Hearing footsteps Steeljaw looked up to see Metalsound heading into the forest. Where is she going, he asked himself as she transformed into her beast form. He could see her more clearly in the sunlight this time, her dark grey armor glistened in the patches of sun as she started to leave, the ring of fur that started from the back of her head leading down to her shoulders. He would be lying if he said that he didn't feel intimidated, her size alone would be enough to scare a Minicon and a small bot out of their metal. His optics trailed down to her paws, particularly her claws, those sharp claws that could most likely tear one's metal to shreds if she wanted to. They looked like they were made to keep a hold on something. As if she felt his optics on her she turned her head to him, her purple optics staring into his yellow ones.

Her optics shifted to the his right as if she saw something behind him, breaking from the stare he turned to look. When he saw that nothing was there his ear twitched in confusion as he looked back to the femme only to find her gone.

"Strange femme."

Getting to his feet he headed back inside the ship, "Where did she go?"

::She will either patrol the area or search for energon,:: D spoke up.

"And she does this everyday?"

::Yes, that and she trains in this room for a period of time,:: D's voice echoed as if he moved to a different part of the ship. Following the voice Steeljaw found himself in a room full of different objects, from weights and wooden dummies to targets and a battlefield.

::I don't think she would mind if you use some of these items,:: D explained as Steeljaw noticed a sword hanging on the far wall. It looked like it hadn't been used in a long time, and old but despite this it looked like it was well taken care of. ::That used to belong to Milady's master,:: D replied as Steeljaw stopped when he realized that he was reaching for it.

"Used to," he echoed in confusion, "What happened to him?"

::Milady doesn't talk about him but she said that he was an honorable warrior and one of the most loyal of bots. I was curious and I looked into her file, she caught me doing so and she said that she didn't want to talk about it any more. Her master was Dreadwing.::

Steeljaw's optics widened in shock, "Dreadwing? The most loyal Decepticon to Megatron, that Dreadwing?"

::Yes, but you must not tell Milady.::

"Mustn't tell me what?"

Steeljaw jumped and turned to see Metalsound standing in the door way, "Do you not know how to make a sound," he growled.

"Aren't you Wolf-con's supposed to have really good hearing," she countered not noticing his tail twitching in discomfort, "And I see you know of Dreadwing."

"He was well known through out Kaon," Steeljaw replied before he looked at her in confusion, "Why would he take on a student?"

"I was young and alone, I guess he took pity on me. He never told me why he did it, and I'll never know," she let out a broken sigh as she looked at the sword, "That's all I have left of him."

At least you have something to remember him by, Steeljaw thought bitterly.

"But he's with his brother so at least he isn't suffering anymore."

Steeljaw looked at her in confusion and anger, "What do you know about spark break?"

"I lost Dreadwing, and I could see the loneliness in his optics."

Steeljaw narrowed his optics he was going to have to be careful with this femme, he was sure she knew more than what she lead on. There was no way she knew what he was going through.

::Pardon the interruption but there is an unknown signature traveling through the territory Milady.::

Steeljaw's ear's twitched when he heard Metalsound growl, "This has gone on long enough."

"This has happened before," he asked in confusion, if so why hadn't she done anything about it before now?

Transforming Metalsound ran out of the room, quickly making her way outside. "Give me the location D."

::He is about 5 miles ahead. Please be careful.::

"I always am," she growled as she spread open her wings, taking to the air.

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The Tasmanian Devil looking Decepticon growled to himself as he traveled through the forest. He hated traveling this way to get back to the Island, but it was the fastest way there. He managed to get the parts that he needed to get at least, "With any luck I may get a promotion."

"You'll be lucky to leave with all of your limbs," Metalsound's voice snarled through out the forest.

The Decepticon flinched but quickly shook it off with his own snarl, "Show yourself!!"

"With pleasure," the wolf Predacon hissed as she jumped down from the tree. Landing on the ground they slowly started following each other's steps, both waiting for the other to make their move.

"Why are you passing through my territory," she growled in question.

"What's it to you?"

"You all have the same scent, I'll asked one more time," she growled as she bared her fangs, her claws extended, ready to attack, "What are you doing in my territory?!"

The Decepticon looked at the femme standing in front of him, despite her attitude she looked cute, he wondered what the odd material around her neck felt like. But the way she was talking like she owned the place was starting to get on his nerves.

Placing the items on the ground he lowed himself until he was hunched over, ready to attack. Metalsound mimicked his motions and let out na growl. "That's none of your business," he snarled softly as he bared his fangs.

The two stared at each other, their optics wide with fury, his dark blue optics never broke away from her violet ones. The air was quickly filled with their snarls as they charged each other, their armor rang as they crashed into each other.

They both snapped their jaws at each other, trying to sink their fangs into the other's neck. The Decepticon pushed her to the ground as he slammed his paw on her chest, attempting to break her spark chamber open. Grunting from the pain she dug her claws into his upper arm, he let out a growl in pain as he started to get off. She slammed her head into his jaw, the sound of his jaws slamming together echoed in the air.

Moaning from the throbbing in his mouth he tried to sooth it with his hand only to feel an agonizing sting running up his arm, screaming in pain he looked to see what had caused the pain. His optics widened as he whimpered in terror, Metalsound's tail had gone through his forearm. Pressing her knee into his upper back she grabbed his head, "What. Are. You. Doing. Here," she growled softly.

He continued to whimper as tears ran down his face unable to look away from her. With a growl she knew she wasn't going to get anything out of him now, swiftly pulling her tail out of his arm caused his to yell in pain as he brought his arm closer to him, keeping it from farther harm. He reached to his belongings but was pulled back, Metalsound stepped over him and picked up his items.

"Tell whoever your leader is to stop coming through here," she hissed with narrow optics.

With frightened whimpers the mech ran off, trying to get as far away from her as he could. Metalsound watched him until he was out of sight, once he was gone she breathed heavily as she placed a hand on her chest. You'd think he was a bear, she growled as she headed back.

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The scent of energon caught Steeljaw's attention as he looked out the window. "How long has she been gone?"

::About thirty minutes. She'll be back soon,:: D assured the Wolf-Con.

"You make it sound like I'm worried about her," he growled.

::You asked, I gave you the answer and you sounded worried.::

"Well I'm not," Steeljaw bared his fangs in frustration, "You are lucky that you don't have a body."

::I would give anything to have a body, you do not have to rub it in.::

"Aw, did I hit a nerve?"

D activated his weapons, aiming at the Wolf-con. Steeljaw quickly dodged the blasts as the ship fired at him. "You have a lousy aim, this is too easy," he teased.

::You're injured and consider this a warning,:: D warned as he stopped shooting, ::Next time I won't miss.::

"Can you two please try to get along," Metalsound asked as D quickly deactivated the weapons. She had come back with a few cubes of energon after looking in one of the old Energon deposits in the area.

::Milady, are you alright? Your tail's covered in energon!::

Steeljaw looked at her tail, which was covered in energon, the scent didn't belong to her. "I see you gave the intruder something to remember you by," he replied with a small smirk.

"I thought I washed it all off," she huffed as her tail lashed from side to side, trying to get the energon off, "He wasn't of must help. He had a lot of stuff, whoever his leader is they must be building something."

::Why do you say that?::

"He had several computer motherboards and a bunch of other machine parts that I couldn't identify."

Steeljaw narrowed his optics, unsure of what to make of this. With a sigh he decided not to think about it.

"It's getting late, I want you to join me tomorrow for training," Metalsound told the mech, who growled at her.

"I don't need training."

"It's not for you, I need a sparing partner. Fighting against a still opponent all the time is getting old."

With a soft huff Steeljaw walked back to his room, mumbling under his breath that it felt like she was training him.