Title: Superior
Rating: K
Continuity: Any
Characters: N/A
Disclaimer: Don't own!
Prompt: 1. bearing witness
In the Golden Age, when Grounders thought of Seekers, there were a few traits that came to mind first. Aggressive, strong, beautiful, fast.
Untouchable.
And they were, and were known for those traits for very good reason.
Once every sixteen vorns, the Seekers would hold the flight that would determine their next Winglord. It was an aerial dance that spanned the entire planet. Seekers would flock to Vos first, and from there, they would speed through the sky, twisting and turning and looping and arching. None fell – if someone got tired, they would transform, drink some energon, then transform back into alt-mode and settle on a wingmate's back to recharge. For a whole groon, they would stay in the air, flying with each other, performing extremely wild and difficult aerial maneuvers. In that groon, not one Seeker pede touched the surface of the planet.
Some Seekers came to the Flight as competitors; those yearning to hold the title Winglord. Only the best fliers got it. They were the ones who did the most daring maneuvers, lasted the longest without recharging, and led their trine with enough respect and caring to make them look good as well.
But this tradition did more than just select the new Winglord. It allowed all of Cybertron to bear witness to the amazing abilities of the Seeker frametype. It made them the untouchable, beautiful creatures many saw them as. They were the sky-free, not the ground-bound. Above all. Superior to all – other fliers could, and often did, fly up to test themselves against the Seekers, but never lasted long.
Seekers. Those built for the sky, and only the sky. And they showed it, when they flew over Cybertron, letting all below them bear witness to their greatness.