Oh My Gosh, I'm so sorry for taking so long to update. So much has been happening at home that I haven't been able to work on this story, and I'm not sure when I might be able to update the next chapter.

This chapter is what happens the day between Darkness Rising and Students& Masters. Hey, they get a free day without dealing with the Decipticons.

Disclaimer: I sadly do not own Transformers Prime, only my OCs.

Read and enjoy!

Chapter Seven : Girls Day Out

High above Earth's atmosphere, there flew the Decepticon warship.

While most of the troops were still coming to terms with their Lord's demise, Starscream was nearly having a dance party with himself demanding everybot to refer to him as 'Lord' now.

Everyone aboard the ship was doing their own assigned tasks or just trying to avoid the new leader.

Everyone, but one.

In his private quarters, Soundwave felt restless as he stood up in front of his monitor as he just stared at the photo of the human girl that he had come in contact with the day before. The one by the name Shadow.

Soundwave couldn't believe his audio receptors when he first heard her speak, yelling at the other girl who had grabbed the ax, and he was glad that she had spoken cause that ax would have been lodged into her back if he hadn't moved them out of the way in time.

Going into his old personal file, he brought out another photo, one that he took back before Cybertron went dark.

Shadowstalker.

He moved the photos so that they were side by side. There he was able to compare the two, and apart from the obvious race difference, they looked almost identical.

"See what I mean Boss?"

"Yeah, we were thinking the same when we saw her on the ship a few days ago."

The silent con glanced down at the two minicons before looking back up at the pictures. There's no mistaking that voice. He thought to himself as he looked at the picture from Cybertron.

He remembered that solar cycle and him taking it.

The young femme had been sitting on the ground, along with four minicons. Three of which were right next to him. Laserbeak. Frenzy and Rumble. The fourth, Ravage, had gotten separated from them eons ago, but because of the bond they share, they knew that he was still online somewhere.

But something troubled Soundwave greatly, she had looked right at him with no recognition whatsoever. No, she didn't seem to recognize him at all.

He remembered when he pulled out of that computer room with the ax and Shadow holding on to him, nearly having a spark attack when she fell off. He had heard how hard she hit the ground and knew that she had been hurt.

But he also saw the slight fear in her eyes when she looked up at the ax that he was still holding. It pained him to see her looking at him like that. No, he had absolutely NO intention of using that ax on her.

He clenched his fists in anger. Yeah, he had heard the reports of her disappearance, and the rumors that it had been the Kieshans. If there's one thing the Autobots and Decepticons have in common, it's that all Kieshans are enemies to them.

Suddenly his expression softened behind his visor as he looked at the humanized version of the Cybertronian he once knew.

Oh, Shadowstalker, what had they done to you? If he ever comes across a Kieshan, he's going to make them pay dearly for what they have done. Even if he isn't a Shadowhunter, nor had the tools to harm the dark fraggers.

'Do you think that we should tell him?' He was snapped out of his thoughts when Laserbeak spoke through the bond. Soundwave thought for a moment.

Right now only them four know about this, he hadn't told Lord Megatron before the space bridge explosion for obvious reasons, and he ain't stupid, once Starscream finds out about her, then he will attempt to capture her and put her through the same pit he put that agent through, maybe worse.

He will tell the new 'Lord' about the other three human children, but he refuses to put Shadowstalker at risk. The Autobots base is a much safer place than here on the Nemesis.

'Yes, he has the right to know. Starscream must never find out about her.' He answered her. And with that Soundwave logged out of his monitor while the twins took to the vents, and they all headed to the Med Bay.

*Shadow's POV*

"Well, it's gonna be awhile, plus we need to find some stuff to go into my room, like bedspreads and clothes and all that stuff, we'll use the debit card Fowler gave me, also it's to spend some time away from ya guys." I explained to Cliffjumper but couldn't help but laugh when he gave me a fake hurt expression. Miko laughed as well.

And to explain how I got a debit card from Agent Fowler, well lets just say that he came back late last night and was surprised to see me and demanded why I was still there and not at "home". So we ended up explaining to him about who I was and my story.

To say that he was stunned would be an understatement. But in the end he gave me the debit card and his business card with his personal number on the back so I could contact him if I ever needed anything.

"We don't mean that in a bad way Cliffjumper, we all love being around you bots." Miko said from behind me.

"Oh I know, I just love messing with Shadow here." He says right before bringing me into a headlock. I squealed and laughed as he playfully rubbed the top of my head with his knuckles.

"Aw Damn It Cliff! Stooooooop Iiiiiiit!" I tried saying but couldn't stop giggling, and Miko ain't gonna do anything to help me cause she's filming this on her phone while laughing.

Finally I was able to grab the hand that was on my head and force it away, my face was probably red from laughing. I didn't feel like moving back to my side so I just stayed leaning against Cliffjumpers holoform, his arm that had me in a headlock stayed over my shoulder while the one I forced away from my head went back to the steering wheel so it looks like he's driving.

When I got my breathing back to normal I turned my head towards Miko. "You're sending that to me, Right?"

"You bet."

That's when my phone vibrated and beeped telling me that I got a text, but at the same time Cliff's monitor beeped saying he too got a message.

"Wait, did you..." I trailed off as I brought out my phone and saw that she did send me the video, but then looked at the top to see the words Group Message.

"Miko, you better be Damn glad that I can't reach you." I said as Cliff opened the message that he got and it was the video Miko took of Cliff and me. Cliffjumper laughed as I just groaned and buried my face in his side, I felt him pat me with the hand that was around my shoulder.

"Who all did you send this to?" My voice being muffled from my place..

"Oh just you, Cliff, Bulk, Arcee, Bee, Jack, and Raf." Miko said smugly with no regrets at all. I just groaned once again.

Then Miko's, Cliff's , and my message notification beeped, I still didn't move. "Who and what?" I asked.

"From Arcee. Lol, Well I see Ya are having quite a fun time up there!." Cliffjumper read as I glanced over at his screen display.

"Oh yeah we are!" He responded. I went to my messages.

Me: 'SAVE MEEEEEEEE!' I typed out then pushed send, a second later popped up on Cliffjumpers screen as he laughed.

"Nah I won't let them." He said to me and he typed that exact sentence before sending. I then got one from Raf and Jack.

Raf: 'Lol, good luck Shadow'

Jack: 'It was nice knowing you Shadow, R.I.P.'

Me: 'I'm totally feeling the love here guys...NOT!' I responded and Bulkhead sent 'I bet you wished you were in the back seat with Miko now huh?'

Me: 'YASSSSSS!' I said and then I got one from Bee

Bee: 'Sorry I wish I could Help But I'm racing with Raf, but now that I'm thinking about it I would most likely help Cliffjumper.'

Me: 'TRAITORRRRR!'

Bee: '=)'

Then we all got a message from someone that none of us (except Miko)thought was even part of the group message.

'I see you all are enjoying yourselves, the video is quite- entertaining.'

I just gaped at the text and the one who sent it while everyone else quickly responded.

Miko: 'It's bout time you responded!'

Cliff: 'Optimus!?'

Bulk: 'Optimus! What in the Allspark!'

Bee: 'WAIT WHAT!?'

Arcee: 'Well that was unexpected!'

Jack: Hey Optimus, didn't know you were on here.'

Raf: 'Hey Optimus.=)'

Me: 'Hey O.P., Welcome to the party, NOW SAVE MEEEEEE!'

Optimus: 'I am sorry Shadow, but I cannot Help you at the moment.'

Cliff: "HA!"

Me: ' =0 *died* '

Arcee: 'Lol'

Miko: 'Lolz!'

Me: 'I GIVE UP!'

I just laid limp against Cliffjumper playing dead, before Miko started poking my cheek asking if I was dead, I let her continue for another minute before snapping my teeth towards her finger. She yelped before slamming back against her seat.

Not long afterwards we pulled up to the shopping mall and parked in an empty space with Arcee parking right next to us.

Cliffjumper turned towards us as I sat back up in my seat. "Well, I guess I'll see ya femmes later then huh?"

"Sure will, bye!" Miko said as she excitedly got out of the car. I laughed as I gave Cliffjumper a quick hug. "Yeah, we'll see you later Cliff." I said as I got out and he rolled down the window.

"Now don't you all have too much fun without me." Cliffjumper said with a smirk and Arcee chuckled as her holoform came over to look at him before speaking. "Well in that case, we'll have the time of our lives." She smirked before walking towards the entrance of the mall with Miko following close behind.

"Haha bye Cliff." I waved at him before running to catch up with the other two.

*Cliffjumper's POV*

I watched as Shadow, Arcee, and Miko disappeared into the building and after a couple of seconds I shifted gears and drove out of the parking lot and back towards base. I decided to not deactivate my holoform since I was still in town.

Glancing at my monitor I pulled up the video of Shadow and I and played it.

I couldn't help but smile at that moment but then I paused it right as she looked at the camera and I couldn't help but get a warm feeling in my spark. It looks as if she is looking straight at me, smiling warmly.

I was suddenly interrupted when my com-link went off. "Cliffjumper, are you on your way back yet?" The gruff voice of Ratchet asked.

Rolling my optics I answered. "Yeah Doc I'm on my way." All I got was a low growl before he cut off the com. I smirked. Oh how I just love to mess around with my teammates.

I turned on the radio as I sped down the desert road. It was about 5 o'clock when I arrived back at base.

When I transformed I noticed that everyone was around the monitors so I walked up next to Bulkhead. "What's going on?" Bulkhead and Bumblebee looked at me as Bulk responded.

"We don't know yet, the computer started going off right before you came in." I nodded before Ratchet spoke out. "I'm picking up a signal from an Autobot ship near the planet called Jupiter." My optics widened in shock and hope.

"Really!? That's incredible!" Bumblebee exclaimed as Bulk and I nodded in agreement.

Optimus walked up to the monitors. "Autobot outpost Omega One to unknown vessel, Identify yourself?"

"Well it's about time that I find some bots! I almost thought that I was the only one out here." Came a mech's response. I didn't recognize the voice though.

I was about to ask the bot to state his name when Ratchet suddenly perked up. "Windblade!? Is that you?" He asked, shocked. (Author's Note: This is a different Windblade than the one from the other Transformers shows.)

"By the Allspark, Ratchet is that really you?" The mech, Windblade, asked in equal shock. "I feared that I would never hear from you again."

My optics widened when Ratchet actually laughed. "Well, as you can tell, I'm very much online. And I'm not the only one." I decided to speak up. "Yeah, but we aren't the only one's here though. We got con's everywhere."

"Sounds like y'all could use a servo or two. I can make it there in about 3 joors.(Hours)" he says. Ratchet started typing on the computer. "I'm sending the landing coordinates to you now."

Suddenly Bulkhead speaks up. "Uhh, should we tell him about a certain humanized femme?" He asks nervously. I raised an optic ridge.

"Bulkhead? Dang I didn't think I would find you all the way out here? To think I might actually get a break from ya Wreckers ... And what are you talking about?" I looked at Bulkhead confused. They know each other?

"Was Windblade a Wrecker as well Bulk?" I asked but before he could answer, laughter came over the com. "Oh Pit na! No offense Bulkhead. Me and my group sometimes did missions with the Wreckers, especially if it involved an Kieshan." He explained and my optics widened in disbelief. No way, he's a...

"Your A Shadowhunter!?" Bumblebee exclaimed in shock. Now I know why Bulkhead was asking if we should tell him about Shadow. Looking around I saw that Ratchet and Optimus seemed to already know about this.

"Yeah I am, but anyways, what were you talking about earlier Bulkhead?" Windblade asked and we all exchanged nervous glances with each other, but nowhere near as nervous as Bulkhead and Ratchet.

Finally Ratchet turned back to the computer. "She's still online." He said quietly. It was silent for several seconds and I wasn't sure if he heard him.

"W-What?" He finally asked, shocked.

Ratchet took a deep intake before finally dropping the bomb on him.

"Shadowstalker is still online..."

*Shadows POV*

We got back to base at around 7:45 and had Arcee, Cliff, and Miko help me put the bags in my room; 7 were mine and 3 were Miko's (we had her put her bags there until Bulkhead took her home).

They had just finished helping me put the bags in my room when Cliffjumper and Arcee got a call saying that the new bot is almost here. I told them to go ahead and meet him while I organized some of the stuff I had gotten. The two of them gave me a strange look before leaving with Miko.

I took out my bed spread out of the package and proceeded to make up the bed in black and royal blue.

After that was done I took out the hangers, laid them on the bed and got out the clothes and laid all them out on the bed. It took me roughly 30 minutes to put the clothes and hang them up on the rack and to put other clothes such as undergarments, shorts, and tank tops in the drawers.

I had my back turned towards the door while going through the other stuff in the remaining 5 large bags. I was so focused on what I was doing that I didn't notice the presence of someone looking at me from my doorway.

"Need any help Shadowstalker?" I jumped and yelped when I suddenly heard a voice from behind me. I spun around from my position on the ground to see an all white with a gray faceplate Cybertronian Mech who is about the same size as Cliffjumper, maybe an inch or two taller, and his build was between Bee's and Wheeljack's.

I remembered on the way back from the mall that Cliffjumper was telling me that they detected an Autobot ship in this Solar System. Which I nearly passed out from shock. There weren't supposed to be any new bots until Con Job when Wheeljack makes an appearance. When I asked who this new bot was he told me that it was a mech named Windblade. Strangely it had felt as if I heard that name before, much like I had with Nightshade. But something had been bugging me...

Who in the Pits of Kaon are they? I do not recall ever hearing about a Cybertronian named Nightshade in the Transformers franchise, and this seems to be a different Windblade than the one I heard of from the shows.

So, I'm guessing that this is Windblade. I must admit, he does seem so familiar, but I can't place a finger on it.

After catching my breath from my near heart attack I stood up. "What is up with everybody trying to give me heart attacks nowadays !" I exclaimed as he chuckled in amusement.

"So your Windblade? And since you called me Shadowstalker I'm guessing that the others told you my predicament?" I asked, looking up at him as his expression turned downcast and he kneeled down in front of me. "I am and they told me how you got here and that you don't remember much." He said as I sighed.

"Yeah, it's a pain in the aft, but I've been slowly regaining my memories now." I said as his face brightened up some.

"That's great Shadow! So do you need any help with your room here?" He asked me as I raised an eyebrow at the white Autobot.

"Do you have a holoform yet?" I asked him as he looked at me a bit confused.

"Uh no, I do not. Do I need that?" He asked and I couldn't help but chuckle at the image of him trying to help in his bot form. "Yeah ya kinda do, it would be a bit hard to handle these as a Cybertronian so it would be a lot better and easier to use a human holoform. You can ask Ratchet to help you create one, I'll come with you." He nodded and offered his hand to me.

I climbed onto his hand before he stood back up to his full height and walked out of my room and down the hall towards the command center.

Ratchet was, of course, on the main computer while Optimus was behind him watching whatever was on the screen. Bumblebee, Arcee, and Cliffjumper were talking near the entrance of the base, Bulkhead and Miko must have left to go dune bashing or something while Jack and Raf were playing a racing game, and of course Raf was winning.

Cliffjumper was the first to notice us when we walked in. "Wow Shadow, ya finish putting all that stuff up already?" He asked, giving me a playful smirk and in return I gave him a halfhearted glare as he chuckled.

"Nooo smartaft I haven't. Now if ya don't mind, Windblade over here needs a holoform." I said as Cliff fake pouted while Arcee and Bee chuckled. Windblade and I started to continue towards Ratchet who was now looking at us, probably overhearing me saying Windblade needed a holoform.

"Whatever you say, Partner." I heard my guardian say from behind us as Windblade suddenly froze halfway across the room and all of a sudden there was tension so thick all throughout the command center you could cut it with a knife. I could faintly hear Ratchet mutter 'This isn't going to end well'.

"What did you just say to her?" Windblade growled out through his teeth as he slowly turned towards the smirking Cliffjumper, Arcee and Bumblebee on the other hand were wide eyed and slowly backing away from the smirking red bot. Jack and Raf had paused their game and were watching the scene in confusion as well as me. I don't understand what is so bad about what Cliffjumper said, he is my guardian and my partner in crime.

I looked up at Windblade's face and saw how pissed he looked and before I could ask what was wrong Cliffjumper spoke. "I called her 'Partner', so what?" He said and the bot holding me let out another low growl.

"You know exactly what." He seethed and still confused on what was going on but not wanting anything to escalate any farther I grabbed Windblade's attention.

"Hey how about we get you that holoform made and also a vehicular form as well, I got the perfect one in mind for you." I said as his expression softened and nodded. He gave Cliffjumper one last death glare before going to Ratchet.

*Thirty minuets later(Said in french accent from Spongebob)*

"Ok here is the vehicle I had in mind for you." I said pulling up a picture of an all white 2016 Mustang GT.

"Hmm nice, I like it, great choice Shadow." Windblade said from behind me. Turning away from the computer, I got up and walked over to the railing where Wind and Ratchet are. "Thank you Windblade, all we need to do now is have you scan one of these."

"Or just have you download it, it's a lot quicker." Ratchet said as he started typing on the big computer and a diagram of the same vehicle popped up on the screen as I just blinked in surprise.

"Really, I thought ya had to scan them." I said and Ratchet turned towards me.

"You can scan a vehicle to obtain it, or you could download it and still obtain it." Ratchet explained as he got it ready for Windblade to download.

"Oh, cool. I learn something new everyday." I said as I heard Windblade chuckle from beside me and Ratchet smirked.

The download took only a few minutes, unlike the holoform that took nearly 30. Making sure everything was set, it was ready to test out, as well as teach Windblade about the rules and law of the road.

Climbing down the ladder, I walked up to Windblade as he smirked down at me. "Ready to go for a test drive Shadowstalker?" He asked me and I grinned up at him. "Pit yeah I am, lets go." I said as I watched him transform into his vehicle form and open the passenger door for me as I sprinted up and jumped onto the seat. The door closed behind me and the seat belt snaked around me clicking in place before speeding out of the base into the cool night.

Unaware of the possessive and jealous look a certain red Autobot threw at us.

"Alright then, since humans would normally freak out due to seeing a vehicle drive itself, it is best to do one of two things- either tint your windows just dark enough where people don't notice, or use your holoform. So this would be a good time to test it out, get a feel for it." I explained.

"This is going to be interesting." He muttered through the radio and after a few seconds the holoform fizzled into the driver's seat.

I couldn't help but stare at him, he looked to be somewhere in his mid to late twenties, had jet black hair with white highlights that went just below his ears, fairly tan skin tone, bright blue eyes, white fitted shirt that showed off his muscles with jeans, and muscular arms.

Holy fragging Primus, first Cliffjumper, now him! What is up with the bots being either extremely attractive or fragging hot!?

I shook my head to clear my thoughts before smiling over at the confused man. "Good job, so whenever you're in public areas you will want to use your holoform."

"It's gonna take a lot of getting used to, though." He said as he pulled over to the side of the road.

Getting out of the car, Windblade walked around a little, trying to get a feel of being this close to being a human and not using his actual form.

I walked with him a little bit down the road. "Yeah, I can imagine how strange it must be." He glanced at me.

"Is it strange for you? You know, being human?"

I stopped walking and gave him a sad smile. "It feels as if I had been human my whole life, even though I'm starting to regain my memories, I do not remember what it felt like being Cybertronian. And, even if I regain all my memories, there's no telling if I will ever be a Cybertronian again. I may be stuck being human for the rest of my life."

I was completely taken back when he clenched his fist and glared at me before suddenly stomping up to me and grabbing my shoulders. "Don't you dare for one nanoklick think that! You will regain your memories and there will be a way to turn you back! There has to be!"

I stared at him in shock before chuckling softly. "So do I. Ratchet was saying the same thing to me a couple nights ago."

Then something unexpected happened. He hugged me. "I hope you remember soon, but I'm just glad that you are alive." He whispered to me.

Smiling softly, I hugged him back and stayed like that for a while before he stepped back.

"So how about we continue on with the lesson, huh?" I grinned at him and he mirrored the look before nodding.

The sound of knocking caused the red con to stop what he was doing, which was buffing himself for the 10th time that solar cycle, and start making his way towards the door, but stopped short when it suddenly unlocked and opened.

The Knockout raised an optic ridge when Soundwave strolled through, and not two seconds later two minicons popped down from the vents.

"Is there something I can help you with? I was in the middle of something." Knockout asked as he glanced over at his buffer on the table, only to snap his helm towards the sounds of suppressed laughter.

"Really, KO? How many times today are you going to buff yourself?" Rumble smirked while Frenzy snickered.

Knockout narrowed his optics at the two, but before he could retort back Soundwave was suddenly in front of him, startling him a bit.

"Yes Soundwave, what is it?" The medic asked impatiently. He did not have time for this, and certainly did not have the time nor sanity to deal with the two small cons.

The only answer he got though, was Soundwave pulling up a picture of a human girl on his visor.

Knockout raised an optic ridge in confusion. "Um, why are you showing me a picture of a human femme? Who cares?" Seriously, who cares about the humans? They are small, fragile, and gross beings.

Soundwave took a step closer to the red medic, causing him to take a step back. "Yeah, I see, it's a human. So what?"

Knockout rolled his optics and turned to walk away, only to cry out in shock and fear when Soundwave suddenly grabbed him by the arm and forced him back around. And this time Soundwave added another picture.

A picture that had Knockouts spark clenching in pain. It was a picture of Shadowstalker.

But before he could question what was going on, Soundwave made it where the two pictures were side by side, prompting the medic to compare the two.

Slowly, his ruby red optics widened in disbelief. It couldn't be...Could it?

Suddenly Soundwave changed it to the recording of the security camera that had been in the room with the four humans. Showing him the video, as well as the audio that he got of the human known as Shadow.

Stumbling back in shock, knockout ended up backing into the medical berth, which he was glad for because he needed to sit down.

Soundwave stopped it at where he last saw her leaning against the doorway before he flew off, and he kept it there as Knockout just stared at it. "Is it really..." He couldn't finish the sentence.

"Yes, it has to be, there's no other explanation for this." Rumble said seriously, all joking aside.

Frenzy nodded. "She looks, sounds, and acts just like the Shadowstalker we knew."

Then Soundwave pulled up the report from Cybertron about her disappearance, before zooming in on the words '...believed to have been kidnapped by Kieshans.' The vain con shook in uncontrollable rage. How dare they do such a horrible and unspeakable thing to her.

Knockout was practically seething when he looked at Soundwave. "Do any of the other Decepticons know about her?"

The silent con shook his helm before showing a clip of Starscream interrogating the human known as Agent Fowler, showing him what Starscream would do if he got his hands on her.

Knockout shook his helm. "Yeah, no. I don't care what happens to the other humans, but he cannot know about her. You and I both know what he will do to her, and I'll be damned to pit if I let that happen."

Soundwave nodded before turning to go back to his quarters. He was nearly at the door when Knockout called him. Turning back around, he saw that the red con now had a look of determination. "Could you send me everything that you have on Shadowstalker?"

Nodding, he did just that, before he and the twins left the med bay.

Leaving Knockout to go over what Soundwave had sent him.

So this was quite a chapter. So now a new Autobot had shown up earlier than planned, I wonder how this might affect the timeline. And also it would seem that Soundwave and Knockout knows Shadowstalker, but, the question is how? And who exactly might this Windblade be? Oh, and we also have the twin pranksters Frenzy and Rumble, so that will be quite fun.

Shadow: What the frag!? This wasn't part of the timeline!*Glares at Authoress*

Me:*Smirks*

Cliffjumper:*Backs away nervously* Why is she smirking like that?

Arcee:*Sees Authoress's smirk* Oh Primus, what are you planning now?

Me:*Smirks wider* That is for me to know and for you to find out. *walks away*

Bulkhead:*Shuddering* Why do I have a bad feeling about this?

Me: Come back again to find out what happens next, but until then, Shadowstalker, Out!