Chapter Two
"Are you crazy?!" Smokescreen said. He was standing next to Prowl the tactician's office while the mech himself sat at his desk. Lightning sat opposite them.
"Lightning, the last time you faced Sunstreaker he nearly killed you. Had Skyfire not intervened…" Prowl said trailing off.
"I have to tell him, it's about time he knew." the femme reasoned leaving out the part where Skyfire had virtually threatened her if she didn't tell him.
"You say that as if he didn't know. The fragging mech knew you were carrying it was the reason he slagging left you in the first place!" the older Datsun reminded her.
"I know." Lightning said sadly looking down at the desk "but maybe now he's changed."
"I do not see how, Lightning." Prowl told her "Sunstreaker will always be a dangerous mech. There have been times that even Sideswipe has not been able to handle him."
The jet looked back up at both of them "Prowl, Smokescreen, you guys are virtually like my brothers. You've been there for me when things…seemed to close in and I deeply thank you for that." she began with a spark-felt tone "but this is something I have to do."
Prowl looked at her, she truly had changed from the last time they saw her. He got up and walked over to her placing a hand on her shoulder. "Are you absolutely sure this is something you want to do?" he asked receiving a nod in reply. "Then I will allow it."
Lightning looked up at him and gave a small smile "Thanks Prowl." She said placing a hand on top of his. She looked worriedly over at Smokescreen.
"You don't need my permission, it's not as if I'm an officer or anything." he said folding his arms and looking away from her.
"That maybe but I still value your opinion." Her hand going back down to her lap.
As Smokescreen looked back at her he saw a pleading look in her optics, he looked at his brother who gave a nod and back at her. "Okay." he finally conceded his arms going back down by his sides. "But I'm going with you, no telling what that mech will do."
"No." she said softly but firmly surprising the two mechs.
"Lightning," Prowl began his hand going back down by his side "I strongly suggest that you have some…"
"No, Prowl. I don't want anyone there, not even Sideswipe." the blue-grey femme told him.
"You are crazy." the blue and red mech commented.
"Maybe I am, maybe I'm not. The only reason he…attacked me last time was because of what Starlight was doing to them both." she explained calmly. "She saw how I reacted to them when we all first met and thought she'd…do me a favour."
"That 'favour' almost cost you your life." Smokescreen said highly annoyed.
"Then I will order you to have someone else with you." the white and black Datsun said sternly getting back to their conversation. He noted that Sideswipe had been right when he said that one of the femmes were responsible for all the pranks played on them and would speak to the light yellow femme about it when everything calmed down again.
"And I will disobey that order." she looked up at him "on the basis that it is not the second-in-command of the Autobots giving that order but a mech who views me as his sister."
"Light…" Smokescreen began walking over to her only to be silenced by the femme raising her hand and looking at him.
"No-one is changing my mind on this, not even my father." she told the both of them seriously. She knew that if she had not mentioned him they would have no doubt called Skyfire and asked him to talk her out of it. She was also saving them from the yelling he'd most probably give them for the situation she was now in.
The older Datsun sighed, "Would you at least let one of us stand outside, just in case?" he asked trying to compromise. The femme thought for a moment and gave a nod of her head. "Let's get this over with then." heading for the door. They left Prowl to his work and headed out. Upon approaching the twins quarters Smokescreen said, "I still think you're crazy doing this." making the femme chuckle.
Taking a deep breath Lightning knocked on the door and waited fighting the nervousness that bubbled within her, "What do you want?" Sideswipe asked coldly.
"I'd like to talk to Sunstreaker." she replied calmly.
"No." the Lamborghini said plainly "you've already caused my brother enough problems."
"If it wasn't for your brother we wouldn't be having these problems in the first place." Smokescreen said.
Sideswipe narrowed his optics at him, "and if your brother had sorted the problem when I first went to him then Sunny wouldn't have done what he did."
"Look," Lightning interrupted the two mechs and getting annoyed "the two of you can argue all you want about whose fault it is, but it's not going to change the fact that I'm going to talk to Sunstreaker."
Sideswipe looked back into the room a moment before giving a nod and looking back at her. "He's got nothing to say to you."
"That's fine, he can just listen. Once I'm finished I'll leave, simple." She told him, trying to remain calm and not smack him over the head her earlier nervousness gone. I've been hanging round with Starlight and Storm too much she thought as she chuckled inwardly.
"Nothings 'simple' when you're around." Sideswipe muttered looking away from her.
"Let her in, Sideswipe, or I'll…" Smokescreen threatened.
"Or you'll do what, Smokescreen? Get Prowl on me? Yeah right, like I'm scared of that aft." The Lamborghini said rudely folding his arms across his chest.
Having heard enough the blue-grey jet pushed past the red warrior and into the room, Smokescreen pulled the stunned mech out of the room and stood in front of the door as it closed.
"Out of my way, Smokescreen." Sideswipe seethed.
The mech shook his head, "Lightning wants to talk to your brother alone. Primus knows why considering all he's done to her."
Sunstreaker glared at the 'intruder' in his quarters, she had a nerve to dare show her face here. "You can glare at me all you want, Sunstreaker. It will not change why I am here or get me to leave." she told him. He watched as she walked across the room and sat on the other end of the sofa. Lightning sighed as she saw he was still glaring at her, why should she think it was going to be any different?
"Sunstreaker," she began softly.
"Get. Out." he virtually growled.
"Please, listen to what I have to say."
"Why? Why should I have to listen to anything you have to slagging say, you're the fragging reason I'm 'trapped' here!" he said almost shouting as he stood "now I'm telling you one last time, GET OUT!" The blue-grey jet stood but not to leave as the Lamborghini said instead she slapped him. That did it, Sunstreaker was now livid, he went for her only for her to move at the last second almost making him fall to the floor.
"I came to talk about what happened between us all those years ago and what made you leave." she continued as she turned to him. The yellow mech went after her again only to have her side step his attack. "Though if you'd rather fight, so be it."
Lightning, you okay? Smokescreen's concerned voice came over her comm.
Fine Smokescreen, if I need you I'll call for you. She responded to the Datsun. While she was doing so though Sunstreaker was charging for her again, the femme turned to him just before getting slammed to the floor. She let out a small yelp of pain as her wings took the full force of her fall. Seeing the mech raise his fist to punch her she quickly said, "I've put aside my hatred for both you and your brother for his sake. It's the reason I'm here." Sunstreaker halted in his attack suddenly confused as to what she meant. His raised fist came down fiercely next to her head shocking the femme at just how close he came to punching her. He growled, "I told you, I wanted no part of…"
"His life, I know. But you unwillingly have been, he's been here on Earth with you the entire time. Maybe even longer for I do not know how much time you spent together on Cybertron." she saw him give her a curiously annoyed look, he still held a lot of anger towards her but for the minute it was being held back by curiosity. She smiled up at him and held his arm, which he yanked back.
"Don't touch me!" he warned.
She gave a small nod, "Sunstreaker, your…our sparkling is Bluestreak." she spoke in a soft tender voice.
Shock suddenly overcame the Lamborghini "Bluestreak?" he shook his head as he got up off her almost stumbling backwards. "N-no, no. You're just saying that. He can't be."
"He is." she told him as she sat up "I left him in the care of Prowl and Smokescreen while I visited a friend, thank primus I did." she muttered looking at the floor "or he wouldn't have survived, I don't even know how we survived."
"Bluestreak?" he said again still trying to come to terms with the revelation.
"Yes." she confirmed again getting up off the floor and ignoring the throbbing pain in her wings. "And now that I have told you I will do as you ask and leave." heading for the door.
"Wait," Sunstreaker said turning to her "why are you telling me this?" he asked.
"You have a right to know, you are his father after all. No matter how much you want to deny it." she replied. I can't tell him I was threatened to by dad, wouldn't make much sense to him anyway. He doesn't know Skyfire's my father.
"You know that's slag." he suddenly said crossing his arms across his chest "I dropped you as soon as you told me you were carrying even though Sideswipe told me I shouldn't."
This piece of information surprised the jet, "Sideswipe said what?"
"I told him that he shouldn't quit on you, that he should face up to his responsibility." a voice said from the door.
The jet turned and saw the red Lamborghini and blue and red Datsun standing just inside the door.
"I always thought you couldn't care less. I mean, you…" she trailed off.
"If I really didn't care then I wouldn't have looked out for Blue all these years." Sideswipe countered. Both he and Smokescreen had become worried when all they could hear was silence and walked in to investigate.
"Wait, you knew Bluestreak was their sparkling?" Smokescreen asked surprised.
The mech gave a nod, "met the kid before you 'changed' him to keep him safe. No doubt from Sunstreaker." he explained.
"And you kept it from me?!" Sunstreaker said annoyed.
"Had to, Bro. You would have gone off on one otherwise."
"I'll leave the two of you alone now as you requested." Lightning said but just as she was halfway out the door she looked back at the yellow mech for a moment before finally heading out.
Both Smokescreen and Sideswipe recognised the look in her optics, it was a sad longing.
After all these years Smokescreen thought she still feels for him he looked over at Sideswipe who gave a nod, it seemed he had been thinking the same thing.