When they came back to Autobot-city Kup was just about to tell the Dinobots one of his famous war-stories. Alyx - back in her dog-form - jumped from Prime's cabin so he could transform.
"Prime want to hear war-story?" Grimlock asked his leader.
"Not right now, I have some business to attend to."
"Lucky want to hear war-story?" Grimlock turned to the dog.
She barked twice and walked up to the Dinobots with a waggling tail. 'I like Kup's stories, he has had many adventures to tell about!' she told Prime directly in his mind.
He nodded at he an went his way. But before he was out on the hallway he stopped. Kup does have lot's of interesting stories. He has thousands of years of experience all over the universe with all kinds of races. Would he not have ran in to organic transformers, like Alyx, at some time?
Perhaps he'd know what she was and where she originated from. He turned around and walked back to where Kup, Lucky and the Dinobots were.
"Kup," he said. "I think I would like to hear a story on request. My other business can wait."
The old Autobot looked up with a smile. "Well, that's mighty fine, Prime. What would you like to hear?"
"I was wondering. Have you ever encountered other races of transformers, and I mean organic transformers?"
Kup's cheerful face changed to a serious one. The kind of serious that's kinda worrying.
"I have… once…" He said with a hoarse tone to his voice. (even more than usual) "And transforming isn't the only thing they can do."
Lucky frowned. He knew about transformers like her? That would be great… she could finally let her presence known!
"There were at least thousand of us… and only ten of them… Only a handful of us survived that encounter."
Prime, Lucky and the Dinobots were shocked to hear that. They didn't dare to say anything to interrupt his tale, curious to hear what happened next. Kup was also silent for a moment… you could have heard a pin drop.
"It must have been two-thousand years ago… and far far away…"
"Sounds like a fairy-tail to me," Grimlock uttered.
Kup jumped up from where he was sitting. "Shut your trap and be quiet you brainless reptile!" he rebuked Grimlock. "You're lucky they are far away or we wouldn't even exist here!"
"Me Grimlock King! Me cannot be beaten easily!"
'Ask him who they were, would you?' Alyx asked Prime in his mind.
"Who were those organic transformers?"
"They never told us who they were and what they were after.. .but other organic life forms knew." He walked around, a bit bend forwards and making scary gestures with his arms.
"They were called Azori'jins. They have complete control over any mechanical life like us. And not just control… they can destroy us in the blink of an eye…"
He quickly turned towards the Dinobots who flinched back in fear. Except for Grimlock of course.
"Me Grimlock will munch them …"
Kup didn't let him finish. "You Grimlock will do nothing against the likes of those Azori'jins… They control your every circuit and make them burn until there is only a pile of ashes left of you!"
He growled at Kup in disbelief. Lucky held her breath. Could that really be true?
"They can transform into monsters even bigger than you Grimlock, with sharper teeth than yours and they have this ability to change their flesh into organic metal. That makes them invulnerable to any gunshots we could possibly shoot at them. At that battle-site they ripped us apart as if we were mere flesh-creatures."
Silence. Lucky swallowed a lump in her throat. That wasn't good…
"Prime, I don't know why you want to know about that… But if you ever come across them, you'd better make sure you see them before they see you and get out of their way unseen… Or you will not see the light of the next day ever again. Unless you get really, really lucky, like I and a handful of others did."
"Just curious, Kup. And aren't there any other races of organic transformers besides those Azori'jins you've come across?"
"I haven't seen any."
"What do they look like?" Prime wanted to know.
"I can't remember much of how they look, except for their fiery hair and those spots above their bright blue eyes."
Prime glanced at Lucky for a moment. That was exactly what she looked like in her humanoid form. Fiery hair, bright blue eyes… and the spots above her eyes and over her body. He also saw the shocked look in her eyes right now.
"Please take my advice, Prime. You don't have to listen to any other advice I give you, as long as you listen to me now!" He pointed his finger at Prime. "Don't ever make contact with these Azori'jins, no matter how friendly they might seem. They are merciless monsters!"
Alyx was pretty shocked by all what Kup said.
'I'm not a merciless monster… I don't destroy mechanical life-forms, I can't even remember mechanical life-forms. Would he really have encountered my race… I do have fiery hair, blue eyes and spots… What if I am what he describes?
She felt like an invisible force was choking her. What if I am like that… the Autobots will fear me… if they ever found out what I am… I can never be their friend if they fear me… The choking feeling got stronger and she had to get out of there. First she walked away slowly but after a few steps she ran out to the hallway.
"Kup tell good story now! You scared Lucky away! Tell us good story!" Grimlock told Kup and stamped onto the floor with his large hind leg.
"Thanks for the advice, Kup!" Prime followed Lucky onto the hallway.
She gave him a heartbroken look. 'How can I reveal who I am now? They will all be afraid of me!' she spoke to his mind. "You know I would never hurt you, don't you?"
Prime knelt down. There wasn't anybody out on the hallway and his sensors told him there wasn't anybody approaching.
"You are no danger to us, they will understand that. You are family. We can convince Kup of that - he's not unreasonable - and the others once they get to know you."
She let her head hang down sadly. "Maybe… maybe not. Will they ever trust me?"
"I trust you." Prime said. "We will find a way to solve this, I promise."
She gave him a smile. "Thank you… dad. I need some time by myself now, you don't mind, do you?"
"Take as much time as you need. You know where to find me whenever you need me, right."
She nodded again and took off.
