Transformers (TFA) Metal to Scales

Hidden Lies

Walking through a damp, dark, and windy forest at night was not a pleasant experience. The cold air seeped through scales and chilled the dragon's to the bones. It was dark outside making the trees seem like tall, ominous figures in the distance. The wind made the plants sway in the breeze creating rustling noises that reminded Bumblebee of a scene in one of Sari's horror movies.

After walking for what felt like hours to Bumblebee but probably only about ten minutes, the group stumbled across a fallen tree crashed across a ravine. The dip in the Earth made a sort of bowl shape, and the fallen tree trunk cast a block for the wind to flow over the ravine instead of right through. It would still be cold, but being blocked from the wind was a lifesaver.

"Down here." Blackarachnia said, climbing down into the ravine with the others following.

Bumblebee stepped down lightly in the steep drop, placing his claws on the rocks jutting out of the cliff carefully to climb down. Next to him, Optimus tentatively stepped his good arm down on one rock, trying to balance with only one limb working. The Prime had trouble balancing, he stepped a few more inches down and wobbled dangerously on the rock edges. He quickly jumped back up on the previous rock nervously, fearing the rocks would give way.

Optimus sighed trying to come up with a new way down the hill when Megatron stepped up beside him. The warlord rolled his eyes at the Prime and straightened his arm for Optimus to hold onto. Megatron helped steady Optimus down the hill and into the ravine. Optimus smiled making Megatron huff. Ratchet and Prowl watched them carefully at the bottom, making sure the decepticon leader didn't shove Optimus off a ledge, but nothing of the sort happened as Optimus reached the bottom and Ratchet grabbed his arm to help him land. Megatron landed next to him and continued to walk on without looking back at the Prime.

"Thank you, Megatron." Optimus said with a relived sigh.

Megatron only nodded and walked on. He stopped abruptly when everyone heard a crack at the top of the hill followed by a high pitched 'scrap!'

Bumblebee saw Starscream's claws slip off a rock at the top of the cliff and watched the seeker tumble down the hill, his wings a big tangled mess. Starscream crashed in a dusty heap at the bottom and groaned. Starscream hissed bringing a claw to his head, "For Primus' sake!"

The dragon's laughed at the unlucky seeker and Bumblebee laughed so hard he almost lost his balance too.

"Nice one, Screamer!"

Megatron's eyes widened and he went to stand over the hissing seeker. The warlord reached down and grabbed Starscream's arm, "Starscream, you idiot, stand up. Don't you know how to stand without tripping and falling flat on your face!"

Starscream was pulled to his talons and shook violently in Megatron's grasp. The warlord raised an eyebrow, "Something the matter?"

A gust of wind flew over the ravine, not hitting the dragon's directly, but keeping the atmosphere above the ravine cold. Starscream nonetheless hissed and scrunched his eyes, trembling. "It's f-freezing out here." Megatron couldn't hold back an eye roll.

"Toughen up, useless seeker." Megatron jerked Starscream's arm away and swished his tail in anger at Starscream's incompetence, walking to the center of the ravine.

Starscream flinched at the gesture, fearing getting struck. The violet seeker made sad ruby red eyes at his leader for a moment before hissing at the cold again. Bumblebee almost felt sorry for him. Starscream seemed to not have very many friends...for good reasons...but it was still a little pitiful to watch him suffer. After all, seekers were much more sensitive to the cold than other cybertronians, even in new frames it seemed.