The sky's the limit

Chapter 12

A/N: Honestly it's always exciting when I'm writing in the battle sequences though it is difficult to capture it all in words but there is so many opportunities. Anyways hope you enjoy this. It isn't as long but that's to add to the suspense. I will probably update tomorrow if I can seeing as I can't put this down and it would be nice to finish it. Please R&R. I don't own Transformers nor any OCs in this fic. All OCs belong to SuperSentai199.

She was running. Her peds were taking her where she thought was right. Well for the time being.

Passing through the dark corridors Shade had to jumo over the bodies of offlined vehicon troopers that littered the floor. It was clear that Predaking and his two predacons were powerful and that no ordinary trooper was going to stop them. If they were to be stopped it would have to be by a skilled opponent. Either Soundwave or Megatron she guessed would equally be good against them but it was three, soon to be four on one.

Skylynx and Darksteel hadn't been online that long so they wouldn't be as good as either Predaking or Shade in a fight just yet. They had yet to learn their own strengths and weaknesses and come up with preferred battle strategies. Shade didn't let up as more and more vehicons were in pieces on the floor. She had fought him while he was angry but this seemed to be totally different. Predakings rage had consumed him and because of that Shade worried. She had been on his place before and knew that the rage made you blind. Megatron could easily use that against him and she hated to think what would happen then. If anything she hoped that she would get there in time.

Only when she came to a little crossroads did she stop her movements. They could be anywhere and with the amount of drones around it was hard to tell which way he went. "Where are you?" she whispered to herself and offlined her optics allowing for her other senses to take over. A few minutes she stood there hoping for some sign of where he was and only as she was about to give up did she hear it. The sound of metal on metal scraping and clashes. Predaking was in the middle of a battle is seemed and she would join him. Shade onlined her optics and followed the noise to the right. She kept up her pace, being careful in case she ran into decepticons that she would have to deal with should they get in her way.

As she approached the noise of the ongoing battle she eased up but stopped completely seeing Darksteel and Skylynx on the floor. She ran to them and checked them thoroughly; venting hard when Shade discovered that they were only unconscious. She gave them a small smile happy that they were still alive. Their armour was a bit beat up but it wasn't unfixable and they would soon come around. "Shade" Darksteel spoke out surprisingly but his voice sounded tired. She could tell that they would both be annoyed to have let this happen to themselves. The femme moved over to him and adjusted him so that he leant up against the wall. She could see that he was just barely conscious.

"When you can find Skylight and Nightblade and get them off this ship" she spoke softly and wanted to embrace him but didn't want hurt him anymore than he already was so restrained herself.

"I will tear you apart!" Predakings rang out throughout the ship and all that could be heard was the sound of metal being hit. Shade quickly picked herself up and sped around the corner to see Predaking charge at Megatron, who looked a bit beaten himself. Predaking used an offline vehicon to hit Megatron throwing him back against the wall. It seemed as though he was doing just as well on his own but Shade wasn't going to let him fight alone.

Just as Shade was about to join the fight she heard the most annoying voice from behind her "ah Shady, you're looking just as beautiful as ever" she recognised the voice immediately of course and took a small glance over her shoulder to see him standing there looking so full of himself. Starscream was focussed on her with lust filled optics that she knew all too well from his previous flirtatious attempts not to mention when he tried to rape her himself back on Cybertron. Groaning to herself she didn't know if she should be glad that she finally got the chance to beat him or annoyed that he still hadn't got the hint. "I think it's about time me and you got better acquainted" she could see where this was going as he moved towards her and she remained completely still. Shade waited until he got really close and she could just about feel his servo on her shoulder before extending her wings out quickly knocking him back into the wall. Starscreams body slamming in the wall and falling onto his hands and knees. He had to shake his helm to regain himself before looking back up at the femme he was so obsessed with but was only met with her beast form. Shade brought her helm down to just above his and roared into his audio receptors. The seekers optics changing from lust to fear and Shade grabbed his legs in her jaw biting down on them and feeling some of his circuits snap a little before she swung around and released him to slam into the opposite wall.

She didn't waste time as she could still hear the battle behind her of Predaking and Megatron and would much rather be fighting there than here. Watching Starscream try to pick himself back up Shade swung her tail up into the air and then down onto his back pushing him down hard onto the floor again and then dragging her sharp talons along his sensitive wings. His yelped in pain from it and tried to get up to get away but Shade didn't let him as she clenched his wings in her jaw and threw him away further down the corridor. She didn't bother to look at him now; presuming that he had learnt his lesson by now. She turned back to Predaking and saw him locked into the battle with Megatron. The two off them wrestling with their strength as they were trying to push the other. It seemed that the mech predacon was doing just as well on his own but that was when Shade regretted even thinking such as thing as Megatron came out of the strength lock and punched Predaking in the helm disorientating him. It was then that the gladiator grabbed onto Predakings thick armour and used his weight to pull the predacon down as he fell onto his back and kick him away with his peds. By now the two where in a different room. One that Shade knew well. The doors that Predaking had been slammed against opened up to the outside.

Shades optics grew wide in concern before she acted. Charging right at the warlord. Shade pounced on his before he could attack Predaking further which caught the two mechs off guard. Growling Shade used her weight to force Megatron down onto the floor; her talons swiping along his back. Before she could attack again however Megatron pushed her off and kicked her away from him. Shade was skilled though from the moment she was pushed away she began charging her fire attack and didn't hesitate to unleash it once she had been kicked away which caught the warlord by surprise. The room filled with the heat and black smoke as the flames engulfed Megatron. When she stopped her attack Shade used the cover of the smoke to swing herself around hit the gladiator in the chest plates.

He groaned and back stepped but he was tough. "Don't think I don't know about you and your sick love story" his evil voice made her stop and distracted her "You've made him soft and weak" he then turned to Preadking who was still trying to recover himself "And you. You should have took my advice and faced me as a beast" before Predaking responded the door directly behind him opened and the air inside began getting sucked out dragging the predacon with it. He tried his hardest to hold onto the frame and gave Shade a quick glance that made his facial expression soften. Shade couldn't help but locked gazes with him though hers was more scared. Her talons dug into the metal of the floor to keep herself from being sucked out as well.

She wanted to say something but her beast mode didn't permit it. Before anything more could happen Megatron shot the two of them a devilish smirk and shot his blaster as Predaking making him lose his grip and fall out of the ship. Seeing this Shade quickly acted. Jumping up she pushed her weight forward to crash into Megatron and then she let herself get pulled out of the ship. Roaring her optics locked on to the flailing form of Predaking. Spreading her wings out she flew after him and watched as he didn't transform to save himself. To pick up speed she retracted her wings a little and as soon as she was close enough her talons locked around his form tightly. Shade used the wind to save them as her wings stretched to their full potential. The Nemesis now above them moving quite fast. The femme didn't know what to do. She thought about leaving but she didn't know if Skylight or Nightblade had made it off the warship with Ratchet. If they hadn't then she couldn't abandon them. Growling in annoyance she used her wings to gain altitude and match the warships speed. They couldn't try to get in again so there was only one thing for it.

Shade tightened her grip on predaking as she found a place. She carefully flew under one of the protruding wings of the ship towards a smaller one near the back of the ship that was covered slightly and would be perfect to hide. Coming in close she vigorously flapped her wings as to not crash into the metal wing and gently let go of Predaking letting his body rest on it without falling off. Only then did she land herself and allow herself to transform into her bi-pedal form. She could hear the mech in front of her venting from the battle and could see that he was a little more disorientated from being blown out into the sky. He definitely didn't expect to be caught either.

Shade sighed as she grabbed onto his under arms and pulled him so that he rested leant up against the outer wall of the ship. Shade sat herself down in front of him in a sort of protective manner as she began to think of what to do next. She felt the strong wind brush over her and made sure to keep her wings tucked into her back otherwise she'd be carried away.

Her processor was all over the place now. She was sure that her friends were still onboard and with the new predacons she could leave them either. If Megatron knew about her and Predaking then she was sure that he knew of them as well. This was exactly what Shade had been scared of. At least she could hold her own against Megatron. Given more time and less distractions she was sure that she could have taken him down. "Shade" she was brought out of her thoughts by the tried mech behind her.

Moving herself closer she took his servo in hers to comfort him "Don't talk just rest. I would have taken us somewhere else but I fear for the others on the ship and I won't leave without them" she began to think on the best way to get back inside and get them out.

"I'm sorry" or course Predaking wouldn't listen. He had to speak his mind "I should have listened to you. Megatron deserves no loyalty from me or the others and I will do what is necessary to stop him" he adjusted his sitting position "I will fight for you because I love you"

Shade smiled hearing him say that "I love you too but you're not going anywhere. You haven't been in as many battles as me and this one has already taken its toll on you. You need to rest and let me do what needs to be done" she caressed his cheek calming him. He nodded in understanding "You didn't listen to me then so listen to me now; stay here and I'm going to find the others. If need be we'll keep in contact with each other" she pointed to her com link. He nodded and gazed into her blue optics. Shade instantly felt her spark warm and didn't hesitate to lean in pushing her lip plates against his.

A moment or two passed of pure bliss but they would have to save it for when they finally left the warship. They pulled away and before either of them could say anything Shades com link beeped. It never did that but that was because the autobot weren't in range and the warship blocked their communications. Excitement building up inside her, Shade opened the link so the both of them could hear an Ratchet's voice sounded "The Omega Locks control station is located on the lower deck. I am making my way there now"

Shade was tempted to speak and stopped herself hearing the one voice that she had been wanted to hear; Optimus. "Copy Ratchet, we will rendezvous at the objective. Arcee, lead stealth team to secure the Omega Lock. Ultra Magnus, you and the wreckers storm the bridge; prevent the decepticons from targeting the device if stealth team is delayed. And everyone keep an optic out for Shade" Shade gasped. The whole time she had been aboard and she had been oblivious to what the decepticons were doing. She had noticed something that had been built onto the bottom of the ship but didn't understand it. Obviously it was dangerous; her whole family was here to stop them.

Arcee then spoke throught the link "Optimus, if we fail to secure the lock before its ready to deploy; do we destroy it?"

"I do not intend to slander a second chance to resort Cybertron"

All Shade and Predaking could hear now was the firing of blaster and other weapons as the ship was being infiltrated by the autobots. But what Shade couldn't believe was that there was a chance to restore her dead planet. It sounded like they had already had one chance and that failed. If this was a second and most likely the last one then she wouldn't sit by. She had to help and with the amount of firing going on it seemed like her family needed it. Having listened to the com link she knew where they were going to be; this was her chance. She stood up to her full height careful on her balance as the ship was being navigated to float above the planet. "Be careful" She looked down to Predaking and could see that he was going to do as she said this time and stay there. Smiling she nodded and quickly planted a kiss on his cheek before stretching her wings out and flying up.