Disclaimer: Hey guys! It's me with the The Spy and The Saber, the sequel to Shadow in the Night! I can't wait to work on this story and the one chapter I'm just dying to write which is Loose Cannons but based on that last chapter of Shadow in the Night you can guess why. Anyway I'm talking too much. Let's roll out!

Chromia: Must you always say that?

Me: Of course! Oh and guys there is a poll on my profile. QuickSilver needs a god-mother!

Optimus, Ratchet, and I were watching from behind a cliff as the Decepticons were mining. For what I have no idea. But I was shocked when Megatron showed up.

"Megatron?" I asked.

"It seems he detected the Autobot signal beacon precisely because it was unearthed." Optimus explained.

"Our backup shouldn't be far behind." Ratchet informed.

"Without knowing what ole Megsy dug up, I don't think we should wait." I said as Optimus and I unfolded our ion displacers and walked towards the Decepticons with Ratchet not far behind.

"Megatron!" Optimus yelled as we ran towards my uncle who was looking at the relic. "I cannot allow you to pilfer Autobot relics."

"Not only are you misinformed Optimus." Megatron smirked. "But I would strongly advise you to lower your weapons, unless your in the mood for mutually assured destruction." He showed us the relic.

"It can't be." Ratchet gasped.

"The spark extractor." I growled.

"Rather unassuming, yet capable of extracting every spark within its radius." Megatron mused. "And to think, you led me right to it Optimus. Or should I say Orion Pax did."

I noticed Optimus tense out the corner of my optic and I glared at Megatron. Optimus already felt guilty enough about that whole fiasco.

"You really should have left your Decepticon shield intact. For you have no idea how useful your code breaking skills proved to be during our all too brief time together." Megatron said before he opened his com-link. "Soundwave, send the ground bridge."

A ground bridge opened up and I silently wondered where the heck was that backup of ours.

"Engage them!" Megatron ordered before walking towards the groundbridge.

Optimus, Ratchet, and I stood back to back as we engaged the 'Cons. Ratchet had his blades, I had my new Duel Swords, and Optimus had his cannons. I smirked when I heard the familiar engine of a Camaro. When Bumblebee drove past us, I transformed and followed him.

"Bumblebee, Shadowstalker, secure the package." Optimus commanded.

"Let's go 'Bee!" I yelled as we drove after Megatron.

Bumblebee and I drove inside the ground bridge and sped after Megatron. 'Bee drove under Megatron and grabbed the relic out his servos while I transformed and kicked Megatron.

"Bumblebee, go!" I yelled.

'Bee transformed and as soon as he was out the groundbridge I transformed and followed him.

"What?!" Megatron yelled angrily.

But by the time he stepped out the groundbridge, 'Bee and I were already gone.

Bumblebee and I stood side by side as he told the kids about our encounter with Megatron. Arcee, Bulkhead, and Nightshade were listening too. Though they made sure not to get too loud since QuickSilver was in my arms asleep.

"Loop de loop, huh?" Arcee smirked.

Bulkhead laughed. "You've got some brass bearings Bumblebee."

"You should've seen Shadow fight Megatron. If she wasn't there holding him back for me, I probably wouldn't have made it out." Bumblebee said.

"I just did what I had to." I shrugged.

"You modest femme. You never give yourself the credit you deserve." Star shook her head.

I only shrugged again before I listened in on Optimus and Ratchet's conversation.

"Optimus." Ratchet said. "Here, the source of the ancient frequency we detected."

"An Iacon homing beacon." Optimus recognized.

"What's an Autobot locater doing on that?" Elita asked.

"The Class A Decepticon weapons confiscated during the war were sealed within the vaults below Iacon." I said.

At the strange looks I received, I said, "What? I spent a lot of time there!"

"Where Optimus once worked as an archivist." Prowl stated.

"Iacon was both a cultural center and a stronghold." Optimus explained.

"Which Megatron raided when Autobot troops were at their weakest." I said bitterly.

"It stands to reason that with Iacon being overrun by enemy forces, these weapons were jettisoned off world to keep them far from Decepticon reach." Optimus said.

"Clearly, the beacon was added as a safety measure should the beacons ever be found by the undesired party." Star explained.

"Well thanks to our hot shot stunt drivers," Ironhide said, directing it at Bumblebee and I, "This one's going in our vault."

"Do you think this is this only intel you supplied to Megatron?" Nightshade asked.

"Nightshade, you are right to ask. And I am afraid I do not remember." Optimus sighed.

I made sure QuickSilver was still asleep because I did not want her to see her first act of violence. I then proceeded to slap Optimus across the face.

Optimus sighed again before merely asking, "Really?"

"Optimus, ole Megafreak clearly took advantage of your amnesia. But for all we know this spark extractor is the extent of it. Have you stopped to consider that he merely suggested otherwise simply to plague your thoughts?" I asked.

Optimus was silent at that and I knew I had gotten through to him. I then realized something and turned to Arcee. "Where's Cliff?"

"Last I checked he was in the training room." Arcee shrugged.

"Jazz, mind talking QuickSilver for me?" I asked.

"I'd love to spend some time with my god-daughter." Jazz grinned.

I chuckled. "Alright Jazzy Boy." I handed my daughter to Jazz and headed off to the training room.

When I made it there, I saw Cliffjumper in the shooting range and I unfolded my ion displacer before hitting a target all the way from the entrance. Cliffjumper jumped and turned around before he smirked at me and said, "Are you sure you're not a sniper?"

"If I was, I would've been on the Delta Team." I grinned.

Cliffjumper laughed before he turned serious and asked, "Can I see your sword?"

"Which one? Dark Saber or the ones Wheeljack gave me?" I asked.

"Dark Saber." Cliffjumper said.

I shrugged and unsheathed Dark Saber. Cliffjumper studied it for a moment before saying, "That's the one."

"Huh?" I asked.

"I know how you've been wanting to learn more about why the sword was made for you so I did a little researching and found a datapad on the Dark Saber." Cliffjumper smiled sheepishly.

"Primus, Cliff." I grinned before I ran over and hugged him. "Thank you. You have no idea how many datapads I went through."

"Alright, alright. Man, you are most definitely going soft on me." Cliffjumper muttered.

I kicked him in the gut and smirked as he grunted and reared back before saying, "Never mind Shadow. I take that back."

"Glad we reached an understanding Cliff." I smirked as I walked out the training room, only to bump in to Bumblebee.

"Oh hey 'Bee. What's up?" I asked.

"Bulk, Star, and I are about to go on patrol. Wanna come with?" 'Bee asked.

I smirked. "You didn't need to ask."

Bumblebee and I rode down an abandoned highway while Bulkhead and Star had drove not too far from us. Soon enough 'Bee and I picked up a signal.

"We've got a signal." I said in to my com-link.

"Yeah we just picked up the same signal. Let's rendezvous at the coordinates." Star said.

Bumblebee and I picked up the speed before we veered off the road and transformed.

"What do you think it is?" Bumblebee asked as we walked towards the beeping relic.

I shrugged. "I have no idea."

I turned around once I heard something and all I saw was blue before my world went black.

Third Person P.O.V.

Four men walked over to the unconscious frames of Shadow and Bumblebee. Among them was Silas, the leader of MECH.

"Silas, another one's heading towards our position. Estimated arrival: two minutes." A MECH surgeon informed.

"Work briskly." Silas said. "And since we only need one, take the device in her back. It will prove useful."

The MECH surgeon immediately went to work on removing the organs from the two Cybertronians. Above them a familiar fighter jet transformed and landed on a nearby cliff. It was Starscream.

"It would seem the signal was a trap. Better Shadowstalker than me." Starscream sneered.

Silas stood on a rock with a pair of binoculars in his hands. He saw Bulkhead and Star, not that he knew who Star was yet, driving towards them.

"The backup is ahead of schedule." Silas said.

"As luck would have it, so am I." The MECH surgeon stated.

"Move out." Silas commanded.

MECH escaped on their helicopter and Starscream followed their example and left.

Shadow P.O.V.

When I woke up, I saw a helicopter flying overhead. I assumed they were the ones who did this. Bumblebee woke up beside me and Bulkhead and Star ran over to us.

"Are you guys okay?" Star asked.

"Who did this to you?" Bulkhead demanded.

"We don't know." Bumblebee said.

"One way to find out. Come on!" Bulkhead exclaimed.

Bulkhead, Star, and I transformed and drove off but I noticed Bumblebee wasn't coming. I backed up and transformed before asking, "What's wrong 'Bee?"

"We rolling or what?" Bulkhead demanded as he and Star transformed.

"I can't transform." Bumblebee said.

"What do you mean you can't?" Star asked.

Bumblebee only looked up at us and I recognized the look in his optics all too well.

Fear. Helpless.

We watched as Ratchet scanned Bumblebee. I was worried for him. 'Bee was like a little brother to me. If anything happened to him, I'd never forgive myself.

"You can fix 'Bee, can't you?" Raf asked as he ran up.

"Bumblebee was hit pretty hard. The stun blast might have fried his t-cog." Ratchet said before he looked at me. "Get over here femme! You were hit too so who knows what happened."

I sighed and walked over to Ratchet and laid down on the other medical berth as he scanned me.

"Is that like a T-bone?" Miko asked.

"Not exactly." Star said. "It's the organ that allows us to scan vehicles and transform."

"By the Allspark." Ratchet gasped. "Bumblebee's t-cog isn't damaged. It's missing."

"Sweet Primus." I whispered.

"But the 'Cons transform too. Why would they steal that?" Jack demanded.

"Megatron may be known to raise zombies, but he wouldn't do something like this." I said.

"If Megatron wasn't behind this, then who was?" Raf wondered.

"The ones who cannibalized Breakdown." Bulkhead realized.

"And tried to gut us." Arcee and I stated.

"MECH." Ratchet said. "And it would seem that their knowledge of Cybertronian biotech has grown more sophisticated."

"But if they only wanted something from one of us, why did they knock us both out?" I asked.

"Well they didn't steal your t-cog that's for sure." Ratchet said before his optics widened. "Shadow, your cloaking device."

I sat up fast when he said that. I tried to cloak myself but I didn't feel anything. I tried again. That's when I started to panic.

"Please tell me the thing's just fried." I pleaded.

Ratchet scanned my back before his optics widened. "Oh this is not good. Your cloaking device is missing too."

"Oh that's it! Those MECH fraggers are going down." I growled as I stood up and started to walk away. I heard Bumblebee following me, but Optimus stopped us by putting a hand on our shoulders.

"Bumblebee, Shadow, please. You are not presently equipped to handle this." Optimus stated.

"You know what it feels like to have a piece of you ripped out by some fraggers?" I growled.

"Oh you're lucky QuickSilver's asleep with how much you're swearing." Nightshade muttered.

"We had our organs ripped out Optimus!" Bumblebee protested. "You don't know how it feels."

"You both are mistaken." Optimus said. "I do know what its like to lose a vital part of one's self, and as a result I know the value of putting your faith in the strength of those around you. We vow to do everything in our power to make you whole again."

"And if not, Ratchet can just make you guys replacements." Miko tried to cheer us up.

"Oh brother!" Bumblebee and I said in unison as we flopped back down on the berth.

"What I say?" Miko asked.

"Miko, a t-cog is a bio-mechanism, not a scrap yard find. If it were that easy don't you think I would've replaced Bumblebee's voice box by now?" Ratchet snapped. "And as for Shadow's cloaking device, those things are made of Cybertron's most highly qualified equipment. And unfortunately, we only possess Earth's metal at the moment."

"First I can't talk, now I can't transform. I'm useless!" Bumblebee exclaimed.

"You're not useless 'Bee. You're the complete opposite." Star protested.

"Alright, I say none of transform until Bumblebee gets his cog back." Mirage said. "And I won't use my cloaking device until Shadow gets hers back."

"Your spark's in the right place Mirage, but I don't think now is the time to be limiting ourselves." Chromia said.

"Not with Megatron potentially seeking other doomsday devices." Optimus said. "And I fear not while MECH uses Bumblebee's t-cog for their own sinister purpose."

"Hey guys." Jack said. "Has anyone seen Terra? I've been trying to call her all day."

"She's been in a bad mood lately." Miko said. "I think it has something to do with what Vince showed her the other day."

"What did he show her?" Jack growled.

Miko shrugged. "I have no idea. All I know is that he showed her something, and Terra just walked off with a ticked off look on her face."

Jack only sighed and said, "Looks like I'm not heading home first tonight."

Bumblebee walked up and while nobody was looking I walked after him. I followed him on to the roof and watched as he sat down and just stared at the sky.

"You okay 'Bee?" I asked as I walked over to him.

"I'm fine." Bumblebee said before asking, "Shadow, you don't think I'm useless right?"

"Of course not Bumblebee. To me, you're my little brother. And I'd never think you were useless." I said.

Bumblebee stared at me in shock before he said, "Thanks Shadow. I needed that."

"Anytime 'Bee. Anytime." I smiled.

Jack walked up to Terra's house and ringed the doorbell. He smiled when Natalie opened the door.

"Hi Ms. Monique." Jack greeted.

"Hello Jack, come on in. Terra's in her room." Natalie smiled.

"Thanks." Jack nodded before walking to Terra's room and knocking on the door. "Terra, you in there?"

No answer.

Jack sighed before walking in the room, but he was surprised when he was met by a very heated glare from Terra.

"Um Terra?" Jack asked hesitantly. And a little fearfully.

"Why?" Terra asked.

"What are you talking about?" Jack demanded.

"Why were you kissing Sierra?" Terra growled.

Jack's jaw dropped before he exclaimed, "What?! Are you crazy? I'd never do that."

"Then explain this." Terra growled as she handed Jack her phone.

Jack's jaw dropped even further when he saw the picture on the phone. It was him and Sierra kissing. But that never happened!

"When did this happen?!" Jack shrieked before he growled, "Vince did this didn't he?"

"He only showed me that you cheated on me." Terra shot back.

"For the love of," Jack sighed. "Terra, tell me, when has anything Vince did be truthful?"

Terra didn't answer. She only said, "Prove it."

Jack smirked before saying, "You never had to ask."

Terra was confused. That was until Jack crushed his lips to hers. She tried to resist, but Jack was always too much for her. She returned the kiss. When they pulled back, Terra said, "I'm really fragging dumb."

"No, just gullible." Jack smiled.

"Yes like that's supposed to make me feel any better." Terra rolled her eyes. "Now anything I missed at base?"

"It's a long story." Jack sighed.

Bumblebee walked up to Ratchet and I couldn't help but smile at how Ratchet was getting annoyed. I smiled even more when QuickSilver did that cute little yawn of hers when she woke up in my arms. I kissed the top of her helm.

"Have they reported in yet?" Bumblebee asked.

"Optimus and Bulkhead haven't reported in yet." Ratchet sighed.

"When will they?" Bumblebee asked.

"Bumblebee! I will let you know when they do." Ratchet said, starting to get annoyed.

Bumblebee kept talking and Ratchet finally said, "For Primus sake. Will someone keep him occupied so I can get some work done?!"

"Hey 'Bee, how about a video game?" Raf suggested.

Bumblebee walked over and I did too. Star watched from her spot on the wall. I winced when I saw they were playing a car game. Bumblebee looked like he was resisting a face palm.

"Oooh, bad call." Miko cringed.

"Sorry." Raf apologized.

"That's okay." Bumblebee said, knowing Raf didn't mean it.

"Hey! No big deal! That game's lame anyway." Miko proclaimed as she threw the video game controller to the side before grabbing the television remote. "How about we watch some TV?"

When the TV turned on, this time I wanted to do a face palm. Star actually did do one.

"The Urbana 500. It won't just rock your world. It will transform it."

Studying everyone's facial expressions, Sunstreaker said as he walked in the room, "We just can't win."

"Say it again Sunny." Sideswipes said, earning a helm slap from his brother for the nickname.

"That's it! I give up!" Bumblebee exclaimed as got up and walked away.

"Taking the auto out of an Autobot is so not a good thing." Miko remarked.

"You said it lil' lady." Jazz sighed.

"Come on 'Bee." Star said. "You're just as amazing without wheels. Speed isn't everything."

She chose to say that at a very horrible moment. Arcee came speeding in with Jack and Terra and she skidded to a stop in the middle of the room.

"Personal best Arcee!" Jack grinned. "You hit 120 easy!"

When they saw Bumblebee staring at them, they all said in unison, "Uh-oh."

"That's it!" Bumblebee yelled as he started walking for the exit.

"Bumblebee, where are you going?!" Ratchet exclaimed.

"For a walk." Bumblebee answered casually.

Ratchet stuttered for a second before saying, "You just can't go for a walk! We are robots in disguise. Leaving the base in this form puts you at risk of being seen, and of use being discovered. You'll just need to remain in the silo until..."

"Until you can fix me! Yes I know. Like that worked so well last time!" Bumblebee snapped before walking off.

"Yes Bumblebee. Until I can fix you." Ratchet sighed sadly.

"Hey Sunstreaker, Sideswipe, Jazz, how good are you guys at building things?" I asked.

"What do you need?" They all immediately asked.

Sometime later I smiled at how great those three mechs could build. I requested that they build two cradles for QuickSilver since Optimus and I couldn't always carry her around. One was in my room and the other was in the main room because some 'Bots couldn't always leave the main room unoccupied.

"Thanks for the help guys." I smiled.

"Anything for you Shadow." Sunstreaker smirked.

Bulkhead and Bumblebee were in the main room when an alarm started blaring. They immediately turned it off since they were watching an asleep QuickSilver and Shadow was in her room deep in recharge.

"Another beacon?" Bumblebee asked.

"This could be it. I'll alert the others and go wake Shadow." Bulkhead said.

"We can handle it." Bumblebee protested.

"I know you and I can handle it 'Bee, but there's no reason that..." Bulkhead trailed off before sighing. "What are you trying to prove?"

"Nothing." Bumblebee lied.

"Alright, but if Shadow slits our throats for leaving a two week old sparkling alone in the base I'm blaming you." Bulkhead sighed.

"And if she brings out Dark Saber?" Bumblebee asked.

"What do you think? We run." Bulkhead shuddered at the thought.

When Bulkhead opened the ground bridge he ran through and said, "Clear."

Bumblebee hopped out and stood behind him. Bulkhead shook his helm and said, "I still don't know how you talked me in to this. You're worse than Miko."

"Not like we're going to end up in a high speed pursuit." Bumblebee reminded him.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know. Not every mission ends in a high speed pursuit." Bulkhead said. "But without your..."

"I'd stop now if I were you." Bumblebee warned.

"Fine, I'll drop it. But if Optimus finds out, or even worse Shadow, this was not my idea. I will NOT have my throat slit by Dark Saber." Bulkhead swore.

"I won't tell if you won't." Bumblebee would've smirked if he could.

The scanner beeped and Bulkhead said, "Signal's coming from over there. And it's coming our way fast!"

Knockout sped out the cave and yelled, "Catch me if you can!"

"I'll get him." Bulkhead said. At least that before Breakdown came out. Bulkhead prepared to fight. "Okay, you get him!"

Bumblebee ran after Knockout but without his wheels, Knockout was leaving him in the dust.

"Sporting of you." Knockout remarked.

Bumblebee tried to activate his blasters, but without his t-cog it was no use.

"You're not even going to try and shoot out my tires?" Knockout asked in disbelief as he stopped. "Bumblebee, where's the famous horse power, huh? Show me some speed!"

"Oh I'll show you speed alright!"

Bumblebee cringed when he heard that voice. Now he most definitely knew Bulkhead and him were dead. Especially when Shadow came speeding through. Knockout didn't waste anytime in speeding away, Shadow not far behind him. He thought he was off the hook, but then Shadow said this:

"I'll deal with you and Bulkhead later."

Bumblebee decided to get the frightening thoughts out of his mind for now before grabbing and abandoned truck and making it go faster as his weight pushed him forward. When Knockout saw him, he couldn't help but laugh in amusement and ask, "What is with the rented car?" But he then sped up as he saw the angry femme motorcycle behind him.

Bumblebee started to panic when he saw the wheels on the truck were beginning to fall off. Knockout chuckled again and said, "I'd stick around and drive doughnuts behind you, but I have a delivery to make."

Knockout made a sharp tone and Shadow was about to follow. But something made her stop.

And that was Bumblebee falling off the edge of the cliff.

Shadow transformed ran over as she saw Bumblebee start falling. She panicked in fear and yelled as loud as she could, "BUMBLEBEE!"

And that is the end of the first chapter of The Spy and The Saber! Did you all like it? I tried my best. And YEAH! WHEELJACK'S COMING BACK SOON! And we all know what that means. *smirks evilly* Oh I love when a plan comes together.

Starscream: Hey you just quoted me!

Me: Get the frag out of here Starscream! No 'Cons except KO, Breakdown, and Dreadwing!

Starscream: Why them? And who's Dreadwing?

Me: Them because they are the least annoying so far and you'll soon find out who he is. Until then, I'm out!