A Predacon's Tale

ch.2 The Attack

(Flameburst's account)

It was an average enough day, but I could see something was wrong. My sire, he was tense. Constantly looking to the sky, trying to see what he was sensing with his middle horn - the one senses when a Prime is nearby or in trouble. Then they attacked! Energon blue looking electricity criss-crossed every inch of the ground, canyon and caves. Then my sire shouted "leave now my clan! And alpha's remain and fight". We all did as we were told. But I hesitated to fly away when I reached the top of the canyons shiny cliffs. I looked back and saw sire, Sparkplug, Ignite and the other alpha's, fighting some very ugly creatures, but they looked very similar to the Prime of life – Quintus Prime. My sire then looked up and looked straight at me, then spoke telepathically to me. "Go to the Forest of Gold and silver" he said, "and I will meet you there". I heeded his advice and flew there only to realize it was a very bad choice.

Flameburst had flown for hours to reach the forest. She was tired and alone. She'd seen the Maximal's ­– a new breed of Predacons-, led by her very close friend Optimus Primal, flee the attack. "Curse the Maximal's" she said in Predacon. Then she heard the rustle of the gold and silver leaves, and then.... Laughter. What type of Predacon would be laughing at this point in time she thought. Although not all of the Predacons on Cybertron lived in the canyon she did, she still couldn't understand why anyone would be laughing. She started to make her way towards the centre of the forest, towards the laughing. When she reached a clearing there she saw for the first time, up close, a Quintession.

"Welcome young one" he boomed. "I am Judge Laughter". Flameburst immediately arced her back and started to growl. She spread her wings out to make herself more intimidating. "That doesn't work on us, little one" the Quintession knew his stuff. Flameburst was only a teenager, but was a little bit bigger than Laughter. He put his servo out and placed it on her snout, this was the only way to tame a Predacon, and only the rest of the Thirteen knew that. When he placed his servo on her snout he saw her memories and he knew her name and that the guardian had raised her.

"Do it" he commanded. Within seconds Flameburst was tied down with chains, chains that were in the servos of Sharkticons. "Knock 'er out" ordered Laughter. The Sharkticon on the left holding the nearest chain to Flameburst's head caught her attention and kicked the left side of her head with such force it knocked her out instantly. "Bring her to the meeting point, at the Sea of Rust, the others will deal with her then" said Laughter in an ordered tone. The Sharkticons did as they were told, carrying her limp red and navy frame away towards the Sea of Rust.

*any speech written in bold is said in Predacon