Dark Comet

[Huntress]

((Ireland, 8:26 pm, September 3rd))

A lone object was in route to Earth, beneath all the ice that it had gathered in space was a femme, her protoform dull, smoky gray. Her sensors told her she was nearer to her target, deep blue optics opening behind a near opaque visor matching to her color ~"Finally. . ."~ she muttered soundlessly in the vacuum of space. She set course for an area of the planet which had just met nightfall as she scanned through this planets record, first for an alt mode suiting to her, downloading the schematics for a concept vehicle that served the functions and had the mass she would need before she began taking in the data available in regards to this planet, it's places, it's people, it's languages. Soon she met the upper level atmosphere and opened up coms to the Autobots =~"Huntress reporting, in route to earth, landing coordinates: 54.20605; -9.68827, estimated landfall: 4.07 Kliks."~= she sent as she barreled towards the ground. In those moments she had before making landfall she decided to look into the media of this planet, music, art, to get an understanding and, from what she saw, this was a thriving society.

Over Ireland all that was seen from the ground was a brilliant streak through the darkening sky, the location she had picked was well out of human sight, in the middle of no place. She figured it best to not spook the locals. Soon she slammed into the ground, causing quite a crater in the ground. It was then she unfolded, adapting her frame to the vehicle mode she had downloaded the schematics for. It was not until everything had shifted into place on her new alt mode that she transformed, standing. She looked skyward for a moment, it always did look so different from a planetary surface. She folded her wings around herself then like a cloak, the dark femme near blending with the low light conditions at this time. Then she waited for whoever it was that was going to retrieve her.

[Charter]

Charter had been going over some files in some spare time when he heard the comm. =~"Huntress, this is Charter. I will meet up with you shortly."~= He knew the reputation associated with the name and it would certainly be a comfort to have her here now even if he did not know her too well personally, which it seemed vary few did if anyone at all. He put the files away, locking them safely, and headed out from his office closing the door behind him. He normally kept the door open, inviting anyone to come see him should they need to. The closed door acted as an indicator that he was either with a patient and not to be disturbed or that he was out for the time being. He made his way to the space bridge room, activating the space bridge for the coordinates she had given him and stepped through, looking around in an attempt to spot the femme once on the other side.

[Huntress]

Huntress had been facing away from him when the space bridge appears at ground level, near the edge of the crater her landing had made. She looked over her shoulder, seeing the tall silver mech emerge. She said not a word, her gaze hidden by her visor. She stood still for but a matter of seconds, it did amuse her slightly how others often had to look for her when they knew she was near. Though he had come to collect her, so she would not keep him waiting. The scene went from silent and still within the crater to the sound of massive bat like metal wings opening as the femme jumped skyward, her wings giving one strong flap, sending her from the crater, another flap carried her a bit higher and to the edge before she landed in a crouch besides where Charter was standing, her wings held back to be out the way of her landing. She then stood, the smoke gray femme standing 30 feet, not much shorter than the one who had come to collect her. Her wings smoothly folded around her frame once more, hiding her steady yet slender enough build from view once more. ~"Prompt."~ she merely commented, normally, when she landed it took longer for one to come to guide her back to the Autobots, it was nice for someone to show up so quickly for once. It was only then she looked towards him, her face showing of no emotion, no telling of anything in her features, her posture, just an impassive calm, as was her voice, stern, even, but calm. ~"What is the situation on this planet?"~ she asked as she began walking towards the still open space bridge as she awaited his reply.

[Charter]

Charter nodded to her after she stood up beside him. Obviously the rumors of her stealth capabilities were not exaggerations. Even now as she stood so close her frame blended somewhat in the darkness. ~"Essentially the main body of the war seems to be moving to this planet. Reinforcements are arriving relatively frequently for both sides. We are allied with humans, specifically the military of the United States of America. They have been aiding us greatly over the years but the Decepticon forces are still strong and we have yet to drive them from this planet."~ He shook his head a bit at the thought. "It is unfortunate, really, that the war has infected this planet and the ways it effects those who dwell on it. Needless to say the Decepticons show little regard for the native life of this planet."

[Huntress]

Huntress gave a small nod as she neared the space bridge opening "I am somehow not surprised. . ." she said, switching to this planet's more prominent language. "I will require a list of known and active Decepticons on this planet along with a list of our own troops. I will also require information regarding resources and locations the Decepticons may target that you are aware of along with things they have targeted in the past." she told him before she paused, turning to face the slightly taller mech "Optimus's message told of the Allspark being destroyed. . .what of it's remains?" she inquired, her voice solemn at those last words, not once had her face betrayed any emotion besides that dead calm. She was, as always, directly to business. To the point, direct, blunt, for all intents and purposes, the femme would currently seem just at the rumors and stories told her to be, cold, professional, controlled.

[Charter]

"You would likely do better to see Red Alert or Optimus himself for that information." he informed her as he followed behind her. "I can provide some information but my own knowledge of such has limitations. You will likely need more detailed and accurate information than I can provide to you myself." He looked right back to her as she turned to face him with his usual demeanor, calm, collected, focused, professional, and yet through all of it there was a sense of comfort from him. It was similar to how Huntress carried herself but not quite the same. There was a sort of warmth to Charter as distant as he tended to keep himself. "There have been a few rare cases of shards of the Allspark turning up but they are few and far between. One of them was quite recent. It was a fortunate occurrence actually, that particular shard brought Jazz back to us."

[Huntress]

"Very well, then I shall ask Prime for a full briefing once he becomes available." she said turning back to the space bridge "Shards. . . .hmph. . .that could be troublesome." she said before stepping through the space bridge and thus, into the bridge room of the base. She glanced around, her optics unseen though taking in the structure, assuming much of the base here would be constructed in a similar fashion. However, a beep from her right thigh told her one of her guns, the aptly named Chaos, was not content with simply staying hidden. He pulled himself from his holster and scurried down her leg to the floor, looking around and beeping excitedly from a small space between where her cloak wings met at her front. "Patience Chaos. . ." she simply told the little gun, who looked up to her with a protesting beep.

[Charter]

"As I mentioned the instances are few and far between. Even this recent one was with a shard that had been found about eighteen years ago but was lost again. It is now, however, in our possession. It seems so far that the shards remaining are very few, most of the Allspark has been destroyed." Charter said as he entered the space bridge room behind her. He noted the beep from her right thigh and the sound of movement from one much smaller. It was easy to assume it was some sort of companion of hers and her uttering of a request for patience seemed to verify the assumption, especially when he heard the responsive beep.

[Huntress]

Chaos, however would, as his name suggested, not listen. The moment Huntress's gaze shifted the little dark silver gun took off like a shot across the room, skittering along the floor beeping hyperly. The dark femme just gave a heavy sigh however "Chaos. . ." she muttered, knowing how hyperactive the little gun could be, nothing like his older sister, Sanity, who was normally rather calm and got annoyed by her brother's antics. Chaos soon managed to get himself onto the control panel of the space bridge, looking at all the little read outs and the like, though he did know not to press random buttons, thankfully. He very quickly grew bored of that however and jumped back to the floor, skittering over to Charter's foot before climbing right up his frame and perching on his head with little tripod legs. Holding onto the silver bot's head he leaned over and looked right at Charter's face, unfortunately this meant the barrel was pointed right at Charter as well since that was how they looked at another. Another series of rapid, hyper beeps was then heard from the little gun as he started swaying back and forth on Charter's helm.

Huntress turned to face the taller mech then "My apologies, Chaos tends to be. . .rather excitable to say the least." she said, her tone slightly softer for only a moment before returning to stern once more and a bit more serious than before "Only three others besides myself know of their sentience, now four including yourself, be sure that number does not grow." she warned. A femme as dangerous and as known as herself, the Decepticons would likely use Sanity and Chaos against her if they knew, so it was best the fewest possible were aware her faithful companions were actually their own beings. Once Huntress said that, Sanity emerged from her holster as well, climbing out from under Huntress's cloak wings and up to her shoulder, looking at her brother's antics before giving a beep that sounded like a sigh and shaking her barrel from side to side just a bit, as one would shake their head before she settled comfortably on Huntress's shoulder.

[Charter]

Charter calmly watched Chaos' antics. It was adorable in a way, the little gun seemed a bit like a sparkling the way he went about investigating everything. He was slightly surprised when Chaos decided to climb up his own frame though showed no outward sign of it. He looked at Chaos as he stared him down, the fact that he currently had the barrel of a gun fixed on his helm being slightly unsettling but he saw no sign of threat from the smaller one's actions. "It would seem so." He turned to look at Huntress, careful not to startle Chaos in doing so and watching as the other gun perched on her shoulder. "I assure you, their secret is safe."

[Huntress]

Huntress nodded at that, at least there was that understanding. "The other is Sanity, they are brother and sister. He normally does not go to another that quickly, there must be something about you that makes him feel safe. I have learned to trust their instincts, they have yet to be wrong in that aspect." she told him as she brought a hand up to rest on Sanity as one would rest a hand on another's shoulder "She is the older of the pair." the dark femme said, a small beep coming from Sanity as her barrel lowered, much like one would in a greeting nod or bow. Sanity then climbed down Huntress's wing, walking on her tripod legs up to Charter's feet and looking at him, before looking back to Huntress, a four tone beep coming from Sanity before she looked back to Charter "Some are Sanity, not many, but some." the dark femme responded, knowing well what every beep from them mean. Such did occur with such close friendships, besides Ironhide and Wheeljack, the guns were two of very, very few Huntress truly trusted, though seeing how they took to Charter, Huntress had a feeling that handful of people may expand by one in time.

[Charter]

"I see." Charter responded simply. He returned the nod to Sanity, slowly and carefully as to not cause Chaos to lose his perch by accident, and then watched as she approached him, waiting for her to finish speaking with Huntress before carefully squatting down and extending a hand to her invitingly. "It's a pleasure to meet you, Sanity." he said with his usual calm and comforting smile. Should she climb into his hand he would stand again and place her comfortably on his shoulder. Of course, the choice was entirely hers, he would not force her to do anything she did not wish to.

[Huntress]

At that Sanity did take the offer and climbed onto Charter's hand, beeping a bit. "She says she thinks you are very polite." Huntress translated for Charter as Chaos started doing some sort of odd little tripod legged gig on Charter's head, beeping like made, though the beeps sounded joyful "And in case you're wondering, he's singing." the dark femme said, allowing just a small smile, it seemed that the little guns would like it here if this first meeting said anything. Huntress stepped up to Charter then, placing a hand on his shoulder "I will warn you, Chaos seems to really like you, so do not be surprised if he finds his way into your quarters, he has been known to do such things to Ironhide and Wheeljack only because he wants to visit." she told Charter, figuring it was better he knew ahead of time as opposed to being surprised in the middle of the night by being woken up via Chaos headbutting him. It was then Sanity gave five slightly longer, softer beeps, looking at Huntress, making a slight look of surprise show on the dark femme's face "Sanity!' she said, shaking her head slightly as the calmer gun gave a very soft chuckling sound.

[Charter]

"I see." Charter said in response to her explanations. He turned his head slightly to look at Sanity, moving slowly and carefully to prevent Chaos from losing balance even with his dancing. "I thank you for the compliment, Sanity." He then turned back to Huntress, again, being careful in his movements. "I don't mind either of them visiting me at any time, so long as I am not with a patient. Their privacy is very important." He was slightly amused at the short interaction between Huntress and Sanity, though he didn't let it show. It seemed that her two companions brought out another side to her. One that, it would seem, she kept hidden from most. Then again, she also kept the truth about the two guns hidden from most as well, all for the sake of their safety.