Author notes: Hi everyone and welcome to my first ever Transformers fanfiction based on the G1 series. This fic is basically about a female seeker, named Shadeweaver (Or Shade for short), who takes the form of an F-15 Strike Eagle and works for the British RAF. After meeting the Autobots, she comes face to face with Starscream, who's hatred for Megatron grows when he completely ignores the seeker Code of Honour. This may or may not turn into a romance fiction.
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"Text" spoken dialogue
'text' bond speech or unspoken thoughts
::Text:: Comm speech
Disclaimer: I don't own Transformers or its characters. Transformers is the property of Hasbro, and are not my intellectual property. There is no financial gain made from this nor will any be sought. This is for entertainment purposes only.
Original character, Shadeweaver, belongs to me.
The Seeker Code of Honour
~Motto: Protect what is yours and respect what is ours~
1. Never offline trine member(s) without a valid reason
2. Never offline or harm kin, sparklings/younglings or bonded in our midst
3. Always respect our needs for open spaces and thirst for flight
4. Always be mindful of our winged frames; never knowingly harm them out of malice
5. Be ready to protect your peers and judge those who dare to disregard Seeker Code of Honour
Chapter 1: Intervention
"CARLY!" the Autobots yelled in unison as they watched the tiny human plummet to her death. Feeling that pit-spawned, mechanical bird's claws loosen, a scream ripped from Carly's vocal cords as she began to spin and flip out of her control, free-falling to her certain doom. With nothing but the vastness of the Earth coming dangerously close, Carly could only accept her undeniable fate as the details of the ragged landscape came clearer and clearer with each passing moment. Then with the sudden roar of thrusters, a jet then shot out as if from nowhere only to catch the falling femme into its cockpit.
"Hey! Who in the pit's that!?" one of the Autobots yelled in alarm, seeing the strange jet emerge from some low-lying cloud.
"Unknown, Sunstreaker," the tallest of the Autobots replied grimly as he watched helplessly as the interloper snagged their friend.
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As she flumped into something soft and the whistling of the wind rushing past her ears came to an abrupt stop, Carly found herself trapped within an uninhabited cockpit of a jet flying by itself in mid-air. She realised to her horror that the very beings that she tried so hard to escape from had ultimately captured her.
"What!? No, no, no!" Carly cried as she thumped her fists in fear against the glass dome overhead, "Let me go!" she screamed frantically in the hopes that someone, anybody would hear her.
"Hey, hey! It's ok, calm down," a female voice hushed; Carly then immediately stopped in her tracks at the unexpected gentle voice of said jet, "You're safe now. I promise won't let those jerks get a hold of you," she added.
"Wh-what?" Carly started, not believing what she just heard.
"Don't worry, I'm not with those other guys," the jet said, "The name's Shadeweaver, by the way," she added.
"Oh," Carly said simply, still in shock of what just occurred, "I-I'm Carly," she added cautiously; although the jet appeared to be her rescuer, the Decepticons were known to be a deceitful bunch.
"Well, pleased to meet ya, Carly," Shadeweaver replied in a friendly tone; Carly could have sworn there was a slight Scottish accent to her voice. Her thoughts were abruptly put on hold, however as three blips on the radar appeared. "Hm. Seems we have company," Shadeweaver said as Carly looked behind to see three jets in hot pursuit.
"Oh! No! That's Starscream!" Carly cried.
::Air Commander Starscream to Unidentified Seeker::
::Yo. What can I do for ya?::
::That girl belongs to us, unhand her now before we remove her by force::
::Not on yer life, pal::
::This is your last warning; hand her to me now, seeker or you will be blasted from the air without remorse!::
::Heh. Just you try it::
::So be it, you had your last warning! Starscream out!::
Then with that, Starscream, Thundercracker and Skywarp began to open fire on Shadeweaver and Carly. Gripping the chair tightly, Carly could only clench her eyes shut in fear as missiles exploded all around them whilst Shadeweaver dodged and swayed in the air. As Carly endured what would equate to the most terrifying rollercoaster ride of her life, she noticed that they were now taking an extremely steep gradient.
"Now Carly, I'm going to have to ask you trust me on this, alright?" Shadeweaver started; Carly opened her eyes to see what she meant as they flew straight for a large towering mass of land.
"What!? Y-you're not going to-!?" Carly shrieked.
"Look; I promise I won't let anything happen to you," Shadeweaver cut in, "Just hang on tight," she added.
"Oh! No, no, no!" Carly shrieked as they plunged straight for the incoming behemoth of a mountain, "Shadeweaver!" she shrieked.
"That seeker must be malfunctioning!" Starscream shrieked as he realised the unidentified seeker was not going to turn back, "It will surely crash at that velocity!"
"Starscream; fall back!" Thundercracker yelled, "We will too at this rate!" he warned. Then with much reluctance, Starscream and his trine brothers pulled away at the last moment.
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"CARLY NO!" yelled the Autobots as they watched helplessly from below as the jet containing Carly hurled straight for the mountainside. Yet, as they expected the loud booming crash of the suicidal jet, nothing came. Instead of the explosive collision that everyone expected, they found themselves watching in awe as the jet seemingly just disappeared into the mass of land as if it was not there.
"What?" a red Autobot gaped, "What the frag happened!?"
"I am uncertain, Sideswipe," the tallest of the Autobots replied, "It would appear that the kidnapper has a strange ability to traverse through matter," he concluded.
"Hm. Let us hope that this interloper is still not malicious in its intentions," a red and white bot nearby said.
"Well, at any rate, now that Carly is out with the battle field, Autobots: Open fire!" the tallest one ordered.
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"Wh-what?" Carly gaped as they seemingly plunged into a dark void, "What happened?" she asked, completely in awe of the fact the crash did not come; she heard a female chuckle fill the air.
"Shadow merging," Shadeweaver replied, "It's how I got my name; Shadeweaver," she added.
"Oh! I get it; you didn't fly into the mountain, you literally flew into its shadow," Carly realised as she sank into the seat, exhausted after her adrenaline rush, "Whew! You scared the bejesus outta me!" she breathed.
"Yeah; sorry about that. It was the only way I could catch them off-guard without harming you," Shadeweaver apologised, "By the way, why were they after you in the first place?" she asked.
"Oh. Probably because of my association with the Autobots," Carly surmised, "Most likely they wanted to get a hold of me to put the others at a disadvantage," she guessed.
"Autobots?" Shadeweaver quizzed.
"Yeah. There's Autobots and Decepticons; those jets were part of the Decepticon group," Carly replied, "What about you?" she asked.
"Well, I was brought up on Earth so I don't know but if all Decepticons are jerks like that then count me out," Shadeweaver stated, "Anyway, I think they're gone now, it seems like those others took care of them; I take it these are the Autobots?" she said, seeing a small group of mechanical beings as they remerged out of the mountainside.
"Yes but don't be alarmed if they draw their weapons on you" Carly replied.
"It's ok, I was kinda expecting it" Shadeweaver said.
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"Hey; that Seeker's coming back out of the mountain," the smallest of the Autobots chimed from below, seeing the jet fly back out of the mountainside.
"I see it, Bumblebee. Autobots: ready your weapons just in case but do not fire," the leader of the group ordered, "Remember that Carly is still on-board," he added. The Autobots then raised their weapons as the strange jet descended down upon them. Then as the jet landed gently on the ground, the cockpit opened and a relatively unharmed Carly emerged from within. The jet then allowed itself to transform into its bipedal mode, revealing the slender form of the seeker femme's frame. The femme in question was mostly navy-blue with highlights of green on her chest and wings; the femme's wings were adorned with RAF insignia.
"It's ok, she's not a Decepticon," Carly spoke up as she ran up to the Autobots with her hands up, "Her name's Shadeweaver; she saved my life," she added.
"Carly!" Spike cried, "Thank God you're ok!" he added as he greeted her with a hug in upmost relief. The Autobots then looked at each other and with a nod of approval from the tallest of the group, they lowered their weapons.
"Shadeweaver, was it?" the tallest of the Autobots asked, "Well, pleased to meet you, I am Optimus Prime and I am the leader of the group of Autobots here. I must thank you from the bottom of my spark for rescuing our friend here; she would certainly not be here if it were not for your intervention," he acknowledged with a smile in his optics.
"Oh. It's no problem at all, sir," Shadeweaver replied with a smile.
"I must say, however, both your designation and your signal seem unfamiliar to me," Optimus hinted, "What about you, Ratchet?" he asked the red and white bot standing next to him.
"Neither appears to be registered on any medical record or even the Cybertronian Archives, Optimus," Ratchet replied.
"Um well, that's probably because I was brought up here on Earth, sir," Shadeweaver replied, "My surrogate family raised me in a small town in Scotland. I have been serving the British RAF ever since," she added.
"Oh? So then you have no prior knowledge of your race or your planet?" Ratchet asked.
"Afraid not; I didn't even realise there were others like me until I heard some reports of mechanical beings sighted around here," Shadeweaver replied, "I came to investigate in the hopes I could learn more about myself," she added.
"Well, at any rate, I must thank you again for your aid, Shadeweaver," Optimus said, "Why don't you join us back to base, then perhaps we can introduce ourselves properly and possibly help shed some light on your situation?" he offered.
"Sure, that'd be great. Thanks," Shadeweaver replied with a smile.
"Well, in that case, Autobots: transform and roll for home," Optimus ordered and everyone transformed into the alt-forms before driving off into the setting sun; Shadeweaver transformed into her jet mode and followed from the air.
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Author notes: And that was the first chapter of my fanfiction. I felt that would be a good place to end the first chapter as I felt it would have been too lengthy otherwise. For the next chapter, it will probably be mostly about Shadeweaver settling in with the Autobots, learning about her and all that jazz.
Jazz: Yo called?
Me: No, not you, Jazz. It's an expression…? Anyway, (Dear Primus, that joke was terrible), the next chapter will probably go into more detail about Shadeweaver's story like what happened before she rescued Carly and will probably introduce her two siblings. I don't want to give too much away and I may change my mind, depending on how I feel when I write it so I will leave it there and hope that you enjoyed what I've written so far.
Thank you for reading :)!