The adventure begins. Solaris get to know new 'bots and the trip to Earth begins.
Two orns later the klaxons on the base activated, warning about decepticon movements.
Storming into the command center Solaris watched the commotion among the mech there, while Ultra Magnus calmly talked with someone on a video feed.
Informed of her presence the commander turned to regard the femme.
"Good. You are here. Your escort has arrived. That is why the alerts are on. They can't avoid being hunted by the decepticons, after all the exit is within Shockwaves own base." Magnus explained.
Returning to the feed Solaris saw an unknown autobot with a blue helm and a grey battle mask regarding her curiously.
"Greetings Solaris. I am Optimus Prime. We will be seeing each other shortly." The mech told her as he found her studying him.
"Uh. Okay." Her courage was slowly leaving her at the fact that she would have to go INTO the decepticon base and then leave all that she knew behind her for an unknown amount of time.
Gently patting the femme on the shoulder, careful to avoid touching the wings, Magnus calmed her trepidation.
"I wouldn't do this if I didn't think you are ready. Don't worry. Optimus and his mechs are highly skilled and able to protect you." The commander said.
A loud screech sounded down the hall and loud laughter followed the sound of transformation. It seemed her escort had arrived.
As the mechs entered the command center Solaris was greeted by the sight of a red and a yellow transformer. As the mechs optics landed on her they both stopped in their advance.
She saw some confusion enter their optics, but it soon faded to be exchanged with wariness.
'Oh. Great.' She thought at the sight of how they suddenly acted around her. 'Hadn't they seen a femme before? Or a seeker for that matter?'
Beside the two the space began to blur and then a klik later another mech stood there. This one was white with blue stripes and showed none of the wariness the other two did. He even smiled at her.
"Greetings I am Mirage." He offered her.
"I'm Solaris." She responded on reflex.
The two others didn't seem to want to present themselves; only after a glare from Mirage did the red greet her somewhat. What she got out of his mumble was the names Sideswipe and Sunstreaker.
She still felt odd about the two, but Mirage made up for the uncomfortable feeling they gave her. He detailed explained how they were going to smuggle her from Cybertron to Earth without the decepticons noticing her presence.
She wasn't sure she liked the plan thou. It seemed quite risky.
When she had voiced her uneasiness about it the two menaces she had dubbed them after some of their snide remarks, had questioned whether she should be going after all. Earth WAS dangerous.
That had angered her more than she had expected, to be belittled like that, and the three mechs had shied away when her armor began to flare. Luckily Magnus had intervened at that so no one had ended up scorched by her heat. After that an awkward silence had fallen over the four and she had even apologized for her outburst.
It took some time for them to get back to the plan, and she wisely let the three plan the remaining part. She had to trust them. She would be staying with them, and becoming hostile with the very mechs that would be securing her safety was ridiculous.
Mirage showed her a small device, someone named Wheeljack had crafted for this purpose only. It would duplicate his invisibility shield for a short time, as long as she was within a certain range of him. That would allow her to move unseen in the decepticon territory and when they arrived though the spacebridge and into the battle that still raged on the Earth side of the bridge. The two other autobots were only there to be decoys. Sideswipe and Sunstreaker would attract the fire and deal with hostilities while Mirage and her simply charged through the stronghold of the base and reaching the control panel.
"Where do I place it?" she asked, while studying the little device in her servo.
"I guess on your back would be the best place, in case of stray shots it won't be easily damaged." The white and blue mech pointed out, taking the device and going to place it between her wings.
His reasoning was understandable, but she sure didn't want him to touch her. As Mirage showed for her to turn around she just stood there taut. Then he grabbed for her wing to turn her himself.
That he should not have done.
The moment later she was on the ground, Magnus' large frame holding her down. The commander knew the instant Mirage had reached for her wings, and the wings had begun to tremble that she was about to lose her control.
There was a reason why he himself was careful to not touch the appendages. They had learn early in her youngling-hood that stimulus to the wings caused her special ability to flare in intense degrees that she was not able to control herself. Something just triggered the blazing heat and light originating from within her strongly enough that she was able to melt the strongest alloys. She was practically like a sun when she was charging the ability fully, which she only had done once.
By tackling the femme to the ground Magnus managed to avoid Mirage touching the wings, while he shielded the others from the outburst that her trepidation at what the mech had tried to do would release.
There was a bright glowing light, and every autobot in the command center had to cover their optics, while the monitors went haywire in the heat coming from the femme.
Then a moment later it was gone.
When the commander rose from his spot on the floor, freeing her, his blue and red coloration was burned away completely and his windshields had melted at the closeness to the source of the heat.
Unfazed by the fact that the femme had just harmed him Magnus regarded the new mechs.
"Don't touch her wings if you want to avoid this." He warned as he motioned for Mirage to hand him the device.
Then with skilled hands Magnus placed the little device on her back, between her wings.
A moment later, when the monitors had normalized once again they contacted Earth to know if they were ready to receive the mechs again on the battling side.
When they had a go, she followed them outside the base. Transforming the escort waited for her to transform. But instead of doing so right away she turned at watched the building that had been her whole life, and that she would be leaving. She might even never see it or the 'bots living there again.
Magnus came outside and pure reflex made her run to him and hug him, clinging close to the other forgetting all about his hurt state.
Wincing, the commander hugged her back, savoring the feeling of her for the last time. He decided to contact Optimus now and then to hear how she fared on the new world she was going to, hopeful that she would benefit from the change.
"I won't forget." She sniffed as she turned to her escort once more. Then steeling herself she transformed into her tetrajet and hovered above the three others, ready to move out.
As they moved towards the decepticon stronghold Sideswipe communicated with his twin. The topic was the femme currently flying above their altmodes.
::It is so strange to have one so close and not allowed to engage.:: he agreed on Sunstreakers dislike of having to babysit a seeker. They were used to scrap Starscream and his aerial fleet of seekers, to suddenly regard one the close was unfamiliar to the twins.
::I don't trust any seeker, however they had grown up. She is going to betray us, I am sure!:: the yellow twin growled.
::Hey. Let us give her a chance; if she turns around we are just going to do as always when dealing with seekers. Optimus has faith in her.:: Sideswipe argued, intrigued by the fact that the seeker was a femme. How it would influence them all and impact on their lives at the base would be interesting.
At that his brother just kept silent.
Meanwhile Solaris just flew calmly above Mirage, the shields active and shielding the both of them.
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