Secrets At Home {TFRID}

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Drift was watching his students train and he didn't seem impressed. Slipstream was constantly dominating Jetstorm with ease. The black Mini-con did usually loose, but never that quickly. It looked as if he wasn't even trying.

Another round quickly passed. Drift had gotten bored of watching this so he decided to put an end to it.

"Jetstorm, Slipstream, that is enough for now, take this time to get some energon," he told them as he stepped closer.

The Mini-cons bowed to their master before walking away slowly. Slipstream had noticed Jetstorm's lack of energy as well, but neither he or Drift knew that he wasn't sleeping.

The pair sat down as they each drank a small cube of energon. It felt good to get some after a long morning of training.

Jetstorm looked over at Shadow Raker's pod, he was starting to obsess over it. Believing that he would soon break out of it.

Slipstream gave him a small smile. "Are you sure, you're okay?" he asked. "You keep looking at that pod."

Jetstorm rolled his optics a little. "Yes, because he is inside," he replied. Not wanting to say who 'he' was, but Slipstream understood.

"Don't worry, no Decepticon has ever broken out of a stasis pod...Except Steeljaw, but he was prepared for it," Slipstream assured him.

"That's just it," Jetstorm replied. "What if he was prepared for stasis? Perhaps he is just trying to find the right moment to attack."

Slipstream sighed, he knew how Jetstorm felt. He also feared his former mentor's return, but he didn't think about it as much as his partner.

"Perhaps you should go and play with Russell for a little while, take your mind off it," he suggested.

Jetstorm nodded. "Good idea, I will go and see him now," he stood up and left to go and find the one he thought was a Commander.

~~~~

A little while passed and Jetstorm was just leaning against a shelf, he was fast asleep. He had found Russell and he told the Mini-con that he and Sideswipe were playing a game. The boy invited him to join and he accepted, but Russell ran off after that.

Suddenly, a water balloon hit him and woke him up. "I'm awake!" he yelled quickly before looking around a little.

Sideswipe ran over with another balloon in his servo. "Hey, Jet, wanna play?"

Jetstorm looked confused. "Apparently, I'm already playing," he said slightly annoyed. "I'm going to go and dry myself off."

Russell looked up at Sideswipe. "Is he okay?"

Sideswipe shrugged. "No idea, but he has been acting a little strange since Shadow Raker came to Earth."

Russell looked back at the Mini-con with a worried expression on his face. Deep down, he knew that something was bothering him.

But he wasn't sure what.

Jetstorm walked over to Slipstream, the red Mini-con was surprised to see him wet.

"What happened?" he asked.

"Sideswipe happened, and a mysterious object called a water balloon," Jetstorm said as he dried himself.

Slipstream stepped closer to his partner. "Look, if something else is bothering you then you should tell someone, Denny once told me that keeping feelings to yourself is unhealthy."

"For humans perhaps," Jetstorm replied as he narrowed his optics. "But it was hiding our worries and feelings that kept us alive when we were with Shadow Raker."

Slipstream's optics widened. "That is the issue, you fear him."

"I do not!" he yelled in protest.

"Yes you do," he argued. "And it's okay, we all have fears." Jetstorm rolled his optics. "I also fear him, but we're safe, I promise."

The Mini-con gave him an uncertain look then walked off. Slipstream was worried about his partner. He wasn't acting like himself.

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However, the team were so focused on Drift's pupil that they didn't notice Shadow Raker's pod shaking by itself.

The Decepticon tried to move causing the pod to shake. After many attempts, he finally opened his optics.