Holy croc-a-molly! The twelfth chapter of Rise of the TechnaFury!
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Chapter Twelve: The Mighty TechnaFury...Has a Rider?!
Near Darkmount: One Megacycle Later
Arcee sighed through her intakes, Optimus had just comm. linked her and told her that Talus and Smokescreen were going to be joining her on her scout mission as a small punishment for their long 'break'.
Arcee looked around, so far her search has yielded nothing, no energon stashes, no Decepticon fugitives, not even any Cybertronian wind!
She sighed again before she jumped off of a high ledge and she landed on her pedes with a crouch.
Arcee stood up straight and she looked around, her optics narrowed when she could have sworn that she had heard something...
There it was again!
'SHING'
Arcee looked around, her entire form poised and tensed, ready to fight anything.
After about one cycle passed, Arcee calmed down and she started to walk away, but not before looking over her shoulder armor at the spot where she heard the noise come from.
Her optics narrowed before she turned her helm back around and she started to walk out of the area.
She couldn't help but feel like she was being watched though.
And if Arcee had looked to the shrapnel pile right next to where she heard the noise, she would have seen two large yellow glowing optics blaring at her, but also observing her various movements.
Suddenly the large beast-like creature that the optics belonged to, decided to burst from the rubble and gave a bellowing roar of rage before charging at Arcee.
"RRRRROOOOOAAAAARRRRR!"
Arcee turned just in time to see the creature come at her, with a shocked and slightly fearful look on her faceplate.
Upper Cybertronian Atmosphere:
A large form passed by in a blur of dark blue, the form was the TechnaFury Talus, and Smokescreen clung to the saddle, he watched in amazement as the ground passed below them at amazing speeds.
Talus suddenly gave a roar of happiness as she gave a wide arced barrel roll, oh Primus how she had missed this! Being in the air, flying through the clouds!
Smokescreen gave a "Whoo! Hoo!", as he felt the air fly past his faceplate.
This feeling was so much better than he ever could have imagined! He was...free!
The ground didn't apply to him anymore, him nor Talus.
Smokescreen looked down to Talus and he smiled as he saw the smile on her faceplate.
He had done it, he had made her happy again, and he had never felt more proud of himself!
Talus gave a happy growl as she looked at the ground, this was amazing, the only downside of this saddle and tailfin, was that she could not have them on when she transformed.
They couldn't transform with her basically.
Not like Ultra Magnus' claw servo could transform with him when he became his Peterbuilt alt. form.
But right now she didn't care about it too much, she was too happy to care!
Talus sped up with two strong flaps of her main wings as she and Smokescreen soared even higher into the air, the clouds whipped by them.
Talus and Smokescreen's fun time was cut short when they heard Arcee comm to anyone it seemed like and say ':This is Arcee! *Static* I n-need back up *Crackle* now! Or a groundbridge! *Static* Whichever one is faster! Hello?! Scrap! Can anyone *Static* hear me?!
'RRROOOOAAAARRRR!':'
After that Arcee seemed to be cut off, Talus' optical pupils were slits and she had a look of disbelief on her faceplate, that roar was clearly a Predacon, but one she had never heard before.
And judging from the look on Smokescreen's faceplate, Talus could guess the same.
Smokescreen looked down to Talus and he said "Let's go Talus!"
Talus gave a sharp nod before she roared and Smokescreen flicked the pedal with his pede and the tailfin opened wide before Talus took off into the horizon with amazing speed.
Near Darkmount:
Arcee gave a gasp of pain as she slammed into a wall, massive echoing steps were heard before a large clawed pede slammed down on her chassis to pin her down.
Arcee winced before she glared at her much larger opponent.
It was a large Predacon, but it was smaller than Talus and Predaking, it looked like a combo of a wolf and a dragon.
It had a massive clawed tail that could probably crush her helm with ease, and judging from how bad the bite on her abdominal armor was still burning, it probably had the ability to produce venom like Airachnid did.
It opened it's mouth plates and Arcee's optics widened in slight fear as she saw the infamous Predacon fire start to grow at the back of it's throat.
Arcee transformed her right servo into a blaster before she quickly took aim and shot the Predacon right in the left optic.
The Predacon reared back and roared from the pain, Arcee took this time to roll out of the way and hide behind some rubble while using her left servo to keep the bite wound from bleeding too much Energon.
Arcee tried her comm. link again, but she heard nothing but static.
The Predacon had smashed her helm against a wall when it bit her on her left abdominal side, and it took out her comm. link, she didn't even know if her first message had even been heard.
Arcee felt something drop onto her right shoulder armor and start to burn softly into her mesh, her optics quickly looked up to see the Predacon about to chomp her helm off.
But before the Predacon could do so, she ducked and rolled out of the way again before opening fire with her blaster on the Predacon's helm.
The Predacon barely felt the shots hit it before it charged with a roar, just as it was about to hit Arcee.
Both the Predacon and Arcee heard a high pitched whistling sound, Arcee felt a bit of relief hit her, Talus was coming!
Arcee blinked her optics as one thought wormed it's way into her processor, how in Primus' name was Talus' whistle heard if she couldn't fly?!
Smokescreen turned off his Polarity belt and he jumped off of the saddle just before Talus roared and slammed into the other Predacon.
The Predacon looked up just in time to see a large form slam into it, both the Predacon and the TechnaFury tumbled until Talus pinned the other Predacon down.
Smokescreen landed on his pedes with a crouch and he looked over and he asked "You okay Arcee?"
Arcee looked at him and said sarcastically "Oh yeah, I'm totally fine"
The Predacon looked up wide opticed at Talus, whom was snarling in it's face, one chance and one chance only, that is all this Predacon would get.
The Predacon suddenly transformed into a...femme?!
The femme said "Hey woah! What was that for?! You're supposed to be on my side! We're Predacons!"
The femme saw Talus' Predabot symbols and the femme's...red optics widened before the femme asked "What happened to your symbol?!"
Talus just snarled in her face plate and Talus suddenly reared her helm back and slammed it into the femme's helm with a good amount of force.
The femme was knocked into stasis, and Talus saw a small dent on the femme's helm armor, Talus snorted before she got up off of the fellow Predacon femme.
Talus walked over and she gently sniffed Arcee's left abdominal armor, before she licked the wound.
Arcee shuddered in disgust, she hated it when Talus did that!
Talus stopped and looked Arcee in the optics, with the silent are you okay question.
Arcee nodded and she said "I am now, thanks for coming when you did, one more klik and I would have probably been a pile of smoldering scrap"
Talus growled softly before she glared at the unconscious Predacon femme, Talus grunted to Smokescreen and gestured with her helm to the saddle.
She needed to contact Predaking to come pick up this straggler.
Smokescreen cocked his helm before he asked "What is it Talus? Do you want to go now?"
Talus gave a dead pan look before he caught the look and he said "Oh you want it off?"
Talus gave a sharp nod with her helm, and after a cycle, the saddle, rope lines, and the tailfin were off of her.
Talus quickly transformed into her alt. femme form and she put a clawed servo to her audio sensor and she commed "Predaking? Can you hear me?"
Talus soon heard Predaking give a growl, must have been doing something important, or annoying.
She then heard Predaking after a klik say ':Talus, now is not the best of times to try and gain my attention, Skylinx and Darksteel have recently brought to my attention that we have a new brethren that Shockwave had cloned just a short time ago, so I came to find you, for I know of your abilities to track:'
Talus smirked before she asked "Let me guess, Green and red, with large wings and a large back tail strut?"
Predaking asked ':How did you...you have found them? Haven't you?:'
Talus smirked and said "Yeah, it's a femme by the way, we're near Darkmount, you should come and pick her up"
Talus heard Predaking say in a bit of happiness ':Of course, we are on our way:'
With that Talus broke off and she transformed her right servo into her plasma blaster before she turned it on and she sent a fire blast into the sky where it traveled for about five kliks before exploding.
Talus did this three more times, just in case Predaking didn't see the first one.
Soon Predaking had come and after much explanations and a dominance fight in-between Predaking and the other Predacon, whom had named herself Ripclaw, of course Predaking won.
Both parties left for their respective territories soon after that.
Talus waited until Predaking, Skylinx, Darlsteel, and Ripclaw were gone before she allowed Smokescreen to put the saddle and artificial tailfin on her natural form.
Smokescreen climbed onto the saddle before he turned on his Polarity belt and he locked his pedes into the pedals.
He helped Arcee up and securely held her, anyone with optics could tell that Arcee was in a lot of pain.
Talus would fly as fast as she could, but her and Smokescreen agreed that Arcee needed to see the sky like Smokescreen just did.
The TechnaFury folded out her main wings, stabilizer fins, and her remaining left tailfin before Smokescreen flicked the right tailfin open and with a large flap of her main wings, Talus took off into the sky.
Or at least she tried to, Talus suddenly lost control of her flight and with a roar, the TechnaFury slammed into the ground.
Talus shook her helm as she looked at the right tailfin and her optics widened, it was bent and broken in many places, and there was no way it could be fixed.
Smokescreen saw this and he said "Probably from when you slammed into the Ripclaw femme", Talus gave a sighing growl through her olfactory sensors as she nodded.
Smokescreen then comm. linked Bumblebee and soon a ground bridge opened up in front of them.
Talus gently carried Arcee on the saddle and soon all three Cybertronians walked through the portal with flashes of green before it closed.
Nemesis Med. Bay:
Ratchet gave a small "Impressive", as he looked over the bent artificial right tailfin for Talus, sure it was unusable now, but Ratchet was impressed none the less.
Talus had since transformed into her alt. femme form and she sat on a large berth, Smokescreen was sitting right beside her.
Knockout had tended to Arcee, whom actually looked worse than she really was.
Arcee was currently in a light stasis as Ripclaw's venom was being siphoned out of her systems.
Starscream was still in deep stasis on a berth on the other side of the Med. Bay, Talus winced, he must have been bad, especially from all of the weld marks on his armor.
The Med. Bay doors opened and Talus and Smokescreen's optics widened as Optimus and...Predaking! Walked through the doors.
Talus optics widened before Optimus and Predaking walked over to Talus and Smokescreen.
Talus cocked her helm before she asked Smokescreen softly "Um, should I be concerned?"
Smokescreen had a look of disbelief on his faceplate before he whispered back "Uh, I think we should be"
Predaking and Optimus came to a stop in front of the TechnaFury and rider before Predaking immediately asked, a bit excited it seemed like, "Talus? Is it true?!"
Talus cocked her head before she asked "Is what true Preda...?!"
"That you can fly again?! Ripclaw mentioned that she heard a 'whistle', before you...subdued her. Now I shall ask again. Can you take to the skies again?"
Talus raised an eye ridge before she asked "In a sense, yeah. Why?"
Optimus quickly explained "Because you are the best tracker currently on Cybertron"
Smokescreen raised his eyes ridges before he asked "Why do you need Talus Optimus?"
Predaking's optics narrowed before he exclaimed to Smokescreen "This is no concern of yours, Autobot! The only reason your leader is here is because it was the only way to see my sister without violence!"
"Hey! Without the Autobot here, I would not be able to fly again Predaking!", Talus exclaimed as she rose to her pedes and glared at Predaking.
Predaking's optics widened before he processed this and he said softly "Apologies Talus"
Talus nodded her helm, she accepted his apology, she knew he was trying, slowly trying. Optimus turned to Predaking and he said respectfully "Your Majesty, I shall explain the situation as of now"
Predaking glared at Optimus before he said "Very well Autobot"
Optimus nodded and he turned to Talus and explained "Talus, Predaking has come to me with a peace commitment, since none of the new current Predacons know how to track down an individual very well yet. Predaking came to meet myself in order to talk to you Talus, as you are the best tracker currently on Cybertron."
Talus raised a brow ridge before she asked "Okay, who am I tracking and why?"
Optimus was about to answer before Predaking butted in and said "Shockwave"
Talus raised her brow ridges in a bit of surprise before she asked "Uh, why Shockwave?"
Optimus allowed Predaking to explain "We must find Shockwave so that he may clone more of our brethren. Skylinx, Darksteel, and Ripclaw are currently scouring and searching the nearby areas for more of our ancestor's remains, should our mission be successful Talus."
Optimus turned to Predaking and reminded respectfully "Do not forget your majesty, about the peace treaty between our races, I believe Talus has a right to know"
Predaking nodded and he said "Indeed Prime"
Talus raised a brow ridge "Treaty?"
Optimus then explained "Predaking came to me a short time ago, while you two were helping Arcee with the Predacon Ripclaw, and he wished to see you..."
Five Cycles Ago:
Optimus lifted his helm as he heard what sounded just like something massive landing on the massive ground, and he knew exactly whom it was when he heard the all to familiar "SSSSSHHHHHRRRRRIIIIIEEEEEKKKKK!"
Soon after he heard a transformation sequence and Predaking's voice demand "Prime! I wish to speak! Now!"
Optimus rose to his pedes and he walked out to meet the Predacon King and he then asked softly and respectfully "Greetings your majesty, what do I owe this visit?"
Predaking glared at the Prime and he demanded "I wish to speak to Talus, where is she?!"
Optimus glared softly at Predaking before he said "She and Smokescreen are currently on a mission to aid Arcee, you could wait un.."
"I will not stay in Autobot territory for longer than I wish Prime! Now tell me where Talus is and I shall go to her myself!"
Optimus read Predaking a bit before he said "No"
Predaking froze solid, had the Prime just denied him the option to see his brethren! Predaking glared at Optimus with a death glare to make Megatron jealous, and his entire structure tensed up.
"You dare speak against me Prime! I will tear you apart!", Predaking charged with a holler of rage, Optimus' optics narrowed, he had been expecting this.
The second Predaking got close enough to scratch at the Prime, he did so. Predaking slashed at Optimus with his left clawed hand, Optimus dodged it with ease.
Optimus then quickly pressed a series of nerve cables on Predaking's neck, and the Predacon King gave a choked gasp as his entire structure froze solid and he slammed onto the ground of Cybertron with a large tremor.
Predaking glared when Optimus used a pede to turn him over onto his spinal struts.
Optimus would have to thank later Ratchet for teaching him about nerve points along the Cybertronian bodies.
Optimus looked down at Predaking and he said "Predaking, I will not tolerate any harm to befall my team, you have made no alliance to the Autobots or any other Cybertronian ally that we have.
Your temper is also questionable, if I allowed you to speak to Talus, what guarantee do I have that you will not harm any of my fellow Autobots.
Predaking, you are a good leader from what Talus has spoken of you, but you lack the one thing that makes a great leader, patience.
Now, I do not wish to have any newly spilled Energon on Cybertron's newfound soil, Autobot, Decepticon, or Predacon alike. I only wish for peace, so that our races can co-exist without Energon shed.
Predaking, please, I offer you peace between our races, so that the fighting can end, and so we can focus on the future of Cybertron, for both of our races.
Could you look passed our differences and past mistakes, I am greatly sorrowed that your fellow Predacons met their ends on Earth. But fighting about it now will not bring them back, no matter how hard you try.
I greatly apologize for your hatred to us Predaking, but this has to stop. For all of our sanity, and sake.
Please, accept my invitation, I will not back out of it. I know I cannot speak for all of the refugees that will be coming back to Cybertron soon enough, but I will punish them accordingly should any bot or femme step out of line, and I hope you will do the same with your fellow Predacons.
Please Predaking, can there be a peace between us, and our races?"
Predaking glared at Optimus, but even he had to admit, that sounded great for his and Talus' fellow Predacons. Not to mention how much stress this has to be putting on Talus' processor, after all, she doesn't want to leave her Autobot friends, but she also wants to be a part of her fellow Predacon race.
Predaking looked at Optimus, whom actually held out a servo to lift Predaking back to his pedes.
After a long glare, Predaking took the servo and Optimus hoisted the Predacon King back to his pedes before both leaders looked at each other for a long time.
Predaking thought greatly about what Optimus had just said, only to realize that he was right about many things.
With a small smile, Optimus lifted his right servo to shake it with the Predacon King's servo.
Predaking glared at the appendage and finally he came to a decision.
Predaking lifted his right servo and clamped it with Optimus' servo and both leaders shook on it.
Predaking looked Optimus in the optics and he said "Very well Prime, our races will not attack each other, and our territories shall be shared alike, but Predacons will still have their independence while in Autobot territory at all times"
Optimus nodded softly and a small smile formed on his faceplate as Predaking shook his servo with a firm grip. But from the look on Predaking's optics, Optimus knew that it would be a long time before Predaking trusted them, and maybe even longer before he forgave the Autobots for the deaths of his fellow Predacons on Earth.
Present Time:
Optimus finished and Talus had a small smile on her faceplate, before she looked at Predaking and she asked "You attacked Optimus?"
Predaking shrugged his shoulder armor and spikes before he said "The Prime had some good points in his 'speech', as of now both races shall co-exist peacefully, and shall be punished accordingly should one of either race, steps out of line"
Talus smiled and she said "Thank you guys"
Optimus and Predaking smiled softly and gave a nod with their helms.
Talus smiled and said "Well let's go find Shockwave, after all, you have to have more of our kind for you to boss around, don't you Predaking?"
Predaking got a soft smile on his faceplate and he was about to say something before Ratchet interrupted "Ep! Ep! Ep! Talus isn't going anywhere without a right tailfin, and I have an idea about how to make this one not only better, but more lean and light, shouldn't take me to long"
The smile on Ratchet's face made Talus and Smokescreen worried, before they could say anything Ratchet walked out of the Med Bay and Smokescreen exclaimed "Oh great"
Nemesis Upper Hull: Two Solar Cycles Later
Optimus, Smokescreen, Talus, Predaking, Skylinx, Darksteel, and Ripclaw were standing on the upper hull, everyone had been told about the treaty between the Autobots and Predacons.
The reactions weren't as bad as one would think, everyone but Predaking's subjects were okay with it. But after a threat from Talus that made everyone feel very vulnerable, they agreed to it.
Everyone was waiting for Ratchet so the mission to find Shockwave could start, after all with Talus in the air, they all felt almost invincible.
Talus on the other hand was worried, she and Smokescreen had barely gotten used to the last tailfin, this time they wouldn't have any time to get used to it, before going on a mission.
Either it was similar to the last tailfin, or they were screwed big time.
All of them, except Optimus, all jumped a bit when the Upper Hull doors opened up and out came Ratchet with something large behind his back.
Ratchet smiled and he said excitedly "Talus, I present to you, your new tailfin!"
He uncovered it and Talus was shocked to see that it looked similar to the old fin, but it appeared to be made of a stronger metal and fabric than before, and it was cut a lot more nicely than before.
The saddle also was made of reinforced fibers now and it covered more of her neck armor, for both comfort and aerodynamics, and it looked great.
The lines also were made of small metal chains that looked good.
All and all, it looked good, actually it looked great!.
Ratchet smiled proudly before he exclaimed impatiently "Well Talus, transform so I can put your new tailfin on you!"
Talus got a bit nervous before her parts shifted around before locking into place as she became her natural TechnaFury self.
Ratchet threw Smokescreen a wrapped bundle and Smokescreen cocked his head before Ratchet then said "Oh just put them on"
Talus walked over while Smokescreen walked over as well as he put on his new Polarity belt, it fit good and it felt secure, and Ratchet also gave him a pair of large retractable goggles, no doubt to protect his optics from the high, constant winds that happens when riding Talus.
Ratchet explained that it was that 'Talus would gain even faster speeds than the last saddle and tailfin.'
Smokescreen saw Ratchet put the saddle, right artificial tailfin, and it's components onto Talus' structure and it fit nicely.
Talus gave a curious grumble as she lifted her tail and she saw that her tail structure had even more belts to make sure the tailfin and lines stay put.
Talus purred softly before her expression turned to horrified quickly when Ratchet ordered "Talus transform"
Talus gave Ratchet a look that said purely 'Are you glitched in the helm?'
Ratchet rolled his optics before he said "Oh for Primus sake, Talus transform already"
Talus gave an indifferent look before she looked at everyone else, they were looking at her with expectant looks, she sighed through her nasal passages before she quickly transformed with a wince, thinking the worst.
But her optics snapped open when she didn't feel any pain, and she saw Ratchet with a smirk before he said "Yes, it worked!"
Talus looked down and she was shocked to see the saddle, lines, and right tailfin had folded and transformed with her.
Talus smiled before she said "Oh cool", everyone, even Optimus, was shocked that worked.
Ratchet saw the looks on their faces and he said "I made sure to do my calculations on this one, it is built for Talus, and only Talus"
Optimus smiled and put a servo on Ratchet's shoulder and said proudly "Good work old friend"
Ratchet smirked before he said "Of course, now go find Shockwave already, I could use a fellow scientist with some problems with the ship's board computer"
Optimus nodded before he saw Talus and Smokescreen shared a smirking look, before Smokescreen flipped down his new goggles and Talus suddenly called out to the others, "See if ya'll can keep up!"
Before her and Smokescreen ran to the edge and jumped off of the edge.
Optimus and Ratchet chuckled at the looks on the Predacon's faceplates, they were priceless.
As they fell, Talus and the saddle transformed and Talus folded out her main wings, stabilizer fins, and her left remaining tailfin, but she dared not open them.
Smokescreen straightened out his structure as he fell into a dive that made him quickly catch up with Talus. He quickly caught the new saddle, his servo quickly pressed the Polarity belt buckle and it turned on and connected Smokescreen to the saddle immediately.
Smokescreen quickly slipped his pedes into the right foot pedal and left foot hold, and he tapped Talus on the neck, before in unison, she spread her main wings, stabilizer fins, and remaining left tailfin open as Smokescreen flicked his right pede downward to make the pedal do the same and the right artificial tailfin snapped open.
Talus and Smokescreen took off into the sky with shocking speed, they practiced many maneuvers, flips, and sharp turns.
The saddle, lines, and tailfin worked great, much better than the last tailfin actually, but Talus wouldn't say anything.
Talus and Smokescreen soon flew back up to the Upper Hull before Smokescreen yelled "Hey, what's taking you guys?!"
The jaws of Ripclaw, Darksteel, and Skylinx were dropped in amazement and a bit of shock, they knew Talus could fly faster than them, but they didn't realize how much faster than them.
Optimus smirked internally, but he walked to the edge as his jetpack wings opened and his six jets turned on before he took off into the sky.
Predaking saw this and he said "My brethren! Come now! Let us find Shockwave and have our Predacon numbers increase! For the future of our race!"
Skylinx transformed into his Gryphon form and he gave a roar of excitement.
Ripclaw transformed into her Wolf-Dragon form and she gave a bellow for the hunt!
Darksteel transformed into his UrsaGryph form and he gave a roar for his brethren.
Predaking transformed into his Dragon form and he flared out his wings before he gave a shrieking bellow of dominance, they would find Shockwave, and increase their numbers.
Talus turned her helm and smiled at Smokescreen. Smokescreen smiled back at her and said "Let's go Talus, let's show them what it takes to keep up with a TechnaFury"
Talus bellowed out a happy roar, the other Predacons heard a challenge, keep up if you can!
Predaking gave a playful shriek, she had a rider, he was weight, and she was going down!
The other transformed Predacons roared, they accepted her challenge.
Smokescreen smirked, they were beaten already. He flicked his right pede downward and this caused the pedal to go down and the artificial right tailfin opened up a bit as Talus flew over and landed on the upper hull.
Talus roared again, you all are going down! Now keep up!
She dived off of the Upper Hull and the other Predacons quickly followed her example and dived down after her.
Optimus quickly took off as well, following the slight racing Predacons.
Talus was of course in front, close behind was Ripclaw, third was Predaking, fourth was Skylinx, and last but not least was Darksteel.
Talus' faceplate turned into a smirk before Smokescreen flicked the pedal downward, so that the tailfin opened wide.
Talus speed soon sped up quickly and the other Predacons were left in the dust.
Predaking and Talus' Ex-Refuge: 15 Cycles Later
Talus and Smokescreen soon landed gracefully on the ground, this was where Talus and Predaking had held up for a while, before that whole spat with Unicron.
Talus watched as Predaking landed with a roar, he was second place.
Ripclaw landed next, she was third.
Skylinx was the next one to land, he was fourth.
Darksteel landed with a huff, he was dead last.
Talus smirked and snorted softly, even with her best friend as her rider, she was a master of the skies.
Predaking snorted as well, he did not want her to forget their objective, find Shockwave.
Talus rolled her optics as before Optimus landed on the ground and he asked "Talus? Is Shockwave nearby?"
Talus nodded her helm before Smokescreen piped up "Hey I think that's his Energon, from the attack right?"
Everyone looked to where Smokescreen's digit was pointed and sure enough, dried Energon was seen as well as pieces of dark purple armor.
Everyone walked over and Talus immediately lowered her helm and she took deep whiffs of the Energon, her olfactory sensors concluded that it was definitely Shockwave's spilled Energon.
Talus gave a grumble and she nodded her helm, it was Shockwave's Energon.
She lifted her helm and sniffed at the air, soon she came upon the scent she was looking for.
Talus gave a roar, they should move now! While the scent was still strong.
Talus spread her main wings, her stabilizer fins, and her left tailfin before Smokescreen flicked the right pedal with his right pede and the tailfin opened wide.
With a large flap, Talus took off into the air, with Optimus and the Predacons, right behind her.
Sooner or later, they would find Shockwave, and they would hopefully get something.
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