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Chapter 25

The moment the cargo plane touched down, Bladewing was outside quicker than the golden snitch could have been. She waited impatiently as the door lowered, and the Autobots began to drive out.

The moment she saw her papa, she ran up to him and jumped onto the truck bed, Lennox and Epps steadying her when she seemed to tip backwards. She immediately knelt down, and hugged the side of her papa as much as possible. She heard him chuckle.

"I missed you too, Sweet Spark." He said.

Bladewing let out a contented whirr, happy her papa was back and apparently in one peace. The Autobots drove into the hanger and parked up, and Bladewing noticed the two smart cars, one red and one green, waiting for Mudflap and Skids. The two rolled over, and began fighting over who got which colour. Bladewing laughed.

Lennox and Epps jumped to the ground, and Ironhide transformed carefully, being sure that he was able to catch Bladewing. When he was transformed, he held Bladewing close to his spark.

"I hope you haven't been too much trouble while I was gone?"

"I've been good papa." She said, smiling.

Barricade snorted. "I wouldn't know about that. I don't know who taught her how to weld, but they may want to keep that info to themselves. Otherwise, a lot of us will want to tear a couple of limbs off them, the amount of hell she's raised with a welder."

"Good, huh?" Ironhide asked, looking down at his sparkling.

"It was only a few." Bladewing said.

"In other words, most of us. I was lucky. I only got welded to a bench. Ratchet got welded with his one servo to a berth, another to his work table, a ped to the floor under the berth and his other ped to the floor under his desk. Acree's three bodies got welded together, Jazz got welded upside down on the outside wall of the hanger, how we're not quite sure, and Starscream got his wings welded together."

Bladewing had closed her optics when Barricade had mentioned Jazz, and searched for her magic long and hard, when she connected with it, she bent it forcefully to her will, and she felt the world tilt.

"What in the name of primus?" Ironhide asked, and his servo tightened around Bladewing as he and Barricade were levitated in the air and ended up upside down.

Bladewing began laughing. "Magic!" She said, happily.

"Alright Bladewing, you've had your fun, now put us down." Ironhide said.

"What the hell is going on?" A voice asked.

A man with sandy blonde hair, blue eyes, and wearing a black three piece suit, asked.

"Just an over excited sparkling. Nothing to worry about, sir." Lennox said.

"They're floating!"

"Bladewing and Snakestrike are unusual. Shall we leave it at that? After all, the President and Defence Secretary Keller know the reason already."

The man nodded, reluctantly, and allowed himself to be escorted away.

"Right, put us down Bladewing." Barricade said.

Bladewing sighed, and allowed the world to right itself once more, and let her papa and daddy down.

Ironhide shook his head. "Perhaps you need some time out to calm down." He said. He opened his carry hold and placed the now pouting sparkling inside, before closing it quickly so she couldn't climb out.

Both he and Barricade then followed the other Autobots who were heading for the debriefing area. Ironhide scanned the area, and found no sign of Starscream, and nodded to himself. The ex con was nowhere near. Because he was now neutral, he had no clearance to any meetings of this sort. But he was still uneasy at the thought of the mech. He didn't trust him. Yet he had to trust him with the well being of his sparkling. He pushed the matter out of his mind for another time and shifted to his alt mode, along with the others, so they wouldn't be caught on camera.

"We have a secure line sir." A tech said.

"Good." Lennox replied.

"Captain." The General said when he came up on screen. "Would you like to explain what the hell happened in Japan? You may as well have ripped up half of Tokyo!"

"The Deceptacon's led us on quite a chase, sir." Lennox said. "But we did learn something. Now, I can't let you see him, but I can let you hear from him. I give you Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobots."

Optimus shifted, and began to relay what had happened in Japan, up to the message, "The Fallen shall rise."

"But what does it mean?" The General asked. "Why are the Deceptacons even still here?"

"Is it possible that they are hunting for the Autobots?" The still un named human asked.

Even from where Bladewing was listening in on what was happening she could here everything. This new guy seemed to her to just be offering up options, unlike what would have happened had that man been Galloway.

"Director Morris." Lennox said, naming the man, who was obviously Galloway's replacement.

"I do not believe so." Optimus said.

"But, without the All Spark, there's no reason for them to be here. The last remaining shard is here, correct? But that wouldn't be enough for their purposes, would it?"

"No, it wouldn't." Optimus agreed. "But there may be some meaning to the dying message of the Deceptacon. It was almost like a warning."

After that, a now worried Bladewing slipped into a light recharge.

The next day, Bladewing was out flying when a movement caught her attention. She followed it, and landed lightly on the ground, only to get tackled to the ground. She looked up and saw the single red optic of a cat like Deceptacon. She raised a servo, curled it into a fist and punched the Con, but since she was still a sparkling, she only ended up annoying it. It growled.

"Ravage." A familiar voice said.

Both looked round to see Starscream.

"Do you have the cube shard?" He asked the animal like con.

Ravage nodded.

"Good." Starscream was betraying them! "Give me the Sparkling, we'll take her back with us."

"We trusted you!" Bladewing shrieked, trying to get out from under Ravage. Fear took hold, at the worst moment, and she reverted to toddler mode, letting out chirps and whirrs of panic.

Ravage let up and she tried to run, only to get scooped up, and placed in Starscream's carry hold. She was in there for four hours until she heard talking. One of the voices was… no it couldn't be! Megatron!

"But, Lord Megatron, I have found something of interest!"

"This had better be worth your long absence, Starscream." A new voice said.

Bladewing found herself pulled from Starscream's carry hold. She saw Megatron and another con. One who seemed older, and reeked of malice and hate. He was sat on what seemed to be a throne.

"A sparkling?" Megatron asked.

"The Autobots had two. Both of them Seekers. I gained their trust by requesting neutrality status and asking to teach them both. In the end, I didn't manage to bring both of them back. Only Bladewing. She was adopted by both Ironhide and Barricade."
"Barricade?" Megatron asked. "He betrayed us? I'll see he's off lined for that."

"You won't hurt my daddy!" Bladewing yelled, before descending back into chirps and whirrs. She tried to get out of Starscream's hold, but it was useless.

"It may take time to convince her, but she's young. Impressionable." Starscream said.

"Yes, you're right, Starscream." The other con said. "Give her to me." Bladewing was handed to the large con, and held so their optics met. "I, young one, am the Fallen. I am giving you two options, either join us willingly, and we may spare some of those you care about, or we will be forced to kill all your connections to the Autobots."

Halo knew she was in no fit state to speak right now. So, she just screamed her displeasure. She taxed her vocal processor beyond the max, and she felt it burst painfully, and blue enerjon flew everywhere. Bladewing clutched her throat, and enerjon tears welled up, and spilled over.

"I see." The Fallen said. "Well, you can stay here where I can see you, and your wound can heal itself. Let it be a lesson to you."

Starscream made for them, but Megatron held him back. The Fallen had spoken. The sparkling was to stay there.

A/N: Another chappie for you. Please review! I live on reviews and want to know what my readers are thinking.