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Aggressive Negotiations-Mood Swings

"It is easier to make a glass tube pliable than to convince an obstinate woman that she is in the wrong"-William Scott Downey

Shadow hadn't thought much about her reunion with her sparkmate but she hadn't expected the fight that suddenly exploded. She probably should have been paying attention to the bond but she wasn't used to having it there so she didn't notice that it was closed until Ratchet's temper exploded. "What were you thinking going out in the middle of a war alone while you're carrying," he yelled and Shadow felt her own temper ignite.

"Oh no," she snapped back. "You are not telling me what to do and acting like an overprotective glitch head."

Jazz glanced at the fuming newly bonded pair and then at the bemused faces of the mechs around him that hadn't known and muttered, "Shortest secret ever." No one heard him or even was paying attention to him.

"I am not some half headed femme to be protected at all costs," Shadow snarled. "I can take care of myself. Get that through your head." Then she turned, shifted and shot away. Flashfire vented a sigh and headed after her friend as quickly as she could.

Interra glanced at Tavianna who shook her head and motioned to Nieva. "She has the better chance of not getting blasted," Tavi said simply and Nieva vented another heavy sigh before shifting into her alt mode. The silver Kia Cadenza shot off in the direction Flashfire and Shadow had gone.

Skywarp glanced at Ratchet and shook his head with mock irritation. "Two days and you've already managed to tick off the Lieutenant. You're not going to make it if she's like this the whole time she's carrying."

"Shadow is a Lieutenant?" Ironhide asked, slightly stunned.

"Air Lieutenant along with TC," Starscream said with a slight nod.

"What kind of clearance does she have then?" Optimus asked, trying to put together the Decepticon hierarchy in his mind.

"As a Lieutenant okay. As a field technician pretty good," Starscream said with a shrug.

"How much exactly does she do?" Optimus asked, surprised.

"All the communications when Soundwave isn't around and helps keep the Seekers in order during whichever shift she's on. The opposit shift as TC naturally," Starscream replied, not seeming too worried about Shadow's well being.

"Because they're both Lieutenants?" Jazz queried and some of the Decepticons laughed.

"Not really," Starscream admitted. "More so because they would destroy have the Nemesis in one go if it was a bad night. Their tempers seem to head in the same direction a lot."

"It's dangerous when they've both had a bad day," Tavianna snickered, optics bright with amusement. Tavianna and Interra exchanged glances and then transformed. A green Hyundai Genesis Coup and an orange Porsche Carrera GT took off in the direction Nieva, Flashfire, and Shadow had gone without another word. They met up with the other femme's quickly because Flashfire, Shadow, and Nieva hadn't gone far.

"Feeling better?" Tavi asked and Shadow vented an exasperated sigh.

"If I'm this bad what will Nieva be like when she carries?" Shadow ventured and everyone but Nieva began to laugh.

"What?" the silver and black femme yelped. "What do you mean when I carry?"

"Well Flashfire and I are both carrying. There's a good chance that you, Tavi, and Interra are next," Shadow shot easily.

"We won't even notice that Tavi's carrying unless her mood suddenly spirals," Flashfire said and even Tavi laughed at that. It was doubtful that Tavianna could ever be mad at anyone. It just wasn't in the perky Decepticon's nature to get upset.

"Interra will be completely obvious," Nieva said. The friends started laughing harder thinking about the level headed Interra swinging through moods.

"Think we should head back?" Flashfire asked after a moment and Shadow nodded.

"That'd probably be best," the black femme. "Despite how much it annoys me Shockwave will try something else."

"He has too," Tavi chirped. "Otherwise he wouldn't annoy you and TC so much." The five femmes rounded the corner chuckling at Tavianna's statement. She felt Ratchet open his end of the bond and the apology that drifted through it made her smile. She sent a wave of reassurance back to him and then focused at the meeting at hand.

"We're meeting back here tomorrow morning to decide how to deal with our problem," Starscream informed the femmes. "In holoform inside the warehouse." They nodded and with a nod as a way of good bye Starscream led the Decepticons off and Shadow and Ratchet slipped away to talk.