Predaking returned to his quarters, cradling the little predacon in his claws as she seemed to get tired now. As he laid her down he got an order on his comm link by Megatron for a mission. He hesitated for a second, wondering who he would leave her with. He opted for Shockwave to be the best bet as he was their creator, but wasn't sure if he'd have the time.
Deciding to try it anyway, he took the sparkling to the lab and knocked.
"Enter." Shockwave stated as he worked.
Predaking walked in, motioning to the small being. "I need you to care for the sparkling while I go on a mission."
Shockwave turned to him. "Illogical. I am in no way fit to take care of a sparkling as I am too busy."
"Please, it's already tired. It'll probably recharge most of the time while I'm gone." He somewhat pleaded.
The scientist stayed silent for a moment then motioned to a table. "Place it there and make sure it recharges."
Predaking smiled, going and doing so. "I'll be back as soon as possible." He said, quickly leaving.
Shockwave stared at the youngling as its optics closed then popped open when she realized Predaking was gone. He tilted his head slightly then stared more as she began to growl and trill as if demanding he return. The scientist shook his head some and returned to work as he ignored her calls.
The young predacon started to panic a bit, huffing and trying to crawl off the table but unable to without harming herself. She growled more and let out a shriek that startled Shockwave. He looked to her and optic focused as her neck frill began to spark, stepping a bit closer to see what was happening. As soon as he got too close for her liking, the youngling shrieked again and electricity struck out from her frill to him and jolted him slightly. While it did not harm him, it took him a second to regain focus on what had just happened as it surprised him.
The scientist hummed for a moment in thought then suddenly held her down and examined her frill, ignoring anymore shocks she administered. His curiosity proceeded him as he wished to learn more about his creations despite having had to let most of them be destroyed.
"An electricity producing predacon. How intriguing." He thought out loud, keeping her down against her will as he scanned her body.
After what felt like forever, he finally let her go and she scrambled away from him to a table corner, shivering a bit as she glared at him. Shockwave ignored the glare as he went to study his scans of her, leaving her alone once again. The sparkling shook herself a bit before curling up in a tight ball to recharge, restless but tired.
Predaking finally returned hours later, eager to get back to his subject as he had worried that anyone but him would do a poor job of caring for her despite his own troubles in doing so. He entered the lab and saw her recharging, thankful she was unharmed. "Thank you, Shockwave."
The scientist looked over to him. "The sparkling is evolving abilities. I suggest you keep an eye on that."
The king blinked but nodded, taking her into his claws and returning to his room to feed her again. "Wake up, little one."
Her optics began to open some, trilling when she saw it was him then tail swaying as she noticed the energon. He chuckled at her eagerness for food, tilting the glass some and letting her drink her fill, putting it away then petting her gently with a claw. She looked up at him curiously as he watched her, hiding her face some as she actually showed shyness for the first time.
Predaking smiled at that. "So strong yet shy? A strange combination for such a survivor."
The youngling started to wriggle in his hold, wanting down and looking to the door. He followed her gaze and knew she wanted to go outside again. "Oh very well." He said, taking her to the landing bay again.
This day it wasn't very windy, so he felt comfortable setting her down this time. She started to walk more confidently now that her strength was returning to her limbs, going a ways before stopping at the sound of jet engines. She looked up then shrieked as Starscream landed close to her and sneered.
"Another beast." He huffed, quickly seeing Predaking and quickly moving away from the youngling as he stormed towards them. "I-I didn't do anything!"
"You scared my youngling!" Predaking practically roared, picking her up and feeling her shiver a bit.
"Surely you don't think I did that on purpose?!" he tried to reason, attempting to make the situation seem innocent. He soon cowered further away from a glare.
The sparkling glared over at Starscream, growling loudly and attempting to jump out of Predakings hold to attack him. The seeker would have laughed at her futile attempts had the larger predacon not been there staring him down. Predaking soon turned and began to storm off at their outside time being ruined by the seeker, taking her inside much to Starscreams relief.
Predaking struggled to hold his subject as she continued to growl and thrash a bit. "Calm yourself, little one. He will get his punishment soon enough." The king said then stopped in his tracks as he hit a realization. He had yet to name the sparkling.
The king looked down at his youngling, raising a brow ridge. "I don't even know your gender."
Quickly returning to his room, he locked the door and looked her over, getting a bit frustrated. Perhaps it's too young to tell what it is. He thought then set her down with a sigh. How was he to name her properly without a gender? The predacon thought a bit then decided to return to Shockwave, surely thinking he would be able to tell what his own creation was.
The scientist looked up from his scans as Predaking entered, staring when asked if he could identify gender. "….I would have to do an internal scan considering its size. Why do you want to know?"
"I wish to name it of course." Predaking stated.
"You've yet to name the sparkling? After having it for a week?" Shockwave asked.
Predaking felt embarrassment return. "It didn't cross my mind until now. I want it to have a name."
Shockwave motioned to a chamber for scans, the predacon placing her inside and closing the door. She looked around curiously, sniffing the air of the chamber then shrieking as a light flashes over her, hissing loudly. The scan finally done, Shockwave took a look over them.
"Female." He stated.
"Female?" Predaking repeated, looking at the little predacon with a surprised glance.
"Yes. Now leave, I must return to my work." Shockwave said, turning back to the other scans as Predaking released her and left.
The predacon thought silently as he walked along the corridors, holding his subject as she trilled a bit. What to name her. Skylash? No, that's doesn't fit, she's not so dainty. She's a strong survivor, but willing to take on those bigger than her.
He gave up on his thoughts as he got near his room, bumping into Starscream again and growling.
The seeker yelped as he saw who it was, shaking a bit. "E-excuse me." He stuttered, seeing the youngling as well and noticing her icy glare as if she hadn't forgiven him for their last encounter.
Before either of them could think she lunged out of Predakings hold and onto Starscreams face, shrieking and using all her might to suddenly break his jaw frame.
"GAAAAAH!" the seeker yelled, quickly ripping her off his face and nearly throwing her down if Predaking hadn't been there to swipe her out of his grasp.
Starscream shouted in pain as his jaw was hanging now, broken and unable to even speak as he ran away from the scene to the infirmary. Predaking looked down in surprise as she growled after him then nodded in approval of her own work, looking up at him with a trill. He could only smile a bit as he thought of a name.
"I suppose Ripjaw would be befitting after what just happened." He said, seeing her tail wag at the name. "Ripjaw it is then."
"Hold still already, you aren't making this any easier!" Knockout shouted as the indignant seeker wanted to complain out loud about what had happened. "You can tell me AFTER I repair your jaw!"
Starscream yelled incoherent words, yelping from more pain as Knockout was trying to work.
"I said hold still!" Knockout yelled again, his patience running thin.
He finally managed to repair the broken part, giving Starscream some painkillers for the soreness. "Now what happened?"
"That slagging piece of scrap beast child ruined my face, that's what fragging happened!" the seeker shrieked angrily. "She attacked me without provocation!"
Knockout only laughed at the story, imagining the small creature actually doing any damage. "You were harmed by a sparkling?! Oh that's hilarious!"
"It is NOT hilarious and it MUST be terminated!" Starscream shouted, jumping a bit as the door opened as Megatron walked in.
"What's all the commotion?" he said flatly, annoyed at Starscreams shrilling voice.
"M-Master, the sparkling nearly ripped my jaw off! It was vicious! It must be destroyed!" the seeker shrieked, still furious about the situation.
Megatron only chuckled. "And yet you're fine now. You shouldn't let your guard down even around a little predacon."
"B-B-But I did nothing to provoke!" he replied, determined to get his way in eradicating the creature.
"That's enough, Starscream. It's your own fault for taking the sparkling too lightly." The leader stated. "A predacon is a beast, wild and dangerous."
Starscream grew silent as he couldn't argue any further with his master, clenching his fists. "Yes, my Lord."
"Good, now stop whining and go nurse your pride." Megatron said with a laugh as he walked out.
Knockout looked to the seeker as he shook with rage, smirking. "You're not going to let this go, are you?"
"Believe me when I say the sparkling will perish by MY hands." Starscream seethed, getting up and storming out of the infirmary.