The journey to Mission City was thankfully short, and uneventful—for the most part. NightStalker had to fly above the clouds to avoid mass panic from people seeing her flying form. Prime tackled Bonecrusher and they rolled off the highway. NightStalker wanted to assist her 'Alpha' but his second (-in-command?) refused.

The civilians were already cleared from the city, which made it that much easier for the "'bots versus 'cons" battle that was sure to come. It wasn't long before they reached the heart of the city, where Megatron and his forces arrived soon after.

NightStalker landed and barely took two seconds to fold her wings, when an odd metallic armor plate suddenly covered both wings with a soft snick. She shrugged to herself and took on both Starscream and Barricade, leaving the rest of the 'cons for the 'bots to handle. From her mouth, she shot a burst of fire straight into Starscream's chest, knocking the breath from him. Ducking under a swipe from behind courtesy of Barricade, she whirled around to face him, not giving him the proper time to react as she returned the blow to his hip-joint. Starscream fired his blaster at her helm too close for her to dodge in time,and it left her dazed. Barricade took the opportunity to smack her helm around—back and forth between himself and Starscream—and now she was the one with no time to recover.

Ironhide saw her dilemma and promptly fired one of his favorite cannons at Starscream, who happened to be one of his favorite punching bags. Quickly nodding her thanks, she shifted back to the offensive as she fell to all four feet and began stalking around Barricade who began to match her footstep for pedstep as they circled one another, neither willing to make the first move just yet.

Meanwhile, Mikaela was hot-wiring a pickup, preparing to tow Bee, whose legs were now smashed, back into the heat of the battle.


Sorry about this being so short...but, better something than nothing, right?

A big shout-out to everyone who has reviewed, followed and favorited this story! Thank you all! Special thank-you to J.T.'s A.X, my awesome beta!

I am planning to have the next one up in about three weeks, but with school and sports, you never know.

Again, I am so sorry this is so stinking short, but it's what i've got.