They sped away, leaving a tangled web of contrails as the jets weaved in and out of the spindly towers of Vos. The rush of air on the seekers wings was a much welcomed touch. Nothing beat the freedom of racing through the sky. Soon, their home city-state vanished and they continued on in the direction of Kalis, although they were nit heading there, at least that was what Thundercracker assumed.

"Going anywhere particular?" The blue seeker asked.

"You'll see when we get there," Starscream said. "Remember a while back, when you had thrown me that silly going away party?"

"Yes," Thundercracker replied, except he didn't think the get together was silly.

"Well, remember how I had a fit because I wanted to go somewhere?"

The blue tetra-jet gave a chuckle. "Oh, how you gave your best whine to not go to the party. How could I forget your tantrum? I thought you where going to throw yourself on the ground and convulse like a spoiled grounder!"

"Yes, well..." Starscream replied. Skillfully, the red jet repositioned himself closer to the other so he could playfully touch his wing to the blue seekers'. "I really wanted to show you this place I had found. I never got that chance before. And so, finally after all this time, I get to take you there. And you aren't going to stop me this time."

Starscream's boosters flared out as he took off at full speed. A few barrel rolls where made as he invited the other seeker to play. Thundercracker just watched the red and blue jet perform the aerial feats for a bit, enjoying seeing him in a better mood. Soon his boosters kicked up a notch as he chased after his flying partner.

There was no way that Thundercracker could catch up to Starscream- he was just way faster. This didn't stop him from trying though. Every time he would catch up- he knew it was because the red and blue seeker allowed it- and just be in reach, Starscream's boosters flared, and Thundercracker was left behind once again. However, the next time this trick was played, the blue seeker feigned not being interested, and when Starscream wasn't really paying attention, Thundercracker swiftly dove from above and nipped the wing tip, causing the other to spin out of control.

Starscream barreled out of control for a few spins, but regained his equilibrium and growled out his loss. Thundercracker did a little victory loop, but regained his position next to his friend, veering off to the left when the red tetra-jet did.

"Your flying skills have greatly improved, Tc," Starscream said. "You won."

"What's my prize?" Thundercracker flirtatiously rubbed his wing on the other's.

"We're nearly here," Starscream said as his nosecone slanted toward the ground signaling their descent.

The red and blue seeker transformed into root mode and landed on the ground with a thud. He instantly began walking even before Thundercracker landed. Once on the ground, the blue mech jogged to catch up with his friend. Rounding the corner of a building, he nearly collided into the other, who was glued to the spot.

"Stars!" The blue winged mech shouted. "What's wrong?"

Dead silence. Starscream didn't say a word, just stared at the sky. Magnificent green lights of the aurora borealis glowed like ribbons through the sky. Thundercracker couldn't believe his optics. The sight of these lights in the sky had become a rare occurrence in Cyberton's atmosphere, only taking place when a rare geomagnetic storm displaced the magnetosphere which, in turn, interacts with the planets magnetic field. At least that is how Starscream explained it to Thundercracker when questioned what it was.

"It's beautiful," Thundercracker said. "I can see why you wanted to come here."

"My calculations where correct. I figured there was a good chance of the conditions being right to see this light show. It doesn't happen very often," Starscream babbled on. "Skyfire didn't believe me, but here they are." Starscream let out a sigh and dropped his gaze to the ground and Thundercracker moved to place his arms around his upset friend.

"What happened Stars,"

For the first time, Thundercracker saw a tear trickle down the other's face. He was hurting bad. Something happened. Something had to cause this kind of grief for Starscream. He tightened his hug and did his best to comfort his friend.

"Talk to me. The hurt isn't going to stop until you let it out. What did Skyfire do to you?"

"It wasn't him," Starscream blurted out. "It was the council."

"What did they do?"

"It's more like what they didn't do, Tc." Starscream leaned into the embrace. "Skyfire and I where exploring a planet. One he wished to checkout, I didn't really want to, but did so for him. We flew in, exploring one of the planets poles. It was covered with snow and ice, but Sky was getting promising energon readings. Well, we flew into a storm." Starscream brushed his hand to wipe off the few tears that escaped. "Skyfire lost control in the harsh storm and crashed."

"Is he alright?"

"No!" The red seeker shouted. "It's not a matter of Skyfire being hospitalized. I never found him. He is still out there, trapped in his icy tomb. Whether he is alive or not, I don't know. His communications cut off once I lost sight of him. Even through our spark bond. I heard him calling for me for help." Starscream sniffled. "The last I heard of him was when he told me he loved me. I couldn't find him Tc. I went back once the storm blew over. Everything was just a blanket of snow. I couldn't stay much longer for Skyfire had the energon rations. I stayed as long as I could, searching, but once I hit a certain level of low energon, I had to return."

"I am so sorry, Starscream," Thundercacker said, still giving a firm hug.

"I went to the council for help," He continued on. "I requested a search party. I was confident with their help, they could find him. I would finally rescue him. And I would have him back."

"Did they?

"No. They refused to help. They said it would be a waist of energon to look for him, especially if I couldn't find him, and couldn't confirm he was a live."

"I am so sorry," Thundercracker said. "It's not fair. I am sorry you lost Skyfire."

"Me too," Starscream replied. "I miss him terribly."

"I am sure he would have enjoyed this, even if it meant he had been wrong."

Starscream nodded and let out a sigh. Resting his head back on Thundercracker's shoulders, they continued to watch the light show in the skies. Starscream felt safe and protected in his friends arms and a bit relieved to have told the story. Doing so seemed to get some of the emotional baggage of his chest.

"Anyways, Tc," Starscream spoke, turning his head to look at his companion. "About your prize."

"We can't forget about that, can we." He teased, rubbing his hands over the smaller seekers cockpit only to be brushed away as Starscream wiggled out of the embrace and turned around. "What do I get?" The blue seeker asked.

The red and blue mech smiled and placed his arms around the other. "You get to take me on a date." He messaged his fingers in circles on the blue mech's back. "How's that sound?"

"That's it?" Thundercracker teased and the other made a grimace. "When and where, Stars?"

"Tomorrow night. Pick me up after dinner. That's all you'll need to know."

"Hmmm..." Thundercracker started. "Well, I was kind of hoping for some other prize then to have to spend credits on you." He couldn't help but laugh at the look on the other's face, his lip pouted out and his arms crossed over his chest.

"What else could you possibly want? I think my reward is generous enough."

Thundercracker reached his hand to cup his friends chin, gently urged him to lift his head up. "How about a kiss?" the blue mech nervously asked. It was pretty hard to ask this of Starscream, but for whatever reasons, he asked anyways. With a quirk of his brow, Starscream smiled, and raised himself on his pedes. He leaned in and gingerly placed his lips on the taller seekers in a quick, chaste kiss. Thundercracker smiled and gave the smaller seeker a hug. This felt natural, and completely right, and perhaps this would develope into something meaningful, unlike his past relationships.

With a smile, Starscream gave out a smile before stretching out is wings. "Let's go. I'm getting tired and wish to recharge good before tomorrow."

Thundercracker gave a nod and agreed. He watched as Starscream took off and transformed in midair and circled around waiting for him. Giving the aurora borealis one final glance, the blue mech shot in the air, transformed, and went to join up with the other.