Arcee, Bulkhead, Wheeljack, Cliffjumper, Bumblebee and Smokescreen drove down the road. "I got a signal." Cliffjumper spoke up and he did a U-turn and the others followed. They all transformed and walked around. "That's strange. The signal was just here a few seconds ago." Cliffjumper hummed to himself in confusion. "Maybe it's a false alarm." Bulkhead shrugged. Suddenly a blur of orange, deep red, black and yellow zipped past them, making them yelp in surprise. A predacon dinosaur leaped in front of them, glaring at them with narrowed golden optics. "Predacon"! Smokescreen exclaimed, pointing his blasters at the wolf. He growled, his tail lashing sideways before he howled into the air. Before the Autobots could do anything, a white predacon cat suddenly tackled Arcee to the ground. "Arcee"! Cliffjumper exclaimed and shot at the predacon. She let out a startled yet painful yowl and a black, silver and purple predacon bird furiously screeched and slammed into the red and silver mech. Cliffjumper flew across the air before he landed into a few trees, grunting in pain as he did. A loud roar erupted from the air and everyone looked up to see a black, orange and dark red predacon dragon fly towards them. "T-that is definitely bigger than Predaking"! Bumblebee buzzed nervously, his doorwings drooping. True, the dragon was a bit bigger than Predaking but in some calculations, the height was only up to Optimus's back. He gave the predacon wolf a stern glare and growled at the two predacons before they quickly left. "Cliff"! Smokescreen exclaimed and ran over to help the mech get up as Bulkhead hoisted Arcee to her pedes. "Ratchet, we need a bridge. And Arcee and Bulkhead might need some medical assitance." Wheeljack sighed. A groundbridge opened at the request and the six went in. A pair of sky blue optics watched them from afar. Primrose watched as they left, her tail flicking sideways as Shockburner walked up beside her. "What are you thinking about"? She asked her sister. "The Autobots. They are much more different than the Decepticons. Especially Smokescreen." Primrose sighed deeply, making FireBlaze raise an optic ridge at her. "If I was ever in my right mind, I would question how you, Moondust, Stormstrike, and DawnStar know their auroras so well. But hey, whenever am I in my right mind"? "Whenever you chew on a piece of wood." Echo smirked. Frostlight, JaySong and Moondust snickered as Fireblaze glared at his sister in annoyance and offense. Primrose sighed deeply and went inside the cave and laid down beside the energon crystals and slowly fell asleep. Nightgazer laid down beside Onyx and Stormstrike and fell asleep. Frostlight laid her helm on FireBlaze's back while Moondust slept beside her. JaySong, Echo and DawnStar slept beside each other. Salvation slept beside Shockburner and Primrose. He glanced at Primrose out the corner of his blue optic with a soft, small smile and slowly fell asleep.
"Are you telling me that three predacons attacked you"? Ratchet asked as he healed Arcee's arm. "For the thousandth time, Doc. Yes." Wheeljack snapped, earning a glare from the medic. "The dragon one led them away as if telling them not to attack." Smokescreen said, looking at Ultra Magnus and Optimus. "You don't think Megatron created more and just sent them away, do you"? Miko asked, leaning against the rail. Optimus looked at her, "perhaps. But we must recruit them. How many were there"? "There were four of them. But I think there might be more." Smokescreen said nervously. "Smokescreen, Ultra Magnus, come with me. Ratchet, bridge us to the coordinates." Optimus said.
Predaking was currently in his beast mode laying on the top of the Nemesis, he hadn't moved for a long time and someone might mistake him for a statue if it wasn't for his swishing tail. He watched the clouds pass by, it would have been a peaceful time it not for the loss of his brethren. And the ones responsible for this had escaped. Predaking snarled and dug his claws into the plating of the ship at the thought, he would of killed at least two of them if the Prime had not intervened. But not all was lost yet, Megatron had promised to try and bring his brethren back. But they currently didn't have the resources here. If he helped them defeat the Autobots then they could reclaim their world and bring his mighty race back. With that goal Predaking was determine to help the Decepticons win this war and nothing would stop him. Nothing.
Primrose slowly opened her optics and stood up. She was apparently huddled up beside Shockburner who was asleep. Getting up, she unfurled her black wings and dove out of their cave home. Flying around, a familiar scent reached her nose. She dove downwards and stopped at a small pile of energon crystals. Primrose sniffed at the crystals curiously and her tail wagged. "The first thing I'd want you to hear is that I'm not going to hurt you." Tensing up at the new voice, she whirled around to see the dark blue, yellow and white and red mech walking slowly and holding his servo out. Her first instinct was to run but she slowly sidestepped forward towards the mech, sniffing at the air around his servo. Once he was in close proximity of her, she licked his servo and rubbed against it, purring. Smokescreen chuckled softly and patted her helm. "Do you have a name"? He asked curiously. She looked at him. "My name is Primrose. Your name is Smokescreen, right"? "The one and only." Smokescreen beamed, making her giggle.
Megatron entered the command deck to see how the search was going, it had been decided to have Laserbeak scout the area alone after the last disaster. "Any progress"? Starscream turned to him with a annoyed look, "None my lord, and if I may this is nothing but a waste of time." "Of course you would, Herr Kommandant." Knockout remarked from where he was leaning against the wall. Starscream sent him a nasty look before turning back to the silver Warlord, "Really my lord it could be days, weeks, maybe even months before we find them-"
"Laserbeak has found something," Shockwave announced. He didn't noticed Starscream's optic twitch. The screen lit up to show Smokescreen, and he was talking to the wolf Predacon. They all stared shocked as it transformed. Megatron stared as the predacon's height was up to Arcee at some point. "A femme." He said and almost everyone looked at him. The silver and purple mech left the room and went to the upper hull. "Predaking." The mech glanced at him. "I have a mission for you." Megatron said with a menacing grin.
"So the twelve of you came from Cybertron"? Smokescreen asked. "Yep." Primrose said with a nod. "That explains as to why your optics are different colors. Who were the other predacons that attacked us the other day"? "Those four were my siblings, FireBlaze, Shadowgazer, Echo and Moondust. Me, Frostlight, Salvation, Shockburner, JaySong, Stormstrike, DawnStar, and Onyx were at our energon cave. Shadowgazer, Salvation, FireBlaze, Shockburner and JaySong are the oldest out of all of us." Primrose explained before she looked at Smokescreen and studied him a few moments. "He looks just like you." "Huh"? The rookie said confused. "FireBlaze. He has your optic colors. His frame is orange, deep red, black, and yellow though." Primrose told him. "Oh. Well, you could come with me to our base if you want." "We could… but we can't." Primrose sighed with a soft smile before she transformed back. "Tell Optimus Prime that we will meet sooner than he may think." She said and Smokescreen froze. He turned, "how'd you know-"? Primrose was already gone. His shoulders drooped slightly and he went back to base. Primrose flew through the clouds, giggling as she had caught puzzlement in Smokescreen's aurora. She dived downwards before a loud roar made her jump in mid-air. She whirled around and nearly yelped when the largest predacon dragon before her swooped down and flew in front of her. She stared at him for a second and shivered slightly at his color. It was bright orange and golden. Primrose then flew down and landed on her paws, being followed by the predacon. Transforming into her bipedal mode, she stepped back when he transformed into his bipedal mode. "Don't be afraid. I won't hurt you." "Really"? Primrose questioned, raising an optic ridge. "Yes." Predaking smiled, his optics igniting with happiness and awe. Primrose flicked her ears back and flicked her tail. "We must get back to the warship and gather the others." "What warship"? Primrose asked, narrowing her sky blue optics in suspicion. Predaking stared at her for a moment, "the Decepticon warship." Primrose's optics slightly widened into a more bright blue color before a growl rose in her throat and she clenched her servos tightly into fists. "No." Predaking glared at her, "you are coming with me." "And I said no." Primrose spat. They stared hard at each other for a moment before they both transformed and Primrose flew into the air with Predaking following her. She dodged his incoming attacks and yelped when he swiped at her with his tail. Thankfully the ground wasn't far as she tumbled across the grass. She glared at Predaking with blazing blue optics as he stormed towards her, snarling and roaring. Primrose bared her fangs before she howled loudly into the air. Predaking loomed over her, snarling. His chest glowed orange and her optics widened in fear. Before the predacon dragon fired, a loud roar erupted from above, and before he could make a move, Nightgazer, JaySong, Salvation and Shockburner attacked him. Moondust, Stormstrike, Frostlight, DawnStar, FireBlaze, and Onyx ran to their sister. Moondust took a deep breath before she let out a yowling roar that echoed across the sky. 'Please get here while we're still breathing.' Silverfire thought desperately as his oldest siblings attacked Predaking.
Optimus whipped his helm around towards the roar and walked to Ratchet. "Ratchet, open a groundbridge." "What? Why"? Arcee asked. "The predacons." Optimus said. Ratchet immediately opened the bridge and he went through. Smokescreen, Arcee, Bumblebee, Ultra Magnus, Cliffjumper and Bulkhead raced after him. Primrose flew forward and bit Predaking hard on the neck. He roared in pain and tried to shake her off. While he was doing that, Salvation punched him hard across the face, and Shockburner snapped at his wings. Before Nightgazer could do anything, Primrose let out a painful yelp as Predaking whacked her off of his face, sending her flying into her older brother. "You're no King of ours"! Moondust snarled, baring her fangs. Shock spread across Predaking's face before it was quickly replaced with fury. He ran at them. Suddenly Optimus Prime flew forward and punched Predaking hard, sending him flying and skidding across the grass. "Get in the bridge! All of you"! Smokescreen shouted. JaySong and FireBlaze nudged them up and they all ran through the bridge. Primrose followed after Nightgazer. Predaking transformed as she stared at him. Shock came to his optics. "No! You will not have them"! Primrose flattened her ears against her helm before she looked away and followed her brothers and sisters. The Autobots ran after. Optimus looked at Predaking, "If that is how you would treat your kind, then you have much to think about being a leader." He said calmly before he ran through the bridge. Predaking barely had any time to get up and chase after them before the groundbridge closed. He let out an enraged roar that echoed across the sky.
