2017: Dreadstarr, a bounty hunter from the future, her purpose here is to
kill someone worth 1,000,000 shanix upon their demise. In all her travels
she has never run into a more suspicious group than the Decepticons. Yet
that reward they offered is nothing to take lightly. She's the exception
to the rule that bounty hunters care not who they kill as long as they get
their money. That's what makes her different. She prides herself in
finding out why her hit is wanted dead. To do this she uses the astral
plane to merge with her hits' mind and finds out their true being. Based
on what she finds, the contract is either fulfilled or canceled. She's
eliminated many evil beings and spared several good beings that way. This
particular hit, to her mutual regret and relief, was of the latter type.
Enters the Ark and approaches Tetra Reris from behind and taps her on the
shoulder, she turns.
"Who are you?" the aquamarine, orange, blue and light green form of
Tetra asks.
"I'm at no liberty to divulge my identity until I can see you alone,
Tetra Reris." the multi-purple and silver form of Dreadstarr replies.
"Come with me." Tetra nods, they exit the Ark, "We're alone, who are
you and why are you here?"
"I am Dreadstarr, a bounty hunter from the future." Dreadstarr says,
"I am here only to warn you that other bounty hunters may show up to
execute you."
"Why is this?" Tetra inquires.
"In the future it seems that the 'Cons are having a slight problem
adjusting to their new life, peace. The proveyor of that peace has forced
the 'Cons to find out who this beings' mother was, with that accomplished,
they hired me to kill her--you are her." Dreadstarr states, "I cannot
divulge any more, could effect the future that way you know."
"When is this going to happen?" Tetra queries.
"I'll be on my way, there's going to be hell to pay when I return to
the future empty handed. I might just have to kill a few 'Cons before I
time-jump somewhere else." Dreadstarr smiles.
"Stay awhile, Dreadstarr. I'm sure there's no reason to rush such a
grisly task." Tetra says.
"True. Just promise me you won't pry me for information about the
future and I'll stay." Dreadstarr nods.
"I promise." Tetra replies.
"Then I will stay." Dreadstarr says. Œ
"If I hear one more complaint from you, I swear I'll drop this hot
arc welder inside you." the multi-blue form of Gynae warns.
"You wouldn't dare." the red form of Gears retorts. She juggles the
welder as if she's lost her grip on it, "Okay, okay. No more complaints."
she grasps the welder firmly.
"Good." Gynae says, a mid-sized jet buzzes her, "What?
Stormstalker!" the dark red and black jet transforms and lands.
"Yes, Aunt Gynae?" Stormstalker sighs.
"Didn't I tell you not to bother me when I'm working?" Gynae asks.
"Yes. But there's no one to..." Stormstalker begins.
"Play with? Stormstalker, there's Recquiem and..." Gynae says.
"They say they're too old to play with me and that they've got more
important things to do." Stormstalker sighs.
"I see. So you thought that if you bugged Aunt Gynae, she'd deign to
keep you entertained is that how it is?" Gynae inquires.
"Uh huh." Stormstalker nods.
"Maybe later, Aunt Gynae is busy." he leaves.
"Everybody's so blasted busy all the time. I can't help or even come
near a undergoing project without Mom spotting me. Well, I guess I could
practice some flying techniques." Stormstalker mumbles, transforms and
soars out of the Ark, "Good, no one saw me leave. Maybe I can do some
exploring for once."
"This is great." does a loop, "Mom and Dad would be proud of me."
does a barrel roll, "I hope I'll be able to maneuver as well as they can
someday." a spec appears in the sky ahead of him, "Hmm...another jet, I
hope its a human one or I'm in big trouble." the jet approaches, he spots
a 'Con insignia, "Uh oh, I'm in trouble all right." the jet zooms past,
it's the same sizes as he, "Blasted 'Con!" the jets pulls alongside him.
"Hi, I'm Skysoar, what's your name?" the purple form of Skysoar
says.
"None of your bis-wax." Stormstalker sneers.
"Oh come now." Skysoar chides, she turns upside down and flies above
him, "Just because the adults are warring doesn't mean we have to be nasty
to each other."
"Well, since you put it that way. Name's Stormstalker."
Stormstalker sighs. She uprights herself and flies beside him.
"Would you like to play, Stormstalker?" Skysoar asks.
"You bet I would! Come on, I'll race you." Stormstalker cries,
they zoom off.
"Gynae, do you know where my son is?" the dominantly black form of
Slipstream inquires.
"I haven't seen Stormstalker since this morning. But I can bet he's
outside practicing some stunt flying." Gynae replies.
"Thanks." Slipstream nods, leaves the room and approaches the
white and red form of Starscream, "Come on." they transform and soar off.
"Where did our son go, Slipstream?" Starscream queries as she comes
out of Gynaes' lab.
"I have no idea, but when I find him I'll punish him but good."
Slipstream says.
"He's just stretching his wings a bit. No harm done." Starscream
shrugs.
"No harm done?! What if he ran into a 'Con patrol?" Slipstream
screams.
"Don't assume the worst, perhaps he got lost." Starscream retorts.
"I hope so, I love him with all my being. I couldn't bear losing
him." Slipstream sighs.
"Let's just keep our hopes up and find him." Starscream says.
"How old are you, Stormer?" Skysoar asks.
"Almost three, why?" Stormstalker says.
"So I am, that means we're close to adulthood." Skysoar smiles.
"Yeah, I can barely wait." Stormstalker grins.
"Why wait?" Skysoar leans toward him, "Do you like me, Stormer?"
"Yeah, I guess so." Stormstalker shrugs.
"Good, 'cuz I like you too." Skysoar embraces and kisses him,
she breaks off when engines are heard, "Uh oh."
"Yuck! Gross! Why'd you do that for?" Stormstalker says.
"SHHH!" she covers his mouth, "Someone's coming."
"When I get my hands on that daughter of ours I'm gonna..." the
purple form of Blitzwing growls.
"Going to what?" the purple form of Sphena sneers.
"Urrrm, I'll hug the little darling." Blitzwing mutters.
"You'd better, if I see you punish her again.." Sphena retorts.
"I get the message." Blitzwing sighs.
"It's my parents, am I ever in trouble." Skysoar says.
"There's going to more, listen." Stormstalker gestures, the roar
of engines is heard, "My parents are coming too."
"I'll leave first, hopefully my parents will follow. I don't want
a incident between our folks." Skysoar states and transforms.
"It was fun while it lasted. You know, I kinda liked that kiss."
Stormstalker smiles.
"There will be more where that came from, take care." Skysoar
replies, she soars off.
"Skysoar, come back here!" Sphena cries.
"You have some questions to answer, young lady!" Blitzwing yells,
they soar off after her.
"Now it's my turn." Stormstalker sighs, transforms and soars
toward his parents.
"Stormstalker! Thank Sequista!" Slipstream cries.
"You had us very worried, young man." Starscream states.
"I'm sorry. Next time I won't go wandering off without telling you
first." Stormstalker sighs.
"Do that, my son, but you're not going unpunished." Slipstream
says.
"Hey Stormer, I heard about that little stunt you pulled. Be
thankful you didn't get a good lashing for it." Recquiem grins.
"Have to rub it in, don't you Recquiem?" Stormstalker sneers.
"Rub in nothing, Stormer. I wish I'd done things like that when I
was your age. Of course I had Gynae and the twins to keep me busy. You
have no such luck." Recquiem shrugs.
"Oh yeah, well just so happens that I do have someone to play
with." Stormstalker retorts.
"And who is this playmate?" Recquiem asks.
"Can't tell ya." Stormstalker says.
"Hey, you can tell me. I had pretend playmates too you know."
Recquiem smiles.
"Pretend nothing, she's as real as I am." Stormstalker sneers.
"Oooh, it's a her. That's different. Do you like her?" Recquiem
inquires.
"Yeah, she's okay." Stormstalker shrugs.
"Just okay? Your hiding something, but I can't pry you about it
right now. See you later kiddo." Recquiem waves.
"He'll be back, I'd bank on it." Stormstalker sighs.
Slipstream enters, "Okay, Stormstalker, you're free to go. Play
outside for awhile, but no more wandering off so far from home."
"I understand." Stormstalker nods, transforms and leaves.
"Hi." Skysoar says.
"What are you doing here?" Stormstalker asks.
"Some welcome wagon you are. I thought you wanted to play with me."
Skysoar retorts.
"Yeah, but not this close to home. How 'bout if someone spots ya?"
Stormstalker sighs.
"No chance of that happening, my radar would pick up anyone coming.
Besides, I like you and you said you liked me as well." Skysoar replies.
"Yeah, and?" Stormstalker says.
"Just checking, let's land." Skysoar states. They transform and
alight the peak of the mountain, "Remember what I said before I left?"
"Yeah, so?" Stormstalker says. Œ
"Want to take me up on it?" Skysoar smiles.
"Well, I don't know." Stormstalker shrugs.
"Oh come on, the adults do it and we're almost adults. Besides, you
said you liked it." Skysoar grins.
"I said I KINDA liked it, Skysoar." Stormstalker retorts.
"Same thing, well?" Skysoar says.
"Well....okay." Stormstalker resigns. They kiss.
"AHEM" the purple, red and white form of Shadow says, they break
off and look at him, "Two little lovebirds sitting in a tree,
K-I-S-S-I-N-G, first comes love, then comes marriage, then..."
The red, purple, and white form of Depth approaches, "Get away from
those bad influences, Shadow. Last thing I need is you learning to kiss
from these kids, who by the way are a bit young."
"Young?!" Skysoar yells, pushes him,"We're almost adults, and can
do anything we want!"
"Fiery young lass, this one." Depth grins, turns to leave, "You
coming, Shadow?"
"Go ahead without me." Shadow states, Depth leaves, "Now what was
I going to say..."
"Is it true what he said, no one's ever kissed you?" Skysoar asks.
"Yes." Shadow nods.
"I can fix that." Skysoar smiles, kisses on the cheek, "There, now
what were you going to tell us?"
"Nothing. Carry on." Shadow sighs and leaves.
"Why'd you kiss Shadow for? He's so... well, so ugly and old."
Stormstalker shakes his head.
"I felt sorry for him. Besides, he looks like a nice enough fella.
I wonder why no one's ever kissed him?" Skysoar muses.
"Its the way he acts, no one trusts him, or Depth. I think they
like being without female company." Stormstalker shrugs.
"Too bad. Now where were we? Skysoar smiles, they kiss, then
disengage, "You're getting good at kissing, Stormer."
"Well, your good at it too you know." Stormstalker blushes.
"Maybe you like me more than you say you do." Skysoar grins.
"Maybe, maybe not." Stormstalker states, pulls her in for a kiss,
"Uh oh, I hear my Mom calling me, I'd better go."
"See you tomorrow then." Skysoar waves, transforms and leaves.
"I've got to have a serious talk with Dad about females or I'm
never going to understand these feelings I have for Skysoar."
Stormstalker sighs.
"I told you that I sensed this planet was unstable." the two toned
brown form of Barracuda states.
"But we haven't found our quarry yet." the blue, red and white form
of Smokescreen says.
"We have no choice, we've got to leave." the blue, light blue and
red form of Shark retorts, they race to the shuttle and blast off.
Moments later, the planet shatters, pieces of it bombard the shuttle.
"What a shame." the orange, ochre, and black form of Tracer sighs.
"I find it strange that no one was waiting for us when we landed."
the multi-blue form of Gynae muses.
"A 'Con trap with a zap?" the two tone blue form of Bebop asks.
"Could have been." Smokescreen shrugs, a sobbing is heard.
"Did you?" Tracer inquires, looking around.
"I'll check it out." Gynae nods, she walks to the rear of the
shuttle, opens the closet containing the children, "We've got stowaways."
Tracer approaches. "Come out, we won't hurt you." all but one exits.
"There was life on that planet after all. Barracuda, you've just
got to see our little group here." Tracer smiles.
"Come on, little one." Gynae says, she reaches in and cradles the
child, "There's no need to be scared."
"I want my Mother." the child sniffs.
"I want my Mother too." the other children cry. Barracuda enters.
"Sounds like someone had better start explaining to these urchins
about their mothers." Barracuda sighs.
"Don't look at me." Tracer says. Œ
"I'll do it." Gynae states and sits down, "Come here children."
"Do you understand what I have told you?" Gynae asks.
"Yes." the children reply.
"Good." Gynae says.
"Who's going to take care of us now our mothers are gone?" a child
inquires.
"I'll see if I can find a couple who would adopt you, how's that
sound?" Gynae smiles.
"Great." the children say.
"Will you be my Mommy?" a child asks.
"Well..." Gynae begins.
"I like you." a child says.
"Let's see you get out of this one, Gynae." Tracer chuckles, one of
the children approaches her, "Uh oh, I spoke to soon."
"I like you." Child 2 says.
"I'm next I bet." Barracuda shrugs, a child approaches her, "See,
what I tell you." picks up the child, "I guess we're mothers now, huh?"
"Yeah, and now comes the hard part," picks up the child before her,
"telling the guys that their fathers." Tracer grins.
"Better now than later. Brainstorm, Smokescreen, Shark, us ladies
have something to tell you."
"Well, that's the last one." Gynae states.
"I hope this works out." the dominantly black form of Threnody
says.
"I think it will. They will know soon what they've gotten
themselves into." Gynae smiles, picks up her child.
"Does she have a name?" Threnody asks.
"She's never told me, what is your name, little lady?" Gynae says.
"Lorica." the yellow colored child replies. Œ
"How about if I call you Lori for short?" Gynae smiles.
"Lori.. I like it." Lori nods.
"Good, Lori it is." Gynae says.
"Not much trouble is she?" Threnody queries.
"Maybe when she's older. See you later, Threnody." Gynae waves.
"Stormer." Skysoar cries, he turns.
"Don't sneak up on me like that." Stormstalker says.
"Sorry. I heard about those children the adults found, do you think
we could play with them?" Skysoar asks.
"Nah, they're getting acquainted with their new parents. Besides
we're way too old to play with them." Stormstalker shrugs.
"I didn't want to share you with them anyway." Skysoar grins, they
embrace and kiss.
"What do we have here? You'd better start explaining,
Stormstalker." Starscream states.
"Uh, hi Dad." Stormstalker blushes.
"Who's this, eh?" Starscream gestures.
"This is my playmate, Skysoar." Stormstalker says.
"What you were doing had no resemblance to playing to me, young
man." Starscream sneers.
"We're almost adults you know." Skysoar retorts.
"You have a point there. I've got to face facts, my son is growing
up." Starscream sighs.
"You're not going to punish me are you?" Stormstalker queries.
"There's no cause to, just behave yourself with this young lady."
Starscream states.
"Yes sir." Stormstalker nods.
"I'll try to break this to your mother carefully, but I want you to
introduce her to your girlfriend soon afterwards." Starscream says.
"Yes sir, right away." Stormstalker smiles. Œ
"Good, carry on." Starscream waves and leaves.
"That was too easy, if my Father had caught us doing what we were
doing..." Skysoar sighs.
"Then be glad it was my Dad that caught us and not yours. Come on,
I'll show you around Headquarters before I introduce you to my Mother."
Stormstalker smiles.
"This must be the female playmate you told me about." Requiem
grins.
"Skysoar, this is Recquiem, I'm related to him." Stormstalker
gestures, "I've got to introduce her to Mom, Dad insisted I do."
"He caught you smooching, didn't he? Don't answer that, I can tell
by the blush of your faceplate." Recquiem smiles.
Starscream approaches, "I believe your Mother is prepared for your
introduction, son. Don't keep her waiting."
"Come on, Skysoar." they leave. Suffice it to say the introduction
goes well. While this is happening... Recquiem sits outside HQ.
"I wonder if Skysoar forced her attention on Stormer or if they
fell in love naturally?" Recquiem ponders, someone covers his optics with
their hands, "What the?'"
"Guess who?" the silver, black, purple and red form of Dynae says.
"Who else could it be, Dynae?" Recquiem sighs, she uncovers his
eyes.
"Don't sound so perturbed, Recquiem. You can turn a girl off with
that tone of voice." Dynae grins.
"That was the basic idea, Dynae." she sits next to him.
"Your such a wet blanket. I've told you how much I like you, so
what's your problem?" Dynae asks.
"The problem is exactly that, you've pushed the fact that you like
me to the point that I have no interest in you." Recquiem states.
"Do I have to show you then? Is that it?" Dynae inquires.
"Dynae, you just don't..." he's cut off by her kiss.
"Deny me now." Dynae says.
"You're not making this easy." Recquiem sighs. Œ
"I have every intention to make it easy, Recquiem." Dynae smiles.
"Forget it, Dynae. It can't work, I can't feel anything for you."
Recquiem shrugs. She shoves her cannon to the back of his head.
"Come again, Recquiem?" Dynae sneers.
"I can't feel anything for you, Dynae, mostly because of your
unstable nature and the fact you've forced yourself on me." Recquiem
states, she lowers her cannon, "You can't force me to love you, it has to
happen by itself."
"I understand. Can we be friends then?" Dynae sighs.
"You must stabilize your persona to your good side before I can
consider the possibility of us being friends." Recquiem nods.
"That's not easy, Recquiem. But I'll do anything to have you. Good
day." she leaves.
"Good day, Dynae. Matrix be with you." Recquiem says.
kill someone worth 1,000,000 shanix upon their demise. In all her travels
she has never run into a more suspicious group than the Decepticons. Yet
that reward they offered is nothing to take lightly. She's the exception
to the rule that bounty hunters care not who they kill as long as they get
their money. That's what makes her different. She prides herself in
finding out why her hit is wanted dead. To do this she uses the astral
plane to merge with her hits' mind and finds out their true being. Based
on what she finds, the contract is either fulfilled or canceled. She's
eliminated many evil beings and spared several good beings that way. This
particular hit, to her mutual regret and relief, was of the latter type.
Enters the Ark and approaches Tetra Reris from behind and taps her on the
shoulder, she turns.
"Who are you?" the aquamarine, orange, blue and light green form of
Tetra asks.
"I'm at no liberty to divulge my identity until I can see you alone,
Tetra Reris." the multi-purple and silver form of Dreadstarr replies.
"Come with me." Tetra nods, they exit the Ark, "We're alone, who are
you and why are you here?"
"I am Dreadstarr, a bounty hunter from the future." Dreadstarr says,
"I am here only to warn you that other bounty hunters may show up to
execute you."
"Why is this?" Tetra inquires.
"In the future it seems that the 'Cons are having a slight problem
adjusting to their new life, peace. The proveyor of that peace has forced
the 'Cons to find out who this beings' mother was, with that accomplished,
they hired me to kill her--you are her." Dreadstarr states, "I cannot
divulge any more, could effect the future that way you know."
"When is this going to happen?" Tetra queries.
"I'll be on my way, there's going to be hell to pay when I return to
the future empty handed. I might just have to kill a few 'Cons before I
time-jump somewhere else." Dreadstarr smiles.
"Stay awhile, Dreadstarr. I'm sure there's no reason to rush such a
grisly task." Tetra says.
"True. Just promise me you won't pry me for information about the
future and I'll stay." Dreadstarr nods.
"I promise." Tetra replies.
"Then I will stay." Dreadstarr says. Œ
"If I hear one more complaint from you, I swear I'll drop this hot
arc welder inside you." the multi-blue form of Gynae warns.
"You wouldn't dare." the red form of Gears retorts. She juggles the
welder as if she's lost her grip on it, "Okay, okay. No more complaints."
she grasps the welder firmly.
"Good." Gynae says, a mid-sized jet buzzes her, "What?
Stormstalker!" the dark red and black jet transforms and lands.
"Yes, Aunt Gynae?" Stormstalker sighs.
"Didn't I tell you not to bother me when I'm working?" Gynae asks.
"Yes. But there's no one to..." Stormstalker begins.
"Play with? Stormstalker, there's Recquiem and..." Gynae says.
"They say they're too old to play with me and that they've got more
important things to do." Stormstalker sighs.
"I see. So you thought that if you bugged Aunt Gynae, she'd deign to
keep you entertained is that how it is?" Gynae inquires.
"Uh huh." Stormstalker nods.
"Maybe later, Aunt Gynae is busy." he leaves.
"Everybody's so blasted busy all the time. I can't help or even come
near a undergoing project without Mom spotting me. Well, I guess I could
practice some flying techniques." Stormstalker mumbles, transforms and
soars out of the Ark, "Good, no one saw me leave. Maybe I can do some
exploring for once."
"This is great." does a loop, "Mom and Dad would be proud of me."
does a barrel roll, "I hope I'll be able to maneuver as well as they can
someday." a spec appears in the sky ahead of him, "Hmm...another jet, I
hope its a human one or I'm in big trouble." the jet approaches, he spots
a 'Con insignia, "Uh oh, I'm in trouble all right." the jet zooms past,
it's the same sizes as he, "Blasted 'Con!" the jets pulls alongside him.
"Hi, I'm Skysoar, what's your name?" the purple form of Skysoar
says.
"None of your bis-wax." Stormstalker sneers.
"Oh come now." Skysoar chides, she turns upside down and flies above
him, "Just because the adults are warring doesn't mean we have to be nasty
to each other."
"Well, since you put it that way. Name's Stormstalker."
Stormstalker sighs. She uprights herself and flies beside him.
"Would you like to play, Stormstalker?" Skysoar asks.
"You bet I would! Come on, I'll race you." Stormstalker cries,
they zoom off.
"Gynae, do you know where my son is?" the dominantly black form of
Slipstream inquires.
"I haven't seen Stormstalker since this morning. But I can bet he's
outside practicing some stunt flying." Gynae replies.
"Thanks." Slipstream nods, leaves the room and approaches the
white and red form of Starscream, "Come on." they transform and soar off.
"Where did our son go, Slipstream?" Starscream queries as she comes
out of Gynaes' lab.
"I have no idea, but when I find him I'll punish him but good."
Slipstream says.
"He's just stretching his wings a bit. No harm done." Starscream
shrugs.
"No harm done?! What if he ran into a 'Con patrol?" Slipstream
screams.
"Don't assume the worst, perhaps he got lost." Starscream retorts.
"I hope so, I love him with all my being. I couldn't bear losing
him." Slipstream sighs.
"Let's just keep our hopes up and find him." Starscream says.
"How old are you, Stormer?" Skysoar asks.
"Almost three, why?" Stormstalker says.
"So I am, that means we're close to adulthood." Skysoar smiles.
"Yeah, I can barely wait." Stormstalker grins.
"Why wait?" Skysoar leans toward him, "Do you like me, Stormer?"
"Yeah, I guess so." Stormstalker shrugs.
"Good, 'cuz I like you too." Skysoar embraces and kisses him,
she breaks off when engines are heard, "Uh oh."
"Yuck! Gross! Why'd you do that for?" Stormstalker says.
"SHHH!" she covers his mouth, "Someone's coming."
"When I get my hands on that daughter of ours I'm gonna..." the
purple form of Blitzwing growls.
"Going to what?" the purple form of Sphena sneers.
"Urrrm, I'll hug the little darling." Blitzwing mutters.
"You'd better, if I see you punish her again.." Sphena retorts.
"I get the message." Blitzwing sighs.
"It's my parents, am I ever in trouble." Skysoar says.
"There's going to more, listen." Stormstalker gestures, the roar
of engines is heard, "My parents are coming too."
"I'll leave first, hopefully my parents will follow. I don't want
a incident between our folks." Skysoar states and transforms.
"It was fun while it lasted. You know, I kinda liked that kiss."
Stormstalker smiles.
"There will be more where that came from, take care." Skysoar
replies, she soars off.
"Skysoar, come back here!" Sphena cries.
"You have some questions to answer, young lady!" Blitzwing yells,
they soar off after her.
"Now it's my turn." Stormstalker sighs, transforms and soars
toward his parents.
"Stormstalker! Thank Sequista!" Slipstream cries.
"You had us very worried, young man." Starscream states.
"I'm sorry. Next time I won't go wandering off without telling you
first." Stormstalker sighs.
"Do that, my son, but you're not going unpunished." Slipstream
says.
"Hey Stormer, I heard about that little stunt you pulled. Be
thankful you didn't get a good lashing for it." Recquiem grins.
"Have to rub it in, don't you Recquiem?" Stormstalker sneers.
"Rub in nothing, Stormer. I wish I'd done things like that when I
was your age. Of course I had Gynae and the twins to keep me busy. You
have no such luck." Recquiem shrugs.
"Oh yeah, well just so happens that I do have someone to play
with." Stormstalker retorts.
"And who is this playmate?" Recquiem asks.
"Can't tell ya." Stormstalker says.
"Hey, you can tell me. I had pretend playmates too you know."
Recquiem smiles.
"Pretend nothing, she's as real as I am." Stormstalker sneers.
"Oooh, it's a her. That's different. Do you like her?" Recquiem
inquires.
"Yeah, she's okay." Stormstalker shrugs.
"Just okay? Your hiding something, but I can't pry you about it
right now. See you later kiddo." Recquiem waves.
"He'll be back, I'd bank on it." Stormstalker sighs.
Slipstream enters, "Okay, Stormstalker, you're free to go. Play
outside for awhile, but no more wandering off so far from home."
"I understand." Stormstalker nods, transforms and leaves.
"Hi." Skysoar says.
"What are you doing here?" Stormstalker asks.
"Some welcome wagon you are. I thought you wanted to play with me."
Skysoar retorts.
"Yeah, but not this close to home. How 'bout if someone spots ya?"
Stormstalker sighs.
"No chance of that happening, my radar would pick up anyone coming.
Besides, I like you and you said you liked me as well." Skysoar replies.
"Yeah, and?" Stormstalker says.
"Just checking, let's land." Skysoar states. They transform and
alight the peak of the mountain, "Remember what I said before I left?"
"Yeah, so?" Stormstalker says. Œ
"Want to take me up on it?" Skysoar smiles.
"Well, I don't know." Stormstalker shrugs.
"Oh come on, the adults do it and we're almost adults. Besides, you
said you liked it." Skysoar grins.
"I said I KINDA liked it, Skysoar." Stormstalker retorts.
"Same thing, well?" Skysoar says.
"Well....okay." Stormstalker resigns. They kiss.
"AHEM" the purple, red and white form of Shadow says, they break
off and look at him, "Two little lovebirds sitting in a tree,
K-I-S-S-I-N-G, first comes love, then comes marriage, then..."
The red, purple, and white form of Depth approaches, "Get away from
those bad influences, Shadow. Last thing I need is you learning to kiss
from these kids, who by the way are a bit young."
"Young?!" Skysoar yells, pushes him,"We're almost adults, and can
do anything we want!"
"Fiery young lass, this one." Depth grins, turns to leave, "You
coming, Shadow?"
"Go ahead without me." Shadow states, Depth leaves, "Now what was
I going to say..."
"Is it true what he said, no one's ever kissed you?" Skysoar asks.
"Yes." Shadow nods.
"I can fix that." Skysoar smiles, kisses on the cheek, "There, now
what were you going to tell us?"
"Nothing. Carry on." Shadow sighs and leaves.
"Why'd you kiss Shadow for? He's so... well, so ugly and old."
Stormstalker shakes his head.
"I felt sorry for him. Besides, he looks like a nice enough fella.
I wonder why no one's ever kissed him?" Skysoar muses.
"Its the way he acts, no one trusts him, or Depth. I think they
like being without female company." Stormstalker shrugs.
"Too bad. Now where were we? Skysoar smiles, they kiss, then
disengage, "You're getting good at kissing, Stormer."
"Well, your good at it too you know." Stormstalker blushes.
"Maybe you like me more than you say you do." Skysoar grins.
"Maybe, maybe not." Stormstalker states, pulls her in for a kiss,
"Uh oh, I hear my Mom calling me, I'd better go."
"See you tomorrow then." Skysoar waves, transforms and leaves.
"I've got to have a serious talk with Dad about females or I'm
never going to understand these feelings I have for Skysoar."
Stormstalker sighs.
"I told you that I sensed this planet was unstable." the two toned
brown form of Barracuda states.
"But we haven't found our quarry yet." the blue, red and white form
of Smokescreen says.
"We have no choice, we've got to leave." the blue, light blue and
red form of Shark retorts, they race to the shuttle and blast off.
Moments later, the planet shatters, pieces of it bombard the shuttle.
"What a shame." the orange, ochre, and black form of Tracer sighs.
"I find it strange that no one was waiting for us when we landed."
the multi-blue form of Gynae muses.
"A 'Con trap with a zap?" the two tone blue form of Bebop asks.
"Could have been." Smokescreen shrugs, a sobbing is heard.
"Did you?" Tracer inquires, looking around.
"I'll check it out." Gynae nods, she walks to the rear of the
shuttle, opens the closet containing the children, "We've got stowaways."
Tracer approaches. "Come out, we won't hurt you." all but one exits.
"There was life on that planet after all. Barracuda, you've just
got to see our little group here." Tracer smiles.
"Come on, little one." Gynae says, she reaches in and cradles the
child, "There's no need to be scared."
"I want my Mother." the child sniffs.
"I want my Mother too." the other children cry. Barracuda enters.
"Sounds like someone had better start explaining to these urchins
about their mothers." Barracuda sighs.
"Don't look at me." Tracer says. Œ
"I'll do it." Gynae states and sits down, "Come here children."
"Do you understand what I have told you?" Gynae asks.
"Yes." the children reply.
"Good." Gynae says.
"Who's going to take care of us now our mothers are gone?" a child
inquires.
"I'll see if I can find a couple who would adopt you, how's that
sound?" Gynae smiles.
"Great." the children say.
"Will you be my Mommy?" a child asks.
"Well..." Gynae begins.
"I like you." a child says.
"Let's see you get out of this one, Gynae." Tracer chuckles, one of
the children approaches her, "Uh oh, I spoke to soon."
"I like you." Child 2 says.
"I'm next I bet." Barracuda shrugs, a child approaches her, "See,
what I tell you." picks up the child, "I guess we're mothers now, huh?"
"Yeah, and now comes the hard part," picks up the child before her,
"telling the guys that their fathers." Tracer grins.
"Better now than later. Brainstorm, Smokescreen, Shark, us ladies
have something to tell you."
"Well, that's the last one." Gynae states.
"I hope this works out." the dominantly black form of Threnody
says.
"I think it will. They will know soon what they've gotten
themselves into." Gynae smiles, picks up her child.
"Does she have a name?" Threnody asks.
"She's never told me, what is your name, little lady?" Gynae says.
"Lorica." the yellow colored child replies. Œ
"How about if I call you Lori for short?" Gynae smiles.
"Lori.. I like it." Lori nods.
"Good, Lori it is." Gynae says.
"Not much trouble is she?" Threnody queries.
"Maybe when she's older. See you later, Threnody." Gynae waves.
"Stormer." Skysoar cries, he turns.
"Don't sneak up on me like that." Stormstalker says.
"Sorry. I heard about those children the adults found, do you think
we could play with them?" Skysoar asks.
"Nah, they're getting acquainted with their new parents. Besides
we're way too old to play with them." Stormstalker shrugs.
"I didn't want to share you with them anyway." Skysoar grins, they
embrace and kiss.
"What do we have here? You'd better start explaining,
Stormstalker." Starscream states.
"Uh, hi Dad." Stormstalker blushes.
"Who's this, eh?" Starscream gestures.
"This is my playmate, Skysoar." Stormstalker says.
"What you were doing had no resemblance to playing to me, young
man." Starscream sneers.
"We're almost adults you know." Skysoar retorts.
"You have a point there. I've got to face facts, my son is growing
up." Starscream sighs.
"You're not going to punish me are you?" Stormstalker queries.
"There's no cause to, just behave yourself with this young lady."
Starscream states.
"Yes sir." Stormstalker nods.
"I'll try to break this to your mother carefully, but I want you to
introduce her to your girlfriend soon afterwards." Starscream says.
"Yes sir, right away." Stormstalker smiles. Œ
"Good, carry on." Starscream waves and leaves.
"That was too easy, if my Father had caught us doing what we were
doing..." Skysoar sighs.
"Then be glad it was my Dad that caught us and not yours. Come on,
I'll show you around Headquarters before I introduce you to my Mother."
Stormstalker smiles.
"This must be the female playmate you told me about." Requiem
grins.
"Skysoar, this is Recquiem, I'm related to him." Stormstalker
gestures, "I've got to introduce her to Mom, Dad insisted I do."
"He caught you smooching, didn't he? Don't answer that, I can tell
by the blush of your faceplate." Recquiem smiles.
Starscream approaches, "I believe your Mother is prepared for your
introduction, son. Don't keep her waiting."
"Come on, Skysoar." they leave. Suffice it to say the introduction
goes well. While this is happening... Recquiem sits outside HQ.
"I wonder if Skysoar forced her attention on Stormer or if they
fell in love naturally?" Recquiem ponders, someone covers his optics with
their hands, "What the?'"
"Guess who?" the silver, black, purple and red form of Dynae says.
"Who else could it be, Dynae?" Recquiem sighs, she uncovers his
eyes.
"Don't sound so perturbed, Recquiem. You can turn a girl off with
that tone of voice." Dynae grins.
"That was the basic idea, Dynae." she sits next to him.
"Your such a wet blanket. I've told you how much I like you, so
what's your problem?" Dynae asks.
"The problem is exactly that, you've pushed the fact that you like
me to the point that I have no interest in you." Recquiem states.
"Do I have to show you then? Is that it?" Dynae inquires.
"Dynae, you just don't..." he's cut off by her kiss.
"Deny me now." Dynae says.
"You're not making this easy." Recquiem sighs. Œ
"I have every intention to make it easy, Recquiem." Dynae smiles.
"Forget it, Dynae. It can't work, I can't feel anything for you."
Recquiem shrugs. She shoves her cannon to the back of his head.
"Come again, Recquiem?" Dynae sneers.
"I can't feel anything for you, Dynae, mostly because of your
unstable nature and the fact you've forced yourself on me." Recquiem
states, she lowers her cannon, "You can't force me to love you, it has to
happen by itself."
"I understand. Can we be friends then?" Dynae sighs.
"You must stabilize your persona to your good side before I can
consider the possibility of us being friends." Recquiem nods.
"That's not easy, Recquiem. But I'll do anything to have you. Good
day." she leaves.
"Good day, Dynae. Matrix be with you." Recquiem says.