Megatronus and Sharpshot were both very fast and gave the younglings a serious work out as they chased them through the slums of Kaon.
Orion, who was carrying the trophy, tripped and fell on a particularly sharp corner turn.
"Oh scrap." Orion muttered.
"Yeah, you are indeed in deep scrap kid." Megatronus spoke.
Orion moved away from them slowly.
Orion saw that the femme Megatronus was with, her optics widened slightly when they came up close to Orion. Megatronus however, didn't notice.
"Give it here kid and you won't get hurt." Megatronus ordered.
Orion backed himself to a wall.
"No!" Orion replied defiantly.
Megatronus merely growled and lunged forward to take the trophy, but he was stopped by an energon blast.
The two older younglings turned to see Chromia, Dion and Ariel.
"Hey! Get away from him!" Chromia shouted.
The younglings charged towards them.
Chromia clashed with Sharpshot while Dion clashed with the gladiator.
Sharpshot dodged every hit and lunge from Chromia before kicking her away.
Dion barely even got one hit in. He raised his staff over his helm but Megatronus caught it before it could hit him. He then pulled Dion towards him and hit him into wall.
"Dion!" Chromia exclaimed before Sharpshot sent her flying into the wall next to her brother.
Megatronus turned back to Orion but Ariel came in and sent a hard knee to his face. The gladiator stumbled back.
Ariel got into a fighting stance, facing the two other Cybertronians.
"Wow, you're kidding me right?" Megatronus commented.
Sharpshot shook her helm. "Nope, she is definitely not kidding."
Sharpshot lunged Ariel but the younger femme dodged and kicked Sharpshot away. She then jumped away from Megatronus's attack, landing swiftly onto the large mech's arm.
After a few moments of just crouching there, Ariel jumped once again and sent a sharp spinning kick to the gladiator's face.
Megatronus growled as he was sent stumbling away.
Sharpshot came at Ariel once again and the two femmes clashed for a brief moment. SHarpshot had brought two daggers and Ariel had blocked them with her fans.
Sharpshot pushed forward and Ariel pushed back. Before long they both jumped back and ran at each other again. When they came close again, Ariel gasped in surprise.
"Huh? You?" She asked before Sharpshot sent her flying back.
Sharpshot came charging at the young femme again. Ariel regained her composure and dodged. Ariel then swiped her pedes under Sharpshot's legs and the older femme fell to the ground. Before she could get back up, Ariel knocked the femme unconscious with her pede.
"Okay, now you're just getting annoying." Megatronus muttered.
Ariel came charging at him once again, this time with her fist raised to punch him, but Megatronus moved out of the way and took a firm hold on the small femme's arm and held his arm out to it's full length.
"Hey! No fair let me go!" She shouted as she tried to kick and punch him but it was no use. Ariel's small body couldn't reach him.
Megatronus let her go on for a bit longer until she stopped and sighed.
"What I wouldn't give to be a little bigger right about now." Ariel complained.
"Nah, you'd still lose." Megatronus said with a smirk as he set the small femme down.
She crossed her arms and huffed angrily. Megatronus merely chuckled and patted the top of her helm.
"You're cute. But tough, I certainly wouldn't expect that from a little thing like you. You still have a long way to go though." Megatronus told her.
"No scrap." Ariel growled.
"Okay kid, let's try this again. Gimme my trophy back before someone gets hurt." Megatronus said.
Orion held it close.
"Uh, okay you can have it back, but can we keep the top part? Please." Orion replied.
"What? No, you can't keep any part of it. Give it here." Megatronus reached for the trophy but Orion quickly moved out of the way.
"Kid, you're just making this harder for both of us. Give me the damn trophy." Megatronus repeated.
"No! I can't! Listen, let em have this. You even said it yourself, you have no use for it! I have a planet to save and I need this to do it!" Orion exclaimed.
Megatronus stepped back.
"Save the planet? What do you mean?" Megatronus questioned.
"How dense are you? Just let us go and we'll never bother you again!" Ariel piped up.
"Quiet, or else I'll put you in the corner." Megatronus threatened.
Ariel swore under her breath as she stepped back again.
"What do you mean save the planet?" Megatronus repeated.
Orion looked down at his pedes.
"I can't tell you." Orion replied.
"Why not?"
"Because I don't wanna involve you."
"Tell me, or else the peace keepers are getting a call." Megatronus threatened.
Orion's helm shot up. Then he sighed.
"Fine, fine. But, can we go somewhere a little more private? Please?" Orion requested.
"Fine. Let's wake up our compatriots and go back to my place." Megatronus replied.
Someone groaned from behind them. It was Sharpshot as she slowly got up.
"Compatriot? Is that what you think of me?" Sharpshot groaned sarcastically.
Megatronus went over to her quickly and helped her up.
"You okay?" Megatronus asked.
Sharpshot nodded. "Yeah, but I'll feel a little better when I know what the One family heiress is doing here."
The two older younglings turned to the others who were helping their unconscious friends up.
"You're Ariel aren't you?" Sharpshot asked.
"Yeah, and you're Dominia Prax." Ariel retorted.
Sharpshot's optics widened in surprise.
"How do you know that? You were blind the last time I checked." Sharpshot said.
"Hmf. I'm blind not deaf. I remember your voice, and your body structure is the same. I can feel it." Ariel replied.
"What? She's blind? We got our afts slightly kicked by a little blind girl? Aww man. The other guys would have a field day with this info if they ever found out." Megatronus groaned. "Let's just go okay?"
They all returned to Megatronus's apartment, which was just big enough for them all to stand in.
"So kid, what do you need my trophy for?" Megatronus asked again.
"To save the planet, from evil." Orion replied. He had decided to give the gladiator what he needed to know. That there were evil people trying to take over Cybertron, and the top of the trophy was one of a series of tools needed to defeat them.
The two older younglings listened to Orion attentively, and when he was done, Sharpshot spoke to Megatronus.
"I need to talk to you. Alone." Sharpshot told him.
"What? No! Just let us have the trophy now there's no time!" Orion exclaimed.
Megatronus walked up to Orion. He practically towered over the other youngling. Orion was standing completely in his shadow.
"The trophy is still mine kid. I'll give it to you when I'm ready. Got it?" Megatronus spoke quietly.
The younglings all nodded.
"Good, now leave. Wait in the alley behind this place." Megatronus ordered.
"That guy needs a serious beat down." Chromia growled.
"Yeah, because you did such a great job when you tried to do that the last time." Dion retorted.
"Well it's not like you did any better." Chromia replied.
"I'm not denying it." Dion defended.
Orion was looking through the window from which they first entered the apartment, which was now closed, but he could still see the two older younglings.
Sharpshot was telling Megatronus something. Orion saw him gasp and widen his optics several times as she spoke.
"I wonder what they're talking about." Orion muttered to himself.
"I just hope they hurry up." Ariel growled. "The sooner we get out of here, the better."
"I couldn't agree more Ariel." Chromia spoke.
The younglings waited until the moons appeared high in the sky. Thye were just about to fall into recharge as well, but that was when Megatronus came.
"Here, take the thing." He said.
Orion smiled and reached out for it but Megatronus pulled it back again.
"On one condition." Megatronus added.
"What? What is it now?" Orion demanded.
"I come with." Megatronus replied.
"Huh?"
"You heard me. I come with you on your little adventure, or no tool for you."
The younglings looked at him in shock.
"What?" Dion questioned.
"No way!" Ariel exclaimed.
"We are not taking you with us!" Chromia added.
Orion looked at the gladiator.
"Why?" Orion asked.
Megatronus shrugged. "What? I can't stand by knowing that this is going on. This planet might be a Pit hole to live on but I live here so I don't want it to fall. Plus, you kids could definitely use the extra muscle I can provide you."
Orion narrowed his optics in suspicion.
"Again. You don't get the trophy if you don't let me come with." Megatronus repeated.
Orion and Megatronus just stood there glaring at each other for several seconds before Orion sighed.
"Fine. Give me the tool. You're coming with." Orion proclaimed.
And Megatronus is on board!
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