Disclaimer: I do not own Transformers, they are owned by Hasbro. Aquaformer is my creation. Scarclash is the creation of and used with permission by Gshepherd17 on DA. This is based in the animated universe, but may contain references and characters from other series. This is strictly a fan fic. No flames or harsh comments. Constructive criticisms welcome. Enjoy!
Aquaformer and Scarclash were once again in Minnesota, having flown there in escape from the Elita Guard as well as the Decepticons that inhabited the Detroit metropolitan area. Instead, they flew to a remote place in northern Minnesota, hoping to blend in with forested landscape until they could figure out how to handle what exactly was going on.
"Aqua, we are big, strong femmes – stronger than a lot of mechs, why are we in hiding?" asked Scarclash in her scathing feminine tone. It bothered not Aquaformer who was used to her friends demeanor.
"Because we need to be smart about what we are going to do. We have both the Elita Guard, with my brother Jazz on it, as well as the Cons after the knowledge that we possess. We have to be smart about how we go about things or we are going to have to either deal with Megatron, again, or worse, Sentinel Prime, yet again" stated Aquaformer in her deep feminine voice, seeing the obvious disgust in Scarclash's optics as Aquaformer mentioned Sentinel's name yet again, as neither one cared for the dumbaft, especially after what he tried to pull on Scarclash one time, which ended with Sentinel having several claw marks all over his metallic chassis.
Scarclash knew Aquaformer was right, as Aquaformer was not one to just go in blindly without a plan, as the one time Aquaformer let them go in without a plan, Scarclash ended up badly wounded. They needed a plan, but they also realized that in order to keep safe they were going to need more than just the two of them, but who to trust?
Meanwhile, as Sentinel dressed down Optimus, away from Ultra Magnus's prying optics, Jazz began talking with Prowl, as the two were old buddies, as both had trained with Yoketron at different times. Prowl began to chat with Jazz about meeting a wonderful femme. Jazz sat and dutifully listened as his friend went off about the "femme bot of his dreams." Jazz did not know that Prowl was describing his sister, Aquaformer, and Prowl did not realize that his best friend was the brother of the femme bot that Prowl felt his spark being drawn to.
And as Ultra Magnus began to scan for the two runaway femme bots, he had no idea that they were already aware of his presence and the Decepticons' presence. Ultra Magnus knew that the Autobots had to get the information from these femmes first or if the Cons got it, everything would be over for the Autobots. For these two, since they were so old compared to Sentinel, Optimus as well as many other bots, held many ancient secrets of power that both sides wanted. And so, not knowing that Optimus and the others had already made contact with the runaways, Ultra Magnus resumed scanning aboard his ship. Too bad no one knew that Aquaformer and Scarclash had the ability to hide their sparks if they did not want to be found.
Ratchet, having been secretly contacted by Aquaformer, was soon on his way out to the forested area that Aquaformer and Scarclash were hiding in. Ratchet, being just as old as the other two if not slightly older, realized why these femme bots had come to earth. They had come here to hide, but having been detected by the small Autobot faction had given them away and now they were not sure who to trust.
"Ratchet, what are we going to do, we are sick of being pursued. We have been pursued ever since Sentinel found us all those years ago. We just want to be normal Autobots" stated Aquaformer, her deep serious tone letting Ratchet know that this time she was not joking.
"So you two high-tailed it out of there and now you have nowhere to go" asked Ratchet, receiving only nods in response. "What secrets are they trying to extract from you?'
"Scarclash and I are the last surviving femmes from a secret mission that happened many years ago. We not only know about how to build and use a space bridge, we can turn on and off are locators at will as well as do many other things that most bots nowadays cannot do, due to not having the knowledge that we have" replied Aquaformer, to which Scarclash nodded and Ratchet's jaw dropped.
"So what you are saying is that both the Elita Guard and Cons want you because of the delicate knowledge you possess?" asked Ratchet, receiving a nod from both femmes again. Ratchet was not sure what to say, as he had never realized why he was never able to contact Aquaformer after they had been separated from working together.
"Ratchet, I was assigned as leader to the secret mission to infiltrate the con base, and Scarclash was my first mate, and best friend. We were the only ones who survived as Megatron found us and blasted most of our all femme crew to smithereens. If it were not for the fact that Scarclash and I found away to make ourselves appear offline, we would have been goners as well" stated Aquaformer, to which Scarclash nodded, and Ratchet's processor reeled, as he remembered the special high level Autobot command patch he had seen on Aquaformer. It was all making sense now.
Meanwhile, Prowl was worried as was Bee as both the femmes were missing and it was not like them to be missing this long without a reason. And as the two headed out, they were unknowingly followed by Jazz. And when the two split, Jazz continued to follow Prowl as Prowl seemed to know something that he was not telling anyone else. What neither yet realized was that both Prowl and Jazz were searching for the same femme, just for different reasons. And Prowl, worried about Aquaformer being new to this planet, neglected to realize that he was being tailed. Jazz, wanting to see his sister, as she and her friend had been missing for the equivalent of an earth year, wondered why he and Prowl seemed to be on the same track. Some important information was missing, and Jazz was determined to find out what it was.
Back in the timberlands, Aquaformer and Scarclash looked hopefully into Ratchet's optics with their own, as if begging him to help them. Ratchet just sighed, this was not going to be easy, and all three knew it. what none of them knew was that Prowl and Jazz were heading right for them. It was going to be interesting to see how Jazz and Prowl reacted once they both realized they were seeking the same femme but for two totally different reasons.