Memories

Flying high in the night winds, Raptor contemplated on her conversation with that young boy. Though he was so terribly misguided in his trust of the Autobots, she could place no blame on him. For at one time, she had been so blinded herself.

Her memories drifted with her wings, finally taking her back to her final night as a human. She had been driving on those winding country roads, crying as she drove home from yet another failed legal attempt to make the Autobots pay. Alone, distraught in her anger and grief, rubbing the wedding band she had taken off – to remember.

The sound of jet afterburners had never registered in her mind. Suddenly, the flash of laser fire; the car going into a roll, and the Seeker's hand reached through the windshield to extract her half-conscious form.

Her thoughts drifted to that wedding band. It had been lost, along with her humanity, that terrible night. Perhaps the wedding band was still lying in the brush next to that road, long forgotten, just as her human self was.

The thought of that heirloom lost and forgotten, filled her processor. She couldn't let that happen, if it was there, she could use some of her more specific sensors to detect it! Changing course, she headed straight to the scene of her 'death'.

Following the winding road, she found the exact spot that her car went off. Sadly, no one had even bothered to put up a cross to commemorate the accident – no one had cared. Energon tears flowed freely as she transformed and landed, her activated night vision allowing her to see every tree, every stone.

Remembering that her ring was platinum, she set her metal-ion sensory scans to react to that specific ion. Slowly she scanned, and then rescanned the area. Walking back and forth, she sighed in frustration as she couldn't spot it.

Suddenly, at the very edge of her search area, her sensors picked up a small dot of the metal. Kneeling, she brushed the gravel gently. In glee, she uncovered the tiny human ring and carefully picked it up in her awkwardly large Seeker hands. Holding it up to her optics, she cried again for her family, swearing to avenge them and the many others hurt by the cursed Autobots.

Knowing that her outer skin in alternate mode was made of carbon-fiber, which her internal repair systems were constantly rebuilding the strong lattice structure – she came up with an idea. Sitting down, she pressed the ring hard against the front of her knee armor. Even with all her strength, she couldn't cause micro-fractures within the incredibly hard material.

Grunting with disgust, she realized the damned stuff was eight times stronger than steel in this regard, it also could handle the heat of re-entry. Thinking hard, she activated her laser cannon. The panel concealing it slid back, and the gun locked itself in firing position on her lower arm.

Grinding her jaw together, she focused the full power of it on an incredibly small pinpoint on her knee. Finally she managed to create a small hole within the carbon-fiber matrix; sliding the ring in, she waited a few minutes. Her internal repair system was quick to patch the small tear in the carbon matrix back together.

Satisfied that the diamond and platinum ring was now forever safe within her skin, she jumped in the air and transformed. The early morning rays just beginning to light the trees.

Northern Lights

Raptor had always wanted to see the Northern Lights, but as a human she had never made the time. Now, before she went back to Starscream, she decided to take the trip. It wouldn't hurt, nor even matter to the Seeker.

Going up to 80,000 feet, she cruised north. The miles falling behind her as she stayed in the fastest speed that super cruise enabled her to go. GPS told her when she passed the US/Canada border – then again when she crossed over into the polar region.

The first dancing rays of the strange glowing light show, reached its tendrils above her. The Seeker was enthralled as her visual sensors enjoyed nature's true light show for the first time. But just seeing them, didn't satisfy her, she wanted to dance amongst them.

Raising her nose, she increased altitude. Propelling herself into the uppermost regions of the planet's atmosphere. The Northern Lights touched her, sending tendrils of strange energy and magnetic currents coursing through her systems. Her power core fluxed with the dancing energy, sending waves of pleasure racing through her.

She danced with the lights for hours, until finally; she realized that Skyfire was arriving at their planned meeting spot. She sighed again at the natural wonder, and teleported to the Himalayas.

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