Runaway

Chapter Two - Dark Dream

"Steeldust, can you move over a bit? Yer kinda in the middle o' da floor, Sweetspark."

The five-vorn-old glanced up, then nodded. "Sorry, Carrier."

"It's okay, dear. Ah just don't want to step on ya."

As Steeldust picked up his toys and moved towards the table, his carrier carried on with what she was doing.

Steeldust sat back down on the floor, intent on finishing the battle his two action figures were having.

"You will be defeated in the name of justice!" he yelled, making the good mecha stand heroically on the rungs of the nearby chair. "No more will you do evil things!"

Moving the bad mecha closer, he tried to deepen his voice to sound like the character from the holovid show. "No. It is you who will be defeated this offcycle! I am too powerful for you."

Making the other figure leap down, Steeldust resumed his normal voice. "We'll see about that!"

"Steeldust! Can you be quieter! I can't focus on my homework!" came an irritated voice from the living room.

With a frown, the five-vorn-old turned his helm to look. "I am being quiet!"

A loud huff was his response. "No-you're-not. You're-being-really-loud."

"It's-not-me-it's-my-toys," protested Steeldust, pointing at his action figures. "They're-fighting-cause- "

"Your-toys-don't-even-talk-Steeldust. Carrier-can-you-make-Steeldust-be-quiet?" Blurr whined, coming into the kitchen.

Their carrier returned from wherever she had gone. She walked over to her two younglings, placing a hand on her hip.

"Ah don't think he was being that loud, Blurr. And he did already come out here so he wouldn't bother ya. Do ya need some help with yer homework?"

Blurr frowned, then after a few kliks, nodded his helm. "Yes, please. It doesn't make sense. And I can't concentrate enough to figure it out."

Harmony placed her hands on his shoulders, turning him and pushing him gently back into the living room. "Alright, Ah'll be right there in a couple kliks."

She then turned to the younger brother.

"Steeldust, do you think your toys could be a little more quiet?"

The youngling looked up. "I'll ask them to be."

The red and white femme smiled. "Thank you."

"Boom!" Steeldust whisper-shouted, bashing his toys into each other. "Wham! Bang! Kaboom!"

Suddenly, the lights flickered and then shut off.

Steeldust let out a surprised yelp and looked around.

It was dark.

He didn't like the dark very much.

"Carrier?"

There was no answer.

Steeldust carefully got to his pedes, making his way across the kitchen. "Carrier? Blurr?"

An eerie red glow filtered through the window above the table, illuminating the room. The youngling saw his carrier standing over by the kitchen counter.

He ran over and threw his servos around her pedes. "Carrier! I'm scared!"

His carrier slowly tilted her helm to look down at him. When Steeldust met her gaze, he let out a gasp.