The Purple Praetorian

Part 14.

Je'Trya turned his attention to me.

"Friend of yours?" He clicks.

I slowly shook my head. I immediately sensed his confusion and concern as we both stood up, brushing the soot off our skin. Lockdown chuckled as I could feel his eyes on us, especially me.

"So that was YOUR drone in there I dismantled. Hope you got a good view of my teeth, now why are you here?" I ask in English.

"I've been searching far and wide for a rarity like you..."

I reared my head back.

"Is that supposed to be a compliment?" I snarl.

"Xeno, my English is rather rusty. What is he saying?" My father clicks.

"Hold on..." I gripped my combistick.

"Fighting me would be a very unwise thing to do. What you can do now is come with me peacefully. Your ally here will be spared if you do so."

I bare my teeth at him and growl, looking to my father.

"He asks me to go with him and you will be spared." I click.

Je'Trya snickered which turned into a chuckle as he continued to brush the soot off, "The P'Tuera don't surrender, we fight to the death."

"But Father, you have 2 children on the way back home. They need you more than me right now."

"Unless you have a better idea, we fight."

I looked back at the large bounty hunter then towards his large hounds, they looked ready to pounce at any given moment. They must be trained to track any type of prey, or in this case, my father and I. If we were to run, the beasts will surely stop us immediately by tackling us. But if they were unable to see us, it would buy my father and I time to get around both them and their master to get to higher ground. This gives me an idea...

"I am growing impatient, serpent."

I snarl at the Cybertronian, "Fine, I'll go with you. First, I want to say goodbye."

Lockdown sighed, "Be quick."

I look to my father with a sad expression. As he can sense my emotions and vice versa, he knew I was up to something.

"Father, I have an idea. Do you have your cloaking device ready for use?" I click.

He nods, "What are you thinking?"

"Just be ready to use it."

I give him a nod and step towards Lockdown, putting on the most defeated act I could.

"Very well, I'm ready to go. And might I say, your hounds are surely terrifying."

"Come now." He turns his back to me as he started walking away.

I would reach into my small pouch with my smoke bombs with a grin from earhole to earhole.

"I hope they can see in a smoke cloud..." I chuckle.

The moment I said it, the bounty hunter whipped back towards my father and I as I threw one of my smoke bombs down at the ground, shielding my father and I from his sight.

"FATHER RUN!!" I roar.

I activated my own cloaking device and ran out of the smoke cloud, just BARELY missing one of the hounds. Looking back I could see the smoke be disturbed as it was surely my father running out of the cloud, Lockdown was clearly angered as he couldn't see or find my father and I, that was until he turned our direction.