Predacon Outcast

Chapter 38.

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Queen Xeno came back not long after she got the ray gun. When she walked in, she looked kinda scared by something. It couldn't be Nex, she easily kicked him away and ran out. So what could she be afraid of?

"Xeno, are you alright?" Ratchet asked.

"Well, I got the ray gun device." She said.

"That you did, but you seem rather frightened." Optimus adds.

He was right. She only sighed and set the device down, looking at us.

"That Nex, something about him isn't right...When I was close enough, I could feel pure EVIL oozing out of him. But it was almost like it wasn't HIM, but something else."

Something else? What was she talking about? My papa is my papa, but he just turned bad with that dark energon stuff. I could even still see some on her leg when she kneed Nex hard in the chest. Oh no, does that mean that she will turn bad too?!

"Could you elaborate?" Ratchet asks.

"Best description I can give is that he wasn't what he seemed."

The Queen Xenomorph took a seat upon one of the medical beds, looking at the dark energon on her "tattooed" leg. A light mist rose from it and I swear I could hear it humming. Xeno hissed and went to touch it, but I quickly grabbed her wrist to stop her. She turned her giant head to me with a head tilt.

"Please don't touch it, it'll hurt you more." I said.

"How do I get it off?" She asks.

Ratchet took a sample of the Dark Energon on her leg, humming to himself and setting it aside.

"A decontamination shower. Follow me, I will show you the results of your scans when you're finished."

Xeno got up from the medical table and followed Ratchet out of the room. I looked back to the ray gun on the table, my ears drooping. I wish it was me who had gone back to get the thing, now the Queen could possibly turn bad from the Dark Energon. No, she's stronger than that. She fought both Lockdown and Bruticus, winning both times. She CAN'T turn bad! She might not admit it, but she's super nice when she's not fighting someone or something. Kinda wish I could see her fight someone, I wanna know how she did it!

Ratchet came back a minute later, I watched him as he walked over to the sample.

"Ratchet, is Miss Xeno Okay?" I ask.

"Hm?"

"Is Miss Xeno okay?" I repeat.

"Don't worry, she should be fine once her shower is over."

I looked in the direction she went. I heard a loud hissing noise in there, it almost sounded pained.

"The dark energon won't affect her like it affected Nex, will it?"

Ratchet seemed at a loss for words, but Optimus shook his head.

"Honestly Springlock, we do not know for certain. She may be an organic, but she is part Cybertronian. More specifically, Autobot general Dai Atlas."

"Wait, she IS???"

He nods, "Yes, although we don't know how."

Holy scrap, that's crazy! I thought those robotic parts were just pieces of armor! Well, besides her one chestplate, flimsy pelvic armor, wrist and leg pieces. To be honest, she didn't wear much armor to begin with. Now that I think about it, I don't think she's very protected with it.

"Wow....She doesn't have much armor."

"Yes, we've noticed. But at least she is wearing something that fits this time. The last time she was here, she grew into her current form and her previous armor became too small." The grumpy medic said.