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Authoress: So, who's ready for the next chapter?

Blackbit: I want Tana to be awake.

Authoress: Well, you'll have to wait and see Black.


Ch. 11: Dawn of a New Day

Chaom was impressed with the black seeker mech in front of him. He was not only fighting very well, but he was fighting honorably. He wasn't trying to use tricks to gain an unfair advantage or trying to run when he looked like he might have a chance of losing, he stayed strong and just kept swinging that sword of his. Chaom swirled to the left after a particularly fast strike before using his blade to parry the mech's blade.

"You are a very good fighter for one so young." The jet mech commented.

Chaom pressed against the deadlock that they were now in before saying, "You aren't so bad yourself, for an old bot."

The two then parted and Chaom ran to attack the mech again. This fight was very fun and he wasn't sure that there were many things that would make him stop.

Chaom, stop fighting that mech now and point your blade to the ground now! Pandimala suddenly yelled through the bond.

That was one of the things that could get him to stop and he was surprised when they both he and the jet mech screeched to a stop at the same time and simultaneously put their sword points in the ground.

"Why are you stopping?" Chaom asked.

"Bondmate yelled at me to. And I don't want to get her angry at me." He then asked, "Why'd you stop?"

Chaom shook his helm at the fate and said, "Same."

The two mechs then headed into the woods and Chaom was shocked to see that Pandimala was hugging the gray and lime green helicopter femme that he had seen earlier. Now he was really confused.

"Pandimala?" The black jet mech next to him questioned with disbelief in his voice.

Chaom raised an optic brow when 'Mala turned to the mech and smiled before saying, "Sire!" And she ran up to him before giving the jet mech a giant hug.

Chaom now, somewhat, realized what was going on. This was her sire and carrier that she hadn't seen since she was a sparkling. But, he still wanted an introduction. Dear, are you going to give me an introduction or am I going to have to beg for it?

Pandimala laughed out loud before walking up to him and wrapping her arms around his shoulders before saying, "Sire, carrier; this is Chaom. He is my bondmate. Chaom, this is Malice and Pandemonium and they are my carrier and sire."

Chaom nodded and shook Pandemonium's servo before saying, "It is an honor to meet you sir." He then turned to Malice, who had walked up to them, and shook her servo before saying, "And it is an honor to meet you ma'am."

Malice nodded and said, "I hope you have been taking good care of our little Pandimala?"

Chaom nodded and said, "Sure have."

"Pandimala, while I am not going to say that I didn't appreciate the warm welcome, I am still surprised by it. The last time we met, you sounded like you hated us. What changed?" Pandemonium asked.

Pandimala frowned a little and said, "I did hate you then. I hated that you supported the 'Cons and were against the Autobots. But, when I became an adult, I realized that there are some idiots in the council, though some of them are good bots, and I learned that sometimes you can't believe everything you hear. Then, when I met Anarcum and Betaxia here on Earth, they got me thinking that the only reason that I was upset with you was because you were 'Con supporters and that you had treated me fairly and with love before I ran away. So, I put away that anger."

Malice nodded but said, "You do realize that we will have to fight each other still since we are on opposite sides, right?"

Pandimala nodded but said, "Yes, but at least we know that there are no hard feelings between us so we don't have to fight to kill. We can think of it more as sparring then fighting."

Chaom loved this. He had hated Pandimala's bad mood earlier and she was now as happy as could be. He really didn't want this moment to end. But, when he heard Megatron call in the retreat, he knew that this now had to end.

Malice and Pandemonium must have known this to because they gave Pandimala a quick hug goodbye before Pandemonium said, "We will talk again dear. I'm just happy that you are alive."

The then went to leave but Pandimala then asked, "How is Balm?"

Malice smiled and said, "Well, she has made a few friends and she seems very happy. I'm not sure when Megatron will want her release but I have been watching over her while she has been with us and she has been having a blast. I'll tell her that you all miss her when we get back. Nothing will happen to her while I am watching her 'Mala."

Pandimala nodded and said, "Thank you carrier. I know that we can't ask for her back now but please watch over her. Her bondmate is very worried."

Malice seemed like she wanted to ask another question but the sound of Megatron again ordering the retreat caused her to just nod before both her and Pandemonium to transform and go off. When they were out of sight, Chaom pulled Pandimala closer to him before saying, "You seem happier dear."

Pandimala in return snuggled closer to him before saying, "Chaom, sweetspark, things are finally looking up. Now all we need to do is end this blasted war so we can all be happy and with the ones that we love."


Balm was surprised when Malice practically ran into her cell with the largest smile on her faceplates before giving her the largest hug that she could. Balm raised an optic ridge and asked, "Malice, are you ok?"

Malice backed up and still had that smile on her faceplates while saying, "Balm, I couldn't be happier. I knew that there was something familiar about you when I first saw you but I couldn't figure out what it was. But, today, I finally put the pieces together and I couldn't be more excited than I am now."

Balm was now starting to get freaked out. Malice seemed overly excited and it was scaring her. "What is it Malice? How am I familiar?" She also wanted to know because it might help explain to her why Malice still seemed familiar to her. She had tried to glean how the femme was familiar but she couldn't put the pieces together.

"I know who your leader is. It's Pandimala. Oh, I knew that those optics looked familiar." Malice answered.

Balm was now hitting herself for not seeing it before. This femme in front of her reminded her of 'Mala. But, she wanted to know how Malice knew Pandimala. "How do you know Pandimala?" Balm asked.

Malice smiled and said, "Why, it is because I am her carrier. We met on the battle field today and we have made up."

Balm finally allowed a smile to appear on her faceplate. This meant that Pandimala would be so much happier now. "I knew you looked familiar. That's why I was studying you when we first met. Pandimala has so many of your qualities that I should have realized it sooner."

Malice smiled and said, "So, how did you meet my 'Mala?"

Balm smiled and said, "Well, we went to boot camp together. I was a more nervous bot then I am nowadays and Pandimala and our friend Tana had come in one day from the Autobot academy housing to join us for our first day and to train with us. I was shocked about how tall she was and blurted that out. I felt so embarrassed when I did that. I immediate said that I didn't mean any offence and they forgave me. They then asked me to be their friend and I said ok. The five of us, us three femmes and two mechs named Zarron and Remcy, became really close friends and nothing was going to stop that. We've all been friends ever since boot camp."

Malice smiled at that. She then stood up and said, "The twins are going to be in here soon and they are bringing one of those human cartoon movies for you three to watch. I have to go report to Megatron. I'll see you tomorrow Balm, unless I get patrol of course."

Balm smiled and said, "Ok, and I'll be waiting Malice." Balm then watched as Malice walked out. Once the femme was gone, Balm smiled to herself. Maybe, just maybe, she would be back with Stormfire soon. But, she knew, as with all things, that only time would tell. At least there was something to be happy about in this war now. Pandimala had made up with her carrier and she was happy.


Stormfire was not in the best of moods. He had been missing Balm and it felt like no one was doing a blasted thing to get her back. He knew that the thought wasn't true but he couldn't help but feel like it was true. It didn't help that Sentinel kept getting on his nerves. That bot had a lot of ball bearings to keep saying that crap in front of him. Sentinel had been lucky that he hasn't ripped his spark out. But, he couldn't be the one to break the alliance, even though he had felt like it on many occasions because of that frag helm.

When he walked into the control room of the Estia, he was surprised to see that Remcy was sitting there, typing away like a mad bot. "Hey Rem, what are you doing?" Stormfire asked.

Remcy turned around and let out a sigh before saying, "Well, I am trying to get into this one file that we found in the Autobot files."

Stormfire was now curious so he took the seat next to Remcy and asked, "What kind of file do you think that it is?"

Remcy shrugged his shoulders and said, "Well, we think that it has something to do with why the organics were kicked off of Cybertron and why the rumor spread that they were all deadly."

"Really?" Stormfire asked in shock. He knew that Remcy was a really good hacker, but he didn't think that he could get to a file that buried that deeply, especially if the Autobot council didn't want other bots knowing about it.

"Yeah, and from the little bit of information that I have gotten from other files, it seems as if the whole council wasn't even involved in this project." Remcy answered before clicking away.

The two bots then jumped when a small ping went off and stared at the screen when an auxiliary file popped out of the main file that Remcy was trying to get into. Stormfire stared at the title and was surprised to see that it was labeled 'List of bots read in'. That as the most obvious of titles that they could have used.

Remcy wasted no time in clicking on the file and seeing what was inside of it. He was shocked when a list of about twenty names appeared on the screen. Stormfire glanced at the names and growled to himself when he noticed a few familiar names. One was Dragstrip and there were a few other names of bots on the council that he knew.

"Frag, well, that's not going to work now." Remcy muttered as he looked at the list.

"What's not going to work Rem?" Stormfire asked.

"Well, I had been planning on asking Alpha Trion about this but his name isn't on here. That means that he has no clue what I would be talking about. Actually," Remcy answered before going through the names again and saying, "I don't see Knockout, Breakdown, Botanica, or Chromia on here either. Scrap, that means that none of them will know what I am talking about. Scrap that went downhill fast."

Stormfire nodded but then an idea popped into his helm. "You might not be able to ask them for the information, but you can ask them to snoop around and see if they can't find out anything about the information that you are looking for. Heck, they might even be able to get you the password to that file that you are trying to get into."

Remcy smiled at that and said, "You're right Storm. But for now, I'm going to try and crack this thing open."

Stormfire nodded and continued to watch Remcy type away at the computer.


The first thing that she was aware of was the sound of a constant and steady beeping sound. It was annoying the frag out of her. She just wanted it to shut up so she could go back to sleep. But, the stupid thing wasn't stopping so she moved a little before letting out a groan and onlining her optics.

She smiled when the first thing she saw was Blackbit's relieved look when she locked optics with him. She watched as a lot of stress seemed to leave his features. She then went to sit up when she felt a sharp pain in her back and she let out a groan before Blackbit help her lay back down.

"Lay back down Tana. You've definitely earned it." Blackbit stated.

Tana raised an optic ridge at that and asked, "What happened?"

Blackbit's smile faltered as he said, "You were attacked by Pitch and those other bots."

That was when it all came back to Tana. The sneak attack by those four mechs. Pitch arriving and starting to cut her faceplate with the welder. Blackbit and the others arriving to help her. The five frag helms escaping. Them all heading back to base. And then she remembered the pain of the dagger impaling her back and she let out another wince.

Blackbit put a servo on her servo before saying, "Relax sweetspark. You're safe now."

Tana then glanced around and saw that she had gifts and metal flowers everywhere in her room. She tilter her helm to the side and asked, "Where did all of those come from?"

Blackbit's smile returned and said, "Well, I can't remember exactly who gave you what, but they came from Slap, Lavana, Radar, Pinefrost, Suncrest, Neuro, Hinge, Chem, me, Ultra Magnus, and the council members that like us. Everybot has been extremely worried about you dear."

"Yes we have. And it is nice to see that you are awake."

Tana and Blackbit then looked at the door when Alpha Trion said that when he and Ultra Magnus walked in. Tana struggled to sit up to show respect to him but let out a groan of pain when another wave of pain traveled from her back.

"Tana, I told you to lay down. Stop trying to sit up." Blackbit huffed in a caring way as he helped her lay back down.

Tana smiled and looked at Ultra Magnus when he said, "Everybot has been extremely worried about you. How are you feeling?"

"I'm feeling bored out of my processor and I want to get up. But besides that I'm fine." Tana answered with a smile.

Ultra Magnus let out a laugh at that and said, "Well, once you recover you can get up and do as much fun stuff as you can."

Blackbit smiled before adding, "Plus, we asked the others to save hunting the bots who did this to you until you are ready to join us."

Tana smiled and said, "That sounds like fun. If any of you do anything fun without me. I am going to make sure you never hear the end of it."

Blackbit raised his servos in a defensive way before saying, "I would never do anything fun without you."

Tana shook her helm and smiled before turning to Alpha Trion as he said, "And don't worry about Pandimala. She has already been informed of your injury and is waiting to hear back from us since you are now awake."

Tana smiled and said, "Thanks bots."

Ultra Magnus and Alpha Trion then left, leaving her and Blackbit alone. She then turned to Blackbit as he said, "Oh, and Shrike and Alphego will be stopping by here soon. I've been helping them build up some confidence and I've been helping them learn how to use their abilities better. They've been really worried about you. I think you've made an impression on them."

Tana smiled at that and said, "It should be fun. Plus, helping them will give me something to do."

Blackbit then nodded and the two of them waited for Shrike and Alphego to arrive.


Blackbit: Thank you Authoress, Tana is finally awake.

Tana: And it is good to be back dear.

Authoress: I'm glad you two are happy.

Stormfire: Now, about Balm...

Authoress: *gulps*


AN: So, here was a really happy chapter. Next chapter is going to be pretty interesting. Until then though, please read and review. But no flames.