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Chapter 128 - Chapter 26 part 6

"Alexa!?" Mrs Lilian yelled as there was no sound coming from the hole. The supernova explosion had left many grim causalities and it was way too much. "Your telling me this many people died in such a short time?" Cliffjumper questioned aggressively clearly mad that Starscream 'won' in his standards. Optimus did not feel pleased with the victory as well and everyone looked uncertain about what could happen next anyways. A lot of people were trying to help their injured friends and some humans had stopped trusting the Autobots. Meanwhile some of the other humans were staying with the Autobot with the promise of food and support. Bumblebee looked towards the ground where it was filled with blood mixed with grime as the sound of arguing was heard from Ultra Magnus who also been involved in the fight with Starscream was arguing with Prowl. In fact multiple other Autobots have been involved but they were too many for a singular Autobot to remember. "Well? You expect us to do anything with our ship down? We are particularly stuck here and the Decepticons are still alive!" Prowl interjected before Ultra Magnus responded with "Yes but our energon resources are depleted. That is more important to handle anyways." He said as both could not get on an agreement. Sunstreaker was about to say something to Sideswipe who just shook his head and Bumblebee looked over the amount of dead bodies. "There is so many gone. What are we suppose to do here?" He said as silence went over as the cost of what was truly lost was felt in the area.

Alexa went to the car as she opened up the door seeing the body there and interestingly enough the Autobot spark there in one of the seat but had become black after absorbing the supernova energy caused by the hole. She grabbed it and looked over the corpse which looked like her. Expect for the bloody wide eyes, smile which had too many sharp teeth and their skin was a pasty white compared to Alexa's skin which had managed to regain some of its colour. She frowned and immediately closed the car door and left holding the keys and spark as she moved through the bright but also slightly foggy place. She looked seeing that the wires were still attacked to the spark which made her think that this was recent death. She moved through the steep cliff and looked upwards. The sky was still red but was much lighter now, the sun has became an deep orange colour and blood spilled from building, making the floor a bright visceral red. The smell of plants came from nearby and streetlights made the area brighter. She began to go downwards and the sound of quiet, musical humming was heard. "Huh, this looks bloody anyways." She said as the Autobot spark began to beat quick for a pace too quick. Immediately Alexa grabbed it as the density around it became heavy and immediately a bright red spiral appeared and her eyes closed due to another light. She opened it and found herself outside of the core of the earth. She was on land and tripped as she was confused "What? What just happened? Where am I? Damn it-" And tripped with her arms trying to steady her fall.

Everyone saw her and was surprised. Fast as possible, Prowl pointed her gun at her as he yelled "Get back!" Alexa stepped backwards and looked up, the top part of her eyes had white tint that spilt into a brown colour in the bottom half. Soon the white part slowly changed into light brown while the bottom half became dark brown. "Uh, hello?" She asked as Hoist scanned her, sensing that there was no Decepticon signals in her. "She's okay." Which made everyone lower their guns. The Autobots came over to her and she noticed the spark has completely disappeared from her own hands. She arms were curled up in a sort of defensive way mixed with habits. "Alexa, you look different." Optimus said before Alexa looked at him and asked with worry. "What happened?" She questioned and everyone looked grimly. "We lost more than we could have asked for." Optimus said and Alexa guessed it was very bad. But little did they know, Starscream wasn't going to stop there. Suddenly Alexa's eyes opened and closed before she passed out and Sideswipe caught her before giving her to Hoist. "What do you think happened there?" And they all looked uneasily at the hole which lead to the core of the earth. How did this go from collecting energon resources and trying to figure out what happened to Cybertron to this sort of mess? That was what everyone wondering about. "So turns out Megatron is dead?" Sunstreaker asked while Sideswipe nodded. At least they got rid of the Decepticon leader. But with the Decepticons in disarray, Starscream now being a big threat and millions of deaths appearing over midnight.

Meanwhile the rest of the people such as Harold and Mrs Lilian came and asked if their family member was okay. Hoist assessed Alexa and responded that she was okay, she just needed to rest. Harold tried to grab her as Kirin said "Just leave her alone, she probably needs it after seeing dead bodies everywhere." And Harold looked at the corpses littered everywhere. Alexa must have reacted traumatically to that. Alexa instantly turned in Hoist's arms, having a nightmare as cold sweat appeared down her face. In Alexa's dream, she saw a opened body with wounds, their eyeball had this gleam and no pupil appeared in the iris. There arm was completely burnt, their stomach acid flowing everywhere and Alexa was grossed out. "No, no, no. I seen enough dead people in one way, I'm tired of people dying constantly; is that not enough for me to say!" She screamed out loud but nobody could hear her. She looked down at her arm and saw her arm which had the Autobot symbol engraved in it but with her own tissue and blood. She felt it and it twisted under her touch. She looked up and saw an melted figure that was disfigured by the chemical. Their arms elongated, their eye having fingers in it, their mouth had crumbles of mouldy bread and their slick skin had chunky liquefied material that fell like steamy cheese that was on a pizza. Alexa backed off and they turned to stare at someone nearby, a Sky Robot who shook their head. The malformed figure moved away and disappeared in the shadows, leaving Alexa bemused by what she saw.

Optimus woke her up and Alexa sat up in confusion as she held her head. She suddenly noticed that she was in more comfortable clothes compared to her normally stained clothes that she had been wearing for the past three weeks or so. She guessed Mrs Lilian had to change her clothes to get them washed. She was wearing a white comfortable T-shirt, blue pants, white socks and her eyes still had bags under them. She looked up seeing some Autobots looked cautious and the other ones seeming to try to say anything. "We didn't win, did we?" She asked as everyone had no choice but to face the hassle that has happened. Optimus held his hand with his servo having a headache, Bumblebee seemed almost afraid, Hoist was more quiet, Prowl was frowning at her, Cliffjumper looked angry at the situation itself and Gears who had appeared seemed disappointed. The sounds of humans mourning and police analysing bodies were seen through the window. Huffer appeared through the door and gave Alexa an letter. "Zera? I think that is her name, wanted to give you this." Alexa grabbed the letter and ripped it open, reading what was said in bold:

Dear Alexa, I have not expected a citizen like you to help me. I wanted to thank you and your family for your help. I also thank the Autobots for helping us, although a lot of our corporation is still untrustworthy of them due to Starscream(?)'s attack. We will see each other soon again. Although, because I have been busy helping survivors out hence why I wasn't in the fight. You have my thanks - Zera.

Alexa looked seeing Kirin come in afterwards as he said "Harold and your mother is out. So I'm staying here." And the Autobots look over him. "Who is that?" Prowl questioned as Optimus said "That is Kirin, Lili's friend." Bumblebee said with happiness as Prowl just rolled his eyes. "Oh for my sake." Prowl said rudely while Cliffjumper said "Mind your business, Prowl." And the officer glared at him. Bumblebee sat down next to Alexa careful not to sit down too hard to break her bed. "You feeling okay?" Bumblebee asked and she shook her head. "I feel exhausted. That hasn't changed. But is Optimus and you okay?" Bumblebee nodded but now looked thoughtfully. "Actually, Optimus kept staring into mirrors. I been wondering why but ever since he got here, he seems cautious of anything showing his reflection." Alexa began to wonder about Starscream's control over her friend. And looked outside seeing that things were still quiet as ever. "I just hoped it didn't hurt anymore." She said but knew the scars leave more than wounds.

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