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Chapter 2
Landing
Paraleasion flew through space going to her destination.
She had to go through forbidden air space but she really didn't care.
All she wanted was revenge. One cycle she was flying peacefully through
space and the next a vortex opened up, sucking her in. The ride through
was rough but soon she was out. Paraleasion frowned at the big, blue
round
planet that had suddenly appeared.
"Warning, strong gravitational pull." the
ships computer said. The ship started to go towards the planet slowly,
then more rapidly. Paraleasion frantically tried to pull the ship
back into orbit. Flames engulfed her vision as she sped downwards
towards a large, green patch.
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"Hey, Boss Monkey, we've got incoming." Rat
Trap said, looking at the computer screen on the Ark.
"Where is coming down?" Optimus asked.
Rat Trap rattled off some coordinates.
"You want a ground team?" he asked.
"Yes, have Rhinox, Cheetor, and Depthcharge
follow." he ordered, going out the blast doors.
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Paraleasion snarled, looking at the broken
ship, cursing herself for stealing a craft called The Icarus.
True to it's name, it landed in a stream where it sputtered once and died.
The flow of water had stopped, blocked by a wing, and was starting to trickle
around the edges. She attempted to kick the ship, but was unable
to. Annoyed Paraleasion looked at her reflection in a side panel.
Her body had changed, she was now a black tiger with great ebony wings
folded on her back.
"Okay, what in the Pit happened?" she asked.
"Why do you not tell us?" a voice snarled.
Paraleasion looked around to find a strange looking guy bot, accompanied
by another male bot.
"Who are you?" Paraleasion asked, feeling
vulnerable in her new animal form.
"Dinobot." the first bot replied, "You are?"
"Paraleasion." she said, "Who's that?" She
motioned to the companion.
"Inferno. The Royalty has ordered that
we bring you back." the second bot said.
"Right." she said, turning her attention back
to Dinobot, "So, how do I get out of this form?"
"Simple. Just say your name and the
activation code." Dinobot said.
"Paraleasion, devastate." she said.
"The Queen will be pleased." Inferno said,
eyeing Paraleasion. She was matte black, the wings folded onto her
back, she had a lady-like figure, and wasn't much taller than Rat Trap.
Her violet eyes took in her surrounding. The cat ears on top of her
head twitch, honing in on the sound of jets.
"Optimus." Dinobot said. Paraleasion
whirled around, weapon in hand, and shot him. The energy charges
cut the velociraptor in half, and mech-fluid sprayed everywhere.
"For the Royalty!" Inferno yelled, wielding
his flame-thrower.
"You're gonna catch the forest on fire, idiot."
Paraleasion shouted.
"You must buuuurrrrnnnn, Maximal!" he said.
"I'm no Maximal." she said.
"Then you are food for the colony." he declared.
"You're nuts." she stated, dropping her weapon
to dodge a blast. The vegetation was scorched where she once stood.
She barely dodged a second shot before something blew Inferno up.
Pieces came raining down and Paraleasion ran for cover. Dinobot was
slowly recovering, the damage was a lot for even his repair system to take
care of.
"Hey, wait." Optimus shouted after her.
She ignored him and continued deeper into the woods, disappearing.
He landed finding the scene of a small battle, and a ship. Intrigued, he
walked up to the door, which had a large dent and the outside was blackened
from fire. When he went to the front he was confronted with a shattered,
brittle, and soot smudged windshield. Small puddles of mech-fluid
lay on the ground, but that could have from Dinobot and not the new bot.
When he peered inside he noticed a large dent in the control panel, and
almost the whole interior was sooty. The control panel gave off sparks
and Optimus wondered how someone could have survived the crash. Little
did he know a winged black figure was watching him intently from a nearby
tree. With narrowed green eyes it watched as three more bots came
onto the scene. The ray, she noted, was one she would have to be
careful of. He was very intent about his surroundings and he often
glanced up at her. She knew he was checking his radar but she didn't
give off a signal so she could not be tracked.
"Whatcha keep lookin' at over there DC?" the
small chestnut bot asked.
"There is something about that creature that
I cannot place." Depthcharge said. Cheetor looked up at Paraleasion, studying
her.
"You're right." he said, looking back at the
others. There was the heavy sound of large wings beating and Paraleasion
flew trough the canopy, into the open sky. She heard jets powering
up and taking off. A large bot came crashing through after her and
she sped up.
"Wait." Optimus said. He came up even
with her a few nanoclicks later.
"Why? You seem to have caught up." she
said, slowing down, forcing him to fall back even with her.
"I'm Optimus Primal, leader of the Maximals.
Who are you?" he said. When she didn't say anything he continued.
"Would you like to join our ranks?" Shocked, Paraleasion stopped
beating her wings for a few seconds, by the time she remembered to start
again it was too late. She plummeted towards the ground, hitting
branches until she finally crashed into the trunk of a very sturdy tree.
She sat on the ground, willing the white spots in her vision to go away.
"Ouch." she muttered. Optimus landed
nearby, and came over to her. He was practically giant sized compared
to her.
"Are you okay?" he asked, worried about any
further damage done besides the crash.
"Yeah." she replied, shaking her head.
She eyed Optimus warily, alarms going off in her head, warning her against
him. He was too nice, and people like him almost always had an ulterior
motive.
"Are you sure?" he asked, "You could use time
in the CR chamber."
"I'm fine." she said, "I thank you for your
invitation and concern. I cannot join your ranks."
"Why?" he asked.
"Some old ghosts have just come back and bit
me in the skidplate." she said, "They need to be taken care of. How
many are on your side?"
"Six." he said, wondering why the sudden change
of subject.
"The Predacons?" she asked.
"Seven." he replied, "Why?"
"Just curious." she said, "We shall meet again,
Optimus Primal." Paraleasion then bounded off into the dense forest.
The ground team came up, Depthcharge at point.
"Do you want us to follow her?" Depthcharge
asked.
"No. Let her go." Optimus said.