The Sky's the limit

Chapter 13

Shades wings soon carried her up so that she had a clear view of the Nemesis. She saw blaster fire all over the place as vehicons were trying to defend the ship. She looked more closely not seeing any of the autobots which made her guess that they were already inside. The one thing that worried her more was that she had overheard what the others were dong but not what Optimus was doing. It was then that she spotted Megatron has he jumped up from the ship and swung what looked like a sword down from behind him. Her blue optics widened when she saw that it was no ordinary sword that the warlord was wielding. Its purple blade unleashing a wave of energy straight down to where he was aiming and that was when she saw him. Her spark pulsed harder seeing him again but he was in danger.

Though he was Prime she really shouldn't feel scared for him but she had been with the decepticons long enough to know that they were brutal. They would not spare an autobots life and this fight was to the death. No prisoners. Having heard from her Sire of his change that he had offlined and nearly stayed that way and had felt more fear for him that she normally would. Shade guessed that this was just part of her growing much like how being a predacon and among the enemy had changed her.

Shade watched as the wave of dark purple energy struck Optimus destroying his right wing, this made him unbalanced. Smoke gushing out from his flight boosters on his back. Shade growled watching Megatron fall towards the planet only for him to catch himself by transforming into his jet form. Optimus span in circles moving unintentionally towards the ship before his body crshed into one of the protruding wings. He cut his boosters off and was then left hanging there. The wing being steep but with enough effort he could climb up. She watched as Megatron was about to come around and attack Optimus while he was preoccupied and this was when she acted. Allowing her wings to spread out wide she pushed her weight forward so that she swooped down. Her form falling fast that Megatron didn't have time to register her approaching until it was too late. The femme used the velocity and a last minute lung of her leg to kick the warlord away. His jet mode spinning from the collision as he adverted his flight path away from her. Seeing this Shade focussed on her Sire as he had stopped climbing and had been watching her defend him.

He didn't get a chance to say anything as she hovered up to him and grabbed onto his sides before lifting the two of them up. Optimus being the one to shoot down vehicons that thought it would be a good idea to attack them as Shade carried him up to the Omega Lock. Setting him down on the outer ring. Just as she set herself down with him Optimus pulled her into a tight embrace that she didn't fight. It felt nice and she missed this. She missed him and was glad to be in his company again; she was glad to be fighting by his side. "Shade, it is good to have you with me again"

She smiled hearing his voice. "It is good to be by your side again" they pulled away from each other though Optimus left his servo on her shoulder.

"Earth is in danger, my daughter. The decepticons plan to cyberform the planet" she heard the tone in his voice change to that of utter seriousness as he was asking her to fight with them. She felt honoured but shared the emotion of sadness that they could not make the moment last longer.

"I will fight with you. Megatron cannot be allowed to harm Earth" Optimus nodded to her in agreement and lifted his servo off of her as she took off leaving Optimus where she had put him knowing fully well that he could take care of himself.

It was then that his voice rang through the com link as Optimus spoke to everyone. "Autobots, Shade has joined the fight" she smiled hearing a little cheer on the other side from who she guessed was Arcee and Bumblebee and knew the others were a bit busy to be welcoming her back.

Shade flew up to the flight deck landing down hard that someone must have heard her but she didn't waste time. Shade quickly began running straight into the warship and through the corridors. It was mostly empty; meaning the cons were preoccupied by the autobots elsewhere. Shade moved quickly; destroying the Omega Lock meant destroying the only chance they had had restoring their planet so the best option would be to move the ship away from Earth. Shade had made her mind up about where she would go as she headed straight for the bridge. Hopefully she would find Ultra Magnus and the wreckers and fight with them.

Turning one of the corners she came up to a bunch of vehicons that were heading in the opposite direction. They all stopped seeing her and she was sure that they were afraid of her but that didn't stop them from shooting at her as they attacked. The blasts alone wouldn't do much harm but they did hurt a little bit so she protected herself by wrapping her wings around her front. Taking a few steps forward she waited until the drones stopped seeing that they weren't really doing anything and all was silent until Shade wrapped herself. Pushing her wings forward she knocked the vehicons back and then punched the remaining ones until they were all down and no longer in her way. "Ultra Magnus to all units, we will be delayed. Soundwave pulled one of his relocation tricks"

Shade gasped. Soundwave was on the bridge and directing the ship. She had to think carefully. The silent mech had changed since she had been aboard; even she had seen it. Shade didn't think Megatron would allow her and the other femme's time outside, not when they could easily escape. That was all Soundwave. She had appealed to him before and not once had he given her a reason to hate him – even if he was the one that kidnapped her. Shockwave and Megatron were the ones that she absolutely hated. Starscream was just really annoying and never learned. Venting Shade carried on running to the bridge. The autobots haven't seen Soundwave the same way she had so she wouldn't expect them to understand or even try to befriend Soundwave but there was something; something in her spark that told her that fighting him was wrong. Something had changed.

Running straight through the bridge doors she had prepared to fight any vehicons that were also on guard but to her surprise they were already on the floor offline. Scanning the room she saw the infamous Apex Armour standing on one end of the walkway to the main controls and sound on the other. His servo was stretched out with a Groundbridge right on the tip on his digits. Now she understood what Ultra Magnus was talking about. Soundwave used the Bridge technology as a weapon. Looking more closely she noticed that there was no autobot in the Apex Armour, it was a human girl and on the floor stood a boy that was talking into his communications device. Before Shade could say anything another Bridge opened right behind the communications officer and the energy from both of the Bridges was crossing over. Shade gasped seeing that the power of two Bridges at one time was becoming too much for him to control.

That was when her instincts kicked in as she charged at Soundwave and jumped at him. With the impact she managed to push him and herself out of the way just as the Bridges energy collided and shut. She had guessed something bad was going to happen and couldn't help but step in and help him. "What just happened?" the teen boy spoke out seeing that their plan hadn't worked. Shade stood herself up as Soundwave did. Once he had shaken off what nearly happened to him he nodded to her in thanks before turning to the humans; his stance showing that he was less than happy.

"Who's she?" the teen girl in the armour looked just as confused as she and the boy stared at the two cybertronians a bit warily.

She smiled before introducing herself "my designation is Shade" she spread her wings a little showing just what she was and that was when she could have sworn that she saw bulbs above their heads light up.

"You're Optimus's daughter" Shade nodded seeing the astonished faces of the humans. Shade wanted to examine them a little more considering this was the closest she had been to a human and she hadn't expected them to look so much like them but this was no time. Earth was in danger. "WOW! I'm Miko" the stepped forward little giddy and excited "and that's Jack" she pointed to the boy.

"I don't believe my Sire would let you on aboard this ship let alone into battle" she noticed that the two human's cheeks flushed red and immediately looked down. She knew that face. They definitely weren't supposed to be here

"We heard over the com links. They needed our help" Miko sounded so confident but Shade had to give it to them. They had taken down the vehicons and were about to get rid of Soundwave all on their own. These humans were no push overs.

Then Jack spoke up noticing that Soundwave had been watching and listening to them. Their plan to trap him in the Shadow zone had failed because Shade saved him "Why did you save him?" Shade glanced at Jack and then followed his gaze to the silent mech behind her.

She chose not to say anything. Words were no use here after all Soundwave was a mech of no words at all. Stepping towards him Shade extending her right servo out to him, keeping her wings tucked in now knowing that it can be hostile for her to spread them. She stayed stood there for a bit. She could tell that Soundwave was thinking. His blank faceplate focussed on her empty servo. The room stayed silent as Soundwave was deep inside his processor.

Ever since he had brought the femme aboard the Nemesis he had regretted it. He had heard her screams during her conversion even when she was unconscious. He had visited her on many occasions when she was under. Being the communications officer meant it was easy for him to get around without being seen and most other bots were too afraid to come near him. Monitoring when Shockwave was out of his lab was simple for him so that he could watch over her without anyone else knowing about it. Megatron never questioned his actions though whatever he has done was always up to standard and has never needed to be questioned. He couldn't help but think of the femme over time that he had kidnapped her. She had only just arrived on the planet and he had attacked her. She had been separated from her family and her Sire for far too long and every chance that she got at trying to escape and be with them again was always faltered. He didn't really blame her. The decepticons weren't really big on moral and working together; it was mostly doing whatever Megatron ordered.

After a couple of moments Soundwave took a quick glance at the two teens. They hadn't been scared of him. Though they had been a bit nervous, they did stand up to him when the autobots were busy elsewhere. They stepped up and if it hadn't of been for Shade he really would have been defeated. Shade had saved him. He hadn't done anything to deserve her to save him. He hadn't done anything to deserve her even thinking about him but here he was standing on the Bridge with the femme offering him friendship and perhaps something more than just a master/servant relationship. Nodding to himself Soundwave reached his left servo out and took Shades. The teens couldn't help but be a little scared now knowing what Soundwave was capable of. How did they know that Soundave wasn't going to trick them; he didn't seem very trustworthy but then Shade didn't seem to have any problems with this. It was like the femme was putting her entire faith and trust to him. The two cybertronians nodded to one another though Shade gave him a small smile as their servos shook before letting the other go. "Let's move this hunk of junk and save Earth" Shades voice sounded so inspirational that Soundwave moved quickly going back to the controls and steering the ship.

Soundwaves digits worked fast as he tried steering the ship away. But then he took a glance over his shoulder seeing Shade and didn't hesitate to bring up security footage on the screen for her to see. Her optics were fixed on the footage of the Omega Lock powering up while Optimus and Megatron were in the middle of a battle on the device. The femme growled seeing that this fight might be one that they could easily lose; Miko, Jack and Soundwave picked up on her worry but they stayed silent. Shade then paid attention to the Omega Lock as it filled with a brightly colours liquid. "What's that?" Soundwave turned to her. His visor lighting up with the formula and that was when she understood. Having to stay at the base on Cybertron with Ratchet did have its perks "Cybermatter" she whispered to herself as the ship jerked to move away from the planet but Shade could see a very big problem. Earth was a big planet and with the ships current position there was no way they could fly the ship away from Earth before the Omega Lock fired. Sighing Shade knew what had to be done. If the ship couldn't move in time then the Lock would have to be destroyed.

Clenching her fists she quickly turned and ran. "Dude, where are you going?" she heard Mikos voice just as she left the bridge and shouted back so she didn't have to stop as she was making her way to the lower deck.

"Stay with Soundwave!" Shade let her wings spread a little and flap to push her forward so that she was running at a faster pace, one that her peds could still keep up with. She swatted away any stray vehicons that she encountered not letting anyone distract her or stop her from getting where she was going. Turning the final corner she saw Arcee and Bumblebee fight through Starscream and a bunch of vehicon troopers onto the lower deck. She could see they were being overwhelmed a little which made her narrow her optics as she transformed and charged. She roared out a warning that Arcee and Bumblebee had quickly picked up on through there audio receptors and jumped back allowing Shade to ram right into the decepticons like bowling pins. They didn't stay down for long as Starscream made a break and was legging it around the edge of the deck towards a relic that Shade instantly recognised at the other end of the large hole in the floor. The Star sabre.

She noticed that Ratchet had engaged with Shockwave and another autobot, which she hadn't met before, had been shot into one of the almost empty canisters of cybermatter. It seemed like a race now as Bumblebee and Arcee kicked the vehicons away and followed after Starscream hoping to get to the Star sabre. Shockwave too as he punched Ratchet and ran for the relic. Watching the decepticon scientist made Shade angry; her hate for him growing every single day and that was why she wasn't going to let him get away unscathed today. Knocking away remaining vehicons around her with her tail she ran to the edge and jumped using her wings to pull her up as Arcee subdued Starscream and a following drone stopping them from reaching the sabre. It was then Bumblebee and Shockwave now as the scientist was firing at Bee while they raced to the relic but the scout was agile and able to evade the shots.

Bumblebee reached the sabre first but Shockwave was quick and he was just about to hit Bumblebee when Shade push herself forward and crashed into the scientist; knocking him into the wall. She didn't allow him to recover though as she moved up to him and scrapped her talons along his single optic leaving behind deep scratch marks. He went to feel the damage to his optic but Shade didn't allow him, instead she clenched his raised servo in between her jaw and kept knocking him into the wall earning her small grunts of pain from him as his front was slowly being crushed from the impact. She then swung him away to hit into Starscream, who had been fighting with Arcee. Arcee could have sworn that she almost saw red in Shades optics as the femme was looking at the two beaten decepticons. Shades desire to finish them once and for all was deep but she fought the urge; moving to Arcee's side as Bumblebeee dropped down to give Optimus the relic.

"Optimus, you must use the Star sabre to destroy the Omega Lock" Ratchet spoke through the com link as the Prime was still battling Megatron. "It is the only way to save Earth" Shade hated to admit it but Ratchet was right. She watched as Bumblebee got Optimus's attention as he was trying to get the Star sabre to him but the small movement of Shockwave and Starscream trying to get up distracted her. She wouldn't let them interfere so she charged up her fire attack and made sure that Arcee was behind her before unleashing it on the two decepticons, pushing them back down. She didn't keep it up knowing they didn't deserve that. Only when she saw Bumblebee jump from the side of the Omega Lock did she stop and watch it all unfold. She was helpless when she saw Megatron fire at Bumblebee; the blasts hitting him right on his spark chamber and the Star sabre falling out of his servos. As his optics flickered and offlined, the scouts body fell and splashed into the cybermatter. His spark extinguished.

Shades own spark sunk at the feeling that she had lost the scout, her brother. Megatron killed him. He took him like he had taken so many others. She noticed that a couple of vehicons had now subdued the blue autobot while Starscream and Shockwave were now watching. The seekers face full of glee.

The femme was about to pounce on him when she remembered something. Bumblebee fell into the cybermatter. Cbermatter being a substance that was used to rebuild and restore what was lost. There was no doubt in her now. She saw how Megatron swung his own sabre at Optimus making her Sire fall off the edge of the ship. That was when she couldn't fight the urge anymore.

She forced herself forward dropping down onto the Omega Lock; shaking the device. "Shade! No!" Arcee was begging her to not fight the gladiator. As Shade approached the silver mech, she noticed a light getting brighter from the cybermatter and automatically knew what was happening. Smiling she didn't hesitate to attack Megatron from behind knowing that Optimus was hanging on and Megatron was going to finish him. Shade swiped him away and she could hear the warlord growl in frustration.

The gladiator went to swing his sword at her but she evaded only to receive his foot into her face. Her side was now vulnerable as it faced him. "You are a failed experiment much like Helix was. I will do to you what I did to your Sire and carrier" the memories of that day flooded her processor. Her carrier crying as she was taken away and her Sire's yells of pain as he was killed. Her optics soley focussed on him now as she felt her rage coming to the surface and the need for revenge rising. The need that she had been suppressing for too long but she would not push it away now. When Megatron came closer to her and held his purple weapon up she quickly pushed her wing out hitting him away and then head-butting him into one of the Locks support pillars. He grunted but attacked her quickly again stabbing his sabre into her neck plates and severing any energon lines there. He was about to disconnect some vital circuitry but Shade didn't let the pain get to her as she swiped her talons at him making him back away in to evade. Only then did he begin to swipe horizontally but Shade was quick and used her strength to catch his swing in her jaw. Yanking his weapon out of his servos she could see the surprised and a little frightened look on his face plates as his blood red optics widened. Growling at the echoes of Megatrons last words she bit into the purple blade; her denta sinking in until it couldn't take the pressure anymore and snapped in half. The pieces falling from her jaw off of the side and burning up as they entered Earth's atmosphere.

Megatron seethed from losing his prized weapon and punched Shade hard a few time making her fall back onto her side. He then smirk and raised his energon cannon at the hanging on Optimus and all she could do was freeze. She couldn't help him. If she moved then Megatron would most certainly do it. "Watch as another Sire leaves you" his cannon powered up ready to fire at Optimus.

"Megatron!" a voice spoke out that Shade hadn't heard in eons, one that she welcomed back. The warlord turned to face the voice but couldn't do anything as he was suddenly impaled. The Star sabre rammed right through his spark. "You took my voice. You will never rob anyone of anything ever again" Shade looked to see Bumblebee holding the Star sabre. His chest plates looked as good a new like he had never been shot. His voice was just as she remembered like his voice box had never been broken.

Shade watched as Megatron was losing his strength. He fell on to his knee and tried to pull the blade from himself but he didn't have the strength. His optics and decepticon then began to flicker as his spark was slowly going out. His body unable to sustain itself with all the damage. Then his optics went black and all you could hear was the sound of him powering down. Megatron was offline.

His body falling off of the blade and over the edge. His form followed after his broken weapon as he burned up entering Earth's atmosphere. The Star sabre now stained with a dark purple substance that the femme now recognised as dark energon. She couldn't believe that he had infused himself with dark energon but what was more unbelievable was that Megatron was dead.

Bee moved and helped Optimus up so that he was no longer in danger of falling. As soon as he was safely up Optimus didn't hold himself back as he embraced his daughter though in her beast form. He could see she was hurt and tired but he couldn't help the relief that filled him seeing that she was alive and well. The purple and dark pink femme then used all the strength she had left to hoist herself up using her wings and grab onto Optimus and Bee. Lifting them all into the lower deck of the ship and dropping them down gently before transforming herself. Optimus was quick to catch her and support her weight as she struggled to stand on her own for a moment. "It is over Shade. We have won"

"No longer will people have to suffer" she smiled knowing that her true creators would be proud of what she had done.

"Bumblebee…" Ratchet and everyone else's face plates were that of surprise and happiness as they stared at the scout. Shade had to keep back a giggle knowing that he hadn't even noticed himself.

"Your voice" Arcee finished for the medic.

Bee did look confused themselves until it finally registered in his processor "my voice, what're you…my voice" the scout instantly hugged the medic with such glee "Ratchet, I have my pipes back"

Ratchet though happy for him and for what they had done did look a little awkward in the embrace but still giggled "yes. Yes we noticed"

"The cybermatter"

Shade nodded "didn't you know; its substance that gives life. It repairs what needs to be fixed from a damaged spark" Shade placed her servo on his chest plates where his spark chamber was "to a broken voice box" she then caress his chin before the scout that acted as her brother ran into her. His own servos wrapping around her tightly.

"It would seem the old field medic made good after all" Optimus cocked a smile at the news. The team didn't feel as damaged anymore. "Optimus Prime to all units, Megatron is no more. Wreckers a job well done securing the bridge"

Hearing that in her audio receptors Shade couldn't help but break from the hug and turn to her Sire. While hearing Ultra Magnus through the com link "It wasn't us, Sir. The credit belongs to the humans and…" Shade wouldn't let the second in command finish that as she made sure that she spoke through the com link too.

"And an ally that's been mistaken. Soundwave is on our side" Optimus had the look of wanting to question why she was standing up for the silent mech but didn't. He trusted her and her judgement and looking upon her now he could see that she had changed from her experiences on the warship. There was no reason to doubt what she was doing now.

The bots on the lower deck then all stared at the predacon femme to which she felt a little nervous "Shade, after all this time and torture you never lost faith in us. We've been separated for too long and might we say" Ratchet looked to his comrades then back to her "It's good to have you back" the femme smiled as one by one they welcomed her back and she was finally introduced to Smokescreen who didn't hold himself back. She could automatically tell that he was showing off for her. The young bot still had plenty to learn.

It wasn't long before the ship was being navigated into a space bridge for Cybertron and an extra human was brought aboard. Arcee and Shade made their way to the bridge where she was able to meet him and see Ultra Magnus, Bulkhead and Wheeljack properly. "You're looking good kid" Wheeljack would complement here new strengths which only meant that he would now get her to spar with him.

"It's been too long, Shade. Suppose you don't need looking after no more" Bulkhead joked with her as he referred to the times he had watched and played with her before the war even began.

Ultra Magnus then approached and saluted her "It seems you never needed looking after. Predacon or not you were always capable of looking after yourself and in recent days you were the one looking after us" the second in command was thanking her for saving him and Wheeljack before in the cave when Predaking was going to kill them.

Looking over his shoulder Shade saw Soundwave steering the ship into the space bridge where it was all consumed and then spat out as they entered another region of space and in front of them a war ravaged Cybertron. "Go easy on him" Ultra Magnus saluted and returned to watching over what Soundwave was doing.

The ship was slowly navigated over Cybertron. Shade couldn't help but look over what Megatron had done to their home. Everything was destroyed. Parts burned and others just in pieces, not one part of Cybertron was left untouched. The war had stretched over the whole planet and when the planet died the place was distorted. "Shade" her name was called and she redirected her gaze to her friends. Skylight and Nightblade limped towards her with Skylynx and Darksteel right behind them though they looked a lot better. The autobots on the bridge became wary of the mechs but they instantly recognised the femmes. "I can't believe you took on Megatron while we were off fighting boring vehicon troopers"

Shade giggled "Anything to protect my family"

"Predaking?" Nightblade couldn't help but ask what was on all of their minds

"He's fine" Shade made sure to glance at the mechs as well so they were fully informed "a little banged up from being thrown off the ship but he'll recover"

Skylynx stepped forward then a little worried for his leader "thrown out the ship? Where is he?"

Shade raised her hands to calm him "relax Skylynx, I caught and hid him on one of the ships wings out of sight" they all nodded in understanding and saw that they were being watched by the wreckers only Shade would be able to break the ice "It's okay guys. They're not dangerous, they're friends" and the moment ended as they returned to what they were doing.

The Nemesis flew over the sea of rust and slowed when they arrived at their destination. "Commander, we've arrived at the well of all sparks" Shade had always wanted to visit the well. She had been scared once that she'd fall in but Optimus had reassured her that that would never happen. The Prime never did get a chance to take her; war seemed to consume his time as it did everything else. Her spark filled with sorrow seeing at her first to visiting the site would be to restore it instead of learn about it. That was back when she needed someone to be with her, when her entire family were there for her when Optimus couldn't be.

Her processor then turned to Predaking. He needed her just like she did back then. Things were different now though Preadking now knows the truth she still had a feeling that he wouldn't be so warming towards the autobots. But that didn't mean she was abandoning them. Optimus had seen the change in her already. She had grown and understand responsibility a little more. She had grown into the femme he was proud to see. All of them watched on the screen as the cybermatter was fired into the well. It seemed like a climactic moment and there were concerns that it wouldn't work considering the size of Cybertron but hopes were restored when the well began to glow a bright blue that seemed to spread out and take over the entire planet. It was a beautiful sight to see; there was only the wish that it wasn't necessary, that the war should never have happened

"Such luster" everyone gazed around at the voice of Knock Out who seemed to appear out of nowhere and stand with them like he belonged. The room remained silent as everyone was just as confused "What? I'm joining the winning team" nothing more needed to be done when Miko shot out still in the Apex armour and punched him square in the face plates.

The autobots couldn't help but admire what they had achieved that day. The sun was now rising over the horizon of the restored planet and Shade couldn't believe how beautiful it was to see it after all this time. There was something that she couldn't get off her mind though. There was now six predacons on Cybertron and although it will be easy for Darksteel and Skylynx to adjust Shade wished she could say the same for a certain mech. Predaking would need time to adjust to living on Cybertron and developing ways in which he could live in peace with the autobots. It wouldn't be something that he would achieve overnight and it was most definitely something that the mech wouldn't be able to do alone. Taking in the sight of her family minus Optimus and Ratchet in front of her Shade moved with ease towards the door slipping through without being spotted. She knew her way by now and didn't have to think before reaching the flight deck.

Spreading out her wings she took in the feeling of being home and that now she could explore it from the sky's for herself. Of course she had to think it over one more time before nodding to herself that this is what she wanted to do. It wouldn't be permanent and she could still come back and see them but this had to be done. She was about to push herself up with her wings when his voice sounded from behind her that stopped her in her tracks, her Sire. "Leaving when we've only just reunited" she turned to look him in the optics and saw that he wasn't alone. Arcee was stood beside him; she must have commed him.

"There's someone that needs me as much as I need him" she tried to read the Prime's face but got nothing. He was always difficult to read. Was he Sad or angry? "And this will all be for nothing if I don't help come to terms with the anger that he had inside of him. I'm going to help him find peace"

Optimus seemed to understand what she was saying as they spoke of the predacon that still had some form of hate for them. "He has your spark?" the purple femme was surprised. Was it really that obvious? She nodded in response and waited for him to speak his mind "You have made me and all of the autobots proud, Shade. You have grown so much in our absence and it does pain my spark that I couldn't stop it from happening to you. But if this is your wish that none of us will get in your way because you are right; we must uphold the peace with the predacons if we are to protect what we have achieved here" he moved forward and place his servo on her shoulder seeing that she was clearly upset about leaving them all. He put his other servo under her chin and tilted her helm up to look at him "I trust you, my daughter. You will keep the peace and protect Cybertron from the skies" Shade really couldn't help the small drop of lubricant that leaked from her optic that Optimus quickly wiped away. She gave him a smile and push herself into his warm embrace. It was strong and in that moment she felt so happy that she was almost tempted to stay.

After a minute or two they broke away and Shade moved from his embrace into Arcee's. "Be careful, little sister" Shade chuckled at what Arcee called her. Moving back Shade held up her pendent that she always wore and Arcee couldn't help the flutter in her spark.

"This isn't forever besides I'll be coming too much you'll be asking me to leave. And whenever Cybertron or the autobots needs me I'll be there" with that Shade didn't want to risk everyone coming to the flight deck and breaking down from saying good bye to them all so she quickly took off. Gliding around the side of the ship and down to land on the wing that she had left him on and sure enough there he was looking a lot better already.

His optics were offline but they soon lit up having sensed her presence and a warm smiled worked its way onto his face plates. The sight filling her spark with such joy "come on bucket head. Home is waiting for us" she reached her servo out to him which he graciously took and stood up. Though he was cunning. When he was stood to his full height he pulled her towards him letting her fall into his body where his arms wrapped around her and his helm leant down. His lips plates landing on hers that she happily leant into. Predaking was cheeky too as his slid his servo down to her waist and began to massage her. Shade quickly slapped his servo playfully and pulled away with a playful grin. "That's for another time when we're not so tired and dented" he chuckled at her.

"Are you not concerned for your family?"

They both walked to the edge of the wing just as she replied "Well you've been on the receiving end of my protectiveness towards them" she was joking around with him knowing that he wouldn't do that again, not now that he knew he could easily lose her "Please I'm basically moving out. I'll see them soon and if they need me they can call me" with that she didn't let anything more be said as she transformed and flew up. Predaking followed immediately the two predacons flying up higher into the sky of the restored planet and flying off towards the rising sun; leaving the warship behind. It did make Shade sad that she was leaving them at this point but she kept reminding herself of the positives and the things she's been telling Optimus and Arcee. She was looking ahead to the future now that was once not guaranteed.

Shade didn't both thinking of that too much though. She was home, she had her family back and she had Predaking. That was all she needed. Both Predaking and Shade let out a joy filled roar as they let their wings take them wherever they were going.

A/N: That's it, it's done! They fly off into the sunrise together which is a really sweet ending if you ask me. I really hope you enjoyed this and please review, would love to hear your opinions. They are always appreciated. I don't plan on writing in the Predacons Rising movie that follows on from this mostly because I've been neglecting my other fics for this one and with the different things that have been added into this it would be difficult to try and follow the films storyline; particularly with Skylynx and Darksteel. Anyways thanks for reading, following, favouriting and reviewing this. I don't own Transformers nor any OCs in this fic. All OCs belong to SuperSentai199.