Chapter Two

"Hey guys."

"Hey there, Koji." X-Brawn greeted.

"Where's Freespirit?" Prowl asked not seeing the femme anywhere in sight.

"She's talking to Optimus."

"Probably being told to use the spacebridge like the rest of us."

"I think she's scare of it." Both Autobots looked at him in amazement. "I mean, the whole time she complained about not being allowed to fly there, then when I reminded her about the spacebridge she stopped told me to get out and transformed into her jet mode."

"Hm. Well I'll be a Decepticon's uncle." X-Brawn said, "I do believe your right."

"Why would she be afraid of the spacebridge?" Prowl asked.

Koji shrugged, "I don't know." Then added, "By the way, I've been meaning to ask you something, Prowl." Changing the subject.

"Oh?"

"Why is Freespirit so mad at you?" he asked innocently. He noticed the sadness that suddenly appeared in Prowl's optics and also the worry that appeared in X-Brawn's optics as he looked at his brother. "Did I say something wrong?" to his surprise Prowl began to walk away from them, he stopped a little way off.

"Listen Koji," X-Brawn began "You know who Sky Spirit is, right?" Koji gave a nod "And you obviously know who Freespirit is," again Koji gave a nod -not that he needed to-. "Well you could say that those two are one in the same." X-Brawn readied himself for the questions the young boy was about to ask, though he wasn't expecting what Koji did say.

"I know that," remembering back to when he had took the 'humanised' Optimus Prime to go see Topaz. He had the mother of all headaches that day. "But what I don't understand is why she's angry with Prowl."

X-Brawn tried not to show his surprise as he said, "You uh know that, huh." He looked over at his brother, who was staring into the sky, then back at Koji and sat down. "You could say that Prowl and Sky Spirit were close."

"Like close friends?"

"Not quite." X-Brawn searched his processor for the right 'phrase' that the boy would understand "I guess you could say she was his girlfriend."

"PROWL HAS A GIRLFRIEND!" Koji virtually shouted in surprise and shock.

X-Brawn winced at how loud Koji had said that and looked over at his brother, if he had heard it he'd made no indication that he had. When he looked back at the boy he found that he had both his hands over his mouth as in realisation of what -and how loud- he had just said.

"Prowl has a girlfriend." He repeated quietly.

"Not has, had." Both Koji and X-Brawn were surprised that it was Prowl who responded, they looked over at him, only to find that he was still looking into the sky.

"Prowl?" X-Brawn said.

"It's okay, X-Brawn." He said pausing before turning round to both of them. "With all the time Koji spends with her, I was wondering when this would come up."

"Is everything okay? I mean when I asked Spirit about it she got all angry and drove off."

Both mechs were surprised by what Koji had just said.

"You asked her. Kid, you're braver than you look." X-Brawn said.

Prowl looked at the boy and started to wonder why Freespirit hadn't told him. He would have thought she'd love to rub it in his face one more time. So why not tell him? Why not tell everyone? He was even more surprised to find that only two who still only knew the truth about what happened was Optimus and X-Brawn. She never even told Crosswise and Rapid Run and they were her closest friends. If she wanted to get back at him that would be the perfect way. So why keep it to yourself. He wondered. Part of him hoped it was because she still had feelings for him but he knew that wasn't possible.
"Maybe…" he began before TAI contacted them.

"So Sky-Byte, what's this great plan of yours?" Dark Scream asked.

"Simple, we'll lead her into a trap."

"That's it. That's the brilliant plan." Gas Skunk said.

"That's only the beginning."

The black skunk let out a sigh of relief "You had had me worried for a moment there."

"So how are we going to trap her?" Slapper asked.

"She seems to hang around that human boy a lot. If we get him, we get her." Sky-Byte said.

"You mean like a trade."

"Didn't we do that already?" Dark Scream said.

"And have it fail miserably." Gas Skunk added.

"You three have a better idea!" he shouted at them.

The three held their hands before their faces in defence, shaking slightly.
"Nope, sounds like a good plan to me."
"Me too."
"Sounds good."

"Besides, nothing can go wrong this time. Not if we get her alone."

"That's what he said the last time about Optimus." Gas Skunk said quietly to the other two.