Pre-A/N: This story takes place following the "Transformers: Prime" universe following the "Aligned Continuity". Italicized words are the protagonist's thoughts.

The War for Cybertron rages on…

The rookie guard gasped as he managed to roll out of the way of a falling pillar. He could feel his spark pounding as he forced himself to push forward. He scuttled behind some fallen debris and peeked over scanning the battlefield beyond. Explosions illuminated the dark landscape as eerie silhouettes of other bots dashed into the incoming fire. Their battle cries resonated over the destroyed terrain as the young guard looked on. "Frontflip get a move on!" a bot shouted as the young guard glanced to his left.

Here goes nothing.

The bot bolted towards the incoming fire. Frontflip felt the heat from the passing blaster bolts along his body as he felt himself accelerating forward. Frontflip suddenly felt the ground give way as he slid into a shallow pit. As he looked up, a dark purplish figure charged at him and grabbed his shoulders before striking his helm with their own. As instinct and training kicked in, Frontflip threw a punch into the con's midsection followed by grabbing what seemed to be a wing and jerking it to the left with full force. The figure slammed against the side of the pit with a loud thud. Frontflip then procured the dagger from the scabbard attached to his lower right leg and rushed the con into the side of the pit producing another loud thud. He plunged the dagger into the con's midsection as the con flipped around and pushed him aside. Recovering his stance, he saw the con stumbling backward, energon leaking from the site of the wound. The con tried to tackle Frontflip to which Frontflip nimbly dodged the attack, passed the con's left-hand side, and pulled the dagger back out from the con's back as he heard a groan from behind him. As Frontflip looked back toward the now fallen con, his bright blue optics met that of the con's red flares. "What are you waiting for," the con taunted. Frontflip practically lunged at the bot as he stabbed the con in the midsection, from the front this time, as the con let out another gasp. Angling the dagger up slightly, Frontflip yanked the blade back out with a horrible tearing sound as it dripped with energon. Frontflip could see the con's spark, now spewing with energon, through the open wound as he stared at the crimson optics again, which were now flickering. "You win, Autobot," the con managed to utter as his scarlet red optics flickered out. Frontflip stumbled back and sat down facing the deceased con. He wiped the energon off his blade along his scabbard before sheathing the weapon.

"Hey Frontflip! Command's ordered us to evacuate! Let's go!" a bot shouted down into the pit as Frontflip looked up at the fellow soldier. Rising slowly, Frontflip clambered out of the pit and dashed towards friendly lines as the blaster bolts continued to streak past him. After vaulting into a shallow trench and passing various Autobots, Frontflip eyed a friendly face.

"Smokescreen! Glad you made it," Frontflip began as the base shuddered from an explosion above.

"Same to you! You heard the word? Command's telling us to evacuate!" Smokescreen informed as another blast shook the base.

"What of Alpha Trion?" Frontflip inquired.

"No idea!" Smokescreen responded as debris started to rain down on the bots below. "We need to go now! Head for the escape pods!" Smokescreen shouted over the rumbling of the base. The two bots ran for the escape pod launch site as the two came up on two empty vessels. "See you top side!" Smokescreen joked as he climbed into his escape pod.

"The same to you Smokescreen!" Frontflip stated as he gave a brief salute and watched his ally's pod jettison away. Frontflip now climbed into his own pod and powered up the controls before he felt himself being blasted towards the outer limits of Cybertron. As he got farther away, the explosions became mere blinking dots in the distance blinking on and off.

Post-A/N: Hope you guys like Frontflip's character so far. My approach to writing this chapter is radically different in comparison to other chapters I have written (and entire stories for that matter). Tell me what you think in the comments or PM me your thoughts with constructive feedback or how you're finding the story so far. Cheers! ~ Raph