Chapter 24: Nightshade's Team

Nightshade looked over her shoulder as she made sure that no one was following her as she walked into the back of the Nemesis. Her emerald optics scanned all the dark crevices that she knew from her dimension that Soundwave liked to place his Casettecons as they waited to find out something knew about the Autobots plans. She knew that any Soundwave from any dimension would do the same and she could not allow Galvatron to know that she was already planning on going to Animatron before they even got to the Solar System where the planet was.

She had asked a Vechicon where there was a quite place on the ship. The reason that she gave the Trooper was that she needed to mediate, something that she always done before a mission. The Vechicon told her that the old pen where Predaking had been kept in his first few days and weeks of being online. It had been the only place on the Nemesis that had been large enough for the massive Predacon. It was the only place on the ship that very few Mechs ventured to. Predaking, now that he can transform into a Mech form avoided the hanger where Starscream kept him locked up like a caged animal. It was the perfect place for Nightshade to sneak away without Galvatron knowing that she was pushing the plan ahead than what they had agreed upon.

Nightshade walked into the Beasts Pen as it was called and stopped dead at what she was seeing. Her emerald optics brightened and then dulled. "No wonder no one comes in here!" she said to herself as she slowly walked into the Beasts Pen. Her sharp metal claws tapping against the metal floor like everywhere else on the Nemesis and on Cybertron. She didn't allow her tail to touch the ground at the sight that she was seeing. The walls were covered in scratch marks that went deep into the walls. The hanger doors were closed over, no doubt to keep the darkness of space from tearing into the Nemesis.

The young Dragonoid stopped dead when she spotted a Mech lurking in the shadows. The Mech had been believed dead but had been so close to death that it had taken all the Medics on Cybertron to keep him stabile after Unicron's first failed attempt of taken Cybertrons Core. The Mech, as far as Nightshade had been told was one of Megatron's top supporters and that was the same for Galvatron. The Mech and his brother who had been brought back by Primus after Unicron's second attempt for the Core of Cybertron with a much larger army. The twins hardly went far from each other. They were only separated from each other if there was a mission that the two needed to be apart for.

"So I meet the famous Nightshade! I have heard a lot about you!" the Mech said finally walking out of the shadows. The large blue and yellow Seeker was roughly the same size as Galvatron.

Nightshade took a step back and walked into another Mech. Whipping around she could not help preparing to launch an attack. Standing behind her was the ever silent Soundwave. The faceless Mech just stared at her as a smaller Mech also walked out of the shadows of the Beasts Pen. The smaller Mech was only slightly taller than her and about the same size as Prowl. In fact as she studied the Mech she released that he looked like Prowl, but an evil version of the strict Autobot that she knew from her dimension and from this dimension whom she had only meet a few times.

Nightshade glared at the Seeker. Her mistrust in Decepticons came back with a vengeance. Her optics jumped to all the gathered Mechs before looking back at the blue and yellow Seeker. "What are doing down here?" she asked the Seeker who no doubt had been told by Galvatron to watch her back.

"I could be asking you the same thing, Nightshade! Galvatron gave me orders to watch your back as he has told me that trouble always seems to find you!" Dreadwing said to Nightshade. The large Seeker was not backing down and it appeared Nightshade might need to talk her way out of this before she got to go to Animatron.

Dreadwing looked at Soundwave and Barricade. The two Mechs stepped away from Nightshade. "No that is Galvatron! I'm normally passing through! Now Dreadwing get out of my way!" she snapped back at Dreadwing. She still had not dropped down into a battle position. There was no point in starting a fight against three opponents who were bigger and stronger in strength wise.

"I am afraid I can not do that! Galvatron has given me an order to remain at your side!" Dreadwing said. He took a step closer to Nightshade who let out a low growl. Dreadwing took a step back and also brought up his hands in a show that he was not a threat.

Nightshade stopped growling. She knew that they were not a threat, but she was still on her claws. She really didn't want to be away from her allies and have a blade stuck in her back. "Sorry old habits die hard!" she said relaxing all of her body. The tip of her tail twitched as she relaxed, well relaxed a little. She was still on high alert. Decepticons should not be trusted. It was something that many Mechs and Femmes had learned the hard way.

Dreadwing bowed his head in understanding. The large Mech stepped to the side and allowed Nightshade a full view of the hanger bay door. "If you are to speak to Scourge we must leave at this moment! I have heard that Galvatron is getting ready to deal with Scourge the way that he deals with traitors from when he was Megatron!" Dreadwing said to her.

Nightshade nodded her head. "Okay I want to speak to this Scourge and see what he is all about before we make a move! And before Galvatron does something stupid!" she said before looking towards Soundwave. The faceless Mech just stood silently and stared at her. Well she thought he was staring at her. Soundwave not having a visible face was just creepy, and she had seen many creepy things over the years.

"Can you open a Ground Bridge while in a Space Bridge?" she asked the faceless Mech. Soundwave nodded his head. On the screen that made up his face lit up. A image of a vortex opened up with a series of coordinates. With a flicker the Ground Bridge sprang open.

Without saying anything else Nightshade lead the group into the Ground Bridge that would take them to Animatron.