AN: Ooo! A surprise chapter... yeah. I couldn't help myself...


"Do you see anything?"

Lennox and Fredrika sighed harshly, looking at each other with a glare. The glare was not meant for one another, but for the repeated question that Skywing had asked, as they counted, seven times.

"Skyving, ve told you. Vhen ve see somt'ing, ve shall tell you immediately." Fredrika replied over her radio.

An anxious sigh barely made it's way through the radio. "I'm sorry guys. I'm just... nervous. I guess."

Lennox grinned. "We understand 'Wing. Don't worry, like 'Rika said, when we see anything. Even a glimmer of something, we'll tell you first, okay?"

Both soldier's leaned against two separate tree trunks, panting lightly and sweating as if they were tossed into an oven. Which did no respect to their current situation.

Ratchet thought he had discovered where Scatterwing was hiding after all these years and sent the only two people he knew he could trust to keep a sharp eye out for any hints that a Cybertronian had been or is there.

Lennox was chosen since he served as a Major and had befriended the Autobots quickly upon their first arrival, his superiors agreed with sending him to the Amazon to find the lost brother of Skywing.

The government agreed so long as Scatterwing was an Autobot, which was the only thing that worried Skywing, Cab and Lola.

Scatterwing was not known as a very loving mech to anyone but Lola Hard. Skywing knew his brother as a very detached mech. With the little personal knowledge Skywing had he thoroughly believed that his brother would join the Decepticons.

Lola disagreed.

Though she had not known Scatterwing for very long, she was the only being in the galaxy that her old Cybertronian team knew that could bring out the good in his spark. It was quite the revelation when the two met, becoming somewhat of an uncanny moment.
Myths and truths were brought into the equation when Scatterwing stood with Lola for the first time and not to mention barriers were shattered when the two spoke.

It took only a year for Lola to crush Scatterwing's defence and work her way into his spark, though it only happened through hardships and relating pasts, she still did it and she and her team, for the first time, saw a softer side of Scatterwing.

However, it was not without it's drawbacks. A story Lola had never spoken to any one else, whatever these downfalls were, they were kept between Scatterwing and herself.

To the present, Skywing had requested many hours of long, grueling conversations with Lola and Cab. All about Scatterwing's choice as an Autobot or a Decepticon. Yet neither the Autobots or the humans knew what they talked about, only that it involved Scatterwing.

These long conversations led up to Skywing insisting an Autobot join the few scouting humans sent out to find his brother, but without breaking his, Lola's and Cab's secret, he was denied.

Not only was it denied since Skywing had given no solid reason, but also because no Autobot could navigate through the thick jungles of the Amazon and how Scatterwing did it was simply because he was a jet and could fly through the skies and land wherever he pleased. Which also ended up with Skywing being stuck in the Autobot base for a few weeks when he told them that he could go.

Optimus almost had enough of Skywing's behavior. That was until Skywing approached Optimus Prime and discussed the matter on hand, without breaking the secret.

While Skywing was still forced to stay at Autobot headquarters and no Autobot would accompany Lennox through the Amazon, there was three exceptions to Skywing's and Optimus' deal.

Convincing Skywing would come with a bribe of sorts.

Skywing could pick out whomever he felt safe with to search for his brother, Scatterwing.

Of course, Skywing could only choose from a select few of humans that were trusted and trained well enough for the mission on hand.

When set up with the teams of humans qualified, Ratchet made a last minute addition.

Fredrika McCoy.

Ratchet was practically tossing Fredrika at him and the only reason Skywing picked her was to shut Ratchet up. His explaining of how very well qualified Fredrika was for such a mission was overheating his circuits and just plain driving him insane.

So she joined Lennox on the trip.

Once they arrived at Brazil, made it to the Amazon they spread out in groups of two's, the scouting began... Over two days ago.

"Ratchet, how much further?" Lennox groaned, the weight of his clothes even were bothering him.

"I cannot stand much more of t'is heat!" Fredrika whipped her forehead. "Please Vatchet, I'm dying."

"What?!" Came the immediate response.

"Figure of speech Ratch'." Lennox answered for the tired woman. "Cool your jets."

"I do not have jet's Major."

Lennox let out a loud annoyed groan. "I know that Ratchet! Just, figure of speech, just remember that!" He cried to where Fredrika spared him a lazy glance.

"He'll never get it Vill, I tried myself."

"I know." Lennox grumbled as they continued on.

"Fortunately, you are close. Just a bit more."

"You said dat five hours ago!" Fredrika moaned.

"I apologize Fredrika, I have a hard time calculating the difference between Cybertronian speed and human speed. It differs so much."

Fredrika smiled through her overheated turmoil. "It's alvight Vatchet."

"However, you are there." She could almost see Ratchet's smug grin as they cut their way through the next few trees.

Lo an' behold, there he was. In all of his misplaced glory, an old fighter jet laid dysfunctional and silent.

Fredrika touched it's metal frame and instantly pulled back. "Ow! Hot as hell." She rubbed her hand before taking a look around the jet.

"Think it's him?" Lennox asked, searching for an Autobot insignia.

"No doubt." Fredrika smiled. "Scatterwing? Skywing misses you."

The jet visibly jumped, both Fredrika and Lennox stepped back while the transformation took place and there was Scatterwing, kneeling down to see them better and examining their every inch.

"How do you know my brother?"

"I do not." Came Skywing's belated answer to Fredrika's previous statement to Scatterwing. "I just... want him where he belongs. That's all."

"Because ve have been vorking vith him, searching for you." Fredrika answered Scatterwing, ignoring Skywing's transmission.

"I am Major William Lennox, this is Lieutenant Fredrika McCoy, we're from America, just North of here... Well, veryfar North of here. We've been trying to track you down for months since Skywing, Cab and Lola came back from the other world." Lennox stepped up.

"Lola? Cab? and my brother?" Scatterwing, who had for the most part kept a stoic look changed suddenly. "This is too good to be true!" He stood up straight. "Primus! Where are they? America did you say?" He cheered, coming back down to them.

"Yes, USA, in Nevada. Their Autobots now, working aside them."

"Autobots?" Scatterwing backed up. "Hmm... This is odd. We made a pact never to become involved in the war. How do I know what you're saying is true?" He questioned, rubbing his metal helm.

"Because Skywing, Lola and Cab explained to us that you would say this exact thing..." Lennox mumbled.

"Ve have Skyving on radio." Fredrika unhooked her radio from her hip, held it up and turned the volume up full blast. "Skyving, Scatterving wants to know vhat ve say is true, so speak to him."

"You're a son of a glitch, y'know that? We have been looking for you for God knows how long and the minute we find you and they tell you we're waiting for you, you question them? I'm in Nevada... and it's boring here. Get your ass down here so I'll have something to do." Skywing huffed out.

Instantly Scatterwing smirked. "Yeah heh, that sounds like my brother and the satellite frequency is right from what my scanners read." Scatterwing stood upright. "So, what now?"

"Back to America, log you in as an Autobot and give you a home." Fredrika giggled and hooked her radio back on her hip.

"Hey, I said nothing about becoming an Autobot, I just said I would go back to see my brother. He knows me better then that, when I promise something, I mean it." Scatterwing crossed his arms.

"Skyving, did you know something about this?" Fredrika asked over the radio.

"Er... Well, maybe?"

It was instantaneous, Ratchet's wrenches beating Skywing away from the radio could be heard directly after he answered and a few words given in Cybertronian to Skywing as well. Something told Fredrika and Lennox they didn't want to know what he had just said, but that it wasn't good.

"Come back and we can discuss this matter personally, as well as fix up your pathetic excuse for a brother." Ratchet grumbled across the radio.

"He is a fragger, I'll give you that." Scatterwing laughed. "I have had my share of adventures with him."

"Fredrika, come back immediately, I want to cool your body temperature. It is abnormal for a human to be so hot, you could have a heat stroke." Ratchet demaned.

All the while Lennox started making kissing faces at Fredrika. "Stop that. He's just worried."

"Ratchet and Fredrika sitting in a tree, K-I-S-Ow!" Lennox laughed as Fredrika attacked him with her rather strong headlock and began giving him a rough noggie.

"By Primus. Just hurry." Ratchet rumbled through the radio, it was clear to both Lennox and Fredrika that he had caught onto Lennox and Epps' antics involving that cartain human chant usually about two lovers. Ratchet had become annoyed at it, but in truth he did feel drawn to Fredrika, as she felt to him. So it was a matter of embarrassment other then annoyance.

"Yeah, let's go." Scatterwing transformed back into his stunning gun metal jet form again and popped open his cockpit. "Get in, I'm by far faster then any human plane. We'll be there in half the time, just give me the directions."


Yay Scatterwing! :D I like his person, but I don't have enough gusto right now to write his entire character down.