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They had been flying straight through the day and well into the night. Chromia and Dion had long since fallen into recharge. Ariel had been fighting it since she was still scared and didn't want to fall asleep in mid flight, but Orion promised her that he would wake her up as soon as he detected danger. She nodded tiredly and fell straight into recharge.
Orion watched them all before turning around and staring up at Cybertron's moons. Orion smiled.
"Yamek was right. They are beautiful." Orion commented.
Orion then looked down at the cities they were passing by. The buildings had lit up in beautiful displays of colours and lights. He could even see the movement of the people below him as they themselves drove, flew, walked, and even settled down.
Foneques then passed by another incredibly tall building, and he saw a couple cradling a sparkling for a few moments before laying it to recharge in its crib. They both, then crouched down to kiss their child before leaving the room servo in servo.
Orion watched the happy family with both delight and sadness.
He was delighted that there were and still are people in the universe who love each other and their lives. In fact, he was delighted that there was still love in general.
However, if he failed his mission, there would be no more love. Nor, happiness, joy, pleasure, or even choice. If he failed in finding and activating all eight tools, all of that would be eradicated in favor of slavery.
"Slaves have no use for such petty emotions. They live to serve their masters and die for their failures."
Orion winced as he remembered those harsh words. His creators had taught him those words. He had said them too. He had said them to mechs and femmes right before he would...right before they...
Orion shook his helm.
"C'mon Orion!" He muttered angrily to himself. " It's like the elders always said! Let go of the past. None of what happened matters. It's what I do now to shape my future is what counts."
Orion sighed and lay down to fall into recharge.
"Orion! Orion! Orion Pax wake up!" Dion shouted as he shook the young mech into consciousness.
"What, what? I'm awake okay? Quit shaking me!" Orion exclaimed.
"Good! 'Cause Fon landed!" Dion announced.
Orion got up and looked at the giant beetle upon which they were riding. Foneques had fallen into recharge himself it would seem. They had landed within a large plain filled with sharp metal trees.
"Huh. Well what do you know." Orion commented.
Chromia jumped down from Foneques' back and went up to his head. His large optics were closed, and she petted him.
"He's tired too guys. Flying us all day and night. Let's give Fon some rest and walk some of the way." Chromia suggested.
"Yes! I don't mind doing that!" Ariel exclaimed.
"Okay. Sure." Orion replied. "I guess it wouldn't hurt."
"Great!" Ariel said as she too jumped to the ground.
"Okay, so how're we gonna shrink Fon?" Dion wondered.
As soon as he said it, Fon let out a tired chirp and began to fold himself and shrink back down. Before long, he was no bigger than Chromia's servo again, and she picked him up and held him close.
"Okay. So, Polyhex is that way." Dion pointed in one direction.
"Uh, no it's not. Polyhex is that way Dion. Don't you remember?" Chromia spoke.
"I remember perfectly! Polyhex is to the south! I remember passing by this plain on our way to Polyhex. Polyhex is that way." Dion replied.
"No, Dion. You're mirroring your own memories. Polyhex is in the opposite direction." Chromia argued.
"No it's not!"
"Yes it is!"
"Polyhex is that way!"
"No it's that way!"
"Chromia!"
"Dion!"
"You're both wrong. Although you're both really close." Orion interrupted as he looked up from the map projected from his tracker.
Orion walked in between of the arguing siblings and pointed in that direction.
"The tracker says that the tool is that way, and you guys said that Polyhex is where it's located. Therefore, Polyhex is that way." Orion finished.
Chromia and Dion looked at the map then back at each other and crossed their arms at each other.
Ariel giggled. "C'mon guys. Let's get going."
They walked quite some way until they saw several small buildings grouped together.
"Hey! A town! Where there's a town there's people. And where there's people...there's Energon!" Dion exclaimed.
"But Dion we have Energon." Ariel said.
"Yeah, but not sweetened Energon!" Dion replied as he ran towards the town.
"Okay. Let's go." Ariel agreed.
Dion reached the edge of the town first. He ran straight the alleys between the buildings until he came to what looked like the main square. When he got there, he noticed that the square was empty and quiet.
"Huh. That's weird." He muttered.
"Dion wait up!" Chromia exclaimed.
"Hey guys. There's no one here." Dion said.
"Hmm. That is weird. Ariel, do you feel anything?" Chromia continued.
Ariel tapped her pedes to the ground. She even lifted her helm to sniff the air.
"No. Nothing. I don't see anything. Every life form in this town is...gone." Ariel concluded.
"Then where did they go?" Orion asked as he looked around the ghost town.
"Someone or something came and ravaged their way through this town." Ariel spoke.
"How do you figure?" Chromia asked.
Ariel pointed abruptly at one of the buildings. "I can see it. Dame to the insides and part of the outsides of the buildings."
"Why would they do something like this to this town?" Dion wondered.
"Maybe they were looking for something?" Orion suggested quietly. "In any case, let's hurry up and get to Polyhex."
The group nodded in unison and continued to walk through the empty town.
"Hey...what do you guys think happened to the inhabitants of the town?" Ariel asked.
"I don't really wanna think about it Ariel." Chromia replied.
They continued to walk until the tracker began to ring. Orion took it out and looked at it.
"What's wrong Orion?" Dion asked.
Orion shook the tracker in his servos. "That can't be right. The tracker says that we're just passing by the tool."
"But didn't it say that the tool is at Polyhex?" Ariel spoke.
"Can we see the map again Orion?" Dion asked.
Orion pulled up the map and handed it to him. Chromia and Dion looked at it carefully.
"Nope. The dot on the map still says Polyhex." Dion confirmed.
"Hmm. Maybe it's picking up a signal similar to that of the tool." Orion suggested. "But...what could have a similar signal to the tools?"
"Ignore it until we can get back on track Orion." Chromia told him.
"I can't. It's really bothering me." Orion replied as he walked around until the ringing got louder.
"Ugh! Shut the thing up already!" Ariel shouted.
"Wait. This way." Orion walked towards a building. He walked through the door and straight inside. The ringing got louder.
Ariel covered her audio receptors before her helm shot up. She stood like that for a moment before running to the building.
"Orion! Get outta there!" She screamed before the side of the building exploded.
Okay, so whoa! Hopefully these new chapters will help the story. Also, don't expect another one to come out today. I'm working towards getting the new Dimensions chapter out.
Let me know what you think! Comment and review!