The Sound Of A Thousand Screams

[6] Into The Castle

Chapter 6
{The Emperor And The Prince}
Into The Castle
[Back to the Past]
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"SLIPSTREAM!"
Starscream yelled out as he watched SlipStream disappear through the portal.
His servos were still pressed against the wall, shock still.
In frustration, he slammed his servo against the wall and growled.

Starscream turned swiftly around to look at StarLight.
"YOU KNEW THEY WERE HERE, DIDN'T YOU?!?"

StarLight took a few steps back.
"I-I-"

"YOU BROUGHT ME HERE AT THE EXACT TIME AND LOCATION! WHY?!?"

StarLight stared at him for a moment then took a deep intake before replying.

"Yes, I purposely brought you here. I brought you here cause I knew they'd be here, but I didn't know they'd bring SlipStream through this area."

Starscream stomped towards StarLight in fury.

"You need to realize that they're stronger than you. You're outgunned and outmanned, How do you expect to fight off fifty mechs?"

Starscream grabbed her by the shoulder blades.
"WHERE IS THEIR BASE?!?"

StarLight hesitated, then finally replied.
"Fine."
She knew that Starscream wouldn't let this go so she told Starscream anyways.

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Starscream flew around the hidden ruined castle in the skies, this castle was originally one of the high commands' home.
But once the high command fell, so did the castle.
Abandoning history, The Anti Crew raided the castle and took it as their base.
The castle was a ship, driving everywhere slowly in a full circle.

Starscream landed outside the gates. The castle's shadows were looming over him, Starscream took note of the one open window at the top of the castle's tower.

As Starscream took one step towards the castle, a group of mechs appeared through portals and flashes of blue.

They stared at Starscream, silently ordering him to follow. Half of the mechs were waiting behind him while the others were already walking into the castle.

Starscream followed them while taking note of the Anti Crew's brand.
Their finish was completely white, mixed with any bot's favorite color.
Starscream also noticed that all of them were wearing blindfolds and never stopped smiling.

They entered the castle, it was dark and the smell of the castle was so strong.
Like barbecue and exotic foods were left out to rot on a sunny day.

The hallways were filled with dried up puddles of Energon and robotic limbs, some puddles of Energon and limbs were fresh.

Starscream and the Anti crew made it to the throne room.
A long white carpet was laying on the floor, across the throne room and put all the way to the entrance of the castle.

A purple throne was shining clean with white cushions and a lovely white spade was printed on the throne's top.
If you look closer, you could see a few scratches on the throne.

On the throne was a bot, light grey helm, white faceplates, purple chest plates, purple on the end half of their pedes while the other half was grey, their left optic had a scar that wasn't bothered to be fixed, their optics were fully black, their pupils were white and they had a large purple cape wrapped around their shoulder blades.
The bot's frame was slim, built almost alike to Starscream's frame.