This chapter and the next go togther. The document was originally too big so I had to split it. The next chapter is deffinatly worth reading through this one. The next one's probably my favorite one so far.
Optimus and the others arrived in the warp room seconds before the tiny ship with recruits came in. Everyone went to the ships door to greet them, Optimus in the front with Jetfire by his side one step back and everyone else behind them. Sure enough the door to the space ship opened, and out came Jazz with the others.
"Hey bro!" A small Autobot said with excitement waving to Blurr.
"Crap." Blurr said putting his head in his hands. Hotshot and Smokescreen laughed.
"So this is the Autobot base on earth." Jazz said as he admired the surroundings. "Fancy."
"Glad you could come." Optimus said, taking a step forward to shake hands.
"My pleasure. Let me introduce you to my team. A few of them are new, but can pack a whopper." Jazz turned to the other Autobots stepping off the ship behind him.
The first one he introduced was a gigantic mec called Jackhammer. He was huge! His color was a dark evergreen, with a lighter, almost white green that was on his hands, face and from his hips to knees. Optimus remembered this mec from recruiting. The guy went up ranks fast.
The second one was a small delicate femme that Optimus had never seen before. Standing next to Jackhammer her head barely reached his broad shoulders. Her name was Starchaser. Her color was a dark purple with specs of gold around her narrow optics. Her chest and hip area was a darker purple while her arms faded to a lighter purple from above the elbows to her fingertips. On her face she wore a mask that could retract itself as she was wearing it now.
The third mec was the one that waved to Blurr. He was the youngest looking, smaller than Jackhammer but taller than Starschaser. His face was hidden behind a mask. This guy's name was Sideswipe. The kid was bouncing off the walls with enthusiasm.
"Nice group you have here." Prime said when Jazz was done introducing.
"That's not all." Jazz said with a smile. "We've got one more still on the ship, she's downloading some information off the computer that Ultra Magnus told us to give to you." Jazz turned to Sideswipe. "Hey, you have a lot of energy. Go get Sunspot."
Optimus's optics widened at the sound of her name. Not even a minute later Sunspot walked out of the ship.
She looked beautiful Optimus thought as he looked up to her descending down the ramp. Her body was a daisy color yellow, fading to white down the arms, and a red down her legs. Her hips and chest area was the same red that her legs faded into. Her optics weren't the Autobots traditional blue, instead they were also red. Her walk was graceful as her hips swayed from side to side. No one would have guessed how lethal she really was by looking at her. The way she held herself was that of confidence, she had a reason to be proud. She was the Autobot leaders mate. The most powerful female in Cybertron and, the most untamed.
She stopped behind Jazz, never taking her eyes off Optimus. He had a mix off feelings upon seeing her. He was angry for her having to come here with the current situation, although he knew they could use her powers, happy to see her, and a bit weak in the knees.
"Sunspot." He said nodding towards her. It was hard for him to manage a formal voice.
"Optimus." She nodded back. Her voice was soft and harsh at the same time. They stared at each other for a moment longer.
"Magnus briefed us on the current situation here. You guys got your hands full." Jazz said. Optimus quickly switched his attention back. He could talk with Sunspot later, right now he was the Autobot leader.
"We found out some new information. At the last battle Jetfire was able to get Rosa- er- Skyleen alone so that we could find out what was going on. Jetfire," Optimus stepped aside allowing his second in command the floor to speak.
"Turns out the Decepticons placed a chip in her body when they rebuilt it so that with the push of a button she can lose total control of her body to Megatron." Jetfire said. He was furious about the situation.
"Do we know where in her body this chip is located?" Sunspot asked
"No, the location and design of the chip is unknown."
"Starchaser, that's your assignment for the next conflict. I want to know where that chip is and what kind it is." Jazz confronted the small femme. She nodded letting him know she understood. Red Alert raised an optic at the femme wondering how she would be able to figure out where the chip was.
"Jazz, send your crew to go rest. I need you to come with me and fill me in on what's happening back on Cybertron." With a nod Jazz dismissed his crew and went with Optimus. Optimus watched as they left the room, his optics following Sunspot. He couldn't wait to talk with her.
Skyleen's optics refused to open when she came back online. She was so tired and she didn't want to come back to reality. Reality…. In a flash her optics snapped open as she shot up in her recharge bed.
She was in her quarters….
In an instant memories started flooding through her mind of what had happened the previous night. She pulled her sheets closer to her as the image of Megatron tracing his filthy fingers over her body passed through her thoughts.
Starscream had come to find her….Starscream, of all the mecs. It was so odd she didn't think about it at the time. When he had found her she wasn't all there. Nothing crossed her processor the night before when he had went after her and found her curled up in a crater. Starscream, one of the most hateful Decepticons, carried her back.
Skyleen threw off her sheets and walked over to her small bathroom which held a shower and a sink with a mirror above it. She splashed some fluids on her face and stood over the sink looking at herself in the mirror.
It was so confusing. It was yesterday morning when she had fought him in pure hatred and he had cut her along the cheek. Her optics landed on her cut reflecting in the mirror. It was still there. Reaching up she touched it. The second her fingers made contact with it a sudden flash went off in her mind making her body leap back.
Quickly she returned to the mirror. Her optics glaring back at her. That wasn't just a flash that crossed her mind…. It was an image. One that she knew she'd seen before, but couldn't remember.
The image was of a bright sphere of white light in a dark room. It was active, as if it were alive. The light seemed to throw itself around as if it were a flame. She touched the cut again to see if the image would come back so that she could get a better look at it. But nothing happened.
She stood there staring at the reflection of her optics in the mirror as her mind concentrated on that image, where she had seen it before. She was concentrating so hard that her body jumped at a knock at her door.
"I'm losing it." She said to herself while shaking her head, trying to get her senses back before going to the door.
It was Sideways.
"What do you want?" She growled, remembering this was the mec that put that dam chip in her.
"Just making sure you're awake. I'm suppose to tell you that you have practice in an hour."
"Ugh! Why do I need to practice so much! I'm not even a Decepticon!" Skyleen complained. She was getting tired of all this pointless training.
"You're also not an Autobot." Sideways said calmly.
"I can choose a side can't I?" Sideways didn't answer and turned to leave. "Can't I!" She called down after him. He stopped and turned back to face her. There was a moment of silence where Skyleen waited for an answer.
He didn't answer. Instead he grew a sly smile underneath his face mask before turning around to keep on walking.
Skyleen walked outside of the moon base. Looking down at earth she wondered what the Autobots were doing. Transforming she decided to go for a spin before practice.
She was starting to grow fond of being able to fly. It gave her the taste of freedom. It was so peaceful above the moons surface.
Without warning something came up from underneath and flew up past her. Making her spin sideways while transforming.
"What the – " She looked above her. It was Starscream.
"One must always be prepared for an attack." He said before taking a dive at her again still in jet form. Quickly Skyleen transformed back and took off, Starscream right on her tail.
He was hard to knock off. Slowly the distance between them started to decrease. She knew once he caught up they'd do hand to hand combat. She looped and twisted through the air, trying to knock him off her trail, but he was still with her, closing the distance.
Skyleen got an idea and slammed on the brakes, losing altitude as Starscream flew past her. Then picking up speed she changed the chase. Now she was on his tail. This surprised the screamer. But being more experienced he did a loop up and climbed higher and higher into the moons atmosphere. Skyleen went up following him. Before she knew it he had transformed and started freefalling towards her. On his way down he grabbed her, pulling her down with him.
They crashed hard into the ground. When the dust cleared they were both on their feet, ready to fight. Starscream with his sword out and Skyleen with hers that once again came at her own will.
"Want to go at it again?" Starscream growled. The Starscream that had found her the previous night was not showing.
"Bring it Screamer." She said, returning the hostile tone.
The two went at it for what seemed like hours. Neither was getting tired. This was how her training went; the two would go at it till one of them was beat. This was always Skyleen.
The two ceased when the ground began to shake and the sound of large engines was heard coming closer.
"What is that?" Skyleen asked, a little frightened but trying to hide it. Starscream ignored her question and transformed, flying back towards the base.
"Come on!" He called back to her.
It was a starship that they heard. Megatron was outside the base with everyone else watching it land. He eyed Starscream and Skyleen as they approached. Starscream took his place next to Megatron while Skyleen went to the back of the Decepticons.
The doors to the ship opened as several Decepticons stepped off. The first one to step off she recognized as Thundercracker. Behind him came two Decepticons, one Skyleen was surprised to see and the other she didn't recognize. One was a big male while the other was a tall femme.
The male she was surprised to see. His name was Wheeljack. He wouldn't know her but she remembered hearing about him and seeing pictures of him. He was an Autobot, they thought he was dead. But there he is right in front of her, with the Decepticons.
The femme's armor was as black as ever. She was a seeker, pitch black wings with thin red lines running along the edges stuck out behind her. On her arms were guns. Her face was cold and flawless. Her blood red optics seemed hungry as she looked at her surroundings. Her lips were the same color as her optics, red; making her more intimidating than any other femme Skyleen ever seen.
When the three stepped off the ship, the ship itself changed into a gigantic transformer that Skyleen knew and could never forget, the famous Tidalwave.
"Primus." She whispered looking up at the monster.
"And what do I owe this surprise to?" Megatron asked Thundercracker.
"We noticed a small Autobot ship take off almost unnoticed a couple of days ago. Right after that the Autobots started destroying our ships. Telling us something was up. Soundwave got Tidalwave here to transform and take us to follow the ship which led us here." Thundercracker answered.
"That's good thinking. Good group too. Prime will be caught off guard. Blackfire, haven't seen you for eons." Megatron said to the femme.
"It's good to see you Lord Megatron." She said bowing low. Megatron smiled in satisfaction.
"Let's go inside shall we? Thrust I believe you should make some adjustments to your battle plans."
"Yes my Lord, right away." Together they started heading inside.