Frightened Shadow by Shadow

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The red on black dragon squirmed slightly as Stance ran his scanner over her form; she appeared nervous and if at all frightened. Stance sighed, the poor thing had been forced to watch the annihilation of her home outpost and had subsequently been conned into being an experiment for an aging Autobot engineer; it was no surprise that she was terrified of him.
"Your alt-mode is most unusual; you realise" he spoke softly trying to calm her down. The frightened dragon merely looked confused. "I plan to duplicate its specs for my project" he continued.
"P...pr...project?" a quivering female voice asked.
"Yes the pathfinder project; after the success of Devastator. Megatron decided that it would perhaps be a good idea to work on advancing the technology behind it" Stance explained patiently.
"Wh...what's this g...got to d..do with me?" she asked visibly shaking.
"I am asking for volunteers to undergo the geasult procedure. I thought that..."
"I wouldn't volunteer?" she supplied.
"Perhaps. It does all depend on your own decision in the matter." Stance replied "Come over here and let me explain" Stance walked into his living quarters; which were conveniently attached to his lab by a mere door. Turning his back on the femme dragon he demonstrated his own trust in her; trust that she wouldn't attack him that was. After a few moments he heard the dragon jump from the table and follow him. She was quite a large size and could easily carry another transformer if she needed to so Stance did worry that she might get stuck in the door; surprisingly though she easily managed to slip through. "Would you like some energon?" he asked her as he walked to the dispenser; she blinked apparently not used to this kind of treatment with a slight chuckle he said "I'll take that as a yes then" getting out two energon cubes he took his own seat. The dragoness didn't sit instead she lay down in her dragon mode and rested her head where she could see him as he placed the energon cube in front of her. She stared at it for a moment before swallowing it whole; she was obviously energon deprived. Apparently hunting pirates had not paid quite so well; Stance shuddered involuntarily at the thought of what this young one must have had to do in order to survive.

With a small sigh Stance explained the workings of a geasult and the special mind link between its members; while he spoke he noticed her optics get rounder as if she was contemplating something. Finally it was revealed as she spoke.
"So...I'll no longer be alone?" the slightly broken tone of her voice tore at Stance's spark.
"Yes little one you'd never be alone again" he smiled reassuringly.
"I'll do it sir" the dragoness replied and for the first time Stance saw hope in her optics.
"You needn't call me sir little one. I am Stance" he replied smiling
"True but it is a mark of respect; I am Shadow" she answered.
"Welcome Shadow; I will take care of you until you are ready" Stance gently stroked the dragons head mindful of all the sharp spikes and protrusions.
"Y...you will?"
"Yes I will."

A little while later Stance looked over the sleeping femme's form; soft music played in the background. He had finally managed to coax her into transforming; she was shy and very quiet; but dangerous nevertheless. The dragonic programming would be tempered over time and her own personality would dominate the dragonic instincts. She was built for infiltration and battle that much he could see; it was sad really that the Autobot quest for power would harm such a young sparkling. She did not deserve what had happened to her; nevertheless she would soon be with people who would learn to care for her and they would be a family. This was exactly what Shadow deserved.

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