Previously on Project Aurora

Aurora had Jack learn about the the Omega-2 Outpost and revealed to them of her death at the end of the war. She had found where the uncanny twins lived along with some secret they are not aware of. After Aurora feels panic and fear through her bonds, she rushes over to find Raf being infused with energon. This leads to Raf generating energon, a new appearance, and hidden abilities yet to be discovered. Aurora then panics along with Ratchet to get Optimus to safety.

Present

"Let's go!" Ratchet yelled. Bulkhead rushes through the bridge first, then Arcee, Ratchet, and lastly Aurora. Bulkhead was fighting off Megatron, while Arcee and Ratchet pulled Optimus through the bridge. Aurora was redirecting all the dark energon away from them.

Arcee turned and yelled, "Bulkhead, now. NOW!" Aurora was scared of Megatron that she restrained his movement where he was, long enough for Bulkhead to escape.

They slowly walked Optimus into base.

"Easy Optimus. From the looks of things, you've been exposed to a massive amount of energon. Aurora, sweet spark?"

"On it daddy!" Once Optimus was set down, Aurora focused all her attention on giving Optimus a transfusion of medical grade energon with a little light energon in it to give his more strength since it wouldn't be that noticeable. While she was healing Optimus, she heard Ratchet try to explain Unicron.

"I've heard enough. Jack, please help me get Raf into the car," June said.

"What!? You can't leave!" Bumblebee said.

"Ah-but mom, I thought he was doing better!" Jack said.

"Raf needs to be examined by real doctors. And Raf's family needs to know what happened. His Real family," June replied.

"Mom, Raf's family can't protect him. Not like they can," Jack said gesturing to the bots.

Aurora finished healing Optimus as he quickly stood up.

"June, it deeply grieves me that I have failed. But I will do everything within my power to ensure no harm comes to our human friend or any human ever again," Optimus said.

"Optimus, they're children. They do not belong in your world," June said looking into his optics. "They should be worrying about grades, prom dates, pimples. Not their own survival!"

"Mom, dark energon is purring out of the Earth. It doesn't do that. This could be about everyone's survival, not just ours," Jack explained.

"You're coming with me, all four of you! And they will not be coming back," June says as she rolls Raf's gurney to her car.

"I understand," Optimus replied.

"That's it!? After all we've been through together? See ya!? What about our freedom to choose?" Miko asked.

"That may fly on their planet, but not here on Earth," June says. She slowly helps Raf get into the car, then turns with a scowl on her face and points at the car. "Get in!"

Aurora quickly flies over and sits in the car next to Raf.

"Aurora, what are you doing!?" Miko shouts incredulously.

"I-I'm d-doing what was commanded of me," Aurora stutters out with tears pricking the edges of her eyes.

June's face softens at Aurora "Oh! I'm sorry, Aurora. I forgot about your triggers, but this is for your own good."

"Aurora, get out of the car! Ratchet and Arcee are your family. You have a spark bond to prove it," Miko said. Aurora looked between Miko, June, Ratchet, and Arcee.

~I have a feeling that leaving is dangerous.~ Aurora sent to the both of them through the bond.

~Then don't go!~  Ratchet and Arcee sent together.

~That's why I'm going. I can protect them long enough until you guys come.~ Aurora sent back. Then said aloud, "I'm going with Auntie June."

Ratchet and Arcee nodded in approval.

"What!" Miko yelled. Everyone else was surprised.

Miko dropped it and made her decision to stay. Jack also decided to stay as well, and June drove off with Aurora and Raf.

Raf watched Bumblebee, until he couldn't see him. He sat down and Aurora immediately hugged him and whispered out, "We will come back. Weather or not Auntie June wants to or not. It will be okay."

Raf hugs Aurora and cries into her hair, mindful of her horns on her head as June continued to drive. After a few minutes, Raf calms down and both energon generators look at the sky, worried about the lightning striking them.

"Raf, Aurora, are you okay?"

"Ya, we're fine," they said at the same time. Right when she was going to reply, lightning struck in front of the car multiple times, causing June to crash.

"Raf, Aurora, are you okay?"

"I'm okay, but the crash knocked out Aurora. She stopped me from hitting my head against the roof of the car," Raf replied.

Then a tornado was headed toward them. June tried to reverse away from it, but to no avail. Luckily, Bumblebee came to their rescue, and took them back to base. Once back Raf used his ability to manipulate energon to move Aurora to her bed.

Time Skip

"Parasites! They, too shall know my lustful hand once I'm finished with you!" Unicron yelled.

Aurora woke up with a start hearing that, and then was tossed around while being electrocuted, causing her to screamed. That scream caused Unicron to stagger back.

"Aurora!? What are you doing here!?" Optimus asked.

"I don't know how I got here!" Aurora replied in a panic.

"The incarnation of Primus! You shouldn't even exist! No matter. Your line of Primes have grown weak in my absence, and thus he will fall. Then so shall you, Primus incarnate."

"That outcome is inevitable, but not on this day," Optimus said as he transformed his servos into blasters and fired at Unicron, until it fell down and turned into rubble.

Then all around him, more stone Unicrons rose from the ground surrounding Optimus.

"Yes, disciple of Primus, on this very day. For Unicron may be one, but we all are Unicron," each stone copy spoke.

-Optimus, have you uncovered any further signs of Unicron's emergence?- Ratchet commed.

-Unicron is power incarnate, and you, last of the Primes, shall perish alongside the incarnation of Primus,- was heard through the communication channel.

"Wait, Primus incarnate ... Aurora's with you! We're on our way!" Ratchet yells not really noting how or why is sparkling got there in the first place.

-Negative. Unicron cannot be defeated by shear force. He want's us, Ratchet. This fight must be mine alone as I defend Aurora and myself," Optimus said as he puts on his battle mask.

Optimus starts to fight against all the stone Unicron copies, all the while Aurora tries to figure out how she got there. Aurora already tried to bridge back to base, but for some reason it wasn't working again. She got scared as she couldn't even feel her sire or sister.

~You are needed with Prime, little sparkling,~ Aurora heard in her head. She forgotten, for a moment, how to translate the language of the Primes to english.

~Primus!? Are you the one who brought me to Optimus?~

~Indeed, Aurora. You must aid the Prime in his fight. I feared he would not make it against my brother.~

~I understand. Then, I will see to it that the Prime will survive. You have my word.~

~Thank you, Aurora. You have done more than I should be asking.~

~Anything for the Creator,~ Aurora sent as she started to pour light energon directly into Optimus's spark to ensure that his wounds would automatically heal. Though it was hard to do since Optimus kept moving around, and in turn moving her around.

Though once Optimus stopped, she knew Optimus was being restrained.

"Optimus!?" Aurora yelled.

"Aurora, brace yourself!" Optimus yelled. Aurora prepared, but when she felt Optimus tence up to take the blow she screamed her lungs out. The scream echoed through the area, and was able to shatter all the stone Unicron copies.

"Aurora, how did you-"

"No time! More are coming!" True to her words, more stone Unicron copies rose from the ground. Luckily Arcee, Bulkhead, and Bumblebee came to give back up.

"Did Ratchet not relay my command? Return to base!?" Optimus said to the three.

"Reinforcements will not prevent your destruction disciple and incarnation of Primus," the stone Unicron copies said in unison.

"Optimus, you and Aurora are Unicron's targets. Maybe you should consider returning to base," Arcee suggested.

"These manifestations of Unicron can locate us anywhere on Earth. Even our base's shielding would only cloke our position for so long. I will not put others at risk," Optimus said.

"Then fallback, and let us take the lead," Bulkhead suggested. "Just this once."

-Please listen to reason. If you and Aurora don't survive, I fear neither will this planet,- Ratchet commed in.

Optimus thought for a moment, until he agreed. The four had to battle their way through the area, but were stopped by gigantic stone manifestation.

"Is that Unicron?" Bumblebee asked.

"No, not Unicron himself. But another one of his manifestations," Optimus said.

"If we can't beat Unicron, and we can't outrun him. What exactly are we supposed to do!?" Bulkhead asked.

"All we can do," Optimus replied. "Neutralize his vessels as they appear, until we find a way to destroy him. Without destroying the very Earth upon which we walk," Optimus said as he readied himself for a long battle.

Everyone followed suit as Optimus charged at the gigantic manifestation. Bumblebee, Bulkhead, and Arcee were quickly knocked out of play, leaven Optimus on his own. However, Optimus end up being pinned under large stones and knocking out Aurora.

"I am this world's past and its future. And as of this moment ..." Unicron said.

"NO!!!" Arcee cried.

"All Primes are simply past," Unicron said as he brought down his foot to crush Optimus and Aurora. However, Unicron's face was shot from behind, causing the whole manifestation to fall and crumble to pieces.

"Wasn't me," said Bumblebee as he looked between Bulkhead and Arcee.

"Wasn't me," Arcee said.

"Me neither," Bulkhead said.

Arcee contacted base. "Ratchet?"

-What is it? What happened?- he asked.

"I happened." there, on top of the of recently destroyed manifestation stood Megatron.

While Team Prime debates on joining Megatron, Aurora was in her dream plain with Primus.

"Aurora, I must ask that, no matter what, you stay close to Prime."

"As you wish, Creator. But I have a question for you."

"What is it, sparkling?"

"What ... what ever happened to my bonds with my sire and spark sister?"

" ... I have severed your bond."

"Why ... why sever it?"

" ... so that it won't hurt any of you. You had feared they would follow you, but now that the bond has been severed without pain, you have nothing to worry about."

Aurora thought for a moment. It did make sense, but ... "There's more isn't there."

Primus sighed. "Perceptive, as my incarnate should be. ... there is more, but even I don't know what will happen as you go into the final stages of battle with my brother."

"You ... can't?

"Unfortunately, no. My brother was correct on the assumption that you are not suppose to exist. Your very existence has changed the course of everyone's fate."

"I see..." Aurora was very thoughtful. She knew there was more.

"However, it does not mean your existence is a burden. In fact, you have helped the Autobots a lot. I know that you will also impact more lives. You are the difference that's needed."

"Really?"

"Indeed, you are. You must go now. You mustn't leave Optimus until the end is near with the battle against my brother. I will ensure that you cannot be taken out until then."

"Alright, Creator. I hope to speak with you again, soon," Aurora said as she left the dream plain.

"As do I, Aurora. But it might be awhile. You will not remember, but I will protect you."