This is the next chapter of the Little Girl and the Predacons.
And yes, Cliffjumper and Skyquake still have their vehicle forms. And Elita-One, Moonracer, and Chromia are the Transformers Prime version. Don't ask how, I just looked it up on the internet.
And the song is inspired by Brother Bear the Transformation.
Enjoy.
Knockout was in his lab, experimenting on the strange creature on the berth. It was restrained and it was struggling to break free. Knockout tried to find out about his creature by experimenting it with unstable Synthetic energon, but unfortunately, there were no results as the unstable synthetic energon dissolved into contact. He tried to find out about its healing factor, but no matter how many times he scanned it, the Decepticon Medic couldn't figure out what is causing its healing factors. Knockout groans in annoyance, he's getting nowhere with the results of this creature. Soon, Breakdown came in, carrying three crates of Synthetic Energons.
"Here's more of the Synthetic energon, Knockout." Breakdown said, placing them on the counter.
Knockout nodded, not facing his partner, and continued scanning the strange creature. "Just put it over there, Breakdown." He said.
"By the way, Lord Megatron has someone that'll help you with this...thing." Breakdown said, looking at the creature.
"And who is going to help me?" Knockout asked, still looking at his scanner.
"Me." Said a deep and familiar voice.
Knockout dropped his scanner at the familiar voice as he slowly turned to see the Decepticon lead scientists, Shockwave. Unlike his fellow Decepticon, Shockwave has a...unique appearance. He is tall, but not as tall as Megatron. Bulkier like Breakdown and his left arm is a cannon that never transforms into a hand. Instead of two optics, Shockwave has one large, red optic sensor and he has an ammunition belt attached from his back to his cannon.
Shockwave is one of the most spooky or somewhat terrifying Decepticon. And due to his single optic, no one can see or understand his emotions or expressions. Though he tends to be logical with his reasons, choices, or with his own experiments. Megatron favors him because he gives tactical advantage for him during the war.
"By the Allspark!" Knockout spoked in shock, staring at the massive one-eyed mech. "How are you even alive!?"
"A logical question with a long explanation." Shockwave said to him in a neutral tone.
Knockout turned towards his partner and pointed at Shockwave. "How?"
Breakdown rubbed the back of his neck. "Yeeeaaahhh...Lord Megatron ordered me, Dreadwing, and some Vehicons to search for power-fuses and salvage anything that was left on Darkmount. And that's where I found him."
*Twelve Hours Ago*
Breakdown, Dreadwing, and Vehicons entered Darkmount. The place was in ruins, metals and rubbles were scattered everywhere. Holes on the walls and floors and ceilings. Breakdown finds it creepy to be back on Cybertron. They soon split up to find the object they seek. Breakdown went to the abandoned lab that used to belong to Shockwave. Breakdown whistles loudly at the old lab, he remembers Shockwave would do unknown experiments that Breakdown doesn't want to know what Shockwave made.
Suddenly, Breakdown stopped when he saw movement. He quickly activated his hammer and tried to be stealthy. He peeks through the corner of the entrance of the lab to see everything empty. He carefully went in and looked around for any signs of threat. But before Breakdown could do anything, something or someone knocked him off his feet. He landed roughly on his back and a giant ped stepped on his chest, preventing him from getting up. Breakdown groaned in pain but was able to activate his shoulder cannon and was about to fire at the intruder, but stopped dead in his tracks when he saw who it was.
Shockwave.
The scientist had his cannon pointed at Breakdown, and it looks like he was going to fire. But the scientist stopped when he realized that it was Breakdown. He stopped his cannon and offered his servo. Breakdown accepted it and Shockwave helped him up on his feet. Though Breakdown still stared at Shockwave in shock expression in his face.
"You're alive?!" Breakdown suddenly blurted out.
Shockwave stared at him with no expression on his big optic. "A illogical question, but yes, I am alive."
"...You're alive?!" Breakdown exclaims again, still too shocked to even listen to Shockwave's answer.
If Shockwave could express his emotions, he would be rolling his optics. But deciding the logical way, Shockwave resumed his work and did his research. Breakdown, who was able to snap out from his trance, and went over to the monitor, where Shockwave was doing his work.
"How are you even alive?" Breakdown suddenly asked, remembering from Starscream that Shockwave was killed by the explosion of the groundbridge. "I mean, everyone thought you were offline."
Shockwave didn't turn Breakdown as he continued his work, but he did answer Breakdown's question.
"Reports of my demise were greatly premature." Shockwave said, remembering how Arcee and Cliffjumper entered his facility and took him down. "A pair of Autobots infiltrated my facility on Cybertron, sabotaging my space bridge. I gave chase, but failed to accurately calculate the outcome."
Breakdown listened to his story carefully, shocked to know about this information and outcome. "But...how did you survive?"
"I do not know how long I was in stasis, but I do remember someone in the facility." Shockwave explains, remembering the events that transpire while working.
"Do you know who?"
"No, but I do know it was femme." Shockwave explains to him.
"And you know this, how?" Breakdown asked, walking beside Shockwave.
"I couldn't see her, but I can hear her." Shockwave said to him before stopping at his work, remembering the femme that saved him. "The femme was able to heal my injuries as I felt the pain faded away. And soon, I awoken in the rubble, healed and with few energon cubes that was left behind by the femme."
"She left you some energons?" Breakdown asked in surprise, earning a nod from the scientist. "Huh, that's nice of her."
"Indeed, though I did not see her, assuming that she left quickly after healing me, I was marooned on our dead planet once again, with no means of communication. But I resumed my experiments. The solitude enabled me to make tremendous advances in my research."
"No joke." Breakdown mutters out, seeing some inventions on the counters, before turning towards Shockwave. "But did you at least tried to track the femme? I mean, she could've been deserted here too."
"Logically speaking, but my instruments weren't able to detect her signature in the surrounding area. In a few months or possibly a year, I encountered you here." Shockwave said, looking at the screen.
Breakdown looks at Shockwave and says to him. "Oh. Yeah, Lord Megatron sent some salvage team to find some power-fuses or any materials that were left behind."
"This was not the search party I had anticipated so long ago." Shockwave said to Breakdown before turning to Breakdown, his voice and his emotion intact and blank. "Leaving one unanswered question. Why was I left for scrap? Abandon. Why?"
Breakdown was taken aback by this. Sure it was a surprise that Shockwave was alive, but they didn't even know that he survived. He and the others were informed by Starscream that Shockwave was killed at Cybertron by an explosion.
"Well, we were told you were killed by the explosion. It collapsed the power core chamber. The last thing anyone witnessed was you charging into the space bridge portal and no one saw you come back out."
Shockwave stared at him, his glowing red optic was showing no signs of emotions. Breakdown felt nervous and awkwardness by his stare. Soon, after about a few seconds, Shockwave responded.
"I find your reply to be...logical." Shockwave said before walking away.
Breakdown lets out a sigh, feeling the awkwardness fading away. He was going to commlink Dreadwing and the others, but stopped when Shockwave asked a simple question.
"Who told you about my demise?" Shockwave asked him.
Breakdown stared at him, he wasn't sure if it's a good idea to tell Shockwave that Starscream told everyone about how their scientist died. Although, Starscream went rouge so...eh, frag it. He's gonna tell anyway.
"Starscream was the one that said you died." Breakdown said casually.
"Of course he did." Shockwave said, his anger blocked by his empty voice. "So, how is the supposive 'Second-in-Command'?"
Breakdown shrugged. "Nothing much, Starscream went rogue."
This caught Shocwave's attention as he turned towards Breakdown. "What did you say?"
"Well, long story actually, Starscream left the Decepticons-" Breakdown quickly muttered out, "Thank Primus for that-" And he clears his throat as he continues. "-So, Lord Megatron contacted DJD to search for Starscream, and punish him. He already did the same thing to Airachnid...I think. But, anywho...Lord Megatron will be happy to see you back on the Nemesis."
Shockwave was somewhat pleased by this information. He disliked Starscream, a lot. He keeps complaining and tries to get him to look bad in front of Megatron. And now, Starscream is being hunted down by the DJD which was most pleasing for him, even though he doesn't show it.
"It's logical for Lord Megatron to allow the DJD to hunt down Starscream." Shockwave said, turning towards him.
"Well, yeah. But we should probably head back or would you rather stay here?" Breakdown asked.
"An illogical question, Breakdown." Shockwave said.
Breakdown rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly. "Yeah, good point."
*Present*
"And that's how it happened." Breakdown finished his explanation towards Knockout.
Knockout stared at Breakdown briefly with wide optics before glancing at Shockwave and then to Breakdown again. His processor was in the versh of glitching, but was able to calm down before he could faint.
"How did Lord Megatron react when you and Dreadwing found him?" Knockout asked Breakdown.
"Well, he seemed very happy to find out that Shockwave was alive. And already appointed him as his new second in command." Breakdown said.
"Huh, you must feel proud of yourself, Shockwave." Knockout complimented the scientist.
"I find it illogical of your statement, Knockout." Shockwave said, making Knockout frown. "But I would rather start working, rather than praising myself."
With that, Shockwave went over to the creature that was struggling to break free from its bounds. "What have you learned about this creature?" Shockwave questioned the medic.
Knockout shrugs and explains. "Well, for starters, its appearance most likely resembles a human, only bigger and twice as ugly. But it does have a strange healing factor."
"Healing factor?" Shockwave questions him with interest.
Knockout nodded. "Yes, I injected it with synthetic energon, to see if it has any side-effects over our little friend. But sadly, it somehow flushes it out from its system."
Shockwave observes the struggling creature. "Fascinating…"
Knockout nodded before Shockwave picked up the scanner that Knockout dropped on the ground and scanned the creature. Knockout observes the creature before he brings his Energon Prod from his back and starts poking the creature's foot.
"Is that really necessary?" Breakdown asked his red partner, still poking the creature's foot.
"What? It doesn't seem to be bothered." Knockout said but he yelped in shock when the creature thrashed on the restraints.
"You were saying?" Breakdown asked his pattern while shaking his head.
Knockout gave his partner a scowl before waving him off. Shockwave ignored the two as he focuses on the creature as it hisses at him dangerously. He wasn't fazed by this creature. He was rather curious about it. When Shockwave adjusted the frequency of the scanner and brought it near the creature's neck, it showed high ratings of unknown energy.
"Interesting…" Shockwave mutters, observing the struggling creature.
"What is?" Breakdown asked, ignoring Knockout- who was still poking the creature's foot.
"It appears to have an unknown energy that is coming from its neck." Shockwave explains.
Breakdown walked over to him, curious on what he meant. "Really?"
"Indeed, for some reason, it's getting its power source through its neck." Shockwave explains.
"So...are you gonna cut it open or something?" Breakdown asked the scientist.
Shockwave nodded. "Yes, though the creature must be heavily sedated."
"Yeah, we tried that once, it just flushes it out from its systems." Knockout explains as he stops poking the creature.
"Then kill it."
They turned to the entrance and saw Tarn walking it. Shockwave wasn't fazed by the leader of the DJD. He shows mutual respect to the leader of the DJD. As long as he stays away from him, the scientist won't experiment on him...maybe.
"Welcome back, Shockwave." Tarn greeted casually.
"Tarn." Shockwave spoke to him in a blank tone. "Why do you suggest that we should kill it?"
"For starters, it came back from the dead after I shot a hole through its chest." Tarn explains, walking over to the struggling creature.
"Did it really?" Shockwave asked him.
"It did. And it wasn't pretty." Tarn informs him.
"Is this true, can the creature come back from the dead?" Shockwave asked Breakdown.
Breakdown nodded. "Yeah, it was weird. We thought it was dead until it somehow healed itself in a second. It was...strange."
"I see…" Shockwave said as he turned towards the struggling creature with his arm-cannon raised. And with a single shot, it created a hole on the creature's chest, killing it instantly.
"Huh, that was easy." Breakdown said.
"Now, hurry. I have a feeling that this thing will heal quickly." Shockwave said.
Understanding the situation, they quickly removed the restraints and flipped the creature behind, exposing its back neck. Knockout turned one of his servos to a buzzsaw and made a small cut on the neck, it was sticky and hard to cut. But with enough force, they were able to make an opening. Shockwave saw something on the tar like neck. A human like figure trapped within it. Shockwave was about to get it when suddenly, the wound closed instantly and the hole on the chest was healed. The creature jumped off the berth, knocking down the four mechs in the process. It lands on the ground and releases a loud hiss.
"Look out!" Tarn yelled, firing shots with his cannon at the creature.
The creature dodged his attack by crawling on the walls or ceiling. Shockwave and Breakdown fired at the creature as well, but it was proven to be fast as it dodged all their attacks. Suddenly, Megatron entered the room, after he heard blaster fire inside. To his shock, he saw the creature attacking the others, who were trying to kill it. Seeing the threat, Megatron uses his fusion cannon at the creature. Even though his shot missed, he was able to knock it off the ceiling. It hissed at them before it looked at Knockout-who yelped in surprise- with teeth bared.
Yup, that's what he gets for poking on its foot.
The creature roared at the medic before charging at Knockout. Knockout yelps when it tackled him but Knockout had his Energon Prod as it stabbed on the creature's stomach, sending painful electrical waves at it.
The creature roared in pain as it got electrocuted by the Energon Prod. It couldn't get out because the Energon Prod was stuck on its stomach. Breakdown was about to help Knockout when he saw something coming from the back of the neck. A human-like figure that was covered in slime was struggling to get out of the creature's neck. Its arms and legs were stuck like in a tar pit.
Without thinking, Breakdown rushed over to the human figure trapped on the neck and grabbed it in his servo, ignoring the pain from the Energon Prod. Breakdown pulled with all his might because the tar like slime was stuck on the human. The creature roared again as it realized that Breakdown was pulling the one thing that was keeping it alive before struggling to break free. Eventually, Breakdown got the human out from the neck. In the process, the creature was pulled out from the prod and crashed on to the ground.
Everyone, minus Shockwave, was shocked by what just happened. Breakdown sat up with a groan before he looked at his right servo to see the slime from the human evaporating. The human was male. His body structure is muscular with paper white skin. His pitch black hair reaches towards his waist. Two red line markings were under his mouth to his chin and his right arm was black with red markings. His right eye has a scar. He was only wearing a black pants and was shirtless. He was still unconscious but the creature wasn't!
The creature gets up and roars at the Decepticons and rips off the berth and throws it at Megatron and Tarn, trapping them in the process. Shockwave shoots multiple blasts at it but it dodges the attack and punches him on his chest. Shockwave was sent flying and crashed to the computer. It then tackles Breakdown, causing him to let go at the male in his servo, and they both skid through the floor. The creature tries to bite him but Breakdown prevents it by grabbing its neck and pushes it back, preventing it from biting him. The creature is strong. Breakdown gives it credit. But he doesn't know how long he will last.
Suddenly, something stabbed it on the back, creating an electrical shock and the creature roared in pain. It was pulled away from Breakdown, allowing the big mech to get up and see the scene before him.
There, standing a few feet from them was the human male. Attached to his arms were double black/red electrical, chain blades.
He glared at the creature before he pulled it with incredible strength, forcing the creature to come to the male. Soon, the male jumps high in the air and cuts the creature in half with one might swoop. The half of the body of the creature turned into black mist as the human landed on the ground with ease.
Breakdown looks at the strange human as his electrical red eyes that bore a hole, right through his very spark. Everyone in the room stared at the male for a short while before he disappeared through a flash of red lightning and disappeared through the stormy sky. The Nemesis lost power for a few seconds before the power returned. Megatron tosses the berth off him and Tarn as Shockwave and Breakdown get up. Everyone was shocked to see that. A human that has powers! Unbelievable!
"What...just happened?" Knockout asked in shock.
"I believe we have witnessed a new species of humans." Shockwave explains, keeping his tone neutral.
"But why was he in that creature's neck?" Breakdown asked.
"I have theory that the human that we saw must have been the one healing the creature. But it is illogical for a human to have such power." Shockwave explains.
"Maybe he isn't human." Tarn said, getting the other mechs' attention. "Look how he fought, no human being can do that."
"You're saying that he's like those humans with powers called superheroes or something." Knockout suggested.
"Superheroes?" Shockwave questioned.
"They're humans with powers, me and Knockout saw some at New York, fighting off other super power humans." Breakdown explains to him.
"I see…" Shockwave said.
"Enough of this." Megatron said, looking at his soldiers. "Go and search for that human, I want to know of his power and use it to turn our ties against the war."
"A logical solution, Lord Megatron." Shockwave said to him.
Megatron turns to Tarn. "Tarn, you and your team shall search for the human. I expect that you will find him?"
Tarn smirks under his mask. "Starscream will have to wait, we're going to find this superpowered human first." He said to him.
"Excellent." Megatron said with a wicked smirk.
With that, everyone left the room while Megatron contacted some Vehicons to fix the berth and computer. Though as they left, they had one question in their minds.
How did that human or whatever he is get into that creature's neck?
Jack was at Achak's hut, getting ready for his journey. He puts on the vest that Achak gave him and went out of the hut towards the outside. There, Achak stood outside, waiting for Jack. Once the old Shaman saw him, he smiled gently at Jack and greeted him, and Jack greeted back. The two set off to a far clearing, where they saw what appears to be a training field. Jack was confused, wondering why they were here. Soon, Achak placed his staff down on a tree stump and picked up a spear that was on the rack. Jack was confused on why they were here.
"So...why are we here?" Jack asked Achak.
"For the next few days, you will be training your body mentally and physically." Achak said, walking a few feet from him.
Jack was surprised by this. "Wait, you're going to train me? With weapons?" He points at the spear that Achak was holding.
Achak nodded. "Yes, I will be your combat teacher...is something wrong?" He suddenly asked when he noticed Jack's awkward look.
"S-Sorry, it's just I'm not comfortable fighting an old m-AH!" Jack suddenly yelled as his instincts took over and grabbed the incoming spear with his hands, just as the sharp pointed part was inch to his face. Jack puts the spear down in shock as Achak casually looks at him.
"H-How?"
"I may be old, but I have years of training in my youth. And the lessons you must know, is to never underestimate your opponents and keep your guard up." Achak said as he grabbed another spear. "Now, let's try again, shall we?"
Upon seeing this, Jack's instincts took control as he grabbed the spear and readied a battle stance. With an approving nod, Jack strikes at Achak with incredible speed as the old shaman blocked his attack with his spear. Achak pushes Jack away, causing the teen to skid through the ground and strikes at the old shaman. However, Achak is a professional, as he blocked Jack's attacks. Jack growls like a wolf as Achak blocked all his attacks. Suddenly, Achak ducks and uses his spear to knock Jack off his feet and land on his back.
"Augh!" Jack yelled before the sharp pointed spear was pointed at his face. Glancing up, Jack saw Achak was standing in front of him, pointing the spear at his face.
"Always keep your guard up." Achak explains to him. "You must think before you attack, only then you can achieve victory. Remember, you can't always trust your wolf instincts, you must also trust your human instincts. That way, you will remember to make a strategy and then you attack."
With that word of wisdom, Achak outstretched a hand for Jack, who accepted it and was helped up by the old shaman.
"Now, shall we start again?" Achak questioned, readying his spear.
Nodding, Jack picked up his fallen spear and readied himself. And then Jack strikes with a battle cry.
For hours, Achak trained Jack in the arts of combat while giving him words of wisdom during their sparring matches. Through those spars, Jack started to develop a whole new meaning of training.
Your wolf instincts can protect you in battle, but you must remember that you are still human. You must balance those in order to succeed.
Jack's next training was running through the forest, using his wolf instincts to navigate through the thick trees. He jumps high and jumps off from one tree branch to another with incredible speed. He climbs up to a tree and sees through the leaves the beautiful view from above. Then he heard loud squawking from the ground. Looking down, Jack easily jumps down and lands on his feet and searches for the noise. He pushed away some undergrowth and saw a male raven with a broken wing.
You must always remember that you're part human, show mercy and sympathy to the weak and innocent.
Feeling sympathy towards the raven, Jack carefully and gently picked him up-surprising the raven in the process-before taking the bird to Achak's hut. There, Jack treats the black-bird's injured wing with the help of Achak. Jack was able to make a cast for the raven and feed him some grains that Achak provided.
"You hurt your wing pretty badly, haven't you?" Jack said to the raven who cawed at him.
Suddenly, Jack was surprised by this. "Wait, did you say that you fell off a tree?" He questioned.
The raven looked at him in surprise and cawed, saying yes. Jack stared at the raven in shock as he looked over to Achak, who rubbed his chin.
"It seems that you have inherited the ability to talk with creatures around you." Achak said.
"Is it something to do with my wolf side?" Jack asked him.
Achak nodded. "Yes, your inner wolf must've given you an ability to communicate with other animals."
Jack was in shock when he heard this information. He never knew that he had such a gift in communicating with animals before. He looks at the raven again and gently strokes the bird's back.
"Do you have a name?" Jack asked the raven. The raven cawed at him, answering his question. "Kuroi? Your name is Kuroi?"
The raven known as Kuroi nodded his head at him.
"Interesting." Achak said, rubbing his chin. Jack looked at the old shaman as he examined the bird. "It appears that his name means black in Japanese."
"How do you know?" Jack asked Achak.
Achak chuckled at him. "Boy, if you lived longer like me, you learn a thing or two." He said.
Their next training is Jack learning about the constellation and how he can use the stars to guide him as a compass.
You must learn to use the stars as your compass, you cannot always rely on technology. Let nature be your guide and compass.
Jack uses it well as he explores through the forest and finds the waterfall that Achak told him about. And luckily, with the stars to guide him, Jack was able to find the waterfall as he saw the breathtaking view of the big waterfall with fireflies dancing around it, illuminating the waterfall. Jack smiles at the scene as he sits down on the grass and enjoys the beauty.
Even though you mastered your instincts, it's time for you to learn a new lesson. A lesson in magic.
Jack was outside, near a campfire, with Achak. The old shaman explains to Jack the difference in magic. It can be used in attack, defense, and healing. Jack pays attention to his lesson as Achak creates images of animals using the smoke on the fire. There, it changes color and forms into animals. He told him to focus on his energy. Jack tried it, at first, he struggled as the smoke shape would dissolve, but with a little patience, he was able to create a wolf out of smoke. Later, in Achak's hut, Jack was sitting on the mat with Kuroi on his lap. He focuses his flow of energy, just enough to heal Kuroi's broken wing. And once he did, Jack brought Kuroi outside in the morning light and let him fly free. Kuroi caws happily as he soars through the air with Jack running underneath the raven's shadow.
And remember this, Jackson. You can't always dormant the wolf within you, you must let it loose, and be free.
Jack was running through the forest with Kuroi flying above the treeline, watching Jack run through the forest. Jack was grinning in joy, enjoying the wind through his hair. Suddenly, Jack was running beside a raging river that leads straight towards the edge of a waterfall. With eyes narrowed with confidence, Jack races through it and leaps off the edge as he dives down with Kuroi following him. And Jack did a perfect dive while Kuroi flies pass through the water while Jack swims through the water below.
When Jack gets off the water, he's climbing a small cliff and is reaching to the top. Kuroi was flying close by, cawing-cheering Jack on his training. With that motivation, Jack reached to the top and saw the whole landscape. Kuroi flies around Jack, who was grinning at his success, as he cheers in delight with his arms up.
With the lesson you learn, you will succeed through all obstacles, and find your answer.
Jack was following Achak to his village, where they live hidden in a cliff-like area, far from civilization. As they venture forward, Jack notices that wall with red handprints. Jack looks further and wonders what they are. Achak saw this and went over to Jack's side and explained to him the reason for the wall.
"I see you found the village wall." Achak said.
Jack turns to him confused. "The village wall?"
Achak nodded and waved his staff through the handprints on the wall. "When each of my tribe members come of age, the great spirits reveal to us a totem that helps guide us through our lives and to become a man."
"Totems?" Jack asked, curious on what he meant.
"Yes, the totems are given to us as guidance. Those are either courage, patience, and sometimes beauty."
Jack snorts his laughter as he looks over to Achak with a smile. "Seriously? Beauty can guide people?"
Achak chuckles a bit. "Beauty can reveal the truth within people."
"If you say so." Jack said before looking at the wall as he curiosity was overwhelmed by this. "You said the totems are given to those who'll become of age?"
"Yes, many shamans throughout generations have been to the mountain, where the lights touch the earth, and the great spirits will reveal to them the totems of those who will become a man, and their actions must be guided by one thing, and it's their totems job in showing them the way." Achak explains to Jack.
"Woah...that's...that's amazing." Jack said breathlessly.
"Indeed. The totems revealed themselves in unexpected ways, guiding our actions. Then one day, when those who succeed, they'll be a man, and will place their marks next to those of our ancestors." Achak said, placing his staff beside him.
Jack went to the wall and observed the handprints on them. There were thousands of them, each coming from different generations. Jack placed his hand next to the other handprint, they were identical in a way of unknown.
"Achak...what's your totem?" Jack suddenly asked, turning towards the old shaman.
Achak smiled at him softly as he took out a wooden totem necklace that was around his neck. It turned out to be a totem of a male deer. "My totem is the deer. It brings wisdom and guidance. And I use it to guide others and share my knowledge with them."
"...You succeeded in your journey." Jack said suddenly.
"Indeed I have and now, it is your turn." Achak said as he took out a piece of cloth and unfolds it to reveal a wooden wolf totem. "This is your totem, Jackson, is a pathfinder."
With that, Achak puts the wolf totem on Jack's neck as the teen holds the totem closely, examining it. Jack knew that he is one step closer in finding out who he is.
"It is time to start your journey." Achak said to Jack seriously.
That night, Achak and Jack were hiking through a rocky path towards a cliff. Achak was leading Jack to the destination, for it was time for him to do his journey. Following them through the air was Kuroi the raven, he took a liking to Jack and wanted to help him upon his journey. Jack was nervous, thinking that he's regretting his decision. But Achak encourages him to fulfill his destiny in finding the truth.
"This is far I can go, Jackson." Achak said, stopping through a rocky cliff that has a path to climb to. "The rest of the way, you have to do it alone. And once you reach the top, you must burn this grain as offering, and when you do. You will turn into your spirit animal that will help you in your journey."
Jack looks at the rocky cliff and then to Achak with a nod as he takes the satchel that Achak was holding and slings it onto his shoulder. "I'll do my best."
He was about to venture towards the cliff when Achak said something that made him stop for a brief moment.
"Good luck, Jackson. And be safe." Achak said with hope.
Jack turned to Achak and nodded with a smile. "I will."
With that, Jack uses his wolf instincts to climb the rocky cliff with ease, climbing from on rock to another. He jumps up in order to reach a rocky edge to boost him up. Kuroi flies above, watching him climb to the top. Jack hoisted himself up as he reached the top of the rocky cliff. There, he removed the satchel and took out the grain and two obsidians. Using the two rocks, he created a spark to burn the grain, as it burned away and turned into smoke like wisp, disappearing through the night sky. Jack waited on what might have happened, but nothing came for a while, he wonders if he did something wrong.
Then suddenly, columns of blue light descended down towards Jack, surprising him the process, as voices whispering indistinctly. They were floating around Jack, who looked at it closely, they were like glowing water. He could hear a woman singing in a native language with the chorus of singing. He gasped when the lights suddenly formed into a waterfall that created a loud thundering sound. Jack backs away and climbs on a rock as water formed on the ground. Jack doesn't know what's happening but he guessed that this could be a test of some sort. So, carefully touching his feet into the water, he started walking towards the glowing blue waterfall that formed from the sky. He hesitated as he brought his hand to it, touching it in the process. And then, animal spirits were spilling out of a column, forming into an aurora. Jack fell down on his back when a herd of mammoths came.
Jack watched in awe as he saw an aurora filled with animal spirits. There were many even extinct animals. A pack of spiritual wolves runs around him, making Jack stare with awe before looking up to see salmon spirits swimming above him. Then Jack sees two figures coming towards him, revealing a woman with long brown hair and eyes, wearing a white dress. And an icy blue dragoness came.
The two females looked at him kindly as Jack stared at them with wide eyes, unsure what to say. Suddenly, five animal spirits came behind them, floating around Jack as he saw an Eagle, Cougar, Bear, Fox, and Wolf. They went away and while Jack didn't know what's happening until he noticed the two females were gone!
Jack yelps when he was suddenly picked up by the dragoness's talons, lifting him up to sky and uses her white wings magically forms around Jack as an image of wolf appeared, followed by a howl, and soon the streams of colorful lights surrounded Jack-who's eyes were closed-as they transformed him into a black wolf, letting out a howl in the process of the transformation. Wolf Jack was unconscious as the lights slowly brought him down with overlapping animal roars were heard, as Jack was placed on the ground gently before the aurora and the animal spirits disappeared, followed by a flash of lightning and thunder.
Jack laid there motionless. Kuroi flies above towards him, cawing in the air before landing beside Jack's wolf form. Unlike the other form, this form was the size of a direwolf. Kuroi cawed again at Jack before gently nudging his face. In response, the wolf opened his eyes, revealing the color of silver. The raven crowed happily as Jack slowly stood up, shaking his head from the sudden adrenaline.
'K-Kuroi?' Jack whispers out.
Kuroia cawed happily, relieved that his friend was alive.
Jack slowly stood up in all four, trying to get used to his form. Even though he turned into a giant wolf, he wasn't in control, Wolf Blade was. As Jack was able to master the use of four legs, Achak appeared, walking up to Jack. Jack's wolf form looked at Achak, who smiles at him softly as he turns towards the mountain's direction and pointing at it with his staff.
"Go to the mountain, where the lights touch the earth. There you will find the Great Spirits as they will answer your questions." Achak said to him.
Jack followed his gaze before turning back to him and to his surprise, Achak was gone. Leaving him and Kuroi. Jack looks at the mountain from the horizon, he knows that it will be a challenge, but he will succeed in finding out who he is. Jack looks down at Kuroi, who looks at him while tilting his head.
'Ready to go, buddy?' Jack asked the raven.
Kuroi caws happily, saying: I was born ready! And took off to the sky. Jack smiles at the raven as he looks at the mountain horizon.
'Here we go.'
With that, Jack sprints forward and leaps off the rocky cliff, jumping from one rock to another with ease, before landing on the ground and runs through the path, towards the forest with incredible speed.
Miko and Raf were in their history class, listening to their teacher about ancient civilizations. Though, neither students were paying attention. They were busy thinking about the big gossip around school. Everyone knew about the incident with Jack Darby and June Darby being kidnapped by the Equal Salvations. They heard rumors that they were going to use Jack and his mom as hostages or brainwash them. So many rumors, so many possibilities, and yet that information was not true. S.H.I.E.L.D. is hiding something, and wouldn't tell Fowler where they put them, because they were in safe custody that was classified.
This frustrated Fowler and the Autobots, but Miko was more frustrated with them all. She isn't the most patient, she wanted to know what happened to her friend. Raf was worried about Jack, he tried to call him with his cellphone, but he didn't answer. After calls, Mr. Carnahan announced that in two weeks, they will have a field trip to the national museum. They made sure that they got their parents permissions. Though, there are some chaperones that will come along, aka the parents for those teens that went to the illegal racing. Soon, classes were over, and they headed towards the cafeteria for their lunch. Miko and Raf ate outside, still worried about their friend. The Autobots were still searching for clues about where Jack's location is, but to no avail.
As if S.H.I.E.L.D. was making sure to hide Jack and June's location.
"Still nothing from the 'bots about Jack?" Miko asked Raf with worry.
Raf shook his head. "Nothing, but they're still looking."
Miko groans. "We should be helping them, not doing nothing!" She almost exclaims.
"Maybe we could-"
"Sup, losers!" Came an annoying voice that belongs to the school bully.
Miko glares at Vince. "What do you want, Vince?" She asked rudely.
Vince was always bullying them. It is his own amusement to torment others. Vince got multiple detention because of this, but no matter how many times he got punished, he still bullies them. Vince gave them his signature smirk and slyly looked at them.
"Not much, just heard rumors that little ol' Jack was taken into S.H.I.E.L.D., probably scared out of his mind." Vince said, trying to get Miko angry. "
And it seems to have work because Miko was glaring at him angrily. She stood from her seat and gave Vince a challenging look. "You got some nerve to say that, jerk!" Miko said angrily to him.
Unaware of them, there was a figure watching from a distance, hidden in the trees, watching them with bright yellow eyes. Vince was making insults about Miko and Raf, saying that they will be the next target in the kidnapping. Miko wanted to punch him for saying that. Suddenly, someone tapped his shoulder, Venice turned but only got his face contacting on the ground.
"OW!" He yelled out in pain.
Miko and Raf gasped in shock to see a male teen. He's older than Miko, taller than any males, very musculine. He has tan skin, dark red eyes and a scar that go through his right eye. He was wearing a black jacket with a red collar-vest and black shirt under it. Black pants, and combat boots. The strange teen was pinning Vince with an Aikido pinning technique called Nikyo. It's when someone locks the wrist and pins the opponent on the ground. Vince struggled to break free from his hold, but the mysterious steen was proven too strong. Miko and Raf were shocked to see this but soon stopped when the mysterious teen looked up at them.
"Are you two alright?" He asked (Voice Actor: John Martin), looking at them with a blank expression on his face.
This startled the two friends, surprised how serious and deep his voice was. They looked at each and then to the strange teen with a nod.
"Um...yeah...thanks mister…" Raf thanked the strange teen.
The teen simply nodded before he did something amazing that shocked them and the students that were watching from afar. He picked Vince up and did a Harai goshi-a Judo toss technique-and sended him rolling down the slope and crashing on some garbage cans, making a big mess.
Everyone laughs at Vince's misfortune, especially Miko. Karma must've hit Vince hard. Speaking of which, Vince got up from the piles of garbage with a groan before hearing someone clearing his throat. Looking up, Vince froze to see Principal Bradford, an African/American man, was giving Vince a stern look, causing the teen delinquent to gulp in fear.
"Mr. Brady, I expect you to be in my office after school." He said to him sternly.
"Y-Yes Principal Bradford, sir." Vince stuttered in fear.
With that, the principal escorted Vince to his office, while the rest of the students snickered and laughed at his misfortune. Miko grins at Vince's karma, it was hilarious! And she was lucky enough to record it on her phone. Raf was silently laughing, even though it was wrong, but it was still funny that Vince got what he deserves.
"Thanks for the help, dude!" Miko said to the teen.
The teen simply glanced at her, his expression blank and serious. Raf adjusted his glasses and looked at him curiously.
"So...are you new here in Jasper?" Raf asked kindly.
The teen nodded at him. "Yes, I just transferred recently."
"Are you from abroad or somethin'?" Miko asked him curiously.
"You can say that." The teen responded.
Miko, being the naive girl she is, grins at him. "Well, I'm Miko and this is Raf."
Raf greeted him shyly and kindly. "Hi…"
"What's your name?" Miko asked the new teen.
"Xander." The teen responded. "Xander Blade."
"Awesome name!" Miko said with a grin. Then the bell rang, indicating that it was time for class. Miko groans in annoyance, knowing that they have to go to math class.
"Guess we should head the class now." Raf said before looking at Xander. "If you the same class as we have, we can give you a small tour around school and town when classes are over."
Xander glanced at him, as if he was reading Raf. Within seconds, the Xander nodded. "I appreciate that."
The trio headed to class with the other students. One by one, all the students went back inside the school and to their classrooms. Though, Xander stopped briefly at the entrance and slightly turned his head towards the trees. Xander narrowed his eyes suspiciously. Something or someone was watching them from afar. Raf and Miko stopped as they both turned towards the entrance to see Xander still outside, looking through the trees.
"Xander? Are you okay?" Raf asked worriedly at the new student.
Xander looks at the outside for a few seconds before turning back to the two. "Yes, I'm fine. I thought I saw something."
Miko shrugs, thinking nothing was wrong. "Meh, nothing interesting happens in Jasper. Now, let's head the class before out math teacher, Ms. Lynn, will blow a fuse if we're late."
With that, Xander entered the building, following Raf and Miko to the classroom.
Though they didn't notice another male teen was standing on a branch of a tree, far from the school and was hidden in the shadows of the leaves. His long hair is black with red and dark purple tips that are tied like a fox's tail, matching his attire. He enjoyed the show that Xander did to Vince, smirking the whole way. But he was more interested in a certain rebellious student with pink tips on her hair that was going in the classroom with a young boy.
"Well, this is going to be interesting." He spoke in an English accent.
If you guys didn't like the chapter, sorry if it's not good since I was thinking for my upcoming story. See, I was thinking of making the Little Dinosaur Girl II first before the Na'vi story. What do you guys think?
The next chapter will be the Wolf's Journey II.
See you guys soon and stay safe.