Firewing marched through the halls, Cobalt walking in step by her side. This had become a usual sight around the base, the mechling a femme having become all but inseparable since they arrived at the base four weeks prior. They strode towards the flight deck, having been asked to do some training with the seekers.

"I'm so excited" the blue mech commented. He'd never seen a seeker till he met Firewing. And now he had a chance to train with them, whilst getting used to his, newly acquired, jetpack.

Firewing chuckled as she glanced at the youngling beside her. She knew how much he wanted to use his jetpack, and loved the idea of training with the seekers. "I know youngling. I am as well… It's been awhile since I did any aerial training" she commented.

Cobalt smiled at her, before his optics widened at the sight of the flight deck. "It's beautiful" he gasped, as he ran out onto the runway. "The Autobots never had one of these" he said excitedly, acting like a sparkling in a candy store.

Firewing smiled at the younglings antics, allowing him the chance to have his fun. She walked towards him, as he continued to admire the flight deck. Although, to think about it, she had admired the flight deck the first time she'd seen it as well.

"Firewing, Cobalt" the two turned at the sound of their names. "Glad you could make it"

Firewing smiled, as they approached the group of seekers near the end of the runway. "Thank you for inviting us Starscream" she said, as they joined the group.

"My pleasure my lady" he answered, as he nodded his helm respectfully. "It is always a pleasure to fly with other seekers" he said, before turning to the blue mech. "And honorary seekers" he announced kindly.

Cobalt smiled a little at this, he had never felt a part of anything before… Yet now he was considered an honorary member of the most highly trained flyers on Cybertron. "Thank you" he whispered.

"Not at all youngling" the tri-coloured seeker answered. "You are always welcome to train with us"

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Firewing and the other seekers hovered above the mock up 'battle field' that had been set up, smiling as she watched Cobalt soar through the air. Although he still needed some practice to fine tune his skill, he was a natural at this. She actually had to question whether primus mistakenly gave him a ground based body instead of flight capable. She smiled proudly as the youngling dodged his 'attacker', having cut his jetpack engines, allowing himself to freefall, before turning them back on shooting away from the others. "Remember Cobalt; don't rely on that move… It may not be possible to use in battle" she commed the youngling. "Try a sudden and sharp change of direction. It should put your opponent off, but only if they are close to you" she announced.

Cobalt slowed slightly, allowing the purple seeker behind him to catch up to him. He waited until the seeker was only about 10 meters behind him, before suddenly doing a half barrel roll, changing direction as he did; now suddenly shooting straight down.

The purple seeker swore at the sudden change, "that was good" Skywarp commented, before attempting to follow the other mech.

Cobalt giggled as he saw the mech perform the same move, only slower. He thought he might have managed to lose the other mech, but realised he didn't when he heard the telltale sound of a warp engine engage. He almost shrieked in shock, as Skywarp suddenly appeared beneath him in bot-mode, arms stretched.

"Got you" the purple mech said, as he caught the smaller mech in a strong grip. "You made me work for it though" he said, clearly exhausted.

Firewing smiled proudly at this. Definitely a natural. She thought, as she watched the two mechs talk about the exercise. She moved towards the two mechs, sensing the other seekers doing the same. "That was great Cobalt" she started, as she hovered near the two, very exhausted, mechs. "But room for improvement" she announced.

"Yeah. I really thought I had that one" the blue mech commented, his helm dropping slightly.

Firewing chuckled as she watched the youngling. "Don't be too disheartened youngling" she started, her servo going to his shoulder. "Skywarp has been flying and training a lot longer than you have. You still did amazing" she said gently.

"Besides" Skywarp added. "You made me really chase you" he said, his optics softened at the youngling, knowing that this mech would make an amazing aerial combatant one day.

"Thank you" the youngling said a blush on his faceplates once again.

"Anyway youngling" Firewing started. "We should make our way to the training room, we have combat training to go through" she finished, causing the other to nod. "Thank you once again Starscream" she said, as she transformed flying towards the base.

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Firewing and Cobalt circled one another, although both were exhausted, Firewing seemed to be slower than normal. She wasn't sure why, and made a mental note to Hook when she got a chance. She darted left, as Cobalt launched himself at her. Firewing dropped down and spun kicking the younglings pedes out from under him, sending him sprawling to the ground with a yelp. "Don't be too eager to attack" she said, as she helped the mech to his pedes.

"I know" the mech said, as he dusted himself off. "Let my opponent come to me" he finished, dropping into fighting stance.

Firewing lowered herself slightly, trying desperately to ignore the twitch in the back of her helm. She watched as the youngling began to circle her, moving to mirror his actions, when suddenly a wave of dizziness struck her. She didn't even notice the youngling attack, until it was almost too late. She barely blocked his attack, not even having the chance to counter when suddenly her tanks began to roll. She groaned as she dropped to her knees, barely making out what the youngling was saying as he called her name. Her optics flickered before suddenly stasis pulled her into its dark depths.

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