Prowl briskly moved in the shadows along the now empty street in the heart of Praxus. His spark ached seeing the crystal garden in shambles, broken to pieces which lay on the ground. The Decepticons were all too eager to take a shot as soon as they saw the pristine musical gardens. Oh how Prowl loved the soft songs that the crystals once made.
It hurt knowing that the life he once knew was gone. What was one a bustling city now lay in ruin. Prowl had joined the Autobots early in the war after Optimus and Megatronus strayed separate ways. The Autobots and Decepticons had very similar beliefs in that the caste system needed abolished and that corruption was rampant in the Senate. The Senate had been abusing the justice system on Cybertron for Vorns. Mechs who fought the system were put in prison or in stasis while criminals and murders were let free. The Senate was also known for extortion and money laundering. Megaton was fighting in the pits of Kaon when he first spoke out against the Senate's atrocities. Optimus Prime, a young prime at the time was moved by Megatronus's speech and used his position of prime to intervene on his behalf when the Senate moved to have him deactivated. The Prime along with Megatronus and both of their respective crowd of followers rebelled against the Senate, eventually overthrowing them. The Prime and Megatronus rose to power and slowly began having issues on how to lead Cybertron the best. Megatronus wanted to throw every mech who had wronged him into the pits of Kaon to be used in gladiatorial style arena fights to the death. Optimus believed every life to be sacred and opposed such brutality. Megatronus changed his name to Megatron and declared his political party as Decepticons. Optimus's party became the Autobots. Megatron publicly killed the leader of the Senate whilst he was on his knees begging for mercy. This was the catalyst that started the Great War. Most cities chose a side and catered to that side in every way possible. Kaon to the Decepticons and Iacon to the Autobots to be the biggest cities. Praxus was a neutral city. Megatron had said previously that neutral cities would not be targeted but over time his madness over power prevailed.
Prowl came across Praxus's largest medical center in this sector to scavenge some supplies for Ratchet. Since the bombs were dropped on the neutral city, many of the rescued residents were now staying at the Autobot base in Iacon to receive medical treatment before shipping out to a neutral colony off of Cybertron. As it is, Ratchet and his medical staff had been running dangerously low on supplies and temp plating which was used in nearly every mech that they repaired. The medical centers had been scavenged throughly by everyone in its vicinity as the city plunged into crime and businesses collapsed. Praxus was largely untouched by the war up until now as they had remained neutral and diplomatic with both the Decepticons and Autobots making it a great place to stock up with much needed supplies. Prowl's spark stalled as he walked past yet another dead sparkling. His failure to anticipate this attack had hit home.
Following the massacre of Praxus, Optimus called an emergency meeting for all of the command staff. Ratchet's voice was soft and solemn, "We are out of nearly every supply that we had been stocked up on, my medbay is in shambles and we have wounded lining up the hallway with more on their way." He locked eyes with Prowl. "I'm so sorry Prowl. I operated on your carrier a cycle ago. She returned to the well of sparks soon after. I did everything I could." Prowl stiffened. To those that knew Prowl, they could see his doorwings begin to shake as his movements were stiffened. The rest of the commanders thought him to be a sparkless glitch as he had nothing to say except for offering his help in finding medical supplies. He had stalked out and made his way to the armory there after.
Prowl came to a stop in front of the former medical center with a staff of Hermes statue and what was left of the gold lettering on the entrance once labeling this as the trauma tower of the building. He slipped in through the frame where broken crystal windows parted and began looking for a storage room or exam rooms. When he found one, he quickly moved to grab as much as he could while being silent so if he was not alone, he'd not bring attention to himself. He opened every drawer and cabinet working to find the supplies on the list that Ratchet had sent to each mech part of the search and rescue squad and shoved them into his subspace. Decepticons would still be combing through what remained of the city. He would need both hands free in the event that he were attacked by them. It would not surprise prowl if they were here with him in the medical center.
Ironhide and the rest of the group had split up to search in the rubble of the dwellings for cupboards and survivors. As Prowl stepped over another body of a fallen medic or assistant, the building shifted forebodingly from missing crucial support beams and the lack of other buildings putting pressure against it as they had for millennia. He rounded another corner when he heard echos of voices bounce off the metal hallway. Prowl tried to run a discrete scan for faction IDs but it wouldn't reach far enough through the walls. He slowly crept forward until he reached a junction. He peered into the room on the right but it was a dead end. He cautiously looked around the corner to the left corridor. Without any warning, Prowl was blinded. Searing pain tore through his optical array as he was suddenly shoved forward to the ground. A foot was planted in the center of his back while his captor tied his servos behind his back. A gun muzzle was forced flush against his head. A menacing voice cut through the air, "What do we have here? An Autobot scum trying to spy on us? We wiped out all of the Praxians except for you it seems. Better later than never I suppose!!" Prowl said nothing in response knowing that the inevitable is coming. The gun started winding up and fired.
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Ok y'all I haven't done this before and the last time I tried was in middle school! Please don't judge too hard just doing this for fun while I'm going through chemo! Thank you so much for the support. I hope y'all are doing well and have a great day :)