A/N: icecreamsundaes2011 here, back with the sequel to "A Brand New World"! The plot takes place 10 years after the events of the prequel, and the younglings are now full grown mechs and femmes! I hope you enjoy this and if you hadn't read "A Brand New World" yet, I recommend it but it's not absolutely necessary to understand this FanFic. Without further ado, enjoy!
Disclaimer: Only the Transformers you don't recognize are mine!
Soundwave's sleek purple frame was illuminated by the soft light of the monitor, which showed a vast expanse of lush, green land. Lord Swiftblade had just given the command to the seekers and vehicons to infiltrate the Autobot warship, which had crash landed approximately in this area after a fierce battle in the air with the Nemesis.
The communication officer's frame tensed as he sensed another's presence behind him and turned to see Ravage slinking in with two cubes of energon in his jaws. He muttered a quick thanks and took one from the minicon, then directed his attention back to the screens. The seekers and vehicons had locked on to the ship, whose cloaking device seems to be offline and began to fire their various blasters and lasers at its hull.
But soon, a purple and a navy Su-37s and a tri-coloured X-15 came to engage the seekers. Those three Autobots had been nothing more than a thorn in the side for the Decepticons and it seemed their flyers were loosing, badly.
"Well, it can't be helped. They need to do more training next time." Thought the mech as he rose from his seat. Ever since Starscream and his trine defected, the seekers had been in a state of disarray without their air commander. None of them were willing to switch sides though, they still couldn't accept what the high council did to Vos, the seekers' home city back on Cybertron. "Lucky for us." the mech thought as he stepped into the hallway and commed Lord Swiftblade "::Requesting: Permission to engage Autobots in battle::"
All was silent for a moment, and then the Decepticon leader simply replied "::Permission Granted::"
Soundwave blankly stared ahead as he headed to the airspace. Not that anyone saw his faraway gaze behind his now lowered obsidian visor.
Optimus Prime's P.o.V.
It has been 10 vorns since Megatron had been destroyed by Unicron. Now his creation, Swiftblade has taken command of the Decepticons. Neither faction had much resources left, and so both fought bitterly for the bits and pieces of energon still out there.
This current planet had the largest reserve by far in this galaxy, so the battle was more fierce and desperate than any of the last few. The Autobots lacked behind in manpower and artillery, and so were taken by surprise by an ambush and shot down.
The Prime observed the aerial battle, it seems Starfall's trine was winning despite the disadvantage in numbers. He smiled, when Starscream first arrived at base to seek refuge, many mechs onboard requested his immediate termination. But Optimus strongly believed that the seeker should be given a chance to prove where his true loyalties lied. Now that choice paid off more than ever, they now had experienced flyers amongst their ranks along with the Aerialbots, who were revived a few vorns ago by one of Starscream's many inventions. There might still be some who distrust the seekers, but not even Red Alert can deny the enormous advantage they gave the Autobots.
Suddenly, the monitors began beeping. Optimus quickly scanned them, finally finding the one that displayed Soundwave's all too familiar alt form as he swooped towards the battlefield, brandishing his sonic blasters as they fired a pulse of white noise to freeze Divespade's systems.
The Vehicons, seeing a chance, bombarded the poor femme with laser fire. The damaged seeker began to fall, but was caught by Skywarp, who teleported her to the medbay. The Prime frowned, Soundwave was no easy opponent, not with his arsenal sonic weaponry that can go from temporarily stunning systems to reducing a mech's audios to shreds or the intelligence he had gathered from vorns of combat.
But the seekers had some back up now, Starscream's trine and Aerialbots leaping in the fray as the battle in the sky became deadly for both sides. Vehicons were quickly shot down by sniper fire from below. But Soundwave, preforming tight maneuvers, avoided most shots while still firing at his target, the exposed inner systems of the Artemis.
Finally one shot made it through. The ship gave a tremendous groan, and shut down its mainframe to prevent further possible damages.
With the mothership of the Autobots rendered useless, Swiftblade gave the order to retreat. Every Decepticon, whether driving or flying, left the immediate area to await further instructions aboard the Nemesis.
Later...
Starfall slammed his fist on the wall. He had lost to a flyer that wasn't even a seeker! How was he supposed to rescue his friends if he couldn't even beat the Vehicons? Anger welled up from deep inside him and he began to see red in his vision. So he lashed out at the owner of the hand that patted his shoulder, only for his blow to be blocked. He turned around to see the not amused faceplate of non other than his sire.
"Control your emotions, before they control you. That could be something you should work towards. Now go to the medbay to check on your trinemate." lectured Starscream as he walked past me.
My optics widened. How could I forget about Divespade? I quickly rushed towards Ricochet and grabbed him while running towards the Hatchet's Lair.
When we got there, Divespade was already limping out. We quickly supported her on both sides.
"Guys, I'm fine, it was just a few dents and broken circuits. I'll be back on duty in a decacycle. It's not like I'm on my deathbed or anything." reassured Divespade as we moved down the hallway.
"Don't even joke about that." shuddered Ricochet as his wings lowered "Still, why did that damned Soundwave target you? He could've went for Starfall and disrupted our whole formation."
"Because I'm awesome like that. Or at least, more awesome than you." arrogantly proclaimed Starfall as he puffed out his chestplates.
"Why you little glitch!" roared Ricochet as the purple seeker went after Starfall, who cackled madly before running off. Divespade sighed, once a mechling, always a mechling.
"But still, Ricochet had a good point." She thought as her wings pressed against her back "Soundwave is a strategetic mech, he would obviously aim for the leader. Right?… Nah, he probably figured it would cause more distractions if I went down." And with that, the navy seeker slowly moved towards her room.
"Want some help, Divespade?" asked Flarelight as he and Tridisc strode up to the femme
"That would be appreciated." thanked the seeker as the two mechs helped her to her room.
Aboard the Nemesis…
"Well done, Soundwave, you preformed much better than these ignorant flyers." smirked Swiftblade while fiddling with a map "I grant you the honor of leading our forces to the energon reserves, along with Shockwave. You are dismissed."
"Soundwave: Acknowledged command." monotoned the communications officer as he stepped out of the room.
"As for you flying scrap heaps, decide amongst yourself who is the new air commander. Your recent blunders almost outweighs your usefulness to the Decepticon cause. You know what happens to mechs who have nothing to offer, right?"
"Y-yes, Lord Swiftblade. We will solve this matter immediately. Please, just be patient a while longer." pleaded a orange colored seeker.
"Very well, you have a decacycle to discuss or I will do it for you. Now get out of my sight."
The flyers quickly escaped the command room in relief, they were going to live to see another cycle. Swiftblade chuckled, this power he now held was almighty. He can decide who dies and who lives with one snap of his servos. No wonder his sire abused it. But he will become a better leader that Megatron could ever dream to be. For he is Swiftblade, the leader of the Decepticons. And his first objective is to obliterate those pesky Autobots form the face of all galaxies.
Well, how is it? If anyone has a question for the story, feel free to PM me or leave a comment. The next chapter will be worked on as soon as I get two reviews or updated on Tuesday, whichever comes is icecreamsundaes, signing off…