Chapter One - Missing
Author's Note: I will tell you the story behind this story. My family and I were watching Tangled the other night and one of my brothers and I were talking about the similarities of some of the characters to Transformers characters. That then sort of escalated and we decided to write a crossover fanfic for it. Because, you know, plot bunnies tend to not want to leave you alone :P
So we decided to co-write this. It will have both my oc's and his oc's featured in it, along with canon characters. This doesn't relate to any of my other stories other than shared characters and some themes possibly.
Hope you enjoy!
Disclaimer: We don't own Transformers or Tangled. Just our oc's.
"This is the story of how I died." Steeldust paused, helm hanging. He suddenly straightened, a mischievous smirk on his faceplate. "Just kidding. This isn't even my story.
"Long ago, there lived a prince. Prince Orion Pax. Haven't heard of him? Well, now he's King Optimus Prime. Yep, that mech.
"Anyways, when Orion was of age, his sire and carrier prompted him to look for a queen, seeing as he would soon be taking their place as ruler, and would need someone to help him.
"A femme, who was good friends with the prince, heard of it and was rather excited. Airachnid had dreamed of ruling over Iacon as queen for most of her young life. She hinted to Orion that they would be a great ruling couple.
"But it was not to be. Prince Orion proposed to Ariel, whom he had loved for sometime. They were married.
"Feeling betrayed, Airachnid left the city-state, swearing to have her revenge on the new king and queen.
"Some time later, the king and queen had a sparkling. They were very happy and loved her dearly. The city-state rejoiced with the couple."
Steeldust paused, shaking his helm. His faceplate sobered. "And then that happiness ended."
"Airachnid, having heard the news, returned to Iacon under the cover of darkness. She climbed up the side of the castle and into the sparkling's room through the open window.
"The king and queen knew that something was wrong when they heard the new sparkling screaming. They rushed to her room, only to see a dark silhouette standing in the windowsill.
"Airachnid turned, flashing them a wicked smile. Then, she leapt out into the offcycle, taking the princess with her.
"King Optimus and Queen Elita were devastated. They searched for a long time for their sparkling, but no one could find her or Airachnid. Not even the elite guards and enforcers.
"Airachnid decided not to offline the sparkling, but to raise her as her own. Who knew, maybe she could turn her against Iacon.
"The king and queen didn't want to give up hope that their daughter was still online. Once a vorn, they released sky lanterns out over the Mithril Sea on her birthday, hoping that she would one orn return to them."
Deep in the Polyhex state, a small hidden ship sat, undetected by anyone else other than those who lived there.
Inside, a young femme, about eighteen vorns sat reading to her small companion. The retrorat snuggled next to the femme, enjoying her company. Its audios pricked up, hearing the clicking noise of someone entering the ship.
As her pet ran off into his hole, Moonracer stood, placing her datapad down on the nearby table. She quickly walked to the doorway of the living quarters of the ship.
A pair of glowing purple optics appeared in the dark hall, accompanying the click, click, click sound of the other occupant's many limbs.
Moonracer smiled, folding her hands behind her backplates. "Good orn, Carrier. How was your offcycle?"
Airachnid entered the room, transforming to bi-pedal form. She smiled down at Moonracer, wrapping a servo around her.
"Well, I didn't catch anything, but gave some mecha a good scare. So, it wasn't all bad I suppose," the femme mused. She walked away, Moonracer following.
"Carrier," the green femmeling said. "I wanted to ask you something?"
Airachnid paused at the stairway, half turning to face her. "Oh? And what might that be?"
Moonracer shifted in place. "Well, you see, next orn is sort of special and- "
"Oh? What could be so special about next orn?" Airachnid interrupted. She tilted her helm, tapping a sharp digit to the side of her faceplate.
"Well, it's my creation orn! Surprise!" said Moonracer happily, spreading her servos.
Airachnid smirked. "Can't be. Your creation orn was last vorn."
"That's the thing about creation orns, Carrier." Moonracer muttered nervously. "They're kinda a repeating thing."
"Please stop the mumbling, Moonracer." Airachnid scoffed, folding her servos. "You know I can't stand it."
"Oh, sorry." The femmeling laughed nervously. "What I wanted to ask you is, well, I know what I want for my creation orn. You see, it kinda is a big one, so I thought of something extra special."
Airachnid arched an optic ridge, frowning. "And that is?"
"I want to go and see the sea. And the glowy things that appear over it on my creation orn."
"You what?" the spider femme sputtered. "Absolutely not, Moonracer!"
"But-" Moonracer protested, scrambling for words. "Please, Carrier! I've heard so much about it, and it sounds so lovely. And the glowing lights only appear on my creation orn. It's like- Like they're for me- "
"My answer is no, Moonracer. That is final." Airachnid started to climb the stairs to the ship's command centre.
Moonracer took a few steps forward, her servos outwards in a pleading gesture. "I don't want to go by myself, I was wondering if you would take me."
Airachnid spun and marched down the stairs. "Moonracer, it's too dangerous. The outside world is a nasty place, full of things that could harm you. I forbid you to leave this ship."
Moonracer paused, biting her lip. Her carrier had warned her many times of all the things that were dangerous in the outside world.
Many of the ones that got too close had been captured by Airachnid, who then displayed their helms in her trophy room.
The femmeling appreciated her carrier's skill and want to protect her, but stayed far away from the trophy room. She didn't want to see it.
"Now, I have to leave again," Airachnid said, briskly walking back the way she had come. "I just remembered some forgotten business that I need to take care of."
She paused, kissing Moonracer on the forehelm. "You know I just want to keep you safe."
"I know," Moonracer replied quietly, giving her carrier a weak smile.
"Good," smiled Airachnid. She patted the green femmeling on the helm and stepped around her. "See you in a bit, my dear."
Moonracer watched her leave until she couldn't see Airachnid in the dark corridor anymore. "I'll be here," she sighed.
The retrorat crawled out of his hole and climbed up to Moonracer's shoulderplate.
"At least you understand."
Three figures snuck along the top of the palace. They leapt over a gap, then climbed up onto one of the towers.
The smallest, and youngest, mecha paused, holding onto the flagpole as he gazed across the landscape.
"You coming?" growled the only present femme, placing her hands on her hips. "Sight see later, punk."
"Yeah, we got a job ta do," hissed her brother.
Ignoring them, the younger mech grinned. "Ya know, I could get used to a view like this." He leaned against the pole. "Yep, I'm used to it. I want a castle."
Dagger rolled his optics and stepped forward. "We do this job, then you can get your own castle."
Suddenly grabbed by the larger mech, a surprised Steeldust was yanked backwards. His heels clattered over the shingles as he was dragged to the edge.
"I could walk myself ya know," he muttered, crossing his servos.
"Then do it," Dagger growled, tossing him across another gap.
Easily catching himself on the ledge of the other side, the navy and black thief sent a scowl back at his two companions. He then pulled himself up, flipping into a standing position. Smirking, he ran ahead.
"Show off," Taser growled.
The two siblings followed Steeldust who had beaten them to the armoury roof and was scouting it out.
"What took so long," he remarked coolly.
The only response he got was two glares from the slightly larger mecha.
"What?" Steeldust flicked his doorwings, shrugging his shoulders.
Spin stood next to the display case. On the other side, Nightracer stood guard, looking just as bored as he was. Additionally, the mech was possibly falling into recharge.
The younger enforcer sighed. It wasn't like the King's sword was going to go anywhere. Why did they need to be here?
A breeze came through the open window. Spin's olfactory sensors caught it. His vents hitched.
Oh, how he hated this time of vorn.
The poor enforcer sneezed, earning him a chuckle from his companion.
"Allergies?"
"Heh, yeah," Spin replied, glancing backwards towards the voice.
A thin, lanky mech was suspended by a rope from the ceiling, leaning an elbow joint casually on the sword. A mischievous smirk was on the young mech's faceplate.
Spin turned back, facing the armoury door again. He froze, brow furrowed. "Wait a klik, that wasn't Nightracer."
Whirling around, Spin looked up. The pedes of the intruder were just exiting through a hole in the ceiling.
"Hey! Wait! Stop!" Spin yelled, waking Nightracer up.
Two sinister looking faceplates peered in through the hole. They sneered down at the two guards before sliding the section of roof they'd cut back into place.
"Whoohoo!" cheered Steeldust, leaping from a building down onto the street.
Taser and Dagger were right behind him as they ran out of the city.
"Can you believe that we pulled that off?" the youngest of the trio asked, looking over his shoulder at the sword tied to his backplates. "All the things we've done and seen and it's still early. This is going to be a great orn!"
Spin and Nightracer ran into the head of the elite guard's office.
The towering mech glanced at them, a rather annoyed expression on his faceplate.
"Ultra Magnus, Sir," Nightracer said, standing in a stiff salute.
Spin copied the salute, though he wanted to cringe under the red and blue's gaze.
"What is it, Officers?" the lieutenant asked coldly. He was not pleased that they had simply barged in, interrupting him.
"Sir, we regret to inform you," Nightracer began, fear in his optics. "That the Star Saber has just been stolen."
Captain Prowl, who had until this moment been unnoticed by the two guards, flipped Ultra Magnus' desk.
"What?" he growled, glaring darkly at the two shocked and now shaking enforcers.
"How did this happen? Never mind, tell me later," Magnus shook his helm, both at the loss of the sword and his second's temper. "We must reclaim the King's sword."
Dagger led the way as the elite guard and enforcement chased them.
All of them were in their alt mode, racing through the Iacon plains. They were quickly nearing the Polyhexian border, where an old, metal forest lay.
The three thieves intended to lose their would-be captors in there.
Dagger, Taser, and Steeldust knew that while they were used to the forest and its terrain, the Iaconians were not.
It should be easy to lose them.
Steeldust sped up, passing Taser and pulling alongside Dagger. "They're catching up, Dagger. We need to go faster."
"Faster won't help us now, we're too close to the tree line. Maybe you can redline yourself and then suddenly stop just as quick, but we can't," Taser snarled from behind.
Steeldust revved his engine in annoyance. "Whatever. Don't blame me if they catch you."
With that, the speedster roared ahead. Once he got to the border, he hit the brakes. Once he'd slowed down enough, Steeldust transformed, flying into the forest. Landing in a run, he used his momentum to run up a tree trunk.
Seating himself, the nineteen-vorn-old thief watched as the rest of the mecha drew near.
Dagger and Taser still had a good lead.
Already bored of waiting, Steeldust pulled a pistol from his waist.
The enforcers were almost close enough. If they were in range before Steeldust's fellow thieves were, then he'd provide some cover for them.
The siblings ended up beating the enforcement. Lucky for the Iaconians.
"Steeldust! Where are you?" yelled Dagger upon entering the forest.
The speedster leaped down from his perch, the large sword on his back making a muffled sound through the wrappings. "I'm right here. Ya blind or something?"
"Quit yer yapping and let's go!"
The trio began running, now on pedes since there wasn't enough space between the metal trees to drive.
The guards soon entered the forest after them. They found the trail and were quickly gaining ground again.
Not very far away, Steeldust paused, stopping to look at something. "Oh no. This is bad, very very bad," he said, ripping a piece of paper off a nearby tree.
Taser and Dagger, having stopped when he did, exchanged a look.
"What now?" snapped Taser, hands on her hips.
Steeldust turned the piece of paper, holding it beside his faceplate. "They just can't get my face right!"
The siblings looked at the speedster and the wanted notice. The notice said the reward and Steeldust's designation with what his crimes were, but the picture was simply a blur.
"It looks about right to me," remarked Dagger, crossing his servos. "No one can get a good picture of you when you're running. Which is what we should be doing."
Steeldust ignored him, moving to look at the other two wanted notices. "You two look great. Really captured Taser's nasty grin and-"
The young mech was jerked away from the tree just as several guards appeared, weapons out and ready.
A few shots rained over their helms as the thieves ran.
They soon found themselves at a dead end, trapped in front of a small cliff.
"Give me a boost and I'll pull you two up," Steeldust said, striding forward.
"Okay," Dagger agreed. He held out his hand. "But first, the sword."
Steeldust turned, a mock hurt expression on his faceplate. "What? After all this time, you two don't trust me?"
The siblings just stared at him.
"Ouch," Steeldust said flatly. He untied the rope around his chest and shrugged off the strands over his shoulders. Handing the wrapped sword over to Dagger, he gestured wordlessly to the cliff.
Dagger and Taser moved closer, interlocking their hands together to form a step.
Noises behind them signaled the guards' approach.
"Hurry up!" hissed Dagger.
"Pfft, you don't need to tell me to hurry," Steeldust scoffed, beginning to climb. He stepped on the siblings' shoulders, then their helms as he reached for the top of the cliff. After he pulled himself up, he turned to face his thieving companions.
"Now pull us up," grunted Dagger. Both he and Taser rubbed their helms where Steeldust had stepped.
Flashing them a grin, Steeldust shook his helm. "Sorry, my hands are full."
The siblings looked up in shock at the sword in his hands, then down to the ground where Dagger had put it.
"See ya," Steeldust said with a wave. He then zipped off, quickly disappearing.
"Steeldust!" roared Taser.
The speedster kept running, not paying any mind to her.
Suddenly, a black and white mech appeared from behind a tree. Steeldust dug his heels into the ground, barely stopping in time before he plowed into the mech.
"Whoops, terribly sorry, Sir. Excuse me!"
"Hold it," called the enforcer, running after the younger mech.
Steeldust kept running, keeping a keen audio out for any bullets that might come flying his way. He wanted to be ready to dodge one if necessary.
None came, even thought the black and white enforcer had his gun out as he chased Steeldust.
Pulling up short at the edge of a deep valley, the young thief scanned his surroundings for options. It was too steep to climb down and too far to simply jump and hope he'd make it.
He didn't have time to think any further than that.
Prowl came crashing through the trees, not noticing the sudden drop in the terrain or the still figure beside it until he was on top of them.
Steeldust's optics widened in shock as something hit him and he was suddenly not on firm ground anymore.
The two mechs landed on a branch protruding from the cliffside.
Frozen in fear, it took them a couple astrokliks to regain their composure.
Steeldust was first to shake himself from the shock.
"Whew, I thought we both goners there," he laughed nervously.
Prowl sent him a dark glare, then lunged towards the wanted mech. Steeldust crawled backwards, farther away from the cliff.
Both mechs froze when they heard a loud crack. Locking optics for an astroklik, they both let out a terrified scream as the branch fell away from the cliff.
They kept screaming as they plummeted, holding onto their branch for dear life.
When they finally landed, they rolled. Bouncing off the bumpy, rocky terrain at the bottom of the cliff side.
"Ohhh," Steeldust groaned, staggering to his pedes. Quickly taking a look at himself for injuries, he flicked his doorwings. "Yeah-glad-I-can-fold-those-in-a-little bit. If-not-they-might-have-been-torn-off."
With one look at the enforcer, who was laying, rather dazed and in pain, on the ground a few yards away, Steeldust began to move again.
As he limped away, he glanced back up at the top of the cliff where they'd fallen from. No other enforcers were coming. They'd probably stopped and arrested Dagger and Taser.
"Ah well, they had it coming," muttered Steeldust. "Huh, I just survived that fall without breaking anything or offlining. Who'd've thunk I could do that?"
After wandering for awhile, Steeldust's pede felt better. He was still a little scraped up, but it could've been worse so he wasn't gonna complain.
A place to hide might be nice though. Surely the Iaconian enforcement was still after him and his boss was still a ways away.
Too far to get there in one orn with the heavy sword strapped to his back.
By luck or chance, Steeldust spied a small ship, hidden so that he could barely see it until he was almost right beside it.
"Huh. That'll work," he said, tilting his helm.
Walking over to the entrance, the thief pressed the button to open the door. Surprisingly, it was unlocked.
"Interesting," he thought as he walked into the dark interior.
Not very far in, there was a room full of containers. The containers were filled with some sort of liquid and to Steeldust's disgust, helms of all sorts of species of creatures.
A shiver ran up his spine. "I don't know who's ship this is, but I don't think I wanna meet them. Guess nobody's home, otherwise I'm sure they'd have stopped me by now."
He continued walking, soon entering into the living quarters section of the ship. Seeing and hearing no one, Steeldust grinned. He pulled the sword off his back, bringing it forward to look at it.
"Finally. Alone at last," he grinned, looking at the magnificent sword.
Suddenly, something hit him in the back of the helm. He sort of tossed the sword away from him so he wouldn't fall on it. That was his last thought. His vision went black as he collapsed to the floor, unconscious.
There you have it! The first chapter!
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