A Light In The Darkness

Revealed

Elisa made sure she did everything she could to please Carrier. Even though he kept repeating that he wasn't angry at her for her recent visit with the autobots, she was still cautious and kept close to his side. Phoenix kept teasing her constantly about and it made Elisa submit even more. Even with the teasing, Phoenix was still happy to have her sister back and kept watch over her at times, but with playtime she got too rough.

"Owww! Phoenix!" Elisa cried when Phoenix pounced on her back in surprise. She had landed on Elisa's bad wing before leaping off of her and landing in front of her.

"Come on, shake it off!" Phoenix insisted.

"Phoenix I told you, leave your sister alone. She can't play with you!" Megatron snapped in irritation. Phoenix sat down on her back legs and gave him a pouting face. "I told you go to the virtual room and play in there. Elisa needs to heal." Megatron said sternly.

"But I want to play with Elisa." Phoenix insisted.

"I don't want to play." Elisa said quietly. Phoenix frowned before she stuck her tongue out at Elisa. She stood back up on two legs and walked out of the bridge to the virtual room to play with holograms that were made by the computer.

"Did she hurt you Elisa?" Megatron asked as he kneeled down to her and gently took her wrist into his large servo.

"No Carrier. She hit my wing on accident that's all." Elisa answered. Megatron ran his finger down her cast in a comforting gesture as he looked at the bandaged wing. He was still surprised at how tiny the femmes were. At eight years old both femmes barely came past his knees. Even the autobot femme, Arcee, was bigger than them as she came up to his waist. He knew they still had a lot of growing to do and when they reach the first stage of maturity at fourteen they would definitely start growing a lot faster. The bandage on her wing was still intact and there was no blood, so he knew that Elisa would be fine.

He didn't notice Starscream glance at them from his station as he looked at Elisa's body with concern. He knew Elisa would be miserable until her wing was healed as he was a fellow flyer himself. Wings were terribly sensitive and needed plenty of healing time. He felt terribly bad for Elisa as she had gotten very quiet since her little run in with the autobots. In a way he felt that she was acting like him and being very submissive to her Carrier because she felt that he was disappointed in her. Phoenix's teasing wasn't exactly helping and her roughhousing was getting worse.

"Perhaps a bit of fresh air might do Elisa some good, my Liege." Starscream suggested cautiously. Megatron looked back at the seeker who pointed to the coordinates of a mine he had on the screen.

"Perhaps Starscream." Megatron said quietly before he stood up. "I want you to join me Starscream and perhaps the open area might give Phoenix a good run."

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Once they got to the mine, Phoenix instantly started to run, but was careful this time not to interfere with any miners. Elisa looked around nervously unsure if she should leave Carrier's side.

"Ooopp." She cried out when she got a playful nudge from Carrier.

"Go on Elisa, I need to talk with Starscream." Megatron said gently. Elisa nodded before she walked away looking at the energy waves that kept sending waves from far below the surface. "She's become far too quiet." Megatron said sadly.

"She feels that you are disappointed in her Master." Starscream said quickly.

"But I've told her time and time again that I'm not." Megatron insisted.

"She's a youngling Mater... it's like a cautious step in a way." Starscream said.

"In what way?"

"Well she knows that she isn't supposed to be around the autobots, but she got caught and now she feels guilty. By staying by your side she feels that she is showing the correct behavior that should have happened." Starscream explained.

"She always is more cautious." Megatron said.

"Phoenix isn't exactly helping." Starscream muttered.

"What?" Megatron growled.

"Phoenix keeps teasing Elisa about it and it makes her feel even guiltier." Starscream defended.

"Phoenix always teases Elisa." Megatron snapped back. Starscream knew better than to continue so he didn't argue back. He could only hope Megatron wasn't favoring one femme over the other.

"I'm merely stating what I have seen Master." Starscream said quietly. Megatron frowned but didn't comment. He looked back over at Elisa and saw that she had dug up a small energon crystal and was licking it like a treat. She glanced over at him and waved her tail in the air and he smiled back at her before she continued with her treat. "She just wants to make you happy. All sparklings want to make their creators happy." Starscream said gently. Megatron only nodded. He watched Elisa lick at the crystal before she froze. His optics narrowed in caution as Elisa slowly looked around at some unseen force. She finally settled on the rock ceiling above before she slowly started to walk away from it.

"What is it little one?" Megatron called out, but before she could answer the rock exploded by fire. Elisa squealed in surprise as she ran towards her Carrier. Phoenix wasn't far behind in the air. Before either femme could reach him something slammed down to the ground and they both looked up in fear.

As the smoke cleared there was a large red dragon with deadly red eyes and black wings and orange spikes stood before them on two legs. His sharp claws glowed a deadly red and his fangs were bared in a menacing snarl.

Megatron froze when Magma let out a deadly roar.

When the dragon stopped roaring it looked at the two small femmes that were a few feet away from him. One was red like him, while the other was a sky blue. Magma frowned at the color and at the femmes eyes as they were also a bright blue. Phoenix stared at the dragon in wonder and was absolutely fascinated with the dark red energy that surrounded him. Elisa felt the exact opposite as she looked at the dragon with fear and his aurora was a deadly black with a coldness that she had never felt before.

"Elisa! Phoenix! Get over here now!" Megatron shouted as he ran towards them. He snatched Phoenix into his arms, while Starscream had gotten hold of Elisa and was pointed his rocket at Magma.

"Well Megatron it's been a while." Magma smiled darkly.

"Not long enough." Megatron snapped bitterly. He heard a growl from above and he recognized Magma's two twin sons, Rhodius and Rising Dawn hovering in the air as they watched the drones carefully.

"I see my experiment went well." Magma said darkly, licking his fangs. Phoenix let out a whimper and buried her head in Megatron's chestplates. The dragon was starting to scare her now.

"Get away!" Megatron shouted extracting his blade and the troops aimed their guns at the intruders.

"Who are you to deny a sparkling to see their Sire?" Magma stated. Elisa huddled against Starscream, but made sure to listen carefully after hearing the word Sire.

"You are no Sire to them and you never will be!" Megatron snapped back.

"I only need one and the one you have right now will do just fine." Magma teased.

"No Carrier!" Phoenix cried out and Megatron fired right at Magma, making him fall back.

"You will never take my sparklings!" Megatron roared back.

"I will take them one day Megatron. I made you submit to me once, I'm sure they will think about you inferior humans one day too." Magma sneered. Elisa let out a small gasp when she felt a twist of pain and fear in her spark coming from her bond with Carrier. She knew that something was terribly wrong.

"Carrier...?" She called out, but he didn't answer, still focused on Magma.

"I will kill you if you touch them." Megatron snapped.

"I am their Sire Megatron, whether you like it or not. One day they will think you are inferior and be at my side, like they were supposed to." Magma said carefully. He noticed the red dragon...Phoenix....it had to be...was staring at him more curiously now than in fright and he couldn't be more pleased.

"GET OUT!" Megatron roared, firing at Magma yet again. The dragon flew easily into the air and hovered above the entrance for a moment before he stared right back at Megatron in warning before he left without another word.

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Once things had settled down Phoenix started asking questions.

"Who was he?" Phoenix asked.

"Nobody important." Megatron stated.

"Why did he call himself Sire?" Phoenix asked.

"He's not your Sire Phoenix and he never will be!" Megatron snapped irritated.

"Liar!" Phoenix snapped back making Megatron glare down at her.

"What did you say?" He growled.

"Liar!" Phoenix shouted again. Megatron snatched her before she could fly away and glared down at her with an angry sneer.

"Now you listen and listen good Phoenix. That dragon is called Magma and he is a horrible dragon that did terribly things long before you were born. You will never be safe with him and he will never love you. You stay away from him. Is that clear?" Megatron stated.

"But I liked his energy." Phoenix protested.

"I don't care about his energy!" Megatron shouted, making Phoenix flinch. "You stay away from him. He doesn't love you and just wants to use you for his own good. He will never protect you and he will throw you away when you are not useful to him anymore." Megatron added. He let go of Phoenix who hit the ground on all fours and she glared up at Megatron in anger.

"I want a Sire." She stated.

"You won't have a Sire. You have me and that's all you need." Megatron stated. Phoenix didn't know what else to say so she flew out of the bridge and didn't come back. As long as she stayed on the ship, he was satisfied as Soundwave monitored both femmes when they weren't in his sights. He let out a frustrated sigh and rubbed his optics.

"Carrier...?" A small voice called out.

He looked up to see Elisa huddled in the corner by Soundwave's station and she seemed very frightened by both the encounter with Magma and the fight with Phoenix. He walked over to Elisa and picked her up into his arms and cradled her close. She leaned into his chestplates and licked his insignia and he knew from the gesture that she felt something was very wrong.

"I'm alright Elisa." He whispered, but she kept licking at the insignia anyway. She continued to nuzzle and purr against his chestplates.

"I love you Carrier." Elisa whispered.

"I love you too Elisa." Megatron whispered back before he made her look at him. "You must never go to that dragon. He will hurt you Elisa." Megatron stated and tears started to come to his optics. She licked the tears away making him laugh before she nodded her head and Megatron placed her back down on the ground. He wasn't sure what else to say to Elisa as she wasn't talking like Phoenix had. He found her pouting in their room that night before recharge.

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Phoenix just wouldn't let the matter go. She kept asking and asking Megatron about Magma until the point where he had to shout at her to stop. She finally had enough and took her frustration out on Elisa.

"Phoenix, leave Carrier alone." Elisa insisted. Phoenix took one look at Elisa and growled before she roughly pushed her away, making Elisa cry out in surprise as she scraped her wrist cast over the metal ground. Her wing had healed nicely and was no longer bandaged, but her wrist would take some more time. Starscream's optics widened in surprise and he was about to voice his objection to the youngling when Megatron wordlessly grabbed Phoenix by the back of her neck and pinned her against his chest as he started to walk off the bridge.

"Elisa come!" He ordered sternly. She flew after him in silence and it wasn't long before they were on the open deck and in private. He quickly let go of Phoenix who fell to the ground in surprise and a small yelp. "Don't you ever hit your sister like that." Megatron stated darkly with a frown. Phoenix only glared up at him as Elisa looked on nervously. "Long before you were born, Magma did terrible things." Megatron started and Phoenix looked at him curiously. "He wanted too much power for himself and he killed his own family." Megatron stated and Phoenix's eyes went wide with shock. "He killed his own brother and his son and he didn't even care. He hurt me once." Megatron said calmly. "I don't want you to be like him. I don't want you to get hurt...because I love you both so much." Megatron said quietly. Phoenix flew up to him and nuzzled her head against his helm and started to purr.

"I'm sorry Carrier. I love you too." Phoenix said sweetly. Elisa only smiled and leaned against his leg in silent affection. He smiled down at her and patted her helm. Phoenix went over to Elisa and licked her face in apology. "I'm sorry sissy." She said playfully and Elisa licked her back in acceptance.

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Two twin girls.

Magma couldn't have hoped for better results. Female Primes were extremely rare and very powerful dragons. They were even more powerful than a Male Prime as they needed the strength to carry on the legacy. Females were the natural carriers, and while a Male could carry a sparkling as well, Females were just the natural choice by nature. Female Primes had superior senses and master elements more quickly than Males. Some of their powers just could not be explained, no matter how hard someone tried. Magma sneered at the thought, but he still remembered how Aquarius' bondmate, a Prime as well, was telepathic, had beautiful, strong wings, and had mastered the use of water and air.

Magma remembered how in his younger years he had tried to master electrical energy and failed miserably. No matter how hard he tried the element was just too powerful and he had given up in the end. He wanted Phoenix badly. Her energy had slowly filled with curiosity instead of fright. He had no use for Elisa and she was frightened by him. He noticed that Phoenix must have been named for her color, while Elisa was a curious name to him.

Elisa meant Primus Promise.

Even though he preferred Phoenix, he still could use Elisa if he had to use force. Both femmes could be unstoppable together under his rule. The problem was that Megatron wouldn't give them up without a fight. Magma smiled at the thought of killing Megatron as that would get rid of one of his problems. He knew the former gladiator wouldn't give up without a fight and he would give it to him, no problem. He hated humans with every fiber of his being. His attack on Megatron had been to show him how easily Magma could break him. The two femmes had been a bonus.

Optimus Prime posed another problem to Magma. The human "Prime" wouldn't give up without a fight either. Magma hoped that with his weak caring nature that Optimus would submit to him to spare his fellow autobots some pain of losing their leader. He hoped he didn't know about the femmes as he hadn't seen the human on Earth since his arrival several years ago. He had come to Earth through one of the last remaining space bridges under the decepticon control. He wasn't pleased to see Starscream was still around and he wondered how the human seeker had survived this long as he had always plotted against Megatron, even when he had his "temporary" truce with him.

He actually preferred Earth over Cybertron as he appreciated organic material more than the humans had. However, the transition had not been easy for him tribe. They had taken refuge in one of the abandoned mines and dug up the scraps the humans missed. They had been scavengers for quite some time before Magma caught a glimpse of an eradicon. He recognized that purple with the insignia instantly and searched for Megatron, but searching for the human and his ship was much harder than he thought and so he had to wait. Fate had been kind to him that day when he found Megatron again.

His tribe consisted of seven dragons, eight including him. Rhodius and Rising Dawn were his twin sons from his late bondmate, Titania as she had perished on Cybertron. Shadow was his main solider and he lived up to his name as he was pitch black, except for his red eyes. He was a product of mixed breeding he did not know, but nothing stood out in his body. His wings were a sturdy size and he was well built. He was what Magma referred to a "common" breed with no particular trait standing out. His bond mate was the only seeker dragon of the tribe, SkyBlade. SkyBlade was like his human seeker counterpart, Starscream. He did have different colors than Starscream. He was a dark, dark, purple with black wings and orange eyes. He had a skinny body and elegant curves with large sturdy wings made for flying.

The other bonded pair was Slider and Glider. They were considered the "grounders" of the group. They did have wings, but they were very small compared to the others. Slider was a bright red with a sleek body while Glider was a navy blue with more muscle. They both had red eyes as well. Slider was the healer of the group as Earth was heaven for him with all the organic material. All the different herbs he needed for healing were just everywhere, much to his delight. Glider fetched the herbs for him at times without complaint.

The most unique member, at least in Magma's opinion, was Seek Gazer. He wasn't bonded to anyone, but he eagerly accepted Magma as his partner just as Magma accepted him. He was the Watcher of the tribe. He was very similar to Megatron's Soundwave, as Seek Gazer was silent and only spoke to Magma telepathically. It was one of the more unfortunate traits of a Watcher as the parts that made their voice became underdeveloped and weak from lack of use and this made most Watchers silent. While some could speak through a sort of sign language, most Watchers were telepathic. Seek Gazer had a thin body with curves that weren't as seductive as SkyBlade, but Magma didn't care. His wings were thin and black as they were made for gliding. His body was a misty white and his eyes were white as well. He blended in with the clouds in the air and the fog on the ground. Seek Gazer had been in his tribe for many, many years and Magma knew he didn't intend to leave. The Watcher was always looking for empty mines and more suitable locations at his Prime's command and he immediately contacted him when he had found Megatron.

Magma had to smile at the thought of the two femmes again.

They would be wonderful additions to the tribe one day.