Chapter 20: Corruption

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"And it was written in the Covenant of Primus that when the forty-seven spheres align, a perpetual conflict will culminate upon a world forged from chaos," Optimus said from behind the screens of the main monitor.

"And the weak shall perish in the shadow of a rising darkness." I finished from where I sat on his shoulder. To the others, I was alright, but I wasn't. I was terrified of what was to come.

"No skies raining fire?" Arcee asked sarcastically as her and Bulk walk up behind Ratchet, who was also at the main screens.

"Goes without saying." Ratchet said, slightly turning his helm to her. He then looked back at the monitor. "It is a doom prophecy, after all."

"I say it's a load of hooey." Bulkhead said, not believing in it.

"Careful what you wish for, Bulk." I said. I then rub my forehead, trying to calm the headache. "Also, it is called a prophecy for a reason. They don't make them just to be famous."

Ratchet turned to Bulkhead. "I'd always assumed the Ancients were referring to our home planet," He then look down. "But being that Cybertron has been dark for eons..."

"And considering what has befallen this planet since Megatron's arrival here..." Optimus added.

"A perfect haven for any kind of darkness to erupt from." I also added.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa." Bulkhead stopped us. "We've known about these superstitions for ages and never gave them a second thought."

"Why all the ominous rumblings now?" Arcee asked.

"Because the planetary alignment to which the prophecy refers is nearly upon us." Optimus answered.

"And it would seem its end point... is Earth." Ratchet said, pulling up an image of the Milky Way on the screen with a yellow circle at the end of it, presumably where Earth was.

"Uh... crazy coincidence, heh," Bulkhead joked nervous to Arcee. He saw that she was not smiling. "R-Right?"

"How long are we talking?" Arcee asked with a serious expression.

"A few days at most." Ratchet answered.

"However unsettling this revelation may be," Optimus said when he saw Arcee and Bulkhead look at each other with worry. "I am more concerned about those who might believe that the prophecy speaks to them alone."

"Megatron..." I thought.

Unknown to me, a pair of demon purple eyes stared at me with untold evil. "Soon." It said, before disappearing.

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"Pass." Jack said to Raf. Raf then scroll down on the website. The others, Violet, Saphirra, and I were gathered around Raf on his laptop. The three kids were sitting on the couch, while me and my sisters was standing behind them. Raf was in charge of removing anything that had to do with Cybertronians on websites. You'd be surprised what we find.

"Unh-unh." Saphirra said to the next picture.

Raf scrolled down. "Kid in a costume." Violet said.

"Ballon." I said when I saw the next picture.

"That is a pretty detailed balloon." Violet chuckled.

Saphirra turned to her. "Are you saying that it is actually a UFO?"

"No." Violet said, a little bit too quickly.

"All three of us are technically aliens." I said to both of them.

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