The ship peacefully flew near a planertary system, not bothereing anything or anybody. In fact, it had been so peaceful that both the captain and co captain had fallen into recharge. Everybody was in recharge, all 30 of them, except for one.
Perceptor was wide awake, mainly because he didn't want to be here in the first place. The only reason the red teen mech was there was because his "sister" had signed him up for expendition to work on his antisocial attitude. Truth was, he hated being aborad the ship. There were too many other bots, even though they were all scientist.
"I can't believe I let Moonhopper sign me up for this! I don't belong here! I do better by myself. Where are we even going? Let's hope this trip isn't a total waste."
He shifted, hoping to get in some recharge before they arrived at their destination. Perceptor never got much recharge, mainly working late into the night and early morning on his projects and studies. He hoped to get one made soon and get paid so he could get his own place and work in peace without anybody bothering him. He closed his optics, thinking of his own workshop.
Unfortunatley, his recharge was interrupted by the ship's warning system. ESverybody in the cabin stiired, groaning, upset that they had been so rudely woken up. Perceptor mumbled and kept his optics shut., hoping to drift back into recharge. His hope looked plausible until the ship jerked. He slowly opened his optics and sat up. It jerked again, sending him flying out of his seat and into the front wall.
"What's going on?!" he yelled at several panicking mechs, "what on Cybertron is wrong with you?! It's not the end of the world!"
Nobody seemed to hear him. He dragged himself up and looked out a porthole. His jaw dropped at the sight of a Decepticon warship. While the main force had been defeated, some rogue Decpticons were still giving the Autobots trouble. The warship fired, hitting the ship's engine. The captain came in.
"Uh, please take your seats and don't panic," he advised, sounding like he was fixing to break his own, "We are being attacked by a Decepticon warship and our main engine is down. We will make an emergency landing on Solion. There's a neutral colony that will help us get our ship repaired. Thank you." All the while, the co captain had been screaming in the back ground.
Perceptor dragged himself to his seat and strapped in. He observed all the mechs running around, trying to get to their ships and strapped in. He had to admit, it was rather amusing to watch the intellectuals of Cybertron run around like scared younglings. The ship lurched as it began its held tightly onto his seat, bracing himself for impact. He personally had never been a crash, but he had heard enough to know what to do.
"I can't believe this is happening! It's like a bad dream! Why do things like this happen to me? Of all the ships they could attack, they attack my exploration ship! They probably don't care. They just want to make a statement. I have no clue why, but I have a feeling even after we land that they won't leave us alone."
The ship grew very hot, ripping through the planet's atmosphere. A few pieces flew off as gravity hmade it hurtle towards the ground. Several of the scientist started screaming, one started praying to Primus, and some just shut down. Perceptor squeezed his optics shut, silently praying to Primus. The ship jerked as ti landed. It bounced a few times before skidding to a halt near the edge of a cliff.
Perceptor opened his optics to see that he was mostly unscratched. The mechs around him however, were not so lucky. One had a gash in his leg, one had a seat sticking out of his shoulder, and a couple had somehow gotten their wires attached to each other. He unstrapped and went to check on the captains.
The captain was currently shut off while the co captain was leaking fluid onto the console. Perceptor carefully sat him up and found the source of the leak, a puncture in the side. He sighed and looked around for the repair kit. He eventually found it and used his medic training to stop the leaking and patch up the mech. He approached the captain and shook his shoulder.
"Captain, are you alright?"
The mech groaned and looked up. Perceptor gazed in shock at one of his optics. It had somehow been smashed, but there was no leakage.
"What is it, lad? And why am I only seeing out of one optic?"
"I'm afraid your left one has been smashed. Cybertron can give you a replacement. What should we do?"
The captain rubbed his head while looking at the co captain.
"I guess the first thing we need to do is get out of here and to Solion. Surely they'll help us. What's your name?"
"Perceptor."
"Aren't you kind of young to be one of the processors behind Project Omega?"
"I'm named after one of them, not one of them. What do you need me to do?"
"Go outside and see if the warship is still there. I'll get everybody out and we'll go to the Solion colony."
He nodded. The captain placed a servo on his shoulder.
"Be careful and stay close, lad. We wouldn't want you to get lost."
"Don't worry, Captain. I'm perfectly capable of not getting lost."
Perceptor headed out of the ship will the captain attempted to wake up some of the passengers. He landed on the soft ground as he jumped down from the door. He observed that it was close to the evening, noting the sun's position. He let out a whistle before looking for the warship.
He looked up to see it heading towards the crash site. He glanced over to see that everybody had limped out and gotten a good distance away. He rushed to join them. The warship charged up and let loose a laser. The blast knocked him off his feet and sent him tumbling over the cliff, separating him from the group. Once he hit the bottom, he shut off.
"Sir, the Autobot ship has been destoried, but our weapons are powerless and all the Autobots evacuated."
Red optics narrowed in the dark.
"They will most likely go to the neutral colony seeking shelter and repair. Prepare the invasion force! We're going to be getting some new Decepticons!"
The ship cheered as the masked Cons stepped down from his seat. He might have not been Megatron, but he could still stir a crowd.
Oh no, Perceptor's lost and the Cons are invading! Will he be able to find help, or will he be mercilessly scrapped?!
Okay, anyone who has read Glitch knows what happens. Stay tuned for more. Chao!