Transformers re-Prime-d (Season 1)

One Shall Fall

Striker and I drove out of Las Vegas. Personally, I thought I looked amazing. But, I digress. Striker swears her gloss looks better. See, Megatron had recently messed up my paint job. And, since Striker made a large deal about us not spending enough time together, she convinced me that what our friend/rival-ship needed was a 'girls' day out in Vegas. I didn't argue. I needed the paintjob. I decided that instead of getting my paint redone the same old Decepticon-esque black, I would switch back to my original color scheme. We drove down the highway, my shiny silver gloss shining in the sun behind Striker's silver with glittering gold and red.

Optimus called, "Shadow?"

"Yes Optimus?"

Striker sighed, "Geez, we're not even five minutes out, and you're already back to guys. Some 'girls' day this is."

Optimus asked through the radio "Where are you?"

Striker mumbled, "Being pelted with questions right outside of Nun-ya Business, attention stealer."

"Driving back from Las Vegas," I answered him.

I heard Miko scream, "Cool!" in the background.

Striker gained interest. "What?" She asked playfully, "Miko's there? Well, how would you like to replace Shadow over there? That way I could have someone to take 'girls' day seriously."

Miko asked back, "Really?"

Jack said to the girl, "No, Miko. Striker's just playing."

"Ugh!" Miko cried, "I never get to do anything fun!"

The realization dawned on me. "Oh," I sighed and apologized, "I'm sorry OP, I completely forgot."

"It's fine," Optimus replied, "the children have only now arrived."

"Hey!" the kids simultaneously yelled, "We're not children!"

"Well then Optimus, if you could send a groundbridge my way, I could get to the not-children quicker."

Optimus chuckled. I smiled. Striker would have rolled her eyes at me if she could.

Optimus said to me, "One Groundbridge coming your way."

The green portal appeared in front of me, I slowed down and drove though. Striker had to turn around and enter the portal placed behind her. I arrived at the base first and transformed. I walked towards OP and the humans. Striker looked peeved. She just waved me off and went off to polish her blasters.

Miko's mouth hung open, "Shadow! What happened to your black paint?"

"Megatron hurt that paint job. So, I decided to go back to the basics."

"Well," Jack commented, "You look a lot more like an Autobot now."

"Yeah," Raf agreed, "Your red eyes, I mean optics, go a lot better now with your red symbol. On top of that, your silver color really does read as less evil."

"Hmm? You really think so. I thought it read more as losing the aspect of stealth. I think it's a lot more showy."

Striker persuaded me away from stealth. This 'showy' thing really isn't for me.

Optimus commented, "You look angelic."

I smiled, and my eyes went over to his. "Thanks Optimus," I said. His looked back into mine. I blushed. "Now, where were we?"