Yay! Another update! Hopefully I'll have another one up on Sunday, but I might not.

Chapter Two

Blackshadow growled softly at the pain brought by the use of her injured wings. Knockout had been insistent that she not do anything too strenuous for a few days, but she had a job to do, and she was going to get it done no matter what the medic said.

As she neared the coordinates that Halfmoon had given her she grew anxious. She knew that the twins would be alarmed by her presence, herself being their enemy, and may not take well to her trying to help them.

She transformed into her bipedal mode before landing, Halfmoon had chosen a quite dense forest area for their meeting spot. She waited their for about five breems or so before a ground bridge appeared, then out of it came Halfmoon and the twins. "Glad you could make it."

Halfmoon smiled and replied,"Had a bit of trouble with making our departure not look so suspicious."

Blackshadow turned her attention to the Blacklight and Midlight,"Hello."

The twins glanced warily at her, a challenge rising in their optics even though they looked exhausted.

"Please tell me you can help them, they've been fighting their powers for weeks but they can't seem to get control-" before Halfmoon could finish her sentence Midlight's frame seemed to shudder and even disconnect and disappear in some places before the young femme managed to get ahold of the sudden power surge and pull herself back together,"-of them." Halfmoon finished quietly, looking to Blackshadow as the older femme assessed the situation.

Blackshadow walked over to Midlight and placed her hand on her shoulder. She could feel the chaotic energy flashing within her. She slowly and carefully absorbed some of that energy, making sure that she was taking the right kind while at the same time storing it in herself.

When Midlight's power was under control Blackshadow stood back from the twin observing her work. Already Midlight looked like a huge load had been lifted from her, which it had.

"Thank you," Midlight's soft voice floated across the air like birdsong, brushing gently across all the audio receptors it came in contact with. Blackshadow merely nodded, walked stepped over to Blacklight and did the same to her.

"What now?" Halfmoon asked hesitantly.

"Now, I train them." Blackshadow replied smoothly.

"But we're on different sides! You can't just waltz out the Nemeses saying that you need to go train some Autobot younglings."

"I don't intend to." Blackshadow looked the two young femmes over, taking in every detail,"

Halfmoon stood silently, letting Blackshadow think. She knew the Decepticon well enough to see when she was coming up with a plan.

Blackshadow analyzed her schedule for any time she was not completing assignment or recharging. She found three gaps about every four weeks that she would have more than two hours at a time off.

"Meet me back here in precisely three weeks, a day, and four hours." The twins could wait that long for their first lesson. It seemed that they had already learned somewhat how to control their talents, it was the amount of energy surging through them that they couldn't control.

"We'll be there." Halfmoon stated with a firm nod in Blackshadow's direction.

"Don't be late," Blackshadow used her thrusters to fly up above the foliage before transforming into her alt. mode and soaring away.

When Blackshadow landed on the flight deck the only thing she wanted to do was go recharge. Her wounds were aching, and Knockout would have a fit if he found out that she'd been flying.

She made her way quickly and quietly to her and Dreadwing's quarters. Slipping into her room she plopped down on her berth exhausted.

Her small cyber kitten trotted up to the edge of the bed, then waited to be picked up.

She wasn't one of big species bred for viciousness and fighting ability. No, this small creature was more of a watcher, a planner, or a thinker. Though maybe Dreadwing should have chosen a bigger species, her being too small to even jump up on the berth was getting annoying.

Blackshadow vented noisily, reached down, and plucked the little pest up off of the floor. The little being nuzzled her servo in thanks, but Blackshadow merely set her down beside herself.

The door opened with a hiss, revealing the other Cybotronian that shared this room. Blackshadow didn't even bother looking at her sparkmate, she knew that his faceplates would be set in a straight line. "Hard cycle for both of us I guess."

Dreadwing didn't respond, he didn't need to. All the information he wanted to share with her flowed over their bond.

Blackshadow slowly processed the information he had sent her. A few energon mines had run out of energon and without any known source of energon to replace them Dreadwing had been sent on a long scouting mission without any success. Starscream had angered Megatron yet again, and was currently in the medbay. Knockout had come looking for her, yet since she wasn't there Dreadwing had had to make up something. And last, but not least, Megatron had formed yet another plan to extinguish the Autobots and had called him to a very long, stressful meeting.

Hmmmm...Have you ever thought of suggesting a day off? Blackshadow thought that Megatron pushed her sparkmate much too hard sometimes.

It would be foolish to do so.

It would be foolish not to do so, at this rate you're going to collapse.

Can we change the subject?

No.

How's Fang today?

Blackshadow had wanted to talk to Dreadwing about her, so she begrudgingly relented to the forced change of subject while sending him a fierce feeling speaking of 'this isn't over'. Are you sure she isn't ready for her next upgrade?

Unless she is older than I think she is, no she isn't ready.

Blackshadow mentally sighed,It's getting annoying, her being to small.

I thought we agreed that it would be worth the annoyance when she went into her final frame.

Blackshadow searched her memory banks for any such agreement. I guess we did. I just assumed she would be fully matured by now.

It won't be too long now, maybe before the war is ended.

That's not very assuring.

I'm sure it will end soon.

The problem is keeping her alive until then.

That statement eased the tight expression on her sparkemate's faceplates a bit. She is a trouble maker.

Do you have anything left to do?

No.

Do you mind if I turn off the light?

I'm about to go recharge anyway.

Don't stay up too late on reports.

I won't.

I mean it, if I find out you've spent more than a few kliks past a breem on those reports, I'll force you into a stasis lock for an orn.

I love you too.

Blackshadow rolled her optics, turned off the lights, and went to sleep.

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