Deep in The Darkest Night

Desperate Times, Desperate Measures

Long ago there stood a village at the edge of a vast forest that was home to a large clan of Autobots that worked and lived peacefully. However, there was a dark secret that laid in the deepest reaches of the forest that made them cautious of venturing into that dark and unmentionable place.For you see, in the center of this part of the forest stood an imposing castle that was home to a clan of Decepticons that had an... imposing appetite for the villagers' energon that lived outside of their realm. It was soon discovered by the villagers some time ago that one or two of their own would suddenly vanish without a trace and never to be seen again and the knowledge was given to them by a band of gypsy bots that set up home not too far away from them. Ever since then the villagers became very careful when it came to venturing into the deeper part of the woods lest they wanted to suffer the same fate as their comrades. And in that time they had quickly realized that thanks to those gypsies would be harder for to snatch one of the now suspecting for their next meal.That made their lord and master, a mech known as Megatron, furious and vowed revenge on the gypsy bots and would make sure that they would pay for their mistake. And he certainly made sure of that. One night when no one was suspecting a thing he and the other Decepticons attacked the gypsies and made them pay with the lives and the energon they took from them. It was a truly devastating night and from that moment on the entire village decided that no matter what any outsiders that came to their home would be untrusted until they knew for sure that they wouldn't bring death and destruction to them all.

Years had passed and since then the Decepticon clan had started to dwindle in numbers and soon there was only a handful left. Megatron, Starscream the second in command, Blitzwing, Lugnut, Shockwave, and Blackarachnia who had had just passed on from an accidential exposure to sunlight. Not wanting to see his clan diminish before their due time Megatron knew he needed to figure out something to make his clan strong and powerful once again.One evening as Megatron was in his private study he was staring out the giant glass window as the moon slowly rose over the treeline he sensed someone outside the door and spoke, "Enter."

Stepping inside Shockwave closed the door behind him and bowed in respect before approaching his master. "My lord, I do not wish to impose on your privacy but...we've all been wondering what you have come up with to regrow the clan? Now that...Blackarachnia is gone there are no other femmes in the clan to claim as your bride and queen. The only possible choice is to...to take one of the villagers as your new bride."

Continuing to stare out the window as he listened to Shockwave Megatron knew what he said was absolutely true and there was no other choice. But there was the difficult task of trying to get close to the villagers to find the proper femme to take as his bride. But... he remembered a way that just might solve the issue. Looking over his shoulder at Shockwave, he nodded his head once in agreement. "I believe you are right, Shockwave. In order to make our clan thrive once more, it's time for some...new blood to join us in our realm of darkness for all of eternity. Tell the others it's time for the song to be sung and call our new lady home at long last."

Bowing in agreement Shockwave left to do as he was told so that things could be prepared by him and the others. Hearing him leave Megatron turned to look back out the window in deep thought. He knew that once everything was ready, the one that would hear their song would be the one destined to be with him in eternity. However, what he didn't know was it was going to be a bot he never thought would survive the tragedy he caused long ago.