Chapter 10: Power Surge, Part 1
"Fascinating. Not only does ghost rock conduct electricity, but it seems to have a unique reaction to having a current run through it." Bright muttered as he looked at the chunk of energon floating a few inches in the air above a table.
Slattery nodded.
"No offense to Señor Alonso, but if you charged up a large enough mass of the stuff, you wouldn't need faith to move a mountain. And I mean that literally."
"None taken, Doctor Slattery." came the reply.
"Any reports from Cheetor?" Optimus Primal asked as he ventured into the Axalon's CIC.
"Just one. Apparently there's a dust storm due soon. I told him to hurry up, but I haven't heard from him since." Rhinox answered.
"Predacons?"
"Doubtful. Could've just wandered off and g-"
Just then, a klaxon began to blare.
"That'll be the storm. Seal us up, Primal."
To anyone foolish enough to have stood outside, the storm roared through the surrounding countryside, kicking up sand and similar particulate as it went. Out of this maelstrom emerged a lightning bolt, which struck the ground and subsequently supercharged an energon deposit. As if in defiance of all natural law, a good-sized hill suddenly rose from the ground and took to the air, the eerie phosphorescent glow of energon radiating from beneath.
"Of all the lousy luck- why'd I have to get caught in this storm?!" Cheetor griped as he wandered through the howling winds.
Just then, he saw a glow in the storm.
"Axalon, this is Cheetor. I've found energon!" he announced into his comm.
Static was the sole reply.
"Must be interference from the storm or the energon."
In the swirling clouds of dust, there lurked a presence invisible to Cheetor. This presence was an air spirit- a weak one, but still useful to a clever conjurer. That conjurer was lurking right outside the storm, and his name was Gaagii Black-Bull.
"I'm just saying that I deserve to lead the Predacons!" Terrorsaur impetulantly squawked.
"Terrorsaur, you couldn't lead a parade, nooo." Megatron replied.
"SHUT UP! I'M TRYING TO WORK HERE!" Gaagii bellowed in the background.
"See what you did? You've irritated the human!"
Just then, Gaagii walked out into the hallway.
"According to my spies, there's a flying hill a short distance from here." he announced.
"I'll go! I'll go!" Terrorsaur excitedly announced.
Before Megatron could say anything, his SIC had transformed into his Pteranodon alt-mode and flown away.