The Flaming Emissary

Chapter 10

Reiscorn was softly awakened by sleek talons at his back, he opened his optics seeing starscream above him gazing at his form. Reiscorn blushed and groaned letting the seeker know he was awake, Reiscorn slowly lifted his helm from Starscream's lap. 

Starscream felt the warmth from his legs fade, Predaking was still in recharge presumeingly since half his sight remained. Reiscorn limped off to a shady tree and gazed up at the cloudless sky, it was morning, and all around the trio were birds singing and the wind dancing in the air.

'What a beautiful sight, how I miss the same brilliant sky of cybertron' reiscorn sighed, starscream took note and paid close optics to Reiscorn. ' Dear Reiscorn, your dissipated happiness has somehow moved even me. What have you done to me?'

Predaking raised his helm and stretched hitting his hip accidentally on the tree beside him, branches scattered over his frame. One landed on his nostrils and he snorted it off displeased, he sniffed the air and cautiously stepped toward Reiscorn's scent. 

Starscream watched them, Reiscorn was in deep thought not realizing the looming presence sitting beside him. Predaking seductively growled at Reiscorn and roughly tackled him all of a sudden pulling Reiscorn from his thoughts. Predaking nipped and licked at Reiscorn's neck as Reiscorn trembled under him unable to throw the weight in his weak state. 

Starscream quickly rose to his feet, 'What am I doing?! Why should I intervene, I should leave them to their love but why do I feel so...jealous?!'.

Predaking started grinding against Reiscorn's closed interface panel, Reiscorn tried to push Predaking away but there was no use. 'P-Pre...Predaking I don't want...this.....unhand m-me' Reiscorn gasped under predaking. It started getting a little warm between the two beasts, 'What am I thinking, this isn't love it's rape in the most disgusting of methods.' 

Starscream ran up to the two but Predaking growled, and starscream didn't leave. Starscream tried pushing Predaking off from their position but Predaking was way too large, Predaking felt the pushes and movements but didn't know from where exactly since he was still half-blinded. He sniffed the air and turned his head down to Starscream's trembling and struggling form, he got off from Reiscorn and pushed starscream away with his claw. 

Starscream was sent stumbling back landing on his aft, he was annoyed. Starscream pointed his missiles at Predaking, Predaking sensing the target quickly marched to the seeker. As he came up to Starscream Predaking's plating started moving and shifting around, the next thing starscream sees before him was a large, heavily built mech even taller than megatron himself.

Starscream started trembling as he stood, Predaking glared down at the frightened seeker  "YOU WILL NOT INTERFERE IN OUR JOINING STARSCREAM, REISCORN IS MINE AND MINE ALONE DO YOU UNDERSTAND?!"

Starscream straightened his stance but even still his wings were shaking, "I will not tolerate your behavior without Reiscorn's consent on the matter, and in his weakened state especially, would you want to injure Reiscorn more than he already is?!"

Predaking was silent, his expression displaying his thinking, "I apologize, it was unruly for me to act this way in Reiscorn's state. I hadn't considered his health but of my own mere pleasures and ....adoration for him." Predaking lightly bowed. Starscream looked behind Predaking's bow to Reiscorn's rising figure, he sighed in relief that wasn't harmed.

Reiscorn slowly got up and growled at Predaking's back, he limped over to the two and stayed behind Starscream's frame for protection. Predaking perked at the noises of movement near him, he still hadn't taken note of Reiscorn's position. Starscream was surprised and horrified to now know that their predacon can transform. 

Suddenly starscream received a signal from his commlink, "This is starscream go ahead".

"Knockout here, soundwave's gonna bridge you in a nano-second screamer just to give you a heads up."

"Knockout don't call me that, anyways, how's your beastly little pet been doing by the way any word hm?"

"Haven't heard from her yet, how's your lovely bodyguard doing?"

Starscream's face plate turned a shade of blue, "H-he's-ahem-he's doing alright, just prevented a disgusting interaction from unfurling before my optics"

"Hm, interesting. I'd thought you'd make the first move screamer, not the scaly predacon."

"A-A-A-A..why would I m-make the...first move knockout?" starscream stuttered embarrassed.

"It's obvious starscream even the whole ship knows of your behavior around that chivalrous beast. But I warn you when you return, we have a new guest in darkmount."

"Really, why didn't Lord Megatron inform me when I last contacted him?" starscream was a little alarmed and suspicious of the news. 'Is this my punishment of which Megatron was speaking?!'   

 "Probably wanted it to be a surprise when you returned. His name is Priard, found him while I was scavenging around the remains of the Omega Lock for any relics. Chose a sleek vehicle, by the way, very unique design if I say so myself. Doesn't talk much, well since he doesn't have a voice box like the Autobot scout Bumblebee that Lord Megatron tore out."

"Interesting, when did he arrive?"

"About two days ago I presume"

Starscream looked down at Reiscorn's form laying behind him. Predaking sat under the tree he slept under before, taking in his new form. "Soundwave is pulling up a groundbridge now."

Starscream waited..and waited and waited but there came nothing. "Where's the groundbridge I called for Knockout?!"

"Sorry, the ship is under attack at the moment and soundwaves busy. You'll have to wait starscream" knockout responded, heavy fire was heard in the background before the connection was cut. 

"Knockout, respond. Who are we being attacked by?!" 

Silence was all that responded, starscream sighed with a servo rubbing his tired optics.

Reiscorn looked at him, and starscream looked at him saddened. "It'll be a while before we can head back."