This story is to a collection called 'Toying With Reality'

I own none of the characters other than 'Skyfall' and 'Dawnbreaker'

'Com'

"Speech"

"Telepathy"

Skyfall was exhausted, her entire form shook by the time she made it back to the Nemesis, Skyquake in tow. The largest of the two was faring better but still he walked a bit slowly with his always lingering limp. They had been combat training extensively in an old river bed, upon Skyfalls request.

The two Deception jets walked through the hangar of the Battle Cruiser, Skyfall was chipper limping with a smile, "I appreciate you helping me Skyquake."Skyfall said with a tired huff. "But did you have to be so rough?" She gingerly stretched her lower back strut with a hiss. "My aft hurts.."

"If you would have behaved and submitted as I asked I wouldn't have had to punish you." Skyquake said in a matter of fact tone placing his large servo onto the much smaller bots shoulder. "You will learn to ignore the pain."

"Skyfall," Starscreams voice growled out threateningly. The duo stopped in their tracks looking over expecting to see Starscream but instead found Soundwave standing by the door, his energy levels were spiking and his anger was almost tangible.

"Soundwave? Is something wrong?" Skyfall asked stepping towards the Communications Officer. The silent mech pointed silently to Skyquake, who in turn looked to Skyfall in confusion. The Decepticon Second in Command glared at Soundwave, she had a hunch about what was going on, "Skyquake you are dismissed."

"Commander.."

"That was an order, this is between Soundwave and I." Skyfall snapped, the large warrior walked passed Soundwave with a parting glare then continued on out of sight. Skyfall turned to the lithe bot with a calm expression she motioned for him to follow her. Skyfall led Soundwave down the hall out of audio range of the Drones, tiling her helm slightly towards the dark mech next to her Skyfall gave him a slight nod. "What seems to be the problem Soundwave?"

"But did you have to be so rough? If you would have behaved and submitted as I asked I wouldn't of had to punish you." Soundwave played back her and Skyquake's conversation.

Skyfall sighed flicking her wrist lightly, "A miss communication Soundwave, I was merely complaining about his teaching methods, Skyquake was training me in combat scenarios. I thought it important for me to know since…well I never have that sort of training." Skyfall admitted.

"Soundwave: Understood." With that Soundwave nodded once.

Skyfall hummed and tapped her talon to her lip, "I can see how you were mistaken, the way our words were spoken was less than appropriate." She chuckled lightly, "Now that I think about it I would have thought the same thing!" The SIC let her orange optics linger on the dull charcoal frame of her superior, noting the long scratches a some small dents. "Soundwave weren't you a fighter in the Pit?" Soundwave paused momentarily then nodded again. "I thought so…do you have any special moves you can show me?"

When Soundwave did nothing Skyfall shrunk back, "Forget I asked…I-I have work to do in the Lab…yeah." Turning Skyfall went to walk the other way but her servo was snatched and she was pulled over to the wall. Both her servos pinned over her helm, Soundwave looked down at her shocked expression his other servo positioned like a blade at her spark chamber. "Woah."

"Didn't know you had a thing for the silent type Sweetspark~" Knockout purred from down the hall, Skyfall and Soundwave whipped their heads to look at him. "And Soundwave, might I say that is one way to sweep a femme of her pedes. I'll remember that move for the books." The red Aston Martin chuckled and walked away, "Don't let me ruin your moment~."

Soundwave had let her go, instantly her arms dropped and she turned to leave. But his slim servo slammed into the wall next to her helm, Skyfall looked back up at the Communications Officer with wide optics. Skyfall wanted to die, what kind of Shoujo hell had she been put in?!

'Soundwave-senpai you baka!'

'Shut the fuck up Dawnbreaker…'

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Clutching the Dark Energon shard Starscream glared at it in frustration, he had watched the footage of Megatron bringing an army to life with such shard but he had no site to test this on. He needed a corpse… A trial run per say. Walking through the halls of the Nemesis the silver Seeker watched Skyquake limp distractedly down the hall past him towards the Lab. Smirking devilishly Starscream clutched the shard. Skyquake was already on borrowed time and such a injury tho healed left him slightly handicapped. Decepticons did not accept weakness. Chucking to himself, Starscream knew he had just found his new test subject.

Confronting the bot was easy but getting the large green warrior to follow him to the canyon he had emerged from was harder. Starscream bit back a vicious retort, but he kept his tone even, "I'm ordering you to investigate the Autobot signature Soundwave has detected there."

"I don't take orders from you, only Lord Megatron and Commander Skyfall."

Thinking fast Starscream directed the conversation, "The scans confirm that the Autobot is Dawnbreaker a former, acquaintance, of the Commander, I believe."

Skyquake laughed in Starscreams face, "Ha! If so then there is no worry Dawnbreaker is hardly a threat! But if it will get you off my tailpipe then I will investigate." With a harsh glare to the sleek Seeker Skyquake pushed passed the smaller bot to the Ground Bridge control room.

Starscream smirked, his plan was coming together. Now all he needed to do was dispatch of Skyquake quickly. Perhaps leave him a few days to be sure he wont be completely…resurrected.

Skyfall had com'd the large mech multiple times but still no answer. By now she was worried and dare she say distraught. Skyquake was like a brother to her, they got along better than most Decepticons. Hell the brute was even opening up to her! Walking into the Command room she spotted Breakdown.

"Have you seen Skyquake?" Skyfall asked the blue mech as he walked by.

Breakdown paused for a moment and frowned, "No Ma'am I have not seen him since this morning, try Soundwave he should know."

Frowning Skyfall weighed her options, continue this fruitless search or ask Soundwave. "Very well." Walking up to the Communications Officer Skyfall steeled her self, this mornings event still fresh in her processor. Shaking off the memory she spoke, "Soundwave have you seen Skyquake? He was supposed to meet me in the lab, and now his com is off. Did he have a mission?" The CO pulled up data files on Ground Bridge travel, Skyquake had logged in coordinates to…Skyfall gasped her fist clenched in rage. "That's all Soundwave I know what happened."

"Ah yes a terrible tragedy, it was a simple scouting mission of an Autobot life signature. But I guess his handicap cost him his life." Starscreams voice filtered into her audios like nails on a chalkboard. "Skyquake will be missed." Starscream walked up to both his officers with his servo over his spark in mock sympathy, "I offer my condolences Skyfall I know you two were close. The loss of a great warrior is a blow to the Decepticon cause but one we will have to recover from."

Skyfall knew Starscream was lying. And she had a feeling why.

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In the Autobot base….

Megatron was getting flashbacks from when the Space Bridge Collapsed. The pain, the weightlessness, then the final cold clutch of death. But death never truly came, he remembered being suspended in space nearly dead, that's when…Starscream. Fury blossomed in Megatrons core like a white hot smelting pit, his trusted second in command ripped out the only thing keeping him alive. The Dark Energon shard. He's sub conscience angrily writhed within his host body, the unlucky Autobot Scout called Bumblebee.

When the anger subsided to minimal rage, the Decepticon Warlord let his conciseness shift to his prone husk of a body, he needed to know if his body was ready for his return. Megatron watched the new Decepticon Femme he let live enter the room. 'What was her name…ah yes, Skyfall.' The Warlord let out a curious sound as he watched the grey Femme walk up to the computers keeping his body alive. She worked on recalibrating the machine to its highest caliber, seeming to be pleased with that Skyfall moved to work on his body. Megatron watched the practiced ease of witch she repaired cables and wielded together armor and struts. Grinning, Megatron found himself pleased that he made her into a Medic the job suited the Femme well. Commotion by the Lab doors made Skyfall jolt and move to a crevasse just wide enough for her to slide in, confused by the reaction Megatron looked to the source. Starscream, his Second in Command waltzed into the room with a sly grin at his vegetative form. A growl escaped him as he watched the lithe bot rap on his helm.

"Knock knock…Is anyone in there?" Starscream leaned closer to Megatrons face with a grin, "No? Oh, well. Seems I posses the only thing that would allow you to rise off that slab and walk again, my dearest Megatron." The Seeker mocked with his servo over his spark. With glee he took out the Dark Energon crystal, "The only scrap left on this planet.~" Flipping the glowing purple shard Starscream smiled, "Plucked from your very spark chamber. But to bad it cannot restore your mind."

Megatron shook with rage, how dare Starscream be so arrogant! The large grey Mech looked to Skyfall who was crouched in her hiding spot, he could see the anger in her vibrant orange optics, her claws digging into the metal hull. Megatron let out a huff of amusement looks like Starscream has lost the respect of his fellow Seeker.

"The Decepticons need a leader, not a decorative centerpiece. And I will convince them that I am the true heir to your throne. With a plan so epic—"

"Not even the mighty Megatron could have conceived it?~" A voice Megatron knew well purred into the Lab making Starscream turn to see Knockout lazily leaning against the door frame his arms folded.

Starscream chuckled nervously, "That was the idea, Knockout." Exasperated Starscream raised a brow in slight embarrassment, "How long have you been there?"

Getting up from the wall Knockout smiled, "Long enough. And it's 'Commander Knockout' to you once and future Lord Starscream."

'WHAT?!,' Megatron was taken back by the ludicrousness of it all. Betrayal everywhere he turned, granted Knockouts play for power is to be expected by such an…flamboyant Mech. Watching the red mech leave, Starscream turned to Megatrons prone form again.

"It's a good thing I chose that ignorant red lout to 'repair' you over Skyfall. She would actually have been able to bring you back, oh well." With a snicker Starscream gave the gunmetal grey bot a slight flick of his wrist, "Now if you don't mind I have a glacier to melt." Starscream left the room with a boisterous laugh.

Skyfall shimmied out of her hiding spot with a disgruntled huff, "Your right about one thing, I can bring Lord Megatron back. And I know he heard everything you said, ve con Dios Commander Starscream." Skyfall laughed wickedly going back to work on Megatrons damaged protoform.

Interested in the new information he had learned Megatron retreated back into the Scout to start his return.

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Dawnbreaker was driving in the arctic! If she wasn't racing towards the massive Decepticon war ship this would actually be really cool. Dawnbreaker was flanking Bulkhead and Arcee, with metal to the pedal they drove action movie style towards the ship. Faltering slightly Dawnbreaker glared at the large blue Deception as he jumped off the ship and plummeted towards them, the impact of Breakdown hitting the snow capped glacier sent both Bulkhead and Arcee flying. But Dawnbreaker had transformed before impact, and buried her tomahawk into the ice for stability. When the flurry of ice and snow passed Dawnbreaker stood up to face Breakdown.

"Sweetspark you are as beautiful as ever, the shinning snow really brings out your matte finish." Breakdown winked at Dawnbreaker.

"Flattery don't charge these batteries Breakdown." Dawnbreakers quip came out fast and smooth like her punch that she threw at the large blue Decepticon. The punch connected to the un-expecting Decepticons face sending Breakdown stumbling back.

'Yass Queen kick his ass!' Skyfall cheered Dawnbreaker from inside the Nemesis. Utilizing a monitor she pulled up the cameras for the hall and lab watching Ratchet and Raf make their way to the Lab after Bumblebee. "Aw shit get it Ratchet," Skyfall said watching the older mech throw punches at the possessed Bumblebee. She was rooting for the opposite team but Skyfall can admit she has a soft spot for the under dogs. Not to mention she had an +A view of Ratchets aft…

Raf ran up to Bumblebee his face horror stricken when the small scout simply swatted the larger mech like he was a piece of tin. "Bumblebee no!" Skyfall gasped at the bravery, she clutched her fist over her spark. "Remember who you are! Remember me!—"

"Simba, remember who you are!" Skyfall said with a goofy grin.

"I know you always listen to me, no matter what." Whatever Raf was saying to Bee must have been working because Skyfall could see the change in the yellow scouts optics and he beeped enthusiastically. "That's right, Bee. It's me." But it didn't hold for long, Megatron fought back for control. The internal struggle made the bot fall to his knees, Skyfall looked away knowing that Megatron had taken control again and would strike at the small human. Deactivating the terminal Skyfall stepped away knowing her Lord and Master would rise soon and she needed to escort the Autobots out safely.

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Dawnbreaker rolled out of the way as Arcee launched herself at Breakdown her wrist blades out and poised. She was easily grabbed and thrown aside, "Arcee!" Dawnbreaker yelled. "Wow Breakdown even for you that was sloppy." Dawn teased as she watched Bulkhead rush Breakdown.

"You know what else can be sloppy a nice hot fr—" Bulkhead threw his punch but was blocked by Breakdowns hammer both heavy weapons clashed with such power that is cracked the glacier sending snow up in a large flurry.

Dawnbreaker stumbled back, her cerulean optics caught sight of Optimus a top the Nemesis charging Starscream, it all went up in a giant flash of light. Then the blast wave hit sending all four of them flying back. Dawnbreaker felt herself bounce and roll on the snow capped ice till she came to a halt with a loud metal clang. "Ugh what the hell did I land on?"

"Normally I'd be really upset to have an Autobot on top of me but for you I'd make an exception." Breakdown said weakly but still with mirth.

Dawnbreaker looked down at the large blue Decepticon with a frown, she was in fact strewn across his chassis, rather comfortably mind you kind like a lounge, "Your fat aft has one good use, makes great landing spot." Dawn patted his armor, looking over to Optimus collapsed not to far from were every one landed the heat from the laser and the blast radiated off his frame melting the snow around him into steam. The grey McLauren optics moved to Starscream coming in fast from the war ship her and Arcee yelled at the same time, "Optimus!"

"Megatrons greatest mistake was ever letting you live Prime!" Starscream yelled diving down his missiles prepped for the kill. Just as he was about to fire the Seeker was T-boned by Megatron, Starscream let out a horrified screech as he was swept away to the Nemesis.

"Holy shit!" Dawnbreaker gaped in shock and amusement. "Well looks like your Boss bots back." Patting Breakdowns chassis again she got up and walked away to her fellow Autobots. Leaving the disoriented Decepticon in the snow.

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Skyfall watched the final Combatacon drop to the Lab floors, taking that as her ques she walked in casually, "Having fun?"

"W-who are you?" Raf asked as Bee remember the Femme from that day in the Desert when they first found Dawnbreaker. The yellow Chevy Camaro beeped and whirled excitedly, Raf and Ratchet looked at the grey and yellow Seeker in shock. "You're Dawnbreakers spark sister?"

Skyfall laughed, "Who else would I be? Now listen up I need to get y'alls out of here before anymore Drones come back." Her visor lowered, "We don't have much time follow me there's a loading hatch small enough for gramps to fit through if he thought skinny. One small drop and you'll be on ice in seconds!" Motioning them to follow she poked her head out into the corridor it was clear, most of the Drones had gone to stop the fire that ravaged some of their engines.

"What about the cameras wont we be seen?" Raf asked from atop Bee's shoulder armor.

"No, I just activated a scrambler the screens with only show an empty hallway but it wont last very long," Skyfall shrugged lightly as they ran down a hall making a quick left turn then a right. Once at the correct door she punched the code and motioned for them to enter. "Alright now this is your stop boys thanks for dropping in."

"That was awful. I can see how you and Dawnbreaker are related." Ratchet huffed annoyed.

"Arn't you coming with us? You know to finally be with Dawnbreaker again?" Raf asked meekly.

Skyfall felt a pang of sadness, the taller bot out of the two Autobots sagged her wings, "No, Raf I cannot the Decepticon data base has more information that her and I need to fix what had happened to us. I need to stay with the Decepticons for that reason. Dawnbreaker understands." She saw the small boy nod in acceptance. "Don't worry bout me kid, these Con's got nothing on me! But I am tempted to go with yah just so I can spend more time with you Ratchet~" Skyfall winked at the Autobot medic who sputtered in shock energon lighting up his face plate. "Bye y'all!" Laughing Skyfall flicked the switch on the terminal dropping Ratchet and Bumblebee through the hull and out of sight. Dusting off her servos Skyfall decided to indulge herself and watch Starscream get his aft handed to him.

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Dawnbreaker lent against the cement wall watching Ratchet do one last scan on Bumblebee, she was glad to be back in base the frost was really starting to gnaw at her gears. But she had noticed that Ratchet refused to meet her optics, this was strange normally the Medic reveled in giving her a glare or two. Turning to Raf Dawnbreaker lent down nearer the boy, "What's wrong with Ratchet?"

The smaller boy laughed lightly, "Skyfall made him blush."

"Ratchet blush? No…that's like impossible." Miko said getting in on this juicy news. "And you met Skyfall?! Lucky!"

Dawnbreaker watcher Jack move closer to them to ease drop, she smiled when did gossip about their grumpy old medic ever come up. Raf smiled happy to have something to catch his friends interests, "Ratchet turned Energon blue in the face!" Dawnbreaker snorted wishing she had seen that. "And Skyfall is so tall, with wings that moved when she talked! Skyfall even helped us escape the war ship, I asked her to come back with us…but she said she had important research to do."

"Leave it to Sky to utilize all the she can." Dawnbreaker smiled, "So what did she say to grumpy ol' Ratchet?"

Raf giggled, "Something along the lines of spending time with Ratchet…oh! And she winked at him."

"Aw she thawed his frozen spark~" Miko teased a big smile on her face. "How adorable!"

"What are you four yammering about?" Ratchet asked annoyed by the constant giggles.

"Raf was telling us how my spark sister embarrassed you so much you blushed~" Dawnbreaker leered at the resident medic, her optics glowing bright with amusement.

Bumblebee lit up at that and beeped rapidly retelling the entire event with vigor to the entire Autobot team, much to Ratchets horror.