Log Entry: Skywarp

UIO-23C-9X

Well I finally been released from the brig but it was worth it and I'd do it again in a nanosec. Surprisingly, Thundercracker was true to his word and didn't tell Megatron or Starscream the truth of where I went or why. I know I know, it's not good to keep secrets or lie to your trine mates but this…this is an exception.

So ya, Thundercracker knows about my project now. Not that I had much of a choice in the matter. Stupid glitch head wouldn't leave me alone and I had to go find…go find…her. Yes, I said her. Aka femme, robotrix, spark catcher, the doom of all mechs, and if anyone tries anything with her I will turn them into slag faster then Starscream can turn on Megatron. So…yup…well it doesn't change anything, I'm sure Riverrun can tweak the specks. Only thing that'll change really, is that I'll have to figure out a new way of telling Megatron. I mean it's not that he hates femmes, he just doesn't hold them in the same regard as mechs; battle wise

But there I go off topic again. So where was I…oh ya Thundercracker. When he found out that I kept a secret from him and disobeyed Megatron's orders, oh he was not a happy seeker. Meh, he's my trine mate. I could cut off his arm and he'd still love me. Well, love me again after he proceeds to beat me to scrap with the afore mentioned arm. Although now, I think he is kind of excited now about it. He keeps talking about what they'll do, what he'll teach, where he'll take her...but I guess I should explain what happened.

Well the day started off as normal as any other. The cassette twins were on the run from Motormaster and his crew, Starscream was ranting about Megatron again, Thundercracker was off drilling new recruits, the coneheads were being…well the coneheads, and I was flicking through the security cameras out of sheer boredom. As I said, just another normal day, that is until the alarms went off.

Turned out the autobots brought the battle to us for once, which is pretty bold of them. Of course, being the ariel elite we left first to meet them head on. Actually I met them head on as I got there first. What? I couldn't let them have all the fun and everyone knows the rule first come first dibs. Anyway, I don't know how long I'd been fighting before I recognized the landscape and realized how close the battle was to our warehouse. I knew, from the combat maps, that the battle field just extended past it but I figured that nothing bad would happen because the main battle was taking place farther away. Then again I didn't count on the gestalts jumping into the fray. Gestalts, they always need to jump in but I will rant about them later. So like every other battle I was very much enjoying myself; that is until I started to get a strange feeling about the warehouse. I tried to ignore it. I really, really did but it was only after I got shot in the fuselage that I know I had to go check because it was distracting me from the battle.

Ok, Ok, I'll admit it…I was worried but what mech wouldn't be? That battle was of epic proportions and something always gets destroyed in epic proportion size battles. I started to bank when Screamer caught me and commanded me to stay. I tried to use the excuse that the air defense was weak in that area and that I was going to cover it but he said reinforcements were already heading there. Oh you can't begin to image the confliction I felt. Following orders in battle is a necessity; mechs get killed when you don't follow orders. On one side I had a feeling, a concern for my sparklings safety but on the other I had direct orders and mechs depending on me for cover.

To go or to stay? To stay or to go? The distraction of trying to decide was enough that I almost got shot down; thank primus I have warping abilities. As I popped out of…well where ever it is I go, I realized I'd just considered abandoning my trine mates in the middle of battle to clear my mind of a nag and it didn't sit well; so I stayed and pushed the worry back. It also helped that Screamer flew by and issued me a 

direct order to engage. Well it wasn't till later in the battle and during a point of trying to outmaneuver an autobot that a stabbing pain shot though my spark.

It was so freaky! I thought that I had been shot through my spark at first; however none of my stats showed any reason for the pain and that amplified the feeling again. With the battle starting to turn in our favor and registering the arrival of our reinforcements, I decided to leave and go check. So once I was out of Screamers sensor range, I maxed my engines and took off towards the warehouse. As I flew, I noticed that the battle had shifted away from there but I was still passing over a large amount of damage. Fires were burning all over the place and buildings that used to be there were completely destroyed. At that point I was just about to warp when I was pinged, causing me to stop and transform mid air. I thought I had gotten away unnoticed but one of them had following me and although they are my trine mates I was ready to take them down if they tried to stop me.

I waited on edge for the one who pinged me to come into view, for I was not going to let them stop nor follow me. I can only imagine but I must have looked like a mech about to snap based on Thundercracker's face as he flew up to me and transformed. Primus above! He never even flinched when I shoved my charged rifle into his face and told him to stop following me and leave. Why? Why am I cursed with him as a trine mate? He puts up with me, most of my pranks, and still he cares. I…I don't deserve him. Even with the threat to his life he stayed when I told him to leave. He stead fast refused! With a charged photon riffle in his face, he demanded to know where I was going. Thing about TC is when he demands something he will not let it go.

Oh the conflict! I knew TC would not leave if I didn't tell him the truth and somehow he always knows when I'm lying. I didn't know what to do. If I told him the truth then he might tell Megatron and then Riverrun would be in deep slag along with me. But if I lied he'd know and would keep me here or try to take me back. Either way, precious time was ticking away but my debate was ended for me by another spike of pain passing though my spark. Lowering my rifle, I made TC swear multiple times he would never tell anybody where we'd been or what he'd seen. Satisfied, I transformed and took off without a word

Transforming, we landed in front of the warehouse in silence except for the sounds of continuing battle far in the distance. I couldn't move, couldn't talk as I looked at the scene in front of me. Thundercracker on the other hand, proceeded to make a high pitch whistle sound as we stood and stared at what used to be a complete building. Never in my whole life have I felt like I did as I looked at that building. Time just seemed to slow down around us. What once used to be a complete warehouse was now mostly a giant pile of twisted rubble. My spark felt like it imploded out of existence as I realized my sparkling, my only sparkling was buried under all that. My…my one true… joy….computer pause recording.

Video recording paused…

Video recording resumed….

I'm sorry, I needed a moment. It's still hurts so much talk about this but it needs to be said.

As I staggered towards the ruins I thought the pain I'd felt was my sparkling dying. I know it sounds stupid but I had no other explanation for it at the time. Climbing up onto the rubble, I started to throw it aside as I searched for the spark casing. Now someone in their right mind would have started looking in an area approximate to where the casing was stored but I was so not in the right mind. Pits! I don't even think I was in body let alone mind. As I searched, I heard TC yelling at me but I don't remember what he 

said or if I answered. I just kept moving stuff and mumbling that I had to find it, that it was here somewhere.

Despair, complete and utter despair would be what it felt like. Imagine what it's like to have your one dream, one desire plucked from your very existence. I didn't care anymore about fighting, didn't care about disobeying orders, didn't care about the cause, and didn't care about my trine, I…I just had to find her. Somewhere, underneath all the rubble that I stumbled and fell over, was part of my spark and I was determined to find it.

How much time passed as I sifted through the debris, I don't know. Every glint of silver raised my hopes as I rushed to uncover it, only to be dashed again. I was determined to stay there all night, for the rest of my life if need be. Standing still, I looked over the area before me and froze. How was I to find her under all of this? One tinny little spark casing that was no bigger than my helm under all this rubble. It was at that moment, when I was about to give into my despair, that I felt a hand on my shoulder and the soft words which I will never forget "Is this what you're looking for?" Turning, I saw Thundercracker protectively holding a dented canister in his arms. Reaching out, I gingerly took it from him as my spark cried out to it. Using my hand I carefully wiped away the soot and then collapsed to the ground as my knees gave out beneath me. Staring down, I heard Thundercracker kneel in front of me as I clasped the canister to my canopy and cried.

Again, I don't know how long we sat there like that. Two mechs in the middle of a rubble pile, covered in soot, banged up and wounded. The sounds of battle had long ago fallen silent but it mattered little to me which side was victorious. All that mattered in life was held between my arms. I hadn't dared looked to see, I don't think I could have taken it. So I sat there, clutching it tightly as time moved on around me. I knew I would have to look eventually but part of me screamed that if I didn't she be fine, that none of this ever happened. So I lifted it up and from the moment I saw the soft glow inside, time resumed its normal flow.

Thundercracker, my trine mate, had found my sparkling. Not only that but he didn't try to take advantage of that fact. He put together a story of where we went and why, he was the one to get me back to base, and he was the one to talk to Megatron and Starscream. I never thought I expected less of him but I was shocked when he stepped up like that. He was covering for me and knew he'd be in as much trouble if we got found out. Primus, he even contacted Riverrun to come collect the spark.

Well that's what happened. I expected worse but after being chewed out by Starscream I got off light with being sent to the brig for seven solar cycles. While I was there, Thundercracker snuck in a message from Riverrun informing me that the frame was fine due to it being in the other part of the building that was not crushed. Still I want to quicken the pace. I don't want to go through that again and I want to meet my sparkling.

File terminated

Hmm...Thundercracker never mentioned or hinted towards this occurring. If only I could find him to ask but since that fateful mission he just up and vanished. Guess Skywarp was right, their trine couldn't survive with one member gone. Still I never took Skywarp for a softy. Pathetic really, how he made it the end of the world if the spark had terminated. This attitude is so beneath any real con that I might as well delete this record from existence. Well guess I could wait and see what the rest of this is before I decide.

"Computer play next file"