Chapter 2

Skywarp felt his aim waver.

What had become of them? He asked himself, unknowingly mirroring Thundercracker´s thoughts from earlier.

Right now he was holding a weapon at his best friend, threatening to shoot him just for wanting to leave.

They had been partners for five million years, friends for even longer. Skywarp couldn´t help but feel somehow personally hurt that he actually wanted to leave.

But on the other hand, even he could see what Thundercracker meant. Things were not as they used to be.

And if he was honest, even he didn´t like it. But he would stay.

Maybe he would always stay. He didn´t knew. Maybe he had been a Decepticon and completely loyal to Megatron for so long that he couldn´t be anything else.

And now he was starting to think like a philosopher. If that didn´t mean thing were bad?

For a few more seconds more he was looking at Thundercracker and at his own guns, before he finally took it down.

"Go", he said to him.

"You let me go?"

"Of course, what had you expected? That I shoot my best pal?"

"For a moment, you nearly had me so far", the blue seeker replied.

"Well, you know me, always good for a few surprises."

"Yes, I will go now."

"Good bye Thundercracker", Skywarp smiled, but it seemed forced. "I hope we will see each other again when all this is over."

"When it is over. Don´t let Megatron´s `secret plan´ get you killed till then."

"I won´t."

"Who knows, maybe I will find Starscream and talk to him about old times."

I didn´t thought that you were this desperate", Skywarp replied.

Both seekers started to chuckle for a moment.

"Look out old friend. Till the end of the war", Thundercracker said.

Then he transformed into jet mode and flew off.

He was now his own robot, he knew and on himself, had no alliance and couldn´t count on help from anybody.

A part of him already regretted his decision.

By now he had lost sight of Skywarp.

None of them knew if he would ever see the other again.

He could only hope that he would make it.

A few moments later, Thundercracker passed the warp gate, to leave the star system.

To start a new life somewhere else in space.

And maybe, somehow, Skywarp would actually survive and they would see each other again some day.

End