Survival from Extinction

Eons ago, the Great Beasts that ruled Cybertron were wiped out by the calamity known as the Great Cataclysm. Now, thanks to advanced science they live and breathe once more. But for how long? Just as they were suddenly brought back, they face the danger of extinction once again. Born from the fire of their destruction, The Great Beasts will do anything to ensure the survival of their race.

Author's Note: Now that I've watched the WHOLE seasons of Transformers: Prime I've been thinking about all sorts of Predacon characters! I have a DeviantART page with three of them posted up from this story. Enough of my rambling, enjoy!

NOTE: I actually started this about a year ago but have been so busy that I didn't post them up until now. Plus with work and certain things going on my life has been a bit hectic. I will finish my other stories whenever I have the spare time. :3

Disclaimer: I own nothing except my OC's. And this cookie. *noms*

~Flashback~

(Thoughts)

::CommLink::

/Predacon Speech/

=Speaking Cybertronian=

~Inside a cave screams could be heard as a huge wildfire spread throughout, burning everything it touched. The fire was not an accident, it was set on purpose. The beings inside the Hyper Evolution Chambers tried their best to break open the thick glass so they can escape. But it was no use as the flames quickly spread, engulfing and offlining them one by one. One being managed to wake up from her stasis and see the destruction around her. She got scared and wondered why everything was burning. She got her answer when she saw the ones that created them. She knew those were her creators because of the information that was downloaded in her processors, but something was wrong. They weren't trying to save them at all, rather they were the ones that caused the fire in the first place! She struggled in her chamber, trying to break free so she could help her brethren. Hearing a menacing laugh, she looked to her right and saw one of her creators with an evil grin on his face. He was a metallic grey color with accents of purple. He had blood red optics that looked like they could see into your soul. She heard him laugh again as a green portal appeared behind him, the other creators rushing to enter and escape the flames.

=To think that I made a mistake bringing you all to life. You are nothing but dangerous beasts that shouldn't have even existed in the first place. Hehe, I hope you all burn in the Pits where you belong...=

The huge Mech turned around and headed to the portal, not noticing the thrashing being inside the Chamber. She didn't understand, why would her creators do this? Why would they bring them to life only to destroy them? Why? Seeing the retreating Mech's back she flew into a rage, using her tail and claws to break out of the Chamber and rush towards her creators, intending to offline them. She slid to a stop when the portal closed and roared in anger. She wanted to go and find them but she had to save her comrades from the fire. One by one she saved them by breaking their chambers, urging them to escape. She was on the fifth chamber when an explosion was heard, not faltering for even a moment the being tried her best to break open the chamber so her brethren could be freed. One of the other beings she saved ran back to her and grabbed her by the tail. He told her that the flames were too much and to quickly leave before the place caved in. Soon as he said this another explosion occurred right next to them and the beings ran out of the cave. The Femme turned her helm back to the other Hyper Evolution Chambers and keened as a tear ran down her face.

/I'm so sorry... Please forgive me.../

She ran out of the cave just in time, as another explosion rocked the place. The femme keened in sorrow and quickly turned back to try and save more of her kind, but got pulled back by the other being. The place was too dangerous; they had to keep moving away from the spreading flames. Her and the other beings ran as fast as they could to get away, vowing to return to find survivors.~

Chapter 1: A Fiery Birth

On the side of a mountain was a large cave that doubled as some sort of secret Laboratory. It didn't look like much of a lab, or even a cave anymore. Everything was burnt and destroyed from a resulting fire that engulfed the place 3 days ago. Charred, mangled bodies of something that once existed scattered throughout the cave, looking like melted piles of scrap metal and bones. 5 large dragon like beings entered the cave and began looking for anything alive. After an hour of looking three of the beings walked up to one of them, a look of sadness on their faces.

/I'm sorry, but I can't find any survivors.../ said one being

/I searched everywhere in this Primus forsaken cave and not one survivor!/ said another being.

/Everything is... gone. We couldn't find any life.../ said the third being.

One of the beings, a femme turned around and looked at them. She had dark silver colors on her body with a cream underbelly. Her helm had some sort of curved crest that had light and dark purple colorings on them. Her claws and various parts of her body were also a mix of light and dark purple. She vented as she spoke.

/I see... I'm going to check this area over here./

Leaving the three to continue her search, another dragon like being approached the three and vented softly. He had the colors of black with a mix of gold surrounding his frame. His helm was a dark black color with hints of gold here and there. He looked at the others, then to the retreating femme and watched as she entered another area of the cave.

/I don't believe she'll find any survivors... No matter how long she searches there won't be any of our kind living, not after what happened.../

Another femme gently nudged him and crooned a little. She had dark blue colors on her body with a mix of light blue. She had huge wings on her back with a set of mid-wings on the base of her tail and some tail-wings at the end. Her optics her big and bright yellow with some blue and light pink in the center. Her claws and some of her horns were black. Plus she had the odd ability to retract her teeth. The femme sighed as she looked down with half lidded optics, not wanting to face the truth of what happened.

/I don't want to believe that. T-there has to more of our kind still alive in this cave. There just has to be.../

A Mech dragon like being snorted and growled, getting everyone's attention. He was yellow with a little bit of red coloring on his helm, claws and tail. At the end of his tail were 4 hard coverings that when opened, revealed a long black stinger that was filled with powerful mech-venom. His optics glowed as he kept growling.

/Frag it to the fragging Pit! This isn't right! Why did the fire kill off most of our comrades anyway?! Where were our Creators?! They were supposed to come save us!/

A third femme looked around the cave, seeing the scorched remains of what once was her family. She was mostly red in coloring except for her large wings, the sharp membrane being a lighter red. She had a blue and light violet chest covering that was hard as steel. Her helm was decorated with light violet metallic scales that came down to the end of her neck. Her beak was the same color with long curved protrusions on the top but the bottom part of her jaw was the same color as her claws, parts of her neck and underbelly. She also had decorative horns that surrounded her optics and curved outward. She was the largest of the group and looked like a Wyvern.

/It's been three days since the fire. I wonder why they haven't come to get us?/

/They probably abandoned us... Just left us to fend for ourselves!/ said the yellow dragon.

Meanwhile the femme that saved the others was walking around in another section of the cave, optics and audio receptors on the alert for any movement or sound. She noticed that this part of the cave looked like a lab where one would study something. It hasn't even been touched by the fire except for some areas. She kept looking around when she heard something whimpering. Turning her helm she heard the sound again and walked up to a desk. The sound was louder at this point so she looked underneath it to see what was making the odd sound. She felt her spark jump in shock as she gasped.

/By the Gods... A Sparkling, a femme one too.../

She saw it whimpering as it covered its optics with its front claws. The femme Sparkling had the colors of silver with some colored highlights of crystal blue. Its underbelly was black and had a few spikes on the tip of its tail. Poor thing must've been scared out its mind. The femme let out a series of soft clicks and chirps to get the Sparkling's attention. It worked as the little femme looked up at the larger one and let out a surprised chirp of her own, stumbling backwards. The femme chuckled.

/It's okay little one. Come on out, it's safe now. No harm will come to you./

The Sparkling chirped and suddenly ran out from under the desk and dove into her Sparkling Pouch, curling up and purring. Needless to say the larger Femme was shocked at first, but relaxed and purred as she felt the Sparkling shift her weight to get more comfortable. She felt something tug at her Spark and tilted her helm in confusion. Deciding to check into it she realized that the Sparkling was trying to form a Creator Bond with her. She didn't hesitate and opened up the bond to the little sparkling, sending feelings of love and happiness through. She chuckled again when she felt the little one's feelings through the bond. It was scared at first but is now happy to have a Creator.

(To think that me finding this little one would cause me to form a bond with her... A Creator Bond... I'm a... A Creator now...)

The Femme purred loudly, getting the Sparkling in her pouch to purr in return. Checking the area carefully, she left the lab and headed outside the cave where the others are. She growled softly to get their attention. The Black and gold dragon walked up to her.

/Did you find anything?/ He asked.

/I did actually. A survivor.../

She put her claws in her pouch and gently pulled out the little Sparkling, placing her on the ground. Everyone was shocked to see that a survivor of the fire had lived. They all leaned in close, using their olfactory sensors to get the little one's scent. The Sparkling looked up with wide optics and let out a happy trill when one of them nuzzled her side. The large red Femme giggled.

/She is so cute! Where did you find her?/

/I found her near the back of the cave. She was in some sort of laboratory that wasn't touched by the flames. Poor thing was scared out of her mind and jumped into my pouch when she saw me./

She had a faint smile on her muzzle when the Sparkling decided to nibble on her claws. Everyone was relieved that one of their own survived the devastating fire. The blue dragon nuzzled her and gently lifted her in one of her claws, rocking the Sparkling back and forth. She laughed when the little one playfully bit her arm.

/So adorable! I don't mind taking her in as my own Sparkling./ she said.

The red dragon femme huffed and looked at the dark blue femme. /Maybe I want her as my own Sparkling? Who says you can just keep her?/

The blue femme scoffed and rolled her optics, making the little Sparkling giggle at the movement. //You are too hyper to care for a Sparkling. I'm taking care of her./

/As if! I am!/

/Grr! You wanna tussle?!/

The two Femmes growled at each other, not noticing how the little Sparkling was laughing at their actions. The two Mechs watching chuckled, they instinctively knew that the Femme's Sparkling Protocols would activate and make them want to take the little one in as their own. The Sparkling felt herself being lifted out of the blue one's claws and cradled in her Creator Femme's claws. She purred loudly causing the growling femmes to stop and look at them.

/Femmes? I'm taking this one as my Sparkling. The little one opened up a Creator Bond with me and I accepted it. So I'm her Creator from now on./

Both femmes stared at the other femme and groaned, wanting to have the little one as their own. The yellow Mech laughed at how they looked while the black and gold Mech shook his helm, trying not to laugh as well. The femme then closed her optics and growled in anger, getting the black and gold Mech's attention.

/Something wrong?/ he asked.

The purple helmed Femme nodded and opened her optics, seeing everyone giving her worried looks. She sat down and spoke up, anger lacing each of her words.

/My comrades, 3 days ago I was the first one to wake from my stasis and found myself inside one of those pods. As I looked around I saw the fire threatening to consume and destroy us. I also saw our Creators and was happy, thinking they were coming to help put out the flames. But I was wrong.../

She looked at her friends and saw that they were listening, so she continued with her story.

/They weren't helping to put out the flames, rather they were the ones that started the fire in the first place! From within my pod I saw as they helped create the fire, the very same fire that killed off our brethren. I was scared and confused, why would they do this to us I wondered. Why would they terminate us? I then heard someone laughing in a wicked way; he was a larger Mech with red optics. He told all of us that we were nothing but dangerous monsters that shouldn't have even existed! And cursed us to the Pit!/

The dragon like beings growled and snarled, angry to have found out that their own Creators betrayed them. The Purple crested Femme continued with her story, tears forming in her optics.

/I was filled with rage. I do not know why they tried to destroy us, but I wanted their blood on my claws... So I broke out of my pod and rushed to attack them but they all disappeared inside a strange portal. So I proceeded to rescue my kind one my one, starting with you all. I wanted to save the others; I desperately tried to save them, only for the flames to get worse... I had no choice but to leave them behind!/

The Femme started crying as she told them this, making the little Sparkling coo at her and try to calm her Creator down, not knowing why she was crying. The others walked up to her and nuzzled her, softly clicking and chirping to get her to calm down. After a few minutes she stopped crying and rubbed her optics, smiling a little when the other two femmes started to groom her faceplates. The yellow Mech snarled and let out a series of fireballs coated in electricity at some trees, burning them down.

/THOSE MONSTERS! ONCE I FIND THEM I'LL TEAR THEM APART!/

The black and gold Mech was angry and crushed a boulder with his tail. /They won't receive any mercy from me... They shall all be slaughtered one by one!/

The dark blue femme narrowed her optics and sniffed the air, snarling when she couldn't get a lock on their scent. //Slaggit... If only I could smell them I'd happily burn them to a crisp./

/You know what I'd do?/ The larger red Femme walked over to a few trees and opened her wings, then proceeded to slice them up into smaller bits. She then burned them with her flames. /That's what I'd do if I ever see one of them... They're not our Creators, they're nothing but monsters!/

The other dragon like beings agreed, growling in anger at what happened to their kin. The Purple Crested Femme raised her right arm, getting them to quiet down. The Sparkling she held looked around, wondering why everyone was upset. She looked up at her Creator and watched as she spoke up.

/Calm yourselves my brethren, no need to waste your energy acting out in anger. What the monsters don't realize is that they didn't destroy all of us. We six are proof that our kind can survive this attempted extinction. We cannot let any of our enemies know that we survived the fire, so if any of you see one of them with this mark,/ She then used the sharp point of her tail to carve a picture on the ground, it looked like some kind of evil-looking cat. //,by all means, kill them on the spot. The monsters deserve every single infliction of pain and suffering on their bodies our fallen kin had to endure./

The dragon beings scanned the mark and stored it in their processors. Now if they see anyone with that marking they will be terminated. They watched as the Femme stood up, placing her Sparkling on the ground and spread out her wings. She looked regal and intimidating.

/My friends! Our time has come to thrive on this unknown world! We are powerful beings that have been brought to life thanks of our so called "Creators"! We are not only powerful, but capable of high intelligence and more! Our enemies know of this, which is why they tried to destroy us! They are afraid of us! However, they have failed in their murderous attempt! We will hunt them down... AND SHOW THEM NO MERCY!/

The dragon like beings roared, filled with determination and the will they need to survive. Their so called "Creators" will be nothing but melted piles of scrap metal once they get through with them.

/Today, we will survive! We will thrive! We will reign as rulers of this new world! All that oppose us shall be destroyed! Today is the dawn of a new era! THE ERA OF THE PREDACONS!/

The beings, known as Predacons, all roared loudly and breathed hot flames towards the sky. The little Sparkling was awed by the display and clapped her claws together, laughing at the bright pillars of fire. Soon the Predacons stopped breathing their flames and listened as the Purple Crested Femme spoke up again.

/From this day forward, I shall be the Alpha of this clan, the new PredaQueen. If you have any objections then speak up now./

No one had any objections to that. The Femme watched as all of the Predacons bowed to her and spoke in unison.

/We will always be loyal to our Clan Leader! The Alpha shall guide us towards a new tomorrow! All hail PredaQueen!/

PredaQueen smiled and clawed the ground, signaling them to rise up. The large red Femme then saw something out of the corner of her optic. Scanning it, she saw that it was one of the native wildlife. She quickly grabbed it and offered it to the PredaQueen.

/My queen, here is an offering from me. To say thank you for saving us from the fire./ She dropped it to the ground where it promptly died from shock. The PredaQueen sniffed it, then proceeded to swallow it whole. She purred, liking the organic taste of it.

/Mmm! Most delicious, Thank you for that./ She turned her helm to the dark blue femme. /I noticed your sense of smell is stronger than ours, can you locate a suitable home for us?/

/Of course my Queen./ The Predacon used her Olfactory Sensors to locate a home for them. Soon the smell of something filled with energy and sweetness filled her sensors. Thanks to the downloaded information she recognized the smell right away.

/Energon! I smell Energon over there! Not only that... I also smell some local wildlife we could munch on too!/

PredaQueen nodded and coaxed her Sparkling back in her pouch. She flapped her wings and spoke. /Great news my friend! Lead us to our new home!/

The blue Predacon femme growled happily as she flapped her wings and took off in the sky, her Middle and Tail wings opening up to help her with her flight. The other Predacons also took to the skies, following the femme towards a potential new home.

AN: I forgot to mention that this takes place after the Transformers Prime episode "Evolution", where Predaking *stupidly I may add* revealed that he possessed a Bi-Pedal mode and highly advanced intelligence. The next chapter will fast forward a bit, taking place 5 months after this chapter but before the episode "Minus One". You'll see why I have it set up like that soon. Read and Review please!