Hi! Okay, so this part doesn't follow the history of the show. Just warning you. Sorry for the long wait had to get a new laptop.
Chapter 27
About what the femmes didn't know. They had just managed to get Sirena back on the berth before they got told off by Ratchet.
"Well I'm sorry no one was polite enough to give Shadow a tour!" Sirena says looking pointedly at Optimus who blushed.
"What were you guys arguing about?" Shadow asked.
"Weather Sirena and Soundwave suffer from insomnia" Ratchet says glaring at Soundwave.
"That would probably make sense" Shadow said thoughtfully.
"Don't agree!" Sirena and Soundwave said in unison. Shadow shrugged, she did agree. Sirena glared at her like she knew what Shadow was thinking, which she probably did. Shadow bit her lip and looked away with an 'oh shit' look on her face, remembering that Sirena would know what she was thinking.
"I'm telepathic you Dumbass! I can still hear you!" She snapped at Shadow and pouted at Optimus. Soundwave came to sit beside her and pouted too. "What are you? Twins?" Optimus asks when he saw it. Shadow laughed muttering, "They might as well be".
"Does that make you two twins?" They ask in unison again.
"We aren't flyers, or the only ones of our kind" Shadow pointed out, "Plus we're not telepathic".
"Watch it or we'll start talking like this all the time" they said. Starting to freak everyone out. except for Shadow, she rolled her eyes and said, "You're reading each other's minds to say this... and don't try to deny it cause that's honestly how I'm dealing with this".
"We're actually not. We used to do this at the academy so we don't have to... and we the fact that we can't read each other's mind doesn't help" Sirena says as she looked at shadow.
"I said that this is how I'm dealing with things so I refuse to believe you" Shadow said, "So uh Ratchet, I tried to find you and it didn't work but! Sirena's awake" Shadow said trying to change the topic.
"Yes, I can see that. And they are right, by the way. They really can't read each other's minds" Ratchet replied.
"Don't..." Shadow whined.
"Too bad sweetheart. You know it's true" Sirena and Soundwave said to annoy her.
"How about a tour? Yeah! That sounds good, Optimus?" Shadow asked standing and going to the door.
"Sure. Anything to get away from those two" Optimus said and led her out of the med bay.
"YES!" Shadow exclaimed as they walked away.
"You don't really think we have insomnia, do you?" Sirena asks. Ratchet turned to her, "Yes and it makes sense. You don't stay up while Shadow sleeps because you're worried do you? It's because you can't sleep in the first place" Ratchet said then he added, "And Soundwave works so much for the same reason"
"You won't tell anyone will you?" Sirena asks then looks at Soundwave and says "are we sure he's not the mind reader?".
"I won't tell anyone, although you will have to talk to Optimus and Shadow because they know of it now" Ratchet said going off into the med bay to do something useful.
"Damn" they said together.
Two weeks later and they still hadn't talked to Optimus or Shadow.
It was about 4:30 in the morning and Shadow was on the roof. She hadn't said anything about the insomnia but it was eating at her, she worried about Sirena. Sirena was with soundwave and knockout in the control room. Knockout was trying to get them to sleep. Soundwave went to his room with knockout but Sirena stayed in the control room. Shadow got bored of looking at the dark sky and went back inside, she was just wandering, no destination in mind. Sirena has linked to the main frame like soundwave with his help. So, she could see Shadow walking around and groaned, guarding the femme was a constant challenge.
"Why can't she just act like the Queen she's mental to be?" She asks herself. Shadow had ended up in the hallway with the control room door not far away. Sirena has ended up sitting up in the rafters in case someone came in. And someone did, it was Shadow, she had seen the cons /present or not/ in there earlier and was wondering if Sirena was still awake. Sirena glared at her as she entered but stayed silent. Shadow didn't know about the rafters yet. She visibly relaxed at the empty room, it meant a higher chance of Sirena being asleep. Sirena giggled at her thoughts but was a little too loud... oops. Shadow groaned, "Is it too much to ask that you sleep too?" Shadow asked, she didn't know where Sirena was but she knew that she was in the room.
"I'll sleep when I'm ready" Sirena says. Her voice echoed so you can't tell where it came from.
"Okay, well ill just sit here and wait for that time" Shadow said as she sat in the chair in front of the computer. Sirena chucked the ball she was playing with at Shadows head but realized too late it gave away her position. Shadow had seen the object flying towards her and caught it with a smirk, "Didn't think that through, did you?" Shadow asked looking directly at Sirena.
"Frag you" she replied and flipped off the beam. She landed and Shadow just continued to smirk. Shadow tossed the ball back to Sirena who caught it.
"Go to sleep Shadow" Sirena demanded.
"What about you?" Shadow asked ignoring the demand.
"I'll sleep later" she replied.
"Not a good answer" Shadow said as she pulled her legs up to sit crossed-legged on the chair. Sirena jabbed her with her feeler and sent her to sleep. She carried her to her room and put her on the birth. "Stop being so worried about my Queenie. It's meant to be the other way around" Sirena whispered to her in the dark. Later that morning Shadow woke up. She was confused but soon remembered that Sirena had her feeler out while she was being stubborn. "Damn femme"
Sirena was with optimus, telling him stories about the academy. "-she ended up falling face first down the stairs!"
Shadow heard the end part but didn't know what they were talking about. "Hey what'cha talking about?" she asked.
"My old tech teacher" Sirena answered, avoiding her eyes. Shadow hummed, she was a little angry about what Sirena did. "It's later, have you slept?" she asked.
"If I say yes, will you believe me?" She asks nervously.
"By your nervousness no" Shadow deadpanned.
"Damn" she said " bye baby brother" she kissed his cheek and bolted. Shadow stood for a moment, she was contemplating whether she had the energy to chase Sirena. She decided that she did and bolted after her. Sirena stumbled and Shadow caught her. For the first time, ever. Shadow tackled her and sat on her. It was her way of keeping the bigger (taller), faster femme down. "You need to sleep or you'll shut down again!" Shadow said.
"I slept two days ago, I'm fine!" She said as everyone gathered around them.
"If you don't sleep your body will force you into stasis again" Shadow stated, she didn't notice everyone gathering she was too busy trying to keep the femme down. "Just think you go into stasis again and you don't get to keep an optic on me, I wonder how much trouble I could get into" Shadow said hoping to make the femme go sleep.
"No! No no no no no!" Sirena says as she twists and turns, trying to get shadow off her. Not noticing the crowd. Because of Sirena's squirming she could knock Shadow off her. Shadow landed with a yelp.
"I'm not going to sleep and you're not getting into trouble!" Sirena says.
"Well half the time I can't help getting in trouble" Shadow defended, "oh" she had only just noticed the crowd they had attracted.
"What was that about?" Optimus asks.
"I thought it was obvious, I want Sirena to sleep?" Shadow answered as more of a question, she was still sitting on the ground.
"She doesn't?" Jackie asks. "That's none of your business" Sirena glared at him.
"Right, well sorry for the disruption" Shadow said trying to walk away with Sirena.
"Wait. Why are you so afraid of sleep Sirena?" Arcee asks. Sirena opened her mouth but Shadow answered for her.
"Because I have bots hunting me down" Shadow answered without thinking.
"Shadow!" Sirena scolds.
"What? What I say?" Shadow asked not realising what she had said.
"You ain't 'spouse to talk 'bout that!" She hissed.
"Oh scrap" Shadow cursed as she hung her head a little.
"Your fault" Sirena hissed again.
"I know" Shadow said hanging her head lower and her shoulders slumped too. She was trying to become smaller, she didn't want to reveal who she really was.
"OK what the hell is going on?!" Optimus questioned. Shadow remained silent she refused to speak. Optimus knew who Shadow really was but he didn't know about her being hunted.
"SHADOW!" He yells. "Just tell him" Sirena whispered. Shadow wanted to tell him, and she wanted to tell everyone that she was alive, but she had lied to everyone since coming here. Shadow went to say something but couldn't and took off running before anyone could stop her.
"Shadow! Oh, for primus sake! Therefore, I don't sleep! Dumbass!" Sirena screams after her. But Shadow didn't hear as she was too far away, she had run out of the base. Sirena has started crying. She didn't know what to do. She had collapsed in a sobbing mess. Madelyn bent down and comforted her while Bee made the decision to try and catch Shadow. Sirena didn't know who was holding her but was grateful. Meanwhile Bee realised she had no idea where Shadow would've gone, so she commed Soundwave and asked.
"Sirena says to look for somewhere dark... so try the forest behind base." Soundwave replied.
"Got it!" Bee said and ran off to the entrance of the forest, she paused and looked around for any clue as to Shadow being there. She spotted some footprints and followed them. Shadow had stopped at a tree near a clearing, she had started crying while running. Bee had managed to catch up and put her hand on her shoulder. Shadow screamed and flipped the femme over her shoulder out of instinct. "Oh, scrap sorry" Shadow whispered.
"Don't sweat it. Soundwave is much worse" bee replied.
"I'll bet" Shadow said sitting down. Bee hadn't moved yet. Shadow tried to wipe away her tears.
"So, what's up with the crying?" Bee asks.
"What's up with you following me?" Shadow asked back dodging the question.
"Felt like it" Bee replied sarcastically.
"Right..." Shadow said, "You wouldn't understand. I lied to everyone, to my family and I can't face them. I mean Optimus knows but he doesn't know the whole story" Shadow said after a moment of silence.
"Is this about the fact that you're a Queen?" Bee asks casually.
"Say what now?" Shadow asked a little panicked.
"I heard Sirena mention it" Bee said.
"Right..." Shadow said, "How much do you actually hear?" she asked.
"Most of it" Bee replied.
"Damn, scout training?" Shadow asked.
"Ya" Bee managed before guns started firing at them.
"Scrap!" Shadow cursed and pulled Bee behind a tree to avoid the blaster fire. "Can you see who's firing?" Shadow asked Bee.
"Megatron!" Bee yelled.
"Oh scrap!" Shadow said a blast nearly hitting her.
"You just can't keep outta trouble, can you?" Sirena says as she appears outta nowhere.
"It's not my fault!" Shadow said, "It's not like I wanted bucket head to show up!"
"Fine! let's just deal with it, shall we?!" Sirena hissed as her arm got hit.
"Sirena! Are you okay? Screw it get back to base the both of you!" Shadow ordered getting her blasters out.
"You can't order me around in these situations! in in charge!" Sirena tells her.
"When your hurt I honestly don't care!" Shadow bit back, "Look he doesn't know I'm alive I can distract him till the others come and you get back to base" Shadow insisted.
"Frag off you pick of scrap!" Sirena insults her, as she does when she's angry so Shadow takes no mind to it.
"Bee, I can't get Sirena to leave but I can get you to leave, I bet she didn't tell anyone why she left so you need to get the others" Shadow ordered as she poked her head out from behind the tree to try and spot where Megatron was firing from.
"I'll get the others" Bee said and ran off.
"On a scale of 1 to 10 how screwed are we?" Shadow asked, "I mean he thinks I'm dead so that helps, doesn't it?" She hoped.
"About 11. He thinks we're autobots" Sirena says.
"Well he's half right" Shadow said looking out, she could see a man with a fusion canon and assumed that it was Megatron, "Can you see if he came alone?" she asked ducking back in behind the tree.
"He has people named Arachnid, Dread Wing and Break Down with him" she said as the others joined them.
"Fun" Shadow said, she knew every con, especially these ones.
"You can say that again" Sirena muttered.
"So, what we gonna fight them or hide like cyber-chickens all day" Shadow asked as the others hide behind trees close to Shadow and Sirena.
"I vote for Hide like cyber-chickens!" Said Raf, who had appeared outta nowhere at bee's side. Ignoring the glare bee sent him.
Shadow looked terrified at the appearance of the human. She froze for a moment before her look hardened, "Bee get the humans out of here now!" If Raf was there then Miko and Jack would be there too. Shadow was going to give them cover fire and if that didn't work she was going to distract.
But Sirena grabbed her first. "Oh no you don't! You ain't being a distraction! I'm a con, let me talk to them" She said.
"Honestly that's a better plan" Shadow agreed, "Bee get ready to go back to base" Shadow warned. Bee got the humans and got ready to make a run for it, she was glaring at all of them.
"Why don't we just send them through the ground bridge? That way Bee can stay!" Sirena says again as the voice of reason.
"Because... I didn't think of that and honestly if I did there would've have been some reason against using it but yeah do that!" Shadow agreed.
"Moron" Sirena said. She stepped out into the open. "WAIT! I'M A DECEPTICON!" Sirena screams.
The blaster fire stopped and Shadow pushed herself more into the shadows, even the bots could barely see her, and that's only because they knew that she was there. Sirena had started talking and distracted the cons so that the humans could ground bridge away.
"Who are you?" Megatron bellowed. "Sirena Prime" she replied, much to the shock of the decepticon's.
"not possible" Dreadwing mumbled, he was the closest so Shadow could hear it.
"Do I LOOK not possible to you?!" She snapped at him, hands on her hips.
"My apologies" Dreadwing said. "How could you have arrived on Earth?" Breakdown asked...
"My ship crashed... DON'T LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT YOU PIECE OF SCRAP!" Sirena yells at arachnid, who was staring at her like she was disgusted.
Arcee looked impressed at this. Arachnid went to say something back but Megatron silenced them all, "Enough! It is known that you are not completely loyal Sirena. How is it that you happen to be with the Autobots?" he asked gesturing to where the bots were hiding behind the trees.
"Well it not like I could find you is it" she spat back. "You have no right to question my loyalty! I'm a Prime! I can kill you in an instant" she hissed and her feeler swayed back and forth behind her, her eyes glowing brightly and her fingers started to spark with electricity "It is not wise to speak like that" Megatron warned her, glaring slightly. He did not like being outranked by a Prime as he believed that HE should be Prime, but he did see the value of having a Prime on the Decepticon's side.
"You do not deserve to be a Prime. How many autobots have you off lined?" She asks.
"And how many have you?" He asked back cool-ly trying to make a point.