(A/N I'm really sorry, I know all of you have been waiting for another chapter. I was so busy that It took so long to think of ideas in making the story. Anyway, Hope you enjoy it.)

Dreamscape

"Where...Where am I?" Nova questioned. She had just woken up with no idea where she was and how she got there. She looked up in the dark clouds and lightning then an active volcano which was spewing not lava but copious amounts of dark energon. NOva wondered there was dark energon coming out of it?

Nova heard a sound of battle, she head towards to the cliff to where the battle was. As she reached there, She saw Megatron was in it too, his optics glowing the same shade of violet as the vile type of energon as he held his blade over his helm in triumph. He looked like he was about to kill someone, and maybe he was. After all, in her dream, there had been something (or someone) pinned under his pede, though it had been too dark for NOva to make out. The images began to change as It showed the planets aligning. But it wasn't just the ones in the solar system. Multiple galaxies and their planets were aligned the same way, with the end points being Cybertron and Earth, though how Nova knew that, she had no idea.

"When the 47 spheres align, a perpetual conflict with culminate, upon a world forged from chaos. The weak shall perish in a shadow of a rising darkness. "

The voice surprised NOva as if it was a warning to her. She looked around, who the voice was but no one was there. Finally, the scenery changed which Shrouded in darkness, a huge pair of violet-colored eyes shone from out of the gloom. They were such a pure shade of ominous violet it was like someone had taken the purest shard of dark energon and fashioned it into a pair of glowing purple eyes. Even if it was just a dream, they seemed to burn with flames of pure malice.By just looking at them, Nova took a step backward as she could hear th horrible, ancient voice speaking those two simple yet devastating words that terrified her: "I awaken."

End of Dreamscape

Nova jolted up in bed, still hearing the distant echoes ringing in her ears. Falling back into her bed with a soft sigh, Nova glanced at the clock on her shelf (that was installed in the cabin) and groaned. It was 4:30 in the morning! She had a dream again similar to the ones she had, this time it was too intense for her. Slapping herself, it was a long while before she attempted to move again.

"Ugh....I hate this."

Rubbing her eyes tiredly, She got up and headed to bed thinking then shower.

Nova was walking along the hallway who was yawning tiredly, not wanting to sleep again due to her dream. Trying to calm herself, Nova head to the main room to see her guardian, only to freeze when she recognized the words.

"...And it was written in the Covenant of Primus that when the forty-seven spheres align, a perpetual conflict will culminate upon a world forged from chaos, and the weak shall perish in the shadow of a rising darkness."

Unbidden, Nova's face paled.

Those words. She had heard them before. She had heard the exact same ones spoken in her dreams by an ancient voice that seemed to be full of power and knowledge. Without even thinking, Nova listened as closely as possible, trying to not miss a single word and without anyone noticing her.

"No skies raining fire?" Arcee asked sarcastically, peering at her guardian from the other side of the green monitors along with the rest of the Autobots.

"Goes without saying," Ratchet said with a shrug. "It is a doom prophecy, after all."

Meanwhile, Bulkhead scoffed in disbelief. "I say it's a load of hooey." Ratchet turned to glance at the other two bots, "I'd always assumed the Ancients were referring to our home planet, but being that Cybertron has been dark for eons..."

"And considering what has befallen this planet since Megatron's arrival here..." Optimus said, taking over for the medic.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa," Bulkhead said, servos up in a 'stop everything and hold the phone' gesture. His optics were blown wide, betraying his disbelief and confusion. "We've known about these superstitions for ages and never gave them a second thought."

"Why all the ominous rumblings now?" Arcee piped in, seeming more skeptical than surprised.

Optimus stated with a calm air of patience, "Because the planetary alignment to which the prophecy refers is nearly upon us."

From there, Ratchet stepped in, "And it would seem its end point...is Earth." Everyone was quiet at that, processing the words that had just been brought to light.

"Uh, crazy coincidence, heh, r-right?" Bulkhead eventually said, chuckling nervously like this was some kind of joke. Arcee however, got serious, jumping straight to the point as she stepped forward a little. "How long are we talking?"

"A few days at most," Ratchet said quietly. Nova could sense he worried like the others all about the days to come.

"However unsettling this revelation may be," Optimus began grimly, "I am more concerned about those who might believe that the prophecy speaks to them alone."

No one needed to say a thing after that. They all knew who he was referring to.

Megatron.

A Few Days Later

Nova sat on the couch, Raf to her left while Jack was to her right and Campy in her lap. Miko sat to Raf's left as they all watched Raf scroll through an alien sighting website. Jack sighed, "Pass." The first image was of a 'UFO' in Washington. The next was of an 'alien' outside someone's window. "Kid in a costume." The next image was of another 'UFO' sighting in China. "Balloon." The next image was of a supposed creature in the woods of Missouri. "Nope."

"Uh, hold!" Jack called to Raf, who stopped at the image titled 'Phantom Car'. It was a picture of Bumblebee but there was a zoomed in image of the drivelers drive's seat superimposed on the picture.

Jack chuckled, "The camera sure loves Bee." Miko shrugged, "What can you do?" She leaned back, her hands behind her head and her legs crossed on the table in front of them, "When you're a superstar, you're paparazzi bait."

Ratchet turned to them, tilting his helm. "Wait, is that Bumblebee?"

"On a conspiracy website, where users post evidence of close encounters but we have it under control ratchet." Raf said giving a thumbs up "we just scrub and replace bee with..."

"Marscat says : take me to your feeder."

Ratchet laughed, before turning away from the teenagers' gawking looks. "Ratchet actually laughed" Miko pointed out. Jack thought for a moment before turning to Optimus with a grin. "Hey, Optimus. You.....Wanna see something funny?"

"No." He replied blankly

Nova stared at Optimus of how bland the response was.

"Don't take it personally," Arcee interjected, walking forward with Bulkhead. "Prime's are built that way,"

Nova said interested, "Really." Optimus' optics flashes to hers, before they returned to the screen again. "Never seen Optimus laugh, cry or lose his cool." Bulkhead added

Ratchet vented softly, "While Optimus certainly keeps his emotions in check, I've known him far longer than any of you have, and he was different before he was made a prime."

Raf frowned, "Optimus wasn't always a prime?" Ratchet shook his head. "On Cybertron, one isn't born into greatness. Rather, one must earn it."

Miko tilted her head, "So different how? We talkin' party animal?"

Ratchet shook his head, "No, no. Optimus was more like... Jack." Ratchet tilted his helm. "And Nova too."

"Huh?" Nova said confused, when Ratchet compared to prime. Jack in question looked away dismissively. "No, no. I'm nothing like Opti-"

Then a beep noise interrupted that as discussion as fowler's voice could be heard. "Prime! Those tech heists my departments been tracking, we figured it was M.E.C.H on the count of their stealth tactics. Until moments ago when a security beep at the pentisions ebbs' particle collider captured this." Fowler then uploaded a short clip of Soundwave.

Jack frowned, "Soundwave..."

Miko grinned, "Raf can swipe that out for you with a funny image!"

Fowler continued, "The 'con without a face made off with a cutting-edge phase conductor. Here's a punch list of everything else we've confirmed stolen to date."

Ratchet frowned as he began reading the list out loud. "Plasma injector, Neutron shield, Tesserat? There's only on thing missing if they are intending to build ...."

"Another space bridge," Nova finished for him in a deadly serious tone that could probably cut through just about anything. Her brows furrowed, face set in a deep frown as she asked Ratchet, "What is missing?"

"Simply an ample power source,"

Nova thought a moment, before turning to Raf. "Isn't there one in a military lab off the coast?"

They both turned to Fowler who nodded.

"Agent Fowler, I suggest immediate evacuation from said laboratory," Optimus ordered. "Send in coordinates and we'll arrive after you give the all clear.

As Folwer nodded and canceled the feed. Novaturned to Optimus as the others gathered around, waiting for the go. "May I come?"

He thought a moment before turning to her, "I fear that Megatron's desperation has reached its zenith. I do not want you caught in the crossfire between the two of us if he were to be there,"

Nova lowered her head for a bit and nodded. "I understand, JUst Kick some decepticon punk's tailpipe for me, alright?" Nova said to him with a smile. Optimus chuckled softly, "As you wish."

As Ratchet activated the ground bridge, Fowler presumingly sending coordinates, the autobots turned to walk through, leaving Nova with three kids gawking at her.

"What?"

"He laughs for you?" Miko asked surprised. Nova said demeanor look, "Got a problem with that?" No one said anything as she glanced at the screen from the corner of her eyes.

'It looks like this storm is finally starting to break. I just hope we're all ready for this show when it really kicks off. '

Later

Despite her willingness to be prepared for whatever went down, NOva found herself in an unusual situation."Are you sure you guys want me along?" she asked once again, still not sure what to think about all this. "I mean, this is your guys' time together. I don't want to ruin it or anything."

Bumblebee's radio beeped in amusement as he sped down the empty road, seatbelt tightening a little like he was trying to hug her or something. Meanwhile, Raf just smiled, hugging his little yellow car close as he said, "Don't worry Nova. We wanted to bring you along. This'll be fun. Trust me."

Pale pink lips curved in a poor imitation of a bemused smile as blue eyes danced like the northern lights. She still didn't know how the duo had done it, but they had somehow convinced Nova to tag along and go racing with them for a reason. It was quite surprising, she couldn't refused Raf since he did refer to her as part of his family. It was a good thing she left Campy at the base so that he won't try to eat his toy car.

However, before they could get far at all, "Bumblebee," Ratchets voice carried through the comm. "Optimus may require back up. They're three klicks north of your current position, just off the highway. If you drop the kids off at the exit ramp I will bridge them back,"

Bumblebee buzzed sadly as Raf messed with the car in his hands. "Its alright, Bee." he smiled before turning to NOva. "Sorry we couldn't get to have racing."

"We'll go racing another time," NOva reassured him, placing a hand in the dash.

Suddenly, the ground around them shook. Nova turned around to spot a familiar gray and purple plane, shots raining down around them. Bee swerved left and right, however one landed on his roof. An electronic charge shot through Nova's body, her hair was seen sticking straight up. Her eyes shut, her arms forced to her side by an invisible force while what felt to be an electric charge shimmered to her chest. There, it hummed contently, pulling in on itself. It didn't hurt, but it was a new feeling she couldn't understand. BumbleBee buzzed as he came to a stop.

"I'm..... fine," Nova answered weakly. She turned to ask Raf, before she gasped in shock.

Somewhere Far

Pounding another unlucky vehicon soldier into the ground, the Prime only had scan seconds to look around at the burning battlefield before a new challenger tried to take him. Nearby, he could hear the clashes of metal as his valiant Autobots fought back the Decepticon's. However, even though things were starting to look up for them, he suddenly got this terrible feeling in his spark.

Blasting his opponent away, he glanced around the smoking area, left servo transformed into a blaster while the other was in blade form. He could hear the sound of jet, a familiar jet at that, heading their way. Turning, he watched with a hidden frown as Megatron landed nearby, dust rising from the impact.

Transforming his right servo back, he briefly touched his chassis, playing it off as moving into a ready-stance, while quietly wondering at the foreboding feeling in his spark. Something was terribly amiss.

"Optimus," the warlord hissed, triumphant smirk in place.

"Megatron," he rumbled, optics narrowed on his former friend. "Do you not see the folly in trying to force a prophecy to fruition?"

"Why leave matters to fate if one can forge one's own destiny?" he retorted, cold smile never leaving his heavily scarred faceplates. Then his optics shifted to look at something behind the Autobots; that pleased smile only growing. "Ah, speaking of fate....."

Almost fearing what he would see, Optimus and the other's behind him turned to see Bumblebee walking up, with NOva sitting in his cupped hands while Raf curled up on her lap, still wasn't responsive despite everything that she was doing. Nova gently laid Raf onto Bee's hands, moving herself out from under him.

"What did you do?!" Nova demanded, staring directly at the warlord. Optimus' optics widened, hand reaching automatically to her. Once Nova climbed on, he took in Raf's frozen form. Arcee approached and removed him from Bee's grasp.

Megatron chuckled lightly, their attention returning to him. "It would seem I swatted a Bee and squashed a bug."

BumbleBee buzzed furiously, charging the con. However, Optimus laid a hand out stopping the smaller bot. "Ratchet," Optimus called into the comm, watching Megatron closely as he chuckled. "Bridge us back now!" the bridge opened, however Optimus didn't turn from the con. "Arcee, attend to Raphael and Bumblebee."

Optimus placed Nova on the ground, telling her to head back to the base which she oblige. Nova only knew Raf for a long time and now her worries risen to see him in his condition. As they came through, everyone in the base were shocked when they saw Raf.

Jack said shocked, "Raf?

"No!!" Miko said bewildered.

Ratchet rushed over to them "what happened?" he demanded.

"Megatron." Arcee said. "Quickly into my laboratory!" he ordered.

Arcee speed walked whilst still cradling Raf, Nova, Jack and Miko came by her side as ratchet was digging through his work place. Nova then grabbed a gurney as she rolled it in front of Arcee, "put him on here." She said.

Arcee gently laid the unconscious raf on the bed as Nova hooked him up to a heart monitor as ratchet was still going through his things, Jack looked at Nova then to raf as she turned on the heart monitor...his heartbeat was weak.

"Argh, Raphael isn't responding. We must run diagnostics of his assemblage, e-er vital statistics, ah my tools! There all wrong!" he yelled as he threw them across the room.

Bumblebee beeped sadly.

"We need to call my mom." Jack said flustered.

"Your mother may be a nurse but does she know anything about the effects of energon on the human body!" Ratchet argued.

"Er, do you know anything about the human body?" Jack retaliated. Ratchet put on a shocked face as he couldn't come back with an answer.

"Mom it's urgent." Jack said in a worried tone. Then Nova heard ratchet say, "The weak shall perish." He then looked at raf, "be strong Raphael."

Nova thought, 'Is he referring to his weakened state? No, I' m not going to believe that to be true. Raf has to be okay, he has to.'

"How fast can you get here?" Jack asked his mom. "Jack, tell her we'll bridge her here." Nova said as she ran over to the control pad.

"Nova hospitals are always full of people, we can't blow our cover..." Arcee started.

"I don't care...." Nova snapped as she started up the groundbridge. "I will not sacrifice my friend's life in exchange for remaining a government secret." She started up the groundbridge as Junes car drove through.

"Mom thanks..." jack started.

"Grab my bag." June said swiftly as she quickly made her way to raf, they all made their way to raf as ratchet began scanning him.

"Measuring the extent of the absorption should determine the proper course of treatment." Ratchet stated. "If i don't get this boy stabilised now! He will not leave this table alive do you understand me?" she sternly told ratchet

"Uhh..." Ratchet said as he backed off, he couldn't do any more at the moment.

Bumblebee then lost all control of his emotions as he slammed a fist into the wall, buzzing furiously until Arcee pushed him up against a wall, "Bee listen! You think i don't know how it feels to watch a partner...harmed? Revenge won't help raf right now, you need to keep your emotions in check!" she told him.

They could only stand by and watch as Nurse Darby tried everything to get him back to a survivable state, every bit of first aid you could think of.

Nova then heard the sound of the groundbridge opening but she merely ignored it as she stared at raf, he was so pale and had shadows under his eyes, at the beginning she feared for their safety of staying here. She recalled her past about seeing many deaths she encountered before when she was an ex assasin. Everything changed when she decided to use her skills to help people instead of killing. She'd gotten so used to their company that she had put it to one side that it could never happen so long as she was there or there guardians...but it seems Megatron will always be that one force that pushes her to the side.

"I wish I could protect you, I will viciously murder him with my own hands if it is the last thing I do. I don't care what happens to me anymore as long as Megatron perish." Nova thought, gritting her teeth in anger as she clenched her fists.

Then Nova saw June's face dropped as she shook her head she then straightened her expression, "Jack help me get Raf to the car, he's going to the emergency room." She said.

"Nurse Darby. Your doctors won't be able to comprehend what's afflicting him, not without a decade of study." Ratchet told her.

"I don't have time to argue." June said as she attends Raf.

"The effects of an energon blast on an Autobot can be devastating enough, but this is a human. I'm not getting any readings." Ratchet informs from his place on the computer. Nova wondered about the new force in her chest pulled at her when an idea spring in her head.

"It was Megatron who shot us..." Ratchet turned to look at Nova curiously. "What if he inhabit dark energon?....."

"Of course!" Ratchet called out, turning back to the screen and crunching numbers. "How could I have been such a fool?" he turned to Raf, running the scanner over his body once more. "If dark energon is destroying his bodily functions from the inside out, we must expel it and fast. The only way I know how."

"And how's that?" Miko asked. "An energon transplant.." Nova answered as Ratchet reached for a vile.

"I need energon!"

BumbleBee buzzed, Ratchet turning to him. "Wait, you said energon was devastating to humans?" June asked next, questioning Ratchet's work.

Ratchet looked down at her, "Under normal circumstances, quite. But I am relying upon the dark matter currently invading their bodies to meet it head on!"

Nova explained to June so that she can understand, "What he mean is....If we inject energon to mingle with the dark energon, it'll overpower it, allowing a stable balance to reside in Raf's body."

"So if it's true then......why didn't you get affected? You were there with them." Arcee asked next as Ratchet pulled the blue substance from Bumblebee's arm.

"I'm... Not sure.." NOva hesitantly replied, her hand reaching up to her chest. "I was electrocuted, yes, however it didn't hurt... Maybe it doesn't have an affect on techno-organic."

Actually, She didn't feel weak instead she felt energized for some reason. However, She felt a strange feeling under her skin, like something is pounding. It remind her when she had an adrenaline rush when she can feel her heart pounding against her chest and it sometimes resonates through her body. But, it's not affecting her gravely. So she decided to ignore it for now.

Arcee was about to say something until Ratchet called, "I need him over here, now!" They turned to see the door to the full body scanner opened. Nova grabbed the side of the bed instantly, pushing it with June. They evacuated just as Ratchet pulled the switch, door shutting and the cylinder roaring to life. We crowded around, watching closely as a blue hue clouded the cylinder around him.

A blinding light overtook our senses, and the door opened slightly after. June and Nova rushed in, the kids following not too far behind. June examined him while Nova checked a pulse.

"Pulse rate is stabilizing," Nova called as Bumblebee kneel at the foot of the bed. Raf groaned, his eyes falling onto Bee's.

"Bee,.." He whispered out, voice harsh.

Bumblebee buzzed in content, his eyes watching his charge closely. Miko leaned over and hugged the kid, the other bots smiling in relief. Campy hopped onto her shoulder, who had his glasses on it's helm as Nova took it from him. "Here you go raf." Nova said as she put on his glasses. She was relief no.....She was happily glad to see Raf alive and well.

"Bulkhead, where was Optimus going when you left him?" Nova heard ratchet said as her ear pricked up.

Bulkhead sighed. "He said history has proved that autobots and decepticons can never get along, so he won't allow any more darkness to fall on this or any other planet." He then sighed again. As they all gathered round bulkhead. "He said megatron must be destroyed." Bulkhead finished.

Nova's eye widened when she remembered the dream she had. The dream she saw was actually Megatron and OPtimus in battle where the volcano is. She must have realized after what happened to Raf, it affected him a great deal more than she know.

'Foolish Prime,' Nova couldn't help but think in a fond but still worried way.

"Bulkhead, you let Optimus face Megatron alone?" Arcee scolded. "I didn't have a choice." Bulkhead argued.

"It could be a trap." Ratchet said. "We need to get a fix on his location!"

Ratchet ran over to his status monitors, once again typing away and hopefully trying to get a lock on Optimus. While everyone was busy, Nova glanced around to be sure no one was staring as she checked her body secretly and began to notice her skin was getting paler and cold, even her veins are visible in coloring. It's on both on her arms and she saw that it was also on her chest, but they are too light in coloring to be noticed immediately.

"I've locked onto Optimus's signal." Ratchet said frantically, getting Nova's attention. "wait...how is this possible?"

Nova looked up at the screen too, the blue signal indicates Optimus but close next to him was a flashing purple and onscreen around them was a huge spread of purple and was growing.

"What? What is it?" Arcee asked frantically.

"We need to get Optimus out of there, now!" Ratchet yelled.