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This chapter takes place before, during, and after the episode 'Persuasion'.
Well onto the show folks!
Take Care Now, Bye Bye Then!
Chapter Four: Shocking Developments Arise!
Autobot Base E: Two hours later
Talus snarled in her quarters as she paced back and forth, her creator was stolen and they had nothing to go on.
Not to mention, Team Prime was still treating her like an animal, like talking about her and any decisions reguarding her future, even when she was in the room.
Kind of like now in fact, they were all in the Main Hall and Team Prime was having a meeting about how they were going to get her creator back.
Talus eventually went into the main hall and she sat down softly to listen to what they had to say, behaving like the good animal they thought she was.
Optimus listed to Ultra Magnus' explanation, well complaining more like it.
"Optimus, we should have been more vigilante, because of our Predacon not being here at base like it should have been, Ratchet got taken by the Decepticons", Ultra Magnus explained/complained.
Arcee soon agreed a bit hesitantly "I have to say Optimus, Ultra Magnus is right, if Talus had listened to orders and stayed in base, Ratchet would still be here"
Talus' optics widened and she felt her optical pupil lenses become slitted with her mood, they were blaming her?! Out of everyone to blame, they were putting it on HER?!
Talus was about to show them a piece of her processor, until she heard Smokescreen stick up for her.
"Hey, Talus is the only one who came close enough to defeating the other Predacon, cut her some slack guys!", Smokescreen defended.
Out of everyone she expected to hate her, she never expected Wheeljack perk up and say "I agree with the rookie, had the TechnaFury not have been there, Optimus would've been a pile of scrap by now"
Bulkhead soon testified "Hey, if she was here, she could have blown Lazerbeak right out of the air, and we wouldn't be having this conversation"
Bumblebee and Optimus seemed to stay out of the argument, unknowing of how bad Talus' circuits were sizzling in anger and annoyance because of the fact she couldn't talk!
Talus snarled, wishing with all her structure that she had a voice processor! So she could speak and let her thoughts be known!
Talus could have sworn she felt a slight sparking feeling flare up in her lower left abdominal armor, and she wasn't aware of her parts shifting around before securing themselves again.
Talus suddenly growled out "Primus! If I could talk I would say that I was trying to not let another one of our family get hurt again!"
Every pair of optics were wide and staring at Talus, Smokescreen was the first one to break the stunned silence by asking cautiously "T-Talus?"
Talus looked at Smokescreen confused and frustrated as she asked "What?!"
Talus' optics suddenly widened, that word had come out of her own mouthplates, she immediately put a servo to her faceplate...Wait a klik?!
She looked down to her new servos, the digits were still clawed, but they looked like that of Team Prime's. Or that Predaking when he...transformed!
Talus' helm snapped down to see that her entire structure had changed into a humanoid shape, her back stabilizing servos were changed as well, with her stabilizing fins slightly sticking out of her outer calf armor.
Her tailfins were sticking right out of her outer fore servo areas, almost like the elbow joint spikes that Bumblebee had.
She felt a sensation of her main wings folded up tightly on her back plates, she couldn't feel her tail appandage anymore, she didn't know where that went.
She felt some of her armor folded up into spikes on the back of her helm and neck muscle cables. She also saw that a part of her usual shoulder plate armor was on her right lower breast plate, showing her Predacon symbol in all it's glory.
She was much taller than Ultra Magnus, but about as tall as Predaking was in fact. She looked strong, like she could put Predaking into the ground, with all of her spare muscle cables showing on her neck joint, abdominal plates, elbow joints, knee joints, and her heel and ankle joints.
Talus' optics were wide in slight shock, she unconsciously took a step back, but she wasn't used to her new form and she didn't have her tail appendage to balance her out, so she started to fall forward, having no sense of balance in her alt. form yet.
Wheeljack and Smokescreen immediately jumped out and they caught the former TechnaFury by her shoulder joints, before they helped her stand on her own pedes again.
Smokescreen clung onto her elbow joint to help her stay balanced while Wheeljack gently let go.
Optimus walked over and he asked softly "Talus, I judge by your reaction, that this is the first time you have experienced transforming?"
Talus gently nodded her helm, finally getting over the initial shock, before she held her throat cables softly and said stunned "Y-Yes sir. I-I was trying to before, b-but nothing happened"
Optimus nodded before Smokescreen asked softly, not really believing that his friend had finally transformed, "How long have you been...uh...smarter Talus?"
Talus looked at Smokescreen and she cocked her helm and she merely said "Huh?"
Optimus understood and he asked Talus gently "How long have you been sentient like you are now?"
Talus said a soft "Oh!", and she nodded her helm again before she explained "All the way to my beginning, basically when you woke me up actually sir, it was hard at first, but then my thoughts started to get easier to fall into place. And soon I started to think full sentences and I became like this I guess.
But I don't remember anything from my own past, whom I was before this new life, where I came from, what I did, if I could transform, was I as smart as I am now. These things I don't remember at all, so I just accepted the circumstances and went with it"
Optimus nodded, digesting the information, Ultra Magnus walked up to her and he asked "So you've been keeping secrets in a way soldier?"
Talus shook her helm negatively before saying "No sir, if I did so, it wasn't my intention at all, until I wanted to transform, but that flew out the window fast when I felt like I couldn't, until now"
Ultra Magnus nodded softly before he said "Very well then"
Wheeljack, Bulkhead, and Arcee walked up to Talus and Arcee asked "Well this is unexpected, isn't it?"
Talus chuckled softly before she said "I'm just happy I can talk for once"
Arcee frowned a bit before she said "Talus, why did you disobey orders to stay in base, if you stayed, you could have helped Ratchet"
Talus then asked a bit harshly "And what do you think would have happened to Optimus?"
Arcee, Bulkhead, and Ultra Magnus shut up at the question, not having an answer.
Talus was about to ask something else, before Optimus put a servo up and he said "That's enough, Talus did what she thought was the correct decision at the time. While I do not condone disobeying orders, and I do realize that things could have been different for Ratchet's outcome should she have stayed"
Talus gently put her helm down at the last part of his speech before he continued with, "But Talus did save my spark, and for that, I thank her very much, and for I am in your debt Talus"
Talus looked up to Optimus' faceplate with wide optics and raised metal ridges, she was not expecting that.
Smokescreen smiled softly as he turned to his friend, as he continued to help her keep balance on her new pedes.
Talus shook her helm before she calmed herself and she said softly "Optimus, call us even okay"
Optimus raised an eye ridge before he asked "May I ask why?"
Talus smiled and she said "Well, you cloned me from my dead ancestor's claw tip, when you didn't have to I might add, found by Alpha Trion, it would be disrespectful for me to accept this debt, so in Alpha Trion's name, I thank you guys for discovering the claw where I came from and my creation into this world once again"
Everyone was silent in the main hall, this definitely wasn't just some beast that didn't care about anything but it's own life like they first thought.
This TechnaFury femme had not only evolved and transformed three times faster than Predaking did, but she also cared for her fellow team mates and for the natives of this planet.
But the final thing that Team Prime couldn't believe, she was sincerely thankful for her creation, and she gave credit where it was due.
Wheeljack smiled and he said "You're okay in my book kid, and I hope to see ya on the Wreckers"
Bulkhead walked up and commented "That was good Talus, and I'm sorry for judging you like that", Talus nodded softly, accepting his apology.
Arcee walked up to Talus and said "Good to know I'm not the only femme on the team anymore, sorry Talus"
Talus smiled and she said softly, "It's alright Arcee", Arcee smiled softly and she put a servo out, Talus cocked her helm, confused at the gesture.
Arcee rolled her optics softly and she gently grabbed Talus' clawed servo and she gently made a quick shake motion before she let go of Talus' servo.
Talus turned her optics to Smokescreen and asked softly "What was that?"
Smokescreen chuckled a bit before he explained "That was a Cybertronian servo shake, basically it's a greeting, like a human's hand shake in fact"
Talus smiled big, finally Team Prime was treating her like a fellow Cybertronian, not like some dumb beastly Predacon.
Bumblebee was looking at Talus' armor before he commented "*Hey, did anyone else notice that Talus got a lot smaller than her actual TechnaFury self just now?*"
Everyone looked at Talus and they all made that confirmation, she was a lot smaller.
Talus rolled her shoulder joints before she said "I do feel more...compact in this form actually"
Wheeljack quickly brought up a good fact "If that's the case, then most likely all of your spare parts just get a bit more spread out in your Alt. form Talus"
Talus raised her right metal brow ridge before she said "I think this form will be my alternate form guys, it feels so foreign to me"
Optimus nodded before he said "As foreign as it may be Talus, you need to practice with this new form, and gain the necessary skills to fight along side us"
He turned to Wheeljack, Bulkhead, Bumblebee, and Arcee before gesturing to all four of them and ordering "You four can teach her certain qualities that I believe will help her.
Arcee, you can teach her about stealth and Cybertronian martial arts.
Wheeljack, you can teach Talus to use her surroundings to her advantage.
Bulkhead, Talus has much strength she needs to control, I believe you can help her control and use this strength to her full advantage.
And Bumblebee, I believe you can teach her great servo to servo combat, as well as quick transformations."
The four bots in turn nodded when they were said what they could teach Talus.
Bulkhead walked up to Talus and put a servo onto her shoulder plate before he said "Come on rookie, time to give you some skills"
Wheeljack added in "Wrecker style"
Talus' optics were wide as she gave an intake of air, soon she was carefully led to the training room.
Two Months Later:
Over the course of two Earth months, Talus had trained with all four of her appointed teachers.
Bumblebee had taught her how to properly balance everything about her new alt. form, as well as rapid transformations to her natural TechnaFury form and to her alt. humanoid robot form, as well as a boxer style of fighting skills.
Arcee had taught her everything that she had known about stealth, as well as most Cybertronian martial arts, and how to make her plasma blaster out of her right servo and aim it properly.
Wheeljack taught her how to use her structure as a weapon, as well as objects around her for offensive and defensive fighting, as well as Cybertronian Ninjistu that Wheeljack had perfected.
Oh and Talus found out that she could make a facemask similar to Optimus' close around her faceplate when in her alt. form.
Bulkhead had taught her how to use her strength to her advantage, basically when to use force, how to use it, and how much to use of it. He also taught her how to play Lobbing, she is the new champion of it.
Smokescreen also taught Talus many new things, like certain terms Cybertronians used that she did not know, what parts of her new alt. form were called, and other Cybertronian games.
Talus and Smokescreen had become the best of friends, and unknowing to either one of them, that friendship would be tested soon enough.
Three Days Later:
Talus was in her natural TechnaFury form, relaxing in her quarters, but her processor was rapidly working.
Team Prime needed a break to find Ratchet, and they needed it now!
But that wasn't the only thing bothering her, and it isn't what anyone was expecting, but it was her Predacon symbols on her shoulder plates.
She loved her evolved Predacon heritage, but at the same time, she wanted to show that she was with the Autobots, and not the Decepticons.
Talus growled softly as she got to her fore servos and back pedes, she gently shook her armor off of imaginary dust.
Talus blinked her optics before she turned her large helm and looked at the blue with silver outlined Predacon symbols on both of her shoulder plates.
Talus growled happily suddenly as her optics widened and her tail appendage wagged happily. Wheeljack! He was a scientist, so he could change symbols, right?!
Talus immediately transformed into her robotic humanoid alt form and with a big smile on her faceplate, she ran to Wheeljack's quarters and knocked on his door.
Wheeljack opened his door and he said "Hey kid, what's up?"
Talus then asked softly "Do you know how to change symbols? I want mine changed", she pointed to the Predacon symbol on her chest.
Wheeljack looked at Talus confused, he had not been expecting that in a million stellar cycles!
Wheeljack asked confused "Why would you want to change your symbol kid? You're an evolved Predacon, shouldn't you want to show it off?"
Talus nodded her helm before answering "Yes I do want to show it off, I'm proud of my Predacon heritage, but I also want to show that I'm with you guys, not the 'Cons"
Wheeljack's optics widened before he said "I think I know what this is about, you don't want to be a Predacon, you want to be a Predabot?"
Talus' faceplate lit up and she said "Yes, that's exactly it, something to show that I'm proud to be a Predacon, but at the same time I'm proud to serve with my fellow Autobots"
Wheeljack smiled in pride, happy for Talus' reasoning, and he said "How about we combine them?"
Talus cocked her helm in confusion before she got it and a smile worked it's way onto her faceplate and she said "Let's do it"
Wheeljack allowed her into his quarters and about ten minutes later, Talus walked out in her natural TechnaFury self, looking with pride at her new symbols, they were a good mix of Autobot and Predacon symbols.
It was the perfect Predabot symbol, and she was proud of it! (My Predabot symbol is in my Deviantart gallery guys! Link is on my profile page!)
Talus transformed into her alt robot form and she said "Thanks Wheeljack!"
Wheeljack smiled and he said "No problem kid, you carry that insignia well"
Talus' smile could not get any bigger and she went about her business, which was basically training her moves in the training room.
After about three hours, Optimus called Team Prime into attention, turns out they were low on Energon again, and Optimus had found a blip on their radar of an energon mine.
Talus smiled, time to go into action, it was going to be Optimus, Talus, Arcee, Smokescreen, and Ultra Magnus going on this mission.
Bulkhead, Bumblebee, and Wheeljack would stay behind with the human kids and monitor the Groundbridge.
Soon Team Prime split up and Optimus quickly told Talus over her comm. ':I'm sorry Talus, but I wish for you to stay as a TechnaFury, I do not wish for the Decepticons to know of your sentience or ability to transform just yet:'
Talus nodded her helm and transformed quickly into her natural TechnaFury self before the team pushed on.
Vehicons immediately swarmed them, until they saw Talus rise to her full height and roar loudly.
"RRRRROOOOOWWWWWRRRRRLLLLL!"
The Nemesis:
Megatron's optics were wide as he saw that the Autobots did truly have a Predacon, so Predaking had been telling the truth, but this one was not among those of Project Predacon.
Megatron turned to see Predaking walk into the control room and ask fustrated, "Lord Megatron, how long must this Autobot stay alive? You promised me Orbital cycles ago that I could do to him what I have failed to do with the Prime long ago?!"
Megatron turned to Predaking and scolded "Remember to whom you speak Predaking!"
Predaking bit his glossa before he bowed his helm a little and said submissively "I apologize Lord Magatron"
Megatron accepted this and he walked over to Predaking and he said in a fake apologetic tone "For I apologize as well my Predaking, for it seems I did not believe you when you were indeed telling the truth"
Predaking cocked his helm confusedly before he asked "What do you speak about my liege?"
Megatron gestured with a servo to the screen where Predaking's optics widened as he saw the Autobot's Predacon, his only surviving brethren, tear apart a Vehicon miner with ease.
Megatron turned to Predaking and he said "I want you to defend our Energon mine from the destructive Autobots Predaking"
Predaking blinked his optics and he got a glee filled smile as revenge showed in his optics as he saw the Prime in the video feed.
Predaking turned and was about to fly there himself if he had to, when he paused at what Megatron next said "Oh and Predaking, if you cannot save your brethren from the Autobot's control, I hope you will do what's right and put the poor thing out of it's misery"
Predaking turned to Megatron, shock evident on his faceplate, but the reasoning behind it was firm.
Predaking stood firm before he said "It will not come to that my liege, I will save my brethren from the tyranny of the Autobots by destroying them, slowly and painfully", he would not fail his last surviving brethren.
Megatron frowned as soon as Predaking had gone through a Groundbridge Soundwave had opened up to the mine.
Megatron ordered Shockwave through his comm. "Shockwave, come to the bridge at once!"
About a few kliks later, Shockwave came in and Megatron pointed to the video feed and said "It appears one of your Predacons survived Shockwave"
Shockwave merely replied with "Illogical my liege, for that Predacon was not cloned by me. In fact, I have never seen a Predacon of this build before, most logical assumption answers that the Autobots have cloned this Predacon"
Megatron suddenly smirked and he said "Perhaps the good doctor could bring us up to speed, bring him here!"
Ratchet soon came into the bridge and asked sarcastically, "You called Megatron?"
Megatron smirked and asked calmly "Yes doctor, tell me, when did you decide to clone a Predacon of your own?"
Ratchet's optics widened a smidgen before he said in a fake non-caring tone, "Puh-lease, that Predacon was a failure from the start, I tried to mutate the Predacon CNA to make it stronger, but it only made it stupid as scrap"
Megatron raised a long brow ridge before he said "Very well doctor, you may go back to work now"
Ratchet gave a nod before he turned and walked back to the lab.
Megatron turned to Shockwave and he ordered "Go watch him, but continue the Synthetic Energon formula as well"
Shockwave nodded his helm once sharply before saying "Of course my liege"
Megatron turned to the monitor and he smirked at the footage before he said "Let us hope this other Predacon can be of any use to the Decepticons"
Decepticon Mine:
As soon as the Autobots were done with the guards outside, the team went in and they were shocked at how much Talus blended in with the shadows of the Energon Mine.
Optimus took the lead, with Ultra Magnus next, Arcee right after, and Smokescreen in front of Talus.
Optimus quickly said "We must work quickly, Ultra Magnus, Smokescreen, and Arcee, harvest as much energon as you can before transporting it back to base. Talus, you and I will go deeper into the mine and...?!"
Team Prime was not prepared for a Groundbridge to open up about 50 Arns in front of them, and out walked an angry looking Predaking, in his robot form, in all of his mighty Predacon glory.
Predaking soon said firmly "You will not be taking anything else Autobots, this mine shall be your tomb!", Predaking charged at them before transforming into his Predacon form and roaring loudly.
"SSSSSHHHHHRRRRRIIIIIEEEEEKKKKK!"
Predaking slammed his helm into Optimus' chassis, Optimus slammed into a wall and slumped onto his servos and knee joints.
Optimus looked up to see Predaking slam his tail hard into his helm, knocking him into stasis.
Predaking lashed his tail into Arcee and Ultra Magnus as they shot him with energon blasts, slamming them into the wall and making rubble fall onto them, pinning them.
Smokescreen charged with a yell and his blasters shooting Predaking's armor, of course it did nothing, Predaking lashed out and clamped his jaws into the Rookie's chassis and grill plate.
Smokescreen yelled in pain when he felt Predaking's fangs dig into his armor and start to crush his internal systems.
A plasma fire ball suddenly came out of nowhere and exploded on Predaking's chassis, Predaking roared in pain as he was thrown back and Smokescreen was caught by Talus' large helm.
She gently put him down and whimpered, worried for his state of being. Predaking got up with an enraged roar, but what he saw was actually pretty scary.
Talus' armor made her blend in perfectly with the shadows, her main wings, stabilizer fins, and tail fins were out and spread wide.
Talus' optics were narrowed and her optical lenses were slits, her brow ridges were definitely in angry positions, her audio sensors were down all the way, and her denta were all the way out.
Smokescreen looked up and he saw Talus like this and one phrase came to his mind, she definitely was The Night's Fury!
Talus gave a bellowing roar as her rage spiked up, this was the last time Predaking would ever hurt her family!
Talus charged with an angry roar and slammed into Predaking's chassis with her thick helm, Predaking roared in pain and rage as he slammed onto his back armor.
Talus didn't give him a chance to get back up, she immediately bit down on his neck armor and cables, before she activated her spare muscle cables in her jaw joints.
Her fangs dug into his armor like a vice would dig into metal, bending his armor and leaving a perfect bite mark.
Predaking roared in rage, his brethren should not be fighting him! Predaking's fore servos slammed into Talus' chassis armor and the armor didn't even bend, but she snarled in rage.
Using all of her normal and spare muscle structure cables, she twirled Predaking's entire form around before letting go of his neck armor.
Predaking roared as he flew through the air and slammed through a cave wall, so they came to a large cavern, similar to the one Predaking fought Ultra Magnus and Wheeljack after the death of his other brethren.
Talus roared as she jumped through the hole Predaking had made, and she roared loudly in rage.
Predaking immediately got to his pedes, he had to stop his his brethren from fighting him, now!
Predaking transformed into his robot form and quickly said "Please do not fight me! For I am not your enemy!"
Talus just snarled, before a small smirk formed on her muzzle, and she quietly apologized to Optimus in her helm before she disobeyed his order and she transformed into her alt. robot form.
Predaking's optics widened and his jaw component dropped open in shock...his brethren could transform, just like him!
Predaking got a smile on his face plate before he said happily, "You can transform! Just like me!"
Talus just glared at him before she said "I am nothing like you 'Con! You've harmed my family for the last time! I won't stand for it, ever again!"
Predaking's smile dropped from his face plate and he asked "What have the Autobots poisoned your mind with! They destroyed our brethren, and nearly destroyed you in the process!"
Talus snorted before she said in a mocking tone "Ha! The only things the Autobots have done for me was create me, feed me, treat like one of their own, etc.! By the way, you should ask Derpatron when you get back the truth! I was never made by the Decepticons, I was made by the Autobots and I am proud to stand with them!"
Predaking had a hurt look in his optics before he steeled himself, his brethren...no one of his sisters, couldn't be saved...she believed too much in the lies the Autobots had burned into her processor...and his Lord ordered him to do this.
Predaking glared at Talus before he said "Then you must be destroyed my sister, for you are too far gone, I'm sorry"
Predaking charged at Talus with a yell of rage, Talus instinctively felt her face mask close over her lower face plate before she rolled out of the way.
Predakings fisted servos dug far into the ground and made a large crater, he ripped them out as he chased after her.
Talus ran for a cavern wall before she used her digits on her pedes to dig into the wall as she ran up it, Predaking couldn't stop himself in time and he slammed into the wall.
Talus did a back flip in mid air, her pedes landed on the ceiling of the cavern, she immediately pushed off of it as hard as she could.
Predaking looked up just in time to see her fisted servos slam into his back armor and he was forced into the ground with a giant shockwave.
Talus immediately used her pedes to front flip far off of him before she landed hard enough to make a large crater with a trench as she continued to move until she stopped.
Predaking quickly rose from the ground and commented "Impressive", before he jumped up and he was aiming a hard punch for her helm.
She was about to dodge it when Predaking suddenly did a flip and slammed his pede into her helm. Talus gave a groan as her helm slammed into the ground with a shockwave.
Predaking dug his pede into her helm, until her pedes wrapped around his chassis and she pulled him down and his pede off of her helm.
Talus saw Predaking get up and he was about to punch her when she used her pede to kick his pedes from under him, while Predaking fell, Talus flipped up using her abdominal muscle cables and she did a roundhouse kick right to his chassis, with a good amount of strength.
Predaking gave a holler of pain as he slammed through two giant stalagmites and he slammed onto the ground.
Predaking immediately rose up and charged at her, she was prepared to dodge, but she wasn't prepared for Predaking to grab her neck cables and throwing her into a the cavern wall.
Predaking didn't stop there, as she looked up she saw Predaking running with a club like rock and he slammed it into her faceplate.
Talus groaned as she slammed onto her back armor hard, she looked up to see Predaking lift and slam the rock club on her chassis, he did this three more times, each one having shockwave types of force from the impact.
Her right servo transformed into her plasma blaster and she immediately shot Predaking in the abdominal armor with a strong blast.
Predaking yelled in pain as he dropped the club and held his abdominal armor.
Talus immediately got up, her blaster changed back into her right servo, and she charged towards him, time to get a bit of revenge for Optimus, Talus knelt down once she was close enough to Predaking, she then did a back flip, her right pede slammed into Predaking's chin armor.
Predaking groaned a bit as he flew back and slammed into the cavern wall.
Talus smirked under her face mask as she landed, but Predaking got up and charged at her as fast as he could.
Talus' optics narrowed and she charged as well, just as they were about to hit, Talus jumped up, grabbed onto Predaking's shoulder plates, and she did a back flip over him.
But she clung on, and using a lot of strength, she pulled Predaking off of his pedes and she threw him over her helm with a yell of rage.
Predaking gave a groan of pain as he slammed into the cavern wall, he immediately shook his helm to see Talus's fisted right servo slam into his faceplate with a hard upper cut.
Predaking's helm whiplashed backwards, only to whiplash forward as Talus slammed her spiked knee joint into his abdominal armor.
Predaking dodged a punch made by Talus as he grabbed her servo and slammed her into the cavern wall like a ragdoll.
Talus groaned as Predaking kicked her right in her abdominal armor, before she could react, he grabbed her servo and threw her to the ceiling of the cavern.
Talus groaned as she started to fall, but Predaking ran fast and he jumped up and kicked her right in the helm as she fell from the ceiling.
Talus was nearly put into stasis from the kick, she slammed onto the ground, she slowly got up on shaky pedes.
Predaking's left servo turned into his fire blaster and he pointed to her helm and he turned it on.
"I'm sorry my sister, may your spark rest peacefully now", Predaking speeched right before he shot his blaster.
Talus' optics snapped open and she dodged the blast, her right servo transformed into her plasma blaster and Predaking shot a blast at her again.
Talus quickly aimed and she shot her fire blaster, her fireball and his fire blast made contact and it caused a huge explosion that threw both Predacons back.
Talus slowly got up and she shook the tiny rocks off of her before she transformed her blaster back into her right servo.
Predaking burst from the rubble that had trapped him and he slammed his right fisted servo right into Talus' abdominal armor.
Talus groaned in pain and she staggered back wards, holding her abdomen.
Predaking grabbed her faceplate and helm and he slammed her into a wall, before he lifted her up high and slammed her into the ground with a crater.
Her let go and went to punch her again, but her servo caught his fist.
Talus' other servo swung up and punched Predaking right in the face plate.
Predaking tripped a bit as he backed away, he opened his optics to see Talus' fisted servo make contact with his chassis.
But she wasn't done, she punched his helm next, then she kicked him right in the codpiece.
Predaking's optics widened as he yelled loudly in pain and held said area, Talus smirked under her mask, thankful that she was a femme and not a mech.
She aimed a punch again and she threw it hard.
Predaking looked up and he caught her right servo in his left servo, and soon her left with his right.
Predaking yelled and he pushed against her, he pushed her back, until she yelled in rage and Predaking's optics widened as he felt her full strength as his servos were pushed back fast, she was stronger than him?!
Talus yelled and suddenly slammed her helm into Predaking's faceplate, Predaking groaned in pain and fell onto his knee joints, his pain receptors going off too much in his codpiece.
Talus suddenly let go of his servos and her right servo transformed into her TechnaFury Plasma blaster, she immediately charged it up.
Predaking looked up and his optics widened in alarm, and before he could react, Talus had fired two strong blasts that exploded right on his chassis.
Predaking yelled in pain as he flew back from the forces of the explosions and slammed into the furthest cavern wall, there were two small holes in his chassis where the shots had hit him, and Primus did they hurt.
Talus stomped over as Predaking landed on his knee joints again, Talus plasma blaster transformed back into her right servo.
With a snarl of rage, Talus grabbed Predaking by the forehorn on his helm and she aimed his helm for her faceplate, once his optics landed on her she yelled in rage "This is for stealing Ratchet from us!"
She slammed her fisted right servo hard into Predaking's chassis, right in one of her blast holes, Predaking hollered in pain.
Talus snarled and yelled in rage "This is for Wheeljack!", she punched him hard in the face plate, Predaking coughed up a little bit of energon.
Talus yelled in rage "This is for Ultra Magnus!", she back slapped his faceplate hard with her servo, and kicked him in the codpiece again. Predaking hollered in pain.
"This is or Optimus!", she punched the other hole on his chassis harder than last time, Predaking growled in pain.
Talus snarled and she said "And this! This is for Smokescreen!"
She literally threw Predaking up into the air and she whirled around and giving Predaking a roundhouse kick to his chassis wounds as hard as she could, a giant 'BOOM!' was heard from the force of the shockwave of the impact.
Predaking yelled in pain at the kick, and also at the impact that he had with the cavern wall.
Talus transformed her right servo into her plasma blaster again and she aimed it at Predaking and charged it up to full power.
She was literally about to shoot it when she heard Optimus order "Talus, stand down!"
Talus turned her helm to see Optimus with a scratched up Arcee and Ultra Magnus, and a bitten up but still walking Smokescreen.
Talus growled before she said "But he needs to pay for harming our family!"
Optimus shook his helm softly before he explained softly "Talus, that's what the Decepticons do, that's not what Autobots stand for"
Talus' optics softened a bit before she said "But I could stop him, here and now for the last time"
Smokescreen then asked "And then what? You be the last Predacon out there?"
Talus sighed through her outtake and she looked at Predaking, he had gotten up to his pedes again, he was just staring at her, wondering what her choice would be.
Talus sighed again before she put her plasma blaster down and her plasma blaster transformed back into her right servo.
Talus sighed and her face mask retreated back into her helm armor before she said "Let's get the Energon and go guys", Team Prime was smiling proudly as Talus walked back over to them.
Predaking's optics were wide, the Autobots killed his brethren, but they prevented his sister...er Talus, from finishing him off, why?
Optimus turned to Predaking and said "Predaking, be gone now, the fight is over"
Predaking growled at Optimus, his structure protesting it's movements, man, Talus could hit hard!
But he wasn't done yet, he had to make sure that Talus wouldn't be used by the Autobots anymore. Predaking looked up and his left servo transformed into his blaster before he shot a fire blast into a giant stalagmite.
The stalagmite was 3x bigger than the one that landed on him because of the Autobots, and that one hurt, so this should be able to rest her spark.
It groaned and well, by the time Talus snapped her helm up, the stalagmite slammed right onto her dead on.
Team Prime was pushed back from the impact of the giant stalagmite shockwave, Smokescreen's optics snapped open and he ran to the rock while yelling in alarm "Talus! No!"
Predaking growled slightly as a Groundbridge opened up next to him and he ran through it, even if he could rip their sparks with ease, he needed to be repaired, especially his codpiece! Oh Primus it still hurt, and besides, he would deal with the Autobots later!
The Autobots tried to lift the stalagmite, but it was way too heavy, even with them all combined.
Smokescreen fell onto his knee joints as he continued to beat on the rock, thinking his best friend was dead already.
Optimus glared at the rock, until his optics widened as he could have sworn he saw it move...Wait a second?!
It was moving!
The rock groaned as it started to be lifted, and a femme shout was heard and the giant stalagmite flew across the cavern and slammed into the ground with an earthquake and shockwave.
A dented and scratched up Talus landed on her knee joints, no doubt hurt by that large rock.
Ultra Magnus gently helped Talus to her pedes and she groaned in pain, her joints whining in protest.
Talus looked at the team and she said jokingly "Remind me to not try and eat rocks anymore"
Team Prime chuckled, glad Talus was alive, sure she was hurt pretty badly, but she was alive.
Talus smiled softly, glad she had a good team behind her.
A Ground bridge opened up next to them and they went through it before it closed up.
Autobot Base E: Three Earth Hours Later
Talus winced as Wheeljack took another lodged piece of rock from her left wrist joint, she took a beating from Predaking last fight and this fight, she would try harder next time.
But something else was bothering her, Predaking had said that the Autobots had destroyed their kind.
Did they really?!
She wasn't sure, but she had to know.
Talus looked up to Optimus and she said softly "Optimus", once said bot turned his attention to her she continued "Predaking mentioned that the Autobots destroyed 'our brethren', I'm guessing other Predacons? Is this true?"
Optimus looked surprised by the question, as did Wheeljack, Smokescreen, and Ultra Magnus.
Talus quickly got impatient with the silence and she demanded "Well, is it?!"
Optimus sighed as Wheeljack and Ultra Magnus looked a bit guilty, Optimus looked up and he said "That answer is yes Talus, but Predaking has been fed mis-truths constantly by Megatron, he does not know the whole story"
Talus was slightly horrified, the Autobots, whom she considered her family, had destroyed some of her Predacon cousins?!
Optimus put a servo on her shoulder plate and he said "Talus, we will tell you the truth, just give us a chance to do so please"
Talus glared at Optimus before she sighed and laid her helm against the berth and she said "Please explain...I'm so confused"
Optimus nodded and he told her of how Project Predacon got started, and how Predaking was going to lead the other Predacons to help the Decepticons to win the war.
So for the natives of the planet, Ultra Magnus made the decision and Wheeljack had acted, they had destroyed the Predacons as they were turning on.
Talus understood why now, after all, she had met four of these planets natives and she was good friends with them.
Over the course of an hour, Talus thought about it, and she couldn't blame the Autobots too much, because to her, it kind of sounded like a scam, but why? Why would Megatron want to destroy his own Predacon army?
Doesn't matter now because something went right by her optics and she heard Raf say "Sorry Talus, just putting the finishing touches on 'Chip'!"
Talus looked over and she saw Wheeljack catch a tiny rocket ship like thing.
Talus raised a metal brow ridge before she asked "What is that?"
Raf smiled, he had a remote control, and he said proudly "This is a piece of Lazerbeak that Smokescreen had shot off of when Ratchet was taken"
Wheeljack soon added "And this little baby will lead us right to 'Con central and we save the the Doc"
Talus looked down her structure, Wheeljack and her own inner workings did a good job in repairing her entire being.
Talus got up just as Optimus said "And I will be following this transponder to get to the Decepticon Warship, once I have located the warship, groundbridge to my location"
Talus raised a brow ridge and she said "Um, I'm going with you Optimus, whether you want me to or not"
Optimus raised a brow ridge before he gave in he said "Very well Talus, let us depart"
Optimus and Talus walked outside with the rest of Team Prime, after saying their goodbyes and good lucks. Optimus switched his jetpack on and he took off into the sky.
Talus watched him go before she transformed into her natural TechnaFury form, her main wings, stabilizer fins, and tail fins came out and spread wide right before Talus flapped her main wings hard and did a vertical take off.
She caught up to Optimus and together, they followed 'Chip' through the clouds, hopefully towards the Nemesis.
Nemesis: One Earth Hour Later
Knockout was laughing, and laughing hard, in fact he was going to bust a gasket if he didn't stop. Tears of Energon were going down his cheeks he was laughing so hard.
Just the story Predaking told, oh my Primus, and the way Predaking walked into his Med Bay, he had to meet this femme Predacon if she was still alive!
Predaking glared at a laughing Knockout and he demanded "What is so fragging funny doctor?!"
Knockout calmed down and he said "I apologize *Chuckle* I just never expected you, of all mechs *Chuckle* to be kicked in the codpiece by a femme!", he started to laugh again.
Predaking raised an brow ridge and demanded again "Are you going to repair me or not?!"
Knockout calmed down and he nodded and said "Of course"
Just as Knockout walked towards him, Predaking reached out and grabbed Knockout by the neck and held him close to his faceplate, looking right into Knockout's optics.
"This will stay in-between us doctor, understand?", Predaking asked calmly
Knockout nodded quickly before saying "Yes Predaking, crystal as an energon shard!"
Predaking snorted out "Good", before dropping Knockout carelessly.
He rolled his optics when Knockout complain "Hey, watch the finish!"
Well, I am pooped now, a total of 7,577 words in this chapter, and I decided to leave it with a slightly funny note! XD
Please treat me and this story nice, no flames please!
Well that's all for now guys!
Take Care Now, Bye Bye Then!