Shockbox: (walks in, sits down, and sighs) I present to you the result of watching a trailer for Escaflone and watching one too many episodes of Full Metal Alchmist. The Box presents Heaven vs. Hell. (pops confetti) This is based off the original version that I wrote back in 2005 when my grammar and spelling was a total disaster. I'm much better now obviously, but this is really one my my favorite stories ever. Please enjoy and leave a review!

/Don't turn away, don't give in to the pain/

/Don't try to hide, though they're screaming your name/

/Don't close your eyes, God knows what lies behind them/

/Don't turn out the light, never sleep never die/

Whisper - Evanescence

000

In aisle seven in the rear of the library, Rad and Alexis stood by the shelves searching for a copy of the Bible Rad was doing his final semester project on. Alexis, still unsure on what to do for her semester project, stood there quietly beside her friend.

The library itself was old and the books seemed rather dusty. The interior of the library itself was huge, with over twenty-four rows of shelves standing towards the back of the library, standing at least twelve feet tall and filled with over hundreds of books. The rest of the small space left had several tables for reading at and the check-out desk towards the front of the library.

It had been five years since the Transformers destroyed Unicron in the Unicron battles and five years since Starscream died. Rad, Carlos, Billy, Fred, and Alexis were getting ready to graduate from high school. Their grades were closing fast and ever since Star committed suicide, Alexis' grades were beginning to drop. In order for her to get her diploma, she had to do on Hell of a job on her semester project.

The project itself could be done on anything consisting of creative value, weather it was a report or a fiction story. It was one of the biggest grades you could get all year and, in Alexis' case, it could mean weather she stayed back or went on college. Unfortunately, Alexis had yet to figure out what she wanted to do for the project while the rest of her friends had already started.

Carlos was doing a report on the battle of Waterloo in which the famous French general, Napoleon, surrendered and lost a battle for the first time in his life. Billy, who knew much about vehicles and how they worked, was doing a report on how different engines for different vehicles worked. Then, Fred, as expected, was doing a report on how chips were processed and made. Finally, Rad was doing a report on the Bible, the story of Jesus Christ in particular.

The two friends were quietly discussing what Alexis could do for a report. Finally, after several minutes of searching for the Bible and talking about possible project ideas, Rad came up with the idea of going downtown and looking at some of the old buildings.

"Those buildings on the end of town are really old and probably have a cool history to them. Maybe, if you wanted, you could ask the owners to give you some info on them," Rad stated as he pulled the Bible off one of the shelves once he found it.

Alexis shrugged her shoulders unsure as Brad put a comforting hand on her shoulder. "Alexis, you have to do something for your report. I mean, what do you think he would want you to do?"

Alexis looked at him with her full attention now. Rad felt sorry for her. The day Starscream joined the Autobots, he saw how nervous she was around him. After awhile, she stared to approach him more and more often.

Rad didn't think it was anything special, just that she was trying to befriend him. Then after what happened inside Unicron and on Cybertron, he realized she didn't just like him as a friend. After the way she broke down and cried her heart out when Optimus told her and everyone on the Autobot ship he died, there was only one thing that came to Rad's mind.

She loved him.

She never cried so hard in her life. Even when her parents died, she didn't cry as hard as she did for Starscream. Also taking into account, when her parents died, she acted almost normal in a sense. She didn't cry as much and she was still very active, outgoing, and nasty if you did something to get her upset. Now, after Starscream, she cried herself to sleep and broke down into tears if you yelled at her loud enough.

"Maybe I'll check it out. I still got time left before I have to head back to Gram's place," she replied quietly as she and Rad headed towards the front of the library.

Rad placed the Bible on an empty table as he turned to Alexis. "We'll I'm going to start my report so I'll see you later."

Alexis smiled at her friend as she clutched the emerald stone necklace around her neck. She then frowned when she felt the crack running through it, the same crack that formed the exact moment Star died. She sighed deeply and smiled softly again.

"Yeah, see ya," she simply replied before she turned away and walked out the exit.

Rad sighed as she left, watching her walk across the street when there weren't any cars and walking down the sidewalk. After she was out of his sights, he pulled out a chair pushed into the table and sat down. He opened the bible he took off the shelf and opened it to a random page and froze in shock. It was a picture of Jesus Christ. Around his neck was an emerald stone necklace.

"That's just creepy," Rad replied as he turned to the section that had Jesus' story, leaving many questions unanswered.

000

Not far away, Alexis walked down the street. It was close to nightfall and the sun was setting over the horizon. She loved summer days like this. The orange, red light emitted from the sun reminded her of Starscream's amber eyes before he was upgraded, changing his burning eyes to a passionate silver.

She walked into the older section of town and looked around. All the buildings were old indeed, but none of them seemed to interest her. If she wanted any glint of hope for doing the project, it needed to be something she was interested in. If she wasn't, chances were she wouldn't do well and not go to college.

"Alexis…"

She stopped walking and froze in place. A cold wind blew and she swore she heard the wind itself call her name. The voice also sounded like it was a male and female talking at the same time. It seemed to come from all around her and the air got cold.

"Alexis…"

She heard the voice again except it sounded like it was beside her. Turning her head, she saw an old church that looked like it was at least three hundred years old. It was painted a dull white as the paint on it chipped and peeled off easily. Green vines were running up the sides of the massive walls and there was a huge bell at the top on the building, several pigeons perched on the grey roof.

"May his light guide you…"

Alexis jumped at the whispering, almost taunting voice. It was starting to scare her as a sudden gust of wind blow her from behind. Stumbling forward, Alexis almost fell off the sidewalk and into the street from the burst of strong wind. Once she managed to regain her balance, she gazed back up at the building again. She thought about possibly doing it for her project but dismissed the thought.

"I doubt anyone still works there. It's so old," she said to herself as she turned and started to walk away, only to stop when she saw some light abruptly some from the tinted windows, as if someone chose that very moment to light some candles.

Turning back the building, she sighed as she gazed at the tall structure. Suddenly, the voice struck once again.

"May you not die…"

Alexis shook her head as she felt tears form. The voice was starting to seriously scare her and, after a moment of deciding, looked both ways before she crossed the street. Once she reached the other side, she walked up the staircase and up to the set of double doors. After a moment of hesitation, she slowly opened one of the doors and walked into the main hall.

Inside, there was a huge organ with a huge holy cross was above it, the carved figure of Christ carved out onto the cross. The tinted, colored windows were lined up on the right and left sides of the hall with the delicate, soothing images of Mary, Joseph, Angels, and Jesus printed into the glass. There were candles everywhere and at least twenty rows of seats on the right and left sides.

"Have you come to pray child?"

Alexis was startled and whirled around to see a priest standing behind her. The top of his head had no hair but the sides of his head did. The hair itself was an old white and his eyes were a soft, gentle blue. He had a white robe on with a black robe on top of the first on and he was clearly the priest.

"Do not be alarmed child. Do you have business here," he asked calmly stepping towards her.

Alexis nervously nodded her head. "Yes I do, father," she said with a worried tone in her voice.

The priest waved his hand and smiled at the young girl. "Please, do call me Father Ben," he replied as he put a hand on her shoulder.

Alexis sighed and nodded her head to the priest. "I'm doing a report for my semester project and I wanted to ask if I could do this church," Alexis stated as Father Ben smirked at her.

Taking his hand off her shoulder, he walked down the aisle and up to the organ. Alexis stood there where she was and watched him as he looked up at the giant cross. He said something quietly to himself before he turned back to Alexis.

"Come here, child."

Alexis hesitated for a moment but walked up to Father Ben. Once she was in front of him, he smiled at her.

"Have you also come about Starscream?"

Alexis gasped. Suddenly, even though she didn't hear it due to the state of shock she was in, the voice whispered back.

"May Starscream save you…"

"Heaven vs. Hell"

By Shockbox