(Hey you all how's your first week of September going? Fun? Good? Bad? Tiring? Well let me tell you all, I know how you all feel about it. I mean getting up classes, trying to make it before your first class start... believe me I know... Oh do I know the aches and pains everyone goes through.
Now this chapter is what'll happen after Blake and Predaking get on the boat bound for Menagerie. What surprises or reveals will take place in this chapter? Find out now.
Reminder: This is a story that works in correlation with Ryujduge6614's "Transformers RWBY: The Flames of Redemption" that focuses on Blake and Weiss after the fall of Beacon.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything of Transformers Prime and RWBY they are the property of their respective owners.
Now please Read, Review, and Enjoy)
After awakening from his deep slumber Predaking rose from his, surprisingly comfortable, bed, and stood as he saw the time and realized it as after the sun had fully risen.
He got up, and was in the middle of redressing when he heard a knock on the door to his cabin. Opening it revealed Blake standing there as she asked, surprised, "Y-you're up."
"Indeed I am, why is that a surprise?" Predaking asked turning to put his robe back on as she had gone silent for some reason unknown to the Predacon as he looked back towards her, slipping his chest plate on him. She had an expression on her face, different but similar to the one that many of the humans and Faunus expressed when they saw him walking into town and on the ship. And… were the sides of her face turning pink?
Shaking her head out of what was keeping her from answering, she told him, "Because it's been two whole days since you went to sleep the night we got on this ship."
"Two days?" Predaking asked, somewhat surprised by this information, 'must be because I was not able to attain a means for energy after walking for two days, and fighting those fanatics the day we boarded.'
Looking back to her after putting the last of his armor on, Predaking turned and said, "For that I apologize, I was very drained in the days I had since I reawakened on the continent we recently left behind. I only hope that this vessel has adequate refreshments for my palette."
"I'm sure they'll have something for you to eat." Blake said, her voice sounding different to a small degree.
Predaking turned, his wing styled coat tails flapping behind him as he turned, to look at her and said, "Shall we depart then?"
Blake nodded though, he already walked passed her through the door as he made his way to where he began to smell something that made his stomach to growl. He found where the crew were giving out the food for their passengers to eat breakfast. Particularly the pieces of meat that was made into thin He looked around before picking a plate up in his claws, accidently breaking it as he held it. He tried it again, causing the plates to break each time his claws held them.
He then thought about using his palm to hold the plate, but instead of breaking it in half, it broke into more because of how much force his fingers were using to make it not slip and fall on the floor. Seeing this happening, Predaking growled, angrily. His eyes narrowing.
Blake got concerned by how everyone feared this large Faunus getting angry. So she got a plate and tapped him on his shoulder to get his attention. He looked and saw her holding the plate for him, "I'll hold onto your plate while you can pick out your food."
He nodded, agreeing to the plan as he calmed down and picked a claw full of strips of flesh whose scent wafted to his nose. After placing the amount of the delicious smelling morsels onto the plate that Blake was holding in her hands he asked, "Now what will you do?"
"We're gonna find a table just so you can eat your fill of beacon. And I'll get my breakfast." Blake told him as he asked, "Would it not be best if I request your meal to be saved until you come for it?"
Blake sighed, "It's fine. Besides, with your claws you might add more damages to our bill."
Predaking looked down, angered by the truth of her words as he gave a forced exhale of warm breath, "Very well… I will yield to your counsel."
He sat on the chair, making sure that his armor would not damage it. Feeling that it would be an insult to begin eating without Blake, the King of the Predacons sat in silence and thought about what his ancestors had to do to survive before the cataclysm caused the Predacon species to go extinct. They must had to consume the Energon of the ancient Cybertronians to survive. Apparently the humans and Faunus must do the same to beasts of this world, which made Predaking shiver at the thought of vehicle Cybertronians doing the same to the Predacons.
"Hey, I'm back."
Immediately, the voice of his charge made the Predacon turned to see Blake walking towards the table with her breakfast. Which had some fish with it, though he was sure that wasn't on the menu from his searching for his own breakfast. As he ate some of the other passengers were wondering where he came from since he didn't seem to have any of the levels of table manners as he ate with his claws and bite into the beacon like a beast than a person. Blake had to tell him how to eat properly so the humans on board wouldn't be afraid of him. Which he silently sat and began eating with more patience and considerations of others.
As he ate, he asked, "Why do you wear that cloth over your head and… ears, like that?"
After a close gagging and then swallowing her food, she looked up at the tall stranger, trying to figure out how he knew she was a Faunus. She sighed as she explained, "While some people may be able to be accepting… the rest of the world isn't, so I wear this just so that they could learn more about me before making judgements from my heritage…"
Predaking narrowed his eyes at this, "You should be proud of your heritage. If it was not for your forefathers you would not be here to enjoy the life you have been blessed with. I for one will not run or hide like a coward in the face of others."
He took several beacons in his claw and stated, "Let them judge me for my actions as I live rather than by my appearance, otherwise you are only giving power to those that oppress you."
"It's not that easy!" Blake snapped, pushing her hands onto the table as she glared at the man before her, "I don't know where you came from but that's not how the rest of the world is! Out here, we're hated and feared! All because of how we look and sometimes by how we act!"
Narrowing she added, "With an attitude like yours you'd be mistaken for a member of the White Fang!"
"At least I do not fear the judgements of others!" Predaking snapped back, his pride wounded by her words, "I would show them that I am not the beast they think I am."
Blake glared back at those fiery irises of his before the pair sat in silence and finished their breakfast.
After eating Predaking excused himself from Blake as he told her that he needed to return to his cabin to try and wash up. Which Blake had to agree since she did detect that he hadn't washed for a long time. While watching him go Blake wondered what kind of life he had before he walked into that town where they met.
Unbeknownst to her, a figure, hidden in a hood like cloak, watched her and her argument with the strange faunus with both horns and scaly claws.
Entering his room, Predaking sighed as he looked for a way to contact the prime about some more questions he had since he woke up from his two-day sleep.
"If only the prime is available to communicate when I have need of him." Predaking muttered, annoyed with no way to talk to the Prime.
However, his reflection began to ripple as it reshaped itself into the image of Optimus Prime.
Predaking was shocked to see this as he asked, "Wh... How?"
"I believed it would be better for us to communicate this was as to continue the level of trust between us." Optimus explained, letting the Predacon king compose himself as asked, "It is good you are here, I have much to ask you."
"And I will answer all that I am able to." Optimus said, waiting for the Predaking's questions.
Turning to face him he asked, "You said that the comrade of the silver-eyed savior was a Faunus, correct? And yet you toy with the fact you hid the most crucial part of how to identify her, Why?"
"Predaking, physically you are the same age as her, but mentally you still have much to grow, as such you need to do as my old medic friend, Ratchet, suggest and analyze the situations that you find yourself in." Optimus explained, causing Predaking to growl in annoyance.
Looking back at the Prime, he asked, "Is the female that saved my life, the one with the feline scent. Is she the one I am to protect?"
"Yes, I am pleased to hear that you were able to deduce this for yourself." Optimus said, smiling at Predaking's continued mental growth.
Huffing, Predaking turned his back to the Prime and said, "You failed to mention how cowardly she is when it comes to her own identity…"
"She had suffered much discrimination and prejudice from the humans of her world, both brought on by the fear and hatred because of her appearance. Enduring that much ridicule and hatred would cause adverse effects on anyone." Optimus stated as he looked over at the Predacon.
Snapping, Predaking hastily turned to his reflection, shouting, "Then she does not deserve my protection!"
"Predaking!" Optimus called, his voice making the Dragon Faunus freezing at the tone. It would be like a parent or older sibling talking to their child when they're causing a scene that was inappropriate.
With his pride wounded even more, Predaking bared his fang like teeth at the Last Prime. How dare the Prime speak to someone like him this way?! He was the King of the Predacons, not one of those juvenile humans that the Autobots guard with their lives.
"Not every being has the same courage and endurance as you do." Optimus calmly told the annoyed Predaking, "It would be in both your interest and hers if you try to understand her and be there for her if you are to continue on your progress with the mission."
Annoyed with the Prime's riddles and lectures, Predaking began to disrobe to take a show and think about what the Prime said.
It is dusk, and the boat continues its journey on the smooth water. There is still peaceful bird cry, and Blake was on the middle deck looking out at the ocean. A Faunus couple walk behind her and she watches them, slightly less twitchy than before. She then began to think back to her conversation with the captain of the ship.
Blake was still steamed from her argument with Predaking. How dare he call her a coward when he doesn't know anything about her or the kind of life she had before Beacon. With his attitude and temper, she almost mistaken him for another Adam… She paused and shudders at the memories of what happened the night Beacon fell.
Resting her hands on the rail and staring out at the ocean, Blake began to calm down. She blinked and looked over her right shoulder, somewhat startled. Two kids were laughing over a joke. A smile almost presented itself to her lips when she turned to look back at the ocean.
"Travelling alone?" An older voice, around sixty or fifty years of age, asked.
This startled Blake, making her jump and hold the hilt of her weapon. She stopped herself her when she saw that it was the captain of the boat.
Holding up his hands in a reassuring manner, the Captain said, "Now, now, no threat here. Just here to chat."
Blake hesitates before relaxing her posture with a roll of her eyes, asking, coldly, "And why is that?"
The Captain lowered his arms and then twisted to lean idly onto the rail as he answered her, "Well, not many people travel by boat on their own. It can be quite a lonely voyage. But I found those that do tend to have the more... interesting stories. Especially after that argument you had with that rather unique looking young man with you."
Blake turns away from the Captain, cooly stating, "Maybe it's just... better for some people to be alone."
The two kids run behind Blake laughing and she gasps again, not expecting the noise behind her. She turns and blinks at them trying to reset her calm.
Laughing, the Captain said, finding her reaction to a pair of kids running funny, "Maybe, but with your paranoia, I think a few friendly faces and someone to talk to wouldn't hurt."
"Who says I'm paranoid?!" Blake asked, defensively as she didn't want anyone near her or to talk about her argument with that arrogant Dragon Faunus.
Laughing again, the captain told her, "No one, dear, no one. I'll leave you be."
The captain turns and walks away, then stopped to tell her, "But uh, fair warning: these trips can be awfully boring."
The captain continued on his way as Blake stares after him, thinking about what he said before calling after him, "Wait… please? There is something you might be able to help with…"
After he looked back, smiling supportively he went and heard the whole story from Blake as she recounted how he was when she first met Predaking. How he willingly did a job for one of the humans, how he was willingly able to fight when the workers were upset their boss paid a Faunus. And how the Dragon Faunus fought them without worry of repercussions for reasons unknown to her.
"I'll admit, I've never seen a Dragon like Faunus before in my long life. Especially since he has two of his traits instead of one like a regular faunus, but maybe that's where it comes from." The captain said, after processing the info he got.
Blake looked confused by his words, so he elaborated, "Dragons, in stories, are known to be very prideful yet confident creatures because of the strength and placement as the king of Mythical beasts. Take that Grimm that attacked Beacon, the other smaller Grimms seemed to spawn from the pieces of it that hit the ground. And they seem to revere it in some way, much like a person does in front of a king."
Blake huffed as she muttered, "He doesn't need to be a jerk about it. He almost seems to think that defeating someone will make others see things like he does… "
"I don't know what kind of life that young man had before you met him, but it's clear to see to me that he's been through a lot of hardships and what I believe to be betrayals in his life. It would obviously make anyone be at odds against your way of thinking." The captain told her, seeing the look before in the Dragon Faunus' eyes, "Besides, aren't you wanting to be accepted by who you are instead of what you are?"
Blake was surprised to hear that from the captain, especially since he knew that she was a Faunus.
"Just think about what I said when you see him again and try to get to know him better, okay miss?" The captain asked, before returning to the rest of his duties.
Once he's gone, she turns and looks at the ground for a few seconds before reaching up and undoing her bow, "Mmm."
She holds the ribbon out over the railing, remarking, "Won't be needing this."
Blake lets go and watches the ribbon swirl in the air once before landing on the water. She turns and walks away.
She heard heavy footsteps, turned to see Predaking walking to her, his hair, though still in its unique hairstyle, showed evidence of being wet in a degree as he continued to dry.
It's when she's about to leave that she senses she is being watched by someone on the upper deck. It's the hooded figure, and she immediately takes out her weapon, Gambol Shroud, demanding, "Who's there?!"
The hooded figure turns and ran for it, Predaking could somewhat see blond hair visible beneath the hood. Blake stares up at the deck, no longer watching the ocean. Predaking gave chase after the suspected enemy, unaware of what's behind him. She does not notice the dorsal fins of a giant sea creature momentarily surface. However, she feels the boat rocking on the wake it created and let's out a grunt as she tries to keep her balance. Predaking felt it too as he turned around to see something that made his eyes widen and his mouth hang open in surprise.
The creature's long-necked shadow looms over Blake and her protector as she turns around to face the water. Its shadow also falls on a member of the crew on duty in the crow's nest, who is looking up at it in horror. "RED ALERT!"
The alert immediately sounds. The Captain and his First Mate came running out and look at the water from the upper deck, just above Blake. The Captain murmured as he looked on the shadow of the Grimm fell over him. "By the gods..."
The long-necked creature is revealed to be a large serpentine like body with a dragon like head. It has a pattern of glowing red lines along the scales of its neck, and its eyes glow yellow. The Grimm swings its head back and forth, roaring and spreading its short forearms outward.
'Is that… one of my brethren?' Predaking asked himself before remembering what he heard from Prime about how, like the Predacon race, many of the creatures of Grimm resemble what the humans of Earth consider to be, Mythical. While this Grimm does bear a resemblance to a Predacon's beast mode, it didn't feel that way. There was an emptiness inside this creature as it was in the remains of his mighty ancestors when the demon Unicron turned them into his undead horde. And that made the Predaking angry that this thing dare take on a form similar to the Predacons.
(A/N: If you all want you can listen to any music that fits this fight scene.)
"All hands to battle stations!" Predaking heard the Captain of the ship shout his orders.
"Sir, we've never fought a Grimm this big!" A female crewmember said, worried.
"We've never seen something this big! But we'll give 'er a fight nonetheless!" The captain told her. Predaking had to admit that the elder like human had a lot of courage for facing a giant threat as this Grimm.
Blake springs into action, running off the boat and into the air. She creates one of her clones to give her added upward momentum, flinging Gambol Shroud forward in its kusarigama form. Attached to the ribbon on her wrist, it embeds itself into the Grimm's neck.
Blake swings above the Grimm and shoots it in the back of its neck. It roars. Blake lands on the crow's nest and commenced with shooting it while it arcs back into the water. Down below Predaking watched, as he was about to do something, he heard the sounds of metal moving ad looked over the side to see that the side of the ship opened up and a line of cannons came out. Predaking had to admit he was impressed that this ship was prepare for such a situation. Before he looked for a way to help fight the Grimm and
Blake continued her assault on the sea creature, once again swinging and shooting. The ship's cannons fire but are mostly ineffective. Blake falls back onto the ship's deck, lands on her back, bounces, and quickly gets herself back onto her feet. She discovers that her left shoulder is hurt when she moves to stand.
"Blake!" Predaking cried out seeing her hurt.
The largest cannon on the ship rises up through a trapdoor on the deck, extends itself, and aims at the Grimm. The Grimm's dorsal fin splits apart and extra bone unfolds, revealing two wings. The dragon lets out a roar as it flies, its beating wings sending a gush of air at the ship. Blake cries out as she hangs on with her hurt left arm.
The heavy cannon shoots, but the Grimm easily evades it. It opens its mouth and an electric ball forms. It then shot outwards towards the female Faunus, in an attempt to erase her from Remnant.
Before Blake was engulfed in the dragon's lightning, a figure rushed to stand before her. The Grimm was actually surprised to see that some Faunus had survived against its attack.
Predaking shook his clawed arm to get the feeling back in his hand as he spoke to the monster, "Forgive the interruption, however, I cannot permit any harm to befall this femme feline or any other passenger aboard this sea vessel."
Predaking continued to walk to the Grimm as he said, "I owe the femme feline greatly for her aid when I had reawakened in this outside world. I owe the humans for allowing me passage on their vessel despite the fear of me tipping them over with my large size and mass."
He then grabbed the Grimm by the whiskers and growled, fangs bared at the Grimm, "And a king always repays his debts!"
And pulled hard on it. Causing the draconic Grimm to roar as it was pulled down before the dragon Faunus slammed his scale clawed fist into the Grimm's face. The blow made the large Grimm real back in pain.
Predaking felt a new fire ignite inside him as he held out his claws, ready for fighting against this creature of Grimm with his charge. Blake readied to launch herself at it, but the hooded figure from before landed on her head and uses her as a launch pad. Making the Feline Faunus shout out in surprise. "Hey!"
The figure grunts, and the cloak falls back, revealing a tan-skinned boy with short spiky light-blonde hair and blue eyes. He wore two red wrist bracers over black fingerless gloves and an open loose-collared white jacket with no shirt underneath, displaying his muscular physique. He also wore blue cargo pants tied up with a white belt. White bandages on his legs under his pants and a chain hanging from the belt loop on the right side of his pants. He also had black and yellow sneakers and wore a black cord around pendant bearing a monkey emblem. A long prehensile monkey tail the same color as his hair protruded itself from the back of the boy's pants, below the belt. Midair, he activates his energy clones. When she saw him Blake asked, surprised, "Sun?!"
"Who?" Predaking asked, watching as Sun and his clones land on the Grimm's head.
The two clones pull on the topmost tendrils of the head while Sun grabs its upper lip, shouting, "Not today, pal!"
When the dragon releases its electric blast, it goes harmlessly into the air, rather than at the ship. Watching this Blake asked, annoyed, "What are you doing?!
From atop the enraged Grimm's snout, Sun answers her while holding onto the two tendrils his now-disappeared clones had grabbed, "Oh, uh, you know, just... hanging out!"
The Grimm manages to get a small electrical charge around Sun and he lets go, shouting as he fell. "Whoa-oa!"
Blake gasps and immediately springs into action again. She jumps onto and off the railing, using Gambol Shroud's kusarigama form on the crow's nest to swing herself around and catch Sun midair. They land on nearby rocks, with her holding him bridal style. Putting his hand to his heart, the blond monkey say, "My hero!"
Blake, however, snapped, "You're not supposed to be here!"
"Yeah!?" Sun asked before gesturing to the ship with the Grimm attacking it, "Well it looks like you can use all the help you can get, even with that big guy there!"
Blake glares at him and then rolls her eyes. As the a war cry caught their attention, seeing Predaking jumping in the path of the Grimm's face and punched it's bone like face.
"Ugh." Blake groaned, dropping him, as she yelled, "Just shut up and fight!"
She runs toward the ship in the water, where the Grimm is firing electric blasts at it. Sun is on the ground, striking a pose on his side with his hand propping up his head. "Yes, ma'am!"
On the deck, Blake is preparing to counter a hit from the Grimm's electric blast, but Sun jumps in between with a laugh of triumph. He uses Ruyi Bang and Jingu Bang to deflect it and lands on the heavy cannon, resting his staff on his shoulder with a crooked grin. Predaking roared, sending a torrent of flame out at the Grimm.
"Huntsmen!"
The three of them turn to the man who has come out onto the upper deck calling them. "If you can clip its wings and draw it out towards the bow, we could take it!"
Blake and Predaking turned away from the Captain to look up at Sun.
"I mean, you're the one with the swords. And the big guy does have those claws." Sun said, pointing out the obvious.
Blake however… "Ugh."
Sun spun his weapon back into their holster and ran toward the Grimm, calling to them, "Now or never!"
Sun activates three clones and jumps into the air. The first clone springs Blake upward to the second clone, which does the same. The third clone swings her up. Predaking jumped up after her as he moved himself towards the Grimm Sun waits, laughing and opening up his arms, but then loses his smile in confusion, asking, "Huh?"
Blake, instead of heading toward him, directs herself above him and lands on his shoulders. They sink a few feet while he grunts and Blake leapt upward off of him. While he was groaning, the large greave of the Dragon Faunus pushed him down to the ship where he leapt after her. High above the Sea Feilong, the two began their descent, avoiding, or in Predaking's case borrowing through, the electric blasts it shot at them. As Predaking ran his claws down the creature's left wing, Blake ran down its right wing, slicing through the thin membrane.
'Hmph, as if a soulless creature has a right to the wings of my kind.' Predaking thought as he slid down, letting his claws make great damage to the Grimm's left wing, though not as much as Blake with her sword.
Sun smirks as he waits for her on the rock she's readying to land on and catches her. However… since gravity was making the large robust Dragon Faunus fall faster than his target, Sun had to dive out of the way to keep himself from getting crushed. The impact causes the rock surface to crack around him as he landed. Seeing Blake coming Predaking held his arms and caught her, causing more cracks to form while he's left holding her bridal style. Blake looked up at him, surprised that he was the one to catch her instead of Sun. Predaking addressed her, "Do you believe we caught the attention of our adversary?"
The Grimm turned its attention at them, narrowing its eyes, Blake asked, "Does that answer your question?"
The Grimm moves around them, causing the precarious rocky area to collapse. While the pair were on the move again, they left Sun behind, only for them to see that he was following behind. The Grimm flew after them, knocking rocks down as it goes. Predaking had to silently admire how close to having the will of a Predacon the monster hand by how it was still hunting them down even with one wing damaged and the other cut badly.
Sun continued to hop around with the other two, avoiding the Grimm's attacks until one more move puts him directly in front of its open mouth. Blake swung in on her ribbon and got him out of its reach.
Realizing that he wasn't going to catch up with them, Predaking stood, turned to face the enemy, and held his ground. A fire like feeling grew inside his body, allowing his anger to grow as well as his determination to win.
"Umm… what's he doing?" Sun asked, confused.
Looking back Blake called, "Predaking, get out of there!"
Predaking remained where he was until the pretender of his race came roaring at him, move open. Threatening to swallow him but the Faunus' size made it difficult, and his aura gave him a chance to force the mouth of the Grimm open, further obscuring its vision from the two that were hanging on one of the walls.
It began to thrash trying to get the Faunus out of its mouth as it dove underwater at some points of its thrashing.
The two watched in shock at how much punishment that the Dragon Faunus seems to be taking with aid of his aura and physical strength. Through it all Predaking spoke to the Grimm, between the grunts he received from the Grimm's attempts to get him out, "Though you are not… *Grunts* of my race… *Yells from the impact* You certainly… *Snarls from the collision* are close to being… *Grunts* relatively similar… *Grunts again* to that of… *Growls from the impact against the rock* my kin!"
It then began shaking its head wildly about in another attempt to get the Dragon Faunus out of its mouth. With a mighty movement of its body it toss the Predaking out of its mouth. Where he crash landed close to both Blake and the blond jester.
Just as it was going to dive towards them Predaking, feeling the fires inside him growing, let out another roar, unleashed a powerful, and fast, blast of fire from his mouth at the Grimm, causing it to reel backward, howling in pain. It then dove under water to put the fires out.
"WHOA! Didn't know you could do that!" Sun cried out in surprise by how hot the air around the strange faunus' fire felt.
Looking at where the Grimm was before, Predaking put one of his calws to his throat and muttered, "Neither did I…"
Rising from the water, the Grimm, with evidence of burn damage on its body, glared down at them. As it prepared a blast to get the three of them in one shot when it was impaled by the bowsprit of the boat.
"Fire!" They heard the Captain shouting his order. The heavy cannon fired and hit the Grimm dead on. Its upper half was blasted to pieces, and it died immediately. The crew of the ship began to cheer. The cheer was then upheld by the passengers on the ship who also join in with applause. On their rock, Sun celebrated while Blake smiles and lowers her head in relief. Predaking remained silent as he watched as the Grimm's body began to…dissolve?
It was a curious thing to see, almost as though because it did not have a soul, it's body would not hold up.
"Ha-ha! Up top!" Sun exclaimed, catching both of the attentions of both cat and Dragon faunus, as he held his hand up. The action confused the Predacon as he never seen anyone do that before, especially the Decepticons.
Blake turns and glares at blond monkey-tailed young man.
Sun wiggled his hand with a grin, waiting for the high-five, "Eh?"
With a cry, Blake swings her arm around to slap him in the face. He rears back in slow-motion and then her hand made contact with his flesh with a loud sound. As soon as her hand made contact with Sun's cheek, the sound was enough to make even the powerful Predaking wince.
After the three of them returned to the ship, all of the crew and passengers began to thank them for their help against the Grimm. Since then the ship began celebrating up until the night. Through some of it, Predaking was approaching by a pair of crewmates who asked if he needed medical attention, which he politely declined, suffering worse from that traitorous cowardly Seeker, Starscream. When the sun set and the moon rose, Blake watched as Sun talked with a pair of Faunus assuring them of their continued safety for the rest of their journey. Predaking remained silent as he watched her. Before he could say something…
"You'd think they'd never seen a fight before."
Blake, wasn't amused, asking the monkey Faunus, "What are you doing here Sun?"
"Digging the new outfit by the way." Sun said, complimenting her outfit. And moved his hand to point to her ears, "Never did like that bow."
Before Blake could slap his hand away, the clawed hand of the Dragon Faunus grabbed him by the wrist and said, "Be respectful of the personal space of others, jester. Or you will find yourself lacking in that limb."
Feeling his circulation leaving his arm by the remaining strength of the other guy's claw, Sun wheezed, "No problem…"
Predaking let him go and looking out at the sea. Sun went close to Blake and asked, in a whisper, "So… who's tall dark and scaly? You're new boyfriend or something?"
Blake was at a loss of words at how ridiculous his question sounded, before snapping, "Nevermind about him! Have you been following me?!"
At the raised voice of his charge, Predaking turned and watched as he saw the monkey Faunus look down with a touch of abashment and answered, "I saw you run off."
This caught Predaking by surprise by the jester's solemn words. Even as the blond monkey continued, "The night Beacon Tower fell. Once we landed in Vale, you made sure everyone was okay. And then you just took off, without saying anything."
"I had to. You wouldn't understand." Blake said, looking down. By her tone Predaking thought she believed that no one would understand her.
"No, I get it! The moment you left, I knew exactly what you were doing!" Sun said, making Blake smile at him, pleased at feeling understood by someone.
"You're going on a one-woman rampage against the White Fang!" Sun exclaimed, causing both Predaking to hang his head at the boy's idiocy. As well as, Blake's happy expression to fall as she asked, a little bit in disbelief, "What?"
"You always felt like the Fang was your fight." Sun replied as he counted off the reasons that Blake's going after them, "They show up, trash your school, hurt your friends. It makes perfect sense!"
Blake put a hand to head and muttered, "I can't believe you."
Predaking put his own claw to his face and thought, 'How did that make sense to him?'
"But there's no way I'm letting you do this alone! It's an honorable approach, for sure, but you're going to need someone to watch your back. Someone not as headstrong, large, and abit slow. And that's where I come in!" Sun said, putting his arm around her and put an elbow on Predaking's shoulder, "Us Faunus got to stick together, after all."
"You're wrong, Sun." Blake told him pushing him off, "You're so, so wrong."
Blake turns her back on him and walks away.
"What are you..." Sun began to ask.
"Is it not obvious?" Predaking asked, pushing Sun's elbow off his shoulder drawing the attention of the two, who looked at the dragon Faunus as he continued, "She is not going anywhere near the White Fang faction. In fact the opposite direction, away from them."
"I'm not going after them yet, anyway." Blake corrected, surprised that the Dragon Faunus had somewhat deduced what she was planning to do.
Sun was shocked when he heard this, asking, "Seriously?"
Turning away from the two boys, Blake told Sun her reasoning, "I need to sort some things out."
"Then why not do it with your team? Your friends?" Sun asked, catching Predaking's attention by the mention of her team.
Blake turned and snapped, "You're one to talk! Assuming Neptune, Sage, and Scarlet aren't hiding below deck!"
Sun then asked her, almost with a deadpanned expression, "You really think I could get Neptune on the ocean?"
He then told her where his teammates were, "They flew back to Mistral! I told them I'd catch up! It's not the first time I left them to take a boat!"
"So, if you're not going after the White Fang, where are you going?"
"Home, to Menagerie. Like what" Blake stated, confirming what Predaking has already deduced, but remained silent. He must thank to the Autobot medic for his aid in helping him in realizing the truth about his deceased brethren, by analyzing the situation.
Sun then declared, "Well, I'm coming with you."
Before either of them could disagree, Sun explained his reasoning, "The Grimm are getting worse; you saw it yourself! And just because you're not going after the Fang doesn't mean they won't be coming for you! Besides, I'm... kind of already on the boat."
Fore the first time in months, Blake felt herself feel like she was going to laugh from that last remark, asking, "There's really no stopping you?"
"Nope!" Was Sun's only reply as he took on a pose that appear comical to anyone who'd see it.
Predaking remained silent throughout their conversation, he needed to confer with the Prime about the Monkey jester's true motives. If he was a threat to the mission or not.
"... What about you?" Blake asked, her words drawing the Predacon's attention, seeing both her and her blond companion looking back at him.
"Pardon?" Predaking asked, confused by her meaning.
Sun rolled his eyes, "She's asking if yer gonna come along with us. Man, get your head in the game, dude."
Predaking glared at the monkey tail's rudeness, but having himself retain his composure he approached the pair and repeated, "I owe the femme feline a great deal when I reawaken in this outside world from my… island. And I will continue to aid her until my debt is rightfully repaid."
Sun smiled widely as he exclaimed, "This is going to be great! Never been in Menagerie before! It'll be a regular journey to the east! Yeah, I like the sound of that."
Predaking remained silent as he thought that this was going to be a very long voyage with the blond jester with them.
(So what did you think? Yes I know about Predaking looking like he was "OP" but considering that he lifted a giant rock 300x his own size and weight, i figured (With his Aura releashed) that he could punch that Feilong and take all that punishment even though he shrunk in size he's still able to do all he could do when he was a Cybertronian. But what is this fire that he shot out at the Grimm before the Captain finished it off, was it natural ability of him being a Dragon Faunus or is it... somehting more?
the next chapter will be of Dreadwing's road to recovery as he began to understand more about Remnant, the customs, and technology while he's under Ironwood's supervision. until next time in The Light of Hope.)