Beast Wars Prime

Big Dreams

This is it true believers, the end of a four year and roughly 350k word journey. Here and now, I'm looking back and still can't believe that this fic has grown the way it has. Anywho, let's do the time warp shall we? Fair warning, after all the long action-packed chapters of late, I wanted to end the story with a short fluffy slice of life chapter. Hope everyone likes the epilogue regardless.

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(10 years later)

On the technorganic world of Cybertron, dawn was slowly breaking across the sky. In a modestly sized home between the cities of Iacon and Paradon, Jack and Miko Darby were curled up together on their berth, fast asleep. The peace wasn't to last much longer however as the door to their bedroom slowly opened, letting in a ray of daylight. The soft light hitting their faces and the patter of small feet caused the husband and wife to stir.

"Hmm, your son's awake." Miko muttered into Jacks' chest.

"So's your daughter." Jack countered as he felt their youngest children join them on the bed. "Morning Akiko." He greeted his daughter.

"Morning daddy." Akiko June Darby said cheerfully as her twin hugged their mother.

"Hey Ginrai." Miko laughed as her little boy hugged her good morning. Little Ginrai Bulkhead Darby smiled at his mother. When the twins were born, there was some concern that Ginrai was born mute until they were nearly two. Apparently, he just didn't talk unless he genuinely needed to and having a highly talkative mom and sister and an intuitive dad made being nonverbal easy for him.

"I see Kibo decided to get an early start to the day." Jack added, hugging his daughter to his chest. Usually, their eldest kept his siblings' company until their parents got up.

"Moon came by to visit." Akiko replied, unknowingly ratting her big brother out. Miko swatted Jacks shoulder at the slight growl of irritation he gave at that fact.

"Enough of that." Miko scolded her husband. "If Kibo wants to get breakfast with his boyfriend before work."

"I just don't know why he won't introduce us to him." Jack admitted, releasing Akiko to hug Ginrai. The only way they even knew about Kibo and Moon being more than friends was because Akiko saw them kissing and told them after accepting a bribe from Kibo not to.

"Maybe he's afraid of introducing him to the great Leo Primal." Miko teased, reaching across the bed to kiss Jack. This caused Akiko to 'ewww' while Ginrai covered his eyes.

In the background, the family clock (a Whirl line Rolex) struck the hour.

"Come on sweet sparks." Jack laughed at the kids' usual reaction to their parents kissing. Miko promised to tease them about it when they were older. "Let's have breakfast.

A few minutes later, three of the four Darby's were seated in their combined kitchen and dining room while Jack cooked up breakfast for his family. Miko adjusted the height of the twins' chairs while said twins flipped through the channels. Off to the side, Tonebot watched the family alongside Astroscope, Payload, and Skyblast from their (as Miko put it) Mini-Con Tree.

"I'm Brainstorm. I'm Nautica. And these are Smart Homes."

Click.

"Tonight, on Diners' Drive-Ins and Dives, we'll be Swinging by Swerve's for the best of bot cuisine."

Click.

"Today, Autobot leader Rodimus Prime will be meeting with former President Trump to."

Click.