DISCLAIMER:
I do not own The Transformers franchise, The Transformers Universe. All rights to Hasbro.
I do not own Dusk Greyman, Ultimus Prime, or anyone in the realm of Cybres. All rights to Elhini Prime.
I only own my OCs
Falling
"Have they discovered the base?" Dreadline asked impatiently.
"I don't think so, no. Communications are down. Air support is at an all time low. AA guns are offline. Our troops are in confusion." Karrick kicked the ground.
"I think it's best if we headed to the base. Get communications there. It risks revealing the base, but It's the best bet we can take."
"Then let's go." The trio transformed. Soon gunfire could be heard nearby.
They continued driving, but the audio did not cease. Sunstar took a hard left, and the two followed. The ruined speedways and side roads were slowing them, but the three ended near a large plaza, where a stand off was happening. Heavy Corrupted gunners were few, but strategically placed. Other, smaller troops littered half of the plaza. The most skilled troops on defensive were the last alive, but was steadily pushed back. The engaged fighters had not noticed them. The trio still had the element of surprise. Karrick readied his blasters, and Sunstar pulled out a healing grenade. Dreadline was no where to be seen. They split off. Dreadline stalked what seemed like the squad leader, and felt a power surge near by. Right as he shoved a blade into his neck, a groundbridge sent a heavy gunner to the middle of another's line of fire, where he was shredded easily. Every body looked up and around, but continued fighting.
The Corrupted had the defensive troops pushed into the center of the plaza, where there was insufficient cover and a fountain. No one there had made the portals, but one appeared near Karrick, on the other side of the fountain. Dreadline searched for a possible end point. Bright green swirls could barely be seen on the roof of a building, and next to it was a slender mech, watching.
"Get in the bridge, no questions asked." Dreadline hollered. The troops slowly went in, and Dreadline saw them on the same roof. The slender mech then walked into the end point, opposite of Dreadline.
"Soundwave, never thought I'd see you again." Dreadline said, laughing. Soundwave laughed as well.
"Oh the moments. But, let us loathe each other once these inferior beings are dealt with." Soundwave's hollow tone made Dreadline laugh again. He shot a heavy gunner's barrel, jamming and destroying the gun. If it didn't die from the explosion, then he would die from the loss of liquids. Soundwave, used a bridge as a sheild, and placed one behind a troop every few seconds. In a way, they shot themselves. When few were left, the pair took it to melee. They were easily eliminated.
Soundwave and Dreadline swiveled their bodies to each other. " Maybe if we don't try and kill each other, we might actually win this war," Sarcasm filled Dreadline's voice. "Affirmative. Soundwave, superior. Dreadline, inferior. And useless."
"Same as always. Tell me, how are the sparklings. And talk normally, slendy."
"Fine as always," Soundwave growled.
Dreadline's wrist blades were released slowly, and Soundwave ejected his tentacles. Soundwave hissed static.
"Message inbound." Soundwave boosted the signal, doing his best to clear the connection.
"If anyone gets this, we have found the missing half of the family. They are close to death, and we need an immediate response team. This is Jackson-"static hissed-"I repeat, we need an immediate response team, south of the Iadail border."
"Looks like we'll have to deal with this later. Soundwave, take a team to fly over and see if there are any possible areas where they may be. I'll take what troops I can and meet you there. Air or ground. If we meet resistance, regroup at Iadail, and we fight from there." Soundwave nodded, and flew off.
"Sunstar, take these remaining soldiers and repair any others you find. Give them the news, and meet me back at the base of operations. Karrick, I may need your help. We need to get to the Crystal Caverns, but we can't fly over. I can't discharge that much energon without the Corrupted picking it up. You know any quick routes?" Dreadline easily commanded the group. Sunstar and the others ran off.
"Why exactly are we going to the Crystal Caverns?" Karrick asked, transforming and following the other mech.
"We need to get word to Cybertron and second Earth, and if we're lucky, they send reinforcements. By the time we get there, The other two may be ready for an attack on the area Soundwave has found." They kicked up ashes and many different liquids as they drove down another speedway.
OOO
Dusk paced impatiently. She knew the medics were constantly working, barely taking time to rest and refresh. Her father, Michael, according to the medics, was stable, but still critical. They hadn't gotten any new energa shipments, so she and her twin had to donate energa. As serious as their situation was, Morgana had laughed when they asked to camp at Caeon until Michael could fight. Morgana had let them. When the main Autobots found out about Dreadline and his team, Majority was shocked that Optimus had lied to them. They remained loyal, fortunately.
Dawn was sitting silently, fatigue showing in both her femme and human form. The memories from Iadail were restless in the younger's head.
"The final wall has been destroyed! Fight or flee, my Queen!" Silver unsheathed both blades, and so did the rest of the family. They ran together through hallways, eliminating any enemy they saw. Then a titan came. The area ahead of them was opened cleanly. Multitudes of Corrupted came, and they took who they could. Dusk was thrown into a wall, and Dawn was thrown several meters backwards. Michael was out numbered, out gunned. He fought, only to be shot twice above his spark, and stabbed through a main energa line. Another titan came, unclear to Dawn who it was.
The newcomer smashed the other titan's skull with an Ion cannon in hand. The other toppled into the other half of the palace, effectively crushing it. The other half with Dusk, Dawn and the injured Michael, had set fire. The standing titan picked them up, wrapped them in protective metal, and threw them over Solari's Throne, and near Morawaen. The whole time, Michael was bleeding fresh energa, and the scent was strong.
Dawn remembered human horror movies, and it seemed what was happening now was very much like the movies she watched. The door slammed open to Michael's room. One medic came out.
"Michael is awake, for starters. But he is infected with some sort of virus. We need fresh energa or Dreadline's medic." The restless mech reported, after an awkward silence.
"Scrapheap!" Dawn jumped to her feet.
"One of us needs to go and find him. And bring back Sunstar, or a fresh batch of energa. But who's going?" Dusk thought aloud.
"Better if I go, sis. I have a slightly better chance of finding him than you." Dawn said, starting to run down the hallway.
"No fair!" Dusk huffed, and crossed her arms. The hallway was long, and it leads to the outside, with no door. Dawn picked up speed, and flew up into the sky in her alternate form. She raced over ruins, and ongoing battles. The smell of rotting energa and energon floated into the air. Smoke and ashes were common now. Dawn had a slight feeling to go and visit the southern borders of Iadail, but had no reason to. Soon, she could see the ridge where Iadail sat, and she descended.
OOO
"Draft? Farin? Drain?" Dreadline spoke into the microphone. "Karrick, do you have anything from the other planets?"
Karrick lifted a servo, with a digit up in the air telling Dreadline to wait. Karrick pressed a few buttons on the console. "Copy that, soldier. Reinforcements inbound."Mech on the receiving end said. The transmission was endewd, and karrick aske what Dreadline was about to say.
"We need the others on my team-" The console Dreadline was working on before beeped. karrick rushed over, pressed several buttons, and Draft's voice came over.
"D2 to Crystal Caverns. You called?"
" Draft! Where are you?"
"In a forest here with the rest. We detected a large blast of energa, and came to scout. We're all fine here. Heard that Iadail was burned to the ground."
"It was." Karrick tapped Dreadline. The other mech looked at him.
"Transmission from Soundwave."
"Pull it up into a conference."
"We've found a probable source. And Dawn." Soundwave's visor camera swiveled to Dawn, who waved childishly. Dreadline face palmed. Another engine could be heard.
"Sunstar. And a squad of troopers." Soundwave and his camera looked over in their direction. With Sunstar in the lead, a mass of other soldiers followed, both sky and ground units.
"Farin, mark the position. Soundwave, send them a bridge. We need you guys to help us. This may be rescue mission with armed guards, so prepare. I'm shutting our line off. We'll see you in a cycle. Or two." Dreadline closed the console, transformed, and drove off. Karrick pulled ahead of him, leading him to the fastest route to Soundwave's location.
"I heard you had the ability to replace the maker," Karrick tried to converse. "True?"
"To some extent."
"I just don't understand. The Maker is our one main god. The creator."
"Pull up some religious information. You know that gods can be defeated, but always will come back. Same idea here. The Maker's counter part is the Corrupted's leader, 4-t-5. If or when the Maker's embodiment is destroyed, he goes into a stasis lock if you want to call it that. I am supposed to die before that happens. The embodiment's death is my cue to come back from the dead, with my new form, along with a few select others. Once I return, I have the Maker's powers. Life will be normal, just less and less good things happening until his powers are returned and he is awakened."
The two jumped over a smelting pit.
"I can pass on the powers, or give it to the Maker. Whoever has the powers has to return it. But the problem is, to return it, the carrier has to kill a well known and loved leader to show that he's returned. Basically, I, or the carrier, becomes the Maker's temporary embodiment until the target is eliminated."
"Well, that blows. We're almost there. Just before nightfall. Perfect." The two drove up a hill, and saw the camp a little farther out. One of the soldiers saw them first, and ran into a building. Several others came out, and greeted them.
Karrick and Dreadline slowed to a stop. They transformed.
"Dawn- where are you hiding?"
"Caeon. Dusk and Dad are there. I need Sunstar to help with Dad."
"I'll come with you after we get the others back, promise!" Sunstar yelled from across the room.
"Alright guys, if we're going to do this, it'll be moments from now. Dawn, Charger, Throttle, we sneak in, get them out. Soundwave, hack any security and communications systems they have. Make sure no alarms are set off, and no reinforcements are coming. Put our reinforcemens on hold. Farin, Drain, Draft, and Karrick, stay here with Sunstar and the rest in case anything slips or breaks Soundwave's programs. We have barely a cycle to prepare, so make the most of it." The crew nodded.
Dreadline approached Dawn, in a masked, nervous manner. "I've been wanting to say sorry."
"What for?"
"Everything that I've done."
"My family on First Earth thinks that… you're not one to trust."
"I accepted that proposal you made back on Cybertron. If you want to take that back, I accept it. If you want me to just be gone, I'm fine with that too."
Dawn shifted.
" Your other wants me as far away from you as possible. And I'll do it. Just let me know."
'I'd rather do the mission." Dawn walked away.
OOO
So far, no one had interfered with the inside crew. Soundwave had been caught hacking into the system, though. Gunfire and explosions could be heard out in the distance. They'd discovered that this was an underground prison, with still live prisoners inside. And doubtlessly, their objective was on the lowest floor, with the most security.
The crew descended the steps quickly and quietly, beginning to hear the cries of pain that was only heard during torture by a Corrupted. Soon, the conversation started to become explicit, and voices from the royal line could be heard, as well as few others. The crew crept around a corner, to watch, but still hide.
They readied their weapons.
"If you will not bend to your pain, let us see how you react to the other's pain!" A heavily accented voice echoed throughout the floor.
"Don't. Please!" Silver's voice soon followed.
"Do not say anything, mother!" Xavier's pained voice said in reply.
"Tell us, who are you in the royal family? Where is Dreadline?!"
Silver's face twisted in pain. She kept her mouth shut for a minute now.
The Corrupted interrogator grabbed Xavier's hair, and pulled harshly. Both grunted. Words were exchanged to another officer, who handed the first a spoon. Silver spotted Dreadline sneaking, and nodded to him.
"One. Last. Time. Where is he? Speak, or I gouge his eye out with a spoon!" The interrogator poked Xavier's optic with the spoon.
Silver spat out some energa, which joined the many other wounds on her body.
"Behind you, glitch." She spat again.
The interrogator turned, and saw the receiving end of a supercharged shotgun. Blood splattered everywhere, and Silver spat out a piece of the interrogator's brain, disgusted. The other officers turned as well, but the other's cover fire gave Dreadline enough space to untie Xavier and Silver.
"Charger! Get them to the surface. Throttle, cover him!"
Dawn charged up to another spot of cover, and kept shooting. "How'd you get into Morgana's castle?"
"Dusk has more scars than before, and so does Morgana. Pretty self explanatory."
Dreadline rolled his optics. Once one officer remained in the area, Dreadline pounced on him.
"Where are they?!"
"I don't know, I swear!" The officer shuddered violently.
"I'll pop your knee off!" Dreadline charged his shotgun and aimed at his knee.
"Eastern wing! Last cell!" The techno-organic sputtered. Dreadline stood. The officer turned to crawl away.
"What's your name?" Dreadline called.
"Avin." The officer answered.
"Alright. I'll tell them you were the reason why the others escaped." Dreadline said, and shot the officer with the shotgun. Dreadline stepped over the body. Dawn looked at the still live officer on the ground. She shook her head.
More and more came through various entrances, all ending the same. Dreadline rounded another corner, and saw one guard, standing between two cells, with half of the family inside of each.
Dreadline extended a hand.
"Keys. Now."
He whipped out a sword, which glowed orange. Dreadline kept the hand extended, and advanced. The officer extended a shaky hand, with the keys. He placed it on Dreadline's palm. He tossed it back to Dawn, Who set to work on unlocking the doors manually. When she turned, the orange blade was halfway inside the officer's hand, parallel to the Officer's arm.
Dreadline twisted the blade, and the officer's forearm twisted clean off. The officer's agonizing screams put Dawn in tears of pity, which she hid. The group made their exit, Dawn and Dreadline giving cover.
OOO
"Dreadline! We got half of the Corrupted's population on us and the whole planet's focusing their fire here! Even First-Earth is launching missiles through bridges!"Soundwave screeched into his comm. link.
"On our way. Hold them off." Dreadline replied.
"Brutes, lead the defensive assault! Heavies, stay right behind them, do not falter! Explosives, join them as well. Melee, Fliers, protect the safe zones. Long ranged, do what you can. Titans, Combiners, You have all of our permissions to have fun, but destroy the Corrupted in the process."
"Former and Current members of my team, meet me in Iadail's castle's center plaza. I am in need of your assistance once again." Dreadline commanded.
OOO
As Dreadline drove away from the jail exit, he laughed. Why? He saw two Titans playing BASEBALL, with a crumpled up Corrupted ship, and another ship as the bat. Baseball of all things! He neared Iadail, about thirty other engines could be heard. All previous and current members, near thirty individuals, headed for the plaza.
After dodging, jumping, and bursting through obstacles, they made it to the plaza. Dreadline stood in the center. Dreadline took a deep, slow breath, and began his speech.
"I'm as serious as I can ever be this time. Our chance of surviving this last mission is the same as finding a needle in a twenty-foot haystack at night. Back out now if you want, but otherwise, call your family and say your last good-byes. Sunstar, unfortunately, is not here. "
All of the members got on their comm. Links.
"Alright. I've gotten reports that 4-t-5 is taking on a smaller body, like Unicron. Difference is, if he dies in his smaller for, he dies all together. We take him out any means necessary. Once he's dead, all of them will turn on us, and kill us. On instinct. It will buy the planet enough time to evacuate before the Corrupted would turn on them. I'm planning on setting the largest bomb out there. It'll blow this planet, and make a black hole. Question is, Eísai áxios na pethánei? Eisai axios?"
A/N: Sooooooo…. I haven't uploaded in nearly a month now. I feel ashamed for neglecting this. But… This isn't the last of this. Next week, my finals are actually starting, and ending two weeks after. Anyway, here's the list of events going on in my life until 2014:
11/11: Finals start
11/29:Finals end
12/6: Cousin gets married
12/9: Grandma's death anniversary
12/17: Brother's 12th birthday
12/24: Grandma's birthday
12/30: Aunt's birthday
Any free time I get, Ill work on my FF. Prolouge 1,2,3 coming up, Sequel hopefully, and other FF's. My cousin will be uploading these though, so different ending message (maybe). Thanks guys.
I am AdmissiveFall, and I will see you later.