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Old Friends

-Normal POV-

Skyfire couldn't believe his optics. He hadn't seen Astrostrike for vorns. The last time he saw her was when she had come to tell him she was moving to an area with a higher concentration of seekers. She was a youngling then, but now she had grown into a… quite pretty adult.

He had nearly tried to sneak off before she caught sight of him. He had wanted to have a little more time to be prepared to greet her, but he had no such luck.

"Skyfire!" Asia's face brightened as she hurried over, "I can't believe you're here!"

She was about to hug him like old times, but something stopped her and she backed off slightly. Her cooling fans kicked on. It wasn't quite like old times. He and she had both grown a lot since then. And this time there was more people around. She glanced back toward her escort.

Tech had a grin on his face. Asia couldn't decide if it looked more like he was happy she knew someone or more mischievous like he knew of who had a crush on whom. Then she noticed Julia tapping Tech's leg and giving him a look like he needed to stop grinning.

Asia bit her lip-plate, unsure.

"Hey Asia," Skyfire replied softly, "It's ok. I… missed you too."

Asia turned back to him and slowly grinned, "I was just surprised… you know it's been…"

"Vorns. Yeah I know," he sighed, a slight shy look on his face, "You… turned out really well…"

Her grin grew, "You turned out pretty good yourself. Boy, I barely come up to the middle of your wings, and I'm tall too…"

Skyfire studied her shyly, trying to not be obvious. She had the typical seeker build, but as she said, she was taller than most seekers. He remembered once on Cybertron she had mentioned she had some shuttle genetics, making her a bit taller than the norm. She had pink on her, which wouldn't win her any points at a Cybertronian beauty show, since only primary and secondary colors were accepted, along with black and white. Skyfire didn't mind though. He was a scientist, not a judge.

He grinned slightly when he noticed her trying to tiptoe to see if she could get any taller, "You still don't reach my shoulder Asia."

"Aw scrap," Asia giggled softly, faintly embarrassed at getting caught. Skyfire smiled at the happy sound. Asia hadn't changed much from what he saw. She was friendly, but still shy at the same time.

"I'm sure Prime would like to talk to you before you get settled in. I'll show you to his office," Skyfire told her quietly and then led the way down the ramp of the base's large entrance. Tech followed not far behind, leaving Julia to call Dawn with the new developments.

-Dawn's POV-

I got the call from Julia on my cell phone about thirty minutes after she had left. I was still making my rounds and grumbling about the lack of coworkers. Shae and Evan should have been here or replaced by now.

"Hello?" I managed to make my voice somewhat cheery.

"You need to give Sidelight a message," came speedily over the airwaves to my cell phone. Julia was out of breath and excited.

"Give who a what?" I raised my brow in consternation.

"Her name is Sidelight, she's an Autobot; you have to get some information to her. You can't tell anyone though. "

I quickly fiddled with my phone's volume. I couldn't be too safe when it came to the Autobots.

"Why isn't she with the others? Can't Prime send the message?" For highly advanced robots, this seemed like an archaic way of getting a message around, and by humans no less.

"Not right now. He's getting Astrostrike settled in and he's very busy. She is a scientist that seems to have been friends with Skyfire a while back. Just tell Slider that so she isn't surprised when she can make it to base. You can meet her at the park at six o'clock tomorrow night. It won't take long, but make sure not to be late. She has to get back to her work as soon as possible," Julia sounded concerned. It was going to the top of my priority list. If Julia was concerned about something, it had to be done.

"Alright, I'll be there. Don't worry about it," I nodded, even though Julia couldn't see me, "It's several hours before my night shift tomorrow, so I can make it." I was a night owl, and I didn't have a lot of free time during the day. I slept then since I took the graveyard shifts for guard duty. Ten o'clock at night to six in the morning was my usual times, give or take a few hours at either end.

"Oh thank you! I have to work late tomorrow at the shop since I'll be sleeping in tomorrow. I already let the boss know."

"Alright Jules," I grinned, pleased that I could help, "Get some sleep and I'll talk to you tomorrow evening."

"G'night Dawn," I heard the smile in her voice before the call ended. I sighed. It wouldn't be long now until I could get home, shower, and get some much needed sleep after all this excitement.

-0-

At precisely six o'clock, I was sitting on a park bench near the back of the park. Julia had told me that was where she usually met up with Sidelight. I was to look for a blue Honda civic. Julia also warned me that sometimes the 'femme' was a little pushy. Apparently, 'femme' was robot for girl, and 'mech' was robot for boy.

Seconds later, a blue Honda glided up to the bench and rested a few feet away, and an impatient feminine voice asked, "Have you seen a brown haired woman with green eyes? Her name is Julia; I was supposed to meet her here."

"I'm afraid Julia couldn't make it, but she gave me a message to give to you," I stated calmly, "There's a new girl, er, femme at base that goes by the name Astrostrike. She's also called Asia. She's a scientist that knew Skyfire a while back."

"Julia sent you? What proof do you have?" the femme was quite suspicious, but I knew she had every reason to be.

"I'm her cousin, Dawn Montgomery."

"Oh," the femme's tone changed to a much friendlier one, "Thank you. Sorry Dawn, I can't be too careful you know. I'm afraid I must be going though, the 'Con's were on my tail yesterday, and I wouldn't want you caught in the crossfire."

"Its fine, I understand completely," I relaxed, "I may be seeing you around, right?"

"Probably not nearly as much as Tech though," a faint wistful note echoed in her voice, "I am usually out of communication range of the others."

"That sucks, sounds like my guard work," I mentioned, "Sometimes it's hard to get reception there."

"I see. Well, I must be off, I think I'm catching some 'Con's on my radar," some sternness returned to her tone, "Good day, Dawn."

Sidelight peeled out more quickly than she had come. A few minutes later I heard a siren. Wasn't one of the 'Con's a police car? I wracked my mind for a moment and then shrugged. My job here was done. I sent a quick text to Julia telling her that it had gone well and then walked back to my car. It was going to be another long night at my job if Shae and Evan didn't show up again.