Transformers: A New Perspective

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  1. Kyrios2

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    Phase 2-Chapter 10: New Orders

    I awoke with my brothers on a peaceful and sunny day. Days like these were ones I had missed where I could wake up, step outside my tent and not fear being blown to bits.

    "Close the flap Thundercracker..." Starscream growled in his sleep as I accidentally shone a ray of light on him.

    "Oops, sorry Starscream." I said as I simply stepped out of the tent and closed the flap. I sighed and stood out of the tent, looking around the grounds was a pleasant sight to behold. I had returned from my capture at the hands of these 'Decepticons' only a few days prior. Things didn't feel the same however, I couldn't help but hear Skyfall's voice in the back of my head, his stutter and speech patterns almost burned into the back of my brain. I heard someone call out for me near the front of the camp, to which I responded to by simply walking there. "Yes sir?"

    It was Magnum simply standing out at the gate. "Thundercracker it is with great pleasure that I give to you-" He said as he turned around and handed me two things, a medal and a data pad. "The Returning Hero medal and your new orders." He explained. My optics widened and I looked at the new orders. "You are to be transferred to be a part of the personal guard of Zeta Prime himself!"

    "W-What?"

    "I told the head of security over there about your story, how you escaped and all. She sees potential in you and your brothers." Magnum seemed proud of what I had been through.

    "We're, gonna go to Iacon?" I asked

    "Yes sir. You and your brothers will be transferred to the security panel for Zeta Prime's personal guard. Plus, the fuzzball was looking for fliers."

    "Fuzzball?"

    "You'll see what I mean when you get there." Magnum chuckled as he patted me on the back and pushed me back towards my tent. "Make sure to tell them!" He barked as I reentered the tent. The other two were awake now and somewhat doing their own thing.

    "Hey Thunders, what's up?" Skywarp asked as he looked up at me.

    "Well uh, we've been promoted!"

    "To what?" Starscream asked.

    "We're to be given the task of protecting Zeta Prime himself since we'll be a part of his personal security guard!" I said excitedly, the other two nearly jumping through the top of the tent when they heard the news.

    "I'm going to protect a Prime?!" Starscream shouted happily

    "Sounds like it. We need to check in with the head of the guard though, Magnum mentioned something about a fuzzball?" I said as I tried to analyze what he meant.

    "It doesn't matter! We need to pack! We need to get moving!" Starscream seemed excited as he began to pack his things. Skywarp didn't seem too quick to pack, but by the end of the night we were set. We tried to sneak out, but my memory doesn't quite remember the party that awaited us at the gates. By the time we left in jet mode, the sun was already beginning to rise. When we arrived at the beautiful citadel that was where Zeta Prime himself and his guard resided. As we came into the airspace however, several turrets and flying officers cut us off. I showed them my orders and whom they were issued by, which they quickly let us pass. When we landed, we saw several bots who looked a lot like us, but we simply put it to the side.

    "Heh, Thunders, wonder where that fuzzball is that Magnum men-" Skywarp was cut off by a flash of gold and white as she was tackled to the ground and put in a head lock. I armed my Null Rays and took aim.

    "Call me a fuzzball again and we'll see who ends up where, rookie." The bot snarled as she let go, Skywarp gagged and coughed as he caught his breath.

    "Wait! You're, the chief of the guard?" Starscream asked. The slim yet firm bot stood and flipped something that resembled hair out of her face.

    "I am. My name is Lio Convoy, I assume you three are the ones that Magnum was talking all about?" She asked, I barely had a second before I noticed the scar that covered her right optic, as well as the many others that covered her arms and legs. She crossed her arms and cleared her throat. "Is there a problem?" She asked me as she saw me looking. "Look at the scars again and I'll make sure to give you your own set. Now then, if you all are as good as Magnum says you are, then I wanna see it. You three will have time tomorrow to show me what you can do together and individually skill wise and experience. You're an exception since you apparently got caught by some 'Cons out in the badlands. Now go find your rooms and get rest, it starts bright and early and if you're late, you'll pay." She growled, narrowing her optics as we grabbed our things and began to walk to our new bunks.
     
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    Well damn! Guess who has a ton of reading to do hahaha!!! Can't wait!!
     
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    Phase 2-Chapter 11: New Faces

    "WAKE YOUR AFTS UP!" A loud feminine voice shouted into our bunk room. I heard a thud and indeed saw Skywarp, face first on the ground.

    "Uuuuuugh…" he groaned as he slowly got up. "That really necessary?" He asked through a growl as he fixed his neck.

    "But of course! The best soldiers should wake up at the best time! That being dawn! Now get up before I make you all get up." Lio Convoy growled as she stared down at us. Starscream and I got up slowly but quick enough that we got out of the bunk room. We stretched a little and ran down towards our first assignment, the shooting range. "There you all are." She growled as we entered. "First step is to test your marksmanship. You've all had your weapons for quite a while and the boys down at the Academy sent me your original test footage. You, black and purple."

    "Skywarp." He growled, clenching his fist.

    "Yes yes, you teleport or whatever into that range and I'll make sure to get you dead between your optics myself. Understood?" She asked sternly.

    Skywarp clenched his fist and I grabbed his arm, shaking my head a little. "Yes, ma'am."

    "Good. Now then, step up to your plates!" She ordered. We all stepped up and because of our frames, we still had our Null Ray cannons installed. Starscream fired first, turning to the side and firing once, hitting 3/7 target. "Flashy! You put too much faith in showing off and hitting it than your faith in being able to ACTUALLY hit the thing!" She barked. He growled and stepped back. I stepped up to the plate and steadied my arm, firing and hitting 6/7 of the targets. "Not bad. Your form however leaves you open to snipers and possible people behind you." She said sternly to me. Skywarp was next, and he hit 5/7 of them. "Your stance is a wider one, if you'd use that while in mid air you'd get ALL of them. But then again, you never know when you can use your wings or not." She took down the data and began to walk out. "Melee room, 5 minutes." She ordered.

    We all arrived in a large room with an open block in the middle. Lio Convoy was standing in front of a control panel. "This is the melee room. You all will fight one on one against an NPC on a flat stage. If you fall off the floor's right there and you lose. Beat the NPC, that's your only parameter." She said as she looked down at us. "First up, Thundercracker." She barked. I walked over and stepped onto the stage, which formed what looked like a boxing like ring. I raised my fists and looked around before seeing an orange and red bot, with a green visor and with an arm mounted gun. "Begin!" She ordered. I immediately saw the drone fire a missile at me, which I dodged to the side and avoided. I growled and ran at it, throwing a side hook which caused it to lose its balance. When it hit the ground I brought my foot up and slammed it into the ground, gasping softly as I noticed it wasn't there, it had rolled into a ball and went between the gap in my legs, turning back into its standard form and firing another missile. I growled as it hit my back, I transformed and flew into the air, ramming into the drone. When I did, I transformed into robot mode and pushed off of it, landing back onto the stage as the drone fell off the side. A loud bell rang and the level reset. "Very nicely done."

    "Thank you ma'am." I said as I stood up and shrugged off the shot.

    "You may return to your bunk now. These two will continue their test, you may rest. We continue the evaluation tomorrow." She ordered, to which I started walking back.
     
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    Phase 2-Chapter 12: Tethers to the Past

    "THUNDERCRACKER!" A loud voice boomed, shaking me awake. I sat up in bed and everything seemed hazy. I jumped out of bed and ran to the door. I blinked a few times to see if this was real, I couldn't tell if this was a dream or if it were something else. "GET DOWN!" The same voice shouted, I turned to see Skywarp running into me and tackling me to the ground.

    "Skywarp?!"

    "I said GET DO-" He shouted as he went flying back, hitting a wall, the blast leaving a large hole in his sternum.

    "SKYWARP!" I shouted as I got up and ran to him, seeing Starscream's similarly damaged corpse down the hall. "WHO ARE YOU?!" I shouted, demanding an answer.

    "You don't remember me old partner? What'a shame." It was a voice I recognized, but the face I didn't. It felt like...

    "Ranger!?" I shouted. "What in all of Primus' name do you hope to accomplish?!"

    "Nothin' really..." He said as I saw him lining up his scope. "Just a little payback..." He fired and I shot up, sitting in my bunk and holding my head.

    "Thundercracker?! What's wrong!?" I heard Starscream shout at me from across our room. I panted and held my head still. "Did you have a nightmare or something?" He asked.

    "I-I guess..." I said as I began to recollect myself. I took a deep breath and saw that my brothers were still with me. I didn't know how else to react other than by feel somewhat relieved as I took another breath and laid down again, but I couldn't sleep. What if this was some kind of look into the future? Was it just a nightmare? Several hours later we all got up for our first day of actual training. I was the head of my room so I went first. We saw Lio Convoy step out of the door on the opposite side and clear her throat.

    "Good morning to you all. I hope you slept well because today will be your first day, and for your first lesson, we'll have a little bit of a demonstration. The skill you're trying to learn today is a part of the CQC form, CQC stands for Close-Quarters-Combat, meaning that if you don't have a ranged weapon or a melee weapon, you use your hands. I'll demonstrate first on one of our security guards here." She gestured to a purple and green bot with quite a bit of bulk. He was with two other bots, one being small, green and gray and the other being larger with gray and purple for his main colors. "This is Onyx." Lio said as she gestured to him. He waved, and as soon as he raised his arm she grabbed it, pulled it over her shoulder and slammed him into the ground. "See?" She chuckled, he groaned in the slight crater she created. We all took turns and it was my turn to take on the smaller guard.

    "And what's your name jolly blue?" It asked.

    "Thundercracker. Yours?"

    "Vice." It said as it began to bounce on it's heels.

    "Well then, a pleas-" I said, but was interrupted by the small bot picking me up by my leg and spinning me around, slamming me into the ground. I growled and grunted as I got up slowly.

    "Never a chance to speak to the enemy!" He laughed as he dove at me. I grabbed him by the arm and repeated the motion Convoy did, slamming the smaller bot into the ground. "OW!" He shouted. I stood up and put my foot on his chest. "Alright alright you got it jeez!"

    "Thank you." I growled with a chuckle thrown in as I let off him and turned, walking out of the small arena.

    "Thought you'd get your aft handed to you by that thing Thunders." I heard Skywarp comment, with Starscream chuckling.

    "And? I beat him didn't I?" I said, the two stopped and began to bicker before I got tugged into another room. "Hey!"

    "You're learning, I'll give you that." Convoy was the one who pulled me aside. "Your form is excellent your tests came back positive. Pretty soon you and your twins might not need this place so much after all." She commented.

    "You've, taken a liking to me I take it?" I asked. She turned away and shook her head.

    "Of course not! Asking such a thing would warrant a punishment but... in a sense I guess, yes."

    "Wanna tell me why?"

    "What do you mean?! You've excelled above many of the other cadets in here! Faster than anyone I've noticed since..."

    "Since...?" I asked, moving closer.

    "That's none of your concern." She said as she began to walk out. "Keep up the good work." She ordered as she left the room. I caught up with my brothers and we kept walking.
     
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    Phase 2-Chapter 13: More of a Crew

    "So we're supposed to meet these guys?" I heard Skywarp ask as we walked towards the main area of the facility. It had been a while since we arrived, approximately 3 weeks or so, and we had passed the tests and training with some difficulty, but nothing that could stop us. We arrived at an elevator, and just as the doors were about to close we saw a golden claw stop it and pull it open, Lio Convoy stepping inside.

    "You boys get to meet my unit. Good. After all we were in need of some wings." She chuckled as the doors opened on the upper level. "SecuriGuard Team Alpha! Fall in!" She barked loudly, several bots jumped into view and stood firmly, saluting to her with a YES MA'AM. "At ease. These three are the Triplets Magnum sent us, meet Starscream, Thundercracker and Skywarp. They'll be joining our ranks for a while. Now then, I have some business to attend to. Make sure to stay sharp and don't let them get into any trouble." She ordered before transforming into her lion mode and running down the hall. The officers sighed and put their hands down.

    A bright red one came over and extended his hand. "Name's Quickstrike!" He laughed, he was a bright red helicopter looking bot who seemed very happy. "A pleasure to meet some new faces." We all shook his hand before we met another member of the guard, a bright blue angel looking bot.

    "You three seem happy to be here, should be, not anyone gets into this guard." He said with a scoff.

    "And who're you?" Skywarp asked.

    "I'm Blurr, ex-racer, won the Ibex cup 5 years in a row, maybe you've heard of me?" He asked, shining his fingers a little and admiring them. I saw Skywarp growling a little at his arrogance.

    "No, I usually don't tune in to see washed up hasbeens race in a giant circle like it's some game." He said. Blurr gasped dramatically and growled before turning away and walking away, fuming and muttering as he did. I saw Skywarp chuckle a little and even I did because his attitude somewhat got to me. Next was a rather new one, a red and gold bot with pipes on his arms.

    "Nice to meet you three. I'm Hot Rod. Don't let Blurr's little tantrums ruin your time here, I'm glad that we've got some new wings on the team." He seemed nice enough at the time. He was, at least for the time I knew him.

    "Thank you for the welcome." I said to him as we shook hands.

    "No prob, say, aren't you Starscream, the one that broke the old Academy record? Kup mentioned you a few times." He chuckled as he faced my brother.

    "I-I broke, the record?" He asked.

    "Yeah, apparently Thundercracker here busted his wing and he forced you to complete the test, and when you did you beat the record with a few seconds to spare." He explained. I was in disbelief, but Starscream looked surprised and more.

    "I-I uh, thank you! I didn't realize that I had!" He seemed happy with the news.

    "You've got some great brothers here Skywarp." He said as he shook Skywarp's hand.

    "Trust me, they aren't so great when you get to know 'em." He laughed and Starscream and I did a combined HEY at the response, the two were laughing a lot at the joke, so we joined in.

    "Oh man I can't wait to work with you guys." Hot Rod seemed pleased with us as he walked away. Finally, we met a big green bot with goggles on his head and giant cannons on his arms. The goggles seemed to scan us as the large bot looked down at us.

    "A pleasure to meet you." He said, extending a hand out.

    "And you are?" I asked.

    "I am Overload, code MDL823-75." It said in a very blunt, somewhat monotone voice.

    "Well, the pleasure is all mine." I said as I shook his hand. He went to my brothers and shook theirs before walking back towards the others. We sighed and looked around a little, I branched off however and heard Convoy talking to someone

    "-have reports that Megatron is amassing some kind of force to attack the citadel and get to Zeta. We have no confirmation of this, but it's most assuredly going to happen soon." The voice reminded me of one I'd hear years later... the voice of Optimus Prime, or rather, Orion Pax at this point. "We need to make sure that no one gets in that could possibly cause damage. Understood Lio?"

    "Yes sir." She said as she closed the comms. I pressed myself against the wall and tried my hardest not to be seen. She sniffed around, but didn't notice me. I sighed in relief until I heard a loud ringing like sound, followed by seeing what looked like an exclamation mark above her head. "WHO'S THERE?!" She barked as she grabbed her whip and started to look around

    "I was just looking for the bunks that's all!" I said as I came out from the other side where a hallway was, she straightened the whip into a blade and held the tip at my neck

    "What did you hear..."

    "Hear what?!" I shouted in confusion. She growled and loosened it, putting it back on her side.

    "The bunks for fliers are down the hall, I apologize for the accusation Thundercracker. Welcome aboard." She said as she turned and walked away. I sighed and nearly fainted as I stumbled to the bunks.
     
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    Phase 2-Chapter 14: When It All Went Wrong

    I can't remember a fair bit of the place. I can see faint shapes and hear soft voices, but I can't make out much for the life of me. So I guess I'll just skip to the part when, well, things took a turn. A very bad turn. It started on just a normal morning, my brothers and I would wake up, train for a bit, and go on our shift for guard duty outside Zeta Prime's office while he worked. We were watching the news, Iacon at 9. There were a lot of reports of Decepticon rallies taking up arms and using lethal force against the Autobot peacekeepers in charge of containing and maintaining order. So far many have died, only a few names were released. We saw some we didn't know, but we noticed that Dion, Treadshot and Signal Flare were all critically injured. We feared the worst, but didn't lose hope. As long as Magnum was still out there we could only hope.

    "So you boys've noticed too." We heard Convoy's voice just a little ways away. She walked over and, well, by that time she and I had somewhat developed a relationship. When she got over and simply winked at me and looked at my brothers. "So far, we've monitored that the 'Cons are moving towards Iacon, meaning-" she said as she pointed at the door. "That they're after Zeta Prime. Right now you guys are the guards on duty, and you guys need to guard him with your-!" We hadn't noticed the shadow being casted over the hallway's glass as a small ship hovered in front and fired into the hallway, blowing a wall out. "SLAG!" Convoy shouted. "GUARD ZETA!"

    "WAIT, LIO!" I barked at her as she ran towards the breach, a few other guards joining her as she ran. "This won't be fun..." I said to my brothers as we armed our guns. We heard blaster fire but didn't think much of it. That was before we heard another breach open up on the other side of the hallway. Our audio receptors didn't pick up much because the blast was a little close, but when we looked we saw blaster bolts flying at us. "DOWN!" I barked, the three of us ducked into a small alcove and started firing back at them, when the dust cleared they were standard Vehicons.

    "Their armor's lighter on the knees!" Starscream shouted as he aimed and fired, taking out a Vehicon by taking out his legs and then the head. I growled and nodded to him as I rolled through the hallway to the other side, aiming and firing at them with my bolts as well. Several fell, but when one did more came. "Damn! What-Skywarp?!" Starscream shouted, looking around. "SKYWARP?!"

    "Look!" I shouted, we both locked onto the black and purple bot walking down the hallway slowly towards the enemy. "What's he doing?!" Starscream shouted. Every time we saw a bolt going towards him he would move, and not move normally, he would do that teleportation thing he developed ages ago. When he got to their line we saw him draw his twin swords and slice several in half. We heard the Vehicons shouting in pain, but also heard other bots trying to slash and attack him.

    "C'mon Starscream lets PUSH!" I shouted to him. We smiled at the same time and transformed, hovering at first and charging our thrusters before we took off our air brakes. "SKY GET DOWN!" I shouted quickly to him. He turned and fell back. I can swear to Primus that the look on their faceplates were some of the best I had ever seen. We flew straight into the line and when we did, we unloaded every bit of arsenal into the line of about 20-25 bots. We killed all of them, and we transformed and looked around at the bodies. We shot at the ship as it tried to escape, I got a lucky shot and hit one of it's turbines, which caused it to fall and explode. I smirked and turned around, my optics widening as I saw someone walking down the hallway slowly, his colors and armor was different… but the weapon he used wasn't. "No..."

    "Is that..." I heard Skywarp ask.

    "No..." Starscream added to mine.

    "Well well well, so glad to see you all again." It was Ranger… just like in my dream.

    "NO!" I roared as I transformed and flew at him. When he tried to dodge to the side my wing clipped his side and took a fair chunk out. I transformed and dug my feet and fingers into the floor. When I slid to a halt I ran at him, sword drawn. He growled back and used the rifle to block my blade, growling as I inched him closer to the ground. "I won't let you hurt anyone else!!" I shouted as I forced him to his knees. I didn't notice that his sideskirts were equipped with missiles. I noticed at the last second, but not before I saw a bright silver blade sticking through his chest. Starscream snuck up on him and stabbed him in the back, straight through the spark. He coughed up some Energon and fell to the ground, dead. I panted and put the sword away.

    "You okay?" I heard Starscream ask.

    "Yeah… I'm fine…" I said as I stood upright and nodded to him.

    "What made him join the 'Cons..." He asked, frowning slightly.

    "That's a good question..." I added. I heard more blaster fire but this time it was closer than anything. "Wait…" My optics widened and I realized just how far we were. "THE PRIME!" We all shouted in unison as we transformed and flew towards his office at top speed, hoping he'd be alright. We saw a larger, silver bot being shot at, it was Megatron himself. "I-Is that?!"

    "Megatron..." Starscream commented. I saw Onyx, Vice, and Magna fighting him. "Think those little guys'll do it?!" I shouted. "C'mon!" I roared, running towards them.

    "Stay back you three!" Onyx shouted. "Alright you two, LETS GET BIG!" He shouted, the three combined into a giant, absolutely massive bot. He towered above Megatron and looked down at him with bright red eyes.

    "DECEPTICO-" We heard the silver bot bark before a large green fist pounded him into the ground.

    "TIDAL WAVE FEARS NO DECEPTICON." It said in a deep, monotone voice. He brought his fist up and down on Megatron, beating him into the floor more and more. When Tidal Wave thought he was done, he brought his fist up and stopped punching, staring at the group of remaining 'Cons and firing his chest cannons at them, charging after them as they tried to escape. Or, was it Megatron? My memory's fuzzled a little there, oh wait, no it wasn't, sorry. The bot that was beaten into the ground was actually Sixshot, I forgot to include the green and blue bits in. But yeah, when we investigate the crater we saw who we THOUGHT was Megatron. But that was before we heard shouting and fighting inside his office. My brothers and I ran inside to see the REAL Megatron and Zeta Prime himself dueling, both looked somewhat damaged.

    "What do we do?!" Skywarp shouted as we watched them fight. We saw Megatron knock Zeta back a good ways. When Zeta rose, we heard him chant something as his chest opened to reveal an ancient artifact, the Matrix of Leadership.

    "I COMMAND YOU-" we heard him shout. "LIGHT OUR DARKEST HOUR!!" He roared, the Matrix glowed a bright blue and opened slowly… but what we didn't count on, was the Matrix'a core turning a bright red and firing a beam into Zeta Prime's chest, clearing a hole in his chest where you could actually see the edge of his spark. The Matrix shut and fell to the ground, rolling out of the hole that Megatron had used to get inside, and falling where we didn't see. We watched in horror, or at least, I did... "H-How…"

    "Maybe you weren't worthy-" We saw Megatron grab Zeta's spark and pull it out of his chest. "Or maybe, you were just too weak of a Prime to light your 'darkest' hour." He chuckled as he crushed Zeta's spark. We watched the body lose its power before he turned to us. "It's over Autobots. I'm giving you an option. Join us-" he said as he pointed his large black fusion cannon at us. "Or die like your precious Prime."

    "I-"

    "I pledge my allegiance to you, Megatron! You've proven you're stronger than these Autobots! I swear to follow you!" Starscream shouted.

    "Starscream?! What're you-"

    "I'm taking my place as rightful commander of this squad, brother. Just because YOU'RE the oldest doesn't mean I should have to TAKE ORDERS from you!" He shouted back at me.

    "And what of your two other Seekers?"

    "I'd be up for it." Skywarp chuckled. "Killin' to kill seems better than tryin'a fight to keep peace." He said as he stepped up with Starscream.

    "No! I won't do it!" I shouted in protest.

    "I see…" Megatron said as he aimed at me.

    "Sir. We've captured the head of the guard." His comm said. My optics widened and I almost shook with fear. Megatron saw this, and tapped his comm.

    "Good. Execute her." He ordered

    "WAIT!" I shouted. "Okay!… okay… Ill, I'll join you… but please! You can't kill her!" I shouted again.

    "Hm… granted." Megatron said with an evil smirk that still haunts me. He began to laugh maniacally. This was the beginning of the end for me…
     
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    Phase 3-Chapter 1: End Me Here

    It didn't feel right, to wake up in a transport filled with other bots with guns aimed to kill. It pained me to witness what was our home, the friends we made and more, all be taken away from us. And for what? So Starscream my brother could have power? So he could finally walk down the aisle and order US around when he can barely take orders himself? I don't begin to understand why he did what he did, other than because of one thing: his pride. That's what led to this, to the three of us becoming Decepticons.

    "Wake up." A low voice growled as my blindfold was torn off and my shackles were deactivated. I stirred and stood up to the order. "I said get UP!" The voice ordered, that was when I felt a sharp pain in my abdomen. I gasped for air and stood up, holding my chest and stomach as I walked off our transport and onto Decepticon home turf. I looked around, the sky was darker and the buildings were one of two: sharp and malicious looking, or old and destroyed. I saw Skywarp and Starscream being escorted off the transport.

    "I knew this would be a good idea." Starscream mused to himself as he walked towards what looked like a storage housing. When we arrived, I was the one who opened the door, only to find that someone was inside.

    "Yes, you three must be the new recruits." A very raspy sounding voice said. We entered, but didn't notice the rather large purple and green spider crawling on the wall. It jumped and transformed. "Welcome, to the Decepticons! I'm Tarantulus, your doctor for the day." He chuckled as he clicked his fangs together and laughed. "Who would like to go first?" He asked, rubbing his hands together.

    "Since I am the one who leads this unit, I will be the first one!" Starscream said as he began to walk towards him. I had had enough at this point, so I grabbed him by the wing and threw him back to Skywarp. "Hey!"

    "You're not FIT to lead this damn unit. As the OLDEST, I'll go first." I barked to him.

    "Ooo! Tension! This should help us greatly..." Tarantulus chuckled again as I sat down on the examination table. He walked around and did simply checks, while taking a sample of my Energon to have it analyzed and scanned for viruses. "Hm, previous injury to the wing strut, some minor lacerations to the arm, previously crushed chest window... Those Autobot medics are complete idiots, they wouldn't know how to patch an oil leak from an acid burn!" He laughed maniacally as he picked up a scalpel. "We'll have you patched up the right way in no time, Mr?"

    "Just, Thundercracker. No mister or anything." I said.

    "Well then, this is gonna hurt-" he said as restraints held my limbs down, the scalpel getting closer. "A lot..." He laughed as he started to cut into my body, my pain receptors shut down and I went into standby. I woke up next to my brothers, all on other tables. They were in shut down as well, but I had woken up. My procedure was finished apparently. "Wake up sleepy head! You're all fixed up." Tarantulus said as I sat up. My armor was different, and my body didn't feel the same. I simply rubbed my head and looked around the room, even my optics were different, when I looked at a bot I got a read out of their name and data.

    "Woah..."

    "Well? What do you think? I've upgraded your body to meet Decepticon standards, that, and I've improved all your previous wounds and healed them entirely. That back wing shouldn't give you any trouble now." He seemed pleased with his work. I stood up off the table and stretched, groaning at first and then shouting as I felt my Energon flow into this new armor. I chuckled at first and continued before my body began to make loud booming noises, the air started to dampen and thunder broke. I bent over and laughed to myself, feeling the power at my fingertips.

    "This… feels… astounding." I laughed before standing up. "Thank you Doctor. I hope once more we see each other." I said as I started to walk off.

    "Wait wait! Oh but you must find the Seeker bunks! They're down the hallway, to the left on the second-"

    "Seeker, bunk?"

    "Well, yes? You and your brothers are from the Seeker body type are you not?" He asked

    "We never saw others, we always assumed we were the only ones out there..." My optics flickered a little, knowing we weren't that special, but widened to know that we WEREN'T the only ones.

    "No no no, just meet them yourself. Tell them they're part of your family now, we Decepticons are one big family!" Tarantulus said as he opened his arms.

    "Okay. Thank you again. Send my brothers this way when they are ready please." I asked.

    "Of course." We said our farewells and I walked to the bunk, entering and looking around. It seemed empty at first, and when I dropped my stuff I heard a click behind my head.

    "And you are?" I hear someone ask.

    "My name's Thundercracker… I was told to come to this bunk by Tarantulus, the doctor who fixed my body." I explained.

    "Turn, slowly." The voice ordered. When I did, I came face to face with many others in the room, I just hadn't noticed the light switch. "Yup, you're a Seeker. Welcome to the family." A whiteish gray with black and red accenting said as he extended his hand. "Name's Ramjet."

    I shook his hand and looked at his helm oddly. "Your head is different from mine."

    "That's because MY brothers and I are designated as Coneheads. That's why our alt modes and builds are only slightly different." He gestured to two other Coneheads, Dirge and Thrust. They were playing cards and one of them seemed to keep losing. I turned and noticed a few that looked more like my brothers and I than the Coneheads.

    "It's a pleasure to meet you all." I said as I approached them.

    "Ah, new guy. Name's Storm, Acid Storm." The green Seeker said as he extended his hand, which was white for some reason. "It's a glove. Got an acidic touch." He said with a chuckle as I turned to a bright orange Seeker.

    "Someone new, what a clue, never thought I'd meet another one, as funny as they seem..." The bot sang as it approached me. "I am Sunstorm, poet, singer, dancer~"

    "Ignore him if he makes any advances." The only Seeker who really stood out, a feminine one. "I'm Slipstream. Captain of my unit, what about you?" She asked, raising an optic ridge.

    "Thundercracker, and no I'm just the eldest of my other twins. They're undergoing the procedure." I explained.

    "Let me guess…" she placed a hand on my chest and walked around me, trailing it behind her. "Your middle brother decided it was smart to put himself as commander, and since you're the oh-so good big brother you decided not to oppose… am I correct?" She asked. I simply nodded, and she backed away only a little. "Well then I look forward to meeting your, twins." She said. Bits of their introduction are a little fuzzy, so I can't really recall… but still, it felt kinda good knowing we weren't the only ones.
     
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    So far, all this seems pretty good. It's kinda tragic seeing Thunder be essentially enslaved, but ultimately this was the inevitable outcome.
     
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    Yeah, I somewhat had that planned from the start, that since one brother's cunning and clever and the others kind of just the follow the leader brute type, they'd both take a side, and since they both sat along with Thunders' trip as an Autobot, it's time for him to sit along with them for 'Cons
     
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    Phase 3-Chapter 2: Not All Downsides

    I awoke one morning only two weeks from our arrival and already I was feeling queasy. It didn't feel right, fighting for a cause I didn't believe in. This made me sick, I wanted to leave more than anything, but I just couldn't bring myself to do so, and why you may ask? It's because I want to stay with my brothers. I have no intention of breaking up our trio, we've been through too much and fought with one another for too long... but when would I stop feeling this unnerving queasiness...

    "Mornin' bro." Skywarp said as he leaned against his bunk, sipping what smelled like E-Coff.

    "Where'd you get that?" I asked him. I saw his eyes shift around a little.

    "Uh, found it." He said with a chuckle as he sipped it some more.

    "Found it eh? Then why's the mug say PROPERTY OF OVERLORD on the bottom?" I asked. We heard loud thumping and a rather suave voice asking about a mug. I saw Skywarp's colors immediately flush as he put the cup in his cockpit, carefully, and he started to walk out of the room. The huge bot stopped him in his tracks. I did, however, hear the conversation.

    "-cuse me little one, I'm looking for a rather large mug about this high and this wide, it had some very strong E-Coff in it, would you by chance have seen it anywhere?" His voice gave me chills for some reason, but I kept listening.

    "E-Coff? Uh, I think I saw another Seeker walking down the hall with a cup of that stuff matching your description, maybe you should go, check with them!" Skywarp sounded scared. I couldn't help but laugh as my baby brother was face to face with a giant behemoth of a Transformer. He was no Tidal Wave, but he was fairly large.

    "Oh thank you, I don't believe we've met before, call me Overlord." He said as he transformed into his jet and tank components and ROARED down the hall, his engine literally sounding like it was fueled by pure rage as it zoomed off. I heard Skywarp teleport, and when he came back I simply sat back and smirked at him.

    "What, do you, want." He panted.

    "Whaddya do with the mug?" I asked with a snicker.

    "I put it, on, turret, tiiiired." He groaned as he fell onto his bunk and tried to cocoon himself. I sighed and leaned back before I felt a tap on my helm. I looked over and saw Slipstream next to my bunk.

    "Yo, wake up, time to patrol." She said. I looked at her and sat up, jumping out of my bed and sighing as I stretched a little, my now purple accents glowing a little as I did. "You and I today flyboy." She smirked as she tapped my arm and began to walk out, clearly putting on a little display as she did. I simply raised an optical ridge and wondered.

    "Yo, Blue Britches, can'tcha see?" I heard Dirge point out. "She's got the hots for ya." He snickered.

    "Does she... why? I've only known the fem for, maybe a few weeks?"

    "Well I mean, I guess th' thought of you bein' leader of your own squad puts a fire in'er spark or somethin'. I dunno, can't read minds ya know."

    "Yeah... I guess..." I said as I started to walk after her. I was right behind her when she sighed and sat down in the hall. "Isn't patrol outside?" I asked

    "Mmm nah, it's inside today." She sighed. I simply stood and looked around. "You're cute." She snickered.

    "Thanks. Can't say I feel anything knowing that."

    "Well you could take the compliment and dish one out for me too, ya selfish frag you." She laughed. I cracked a little smile, and she seemed to like that. "Aaww for once you smiled."

    "I don't do it often so please try to stop." I asked politely.

    "Grrr, hey! When a girl likes you isn't it customary or something to, oh I dunno, ask them out?!"

    "Yes but in this case you have one sided feelings for me, ones which I do not share with you but rather with someone else." I explained. I heard her gasp softly, but I didn't want to look. Just because people said she liked me wouldn't change the fact that I had just arrived, and that I didn't know her well enough to even begin to develop a romantic sense of kindness. Besides... I was still hoping Lio was alive.

    "Bastard!" I heard her try to punch me, but something inside me made me react quicker than the punch, and I stepped to the side, causing her to miss. "What, you've already got someone?!" She shouted. My eyes lit up a little bit, apparently she noticed that... "Huh... so you do... what a damn shame then, to think I might've wanted some... who's the lucky girl?" She asked. I clenched my fist, not wanting to tell anyone else... "What's wrong? Turbofox got your tongue~?" She said as she sauntered around me. I was close to losing my cool as it was, but I tried to keep restraining myself as to not possibly jeopardize what my other twins were striving for.

    "It's none of your concern nor business." I growled to her. I saw her about to say something before a bell went off, time really flew when you were holding back a punch. I started to walk back to my bunk, slowly.

    "HEY, I DIDN'T DISMISS YOU!" She shouted.

    "I don't require your permission once the bell rings, if you held me at my post any longer you'd be in violation of a rule set by the Decepticons. And you wouldn't want that, would you." I said... but that conversation made me think... was Lio okay?
     
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    I've completed the chapter. I apologize, I was at school when I wrote it and in between lunches. But it's finished.
     
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    Phase 3-Chapter 3: Odds Against Us

    So, sorry for not updating you as I usually do kid. I needed a breather to get my data tracks all aligned again that's all. Now, where were we? Oh yeah, I was getting hit on by Slipstream, the only female Seeker I can remember. Now, nothing much happened after that, just a few more patrols and such. But then we noticed Seekers that I'd normally see, Nacelle who was decent with art, Bitstream who could shoot a target from miles away, Hotlink and Red Wing, four Seekers, all missing... I put in the word to the higher ups, but nobody ever responded. I didn't realize exactly what was happening until someone I cared about got taken...

    "Hey, Slip, noticed anything... odd lately?" I asked her as I looked up and down the halls we were sent to watch.

    "How so?"

    "As in, bots going missing?" I asked her a bit clearer.

    "Hm... can't say that I have... well, I have noticed that some of our flying patrols have dwindled in numbers, think that's anything odd?" She asked, answering my question.

    "Yeah, that's odd for ya. I've filed so many reports to the higher ups to investigate and so far I've gotten nothing but afterburners. It's unbelievable." I stated as we rounded a corner. Little did I know was that just behind us someone was actually being taken away... but for some reason I didn't hear it... we came back to our normal bunk and I saw Starscream was shaking a little. "Starscream? Something wrong?" I asked my brother.

    "I-I saw, someone, being t-taken away, I tried to help but I saw a flash of b-blue and-and purple!" He shouted. "And eyes, I could barely tell!" He said. I calmed him down before I stood up and walked over to Ramjet.

    "What's up blue boy?" He said as he read a magazine with some very revealing fembots on the cover. I didn't look, I was too concerned about the others.

    "I need security clearance for the surveillance hub. Think you can get that for me?" I asked him. He sighed and stood up, walked to his trunk and rummaged through it before manifesting a card marked TARANTULUS on it. "Swiped this ages ago. Should still work. Use that to get in, only downside is you don't wanna get caught, otherwise you're outta here and dead." He said. I looked at the card and nodded before making my way towards the hub. When I dodged the other patrols and entered I sighed and leaned against the door, that was before I saw who was in the chair. A sleek black form I recognized... but only physically...

    "Lio?" I asked. The figure stopped what they were doing and slowly turned to face me, her colors were all different, everywhere a clawed nail was was now a small dagger, it looked as if she had been completely transformed. "I-Is that, you?"

    "My databanks don't recall that name. I am Scourge. You are Thundercracker. But my files also recall that you do not have security clearance to access this hub." She said as she slowly stood up, her servos clicking into place. I looked at her with a somewhat horrified expression as I backed up, reaching into my pocket for one of my smaller shock charges. "Why have you come here." She asked

    "I'm, investigating the disappearance of some colleagues, Seekers. Nacelle, Bitstream, Red Wing, and Hotlink. They've all gone missing recently." I explained, ready to move. She leaned in, and sniffed me for some strange reason. I thought for a second her optics switched from that horrible red, to the blue I always admired. She turned and walked to the console, punching in data corresponding to their patrols. The Seekers on flight duty all take off from the same deck, meaning they'd break off after their patrol. The video showed them all leave and arrive afterwards, but for some reason the audio and video distort whenever they were alone. "Wait wait... right there... freeze and enhance." I said. I heard her snarl softly at my order, but she complied without resistance. It showed two figures, both with yellow visors, or optics, it was hard to make out. One was purple, as Starscream said, and another was blue... I didn't know exactly who they were, until Lio cross referenced the images. "Who are those two?" I asked. Just as she pulled up a file I saw a camera go out; right where Skywarp's patrol route was. My optics lit up and I ran out, charging towards the hall as fast as my feet could possibly take me. I slid to a halt and saw two figures picking up my brother's unconscious body. "SKYWARP!" I barked as I fired a missile at the blue one, but my audio receptors were filled with a shattering noise that knocked me to the floor, and brought me to my knees.

    "Easy Soundwave. We do not need him. We simply need this one." A rather suave voice said as he began to walk away.

    "As you command, Shockwave." He said in response as he started walking away with him. I could barely walk, because that noise stayed in my ears for a while, until I saw only black...
     
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    Okay, all caught up, and holy crap some shit's going down.
     
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    ((Hello to all of those who read this. I am deeply sorry for my lack of updating the fanfiction as current events have taken me away from the site. Though with more time and such on my hands, I hope to put more chapters out within the next week or so.

    Thank you all for your patience.
     
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    Phase 3-Chapter 4: Time Flies

    Where were we. Oh yeah that's right, Skywarp got hijacked by Soundwave and Shockwave. By the time I finally woke up again, they were long gone. Hadn't even the faintest clue as to where they were. I tried tapping into the connections I had to find who were being captured, but they couldn't even find anything. It became evident about halfway through my search that they were no where inside the complex where I was stationed. I was most likely going to need to be transferred, but even then, where would I look? The Decepticon Territories were so vast with so many different outposts I would never find him, the perfect cover. So when I overheard that not too far away, a project was being researched and developed using the technology that was seen by the Autobots in one of the outposts. I tried to think, but I couldn't think of exactly what they could be doing. I watched one of them leave, and when they left the other alone, I interrogated him and got the information; this project was being done in Helex, which was known to be the Decepticon Scientific Division's major hub. But to get stationed there would require my background to scream Science rather than Warrior. So I came up with an idea, and to do so, I had to contact an old friend.

    "This is a restricted frequency. Who is this." I heard a familiar voice call through my comms. I had hard wired my comm set to ignore radio chatter and such, making my transmission essentially invisible to the Decepticons.

    "...I have information that's valuable to the Decepticons, that could also help the Autobots." I stated.

    "And what price are you setting?" The voice asked.

    "No price. Capture a bot of this description, Seeker type with black and purple primary, with silver lining." I stated

    "What information are we talking?"

    "I've recently learned from a... reliable, source that the Decepticons are developing technology used by the Autobots... possibly to recreate something they want."

    "Such as what?"

    "That I do not know. Though the city is Helex, the Decepticon Science Hub."

    "And you are sure about this?"

    "Positive. In case their research is complete, make sure your forces are fully stocked."

    "Wait... who is this..." The voice asked.

    "....maybe someday you'll find out." I said as I ended the transmission. I sighed and turned to see Starscream at the door. "Starscream?"

    "....You're, talking to the Autobots?" He asked

    "*sigh* Starscream you must understand why-"

    "No... no you, you! TRAITOR!" He shouted

    "You must understand Starscream! Skywarp was kidnapped! I know he's in Helex, but I can't go and get him myself! I don't have the right background to be transferred there!"

    "I should report you to Lord Megatron himself! I should make you regret that!" He snarled

    "STARSCREAM DO YOU NOT CARE ABOUT SKYWARP?!"

    "OF COURSE I DO! But I care more about whether or not we DIE trying to SAVE him! If he's been captured and is being experimented on, I say we let him, otherwise the higher ups could have our HEADS for trying!"

    "Yet it's obvious you care more about your position than your own brother..." I sneered. Starscream backed up a little and growled. "Right? RIGHT?!"

    "OF COURSE YOU'RE RIGHT! AFTER ALL THAT'S ALL YOU ARE! RIGHT HERE, RIGHT THERE, ALL YOU THINK YOU ARE IS RIGHT!" Starscream shouted as he started walking away. "I'll watch you suffer the day you're wrong..." He growled as he kept walking. I growled and clenched my fists as I stood up and watched him.

    "Fine..." I growled again as I started walking back. About one week later, we got reports of an Autobot Strike Force attacking the facilities. I watched and prayed silently as I saw the forces move in. But then, just as they were beginning to attack the main hub, I saw a large dark object fly through the sky and land in the middle of all the forces. My eyes simply widened as I saw it, a one armed giant as it stomped around the Autobot forces. I watched and my memories seemed to relapse.... it looked vaguely like a Combiner.....
     
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    Phase 3-Chapter 5: To Where The Wind Blows

    So by now I was fully aware that something had attacked the Autobot forces I tipped off, and that something big and unnatural was doing it. I watched in horror as the comm screens flickered back and forth as this giant behemoth of a machine battled the Autobots single handed; literally. I knew it was a Combiner, but how? I realized it was because of what the scientists had witnessed from when I had combined with the previous Superion, or in this case, Superion Maximus. But they didn't know it was me who was a part of a combiner team! My quest was still dead set on rescuing Skywarp. At any cost. While I was watching the commotion, I hadn't noticed that a security officer from the labs had been transferred, why? Because I managed to sweet talk Scourge into hacking the databanks and getting them here. The officer didn't notice due to the comm signals going haywire, so I snatched their identification card and, using Scourge's connections, rewrote the card to suit me. I would be transferred to Helex and one set closer to saving Skywarp.

    "Hey! New guy!" I saw a guard waving as he ran my way. "Don't you know you're supposed to have your protective armor on?" He asked

    "Protective, armor?"

    "Yes! This is a work space! Any Bot could get injured, or worse, killed!" He said hysterically as he walked me to a fitting room. "These are shoulder protectors." He held up a pair of shoulder pads and tossed them aside. "This is a helmet. Duh. But it's made of an alloy which can withstand even the toughest of blows. But not too many. If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a flying rivet." He said as he handed me two larger bits. "Wing covers. Make sure you don't get grounded. Yes I know they make you look boxy big deal." He finished up and I exited wearing all the stuff. I sighed and clunked around a little before I made my way towards the development areas. When I arrived I was posted, and spent hours patrolling areas I didn't care about, until I came across someone very interesting…

    "I need more TIME! I NEED MORE SPECIMENS!" A voice shouted. I ran towards it and saw a guard already tending to it.

    "We'll have your request processed as soon as possible, Junior Scientific Director Jhiaxus."

    "That's SENIOR! Megatron promoted me after that, mmmmm, little demonstration of the prototype…" He snickered. I gasped and looked through the large glass observation deck to see the being on the screen, laying down, being tended to by medics and more. I watched carefully and studied what they were doing, but some of it I didn't understand what for. Then I noticed that it was all the same color, a sullen dark gray and more… I began to lose hope, until the front chest portion of the monster was lifted up, causing the soot which changed its color to return! It was Skywarp!… but why was it Skywarp…

    I was overjoyed, yet I restrained myself. I had to wait for the right moment to spring him out of this place. But a bigger question arose; how did the Decepticons unlock the secret to an Autobot ability. As much as I tried, I couldn't get close enough to Jhiaxus. Until I was posted for guard duty. When I was alone, I snuck into his lab and interrogated him.

    "HOW DID YOU UNLOCK THE SECRET TO THE COMBINER?!"

    "PLEASE DONT HURT ME IM JUST THE SCIENTIST! I CANNOT HARM YOU! SPARE ME PLEASE!"

    "How did you learn how to combine other BOTS?!"

    "I-I got it from one of the prisoners we have here! T-To hide their identities we use code for them! W-We had a code for this one, here!" He pointed on a map and I see a band of words; Lightning curves…

    "Lightning curves?"

    "T-That's all I know! I'm not permitted to see the prisoners unless they're on the operating table!" He said as he looked at me.

    "I'll just see you some other time… Jhiaxus." I growled as I began to walk back, repeating those two words: Lightning. Curves.
     
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    Phase 3-Chapter 6: In Another Element

    "Tell me how you did it. How it was done. How whatever it is that gave you that power came to be."

    "You really want me to tell you guard?"

    "I got all the time in the world."

    It was relatively late at night. I decided to get to the bottom of what reason they had for trying to make a combiner. And after what I heard from Jhiaxus, I realized that in order for the Combiner that was created to be operational they would have had to have a live subject to test on. So I checked out the prisoner hold, and lo and behold I ran into a bot with an interesting story to tell.

    "And why should I tell you anything? You don't even know who I am."

    "I don't need to to know that you're the reason the Combiner exists." Silence, until he broke it.

    "Fine. I am the reason it exists. I was, younger. And it'd only been a few weeks after a certain blue Transformer and his two brothers deserted. I met a Transformer who called himself Storm Jet... he, hadn't heard the news. Apparently him and his crew knew about this blue bot. They mentioned they helped break out of a Decepticon Internment camp with him. I wasn't much at the time, but I told him the news. He seemed, saddened by it. His team did as well, a bunch of still broken bots and one huge one that wasn't doing too well either. Storm Jet pulled me aside and told me about the bot. His name was Thundercracker, and they all got out by forming this bot known as Superion Maximus. Now, that Transformer was said to be only within one person, and I had met him. But what he told me was, strange. He told me that the ability to combine could be shared with others, and that the title of Superion Maximus, could also be passed down. I asked what responsibility every possible bot must share. Sadly, Storm Jet told me he had grown tired of carrying the mantle of Superion Maximus. And that he wanted to pass it down to someone. His crew was suffering from it as well, so, out of an act of just pure kindness, he gave me the power. I didn't have a team by then, but I created one known as the Aerialbots. And, eventually, we agreed to get rid of the suffix."

    "Suffix?"

    "It's just Superion now. Maximus served no purpose in the name." He said. The only reason he didn't know it was me, was because I was in the shadows as we spoke. He told me how the experience as Superion was incredible.

    "So how did you get caught? In here I mean."

    "We were in a battle and my team got split up and picked off. I drew the main forces' attention but, sadly, I was shot down by a sniper. A blue jet." He growled. I straightened up and looked in a bit more.

    "Do you know what, his name was?"

    "Name? Uh...." I waited and held my breath. "Triggerhappy, that slag heap shot me clear out of the sky." He growled. I sighed softly in relief, but kept talking.

    "So you were captured and experimented on here, because they knew you were part of a combiner. Correct?"

    "Exactly. They tortured me and experimented on me to get access to my Combination Spark. And they got it. The boltbrains..." He growled. I sighed and looked at him.

    "For now-" I stepped into the light. "I'm on your side. I'll get you and the rest of these guys out of here.... don't worry."

    "You're.... you're Thundercracker!"

    "Quiet down. Listen, my brother Skywarp was forced into being a part of that horrific machine. I'm trying to get his aft out of here, and I need to find a guy who's been told to 'curve lightning.'" I explained.

    "You can't curve lightning, lightning...."

    "Lightning bolts." I made the connection. I had been talking to him this entire time. "What was your name again?"

    "Silverbolt."
     
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    Phase 3-Chapter 7: A Way Out

    Okay. So this time, I really did something to warrant getting in trouble. But that'll come later, you'll see. So by this point I was working on a break out plan for several people, Skywarp, Silverbolt, and myself. It wouldn't be easy, and more than anything if I were caught, it'd result in death or worse... though I still don't know a fate worse. Least, I didn't know back then. So I waited a few weeks until I knew they'd begin to work on the modular system for the combiner. They couldn't control it when it's combined, so influencing the components would assist in their control. I made sure I was assigned the guard shift for the session with Skywarp, and when I went to get him. It was, quite the reunion.

    I walked in first, to make sure everything was safe.

    "Aren't you a lil' short to be one of the-" He was interrupted when he saw my wings and colors in the dark.

    "It's me Sky."

    "Thunders!" He shouted and hugged me, this wasn't like him, but I didn't complain. "How did you!"

    "No time, we have to go, now. I have someone else I need to break out, but trust me I'll come back for you!" I made a mistake leaving him. Because when I broke Silverbolt out, I got him outside and told him to wait. But when I ran back inside.... I saw Soundwave and Shockwave inside the room with Skywarp. I slipped in and watched, they were brainwashing him essentially.

    "Is the patient ready to take control of the Combiner?" Shockwave asked.

    "Affirmative. His body has been altered to withstand the forces required to control the Combiner." Soundwave replied

    "And what of the final component? The last time we sent out the Combiner it went without an arm. We need six members not five, Soundwave." Shockwave seemed irritated.

    "We have already equipped a stand in for the missing limb. Do not worry Shockwave. The testing will begin when we link the components together. Guard." He was referring to me. I straightened up and made my wings go down against my back.

    "Yes sir."

    "Take Skywarp to the testing chamber with the rest of the Combiner parts. Soon we'll have created a weapon that no Autobot can stand up to." Shockwave said as he and Soundwave walked out. I nodded and began to walk Skywarp out, until a few guards caught him and I. They redirected me, but I made sure to stun the two before I ran out with him. We got outside and I heard people beginning to shout and look for us. I looked at Silverbolt and Skywarp and when I tried to run, Skywarp grabbed my wing.

    "Bro. I'm staying. You got someone important out, now keep 'im that way. I gotta go back..... free the others.... we'll see each other again Thunders. Remember." He smiled and ran back in.

    "NO!"

    "Thundercracker we need to GO!" Silverbolt ordered. I looked back and we ran and transformed, barely getting away from the place.... I got so close... but ended up so far.
     
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    Phase 3-Chapter 8: Taking A Risk

    So last time I broke out Silverbolt from the prison, and Skywarp stayed behind to try and get the other Seekers out of harms way. Now I wasn't okay with it at first, but it was either go back and get killed or arrested, or let him go back and work on escaping from the inside, and you might've forgotten, I was breaking out an Autobot who had a power that was vital to the Decepticons and their plans.

    "Silverbolt let's go.... I have an idea." I said as I began to walk away with him. We both transformed, and my first instinct was to get him to safety. I couldn't take him to Kaon, and I could only try to get him to neutral ground. So after hours of searching I found him a small place to stay for the time being. My plan was simple; recruit some of the other Seekers to try and form a team for this. I remember a reason I combined with the original Superion was because we shared a bond, meaning my bond with the other Seekers would work. Once I got Silverbolt to safety, I flew back to the barracks, and when I arrived I saw the rest of the Seekers.

    "Guys... I need help." I asked

    "What is it Thundercracker?" Dirge asked as he, Thrust and Ramjet perked up a little.

    I sighed, and began to explain to them exactly what I needed help with. The plan was to form this combiner to attack the facilities, and hopefully break the other components of the Decepticon combiner out of their cells before they're forced to combine. This means I needed 3 others to help Silverbolt and I, but finding them amongst the group wouldn't be easy. I finished explaining and several of them just looked at me. I saw Thrust stand up and look me in the eyes, and just walk out of the room. I saw Sunstorm do the same, but the most heartbreaking was Slipstream. She walked up, and I knew she'd try to hurt me, so I simply closed my eyes and waited. But she didn't do it. She just walked past, and soon, I was left with two Coneheads and one Seeker with acidic powers.

    "We're with you Thundercracker. We promise not to rat you out." Dirge said, with Ramjet nodding with him, as well as Acid Storm.

    "Alright.... then we know what to do?"

    "Security'll be tight." I heard a voice and saw a black figure with her tail swooshing around, her normally red optics were blue.

    "Scourge?" I asked and smiled a little. She walked to me and in a swift motion, dropped her faceplate and kissed me. I blinked and looked at her as she pulled away.

    "Lio. Not Scourge anymore. I was playing the part to get into a position like this. I heard the plan. Still my Conjux, even if my actions didn't seem like it." I was relieved and smiled as she put her faceplate back on. "Now then. One thing we'll all need to remember-" She sharpened her claws and dug it into her neck, growling in pain as she tore out a chip and crushed it. "As of now, once we finish this, we're all Decepticon traitors." She said as she scanned us all. "You're all clean of bugs. So's the room." She smirked.

    "I love you." I said outright, the other Seekers laughing at the show of affection. I snickered and we all looked over the blueprints.

    "If I can get in here, under the assumption that they believe I'm under Megatron's orders, I can disable the security drones and system for an hour or two, should be long enough to get inside WITHOUT combining, and get the components out. This includes Skywarp, now, my suggestion is this. Don't lead with the ace, your friend or whatever their combined mode, is a last, resort in case things go south. Your best chance is using that power to get away, than to break in got it?" She sounded so... amazing.

    "Yes ma'am." We all said. We looked back and forth at one another, we had someone inside the system, we had the power.

    We had a plan.
     
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    Phase 3-Chapter 9: Engagement

    It had been a few weeks since we tried to break Skywarp out, we had a plan to get back in though. Our plan was simple; infiltrate the Helex Science Department with the help of some passes I swiped from the guards on the way out. Scour- I mean Lio, would kill the power long enough for us to get Skywarp and the other combiner components out of the base and to safety. We would have Silverbolt waiting outside in case we needed some heavier weapons.

    "Identification please." A guard asked. We began our plan around dawn so we had plenty of time to scan the others and make sure we could get away. I was with all the others; Ramjet, Dirge, and Acid Storm. We had the cards taken and rescanned so our faces were on it, and we had Lio hack the base's internal systems and replace the previous codes to our descriptions. We were inside the building and working our way around, I knew the morning patrols would be assigned to ones who were next on the list. I had Lio write us into the system as next, which should've worked.

    "THUNDERCRACKER, RAMJET, DIRGE, ION STORM, REPORT TO THE PRISON BLOCK!" A bot shouted. My eyes darted to Acid Storm who shook his head and told us to leave. So we went with this Ion Storm guy.

    "So! You bots new or somethin'?" He asked

    "I've been here a few weeks, these two're new." I said as we neared the block.

    "Sweeeeet, a regular Seeker brigade!" He laughed. We all chuckled but kept walking. "Man, you guys hear what they're buildin' in there? A Combiner! I tell ya, I've seen the thing and woooo boy is it scary. The face, it don't got a face first off, that's the strangest part. Second part is that there's supposed to be an arm but it ain't there! It's like the thing's missin' an arm!" He laughed as we stood guard.

    "Where's Acid Storm?!" I quietly shouted to Lio.

    "He isn't with you?"

    "No we got some ION Storm guy!" I growled to her. She looked back into the records and growled as well.

    "Frag, I mistyped the name, I thought it was Ion Storm. Sorry Thunders." She sighed.

    "Don't worry about it Lio. We can salvage this. Just give me some time to distract him before you cut the power." I ordered.

    "One more thing." She said

    "Yes Lio?"

    "Make sure you get back here so we can officially become conjux." And she ended the call. I just stood there a little before I smiled and walked back.

    "Acid Storm, where's your location?" I asked.

    "South hall about 7 minutes from your location."

    "Did you bring that knockout gas I asked Lio to give to you?"

    "Yeah, it's in my vents. Remind me of the plan?" He asked

    "The hallways are tall and wide enough for your wingspan. What you do is you just fly through the halls and spray the knockout spray around. Hopefully the dose is enough to knock the guards out for long enough." I explained.

    "Gotcha. Just tell me when we need to start." He said as we ended the call. We stood there for a few hours before I nodded to Ramjet, who began to walk with Ion. I saw them walking before I heard a thud and I saw Ramjet dragging Ion into a closet and throwing him in.

    "Talk to much." Ramjet snickered as he closed the door and cleaned his hands.

    "Lio, kill the lights." I ordered. The entire complex went into lockdown, meaning that no one would get in easy. I heard zooming and engines as I noticed a gas leaking into our hallway. "Masks down gentlemen." I smirked as we all activated our ventilated masks. I turned and took my key and swiped it, unlocking the door to get into the cell blocks. I ran and saw a purple and black object.

    "Skywarp!"

    "T-Thundercracker?" He asked.

    "Acid, Ramjet, Dirge get the others! I've got my brother." I ordered. They grabbed the rest of the Seekers and I picked Skywarp up

    "Y-You came back..."

    "Of course I did. You're my brother." I grunted as I carried him out of the cell. I opened the locked door with help from my card and from Lio who hacked the system and busted the door open. We got outside and I saw Silverbolt there.

    "SILVERBOLT!"

    "Thundercracker! You got the others?" He asked as we all came with the Seekers in arms. They all stood up and smiled a little.

    "You all saved us?"

    "Consider it a miracle. You guys are officially-" I grunted as I tore off the Con insignias from each of their bodies. "Discharged." They seemed happy, even Skywarp.

    "Thank you brother..." He hugged me and clutched my back as I hugged back

    "It's no trouble Skywarp... I'm glad you're safe."

    "Sorry to cut the reunion short, but we need to get moving before we get caught." Silverbolt instructed. We began to walk away, until I heard a door open and saw a bright yellow optic staring at us.

    "RUN!!!" I ordered as I saw the optic reach down and begin to type onto his wrist. One by one the new Seekers fell to the ground, their necks glowing a little. "NO!"

    "They chipped them!" Silverbolt shouted.

    "You all made a brave effort. But in the end these Transformers will never become....normal again." Shockwave said as the bots began to walk towards each other.

    "THUNDERCRACKER WE NEED TO MOVE!!" Acid Storm barked as we kept moving. I turned around and my eyes widened as I saw the Seekers begin to shift and change into something terrible. I heard metal twisting and shifting, melding together until a giant stood before us, the large Seeker formed Combiner stood above us.

    "Finally..." Shockwave said as another Seeker stepped out of the building and formed the missing arm of the combiner. A twisted, insidious face formed where the head was and it's bright red optics shone as we stared at it.

    "Oh no...."

    "Skywarp..."

    "I didn't think they'd get this far...."

    "Primus...." We all stood in awe as it towered above us.

    "What's wrong?" I heard Lio ask as she radioed me

    "Shockwave bugged the Seekers. They formed the combiner. We need to combine and save them!" I shouted to her

    "What if you die?!"

    "THEN IT'LL BE TO SAVE MY BROTHER!" I shouted back as I closed the channel and I turned to Silverbolt.

    "Then let's GET BIG!" He roared as we all assumed our vehicle forms and shot up into the air, our bodies seeming to shift and merge onto his until we landed on the ground, kneeling, our body hissing from the combination.

    "It feels good to be Superion again..."