or Smokescreen anymore, as they had already departed i pulled the strap of my rucksack over my shoulder a little more as only me, Dad and Ratchet remained.

"What about you?" Ratchet then asked Dad as the ceiling slightly crumbled.

Who wants to live forever?

"Don't you mean you two?" i questioned.

"Who wants to live forever?

"I will ensure the Decepticons cannot follow." He said.

My heart went to my throat as i ran up to him, "What? No! You can't take on an entire fleet by yourself, they'll kill you." I protested.

There's no chance for us...

Dad passed optics with Ratchet as he slightly narrowed his optics, Ratchet frowned in turn but finally nodded slowly as he extended a hand for me "W-Wait what are you doing?!" i yelled dodging his attempts to grab me only for Dad to take a hold of me instead God damn diversion!

It's all decided for us...

He brought me up close as i beat the hell out of his hand, "I'm staying! I'm not leaving! Not this time!" i yelled at him gripping my nails into his fingers,

This world has only one sweet moment set aside for us...

"You have to." He said solemnly in a soft tone.

"Who wants to live forever?

"No! I'm always being told that! Ellen you have to go, Ellen its okay, WELL ITS NOT OKAY! I'm tired of being the one to live while everyone dies on my part! And i have to carry on knowing that! Just let me die with you this time!"

"Who wants to live, forever?"

"I am not discussing this." He said.

I ran my fingers through my hair as i became desperate, "A-At least let me take your place. E-Ensure they don't follow r-right? Well let me destroy the Groundbridge control, y-you and Ratchet can go through the portal okay? You know damn well you're more valuable to this planet then myself!"

He bowed his head to my desperate attempts, "You cannot put a value on life, you will do as i say." he lightly growled, but then softened his expression as he brushed a finger across my cheek, "There is always hope even in our darkest days."

I felt my eyes well up as he extended his hand other to Ratchet and instantly i had built up rage, "No-ooo! Let me goooo!" i screamed, my arms were pinned as i was carried to the Spacebridge. "Noo! Noo! Fucking let me go-oooo!"

"Who dares to love forever?"

I couldn't do anything but i tried, God knows i tried! my face was flustered because of it, Ratchet then stopped just at the entrance of the Spacebridge as i continued my feeble attempts of freeing myself, "i-i...never imagined it would end like this." he said as he begun to move again.

My eyes flashed with horror as i tried to look back at Dad then i shot my head up to Ratchet shaking my head slowly, "N-No, Ratchet stop! Please...! Don't!" i begged.

"And love must die..."

A/N Well, i got alot of work ahead of me :S

OC Fact - yes her middle name is Sarek :P

since i haven't updated in a while, I own Ellen and her other form Starlight and any other OC's that make a cameo but that's it...unfortunately TTwTT and again for all those who seriously can't wait, check out youtube for season 3 and this is by choice i am only informing for those who want to know.

oh and if anyone's noticed I'm going through previous chapters and improving them, you know like the grammar and basically adding to it, so far i'm up to 'One shall fall' so that's something I'm working on as well anyway please R + R :D