(Hey everyone how's it going? I am so sorry for being gone for so long, things got more intense since last time I posted the last chapter of this story. Well lets recount what happened since my last chapter.
1. Dreadwing has a cover as to why he is with Ironwood as he looks for the person he is suppose to protect.
2. Met said princess and stood in defense of her.
and finally 3. slugged that arrogant little scumbag Whitley in the face for his mistreatment of his sister, while being forced off the estate by that King Tatiju, Jacques after making his son the new heir. But don't worry all you Weiss fans, she has a way to keep in contact with Dreadwing thanks to that device he gave her.
Seems like everything's in order. Now let's see how Predaking's doing, shall we?
Reminder: This is a story that works in correlation with Ryujduge6614's "Transformers RWBY: The Flames of Redemption", which 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.)
Predaking opened the door and entered. Ghira, however, seemed to be very busy as to not notice the dragon entering his office. He remained silent while Ghira had worked on his papers before the chieftain had time to put down his papers and look to his visitor.
Surprise to see the Dragon Faunus there, Ghira asked, "Oh, Predaking. What can I do for you?"
"I was informed that the people have not been able to expand into the deserts due to the wildlife since the founding of this village." Predaking told him, standing there.
Ghira was confused by how Predaking had said his answer and asked, "Yes? What of it?"
"I wish to volunteer myself into the attempt of securing an outpost within the desert." Predaking stated, making the older Faunus gap in response to the request. Predaking blinked confused by this reaction as it would make since for him to go as he was more durable and able to survive far longer and cover more ground than anyone else. Though, if he had his wings then he'd be able to do more for these people. Especially as he would be able to consume any of the creatures that get in his way. In this form however, he would need to try and preserve his kills so he may remain strong during his trek.
Ghira seemed to have found his voice as he stated, "As much as seeing your courage makes me feel, I can't allow that."
Predaking raised a brow, not understanding as to why the chieftain would not agree to this course of action as it was to help his citizens, "Please explain to me your reasoning, sir."
"It's just too dangerous for one Faunus to go out there and hope he can find territory that another animal or worse Grimm would come and destroy what he risked his life for." Ghira explained, however, that only made Predaking give out a beast like snarl that made the chieftain take on an expression of shock on that which only made Predaking angrier, snapping, "I was with your daughter and the chattering monkey when a draconic Grimm attacked our vessel and was close to holding it in a standstill before the human captain finished it off!"
"That may be good, against one Grimm, but there could be more in packs that could kill you if you're not careful!" Ghira said, loudly, his anger close to Predaking's level. Not really able to believe someone so young has the natural strength to do that without using his Aura or Semblance.
"It is a better plan than risking the lives of the people you need to keep the peace in the village." Predaking tried to reveal, trying to show the older Faunus that he is capable of handling himself out in the wild after what he knew of his people and the hardships he had to endure because of Megatron.
Getting up Ghira asked, "You think I don't know that? But I must be considering your life as well as everyone else's."
"Why? Because I am not exactly like other Faunus?!" Predaking asked, feeling as though Ghira was about to give the same excuses as Megatron did, because he was created from the cells of his ancestors.
Ghira sighed as he tried to say, "That isn't what I meant."
"Then what is it?" Predaking asking arms crossed, doing his very best to remain calm, even though it's a difficult trial for him compared to fighting Megatron.
Ghira got in Predaking's face and shouted, "It's because my daughter wouldn't be able to overcome if anything happened to you!"
This confused Predaking more as he asked, "What are you talking about?"
Ghira stared in shock before remembering Predaking's origins and asked, feeling like he was retelling the "Birds and the Bees" when his daughter asked him a question along those lines, "Uhh… Well… you see…"
Predaking blinked in confusion about what the father of his charge meant, while the panther Faunus continued, to try and explain, "As you no doubt know, there are males and females of every species, Human and Faunus. And sometimes they began to have special feelings for each other where they'd begin to… where they start… feeling warm about each other and I…"
The door opened suddenly, both of them turned to see Blake standing there surprised with her cheeks blushing deep red. Then her expression of surprise became one of embarrassment and she stormed out. Her father tried to call after her, "Blake."
However, he got no reply as she was still upset. Ghira let out a sigh before looking back at the still confused Predacon. The chieftan sat down behind his desk and said, "I'll ask some of the Menagerie guard to go with you as backup while you're out in the desert."
Predaking stood up to protest, but was quieted down when the chieftan added, "Not to keep an eye on you, but to secure what you may find while out there in the desert."
Knowing he won't get exactly what he wanted, Predaking gave Ghira the same bow when he first met the parents earlier and went to prepare for his journey out into the desert of this island.
To say that Blake was embarrassed would be an understatement as she stormed away from her father's office. She couldn't believe that her father was having that conversation with Predaking of all people. It was more embarrassing than if her mother began talking to Sun about the same conversation as her father did with the Dragon Faunus.
She stopped and growled a bit, she had originally went to her father's office to try and talk to him after how long it's been since she was last there… and the last time they saw each other wasn't her best moments…
She looked back and supposed that she couldn't blame the dragon for not understanding what her father was talking about due to him being cloned into existence. But to make it sound like she had feelings for someone she met close to a week ago… It was as embarrassing as when her mom told her she approved of Sun instead of her father. And Predaking seemed to have gotten an approval from her father even though he seemed to be still hesitant to trust him. (AN: Apparently any father's like that to any young man their daughter knows.)
She had sighed when thinking about going to go to her mother for advice on how to deal with tthis... when she found her mother talking to Sun about her adventure with her team, Team RWBY. She didn't know what was worse. Her father giving dating advice to a boy who she just met and whom both she and her father respected in some way, or her mother getting buttered up by the blond who she went to a dance with.
Going back to her former bedroom, Blake groaned pressing her hands into her face, unable to believe what's going on so far around her. She had just looked out her window and saw Predaking leaving, going to the forest edge behind her home.
Predaking stood there at the edge of the forest as he turned to see a few Faunus with black robes on their uniforms and what appeared to be minimum amount of armor on their uniforms walked to him.
"You the one that chief Belladonna told us about?" The one with the scar over his right eye and two front teeth asked, his tone was rough, which showed her had experienced a lot of hard work and combat to make him sound aggressive.
Predaking nodded, "Indeed. Thought I told him I do not require aid from those who are busy with their own assignments."
"Well in that case." One of the guard said, about to turn around when the one with the scar stopped him, grabbing his shoulder.
Looking back at the tall dragon Faunus, he told the other guardsmen, "We've been assigned this by chief Ghira, and we're gonna see it through."
Predaking had to nod to their sense of loyalty to the chieftan of this community, as well as their sense of duty. Even though the guard that wanted to leave groan, it seemed to be in a levity manner rather than actually being upset of not accepting Predaking's offer to go alone into the desert.
"What name do you go by?" Predaking asked the, apparent, head of the guards.
He looked suspiciously at the dragon faunus for a second before answering, "Saber Rodentia."
"This excursion into the great desert will certainly be teeming with dangers and treachery." Predaking told them as he looked at them and asked, "Are you certain you wish to continue this pursuit even if it will bring you your end?"
The guard there looked to each other before the scarred faunus with the teeth nodded. Sighing Predaking nodded, and proceeded to lead them out through the forest and then out into the desert.
It was nearly half a day after they left the village when they were attacked by a pack of Grimm, reptilian looking creatures with no wings, but with two legs and a heard big enough for the legs to not be useless.
"Damn! It just had to be Creepers!" one of the guards cried out, shocked at how many were in this pack.
Holding his weapon, Saber ordered, "Prepare to fight back!"
The guard began to fight back with their spears and ranged weapons. Before Predaking could aid them, Saber held out his spear and said, "You stay back. The chief'd be angry if we let his guest get hurt."
"But I can help you." Predaking said, loud enough over the sounds of fighting around them.
Saber narrowed his eyes, "If you wanna help, then stay out of our way."
Before he could argue more, Saber went to fight the Grimm. Predaking snarled, angry that they still treat him like this when he could fight.
With his anger growing, the Grimm stopped what they were doing and turned their attention the angered dragon faunus as he went on his raging about how they were holding him back while they were going to be slaughtered. The creepers all focused on the large Faunus while the Menagerie Guard were able to get out of the Grimm's line of sight.
Saber was helping one of his subordinates when he saw a the Grimm heading towards, "Hey, kid! Get outta there!"
Before one of the Grimm pounced, Predaking grabbed it by the throat and crushed it with his claw. The creeper dropped to the ground as it dissolved away into nothingness. He then looked around for the creepers to come stalk him before pouncing. Predaking glared at them as he fought back, with a beast like roar that echoed from his throat.
(AN: At this point you can listen to the song they played for Predaking on Transformers: Prime, but it's up to you.)
The guards watched in amazement as Predaking fought the pack of Grimm single handedly while they got their wounded out of the fight. Though it was completely safe to say that the Grimm seemed focused on the dragon Faunus before them rather than them. Predaking grabbed a creeper by the tail and swung it around like a flail mace to send the others to hit the ground before grabbing it by its head and slammed it hard into the ground, causing it to dissolve quickly. Predaking looked at the remaining Grimm and charged, with a roar.
"Whoa… look at him go…" One of the guards said during the fight.
"Never seen anyone fight like that before."
Saber glared as he said, "I have… back in the early days of the White Fang. It was amazing seeing one person take down a group of humans that tried to stop us from passing by their village. I just haven't seen anyone fight this intense since Adam Taurus."
Saber watched as Predaking took care of the Grimm, true his method of fighting is different from the adept's but it was with the same level of intensity was the same. Now he understood why he and a few of his subordinates were ordered by the chief to watch him, just in case this guy became anything like Taurus.
Soon Predaking stood there while the guard cheered and made their way to the somewhat tired dragon Faunus. Saber remained where he was as he watched, untrusting of this strange faunus.
That night while everyone was resting, Predaking stood guard over them as to make sure they were not attacked by more Grimm or humans who would wish harm on them for camping.
As he sat there Predaking looked up into the night sky, as if truly seeing the stars for the first them as he thought, 'They look like the Energon crystals shining in the darkness.'
He closed his eyes, remembering the burning wreckage that Megatron orchestrated for his brethren, all because the Decepticon feared him. Opening his eyes he looked back into the sky and swore, "I will not fail them… This I swear…"
Unaware as a figure in black was watching him, as he stood up he fixed his hood and proceeded to the only known oasis in this desert.
The next morning Predaking was already up as he looked to the guards, who were having their brief breakfast.
Predaking took a deep breath and sniffed the air for anything, food, shade, or even water. His eyes snapped open and told the readying guard, "I can detect a source of moist nourishment in the northward direction of the setting sun."
Confused the one with the map looked and asked, "You mean north west from here?"
Predaking nodded before leading them the way to the water. Through the journey, they had to fight against other forms of Grimm as well as reach a means to protect them from the harsh sun where they would need to keep from eating or drinking too much. One of the guards almost got lost to the intense heat when Predaking stopped him by knocking him out to ensure that he'd be able to return to normal once they find a shady area. They spent another couple days of looking and their supplies were running low. Predaking stopped seeing several more guards had fallen to the heat and went back to carry them over his shoulders while continuing on. Confusing the gerbil Faunus more as to why he was able to keep going with more people to carry.
They found it as some sort of cave that led underground. They waited half of a day as the sun began to set.
Saber watched as while he and his subordinates had begun to feel tired and close to needing rehydrate by drinking some water, Predaking stood there, completely unaffected. Even a reptilian faunus would begin to feel something like hunger or some form of fatigue half of the time they were walking. The only times that Saber ever saw Predaking sleep was half way through their journey, the rest of the time he continued to stay on guard while the others slept. This strange faunus continued to stand guard without any identifications to show he was getting tired or hungry for so long.
'What sort of willpower does this kid have?' Saber thought, continuing to observe him. Even as the sun sets.
Predaking went to the other end of their makeshift camp and looked into the darkness. He could detect an air current from the depths along with the smell of water.
"The smell of water is coming from deeper into the caves." Predaking said to the guards. Before going deeper into the earth.
"Uhh… captain?"
Saber turned and asked, "What is it?"
"These walls… I don't know about them but they don't seem… natural…" the guardsman said pointing to how the walls appeared to have been carved rather than be naturally made. Placing his hand on it, he moved it along the length and felt like they were carved out… by something…
They heard a roar and turned to see the signifying red eyes of the Grimm, followed by a roar. Catching everyone's attention.
Then from the darkness of the cavern was the sound of powerful feet hitting the ground coming in their direction.
Turning to the group, Saber ordered, "RUN!"
And all of them began to run from the many red eyes. They kept running until they reached a large wide pocket of the underground and seemed to have light pouring in the direction they were heading when two big feline like Grimm came out, revealing them to be maticores. Large feline like creatures with wings, scorpion tails, and two large horns protruding from their heads, a bone armor covering their heads with a crown like manes around their heads they snarled at the intruders.
They were about to go back the way they came but 20 more manticores came out of the darkened path and growled at the cornered Faunus. Predaking made a mental note how similar these creatures were to Darksteel's beast form in terms of bulk and frame, but not exactly the same for obvious reasons. The manticores at the center began to move away as a very large feline like Grimm double the height of one manticore walked into the light with both a growl and a hiss. This creature was more slender than the manticores and appeared to have less of a mane around its head with a four crest bone mask and a white snake tail looking at them independently from the feline head.
Saber gulped, he knew about this type of Grimm… but why was a Sphinx here?! It and the manticores are supposed to be Anima, not here..
Once it got a look at them it let out a roar, commanding the manticores to attack. Predaking charged in, his hatred for Megatron's betrayal, as well as the anger at these soulless creatures made them focus on him more so than the other Faunus. Predaking found not holding anything back
{At this point you can listen to the first half of "Lionized" if you want while reading this fight scene. It's the song they played during Adam's character short.}
A figure with a hood and sword in one hand, a sort of one handed rifle in the other hand dropped down as he aimed at two more Manticores, killing them as he sheathed his sword and ran into the fray, helping the large and obviously powerful dragon faunus. Saber shook his head, coming to from being knocked out by one of the manticores and saw the person fighting alongside the dragon faunus. Seeing the familiar red blade, Saber gasped, recognizing it.
Predaking roared stomping his foot down on the bone covered head of the manticore, crushing it underfoot while the stranger saw it and grinned under his hood and kept fighting the
The two worked together almost as if they had fought together for years. While Predaking used his strength to deliver powerful attacks the hooded swordsman used his speed and quick attacks on the enemies. There was times where when the manticores launched fireballs at the pair the dragon faunus swung his fist at them, making them extinguish from his physical strength while the swordsman used his blade to block each attack before sheathing his weapon.
They both finished the last of the manticores when they turned their attention to the Sphinx leading the pack. The monster let out a roar as the two rushed forward. It charged at the pair. It's feline mouth sent out a fireball while the snake head followed their actions. Predaking used himself as a shield, his arms crossed to block the fireball. The black clad swordsman leapt as high as possible before pushing off on the dragon faunus' shoulders and quick drew his sword at the Sphinx' face it roared. The snake headed tail struck, the swordsman blocked the strike with his red blade before landed on his feet and fired at the monster with his rifle. Predaking roared slashing at the beast with his claws, which made both Sphinx head to give outbursts of pain. While the snake head swung, trying to get the large faunus away from it, it only made him land on his feet and let out a large roaring torrent of flames from his mouth, like the dragons of legend.
The Sphinx stared in surprise before the flames caught onto its body, making it roar in pain as it tried to put the flames on its body out. Everyone was surprised that flames literally came out of someone's mouth, almost like a real dragon, instead of it just appearing before his mouth. Steam issued from Predaking's nostrils as he exhaled before he ran forward, moved back a fist and delivered a powerful right cross into the Sphinx's chest, making it hit the wall with enough force to make the fires extinguish.
While the Grimm was trying to see straight, Predaking grabbed the head of the snake's tail and began to pull on it. Making both those watching and the one who participated in the battle, especially the Grimm to look surprised by this youngman's feat of strength. He began spinning the Sphinx around him, actually lifting the beast off the ground. The Grimm struggled, but wasn't able to do anything against this strange Faunus' strength even as the other one used his sword to decapitate it.
(AN: pause at the end of the first half of "Lionized" at this point.)
As the last of the Grimm around them dissolved, everyone was able to relax, and tend to the wounded. Predaking looked over to the man with a hood on and sword in hand, "Who are you?"
"Someone who's been wanting to meet with someone like you." He said pulling off his hood to reveal very red hair two small horns on his head and a mask that looked similar to a Grimm's.
Saber stared, his eyes widening in surprise to see Adam Taurus there.
"And why is that?" Predaking asked, remembering what he was told about the White Fang, and their uniforms consisting with masks similar to the one this stranger was wearing.
"I heard about the human ship was attacked by a dragon like Grimm, then a Faunus like no other came out of nowhere and was able to fight the monster on equal ground. Not to mention how no one has ever seen a Dragon Faunus before." The man said, holding his weapon at his hip.
Predaking raised a brow and asked, "Do you have a point to this useless attempt at flattery?"
"Yes. I want you to join my revolution. Join the White Fang and help your brethren overthrow the enslavement and persecution that the humans had made us endure. Help us get what we deserve." The stranger in the mask said offering his gloved hand for the dragon faunus to take. Predaking stared at it as if it was a ploy. The guards however were tensed about the situation they were in.
The stranger seemed confused as to why he wouldn't accept the offer he was giving him. Predaking turned around and walked way, "Apparently you do not know me as you believe you do. I am content with my current charge and her family."
"Then you're being a fool." The man said glaring, "The Belladonnas do nothing but talk. They may have started the White Fang, but they don't have the drive to do what is necessary to get what we want!"
That made Predaking's temper rise as he muttered, "You remind me of another who says honeyed words with promises when, in reality he merely saw everyone as their stepping stones to obtain those goals."
Standing his full height Predaking, though not towering over the masked swordsmen, he said, "I will not stand with a tyrant that wants to make the world burn to make his goals come to fruition, especially if it violates your principles."
The stranger closed his hand into a fist that shook with anger while the Dragon Faunus continued, "I did not help the human that aided in my creation, nor will I help you in your mad quest for power. A king will never stoop himself to betray those who aided them."
{Begin to finish Lionized from the start of the second half of the song.}
Hearing those words made the stranger take on a shocked expression before his anger returned, and suddenly attacked the dragon Faunus before him. Predaking retaliated in defense as he swung his arms to fight against the swordsmen whose blade began to leave small marks on his armor as the two fought. While this stranger's speed was impressive Predaking was not worried as he delivered a punch aimed at the attacker's chest, only for the swordsmen to block the attack with the side of his blade. Even with the natural strength that Predaking has, the blade didn't break, however the swordsman was sent skidding from his enemy by close to five feet away.
The stranger looked shocked at the strength of his opponent and shouted, "Figures a human weapon would be stronger than a true faunus!"
Predaking raised a brow before realizing what he meant. How could he have pulled a "Starscream" and revealed his true origins to someone who was clearly a threat to the Femme Feline.
The scarlet hair swordsmen pressed his attacks but Predaking's armor is very strong against the attacker's blade. They kept fighting intensely not giving any ground to the other between their blows.
Adam, after absorbing much from the fights with the Grimm, and this fake Faunus before him, looked to see a large stalactite, grinning savagely before he used his semblance to cut it down. Making it come falling down on the Dragon Faunus.
Smirking at his work being done he approached the Menagerie guard and began to say, "Go back to those pitiful leaders you follow, tell them how I erased that fake and I'll –"
The sound of the fallen stalactite moving made everyone turn to see it lift up and find the Dragon Faunus standing there completely unharmed. Whether by his aura or the mixture of his natural endurance with his aura, and armor, it didn't matter as they saw him hold it up in his arms before swinging in a wide arch, making the Menagerie guards duck out of the way while Adam was sent flying, his aura sparked, he had taken too much damage from that one attack. Everyone was shocked to see how he was able to lift, let alone use a piece of rock ten times his own size.
Adam couldn't believe he was beaten, his aura too weak to protect him from any more attacks, he then looked up to see the creature he saw as a weapon made by the humans walk over to him. The look on the dragon's face would've been enough to make Starscream leak fluid. But Adam gritted his teeth as he muttered, "You'll pay for this."
Then used his semblance again, making a rockslide occur to cover his retreat. Before Predaking could go after him. He was stopped by Saber, "That's enough, you won!"
"But he!" Predaking began, but was interrupted again by Saber, "He doesn't matter. The mission does. Remember why you wanted to come to this desert in the first place."
Predaking continued to take deep breathes before recomposing himself, "You are correct. We must find what we need to make a settlement here for the people of the village."
Looking around he asked, "Is anyone injured?"
"Thankfully, no one was. It seemed the Grimm were more focused on you and Adam than us." Saber said, making Predaking stop in his tracks and asked, looking back to the blocked entrance, "That was the Adam Taurus?"
That earned a nod for an answer from the head guard. Predaking looked over the rest of the guards, making sure they are unharmed before looking to the sunlight. As they passed into the light they found it leading back outside where it was a true desert oasis with a large natural body of water in the center. Providing life for the plants and the creatures that inhabit it.
Each one of those who discovered it stared in awe. They weren't sure when the last time one of the previous searches into the desert had found one.
"Listen up!" Saber called out to the rest of the guard, catching their attention.
"We're gonna explore this and find out how big this place really is. If it's safe and able then we'll go back to Kuo Kuana and tell Chief Belladonna what we found. If it proves too dangerous, we'll abandon this and return home."
Everyone began to spread out to explore the oasis while Saber and Predaking searched in the same direction. It got to him that the head of the guard still doesn't trust him.
After taking steps closer to their destination, Predaking stopped, detecting a familiar aroma coming from the center of the oasis. The scent grew stronger the closer the large dragon Faunus got to the source.
"Predaking!" the gerbil Faunus called out, wondering what got into the large Faunus, "Predaking where are you going?!"
The Predacon ignored him as he went faster to find the source of that familiar scent. He found it to be a large piece of metal ore. He examined it and felt something familiar about how it looked. He looked at the armor that was, obviously, his body when he was a Predacon.
Predaking sniffed it and came to a startling conclusion as this metal had the similar scent of CNA and Energon over it. Meaning it is from Cybertron. Why is it here? How did it get here in the first place? Who could've brought it here?
These and many questions plagued his thoughts as the guard came to see what the dragon Faunus had discovered. They must've heard their captain calling out to Predaking when the Predacon detected the scent.
"What is this?"
"Never seen a metal like this before."
"Doesn't look like anything around here."
"Could it be a Meteorite?"
The sounds of the other Menagerie guards were drowned out from the Predacon's mind as he turned to the captain of the guard. Predaking turned to Saber, deciding to say about the metal. "It is the same composition and strength as the metal that made my armor when I was… ready for combat by the human who…"
Saber stopped him, "You don't need to explain. I understand about human cruelty."
This made the Predacon king raise a brow, "I was under the assumption that you did not trust me."
"To be honest, I still don't, but seeing how you risked your life for me and my people, I'll let my suspicion slide for now." Saber said, while the others examined the metal ore.
Predaking seemed surprised by this as he could not believe his actions to protect others gained the trust faster than merely completing an assignment. He looked up into the night sky and wondered about what the future would hold for him if he continued to learn from these beings.
Back in her home Blake was looking up into the night sky, it's been a week since Predaking and a few of the Menagerie guards had left for that excursion into the desert. Besides the natural wildlife there's a large number of Grimm that roam the desert. Blake looked down wondering if Predaking was all right.
Ever since she met him Predaking had been, though a bit dense and temperamental, understanding and not too invasive into knowing more about her past or what she's thinking of. Unlike some people, anyway. And that incredibly formal tone of his was something she had not seen before, unless they're like Weiss and other people from Atlas… Thinking about her old teammates made Blake sighed sadly at how things happened to them after Adam and the Grimm attacked at the Fall of Beacon. She had left Beacon and come home to Menagerie to deal with these things alone but then came that Predaking and Sun and they're now wrapped up with whatever will happen next.
She heard a knocking at the door and asked, "Yes?"
The door opened to reveal her mother as she seemed solemn about something.
"What's wrong mom?" Blake asked, sitting up from her bed.
Kali looked like she'd rather not say, but told her daughter, "Your father hasn't heard anything from Predaking and those who went with him."
"Oh." Blake said, looking down.
Sitting down next to her daughter, Kali asked, "Aren't you worried about him?"
"After seeing him take punch away a Grimm bigger than a King Taijitu and his aura protecting him from being shot several times with burn Dust, he should to be able to take care of himself." Blake said, trying to keep the fear of causing someone else's death away from her heart. After what happened to Yang… No… It can't happen again.
Kali smiled sadly at her daughter, trying to be brave as she told her, slipping her hand to her daughter's, "It's okay to have faith but pushing people away isn't always a good thing."
"Better that than having people get hurt because of me…" Blake said looking down.
Kali stared at her daughter before asking, "Are you talking about what happened to Beacon?"
Blake was quiet, not wanting to tell her mother. Before Kali could say something to her daughter a fast pace of of feet came opened the door, loudly.
There was Sun, breathing heavily and covered in sweat as he stood there. Blake got up and, angrily, asked, "Sun! What are you-?!"
"It's... yer dad... he said... Pr-Pre... Preda..." Sun tried to tell them, but was out of breath. Even as Kali tried to help catch his breath.
"Take a deep breath, Sun. Now what did Ghira say?" Blake's mother asked, looking at the blond young man who took a deep breathe.
He then blurted, "PREDAKING! THE GUARD! THEY'RE BACK!"
Both mother and daughter looked at the teen surprised by the news. He grabbed Blake and pulled her out the door, Kali following behind. Along the way, Blake pulled her arm from Sun and proceeded to follow him to the front door as a large gathering of Faunus were there to see the Dragon Faunus and he guards that went with him return to the desert. Even the members of the Menagerie's White Fang had gathered, mainly the Albain brothers, standing there with their hands together like they were praying.
Ghira approached and Saber saluted him while the chief's eyes were on the large young man, who remained silent while he awaited any form of words from the chief. Ghira let out a sigh as he said to those who were away for a week, "It's good to have you all back with us."
"Good to be back, sir." Saber said, in gratitude. Ghira smiled at the older guardsman as he noticed that the young man with the claws and horns was holding something, finding it to be some sort of metal ore of some kind.
Before he could ask, Saber stopped and shook his head, before gesturing with his head about the Albain brothers being there. Getting the message, Ghira asked, "After not hearing from you all I was beginning to worry that no one survived."
"We wouldn't have if it wasn't for your guest." Saber said, turning to face the dragon Faunus, with his subordinates doing the same, showing their gratitude for him being there and everything he's done since they left Kuo Kuana. While Predaking looked around to see the joy on their faces, Saber continued to explain to his superior, "He's been a big help fighting off the Grimm and making sure that all of us made it to and from our destination in one piece."
Hearing that past part made the chief ask, resulting in those assembled to talk among themselves about what they found, "You found something out there?"
"An oasis, not only to support life out there, but also big enough for us to make a village along the edges of the oasis." Saber reported, causing more chatter throughout the crowd.
Approaching them, Fennic asked, "Pardon me for interrupting, however I must ask; how was it you all were able to return to the capitol without running into more of those dreadful Grimm in the great desert?"
Predaking narrowed his eyes at the White Fang member, the fact that the very Faunus that was told to be head of a supposed splinter group had found out about him and had tried to recruit him to the cause of a man who reminded him too much of the warlord that ordered the destruction of his brethren back on Earth. Predaking felt a hand on his arm and looked to see Blake there, the obvious expression of worry on her face as he seemed to have been snarling at the fox Faunus.
"If you must know, there's a series of underground tunnels that led to an opening that was close to Kuo Kuana's border, one of them leads back to the oasis." Saber said, showing his own distrust of the White Fang member. However, the answer seemed to have satisfied him as Fennic went to rejoin his brother.
Kali stood close to her husband and looked happy to know that no one lost their lives. Sun grinned that things are finally going their way. Ghira looked at how everyone was now looking at the dragon Faunus that his daughter brought to Menagerie. Wanting to make the young man know he is grateful or his help and to show him he has his trust, Ghira thought of an idea.
"What do you say, Predaking? since you help discovered this oasis, would you like to help us give the new settlement a name?" Ghira asked the Predacon.
Predaking was stunned about the proposal of him being given the opportunity to name the new settlement in the oasis as he looked around and thought about it. Looking to the cheiftan, the Predacon then said, "The village of Mythos. A place thought only of legend brought to life."
As everyone thought about the name and how it seemed to fit, no one saw the shared glances between the two Albain brothers. While they were curious about the large piece of metal that was found in during the dragon Faunus' excursion into the desert. Sun began to cheer the guard and the dragon Faunus for their success.
In all his life, Predaking never heard cheering or praise of this much by anyone, not even Megatron when they had their… brief alliance. And it made his spark feel good. He looked up into the sky and wondered what the future will hold for him now.
(WHOO! You guys have no idea how long this took along with what I had to do in real lie. For that I apologize and will work to get the next chapter done as soon as possible.
Seems like Predaking has gained allies in his new residence, as well as enemies. How will Adam use the dragon Faunus's origins to his advantage? What will Blake think of this stranger now?
Find out on the ninth chapter of Transformers RWBY: The Light of Hope.)