Title:Sunrise

Challenge Set: 1

Challenge: sorrow

Rating: G

Word Count: 2433

Pairings: Jade/Highroad (kinda)

time frame: canon to an in-progress ficseries, mid-ficseries, actually. canon G1

summary: Jade is missing her Fiance', who she thinks is still in her home universe. (long story) Little does she know, she's gonna see him sooner than she thought, but not realise it.

(summary sucks. You'll have to read it to find out more.)

HighRoad is my husband Dennis's fancharacter (Jade a.k.a. Anni's fiancee')

Just thought I'd put that in. (.)

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The Eastern sky was just starting to turn orangey with the first hints of the suns's morning light. A lone figure sat on the mountainside, watching the edge of the orange orb peek over the horizon, bathing the land before it in an almost magiacal glow.Off in the distance, the birds had begun to chirp, as though they had not a care in the world. But as far as that lone winged figure sitting on the mountainside, it was otherwise.

"How many times have I watched the birds fly over our world, oblivious to the troubles we Earth-Walkers have? Wished so long I could fly above the earth and all it's worries. To be carefree and happy like they are. To feel the wind around me, and swim in an ocean of sky blue and clouds. It's so peacefull up there. Not like down here, with all the fighting and drama that goes on around us all the time."

She half-smiled at the thought, glad that when she and her friends had come here she hadn't been turned into a car. She silently thanked the powers that be for granting her wish, and finally allowing her to fly. She flicked her wings as an Eagle called in the distance.

The sun was now halfway up, and the muave and blue jet could feel it's warm embrace, as though promising a fresh start with the new day, the worries of the previous day forgotten, erased in the sun's reassuring glow.

Green optics squinted against the light, but Jade couldn't make her eyes move away from the beautiful scene. "No wonder photographers take pictures of the sunrise." she thought. She sighed, turning her attention back to the datapad in her hands. She had been typing on it before the sunrise caught her attention so undividedly.

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Datapad Journal Entry 28-05-01-03

It's been a month. That's been how long since I saw my soulmate, Dennis. Sure, it seems like it was just yesterday. But it feels like an eternity without him here beside me.

Yeah, we should both be here. Maybe it's better we're not. I'd be so worried about something happening to him, I wouldn't be able to concentrate on what I'm supposed to be doing. And if we were in battle, I'd probably get the both of us blasted to scrap metal.

It's too bad he went on vacation with his parents. A part of me keeps hoping maybe he'll show up to my rescue, like some knight in shining armor. (no pun intended.) I'm not sure how much of this war and it's violence I can take without his reassurance. Is it too much to hope? After all he did have the cylindrical-glowing device in the trunk of his car. How can he not know about this universe? He's not that stupid, right?

(sigh)

It's wierd. I don't know if it's normal or not to feel this way. So empty without him. I mean, when we lived together, he worked eight hours a day, and so did I. Our work schedules only allowed us to have a few, maybe four, hours together each day. We only had the same day off about once or twice a month. Except for those four hours or so, the only time we really got to spend together and be really close was when we slept.

Is that it?

Maybe that's it.

Maybe I just miss the feeling of his arms wrapped around me as I fell asleep. And even when we were both home, and we may have been two rooms away from each other, at least I could walk a few meters to fall into his loving embrace.

Will I ever see him again?

No. I can't think like that!

I have to think. hope. He had the device in his CAR for Primus's sake! He has to know!

. . . I have to calm down.

It's just that I've spent the last year living with him. Even when he wasn't home. I had the security of knowing he would come home to me at the end of his work day. But now?

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Jade sighed, folding her arms across her pulled-up knees, and rested her chin on top of her crossed arms.

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It's wierd, you know. You get so used to them being there, that it seems like it's normal. No big thing. Like they're supposed to be there. Then when they're gone, it's like suddenly there's a pasrt of you missing. Like a puzzle missing a peice right at it's center. Only, it's where no one can see it; But you know that empty space is there, just waiting to be filled. And only you can see it.

They say when two souls touch, they become inseperable. The two in a sense become a part of each other. Linked in a way that can't be explained. I allways hated being alone, anyway. Maybe that's why I miss him so much.
Then again, I doubt that's why. When we first became friends, (heck, when we first met, ) I sensed something. I just didn't recognise it. They say you know when you first meet your 'true love'. The one you're going to marry. But you don't know it until later.

I guess it's true, huh?

I miss him so much. I wonder how long it'll be (or if I'll ever) find my way back home, back into his arms. Although, I feel like he were here sometimes, It's like I can almost hear his voice in the back of my processor, telling me that everything's gonna be okay.

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The seeker looked up from her datapad long enough to watch a human vehicle make it's way across the desert, kicking up dust in it's hurried journey across the empty landscape. She barely noticed the crimson and navy-blue semi as it sped along the desert.

"Hmmph. Probably late for a delivery and looking for a shortcut." she shook her head at the semi as it navigated the flatland.

"I feel sorry for the driver dumb enough to go offroading in a semi." she chuckled, the scene not even striking her as odd.

"No, on second thought, I take that back." she grinned, standing and shoving the datapad into a subspace pocket.

She jumped off her mountain spot into the air.

"yep, I'm mean. But everyone else is still asleep." she thought.

"hopefully." she added.

She knew Syus would NOT be happy if she single-handedly revealed their location to the Autobots.

But the seeker's spontaneous (and somewhat mischevious) side prodded her to 'just give the human a scare.'

"Besides, that'll help us in the long run, cause it'll keep the humans out of our area." she decided. "We wouldn't want them to see any of us milling around outside the mountainbase and call the Autobots on us, now would we?" she added, gaining altitude and flying towards the speeding vehicle.

The crimson and dark blue Freightliner semi sped across the dusty desert plain, music blaring loudly from the radio, and out the open window. The 40-something brunette man in the driver's seat hummed along sotly, not even realizing his fingers were drumming the steering wheel in time with the music.

Suddenly, a muave and blue appeared from nowhere and flashed in front of the semi, coming way to close to the front grill.

"What the!.."

If it was a bird, it had to be a damn carzy one, that was for sure, Sparkplug decided.

Jade did a midair flip, and turned around towards the vehicle, landing right in it's path two hundred feet away, grinning like a she-demon.

"Going somewhere?"

The driver opened the door and BAILED.

Jade lifted an optic ridge at him. "o-kay. Gotta give him credit for trying to get away." she though amusedly.

The semi didn't slow down, though. In fact, she swore she could hear the engine roar as it accelerated. She realised this AND her mistake right about the time the semi detatched itself from the trailer and transformed.

The red and blue Autobot landed in an impressive feet-first slide, kicking up twin dust trails in his wake. His skid halted right in front of the suprised femmeseeker, his blaster allready in his hand.

"Not you!"

"Oh yes, it's me." A snicker could be heard in the baritone voice.

Jade mentally smacked herself.

High Road grinned behind his vocaliser mask. He had only been on a supply run for the base. And since he looked somewhat like the Autobot leader, Optimus Prime, he had repainted his trailer to suit. It wasn't like he ever used the thing anyway. Besides, it was a good decoy in case the Decepticons should try anything.

"Is it just me, or is Starscream getting a bit girly?" he chuckled to the human, who was standing a few yards away.

Insult AND the Autobot leader. Oh what a beautiful morning this was turning out to be." Jade thought sourly.

The tall red and blue Autobot crossed his arms smugly. "So, where's blundercracker and sky-twerp?" he chirped.
The seeker pasted her hands on her hips and offendedly spat "Last I checked I was still female!"

"I know." (Another snicker, although this time, HighRoad couldn't catch himself from being audible. She really thought he was Optimus Prime! That in itself was funny!)

Jade's jaw dropped, her expression one of "Oh No You Just Did Not!"

Her head bobbed in that snarky way someone does when they're really mad as she said "Oh, so you think it's funny huh, well I'm not Starscream and in case you haven't noticed you're alone out here!."

She glanced around quickly to be sure, and caught Sparkplug sniggering.

"What are YOU laughing at, CHUCKLES, you're next!" the human's grin vanished instantly when Jade started took a step towards him. HighRoad tightened his grip on his weapon, hoping not to have to use it, but Jade's comlink came on instead.

Syus's voice came through. He sounded polite, if not...

amused?

"Jade, what's going on out there?" he asked in an oh-so-innocent voice.

He had been watching the entire exchange over the base's external cameras! The green transformer was standing in front of the mountainbase's main viewscreen. His voice took on an amused tone. "Do you require assistance?" Jade and Highroad both caught his tone. HighRoad cocked his head to one side slightly in a sarcastic look. Like he was just daring her to fight him. the Autobot leader. (snicker)

Jade, on the other hand, knew if she ran, she might have a chance to get away, if she didn't go right back to the base. Otherwise the Autobot would just follow her back to the group's base. On the other hand, if she tried to fight him, well, this was Prime. There was no way that would happen.

Jade, on the other hand, knew if she ran, she might have a chance to get away, if she didn't go right back to the base. Otherwise the Autobot would just follow her back to the group's base. On the other hand, if she tried to fight him, well, this was Prime. There was no way would happen.

And Syus was just baiting her, taking joy in the fact that she had done exactly what he'd told her to avoid; And was about to get the unholy SCRAP beat out of her by the Autobot leader for it. If she asked him for help, though, he'd never let her hear the end of it. That was, if Prime didn't see Syus leaving the base and figure out where it was.

Either way, she was screwed.

"I'm fine." She relied through gritted teethplates.

"Okay." Syus sounded like he shrugged across the comline.

He also sounded smug.

"Just let me know if you change your mind."

Jade suddenly hated when he used that 'I-don't-care' voice. The jet gave her comm a glare. She looked up, and realized the 'Autobot Leader' was still regaurding her with that slightly amused look.

"Oh, what? you think you've had a bad day? Just wait till later when the rest of my friends wake up!."

He just stood there. He didn't really move much. In fact, it seemed like he was waiting for someone. Oh no. what if the rest of his friends were on their way to meet him here? what if he had silently sent them a signal?

"Look, why don't I go that way, and you just go on with whatever you're doing, allright?" she waved a hand dismissively. " I don't feel like wasting the energy, and I'm sure you don't want to spend any extra time in the repairbay being peiced back together"

"Are you sure about that? I'd hate to see you in peices." there was a hidden chuckle in his voice.

"huh?... I hope you get a flat tire!" the jet glared even more, but it didn't seem to effect him. She just knew Syus was watching her, too. She could FEEL his eyes staring at her across the camera feed. He probably thought it was funny, too. She wanted SO badly to turn towards the base camera and wave a finger at it.

Pity. Prime would know where it was, then.

"This isn't over Prime." she turned to walk away from him, but also away from the base at an angle.

"Uh-huh. it sure is." He replied.

Jade silently swore as she jumped into the air, heading the opposite direction of her base, in case he followed her, wishing she had stayed in recharge this morning instead of getting up. She wondered what her husband would have done had he been there instead of the Autobot leader...

And there it is! the intoduction story for my husband's fancharacter, HighRoad.

Hope you enjoyed it!

I will have his profile and picture up at my website soon.