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Aquaformer found herself being chased by Starscream, Thundercracker, Skywarp, Ramjet and several other flying Decepticons who were hell bent on catching the sparked femme. She had bested them many times and made them look the fool in front of their leader Megatron. They didn't know she was sparked or that she was bonded to the Prime, but that didn't matter. All they knew was that Megatron wanted her, and alive at least for now. And so they relentlessly pursued her.
Aquaformer tried her best, but she wasn't as fast as usual or as graceful as usual, as she was carrying extra weight thanks to the developing sparklings. That didn't mean though that she was any less dangerous, just less fast than usual. She was fighting and fighting hard, unaware that her bonded had decided to send help in the form of Skyfire and Powerglide, who were the only Autobots who would be able to reach her.
"She's slower than usual" Skywarp commented, though Aquaformer overheard it.
"Maybe that will make her easier to capture" Thundercracker answered.
"Don't count on it, femmes are known tricksters. I have seen many fool mechs with less. We must focus on our work and wear her out. Then and only then will we be able to capture her for Megatron" Starscream stated, knowing full well Aquaformer heard them.
Unknown to Aquaformer or the other cons, Powerglide and Skyfire reached the arctic area. "Boy its cold here" Powerglide commented.
"Silence, Powerglide, as Aquaformer and the cons maybe anywhere and we don't want to give ourselves away just yet" Skyfire responded to Powerglide. Powerglide silently acknowledged as they flew on, hoping they could save Aquaformer before the cons got her.
Meanwhile, Aquaformer was forced to land, as her energy reserves were quickly depleting thanks to the sparklings and the fighting. Starscream smiled evilly, as this was going to be easier than he originally thought. He jut needed to bide his time a little longer, and make sure she crashed into stasis lock, and then she would be easy to capture. Aquaformer tried to continue, but was growing steadily weaker. She wasn't about to give up, but her systems were falling into stasis lock as she continued to try and fight.
Skyfire and Powerglide heard what sounded like laser fire not too far from their position and they made a beeline for the sound, hoping they would arrive in time. Unfortunately, they would not make it as soon as they would have liked to. For once they emerged from the clouds, they could see a group of six or so cons and Skywarp and Thundercracker were holding a non-moving Aquaformer. Skyfire and Powerglide were not happy, but they didn't realize at first that they had been spotted.
"Thundercracker, Skywarp, take her to base. We will deal with these two" Starscream stated, making it clear he had spotted the two Autobots.
The two Autobots cursed that they had been seen, but they knew they had to fight to save Aquaformer. "We are not leaving without her" Powerglide stated, firing away at the cons, trying not to hit the stasis locked Aquaformer. It soon didn't matter about aim, as Skywarp and Thundercracker had "warped out" with Aquaformer in tow. Things had just gotten really bad, as Skyfire and Powerglide knew that they had not made it in time to save Aquaformer from the cons. She was gone and soon, so were the rest of the cons, though not without a few injuries from laser blasts.
Once the cons were gone, Powerglide knew he had to comm Optimus. "Powerglide to Optimus, come in Optimus" Powerglide commed, unaware that Optimus had felt something was wrong with his mate.
"Optimus here, go ahead Powerglide. Did you find Aquaformer?" Optimus asked.
"Well, we found her, sir, but your not going to like who found her first" Powerglide replied.
"The cons?" Optimus answered.
"Yeah, Thundercracker and Skywarp warped her back to the Con base, but something didn't look right about her. She wasn't fighting" Powerglide revealed.
Optimus was gravely concerned at hearing that. He knew what it most likely meant – she had exhausted her energy supply and was in temporary stasis lock and if she didn't get an infusion soon, she wouldn't make it. Optimus then addressed all the Autobots, including Skyfire and Powerglide over the comm. "We must go save her. The cons will do whatever they can to destroy her and I. We must save her if we want to survive as Autobots."
"Yes sir" was the response that Optimus received from all the Autobots, and they set out to fight the cons at the con base. Optimus pulsed love and hope, and continued to hope and pray that he would reach his sparked mate in time. If not, he knew there would be dire consequences for both them and their developing unsparked sparklings. Optimus thought one thing – this time Megatron will pay.