Hello everyone! Joce here to welcome you to this mini story series of the Prime Universe! If you are some of my old readers from my previous TFP story, then welcome back and thanks for continuing to follow me! And I would like to welcome any new readers! As I stated in the description, this fan fiction will be a short one but I am making sure that each chapter is long and detailed as possible! If you are not familiar from my old and discontinued TFP story, I introduced two female characters; Lunar Chase and Blind Side. Again, I have recycled Blind Side and recreated her, changing her name and background. As for Lunar Chase? You will have to wait and see about her.
Anyways! I do hope you enjoy this mini series! It takes place during Season 3, starting with the episode Chain of Command! And it will conclude just after the film! I will try to upload a chapter every week or two! Keep in mind, I am a full time college student and I am quite busy with studies and homework. So please, be patient with me! Thank you! Now, on with the story!
Predaking & Lyra (Lyre: medieval instrument) PRONOUNCED: LEE-rÉ™
"You miserable beast. I am your commanding officer! And I order you to crawl into your kennel, now!" The voice of a very frustrated Starscream rang throughout the upper haul where the Predacon had made its nest since it was too big to enter the entire ship. The Predacon was assumed to have perished by the Autobots when it was tricked into flying through a space bridge and ending up in the Arctic where it had be frozen within seconds. But it had proved to be more resilient than previously presumed when it had returned to the ship. And unfortunately for Starscream, he was assigned to train and take care of the beast alongside a fellow Decepticon whose field of preference has yet to be discovered.
Watching close by that said Decepticon, a femme called Lyra who sports an orange speedster as her alternate mode. She watched with amusement as the Predacon glared at Starscream and looked away with a huff, obviously disobeying his "commanding officer." Lyra couldn't help but chuckle at the sight of Starscream failing in his task. "I said GO ALREADY!" Starscream snapped as he electrocuted the front right leg of the Predacon and Lyra shook her helm, knowing that it was bad move on Starscream part on doing on that.
True to her thought, the Predacon arched his long neck around, his throat glowing before breathing out his white hot flames. With a shriek, Starscream barely duck down to the ground and stayed there until the Predacon seized his flames. Once the flames died down, Starscream stood up, glaring at the Predacon before realizing that the tip of his red helm spike was sizzling. In a panic, Starscream quickly pat at it, cooling it down while Lyra laughed.
Growling, Starscream marched towards the orange femme. "Seize your laughter, femme! How could Lord Megatron leave me in the care of this beast?! Where I could be doing something more important like training my armada!"
"Oh, come on Starscream. It can't be all THAT bad. Why, I think it likes you." Lyra joked as she smirked up at the Predacon. The winged Seeker glanced back at the beast who gave him a loud hiss, causing the seeker to gasp in fear and taking a several steps away from the Predacon. Realizing that his reaction was just what Lyra was seeking for, Starscream grumbled and glared at her before marching towards the corridor. "Are you sure that's a good idea? Lord Megatron may not be too happy seeing you wandering the halls instead of training our new member." Lyra spoke before quickly rolling to the side, a blaster shot barely missing her door wing.
Starscream had changed his servo into a blaster and out of rage and annoyance towards the femme, had shot towards. He had his denta bared at her and with a growl, changed his blaster back into his servo and continued to walk away. Once the door shut with a hiss, Lyra sighed and stood up before brushing off any dirt on her knees and servos. Looking back at the Predacon who had watched everything, Lyra slowly and calmly approached it. She wasn't stupid as Starscream and knew that she had to be careful with her attentions towards the beast.
"Starscream can be a pain in the aft. But I'm guessing you already figured that out." Lyra said towards the Predacon with a smile. The beast had tilted its helm, mandibles softly twitching and made a low sound that didn't sound threatening. "I can tell you this though, that annoying shrieker will be back pretty soon with something new to help him "train" you. So you and I have a long day ahead with him. Let's just hope that today goes by fast." She said with a heavy sigh and placed her serovs behind her helm. Again, the Predacon twitched its mandibles at her before huffing and headed towards a shady part of the upper haul. The Predacon walked around in a circle a few times before settling down, laying his muzzle on its crossed paws.
"Ah. You're tired. No surprise there, especially after what you've been through." Lyra continued to say as she walked towards the resting Predacon. Slowly, she had sat down a few feet away from it, still being cautious and wearying about being too close to it. Door wings twitching, Lyra gazed at the Predacon, running her red optics up and down it's long and large frame. Her optics traced all the sharp edges and curves on its helm and down to its tail, taking in the details of its rough armor rather than the usual smooth plating that most Transformers have. She wondered how these creatures had roamed Cybertron and Earth, terrorizing the enemies of the Decepticons and probably prehistoric humans. "Well, since you were created to serve Lord Megatron, that makes you a Decepticon. Which means that you are one of us. Which also means that I should tell you who's who." She said and noticed that the Predacon had slightly opened one of its optics to look up at her before closing it again.
Lyra began to tell the Predacon who is who in the Decepticon ranks. "Knock Out is the shortest mech and he's all red with wheels on his back. He cares nothing back his smooth finish. Soundwave is in charge of communication, which is weird because he doesn't say a word! Yet Starscream and Megatron know what Soundwave "tells" them. Maybe because they have known him much longer than anyone on this ship. Next is Shockwave, the purple mech with the single red optic. He's the one who created you. He talks funny though but not to the point that it's not understandable."
As she informed the Predacon about the Decepticons, she would also do some gestures on her helm and face to make it more easier to identify each member. The Predacon would occasionally slightly open its optics to see those gestures before resting again. "You don't need no introduction with Lord Megatron. Tallest and bulkiest of everyone. All gray with scars on his face. You should know him by now. Same with Starscream. Shrieks and yells a lot. Power hungry. Aft kisser. Backstabber. Liar...murderer." With each word, Lyra's faceplate became bitter and bitter and her optics began to fill with betrayal, loathing and hatred. Unknowing to her, the Predacon had noticed this sudden change from the chirpy femme but then the door opened to the upper haul and with loud stomps, in came Starscream wearing the Apex Armor.
"Okay. Now in you go!" Starscream commanded as he pointed towards the corridors and to the kennel. Knowing that this wasn't going to end well, Lyra quickly got up and moved away as the Predacon gazed up at Starscream with lazy optics. The Predacon then stood up and roared at Starscream, warning him that it wasn't in the mood and was getting angry. "Pfft. Do your worse." Starscream boast with a smirk, believing that he would be triumphant in this round. "The Apex Armor is virtually-AAHH!" But Starscream was cut short as the Predacon grabbed the arm of the armor and began to swing Starscream around. "NO! AH! RELEASE ME! AH!" Lyra stayed a several feet away but was still able to watch the entertainment before her. She couldn't help but laugh at Starscream's unfortunate situation.
Finally, the Predacon had released Starscream, sending him flying. Starscream crashed against the upper wall, right above the entrance of the corridor before gravity pulled him to the ground. As the Predacon prepared itself to attack Starscream once more, the armored seeker slowly got to his knees and servos, glaring at Lyra who was covering her mouth with her servos, muffling her laughter. Before anyone could make a move, a voice came through their commlink.
"Starscream. Lyra. Are you with the beast?" Megatron asked, communicating with them both at the same time.
"Ah! Yes, master! We are!" Starscream spoke with a light voice, answering for the both of them. "We've been reviewing attack maneuvers." He said, pretending that nothing was wrong in training the beast. Lyra rolled her optics and she was received with a glare from her commanding officer. "He's doing quite well." The seeker said with a low grumble at the end of his sentence and Lyra chuckled before speaking. "Indeed he is, master! The Predacon is quite the fast learner!" She added with a smirked towards Starscream who bared his denta at her once more.
"One of the excavation team has failed to report in." Megatron informed them both and Starscream was quick to the punch to find an excuse to get away from his duties with the Predacon.
"I shall assemble my seeker armada immediately and-"
"I would prefer that you lead our newly returned asset on this mission." Megatron interrupted his second, who gazed up at the Predacon with wide optics and in disbelief. "So that our Predacon is as adapted in fetching bones as it is hunting Autobots! Lyra, you will go along with them to make sure that everything goes accordingly."
"Yes, Lord Megatron." Lyra responded with a smirk on her face before the communication was cut off. She then faced both Starscream and the Predacon. "Well! We have work to do!"
"Don't you dare order me! AH!" Starscream cried out as the Predacon roared at Starscream, silencing him and forcing him back into the corridor. Lyra wasn't so sure if the Predacon was siding with her, or that he wanted Starscream to shut up. Either one was fine by her. "I wonder if it knows latitude and longitudes, or..." But to answer her question, the Predacon raced to the edge of the haul and leapt off before taking to the skies. "Nevermind."
The ground bridge had opened and they appeared on a cliff side. In front of them was an aircraft which told them that the Autobots maybe here. Lyra walked along with two drones that Starscream choice to accompany him. Speaking of Starscream, the seeker was still wearing the Apex Armor for the Predacon had waited for them to arrive through the ground bridge. The Predacon had sniffed the air and let out a low growl, looking towards the cliff's edge. "Well, go already!" Starscream commanded the Predacon although his commanding stance wavered a bit when the Predacon hissed at him before going after whoever the Predacon smelled. Lyra could hear the destruction that the Predacon was making and the ground beneath them trembled softly. But she knew that whoever was in those tunnels was feeling an earthquake than just simple vibrations.
"We should check out their aircraft. Just in case." Lyra suggested and with a huff, Starscream led the way in. The aircraft was decent size and was big enough to fit Apex Armored Starscream. There wasn't much to see inside the aircraft except for weapons and low amount of Energon. Once they saw that there wasn't anything important on the ship, the Decepticons stepped onto the panel that lowered them out of the aircraft. "Given that this ship is currently unoccupied, it would seem that the Autobots did stumble upon our little mining operation." Starscream began to state out the obvious.
"No worries. My Predacon is no doubt dismantling the interlopers as we speak. It was a challenge, but I manage to tame the savage beast. Taught it to heed my every command." Starscream began to boast as he stepped off the platform with the drones and Lyra following closely behind. Lyra rolled her optics and shook her helm and gave each drone a side glance, signaling them that whatever Starscream says about the Predacon was bull.
"You're not wearing that armor to protect yourself from it?" One of the seeker drones questioned, causing Lyra to snicker behind her servo before quickly straightening up before Starscream could fully turn to face them. "From my beloved pet? Of course not! In fact, it's getting rather warm in here." Starscream answered, sounding a bit nervous at first before getting comfortable. He then pressed the center button in order to remove the armor from his frame. Once so, he placed the device at close by rock and stretched his frame. "Ah. Ventilation."
Just then, there was a huge explosion, rocking the entire place. Lyra wobbled on her legs, trying to stay upright until the shaking stopped. Once so, Starscream, Lyra and the drones went towards where the explosion originated from. "Oh. That would do some damage." Starscream purred with a smile. Lyra raised an optic brow before questioning, "To the Autobots? Or the Predacon?" "Irgh. Why do you even care about that beast?" Starscream then asked under his breath so that his seeker drones wouldn't hear him. Unknowing to them, there was a little human in their presence and was making her way quickly to the platform so that she can get inside the ship and contact Optimus.
But her presence didn't go unnoticed at the last minute for the Decepticons had heard her scampering feet and heavy panting. Lyra had stopped her, placing her pede in front of her path and with wide eyes, the little human stared up and came face to face with Starscream and Lyra. "Miko, is it?" Starscream asked, bending down to tower the little human. The human, Miko, took a few steps back but it was in vain for she was cornered. "Oh, I'm sorry! Were you trying to reach this ship to call for help perhaps?" Starscream spoke, a smirk on his face as he moved towards the ship and then pressed a button, causing the plating to raise back up.
But Miko quickly ran towards the platform nonetheless. Lyra tried stopping her by snatching the human, but Miko was faster and dodged the servo before dodging Starscream's attack. She then leap up and grabbed the edge of the platform before climbing up. But the platform was raising too slowly and Starscream took this moment to strike again, more in a teasing manner, playing with his prey. Miko dodged once more and with a quick glance, spotted the Apex Armor close by. Reacting on impulse, Miko jumped into the air and Lyra tried catching her but was too late. Miko had landed on the Apex Armor, activating it and armoring herself.
The Decepticons stared in awe and shock that the Apex Armor even worked for a human. Once Miko had fully armored herself, she smirked and started to approach Starscream with confidence. "What's the matter, Screamy? Can't pick on someone your own size?" As Starscream backed away, more in shock and fear, Lyra prepared herself and activated her blades, but before anyone could make a move, there was a sound from above them. Everyone, including Miko, looked towards the sky and something small was falling towards them. It bounced off the top of Miko's armored head and fell to the ground. When the small object stopped rolling, it was shown that the object was the optic of a fossilized Predacon. "What do you know? It does fetch." Starscream confirmed as he looked at the optic before looking back up to the sky.
The Predacon had landed on the Autobot's ship and with a small "Scrap" from Miko, the armored human began to make a run for it, passing the Decepticons before being pushed roughly to the ground as the Predacon landed onto of her. "You play nice with her now!" Lyra joked before the Predacon began to claw at the armor, trying to the pry the human out of it. "Go ahead! Make a wreck of her as you no doubt did the Wreckers!" Starscream joined in, wishing to prove the lie he told his seekers.
Then, Megatron's voice rang through their commlink. "Starscream, Lyra. Status report!"
Being the second in command, Starscream did his job in reporting in, once more boasting about their success in the mission. Although Megatron was no fool and Lyra smirked to herself as she watched the Predacon have its fun with the armored human. "I'll tear you apart!" Miko spat after she was smack into the ground by the Predacon before going wide eyed when the Predacon breath fire onto her.
"Have the beast return with my prize, immediately! You can stay behind and finish the Autobots." Megatron ordered before turning off their communication.
"Alright, Predacon. You had your fun. Time to head back to the big boss." Lyra said to the beast. The Predacon glanced at Lyra at the corner of its optics before slowly seizing its flames. It stared at Lyra and the femme was for sure that it was going to attack her. But it didn't. Instead, it's attention went to Starscream, who it had overheard the seeker speaking ill of the Predacon.
"Yes, master." Starscream said, sounding less enthusiastic. "Assuming I can coax the brainless brute into-gah!" The Predacon cut Starscream short of his sentence, knocking and pinning him down onto the ground, roaring into his face before looking at the fossilized optic. It then delicately snatched the optic between its teeth before flapping his wings to hover in the air. It turned around and before it could take to the sky, the Predacon had snatched Lyra by her shoulder with its talons and took off. "AH! Whoa! W-wait a second!" Lyra began to struggle as she heard Starscream shouted up at the Predacon. "What?! You never obey my commands!" That was the last thing Lyra heard before the Predacon rapidly ascended towards the sky.
"Oh Primus! Oh scrap! I'm not looking down!" Were the whimpers from the orange femme who was still flying with the Predacon by its talons. Being a grounder, Lyra was never fond of flying unless she was inside a large ship. But being exposed like this was way too much for her and she felt as though she was going to have a panic attack. But the Predacon had a strong grip on her but delicate enough that it wouldn't penetrate her armor. Still, Lyra cling onto the Predacon's legs, making sure that the Predacon won't let her go or accidentally drop her!
The Predacon flew fast but it didn't feel fast enough for the whimpering grounder. She was all too happy when she spotted the Warship and that the Predacon carefully dropped her onto the upper haul. Lyra landed on her pedes and watched as the Predacon landed a few feet away from her. She didn't need to contact her master because the loud landing and walking made it obvious that the Predacon had returned. Within moments, Megatron had come up and met the Predacon to retrieve the fossil. "Ahh, you have performed well my pet." Megatron said with a malicious smile on his face as he petted the Predacon. "This will be a splendid contribution to the spawning of your Predacon brethren." He added as he continued to pet and stroke the Predacon. Lyra remained in the background, not wishing to interrupt the two nor displease her lord.
Another figure began to approach Megatron and Lyra saw that it was the medic Knock Out. "My liege." He said out of respect and with a small helm bow. "We have located another one of Shockwave's Predacon energy signature. Weak but steady." Knock Out informed their warlord which caused the smirk on Megatron's face to grow. "Excellent." Megatron smirked before slowing turning to face the red medic. "Knock Out, do not return empty handed."
"Moi? Don't know the meaning of the word." Knock Out said, doing his best to reassure their lord and master.
"Isn't the word 'empty handed' two words?" Said a voice and it was Starscream. "Look who decided to join the party." Lyra whispered to herself although Megatron and the Predacon must have great hearing because they glanced at her. Lyra straightened at their stares before they turned their attention back to Starscream and Knock Out who had faced the seeker with a glare.
"You would know. Or did your missing arm turned up?" He challenged the seeker, getting face to face with the commander. Lyra smirked and crossed her arms in front of her chest, waiting for the entertainment to start. "Why you wheel pound-" Sneered at the medic before being interrupted by the warlord. "Starscream! You had failed me enough for today! Assume the task of monitoring for Predacon energy signatures at once!" Megatron commanded to the shrinking Starscream, his wings lowered. "Yes my liege." Starscream said in defeat before shoving Knock Out to the side as he walked away.
"I am sure you will find the gig as invigorating as I did, Screamer." Knock Out teased which caused Starscream to growl in frustration as he continued to walk. "Lyra, you will resume watch over the beast. Make sure it is fed and well rested." Megatron then command the femme who straightened up once more and bowed.
Lyra then turned to face the Predacon. "Looks like it's us all over again." Lyra said as she faced the Predacon before leaning in to whisper. "Take this time to have your fun with Starscream. And I'll make sure that you are super well fed!" She joked with a grin and she received a few twitches of the Predacon's mandibles. But this moment was interrupted when Starscream yelled at the Predacon. "What are you lurking about? Get back into your kennel!" He commanded and kicked the tail of the Predacon only to barely dodge a tail lob. "You mindless brute! Look what you've done." Starscream gasped as one of the satellites was destroyed by the attempted attack on Starscream.
"Maybe that wouldn't have happen if you didn't mistreat it like you just did." Lyra challenged with a glare only to receive one from her commander. "You need to learn your place, femme! I am your commanding officer and you're merely a soldier! Or must you be reminded as to what happens to those who forget their place?" Starscream said with a deadly smirk and Lyra knew exactly what Starscream was referring to. With a rageful shout, Lyra charged at Starscream, summoning her blades so that she could cut that smug look off his face. Starscream didn't expected this and became panicked but before Lyra could reach the seeker, the Predacon stopped Lyra with his tail. It's not that he whacked her but a sharp nudge to stop her in her tracks. Baffled, Lyra stared at the Predacon who gave her a warning hiss.
"Finally. The Predacon has recognized its true master." Starscream boast before gasping when the Predacon roared at him, silencing the seeker. The Predacon then put itself between the two, blocking an attempt on either one from attacking the other. "You're smarter than anyone had thought you were to be." Lyra soft spoke to herself in slight awe. She never really thought of the beast to be primitive or mindless, but not as intelligent as them. Unconsciously to her, Lyra began to slowly raise a servo to place it on the scaly plating of the Predacon but she had stopped at mid raise when the Predacon stared at her and released a soft hiss. Not understanding the beast and thinking that it was a sign of aggression, Lyra brought her servo back down and averted her gaze from the Predacon.
"I'll...go get the repair crew and some Energon for the Predacon." Lyra said, her gaze still on the ground before quickly walking away. The Predacon gazed after her, a soft and quiet sound escaping from its voicebox before turning its attention to Starscream. He did nothing to the seeker but his mere gaze and presence was enough to frighten the commander and having him step away, giving the Predacon some space.
Lyra had returned with the drones and the needed Energon. She brought two large cubes of Energon for the Predacon although she wasn't so sure in what way it preferred in consuming the Energon. "Sorry if this isn't the way you eat Energon." She said as she placed the cubes down in front of the beast before taking a few steps back. The Predacon stared at her, slowly tilting its helm and Lyra stared back. "You know? Eat?" She said while pointing a digit towards her opened mouth. She could hear Starscream scuffing in the background. "Like this." Lyra then opened a small compartment that was on her waist before pulling a small box of Energon sticks. She then took a bite out of it and before speaking. "See? Now you try." She said as she nudged one of the cubes closer to the Predacon.
The Predacon continued to stare at Lyra, making the similar soft noise that it made when she left before lowering its helm to take a big bite out of the Energon cube. It crunched it with ease and began to chew before swallowing. "There you go!" Lyra grinned before looking at the drones. "You two should had started repairing the satellite. Hop to it!" She commanded, clapping her servos as the drones quickly scurry to the broken satellite. As the drones work, the Predacon continued to eat its meal and Starscream sticked close to the drones for his own safety. Lyra couldn't help but stare at the beast as it consumed the Energon cubes. She thought of how it had stopped her from attacking Starscream and how it showed that it wasn't taking the seeker's side. Why did it stop me? Lyra had thought to herself that some question over and over even when she went to fetch the drones and bring the beast its food.
"The primitive mutt demolishes our entire communication network. And Lord Megatron intends to breed more of it?" Starscream began to rant to himself as the drones began to work on the long processes of repairing the damage of the satellite. The Seeker paced back and forth as he calculated the situation for himself, knowing that with his current experience with this Predacon, he could only imagine how things would be like for HIM with the more Predacon that are being created! He then shifted his attention to the two drones who were nearly done with the repairs. "Would you two hurry up? I want this fix before our master is bothered by such distractions."
The drones had completed their task and stepped away so that Starscream may check if it is functional. The femme stayed by the Predacon's side and noticed how the beast was observing Starscream very closely, like a predator watching its prey. For a second, she thought that the Predacon was going to attack Starscream like before whenever the seeker harassed or insulted the beast, but it did nothing as Starscream began to press some buttons.
"Entering access override code and rebooting now." Starscream announced before turning away to see if the satellite would work or not. After a few seconds of waiting, Starscream thought it had worked but the satellite began to shoot sparks and made a loud whirring noise, causing Starscream to jump back with a cry and shield himself from being electrocuted. Lyra sniggered in the background as she watched her commander's disbelief. "No! No no no no no!" Starscream gasped as the satellite failed to work before kicking in frustration.
It was no good. The satellite wasn't going to fix itself and the drones didn't know what else to do. Lyra suggested calling in Soundwave but Starscream refused the idea because he knew that Soundwave would inform Megatron on the situation. "But if we don't, then we will be in the dark with what's going on with our troops and Knock Out who is still on his mission! And! The punishment for NOT contacting Lord Megatron will be far more severe than it currently is!" Lyra insisted, putting up a brave front with her commander and not caring that the coward would get back at her whether today or later. It was shown that Starscream was thinking this over because he had a conflicted look on his face before growling in anger. "Fine!" The seeker cave in but Lyra knew that Starscream was going to get back at her for this.
It took some time to bring Megatron and Soundwave to the upper haul. Lyra was ordered to bring them there because Starscream was too scared to do it himself. Of course, Lyra was nervous as well but she knew that she wasn't going to get an audial full of rageful yelling from her lord. It didn't take long to go back and forth, and once Lyra explained as to what had happened (informing how it was Starscream's fault which made his jaw dropped and wings droop), Megatron began very upset.
"Communications have been down for how long?!" Megatron roared in disbelief and anger before taking two threatening steps towards the cowering Starscream. It was expected that Megatron would noticed their offlined communications and see as to why is that. While Starscream was being yelled at, Lyra lingered in the background with the Predacon who was watching everyone closely. "Soundwave practically has the dish repaired, master." Starscream chirped quickly in fear, pointing towards the officer of communication who was brought up to work on the dish since Starscream and the drones failed to do so. "Which is all well and good for Soundwave. But for you!" Megatron rebuttaled, sneering in the seeker's faceplate. The communications then came online with the medic's voice coming through.
"Knock Out to Lord Megatron! Please come in!" Cried the red speedsters and it was obvious that something was wrong.
"See? Hah. All fix." Starscream said with a weak chuckle, hoping that that would decrease his lord's frustration towards him. Whether there would be an answer for that, Megatron had began to focus on Knock Out and the mission on obtaining the the Predacon bone. It was an affirmative and Knock Out does have the bone although he was being tailed by Autobots. Lyra had spotted Starscream with a smirk on his face, and she knew that he was hoping for the medic to fail his mission because of their recent dispute early today.
"Lyra, remain with the beast. See that it will not cause another mess. Although, I highly doubt that!" Megatron snapped, leaning closely into Starscream's face, causing the seeker to shrink away in fear.
"Yes, my lord." Lyra said with a bow as she watched Megatron, Soundwave and Starscream walk away. She can tell that Starscream was very upset with the outcome and he glared back at her and the beast before disappearing into the corridor.
Lyra had learned that Knock Out had returned safely from his mission and had retrieved the Predacon bone from its location. "Aw man! I wish I was there to see the look on Starscream's face! Ha ha! I could only imagine." She grinned to herself as she carried a small cube of Energon for herself, sipping it as she headed back to the upper haul. There was no need to watch over the Predacon for today although she couldn't help but return to it. It was a strange feeling. She didn't feel afraid of the Predacon but she acknowledges its power and strength. Still, she felt at ease in its presence and she found it strange that she was able to talk to it as if she was talking to a fellow Con.
Once she reached the upper haul, Lyra spotted the Predacon in front of the system screen where Starscream tried rebooting the satellite hours ago. It was dark and cold outside but she found it strange that the Predacon was staring at the screen. The Predacon then noticed her scent and looked over at her, twitching its mandibles at her and making a low noise that didn't sound threatening but more out of curiosity. "I know. I'm done for the day and no longer need to watch over you. But...I couldn't sleep and I'm in no mood in seeing Starscream's face again." Lyra told the Predacon and she frowned deeply when she mentioned Starscream. "What were you doing anyway?" She asked as she leaned over to see the screen as to what the Predacon was looking at. But there was nothing, just the lock screen instead.
The Predacon merely stared at her and Lyra raised an optic ridge. "You like to stare a lot, don't you?" She said as she stared back into the beast's golden optics. "You know, you're not so bad. If only Starscream could see that and not treat you like some kind of foot soldier." She said with venom in her voice as she glared to the side. The Predacon made a soft chuff noise at her, mandibles twitching before leaning its muzzle towards her face. In fear, Lyra tensed up and took a few steps back, accidentally dropping her cube. "Whoa whoa whoa. What are you doing?" She questioned before gasped as her back hit a wall. She looked back up at the beast who had followed her and its muzzle was a few inches away from her face.
Lyra tried to lean her face away, afraid that the Predacon was going to do something! But as she stared into those golden optics once more, Lyra found herself calming down as she continued to gaze into its optics. Slowly, she began to raise her servo again and this time, the Predacon made no sound. Taking this as an invitation, Lyra placed her servo at the side of its muzzle, being careful with its mandibles. She was surprised that the Predacon even allowed to touch it! She had only seen Megatron and Shockwave do so, but Megatron is their leader and Shockwave is its creator so she can see why. Carefully, Lyra began to stroke the side of its muzzle and she saw that the Predacon relaxed and leaned into her touch, purring as well.
"Well. This is a surprise." Lyra said with a hesitant smile as she continued to pet the beast who kept purring.
Days have pass since that brief moment between the Predacon and Lyra. The femme continued to be assigned to watch over the Predacon-and Starscream-since she has proven to Lord Megatron that she can be around the beast without causing any trouble to herself or to the equipment. Starscream would still be forced to watch over the Predacon while also locating any bones for Project Predacon. But with each passing day, Starscream would come less and less to the upper haul, leaving Lyra with the responsibility in training and caring for the beast. Which is no problem to the femme. She was rather content to be with the Predacon by herself then be with Starscream.
Throughout those days, Lyra felt as though she was getting closer to the Predacon, bonding with it. She would even come visit it during her free time or whenever she wasn't assigned to watch over it. The beast would even greet her every time she came to visit, moving quickly towards her to receive pets and sometimes treats. Lyra would tell the Predacon stories about Cybertron before the war started, although she couldn't say much because she was forged a decade before the war started. But she would tell the stories that she was told about Cybertron to the Predacon before telling it stories about her adventures and missions, close calls with the Autobots and moments of survival.
"I'm not so sure that you fully understand me," she began to say one day as dark clouds slowly began to shroud the skies. "But I feel like you do." She looked down at the nested Predacon. They were seated underneath the shade, knowing that it will soon rain with those clouds rolling in. The Predacon continued to stare up at Lyra before giving a soft sigh which Lyra did the same. "Sometimes, I wish you could talk and tell me...I don't know. Something." She said then gave it a soft pat on its helm before standing up. After spending so much time with the Predacon, she can tell that it wanted to rest so she left him be and went back inside to see if there was anything for her to do besides Predacon duties.
As Lyra roamed the corridors, she heard a low hiss sound, that echoed throughout the corridor. She tensed up at the sound, door wings slightly trembling for she had never heard such a noise. Oh come on Lyra! You're a Decepticon! You don't get scared that easily! She thought to herself, trying to be brave as she investigated the sound. Coming to a corner, she gasped when she saw a hulking figure in the distance and recognized it as the body of Breakdown but the host was Silas. She knew that Knock Out kept both the body of his former partner and the villainous human host to torture as Silas once did with Breakdown. But what was it doing out in the halls? Break-Silas had noticed a presence and with that same hiss noise, the creature croaked out, "Energon!" Then the jaw unhooked, opening the mouth wide and a long tongue slide out.
The creature then began to race at her, servos outstretch to try and grab her. With a cry of fear, Lyra began to run away. She didn't know exactly what it was or how it became to be, but she knew that she had to inform Megatron. Changing into her alternate mode, Lyra raced down the corridors, burning tires as she made a quick turn and was soon able to outrun the monster. But as she raced down the corridors, Lyra had to hit the brakes, causing her to skid for she would bump into Vehicons who walked the same way as Silas did and had the same tongue! The femme kept backtracking and stopping when she came across more creatures.
Thinking that she was safe for now, Lyra changed back to her upright form but walked with caution, keeping herself alerted to any noise. As she came closer to another corridor, she heard the voice of her lord and stopped to listen. "I do not know from what madness your yarn strings, Starscream. But if I learn that you've been dabbling with my Dark Energon stores again, attempting to fuse yourself with its formable power. Let me just say, you have been rewarded more chances for redemption than anyone in Decepticon history!"
She then heard blast shots firing and Lyra looked and saw that Megatron had terminated another creature. Now that she had revealed herself, she approached the trio with her own door wings drooping towards the ground. "My liege, what is going on?" She asked, being careful with her words. "Allow Starscream to explain." Her lord responded with a sneer towards his second before moving past them.
With what Starscream said, Lyra was enraged but she was in no place to snap and yell at the seeker for he was her second in command and she was in the presence of Megatron. That would be a cocktail for disaster for herself. Instead, she joined them in the throne room, where more questions were brought up.
"Then why can I not command the monster to follow my bidding?" The warlord questioned Knock Out and Starscream. "While the trace of Dark Energon should have granted you control over these ghouls, I believe the synthetic component may be corrupting your link to them." Knock Out theorized which sound quite believable. Which caused Lyra to be more alarmed because this became bad to worse. One bite would infect anyone and Megatron can't even control them despite having Dark Energon within them? And the more they stall, the more of those monster will be created. Lyra glared at Starscream for she knew that it was all his fault. He bully his way into getting what he wanted and even though he has yet explained as to why he created such a monster, Lyra knew all too well that Starscream forced Knock Out to continue with the procedure.
"Initiate high alert." Megatron ordered Soundwave, turning his attention to the chief of communication. "Instruct all troops to keep their distance from the mutations and terminate on sight!" The warlord then faced back to the two mechs. "Your fates however remains to be seen." Megatron hissed as the two mechs simply stood there. "Why are you still here?! Find this creation of yours and eradicate it, immediately!" He snarled as Starscream and Knock Out race off to do just that. "Lyra, go and guard the Predacon. Even though with its ferocious might, we cannot risk any chance of it becoming infected. Go!" He commanded the orange speedster who bowed her helm and quickly race out of the room.
Throughout the day, Lyra stood guard of the upper haul, making sure that any Terrocon came were terminated on sight. Only a few came and when the Predacon tried to attack, Lyra quickly stopped it. Of course, it had snarled at her and with a firm look, the beast listened and Lyra did quick work on the ghouls. Luckily, she didn't had to deal with a lot and by the end of the day, all of the ghouls were destroyed, including the plague bringer. But then she was informed that Airachnid had escaped her stasis pod and had commanded the Insecticon. She and the Hive were transported far away from here thanks to Soundwave, but that only meant that they were half an army weaker and more because they had lost a lot of Vehicon troops.
"I can't believe this!" Lyra snapped, punching a nearby way out of rage. "This is all Starscream's fault! With his stupid meddling in things that he doesn't understand! Can't Lord Megatron see that Starscream is hazardous and can cause the downfall of the Decepticons?!" At this point, Lyra had lubricant in her optics -tears for humans- and she had fell to her knees. "Why? Why did Megatron choice that spineless worm over him?! Why?!" Lyra sobbed into her servo, door wings lowered and frame trembling.
The Predacon had watched her reaction, making no sound as the femme continued to sob heavily in her servos. Slowly, the beast approached her and lowered its helm, using its mandibles to stroke and rub against the top of her helm. The Predacon would softly chuff until Lyra looked up at it. "I'm sorry." She hiccuped before trying to rub away her tears. The Predacon purred and gently rubbed its muzzle against her cheek. Lyra was surprised at this action and blinked in confusion. It's trying to comfort me? She thought to herself as she gazed up at it in surprise.
The beast continued to rub her cheek with its muzzle, purring and Lyra remained silent for a few moments before raising a servo to pet the Predacon. With an unsteady sigh, the femme began to speak. "A while back, there was a Decepticon called Dreadwing. He was loyal to Lord Megatron and to the Decepticon cause. There was nothing he wouldn't do for his lord. At that time, Starscream had left the Decepticons and was hidden away. During the time that Dreadwing joined the crew and became Megatron's new second in command, he and I...grew close." She said as she paused her petting, letting her servo lingered on one of its neck plating. The Predacon looked down at her as it felt her servo gripping against its neck. The beast made no noise as Lyra continued to speak.
"Dreadwing was so caring and tendered with me. He even respected me which very few do and he was so formal with me. He was such a gentle mech. He was a mech of honor." Lyra called with a soft smile on her face. "He and I...we loved each other. To love someone is to have strong emotions for them. It's to do anything in your power to protect them. To care for them. To die for them." The femme shut her optics as more tears began to form.
"And then Starscream came back! Dreadwing learned that it was that worthless seeker that his brother was killed and brought back as a Terrorcon only to roam a parallel dimension forever! Dreadwing was in shock and disgusted at the fate his brother was left in and how his master was willingly to keep that a secret from him!" The memory of watching the Psychic Patch between Megatron and Starscream was hard and even more so when she noticed the hurtful look on her beloved.
Then the last memory of her beloved was the night before he was killed. How he smiled at her and kissed her before she went into recharge, hearing his last words of affection for her. She did not know of Dreadwing's plan. She didn't know that that was going to be the last time she will ever be with him. Lyra began to sob heavily, clinging onto the neck of the Predacon for support. "Why Dreadwing? Why did you do it? You could have still been alive. We could have still been together." She cried out as she remembered hearing the loud blast shot that awakened her and guided her to her deceased beloved with that gaping hole through his chest. She remembered the words that Megatron said to Starscream before she wailed and hugged the lifeless frame of Dreadwing.
As Lyra cried, the Predacon softly purred and arched its neck before rubbing its muzzle against her back, minding her door wings. Lyra hugged the beast's neck, crying for the longest time. She cursed out the names of Starscream and Megatron, shedding tears of anger and sadness. Moments passed and once Lyra exhausted herself of her tears, she pulled away from the Predacon who softly chuffed at her. "Thank you. I don't know if you understood everything, but I still thank you." Lyra said with a sad smile as she wiped her tears away. The Predacon purred and leaned forward, letting its forehead pressed against hers and relaxed. Lyra was again surprised by this action before smiling and gently hugged its muzzled, keeping both of them together. Lyra would soon realize that the beast understood everything she told him and how his actions towards will change completely.
Wow! Drama at the end! It's true, I was planning to have Blind Side AKA Lyra paired with Dreadwing in my discontinued TFP story. So I decided to incorporate that in this story!
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