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Aquaformer braced for what was to come. She may have been slightly weakened from being cold and sparked, but she wasn't going to go down without a fight, especially not to one of the stupid seekers who was seeking her to destroy her and the Prime. She could hear the jet engine coming closer, and by the sound, she realized who was after her – Starscream. She smirked, as she had kicked his aft many times, and she hoped this time was no different.

An as she waited, Starscream landed near the ice cave that Aquaformer was in. He knew she likely had figured out it was him in the area, but he was too cocky to take care when capturing his quarry. He smirked as he headed for the entrance to the cave where Aquaformer was hiding. He didn't even think about the fact that the cave would give the advantage to Aquaformer who was a triple changer – a grounder and an aerial bot. He knew she was tricky, but he figured she was too weak to put up much of a fight. He didn't realize that his assumption was going to bite him in the aft.

Aquaformer silently transformed into her grounder mode, hoping to buy time and the element of surprise. She could hear Starscream making his way in – the idiot was complaining about how cold the area was in his whiniest, screechiest voice. This gave her the advantage, as she could easily judge where he was and how far away he was. And just when he got close enough for her to see him, she blasted him and blasted him good, both in the wings and in the crotch plating. Starscream reeled from the pain.

"You foul femme" He shrieked and started trying to blast her with his own null rays.

"Your too cocky, Starscream" Aquaformer answered, her grounder mode easily maneuvering around the icy cave, as she had learned how to drive in the icy conditions and she used it to her advantage.

Starscream was irate as he continued to go after the femme. He only now realized why she had the advantage here, as he couldn't fly in this cave, but then a new thought came to him – he could melt the ice and capture her, then she would not have the cover of the ice. And so he started using his null rays to melt the ice that was giving Aquaformer a grounder advantage. He never even thought about the fact that if he melted the ice, she could fly away and give him the slip. He just melted the ice in his anger.

When Aquaformer realized what Starscream was doing, she only had one course of action – and so she changed into aerial mode and blasted off. Starscream only realized his mistake when she flew off. He was absolutely livid, and so while he chased her, he commed Megatron and informed him of what was going on. Megatron sent Thundercracker and Skywarp to help Starscream, hoping that they could capture the femme first.

Meanwhile, realizing that she wouldn't be able to do this on her own, Aquaformer reluctantly commed her friend Mirage and Jazz asking for assistance, hoping they would help her, as she still wasn't sure that Optimus would listen to her. She couldn't say much more to them, as she was being attacked by three seekers and three coneheads who were bound and determined to capture the femme.

Back with the Autobots, Jazz and Mirage went to Optimus. "Sir?" Mirage started.

"Yes Mirage?" Optimus answered.

"We just received a comm from Aquaformer" Jazz revealed.

"You got a comm from her?" Optimus asked a bit puzzled.

"Yes, she stated she was in trouble with seekers and coneheads on her tail" Mirage stated.

"Did she say where she was?" Optimus asked, curious as well as hurt.

"Somewhere over the Antarctic" Jazz replied succinctly, as he was not exactly happy that the Prime had driven the femme off in this manner.

Optimus swore, as most Autobots couldn't fly and get there in time. "Powerglide, you have to find and help her" Optimus stated.

"Does she even trust Powerglide?" Prowl asked.

"That doesn't matter, what matters is that she needs help" Optimus stated, wanting to earn his mate's trust back. The others nodded and Powerglide took off, comming Skyfire to come as well, hoping they could reach her before the Cons captured the femme.