Over half a year had passed since N.E.S.T had seen hide or hair of the Decepticons. Intel came in about four weeks ago informing them that a new seeker had joined the Decepticon ranks, other then that it had been quite. Sideswipe and Sunstreaker joked about showing the new seeker some of their new moves, while Ratchet threatened to disconnected their vocal emitters with his saw. Ironhide was just itching to try out his newly upgraded cannons and often threatened the minor twins they would get the first taste next time they decided to start an all out fist fight in the middle of the flight-line. Tension slowly built throughout the base as both humans and Autobots waited for the time when, not if, the Decepticons pulled something. Red alert was driving everybot out of their processors by jumping at and sounding the alert for everything from a small thunder storm, to one of the N.E.S.T. members sneezing. The poor human almost had a heart attack when Red snatched the soldier up cannons ablaze demanding he fess up to being a pretender. Optimus Prime eventually removed Red Alert from monitor duty and put him on the patrol roster to prevent one of the marines for shooting him and putting him out of every ones misery. From the looks of things, this week was going to be another quiet one as well.
The calm afternoon was shattered as a black ATV rushed into the Autobot's hanger, causing all of the mechanical aliens to look up from what ever it was they were doing as an alarm screeched throughout the base. Red Alert held his hands up as half the mechs in the hanger glared at the security mech. "Not me!" Optimus Prime turned and gazed down at their human allies as Colonel Lennox climbed half out of his vehicle dressed in full kit. "Intel Satellites have picked up several energon signatures sighted in Vermont in an old industrial site, four more have been spotted coming in form the west. Transport is sitting on the runway engines hot, they should be ready to take off as soon as we get there." Sideswipe smirked and retracted the energon blade he had been tinkering with. "Finally some action!" "About time I was collecting rust in unmentionable places." Ironhide muttered as he transformed and revved his engine. "We don't need to know where your rust is or isn't growing Ironhide, but if its bothering you that bad I can conduct a full systems check when we return." Ratchet replied with an evil glint in his optics. The weapons specialist's reply was squealing tires as he fled the hanger towards the flight-line. Jazz and the minor twins laughed as they transformed. "Autobots Transform and Roll out!" Optimus shouted as he transformed and rolled out of the hanger and towards the runway. Both sets of twins, Jazz, Bumblebee, and the rest followed their leader followed by six ATVs.
Four and a half hours later the Autobots and humans found themselves taking cover just outside the perimeter of a small warehouse and factory lot. They watched as Blackout and Bonecrusher hauled equipment into a large near by warehouse. Soundwave stood in the door way supervising, as Frenzy chattered and rushed around gathering smaller various pieces of equipment before taking them into the warehouse. "Hey I thought we scrapped those guys." Master Sargent Epps pointed out Blackout, Bonecrusher, and Frenzy. Jazz shrugged "Looks like Scalpel has been busy."They all looked up as the familiar sound of engine turbines could be heard overhead as four jets flew in formation. All the Autobots knew Starscream, Thundercracker and Skywarp, but no one knew who the smaller black and silver jet that flew directly behind Starscream was. William Lennox looked over at the Autobot leader. "Hey Optimus, who's the little seeker?" The mech narrowed his optics and shook his head. "I do not know I had been under the impression all Decepticon femmes had been offlined by Megatron." Epps snorted "Looks like he missed one." They all transformed and landed in font of Soundwave their turbines kicking up a large cloud of dust and dirt forcing the hidden humans to cover their nose and mouths to keep from coughing and or sneezing and giving away their position, as Megatron walked from the warehouse.
"A Decepticon Femme?!" Sideswipe muttered over the COM link."Why would a Femme join those creeps?" Sunstreaker added."She's nothing more then a youngling by the looks of things. "Jazz commented. The humans looked over at Jazz in confusion."A child." Ratchet supplied "Ah.""I don't care what she is she's a 'con and I say we go and take 'em out." Ironhide replied charging up his weapons."Easy Ironhide." Optimus told him. "Why would they make a kid fight. She'd get slaughtered." Will commented. "Not necessarily. Most Autobots would pause before killing a youngling giving the mech or femme the time they needed to extinguish their sparks." Epps and Will gave each other a horrified look. They all froze as the femme stopped following Starscream turned and looked strait at them sensory panels along her helm flared. "Well so much for secrecy, incoming!" Jazz shouted. They all scrambled from their hiding spot, just as Starscream's cluster bombs exploded behind them.
"Starscream so good of you trine to join us.." Megatron commented sarcastically as he walked out to his newly arrived troops. Starscream sneered. "What would you have us do oh Mighty Megatron?" As the two traded off thinly veiled insults and threats, Darkwave shifted nervously. One thing she didn't want was to be standing behind Starscream when Megatron decided to blast him for mouthing off, again. The other thing was she had the strong feeling someone was watching them. Ice swept threw her Energon lines as the sensory panels on her helm flared, picking up several Autobot energy and human heat signatures hiding in the rocks and trees not far form their location. "Curses" She muttered to her self. Wave really wasn't up for fighting right now."Lord Starscream, I have picked up several Autobot and human signatures hidden around the perimeter." Darkwave reported over the main Com link. Megatron's crimson optics gazed down at the small seeker a smirk crept across his face plates.
"Starscream take Darkwave and the rest of the seekers and engage the Autobots. I wish to see how our newest member does in real combat. Decepticons Attack!." Darkwave groaned inwardly as the Decepticons split up. Thundercracker, Skywarp and Starscream took off into the air the femme not far behind as Starscream launched his cluster bombs. Wave slipped into the ravine as the rest of the Deceptions opened fire on the Autobot's hiding place. She watched as both the Autobots and their human allies scrambled away just as Starscream's cluster bombs struck ground. Loud Cybertronian cursing sounded from over head causing her to look up. Blood red optics narrowed in anger as she watched two Autobots leap onto the backs of Skywarp and Thundercracker in jet mode forcing them towards the ground. Darkwave pulled a pulse laser rifle from subspace and aimed at the infamous twins known as Sunstreaker and Sideswipe activating the rest of her sensory panels. It wasn't as though she really cared for Thundercracker or Skywarp, they both had taken turns trying to knock the bolts out of her when ever they had the chance. Whether it was because she was faster and stealthier then any of them or that she was just and smaller and easier to knock around she didn't know. Wave vented as she locked her sights on to the Golden mech, she had been created as a loyal Seeker from the start so she couldn't just let her fellow Decepticons be defeated if she could help in anyway… Even if they where a bunch of slaggers. Two quick shots took care of the twins as they crashed to the ground. Darkwave wasn't aware her hiding spot had been compromised until a large black Mech, weapons specialist Ironhide, started firing at her. Metal bullets from the human's weapons stung as they pinged off her armor forcing her to snap her panels closed to prevent further damage, some of the tiny bits of metal got buried in sensitive wiring and protoform plating. She was able to jump out of the way and slide down the mountain side as the rocks from overhead came down, collapsing the cave she had been hiding in. Darkwave had just subspaced her rifle when she was slammed in to the ground by a silver mech, who stood just a few feet taller then her tackled her from behind. Her Intel files informed her this was Lt. Jazz second in command of The Autobots. The femme slammed her free elbow in to the mech's cranial unit as he pulled the other back between her wings. As soon as he let go she jumped up and pulled her blades from her wing tips. Second in command or not he was going down, perhaps then she would get some respect, or a vacation, that would be nice for once. Jazz had recovered in time to bring up his shield as the femme's twin blades lashed out at him. Time seemed to slow for the two as they danced in a furry of glowing blades and sparks, until Jazz managed to knock one of her weapons form her hand. A smirk slipped across his facial plates. A look of surprise washed over the femmes features and was quickly replaced with anger as she dropped to the ground and swiped her leg out knocking him off his feet. When Megatron shouted for a retreat she leapt back to avoid a shot form the SIC with a grin and a mock salute she transformed and took off after the other seekers. Only to get struck in the wing with a plasma round from one of Ironhide's cannons causing her to screech in pain as she lose control for a few astroseconds before regaining altitude and hightailing it after Starscream. Jazz and Ironhide walked over to where the twins where being worked on by Ratchet, as Bumblebee was being loaded into Primes trailer. Jazz smirked as Sunstreaker cursed up a storm, while Ratchet dug into his Armor."That slaggin glitch! Next time I see that Femme she's scrap. Yeoch! Hey Hatchet I'm still alive here!" Sideswipe flexed his arm, his shoulder had been hit by the Decepticon femme, and only shook his head at his brother's vanity as Optimus walked up." What's the damage report Ratchet?" The Medic gave what sounded like a human snort. "The fraggers are lucky she didn't hit anything vital, the worst of the damage came from meeting the ground. Ironhide has minor damage to his right shoulder and Bumblebee has a large gash near his spark chamber. He's in stasis lock until we get back to Base." Jazz stood gazing at the ledge where the femme had been hiding a slight frown rested on his features as he assessed the situation. The human N.E.S.T. members were busy clearing the buildings on the lot with the Arcee triplets and the minor twins. A stray round from Ironhide meant for Soundwave had destroyed the warehouse anything left inside was scrap. Optimus looked over his shoulder at his second in command when Ironhide call out to the Autobot spy. "What's on your mind Jazz?" Jazz turned to look where the twins had fallen running different simulations through his processor. "She should have done a lot more damage then she did. The femme had enough time and should have been able to get them in her sights. Even a rookie could have been able to make at least one kill shot form where she was… None of the humans were harmed by any of her shots." Jazz muttered. Ironhide snorted "I'm surprised she hit anything at all, she's a decepticon, none of them have the processing power to, as the humans say, hit the broad side of a barn." Jazz shook his head. "I don't think so, she didn't seem to be trying all that hard, also she could have shot anyone of us at any time even Prime. In fact it would have been easier to strike one of us who where on the ground or even the humans. She only attacked when Sunstreaker and Sideswipe tried their Jet Judo and when I attacked her. She wasn't putting every thing into it until she engaged me in hand to hand." He replied. With one last glance at the sky he vented and transformed before following the twins, humans and Ratchet back to where the aircraft was waiting for them at a near by airbase. Ironhide cycled air and shook his helm and transformed before following the rest of his team.
Darkwave sat on the cliff over looking the lake her peds dangling over the ledge tossing bullets plucked from under her panels in to the valley below. Lily sat next to her working on home work from a place called school. It had been almost 8 months since the Autobots had attacked, Starscream and lord Megatron were quiet pleased with how well she turned out, even though she hadn't seriously injured anyone what they didn't know wouldn't hurt them, or her for that matter. Megatron and Starscream both though she had seriously injured the Autobot twins and had taken on their Second in command with out hardly a scratch. If you can call a hole in her right wing and still plucking human bullets from under her armor months later hardly a scratch. The femme winced as she pulled another from her under her armor. Thundercracker and Skywarp hadn't used her for a punching bag lately either. The only thing that bothered her now, was how Megatron had been looking down at her lately. His gaze would lock on to her frame leaving her feel like a glitch mouse under the gaze of a turbo hawk. She had taken to avoiding the command center as much as possible. A shiver rattled threw her armor causing Lilly to look up for her book. "Is every thing all right Wave?" Wave snapped out of her thoughts and glanced down at the sound of her nick name. "Everything is functional, just a slight power surge, almost like a chill you humans get." She said with a smile. Lilly returned the smile and went back to work. The two had been meeting here almost everyday since the day they had met, Lilly had, what she heard some humans refer as, freaked out, the day after the attack from the Autobots when she had seen the patch covering the hole in her wing, black scorch marks could still be seen around the patch. It took Wave an hour to convince Lilly that she was fine, and that she could turn off the pain receptors in that area to keep from feeling anything in her wing components until repairs where complete. The femme sat back and settled the panels along her frame with a soft hiss of vented air. Wave glanced down at her little charge and ran a quick scan across Lilly as she noticed dark patches on her face and arms had yet to heal along with a few that had not been there on the last scan. Over the passed few weeks, Wave had noticed that her injuries were getting worse and more numerous. The question could not be put off any longer as possessive/protective anger burned at what her reports where telling her, how dare someone lay a servo on Her human youngling. "Lilly, You have a crack in one rib along with several sever bruises on your chest and back as well as a few minor ones on your face and arms and legs. I have also noticed this has been so for quite awhile, has someone been harming you?" Darkwave asked. Wave sensed the young human tense under her gaze, her heart rate went up drastically as her face paled."No no. No one hurts me, I just get into a lot of trouble and my daddy gets angry and punishes me." Lilly replied looking up with a wavering smile. Wave paused for a moment looking up what the girl meant. The forced smile alone was enough to know she wasn't telling the whole truth but her finds on the Web seemed to pour molten metal threw her systems. "He has done more then just "punish you" It is against human law for an adult to strike a youngling! I shall terminate him for you." Darkwave said. Her optics burned and her engines roared with fury as pistol appeared in her hand. She looked in the direction of the house Lilly lived in. Her engines powered up scans showed no human activity with in the dwelling as she thought of all the things she was going to do to the insolent parasite. "No! no please don't do that. He hasn't done any thing wrong it's me really, I don't do my chores right, and I make a lot of messes and noise when he comes home from the bar. He keeps telling me not to but I do it any way. I just keep forgetting!" Lilly shouted placing her hands on the Femmes armor. Tears welled in her eyes as she started to cry afraid Wave was going to take her father away from her. "Please don't hurt him he is all I have left." Ruby optics softened as they looked down at the human. "Very well. I will not harm him for now. But if he hurts you I will terminate him."