Hiya! Sorry for the wait on posting this to anyone who saw me post this chapter at the end of the last chapter for Stealth, things suddenly got busy, as they always seem to do.

But enough about that, I'll be posting chapter 2 right after this one so you all get to see some new content!

This story is set in Knightsverse not Bayverse, so expect quite a few changes from the original Stealth.

Hope you all enjoy!

"AUTOBOTS! FALL BACK!"

The shout echoed across the battlefield, the red branded forces breaking away from where they'd been desperately trying to hold the line.

Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobot resistance forces, did what he could, waiting for the rest of his forces to move back before beginning to fall back himself, his ion cannon firing out into the encroaching mass of Decepticon forces.

His optics darted across the battlefield, desperately searching for the one member of his team he hadn't seen retreat.

A few more moments of desperate searching, and he heard it, just as everyone else on the battlefield.

The whine, that high pitched sound that balanced on the edge of being too high for even their advanced hearing to catch, and so shrill it caused many to flinch, both from the sound, and what that sound promised.

It was the only tell, that ring that caused all to flinch.

So late in the war, only a fool turned off their audios to avoid it.

He caught the flash, the shimmer in the light of blaster fire.

Coming in hot, hurtling towards the battlefield at a rate that the atmosphere burned around it.

There was a flash.

He was running, shouting to his forces to fully disengage, to reach the launch pad.

They all felt the blast of heat as the payload detonated.

The entire walkway they were running down lurched upwards from the blast's shockwave, the burning heat knocking them forwards.

The wall of fire and ash was already catching up, having engulfed a massive chunk of the Decepticons forces directly behind them.

Those on the surrounding sides were quickly moving in, despite the massive fireball, trying to cut off him and his forces.

All while the Decepticons anit-seeker weaponry was quickly brought back online, firing volley after volley into the sky.

Trying to catch the last Autobot.

The noise was so great, it took the brush of a familiar EM field to put the Prime's spark at ease.

The Autobots last surviving trump card, N-0V4, was keeping pace with him, outpacing him, her momentum from dropping from the upper atmosphere still forcing her forwards despite now being in a brutal sprint, plating red hot and pinging as it started to cool in the wind that rushed around them.

At some point she'd transformed into her bipedal mode.

He didn't think to look beside him. He could hear her and feel the intense heat radiating off her.

Considering the lack of blaster fire trained on him, or really, the normal amount, he doubted N-0V4 had dropped her cloak.

She'd pulsed her EM field to let him know she was there, outpacing him, following his orders.

The ever loyal soldier, just like all his remaining forces.

They reached the launch pad, and he turned his attention to B-127, intending to give the scout his new mission.

N-0V4 broke away, finally dropping her cloak, revealing the large, sleek seeker frame, her purple white and gold, extreme heat and explosion damaged colour scheme standing out against the fiery hellscape that surrounded them, her vents labouring as she tried to somewhat cool her systems.

The seeker still ran over to the solid red mech already getting into one of the launch pads.

"Hide!"

The weapons specialist looked over to the seeker. "N-0?"

The seeker glanced skyward, pulling a large gatling gun like weapon from her back. "I'll cover you all… stay safe out there."

Ironhide looked over the seeker, really looked over the much taller femme, she was three helms over Prime, but her light build often made her seem smaller.

Ironhide reached out, and grabbed onto her arm, getting her attention back. "Keep safe, we need you online."

N-0V4 stared at him for a moment, before nodding, and running back towards the Prime.

It wasn't goodbye forever, they were parting for now, but they'd soon meet back up.

She'd make sure they all made it off planet safe.

"Prime!"

Her voice was a sharp one, and it caught the Prime's attention a moment after he sent B-127 on his way.

N-0V4 was already firing upwards, trying to force the dispersion of the seekers flying overhelm.

"You need to get to an escape pod! Now!" She shouted over the artillery fire.

Optimus Prime seemed to hesitate, regarding her for a moment. "N-0V4, disengage."

Her optics, still focused on her targets above, widened. "Sir… please tell me you're your not planning what I think you're planning?!"

His resolve only hardened at her statement. "N-0V4, disengage, the others need you in the air."

He caught her glancing around the launch pad, already it was beginning to keel to the right under their pedes, the explosions that were rocking it's base throwing the entire structure into collapse.

N-0V4 was no fool, scattered in thoughts at times maybe, but anyone who thought she was dumb, made a grave mis-calculation.

He held her optics, making sure she understood how serious he was on this. "I will buy you all time by drawing their fire."

He could see her work her denta, but relented with a nod. "We need you Prime… don't do anything too stupidly heroic."

With that, she activated her thrusters and launched upwards, keeping pace with the escape pods as they rocketed upwards.

Optimus Prime tracked their departure for a moment, before the Launch pads pillars began to truly give way, groaning as the platform tilted further and further in it's descent towards the ground.

It was time to run a nice diversion.

N-0V4 easily kept pace, and outpaced the other seekers, her drives, engines and systems running red hot still as she rocketed across the smoke filled atmosphere, dodging the blaster fire trained on her uncloaked form, drawing all the fire she could away from her teammates.

Already in the first atmospheric belt, N-0V4, B-217, Ironhide and their comrades rocketed upwards, some looking back at their home world they were now abandoning to Decepticon rule, others focused on the Universe beyond.

N-0V4 and B-127 were in the former group, though one had the ability to look out of his escape pod, the other only had the grainy cracked rear camera they had, their attention split as they dodged the last few blaster shots aimed by the last few of her fellow Seekers as they tried to chase her, using their fire power to try and catch her otherwise unmatched speed.

Deciding now was as good as ever, she jammed all of her systems in a hard right and transformed back to her root mode, pulling the gatling gun from her back once more as she let off volley after volley of rounds at the Seekers racing up to try and blow them out of the sky.

It used to hurt her spark to shoot at her own kin, but now, she didn't care, they were the enemy, and they were going after her unit.

So, she continued her volley, thrusters keeping her from plummeting back down to the surface as each round sent her just that bit further upwards into the stars.

She watched as armour shredded and fuel tanks ignited, a manic grin slowly developing on her features as she pressed her attack, a wild grin that promised much.

Eventually, her unit was clear of where the seekers were willing to shoot at, and began to disperse, the few left sending a last volley at her, a last attempt to slag her.

She was a traitor to their kind after all, they had every reason to shoot her out of the sky as far as they were concerned.

It didn't take long for her to pick off the last one, his face exploding as three separate rounds scoured direct hits.

Only as his frame began to burn up on re-entry, did she turn, and gun her systems to full power once more, and blast out of Cybertron's polluted atmosphere, tailing and quickly gaining on the escape pods, sending a salute to B-127 when she spotted him peering back at her.

He had his destination, she had hers.

They'd meet up on the planet Optimus had chosen for them once B-127 had gotten a proper location scoutout done.

So long as nothing went wrong…

She was being sent to hold tight on the planets moon as back up…

She sent a little prayer that she wouldn't go stir crazy waiting all alone.

Only time would reveal their fates though, and for once in her life, N-0V4 was going to have to be patient.

Thanks for reading!

Moon