[] Blah Blah blah. Action chapter. This chapter is themed, I would suggest listening to I Am (All of me..) by Crush 40. Yea. Enjoy.[]
Oh fuck me… I thought twisting through the trees and shrubs of the forest. The psycho Seeker above me cackled and set the forest a blaze with his ammunition. Grinding my teeth together, I reached for my katana slicing branches out of my way as Kage galloped through the forest. Kage was at the point of breaking his ankle, his whines echoing in my ears. I soothed him over and over, telling him not to stop. The horse ran on, barely dodging missile fire from above.
Suddenly, the blaze of fire surrounded us. Encircling us in a clearing. Trapped. The Seeker dropped from the sky landing in front of me. Crimson optics leering at me, Kage kicked and neighed as the ground quaked and broke. Sliding off of Kage's back I patted his neck and moved forward, unsheathing my blades.
"Starscream." I spat the name, conjuring my most deathly glare.
"White Shadow, you're doing well." He sneered responding casually. The world was set on fire around us, and all he could do is sneer. I couldn't stand him at all.
"And what do I owe the pleasure of seeing you again?" I snarled advancing a step.
"To bring you to Lord Megatron. There's a bounty on your head, and I'm going to take you." He aimed his cannon at me.
"Do it, you bastard. A corpse won't be much good to you." His face burned with rage, my defiance obviously prickling under his skin, or metal.
"Silence fleshling!"
I smirked, "Make me." I sprinted to the right, slicing my blades into the flames. Ash coating the blade, hot and molting. Starscream followed my movements, drawing his wing saber. I darted between his legs, raising my swords upwards to strike from underneath him. He growled in pain and slammed his sword inches from my back. I continued my run, being careful to dodge his attacks. Fluidly I leapt into the air, blades aimed for his optics. He reacted quickly, bringing his wing saber between me and his face. I crossed my blades like an X sliding down the saber and landing on his arm. I advanced up his arm, his expression covered in hate and rage. His hand chased me up his body, slamming down onto his body several times as he missed. Reaching his shoulder I leapt again toward his head. Blades slid down the side of his face. Howling with pain he shook me off throwing me into the flames of the burning forest.
Adjusting my mask I rolled out from the fire and searched for the raging seeker. He was standing up again, crimson optics blazing brightly.
"You'll die, White Shadow. You will never see the light of day again, you'll regret the day you were born!" He roared charging me. My eyes widened and I attempted to dodge, with an unfortunate step, I fell. The Seeker's hand was reaching to grab me, I crawled desperately forward toward Kage whom was protesting against Starscream.
"NO!" I screamed wildly. He cackled capturing me in his hand. I squirmed against his grasp, for only in return for it to tighten. I gasped out for air.
"You're not so tough are you now, White Shadow?" He said raising me to optic level. "You're only human, you're weak and fragile. You couldn't survive I this world forever."
"Shut up!" I yelled out. He smirked bringing me closer to his face.
"So feisty… No wonder he wants you. Perhaps, I could use you…" He wondered aloud.
"Do you honestly think" I gasped out again, "I would help you?" He laughed at this.
"Do you have a choice?" I glared at him struggling to look for Kage. His digit captured my chin and I faced him again. "Don't turn away for me, worm!" He thundered. I cringed at the volume of his voice, he noticed the gesture and grinned wickedly. Oh he was enjoying this. Suddenly, his optics flashed with pure pleasure. Face twisting into some sort of sickening expression.
"You know, White Shadow. All these secrets… Hidden by that hood, shall we dispose of it?" He asked. I shook my head unable to speak anymore. "Oh, you have no say in this matter." Tugging my silver hood off of my head, my hair fell around my face.
His optics widened as he saw my face, the pleasure intensifying. He mumbled something in cybertronian and threw the hood away. My gaze followed my signature hood fall into the flames of the fire. I saw Kage now, he was in a panic. Exits all blocked. Starscream's grip loosened slightly and a took a breath.
"If you take me, at least dowse this fire. Kage doesn't deserve this fate." Starscream looked to the horse and shrugged. Tucking me inside his cockpit, the glass closed over me and the restraints secured me in. Through the tinted glass I saw Starscream flick his wing saber in a quick motion and the flames died. Kage ran off in the distance into the shadows of the burned forest. I heard Starscream bark to someone in cybertronian, and my head banging against something. Then blackness.
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Starscream's Pov:
White Shadow fainted inside my cockpit, I reported to Soundwave I caught to girl and was returning to base. Transforming and took to the skies. I monitored the girl in my cockpit, taking in her features. It was the first time I ever saw her, and I must say for a human she was attractive. (To myself, anyway…) Her heart rate was slowed and she was breathing softly, Megatron would reward me well for getting White Shadow. However, I felt as if I should keep her for myself. Suddenly the mark she left on my face stung greatly, oh yes. She could fight well, but in her situation of the fire… She hadn't had much of a space for her to run. Slowly I flew through a cloudbank, the moisture gathering around me soothed my injury. The girl was certainly not up to one hundred percent fighting standards, well compared to past encounters. She stirred slightly and breathed out a name.
"Dusk…" It made no sense to me, but the name made me wonder. I shook it off for now and returned to focusing on the skies. It was a matter to attend to later.
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Mai's Pov:
I must be dreaming.
He was standing right there, not wounded or scarred. Pale silver hair falling in front of his face and reddish brown eyes formed into a slinked glare. Clothes ragged and dirty, but he was in one piece. I reached forward to touch his cheek, and he flinched away catching my wrist with his hand. His glare warned me not to try anything else. We just stared at each other for several moments, both of us not daring to say a word. I was afraid to blink, afraid he may disappear if I closed my eyes or looked away.
I didn't see him draw his gun. Pressing the cold weapon against my head, my eyes pleaded the silent question, Why? His own expression only showed that death glare, the flare of hate in his orbs. My lips quivered slightly, I was confused… Why was he doing this? My mind reeled with questions, his actions alien to me.
Suddenly, the gun's cold touch fell from my head. He was backing up, dropping the gun to the ground and falling to his knees. The ground shook with terrible tremors, and surface cracked. Splitting apart into two halves. My eye's widened in pure terror when I saw a large shadow cast over him. The shadows belonging to the leader of the Decepticons. He smirked down at me with those blood red optics. I mouthed a single word as he cracked, like glass would, into several pieces and reforming into a monstrous mech like Megatron.
"Dusk."
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Third person Pov:
Starscream heard the name again from Mai, but with much more emotion. His mind whirled at the name, it was unusual. It was familiar, yet strangely not. The base soon came into view and he knew he would have to hand over his prisoner to Megatron. Slowing his speed slightly, he took the time to ponder the girl and this Dusk. Primus knows he could be another fugitive to be caught. He mentally sighed, knowing there were hardly any humans capable of staying hidden as well as Mai did. He decided not to dwell too much on it for now, he would figure it out sooner or later. Mai began to stir again in his cockpit.
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Mai's Pov:
I gasped awake looking around Starscream's cockpit. I trembled for a few moments, calming my mind. I could hear Starscream's chuckling throughout the cockpit, and it irked me to no end. I sent a swift kick to his controls, and he growled doing a rough barrel roll. My guts heaved, but I held the bile in my throat and swallowed it back into my stomach.
"Hey! Watch it you fuckin' asshole!" I snapped.
"Hold your tongue, glitch!" He snapped back. I growled narrowing my eyes. I hated that son of a bitch. Glancing forward I saw the huge metal citadel, the very place Megatron was waiting for me. Chewing my lip, I had to think of something to get out of here. Knowing the place would be guarded and exits limited, this would make an interesting escape. We approached a hangar and I heard Starscream mumbled,
"Welcome to the Pit of Hell."
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