Transformers Prime: Project Predacon

Trouble

"Separate us. I've seen- er, heard enough." I jerked my mind from his, craving privacy. He didn't know, but I know knew everything about him, I knew every memory, felt every feeling. He had a very strong anger for something, but what confused me was that he didn't know what he was angry about. I knew that it was the same for him, he now knew how I felt, how my mind worked. I didn't like the idea, but that was how it was now. Optimus took a few seconds to find himself, then he walked off, back to the Decepticon warship where his team was waiting for him. I watched him go, then turned back to the sky. It wasn't long before they all came back out, a groundbridge opening in their wake. They left without another word to me, although Ratchet watched me curiously until Optimus ushered him into the groundbridge. As soon as the swirling vortex disappeared I took to the sky, flying west, away from both Predaking and the Decepticon warship that harboured to Autobots, to keep them safe. I flew for a few hours, but I knew eventually I would be forced to stop and face the other Predacon.  

Night had fallen when I finally decided to stop. His flight would leave him tired, not tired enough to be unable to fight, but tired enough to be exhausted easily. I knew Shockwave was tracking him, and I had to be cautious of anything the Predacon would try to trick me into. I landed by a large lake, out of the view of humans. I crawled over to the edge of the lake, curling into a tight ball and shutting down for a half an hour. I shut every system down in my body, giving me more energy. When I awoke, I could hear his wing beats, they were heavy and laboured, knowing this made me content I would win the fight. I knew he would not try to wimp out of this one, and I would make it out alive and on the winning side, but with injuries myself. My optics strained to see his metal body glint off of the moonlight. I caught sight of him and my stomach churned with excitement, but also nervousness. When his legs hit the ground I let a very angry snarl out, showing him that I was unhappy. I was going to try and tell him that I had been here, and with no one.  

"What do you want, youngling?" I hissed at him. He made a loud, whining growl, he wasn't happy either. He did not speak back, having been unable to, but rather he used feelings and thoughts to show me what he felt. I watched little scenes flit through my mind, most were of Shockwave.  

"I've been here the whole time, he could have just commed me." He indicated that my comm was disabled, and I tried to play stupid, telling him that I had no idea, and I was just waiting for Shockwave to give me instructions. He yowled at me like a cat, then the fight began.  

He threw himself at me childishly and I quickly dodged it by dashing to the side at the last second. He was mentally fast enough to realize that this was not a playful fight and he quickly adapted to the situation. He growled deeply, the air around him vibrating as he lashed his tail back and forth. He was faster than I, being much smaller than I was. He darted forward again and I was a nanosecond too slow to dodge him. His body slammed into me, and I could feel his head whip around, searching for my neck. His claws suddenly raked my back leg, giving me a few small scratches. I growled myself and unfurled my wings slightly, throwing him off my side. He didn't give up and rather than jumping for my neck, he snapped at my legs, intending to wound me there so I couldn't properly move. I turned quickly, swinging my tail and my paw, hitting him in the snout twice. I watched the small pieces of armour fly off, and energon ran from between his jaws. He backed up, waddling as he walked. I decided to use the lake to my tactical advantage, if I could just throw him in. . .  

He jumped for my head, and at the last second, I ducked, and he flew twisting and turning in the air over my head, landing behind me. I turned around quickly, keeping my tail up for balance. He swatted my face, but I snatched his paw between my teeth, and bit down as hard as I could. There was a screeching wail, and I felt his paw give out from between my teeth. He tried to jerk it back, but it only injured him more, he hobbled on his three legs, howling in pain. I tasted his energon as it trickled into my mouth. I let go of his paw and he backed off, whining. He gave me a glare and his chest began to glow. I watched him take a deep breath and he exhaled fire, which I withstood. His natural flames weren't as hot as mine, his were underdeveloped and he hadn't given it enough time to heat up before expelling it. He withstood his ground as he breathed his flame, and I walked toward him, directly into the fire and heat. I let my own flame charge deep inside me, but I gave it time to heat up. I swatted his face again and he quickly choked the fire down, backing up again. I walked around behind him, forcing him to back up toward the lake, which was a very bad thing for him. He didn't know it was there, and continued backing up so I charged him and he tripped over his tail trying to back up faster. I slammed into his body, throwing him backwards even further and pushing him into the shallow end of the lake. He screamed which was dulled with the hiss of steam pouring off of the lakes surface. I let my flame out then, it was hot enough to hurt me, but not in a bad way. His screams were drowned out by more hiss of steam and the roar of the fire that blew at him. His cries died and he threw himself from the lake, letting his wings keep him aloft. I pursued immediately, letting the flames die and rest inside of me, I would no longer need them. I jumped into the air, pumping my wings to give me altitude. I was much faster and more experienced than him so I caught up with him easily. We collided in midair, both of us trying to distract the other. I kept myself aloft, falling to the ground was not a good idea, especially from this height. He scratched and bit me with all his might, then got a lucky break when he turned and clamped his teeth around my right hip, biting down as hard as he could. I roared in pain, kicking him with my back legs, he held on, and I could feel the hot energon run down my leg as I kicked him. He had finally wounded me, and I had had enough. I wrapped my jaws around his neck, squeezing. I didn't intend to bite his neck to injure him, only deprive him from oxygen enough to make him light headed and open his mouth. Within seconds his breath became laboured and I could feel him snort, then unhooked his jaws from me. I batted him with my left hind leg, pushing him off of me. He hovered in the air, snarling and roaring at me. I roared back at him and he turned and flew away. I let him go, I was hurt, which rendered me unable to land. He was gone in seconds, but I had done the one thing I wanted to . I had deprived him of oxygen just enough so that he couldn't sense me inside his head, where I disable his tracking on me and I had tweaked around a bit, forcing him to forget my scent and get it confused with another scent he knew well. He had been hurt worse than I, hopefully Megatron didn't send him back. I pushed my mind out, searching for the Prime. No matter how far he was, I could find him, even if he was in a different galaxy. I found him, and alerted him that the danger had passed and he could return to his base with his team. He didn't thank me, but rather was concerned for the pain that was pushing back through our mental connection. I pulled my mind from him, answering no questions. I hovered for a moment more, considering on whether or not I should land. I decided against it, I probably wouldn't be able to get back up in the air if I did. I gained altitude, out of the prying eyes of humans.