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Cybertronians already thought about the idea of restoring the Allspark before, however only in theory. After the Repository of Knowledge was destroyed, its fragments scattered almost all over the world, this is firstly. Secondly, the very idea itself. How is this possible, and if it is even possible? Everything can work in dreams, but what about reality? In a conversation with Jetfire, Megatron expressed his doubts about this, saying that no one had yet tried to do something similar, to which the ghost mysteriously replied that no one had broken the Allspark before, just as casually mentioning that the Ancients would not be glad seeing this, to say the least. The Lord of the Decepticons was ready to argue that his unwitting and invisible companion knew something, but so far didn't say a word for some reason known only to him. However, a joint search for fragments of the Allspark can significantly improve relations between the two clans.
But not everyone was so optimistic. For example again Starscream, at first he used to just think that his leader was crazy, but now the Seeker was firmly convinced of this. However, now the winged Decepticon has noticeably subsided, since he understood that hardly any of the Decepticons will follow him, especially after talking with the ghost of the Ancient. Although Megatron now began to relate to the Seeker in a slightly different way: he ceased to be annoyed and, as Starscream thought, a certain light of condescension and something else familiar and friendly were slipping through the leader’s optics... Once upon a time at the Military Academy these two were good friends, and such his gaze quite often reminded Starscream of times without war. Sometimes it annoyed the winged Decepticon, but he certainly had no chance against a Prime.
Be that as it may, it was decided by joint efforts to do everything possible to find the missing fragments of the Allspark, and then to think about what to do next. Optimus really wanted them to do this until the parliamentarians from Cybertron came, their arrival was about a week away.
And so, operation 'Reunion' has begun. Prowl and Soundwave, each at their base, spent days sitting in front of the main computers, trying to detect abnormal energy surges around the globe, while other transformers, united in pairs or triples, flew and rode to different parts of the world. Autobots, due to their inability to travel long distances in a short time, searched in nearby territories, while the Decepticons had to comb through remote areas. For greater efficiency part of the human army also participated in the search. To find new fragments they used already found. Sam, Mikaela, Andrei and Sari also actively helped their friends. Yalara, on the other hand, wasn't able to be around constantly, because her parents insisted that she dare not skip school. And the girl herself couldn't even come up with an excuse for possible absences. But on the weekend she contacted Megatron in the very morning, declaring her desire to take part in the search. The leader of the Decepticons on the tip of Soundwave was about to go to the square 'Delta-2', where he had to dive under the water, therefore he couldn't take Yalara with him at all.
So he decided to send her with Blackout and his loyal assistant Scorponok to central Africa, and this Yalara would hardly ever be able to forget. Firstly, she couldn't have imagined that the helicopter transformer could reach SUCH a speed, the girl was already unbearably curious how fast Megatron was able to fly in his jet fighter form, since at air races several months ago he definitely hadn't shown all his capabilities. Secondly, Scorponok. The thing is that a relatively small (compared to other transformers!) mechanical scorpion goes underground for acceleration, and he did this when Yalara was on his back, while Blackout in his helicopter altform surveyed the surroundings from above. By happy coincidence the girl managed to partially hide in the joints of his armor, but she had more than enough impressions.
“If I ever agree to do this again...” Yalara hissed viciously, brushing off sand and dirt when she and Blackout arrived at the base. "Heck! I have sand in places I didn’t even know about!"
"And the Spark fragment?" Megatron was more interested in this than the negative impressions of his friend, because he himself had to go though enough today. In response Yalara made a face and threw the shard at him, which the Decepticon Lord handed over to Starscream, and the seeker put it to the others.
“We've already collected quite a lot,” Ironhide grinned, looking at the impressive hill of pieces of Allspark. "How many more?"
“Here's another one,” Andrei Makov suddenly said, pulling a small fragment from his pocket.
"Where did you find it?" Optimus surprised.
“Actually, long time ago,” the guy shrugged. “And think it's time to get it back.”
"Huh???" Yalara, eyes wide, stepped up to him. "That is, so you just like me kept a fragment of the Allspark? Why haven't you said it before?"
“What do you think, Yal?” Andrei crossed his arms over his chest. “I was waiting for the right moment. You constantly dragged yours with you, and what kind of hype played out. I waited, and didn't shine it right and left."
“Thank you, Andrei,” Optimus thanked, thus making it clear that there were no reasons for scandals. He understood why the guy did this. Yalara grunted resentfully.
“Now there’s still such a problem,” Sam took two fragments and leaned them against each other, but nothing happened. "How to... glue them together?"
“Hm...” Optimus looked thoughtfully at Megatron. “Did Master Jetfire tell you anything about this?”
“Some kind of nonsense,” the Leader of the Decepticons waved a servo and snorted, recalling a conversation with a ghost last night. “And the light that has dispersed the night darkness will revive the Giving Life...”
"What?" At once those present surprised.
“Oh, Great Primus, if I only knew!” angry Megatron walked back and forth. “How good it was without him! And he began to pursue me recently! After..." The Leader of the Decepticons suddenly froze, putting the left servo on his chest. “Can it be...” His optics flashed. "Well, of course!"
“Of course what, my liege?” Starscream said. The rest gazed silently at the Decepticon Leader.
Megatron looked at Yalara. He remembered the night when the girl, heartbroken because of the death of her grandfather, ran away from home, and he found her in Central park. That's when everything happened. The fusion of his Spark with the fragment of Allspark... Nobody until now could explain that anomalous surge of energy, which was even more powerful than that from the contact of two fragments of the Great Spark itself. When he opened his 'soul' to Yalara. That momentary manifestation of weakness, something that no one should have known except for the two of them... Yes, now Megatron was even glad that no one except him could not see and hear Jetfire.
However, none of the transformers and humans present so far understood what kind of insight descended upon the Leader of the Decepticons, so Megatron had to explain, trying his best to keep them from thinking, where did he get such an assumption:
“Our Sparks are related to the Allspark, right? Not directly, of course, but still... The Repository of Knowledge unites all the inhabitants of Cybertron, which means that we are able to reassemble the Allspark using the energy of the Spark of each of us!"
"Affect the Allspark through our own Sparks?" Asked Ratchet. "Do you think it's possible?"
“I don't know...” Megatron answered honestly. "However, we can try."
“Isn't that dangerous?” Starscream squeezed the fingers of the right manipulator with his left and looked around. “I mean, not that I was afraid, but..."
“I understood your train of thought, brother.” Optimus shook his head. “However, no one has ever done anything like this before. As far as I remember from the history of the Prime dynasty, only Nova and Zeta Primes had such a strong connection with the Allspark that they were even able to 'communicate' with it. Can we..."
“I think it's time to find out,” Megatron said decisively. “There are many of us, and if we unite, then something will probably work out. Don't ask! Jetfire didn't say that the restoration of the Allspark is impossible, so..." He paused, realizing that he might accidentally blab. Yes... He used to be completely different ...
Of the pile of fragments already found Megatron chose two, that oddly enough when combined ideally suited each other, as if they were before a single whole.
“This is an eye-diamond!..” Yalara amazed in a whisper, opening her mouth in surprise. "I wouldn’t be able to do it so quickly..."
“Don’t forget, they see objects differently from us,” Andrei answered her, also in a whisper.
“Ah, yes,” the girl absentmindedly agreed, only now really thinking about how the transformers see the world. Like in different movies about robots or somehow else? In any case not like humans, she understood that.
“Well, now what, my liege?” Starscream stared doubtfully at the two fragments of Allspark in the hands of the leader.
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Megatron was silent, although he understood that his SIC's remark was quite appropriate, since the lord of the Decepticons himself had no idea what to do next. As he already managed to understand, the fragments can interact with the Spark of a transformer themselves - after all, his Matrix of Leadership was activated in such a way... Whatever it was, be it. The Lord of the Decepticons nodded to his own thoughts, as if about to make a difficult decision, and then... Megatron’s chest plates spread apart, revealing the internal mechanisms, the Matrix and the Spark’s chamber... Someone gasped, and then there was a crashing fall sound as if someone big fainted. But no one paid attention to this - all eyes and optics were riveted to the Leader of the Decepticons.
“Brother?..” Optimus became worried. "What are you doing?.."
Not listening to absolutely anyone or anything, Megatron brought two flashing fragments to his chest, from which the same dazzling light was emitted... Megatron felt an increase pulsation in the Matrix, the force of which captured fragments in his servos like a magnet. Two fragments rang... reached for each other, merging with the stream coming from the Decepticon's Spark. The Allspark splinter on Yalara’s neck flashed, eclipsing the rest of the room along with the others... Optimus also unwittingly laid his hands on his chest, feeling how his own Matrix of Leadership reacted. A Spark is a great power, the Alpha-father once told Megatron. Even so far, we do not know the limit of our possibilities...
Two fragments of the Allspark merged into one and instantly went out, at the same time stopping the glow of all the others. Megatron fell to his knees and shook the trembling servo along the newly closed chest plates.
“Brother...” The Leader of the Autobots, who was also shaking slightly, crouched next to Megatron, but he only slightly shook his helm down. A fragment of the Allspark was lying next to him on the floor, only it was bigger, as the result of the merger of the two previous ones. Optimus lifted it with trembling fingers.
"It worked... Great Primus, it worked..."
Prowl took the new fragment from the Leader and gave it to the others. Each transformer looked at it as at something completely previously unseen.
“Inconceivable...” Ironhide said. "Only a real Prime can do that..."
“No...” Megatron, supported by Ratchet and his brother, shook his head. "The Great Spark can be restored only by joint efforts..."
* * *
Now everyone realized that it was not only possible, but necessary to restore the Allspark, so the transformers with vengeance took up the search for the missing fragments. Optimus really wanted to find every single one until the messengers from Cybertron arrived. The Decepticons and Autobots learned about them from their leaders, or rather Optimus had to say for the most part, whom Megatron practically didn't support, they say he brewed this mess and must explain himself. Also preparations were in full swing for the meeting of new guests from outer space. At her school Yalara became the most famous person among the students, and almost no one noticed Tiffany Fanzone anymore. No, she tried of course to draw attention to herself, but she was not able to do it as well as before.
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The last days before the ship from Cybertron arrived were the most stressful, but, despite all the difficulties, the transformers managed to find all the possible remaining fragments of the Allspark. On the same day, all the fragments were collected in one piece. At night, outside the city, on a high hill in the presence of every single Autobot and Decepticon on Earth. The Spark of each of them gave away part of its energy to bring together the ancient Repository of Knowledge. But none of the residents of the city knew what really happened. The news reported that for the third time in a row there is an incomprehensible release of energy, the source of which has not yet been detected. Of the residents of the city only five guessed what it could be.
* * *
“You... w-what?..” Yalara asked in a hoarse voice.
“Yes, we did it, almost,” Megatron confirmed, looking at the setting sun. Today he flew to pick up Yalara after school, and now they were standing together on the roof of one of the tallest city buildings. Only two of them together, and nobody else was near. Just like before... Yalara had already forgotten when he flew the last time to pick her up after studying, and the appearance of a Cybertronian jet fighter in the school yard was a complete surprise. But today Megatron appeared not just because he missed and wanted to see her, he needed to tell his friend something important. He had been thinking about it for a long tim, and finally made a decision.
"Why, Black Whirlwind?" Yalara continued to be indignant. “Why didn't you tell me anything? Wanted to restore this Allspark of yours in secret from me?!"
"No."
“Then why?..” Yalara remembered the shard hanging on her neck. Last night, it shone like a spotlight, until a bright column of light went out far in the dark sky. Strange, then it turns out that the Allspark is not fully restored.
“Exactly,” the Lord of the Decepticons nodded, as if reading her thoughts.
“I don't understand you,” Yalara surrendered, rubbing her eyes with her fingers. And Megatron had to explain:
“Ultra Magnus's ship arrives tomorrow at noon. The partially assembled Allspark will prove the consent of both clans to a peace agreement. The agreement itself will become official tomorrow evening, at a gala meeting. There will be established a connection with Cybertron, and from there with the planets where the representatives of our civilization are. This,”he pointed his finger at the Yalara’s locket,“is the last missing fragment, and I would like you to bring it back to its place.”
"Wha...???" Yalara stared in surprise, there was no trace of her resentment. "Y-you... are you serious?"
The Lord of the Decepticons nodded. If not for Yalara, who knows how everything would turn out. Would he get a second chance? From the thought that everything could be completely different he sometimes felt eerie. The war ended largely thanks to this girl, and Megatron wanted to give her the opportunity to finish the job.
“So, do you agree?”
Shocked Yalara only nodded silently, not yet fully realizing what she was agreeing to. Why did he offer her this? He is the leader of a great clan, originally from the 'royal', according to earthly concepts, dynasty, future ruler... Why does he want her to do this? But be that as it may, Yalara agrees, and not only because it is important for all transformers, but because a friend asked her.
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Yalara couldn't sleep half of the night, thinking about what would happen tomorrow. New transformers will come from Black Whirlwind's home planet, then this is the conclusion of peace... How will this all happen? And the live broadcast to another planet and even more than one... In the Galaxy, it turns out, there are many rational races, their level of development is much higher than that of earthlings, and now everyone will learn about humans... Fumbling a small pebble on a chain, the girl imagined to herself how things will happen tomorrow. When she first met Megatron, she couldn't have imagined that he was such a significant person on a cosmic scale. Will Yalara cope with the task entrusted to her? How will others react not only to Earth but also beyond the Solar system? And, most importantly, what will happen to the transformers next? If Black Whirlwind along with his brother from birth was destined to rule his planet... Does this mean that her Decepticon friend... will leave her?..
This thought instantly interrupted Yalara's whole dream. No... it can't be, she thought. And why the girl hadn't thought about this before... And there is only one person who can now give her an advice on how to be and what to do. Yalara left the room and tiptoed down the dark corridors to her grandmother's room.
"Granma... granny, wake up!" Yalara hesitantly patted her shoulder, although understood that it was not good to wake an elderly person in the middle of the night. "Grandmother..."
"Mmm???" the elderly woman opened her eyes and turned on the desk lamp. "Yal? What are you doing here? It’s late!"
“I...” the girl removed a lock of hair behind her ear and looked down guiltily. "I can’t sleep... Think what will happen tomorrow."
“Ahh...” Grandma dangled her legs from the bed and set her granddaughter down beside her. “Your friends have a big day tomorrow, right? Like all of us. Honestly, I'm very proud of you, Yal. My granddaughter was able to reconcile the alien people," she smiled, "everything as I said, but you didn't believe. It’s only a pity that your grandfather didn't live up to this day..."
“Yes...” Yalara answered muffledly, looking at the clasped fingers of her hands. “Megatronus... Black Whirlwind... He wants me to...” she again tugged at her locket, “so that I could complete the restoration of the Allspark...”
"Indeed?" it was difficult to determine from her grandmother's face whether she was delighted or surprised. "This is a great honor!"
"Yes." Yalara swallowed. "It seems simple, just to insert the missing fragment into place, like a brick into the wall of a building. But... I have to do it in front of thousands... or millions of viewers... What if I... fail? I'm afraid... I..."
“Everything will be fine, Yal,” grandmother smiled and stroked her granddaughter on the head. “You kept a part of their heritage for a long time, you were able to change the leader of the Decepticons, thanks to you the war of transformers will be over not only on Earth. There is one last thing left. Take this step, complete what you have begun and do your duty. I believe in you, just like your parents and your transformer friend. And what will happen next, it doesn't matter so fat, I can only say that your common path with Megatron is not over yet. In fact you are afraid of this, aren't you?"
The girl startled. Yes, that’s what torments her even more than tomorrow events. But Yalara believes her grandmother, and if she says that this is not the end of everything, then there is no reason to doubt her words.
“Thank you,” Yalara sincerely thanked. “You helped me a lot.”
"Indeed?" grandmother raised her eyebrows. "Well, if so, then you're welcome. Now go to bed - tomorrow is an important day."
The girl nodded and went to her room, noticeably more cheerful.
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The next morning, Yalara first called Kayla and said that she wouldn’t come to school today, explaining it as 'an unexpected call to an important meeting'. Which one, the girl didn't specify, otherwise the waterfall of questions and unnecessary explanations would immediately follow. Yalara considered it her duty, along with the transformers, to meet the spaceship from Cybertron, although no one officially invited her anywhere. But she was very curious, and what kind of school activities there are when such important events take place! Sam with Mikaela and Sari were also going to go, Andrei initially doubted, but then he agreed too.
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And at the appointed time, all five, along with the Autobots and Decepticons, arrived at the military base, where humans once held off lined Megatron. There was also a cosmodrome, so the alien ship could land without any problems. The leader of the clan of the Violet Sing was somewhat embarrassed, once again finding himself in this place. Yalara felt the same way. After all, this is where it all began...
The President and his Advisers also came to the meeting, and the Minister of Defense and several other senior officials attended. There were also a lot of journalists. Yalara was ready to argue for anything that today's sensation would be discussed for more than one month, if not a year. Not every day on the planet Earth such important events occur.
“And I already saw Ultra Magnus before,” Sari told Yalara and Andrei in a whisper.
"You did?" surprised the daughter of the Minister of Defense. “Mean he’s already came on Earth before?”
"Yeah. And with him was also an assistant. This... what's his name... Sentinel Prime. He," Sari giggled, "once he saw me for the first time, he was so terrified!"
"Why?" Andrei surprised.
“How should I know?” Sari spread her hands. "Apparently, the cast-iron head decided that we humans are carriers of some kind of infection. So he said... What an idiot."
"Wait, Prime?" Yalara interrupted. “So he is a relative of Optimus and Black Whirlwind? I mean... Megatron?"
“Apparently, yes,” Sari nodded. "I have no idea, but can confidently say that Optimus and this Sentinel, let's say, don't tolerate each other..."
"Like how?"
“Almost like Megatron and Starscream.”
Yalara rolled her eyes and, prayerfully folding her hands, whispered:
"God, let it work..."
An incomprehensible white glow appeared in the clear sky, becoming brighter every second, as if a rather large meteor was heading toward Earth. At the same time there was a noise that became louder every second, as if from a landing plane. A ball of fire approaching from heaven gradually began to take shape, and the fire blazing around it, created due to friction against the atmosphere, began to die out.
“It's them...” Sam whispered behind Yalara. The girl quickly turned her head towards Megatron, who was standing next to Optimus about fifty meters from her. The Decepticon was inextricably watching the spacecraft similar to the arrowhead with two rounded wings and four giant jet nozzles approaching from the sky. This ship was huge even for transformers. And Yalara very regretted that she couldn't ask any of her alien friends now about it in more details.
The Cybertronian ship slowly sank to the ground, raising a strong wind and clouds of dust. A ramp slowly descended, from there a high white-blue transformer descended accompanied by guards and battle drones. He was a little taller than Optimus and Megatron, he had a rather massive frame, had very powerful military installations on the shoulders, on a blue helmet were antennas similar to the little horns like Optimus had. A red Autobot sing on the chest and on each side of it there are three stripes of the same color - belonging to the elite guard. His white faceplate stands out clearly against the background of the blue helmet.
"Is it him?" Andrei asked Mikaela standing nearby in a whisper. "Ultra Magnus?"
The girl nodded in the affirmative.
Behind him was a transformer a little shorter, dressed in blue-gray armor with some orange elements. The same 'horned' helmet as his commander’s, the upper part of the frame resembles an isosceles triangle facing down. The orange shoulder plates resemble two halves of an excavator bucket divided in half, one wheel on each shoulder, to the knees the legs are rather narrow, but the 'shins' immediately sharply expand, creating the effect of 'boots', there was also a car wheel each of them.
“There is Sentinel,” Sari giggled and pointed to this transformer. “I wonder if he still remembers me?”
“Don't you even think to interfere,” Andrei shouted at her.
“Hey, I didn’t mean that,” Sari raised her hands with an innocent smile and moved her fingers. Andrei Makov threatened her with a finger.
Optimus and Megatron separated from the rest of the transformers and strode towards the delegation from Cybertron. Facing each other they stopped. What the transformers talked about was impossible to understand. This Ultra Magnus seemed to Yalara extremely serious, he had never changed his facial expressions for the whole conversation. The girl couldn't vouch for Primes, since both stood their backs to her, but she felt that her Decepticon friend had a certain hostility towards the arrivals, although he carefully concealed this. After a couple of minutes the transformers went to the human base, or rather to one of the hangars, which, according to Ironhide's instructions, was converted into a kind of meeting room for transformers and humans. The President and his advisers, as well as arrived Ministers, went there too. They were followed by Ironhide, Ratchet and Prowl, and from the Decepticons there were Starscream, Soundwave and Blackout, as well as Black Arachnia, as in the past the representative of the Autobot clan, and now one of the Decepticons.
"Bee, what happens?" Sam asked.
“Nothing,” the yellow Autobot answered. "Let them deal with everything. I don't understand either Cybertronian or Earthly politics. Now you better return to the base, for now you are not needed here. And us..." he glanced at Bulkhead, "we have other matters. Everything needs to be prepared for the evening."
"Like what?" asked Mikaela.
"Like what?" the big green Autobot didn't understand. “Prime instructed me to supervise networking with Cybertron. Tonight... what's called... Ah yes! A live broadcast or so!"
“Can't trust the Decepticons to do all the work,” Bumblebee grinned. "We can't let Megatron's constructicons mess up with everything."
"Hey, Mixmaster and Scrapper are my friends!" pouted the big armored bot.
"Yea-yeah!" the yellow Autobot grunted. "And we kicked their afts so many times already... No wonder they fled to the Decepticons. Although it’s good. These two have a lack of education."
Bulkhead snorted displeasedly and turned away.
“I hope the peace agreement won't break,” Yalara pursed her lips and jerked her head nervously.
“Oh, for the sake of Primus, Yal!” Bumblebee exclaimed. "Everything has already been decided. Ultra Magnus flew in only to confirm everything. You see, even the captain of the elite guard himself submits to our boss bot. He served under our leader's Alpha's command. I heard that Ultra Magnus was responsible for the combat training of the recruits at the Military Academy when Optimus and Megatron studied there."
“And what about this Sentinel?”
“Sentinel Prime is not from the main branch of the Prime dynasty, so the word of Optimus... and Megatronus... is much more important.” He can grumble and spit energy, but he respects ancient traditions.
“Everything is clear,” the girl pretended to understand everything, but Bumblebee’s words still didn’t convince her to the end.
Bumblebee drove five friends to the Autobot base, and then went to the main city square, where the other Decepticons and Bulkhead were already doing the work entrusted to them. Sari kept looking out of the window, waiting for the arrival of one of the transformers. Andrei and Sam were staring at the TV, watching a show about new brands of cars, and Yalara, in order to somehow kill time, painted Mikaela's portrait. When doing something time always goes faster, and the girl felt necessary to occupy herself with something. As soon as she was distracted, all thoughts immediately returned to Megatron. What is happening there? When will they be back? About two hours have passed since the arrival of Ultra Magnus.
"Wow!"
"What?!!" Yalara and Mikaela jumped in place. The guys looked up from the screen.
"You draw so beautifully!" Sari couldn't take her admiring glance from the sheet of paper in front of the blue-haired girl. "Seriously!"
“I've been doing this for a long time,” Yalara shrugged. "Practice."
"And it’s not at all difficult for you to draw with your left hand?"
“I'm left-handed if you forgot,” Yalara frowned. "And as for drawing... An artist who is difficult to draw is not an artist at all."
"Can I take a look?" Mikaela asked impatiently.
"Here, I'm done." Yalara handed her the sheet.
“Amazing!..” the girl whispered admiringly, looking at her own portrait. "Yal, you... you..." But there were not enough words to express admiration, although her friend understood everything already.
"Always loved to draw. I like to express emotions through paintings, because on them you can depict something that cannot even be in reality." Yalara smiled at her thoughts.
On the street there was the sound of a car engine, which became louder every second. Then a loud low beep followed. Sari immediately jumped to the window:
"They are here!"
Five friends rushed out into the street. The first to enter the factory was a red-blue truck, followed by a huge white and blue armored car with two powerful cannons on the back, followed by a black SUV. Two hypersonic jet fighters descended from above: Megatron and Starscream. All five transformers simultaneously switched to their usual forms, announcing the surroundings with loud clangs. The one that turned from a white and blue war machine was Ultra Magnus. He stepped forward and stopped in front of five humans. The captain of the Autobot Elite Guard already knew some of them.
"Greetings, people of Earth."
“Hello, Ultra Magnus, sir ...” Sam said hesitantly.
“Young Witwicky,” the Autobot Elite Guard captain nodded and looked around at the people. "Miss Banes, Miss Sumdac, Mr... uh..."
"I ... My name is Andrei," the second guy introduced himself, realizing that the transformer now had in mind his name. "Andrei Makov. I am honored, sir..."
“Likewise,” Ultra Magnus nodded, after which he turned his head to Yalara, looked at her thoughtfully for a few seconds, and then said: “So, you’re the one? Yalariana Elisabeth Starshine, right?"
“Ah... mmm... oh...” she began worrying, gasping for air, like a fish thrown onto the shore.
“The person thanks to whom the war between Decepticons and Autobots is about to end,” the white-blue Autobot continued calmly, while agitated Yalara mentally tried to find the right words. "Megatronus Prime speaks very highly of you."
"Ahhhh???" Yalara looked in surprise at the Leader of the Decepticons. He just spread his hands and smiled, sparkling optics. The girl turned her head to Ultra Magnus and, swallowing, hesitantly squeezed out: "Yes, I... er... actually I did nothing of so important... Black Whirlwind and I... Oh! I mean... Megatron... Megatronus Prime and I... We are friends, yes..."
She absolutely didn't know how to behave. And she was terribly afraid that if she had gone so bad before one, then what would happen in the evening? But then Optimus spoke:
"It's true. We owe Yalara a lot, and I fully support my brother's desire. She is the one who should finish the restoration of the All Spark."
“Well...” the Autobot Elite Guard commander thought. “If you both insist, so be it.”
The Primes exchanged smiles. Yalara still didn't move, feeling a mixture of fear and some relief - now she realized that the word of Optimus and Megatron about peace was indeed decisive.
After talking with the captain of the Elite Guard, Ironhide plowed Yalaru and Andrei to their homes until the time comes. Bumblebee brought Sam, Mikaela, and Sari to the place of residence. Everything will happen very soon...
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Unable to calm down Yalara walked around the room glancing at the clock hanging on the wall almost every five minutes. This day seems so endless... Everything is not quite as the girl imagined, at least she hoped that she would be with Megatron. But no. Obviously, they again have some kind of negotiations or the last unresolved issues. Be that as it may, now he is busy, and cannot spend time with her.
Yalara went to the mirror and tugged at the fragment of the Allspark on the chain. Now she was worried much more than before the air races. The girl will be in the center of attention of two planets and even more. And, it would seem, she just need to insert the missing fragment into place...
Before Ironhide drove Yalara home, Megatron took her aside to give the last instructions.
“Well, you haven't changed your mind, have you?" Just in case the lord of the Decepticons specified.
"No, but..."
"What?"
"Nah... don't pay attention ..." Yalara did not want to admit that she was terribly afraid, at least because of the fear of upsetting her friend. “I don’t quite understand, that is I just need to...” she tugged at the chain on her neck, “just insert this fragment? But what about... I remember you all used energy of your own Sparks in order to... to put the pieces together..."
“I think this won’t be needed,” Megatron spoke confidently, although partly mentally acknowledged the correctness of his girlfriend. “But we will all be there and help if necessary.”
“If necessary...” Yalara took the comb and began combing her hair. But what if the participation of transformers is really required? Then she will be completely disgraced...
The next few hours the girl spent in anticipation, mentally preparing for what would happen in the evening. She tried to watch TV, read a book and even draw, and even looked through one of physics textbooks, thanks to Megatron she became even more interested in the exact sciences. But Yalara couldn't get distracted. So she called Andrei, and for half an hour the guy had to cheer her up. And at the appointed time, the butler knocked on the girl's door and said that her friends were waiting for her outside. Yalara secured a hairpin with a large red flower over her left ear in the color of her festive dress with many sparkles, once again combed her long hair and left the room.
It was already dark outside, the first stars lit up in the clear summer sky. Going down and leaving the house, the girl saw Sam, Mikaela and Andrei waiting for her, as well as Bumblebee in his car alt form. For such an important occasion the guys put on their jackets and ties, Mikaela wore a gorgeous white strapless dress, long black hair gathered in a high ponytail.
"Hey! And here is the heroine of the day!" Sam exclaimed once seeing Yalara. “Well, are you ready?”
“Hope so...” she answered vaguely. "Ah... And where is Sari?"
“She and her father will come directly to the city square,” Mikaela answered and looked at her watch. "Let's go already, we don't want to be late..."
“That's right,” Bumblebee agreed, opening all four doors at once. "Get in."
Sam took the driver seat, Mikaela was to his right, Yalara and Andrey climbed into the back seat. And they drove, the yellow Autobot decided to give control to the 'driver'. Yalara looked back at the house for the last time and sighed heavily. It is a pity that her grandmother refused to go with her, referring to the fact that she doesn't like large crowds of people.
They drove fast because the road was clear, except for the accompanying police cars with annoying howling sirens. Traffic in many parts of the city was blocked since morning, so there were no obstacles in the way. Yalara silently watched lanterns, buildings, signboards flicker outside the window, but she didn't even see all this. Sam and Mikaela, Andrei and Bumblebee were talking interestedly about something, but Yalara didn't listen. It was hard to even say what she was thinking at the time.
And so they arrived. The huge city square was full of people, musicians performed on a specially established stage, and it was so very noisy there. One had to shout so that a person nearby would hear. There were also many journalists, as well as helicopters with television cameras circling over the square. The leaders of many countries were invited to such a solemn event: Russia, France, Germany, Japan and many, many others. Entire military units were involved to ensure order, because an unprecedented number of city residents and tourists came to see all this.
The stage with the podium was deliberately pushed to the edge of the square, and in the center on an artificial platform with steps covered with a red carpet, there was a round stone elevation, on which was the All Spark itself. It was a patterned cube measuring somewhere 30x30x30 centimeters. Externally, from afar it seemed completely intact, but only a few knew that one small piece was missing.
Autobots lined up on one side of this site, Decepticons on the other, and only Megatron and Optimus took places on either side of the stage. Also, at an equal distance from the site where the All Spark was, and the main stage, a strange structure was installed, about ten meters high, in shape resembling a television tower with three sharp tips, and at its base there were large satellite dishes on four sides. This must be the device for relaying the signal to remote regions of space, Yalara thought to herself, looking around this unusual structure. Where did transformers get this thing from and how does it work, the girl was even afraid to imagine. On the Autobot base Yalara didn't see anything like this, and she was afraid to come to the Decepticons headquarters.
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As soon as the musicians left the stage, the invited leaders immediately appeared on it. Ultra Magnus ordered the constructicons, Scrapper and Mixmaster, to begin establishing communications with Cybertron. Two Decepticon-builders stood at the remote control located next to the 'antenna' and pressed certain buttons and levers. Something was buzzing inside the installation, then the metal part of the antenna began to glow right before the eyes of the audience until it changed color from black to dazzling white, a powerful energy beam was emitted from each satellite dish in the direction of the 'TV tower'. Four light beams converged at the top of the relay, sending into the sky a bright light stream lightning running through it. The crowd let out a surprised sigh.
"Connection with Cybertron established!" Ultra Magnus loudly announced.
Yalara gazed at the luminous flux emanating from this source of reception and transmission of the signal. She imagined this to be completely different. Thought that would be some kind of portal through which humans would see Cybertron, and transformers would see Earth. Although, they probably see what is happening here, otherwise all this would not make sense.
Heads of different states came onto the stage one after another and said their solemn speeches informing how important this event is for Earth, what a step it is for humanity, and also congratulated the transformers on the end of the war. Yalara listened with bated breath. She was all afraid to miss the moment of her star hour. Surely Megatron and Optimus will also have to say something, and only then...
And when the speeches of the heads of state were over, Prime brothers came forward. Optimus was the first to speak:
“Dear fellow Cybertronians, as well as our Human friends,” the voice of the red-blue Autobot echoed around, “I, Optimus Prime, Leader of the Autobot clan, want to say that I am immensely happy with the end of the centuries-old space war that split our race on two warring parties."
“Once a single race turned into two warring clans,” Megatron continued with patience, “despite the fact that we were previously a unified civilization, descendants of Great Primus, who overthrew the evil Unicron! As this battle ended with the victory of the Light, so today we are embarking on the path of Peace. This war will forever remain in the Sparks of each of us. But we must move forward, we must revive Cybertron, we must unite. And the first step towards a new era will be the restoration of the All Spark!"
He fell silent, then he and Optimus stood at the head of each of their ranks of transformers. And Yalara realized that the time has come. She slowly headed toward the dais, on which was the All Spark, practically assembled together. The girl was in the spotlight, only now fully aware of the importance of this moment. When Megatron asked her about it, Yalara already felt uneasy, but now... Only now she realized what a great honor it was. The path of only ten or fifteen meters seemed an eternity to her. Yalara felt as if she was under a microscope, because what was happening here and now was watched not only by the inhabitants of the entire planet on TV, but also by transformers that were many thousands of light-years away from Earth. Her grandmother was right from the very beginning...
And now the girl is already near the Allspark... She stops in indecision, removes the chain from her neck and disconnects the last fragment. The very one that she kept for all these months, which brought her to the new so unusual friend... And now she will return this stone to its place...
When the last fragment of Cybertron's knowledge repository turned out to be a distance of several tens of centimeters from the practically restored All Spark, it immediately began to change color and also make a faint ringing. The same thing happened with the rest of the Allspark. Yalara startled, slightly moving her hand with the last shard away, and looked inquiringly at the Leader of the Decepticons as if waiting for his approval. Megatron smiled slightly and barely nodded. Yalara with a trembling hand again brought up the luminous shard and...
The All Spark lit up again and slightly rang, releasing dazzling streams of energy, accompanied by strong gusts of wind, flew up several tens of centimeters from the pedestal, where it was before, and hung at the level of Yalara’s chest. The girl scaredly stepped back, holding the last splinter in her outstretched hand, it escaped from her fingers and moved to the Allspark like a magnet. A giant ray of light shot up into the sky, dispersing the night darkness. Just like when Yalara touched Black Whirlwind's Spark... Bright light, wind, ringing... and soft pleasant warmth... Time lost its significance... Whether it took several seconds or several hours... It is unknown and not important what was happening around...
The restoration of the Allspark is the last step on the road to peace between transformers... Once upon a time the girl had no idea that she would accomplish something like this in her life... Everything is exactly as her grandmother said... Now what is happening is being watched not only on Earth. .. Here it is, the whole importance of this moment she wants to last forever... The moment between the departed and the expectant, that is the present... The thread connecting the past and the future... And just need to cross this threshold...
Yalara turned to Megatron, who was standing a little behind her illuminated by the energy stream escaping to the sky, smiled and unclenched her fingers. A flaming splinter flew out of her hand and slowly entered the only remaining recess. The ensuing outbreak consumed the entire area, and the next second the All Spark faded and slowly sank to the elevation on which it was before.
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All those present couldn't utter a word, shocked by this incredible doomsday. It could be possible to hear the buzzing of a fly if one flew nearby at that moment. Yalara stood with her outstretched hand, slowly recovering from shock.
“Restored ...” Ultra Magnus whispered this inaudibly. However, in absolute silence, his voice was like a peal of thunder from a clear sky. "The Great Spark is restored..."
"Hurrah!!!" Starscream cried out with obvious mockery and slight insult in his voice, raising his fist. He was stilln't used to this thought, although he carefully tried to hide it.
He was immediately supported by the enthusiastic cries of other Autobots and Decepticons, and then humans as well. Blitzwing screamed loudest, periodically changing his face. The Autobots rejoiced along with the Decepticons, because by joint efforts they accomplished something that no one had succeeded before. Representatives of both races will remember this day as the Day of Reunion, the end of the war of many centuries. The joyful atmosphere touched the heart and spark of everyone present. There were no indifferents. Even the always angry and grouchy Ironhide smiled.
All night sky within sight was lit up by flashes of fireworks, and it was so loud from cannon shots and joyful cries. It seemed to Megatron that time had stop, and he was in the very center of a powerful storm and was about to disappear in it. So that's how it was supposed to happen... The millennia-old war ended on a distant planet inhabited by organic creatures, and one of them became for the leader of the Decepticons the best friend in the world... And if not for her, who knows what everything would turn out to be...
“It happened, brother,” Optimus smiled and laid his servo on the shoulder of the Decepticon leader. "The war is over."
“Yes...” Megatron answered quietly. "It is..."
He changed, although probably not, perhaps the Decepticon Leader has finally become himself again. Now he and his brother have to return to their home planet Cybertron and begin to restore what was destroyed during these difficult times. The war claimed millions of lives, and these transformers cannot be returned. Cybertron suffered for too long, but why the Fallen even started the military campaign against his own people... This will probably remain a mystery forever. All Megatron could promise was to no longer allow this in the future. Prime is a leader; he puts the interests of others far above their own. Prime will never refuse help, he or she has the courage and will take any risk, in order to protect those who are in danger. To defend Cybertron and Earth from all possible invaders - these are now his goals. Looking into the exact sky blazing from fireworks among the gleaming transformers and humans, the Lord of the Decepticons smiled. For the first time in many thousands of years, he felt appeased.
Soundtracks:
1) Tron Legacy OST - Solar Sailer; (Blackout of Yalara and Scorponok in the desert)
2) Final Fantasy 13-2 OST - Found The Esper; (Megatron shows how the Allspark can restored)
3) Final Fantasy 13 OST - Fabula Nova Crystallis; (Cybertronians restore the All Spark, Megatron tells Yalara her about her task)
4) Tetsuwan Birdy OST - Saigo no Kousoku; (Yalara tells her grandmother about her worries)
5) Transformers The Dark Of The Moon OST - Freeway Chase; (arrival)
6) Final Fantasy XIII OST - Ending Credits; (Yalara's thoughts, a trip to the square)
7) Transformers the Movie OST - The All Spark; (restoration of the All Spark)
8) Brand x Music - Never Surrender (fireworks)