(A/N Finally they managed to fix the Wifi and it's a good thing I saved the story in the Word  document before it went out, in case I want to finished it. Now for all the moment your waiting for.....here's the chapter.)

From Earth and now Cybertron, on the other side they were at the foot of the Nemesis. Looking up to it Nova watched the others emerge from the portal, she then looked to the floor, the planet's surface, metallic, no growth of anything organic. Looking out at Cybertron, there was a lot of work that needed to be done.

"It is a dawn of a new age." Nova mumbled. Campy trotted on the rubble before devouring some pieces of the metals. Nova shook her head, amused by his appetite before lowering her hand, motioning Campy to come. "C'mon Campy...."

Campy hopped onto her servo before climbing to her right shoulder, despite the large size. She wandered over to see Optimus and Ultra Magnus who finished the debriefing, "And lastly our former enemies detained, and those questioned for hostility are ready at given command." Magnus informed.

Optimus nodded, "All in good time, in the meantime, Autobots I have an unpretentious matter to attend, I shall rendezvous with you at Kaon." He said.

"Matter?" Bumblebee said.

"Merely recon Bumblebee, nothing concerning." he reassured.

"And at Kaon?" Arcee questioned also.

"Sure, we have to start cleaning and where better to start then the filthiest area." Wheeljack said nudging her as he moved towards Smokescreen. "Come on kid, on the way let's play a little 'target' practice with anything Con lookin', I'll give you a few tips." He said smacking his shoulder.

"Oh come on, don't use me as the punching bag." Smoke said.

"I'm not. Everyone's gotta have weaknesses it's easier to improve when you admit them faster." He said transforming, burning rubber across the surface.

"B-But since when do you admit your weaknesses?" Smokescreen muttered before he thumbed over his shoulder to the others, "He's really deep sometimes, huh?" He noted transforming also following after him.

"No time like the present." Magnus said, "Sir." he said before transforming following after the others, Bumblebee close behind.

"So." Arcee said to Bulkhead, "do you think you can remember 'construction'?"

"Ha. Get the wheels turning again and I can build a city in a day." He stated.

"Granted that you don't end up destroying most of it before then." She added.

Bulkhead laughed, "You say that now, until you see the results."

With all parting there ways, Nova with her hands behind her back, still staring at the sky filled with thoughts while Campy just wandered off the area without her noticing. Optimus asked, "Are you alright, Nova?"

Which snapped out of her thought. "Huh....wha?  oh hey Sire, It's nothing....just admiring the view." Nova said halfway joked. However, Optimus knew that something is bothering her.

Optimus started, "Nova....." but she interrupted by tugging on his arm suddenly, "Come on....Let's explore a bit." She said playfully.

He fought against the tug as he felt mentally fatigued suddenly at her behavior, "Nova..." he lazily warned as she tugged harder. "I cannot----."

"Where did you work?" she asked anxiously looking around.

He lifted a heavy hand in the direction to a specific city knowing how difficult it would be to win this argument and state the realism and the facts with those hopeful optics that reflected her human eyes almost perfectly, "That building. that sits directly between the city." He sighed. "Nova---"

"Let's go then." She said about to sprint forward as he pulled her back making her paw at the air. "Everyone's getting a lay of the land- I bet, a quick look at things and then meet up again."

"You are just making a vague statement." He said.

"Well...sure it's vague but it's valid, everyone has there direction. What are you doing?" She asked him as she followed his optics that clearly tried to avoid hers. "S-ire? What are you doing?" she teased.

You were already informed." He answered with looking upwards. "This is not---"

"Don't say it." She said.

He mentally sighed, seeing her switch between from excitable to grimaced. It was a difficult time on Cybertron. He was planning on heading to Iacon but he feared time would prolonged due to her tendencies to see, question and whilst here sure to let her mind turn unattentive...but even still, more than ever, they have to use this time. "...Its nothing, what you would consider, 'typical'. I was only going to say that this is not an engaging objective, only gathering intelligence." He argued.

She rubbed the side of her arm a little embarrassed as she regained a pleasant look on her face, "Oh, is that all? S-Sorry, I'm just being paranoid..."

"Only as a result of my own doing." he finished as she looked to the floor.

"No...I'm pretty sure i'm paranoid." she said lightly.

"I recall that we agreed you would behave as you did so on Earth?"

Her legs turned restless, "I can't help it." She laughed before waggling a finger at him. "Human curiosity is not something you can restrain with a lecture." she argued grinning.

Optimus pinched his forehead, "I suddenly find myself unable to read you." he admitted, a little distracting considering where they are. "Are you able to keep up with me?" he then asked as a serious statement.

She waved two hands from behind her helm, "Said the human to the bot." She said as he took a step forward. She couldn't decide what he was doing until he suddenly transformed, driving off as she looked ahead and spread her wings then started to flew off ahead of him. "Okay I'm going to need some direction myself here...wh-where do I stop?" she called back to him.

"Straight ahead, until I say otherwise." He said.

"You're just saying that to try to win this race, I'm going to end up on one of your moons with your devious directions an- hey!" She called as he overtook her with ease.

"Instead of thinking what I might have intended, focus on what I am doing now." 

She started to focus on her flight acceleration, "I am----- your using jet power you jerk."

"You specified no rules." He argued.

Later

Optimus ended up getting far ahead of her, but in the end she somehow managed to win, and when she was told to stop as she landed on the ground, pulling her wings back into her body. Nova turned to him, "I know you let me win, next time it won't be."

"I would never suggest the idea." He said looking mock serious.

She rolled her optics upwards, "Alright, I 'won' but the next race will be to Ka-...Kaon." looking around she slightly froze, Optimus watched on as she made mumbling sounds as though she were about to convulse. Not like any 'capitol' she had been too. Above looked like there once stood a large bridge, the beginning of the bridge was the same as the end stripped of its middle counterpart.

"This is Iacon, isn't it?" she asked.

"In its current state." Optimus stated.

"I....see." Nova said grimace. As stared at what was left of Iacon, It made her recall the time where she was blasted into the past and met Alpha Trion. He was the one who treated her injuries and gave something to eat, even enjoy chatting together. Optimus noticed her sad expression as he asked, "Nova?"

Nova said sadly, "It used to be beautiful when I first got blasted to the past, but now it falls to a ruin. I even found out about my origin of how I ended up on Earth."

"What do you mean?"

"Y'see...it turns out Alpha Trion was the one who sent me to Earth and to think I was chosen to become the Herald. If only I saved him, he would've been alive then I would wanna thank him for everything but I guess it won't be."

Optimus was surprised by the fact his mentor sent Nova to Earth, knowing or hoping she was destined for great things which would explain about her origin. "I didn't tell anyone about this....your the only one I told to.

 He placed his servos on her shoulder and said, "Do not blame yourself. We cannot undo the past that has been done." Nova looked up him as her expression became soften of his comfort before staring back at the ruins.

 "So-so how long until restoration do you think?" she asked.

"It all depends on how many return but with a former constructor, I predict years however there are numerous factors that could add to those years." He said, watching her nod though was very sure she wasn't listening, "Found something more interesting to you?" he asked.

She turned her head slowly with a blank expression at first before she made a nervous laugh, "Heh-heh, er, I don't mean to be rude." She said looking over the area, "You don't realize how much you can see at this height, when coming here as a human the metallic dust-covered up the horizon it was like smog but seeing it again at this view." She shook her head trying to choose her words, "even as a fallen city...'Q of the continuum' this place is.....Man you guys were spoil." She said.

He looked on ahead thinking of the path they would take, but averted back to her as he watched the smile on her face, a similar smile she expressed when she stared at the sunset with him...It had been an interesting experience he thought to remind himself. He shut his optics slightly remembering that he had his own objective and had little time to reflect upon as approaching her, patted her shoulder, "Come." He said moving ahead as she looked back every few seconds to get another look, "If we go through the city we can make it on the other side for a shorter route to Kaon right after the intended location." He said.

She followed as she had to rub her cheeks to how overused her jaw was, looking at the buildings in particular though despite their half constructed selves, the platforms above them were roads, she guessed anyway in case she was wrong. taken her vision from high above her she noted the floor level and a feel of guilt met and clashed with her excitement, of course it had slipped her mind that during all the conflict there was not even time to lay the dead to rest...of course over time the debris that had set, somewhat buried the fallen, but even still.

She mentally cringed but didn't look away or gasp, just stared. Twisted metal, torso, legs, arms, optics, empty sparks, snapped jaws that oozed Energon and was still very much present around their bodies, Optimus observed her at every given chance, to answer what her expression asked, "Another priority." He said snapping her away from the scene, "All who lay here will once again be able to provide for a newly sparked being." He said.

"Oh." She said quietly, "Seems kind of...I don't know how to say it..... disrespectful."

"It is a cycle, when first sparked that new spark will grow, learn, gain abilities and experience." he explained. "Then when that Cybertronian has reached its time, the spark returns to the well with all that knowledge he/she has gained."

"Oh...so is that why when you guys are born, you already know certain things, transforming, communicating that sort of thing?"

He nodded, "However we still teach one another, we do not possess all knowledge."

She lifted her head despite the eerie view, "What did you think about us then? You know, how we're born without knowledge of anything, we're taught it."

"It was interesting to see different teaching methods, ultimately may have resulted in the influencing of the personality, even the basis of learning to walk, communicate, socialization, life stages."

Nova narrowed her eyes playfully, "Any 'life stage' in particular you found, hmm, difficul-"

"adolescent." he answered straight away as she snickered into her hand. "Specifically ages thirteen, disregard of set boundaries..."

"heh-heh, A-Alright Sire..."

"....continuous habit to ignore my authority..."

"Sire"

"....Your usual paroxysm usually lasts for a limited time of under twelve hours, but that day..."

"Seriously, please not in front of...nobody."

"Some days, almost pierced your very spark." he finished as a serious statement.

"Okay Okay, you made your point apprentice of comedy." Nova folded her arms as she frowned at him, "Well...at least you don't talk about me at parties or other people." she smiled shyly as she gave him a light punch, "I hated some days, but I guess thinking back it wasn't that bad." she said sighing as she looked back to the ground.

"To think they fought so hard to protect Cybertron but end up loss in the battlefield. That's just so sad....." Nova said sadly. He beckoned his hand as she walked up confused, "They fought honorably to end the war, there is nothing we can do to prevent it. " He said placing his hand on her helm, he then leant his head close as he lightly smiled at her for reassurance.

 "Well...at least I'm exploring through here with you." she said giving him a light shove though not moving him an inch.

"That so."

She nudged him with her elbow, "Mm-hm, because as soon as I'm done, I'm going to get myself sectioned in the dreaded 'white room'." she said with melodrama.

"you are acting hysterical." He dipped his head, "And excitable on an average level since arriving here." He said, "Though I believe, the closer you get to a fear, it turns to panic."

"What fear? Why closer? Who's panicking?" she said as he walked on she made it so that she was very close behind, "B-But real mode now." She took a hold of his hand, "I'm impressionable right? therefore unforgettable like emotional trauma...wait what?"

"That is one form of description." he said lightly as she nodded seemingly pleased with that answer...before turning to a frown.

"Now see, that could mean anything, you could be pointing out my flaws that I'm loud and therefore unforgettable, or-or maybe it's a literal question and maybe if you got amnesia again or---"

"Nova."

"Sorry. So...where are these towers you got me all worked up about?" 

"You cannot see them from here." He said, "Just a short distance further on."

Continuing on she looked left, right, all around as she wondered of each fate of those who lay rusted, what was their plan, their purpose, what they said, what they did. But the area itself was a specific place of where a battle occurred. "Woah.....Sire, What happened here?"

"Decepticons were trying to breach the shielding on the Ark...they were to hold them back to buy time."

"You mean that one?" She rubbed her wrists that eerie feeling that they were currently the only living among them.

He stopped, "Right there." He said pointing upwards as she followed his direction.

As said, they still stood, the celestial towers, they were particularly thin for towers that is but very appealing to the optic, "Aw cool...it's only the top that's really ravaged but there still standing, do you think the statues are still there?" She said placing a hand on her hip, "Heh, ooh Destiny." she said in a ghoulish mocking tone.

"Destiny can refer to each choice of every individual and how their actions can always lead to a consequence." He expressed.

"Now that I can believe. But do we have to give it a title? Supernatural stuff like that just feels forced to me, I can't find myself investing into the idea despite everything that's happened." 

"I understand the point you are making." he carried on to another section with a higher level scaling the broken wall, "Up here." He said lending her a hand.

"Really? That's a lot of...a lot of climbing around here." She commented taking his hand.

"The lift platform is out." he said pointing to a lower deck with debris covering the area.

"Ah, right. Is that your loose term for an elevator?" She said, finding her footing though slipping a little as he leant a little more forward, "I'm alright." She informed but he provided her a hand up anyway. "I thought we were going through the city?"

"This provides a better angle." He said looking over the city.

"This place has more layers than an onion." Nova said catching the reflected light, "it's like, one big highway. Figures." She turned around as she saw a curved shaped building, unlike the tall thinner building this one was wide. "Now that buildings awfully specific."

"You wanted to see my old station, here it is." He said.

She slightly gawked up tilting her head as far as she could just to get a full view of the building, "What is this?" She asked.

"The Hall of Records." 

"Wait, That's the Hall of Records?!"

"Yes." He said fondly with a hint of sadness, "I have not been here, what feels an eternity." He started to walk. "Oh....." Nova said sadly as she looked over the edge of the linked path they walked.

"I wonder how many levels are there?" she wondered to what seemed like an endless pit, she cupped a palm over her forehead, from the top there was that glow that went with each level but as it went deeper it seemed to dim with light to almost darkness. Out of curiosity she picked up a piece of metal debris as she hovered it over the edge.

"Nova." Optimus said as she stared at him. He shook his head.

She looked over the debris and put it down, forgetting the obvious of creating too much noise, "How far down does it go?" she asked him instead.

"Factories, the pits, the places that in the past were considered, our meaningless labour." He said with his back to her.

"So, they barely had any light from the surface?" she said. "That's the lower caste, restricted to practically everything." She noted.

"What the higher governs considered as factory drones...barely without a name, privileged to get a number, most without even an identity." He said. "I was, unknown to how 'low' you can be classed as before I met Megatron and what went on in the pits."

"That's sad." She said. "So... Megatron named himself after one of the thirteen original Primes, so his name before that...?"

"His identity was originally by a number." He said.

She slightly shuddered, "I did not know that, it's a little scary, I mean even now on Earth, when you go to the doctors, the post office, you feel insignificant, I never really liked long queues they scared me with that unison of marching feet and the robotic sounding tone of 'next'." She watched as he stood at the entrance reaching a hand out to the once sealed doors now a wreckage from the Decepticons raid of the building. "Sire. What if you see something you didn't want to see?" she asked clasping a hand around his wrist, "I mean, Alpha Trion he..."

"I should be asking you that." He said lightly.

She shook her head, "No, you had ties here...i didn't." she said. "It won't...it won't get to me. I won't let it." She reassured.

"You can remain here?" he suggested though knew very likely to an instant decline.

"What? and miss this? what did you think we were, pfft I don't know bonding?" she jested. "No, no I'm fine." She said. "You can remain here?"

"Do you know what I am searching for?" he asked.

"Erm..........?" she replied blankly as he bared a flat expression. "So you're fine with this, but I still want to see...the structure that is. This 'infamous' place you've talked about while you go searching for 'knowledge' and stuff."

With confirmation he stuck his head into the dark area, there was a very low glow enough to see the path ahead of them but barely. "Cybertron is still recovering." He said turning his headlights on then turned his head to her, "Stay close and alert."

Nova nodded as she formed an blue energy sphere from her servo before lifting it up in the air to brightened the area, much to Optimus surprise. "Huh, what do you know? It worked." She noted, stepping into the building.

Looking around it was like a crumbly old site at first but walking along the long hallway, she noticed up ahead a brighter area, a light shined on this large platform that almost appeared bacon like. Optimus looked around warily before walking up to the platform, a very old-looking and rusted control panel as he dusted off the rust.

Nova slightly frowned as she walked onto it also looking up she gawked, she couldn't really count the levels, but straight up was rows of, what she could only guess to be data pads sitting in large segments of the walls alongside shelves like a maze they spiraled in a neat fashion around the building, she expected it to look library like but no.

 "Kinda remind me of the movie that Miko showed me." She muttered as she tried to tippy toe to get a better look of the design though lost balance in doing. She watched Optimus from behind as he starting tapping at the control panel, "Do you think that might still be working?" she asked her voice thrown around the building.

The outcome does not look that way." He said the corner of his mouth lifted to a small smile, "However, in the past, it has been known to be 'temperamental'" he admitted, "sometimes a little- force is needed." He said giving it a light hit. A sound of charging was heard as the lift brightened within its own radius, "I was hoping for this outcome."

"Wow...I was expecting you to resurrect it or something." she said.

"Time can ravage, it was simply just a minor seal up." He argued.

"True." She said as the platform began to raise she looked over the edge the technology of the lift was non comparable to any of Earths, holographic in appearance which confused her even more, "I have trouble with my malware software I'm not even going to try to understand this." She looked up to the ceiling.

He looked amusingly at her, "you do look inquisitive." He noted. "My processor is struggling to respond fast enough."

She stepped back in a flinched movement rubbing the back of her helm, "I'd love to climb or fly this place. But can't really do that when you're here."

"Are you suggesting that I acquire too much restraint?" he said.

"Yeah..." She joked lightly as the lift stopped, "Okay! Let's-go-to-the-library!" She cheered moving on the subject with a raised fist. Then, her expression fell to an embarrassment, quickly putting her fist down. "Why-why would I even express that so eagerly?" she cringed as he shook his head moving forward with caution.

The comment made him think of the librarian side to himself as it just came to him in his old enviroment, "Cybertrons history is a truly fascinating endeavour, older than you can imagine, generations before us once visited thousands of worlds like yours..." He said lost in thought.

Nova blinked to how passionate he suddenly sounded, "Sire...do you want to sit down?" She teased.

"You should read more." He put it simply.

"I do, if I get my books online thank you." she said lightly pushing him. "After you old boy." she saluted.

With metallic footsteps it made it sound all the more large as a stature building, she watched as Optimus looked over the stored data pads that were either destroyed or few that were salvageable. He shook his head to the lost knowledge of his people, he turned looking at Nova as she looked on sympathetically, "Don't look so solemn, we can make new history."

She pulled a face, "Y-You're the one shaking your head." She noted walking deeper into the library looking over the place herself. "Some of them look intact." She added picking up an undamaged data pad. "I wonder what this one say?" she squinted her eyes vaguely, translating the written language using her technopathy, "My-myths...and, lo...lo-re? Qu-Qu-in-tes-ons? Mara-Al-Utha?" 

She tilted her head in confusion, "What kind of name is that? Sounds like a horrible rash." She shoved It back where she found it as she continued her search all the while calling over her shoulder to him, "So, hey what are you looking for?"

"Sources of information that you need not ask of at this time." He said noticing open her mouth after 'that'.

She shrugged looking down, "Well you will tell me if it was serious right? Maybe a zombie spider that will come down from the moon prophecy?" she said picking up a fallen data pad that caught her attention as she oddly flinched when doing so, "A-Ah..." she muttered placing her hand on her left optic.

Optimus put his data pad down as he knelt to her side, "What is it?" he asked hovering a hand around her back.

"N-Nothing, just feeling a piercing pain on my left optic but I am fine now." Nova assured, but didn't calm Optimus. Ever since she healed Bumblebee's vocie, the dark energon on her left optic still remained even though she fell into the Cybermatter. For some reason, it doesn't seem to purge the dark energon out of her system. Ratchet did say it was dormant and can be active as long as she doesn't tap into it. She did it two times before but now nothing happens. 

"Do you feel any sensation, in your optics?" he asked.

"Don't think so. Ratchet gave me a look over before we left." She said.

He looked her over as he thought to bring up another topic, "And, what of your powers?" he asked. Nova raised both her servo, only to show blue sparked before shutting it off. "Nothing out of the ordinary.....In fact, I've had nothing for a while, not since the fight on the Nemesis, but that's all...some ability huh? I either find something full of consequence or something I can't even use rendering it useless." She said with light sarcasm.

He let his hand rest on her back, "Whatever it is you find, I have noticed you to trigger events."

"If you say so." She said, rubbing her left optic.

"Singular beings can sometimes bring about change then what a thousand have attempted to do in a single lifetime." he said.

"I think I'm more of a sloth." She said her body slightly straining.

He averted his optics upwards as a typical gesture, "I want you to tell me of any changes as soon as they occur, manifestation, discomfort, sharp pain anything abnormal." He told her.

"You know it's not really a calm environment when you mention sharp pain." 

"Do you recall how Megatron was able to lead us to Unicrons spark? Through his connection with the Anti-spark?"

"Sure, the part where he was going nuts, like when you go.....what was the word? That's right, cold turkey." She said simply.

"Then you know the reality and possibility of what Dark Energon can grant. I am just concerned that if anything did manifest, it would be difficult to expel without us knowing the level of power we are dealing with."

"You mean because we can't see what Dark Energon did to me?" she said, "See how frustrating it is not knowing what will happen?"

"Do not jest. Why is it, you can be very cautious or very reckless?" He said placing his hand on her helm,

She raised her arms up, "Ha, you got me, I'm natural."

He looked past her as he mustered her to follow him, "here." He said. He led her to a small work station placed in front of the open outlook, able to get a view of the city and beyond. She wondered about the reflected material they used for windows, but dubbed it as glass as she was more focused on the view. Optimus however tapped away at a small keyboard lit up by holographic keypads.

"I've seen 3D movie with all the nice imagery but....... Got nothing on this." She said as she watched him concentrate, a screen twice the size of them in diameter lit up in front of them as he continued typing, "Sire, I know you're going all super nerd but, can I say something?"

"Hm?" he said stopping in mid type as he straightened up.

Nova looked at his arm as her face turned serious suddenly, she then lifted a heavy hand lightly gripping his arm.  "I'm so glad I came to Cybertron with you." She said as she slowly moved into him, he was hesitant at first before he placed an arm around her.

"As do I, Nova." Optimus said sincere before continuing on the screen.

Nova smiled warmly before resting her head against him as she looked out, then she unknowingly looked to her hand that rested there against his torso, she noticed he had looked to the work station no doubt recalling nostalgia, and she just stared at the armour plating that protected his spark, she then lifted her hand as she moved her hand a little closer over his spark chamber, a flat expression over her face as she cupped her hand into a clawed position, Then it changed as though she had just became self-aware and she shook her head swiftly.

"Nova?" Optimus asked as she abruptly moved away from him.

"Hm? Nothing....I was just shaking my head from my diziness." She wiped her optics with a finger. "I mean, I don't think I've ever seen any tears from you guys."

"Our biology allows durability." He said still looking inquisitive to her behavior.

"I gathered that, just wondering your limits." 

"Shall we continue to Kaon?" 

She looked around, "Don't you want to stay longer? Did you get what you needed?"

"Yes." he acknowledged the building himself, "I have my memories, this building can be re-built. I would like to think that these empty shelves will be filled once more." He said placing a hand on her shoulder as they exited the building. "To be accessed by everyone."

Nova frowned as she had felt a little moved from that. "Yeah right...you just don't want to get there and everyone is waiting for you." she said.

"It would be inappropriate, especially for a ceremony." He said.

"Ceremony?"

"Bumblebee was valiant this day." He explained.

"So, like a promotion?" She looked to the Star Saber attached to his back as she pulled on it, "You going to be traditional about it? the way you've described promotions its kind if like a, knighthood I read from the book."

He turned, "It would not be as grand I am afraid, more simple. I only wish that he be recognised to an extent he deserves."

"Ah, you'll speech it up." Nova said eyeing up a pillar that was one of the structures which held up the building, and ever so randomly starting climbing up it shimmying all the way.

"Down." Optimus simply said whose optics were not even watching her actions.

She started swinging laying her head back, "Oh-no...a foot from the floor hope I can make it at the exact angle or I might break my neck." She shrugged jumping down.

"I hope you do not misunderstand this, but you are behaving, 'childishly'." He muttered.

She snorted, "Hey, I am a child...by law anyway." She placed her hands behind her back, "I just feel like I can let loose." She said casually strutting. "Why? don't you like me acting this way? it's just temporal."

He frowned confused, "No, I just find it curious, Given the circumstances."

"The circumstance now, not Cybertrons. It's been a long while since I've been on a 'scout out' with you and since you got your upgrade it's really hard to keep up with you now." she said with hard acceptance. "Anyway, Kaon. I know we're short for time but could we maybe take the scenic route? That highway looked awesome, some connected straight to a building and the levelled structures and that weird glowing blue thing with the sparkly blue stuff floating out of it..."

She continued to talk as Optimus walked onto the lift listening patiently, Nova followed oblivious of her movement but still making numerous points to what she's seen and wants to see.

"How about your place of base? And what's that tower over there? What do you think happened to those slug things? Do you think they starved? And what about the prisons in Kaon, you said they impounded some of their Autobots prisoners." he suddenly stopped as she felt the size of sudden tension.

"Do not think of it so lightly." He scolded being wary to choose his words, she felt off but chose to observe her behaviour than provoke.

Her optics widened like a sad puppy, "Sire...I...I...." She stuttered. 'The prisons? Really Nova? now he thinks you're a sociopath.'

He looked her over, "When we move to Kaon, we move silently." He said.

"I can still comm right?"

"Yes."

"Sire?" she said as he looked again, "I'm really sorry, really I am. I must have just run out of questions for once and blurted out anything to pop into my head. I didn't mean to offend you."

"No harm was done and I was not offended, just-"

"Concerned." She finished as he nodded, "Now...how about that Q and A? P-lease?"

He laid a hand on his forehead, "If I answer you, will you not let your mind wander?"

"Hm, sure. If I see anything I'll put that into the reserve section." She said tapping her helm.

"Very well. Now, we must double our pace, we have fallen behind." He told her as she nodded goofily. He folded his arms as he let a finger tap against his shoulder, "Now listen." He told her as he activated the control panel to the lift descending back down. "Our former bases scattered around Cybertron, one located right here In Iacon..." he begun explaining...

Later

Due to certain areas closed off from fallen buildings they were forced to take a more shaded area, "tread slowly through here." He said as she watched what she was standing on, without her optics it would've been pitch black to a human eye, when in these sort of areas she could really hear the creaking sounds of how rusted and broken the area was, she heard drips, creaks, and their own footsteps.

It got darker as they ducked under a large collapsed pillar, then ahead a narrow but straight path, however it was so compact. They kept quiet as they passed through, treating each step as though a landmine was just underneath, Nova suddenly halted as she let her mouth open a little, she felt a gust of wind blow past her gently... 

'Wind?' she thought.

The sudden feel of something that should be nonexistence got her back up as she suddenly classed every sound as abnormal transforming her arm into her armblade about to raise it Optimus took a hold of her arm, "Easy." He said through the comm, "Analyze." He reminded.

"Right." She said lowering her arm, 'Okay don't go nuts, what is real and what isn't. Remember your training, expand your surroundings. The creaking sound is the pillar behind us, the drips are Energon...that wind, belonged to possible threat.' she thought. 'Relatable sounds, relatable sounds...' she repeated to herself as a she heard a humming sound from behind. "Si----"

"I know." He said. "Get down!" he cried as she threw herself forward, Optimus unveiled the Saber as he threw it upwards like a shuriken, the identified target being an Insecticon, before he could make that devastating cry was split down the middle by the sword as it collapsed in a heap.

 Nova spun herself around on her side as she blinked awed, "Woah....."

 "It is likely to presume that not every Insecticon was on Earth." Optimus said swiftly retrieving the Saber from the corpse.

 Nova took a moment to comprehend how quick an engagement that was. "You think. There might be more, I mean.....Seriously, why leave one sentry to guard the cities?" She noted as she looked up, "I think the world hates me..." until she sense another one.

"Screeeeeeech!" came another his claws latched to the sidewalls as he lunged down, which Nova pushed Optimus out of the way before she was tackled away from him. Optimus yelled in concern, "NOVA!!!"

As the Insecticon forced its weight onto Nova as she held her cupped hands on both its claws. It was so strong that her arms were about to give when she felt her spark beat and a sudden heat over her form, her optics locked like predator on prey. "GET YOUR CLAWS OFF ME, YOU FILTH." Nova growled before both her eyes started to flared eerily.

Optimus raised the Star Saber quickly and was about to save her when Nova's optics shot a powerful laser at the Insecticon which blast through his head then towards the pillar that exploded to bits, much to Optimus' shock.

Nova's optics stopped glowing which snapped out of it before Its headless body fell on her as she grunted trying to move herself from under it. "Give me your hand." Optimus said in a commanding tone.

She was to her feet as she brushed her hands off looking at the dust on her hands, "Did you see that?" she expressed confusedly. Optimus looked over the Insecticon, Its head being blasted but not by the Saber.

"Yes." He said flatly.

Nova touching her optics before turning to Optimus, "I just shot lasers from eyes......Since when did my eyes do that?!" She said, looking clueless and excited.

Optimus said, trying to calm her down, "Nova...."

She frowned slightly her optics blinking, "Oh Yeah.....Sorry." her optics blinked again as he watched her concerned, "It's not great, is it?" She finally said as his face relaxed a little. "Why are you making that known?"

"Just to be sure, I mentioned that after years of war some Autobots would get used to even become crazed with the thought of killing? They were so focused on keeping themselves alive that they had lost sight of what we were fighting for to begin with." He reminded.

"Oh yeah...I've been there before but you could've just ended with that remember question, I would've got what you meant then instead of giving me an origin story." She said.

He shook his head lightly, "I explained what you asked of me." He said looking over the body, "Speaking realistically." He knelt, "Its quite a damage."

Nova grinned sheepishly, rubbing the back of her helm, "It was luck I guess, he threw his whole weight forward and I thought I was a goner. Though I had no idea I can shoot lasers." She shrugged.

"Perhaps..." he said lightly, "Your sense of direction however is improving in that form...despite putting yourself in front of me." he muttered.

"Heh-heh, I-I'll just call that helping you, but not ending up getting you killed instead. I hope it's just me." She said with doubt, "Sire, what if next time Dark Energon is the reason for something like this?" she asked surprisingly after denying it would be fine.

 "I'm stubborn sure. But, what if it starts screwing with my body's systems?" she turned anxious, "I-I don't want that to happen, not yet, but I don't want to end up a potential threat either."

He took in the thought as he scanned the land, "Let's expand our options before I make that decision, we'll try decontamination." He said thinking of an area that may offer that. "Kaon is postponed temporally."

She nodded weakly as they continued on their route. Unkownst to them, Her left purple optic was glowing very eerie. All the while, deep in her subconscious a slightly weak but present deity, begun to mutter.

"...at first...I slept..."

"But then, I became aware....."

"That creature...the 'Insecticon' stirred me." It hissed. "It was too greater mercy, however despite my, 'subtlety' my blood had shown but not my identity. It seems that I have too small of control in this mind, but I spread, 'its' will weakens with strong emotion and I am able to gain a few seconds of control, just enough to, sustain this ever imprisoned madness of mine, just barely."

"And each time its longer, shortly I will be able to take this form, at first I questioned why I was present here, but seeing through this body's visual, I am almost thankful."

"I sense another and more stronger part of myself manifesting in a rusting corpse." it chortled darkly, "'visions of the future', such a small mind, it never had a purpose I just grew dreary of this empty void and toyed with my creations. To lend you barely a whisper of my power...It only seemed appropriate."

"The creatures, humans. Tapping into this humans memories I have seen all that I need to know, this 'Autobot and Decepticon' war. Human history appears short...and bland, however they bear potential, their savagery is an interest, if not repetitive. If Primus could mock me..."

"Through the imagery of their history, it is entertaining, to see raised hope and purpose to its highest peak, only to reveal its pointlessness and inevitable end, left with nothing as was the beginning...their expressions...their expressions, I favor the unexpected suffering, so quick, to their stir shaken eyes."

"Torture...slow spreading torture, like a disease. Yes, that should suit you, such naïvety to create a race to keep myself at bay when they are divided by themselves, like children!" it started braying.

"To think I was harbor in a body of a Herald, yet it insults me! To USE my blood, only to disgrace what my very existence stands for! No plan, no direction, no reason, confusion, disorder, the definition; chaos! Being trapped like this only to extend myself through tainted others FRUSTRATES me. The Matrix bearer, PRIME. I WILL claim your spark!" he cried out in the darkness.

Outside of her mind, Nova felt a piercing pain in her left optic before shaking off the feeling before continuing with Optimus.