Here's the next chapter. And remember a of mine known as Russetstar (Deviantart)/DarkRose66 (Fanfiction) allowed me to use her Predacon and Dinobot characters. And her Oc Cybertronian species called Dracons. They're Cybertronian with draconic features and they are descendants of the Predacons.
Those Dracons are:
Demon (Leader)
Sparta
Knightmare
Iceclaw
Phoenix
Knightfang
Hybrid
Livewire
It's been a tiresome day for the Autobots. The reason was Ultra Magnus was severely damaged after he and Wheeljack were attacked by the Predacon. Truth be told, they discover a shocking development, the Predacon can transform. Much to everyone's shock. There was no evidence that the Predacon species ever reached that evolutionary stage since they became extinct in the great cataclysm. Until now. Ratchet was working nonstop to repair Ultra Magnus, as well as his hand. They didn't know why this happened, all they did was follow a trail that leads to an Energon mine. They had no idea they would find Shockwave's laboratory. And when Ultra Magnus and Wheeljack, they knew that this laboratory must be destroyed. So, Wheeljack blew it up with his grenades. But as they tried to escape, the Predacon came, revealing that HE can transform like them. The Predacon called himself Predaking, the King of all Predacons. He went full berserker mode and nearly killed both Ultra Magnus and Wheeljack. They were lucky that they were saved by two unknown beings.
"Wheeljack, can you explain to us what had happened in the mine?" Optimus asked the Wrecker, who was sitting on some crates.
"I still don't know what happened." Wheeljack explained to the leader. "All I remember was fighting the Predacon and the next thing I knew, two unknown lifeforms came and aided us."
"What do they look like?" Arcee asked him.
"I don't know, but what I do know is that they were big like us, but more organic, and they look like Earth's animals." Wheeljack explained the best way he could. "One looks like a fox and the other is like a dragon."
"Why were they there?" Optimus questions Wheeljack.
"To be honest, I have no idea." Wheeljack confessed as he looked at everyone while Ratchet worked on Ultra Magnus. "But all I know is, they saved our lives."
~Flashback~
Predaking smashed Ultra Magnus's hand, destroying it completely. Wheeljack struggles to get up, trying to help him, but he was too weak after receiving terrible beatings from Predaking. The Predacon was enraged, his energon in his veins boiled for vengeance. After he witnessed his entire army, his kin, was mercilessly destroyed by the Autobots. And they should suffer the same fate as his brethren did.
"Prepare to perish." Predaking growled in fury, raising his sharp claws as he was about to end Ultra Magnus.
Suddenly, an energy arrow came from behind, and struck the Predacon on his back before exploding. Predaking roared in pain as he was sent flying from the explosion and crashed on the stalagmites. Clouds of dust covered the area until Predaking emerged with a savage growl, glaring at the one that shot him. To his surprise, it was not an Autobot. No. It was something else. Standing there was a strange, organic, humanoid giant fox. The Fox had his arm raised and attached to it was a wrist crossbow. The Fox smirks at Predaking while Draconic One gives a blank look.
"You dare challenge me?!" Predaking roared at him.
The Fox simply shrugged at him, his smirk not leaving his face, as he smugly said to him. "Meh, pretty much."
Predaking was about to attack until a fireball came out of nowhere and hit the Predacon, sending him crashing to the wall. Predaking grunted in pain as he glared towards the one that fired at him. It was another like the fox but this one looked more Dragon-like. The Dragon gave Predaking a blank look as he created another fireball with hands and fired at Predaking. The Predacon quickly dodged the attack and charged at the draconic one. But he easily avoided him, moving out of the way before hitting Predaking from behind. Predaking roared as he slashed his claws at the draconic one, but he instantly vanished. This caught Predaking off guard until the draconic one appeared from behind with a powerful kick. Roaring, Predaking attacks the strange being with full fury, but he easily avoids every attack. Unaware that the draconic one was keeping Predaking away from the two injured bots.
The Fox then came in front of Wheeljack's face, giving him a sly smirk. "Hello, hello, how are you doing today, mate?" He asked casually. The Wrecker's response was a weak groan, his body was too badly in shape to even respond. The Fox shrugs before putting Wheeljack's arm around his shoulder. "Meh, you've seen better days."
The humanoid fox helped Wheeljack on his feet before spotting his draconic companion fighting off Predaking. The Fox then glanced over to Ultra Magnus, seeing his beat-up form, he knew that he can't carry both. So, he needed an extra hand. The Fox's eyes glowed and soon, duplicates of him appeared, showing off their smirks.
"Go help him out." The Fox said coolly.
"You got it, boss." One of the duplicates said with a wink before they all charged at Predaking.
The Draconic being dodged another of Predaking's attacks before noticing the duplicates coming their way. He vanished from the spot, leaving Predaking to face the duplicates in a fierce battle. The Draconic being appeared next to Ultra Magnus and did a fireman's carry.
"Let's go before tall, dark, and moody finds out about this." The Fox said to the Draconic being.
"Then let's go." The Draconic being said before they escaped, leaving the duplicates behind to face the enraged Predaking.
The Predacon was so distracted that he failed to notice that the two Autobots were rescued by the unknown beings. He grabbed one of the duplicates by the neck and slammed him on the wall. Predaking glared at the duplicate, who smirked at him casually.
"What are you smiling about?!" Predaking roared at his face.
"Your cluelessness." The duplicate said with a wink. "Cheers, mate."
And with that, all the duplicates vanished in poof of black smoke, surprising Predaking in the process. However, it didn't take long for the Predacon to realize that two of the Autobots had escaped!
"What?! NO!" He roared as made chase.
The two unknown aliens carried the Autobots out of the cave and towards an open groundbridge. They stopped when they heard loud stomps coming from the entrance, followed by an angry roar.
"Oh, sweet darkness of Malumore, he's coming." The Fox said to the Draconic companion.
The Draconic being puts Ultra Magnus down before summoning a black sword from thin air. He used it to create a powerful force of energy and fired above the entrance, creating a cave-in, blocking Predaking's way in and out. They could hear Predaking's roar of frustration and anger, as he attempted to break free from his prison.
"Well...that's taken care of." The Fox said before they heard someone coming at the groundbridge. "Aaannnddd that's our cue to leave." With that, the Fox puts Wheeljack down next to Ultra Magnus before winking at him. "Get well soon, mate."
Soon, the two unknown beings disappeared before Optimus and Ironhide came out from the groundbridge. The two mechs help out Wheeljack and Ultra Magnus, escaping the area in a nick of time before Predaking broke out from the rocky prison as the groundbridge closes behind them.
~End of Flashback~
"And just like that, they diapered after Prime and Ironhide came in to rescue us." Wheeljack finished his story, surprising everyone, including Ratchet.
"They just...left after saving you two?" Hound asked, earning a nod from Wheeljack.
"I know, it's weird, but if it weren't for them, we would've turned into scrap." Wheeljack stated the facts, grunting as he still felt the pain of Predaking's beating.
"Optimus, you don't think that there are life forms that came to Earth besides us?" Ratchet questions his team leader.
"I do not know, old friend, but I suspect that these unknown beings have been here for a while." Optimus explains the best way he could. "However, we should not let our guard down, we do not know if they are a threat or an ally."
Everyone agreed with Optimus's plan. They have yet to know that these unknown beings are a threat to them or the humans. Ratchet returned to his work while the rest of the Autobots stored the Energons in storage.
"Prime." Agent Fowler came into the base.
"Agent Fowler, do you bare news about Jack's whereabouts?" Optimus asked the agent.
Sadly, Fowler shook his head. "No, I tried to get any infos about Jack and June from S.H.I.E.L.D., but apparently, their information about them is confidential from S.H.I.E.L.D."
"It's a hoax." Arcee said in anger. "They know what really happened to Jack and they're keeping June somewhere."
"Stand down, Arcee." Optimus said to her, who calms down a bit. "Is there anything else you could find?"
"Sorry, Prime, I couldn't get any information from S.H.I.E.L.D."
"What about that blue skinned human that was with us in the cavern?" Bulkhead steps in. "She was there when she saved June from that crazy human."
"Does she even have a name?" Smokescreen asked.
"She does, I was able to get little info about her." Fowler said to them. "The blue girl is named Dark Twilight; she happens to be the 'vigilante superhero' that everyone keeps seeing around the world. And was recently recruited in S.H.I.E.L.D. after helping Spider-Man save brainwashed students from Ethereal Academy."
"Ethereal Academy?" Crosshair asked in confusion.
"It's a fancy , rich school for the smart and gifted students." Fowler explained about Ethereal Academy before looking at Optimus. "There were recent reports about her, saving the lives of a popular music band called the D-Squad from a kidnapping."
"Do you think these members of the D-Squad are close to Dark Twilight?" Optimus asked Fowler.
"Don't know for sure, Prime. But I do know that this Dark Twilight can be very dangerous."
"Please, how dangerous can she be?" Sunstreak asked mockingly.
~At S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy~
Dark was walking Spider-Man and their teammates to the training hall. Dark has new tricks on her sleeves and new tag team tactics to kick their teachers butts. But as they walked, Dark suddenly stopped from her tracks and started to look around with a dangerous look.
"Woah, you okay there, Dark?" Spider-Man asked his teammate.
"I feel someone talking shit about me." Dark said with a growl as she glared around the hall, making her teammates uneasy.
~At Jasper, Nevada~
"The Predacon can transform now?" Raf asked in shock, sitting at the bench of the park with Xander and Trickster. The three males went to the park after school ended, Miko didn't come because she got in detention for getting into trouble again.
Xander nodded his head. "Indeed, this Predacon called himself Predaking." He explained to Raf. "Apparently, he was supposed to lead his army of Predacon."
"But apparently, Megatron decided to end it." Trickster lazily said with a yawn. "Seriously, he made an army of Predacons, but got rid of them because he grew scared of their immense strength and power. Heck, he even made the Autobots do it, so Predaking believes it was their fault. Tsk, I think he got hit with another dose of Trick Spell by Thanatos. That way, he won't have to deal with an army of Predacons. Or he became paranoid and stupid...yeah, probably the last one."
Xander growls silently, annoyed at Trickster's attitude. "Can you take this seriously? It is obvious that Thanatos is getting more energy due to Megatron's fear and greed."
Trickster scoffed at him. "Relax, now the Autobots won't have to worry about an army of fire breathing Predacons."
"They should be worried." Xander said, getting Trickster and Raf's attention. "There was no sign of Predacons signatures."
"What?!" Raf suddenly exclaimed as looked at Xander in shock. "You mean...you mean the Predacons didn't perish?!"
"No, they didn't perish. When I was in that cave, I didn't feel any souls leaving. Indicating that the Predacons somehow escaped from the explosion." Xander explained to them.
"Greaaaat...not only do we have to deal with Thanatos, but we also have to deal with a pack of angry Predacons." Trickster said sarcastically. "But another question is, how did they escape?"
"That's another thing I want to know." Xander said to them. "Whoever helps those Predacons must've had good intentions to do so."
"But the question is, who?" Raf questioned.
"Well, it can't be Thanatos, he hates Predacon. And Meggy did make a point by destroying them." Trickster listed out. "So...there's another accomplice."
"Another?" Raf asked in surprise.
"There could be another player in this deadly game. And whoever he or she is, well...we're dealing with someone with intelligence from inside and outside forces." Xander stated out in a serious tone. "We'll find out who this person is, but for now. We have to stay low. Natrix got word from his spy that Thanatos is making his move."
"He is?" Raf asked worriedly.
"Yes, he is planning to have a full-on attack. But he doesn't know where or when it will start." Xander said to them. "Who knows when this unknown being will strike next."
"Meh, I doubt it." Trickster said, earning a glare from Xander, which caused the Fox Monsturm to look confused. "What?" Earning a sigh-like-growl from Xander.
~At the Nemesis~
Breakdown was walking through the hall, talking with Dreadwing about the Predacon. The two Decepticons were talking about the Predacon, that goes by the name Predaking, and how the big, fire breathing, ancient Cybertronian was able to transform. It was astonishing how the Predacon was able to transform. It would be a great advantage against the Autobots, but sadly, Project Predacon was no longer active after two Autobots found the lab where Shockwave creates his Predacons before blowing it up. Breakdown felt sorry for Predaking, I mean, they were his only kin after all. And Shockwave can't make more due to the low resources of CNA. And what's worse, Starscream came back. Yup, Starscream is back at Decepticons. He found one of the Omega Lock's keys. Dreadwing was angered by how Starscream returned back, after all he did was ruining the Decepticon legacy. And was the reason why his brother was cursed to be an undead terrorcon! He wanted to end the Seeker's spark, but Breakdown was able to stop him before he could try and anger their master. After all, it was Megatron's order for Starscream's return.
"I still think Starscream should be hunted down." Dreadwing grumbles out as he and Breakdown walk the hall of the ship, passing some Vehicons.
"Same, I mean, all he does is complain, blame others, and thinks he's superior or whatnot." Breakdown listed out. "But at least on the bright side, he was beaten up by Predaking before he could transform." Breakdown said, trying to brighten up the mood.
Dreadwing smirks at this. "Indeed...so, how is Predaking?" He suddenly asked the former Wrecker.
Breakdown shrugs, "I don't know, haven't seen him since Project Predacon was destroyed." He said, feeling somewhat pity for Predaking.
"I do not blame him, for I understand his loss of kin." Dreadwing said, remembering the death of his brother, Skyquake.
Dreadwing and Breakdown form a somewhat friendship with Predaking even before he could transform. They would enjoy how he used to maul Starscream and tosses him around like a ragdoll. It was entertaining, for both of them. And it was good punishment for Starscream for betraying the Decepticons on multiple occasions. The DJD didn't have to torture him considering Predaking was already tormenting him. When Starscream was out and couldn't 'train' Predaking, Dreadwing volunteered and was able to discipline the Predacon, who shows more respect to Dreadwing than to Starscream. Breakdown was close friends with Predaking, since Breakdown would often chat with the Vehicons, being empathetic, and basically treating them like people. Thus, he forms a good friendship with Predaking before the Predacon could even transform. And because of this, Predaking only trusted Dreadwing and Breakdown as if they were his kin.
"Do you think he's still there?" Breakdown asked Dreadwing.
"He might be, he is still mourning for his loss...as have I lost my brother." Dreadwing said, looking down on the ground.
"We should probably bring him up, we don't want Lord Megatron to get angrier than he already is." Breakdown started with Dreadwing, who agreed. They left the Nemesis with the groundbridge that Soundwave opened up for them. They went to the cave to see Predaking standing at the entrance. They could see how angry Predaking is for the loss of his kin, but also sadness. Dreadwing knew the feeling of the lost. He still can't shake the loss of his brother, even though he felt that he was still alive, Dreadwing still can't forget how he perished.
"What are you two doing here?" Predaking's voice spoke in a soft tone, but they could still hear the rage and sadness.
"We come and check on you, Predaking." Dreadwing answered stern yet gentle at the same time.
"Don't bother, I will return to the ship soon." Predaking answered with a growl as he glared at the cave's entrance. "Those wretched Autobots pay dearly for the outrage against my kind."
"And they shall." Dreadwing assured the Predacon. "For I too lost someone from them."
Predaking looked at him with empty eyes and asked. "A kin?"
Dreadwing nodded his head. "My brother...Skyquake. He is-was my twin. He and I shared a split Spark, a metal with two halves of the same life force. I sensed him when he emerged from stasis on Earth from across the galaxy and then...his Spark was no more."
Hearing this, Predaking shows pity towards Dreadwing. Dreadwing too lost a kin of his own by the hands of the Autobots. Predaking doesn't know about Skyquake but he bet he is honorable as Dreadwing. "I am sorry for your loss." He apologizes to the Captain of the Seekers.
"He may be gone, but it will not stop me from fighting for him." Dreadwing said to Predaking. "And that you should be doing as well, Predaking. Fight for your fallen kin."
Predaking nodded his head with his claws clench. "Believe me, they WILL pay." He growled.
Breakdown watched as the two mechs talked, he knew very well that they both lost their kin from the Autobots. Before he could go to them, he felt a shiver on his spine. He turns around to see something moving through the undergrowth. Curious, Breakdown went over there, leaving Predaking and Dreadwing talking. Breakdown made his way through the trees and fauna. Breakdown could've sworn he saw something at the undergrowth, like something...ghostly. As he ventures further, he heard a femme's voice. She sounded cold yet beautiful at the same time.
"Follow..."
"Hello?" Breakdown called out, but no reply. He felt the wind pushing him to go somewhere, like it was guiding him. As he went further and further to the deeper part of the forest, he wasn't aware that was being watched by two pairs of feral and yellow optics. Breakdown stops at his tracks as he feels something off. Like something or someone was watching him. He turned one of his hands into a hammer, ready to strike. There was silence within the forest. Breakdown could only hear the sounds of birds chirping through the forest. He kept his guard up and slowly backed up to go where Dreadwing and Predaking were until...
"Watch out..." The femme's voice echoed through his mind.
"Wha-WOAH!" Breakdown quickly moves away when he sees something charging at him. He quickly turns to his attack and activates his shoulder cannon, but to his shock, he does not see an Autobot. Instead, he saw a Predacon!
"No way..." Breakdown mutters out as he looks at the Predacon.
Its form resembles Predaking's, four legs and two wings. But looks more classical like in those movies he saw in drive-in theaters with Knockout. Its neck and tail are light blue on the underside but white on the topside. Has ten teeth on the upper jaw and none on lower jaw. The fifth tooth on the upper jaw is larger than the others and curves forward. But unlike Predaking, this one has a very short wingspan, but it's tethered and makes it realistically improbable for him to take flight.
Breakdown was so distracted that he failed to see something charging at him, which caused the former Wrecker to get hit and crash on a tree. He groans in pain as he looks up and becomes shocked again to see another Predacon! Unlike the first one, this one wasn't a dragon but a half-bird/half-bear like creature with dark blue with some grey scattered here and there. Breakdown stared at its shock, as he stared at the mechanical Ursagryph. The two Predacons roared at Breakdown, who instantly panics and quickly contacts Dreadwing.
"Dreadwing! This is Breakdown! I need backup!"
"Breakdown? Where are you? What's going on?"
"Uh, long story short, two of the Predacons must've survived and are here trying to maul me!" Breakdown yelled through the commlink.
"Are you su-"
"YES! Send Predaking before I turn into liquid metal! AH!" Breakdown cuts off as he dodges an incoming fire attack. Breakdown fired multiple shots at them, but had no effect, considering their metals are too strong.
Suddenly the mechanical Ursagryph caught Breakdown from the shoulders and took off to the sky. The former Wrecker yelled in flight as he was lifted from the ground. Breakdown was far from the ground and to the sky, he already guessed that this Predacon was gonna drop him!
"Ah, SCCCCCRRRRAAAAPPPPP!" Breakdown screams as the Ursagryph dropped him to the ground. Breakdown could see the ground getting closer as he falls. But before he could hit the ground, he heard Predaking's mighty roar and was caught by string claws, saving him from falling to his doom. The former Wrecker looks up to see Predaking saving him before placing him at a safe distance. Predaking transforms as Breakdown catches his breath.
"Oh, thanks for the save, I owe you one." Breakdown said to Predaking, but the Predacon was busy focusing on the two Predacons, who came landing a few feet away from them, roaring at them challengingly.
"Two of my brethren survive." Predaking whispers in pure shock yet happiness at the same time.
Breakdown nodded as he wearily looks over to the two Predacons. "Yeaaahhh...but they don't look like they're willing to listen." He said to Predaking.
"Then I will make them." Predaking growled as he turned into his beast form and charged at the two Predacons, who charged as well.
The three Predacons clashed with teeth and claws, it was a brutal scene, and Breakdown watched with jaw drop. Not long, Dreadwing jet mode came and landed besides the dumbfounded Breakdown, transforming into his bipedal mode.
"What happened?" The Captain of the Seekers questions Breakdown.
"..." Breakdown didn't answer as he was busy watching the brutal fight between the three Predacons. Even though it's two against one, Predaking has the size advantage, as well as with more strength and power. "Honestly, I'm too tired right now to explain."
Dreadwing wanted to know what he meant until they both heard Predaking's roar. They turned back to the battle to see the Two Predacons fighting off Predaking. But the bigger Predacon will not give up as he will show them who is their king is. With another mighty roar, Predaking whacks the Ursagryph with his tail so hard that it sends it flying. Predaking then locked his jaws at the dragon predacon's neck, tossing it around, smacking it on the ground, before tossing it to the Ursagryph. Predaking charges at them at full speed. He pounced at the dragon predacon, who had only just gotten up before he was tackled. The smaller predacon had the advantage of being able to work around Predaking's bigger frame. It manages to cling onto Predaking's back to stay out of reach of his snapping jaws and mandibles while trying to claw open Predaking's metal plates. The Ursagryph went straight for the larger Predacon's throat. However, Predaking saw him and reacted quickly, catching the Ursagryph in his jaws and shaking him before flinging him away. He manages to make the smaller Predacon lose his footing, and Predaking twisted himself to clamp his jaws onto the smaller Predacon's tail and flung him off.
The two predacons were sent sliding off, both side by side, before leaping in unison at their opponent. But Predaking merely reared back on his hind legs and caught one in each of his claws before smashing them back to the ground. They tried to wriggle free, but Predaking placed his superior weight upon them, pinning them in place with no escape. They snarled, but Predaking made sure to show them who was their superior. Showing off his shifting plates on his chest, he fired up his generator. The light of the fire travelled up his throat to be held at the back of his mouth as he parted his jaws before he let out a mighty roar in their faces. Telling them off and silencing them. There was a moment of silence. Both Predacons stared at Predaking as he hovered his teeth a foot away from their faces, allowing the light of his fire to reflect in his optics to make them cringed. The two Predacons were beaten and defeated, they had no strength to fight back as they submitted themselves to Predaking as their leader and king.
Releasing submissive growls and grunts, the two Predacons will follow Predaking as their superior. Satisfied, Predaking releases the two Predacons, who bowed submissively towards him. Feeling pride, Predacon made a firm nod followed by a grunt. He transforms into his bipedal mode and then turns to Dreadwing and very, very shock Breakdown.
"So, two of the predacons...incredible." Dreadwing said in fascination.
Predaking nodded with a small smile. "Indeed, it is." He then turns towards Breakdown, who was still shocked by what he saw and experienced, as Predaking gave him a grateful look. "And I want to thank you, Breakdown, for finding my kin and bringing me to them. But I am curious, how did you know they were here?"
"I am too curious as well, Breakdown." Dreadwing agrees with Predaking.
Breakdown was still processing what just happened. First, he heard a voice that led him here, and second, he was attacked by two functioning Predacons...what a day, it was like he was meeting Shorty again, but more painfully. "You know what, I can't explain this right now. I had a rough day today, being almost mauled by Predacons and dropped off from the sky. All I want is to go back to the ship, get some high graded energon, and call it a day, sounds good?"
Both Dreadwing and Predaking looked at each other and then to Breakdown, they could tell that he really, I mean really, needs a break right now after what had happened. They agreed as they needed to report about the two surviving Predacons to their master. Plus, this will give an opportunity for Predaking to bond with his new packmates and teach them how to transform in their bipedal mode. But as they and the two Predacons leave, they failed to notice that Mystica, in her Predacon form, was standing on top of a cliff, watching them leave, she turns around and faces twenty-two sleeping Predacons, surrounding by glowing cloaking aura to prevent being spotted by the Decepticons and Autobots. She kneels down in front of a sleeping Predacon Pegasus, gently stroking its head as it slumbers.
Mystica came here for a reason, as she could sense the danger from afar. Both parties weren't aware of what really happened.
~Flashback before the destruction of Project Predacon~
Mystica was soaring through the clear sky. She was out exploring through the forest of Nevada, as well as scouting for any MECH activities. However, instead of MECH, she saw the Autobots, collecting energons on a mine nearby. Activating her camouflage mode, Mystica spied on the group on top of the cliff of the cave. She was curious about what they were doing, but also sensing something else inside of the cave. She then sinks inside through the cliff, searching deep within the rocks and finding a hidden laboratory, filled with tanks of clone Predacons. She observes the tanks as she glides through the laboratory, still invisible and unnoticed. Mystica observes the Predacons inside the tanks, they were still in stasis, but they look like they were ready to wake up. She then spotted a Decepticon that was on a platform filled with monitors. She observes the cyclops looking for Mech. Mystica recalls from the Dinobots' explanation of a scientist known as Shockwave who happens to have the same features on what they describe their captors. She then moves further through the cave and sees crates, filled with Synthetic energon. However, it looked unfinished, considering that they don't have the right formula. Mystica continued her observation until she heard someone entering the lab.
"Well, this is one whole lot of ugly." Mystica heard a mech said.
Peeking above the tank, she saw two mechs. One was taller and the other was slightly shorter. The taller mech has blue, red, and grey coloring while the shorter one has white, red, and green coloring. Mystica recognizes them as Ultra Magnus and Wheeljack considering Arma once told her about the time she served as a Wrecker before she became a Dinobot. She listens to their conversation carefully.
"Megatron's cloning operation seems further along than we anticipated." Ultra Magnus said, glaring at the tanks. Suddenly, both he and Wheeljack saw Shockwave, and soon was spotted by the scientist. Shockwave fired at them, and they instantly reacted by attacking him as well. They fired multiple rounds, causing Shockwave to take cover while contacting the warship.
"Starscream, the Autobots have arrived. You did not inform me your plan was already in motion." Shockwave said through the commlink. Mystica uses her magic to listen to the conversation.
"Only so the whole affair would appear less staged." Starscream said casually, with a hint of mischievous in it.
"I have yet to purge my lab of sensitive materials." Shockwave pointed out blankly.
"Then do not let me keep you, Shockwave. Over and out." And with that Starscream ended the comm, leaving Shockwave all by himself. Annoyed, Shockwave started shooting back at the two Autobots.
"Soundwave, I require an immediate groundbridge." Shockwave contacted the communication officer.
Instantly, a groundbridge opened, allowing the scientist to escape, but before he did. He awakens the Predacons. The machine activates all the tanks, causing all the CNA to spill out, and the Predacons start to awaken by this. The Predacons started breaking their glass prisons. Seeing the situation, Wheeljack turned to Ultra Magnus.
"Permission to employ a grenade in a confined space, sir?" Wheeljack asked him, holding a grenade in hand.
Ultra Magnus looked at him seriously and firmly agreed. "If you and I are all that stand between these monsters and the natives of this planet, then by all means, blow these beasts back to the Rust Age."
Mystica's eyes narrowed at them. These Predacons have yet to experience the outside world and yet they're going to be destroyed before they could. She will not allow this to happen. Not on her watch. As Wheeljack activated his grenade and threw it at the crates of synthetic energon with the CNA spilled on the ground, they transformed and drove away at full speed, escaping the explosion that might come. However, they failed to see Mystica appear in the center, eyes emitting a golden fiery glow. She turns into her Predacon form before clasping her hands together, summoning a magical glyph beneath her, creating a powerful light and aura. A symbol of a clock appeared, and its arms moved rapidly clockwise before stopping on the top, creating a loud bell sound. And all of sudden, a flash of golden light surrounded the area, and everyone around it stopped at their tracks, unmoving. Mystica's fiery eyes narrowed around her surroundings, indicating that she had stopped time. Allowing her to do her job with no problem. The first thing she did was summon a small crystal ball and used it to absorb all the CNA. The CNA were all absorbed into the crystal ball before vanishing from her hand. Mystica then turned towards the crates of synthetic energon and decided to take them to Foxtrot, for further research. She summons a portal that brings the crates to her pocket dimension. Afterwards, she turned to one of the tanks of the Predacons, seeing the beast frozen in time, unaware what was happening. Mystica placed a gentle claw on the glass, looking at the predacon gently, as she placed her forehead on the glass with her eyes closed.
"You deserve better." She whispers to the beast and then snapping her fiery eyes open, emitting a powerful teleportation spell that sends her and the Predacons outside. The spell she cast wore off and the explosion happened. Even though she brought the Predacons out to safety, she heard a booming voice and yelled in anger.
"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!"
~End of Flashback~
Once Mystica brought all the Predacons out of the cave, she placed them in a sleeping state. Allowing them to recharge and gain enough strength until they wake up. However, she left two Predacons behind after she saw Predaking emerging out of the cave in anger after the Autobots saved their comrades from Predaking. However, after discovering that Predaking wanted to have a pack and no longer be alone. So, she left two Predacons to be his packmates while the rest were brought to Isola Della Vita, where they could be safe. She had to let Predaking know where they were, so she used the one named Breakdown (Val mentioned to Mystica about this 'nice' Decepticon she met at the forest long ago) and made him follow the area where she left the two Predacons. That way, he could contact Predaking. She knew very well that they were in good hands with Predaking.
And with that she teleports the rest of the Predacons to Isola Della Vita. She made sure to contact Foxtrot about the new guests that she will be bringing in.
Yunna was exploring through Nevada canyons. She was testing her jet mode, wanting to test it out and see how fast she can be. And with her were Val, Celestia, Monica the Microraptor, Redford the dog, Kirit the Scraplet, and Rumble and Frenzy. They wanted to come along with her test flight, cheering in delight as Yunna did amazing tricks. Rumble and Frenzy are mini-cons and they attach themselves on Yunna's wings. The group enjoyed the speed of Yunna's flight, cheering in delight and pure joy as she did amazing twists and turns. Although she was assigned by Foxtrot to find a relic on her location. You see, before the Fall of Cybertron, Foxtrot was close friends with Alpha Trion. They both agree that if something happens to Iacon's information, they need to make sure to have copies. So, Alpha Trion transfers copies of all the Iacon databases through Mercury, which is good since he's a big ship and has bigger storage and memories.
"Weeee! Faster, Yunna! Faster!" Val cheers in delight with Celestia.
"Yeah, Yo-Yo! Faster!" Rumble whooped along with his brother.
Yunna chuckles at them. "Gomenasai, but I have to patrol the area for any sign of a relic." Yunna informs them, earning disappointed whines. "But don't worry, I'll take you on another flight soon."
"Yay!" They cheered as Yunna flew towards a canyon.
"The location of the relic is through here." Yunna said as she landed, allowing her passengers to get off before transforming to bipedal mode.
"Yunna?" Val asked the techno organic.
"Hai?"
"What does the relic look like?" Val asked her.
"Well, from what I learned from Foxtrot-sensei, this relic is the Gravitational Gloves." Yunna explained, taking out the tracking device that shows her the location of the relic. "It manipulates gravity. Think about making a giant boulder to be light as a feather or a feather being heavy as a boulder."
"Woah, sounds awesome!" Rumble said with a grin.
"It is, but Foxtrot-sensei said that if these gloves were used wrongly, it will cause gravity to be unbalanced or tear the planet in half." Yunna explained, shocking everyone.
"Geez, why did ancient Cybertronian build this stuff?" Frenzy asked as they searched for the relic.
"It is a mystery, but I am sure that we-Look out!" Yunna suddenly grabs everyone and dodges a blue, metal ball that was bouncing around. "Nani?"
The metal ball transformed to reveal a Mini-Con, it was different compared to Rumble and Frenzy. Its form is almost spider-like, four legs, two arms, has a curved head, and blue circle on its chest. The Mino-con was speaking gibberish, looking about the area, ignoring the group in front of it. Instead, it went over to a rock strewn that shined. It made satisfied noises and went over to the rock happily. The group stared at the Mini-Con in confusion, wondering what it was doing.
"Who...is that?" Yunna asked in confusion, watching as the strange Mini-Con found another shiny rock and picked it up.
"That would be Cyclone." Rumble said, looking at the Mini-Con.
Yunna looks at him in confusion. "Cyclone?" She asked curiously.
"Yeah, Cyclones are unpredictable and have no alignment with the Autobots or the Decepticons." Frenzy explains to Yunna. "They're impossible to reason or control."
"...I see..." Yunna said as she looked at the Mini-Con, who was busy looking at the rocks. Suddenly, another Cyclone Mini-Con came rolling in, transforming into its spider-like form. It has a greenish hue color and it appears to have the same personality as the blue one. Then they started collecting rocks and began stacking them on top of a bigger rock. "They seem well acquainted."
"Well, yeah, the only time they can get along is with each other. Plus, they're all pranksters." Rumble added that part.
"Like you and Frenzy?" Val asked him.
"Pfft! Please, our pranks are planned and efficient." Rumble bragged.
"Yeah!" Frenzy agreed before doing a fist bump.
Yunna smiled and shook her head at them. She turns back to the Cyclones and watches them play around with the rocks. They were building a small rock tower, which is adorable but totally immature. However, it wasn't the case. She has to find the Gravitational Gloves before it falls to the wrong hands. When she and the others were about to leave, she spotted a rock that had bits of quartz in it. Picking it, Yunna decided to give it to the Cyclones. Walking over to them, Yunna gets the two Cyclones' attention as she kneels-down at their height and gives them the rock.
"Here, for your tower." She spoke to them kindly.
Both Cyclones stared at Yunna, speaking in gibberish towards each other, before the blue Mini-Con swipes the rock off her hand and to his. Smiling, Yunna got up and went back to the other while the Cyclones admired the rock that Yunna gave them.
"Was that really necessary?" Rumble asked, walking alongside with Yunna while carrying Val and Celestia, and Frenzy carrying Kirit, Monica, and Redford.
"Don't worry, they are more interested in the rocks than us. Come on, we have to find those gloves." She said to them, who nodded as they left the area while the Cyclones played with the rocks. They entered a huge rocky filled valley that has a small stream of water.
"Is this where the gloves are hidden?" Celestia asked, looking around the area.
"Hai, Foxtrot-sensei informs me that they are separated." Yunna explained to them. "They must be kept apart. Otherwise, they will disrupt Earth's gravity."
"So...both gloves are useless if they're separated?" Frenzy asked.
"No, they are still useful even if separated. The right gloves can lift any object with no problem while the left glove creates a powerful force of gravity to make any object to be heavy. But if they are clapped together, they would cause a whole gravitational change on Earth." Yunna explains to them.
"Wow, you sure pay a lot of attention in Foxtrot's lessons." Rumble said with impress.
Yunna giggled and smiled. "Arigato, I've been practicing my Cybertronian history while juggling in my human school. Speaking of which, we should find those gloves before the teachers find out that I wasn't near the school ground."
"Got it, boss!" Both Rumble and Frenzy saluted and went on searching for the relic gloves.
Yunna smiles as she searches with the others. These gloves are too dangerous to be used, especially at the hands of the Decepticons. But as they searched, they weren't aware that a pair of red draconic eyes were watching them from the undergrowth. As Yunna instructed them to the location, she senses something coming in fast, and towards Rumble. Reacting quickly, Yunna ran over to Rumble and scoops him, just in time too when a giant robotic, humanoid dragon crashes in. Yunna landed safely and away from the crash with Rumble in her arms. They and the others look up to see what appears to be a dragon looking Cybertronian. But it wasn't a Predacon. Yunna remembered in her lessons with Foxtrot. Her mentor mentioned to her another species of Cybertronians called Dracons. They have draconic features and are triple changers. They can turn into vehicles, four-legged mode, and bipedal mode. And they are known to be descendants of the Predacons. However, upon further investigation, this Dracon was more dangerous looking as he stood with his shoulders hunched up on his four legs. He has red optics, white and black coloring, and very large metallic teeth. But what's more scary is his skin. It almost looks alive.
The Dracon releases a roar at Yunna, who glares at the Dracon, before charging at her at full speed like a rabid animal. Yunna quickly avoided him and quickly scooped up Frenzy and the others as well as avoiding another Dracon that almost stomped at them. She brought them a safe distance before they looked at the attacker. The second Dracon was like the first one, but has blue optics, and his coloring is reversed to black and white. These two Dracons growled at them dangerously as they stalked them. Yunna narrowed her eyes at them before handing Rumble her tracking device.
"Rumble-kun, Frenzy-kun, go find the gloves with the others, I will distract these Dracons." Yunna ordered them.
"Are you sure?" Rumble asked in concern.
"Hai! I will hold them off, giving you all enough time to find that relic." Yunna assured him.
"But-" They were cut off when the two Dracons came charging forward.
"GO!" She ordered to them as she charged at the two Dracons in full speed. She quickly summons two shadow clones of herself and fought the two Dracons with some difficulties. Rumble and Frenzy went searching for the artifact. They use the tracker that shows separate spots.
"Okay, you take that spot while we take that spot!" Rumble exclaimed, showing the device.
"No complaints here! Come on!" Frenzy takes Celestia, Redford, and Kirit while Rumble takes Val and Monica. Rumble's group went near the lake and Frenzy's group went to the corner of a cliff. But as Frenzy's team was going to the cliff, the black/white Dracon spots them with a growl and charges in full speed. The group screamed and scattered as the Dracon crashed on the ground. Celestia was sent flying with arms out towards Redford and Kirit. Her crystal started to glow with a golden light as it consumed her body. Soon, they are caught by Frenzy quickly and run off to the location of the glove.
"I got you C! No need to wo-WOAH! What happened to you!?" Frenzy exclaims as he looks at his servos to see a little girl that looks exactly like Val except with long silver hair and emerald eyes and wearing a green knee length dress with long sleeves. She was holding Redford and Kirit in her arms and she looked mildly confused. The little dragon has suddenly turned into a human. Celestia was too surprised, however; it was short lived as they were being chased by an angry Dracon. Luckily, Yunna's shadow clone came and kicked him back on the battlefield as they and the others went to relic locations and quickly dug through the ground, trying to find the glove relics.
"Dig faster!" Frenzy ordered the human Celestia and the others as they dig.
"I am!" Celestia exclaimed, digging as fast she could.
As they dig, Yunna and her shadow clones fought off the Dracons, who roared at her. It appears that their attacks don't seem to cause them any damage. It appears that no matter how much damage she could cause, they don't seem to feel any pain at all. Soon, the Dracons destroyed her shadow clones and charged at Yunna with teeth and claws. She uses her katanas to block their attacks and kicked them away or dodged and tried to slash them from behind. Soon, the white/black Dracon punches her as Yunna uses her katanas to shield herself from blow, but it sends her skidding to undergrowth. The two Dracons roared at her again and charged which forces Yunna to ready for the blow. But suddenly, two metal balls exploded out from the undergrowth. Those metal balls strike the two Dracons so hard that it sends them flying and crashing into the waters. Luckily, they didn't come close to Rumble, Val, and Monica. The two round balls transformed to reveal the Cyclones. To Yunna's surprised, they helped her deal with the Dracons. They laugh in pure joy at the violence. Yunna stared at them in surprised, didn't expect these Cyclones to help, considering that these Mini-Cons like to cause trouble.
"Um...Arigato?" Yunna thanked them awkwardly, earning stares and grins from them. However, they stopped when they heard the Dracons coming out of the water with mighty roars. Seeing the situation, Yunna looked at the Cyclones and asked. "Do you want to help kick some Dracon afts?"
Hearing this, the two Cyclones agreed and transformed in their ball forms and Yunna activated two of her electro whips and attached them to the Cyclones. She tosses them in great strength and tosses them like wrecking balls. The Cyclones hit their targets with great force that sends them crashing to the ground or to the undergrowth. They were so busy fighting that they didn't notice that Rumble and Frenzy were able to get the gloves off the ground.
"Haha! I've got it!" Rumble yelled in pure joy as he brought the right glove up with triumph. However, his yell caught the attention of the black/white Dracon, who glared at him fiercely. Rumble and Val flinched at the sight while Monica the Microraptor fainted. "Oh, scrap." Rumble mutters in fear. The Dracon roared at them in full rage, causing them to scream, as the big Dracon charged in full speed.
"Rumble-kun! Val-chan!" Yunna cried out in panic, but soon was pinned down by the second Dracon. She struggles to prevent him from biting her head off. Rumble and Val begin to panic as the Mini-Con tries to put the glove on, in hopes that it will work and save them both.
"Hurry!" Val shrieks in fear.
"I'm tryin'! I'm tryin'! I'm tryin'!" Rumble screamed as he tried to figure out how to use it.
As the Dracon leaps at them, Rumble was able to activate the right glove and suddenly, the black/white Dracon was stopped in midair, he couldn't move nor do anything as he was trapped in the air. Seeing this, Rumble realizes that he has a right glove that controls the lightness of gravity.
"Woah! I mean...um...I meant to do that!" Rumble said as he grins at this.
This caused the other Dracon that was pinning Yunna to be distracted as he saw his partner in midair. This gave the Cyclones the opportunity to attack as they surprisingly came to Yunna's aid. They started beating up the Dracon from behind, which caused him to trash around in rage. Giving Yunna enough time to slip her legs up and kick him under his chin, sending him flying while the Cyclones got off him. The white/black Dracon crashes to the ground, creating a small crater, but as he was about to get up, a powerful force made him go down on the ground, unable to move or lift his body, as if a giant ship were laying on top of him. Truth be told, it was actually Frenzy, he and his team were able to get the artifact from ground, cheering in delight at their success.
"Whoo-hoo!" Rumble cheered, coming over to them with the others. "We did it, we did it! Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah! No eating here tonight, whoo!" He sang as he started dancing around.
"Eating here tonight!" Frenzy sang happily as he and Cyclones joined in the dance. "No, no, no, eating here tonight!"
That's when Rumble something. "Frenzy?"
"You're on a diet!" Rumble sang cheerfully.
"Frenzy!"
"What?" Frenzy asked, stopping his singing and dancing with the Cyclones, before his brother pointed at Yunna, who was getting up from the attack, causing Frenzy to gasp in realization. "Yo-yo!"
They all went to Yunna in concern. Worried that she got hurt in battle. Luckily, she didn't sustain any damages. "It's okay, I'm all right." She assured them as she got up on her peds before looking at the Dracons, who were struggling to get up. "What are we going to do with them?"
"I say we leave them like this, after all, they tried to freakin' eat us!" Frenzy pointed out which his brother agreed.
Yunna looked at the struggling Dracons and then to Rumble and Frenzy. "Are all Dracons like this? Hungry for the living?" She questions them.
"Not really, I remember from Soundwave, Dracons are strong and noble, not cannibalistic or crazy." Rumble said to Yunna. "I'm not really sure why these guys are acting like this."
"Then...something must've happened to them in the past." Yunna said as she goes over to the white/black Dracon was crushed under the weight of gravity.
"Woah, Yo-you? What are you doing?" Rumble asked nervously, watching as Yunna kneels-down on her knees in front of the Dracon, who glared at her in rage.
Yunna lifted her servo towards the Dracon. "To see his past." She whispers as she places her servo on top of the Dracon's head.
A flash of light appeared on her hand, causing the Dracon's eyes to widen by this before he, Yunna, and the other Dracon were succumbed into their subconsciousness.
Yunna was in a dark void. It was cold and empty with no meaning of escape. However, there was a small light coming from afar, which she followed. And in doing so, she saw past lives of the two Dracons known as Hybrid (white/black with red eyes) and Livewire (black/white with blue eyes), they were both victims of science, they were experimented on by a Decepticon scientist known as Shockwave (the one that she and Daisy found on Cybertron half alive long ago) and to make them super soldiers. But they became unstable and started to grow savage and destroyed half of the Decepticon army. They soon were captured and sent to Earth. There, they were hidden away, attacking anything that came to their territory. They lost their minds and suffered for so long because of the brutal experiment. Yunna felt a tear of energon spilling from her eye as she witnessed Dracons brutal life.
"Gomenasai..." She whispered to both Dracons that were behind her, watching her as they reexperience their torture. "You've suffered so much and treat unfairly...just like me."
The image changed revealing Yunna's past as she was captured and had her soul transferred in a robotic body. She was forced under MECH's control to fight and attack; she was soon rescued by Mystica and met up with the others. They became her friends...her family. They treated her as if she were one of their own. And maybe they could.
"You can come with me. They'll try and help both of you...if you let them." Yunna said to the two Dracons.
Both Dracons stared at her with blank looks under their optics. "We...can't...be...fix..." Hybrid spoke for the first time in a raspy and hoarse voice.
"We...are...monsters." Livewire growls out.
"No, you are noble Dracons, and still are. I know they are." Yunna said to them in concern. "I know it cannot be reversed, but at least let them try and heal your minds from the insanity. So, please, at least try."
Both Dracons stared at her, as if they were observing her. She too was like them, she suffered as an experiment and was cheated out of her life, until she was rescued by strong and kind sparks. They helped her in more ways than one. Without a word, the Dracons lifted their claw servos at Yunna, who smiled at them as she accepted it.
Yunna opened her eyes and looked at the Dracons before her. They were staring at her, rage and hunger had suddenly disappeared from their optics, which allowed Yunna to smile and turned to Rumble and Frenzy.
"Rumble-kun, Frenzy-kun. Hand me the gloves, please." Yunna asked them kindly. They did so as they were told as they handed her the gloves. Yunna uses the gloves to release both Dracons from the gravitational hold, allowing them to be back on their peds. Both Hybrid and Livewire came over to Yunna, causing Val, Celestia, Monica, Redford, and Kirit to hide behind Rumble and Frenzy while the Cyclones stared at the two Dracons. Before they knew it, they got on their knees and bowed their heads at Yunna. Indicating that they have their full respect for her. Smiling, Yunna bends down and offers her hand.
"Ja, ready to join?" Yunna asked with a kind smile.
The two Dracons stared at her for a moment, as if they were observing her words and body language. Soon, they slowly lifted their giant clawed servos to her, they hesitated briefly but they slowly and gently accepted her servos.
After contacting Foxtrot, they brought Dracons to Mercury. There, the two Dracons were in stasis, properly examined by Foxtrot, Sage, and Diamond Silk. They were checking the possibility to reverse Shockwave's experimentation from the Dracons, in hopes to turn them back to regular Dracons. Above the medical bay was Yunna, looking through the window and watching them with worry. She could see Foxtrot was talking with Diamond Silk, both femmes were having a serious conversation, about the situation of the two Dracons. Yunna became worried at this, fearing for those Dracons' lives. Soon, Foxtrot left the medical bay, leaving Diamond Silk and Sage with the two Dracons. Foxtrot came into the room where she saw Yunna looking at the window. The others were in another room with their friends, talking about Celestia's human form.
"How are they?" Yunna asked her mentor.
Foxtrot sighs and looks at her student. "So far, we're not sure. Whatever Shockwave did to them is permanent." She explained, making Yunna sad about this. "However, we were able to stabilize them, we can neutralize their sensational hunger for both living metal and organic beings."
Yunna sighs in relief, liking the good news, as she bows at her teacher. "ArigatÅgo, Foxtrot-sensei." She thanked the orange femme.
Foxtrot nodded at her. "I will not understand how you were able to subdue them into listening to you, but...I'm impressed." She said to Yunna, making her smile with a small blue blush coming through her face. "Although, I am curious why you brought the two Mini-Con Cyclones here."
"Gomen-ne, they kind of saved me during the battle with Hybrid-san and Livewire-san." Yunna apologized as she explained to her mentor. "Do you know who these cyclones are?"
"Yes, Backtrack and Ransack, they're two mischievous mini-cons that have no sides, but enjoy tormenting and causing trouble. But it still amazes me how you pull it off." Foxtrot said to her pupil, who laughed nervously.
"Hehe...luck I guess." Yunna answered.
Foxtrot just hummed at this. "Maybe you're right." She said, getting Yunna's attention. "Luck would have it that our allies, the Galaxy Knights, have contacted us recently about the discovery of three Cybertronian escape pods."
"Really?" Yunna asked in surprise.
"Yes, one Autobot goes by the name Strongarm and the others are Decepticons known as Skywarp and Thundercracker. We placed both those mechs in the holding cell while Strongarm is with the others, being questioned by Saphira while Nightcore questioned the Decepticons with Ravage."
"Ah, I see...are they any trouble?" Yunna asked.
Foxtrot shook her head. "Not at the moment, but Ravage warned us about Skywarp for being a...prankster."
"Ah, hai, hai." Yunna said in understanding. "Is there anything else new that I should know?"
"Actually, yes, after your departure, we recently discovered a hidden chamber that appears to be a navigation room." Foxtrot explained to Yunna. The Techno-organic became curious about this and listened to her mentor's words. "Soren told us that this island is more than just an island. It is actually a huge ship, designed not just for interstellar travel, but cross dimension travel as well."
Yunna's optics widened in astonishment. "N-nani?! I thought dimensional traveling was impossible!"
"Until recently, the Galatrias had built a machine that could help them travel to different dimensions. And just so happens that Princess Aretha had this machine and installed it on this very island." Foxtrot continued to explain to the astonished Yunna.
"Making the island a ship, amazing..." Yunna said in awe. "Has it been tested or how much power does it still have?"
Foxtrot couldn't help but smirk slightly at this. "My dear, Yunna, this island is powered by itself. And it so happens that we are going to test it after we finish interrogating our newcomers."
"Sugoi!" Yunna said in awe.
"Come now, we have much to do before testing it." Foxtrot said to Yunna.
"Hai!" Yunna said respectfully as she obediently followed Foxtrot out of the lab and to the control room.
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