Author's note. This story was written by me, TheWarlockDude and Mediziner, we hope you enjoy it. There are some main character OCs in this but the entire focus is not on them so don't be put off. Have a read and see if you like it.
Sunblade and Nightblade belongs to Mediziner.
Military Storm belongs to TheWarlockDude.
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Takes place after kids first find Highwire
Cybertron
"I don't believe it, it's the Minicon alarm!" a Mech in the background cried as Optimus Prime came charging up to the main control screen. The Minicon alarm, after so many stellar cycles, had finally activated and was now calling to Cybertron to come and rescue them.
Sadly, this meant the Decepticons would also be receiving the signal.
"M-Megatron, sir! It's the Mini-Cons!" Demolisher cried out as his optics turned to the screen.
"The Minicons?" Megatron said slowly, turning from a tactical map he'd be reviewing.
"Well, well, at long last they've resurfaced." Fixing Demolisher with an intense look, he demanded. "Where are they?"
Demolisher typed a few commands, a few seconds later he responded. "It seems the planet they're on is called 'Earth', sir." Turning back to face his leader.
"Earth?" Megatron repeated with a slight frown even as he started mentally composing orders for his troops. "What a strange name..." Shrugging it off, he said. "I and a few select men will go to this planet and find those Minicons."
"Only a few, sir?" questioned a young Decepticon tech.
With a grin, Megatron stated. "If I know Optimus, he will only take a few himself to this Earth, we cannot afford to take too many troops or the Autobots might push into our territories. Besides, this sounds like a primitive planet; I doubt I will need more than a few men."
"Makes more sense." Another mech spoke, who was just returning to his post.
Demolisher then spoke. "B-But, who will take command here in Cybertron in your absence? Some Autobots could attack our territories."
"Then our troops will defend and attack back," Megatron said coolly. "I'm leaving Shockwave and Thrust in charge with Thundercracker backing them up. You Demolisher will come with me as will Cyclonus and Starscream." You three should be enough to take on Optimus and whoever he chooses," he muttered to himself.
"Y-Yes, sir!" Demolisher responded.
"Ooh! Finally some action!" Cyclonus cackled wildly. "I can't wait!"
"When do we leave?" Demolisher questioned as Megatron sent a command to Starscream who was currently on patrol.
"Immediately," Megatron declared.
The Mechs nodded as they accompanied Megatron. Starscream replied stating he will be on his way shortly.
"Oh boy, I can't wait," Cyclonus said with glee. "We gonna blow that Optimus Prime and his Autobrats to kingdom come, aren't we?"
"I believe we shall," Megatron said lightly but with a very evil gleam in his optic.
Starscream soon arrived to their location. "So, the Mini-Cons have finally been found?"
He questioned.
"They have Starscream and we are going to retrieve every single one of them," Megatron said before giving Starscream a sharp look. "I have high hopes for you soldier, do not disappoint me."
"Yes, sir." Starscream replied, following him and the others.
Meanwhile, the Autobots were also preparing themselves and like Megatron, Optimus was only taking a few of his men. In this case, Red Alert and Hotshot, too loyal and very capable bots.
"I know this won't be easy," he said to an assembly of Autobots. "The fight will go on while we're away but if we can safeguard the Minicons, this will help the war effort. I know I can trust you all to fight for our cause and protect our civilians."
Hot Shot watched and listened quietly as Red Alert did the same.
"I don't know how long we'll be gone," Optimus said quietly. "Megatron won't let those Minicons go without a fight and he will aim to capture each and every single one of them. We in turn must do all we can do prevent this happening."
Jetfire nodded. "Understood. We can take care of things here while you're gone, Optimus. No Mini-Con should fall into the hands of the Decepticons!" He said with a hint of stern near the end of his sentence.
"No, they shouldn't," Optimus said with a grave nod. "You will be in charge Jetfire while I'm away."
"Yes, sir!" Jetfire replied, saluting.
Optimus nodded to him before turning to the Warp Gate. It would be necessary to Warp to another planet before making the real jump to Earth, the small organic planet was in a very remote area of the universe so they couldn't make it in one jump.
Hot Shot and Red Alert also turned to the Warp Gate. "Ready when you are, sir." Red Alert spoke as Hot Shot replied. "Ready as well, Optimus!" With a thumbs up and grin.
"Alright, let's go," Optimus declared and all three mechs leapt for the Warp Gate as a fourth Mech tried to reach them.
"Hey, wait for me," Smokescreen cried, only just managing to lunge through the Warp Gate.
"I wonder what this 'Earth', like. Sounds like a unique planet," Hot Shot said with eagerness.
"From what the charts say, it's a fully organic planet," Red Alert stated.
"Cool," Hot Shot replied as they soon reached the end of the Warp Gate.
They landed on a dry planet that was inhabited but only sparsely.
Hot Shot raised an optic. "...This is Earth? I don't see anything," He said, confused as he looked around.
"This isn't Earth, Hot Shot," Red Alert stated. "It's merely our stop off before Earth."
"Hmm..." The yellow bot replied with a shrug. ~I wonder if there's anything out here... I also wonder if maybe there are some places that Earth has like Cybertron does~ He thought to himself quietly.
"The next Warp jump is a slight distance away," Optimus said aloud. "Transform and roll out."
"Yes, Sir!" Hot Shot replied.
"Affirmative." Red Alert said.
As they drove off, on almost the other side of the planet, the Decepticons had also landed.
"What a scrapheap," Demolisher muttered as Megatron surveyed the surrounding area.
"Hmph, you're telling me," Cyclonus responded un-amused, looking around.
"There's nothing to blast out here!" He added with impatience.
"Save your energy for Earth," Megatron said sharply. "Optimus and his men will be there, they are not getting the drop on us."
"Y-Yes, sir..." Cyclonus responded; though still eager wanting to blast something.
Starscream rolled his optics, Cyclonus was twitching in a way that meant if anything so much as moved in the deserted landscape, he'd start blasting. Though if he did, Megatron would probably blast him for wasting energy which made the Seeker smile slyly. Serve the loudmouth right.
"Uh, Megatron sir. Should we continue on?... What if those pesky Autobots made a bigger jumpstart already?" Demolisher asked, turning to his leader.
"There will be no delays," Megatron said quietly. "Starscream, you will transform and scout ahead, I'm having no obstacles standing in my way."
"Yes, sir," Starscream then transformed and took to the skies. Cyclonus just folded his arms, growing more impatient but kept quiet, grumbling to himself quietly.
Megatron shot him a look.
"What are you two waiting for? Transform and follow him!"
Cyclonus stood stiff for a moment until nodding as he transformed and took to the skies following after Starscream. Demolisher immediately transformed and drove ahead. Megatron scowled slightly, he sometimes wondered why he bothered with these Mechs. Also transforming, he brought up the rear of the small group, making sure there was no dawdling.
"Hmph, I don't see or detect anything useful..." Cyclonus spoke with a slight grumble, scanning the place.
"We're not looking for anything," Demolisher reminded him over the comm, knowing Megatron was right behind him. "Just concentrate on our destination."
The helicopter then said nothing after that, heading to the destination.
Further up ahead, Starscream was scanning the surrounding area, making sure there was nothing to delay him. With a frown, he picked up something on his scanner; it appeared to be a robotic life form...an Autobot?
The Seeker took the time to think... Should he or should he not tell Megatron about what his scanners picked up? He wasn't sure about if the target is either an Autobot or a Decepticon. Then finally, after a moment, he spoke. "Megatron, sir. I've detected what seems to be someone nearby."
He heard a growl which sounded like Megatron suppressing an annoyed curse.
"Very well Starscream, what are they?" his leader demanded.
"Unknown, shall I go in for a closer look, sir?" Starscream asked.
Megatron took a short moment to think, then spoke. "Very well, report as soon as you learned about your discovery," He responded.
"Very good sir," Starscream said softly before swooping in lower, fixing his senses on the signal ahead.
"Sh-Should we also check it out too, Megatron sir?" Demolisher asked.
"Ooh, what if it's an Autobot!?" Cyclonus said with glee and cackled.
"That is unknown so there will be no shooting until we know for certain," Megatron said sternly, not wanting to have a possible ally blasted to bits because of Cyclonus's over enthusiasm.
"Hmph..." Was all Cyclonus said to himself silently, hoping no one heard him.
"What was that?" growled Megatron.
Cyclonus jolted from Megatron's voice as he nearly lost his balance in the air, almost as if he stalled for a moment. "U-Uhh, nothing sir!" Trying to sound casual and hoping his tremble wasn't heard through the comm.
"I thought not," Megatron said coolly as Cyclonus continued onwards, trying not to attract his leader's ire.
On a different part of the planet, Starscream flew low enough and transformed out of his alt mode. His scanners had directed him into a small cave where he could see his target is inside a stasis lock capsule, just big enough to fit a transformer inside. He could not see who is inside as dust had formed over the glass.
He frowned; there was no insignia on the capsule so he still had no idea who was within, a friend or foe. Or possibly a Neutral who'd tried to escape from Cybertron and ended up here? Well, there was only one way to find out...
He brushed off most of the dust, revealing a Femme Seeker. She was mostly dark purple with some stripes of mostly black and very few hints of white other than her faceplate with a few crescent moon symbols shown on her wings and shoulder plates. Surprisingly despite the stasis lock capsule's condition being old and seemingly rusting, she was in perfect health condition.
Starscream stared at her in amazement; he hadn't seen a Femme or indeed a Seeker one in a long while. Megatron preferred his soldiers to fight in single gender groups, meaning the Decepticon Femmes belonged to a different group than their Mech counterparts. This meant you could go orns without seeing a single Femme.
He wondered just what she was doing here, had she fled Cybertron as he'd previously surmised.
"Megatron, I've discovered a status pod containing an unknown Seeker Femme," he told his leader over the comm.
"A Femme?" He raised an optic brow, confused about what Starscream had told him. What could a Femme be doing out here on this planet, and why?
"Wait for us Starscream, I will personally examine this pod," Megatron ordered after a moment's thought. He knew this could delay them but if necessary, he could go ahead of his men to Earth.
"A Femme!" Cyclonus said excitedly. "Ooh, can we take her with us Megatron sir?"
"We shall see." Megatron spoke into the comm link again. "Is the Femme a Decepticon? Or... Perhaps an Autobot?" His tone changing around the part asking about if the Femme is an Autobot.
"I can't tell sir, there is no insignia," Starscream hastened to explain. "It's possible she's a Neutral, I think she may have been here some time."
"A Neutral? Hmph, maybe this Femme can inform us why she is here and not on Cybertron as you say she is on neither side. And..." Pausing for a moment, smirking. "Maybe she could be a possible ally to our cause. See to it that you awaken her," Megatron finished.
"As you wish Megatron," Starscream replied before examining the status pod. Its systems were still working in good order although it looked to be out of power. That was just an illusion and Starscream knew that if he found the control panel, he could bring this Femme out of her slumber.
The Seeker had to brush off most of the dust just to find the control panel. Once he had found it, he paused for a moment to think after clearing off the dust from it as best as he could, would the stasis pod be locked with a code? Or would it open with just the press of a button?
He shrugged, he could only try the latter, if it wasn't easy he could worry about that later. Examining the available buttons, he pressed one which lit up a screen revealing her life signs. According to them, she was in no danger and merely in a deep recharge which made him hopeful that it would be easy to revive her.
Starscream then pressed another, which seemed to be a data log of two Mechs carrying the same Femme talking.
/Hurry, put her in the Stasis Pod./ The first one spoke, who seemed hesitant and worried.
/Give this old Mech a break, I'm not as young as you are!/ The second one responded, the two placing her inside the pod as soon as he was close enough.
/Good... After sealing her younger twin sister and now this one away from each other, as much as it aches my spark, I wish for them not to get caught up in what I fear a war coming up... I wish for my beautiful Femmes to never be caught in any of them... They deserve better than being caught in one.../ The figure placing his hand on the stasis pod, pressing in commands to close the pod as he whispered. /I'm sorry... my-/
The data log then fizzled out into nothing, probably either the years had gotten to it or that it could've been damaged. But seeing the codes the Mech had pushed on the panel seemed to be the code for also opening the stasis pod.
Starscream smiled as he began to type in the relevant code, it seemed this Femme had been locked away by... her creators?... to avoid the Decepticon/Autobot conflict. But wait, didn't he say twin sister? He hadn't detected any other life form and he saw no sign of another status pod.
After a moment, the stasis pod hissed silently, the door splitting in two and opening. The mysterious Femme's optics blinked online. Surprisingly, for a Neutral, her eyes were a red-orange but the red dominated the orange colour more.
"Unhh... Where am I...? This isn't... Cybertron," She spoke softly. As her vision clears more, she could see the red and white Seeker to the side, as she flinched but without a gasp or any other sound, daring not to speak, but partially had a hint of confusion/fear in her face, almost hard to read.
"It's alright," Starscream said softly, as she appeared to be a Neutral, there was no reason to be hostile. "I found you in status lock and revived you. What is your name?"
She stood silent for a few then responded softly, a bit surprised she had been in Stasis Lock.
"My name is ...Nightblade." I have been in Stasis Lock? How long have I... Been in here?" She questioned after she introduced herself, her tone was rather emotionless, but probably due to the confusion. As she slowly stepped out of the pod, she was a bit wobbly but regained her footing again to the nearby rocky wall.
"It's alright," Starscream said, grabbing her arm and supporting her. "I think you've been in status for a long time, do you know why you were there?"
"No..." Nightblade responded. "That's what I want to know... I only remembered I was on Cybertron in a med bay... Then my Father injected something strange into me... That was all I remembered then. He wouldn't tell me what... What was going on... Oww, my motherboard hurts..." She clutched her head.
"I believe he took you here and placed you in this stasis pod, possibly to protect you from the War," Starscream surmised before remembering something. "By the way, do you have a twin sister?"
The Femme Seeker flinched at his question. "What...? How do you... Know of my younger twin-sister...?" She turned to look at him, a little worried and scared now. "Primus, you don't even know me or her... And what is this about a war?"
"There was a message on the control panel, recording the moments before you were placed in stasis," Starscream explained. "It mentioned a twin sister but I've seen no sign of her. As for the War, the Autobots and Decepticons have been fighting a conflict for many vorns now."
"And...what are you?" she questioned softly.
"I am a Decepticon, and the Second-In-Command to Megatron, who is our leader." Starscream responded. At the same time he wasn't sure of telling the story between the warring factions of their reason for war as due to being on neither side, he didn't want to frighten the young Femme as he told her very little of the Decepticons, keeping things plain and simple.
After he'd finished, she considered his words before asking.
"What is your name?"
Before he could answer, a voice boomed out.
"Starscream, what is your status?"
Megatron had arrived, along with Cyclonus and Demolisher.
Nightblade jolted in surprise and slightly retreated behind partially Starscream and the Stasis pod silently, not liking this one bit as her emotions, which seemed to have shifted when spending a bit of time talking to Starscream. Returning back to looking emotionless as possible, she observed the three other Mechs that entered the cave.
One instantly stood out, he was massive, towering over the others as he surveyed her and Starscream. Slowly, his lip curled into a small smirk as he advanced into the cave.
"So this is the Femme you told me about Starscream," he said softly as she shrank back.
"Yes Megatron, her name is Nightblade and she's been here since before the War," Starscream explained.
~I don't like that Megatron... He gives off a frightening atmosphere...~ Nightblade thought to herself, her optics shifted towards Cyclonus, who seemed to have an eager look on his face then to Demolisher, who seemed uninterested and neutral. Her eyes then turned back to Starscream and Megatron who are talking. ~This is just so new to me... I'm hoping they don't...- No, Nightblade... You shouldn't be thinking that!~ Shaking her head slightly unconsciously, not knowing she pulled herself from reality a bit.
"Why...why are you here?" she finally decided to ask, focusing all the attention back on her.
"I picked up your signal while we recently warped here to this unknown planet. So I came to investigate." Starscream responded, slightly turning to face the Femme.
"Oh," she said, wishing they wouldn't stare at her so. They were all powerfully built and heavily armed, she wasn't sure where she stood with them.
"I'm afraid," Megatron said softly. "That we cannot take you back to Cybertron with us, we are on a mission to an organic planet. But if you did return to Cybertron, I'm afraid you would have to chose a side."
"Choose a side..." Nightblade then thought back for a moment, picturing about if she did go back, she would possibly be killed by either side before she could even have the chance to speak with anyone present. Shuddering at the thought, she then spoke again.
"I... I suppose I have nowhere to go then... Now that you tell me this..." While her expression did not change, it showed rather clearly in her optics, her head tilted downwards.
"We're always looking for new recruits," Megatron said in a soft, persuasive voice. "I can see you're not equipped to go back, if you become a Decepticon and come with us to Earth, you can receive the training you need to survive. And if you impress me, you may be promoted to a decent rank."
"Go to Earth?" she repeated, unsure about this offer.
"Yes," Megatron continued. "There will be Autobots there and we will fight then but I doubt there will be more than four or five. Compared to Cybertron, you will not be thrown in the deep end of slag."
"But I am unarmed... I have no form of weapon or any sort. I am but only a civilian. But, very well... seeing as I have no choice," She sighed in defeat, willingly but cautiously approaching them but keeping her distance.
Megatron smirked as she approached while saying. "Don't worry my dear, we have spare blasters and we'll see about a proper weapon for you. Besides, if this is an inhabited planet, you will be able to get yourself a new vehicle form."
The other Decepticons did their best to look friendly and inviting but Cyclonus only succeeded in looking a little crazy. The Femme narrowed her optics very slightly, focused towards Cyclonus, feeling rather uncomfortable about the helicopter but dared not to flinch. ~What a strange Mech that one is...~ She thought to herself. "I guess... We could leave this planet now..."
"A wise choice," Megatron said softly. "Now, we shall continue to the Warp Gate."
"Warp Gate...?" Nightblade looked around confused. "I don't see any Warp Gate anywhere... Or sense a ship..."
"We are using a Warp Portal that originates from Cybertron," Starscream explained. "But because of the distance, the Warp brings us to this planet and we must find the beginning of the next part of the Portal for the final leg of our journey. It is very close by."
"I see..." Looking over at Starscream. "Well, I think I have no other inquiries to make. So shall we be leaving?" Nightblade said, her optics turned back to Megatron, crossing her arms. She took a quick glance at the exit behind the Mechs, relieved it's dark out, which means she wouldn't have to turn on her special visor which blocks the sun from her eyes so that she wouldn't be blinded.
"We shall," Megatron said with a small smile, his trip was certainly getting off to a good start, such a shame they didn't have time to search for her twin sister. Ah well, perhaps another time and as long as they outnumbered the Autobots, he'd be happy.
The Autobots location
"Optimus," Red Alert said with a frown. "I'm picking up an odd signal."
"What kind of odd signal?" Optimus responded, an optic brow raised as he turned to his CMO as Hot Shot did the same.
"I can't tell," Red Alert said, trying to lock onto the signal.
"I hope it's not some sort of trap from the Decepticons..." Hot Shot spoke with a bit of uneasiness and concern.
"I'm not detecting any of the Decepitcons," Red Alert said. "But we can't rule out that possibility, they may be trying to waylay us."
Optimus thought for a moment, and then spoke up. "Scan the signal; see if it poses any threat. If it poses no threat, let's investigate and see what it is."
"Roger sir," Red Alert said smartly, increasing the power of his scanner and examining the scrolling data.
Hot Shot pondered in his processor, what could this mysterious thing or whatever it is that could be delaying their travel to Earth?
"It's a weak signal, possibly a diminished life force," Red Alert finally said. "But I do not believe it is a Decepticon trap, there is absolutely no sign of them, not even residual signals."
"Men, let us head to this signal, it could be useful." The leader said after nodding to Red Alert. "Transform, and roll out!"
A short while later they arrived at the entrance to a cave with a low sloping roof. As the smallest, Hotshot volunteered to go in first and investigate it.
"Alright, Hot Shot. But be careful, we don't know what's down there," warned Optimus sternly.
"I will, sir," Hotshot said as he ventured inside.
The young Mech's optics automatically adjusted to the dark slightly but it wasn't enough, he pressed a button on his blaster which enabled some light to be shined. After a short venture inside of the tunnel, he came across what seems to be a Stasis Lock pod poorly covered up by rocks that must have been gathered up from the sides in the room.
"What in Primus's name is that doing here?" he exclaimed out loud before relaying his findings to his team.
As they entered, Hotshot bent over the status pod, brushing dust away to reveal a young Femme inside. HotShot gasped, like Starscream, he hadn't seen a Femme in so long.
The sight of the Femme Hot Shot saw was just like Nightblade, also a Seeker. Except this twin had more of a yellow orange colour with some orange stripes throughout some parts of her body and Sun symbols on her wings and shoulder plates, her faceplate also being white.
"Wow, she's beautiful," Hotshot exclaimed just as Optimus and Red Alert came up behind him.
Optimus and Red Alert finally arrived at the scene; it took them a bit of time as unlike Hot Shot, they both had a bit of a tight squeeze getting in. "How did a Stasis Lock pod end up here?" Optimus wondered, optics on the pod itself.
"No idea," Hotshot stated as Red Alert suggested. "Let's examine the log, that might tell us something."
Red Alert approached the Stasis Lock Pod as he pressed a button after brushing the dust off as the Data log played.
/Are you really sure you wish to do this, SolarFlash? To your own daughters?/An old Mech spoke.
/Yes.../ SolarFlash spoke, carrying his daughter as he places her in the Stasis Lock pod. /I hope that both Femmes will be awakened by the time the upcoming war ends... My Sparkmate and I will need to make sure that we evacuate all of our families before we are caught in the very middle... I don't want anything especially happening to LunarStreak.../
/May Primus bless them both... Come, we must find a new planet to place Nightblade's Stasis Lock pod, it is more safer to separate the twins./
The Data log then ended after SolarFlash had typed in the codes to close the Femme Seeker into the Stasis Lock pod.
"Neutrals," Optimus murmured softly. "I wonder what became of their creators?"
"The name SolarFlash did sound familiar... In Cyber City, there housed an area that had the Sun and Moon decorations as they were separate noble families. The last I have heard is that twins were sparked when a couple bonded from the two separate families, but the rest is unknown... They were private but very respected 'bots." Red Alert says, pressing another button which showed the life sign status of the Femme.
"She appears to be in good condition, she merely needs to be wakened up," Red Alert added as Optimus nodded.
"Hmm," Optimus considered, should they wake her up or leave her slumbering away, unknowing.
"So now what? Do we wake her up?" Hot Shot asked.
"Optimus, I think we should," Red Alert cut in. "If the Decepticons come along and find her, it could be disastrous. And I believe she's vulnerable here, the environment is becoming unstable."
"Good Point, it would also be terrible if this Femme were to be forced to become a Decepticon... Neutrals mostly prefer to stay away from war... It wouldn't be safe to take her back to Cybertron sadly," Optimus said with a sigh, then finished: "Red Alert, open the pod."
"Right away sir," Red Alert replied, typing in the relevant commands and the old pod hissed open in a cloud of dust.
Inside, the young Femme stirred and moaned heavily, blinking open her optics. As her vision cleared, she gasped and sat up abruptly, yelping at the sight of the strange Mechs.
"Who are you?" she demanded.
"Do not be alarmed, young Femme. We mean you no harm. I am Optimus Prime, Leader of the Autobots. These two with me are Red Alert and Hot Shot," Optimus responded softly.
"Whu...what am I doing here?" she demanded, looking at all three of them in alarm and suspicion.
"It would appear your creators placed you here to keep you safe from the War," Optimus informed her gravely. "We the Autobots are at War with the Decepticons and I'm afraid there is no end in sight."
The Femme's eyes widened, immediately then asking. "M-My creators...? But why!? Why did they do this to me... Oh no, Nightblade! Where is my older sister, Nightblade!? How long have I been here..." She trailed off murmuring to herself at the last question.
"We have not located your sister," Red Alert told her. "And we are short on time, we must leave soon."
"Oh..." She said then seemingly her expression seemed to lighten up as she introduced herself. "Well, I'm Sunblade. I was a noble of the Sun family back in Cyber City. Close friends with the Moon family. But, I don't care about nobility, I just want to be normal like every other 'bot! And leave soon to where...?"
"To Earth," Hot Shot said in a rush before flushing and subsiding. Optimus took over.
"All the Minicons fled Cybertron and are located on an organic planet called Earth and we are on a mission to retrieve them all. Before the Decepticons find them."
"Mini-Cons? Never heard of them but they must sound so adorable!" Sunblade's optics sparkled as her hands are put together, she had a thing for small or tiny things. "Well, what are we waiting for!? Let's go to this 'Earth' place!" Sunblade said with bursts of excitement and happiness.
The Autobots stared at her in mild bemusement, they couldn't hardly believe she was keen to go. But they were short on time so Optimus said.
"You'd better stick with Hot Shot, we don't know what sort of situation we might end up in. I take it you are not a fighter?"
"A Fighter? No, I've never fought before, the Sun and Moon family preferred the civilian life... Not me though, I wanted to learn more about what's outside my home, I was always locked away with my sister," Sunblade said.
"Well, we will be able to teach you some self defence at least," Optimus assured her.
"You will not have to fight if we encounter Decepticons, you can stay out of sight and observe if you wish."
Sunblade nodded. "I'll think about it, Thank you. Shall we all go?"
"We shall," Optimus said with a nod, offering her a hand which she took and they exited the cave to find the Warp Portal.
As everyone was out of the cave, Sunblade seemed shocked as she looked around.
"This... This isn't Cybertron or any of the other planets I've known in my studies...Where are we?"
"The name of the planet is unknown, it's uninhabited," Optimus replied. "It is merely a stop off on our journey to Earth due to the incredible distance."
Sunblade wasn't sure what to say, but decided not to ask any more questions as she stayed near Hot Shot as he had ordered her. "So, you're Hot Shot, right?" She questioned the yellow Mech softly.
"Yep, that's me," he said with a smile. "The bot over there's Red Alert in case you didn't know."
She smiled at Red Alert who nodded back at her.
"What kind of planet are we going to again?"
"Earth," Red Alert responded. "A habited planet. That is where the signal of the Mini-Cons came from."
"By bots?" she questioned.
"By organics," he corrected and her optics widened in slight alarm.
"I've... I've never heard of this Earth... I hope these organics are harmless..." She spoke in a shy voice with a slight hint of frighten in it."
"We've heard nothing to suggest otherwise," Optimus assured her as they neared the Warp Portal. "But we will protect you nonetheless."
Sunblade nodded to Optimus as she continues to follow the Autobots, deciding not to say anymore, worrying she might be annoying them with too much questions.
"Here we are," Optimus said softly. "I shall go first, the rest of you will be a few minutes behind me so that I can engage Megatron if he happens to be there."
"Yes Sir." Red Alert as Hot Shot also responded.
"You stick with me," Hotshot told Sunblade. "We'll go last in case there is a bad situation."
Sunblade gave a bright smile. "Okay!" She watches as Optimus jumps into the warp gate.
A moment later, Red Alert did the same and Hotshot shyly offered his hand to Sunblade so they wouldn't be separated. She took it with her own smile, as they also jumped into the warp gate.
Sunblade looked around as the Warp Gate took them to their destination. "Wow... This is amazing!" She said with wide optics, but kept holding onto Hot Shot's hand.
"It sure is," he said with a smile as an explosion ran out. "Damn, looks like the Cons are also here," he swore. "Come on, you'll have to get under cover, I'll need to back up the others."
"Okay!" Sunblade responded. Her smile seeming to not disappear but rather more determined, almost fear not showing in her optics.
"Uhh..," Hotshot muttered, trying to spot a good place for her. "What about up there, on that ledge, it's a got a good overhang so you shouldn't be spotted and you can watch the action."
"Okay, it should be enough to stretch my wings a bit... I don't know how long I've been gone but I sure miss flying!" She let go of Hot Shot and took to the air, transforming and flew to the direction Hot Shot told her to go.
He stared after her, very impressed.
"What a Femme," he murmured before charging after Red Alert and Optimus who were currently engaged with the Decepticons. Thankfully, there appeared to be only three of them.
As Sunblade landed and transformed back to normal, she cautiously peeked to see the Autobots fighting what seems to be as Optimus explained to her, the Decepticons. ~I wonder why they're fighting...~ she thought to herself.
She didn't understand this at all, things hadn't always been easy between Autobots and Decepticons but they'd always more or less gotten along. and what about these Minicons, what part did they play?
~I feel so useless... I wish I could do something to help Hot Shot and the others...~ Sunblade sighed to herself. The urge to help was rising within her but knowing she has no form of weapon, she is only a normal Cybertronian civilian. ~I bet those 'Cons have my older sister captive...~
She wasn't in contact with Nightblade but some sixth sense told her...she was on Earth or close by.
~Still...~ She went back into hiding, looking around. ~It's a beautiful day. I wonder if I'll get the chance to get some more sun while in the air not worrying about anything like this war.~ She smiled to herself. ~Too bad the 'Cons don't know about my sister's disadvantage in the day if she really is close by... I hope that the Autobots would help me get her away from those good-for-nothing 'bots,~ Sunblade feeling determined, turning back to view the attack.
Optimus was fighting a huge powerful Mech, both were straining hard against each other. Hotshot appeared to be fighting with a red Seeker while Red Alert fighting a heavy set Mech. As she watched, she spotted three tiny organics who were running besides some very small robots.
Her optics widened. ~Are those the Mini-Cons Red Alert and Optimus told me...? And are those strange creatures organics...?~ She shivered at the thought of coming up close to an organic but she found the Mini-Cons really adorable.
She would love nothing more than to take one and snuggle up to it. They were so cute, she would just adore mothering them, polishing their armour, feeding them treats and lots of other things like that.
Sunblade couldn't help it, she wanted to get a closer look at the Mini-Cons. Without thinking, she leapt into the air, transforming and flew out of her hiding place and towards the Mini-Cons and organics.
"Not another one," one of the organics yelled. "Dude, their everywhere."
"Get away from our friends," another one shrieked at her, protectively holding onto one of the Minicons.
Sunblade transformed as she used her thrusters to land carefully a few feet away, she could see that they are indeed small but then she saw the organics more close up, in fear she slowly backed up. "Wh-What are you!? Why are you with the Mini-Cons!?"
"What are you doing trying to take them?" one of them demanded.
"They're our friends and you guys are fighting over them," the second one added.
Sunblade's antenna twitched. "Me? Take them? No no no no no..." She ducked behind a large boulder. "The Autobots wished for their safety..." She finished shyly. "I just found them so cute and adorable I couldn't help myself..."
"Who are the Autobots?" the third one questioned as the Mini-Cons held onto the organics.
"Ahh, uh... Well... As much as I know, they're the faction who wishes the Mini-Cons' freedom... Lead by the Red and Blue Autobot, Optimus," She pointed out, but retreating behind the boulder, optics solely on the Humans and Mini-Cons again.
"And whose the giant purple and green stag beetle?" the first one questioned as more explosions shook the ground.
The Femme shook her head. "I don't know... But he's pretty scary... Must be a Decepticon they told me before I came here to this planet with them," Sunblade cautiously appearing out of her hiding place. "I think it's not safe for you six to be here... It would be more better to be at a higher ground, would it be not?" Her voice still had a hint of shyness as she came out of hiding.
"Yeah but where do you suggest we hide?" was the response. One of the Mini-Cons started to beep and point at a opening just a few feet away.
"Wha...you want us to go there, amigo?"
The Mini-Con beeped again in agreement. Sunblade looked over at the Mini-Con in confusion. "What's the little cutie saying?" She never had understood the Mini-Cons as they were never around back then, as the three are the first ones she's met.
"He said we'll be safe in there, we can close a door or something to stop the bad guys getting in," was the response and she stared, how could organics understand Mini-Cons.
Sunblade watched as the Mini-Cons and Organics made a dash for the location, she then turned her gaze to the fight a few feet away, seeming it had changed quite a bit the last few minutes she checked. ~Maybe I should head back to the spot again... Or should I remain here and keep watch of the Mini-Cons and organics?~ Her processor wandered, thinking heavily.
She peered over a boulder, Optimus had that other large Mech on the ground and they appeared to be speaking...no, the large Mech had disappeared, he had Warped away. Looking up, she saw the other Decepticons do the same, just melting away.
The Femme paused for a few moments to make sure they're really gone, then spoke up.
"Optimus! Hot Shot! Red Alert! Over here! The Mini-Cons are over where I am!" She waved her arms in the air trying to get their attention.
"Sunblade, are you alright?" Hotshot asked anxiously.
"I'm fine," she replied. "The Mini-Cons are just in this mountains with those organics, you should be able to reach them."
Meanwhile, on the Moon...
"I don't believe this," Nightblade complained, she was hanging about this rusting old heap and her only companion had fallen asleep. She had no idea how the others were faring on this Earth or what would happen when they returned.
With a sigh, she decided to explore the wrecked ship, maybe find something to do for the time being while leaving Cyclonus to snooze around. ~Boy he's noisy...~ She thought in slight disgust. Nightblade then noticed a familiar shaped room which appeared to be a Med Bay, with a smile she began to check it out but stopped before she got there when she heard the Warp Gate activating.
~Ah, must be back?~ Her optics turned towards where the sound came from.
She hurried back to the Warp Gate, hearing Cyclonus snorting as he came awake.
"Huh, wha...what?" he exclaimed, waking up as the three Mechs appeared on the Warp Platform.
"Oh, er, how did it go sir?" he asked promptly but Megatron just scowled.
The Femme skidded to a halt as she saw the condition of the three Mechs, her expression for a short second seemed shocked as she spoke. "Huh...? Your all injured... What's happened?" She spoke with no hint of expression or emotion, arms crossed over her chest.
"Optimus Prime happened," Megatron growled. "They and some meddling organics got away with the Mini-Cons."
"Organics?" she questioned. "Are they the natives you spoke of?"
"Precisely," He boomed, seemingly getting angrier with each second passing.
Nightblade was silent for a moment, then her thoughts snapped when she decided to test her skill as trying to become the Medical Officer she intended to be those many years ago. "I'm still learning but if you wish, I can tend to your injuries. I've got some skill in the Medical business. Hopefully there should be Medical supplies I found in a Med Bay I recently found," She spoke.
They all stared at her in mild surprise before Megatron became a lot calmer and said.
"That would be appreciated my dear, you shall be our Medical Officer."
"I would be happy to," she murmured, thinking how strange that they didn't bring their own medical officer.
"I shall just go and examine the Med Bay," she stated before quickly heading away, hearing the other Mechs following her.
Demolisher had his optics on her, he hadn't felt so sure about Nightblade when she said that she's still learning to be a medical officer. Thoughts ran through his processor on what if Nightblade messed up? He shook the thought off and decided to trust the Femme if it meant Megatron also trusted her, keeping silent throughout the walk.
Nightblade tutted when they arrived at the Med Bay, it was in a horrible state of disrepair, she could only hope much of the equipment could be salvaged. She went straight over to a supply cabinet and started searching through it, taking out anything she felt would be useful.
"Anything of use?" Starscream questioned.
She somewhat jolted, but careful as to not alert her reaction too much. "Yes... But not enough... I can see perhaps if there is another Med Bay, this place is rather big. For now, I'll tend to all your injuries with what's here then check the other areas for any other possible Med Bays if there is hopefully more than one," She responded, gathering whatever's useful onto the counters after moving some ruins and rubble out of the way.
Starscream and Demolisher hung back, making it obvious she'd have to attend to Megatron first. With a neutral expression, she started to patch him up, very aware of his strong, armoured body. To her surprise, he didn't smirk just stood there as she worked and the very second she was done, turned away.
"I'm going to check our new base out and then we shall see about getting new alt forms," he announced before striding away.
"Very well, sir," Demolisher responded as he and Starscream were tended to next by Nightblade.
"How many Autobots were you fighting?" she asked curiously, wanting to know more about them.
"Three including Optimus Prime," Starscream answered. "There was a Medic called Red Alert and a young soldier called Hotshot."
"I see." She responded, then seemed to be annoyed she had used the last of the supplies. With an annoyed sigh, she spoke. "That should do for now until I can find anymore supplies, if there is anymore hopefully... I'll return soon," She walked out of the Med Bay.
As Nightblade looked around for another Med Bay, she could see Cyclonus passing by, but surprisingly couldn't see her that much but for her optics slightly as they were in a darker place of the ship. Not surprised as thanks to her colour and, possibly, thinking this is why she lived up to her name, it made it hard for others to see her in the dark despite not using any method of ability or whatsoever, except maybe her optics could be seen. She pressed on forward.
"Didn't they think to bring any supplies with them," she thought to herself, they seemed very disorganised. Oh well, she could only make do with what she had.
~Hmm... I could've sworn I just saw a faint glow of red... Megatron? No, no...The sight was too short, he wouldn't be that short... But wouldn't hurt to think!~
Cyclonus snickered to himself, but couldn't help but roar into a cackle.
Nightblade jumped at the cackle, for Primus's sake, did that Cyclonus laugh all the time. She shuddered, she wasn't used to such rough Mechs and she was stuck with them for goodness knew how long.
She thought to herself. ~First the uneasy feeling of that Megatron, now Cyclonus is creeping me out... Demolisher and Starscream seem to be the more stable of the entire Decepticons... Or I hope they are...-~ Nightblade's Optics turned to a door that seemed to be slanted to the side. ~Ah, another Medical Bay... This one doesn't seem so damaged than the others but... This door's inoperable, damn it...~ Studying the slanted door but tried nonetheless to hopefully break it down.
It groaned as she shoved at it, parts of it crumbling away but others holding firm. Growling, she shoved at it some more, trying to open it up enough to get in. Sadly, she wasn't able to open the door properly but she had made a big enough gap to squeeze through. Brushing off rust and dust, she examined the new Med Bay which seemed to be in a better state than the last one.
"Wow, more supplies in here... Might as well possibly do something about this one seeing it's in better condition, I wouldn't want to use the other Med Bay..." Nightblade began gathering most of the materials then somehow squeezing her way back in while being very careful not to get her wings caught in the sides. After making it through to the other side, she traced her steps back to the other Med Bay, silently.
She didn't meet anyone for which she was grateful and made it back to the first Med Bay without hassle.
"I found another one," she told Starscream and Demolisher who didn't seem to have anything better to do. "It's much better stocked; I can finish your repairs."
The two turned their optics to her, then nodded. "May as well show us this other Med Bay once you finish tending to us," Starscream spoke, but then noticed she was slightly dusty after she came closer to finish tending to his and Demolisher's injuries.
"What happened to yourself? You're covered in pieces of rusted rubble and dust."
"Oh, I had a bit of trouble getting into it," she explained, sorting through the supplies she'd brought. "The door isn't worked and is extremely ruined; it was all I could do to get into the room."
"We'll sort that out for you," Demolisher offered which made her smile.
"Can you tell me more about this war?" she asked. "If I'm going to be a Decepticon, I think I should know more about the history."
As requested, Demolisher and Starscream explained more to her about the war between the Autobots and Decepticons but made sure to keep some parts of it a secret as to not alarm her or possibly lose her as an ally.
"And these Mini-Cons are vital for turning the tide of the war?" she questioned and they nodded, they were at a complete stalemate with the Autobots and only the Mini-Cons could make a real difference.
"We all had Mini-Con partners at one point," Starscream said in his raspy voice. "But they all fled along with the Autobot Mini-Cons, they couldn't bear to be separated."
Despite not showing it, for a short moment she seemed to be rather comfortable around Starscream. Possibly the reason he's also a Seeker, despite not knowing him enough, smiling to herself in her processor. "Mini-Con partners?" She spoke. "Is that how they're designed? To bond a partnership with the Transformer it desires to be with?"
She slightly tilted her head in confusion.
"We're not sure if that's their original purpose," Starscream said with a shrug. "But they have that ability and once we bond, our power is enchaced and we gain special abilities."
"They used to be workers," Demolisher murmured, almost to himself.
Nightblade's antenna twitched, turning to Demolisher as she partially caught what he said, but pushing that thought aside, she finally backed up from the two Mechs.
"Finished, anything still hurts?" She asked.
"No, you did a good job," Starscream said with a small smile.
Just then, the two Mechs froze and she saw they were receiving a comm message.
"What is it?" she asked when they relaxed.
"Megatron wants to see us," was the simple reply.
Nightblade responded with a nod, first closing up most of the supplies she opened then left the Med Bay with the two Mechs, following behind.
"What do you think he wants?" she asked and Starscream said.
"Probably to plan our next move, we'll have to move fast if we're going to obtain Mini-Con partners before the Autobots."
"I see..." Nightblade then lost herself in thoughts but while keeping most of her optics focused on following. Finally, they came to a room where it seems that Megatron had made his throne room, and the Mech himself standing at a computer. The Femme moved to the side to stand by Demolisher's right, optics focused emotionlessly towards Megatron, stating she's quietly listening as her arms crossed over her chest.
"You called us, Megatron?" She said, trying her best to sound like she's part of the team.
"I did indeed," he replied with a smirk and she suddenly saw a little robot sitting on his knee.
"See what I found outside the base...my old Mini-Con partner Leader-One."
"That's a Mini-Con?" she gasped, he was so small.
The Minicon beeped and inclined his head, which indicated an affirmative.
Nightblade wasn't sure what to say, she seemed to show a hint of surprise on her face. "My guess is... There are more of these things than one, right?"
"There are hundreds," Megatron said with a nod. "And I attend to collect each and every single one of them."
"What about the Autobots sir, they might have those three Mini-Cons already?" Starscream couldn't help but point out.
With an optic brow raised, she looked at both Megatron then Starscream. "...Three Mini-Cons were already awakened?" She tried her best not to sound so curious, as to hopefully not anger the tyrant leader. In a way she would hide behind Demolisher but knowing she doesn't seem to have anyone she trusts fully, yet...
"Yes, some human children appear to have found them and it may have been them who activated the signal," Megatron said dismissively. "We will go after them first, it should not be difficult to take Mini-Cons from mere children."
The Femme thought for a moment, then spoke. "Which reminds me... About earlier... Didn't you say that we would be getting alternate forms to hide our presence from these organics? Has some been found for us to use?"
"Yes, I found some suitable ones," Megatron said with a nod, getting up and moving over to a computer. "Here we are, I even found one for you Nightblade."
The Mechs observed the vehicles chosen for them as Nightblade looked at one of them she found interesting, seeming that the organics were moving away a jet known as the F-14 Tomcat, as she scanned it after the others were done with scanning theirs, she felt the changes surge throughout her body as she scanned and when it had finished, she looked at herself in surprise to see she was now entirely different, her Neutral Insignias were surprisingly replaced with now Decepticon Insignias.
"Much better," she heard Megatron murmur and knew he was referring to her new insignia. She smiled weakly, that wasn't what she'd been expecting.
Nightblade's optics turned to hearing Megatron speak, then to the other three Mechs who seem to be somewhat admiring their new appearances after scanning their new forms. She herself seemed to feel a bit shy, feeling a bit unsure she could get used to her new appearance but she did look rather clean again after the scanning.
"We're going back to Earth," Megatron suddenly announced. "All of us and we shall keep an optic for those children."
"We're going back to Earth," Megatron suddenly announced. "All of us and we shall keep an optic for those children."
All three replied with "Yes, sir!" while Nightblade kept silent as she nodded.
"What...what will we do if we find those children?" she couldn't help but question.
"If the Mini-Cons aren't with them, then we will bargain them in exchange for handing them over," He responded with a smirk, he was plotting.
"And if they are?" she asked quietly, not liking that smirk.
"You'll see my dear." Was all he said, then gave the order for all to head to the Warp Gate as he marched his way in the direction of it.
She bit her lip, she didn't like that he wouldn't give her a straight answer. Oh, she really hoped he didn't plan to hurt those organics, especially if they were children. Maybe she could take charge of them, make sure nothing happened to them.
As they made their way to the Warp Gate, they warped to the coordinates that had been placed in. Nightblade moved in beside they, idly wondering what this planet would be like. From what she'd been told, it was a completely organic one, teeming with organic life including an intelligent species called humans.
As they were fully warped down to Earth on the exact coordinates, Nightblade felt a bit queasy as she's still not used to the fact of warping, feeling like she could purge her tanks but thankfully isn't. ~Primus, I need to get used to this...~ She muttered to herself in her processor, but as soon as she felt the rays of the sunlight on her, Nightblade immediately shielded her optics in discomfort, a snarl forming on her lips which revealed to be fangs.
"Is something the matter?" Starscream asked in concern as she shied away from the bright sunlight.
"I should've asked before warping..." She spoke softly, the light's irritation changing her tone a bit to annoyed. "I'm... Blind in the daylight... Unless I get a special visor that helps me see in direct light... It's how I was created," She finished with a sigh.
Megatron made an annoyed sound before gesturing to woodland, which offered shading.
"Very well, you will go there and observe us, we will deal with your...problem later."
"F-Forgive me... Megatron..." She trembled under hearing his annoyance while making her way to the shading. Once in the shade, she could see a little better now. Tilting her head downwards with a silent sigh. ~Stupid disadvantage of mine... Why did I have to be sparked to the Sun and Moon family...~
Demolisher raised an optic brow, he had never heard of a Transformer that would be blind to the sunlight. Would it be a curse of Primus? The thought running through his processor but pushed it aside for now as he awaited for Megatron's command.
They were all scanning, searching for those children and the Mini-Cons, hoping to discover them before the Autobots did.
"Perfect," Megatron said, his lips curling into a cold smirk as he finally caught sight of them, riding the Mini-Cons who had adopted earth style forms.
Cyclonus seemed eager, either by wanting to transform into his alt mode and swoop down to grab the Mini-Cons and the children if he had to or probably want to feel the adrenaline rush of shooting any hidden Autobots that may be present nearby keeping hidden optics on them.
"H-How should we approach them, Megatron sir?" Demolisher asked, ignoring Cyclonus' eagerness.
"Surround them," Megatron commanded. "On each side so they can't get away and then we will take the Mini-Cons and the children is necessary."
With an evil smile, he added.
"If Optimus has found any Minicons like we have, he will be forced to hand them over."
"Yes sir!" Demolisher saluted as he and the others began their move as told.
Cyclonus cackled to himself as he preferred to take a look around if any autobots were near the kids. So far, they hadn't detected any but that could easily change in a moment. And Cyclonus was really hoping it would, he hadn't shot at any Autobots in a good few cycles.
Soon, the three Mechs had manoeuvred their way in surrounding them, Cyclonus transforming back into his bot mode and slowly descending to the ground as the others soon transformed.
A few distances back, Nightblade had begun to grow a bit curious as to what's going on, she got up as she made her way to the other side of the terrain where there looked like a trail of shade for her to protect her eyes. She wished herself it were night out so that she could see much better but knowing she has to bear with the light until they got back to base so that hopefully maybe one of the 'Cons later could help construct a visor for her.
She could hear a lot of noise, Megatron was laughing and the children appeared to be yelling but all of a sudden, there was a horn and a loud crash.
"What in Primus?" she exclaimed, wishing even more that she could see what was going on.
Wishing not to remain on the ground any longer, she stubbornly took to the skies, transforming into her alt mode and somewhat used her wings a bit to block the sun from her view after gaining a fair amount of altitude, she could see overhead that her teammates are struggling to grab the kids. ~I wonder if there's something I can do to assist in grabbing them... Last thing I want sadly is to make a wrong move...~ Shuddering at the many possibilities of a wrong move she might accidentally perform.
Cyclonus and the others somewhat seemed to struggle attempting to grab one of the Mini-Cons and/or the kids.
"Aww, come here, you little brats," Demolisher complained, trying to seize the kids but the Mini-Cons were running rings round with the Decepticons with their human cargo.
As Nightblade struggled to get a better view of the situation, she then seemed a bit surprised. ~I can't tell but I think their armour might be in the way...~ The sound of her engines roaring in the sky somewhat caught most of the others' attentions below as she turned around and flew downwards, converting back into bot mode with her arm still shielding her eyes as she slowly descends downwards, in hopes of trying to grab one of them carefully, her interest seeming to flare up about the organics.
They were very similar in size to the Mini-Cons and their overall body shape was very similar although there were clear differences. She was fascinated by then, they looked so delicate and yet they weren't just giving up, they were trying to escape from heavily armoured Mechs who could easily crush them if they wanted to.
If they did capture one of them, she hoped she could spend a bit of time with them; they appeared to be able to understand the Mechs. And she in turn, recognised a few mixed yells as the kids clung to their Mini-Cons.
As with the rest of the Mechs and due to the sunlight, she was unsuccessful in grabbing them as they manoeuvred and wiggled about again trying to avoid being grabbed.
~Curses...~ Ascending back up so that she wouldn't be in the way of the others trying to grab them. ~I have a feeling Megatron's going to blow another fuse...~
"For goodness sake," Megatron did indeed roar. "They are mere children, box them in and grab them, what are you waiting for?"
"Yes sir," chorused the Mechs as they attempted to carry out his orders.
She couldn't help but smile, it was actually funny seeing little children outwit the large adult Mechs.
~These organics are sure interesting smart little creatures... I don't understand why these beings have not been written in most Medical Officer books I've read... But while I'm here, it should provide some good amount of quality now that I think about the amount of Mini-Cons stuck in this planet... I'd probably would be the first Medical Officer to study them!~ She giggled silently to herself.
Very pleased with this train of thought, she looked down again to see Starscream (finally) managed to catch one of the children and Mini-Cons. It was a little orange Mini-Con with a rider that looked distinctly different from the other two making her think they might be different genders. The human screamed and clutched her Mini-Con who hugged her as Starscream raised his hand triumphantly.
"It's about time," Megatron said grumpily, the other two were still evading his men.
Nightblade decided to give it another go, descending carefully trying to reach out for them. Keeping herself angled while her arm still draped over her head to continue shielding her optics from the sunlight. ~Almost... There...~ She muttered to herself, trying to grab at least one of them or their Mini-Cons.
"No, don't hurt them," the captured one called out; obviously afraid she would hurt them when that couldn't be further from her intentions.
Nightblade suddenly ceased her moves, turning to the voice but unfortunately the voice she turned to unconsciously that the rays of the sun had hit her eyes directly as she screeched in shock, descending but just using enough of her thrusters lightly to avoid crash landing onto the other humans, crashing into some trees. Immediately she regained her footing but her vision had gone more blurry and bright thanks to her stupidity of turning towards Starscream's direction. ~I have a bad feeling about this...~
Without hesitation, not wanting to possibly become injured by Megatron or possibly his followers, she tried once again, despite now on the ground, to help reach out grabbing onto either of the boys or Mini-Cons.
"Hey, watch out Femme," Cylonus yelped and she heard him making a frantic movement to avoid her.
"I'm trying," she growled, as an odd thought occurred to her, how come the Autobots hadn't appeared.
Demolisher was able to grab hold of the remaining humans and Mini-Cons after the whole incident, being careful not to squeeze too hard. "This is strange... Where are those Autobots, anyways? It's all too easy, Megatron sir..." He turned to his leader after achieving the others.
~Oh dear... Ohhhhh dear... I just know he's going to have my aft for screwing up... Now I feel doubtful I'll have that visor made...~ Nightblade cursed to herself in her processor as she straightened herself after hearing Demolisher had gathered the others but keeping her optics shielded.
"Hmm," Megatron said. "I suppose it is a little odd but I don't particularly care. We have the Mini-Cons and some little hostages, when Optimus does show up, he'll have no choice but to give me more Mini-Cons."
"Hey, you leave our friends alone," one of the humans in Demolisher's hands yelled indignantly.
The Femme Seeker then spoke rather softly but to the surprise of the humans, emotionlessly. "Now that we have the Mini-Cons, what shall we do now with the hostages, Megatron... Sir?" Trying to sound like an actual soldier, which would take time for her to get used to.
"We're going to keep them until Optimus shows us," Megatron stated before pausing and saying. "If you wish, you may take charge of them."
With a nod, all Nightblade said was "Very well."
The humans seemed rather terrified of how Nightblade was comparing to the others, her emotionless status seemed to frighten probably one or two of them as they were handed over to the Femme, who honourably took them.
"What about Grindor and the others?" one of them exclaimed fearfully. "Please don't hurt them, they just want to be free."
Nightblade lowered her head so that her optics were upon the hostages, not saying a thing until she looked towards Megatron again, wondering if he could be saying something else very soon, being extra careful she doesn't apply too much pressure to her hostages but a very faint smile formed on her faceplate, liking how soft they felt under her metallic skin as they slightly squirmed a bit.
"Free?" Megatron scoffed. "They are weapons children, to be used by their more powerful counterparts and they are going to obey me."
"Not if they don't want to," the darker coloured one said angrily.
"Hmph," Cyclonus spoke up. "These kids are annoying..." The helicopter crossing his arms in irritation, growing tired of hearing their complaints and cries. "I say we just leave them and just be off with the Mini-Cons alone!"
"We're not going anywhere without our friends," the one with a red garment on, impressing Nightblade. They must really care about their friends.
"Silence, you little brats," Megatron half roared but they still managed to glare at him. "In our presence, you will refer to us with respect or there will be consequences."
Carefully, Nightblade picked up one of them by the scruffs of their shirts, but using one of her fingers to act as balance so they weren't at least dangling too much as she examined Rad whom she had plucked from the three. ~Hmm... Interesting... I just don't understand what this is that they wear...is certainly not armour...~
Starscream then spoke. "Megatron, sir. Why not alert the Autobots to our location and demand them to hand over their Mini-Cons?"
Eyeing the kids with narrowed optics, Megatron then looked back at Starscream and offered him a tight smile.
"Not a bad idea Starscream, do it."
"What are you going to do them?" asked the child she was holding.
Megatron then looked in their direction with a sneer. "Oh, you'll see."
"I hope those Autobots kick your asses," the dark one said mulishly.
~Hmm... Like all other beings... I was expecting them to be afraid of those taller and bigger than them but I suppose even they can have a strong heart like these kids can. Such impressive courage,~ Nightblade thought to herself, very amused with their bravery.
"Any more insolence and I might forget I need you to attract that fool Optimus Prime," Megatron said in a warning growl, not realising just how close the Autobots really were.
To be continued
Author's note. What happens when the Autobots finally meet up with the Decepticons? What about Sunblade and Nightblade's first face to face? Find out next time, until then.