Runner of Winds

Chapter 3

A/N: Sorry it took so long to update. School being a pain right now and other stuff has been making it hard to write. Just a reminder the picture above is Windrunner's Jaguar form. The green lights are red instead of green. Enjoy the chapter :D

It was Saturday and I had nothing to do. So far I have only laid on the couch playing Halo and I watched King Arthur: Legend of the Sword. Finally fed with doing nothing. I let my holoform fizzle out and drove out of the parking garage behind my apartment. Getting on the main road I took a left and drove out of town. I passed a few other cars slowly speeding up and letting the wind whip pass my frame before I drifted onto a dirt road. I easily navigated the various dirt roads till I started to see trees more and came to a sudden stop. There was a small cliff and below was some boulders and a lot of trees. I smiled inwardly before slowly backing up and parking at the back of the road.

Revving my engine I sped forward and flew off the cliff. After a couple seconds of flight time I shifted into my Jaguar form. I landed with a thud making the ground shake a bit before I flickered my ears back and forth and looked around the area. Content that nobody was around I looked around one last time before I started to run. With the rhythmic pounding of my paws on the ground I let myself enjoy this little freedom that I got from running. Letting my body stretch out I gracefully ran through the woods feeling the pine needles and grass under my paws and listened to the birds and other creatures in the forest do what they always do. They were used to me by now since I run here every once in a while. I would continue to run through the forest before I came to a stop. Seeing a large lake in front of me, it was very beautiful and on the other side of the lake was a small heard of deer grazing in the grass and drink from the lake. I quietly walked over to the shade and climbed up into one of the willow trees. I settled down on the tree feeling the dark bark on my metal frame and laid there. Thankfully the tree branch I was laying on was very thick and strong, so I didn't have to worry about it breaking. My dark grey paint made me almost invisible in the shade if it weren't for the fact I had red lights on my body that faintly glowed, but wouldn't be noticeable unless someone looked straight up at me. Laying my head I let myself relax a little watched the wildlife come and go.

After about an hour I heard a large snap from a tree branch and the deer herd ran off from where they had been grazing spooked by the noise. I listened to there hooves thud against the ground for a bit and then focused my attention to the area where I heard the branch snap. I quietly sat on my branch waiting for whatever it was to come out of the forest. After about a minute I saw the culprit of the noise two tall mechs. They appeared to be seeker drones from what I can tell and they had that same symbol I see once in a while. They were followed by a red mech and a grey seeker who looked like was wearing high heels, but I knew better they were probably stabilizers. I would then flatten myself against the branch as the red mech walked near where I was thankfully the tree was tall, so he was able to stand right under it.

"Starscream why are we here again?" asked the red mech he was clearly annoyed. The two drones would continue to walk by and looked as if they were scanning something.
"Knockout would you just be patience and wait for one in your life," said the grey seeker who must of been Starscream. The red mech who I guess was Knockout grumbled about something and look around.
"So what exactly are we looking for?" Knockout asked again. I flattened my ears in amusement as I watched the seeker get angry he clearly had temper problems.
"You'll know when we find it," Starscream hissed. 

I then remembered that this was close to where I crashed a long time ago. The lake had been the first thing I saw when I got out of that pod, but now it was now part of the earth and mostly buried. I had moved large rocks over and around the areas that weren't fully buried. The ship was mostly destroyed and unfixable due to not having anything needed to fix it, but it must still have power after all this time. Turning on my scanners temporarily I noticed that a faint signal was coming from it now. A animal must of got in and messed around with the stuff inside and activated one of the computer modules. I then noticed that the two drones where getting awfully close to it before one climbed on top of the rock formation and looked at the scanner looking very confused at the moment.

"Commander Starscream," the drone suddenly spoke up, "I think we found it."
"Well then were is it?" asked the seeker impatiently.
"Well that's the problem, sir. The scanner says the signal is right here, but there isn't anything here...," the drone said.
I watched the red mech shake it's head before learning against the tree. It groaned a bit, but held his wait. I was worried though because if he looked up he would see me and I really didn't feel like getting chased at the moment. I watched as the seeker walked over to the drone and ripped the scanner from his hands and look at the data. After a couple seconds he looked over at the rock pile and I guess put two and two together because he then promptly fired a missile at the rocks making them explode and break apart. I watched him smile as he saw the mostly buried ship under the rubble and motioned for the drones to clean everything away.

The red mech walked away from the tree and looked at the crashed ship clearly impressed. The seeker said something in what I guess was comms as a couple more drones came out of a groundbridge and helped the two drones clear the rubble. I then quietly got off the tree and looked over at the two mechs as they talked while the drones worked. I stifled a groan from coming out because now there was gonna be patrols most likely looking for a rogue cybertronian and I was so not in the mood to lie low, but I guess I might have to. Turning around I dashed into the woods heading back home. Things were starting to heat up and I doubt this was even the beginning of it all.

A/N: I hope you enjoyed this chapter. It took a little longer mainly because it is a little bit of a filler and little bit of plot and the whole idea of it didn't come to me fully till today, so again I hope you enjoyed it. Make sure to stay tuned for Chapter 4! -Nevada out :D