"Woohoo!"

Thunder Claw boosted her right servo into the air. This was the first time she has ever gotten to ride behind Feary on Wyvern. Poor Peanut was practically clinging to Thunder Claw.

Beside them, Silent Shadow flew in silence as she contemplated what would happen once they entered the Shadow Zone.

I hope they don't take the Twilights away. What is the other Guardiano going to be like? What forms am I going to need? I hope I have enough Energon to eject.

"Come on Silent Shadow have some fun!" Thunder claw shouted her way and interrupted Silent Shadow's thoughts.

Silent Shadow looked over at Thunder Claw. She noticed that Thunder Claw's alternate mode was a fighter jet and she was imposing unnecessary weight on Wyvern.

Why are you riding Wyvern when you can fly? Well, whatever...

To show she had heard her, Silent Shadow boosted ahead of the group and did a couple of aerial back tucks earning applause from Thunder Claw.

"You go, girl!"

Silent Shadow dropped back again, hoping that would satisfy them, considering they were now close to the assigned coordinates. Silence reigned for less than a Klik as they flew over woodland that was starting to thin out.

"How much further?" Feary shouted over the wind that seemed to drag their voices away.

Actually, just down there.

Silent Shadow did not reply, instead, she dipped down towards the ground and slowed.

Wyvern followed, the extra weight and annoying bouncing of the new rider made him feel quite relieved to end the journey.

hovering above the grass-covered ground Silent Shadow waited for the others to catch up. Switching modes, Silent Shadow landed on the ground, remaining in a crouch position with her optics closed and helm bowed.

I am ready for anything...

Silent Shadow used only her audials to check her surroundings, she didn't want to waste any of her remaining life rushing to her end and decided to spend a bit of time listening to the peaceful space around her.

Even failure...

She could hear insects crawling, hopping, talking, singing and even slithering.
The birds chirping, singing, calling, flapping, gliding, dancing, eating and drinking.
The sound of metallic wings gliding towards her.
She could even hear a distant pond from the other side of the meadow of which she now breathed.

Wyvern growled as he slowed, his wings putting in extra work to slow down and land.

Thunder Claw jumped off Wyvern's back before he could land and transformed into her jet mode. She flew over to Silent Shadow, who still remained crouched, and transformed back into her base form.

Wyvern landed, his immense peds shook the ground as he finally got to rest his wings on the ground.

"Is this it?" Feary called from the back of Wyvern before dismounting and sliding off of her companion.

"Clearly... Hey, you okay?" Thunder Claw replied as she turned towards Silent Shadow.

"Affirmative, just enjoying some of the sounds."

Silent Shadow stood to her full height, easily surpassing the height of Thunder Claw and Feary.

"We have arrived at the coordinates."

"Well, where is everyone?" Feary said as she walked over to them.

"In the Shadow Zone."

I said that back at base.

"Oh, right."

Thunder Claw tried to turn around but, unfortunately, forgot to be cautious of Peanut since he always stays near her legs and fell. The sound of her mass colliding with the ground alarmed Wyvern, causing him to stand back up from his once relaxed laydown.

"Well isn't that great, thanks a lot Thunder Claw!"
Feary sarcastically remarked before hurrying towards Wyvern to calm him down.

"Sorry" Thunder Claw replied before standing up and walking back towards Silent Shadow, careful to watch for Peanut this time.

"So, how are we going to get to the Shadow Zone?"

"In order to create a shadow portal, one must be within the range of weaving threads from two wormholes and allow themselves to be enveloped in the explosion of dimensions."

"Uh... Dumb it down please."

Right, a femmling with a mature shell.

"We must stand in front of our ground bridge and I will summon a space bridge to make to two collide and hopefully send us to the Shadow Zone."

"Oh, okay" Thunder Claw finally understood.

Feary walked back over to the two femmes with Wyvern who stayed close behind.

"Alright, when are we going?" Feary stuck a servo on her hip, only to have her whole limb come forward as Wyvern nuzzled his enstrils against her arm strut.

"Now. Thunder Claw, keep Peanut in your servos during the travel, as he may panic and bolt." Silent Shadow instructed.

She turned her helm to Feary and Wyvern who now cuddled against each other.

"Feary, upon arriving a large number of Guardianos who may be present will alarm Wyvern, so-"

"He'll be fine."

Silent Shadow inclined her helm in a short nod.

"Thunder Claw do you have the ground bridge remote?"

"Yep, it's right here." Thunder Claw held up a small remote with a coordinate tracker installed. Silent Shadow took it from the cheerful femme and watched as she turned and picked up the one-tonne Symbiot.

"Ready?" Feary asked as she drew Wyvern closer to them.

"Wait, what happens if we get sent to the wrong dimension?" Thunder Claw asked worriedly.

"don't worry about that."

"Than yep"

"Alright, launching ground bridge." Silent Shadow quickly types in the in-graved coordinates and pressed the admit buttons. Within a moment the ground bridge flickered to life, earning a grimace from Thunder Claw, as well as a flinch from Wyvern.

Silent Shadow closed her optics, focusing on the image of a swirling vortex.

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Stay here

His firm grey servos gripped my shoulders as he looked at me with his blue optics. After confronting them, he normally looked at others with glowing crimson optics, but there was something about me that sent him back to that gentle safety. Other than being his fiancé.

I will return

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Sliding on her visor, Silent Shadow opened the summoning panel, finding it a little difficult without the help of Rainstorm, and opening her space bridge a short distance from the open ground bridge.

"Remain calm."

The two wormholes started to intertwine threads, and then with a small blink of light, they entered the Shadow Zone.

The group of Guardianos who had gathered watched as a portal opened and the Twilights entered their oasis.

Silent Shadow was the first to open her optics, seemingly unphased by the amount of Guardianos who had come to watch the event. After her, Thunder Claw looked around a little overwhelmed by how different the valley looked with all these Guardianos around, while Wyvern threw his helm up and started to survey the beings he didn't know. Upon the realization that Wyvern was starting to take rapid vents, Feary opened her optics and turned to comfort the beast who was merely staring at the Guardianos.

At least he's not bolting.

"Silent Shadow, you have arrived." The one they called Cornelius moved towards the group.

"Indeed." Silent Shadow was glad her visor was activated, she would have been stripped of her chances if they saw the dangerous glare she had on her faceplates.

"And you brought company... I think any decent member of our species would know not to bring others with them to personal affairs."

"well, wolves do..." Thunder Claw cheerfully butted in, oblivious to the seriousness of the conversation.

" hmm... Well, we will allow the fight to progress so long as your friends stay out of the way." Cornelius cast the group of Cybertronians a warning glance, looking for any sort of dissatisfaction from them.

"Okay, I promise," Feary said as she gently petted Wyvern on his snout.

"Me too." Thunder Claw said as she set her symbiot on the ground.

The Twilights walk over to a standing area in the corner of a conveniently formed oval and settle in. Silent Shadow is lead to the middle of the oval as the fight is almost ready to begin.

Okay... Beast mode's ready, the emergency mode is ready, Copy mode's ready, and those two Cybertronian modes are ready. Alright ready.

"Today you will be battling Retrocharger"

A titanic Guardiano stepped forward, who also possessed accessories similar to a beast, and growled.

"This vermin is barely worth volunteering for."

That's rude. He is definitely honour-driven, warrior class I reckon. And that colour scheme... gotta be tier 2.

"Are the boundaries secured?" Silent Shadow drifted out of the conversation, trying to focus and hoping her phasing mastery would be enough for this fight.

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