Predacon Outcast

Chapter 55.

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"Oh Springlock, where did you go?" One of my aunt's called.

While Mama and Papa are gone, my mamas sisters decided that we could play a game of hide and seek while we waited for them to come back. Right now, I'm the one who was told to hide. I picked a spot in one of the storage rooms and hid there behind some large crates, giggling quietly while trying not to give myself away.

"Hmm, where could she have gone?" I heard Chromia say.

"Did she turn invisible?" Firestar said.

Oh if only I could do that, but I can't. I put my hands over my mouth so I would keep quiet, I don't really trust myself without doing that. Suddenly I was picked up, I squealed and laughed when I saw it was only Arcee who had found me.

"Gotcha!" She said.

"No fair!" I laugh.

"All's fair in love and games." She says.

Arcee set me down and I crossed my arms. Dangit, I knew giggling would give me away. Oh well, we can play again. But before I could say we should play again, we heard footsteps coming towards the room. My ears perked and I looked towards the doors, seeing Mama and Papa walking past.

"Mama, Papa! You're back!"

They both looked in our direction as I ran up to them, hugging both their legs with a purr. They were kinda slow to hug me back. I looked up and noticed that they both looked kinda sad, or maybe bummed. Either way, they didn't look happy. I tilt my head.

"What's wrong?" I ask.

Elita sighed and picked me up, "We didn't make it in time, Xeno was captured by the Combaticons."

My ears drooped and optics widen. Queen Xeno was taken?! No!! They're gonna kill her! Or worse, do whatever they did to Grimlock and his team! I could feel the tears fill my eyes and I started to sniffle, but mama shushed me while papa pat my head.

"It's alright, Springlock. We WILL find her." She said.

"And she will be alright, she knows how to get herself out of tricky situations."

I saw Dai Atlas approaching us. He knows Xeno better than anyone since he basically lived with her for almost all her life, so maybe he was right. Besides, she fought Lockdown and won, the same with Bruticus. She should be okay, right? Even though she could be alright, I still couldn't help but worry. I'm just a worrier, a worrier bunny. I whimpered and leaned against Elita.

"Perhaps it is time for you to sleep, little one." She says.

"But I'm not tired."

Just then I yawned. Dangit! Why is it whenever I say that I'm not tired, I yawn? Curse my reactions. Mama and Papa both chuckled and carried me to the room where my bed was.

Several other Autobots were already asleep when we walked in, some even snoring. I could see Ravage laying on my bed, he lifted his head and saw us approaching. The cat meowed and stood up as Elita laid me in bed and pulled the blanket over me.

"Mama, Papa..?"

"Yes?" Elita says.

"Will Xeno be okay?" I ask.

They look at each other for a moment.

"She will be fine. Once we discover her location, we shall go and find her." Papa pat my head.

Ravage meowed and laid up against me, purring and nuzzling against my face. I smiled and yawned again, putting my arm around the mini con. He snuggled even closer with a loud purr as I closed my eyes.

"Sleep well, little one." I heard my mother say as I drifted off.

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I woke up the next morning with a squeaky yawn, Ravage stirring as I did. He rolled onto his back and looked at me with his bright optics.

"Morning Ravage."

Just then, I heard pained screaming. I jolted up in bed with a gasp. The scream was familiar to me, really familiar. Ravage jumped down from the bed and took off towards the screams.

"Ravage wait!" I yelled.

I quickly got out of bed and ran after my cat, leaving the room and out into the hallway. But as I entered the hall, Ravage just seemed to have vanished. This made me really worried for my companion, how did he just disappear? Another scream sounded to my left, this one sounding even more agonizing.

I ran down the corridor towards the screams. The closer I got to them, the more familiar they sounded. Wait a minute, is that..?

When I reached the place where the screams were coming from, I was surprised to see Queen Xeno in heavy chains. She was being heavily electrocuted by the chains and trying to get free, but she couldn't. Oh no, she needs help! Fortunately there were no cons in the room, so I ran in towards her.

"Xeno!"

She looked at me, her pink and blue eyes wide.

"Kid?! What are you doing here?! Run!!" She yelled.

"No! I'm gonna get you out of here!" I state.

The electrocution continued and she screamed louder, loud enough that it hurt my hearing. I covered my ears and tried tuning out the shrill screams. They were so loud that even covering my ears wasn't much help, it still hurt.

"How can I get you out?!" I yelled over her screams.

Suddenly a shot hit the Queen right in the chest, her screams went silent as her blood splattered everywhere, including over me. I was stunned by the fact that she was just...dead. I could feel the tears fill my eyes as I started to cry.

"You thought that you could save her?" A familiar voice said.

I turned my head to see Megatron with a smoking cannon on his arm. I gasped and let out a growl as he started to approach me, a wicked grin on his face.

"Springlock, why do you even try? You are not an Autobot and you never will be, you are nothing but a beast. Just like your abomination of a 'friend'."

I growled louder.

"I am NOT A BEAST!! And neither is Xeno!! You're not real!!!" I shouted.

"Oh aren't I?"

He reached forward and grabbed me by the throat, I yelped as he lifted upwards. I grasped at his large hand around my neck and kicked at him, but I couldn't reach him.

"I am VERY real, little Predacon. And soon, you WILL be mine once again..."

"N-No!" I yelled.

He started to carry me away.

"NO!!" I screamed.

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I woke up with a loud gasp and sat straight up in bed. Ravage sprang up when I did, looking at me and meowing. It was still dark in the room but I could see his bright optics staring at me. I quickly hugged my cat and held him close, making him purr and nuzzle me. I didn't even realize I was hyperventilating until I started to calm down.

It was just a nightmare, just a nightmare...