"I hate to say it" Armor stated, "but this looks like Vos."
"But I thought it had already been found and aerial bots were helping with it" Crash stated in his usual whininess.
"I was once told an old legend" Sheetrock started. While the comment didn't make sense, Burst decided to ask about it.
"About what?" Burst asked.
"About the tale of two citadels named Vos, an ancient one and a more recent one" Sheetrock answered.
"Judging by the looks of this, if this is one of the citadels of Vos, this has to be older" Armor stated, looking around them.
"tell us more" Burst encouraged Sheetrock, wanting to hear more about this legend.
"Well, legend and rumors say that the ancient citadel of Vos was vast and appeared barren because, though flyers, they preferred to live underground to hide their numbers. While not outright rejecting grounders, grounders had more rules to follow here than seekers since seekers could fly and grounders for the most part could not. But being friendly, the grounders built a town nearby. I can't remember what they called it according to the legend, but it was supposed to be a sister city to this, if this is the legendary citadel of Vos. It was supposedly destroyed or abandoned long before the golden age of Cybertron, though rumor has it, some never left, but went below ground into a special place and remain in stasis lock, waiting to be woken up by a seeker medic who was supposedly foretold to them" Sheetrock explained, telling the old story he had heard as a sparkling, hence he didn't remember all the pieces as Sheetrock was considered a 'ancient' bot by some.
"Wow!" Crash exclaimed, excited by the story.
"Oh please, it's just a legend" Armor stated.
"Legends always contain a grain of truth, Armor" Burst stated.
"I think we should start looking for a gateway to under the ground" Sheetrock suggested.
"Good idea… maybe what we seeker lies under us" Burst stated.
The exploratory group continued on. They looked around, and sure enough, Crash was the first to find a hidden door way to the underground citadel. "Careful" Sheetrock shouted.
Crash being crash didn't heed the older bots word and soon slid down the deep shaft that had been exposed, landing with a hard thud once he reached the bottom. "OUCH!" came an echo-y reply as Crash crash-landed.
"I warned him" Sheetrock uttered, shaking his helm.
"Well, now how do we get down there?" Armor asked.
"Very carefully. If you look, according to legend, there should be a steep set of stairs grounders of old could use to enter the area" Sheetrock answered.
"I see it" Burst stated, pointing it out. The others carefully made their way down the creepy old stairs that were still in remarkable shape considering.
Crash was waiting for them at the bottom. "Check this out, guys. You are never going to believe this."
The others followed Crash's voice and when they did, they came upon something that astounded them. There, before them was the real citadel of ancient Vos, pristine as ever. The only creepy part was that no one seemed to be living in it. The citadel seemed like a ghost town.
"Wow, I can't believe it survived" Sheetrock stated.
"And in such good condition" Sheetrock stated.
"But where are all the bots who are supposed to live here?" Crash asked.
"Well, if you remember the story Sheetrock told us, those who remained here made themselves in suspended animation. I would suspect that they are in one of these buildings, all together" Armor stated.
"I guess that would make sense" Burst stated and the troop headed on.
They went past all kinds of fancy buildings that seemed cared for but they thought couldn't have been. They looked for any kind of what might be considered an important building, and soon stumbled upon one that was in the back corner of the citadel.
"This is strange, why all the way in the back corner?" Crash asked.
"Strange to us, but not to these seekers" Sheetrock stated, though he didn't have a full explanation either.
"Let's go in and see what we can find" Burst stated and they all went in to the strange building. And sure enough, they found bots in suspended animation. But that wasn't all.
"I hope my femme instinct is wrong, but it says these bots are not only in suspended animation, they are all sparked!" Armor stated.
"NO way" Crash answered, he couldn't believe it.
"It is possible, as these seekers would want to be able to restore their citadel if they can be aroused from this suspended animation" Sheetrock stated.
"But there is no seeker medic" Crash stated.
"Well, not yet, technically" Burst stated.
"What do you mean?" Crash asked.
"Optimus' adopted son Kryptonight is a seeker and is being trained by Ratchet to be a medic" Burst stated.
"But Kryptonight is only a youngling" Armor stated.
"The legend doesn't sound like it was too specific" Burst stated. "If Optimus will allow it, we should comm Kryptonight and Wingspan to come out here."
"Why Wingspan?" Crash asked.
"Optimus would never let Kryptonight leave on his own right now and Wingspan is another seeker" Burst stated.
"I think it's worth a shot" Armor stated. Sheetrock remained quiet, just studying what they had found.
"I'll comm Optimus" Burst stated and commed the Prime explaining the situation.
Optimus upon listening to the request, granted the request as long as Kryptonight would be flying out with an adult. Soon, Optimus sent Wingspan and Kryptonight out to where the exploratory group was.
"I'm picking up a strange vibe here" Wingspan stated as they flew in.
"Yeah, me too" Kryptonight stated. "I am not sure why they requested us. This looks like it is in the middle of nowhere."
"tell me about it. But if we are requested, obviously something more is going on" Wingspan answered and both flew to the door that had been opened. It was wider than they expected. "It looks like we could fly right down that shaft."
"Then let's do so" Krypto stated and soon the two seeker entered the shaft, having no idea what they soon would see.