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EchoWave huffed as she flew through the sky in her glide mode, which looked a bit like her spaceship. She looked down at the sandy beach and then frowned as the wind started to cease blowing. She changed her mode into her beast mode and then let out a dolphin cry, back flipping in the air, before diving into the ice cold sea water. The bottle nosed dolphin let out an echo cry and waited for it to come back to her. Once it did, the femme frowned. X wasn't anywhere nearby. Echo let out a sigh and then started to swim out to sea for a bit.

After swimming for a few cycles, EchoWave let out yet another echolocation cry. When it came back to her, she froze in place. Her optics widened, but then narrowed in anger. She let out a threatening growl and looked around, swimming forwards slowly. The water mammal went to let out another echo cry, but let out a yell of pain instead when a huge claw clamped down on her tail. Echo turned around to see what had her, only to come face to face with her prey. The huntress then snapped at Rampage, getting his antenna in her mouth. She smirked as the crab let out a yell of pain.

Rampage growled in anger and pain and then let go of the dolphin's tail. Both he and she transformed into robot mode and glared at each other. Rampage looked EchoWave over, taking in her every emotion as he did so, each one at a time. Anger. Hate. A need…for vengeance. Pain, but only of the emotional kind. The crabbot frowned. No fear. Not a single trickle of fear in her entire body. Didn't she know who he was? Didn't this delicate looking femme know that he was the Protoform X? The bot that enjoyed nothing more than to rip Transformer's very sparks out and eat them? Rampage blinked as a new emotion surfaced. Excitement.

At the same time Rampage was taking in her emotions, EchoWave had been smiling and reaching for her laser. As she did that, many thoughts and emotions ran through her mind. Anger. She glared at him and felt all the anger she had kept hidden in her come out. She let out a growl and narrowed her optics. Hate. The femme hated him. She absolutely hated that maniac with every single fiber of her being. Need for vengeance. Here he was. That crabbot was here, in front of her, and waiting for her to take her shot. She would finally get revenge for her colony. Pain. She would finally get revenge for Xion, her big brother…and her protector. Right then and there, she would get her revenge. The femme glared at Rampage as her mind returned to the battle. Her spark fluttered with excitement as she fired at him suddenly.

For some reason, Rampage had been so into trying to figure out her other emotions, he had pushed her excitement away and, therefore, had not been expecting to be shot at. He took the shot to his chest and hiss with pain, his mind snapping back to the battlefield. He whipped out his cannon and then shot at the dolphin, the wounds in his chest already starting to heal. The crabbot launched himself at her, putting his cannon away, and then grabbed EchoWave.

The two grappled with each other for a minute before Rampage pinned EchoWave against the sea floor under him. The mech went to grab her fin, but yelled and grabbed the sides of his head as Echo let out an echo screech attack. He quickly reached out and backhanded her, shutting the femme up. He then grabbed her wrists with one hand and pinned her webbed hands above her head. The crab laughed evily as he flexed his the crab legs that were on his back, "Well, well, little one, I must say I am surprised…"

EchoWave growled, aqua optics flashing with anger, as she struggled to free herself from her captor's grasp. She narrowed her optics and growled with anger again. "What's so surprising, X?" The femme practically spat his name. She absolutely hated him right then.

Rampage chuckled darkly, grinning. He caressed EchoWave's face, making the young femme shudder, and said, "That I remember you now…" He purred, "The little sparkling...that was hiding…I tokk care of your brother and then started to go for you, but my old playmate interrupted me…" He smiled at the look of shock on her face, "Yess…you rememver me, don't yiu? Oh…how could you not? You hid while I ripped your brother apart and left him there…that's why I didn't kill you…I was going to let you see him, feed off your emotions and then killed you, however…" He trailed off and then sighed.

EchoWave snarled, "You knew I was there? You left me alive so you could FEED off of my sorrow and other emotions and then kill me?! Why didn't you just rip it open and kill me?! I mean, it's not like Depth Charge could hurt you that badly while you killed me!" She growled. That mech left her brother alive and in so much pain just so he could see how she would react to it?! He really was as twisted as they came…

Rampage seemed shocked, which was very rare. "You…would have died back then? If I gave you a choice right now…would you let me kill you?" He asked. He was a bit confused. He knew she had been hunting him, like his playmate, so why was she willing to give up so easily? Hmm…this one was going to be difficult to read…but it would be so much fun to figure her out…

"You killed them all! I had no reason to live!" EchoWave growled, narrowing her optics as she looked at him, "But now…I do…I have a reason to live…and that would be…my revenge!" She said before letting out another echo scream.

Rampage yelled and clutched the sides of his head, surprised by the sudden attack. He flew back and hit an underwater cliff's wall. EchoWave growled and swam so she was floating in front of him, "You killed them all!" She yelled again, "I sat by and watched last time, but this time…I shall kill you and may you pay!!!" She screamed the last part in an echolocation scream.

Rampage growled and then kicked off of the wall, heading towards the femme. He lunged at her, but EchoWave jumped over him, using the water to her advantage, and plunged the fins on her gloves into his back. She kicked him away and narrowed her optics. Rampage turned around to face her as his wounds heals, "You don't know the full truth, do you, sparkling?" He hissed, but smiled darkly, "You don't know what your father really did for a living, do you?"

"What…What do you mean?" EchoWave asked, her aqua optics softening slightly. Not for Rampage, no, but for her father. "What…what did he do? Why should I believe you?" She growled the last question.

"He tortured me. He was one of the 'scientists' that worked on me. To him, I was nothing more than a 'project'…it was he who gave me my empath abilities…he who forced me to use them…" Rampage explained, emerald optics flashing darkly. He then glared at her, "And I'll make you pay for his mistakes…" He whipped out his cannon and fired at her.

EchoWave yelped as she was blasted backwards. She flew out of the shallow water and hit the beach. The femme shook her head, trying to clear it. She groaned. It wasn't true…her father wasn't a monster…wasn't a part of his murderer's creation…right? As a wave came up and licked her body, EchoWave sat up. Her optics widened and she shot up, ready for Rampage to come out of the water to continue their battle, but he never came. Clenching her fists, she growled, "You'll pay, Rampage…by Primus, you'll pay…they didn't deserve to die…they didn't deserve to be killed that way! No matter what my father did…he didn't deserve that…" She whispered that last part to herself.

Her comm. ringing brought the young femme back into the present. She touched it and Primal's voice came through. He sounded worried. EchoWave, head to the valley in Grid Alpha Delta, understand? Dinobot's taking on most of the Predacons on at once. We're going to meet him as fast as we can, but, since you're the closest to him, he needs-

"Cut it, Primal, I get it. I'm on my way." EchoWave said in a snappy tone. She transformed into glide mode and then flew into the air. While she seemed unconcerned for the raptor, she was actually very worried about him. Something about him was…familiar…maybe it was the fact that he reminded her so much of her late father. Yeah…that was it…

RG: Sorry tis a short chapter. Next one shall have the valley in it. I swear! Anywho, read and review.