"N-Nakoma!" Miki gasped in shock, taking a step back.

"Why do you try to run? I mean you no harm. Little Nashota, you know that full well." Nakoma chaste smiling. "Enter, and close the door if you would be so kind."

"Um..."

"Come, come, time is wasting and I have places to be, things to do." Nakoma continued, motioning the girls into the room. The two entered, slightly shocked and slightly confused.

"What are you doing here? Don't you like live in Antarctica or something?" Miko finally asked.

"Alaska." Miki corrected with a sigh. "This is why I hate pretending to be you, you're an idiot."

"Aw, thanks sis, I love you too." Miko faux smiled, and then turned back to the Indian woman.

"Yes, Alaska, for now at least. But you were right, I have resided in Antarctica, just as I have resided in Hawaii and Germany and so many others, but my history isn't the point." Nakoma smiled, gesturing to the two chairs opposite her from the desk. "Sit, sit, come now, I am a busy woman."

"Yeah, I bet." Miko snorted.

"Oh, children these days, so disrespectful. You're journey has ended, correct? At least to a degree."

"Uh, yeah. I lost what ever Breaker was using me for. Honestly, I don't get it, how do you lose something you don't even know you have?" Miko sighed, leaning back in her chair.

"Oh, you didn't lose it." Nakoma smiled wisely. "And neither did you, Nashota." She continued, nodding to Miki. "I took it."

"What?" Miko exploded. "How do you take- that wasn't fair- what were you thinking?- so what happened?"

"Oh you Nashota." Nakoma chortled. "While you were asleep-"

"More like trapped in space." Miko muttered.

"Whatever you choose to call it," Nakoma continued smoothly. "while you were there, your power was drawing things best left hidden in the darkness, things that were conquered for a reason...Things from the Black Times." She shuddered. "There was only one option, I had to take it away. With the power gone, nothing was to aroused that it couldn't be lulled back into oblivion and forgotten once more. Things were smoothed out, and everything was calm again."

"And so what happened to our 'power'? You have it or what?" Miko asked practically.

"The reason I'm here dearie." Nakoma smiled. "I can't keep it, I attract enough attention as it is, so that left me with two options. The first, the one that displeases me the most, return it to the nothingness. Have it come again when someone with power would be born. Most boring, believe me, waiting like that... Or the second option, the one I like, is to return it." With that Nakoma placed her hands together, in prayer position, and slowly unfurled her hands palms up. A light glowed as she opened her hands, forming a bright blue orb.

"How pretty." Miki marveled.

"Sweet!" Miko nodded.

"It's your power, corporealized." Nakoma murmured, looking at the twins with a kind expression. "I've waited so long, it's so nice to finally meet you, to see you two...together. "

"Huh?" Miko blinked. "You understand what the lady's saying?"

"Not completely." Miki murmured hesitantly.

"No need to be shy, speak up." Nakoma sighed. "No worries, the past can explain the future, if you'd only listen." She smiled softly. "Well, back to the matter at hand." She breathed, nodding her head toward the orb glowing and floating in her hands. "Each of you, take my hand. Miki, reach for my right, Miko, my left. Together, it makes one whole power, but apart it can be hidden, kept alive. It brings you both certain attributes, the ''con magnet' ability as you so aptly put it little Nashota, and your brains and wisdom, Older Nashota. It gives you both something different, something new and interesting. Reach out, take it back." The twins looked at each other before reaching out. A whole conversation flashed in the glance, all the fears, all the hopes, the past and what had been said, and the future with what was to come. The two paths they could take, get their 'power' back or walk away. Nakoma would let them walk away, and she'd let them have their gifts back.

"Twins?" Miki breathed, looking her living mirror in the eyes.

"Twins." Miko nodded, her usual smile on her face as she turned back to Nakoma. Together, they reached out for the glowing orb, which would have freaked anyone out unless they had been living with giant alien robots for the past few months and had done everything the twins had done, and touched the light. The orb bursted in an explosion of color, blinding the twins.

"AHHH!" Miko screamed, flinging her arms over her face uselessly.

"EEKKK!" Miki screeched, doing the same. Nakoma laughed lightly as she watched the colors weave across the childrens arms, disappear under the skin, and pop back out in a swirl of light. It spider webbed, it spiraled, it gleamed and it twirled, finally completely disappearing as it melted back into the girl it had come from.

"Oh my gosh, never let me do that again!" Miko shrieked as she checked herself over for anything missing.

"Definitely." Miki agreed quickly, doing the same.

"Um, wasn't there just some crazy Antarctican lady here?" Miko asked, swiveling about her chair in confusion. Nakoma wasn't across from them anymore, she wasn't under the desk, and she wasn't behind them.

"Alaskan." Miki corrected automatically as she turned about looking for the woman.

"She was here, right? I'm not crazy?" Miko asked hopefully.

"Yeah, she was." Miki nodded confused. Nakoma was gone, and not I-got-up-out-of-my-seat-and-walked-away type of gone, but gone gone. "Um..."

"Yeah." Miko nodded.

"Okay."

"So what's for dinner? I'm starving."

"Miko! Some lady just disappeared right in front of us, and you're worried about food?" Miki demanded outraged.

"Am I supposed to be worried about something else?" She asked blankly.

"Oh Miko, oh dear little Miko." Miki groaned, putting her hand on her forehead as she felt the usual sisterly 'bonding' feeling come on with a headache. "Come on, sister, let's find the missing lady." She said getting up and dragging Miko with her. She marched through the offices looking everywhere before she entered the main base and found Bulkhead waiting for her.

"Hey girls, what have you been up to?" He asked pleasantly.

"Oh nothing much, you wanna watch a monster truck marathon?" Miko asked eagerly.

"Wait a sec, Bulk, did you see anyone in here? Human? Besides the boys and us?" Miki asked carefully, her voice coming out distorted and clipped.

"Uh, can't say that I have. Why? Is something wrong?"

"No, a woman just up and disappearing is perfectly normal, why not? Soon you'll tell me pigs fly." Miki groaned putting her head in her hands. Her head suddenly jerked up with a thought. "Please tell me that pigs don't fly."

"Miki, Miki, you've been stressing out to much, you need to relax, kick back. Please, it'll help your sanity." Miko said, sounding as therapist sounding as she could as she touched her sister's shoulder with a compassionate expression.

"But-"

"Breath, we'll get you home to Japan if that's what you'd like. No more 'crazy disappearing people' around there...I think. Hehe." Miko said, leading her sister to a chair. Miki wasn't sure what was more crazy, Nakoma up and disappearing or her sister as a therapist. Miki shuddered at the thought.

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The twins went home together, one entering the house first, and then the second coming in and scaring the wonderful host parents out of their mind.

"But you just came by us!" The host dad started shocked.

"Um, sure I did, dude. And I'm going by now." Miko smiled, walking toward her bedroom. Miki was sitting on the bed cross legged, staring at the floor.

"Okay, I know that look. What's got ya all in a jumble?" Miko asked plopping herself next to her sister.

"You know, I think it's time I went home."

"What?" Miko gasped. "Why?"

"You needed me to help you with your latest shenanigan, and I did. Now it's over, and I gotta go back. You know I'll miss you, sis, but it's kinda time." Miki sighed, looking her sister in the face. "You know I'm right."

"But...we could've had so much fun together!" Miko cried.

"Yeah, you getting me in trouble while you laugh on the sidelines? So sorry if I don't think that's the greatest idea of the century." Miki rolled her eyes.

"Well, excuse me." Miko snorted.

"Love you too, sis."

"So, back to Japan? What are ya gonna do there? It's pretty boring back home." Miko asked awkwardly, playing with the comforter.

"Yeah, but it'll be better. You know I'm the honor student anyway, time to get back at it. You're the crazy rock and roll chick of the family, you stay here. Bet you'll end up on Cybertron one of these days."

"Gonna go live the dream." Miko grinned.

"Exactly, it's time. I'm gonna get all the paperwork ready for the return flight, and I don't want the guys to know, so keep it a secret til I'm off U.S. soil?" Miki asked hesitantly.
"Course sis, anything for my sibling." Miko replied softly, and got ready for bed as Miki called her parents telling them it was time to go home.

~(0)~

"You sure you don't want to stay a bit longer, sis? We could have some fun." Miko wheedled with sisterly love. They were standing outside the entrance of Miki's plane, one twin about to go their old home and one about to head back to her new home.

"Nah, it's time Miko. I miss my friends, and I miss our parents too."

"Wow you're weird." Miko sighed.

"Thanks, aren't you just the best?" Miki snorted.

"I know, aren't I?" Miki smirked.

"See ya sis, and promise me something?" Miki asked.

"Course, what's it this time?"

"Go smack Megatron, he sounds like an idiot." Miki said exasperated.

"Deal." Miko laughed.

"Miko." Miki smiled.

"Miki." Miko said softly.

"I'll miss you." They said in sync, and reached out to hug the other.

"Come home soon?" Miki asked hopefully from the embrace.

"Come back soon?" Miko countered with a smile.

"We'll see." Miki murmured, breaking the hug. "Well, bye." She waved, and headed down the tunnel for her seat on the plane.

"Bye." Miko replied, and walked away. One twin was heading back to Japan, one was going back to Jasper, Nevada and the continual happy chaos that the Autobots could have on her life. One was moving on, one was standing still. Different girls, but sisters none the less.

Twins.

Well, that's the end of Play the Part. Thanks for reading and tell me what you think before you leave. Hope you find even greater stories along the way, bye! :)
~White Fairy Writer~