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This story is a G1 version of my SOTM story with themes from it as well.
"Gestalte bond"
"Speaking"
'Thought'
4.
"Talk about a ghost town." Rad said upon seeing how the town they were passing through barely had any people and the people that were about were looking at them with...pity? 'That's not right.' he thought.
Rad saw a gas station up ahead and tapped the steering wheel. "Hey, can you consume oil?"
"Meh. My systems could use a refuel." Wildrider said and pulled over to the gas station.
Rad got out and saw that the hood had opened, so he opened a can of oil and placed it on the fuel pump. He glanced over and saw that Drag Strip had pulled up and had opened his hood as well. "You too?"
"Just do, White." Drag Strip seemed adamant on using his surname for some reason.
Rad rolled his eyes and did the same thing to him. "I'm going to see how much further it'll be before we reach the desert." he said before going into the gas station's store.
Behind the counter was a beautiful woman with curly black hair at shoulder length, dark skin, blue eyes lined with eyeliner and mascara, her lips painted red, and her regal features made her look like a princess.
The woman looked up at him and smiled widely. "Hello there young man, what would you need?"
Rad felt a sense of unease, and could've sworn he felt new energy, but passed it off as being both Drag Strip's and Wildrider's own interferring energies. "How long until I reach the desert, and how much for the oil?"
The smile didn't leave the woman's face. "The desert's just out of town, all you have to do is get passed th edge of town. As for the oil, it's free; we're having a special."
Rad sensed something was very wrong. "A special? What kind of special?"
The woman ignored his question. "It's been a while since anyone came throught here, esspecially one as handsome or as unique as you." she said almost dreamily.
Rad felt his troat dry as he tried not to pale. Something was very wrong. "Um, thank you." he said awkwardly and restrained himself enough not to run out the door.
"How much further then?" Wildrider asked.
"She said all we need to do is go pass the edge of town and the desert won't be far away." Rad replied hollowly as he took the oil cans out and got back into Wildrider's passenger seat.
"What the slag is wrong with you?" Drag Strip asked with only the slightest amount of concern.
"Something just feels...off." Rad said furrowing his brow.
Neither Stunticon said anything about Rad's strange behavior as they headed to the edge of town.
Rad meanwhile was trying to figure out what was wrong. 'Lets see, there's pratically no people, which is odd. Plus this town looks rather old. And why would tha woman give me the oil for free?' his eyes widened. 'Unless she knew we wouldn't make it passed the town's edge.' he thought and the final clue came to him. 'That's right, there should be more people, unless everyone that tried to leave was...killed off.'
Both Stunticons stopped suddenly. "Move it femme!" Drag Strip ordered the dark-skinned woman standing in the middle of the road.
'It's the woman from the store, how could I have been so blind?' Raad bereated himself. "That's no ordinary woman!" he reprimanded.
"He's right you know." The woman grinned, showing bright white teeth.
"Then what are you?" Wildrider asked.
The woman didn't answer as she suddenly started changing. Her face and head remained like that of a beautiful woman, but her boillowing dress riped to reveal that her body was that of lioness, ending in sharp clawed paws. On her back eagle wings appeared and she was also revealed to have a hissing serpent ended-tail.
Rad's face showed an actual look of fear. "She's the Sphinx."