The story totally ran away from the plot I had planned out. Disclaimer- I don't own Transformers or the Secret Saturdays.

Chapter 27

Iris stormed off base. "Damnit!" she screamed to the sky. Zak, Wadi, Fiskerton, and Komodo came over and watched as she stomped around, ranting to no one in particular. "I could find Mudflap without a problem, but nooo, it's "too dangerous" for a human girl! The same human girl who survived the damage in Mission City when she was three years old! Doesn't that say something? My job is to make sure that portal stays closed! Not sit on the side-lines like some helpless child! Well, screw them! I'm going to find Mudflap anyway! I don't care if I'm grounded for the rest of my life! This is my responsibilty!" Iris spun around to carry out her rant when she saw Zak and his friends standing there staring at her. "What?" Iris snapped, and then shoved past them without waiting for a reply.

She stomped all the way to her room and closed the door behind her. She needed silence to meditate so she could track Mudflap using her powers. She extended her senses, reaching out through the shadows, seeing what the shadows saw. The world rushed past in a blurr as the shadows showed her what she wanted to see. They led her sight to the Irish town of Dungiven. Then to the outskirts of the town, where there was a large cave set in the hills. Around the entrance to the cave were Cybertronian symbols that seemed familiar, but Iris had no idea what they might mean.

The shadows showed her deeper into the cave, to see Decepticons walking down the tunnel, looking unhappy, and their prisoner, a chained and seemingly unharmed Mudflap. The shadows tugged at her mind, pulling her deeper into the cave, showing her the intended destination of the Decepticon war party.

There was an ancient looking rock slab, that had what looked like dried blood all over it. There was a large hole in the roof, where the rays of the setting sun streamed in. The same Cybertronian glyphs at the entrance to the cave were around the sacrificial slab. Iris sensed the primitive emotions the shadows sent to her and the primitive thoughts that came with is. Key...Destruction...Stop... was all she recieved before something snapped her back to her room. There was someone knocking on her door. Iris stretched and stood from her position on the floor and walked over and opened the door. She peered up at a very upset Skids.

"I know you're going to go save Mudflap...can I come with you?" Skids asked hesitantly. Iris studied the green Autobot closely. He seemed truly upset about what had happened to his brother, but Iris was not inclined to just suddenly forgive and trust; it just wasn't in her nature. So she demanded, "Why do you care?" Skids looked pained by the question. "He's my brother! Sometimes I really hate myself for not looking out for him. Please please please please please let me come with you," Skids begged, lowering himself to be closer to Iris's height.

Iris smirked. "Fine." She placed her hands against his leg, closed her eyes, and summoned the shadows. "Just hold still." The shadows came to Iris, summoned by her strong power, bound to her will by the very same power. The human and the Autobot were surrounded by shadows, and for a moment, they were shadows, bound to nothing except the night, and then the world was flying past them in a blurr as they traveled at the same speed as the other shadows around them. Then the shadows left them and they were standing outside the same cave Iris had seen before. Skids glanced at Iris. "You sure this is where Mudflap is?" he asked doubtfully. "The shadows wouldn't lie to me," Iris replied.

"Okay...then how many 'cons we talking about here?" Iris froze at the innocent question. "Oops. I guess I didn't think this all the way through..." She rubbed the back of her neck sheepishly. Skids stared at her like she'd just told him it was possible to return to Cybertron. "How many?" "A lot," Iris admitted. "And why did you only bring me with you?" Skids demanded. "...Shut up! I'm going inside. Send a message back to base and tell them to direct all search parties to Ireland," Iris snapped. She had no patience. She was the only one who could stop that portal and if Skids was going to waste time, he could make himself useful and get back-up. Without waiting for a response, Iris entered the cave and didn't bother to look back.

She was marching to her true fate.

Okay, seriously, the story ran away from what I had written out. Getting close to the end here, so, review! No seriously, please review! REVIEW!