"I know you're still on this plnet. You can't escape me little bird. I will find you."
I can't find a source,the voice comes from all over. I'm not in any kind of cave. Once again my surroundings are purple, there is only purple.
I lost consciousness? Wow. I should probably care for my systems a bit more.
"The one I have control over has a great many things to say about you little bird, he has a disturbed interest in you."
He isn't the only one. What is it with people and obsessing over me? I haven't even done anything!
Dark and light purples shift like a cloud, nothing solid. There are crystals in spread around inside the cloud like surroundings.
"And why can't a god like you find a little bird like me?~" My petty coping mechanism will kill me one of these days.
A thundering boom comes with a flash of light that reveals a large beyond comprehension beast looming beyond the clouds. It's eyes are the source of the light.
Dear..
"YOU WILL BE FOUND EVEN IF PRIMUS HIDES YOU FROM ME LITTLE BIRD!"
The voice penetrates my entire body, everything is shaking. It would hurt my ears if it weren't a dream. Is that lucky?
The crystals like daggers eager to slice me angle towards me, I ponder wether it could do damage..finding out is not wise.
"..The Prime would never let that happen." Even I know the Prime cannot save everyone. I can hope.
What else do I have?
The beast chuckles darkly, I see flashes of mountainous teeth, it's insides are glowing.
"The Prime? He was unable to remove me before. What makes you think this time will be different?"
...last time, Prime lost his life to get rid of Unicron. If I know anything, it's that there is always another way.
The beast's eyes focus on me, they sense whatever power Primus has blessed me with, it can feel me using it.
Frag.
The lumbering beast roars bringing it's clawed hands towards me. If he gets me I'll be worse than dead.
It's hands have almost surrounded me-
I jerk awake, I almost fall off the bed, my medic stops me from fully falling off. "If you would kindly not give me a heart attack, I would love that. Never a dull moment with you dear."
I shift back onto the bed. "..You...you? Have a heart attack? I'm the one having dream conversations with the dark god. I believe I have the right to have a heart attack here."
..what did I just say?
My medic giggles, it's funny is it? I claim the right to a heart attack and it's funny? How rude. Perhaps I should get a new medic. I make no effort to hide my feelings on the matter. This only causes my medic to lose all composure.
He's practically falling over laughing.
His partner gazes fondly at our interaction, none will convince me he is a hardened Decepticon wrecker and not a big softy. I know he treats the vehicons like true forged sparks. Our medic is gasping for air, if he wasn't so talented as a medic he wouldn't be here. But then who would speak ill of our previous commander?
"Since you're awake, you got any plans for us?" Plans?
I passed out after...
I don't have any plans! What would we be combatting?..The Autobot wrecker accidentally boarding the nemesis? I do not enjoy the wrecker enough to want to do that. He'll be fine. "Not unless you want to help BulkHead crash the Nemesis"..That may have been the wrong thing to say.
BreakDown rushes out the door. Wreckers.. KnockOut shouts but his partner is already gone. He doesn't know where the Nemesis is. He'll come back. "Why would BulkHead be on the Nemesis?"
"I don't know, Autobot things? I see events, not all things." My wings are raised slightly to communicate frustration. All I know is that the green Autobot is going to crash the ship after being trapped on it.
..Unicron can feel when I use...what is that linked to? I-was anything different about me? All I can remember having strange-
My Spark.
Oh Frag. Oh Frag. Oh Primus.
I CAN'T GET RID OF THAT!!
"FRAG!" My medic stares, what am I supposed to do about my spark?? I dig my claws into my arms, I kind of need that! Can he track me with it?? What if-a hand softly takes hand away from my arm.
"What's wrong?"
"..My spark. Unicron can feel my spark."
I close and unclose my hands, my tight grip stressed the joints. KnockOut places a finger on his chin, am I doomed to be found?
Surely I have been cursed.
Unicron will find me.
I-"We could put a scrambler around your spark? It might not work since you've got a special case, who knows. It might work."...Oh. Yeah.
Yeah that could work..if it doesn't.. I'll have to have a talk with the Prime. With the dark god chasing me, we could use that to lead him into a trap. With just a half baked plan my medic has prompted a god killing fire. With how wide my smile is all my teeth are visible. My fangs press hard into my lower lip.
"Your mind is perfect!" The extravagant car delights in the compliment, either way I need to contact the Prime.
"I could've told you that."
- Prime!
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..was there an event today? Did I forget?
- StarScream?
Good he picked up.
- We need to talk.
- We are preoccupied at this moment Star-
- It's about Unicron!
There's a pause.
- ..Are you aware of the predicament our comrade is in?
- He'll be fine. Unicron can sense my spark. He can't find me because of Primus. KnockOut thinks we can block his connection with a scrambler, if that doesn't work we'll need a plan.
I know Prime is reliable, he may not know how to defeat Unicron without dying, he is still a Prime.
- Is there a place we can meet?
Depends on how many attend the meeting. I'm not sure that many mech's will fit in the Harbinger.
- With all the Autobots?
- ..I will not be able to convince them to let me meet you alone, I can likely persuade them to allow me at best one other to guard me. I am sure this isn't a trap. I apologize, the others have much less faith in you.
I would expect nothing else. Distrust can save lives. It would be foolish to trust blindly.
- One other Autobot is fine, when can we meet?
There's an faint snort, did..he just laugh?
- I will inform you when we have agreed on a time to meet. It will not be long.
I can almost hear him smiling. Primus, this guy has too pure of hope. With all the scrap he's dealt with? I'm shocked.
"We're inviting the prime into our base?!" There is no need to be dramatic, we aren't Decepticons.
The Prime may as well be an earth creature, he's harmless..mostly.
"He's defeated Unicronbefore, I need his input." My medic jabs the material surrounding my spark, I jump at the pain.
"Hey!" I'm given no response, he finishes installing the scrambler to my spark, glares at me. "He's not coming alone Stars, our reputation out weighs the truth."
I deflate a bit. "None of his soldiers could win a physical fight with him, he won't let them kill us." I use a softer reassuring tone.
"We aren't incapable of fighting off an attack." BreakDown adds while running a diagnostic on the ship's weapons and shields.
The medic backs down, the both of us out vote him.
"We could meet outside the base if that makes you feel any better." He glumly places the tools used to instal the scrambler where they are supposed to go.
Optimus calls back.
