Welcome to another chapter.

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ok so there is a bit of action in this chapter hope you enjoy!

"blah" -talking

'blah' -thoughts

:blah: -bond

"blah" -Dragonseeker (their language is different than normal Cybertronian)

'blah' -comm talking

Eclipse stared at Prowl, who had buried his face in Eclipse's neck. Energon tears slowly ran down Prowl's faceplates and down Eclipse's neck to pool at the floor. After a few minutes Prowl finally gained control of his emotions, he let go of Eclipse before backing and going to Jazz.

"You saved me at expense of your own freedom?" Jazz asked quietly, barely above a whisper. Eclipse nodded while Jazz got off the berth and walked over to him. He placed a hand on Eclipse's neck, suddenly an energon halter formed around Eclipse's mouth and connected in the back, right where Jazz would sit when they went into battle. "So I'm the only one who can control you?" he asked a grin forming on his face. Confused, Eclipse nodded slowly. Faster than he could process, Jazz jumped on his back (1), gathering the reins in his hands. "Well let's take a short flight!" Responding automatically to his partners command, Eclipse hunched over(2) and ran towards the exit. Following them, the other Autobots caught up just in time to see Eclipse spread his wings and take to the air, flapping fast to gain altitude. Jazz was leaning over Eclipse's neck, making it easier to gain speed and height.

"JAZZ!!" Ratchet and Prowl screamed at the same time. They couldn't stop them though, no one but Jazz could turn Eclipse around. They were just worried, he had, after all, just come back from the dead.

Eclipse cycled his vents, his version of a happy sigh. It felt good to be in the air again, after such a long time. It felt good to feel the cool, crisp autumn air slide against his heat metal wings. His wings, which had enlarged just as he took off, flapped once and glided on for a few miles. By now they were in the middle of the ocean, but up high enough for them to remain unseen by the naked eye. Through their newly formed bond, Eclipse could feel Jazz's excitement.

: Wow, I never knew how much fun flying could be: Jazz remarked

: It is fun, though I think it would be best if we head back. Ratchet and Prowl sounded concerned when we took off. That and those thunderclouds up ahead don't look good: and indeed the storm clouds ahead of them looked very dangerous indeed.

: Well it was fun while it lasted, but I agree it would be best to get back. The Hatchet and Prowler are going to kill me, again: Nodding, Eclipse started to turn back, when a large black form came at him from the side. Unable to doge in time, Eclipse turned so that the attacker hit his weakly protected underside and spared Jazz from getting hurt. That was his job after all; protect your rider so that he can attack. The attacker hit with all his strength, and Eclipse grunted in pain, feeling his pain receptors scream from the hit. Looking up at his attacker, he gasped.

"Shadow?" Eclipse whispered, afraid. Shadow was a rouge Dragonseeker, one of the most violent and smartest creatures next to Megatron. Ever since they were little, Eclipse could see the insanity as it slowly consumed Shadow. Shadow and Eclipse had been brought up together in the Hatchery, where they got their adult job assignments. While Eclipse got to be the guardian of the youth sectors, Shadow was to help defend the Allspark. A few vorns before the attacks of the youth sectors, Shadow disappeared. Suddenly all the pieces of the puzzle clicked together making Eclipse snarl at Shadow, despite the pain he was in. "It was you. You lead the attacks on the youth sectors. YOU MURDERED ALL THE YOUNG SPARKS!" Eclipse was enraged, all those young sparks destroyed by this insane Dragonseeker. Looking into Shadows once blue optics, he could see the insanity still swirling in them, the now crimson optics showed just what kind of Dragonseeker he turned out to be. "You joined Megatron didn't you?" Eclipse whispered afraid of his answer.

"Yes, my old friend, I did. He promises great power only a fool would ignore his offer." The other chuckled, the insanity practically dripping off every word. "Join us, you could become great and powerful, though you are already strong," narrowing his optics he scowled "very strong indeed."

"I don't want to fight you my old friend. Can't we work something out?" Eclipse pleaded with little hope that it would work. Another deep, dark chuckle echoed in the air.

"I'm sorry, my friend, Megatron has ordered your death, and I am no fool to go against his orders." Shadow suddenly attacked. With a powerful swipe of his claws had Eclipse spiraling down towards the ocean.

: Eclipse you gotta pull ya self together. Fight back!: Jazz whimpered over their bond

"I see that you brought back one of those filthy Autobots. Too bad neither of you will survive!" Shadow came at Eclipse again, faster than he could process. Eclipse struggled to stay online. He couldn't take much more and began to retreat, calling Optimus at the same time.

'Optimus this is Eclipse. The enemy has engaged us and we are retreating. Requesting back up for when we arrive, there is an injury' Eclipse was so weak, barely able to finish the transmission

'This is Optimus; help will be waiting for your arrival.' Thanking Primus, Eclipse tried to put some distance between himself and Shadow. Shifting his wings, Eclipse began to descend towards the base, rapidly. If he didn't get help soon, he would go into stasis lock, which at this point, was nearly irreversible. Behind him he heard Shadow charging up his null cannon and locking on his target. Dropping below the clouds he found himself facing all the Autobots, ground based military personnel, tanks, and two war ships, all weapons locked, loaded and ready to fire on Shadow. Seeing this Shadow stopped and turned around.

"We will meet again, and next time you are mine!" Shadow flew off fast heading back towards where, Eclipse guessed, the Decepticon base was. Jazz sighed, Eclipse could feel his fear.

: I thought we wouldn't make it back here in time. Ya did some mighty good flyin back there: Jazz said seemingly impressed. Suddenly warnings flashed across his optics and his warning systems started screaming: Stasis lock in 5: hastily Eclipse descended and landed gracefully in front of the Autobots and humans. Instantly Ratchet rushed over and grabbed Jazz scanning and speaking fast.

"Tell me where your hurt and if it's really bad" he began to start prying Jazz's chest apart when Eclipse spoke up.

"Ratchet he isn't hurt, I took all the blows for him. I'm about to go into stasis lock." Optics dimming he whispered "Help." Before falling to the ground.

So what did you think? Good, Bad, shitty?

i no there is a lot of talking in this story but i hate doing flashbacks so this is the compromise. im trying to balance the talking with the action.

i am also surprised that no one questioned me about the man with red eyes at the end of chpt. 2 (or 3 idk which). if you were wondering, it was Rumble doing recon for Megafragger- erhm Megatron

(1)- Eclipse is about the size of Bee and Jazz is about half of that size. i will try to get you a visual (a poorly drawn visual knowing my lack of artistic skill) if that would help

hope you enjoyed! Read and Review please