Author's Note: Better hope neither Bee or Smokey tell Ratchet that you called him a 'cranky old 'bot', Roddy! And the reason why they know it's nine Predacons and not just the one is because Stormfire had actually ordered her sisters to leave a calling card that only the 'Bots could see though they won't find out until Chapter 4...or maybe Chapter 3
Each chapter will vary in length, it depends on if I want to torture you guys with cliff hangars or not :P I didn't go into detail with the lab flashback scene because it will be talked more in length in later chapters mostly when Optimus meets Stormfire (and their teams met each other) and they talk. I also do go back and edit (add more) to my chapters, I am sure dA alerts my watchers when there has been an update for writing submissions.
I also want to tell you that they'll be tension between some of the Autobots with the Predacons, mostly with the 'Bots who had fought Predaking and while they clearly see that the Predacons are not with Predaking they are still wary of them for good reason.
Predacons and Autobot pairings (some won't be romantic pairings in the end though probably won't stop some of you from shipping though...and you know who are you) :
Stormfire and Optimus Prime (Duh, both are leaders)
Wideblade and Arcee (both small yet deadly fighters)
Soundclaw and Bumblebee (both can't speak though techinally Bee can but Sou does teach him PSL *Predacon Sign Language*)
Sparkray and Ratchet (Both medics, Sparky kind of found out that through a happy accident aka Flameraid was introduced to a telephone poll)
Grimmjaw and Wheeljack (Both like to wreck things)
Sideline and Bulkhead (...Erm...both are softies? I have no idea xD)
Flameraid and Ultra Magnus (both second in commands)
Hotstreak and Smokescreen (She'll ground him)
Ripwar and Hot Rod (Both are lovable happy oddballs) autumn123charlotte designed Roddy's Prime design.
Chapter 3 is next! And it'll be action packed! Lugnut and Blitzwing vs Predacons...and maybe Starscream getting nearly shot out of the sky too xD
I own Jordan and the Nevada Tribe.
Chapter 2
Shockwave's Laboratory…after the explosion
The Predacon awoke in the remains of her tank, she blinked and lifted her head slowly. The Predacon looked up at the 'ceiling', it was covered by the rocks and debris from the craven above. The ground had opened up beneath her tank and she had fallen through though the fallen debris had sealed up the hole that she had gone through. She stood shakily to her feet, stumbling a bit when her back left leg wouldn't take her full body weight. Turning her head, she looked at her injured back leg and narrowed her yellow glowing optics at injury that she had gotten during her fall. She hissed softly before she limped out of her ruined tank, once she was free the Predacon unfurled her wings a bit to see if they had received any damage.
She tucked her wings against her sides after seeing that her wings were sore but not injured. The femme heard a whimper to the left of her and walked in that direction, she climbed over a pile debris and saw who had made the whimper. It was another femme, smaller than she was and wingless. The first Predacon walked over to the second and gently nuzzled her head against the other's head, she purred softly. The second Predacon chirped, happy that she wasn't alone now.
Both femmes looked up when they hear footsteps coming towards them to see some more femmes that appeared over the rubble. They varied in height and appearance with the femme in the middle being the largest of all five of them.
The other Predacons walked over to the two first ones and nuzzled against them though they paid more attention to the very first Predacon, who would appear to be their now appointed alpha. The first Predacon laid down next to the second one as the others quickly followed her, the largest one curled up around the smaller Predacons shielding them with one large wing.
They would rest first before they explore this unknown area, it would appear that their creator thought they were dead and would not be looking for them.
There were nine survivors of the explosion in total and the femme who had first came out of her tank soon found herself to be the elected leader of this small group, she didn't understand why though. Was it because she was the first one that they had seen? Or is it because she had stopped to help them despite the fact that she herself was injured? She had no idea but they haven't spoken a word since she had found them but then again neither had she, they were focused mainly on getting out of here that they didn't feel the need to talk.
They reached a large cavern, the large femme helped her injured leader onto a smooth rock before she and her sisters took up positions around their injured leader. Protecting her while she recovered her strength.
They could hear footsteps coming towards them, coming from another direction but the leader was just too tired and too injured to move…she just wanted to rest so she stayed that way, the only movement came from those who were protecting her, until the footsteps drew closer and stopped just in front of the pool.
"Are you alright?" asked the person who the footsteps belonged to, staying where they were. The owner of the voice was staying a good distance away from them, both sides unsure of the other. The voice belonged to a femme but she smelled odd to the creature but she was too tired to open her eyes.
"No, we have been injured in the explosion and fall…I am too tired to move anymore and my sisters won't abandon me."
"Where did you guys come from?"
"From a laboratory not from here…though it is destroyed now so we cannot go back."
"I am from Jasper, Nevada…it's not far from here." Pause. "What are you?"
She was silent before she sighed heavily and said, "We are Predacons, something that our creator had called us and our sleeping brethren…I am called Stormfire and you are?"
"I am Jordan Dalton." She said inching closer to the Predacons and kneeled next to them though at a safe distance. "And the rest of you?"
"I am Flameraid."
"Ripwar."
"Sparkray."
"Hotstreak."
"Wideblade."
"Grimmjaw."
"Sideline."
The last one just twitched her tail, she had a name but she lacked the voice to tell it.
"Do you and your friends have anywhere to go, Stormfire?"
Stormfire opened her eyes then and fixed her glowing yellow optics on the creature before her, she cocked her head at its appearance…she had a somewhat pinkish coloring; she looked very fragile and soft to her. She shook her head and said, "No, we do not…we have nowhere else to go, our creator had left us for dead and for some reason us nine have survived."
Jordan smiled and reached out her hand, placing her hand softly on Stormfire's tail and said, "Maybe you guys survived so that you could meet me, Stormfire…maybe this is your second chance at life. So what do you say? You wanna come home with us? I promise that we will take care of you and protect you. All of you."
Stormfire was silent for a second before she and her sisters shared a look then she nodded her head and said, "Alright, we will go with you, Jordan."
That earned her a bearing of teeth from Jordan but Stormfire had a feeling that it wasn't aggressive and she simply lowered her head until her snout was pressed against the top of Jordan's head, nestling into the soft fiber that was on her head.
Ever since the explosion that killed the rest of her brethren, Stormfire and her sisters now had someplace to go now and with Jordan it would be their home...
Jasper, Nevada now New Koan
Stormfire blinked her yellow optics clearing the memory of that day, she and her sisters had healed from their wounds expect for Soundclaw who still couldn't make any sounds. It was later revealed that Jordan could understand their 'language' in beast mode hence why she knew Sideline's name because while the femme couldn't talk in robot mode back then, she was able to 'talk' in beast mode.
And it was only teaching Soundclaw sign language that Jordan was able to learn the mute Predacon's name.
"What's up, Stormy?"
"...Nothing, just a memory." Stormfire rumbled out.
Jordan stared down at the silent femme then she looked at her left hind leg, the human knew that sometimes her leg bothered her despite the fact that she and her grandfather had managed to fix the leg. It acted up when there was a change in the weather, when winter was coming or when it was going to rain.
"Stormy, after we visit Costco and the Military store, let's hit up that old M.E.C.H. base so I can look for some tech stuff."
Stormfire turned her head to briefly look at the human on her back before she looked away, "Alright...I'll tell our sisters when we see them."
"Okay!"
The femme let out a laugh that sounded like a mix between a growl and a purr before she shot forward which caused the human to let out a squeal of joy as she clung tighter to the Predacon.
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Three cars speed through the even more empty desert roads, they kept to the outskirts of the town. Not wanting to draw attention to the new owners of this land.
"Primus, if we don't get any action soon I'll end up as a cranky ol' 'bot like Ratchet!" The yellow and orange car said.
The blue and yellow car sighed heavily and said, "Ratchet will hit you with a wrench if he heard that you called him 'old'."
The black and yellow car beeped and whistled in agreement.
"He won't if you two keep it between the three of us!"
"Fine, Hot Rod, we don't tell but you will have to take this seriously, just like Bumblebee and I."
Bumblebee let out a whistle and beep.
"I am taking it seriously! It's just really boring sometimes."
"I know how you feel but we did promise Optimus that we would avoid fighting the 'Cons." Smokescreen said. "We don't want to harm any more human in case there the stubborn few that remind in town."
Hot Rod hoped not, he had heard how many humans had lost their lives in the first wave of 'Con reinforcements and how useless the Autobots had felt as they watched Jasper burn. Their human allies were even more upset because it had been their homes and places of work and school that they had watched go up in flame.
"Anyways, does Ratchet really think its a group of Predacons behind those attacks on 'Cons?" Hot Rod asked. "That survived the explosion of Shockwave's lab."
"Yeah, each 'Con body has a completely different wound." Smokescreen said. "So he thinks there's nine in total."
Bumblebee whistled shakily and shuddered.
"Yikes, nine rogue Predacons that no one knew about..." Hot Rod trailed off, now that was just scary to think about.
"And there's evidence that they have a human with them." Smokescreen added.
"Really?!" Hot Rod shouted then he cleared his throat. "I mean, that's good...they must have saved her from one of those attacks and are now keeping her safe."
Smokescreen and Bumblebee stifled sounds of amusement, everyone knew that he wanted a human partner of his own but since there had been a lack of humans the mech couldn't find a human of his own. And he wasn't a fan of Fowler.
"Yeah, Roddy, they're keeping her safe alright and Optimus wants us to find them and try to offer sanctuary to them." Smokescreen said. "If Megatron gets his servos on them then he'd have ten Predacons in total and that would spell the end for Earth and the humans."
Hot Rod revved up his engine and said, "Maybe we can even team up with them against the Cons!"
"Hold your horses, Roddy, let's find them first and bring them back to the base." Smokescreen said with a laugh.
Bumblebee whistled in amusement and Hot Rod did a small donut before he zoomed away with the other two cars right behind them, he was now eager to find these Predacons now!