Survival from Extinction
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Chapter 4: First Meeting part 2
~Flashback~
(Thoughts)
::CommLink::
/Predacon Speech/
=Speaking Cybertronian=
*When Bumblebee speaks*
Xerxes was flying in a certain area of the forest when he heard a strange sound. Looking downwards he scanned the area and saw something trying to climb up a mountain, using the zoom-in function in his optics he saw that it looked like one of the monsters. But on closer inspection he realized it wasn't, as the monsters were all dark colored and had red optics plus carried the cat-like symbol. This one he was looking at was all blue with bits of pink here and there, plus it carried a strange symbol that looked like a face, it also looked femmine too. He watched as the Femme kept trying to climb the mountain side when a piece of the mountain broke off, causing her to scream as she fell. Without thinking, Xerxes quickly flew down until he was a few feet from her then grabbed her with his front claws. He then started to fly upwards but didn't see a large piece of rock flying towards him. It hit his right wing hard causing him to screech out in pain and take a nosedive down towards the ground, but he was able to cover the Femme from the falling debris using his body as a shield. When the rocks stopped falling he shook the dirt and smaller rocks off his back and winced, his right wing was hurting him and when he glanced back at it he realized it was dislocated.
(Great... Looks like I can't fly for a while...)
He heard something shuffle away and turned his helm back around, seeing the blue and pink Femme scoot backwards away from him. She had fear on her faceplates and a weapon raised towards him. Xerxes knew she was scared, but scared of him? He scanned her frame and noticed that this Femme had a twisted ankle, as some wiring was poking out. It was also leaking energon blood. She was injured along with him and thought that a quick dip in the Green Energon Pool back at the cave would heal up both of them. He walked to her but stopped when he heard her weapon powering up.
"S-stay away!"
The Predacon closed his optics and sighed, he knew that she was scared and might try to attack him if he got any closer. So he lowered his body to the ground and looked submissive so that she wouldn't be so scared of him. He stayed that way for a few minutes and saw the Femme crawl closer to him, he then started purring to get her to relax.
/Relax Femme, I will not cause harm to you. Considering that I saved you from falling off the mountain./
Seeing the Femme tilt her helm he wondered if she understood what he was saying, since for some reason he could understand her. (Probably not.) He thought.The Femme watched him warily for a few more minutes until she got the courage to pet him, when she touched his helm he started purring louder.
"I-I can't believe I'm petting a Predacon now... One that saved me no less..."
/And I can't believe that I'm letting you pet me./
Being cautious Xerxes stood up and shut his optics, his wing was hurting him bad and he couldn't move it without damaging it further. When he stood up the Femme couldn't believe how big the Predacon was, it was taller than Predaking! It also was jet black with some gold coloring here and there, mostly on the helm and tail. She noticed that its optics were shut and glanced at his wings, seeing one of them hanging loose while the other looked normal.
"You're injured. You got injured saving me?"
/Yes and it hurts like a Glitch too./ he grumbled.
Not understanding what the beast was saying the Femme retracted her weapon and slowly crawled to his side where the hanging wing was, since she couldn't walk thanks to her injured ankle. Looking at it closely she saw that it was only dislocated. She remembered having a pet Beta-Dove when she was little and when it's wing got damaged she popped it back in place. She wondered if she could do the same to him.
(Well... It did save me from falling off the mountain. If it was with the Decepticons then I would've been dead by now. I guess I could return the favor...)
The Femme gently tapped its side, making him look at her. "Hey uh... I'm not a Medic or anything but... I could pop your wing back in place. It's the least I could do as thanks, for saving me I mean."
Xerxes stared at her and laid down. He watched as the Femme tried her best to climb on his back without using her injured ankle, he chuckled and helped her up by using his tail for support. (She must be in pain herself but doesn't show it, strong Femme she is.)
Once on the beast's back, the Femme saw that it was easy to pop the wing back in place. She grabbed it and was surprised that it felt light considering how huge the wing was. She turned her helm and saw the Predacon staring at her. "Okay, this might hurt so brace yourself." Xerxes nodded and turned back around, shutting his optics. The Femme then aligned the ball-joint of the wing with the socket and rammed it back in place, causing the Predacon to snarl loudly in pain. She then gently rubbed it and noticed that it started purring again.
"Sorry, I know that a flyer's wings are sensitive so that must've hurt bad."
Xerxes knew that it was going to hurt but he had no idea that it would hurt this badly. He grinded his fangs and let out a muffled snarl in pain. Then he felt the pain melt away as the Femme started rubbing on his wing, it still hurt but not as bad. Opening his optics he looked at her and saw her smile a bit, so he showed his fangs and smiled back at her. He heard what she said and gently shook his helm.
/You have no idea Femme, but thank you. I appreciate it./
"I'm guessing you said thanks so... No problem." The Femme knew that that language the Predacon was speaking in was like the Cybertronian Language but different somehow. But it didn't matter since she quickly found out that the beast understood her. She was surprised to be honest; she never expected to be saved by a Predacon. Considering all the times she and her teammates fought up against the Decepticon's own Predacon, speaking of them, she put a finger to her Audio Receptor and heard nothing but static. She cursed, her Comlink wasn't working and she was worried about her friends.
"Frag! My Com's busted... Can't contact my friends at the moment..."
Xerxes tilted his helm, there were more of her kind with the strange face symbol? Well he didn't detect any others of her kind around. Looking at her ankle he saw more wiring poking out of it and it was sparking a bit. Folding up his wing, he noticed that it was sore and decided not to fly just in case part of it was damaged, he stood up shocking the Femme on his back and started walking in the direction of his home. The Femme turned around and started to panic.
"Whoa! W-where are we going?!"
He glanced back at her and kept walking. /Back to my home. There is some Green Energon that'll heal the both of us./
The Femme still didn't understand what he (at least she thought it was a he) was saying and since he wasn't with the Decepticons she decided to see where they were going. After a few minutes of silence she introduced herself. "I'm Arcee by the way."
/Xerxes./
Xerxes knew she didn't understand him but didn't dwell on it as he walked home. When he got there he walked towards the area where the Green Energon was. Arcee looked around the cave, amazed that all different kinds of Energon grew here. She was so amazed that she didn't notice the Predacon lift her up with his jaws, when she did though she saw that he was putting her in a large pool of Green Energon. Arcee felt the liquid enter her damaged ankle and sighed as it started to rapidly heal up along with any other injuries she might have gotten. The pool was also making her feel so relaxed.
"Oh Primus... This feels so good..."
She didn't realize that her optics closed until she felt movement next to her, opening her optics she saw the Predacon walk in the pool and immerse himself until only his helm was showing. He sighed and closed his optics, also relaxing in the pool. The way his face looked made Arcee chuckle. "Now I understand why you took me to this place, this green Energon feels amazing."
/And it does wonders for injuries too./ said Xerxes.
Arcee closed her optics again and let herself relax. It was 20 minutes in when she heard the voice of someone behind her. "Arcee?" Quickly opening her optics she turned around and saw the Autobot leader standing there holding some Blue Energon. "Optimus! Oh thank Primus you're alright!"
Optimus smiled and looked at the other Predacon, who was getting out of the Pool and stretching his wings. "I see that there are more Predacons than the ones I've met."
That caught Arcee off guard. "W-wait, there are more of them!?"
"Yes, one of them saved me and brought me to this location. I woke up in the same pool you are in and two of them greeted me. I was surprised that they saved me."
Arcee was about to ask something when she saw a large Predacon walk in the room followed by a smaller one. The smaller one ran up to her and sniffed her faceplates then chirped and clicked at her as it wagged its tail. She blinked like an owl as she realized what the smaller one was. "Is this a Predacon Sparkling?"
Optimus nodded and leaned down to pet the Sparkling, smiling when it giggled. "It is Arcee, and that one over there is its Creator." He pointed to the silver-grey Predacon talking to the black and gold colored Predacon. Arcee didn't know what to think at this point, all she knew was that those Predacons saved them and weren't with the Decepticons. Speaking of that...
"Hey Optimus? I don't think the Decepticons know about there being more Predacons around, if they did they would've used them along with Predaking."
"I had the same thought Arcee." Optimus watched the two large Predacons speak to one another. "I believe that the Decepticons did clone more Predacons, but something must've happened that caused them to abandon the idea of cloning more."
Arcee was petting the Sparkling and chuckled when it licked her face. "Do you think that explosion 5 months ago had something to do with it?"
"It could... I am not sure. I'm just glad that they have no intention of harming us."
Arcee turned her helm and watched the two older Predacons speak with each other. She wondered what could've happened to cause them to live here and not with the Decepticons. "I wonder how many more are around this place?"
Optimus sat down and took a bite of his Energon, chuckling when the Sparkling jumped in his lap and gnawed at it also. "That I don't know, but I have a feeling we'll find out soon."
Meanwhile Xerxes was speaking to Predaqueen about what happened. The Alpha wasn't surprised to learn that more of those bots with the strange symbol were still out there.
/I see... Since you found the one called Arcee injured that means the Monsters created that explosion to kill her and the Mech I saved. What I don't understand is why?/
/I don't know why either my queen, but I think we have a common enemy here. Those Monsters probably tried destroying them long before we found them./
Predaqueen didn't like this, turns out her gut feeling was right and the Monsters were planning something. She vented and glanced at the two bots speak to each other, seeing Onyx sit in the Mech's lap trying to nibble on his Energon. /I fear that we may have a huge battle on our claws Xerxes.../
Xerxes put a clawed paw on top of hers, making her look at him. /Do not fear my Queen, we can take anything those wretched fools throw our way. And I have a feeling those bots can too, since Arcee is equipped with the same weapons they have./
/Let's hope so my friend. Um, by the way how are you able to understand the Femme? I can't for the life of me understand what they are saying. The only words the Mech said when I saved him were "Help me."/
The Predacon shrugged. /I had no idea at first, but I discovered that I have their language packets stored in my processors. I can share it with you./
Xerxes sent a data burst of the Language packet to Predaqueen, once she downloaded and analyzed it she blinked and looked at him. /Hm... They speak a lot of languages, from this world we are on to their native language. Interesting./
/And I have a feeling things are going to get even more interesting from here on in./ Both Predacons looked at the speaking bots with interest, unaware that more surprises are in store for them.
...
~One Hour Later~
Bulkhead was pissed, and when the big Wreaker was pissed no one messed with him. When he woke up he discovered to his horror that his comlink was damaged and couldn't contact the others, plus he was separated from them thanks to the Plasma Bomb Starscream threw at them. He smashed a few trees to let off some steam but he was still pissed off.
"Slagging Seeker! Once I get my servos on him he's getting my gun shoved up his aft and blown sky high!"
He smashed another tree in anger, since there was no Con's around it was the only thing he could do to vent his anger out on something. Little did he know that he was being watched, a Vehicon Seeker decided to scout ahead for any Autobots while the rest kept searching for Energon. He saw Bulkhead smashing some trees in anger and smirked, pulling out his weapon he saw that the Mech was distracted and didn't see the Vehicon sneak up on him. He snickered and whispered to himself as he got closer to his target. "Time to die you Autobot scum..."
Up on one side of a mountain overlooking a couple of rivers was Renzuri, she was watching the dark green Mech with interest as he kept yelling and smashing his way through the forest. She was going to kill him but saw that he was injured in some areas and had a face-like symbol on his arms, way different than the cat-like symbol she's used to seeing. Plus he had blue optics: Monsters don't have blue optics.
(That fat Mech sure is upset. I wonder what happened to get him so slagged off?)
She watched him for a bit until something caught her optic, another Mech stepped out of the bushes and had a weapon aimed at him. Looking closer she saw that he had the cat-like symbol and growled. /Scrap! It's the Monster! And he's aiming at the fat Mech! No way in the Pit is he getting away with killing him!/
She flapped her wings and dove down towards him, when she got close enough she let out a loud roar, startling both Mechs into turning around. Bulkhead got spooked by the noise and quickly turned around seeing a large flying beast roaring at him, his optics widened as he realized what that was.
"OH SCRAP! A PREDACON!"
He dove behind a huge boulder to dodge the incoming attack but raised an optic ridge when he heard something screaming. Peeking out from behind the boulder he saw the huge Predacon instead attacking a Decepticon Seeker, who was trying his best to fight back. Renzuri shook him around in her jaws before throwing him on the ground, then used her tail to smack him hard in the faceplates, sending him flying and crashing up against the same boulder Bulkhead was hiding behind. He saw the seeker get up and aim his weapon at the Predacon, cursing at it.
"DIE YOU PIECE OF SLAG!"
The seeker shot off a few rounds but gasped when the Predacon used its huge wings as shields, deflecting the attacks and protecting itself. Renzuri retracted her wings and snickered at the Monster's face, she saw fear in its red optics and that only fueled her desire to torment him more. She saw the fat Mech watching them from behind the boulder and was strangely glad that he wasn't any more injured than he already was. Unfortunately the Seeker followed her optics and saw Bulkhead looking at them in shock. He grinned and shoved his weapon in the surprised Wreaker's face. "If I'm going to die then I'm taking you with me!" Bulkhead saw the Seeker's weapon in his face and quickly transformed his arm into his cannonball, intending to slug the Decepticon when he glanced up and took a few steps back. When the Seeker saw him walking backwards it didn't register in his mind that a large looming shadow appeared over him, he heard growling and looked up too late as the Predacon bit down on his helm and ripped it off, effectively killing him. Bulkhead watched as the Predacon bit off the Seeker's helm, causing the body to fall on the ground and seeing the beast spit out the helm.
"H-holy frag..."
Renzuri spit out the Monster's helm and watched with glee as its lifeblood and sparks shot out of the empty cavity. She thrilled happily and used one of her wings, which also had claws on them, to groom her beak-like muzzle. /Another one bites the dust! Haha!/
Bulkhead watched as the Predacon groomed itself and took the time to look closely at it. So far it was the biggest one he's ever seen and was tall and somewhat thin but bulky. It had red metallic scales and large wings that had clawed servos on them. It also had purple and pink designs in certain areas of its frame. The Mech was confused though, why wasn't it attacking him? And why did it just attack and kill a Decepticon? It just sat there grooming its muzzle and paid him no mind. Being bold he retracted his weapon and walked slowly towards it, stopping when the Predacon turned its helm to stare at him.
"Uhh... Hi?"
Renzuri tilted her helm, she didn't understand what he was saying but could tell he was nervous around her. She chirped softly and laid her helm down for him to pet her. /Hey now, I don't bite! Well, I bite monsters but that's different. I can tell that you're not a monster since that monster tried to hurt you. Go on and pet me!/
Bulkhead raised an optic ridge at the Predacon's reaction to him and strange growl-like chatter. It was some sort of language but he didn't understand it, but by the way it's helm was leaning down he guessed that it wanted to be petted. He put a servo on its helm and blinked when it started purring, chuckling he rubbed the beasts helm and noticed it purred louder when he started petting the underside of it's jaw. "Heh, you like that huh?"
Renzuri purred loudly when the Mech petted her in a certain spot. /Ohhh yeah... That's the spot.../ Her back leg started to twitch and soon it was tapping on the ground. Bulkhead saw this and started laughing, he never thought that he would be petting a Predacon due to his past experience with one. He stopped petting it and looked at it, he somehow knew that this one was a wild one and in no way a part of the Decepticons. Since that Seeker tried to kill it it proved that it wasn't with them. He grinned up at it.
"You're not with the Con's are you? I mean, if you were you would've killed me along with that seeker."
The Predacon tilted its helm, not understanding what he was saying or talking about. /Uhh... If you're saying thanks then you are welcome!/ She wagged her tail and nuzzled his face, making him laugh at the touch. She then had a thought and looked at the discarded helm of the monster, if that thing tried to kill the fat Mech then the Monsters are also after him. Looking back at the Mech Renzuri saw that he was a bit injured in some areas but not as bad, but the rest can be healed up in the Green Energon Pool back home. She laid down flat on the ground and clicked at him. /Hey get on my back! I can take you to get those injuries of yours healed./
Bulkhead saw the Predacon suddenly lay on the ground and rubbed the back of his helm, confused as to what the beast was trying to say. "Uhh... I don't know what you're saying. Maybe show me what you want?"
Renzuri saw that the fat Mech didn't get on her back and sighed, she quickly forgot that he didn't understand her so she used her right wing to point at her back. The Mech saw her pointing at her back and realized that she wanted him to climb on. "Oh! You want me on your back? Well... Okay then." He climbed on her back and held on as she rose up from the ground, seeing the body of the monster she decided to take that with her just in case her queen asked questions. Grabbing it with her back claws, she flapped her wings and took off in the air heading for the cave. Bulkhead held on tight as he rode on the Predacon's back, as it was going a bit too fast much to his liking.
"Whoa! Slow down!"
Renzuri giggled at his reaction and flew high up in the air, being careful not to jostle the fat Mech around too much.