"So how does this tracker thing work kid?" Megatronus asked.
"First, my name is Orion Pax. And to answer your question, when we have the previous tool, the tracker automatically begins to track the next one. When it does, we go get it...and hope that not too many enemies come in our way." Orion answered.
"Enemies?" Megatronus questioned.
"Yeah, real bad types." Chromia replied. "Bounty hunters. Assassins. Monsters. Whatever."
"Uh huh. Sounds a lot more exciting than life in Kaon." Megatronus commented.
"Oh it is. Trust me." Dion said.
"Oh yeah? And how would you kids know? Who are you anyways?" Megatronus asked.
"My name is Dion, and this is my little sister Chromia. We're from Kaon too." Dion answered. Chromia waved halfheartedly.
"Oh, you two street kids?" Megatronus asked.
The siblings nodded.
"Huh...and what about you?" Megatronus wondered as he turned towards Ariel. "Sharpshot called you the One family heiress. As in the missing one that's always on the news."
Ariel crossed her arms and nodded.
"Really. What's a high class little sparkling like you doing here?" Megatronus asked.
"Living in Iacon isn't as grand as you people may think." Ariel replied.
Megatronus scowled and went over to the small femme.
"Really? Living in luxury? Having as much Energon as you want? Getting to do whatever you want? Not having to look over your shoulder every three seconds just because you wanna keep the two credits you earned that week? Not having to scrounge around through the trash just to keep yourself from offlining? Yeah, you sure have it hard." Megatronus exclaimed angrily.
Ariel huffed angrily at the gladiator who was glaring at her with equal anger.
"So don't talk to me about having it hard kid. You have no idea what that word means." Megatronus finished.
Megatronus glared at her intently for a few moments more before the young femme's expression softened.
"Listen...I'm sorry." Ariel spoke softly.
Megatronus grunted and turning back towards the other younglings.
"When are we leaving?" He asked.
The others stared at him for a few seconds before the tracker beeped.
"Err, now I guess." Orion answered. "The tracker has located the next tool. We can get going as soon as Dion and Chromia figure out exactly where on Cybertron it is."
"What? You don't?" Megatronus questioned.
"Oh, no. I'm not from Cybertron." Orion replied.
"Yeah? Where are you from then?" Megatronus wondered.
"From an asteroid you never knew existed in a galaxy which you probably can't pronounce." Orion answered.
"Heh, thanks. That sure answers that." Megatronus snorted.
Orion smirked and turned towards Chromia.
"Hey, is Foneques still in recharge?" Orion asked.
"Yeah." Chromia answered as she walked over and reached into Ariel's bag.
Chromia took out the small beetle who had rolled himself back up into a ball.
"He's tired. He's had to fly us around and then fight and fly around again. I just hope he got enough rest." Chromia continued.
"He's been in recharge for almost an entire day. I think that's enough." Dion said.
"Wait. I'm at a loss here you guys. Who're you talking about?" Megatronus asked.
Chromia poked the beetle in her servo until he unrolled himself and his large optics opened.
Megatronus stepped back in slight disgust.
"Okay, now what the frag is that thing?" Megatronus demanded.
"Oh, this is Foneques. Say hello to the gladiator buddy." Chromia replied.
Foneques chirped at the gladiator.
Megatronus made a face. "Okay, so how does the bug help us?"
Chromia smirked and put Foneques down.
"You might wanna step back." Chromia warned Megatronus as Foneques unfolded into his larger form.
"Wha'" Megatronus muttered.
Dion patted the back of his shoulder (because he couldn't reach the top).
"Yeah, don't worry. You'll get used to it around the third time he does it." DIon reassured him before climbing onto Foneques's back.
Megatronus nodded his helm slowly.
"Okay...okay." He muttered again as he followed behind Dion.
Foneques took off from the ground and they began to fly.
"So where's the tool?" Megatronus asked.
Orion looked down at the tracker before passing it to Dion.
"Hmm..."
They continued flying for a few moments before Dion shouted-
"STOP!"
Foneques obeyed and stopped his movement, and just hovered in the air.
"What's wrong Dion?" Orion demanded.
Chromia had leaned over to her brother and stared at the map alongside him.
"Oh yeah." She spoke. "We can't leave Kaon just yet."
"What?" Ariel questioned. "Why not?"
"Because the next tool is still in Kaon." Chromia answered.
"Really?" Orion asked.
Dion nodded. "Unless the coordinates on the tracker are lying. They're definitely on Kaon."
Dion handed the tracker back to Orion who nodded.
"Alright then. Let's go back down." Orion agreed.
Chromia leaned over to Foneques's helm.
"Sorry buddy. We're gonna need you to land again." Chromia told him.
Foneques let out a chirp in return as he descended.
"Aw. I was kinda looking forward to leaving Kaon for a while." Megatronus commented.
"Yeah well. Don't worry. We'll be leaving in no time." Orion assured him.
"I would hope so." Megatronus replied.
"Dion, where does it look like the tool is?" Orion wondered.
The young mech looked down at the tracker closely.
"Hmm...it kinda looks like it's back at the Pits." Dion answered.
"Back at the Pits? Seriously?" Ariel groaned.
Dion nodded.
"Say, is there a picture of the tool on there?" Megatronus asked.
Orion nodded and pressed a drew buttons in the tracker and the image of the tool appeared. Megatronus looked at it.
"I know what that is. It's this decorative piece that's hung above an entrance in one of the arenas." Megatronus explained.
"Oh really? Well that's great. Let's go and—"
"No. That wouldn't be a good idea." Megatronus interrupted Orion.
"That piece was found on the crown of a Narrag beast from the Jungle planet. The beast was defeated by the self named gladiator Titan. He sees that piece as a trophy, a display of his might. If anyone sees us take it, Titan's coming after us." Megatronus explained.
"Huh. So this Titan guy is pretty tough." Ariel commented.
"He's been the champion gladiator of the Pits of Kaon for over 10 years. There isn't a spark in Kaon who doesn't know his name." Chromia said.
Ariel turned to Megatronus. "Sounds like you're scared of this guy."
Megatronus crossed his arms.
"Listen kid. Titan is no guy to mess with. As much as I hate to admit it, I'm nowhere near his level of bad." Megatronus replied.
"Well, there goes our "heavy hitter"." Ariel commented.
"I'd just prefer not to die okay?" Megatronus retorted. "Let's get it tonight, when the Pits are empty."
Orion nodded. "Okay."
The moons were high up in the dark sky, the once lively Pits of Kaon were dead silent as they had closed for the night.
The five younglings sneaked around the arena where Megatronus had said the tool was.
They reached the spot and looked up at the arch where the tool hung.
"So how're we gonna get it down?" Ariel asked.
Megatronus stepped forward, aimed his fusion canon, and shot at the cord holding the tool. The tool fell to the floor with a clatter.
"Okay. Destroy the tool why don't you." Orion muttered as he moved forward to pick up the tool from the ground.
He held it close. "Another down."
"Well that was easy." Dion commented. "Okay, let's go—"
BOOM!
The younglings were thrown back by the force of the ramming creature that came barreling through the wall.
"What was that?" Chromia demanded.
Orion looked up and saw two identical, huge creatures.
"Sharkticons."
And the Sharkticons are back!
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