Chapter Fifteen
Thundercracker sat watching the cave the five Autobots had entered. He had been following Hot Rod seeing the Prime's sparkling was alone and vulnerable, word had it that Silverlight had been stirring up trouble and the Autobots were now in disarray. As much as that pleased him he could not forget the way the blue femme would not move even though she knew he was going to shoot her, tears in her optics. Had Mirage not pulled her out of the way when he did he was quite sure that he would have missed on purpose. He told Starscream that he had no feelings for the femme back then when he stupidly let slip that she loved him but the truth was he'd never gotten over her and he didn't think he ever would. Thankfully no-one had noticed how he would go out of his way to avoid the racing truck during battles. How much longer are they going to be in there? He wondered why would they even come here anyway? From his vantage point he could see that there was no civilisation for miles and they were too far away from the Autobot base to be doing anything of significance. Could it be Silverlight? Could she have finally had enough and run off? She shouldn't be out here alone, it's dangerous for her. He finally decided to go down and see what they were all up to, at the very least if it wasn't Silverlight he could give Megatron a heads up on what the Autobots were planning. He flew down and cautiously walked up to the cave entrance and peered in, those nuisance twins were standing off to the side, Prowl was further in the cave with Hot Rod and Ultra Magnus slightly ahead of him standing in front of…
"Silverlight." He said quietly before he realised. Her brother and the car transporter were trying to convince her of something but she was not believing it.
"Sis please," Hot Rod pleaded "you can't stay out here. They'll easily find you and kill you."
"I'll be fine, Hot Rod. I can take care of myself."
"We are not doubting that, Silverlight." Prowl began. "The Decepticons will take you by force they will not appear one by one but as one big brutal force."
"He's right." Thundercracker found himself saying drawing the attention of the entire cave.
"What are you doing here?" Hot Rod asked annoyed remembering the last time he encountered the blue seeker.
"Word has it the autobots are in disarray, I see it's true." He said walking out into the entrance of the cave.
"You want disarray, we'll give you disarray." Sideswipe said threateningly as both he and Sunstreaker moved toward the mech.
"Sunstreaker, Sideswipe stop." Silverlight called out as she headed over to the seeker and stopping in front of him. "Hot Rod asked you a question, answer it." She said harshly.
"I believe it just did." He told her folding his arms across his chest.
"Why are you even talking to him, Silverlight, let's just pummel him and leave." Sideswipe said.
"For once we're in agreement, Sideswipe." Hot Rod agreed. "And why are you two just standing there doing nothing when there's a potential risk to my sisters life in front of her." He said annoyed as he looked over at Prowl and Ultra Magnus.
"I see no risk to her life, Hot Rod." Prowl began "all I see is a mech wanting to talk to Silverlight. How about you Magnus?" Looking over at the white and blue mech, no-one else may not have noticed the way the blue seeker tried to avoid doing harm to the femme but he and Jazz had. Both of them wondered how long it would be before the mech approached her.
"I agree with you, Prowl."
"I've known you a long time, Thundercracker. You were the only one I felt I could trust when I was with the cons, we told each other many things. Always knew when the other was feeling low or hiding something." Silverlight began in a low serious voice.
"That was a long time ago, Silverlight." Thundercracker told her "we've both changed a lot since then."
"Have we? Then why are you here trying to convince me to go back with the others, huh? Why not communicate with either Starscream or Megatron and tell them you've found the traitorous femme? I'll tell you why, because you still feel that connection we used to share."
"Are you saying that he is in love with you?" Sunstreaker asked annoyed.
"Believe me, I wish she wasn't." Hot Rod muttered looking away from everyone.
"They both were." Prowl said surprising the Lamborghinis and car transporter. "And it seems Thundercracker still is."
"That's why you're here. Why you avoid me whenever our factions clash." the racing truck said somewhat stunned. "But…you tried to kill me…I-I don't understand." She was now extremely confused. If Thundercracker loved her then why did he try to kill her?
"It was the only way to make you see." Ultra Magnus began looking at Thundercracker "the only way you would truly become an Autobot and forget about him, about what you shared." He saw the surprised look on the seeker's face that he knew exactly how he felt back then and give a nod to which the mech gave a small smile. "I would have done the same thing."
"You wanted me to hate you, to never see you again." She said her optics never leaving him.
"Because I knew you would try and find ways to see me. We are on opposing sides, Silverlight, and you are the Prime's sparkling. Both you and Hot Rod are number one targets for any Decepticon to use against the Autobots, it would be far too dangerous for us to remain…" He looked at her for a moment before looking over at the ground "friends." He continued quietly.
"You really do care about my sister, don't you?" Hot Rod said gently as he walked over to them.
"Hm. Did you not figure that out when she left with you all those years ago." Thundercracker said slightly sarcastic as he looked at the red and orange mech.
"Well…I…kinda didn't want to believe it." He said rubbing the back of his head sheepishly. "I mean, you're a con…"
"Exactly. Which is why I drove her away." The blue mech looked at Silverlight a moment before saying, "I should go." He said turning to leave "Silverlight, return to the Autobots. If Megatron ever got a hold of you I won't be able to protect you he'd kill me and Starscream and Skywarp would no doubt help him."
"Thunder…" Silverlight began quietly.
"Ultra Magnus." Thundercracker called out his back still toward everyone.
"Yes?" The car transporter replied.
"Take care of her." With that the seeker flew off.
Silverlight watched him until he disappeared out of sight not realising a tear was trailing down her cheek. A voice called out her name she turned to everyone looking at each in turn. She couldn't hold it in anymore, she didn't want to hold it anymore it had been holding her back all these years and now it was time to set it free. She cried and ran into Sunstreaker's chest surprising the mech who would have fallen over if Sideswipe had not of caught him. The yellow mech looked over at Ultra Magnus who gave a small smile and a nod. "Let's go home, Light." He whispered in her audio, to which she nodded still crying her optics out.