Elhini Prime: Thanks for suggesting having a prank. Gave me an excuse to run away from a really pissed off Starscream! XD No problem, it was fun having you and Shadowstalker there haha.
Everyone was staring at Miko suspiciously as she grinned sheepishly. Miko took the device and put it on her wrist. It suddenly wrapped itself around her arm and glowed bright for a second. The light died down and a crimson red ninja stood before them. The Autobots all took a half-step back in fear of the ninja. Miko leaned against the wall behind her and narrowed her dark eyes. There was a sword strapped to her back and her eyes were the only things showing.
"Now I know I probably owe everyone an explanation, but it's Solus and Soundwave's big day. I'm not gonna take it from them." Miko said with a monotone. She glowed red again and turned back into her normal outfit. Solus narrowed her eyes at her, vaguely concerned about their new discovery. The party continued on, but everyone, especially Jack, was hesitant to talk to Miko due to the fear.
The next day Miko was bombarded with questions. At first, she refused to say anything. She wasn't required to answer, they weren't in charge of her. The humans and Rescue Bots were confused at how scared the others seemed of her. Alpha Trion who decided to stay for a while), Nexus, Ravage, and Solus didn't say anything, but they obviously knew something. Solus finally got tired of it and walked up to the group of people trying to get info out of her.
"That is enough, Crimsonbreak! You're one of the higher-ups for the cyberninjas and you of all people should know about respect and honesty. What would Winterstreak say if he heard that you weren't telling when the signal for you to return their memories is here?" Solus asked. Miko froze at the name, and looked up at the Prime. She growled slightly and changed into her ninja form. She was ready to pull out her sword if it got bad enough.
"In case you haven't realized yet, Solus Prime, most of my people were killed by Autobots and Decepticons alike! The Swords of Destiny are not affiliated to any team and you of all people should respect that! I owe no one an explanation! I just need to get to my team and end this fragging war before you kill us all! Starting with our leader!" Miko/Crimsonbreak snapped back. She spun around to face Jack with glaring eyes. She raised her arm with the device and aimed it at him. "Winterstreak Prime awaken and regain your memories!"
"CRIMSONBREAK NO!" Solus yelled, but it was too late. She couldn't believe that her partner was the leader of the Swords of Destiny. A white light shot out of the device and hit Jack square in the chest. He was sent flying back and passed out. He continued to glow white until there was a white cyberninja in his place. Everyone took a step back as he groaned and stood. He looked at Crimsonbreak and glared.
"Well since my SIC is being too stubborn to actually explain what's going on, we are the reincarnations of the Swords of Destiny. The Swords of Destiny was a group of cyberninjas from Cybertron. We were neutrals, but most of us were killed by Autobots and Decepticons alike, as Crim said earlier. She was the only one who kept her memories, since she is the Master of Memories and we needed her to return our memories when the time came." Jack/Winterstreak announced as he turned his attention back to the bots. He turned back to Miko/Crimsonbreak with a stern look. "The Autobots are our allies and you've been best friends with them, so why treat them like that?"
"BECAUSE SMOKESCREEN HAPPENED TO KILL MY FAMILY!" Crimsonbreak yelled angrily. The room fell silent and everyone turned to the accused mech. Crimsonbreak left the room, leaving everyone confused. Winterstreak sighed and rubbed his temples. He couldn't believe that the time for the Swords of Destiny to return had finally arrived. He turned his attention back to the people staring at him, namely Smokescreen.
"A lot of mistakes have been made in this war, some more effective than others. I was there when Smokescreen mistakenly killed Crimsonbreak's family. It was actually an explosion he caused to kill the cons threatening our village. Really he saved many lives, but at the cost of a few who were in the wrong place at the wrong time." Winterstreak said sadly. He looked up at the members of the Thirteen, silently pleading for them to tell the next part.
"The cyberninjas were scared of everyone dying off, so they came to us and Primus. We agreed to have them reincarnated and sent here as humans. We didn't know what they'd look like or what their names would be but we just wanted them safe. This was before Silverspark went to live with her family so she had no idea what was going on." Nexus continued. Crimsonbreak, who was in the other room, heard what Winterstreak said about the incident where Smokescreen accidentally killed her family.
"Crimsonbreak's had a lot of trust problems in the past, especially with Autobots and Decepticons, she's been through a lot. I'm surprised that she trusted you guys as Miko. Give her some time and she'll come around. She only worries for the fate of our race. I just hope she comes back soon so she can give Yellowbeam his memories." Winterstreak chuckled. Crimsonbreak hesitantly walked back in, but winced slightly at the looks given to her. Smokescreen walked up slowly, but stopped when she got ready to pull out her sword.
"Crimsonbreak I'm sorry about your family, I didn't know any ninja was there I swear. I was just trying to help Jazz and Prowl offline those fragging cons during one of my more important training sessions." Smokescreen apologized. Crimsonbreak glared at him momentarily, trying to find any deceit or signs of lying in his voice or features. There was absolutely nothing saying that what he said was a lie. She sighed and lowered her gaze.
"I accept your apology, Smokescreen Prime. Autobots, Rescue Bots, I'm also sorry for the way I treated you. It's not every day your biggest secret is out and you get your sparkmate back." She responded. Raf, who had been drinking water, choked on it and began coughing. She gave him a curious look. "Oh come on, Yellowbeam. I'm not as young as my human form ya know, I'm about the equivalent of a 21 year old."
"Wait, did you just say you were Winterstreak's sparkmate? Is that even possible? And wait, Raf's Yellowbeam?" Bumblebee asked. Raf looked at Crimsonbreak with wide eyes. June, who had been too shocked to say anything the entire time, dragged Winterstreak away, demanding for an explanation. Crimsonbreak rolled her eyes and pointed the device at Raf. Her eyes smiled warmly as a slight comfort to the scared boy.
"Yellowbeam, awaken and regain your memories." Crimsonbreak announced. Raf was hit with a yellow light and he passed out. She looked up at the Autobots and Rescue Bots with a much softer gleam in them than before. "Yellowbeam is our medic and tech guy. Winterstreak is our leader and the only Prime cyberninja. I'm the SIC and the Master of Memories. I got my powers from Solus, who was able to give Starscream back his memories as you can probably tell. Yes Winterstreak is my sparkmate, but it's slightly different than it would be with you guys. I'm not even going to begin explaining it."
"Man, my head hurts." Yellowbeam groaned as he sat up. He was wearing a yellow ninja outfit that, again, only showed his eyes. Winterstreak was finally able to escape from June, rubbing the back of his head sheepishly. He walked up behind Crimsonbreak and wrapped his arms around her waist happily. "Oh now I get why Miko kissed Jack before she left! She knew that they were sparkmates and she didn't want to leave him again! Primus, it took Fernblaze and I forever to get you two together and now it's practically impossible to separate you two!"
"Oh ha, ha, ha very funny Yellowbeam. Let's not forget that you've been crushing on Fernblaze forever now!" Crimsonbreak shot back. The three cyberninjas continued to tell stories about their lives back on Cybertron before the war. Apparently Winterstreak became a Prime around the time Orion and Megatronus teamed up. He'd lost his partner, Nightshade, in a battle against Starscream and Soundwave. Both mechs felt guilty but he forgave them. Well Starscream killed him but he had no memory while Soundwave didn't harm them at all really. One of the Rescue Bots made a comment that the ninjas couldn't do much damage, they were too small. Winterstreak facepalmed as Crimsonbreak stood and pulled out her sword. "Would you like to test that theory?"
"You would've made one heck of a Wrecker, Miko." Bulkhead chuckled. Crimsonbreak shrugged lightly and put away her sword. Back on Cybertron she'd heard about the Wreckers and was actually interested in possibly joining them, but her loyalties were with the Swords of Destiny. Bulkhead thought back to the Wreckers: Seaspray, Ultra Magnus, Wheeljack… "SCRAP WHEELJACK'S PROBABLY OFFLINED BY NOW!"
"Wow, impeccable timing, Bulk." Crimsonbreak chuckled. The ninjas turned back human and stretched slightly as they stood. Miko looked back up at her guardian with a smile. "Don't worry, I'm sure he's fine. Bossbot survived the base blowing up without medical help for a month and through con captivity. We just gotta find him and treat his wounds and voila! We got us another bot to help end this war."
"Speaking of ending the war, Winterstreak I must ask you something. Will you three and whoever's left of the cyberninjas join us and help defeat the Decepticons? I know you chose to be neutrals on Cybertron but we sure could use the help." Smokescreen asked. Jack, Miko, and Raf talked quietly to each other trying to decide whether or not they should join the Autobots. Well, the decision was pretty much already made, they just wanted to make sure everyone agreed. Jack looked back up at Smokescreen and nodded.
"We will fight with you against the Decepticons, in memory of Cybertron and those who died trying to protect it from the cons." Jack agreed. Everyone felt relieved that they had more allies and that the cyberninjas no longer hated them. They began to track Wheeljack's signal, trying to find out if he was alive. Crimsonbreak, Winterstreak, and Yellowbeam were back in cyberninja form training and perfecting their skills after not fighting in forever. The humans, Bee, and the Rescue Bots were watching them train curiously.
"I was told stories about the cyberninjas but I never met one! This is so cool!" Bee stated as he continued to watch. Of course he was rooting for Yellowbeam since they were still best friends and all. He was currently sparring with Crimsonbreak when suddenly the computer pinged and they found Wheeljack's signal. Crimsonbreak looked towards them, but didn't realize her mistake until Yellowbeam swung his leg and knocked her to the ground.
"Sorry, Crim. Looks like I beat you this time." Yellowbeam chuckled. Solus had just finished talking to the Rescue Bots about the possibility of making a ground bridge. They instantly loved the idea of having one. Thank goodness she still had time to make one with her forge before they found Wheeljack's signal. Crimsonbreak and Yellowbeam walked up to the others who were getting ready to leave. Winterstreak turned to his team and crossed his arms.
"There's a cyberninja undercover in the same general location so we're taking this mission instead of the bots. Yellowbeam, are you prepared to help Wheeljack in the case that he's hurt?" Winterstreak announced. Yellowbeam nodded so Ratchet opened the ground bridge and the three ninjas ran through. What they found made them freeze in horror. They were in the outskirts of what used to be Jasper, Nevada and they were finally able to see the extent of the damage fully.
"It's Cybertron all over again. If the Decepticons aren't stopped soon then all of Earth will be like this." Crimsonbreak whispered. They solemnly walked on, trying to find their missing friend. They stopped when they heard a painful groan and tried to figure out where it was coming from. When Crimsonbreak figured it out she bolted towards the sound. "Come on guys, he's this way! I think he's hurt!"
"Well no duh he's hurt, Crimsonbreak! His ship crashed into a cliff for Primus' sake!" Yellowbeam shot back as he followed her. Winterstreak rolled his eyes and ran after them. When they found Wheeljack he was sitting against a rock, clutching a small, but possibly welded already, wound on his side. A human girl was with him, trying to get him to rest until he was fully healed. Yellowbeam automatically knew that this was the ninja, he just couldn't believe which one it was. "She's right, Wheeljack. Bulkhead would have your helm if you offlined because you moved too fast."
"What the frag? Cyberninjas? Alive? Here? On Earth? How?" Wheeljack exclaimed in disbelief as the cyberninjas approached. The human girl turned and saw the ninjas. She squeaked in surprise and nearly fell off his knee if Wheeljack hadn't caught her. He'd had a few run-ins with cyberninjas who weren't exactly thrilled to be stuck in the middle of somebody else's war. "Why are you here? I thought you were neutrals!"
"We're now allied with the Autobots, determined to help end this war once and for all. We've been reincarnated as humans and just now got our memories back. We came here to help you and to return the memories to another cyberninja. If it helps, you knew us as humans." Winterstreak explained. They turned back human and smirked at Wheeljack's shocked expression. The girl took a half step back when they turned back ninja.
"What the heck is going on?! What's a cyberninja? How do you know them, Wheeljack? And why were they reincarnated?" the girl demanded. Wheeljack introduced the girl as Nicki, someone who tried to return to Jasper but got stuck with him and even tried to weld his wounds shut. That's the only reason why he was still alive. Crimsonbreak, Winterstreak, and Yellowbeam introduced themselves both in cyberninja and human form. Crimsonbreak looked to Winterstreak and Yellowbeam who nodded. She raised her arm with the device and aimed it at Nicki. "What are you doing?"
"My job. Fernblaze, awaken and regain your memories!" Crimsonbreak exclaimed. A green light shot out and hit Nicki, knocking her out. Wheeljack stared at Crimsonbreak in disbelief. He couldn't believe that the girl he practically owed his life to was a cyberninja reincarnated. When Fernblaze woke up, wearing her forest green uniform, Yellowbeam ran up and hugged her happily. Fernblaze laughed and hugged him back.
"So we finally joined the Autobots? It's about time! I was about to leave and join them myself!" she exclaimed. Crimsonbreak, Winterstreak, and Yellowbeam rolled their eyes. Yellowbeam got to work healing Wheeljack's wounds, using his powers of course. His hands and eyes glowed white as he focused on the injuries. Wheeljack watched in amazement as the wounds vanished. He was still pretty weak but he definitely felt a lot better. They heard a commotion nearby and realized that the Decepticons were coming.
"Scrap, Wheeljack you're in no condition to fight! And we can't have the cons find out that we returned!" Winterstreak hissed. Crimsonbreak ran ahead to scout out the situation. She growled in annoyance when she saw a pretty large group of Decepticons, including Megatron and Fallen. She spun around and ran back, a plan slowly hatching in her brain. When she made it to the others they immediately knew she had an idea. "Well?"
"There's a whole bunch of Decepticons, including Megatron and the Fallen. We have absolutely zero chance of being able to take them on alone, but I have an idea. Winterstreak, do you remember the day I met you and Nightshade? Why I was attacked randomly on the street?" Crimsonbreak answered. Winterstreak and Yellowbeam's eyes widened in realization. Fernblaze and Wheeljack had no idea what she was getting at, but they soon would.
"Very well," Winterstreak sighed after a moment.
What are they planning? What happened to Crimsonbreak back on Cybertron? Will Starscream ever stop chasing me?
Starscream: GET BACK HERE FLESHIE!
Me: O-O I'll take that last one as a no. But the answers to the other questions will be answered in the next chapter!
Cyberninjas: Reviews are welcomed! :)