Thank you so much for all the wonderful reviews! I can't believe I'm so close to having 100 of them! I'm so HAPPEH! When I reach 100 reviews I will post a one shot of Killed to be Born that won't be mentioned in the story from requests in the reviews. So if you have an idea, go ahead and post it in the reviews.

Chapter 11

Skyshifter couldn't believe it. Ever since he had become a sparkling his pride just kept getting destroyed. It didn't bother him that much back then because he needed the help, but now… now was just too much. He sat down watching the other Autobots' amusement with a thin grimace. He did not like this one single bit.

"He had it coming…poor thing." Optimus told Scavenger and then exhaled a small sigh.

In the past week the Autobots would take Skyshifter outside to walk since he had been cooped up in the base. But every time they took him out Skyshifter would have already had gone before them and they ended up taking hours trying to find him again. They kept telling him that this 'treatment' was needed so he wouldn't get lost from them again. As far as he was concerned though it was the Autobots who where losing him. So now he was stuck with a leash so that he wouldn't wander far from his caretakers when walking. He felt like a dog. A very unhappy dog.

"Come on Skyshifter, let's go." Sideswipe called from in front of him, gently tugging the leash.

With a couple grumpy clicks Skyshifter got up and followed Sideswipe off the base, ignoring the small snickers from some of the older mechs. How could they make him suffer through this humiliation?

As they went outside Sideswipe happily pulled along the leash and walked down a small path nearby a lake. Skyshifter had been there before when he was human and when he had been 'missing' during his walks. It was one of his favorite places for surrounding the lake was a large meadow, already in full bloom with wild flowers. Once they had reached the edge of the lake Sideways stopped to stare at it.

At the edge of the meadow, Demolisher and Cyclonus watched the pair without interest. Megatron was determined to get the sparkling again, his pleasure during the first kidnap had quickly worn off and he needed something to entertain him. None of the minicons were awakening at the time either, so here they were waiting for a chance to kidnap the sparkling again. If this became a habit, the Autobots were going to eventually get fed up with it and go full throttle against them. Sitting quietly, they waited until the pair had started to walk back to the base. The time the two had spent together had been uneventful. The Decepticons were at the point of running out and just grabbing the sparkling.

The watched Skyshifter carefully and when they were close enough to be seen clearly, Demolisher noticed some small and almost vague changes in the sparkling. It was a little taller then before, and his armor was fitting him nicely, taking in his form. It had also learned to walk upright, which meant that now it was able to run away from them. Demolisher straightened up as he saw Sideswipe come closer. Cyclonus would ambush the Autobot while Demolisher made a run with the sparkling. Tensing up he waited for Cyclonus to make his move.

It didn't take long for him to question how long Cyclonus was taking in making it. He grumbled slightly to find out that he wasn't there next to him and his circuits froze when he saw Cyclonus's figure above the pair of Autobots, for once Cyclonus was silent and stealthy. This shocking revelation was short lived once Cyclonus plummeted down and shot an array of shots at the Autobot caretaker.

"What the--?!"

Sideswipe grabbed Skyshifter and ducked to the side of a large tree. Instantly he sent out a signal for help. There was no way he was letting Skyshifter go with the Decepticons again, not after the horrible condition the sparkling had been found in. Placing Skyshifter on the ground, he told him to be quiet and stay still as he fought with the Decepticons.

Jumping out of the thicket, Sideswipe grabbed the back of the helicopter, wincing as the rotators sliced through parts of his armor. He admitted to himself that the idea wasn't very smart on his part. But he made up for it as he grabbed around the rotator's bottom mechanism and bolted it out of its place. Cyclonus lost his balance and his form crumbled into the ground. Feeling the particles of dirt in his circuits he cursed and grumbled.

"Aw, man. Now there's dirt in my circuits. You're gonna pay for this you piece of scrap."

Cyclonus had been shot down many times, but never before had an Autobot unbolted the mechanism that had helped him fly. He was for once, a very pissed of mech. Quickly getting up, he bolted to Sideswipe and grabbed his legs before he could run with the sparkling. Sideswipe then went tumbling down, face first, into the debris from Cyclonus's fall. Cyclonus let out a cackle before holding his gun at his enemy's head.

"Now, you stay still or I blow a whole in your central processor!"

Demolisher ran out of his hiding spot. Now was the chance to grab the sparkling that had been waiting for the Autobot to grab it, but as soon as he looked around the thick layers of green organic material around him he decided upon a better tactic.

"Sparkling, if you want your Autobot friend to live and not have a hole where his cranium should be, you'd better come out!"

He waited, and his call was answered reluctantly as Skyshifter moved out of the bushes, his face confident and restrained, ready to be taken away in return for Sideswipe's life.

"Oh, no you don't!"

A blur of yellow slammed into Demolisher's back, sending them both into a flying array of dust and dirt. Cyclonus was not better off as a huge crane threatened to hit his head like a golf ball. Ducking, he gave Sideswipe an opening and when the crane didn't hit him, Sideswipe's fist hit the mark dead center in his midsection causing his tank to revolve and stutter. Whimpering, Cyclonus stumbled to the ground holding his midsection and at the same time tried not to embarrass himself further as he fought the urge to purge his tank.

Skyshifter silently cheered as the Autobots won the small victory over his abduction. He was glad that he had hidden again so that he couldn't become a distraction to them as they fought. He jumped out of the bush, clicking happily when a pair of large dark hands grabbed his face and as silently as he had caught him, he went the other direction away from the scene of the mini battle. Skyshifter gasped as he felt himself and his captor rise from the ground quickly.

Skyshifter calmed himself down, if he wanted to get out of the new and certainly unlikable situation he needed to be able to think. Opening his optics, he saw a dark grey hand.

'Whose hand could it be? Well, since he went off the ground then he must be either Thrust or Starscream. Can Tidal Wave fly? No! His hands have to be a lot bigger then this…'

Quickly coming to a conclusion, he figured out that it was Starscream that had captured him since Thrust would have said something already containing phrases about how pleased Megatron would be. Skyshifter could feel Starscream pause in the air. No doubt wondering why he was so calm.

'Now's my chance! But I can't do something stupid or I'll fall… and there's a chance that Jetfire can't save me otherwise Starscream would be flying like no tomorrow by now…what else is there? Wait for him to let his guard down? That chance won't come too soon…'

Despite his now calm thinking, Skyshifter flinched when he felt Starscream make a connection to the moon base. Starscream's spark had started to encase itself a little deeper into his chasis for the upcoming warp and the tiny hitching sounds coming from his chasis made it vibrate a bit. Skyshifter's thoughts went into a full blown panic.

'OH SLAG! I'm going to be warped to the moon base again! What am I going to do what am I going to do?! Okay, Okay! Calm down Rad, CALM down…uhhh...start thinking…I need to get out of here…Dear Primus! Save me!'

Before rational thought came back to him, instinct took over. Without knowing it, his processor activated a program from its stored chip. The program ran through all his systems and waited for the signal to begin. Out of Skyshifter's tangled thoughts an idea bombarded itself to the surface. He needed to be able to fly. His only chance was to fly. The internet sprawled to life before his mind, he concentrated and grabbed the first file of an object that would allow him to fly. The program instantly received its signal and scanned the specs. His body started to break apart, but the warp had started to begin.

"What the slag--?!"

Starscream almost dropped the sparkling as it started to transform half way through the warp sequence. Losing his grip on his prisoner, Starscream moved backwards as the warp enveloped them both.

Feeling himself stretch out and then jumble together again, Skyshifter tried to move himself forward. Suddenly he felt the jerk of the warp moving him, but he realized that its signal crashed and then tried to reformat itself. Feeling the signal change once again he stopped as he watched the incoming view of where the warp had left him.

The moon was deep in the sky, penetrating the darkness and was giving the surrounding clouds a silver hue. He felt the warm breeze and smelled the dried dirt and grass of the area. He started to beckon himself to fly as the warp ended and he was starting to fall. Giving himself a slight push, he waited for his engine to turn on and move. Nothing happened. Trying again he realized that he had to operate himself to fly. His mind shattered into confusion once more as he desperately tried to figure out how to turn himself on. All of his controls seemed to be moving all at once and he couldn't figure out which one to use. He saw the ground coming closer and closer, and then he decided to just hang on and make it through the fall.

--

How's that for a cliff hanger? Do you guys have any idea what Skyshifter's alt form is? You'll figure it out in the next chapter! 8D

Also, I don't know if any of you were confused when i wrote the part about Skyshifter hearing Starscream's connection to the base. It's supposed to be that Skyshifter heard the comm. Link turn on to give off the signal since the moon base was too far away. Just think of it as the comm. Link upgraded the signal and made a noise doing that.

Hope to see you guys in the next chapter!