Shadows (A prequel to 'Burn')

Chapter Twelve: Choosing A Side

So if you read my first book 'Burn' (which you already should have) then you will realize that I am taking memories from there and putting them in here as well only it will be more detailed in this book. Thanks! :D

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Nightstar slid in through the window of Elita's room, she snuck around as she heard Elita talking with Optimus about Sentinel's recent behavior and actions. Nightstar stayed hidden around the corner, silent as a shadow.

"Optimus I've gotten a report from a soldier working under Sentinel. He said Sentinel has plans to sneak into Kaon and see Nightstar. You know as much as I do how much danger would fall onto both of them." Elita's voice sounded hurt as she spoke, Nightstar sighed then showed herself to the two.

"Optimus. Elita. It's good to see you guys again, I've missed you," Elita hugged Nightstar tightly while the two femmes just laughed. Nightstar pulled back only to get a firm handshake from Optimus before he left the room. Nightstar and Elita left and started walking down the barren hallways while talking, Nightstar wanted to tell Elita about Stormblazer but knew there was a chance it would ruin their conversation.

"You know it's been six months..Are you coming back yet?" Nightstar felt her spark fill with anxiety, she was trying to find a way to tell Elita the truth but even she knew it would hurt no matter what way she said it.

"No. No I'm not, I have too much trust to leave now. I'm going to stay for a couple more months or until they find out the truth...Elita who is Blitzfire?" Elita stopped walking as the name was said, she looked away from Nightstar as she told her everything she knew about the femme.

"Blitzfire joined us shortly after you left, she quickly made her way up the ranks until just recently she became a soldier under your father's unit. She says she came from one of the outer cities but we aren't to sure. There isn't much on her." Nightstar gave Elita a warm hug before making her way to Sentinel's office, she knew what came next would be hard.

"Get out of my sight, the both of you !" Cliffjumper and Jazz came out of the office rubbing the back of their necks. Jazz saw Nightstar waiting to go inside and gave her a tight hug.

"Have fun in there, he's all worked up," Nightstar softly chuckled then waved bye to the two crazy mechs before going inside and locking the door behind her. She had limited time to talk to her father about what she wanted, about the decision she had made herself last month. She knew her father wouldn't be happy but what could she do now.

"Ah, my sweet Nightstar, how are you ? How goes the spying ?" Sentinel sat down behind his desk and looked up at his beautiful daughter. Nightstar however was walking around the room, her hands over her spark chamber and her mind cluttered.

"I've been better..I've been really tired recently but the spying is going very well. Stormblazer doesn't suspect a single thing...Dad there's something I need to tell you. Something important." Sentinel stood up as he heard the serious tone in his daughter's voice grow.

"What is it sweetspark ?" Nightstar turned around and looked up at her father, she didn't want to tell him but she had no other choice. This was it.

"I'm not coming home," Nightstar backed away as she saw the anger grow on her father's faceplate. She had ripped out his spark and thrown it away when the words left her lips. She loved her Autobot family and friends but there was something more she wanted now.

"Why not ? Today was the day you come back to us ! What has that mech done to you ? !" Sentinel grabbed Nightstar by the shoulders but the femme wasn't going down without a fight.

"You're my daughter ! Mine ! Whatever he has said or done to you doesn't matter ! You're never going to see that mech again !" Nightstar used all her strength and pushed Sentinel away and backed against the door.

"Don't you get it ? The only thing he's done to me is love me...I love him and I-..Dad I'm sparked.." Nightstar unlocked the door and ran out of the building before anyone could stop her. It was the single hardest thing she's ever had to do but now he knew. Nightstar had been spying on Stormblazer when she let herself fall for the mech. Something she didn't plan on.

Nightstar had flown back to the Decepticon base right after she told her father she had decided to stay there. She knew she had broken his spark but she knew in her spark this was the right decision, she had finally found love. Before she went to find Stormblazer she made her way to the medbay to see Knockout and Breakdown.

"Hey guys I need a quick favor but you have got to swear whatever happens here stays between us, got it?" The couple smirked thinking of dirty things in their processor, they were thrown off when the femme opened up her spark chamber. Knockout then understood what the femme wanted, he only hoped she was wrong.

"...No, this can't be right. Breakdown take a look," Nightstar could feel fear filling her spark as the two medics talked about what they were seeing. When Knockout turned the monitor towards her fear took hold of her entire spark, she could feel Stormblazer reaching out but her fear was too strong.

"Twins? No. I can't be having twins.." Nightstar thought back about the Shadow Reader, he had predicted this and he said she would die. Nightstar closed her spark chamber and clumsily made her way out of the medbay. She ran to Stormblazer's berthroom, she could hear the water from the washracks and ran in there with him.

"Nightstar? Are you alright? Your fear is filling my spark...What's wrong?" Stormblazer's tone became more and more worried as Nightstar began to cry. He thought she was hurt or that she did something terrible, he turned off the water and carried her out to their berth.

"Storm..I-...I'm going to die.." Stormblazer was taken back by the words.

"Why would die? Are you hurt?" Nightstar grabbed both of his hands and passionately kissed him before uttering the words that filled her spark with fear and anxiety.

"I'm having twins..."