The Adventures of Sundancer

(Author's note: Hey Guys, this episode is called 'Fight or Flee'. Enjoy)

Location: ?, Cybertron

Her POV

I had just entered the control room carrying some data pads that Kup had requested when I heard a familiar beeping sound, I barely noticed which Aerial bot was talking but I did pick up on "distress signal" and "ship" so I quickly dropped the data pads next to Kup who smiled at me gratefully.

"Blurr, springer rescue it but be careful it may be a trap" Rodimus ordered and both ran past me but I didn't mind, I approached Kup and Rodimus who were talking, Rodimus noticed me and smiled

"Sundancer, be ready to apply any medical assistance the ship's crew may need" Rodimus ordered and I nodded before I also ran out the door to go get my medical kit I would need to repair any damages the crew may have suffered.

I approached the landing area where Springer and Blurr had helped land the ship, the door opened and it revealed a small orange Autobot. He seemed a little shaky on his legs so I quickly hurried up the ramp and helped him down before making him sit on the ground as I activated my visor and started to run quick scans. I could tell Blurr and Springer were standing guard but one look and I could tell this orange Autobot wouldn't hurt me

"what is your designation?" I asked softly and he looked at me surprised since I could tell he was nervous about the slight hostilities Blurr and Springer were giving off

'it's Sandstorm" he replied quietly and I gave him a comforting smile and was relieved he started to relax with me

"well my name is Sundancer, and I'm happy to give you a clean bill of health. You're a little low on energon so I will go get you some okay." I responded and he nodded before I heard a cough and turned to see Springer giving me the signal to hurry up so they could take him to be questioned.

Sighing I stood up closing my small med kit, I noticed the scared look Sandstorm had so I gave him a reassuring smile "hey it's going to be okay, Springer and Blurr won't hurt you they just want to ask some questions. If you want once I get you some energon I'll stay with you okay?" I reassured and Sandstorm seemed to accept my proposal because he got up and with a nod walked over to Springer and Blurr who escorted him away to be questioned.

Once I got the energon I walked back over to where I knew the questioning would take place, I knocked before entering and spotted Sandstorm sitting on a chair with a lie detector hooked up, he seemed relieved to see me as Kup, Rodimus, Springer, Blurr and Magnus also noticed my presence but didn't say anything so I hung in the back of the room and waited till they were done.

Kup was holding a map and seemed to be getting a little frustrated "Dang it, there is no planet called Paradron, tell us the truth" Kup stated and the name felt very familiar but I filed it away to think about later

"I promise you I'm not lying" Sandstorm reaffirmed obviously whatever he had told them, I could hear the beeps but even from here I could tell it was showing that he was telling the truth.

"I don't know how to tell you this Kup, but the detector says he is not lying" Ultra Magnus stated confirming what I had already guessed,

"let's hear the story from the beginning" Rodimus finally stated moving from where he had been leaning on the bench and stood next to Magnus in front of Sandstorm, I caught Sandstorm eyes and nodded slightly saying it was okay before he took a deep breath and began to explain his story.

I didn't really listen until Sandstorm mentioned a vortex and it was why the planet wasn't on any of our star charts, that is when it hit me I remembered reading something about a vortex that was like a portal of sorts that lead to an unknown but rich resourceful planet. I walked over as the others turned to notice me as I handed Sandstorm the energon cube I had retrieved

"I believe him; I am pretty sure I read something like how he described back on Sestra" I merely stated and I could tell the others were now also curious about Sandstorm and the vortex

"you just got my interest" Rodimus added on when I quickly moved to the side as Blurr got in Sandstorm's face talking rapidly.

"why didn't you tell us there were Decepticons! " Blurr rapidly said and I had to hold back my giggle at Sandstorm's concerned face for Blurr

"is there something wrong with his timing program?" Sandstorm asked and I had to turn away as I let out a small laugh as Kup slung an arm around Blurr

"that is just the way he is" Kup reassured while I managed to get my giggles under control again.

"Sandstorm we will have a real nice welcoming party for you later, right now we got to put together a strike force" Rodimus commanded and I helped removed the lie detector as Sandstorm stood up, we exited the questioning room and headed towards the controls for shuttle launch, Sandstorm despite being cleared of suspicion stuck close to me which I didn't mind since he was my patient so I would look after him until this whole mess was sorted out.

When we reached the shuttle control booth, Blurr once again was going off on a tangent of concerns while moving rapidly in front of us

"we got a big problem! The Decepticons know that Sandstorm escaped therefore we can hypothesise he came to us for help so they would be making preparations and therefore making us be walking into a virtual trap! And where does that get us? Dead! That's where" Blurr had finally ran out of steam and I pulled him back so he could cool off as Rodimus turned to us

"don't worry I've got it handled" Rodimus assured and I smiled at how easily Rodimus was handling this whole leadership thing.

I was along one of the few Autobots who would be a part of the attack force, well kind of anyways. I was just along to ensure I could help any of the injured, we were hiding out on the planet's second moon while the decoy ship came from the first moon. There was a big flash as both the decoy ship and moon were obliterated and I was very thankful for Rodimus plan of sneaking onto the planet

"the decoy ship worked perfectly" Ultra Magnus commented next to me and I couldn't agree more

"let's pat ourselves on the back later; Springer, Sandstorm, SkyLinx and Sundancer help evacuate the Autobots. Ultra Magnus, Blurr and Wheelie try and gain control of the energon supply through any means necessary" Rodimus ordered and I felt a small fear shoot through my spark since Wheelie would be doing something dangerous but he must have sensed my distress since he turned just slightly so I could see his face and he smiled and I felt better and feeling confident Wheelie could handle this, plus Blurr would make sure the little guy would be okay.

"any questions? No good" Rodimus added before he gave the signal and we all took off in different directions towards the planet, I made sure to stick with my group as we approached the planet's surface. When we landed, I stumbled a little but Sandstorm helped stabilise me and I thanked him quietly, it was then I realised that Rodimus was also coming along and was giving Sandstorm a look I could quite work out before he gestured to us to follow him.

We crept between the building avoiding the Decepticon patrols, Sandstorm was giving directions to us quietly while Rodimus lead the way, we had been creeping around for about 5 minutes when Rodimus made us take cover before pointing out a large building that had a large glass guard tower and high fences; oh yeah this was definitely where they were keeping the Autobots prisoner.

"move on my signal" Rodimus ordered as we pulled out our blasters ready to make a run for it, Rodimus was waiting for the moment the guard was looking away before rushing forward

"now!" was the only warning we had as we ran forward, Rodimus, Springer and Sandstorm leading the charge while I hung back for cover fire along with SkyLinx.

Thankfully the boys were good shots and took out the gate, the guard tower and the two Decepticons who were guarding the prison doors; Rodimus shot at the lock and the door opened and I immediately went into medic mode when it revealed some injured Autobots. The Paradron people seemed scared until I spotted a femme and her sparkling so I slowly walked around the others and approached the femme and sparkling slowly.

The Paradron's must have realised I was a medic because they let me past and I knelt down next to the femme and gave the small sparkling a check over, thankfully the little guy was just malnourished and I gave the femme some energon from my emergency supply to give to him and she smiled gratefully at me. I stood back up as another Paradron gestured me over to an injured mech who was holding his knee, so I quickly hurried over and got to work repairing what I could; while I was doing this my friends were trying to convince the Paradron's to fight with us.

"It's time we fought for what we believe in! Our freedom, our planet, our lives" Sandstorm stated as Rodimus also stepped forward

"we are in a hurry give them the weapons" Rodimus ordered and SkyLinx turned around before unloading his cargo which was a bunch of spare weapons, I felt the mech tense under my hands and I smiled softly at him as I finished repairing his knee

"it will be okay, don't worry we are here to help" I whispered before joining Rodimus and the others seeing as there was not much more I could do with limited supplies.

A Paradron stepped forward

"we don't believe in fighting, you know what the ancients taught us Sandstorm, fighting only creates more fighting" he stated but Sandstorm was not budging instead he had crossed his arms

"the Decepticons are using our energon to destroy. Believe me our forefathers would take up arms and fight" Sandstorm retaliated just as there was the sounds of rockets being launched close by as they hit the ground just behind Rodimus making me yelp a little.

"We don't have time for this, it's either fight or flee!" Rodimus yelled and the Paradron slowly bent down and picked a weapon up, this resulted in the others also grabbing a weapon; I could tell Rodimus was pleased at the choice they made to fight for their planet. We immediately took cover as some of the Decepticons started to return fire, we still had to protect the Paradrons since they were not soldiers even if they had taken up arms to defend their planet. I made sure that the injured Paradrons were not in harm's way before returning cover fire, I spotted Rodimus and Sandstorm so I quickly rushed crossed the battlefield barely diving under cover as a blast almost hit me, I felt arms catch me and I looked up to see Rodimus not happy about what I did but he said nothing as I got back on my feet. Rodimus opened up the comm in his arm and I realised it must be Ultra Magnus's team reporting in

"Ultra Magnus, you called? Go ahead" Rodimus responded and I could hear gunfire in the background of the comm

"we are taking heavy fire, we must abort the mission" Ultra Magnus reported and I felt my spark clench in fear, I quickly opened a private comm to Wheelie

"Wheelie are you okay?" I asked concerned and I heard him hum

"I am okay, focus on the mission alright. See you soon" Wheelie responded and I quickly closed the comm so he wouldn't be distracted.

"No Ultra Magnus, change in mission. We are blowing the planet's energon core" Rodimus ordered and I was confused before Sandstorm clenched his fist

"that would destroy the entire planet!" Sandstorm responded not happy at the idea, Rodimus only nodded slightly

"I know Sandstorm, but if the Decepticons get this planet every other planet in this universe is vulnerable" Rodimus explained and I felt sympathetic to Sandstorm, he was in the same situation as I was when Wheelie had to blow up my home planet to save my life, I decided I would talk to him privately after all this was over so he knew he had someone he could talk to.

We had managed to fend of the Decepticons and make our way to where the shuttles would be waiting to get us off the planet, I caught up to Springer as he was telling Sandstorm it was time to evacuate. Before I could raise concerns about the lack of space on our spare ship Sandstorm already had a plan; he told us they had escape ships in case of an emergency ready so I helped assist him with loading all the Paradron's aboard each of the escape shuttles.

The shuttles auto pilot would be set to Cybertron where they would be welcome to live with us, while I was doing that, Magnus, Blurr and Wheelie had regrouped with us and I was relived but focused on evacuating the citizens. Once we were both sure everyone had evacuated we regrouped with the other Autobots,

"the planet is evacuated Rodimus" I reported and he nodded

"excellent, now we can safely blow the core up. Sandstorm you know the way correct/" Rodimus asked and Sandstorm nodded

"alright you and Ultra Magnus plant the bomb and get the heck out of there, the rest of us will regroup on the moon and be on standby" Rodimus ordered, Ultra Magnus and Sandstorm nodded as Springer carefully handed them a small bag of sorts which held the bomb in it.

Before Sandstorm left as everyone else were boarding the ship, I quickly hurried over to him and gave him a hug

"be careful please, I don't want my patients hurting themselves more" I whispered before pulling away, I could have sworn he blushed a little before he smiled and told me he would be before they both transformed and took off back into the destroyed smoking city. I felt a small hand pulling on my leg, I looked to see Wheelie and gave him a smile before picking him up and running over to the ship and boarding; as we took off I felt nervous for Magnus and Sandstorm but both were capable mechs so I calmed myself with the knowledge that they would be able to handle themselves and come back unharmed if not well I would be waiting to patch them up.

We waited on the planet's second moon with a few other Paradrons who had wanted to see their planet's destruction searching for any sign of Magnus and Sandstorm, I finally spotted them as they quickly landed their small escape ship nearby and joined us watching the planet.

As Rodimus started to count down I stood next to Sandstorm and gently grabbed his hand, he looked at me confused but I didn't look at him I just kept my gaze on the planet but I did give his hand a light squeeze; there was silence as Rodimus reached 0 before a large boom was heard as the planet started to break up before exploding into a bright glowing light. It would have been a picture perfect sight if it wasn't such a sad moment, I tore my gaze away from the explosion to see Sandstorm shaking slightly so I squeeze his hand reassuringly and he smiled at me a little before squeezing it back; he knew he would be able to talk to me if he ever got upset and I was glad to have a made a new friend.

"It's as beautiful in death as it was in life" Sandstorm stated quietly but we all heard him and took his words in

"well no need to get all mushy, Cybertron is a better place anyways. Not so perfect" Rodimus responded and I shot him a glare at how insensitive he just was but I was surprised to hear Sandstorm laugh a little; at least he wasn't offended by Rodimus being brutally honest. As everyone reboarded the few ships I stopped Sandstorm and pulled him aside, he was confused before I smiled

"if you ever need to talk about what just happened you are always welcomed to come find me. I know what it's like to watch your home planet get blown up" I explained and he was a little confused

"you do?" he questioned and I nodded sadly

"you see the Decepticons tricked me and removed my energy chip essentially offlining me almost, they were using our planets core to charge their weapon; my chip was the stabiliser. Anyways long story short Wheelie took my chip back but it caused the machine to explode which also made the planet explode too" I recalled and Sandstorm pulled me into a hug which I returned before we parted

"it's okay now though, Wheelie saved my life and my people had already perished a long time ago. Besides as Rodimus so nicely put it Cybertron is a better place anyways" I quickly added and Sandstorm laughed. We heard our names being called by Springer so we quickly hurried back to the ship and got on board as we took off back to Cybertron with new friends to join us.

(An: Aww I couldn't help myself, Sandstorm is a cute little character. I figured I could do a little bonding here at the end between the two since they both have in common that their home planet and stuff get blown up because of the war, don't worry Sundancer doesn't feel anything more than a protective instinct due to him still being her patient in her eyes. Next chapter should be released sometime tomorrow. Don't forget to review, follow and fav)