Well, I gone and done it again. Another story, I suppose I have to thank my brain going into overdrive after watching the Siege season of Transformer, War for Cybertron. Well, much like I did with The Jedi Prince, this is set in another universe, that of the Transformers to be exact. Now, I won't be shy in admitting this, but I'm a huge Transformers nerd, so I'll do my best to explain concepts that come from there. Also, I was going to update Past of The Prince, but got sidetracked writing this, so enjoy some lovely civil war action. You may also notice that this is listed under M, that is for safety reasons as thing may get very gory latter down the line.

The Party

Viren was a large con, his bulky build betrayed his strength, and alternate forms. Aspects of both a tank and a jet littered his frame. Gold and Silver details lined the black metal and red optics eyed the sky. Behind him, several others stood.

Many of them shared a body, wings upon their backs, cockpits upon their chest and two large rectangular air takes either side of their upper torso, extending above their head. Two rifles attached to the side of their shoulder. Each of them identified by their different colours, they were Seekers.

Others had tank or car aspects. But all of them held the same purple face upon their body somewhere, the spiked insignia of the Decepticons. Close by Viren, were two more Seekers. One of them had a slim frame, more female then the others. Her colours were black with gold as a secondary colour her name was Claudia.

The male was primarily silver with black as his secondary colour His name was Soren. The two of them watched Viren closely. "Lord Viren, with all the leadership change around here, you haven't exactly, appointed Sarai's replacement."

Viren turned towards Claudia. "Claudia, my dear. Our new Air Commander is why we stand here right now, he should be arriving shortly. Lord Megatron informed me that he was personally selected by Starscream to be our new Katolis Air Commander." He replied, turning back to the sky.

In the distance, a blue jet soared, dark red details lined the frame. Upon the wings was the Decepticon insignia. He was accompanied by a dozen other Seekers, compared to them, his jet wasn't as triangular or small. But was longer.

He changed course, flying straight towards Viren. In a quick motion, the jet changed form, landing upon the ground with a crouch. He slowly rose to his full height. He walked forward, green optics scanning those around him.

The Seekers that had come with him changed form, landing among the crowd. He soon spoke. Viren and Claudia exchanged a look, he was familiar to them. "Callum?" Claudia questioned.

Callum glanced at Claudia. "So, you remember me. I trust Katolis hasn't changed since I left for Kaon?" He said, his question directed at Viren.

Viren nodded. "Of course, Callum. Everything is as it was, only minor collateral damage to a few sections from Autobot assaults." He replied.

Callum grinned. "Good, if you need me, I shall be addressing the Seekers and several new protocols I intend to implement. But I advise you don't interrupt me without warning." He said, walking past them.

"He's changed." Soren muttered.

Viren and Claudia nodded in agreement, the former of the two speak. "His time in Kaon changed him, I would not be surprised if he outclasses us in combat."

5 years later

Rusted rain poured down upon the large metallic forest that covered the vast land to the east of the Katolis stronghold. Patrols of around six Seekers flew above. The many changed implement by Callum had taken effect the day after his return.

Unknown to the seekers in the sky, travelling by the shadows, was a group of Autobots. All of them were coloured the same, Dark teal and navy. But their bodies shaped different. Some were slim, feminine while others weren't. At the lead, was a tall bot. His head had two horns either side, blue optics locked upon the Stronghold. His frame was shaped with aspects of a car.

Behind him, was a smaller bot, her head housed two small horns. Her frame housing aspects of a motorcycle. Her violet optics locked upon the one before her. "Are you sure we won't be spotted Runaan?" She questioned.

Runaan glanced behind, the group taking cover among some metallic foliage. "If we stick to the shadows, and don't take any unnecessary actions, we will complete our mission without notice and be back in Autobot command before they realise what's happened Rayla." He replied.

Rayla nodded, voices soon reached their audio sensors. They could make out three voices. All of them male.

"I'm telling you man; our Air Commander has a temper when you bring up Lord Ezran or Air Commander Sarai. Even bringing up Lord Harrow gets him all aggressive."

"Yeah yeah, tell me about it. Guys got issues; I know. But he's effective, you heard the rumour. Nothing get's through to the Stronghold without him knowing about it."

"Shut it you morons. One of our patrols reports a strange sighting out here, possible Autobot scouting party. Knowing our luck, it'd just be some wild Insecticons scavenging for Energon."

The three cons passed by, unaware of the Autobots hidden in the shadows. Once the group was positive, they'd vanished, they emerged. Runaan glanced at his team. "That was close, but these patrols will grow numerous." He said, turning to face the Stronghold.

"I knew it, Autobots."

Runaan turned fast, blaster primed and gunned down one of the Cons.

"Alert the Air Commander, we've got Autobots." One of the Cons said, returning fire.

The other Con was quick to press a finger to his audio receptor. "Come in Air Commander, we got Autobots in sector 9, repeat, Autobots in sec…" Rayla shot fourth, two small blades of blue extending form her forearms and slicing the Con down, his screams echoed through his comm. The remaining Con turned, optics blazing wide as he was gunned down.

Runaan walked forward. "You did well Rayla. Targeting the one on the comm was smart, but I fear you were too late. They are no doubt aware of our presence. Time is now of the essence." He said, turning fast and nodding at his team.

The air seemed to grow tense around their group as they grew closer to the stronghold. Rayla and Runaan at the front of the team. They were all alert, waiting for Seekers to come from the sky. Something moved in the bushes, a small toad like creature emerged. The thing seemed uninterested in them and moved on past them.

Rayla noticed something about the toad, a small insignia upon it. Her optics widened. "That's a Decepticon." She muttered, directing Runaan's attention to the toad.

Runaan blinked. "A minicon." He muttered, optics darting towards the sky as around three dozen Seekers landed, surrounding them. The toad seemed to moved through the group and into the shadows.

Soren and Claudia soon landed; their optics locked upon the group of Autobots. Runaan readied himself for battle, as did the rest of his team. A chuckle came from the metal bushes as Callum emerged, the toad resting upon his shoulder. "Welcome to Katolis, Autobots." He said.

You've also noticed that some characters aren't like they are in the show. Due to the nature of the universe, I have adapted characters and changed them as needed, not just to fit in, but for plot reasons as well. Callum is the most notable of these changes, which becomes very clear next chapter, I won't spoil why though.

And just to answer if any are wondering if Ezran is alive or dead in this universe, of the three Cons out investigating, they left a hint regarding that matter.