The Unity Of Two

3: Visions

"A bot arrived at the mine, he spent a fair while chasing me. But I lost him when I took flight." I quickly summarized.

"What faction?" Asked Primus.

"Autobot I think." I said, I saw him sometimes when I looked through the Prime's optics.

"You should have decapitated him." Unicron said, "I've been teaching you how to form weapons. With the crystals and stuff." This was true but it took a lot of focus but Unicron's mild descriptions on how to do it barely helped. Yet, I had managed to form a scythe every now and then.

"Don't listen to him, you took no chances-risk free. Good." Primus said, I smiled.

"I got energon, but he knows where the mine is now. He might take it." I added.

"We cross that bridge when we get to it." Unicron said, "And if he took it all you can get some good stuff." He added referring to dark energon. "The volcano."

"Huh?"

"I agree, you haven't had any for a while." Said Primus, which was unusual as he was against dark energon.

Unicron thought so too, "You okay?"

"I'm a taking rock, I'm fine." He retorted.

"Where's the Volcano?" I asked, not just curious.

"You want to go." Stated Unicron.

"Wait up, no, don't go." Primus said, trying to end the discussion. "To many hostiles."

"Where is it?" I asked again.

"You're not going." Primus said again.

"Just go north, you can't miss it." Unicron said, clearly to piss Primus off.

"Thanks." I got up and stretched.

"You're going now?"

"Better sooner than later." I said and transformed, I heard a frustrated growl from Primus but ignored it.

I began to run to get up to speed, I needed to fly and running would be to exhausting. I wasn't going to go as fast as I did when the bot was chasing me, just the minimum, it was less dangerous. At a slower run my timing was better and soon I took off. I was flying at a slight upward angle and slowly gaining speed. Soon I was comfortable and kept the speed.

I had flown many miles before I spotted the volcano on the horizon, and it didn't take long for me to reach it. I began the decent and soon saw what looked to be vehicons, I grew nervous. I took a long way round and swooped around the back and out of sight. I landed and was pleased to see no one.

I concentrated on my hearing and heard distant drilling, however I did not require one. Many dark energon crystals littered the ground. I began picking up crystals and putting them in my subspace.

Suddenly my vision flashed, I saw the interior of the Nemesis, through Megatron's optics. He was looking at the visor of a slender bot, an eerie vibe radiated of him. On his visor a video was displayed, and I was at the center of it.

"I'll deal with this." A low growl came from Megatron.

I pulled out and stood shock still before I came too. I had to flee, I could not stand my ground against him.

I began to look around, a cave, I could hide... No, I would trap myself. I looked in the distance and saw a near dead forest, if the warlord were to follow, I could lose him there.

A cliff dropped off into a valley below in the direction of the forest, cliffs were good places to take off. A smooth jet engine could now be heard, I had dawdled enough. I hastily stuffed more dark energon into my subspace and stuffed a small crystal in my intake.

My vision flashed to the warlord, he could see me now.

I transformed into my beasty mode and galloped to the cliff, once I got to the edge I jumped and spread my wings. Two wing beats got me in the air but not up to speed. Suddenly I felt the warlords presence in my mind before it left as quick as it came.

Megatron was getting closer, I entered a mild frenzy and began flapping out of pattern. It did not help. As a last resort I began a decent, gravity helping me get up to speed. Slowly it worked, but not fast enough.

A blast hit my shoulder, awfully close to my neck, I lost my balance and prepared to land.

But I would not stop, I would run.

I touched down heavily, my current form would have been smaller than the mech in pursuit and perhaps nimbler.

I began to run, leaping over obstacles. Megatron flew closer, I could see him in my peripheral vision. He was close enough for me to attack too, more venerable in this form, only a leap would be required.

Perhaps I would. I glared at him silently as I ran and waited for the right moment

I jumped.

My beak-like muzzle latched onto his wing and my hind and front claws clung onto his plating, I hung upside down as he continued to fly. I, being slightly smaller than his alt, barely weighed him down.

"Argh!" He shot up causing me to dig in my claws in to keep hold, wet energon begun to seep out. Suddenly he dove down and leveled out once he was above the ground. Slowly he descended further, I was between him and the ground, I knew what would come next and he would not wait.

I quickly let go, softening my fall with my forearms and bolted for the dying forest. The warlord was slow in pursuit, still leaking energon. I reached the forest and snaked my way around the trees, Megatron was bigger, he would be slower.

Time passed slowly and I risked a glance through Megatron's optics. He had given up and was flying back to the Nemesis.

I allowed a sigh of relief and headed back to my creators.