The Escape
The battlefield was vast, bodies littered the ground as rounds of purple and red lasers fired towards one another. Seekers flew above in the skies, raining destruction down upon Autobot warriors. At the front of the Decepticons, slamming an Autobot into the ground, was Amaya, her frame was bulky, a large cannon attached to her left arm, tank treads rested upon her back. Her optics narrowed, firing several rounds into the Autobots nearing her.
Not far from her was Gren, he was thin and held car aspects within his frame. He fought as best he could, ignoring his fallen comrades as he fired his twin blasters located upon his forearms at the enemy.
Amaya glanced back, her voice had been damaged in battle early during the war, rendered her mute. As a result, she had mastered silent language, signing at Gren who nodded. "Fire artillery!"
At the back of the Decepticon forces, several hulking warriors stepped forward, the ground shaking beneath them. All of them had heavy weapons, two cannons rested upon their shoulders. Red optics burned brightly as they slammed into the ground, their bodies shifting as they formed a stationary weapons platform.
These platforms were loaded with weaponry, rounds of missiles were lunched as they unleashed their heavy firepower upon the Autobot defences. Around them, several Decepticons provide cover fire.
Upon the opposite side of the field, stood Janai, her golden frame was lined with details. The features of a car covered her body, her optics narrowed. "Decepticon artillery inbound!" She cried, shifting form as she raced backwards, explosions rocked the ground, sending chunks of metal flying into the air. She raced, turning as she shifted form once more, her optics landing upon the devastation brought down by the Decepticon forces.
"We need to return fire with our own artillery!" She yelled, forming a blaster as she started firing upon the opposing forces.
Coming in from beside her, were several heavily armoured Autobot warriors, they were clad in white armour with red lining. Two massive guns rested upon their right arm. The were large. Their armour protected them from much of the Decepticon artillery while they returned fire. They rapidly fired plasma like bullets at their foes.
Above, the Seekers moved, swarming down as they unleashed payloads of explosive bombs upon the trenched Autobot forces. Long, had Janai and Amaya been stationed, fighting in a battle that saw no ground gained. A battle that raged on for years. The Breach was a zone of brutality.
Amaya rolled a fist, smashing an Autobot's face in as energon splashed off. She glanced up and motioned towards the large Autobot warriors, she signed something. Gren nodded and lifted a hand to the side of his head. "Seeker squadrons, focus fire on the Autobot heavy weapons."
The Seekers moved; their ever-changing flight patterns made it hard for the Autobot air defences to predict. They rained down fire upon the Autobot heavy weapons, some Seekers dive bombing the, while others rained down their explosive payload.
Gren kept his fingers to his audio receptor, he nodded and turned to face Amaya. "Orders from command General. We're to wipe out all Autobot resistance in our path." He said.
Amaya nodded, turning to face the Autobots once more. She signed to Gren who nodded. "Artillery focus fire upon the Autobot heavy weapons. Forward troops are to advance at once. Seekers, provide air cover."
Callum clenched a fist as he listened to Viren. He glanced at the others present at the meetings, he swore Saleer was smirking, though it was hard to know behind that faceplate of his. Marcos seemed hesitant, but didn't show any signs of wishing to disobey Viren.
"Air Commander Callum, we require the Seekers to be combat ready."
Callum glanced at Viren. "All due respect Lord Viren, I can not help but wonder if there is another way to achieve victory over Lux Aurea?"
Viren shook his head. "The command has already gone out, every Autobot Spark is to be extinguished on sight, including prisoners."
Callum nodded. "Right, I'll go and make sure the Seekers are ready for combat." He said, leaving the command centre.
Viren glanced at Claudia and the others. "Did the Air Commander seem reluctant to go through orders?" Claudie asked.
Viren nodded. "He was reluctant, I believe that to be Sarai's CNA talking. Keep an eye on, and make sure he doesn't do anything reckless." He ordered, turning to face the many monitors.
Rayla heard the sound of bodies hitting the ground, she could hear blaster fire ring out from behind the door. The Seeker stationed inside their room turned slightly at the sound. A voice soon rang out. "Lord Viren, the Air Commander's going on a…" The voice was replaced with a scream of terror, or horror, she wasn't sure.
The door opened, the Seeker inside turned, aiming his weapons up, only for two bolts to melt through his head, his body falling to the floor. Entering, holding a blaster, smoke coming from the barrels, was Callum. He seemed pissed at something, pissed enough to murder his own men. He turned to face Rayla, his optics fell upon Runaan.
"You here to kill us as well?" Runaan questioned as Callum raised his blaster at him.
Rayla shut her optics, not wanting to see her mentor gunned down. A gun shot rang out, she heard Runaan gasp in surprise, she felt herself fall to the ground as another shot rang out. Her optics opened, Callum stood, sliding their weapons towards them. She glanced at Runaan who was confused.
"You turned against them. Why?" Runaan asked.
Callum glanced at the door, firing another shot as another Seeker attempted to enter. "I've had it with the Decepticons. I will not stand with them when they are willing to commit genocide to win a bloody war." He snarled, marching towards the door.
The two Autobots exchange a glance of concern, they quickly followed him. They entered the hallway, watching as Callum tore into the Decepticons heading to subdue him. He used his blaster and blade in tandem with each other. He sliced many clean in half, their Energon pooling on the floor. Others were shoot through the chest, frying their internal circuits and Sparks.
Callum glanced back. "Follow me, we're getting out of here and warning Autobot command about what's going down." He said, punching several cons down. He turned, grasping another and slammed him into the ground, others he cut their limbs and heads off. He spared no mercy upon his former comrades as he rampaged through the stronghold.
The group soon emerged outside, where Viren stood, several hundred Decepticons stood, weapons raised, ready to fire upon Callum and his Autobot companions. "Callum, I'm disappointed in you. Such a loyal and deadly warrior now turned traitor. You know what happens to those who turn tail and run from us." Viren said.
Callum clenched his fists. "Genocide is not the key to winning a war, I will not stand alongside the Decepticons when they are willing to commit such horrors in the name of victory. There is no honour in wiping out an entire faction because of a difference." He snapped, glancing at the two Autobots behind him. "Grab on, and hold tight." He said, shifting form as he hovered in the air.
Runaan and Rayla leapt, holding onto his wings tightly as he zoomed into the air. Viren watched them fly. "Claudia, deploy Seekers to shoot them down." He ordered.
Claudia nodded, taking to the skies along several dozen other Seekers.
Callum knew they were being hunted, he heard the enemy fire. "You can shoot back you know." He said, provoking Runaan to return fire, Rayla sighed, Runaan handed her a blaster and together, they started to fire back.
"Bait, stop being lazy and fight back!" Callum growled. The smaller Decepticon emerged from Callum's cockpit and stood between Runaan and Rayla. His feet magnetically stuck to Callum's form. Upon his back, two blasters emerged and started to fire.
A stray shot clipped Callum's wing, he growled in anger as another shot managed to get a hit on one of his engines. "Hold tight, things are about to get rough." He yelled. Descending lower to the ground, the Seekers behind him following suit. "I'll try to lose them in the Cursed Ranges." He cried, zooming towards a misty range of mountains.
Runaan and Rayla held tight, placing their trust in Callum to lose their pursuers. Callum chuckled. "Let's see how they can handle this, no sensors or scanners will give them issues." He said proudly, zipping around large rocky faces, behind them, several lights illuminated the mist briefly, each time was a Seeker colliding with the rocky towers.
Soon, they descended to the ground, Runaan Rayla and Bait got off as Callum shifted form. Once down, Callum collapsed to his knees, gripping his body in pain. "Dammit!" He cried, glancing at his damaged wing. "I can't continue to fly with this damage. We'll have to continue on foot." He said, standing tall, he glanced at Bait. "Scout ahead Bait, we need a suitable place to rest at before make our journey to Lux Aurea." He commanded.
The Minicon grumbled, but moved as fast as he could regardless. Callum turned to face Runaan and Rayla, both of them wanted answers judging by the way they looked at him. He sighed. "I'll tell you everything you need to know now. The rest should be given to your commander in Lux Aurea." He said.
The opening fight of this chapter wasn't planned to happen at all. But it does show just how much the War for Cybertron has raged. The Breach is one of the largest and longest battlefields currently happening across Cybertron, which is around three to four times the size of Earth.
Amaya, Gren, Janai, Marcos and Saleer are introduced this chapter, the latter two don't speak. The Autobot heavy weapons, the large bulky guys, alongside the Decepticon artillery guys were inspired by generic warriors encountered in Fall of Cybertron. Bait does have a select place on Callum's body for his two forms, in jet mode, Bait rests in Callum's cockpit, in robot mode, Bait can either rest on his shoulder, or become a chest plate.
CNA is the Cybertronian DNA, it stands for Cyber/Nano Algorithms or Cybernucleic Acid, whichever you prefer. It can also be known as Sourcecode.
Don't worry, the Decepticons aren't low in Seekers after Callum's mass murder of them. Since the introduction of the original Seekers, Starscream, Thundercracker and Skywarp, a whole host of named ones have appeared, ranging from Slipstream(The only female seeker) to some rather curious named ones such as Nacelle. They have branched out to become one of the most common placed warriors found within the Decepticon forces. Often times, they are used to quite literally, form the entire Decepticon air force, and in some rare cases, a majority of their ground based forces as well.