Chapter 4: The Call
Upon arriving to the alley, Barricade and Breakaway are speechless when they see the Predacon. Predaking was innocently laughing with Bumblebee over a joke he told. The two surprised mechs looked at each other making sure they were seeing this right. It was true, Bumblebee was laughing with a Predacon...A PREDACON!
"Uh...are we missing something?" Breakaway asked.
"Oh guys you're here! Predaking, this is my brother Barricade, and my best friend Breakaway." Bumblebee introduced.
"Uh...hi?" Breakaway and Barricade greeted nervously.
"Guys, he's not going to attack you, but he needs repairs! Look at him!" Bee said rubbing Predaking's shoulder.
"Oh you're right, but we'll have to sneak him to Shockwave's house. What will others think if they see him? They'll try to kill him!" Breakaway said.
"Yeah, hmm." Bee began to think.
"Why don't we just bring Shockwave here?" Barricade suggested.
"Nah, he can't just bring all of his tools here. It's better for Predaking to be on a berth. Come on!" Breakaway said.
With Predaking's strength decreased, Bumblebee and Breakaway carried Predaking to Shockwave's house while Barricade decided to go back home. Shockwave may have been young like the others but he was extremely smart and good with inventing and repairing. When his friends arrived with Predaking, Shockwave stumbled back not believing what he was seeing.
"Bumblebee? Breakaway? What's going on? Why do you have a Predacon?" Shockwave said not taking his optic off the beast.
"Predaking here needs repairing, especially his wings. Can you help him?" Bee asked hopefully.
"Of course, I'll see what I can do! Bring him over here."
The mechs went downstairs to the lab where Predaking was lightly placed on a berth and he began to adjust himself. He had never been on a berth before. It felt...smooth...cold, but smooth. He examined the lab, machines and tools were everywhere. He felt a little concerned. Especially since who was repairing him was a youngling like him and the others. Shockwave examined Predaking all over not only to check on his damages, but to experience his first Predacon sighting.
"You are truly a fasinating species!" Shockwave said stopping to face him.
"Uh...thank you?" Predaking asked not really knowing how to respond.
"Don't worry, Shockwave here will have you repaired and flying like a pro in no time!" Bee assured.
"It would be nice to fly again!" Predaking made a small smile.
"Yeah, and if you want, I can help out in teaching you everything about flying!" Breakaway offered twitching his wings.
"Sure, that would be nice." Predaking nodded.
While he was getting repaired, Breakaway pulled Bumblebee upstairs into the living room.
"You're lucky Bee, Predaking could've killed you overnight." Breakaway said.
"Aw, Predaking would never do that! Besides, he pretty much saved me yesterday. What we need to focus on is finding the other Predacons." Bee said.
"How? Their usual territory is far away from here!"
"I know, mabye somehow we can summon at least one here to get Predaking. This reminds me, mabye we could join a gang of Predacons. Think about it, if we gain complete trust from Predaking, who is in fact supposed to be the leader of his group hence the "King" in his name, then mabye he'd let us join in. We'd be the most popular people around Kaon!" Bee excitedly said.
"Bumblebee, you can't possibly believe that Predaking would let us join. We're not Predacons, we don't have sharp teeth or fangs, beast modes, you don't even have claws or wings!" Breakaway said pointing out his own claws and wings.
"True...but we'll just have to show them!" Bee said.
"I'm not trying to get mauled Bee!" Breakaway said.
"I thought you once told me you laugh in the face of danger, would fight any mech on Cybertron and would go on any deadly mission."
"Yeah, yeah I know, you got me!" Breakaway gave in.
"I'd knew you'd agree."
"But if I get my aft kicked because of this, we are going to have a problem!" Breakaway threatened poking Bee in the chest.
"Relax...I'm going to use Shockwave's computer to look up Predacon territories and lists of any still remaining." Bee said walking up to Shockwave's room.
"Well what am I supposed to do?" Breakaway looked confused.
"Take that muzzle off and grow some fangs!" Bee joked.
"WHY YOU LITTLE!" Breakaway chased Bumblebee upstairs.
About 2 hours later, Shockwave had fully repaired Predaking, cleaned off the energon stains and upgraded his wings. Shockwave stood back admiring his work. Predaking was smiling.
"Now try to transform." Shockwave said.
Predaking successfully did turning into a large dragon-like beast making Shockwave jump back nervously. Predaking quickly got the hint and transformed back to robot mode.
"Sorry if I scared you. It's why some of the other Predacons ran from me." Predaking sighed.
"How do you feel?" Shockwave asked.
"I feel better than ever before. No more pains and no more bruises. Thank you Shockwave, you've outdone yourself!" Predaking said.
Shockwave was excited to be complimented by a Predacon. He tried to hide is excitement and placed his arms behind his back.
"Why thank you Predaking. I hope you are able to fly better as well. Show those other Predacons you mean business!" Shockwave encouraged him.
"I will do my best!" Predaking said standing up and placing a large clawed hand on Shockwave's shoulder.
Just then they hear some rustling upstairs.
"What is going on?" Shockwave wondered.
The noise was coming from Shockwave's room.
"Ugh, what are they doing this time?" Shockwave face-palmed.
"This time?" Predaking cocked his helm to the side.
"Those two are always playing around no matter where they are at!" Shockwave groaned.
As he opened his door, he could see Breakaway pinning Bumblebee down and pulling his leg back. Bumblebee was begging for mercy.
"Alright you two, why are you tussling in my room?" Shockwave asked.
"No reason, hey Predaking you look awesome! Feeling better?' Bee asked.
"Yeah, I'm ready to fly again." Predaking said. "We should go for a flight!"
"Sounds like a great idea, Breakaway you fly with him, I still need to use this computer. If Shockwave doesn't mind." Bee said giving Shockwave puppy-dog eyes.
"As long as you don't get a virus on it!" Shockwave sneered. "What are you looking up anyways?"
"Info on the current Predacon territories. Predaking needs to find his group. Hey King, you know any Predacons that we might be able to get in contact with to come over here? Some that are not afraid of you?" Bee asked.
"Well, uh...there is Rampage. That guy was like my right-hand man. Trust me, he's a little hard to be around at first, but after awhile he'll be a good friend. There are a few others I want to tell you guys about, but that can wait. Think you can get a fix on Rampage?" Predaking asked.
"I'll do my best!" Bee said.
Predaking and Breakaway flew off high into the sky so no one could see them. Predaking smiled as best as he could in beast mode.
"Having fun?" Breakaway asked.
Predaking purred as a response since he could not speak normal in beast mode. Predaking hadn't been in the air for a whole year. He mentally laughed as the winds streaked across his frame and his tail swayed from side to side nearly hitting the big wings of Breakaway.
"Hey watch the wings!" Breakaway warned.
Shockwave had fixed Predaking's comm link and planted a tracking device allowing any Predacon to reach his signal. This would work well if Bumblebee was able to get Rampage to track Predaking.
"Well, did you find him?" Shockwave asked leaning over Bumblebee with his curiosity increasing.
"Dude chill, I almost got a fix and...THERE!" Bee pointed to a small town.
The town was now abandoned and that's where some Predacons decided to hide around. It wasn't that far from Kaon, probably only a 1 or 2 hour trip if you're flying or driving.
"You actually going to call this guy? I mean, dude we're talking about Predacons...and a place that nobody uses anymore...it's dangerous." Shockwave grabbed his head in a panic.
"It's worth a shot, the least he'll probably do is get mad about talking with a non-predacon." Bee shrugged.
Instead of using a comm link, he instead decided to call from the computer. Bumblebee gulped once he obtained Rampage's number. He looked at Shockwave who felt like cowering in a corner as if he was about to be attacked. Bumblebee knew it was now or never. This was the only way to help Predaking. He called...
"Oh you're in the dog house now dude!" Shockwave said stepping back.
"Shh!" Bee grunted.
Suddenly, they heard a low growl.
"Who is this? How did you get my number?" The voice of Rampage was heard.
"Uh...hello Rampage, I'm Bumblebee, I believe I have some info that hopefully is important to you and your friends." Bumblebee calmly answered.
"And what kind of info would that be?" Rampage snarled.
"I found your leader Predaking...he told me you were his "right-hand man"?" Bumblebee smirked behind his mouthplate.
There was a moment of silence before Rampage spoke up.
"WHERE? YOU BETTER NOT BE LYING BUMBLEBEE! HOPEFULLY PREDAKING TOLD YOU WHAT I DO TO PEOPLE WHO LIE!" Rampage snarled.
"I am not lying, my friends helped him get fixed. In fact, he's flying with my best friend. If you want to see him, I'll send you his coordinates." Bee offered.
"Send them now, and when I get there, you better be telling the truth!" Rampage growled as Bumblebee sent them to him. "So he's been in Kaon this whole time?"
"Yeah, I don't think it's that far from where you are!"
"I'll be there soon, Rampage out!"
Many mechs believed Predacons lived in warehouses, in several canyons and even the Sea of Rust. But no, actually, even Predacons have their own houses. Rampage was sharing his house with Razorclaw, DarkSteel, Sky Lynx and a femme predacon named Ser-ket. They were all chilling out in the living room.
"Hey Rampage who was it?" Razorclaw asked.
"Guys, I believe I know where Predaking is!" Rampage said surprising the others.
To be continued...
No everyone, Ser-ket is not an OC, she's a predacon from the "Rage of the Dinobots" comics. And I was able to see the "Predacons Rising" movie early and that's where DarkSteel and SkyLynx are from.
Randall: Let me guess, you're going to pair her up with Bumblebee like you did in "Insecticon Defiance" and "Insecticon Legacy"?
Me: ...mabye...
Randall: Of course!
Soundwave: I still want to be in it!
Shockwave: Patience Soundy!
Soundwave: Don't call me Soundy!