AU G1/IDW-verse. Taking place during the events of All Hail Megatron. Megatron's on Earth, running rampant with his Decepticons. Prime's down and out on Cybertron with the Swarm slowly moving in. Unbeknownst to both sides, an underground group is about to make it's appearance on Cybertron for the first time in several millenia...
A/N: OCs used. All mentioned characters belong to their respective owners, Transformers is property of Hasbro, the time line belongs to IDW.
Please keep in mind that this an AU G1/IDW-verse setting. Some things may appear different then they may appear in the comic.
And this chapter mainly is going to revolve around how Knight came into existence. Enjoy.
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Welcome to Tomorrow
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Chapter 8.
"Hands up and where I can see them." Kup then ordered as several other mechs moved forward, their individual fire arms trained on her.
Moving slowly, Knight let go of the mech and raised her hands to be level with her head. From the corner of her optics she spotted two mechs bending down and lifting the injured mech from her and out of the way as more Autobots surrounded her.
"Who are you?" Her captor ordered.
Knight couldn't help but to shift uncomfortably.
"Who. Are. You."
"GET AWAY FROM HER NOW!" Ice Queen suddenly roared, descending from the sky like a demon. Landing next to Knight, Ice Queen withdrew a gleaming energy saber and pointed it at Kup. There were several yells as the Autobots leapt back at the sudden appearance of the Seeker.
Kup suddenly whipped his attention from Knight and turned towards Ice Queen. Taking the chance Knight quickly sank into her shadow, vanishing into the darkness of the SZ.
Jumping back, alarmed Kup gazed back and forth at the blue Decepticon femme before him now and where the other black and grey, Decepticon had been. "What's the meaning on this?!?"
"STAND DOWN ICE QUEEN!"
Ice Queen continued to glare at Kup, before sheathing her energy saber as Storm literally parted the crowd of Autobots.
Standing a good two to three heads taller then the majority of the Autobots nobody said a word as Storm made her way through the group to stand beside Ice Queen. "You are NOT to harm either Ice Queen or Knight." Storm hissed to Kup. "They are both valued members of our group and I won't have you doing anything to harm them!"
Then quite suddenly, Jazz pushed his way through the crowd. "It's cool, I know Icy." He waved to Kup, facing Ice Queen. "Been a long time darlin."
Ice Queen seemed to brighten up a little bit. "Jazz! Been a long time indeed. Last time I saw you was back in that neutral bar. What have you been up to all this time?"
"Ahh business, ya know the usual." The visored mech shrugged then turned to the crowd. "It's alright, she's good."
"You sure, Jazz?" Prowl asked, his door wings quirking up just the slightest bit.
"Remember those Con energon refinery explosions?" He started. "Icy, here was the mastermind behind them all."
Prowl looked at the Seeker who had her arms crossed smugly across her chest.
"What about the other one?" Kup hissed, making his distaste for Ice Queen known.
Storm rumbled threateningly. "She may have the body shell of a grown femme, but her spark and processor are that of a youngling."
"What is she?" Prowl asked.
"Unique." Storm said on a somewhat softer tone. Tapping the ground, Storm said, turning her visored gaze behind her. "Knight, it's alright you can come out now." There was a moment of silence before something started to happen to Storm's shadow. It seemingly started to rise from the ground, taking shape, the darkness of it seemingly melted away as the black and grey femme now appeared. Damage still present, her red and blue optics flashed nervously as they scanned the crowd. Once her optics caught sight of Kup, the young femme shuffled herself behind the taller Storm.
"I'm happy that we were able to catch up to you guys, but let me warn you of this now..." Storm approached Kup and towered over him. Stooping down a little bit to see Kup visor to optics, she leaned in close. "You do anything that in any way harms Ice Queen and Knight, you'll have to deal with me. Be sure to tell that to your troops." With that Storm sidestepped Kup and made her way over to where Hound and Tracks were supporting Desperado. Taking Desperado from them Storm turned to Tracks. "Point me in the direction of your chief medic."
"Er... He's in there with Ironhide and Perceptor." Tracks stuttered pointing into the bunker.
Storm nodded before turning to where Indigo stood with her sister, Disaster, Havoc, and Catastrophe. "Indigo, see to Knight please."
"You got it."
As Storm vanished into the bunker with Desperado, Ice Queen continued to stand beside Knight as Indigo approached.
"Where's Excalibur?" Knight asked softly to Ice Queen.
"He's staying airborne, making sure the bugs stay back away from the bunker." Ice Queen patted Knight carefully on her shoulder. "I'll leave you in the capable hands of Indigo."
Knight nodded.
Indigo came forward and did a once over of Knight. "Okay, Knight take a seat." Once seated Indigo went to Knight's back. Seeing the damage she gritted, "This is gonna take a while..."
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A few short solar cycles later Storm called for a meeting with the current Autobots in charge. They gathered in one of the inner most rooms of the bunker. Gathered around the platform in the center of the room was Jazz, Prowl, Ironhide, Kup, Storm, Ice Queen, and in the corner stood Knight.
"I understand you called this meeting Storm." Prowl offered up first.
"I believe..." Started Storm. "That you guys have a problem."
Ironhide growled, glaring at Ice Queen who stood a short bit next to Storm.
"Care to elaborate?" Jazz asked casually.
Ice Queen snorted. "We know what you know."
There was a few moments of silence before Kup choose speak, "And that would be?"
"We know Prime doesn't have the Matrix." Storm simply stated.
"And how could you possibly know that?" Prowl asked, hand on the platform.
Storm jabbed a thumb over her shoulder. "Knight saw Megatron with it."
Ironhide slammed his fist on the platform, "And how would that freak know!" He nearly roared. Knight flinched, her audios falling back into a submissive posture against her helmet.
In a flurry of motion Ice Queen lunged over the platform, her saber shining into existence. The next thing Ironhide knew was he was up against the wall, the Seeker's saber at his throat. Her furious red optics burned into his blue ones. "You have no right." She hissed. "This youngling is the reason why we even found you Autobots."
"Icy, chill." Jazz approached her carefully.
She growled. "Knight has suffered more then you will ever know."
"Ice Queen, stand down." Storm asked calmly.
The Seeker seethed at Ironhide before stepping back and stowing her saber. With one last glare at Ironhide she walked past Knight, resting a hand on her shoulder before going back to Storm's side.
"How was she able to see Megatron with the Matrix?" Prowl asked slowly.
"I traced an energy signature to Earth." Knight said quietly, stepping away from the corner and approaching the platform slowly. "At first I thought it was nothing... But when I did an in depth scan of the planet, I discovered multiple Decepticon energy signatures." She paused. "The Decepticons have themselves holed up in a human settlement... New York City."
"That doesn't say how you got to that planet." Kup crossed his arms looking at the young femme.
Knight's audios fell back a little bit, as she looked back at Kup.
"I say it probably has something to do with your vanishing and reappearing act." Jazz tilted his head.
Knight stood up a little straighter. "Well I guess there's no point delaying the inevitable... As I'm sure you guessed," She shot a glance at Ironhide. "I'm not like you Autobots... I'm not even like the Decepticons. I am more or less a hybrid."
"How so?" Kup asked now interested.
This is when Knight started to fidget nervously.
"According to records in Shockwave's lab, Experiment Beta059, now formally known as Knight, started off as a 'Dimensional Transwarp System' test subject." Storm explained in Knight's stead.
"Shockwave?" Prowl raised an optic ridge. "How does he come into this?"
"Knight here was built by Shockwave using both Autobot and Decepticon shells and programming." Storm explained.
"So are Blue and Indigo, what's your point?" Ironhide said gruffly.
"Ah, but you see they both have programming flaws. Under extreme circumstances they loose control, letting their Decepticon programming take over." Storm stated in a matter-of-fact tone.
"That's the same with any hybrid." Prowl pointed out.
"Knight is unique. Why do you think I won't let your engineer or medic near her?" Storm stood up straight and crossed her arms. "The few hybrids you've had experiences with I'm sure were unstable. Am I correct?"
Prowl, Jazz, and Kup nodded while Ironhide continued to shoot glares between Ice Queen and Knight.
"That's because they aren't a 'true hybrid'." Storm leaned forward against the platform. "Shockwave created a body using the dead shells of both Autobot and Decepticon mechs, he installed the DTS into that body. During the initial test run something happened. There was an electrical short. Something happened then, something Shockwave could only call 'miraculous'."
Kup raised his hand interrupting her, "How do you know this?"
"Because, Kup..." Storm said slowly to make sure that they understood. "We went through his lab looking for Energon and found the records. Now no more interruptions." She paused. "The malfunctions started something with the body shell. A dark cloud engulfed the body and collapsed into itself much like a collapsing star. Nothing happened for a few moments but in an instant the room was engulfed with electrical energy, the body appeared then out of nowhere, screaming." Storm stopped dead, looked at the Autobots before her turning to Knight, who nodded slightly.
"Screaming?" Prowl asked slowly. "Was the body alive before the experiment?"
"... No..."
"Then... How?"
Storm shrugged. "We dunno, but Shockwave was thrilled, he went to town. When Knight came online, she was more or less a femme trapped in a mech's body."
"Ouch." Jazz winced.
Ice Queen snorted. "That's putting it lightly."
"During Shockwave's scans, " Storm started again. "He discovered that both Autobot and Decepticon parts and programming merged."
"Elaborate on this 'merging' thing." Kup pressed.
"Merge as in a perfect integration of Autobot and Decepticon components and programming." Storm said smirking. She stood back and gestured to Knight for dramatic effect. "Say hello to Cybertron's first full blown pure-bred hybrid."
Knight's audios quirked back slightly as she took a step back in embarrassment.
"Knight doesn't wear any faction badges because in sense she doesn't fit in any faction. She's the start of a whole new one." Ice Queen explained with pride. "Another thing is..." A moment. "Most likely due to her hybrid status, she's immune to the Cyber Venom stingers the Swarm bugs fire. Indigo managed to derive a anti-virus using some data and information she got from Knight."
"An anti-virus?"
"Yes Indigo has a small amount in surplus but she'll need to concoct more. Your engineer shouldn't have problem with that now will he?"
"Icy, Wheeljack can make anything outta nothing. We have nothing to worry about." Jazz smirked.
"If she came online trapped in a mech's body, who reformatted the body to that of a femme?" Prowl inquired breaking in, turning to Knight
"Shortly after I came online, Shockwave was called out. Where he went to, I don't know, but he secured the lab from the outside keeping me confined within. I was still adjusting to the body so I didn't know how to access any of the systems that were in me. After a while I feared I might perish in there alone, but that changed when Excalibur found the lab while scouring the sector for energon. He was about to blow me to pieces until Alpha Trion stopped him."
"Alpha Trion?!" Kup gaped.
Knight nodded, "He bought me back to his safe house and reformatted my body shell into what you see now. He also gave me my name. Some time later Alpha Trion vanished, then after a couple cycles while out searching for energon, we ran into Storm."
"Icy here trained Knight in sword and aerial combat. I gave Knight fire arms training and hand-to-hand combat training." Storm said. "Though she gave up on the fire arms training when she couldn't hit a target to save her life..."
Knight crossed her arms and looked away.
"Who needs guns and rifles?" Ice Queen chuckled. "Knight is a superb swordsman. Quick, ferocious, I believe its her Decepticon side coming through." If her face could be seen, there was no doubt that she would be smiling fondly at Knight.
Jazz nodded, a smile crossing his face.
"After some hard core training with Ice Queen, Knight managed to tap into that strange system of hers. It's integrated itself into every last chip and wire in her." Storm explained.
"It took me to a parallel dimension beside this one. In this dimension everything is in darkness, the only source of light coming from what I call 'Shadow Portals'. These portals are gateways between this world and what I have come to call the Shadow Zone. The portals in the SZ are the shadows in this plain of existence." Knight indicated such by crouching down and literally 'sticking' her hand into her shadow up to the elbow. She then smirked, "Look behind you, Jazz."
All present turned and gaped when they saw Knight's arm seemingly poking out of the wall.
Knight let the smirk stay as she pulled her arm back, and in doing so, pulling through both shadows and back out. "The problem with the SZ system is that it consumes enormous amounts of energy to use. What I just did didn't take much energon, but when I use it for travel is when it sucks up energon. Right now I'm half tapped into the SZ."
Prowl bought a hand to his chin in thought. "Expand more on this 'half tapped' concept." He was speaking directly to Knight.
Knight looked to Storm, who gave a slight nod to continue. "Well I can stretch my scanners out across the Shadow Zone and tap onto any given target. Right now..." She activated a holographic video. "I got Megatron in my line of sight." And true to her word, there was Megatron. "Presently he's in the country called Israel, causing some serious damage. When I tap in I can only do little things, mainly tracking energy traces, energy signatures, get visuals, and even feel vibrations." At their confused looks she continued. "Vibrations, when I can't get a visual I feel vibrations."
"When can't ya get a visual? From the sounds of your system, you're pretty much the ultimate spy." Jazz tilted his head at her curiously.
Knight chuckled a little bit. "There's one little flaw with the SZ system... It only works when there are shadows etc. present. To put it simply, extremely bright lights aren't my friend."
"Ahh."
Storm crossed her arms. "Now that we got that out of the way, what are we going to do?"
Knight stepped back, "You don't need me for this Storm, I'll excuse myself." Nodding respectfully to Prowl, Jazz, Kup, and even Ironhide, she turned and left, the sliding doors closing behind her.
Prowl looked to Storm once Knight left. "Curious isn't she?"
"Took her a while to warm up and get talking but once she did, she seemed comfortable." Jazz observed.
"She's cautious that's all." Ice Queen explained. "She's just protecting herself."
Storm nodded, "She's still learning, she's doesn't know the history behind the war... We've taught her the basics, Bots good, Megatron's Cons bad. She's doesn't take well to criticism so I hope your troops keep their comments to themselves..." She paused. "Now... What do you have planned?..."
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All heads turned when Knight stepped out from the meeting. Havoc and Catastrophe, from where they were next to Disaster rushed Knight.
A soft smile crossed her face. "Have you two been behaving?"
"Expand more on behaving." Havoc asked sheepishly.
"You know what I mean."
"Guys ease off Knight," Disaster started, walking over in robot mode. "She can't tell ya what was
discussed, you know that."
"Aww." Catastrophe pouted.
"Sorry."
Disaster waved it off. "Don't be, they know the rules."
From where she was perched, Blue chuckled lightly. Laying in her feline mode on a burnt console, she sat up, crossing her paws.
Knight looked up at the feline, trying to ignore the looks she was receiving from the other Autobots. "Hello, Blue. Is Indigo still in with Wheeljack and Ratchet?"
"Yup, Prime is a real mess, they need all the help they can get."
Knight felt several gazes turn their way. Knight's audio receptors drooped in a submissive posture. Moving to the console Blue was on, she asked in a quieter tone. "How's the mech I rescued?"
Blue shifted herself into a sitting position. "They put him into isolation..."
Knight looked thoughtful for a moment before Blue poked her with a claw.
"Nobodies allowed to speak with him for the time being. Don't even think about it."
"There goes that plan..." Knight sighed, hands on her hips.
-Don't look now Knight, but you got at least two pairs of optics glaring at ya.- Disaster warned over a three way com-link between herself, Knight and Blue.
Knight's audio receptors were pressed tight up against her helmet.
-It's you Knight...- Blue sent gently.
Knigth nodded, "Excuse me, Blue."
"Of course."
Venturing outside, she almost ran into a blue and white mech. Quickly sidestepping, out of the way she managed a weak 'Sorry' before the mech vanished inside. Looking in the direction the mech vanished, Knight turned back and continued outside. Once outside she gazed skyward, the all to familiar dark sky stretching overhead. She missed the warm sunlight of Earth. She often thought about going back, but she couldn't leave the others here to suffer and fall prey to the Swarm.
Venting air through her vents, Knight spread her rotors and with a quick spin of them took to the air, heading to the roof of the bunker. Landing quietly, she folded the rotors and sat quietly on the ledge. Venting air again, Knight bought her knees to her chest and rested her head on them. "... Why do I exist?" She asked herself while down below something else was happening.
Shortly after Knight's departure Blue jumped down from her place on the console and transformed, her tail held low and swinging back and forth dangerously. Crossing her arms she glared at the Autobots present. "You guys have a lot of nerve." She growled. "She's done absolutely nothing to you and you treat her like slag!"
Cliffjumper stood closest, smirking smugly, he literally spat, " 'That' and that Decepticon don't belong here."
Disaster joined Blue. "She has a name." She bristled. "And she saved one of your comrades from blowing himself up."
"He had it handled." Sideswipe grunted coming up beside Cliffjumper.
"Oh really?" Blue snorted. "Was that before or after Knight saved his sorry can."
"Why you little!" Sideswipe stomped forward, but didn't make it far because Havoc and Catastrophe quickly tackled him.
"You mess with one of us, you mess with all of us!" Catastrophe declared, hanging on tightly to Sideswipe's back.
"Dang straight!" Havoc added from where he clung to Sideswipe's leg.
"Enough all of you!"
Turning to the source, they all came to see Excalibur enter the room accompanied by Drift.
"Havoc, Catastrophe get off of him now." Excalibur ordered.
"But they were talking down to Knight!" Havoc complained.
"Off of him now!"
Grumbling to themselves they begrudgingly let go and went and stood on either side of Disaster. Walking closer Excalibur stood closest to Disaster and Blue while Drift stood in front of Sideswipe and Cliffjumper.
"Blue, what happened?" Excalibur asked first.
"I'm getting fed up with these guys treating Knight like she's going to take their heads off." Blue growled, furious.
"That 'thing' isn't one of us. She's a freak, an abomination." Sideswipe glowered.
"And what about Ice Queen?" Drift asked. "What about her? She's a Decepticon."
Cliffjumper snorted, "With her, we know what she is and what to expect. With that... What ever you want to call it we can't be sure." He argued.
"Aren't I just like them though?"
"Drift, your different." Sideswipe started to say.
"Really? I was once a Decepticon and to hide from my past I had my body shell reformatted. I see no difference."
"We're all here right now, so let's just drop it and move on. We all have one thing common and that's we're trapped here. So let's make the best of it." Excalibur turned and looked at Sideswipe and Cliffjumper. "Blue, Disaster, take Havoc and Catastrophe to get some energon."
Blue and Disaster shot annoyed glances at Sideswipe and Cliffjumper before taking their leave, the two younglings following, making faces at the two red mechs.
Once they were gone Excalibur rounded on them. "Listen to me you two scrap heads." Excalibur snarled, his attitude doing a complete 180. "I've known Knight practically all her short life and I'm just about at my last rope with this!"
Cliffjumper and Sideswipe took a step back at this sudden change.
"Knight doesn't even know why you guys are doing this to her!" Excalibur was enraged at this point. "She saved a comrade of yours from destruction and you come back and threaten to blow her head off!" He easily stood two heads taller then Sideswipe and in his enraged state towered over then two. Stooping low he glared daggers at the two. "If I see any one of you near her again, I'll make sure you live the rest of your natural life regretting it." With that he stood up and pushed past them, making sure to knock them back with his shoulders as he passed.
Sideswipe gaped. "Drift!" He turned to the white and silver mech. "Aren't you going to do something?!"
"Why?" He asked casually. "You provoked the situation. You trust me, knowing full well my past, why not trust her? Next time you should see her for who she is first before you jump to conclusions." With that said, he turned and left the way he and Excalibur came in.
Excalibur made his way out to the rear of the bunker where Blue and Disaster sat, while Havoc and Catastrophe shared an energon cube.
Blue's head shot up at his approach. "How'd it go?"
The older mech shook his head. "Why don't they understand that she doesn't mean them any harm..." He sighed opening a private com-link to his young friend. -Knight?-
From where she sat on the tall roof, Knight's audios perked up slightly, -Yes Excalibur?-
-How are you feeling?-
-........ Like the entire world is out to get me.- She answered truthfully with gloom in her voice.
-Knight, not all these Autobots mean you harm...-
-I know.- A pause. -It's just... I'm tired of having to hide.-
He sighed. -I know... Things will change once Prime is back on his feet.-
She vented air through her vents. -I hope so...-
-Will you be okay?-
-Yeah. Don't worry about me.-
He nodded. -If you want any company, you know you always have me.-
-I know.- She said with a small smile. -And that I'm grateful for that.- With that Knight closed her side of the com.
Excalibur sighed heavily, taking a seat beside Disaster.
Disaster patted the large mech on the shoulder. "Knight taking it okay?"
"So she says." He shrugged. "But you know her."
Blue snorted. "Don't we all. Icy is rubbing off on her."
"Not just Icy." Disaster added watching the young Twins. "Knight seems to have gotten Storm's stubbornness."
"Isn't that the truth." Excalibur snorted himself.
"Energon cube?" Blue offered, hand out stretched holding an energon cube.
"Thank you." He took the offered cube, sipping it he looked skyward before he turned his gaze to Havoc and Catastrophe. "This isn't a place for younglings to grow up..." He said slowly.
Disaster nodded as Blue followed his gaze towards the twins.
"Bought online during the height of the war, knowing nothing but war and death." He face held a grim expression as he held the energon with both hands.
"They were bought online in the neutral zone." Disaster reminded him. "They started their lives knowing peace... Though I can't say the same about poor Knight."
Blue sighed deeply. "That kid needs to see happiness... She's only known pain and torment."
Excalibur shook his head. "I wish that these Autobots would see that. Their hostility towards her is making her nervous and skittish... She's even avoiding me. I don't know what to do..."
Blue leaned over and gave him a reassuring pat on the shoulder. Meanwhile nearby on a ledge just around the corner Drift was listening to the entire exchange...
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After closing the com-link with Excalibur, Knight sighed deeply, running a hand over her helmet. After sitting like that for a few moments she stood up and reached behind her withdrawing one of her rotors sabers.
Swinging it around a couple times she practiced a couple moves that Ice Queen taught her. Stopping suddenly, her audios perking up, standing up she said, "I know your there." She said in a quiet, shy voice.
"Despite what others may think of you," Started Drift seemingly appearing out of nowhere, coming to stand a fair bit away from where she stood. "You certainly have nothing to fear from me." He tilted his head curiously at her.
Turning around slowly to face the mech, it occurred to Knight she didn't even know his name. His face was familiar, she saw him shortly after her rescue of the yellow mech, Sunstreaker, Blue told her. Knight made a motion to flip down her visor when the mech made her stop.
"Why do you hide what makes you unique?"
Knight's audios fell into a submissive posture.
He continued to stand there, waiting patiently for her answer.
After a few minutes of silence Knight sheathed her sword. "Because what makes me unique is making me a target." She paused. "Is there something you require of me?"
He shook his head, taking a short step forward. "No, I just wanted the chance to finally meet you face to face."
This was new. Someone besides those that were practically there since the day she came online wanted to strike up a conversation? "Why?" She asked after a long moment.
Moving forward again he passed her, noticing her flinch, and stood on the ledge, looking out before him at the scorched landscape. "You've been to the planet where Megatron and the Decepticons are correct?"
Tilting her head curiously at the mech, she answered none-the-less. "Yes, the locals call it Earth."
"I see... During your time there what did you see while following Megatron and the Decepticons?"
"Truthfully?"
He nodded locking optics with her again.
"... Death and destruction."
Drift turned and looked at her fully, a neutral look on his face as Knight looked down at her feet.
"... It's best you see." Knight said slowly, bringing up a holo-vid.
At what was before him Drift gritted his dental plates. Everything that Knight was picking up through the SZ was being displayed. Burnt buildings, wrecked vehicles... Bodies littered the road ways and streets, torn, burnt, indiscernible bodies of people who died needlessly.
Changing views, Knight now displayed a video of survivors. Humans hiding any place they could, scraping by just to survive.
"You saw this?" Drift asked after several moments of silence.
Knight shook her head, the video feed cutting off. "What you just saw is what's happening there right now..."
Drift jerked his head back to look at Knight. "That system of yours?" She nodded. "This is what your seeing?"
"... Yes."
"Why are you still viewing this?" Drift asked gently to Knight.
Knight rubbed her arm uncomfortably. "I wasn't there at the start of the war... I don't know the history behind it. I- I have to learn one way or another of the torments and pain that the Decepticons bring where ever they go... I'm sorry I never got your name." Knight suddenly changed the subject feeling uncomfortable all of the sudden.
"My name is Drift," He introduced noting her unease. "And you Knight have nothing to be ashamed of."
Knight whipped her head around and looked at Drift who had a small smile on his face.
"I know how you feel." He started. "You and I have quite a bit in common. At the start of the war I was a Decepticon, once referred to as Deadlock."
Knight looked at him, uncertainty crossing her face.
"War changes everyone... I left the Decepticons to seek a peaceful solution." He paused. "I had my body reformatted and that opened my optics to everything around me." He looked out before them at the cityscape. "I found that there is more to life then death, destruction, and dominion over others." Drift returned his gaze to Knight. "Live life the way you want to live it and to it's fullest."
They stood there, looking at each other for several moments before Knight started to break the silence. "What is it that really bought you up here?" She asked cautiously.
"Curiousity, that's all."
Knight's audios quirked back in uncertainty. She was about to inquire more when her com-link crackled to life.
-Knight, it's Ice Queen. Storm wants you and Excalibur to head back to our safe house and gather up the energon we have left there and bring it back here.-
She nodded. -Understood, is there any particular way she wants it transported?-
-Yes, fly there and use the SZ to get it back.-
-Copy that. When do we leave?-
-Now.- Excalibur said entering the line as he took to the air.
Nodding she shut the com-link. Looking at Drift, she nodded respectfully. "Excuse me." Stepping backwards to the building's ledge, she splayed her arms wide and leaned backwards. Letting gravity take over, she fell off the ledge. Looking back up at the top ledge she saw Drift looking down at her. Spinning around to be falling feet first, she spied Excalibur flying around the side of the building towards her. With exercised precision, Knight landed on the back of Excalibur's transformed form. Keeping low in a crouch, she felt Excalibur increase speed and soar skyward.
After several moments of silence, Excalibur spoke, "What were you doing on the roof with Drift?"
"We were... Talking." She answered slowly.
"About what?"
"Me."
Banking sharply, the massive jet 'hmmed'. "What is it that he wanted to know about you?"
"He was curious. He was wondering why I prefer hiding who I really am instead of showing it."
"Drift is a good mech. He has a history himself. He's not proud of what he's done but he's dependable from what I've seen." Excalibur explained.
"He seemed more interested in me and what I know of the war then anything else."
"And what did you tell him?"
"I more or less showed him what the Decepticons are doing on Earth. He was shocked to see that I keep constant tabs on what's happening." Knight explained, leaning with Excalibur as he turned.
"What was his response to that?"
"He asked why... I explained to him I didn't know the history behind the war and that I didn't know what the Decepticons were capable of. And that by being tapped in I can experience it for myself."
"I see." Excalibur paused, a smile being heard in his voice.
"What?"
"Nothing, nothing."
"Excalibur, come on! What's so funny?"
"Talk to Ice Queen, she'll tell you."
Knight looked at the jet beneath her before shrugging. "Whatever you say."
Excalibur continued to chuckle lightly as they crested a tall tower before descending down amongst the buildings.
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