The group silently strolled along the edge of the wrecked supermarket.
They had managed to pass by the creatures without them knowing, snaking into the large shop and snatching a stash of food. Currently, the metal monsters were nowhere to be seen, having left the ruins hours ago.
Alexis had regarded the... Cybertronians with curiosity rather than fear when they had crept past them. The two were arguing in their own language- evident from the lashing tails and aggressive snarls. Their red eyes burned into eachother, until the smaller one finally leapt into the sky and flew off, followed by his seething comrade.
Mark hungrily munched on the Galaxy bar, wiping dirt off his face. "Wow, we are so lucky. Chocolate, water and crisps? That's one in a million!"
the girl beside him scowled, "Soon we won't be able to even get that, what? Do you want diabetes?"
"Well," another young-adult cut in, readjusting his cracked glasses, "It helps raise your blood sugar levels, so actually-"
"I didn't ask for a bioligy session," she growled.
Alexis sighed, pinching the bridge of her nose. "Jessica, stop picking on Jamie. Being pessimistic won't help..." The two males at the back silently nodded their agreement.
The girl shook her head without saying anything, earning an overly-sympathetic look from Jamie.
They all suddenly stopped, yelping with shock as the ground shook. They glanced at the other side of the car park- witnessing to of the creatures tear at eachothers' forms.
One was huge and silver, the metal glinting in the sunlight, huge wings sprouted from its spin and its scarlet eyes burned with hatred, fear and rage as it was pinned down by another. The other was larger- not by much though, Its wings flaring with authority. The creature's form was a dull grey, bathed in dust and dried mud.
"Starscream!" It bellowed, snarling, "You will never lead the Deceptions- no matter what you do. Another failed attempt, hmm? Did you really think that a mere fleshling structure could offline me? You are one glitched dragon... A disgrace to your cause."
The smaller one- Starscream, writhed under the other's iron grip, teeth bared. "You just wait, Megatron" he hissed, "Soon I'll have your throne, your soldiers, and you will be dead. You should be arranging the journey back to Cybertron! Not this organic wasteland!" Starscream's voice surprised Alexis, it was not deep and menacing like the other, but rather slightly high pitched and raspy. Then she realised- this was the very cause of their planet's fall- this... This creature and his useless second in command.
Megatron chuckled darkly, poising his razor-sharp claws over the other. "Oh, how you are wrong. It only takes a matter of time before you are bowing before my talons, pleading for your life, whining about how you are my most loyal decepticon..."
And with that, he raked his talons along his second's underbelly, the almost-empty area around the supermarket was suddenly filled with screaming and the grating of metal. Even the human girl looked away from the scene, although her four friends' eyes were glued to it.
As the terrible noise faded, she heard the whooshing of wings. And then, silence...
"Wow..." Rad breathed from behind her, frozen in place. "Look at it..."
Alexis slowly turned around, and saw Starscream limply lying on his back, eyes black and wings rigid. A horrific snarl was etched across his features, and his freaky, long claws were poised in place, locked into the air.
The young adult stared at him, before looking back at the large red tool box held in her hand. Should she help him? She had only brought the supplies to fix cars in need of emergency, although... This was second in command, future cause of the downfall of Earth. Her mechanic instincts suddenly took over, and Alexis bolted towards the fallen creature. He wasn't dead- when they were dead, they became dull. Although, it was hard to tell with this one, since he was already silver. But the fact that his black claws were still their usual colour was a clear clue that he was, indeed, very alive.
"Alexis!" Mark yelled, "What are you doing?! get back here!" She ignored her friends' demands, halting in front of the hulking robot. He was absoloutely massive, far larger than her or any of the others she had seen. Even his razor-sharp talons were longer than her in length!
The pattering of several pairs of footsteps got closer, and eventually, she hauled herself onto Starscream's arm. Rad shouted something, followed by Carlos' reluctant agreement.
She grabbed onto the dips inbetween the metal plating, clambering onto his chest. Damn... Those claw marks were pretty big...
"ALEXIS!" Jessica quietly hissed from below, "What the fuck are you doing?!"
"Saving this scrap heap's ass!" She retorted, unbuckling the tool box.
"It's going to kill you!" Carlos shouted, although his voice wavered with... uncertainty?
Tsk... Scaredy-cat Carlos. She thought, although there was no venom present to it.
"Don't worry!" Alexis called down to them, feeling nauseous for a brief second as she saw how high she was. "He's out cold, he won't wake up."
Rad smiled- a nervous, very Rad-like smile. "Just... Come down... This thing, will kill you as soon as it wakes."
Well, Starscream oughtta have respect for me after this.
Then something occurred to her, and she clicked her fingers, earning looks of confusion from her four friends. "Scrap metal..." She said down to them, "I need it for his plating- There's a scrap yard on the other side of those trees over there. I need lots of metal, and long coils of wire."