John:

This is where my story begins.

"Fuck. Are we yet there, boss?"

"If you ask that one more time, even our bossy here can't stop me from taking you down."

The sky was pitch black, only the shining moon above was able to show the way for the six wanderers. Galvatron had sent John and his team out for investigation and to test their skills; without any Cybetronian with. If they happened to fail their master by getting caught or killed, his experimental would turn out non-succeess.

And John wasn't there to fail.

"Ugh, will you two knock it off." The most tallest girl there out of the three women growled, and it wasn't even a question. Just call her Lucy; the Queen of Darkness and temper. "You ruin up the day like always. So shut the fuck up."

"Come on, you know Abigail started it." A little younger girl whined just right near her. She was maybe the smallest, but very peppery if pissed off. Then again, she was easy to loose her temper. She happened to be one of the smartest of them.

"Emily shut up." Abigail snarled. He possessed quite equal stone as John did; a very powerful one. That ment that there were no stages for them to pass, but if they required power, they needed to absorve it by themselves. But Abigail continued with deep sigh, barely dragging himself with the group. "I just can't believe how important it is for us to tangle in with the people living around here, only to ruin up their plans."

"Evil plans." The gray haired boy almost whispered, yet his deep and baritone voice was loud enough to hear. Most of his face and body was covered with a long black robe for his ID to remain mystery; although every one of them knew his name. Ash. "We are here to serve our master. These villagers haven't been able to deliver the needed food resources for the slaves, thus most of the male-adults has refused to travel for helping with digging the Secret Ground. We have more than reasons."

"We get it, hotshot." Lucy sighed.

There was a moment of silence as John only kept walking. On the lead with all quietness and blank expression must've seem quite odd as he heard quiet whispers from behind.

"What's with him?"

"Let him be. The stone he carries looks dangerous..."

"-- Captain."

Until John stopped for second, letting his guard down with such unthinkable choice when a voice heard from above him. His now darken red eyes were narrowed to look up at a tree branch, where was standing a figure. But a figure he knew, and weren't disappointed of how his team-mate could scare him like that.

"Mira?" John asked, when the female landed down on her feet. Loyal as she was immediately kneeled down before him. "Please. Stand up, and report."

Abigail and others rolled their eyes. Mira might be one of the loyal ones which John has growned to trust with these past few days, but also a type of woman no one should underestimate by look. She was a beautiful individual with her long blond her and bright yellow eyes, but there was absolutely nothing wrong with her weapon equipment. She was deadly; trained to become a warrior as a human.

"Capn', the villagers are asleep. If needed I can snatch the children without more lifes taken--"

"That won't be neseccary." John quickly defended, the female before him staring with blank expression. Whatever he'd say, she would respect it. "Blood is blood, soiling the evil with smaller generation you only carry with you the legacy. What's done is done. We must not let any witnesses alive for our existence to remain as a secret." Before the muscular man glanced over his shoulder to share some looks with his subjects. "Understood?"

"It wouldn't even cross my mind." Abigail grinned as he knuckled his wrists. Without their noticing the village had been right beneath their noses, right under the mountain they happened to stand on. It all dark and peaceful with liveless life. Sign of recharge. "Shall you do the honor, boss?"

"Aww, come on." Emily whined little.

John shut his eyes, feeling how the emerge pure source of evil began floading through his veins; even of the idea to require power into his palms. With single snap of his fingers there was a huge sharp very well decoited blade appropriating his hand. The tip of it was pointed down towards the village as his Crystal was pulsing very intensively. While ignoring the excited squeaks of his subjects John could hear only one word scroll over, and over, and over again in his mind. Like a bad remix which had left on for too long.

Kill.

"He's gonna do it." Lucy sighed, somehow a devilish grin taking control of her face also.

"Shiéndala-aka!" John pounted the words with his eyes burning of the desire to get blood; a huge flames began forming around his blade like straight from the 'over-rated movies'. This was only badly real as John happens to share inner powers. It didn't took long as John yelled with all he had, it causing the fire spread all over the village. Circling everything; to keep everyone inside. John put his blade down with sweat drop sliding down his cheek, the screams and yells of terror could be heard of the all awaken villagers.

"And...?" Abigail barely was standing on his spot for the eager to kill. Same as going with each team member. The desire to kill and lust for blood was unbearably undenial yet satisfying as you knew you'd get it. For the Villains; this was a meal.

John glanced at the team, desiding this time to stay back by watching that no one would escape. The fire was connected up to him, whoever tried to extinguish it or even intended to run past he could feel it. Like the feeling how the 'Avatar' people will burn in his flames.

"Go."

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Iris:

"Stop it."

Each human glanced back from their Guardians' shoulders, wearing a confused face towards Praxina. Until they realized her eyes were drawned onto Ann, who slightly pointed still at herself. What had she possibly done to annoy Praxina?

Perhaps breathed.

"What?" Ann demanded.

"Stop banging your leg!" Praxina yelled, Megatron already knowing where this was going again as he sighed in defense. Ann looked down at her tapping anxious yet nervous leg which had started doing it without her realization. Well concidered their situation that was easy. Iris or no one didn't know what to do next... where to find their missing team-mates. "It's really annoying, pal!"

"Don't you start." Ann pointed her finger, now Chromia stepping between the arguing 'siblings'.

"Praxina. Please shut up." Jack tried to act nice, but ended up being hilarious by his face as Perceptor and Andrea bursted out laughing again.

Iris kept watching forward with blank expression.

"You told me to 'shut up'--!?"

"Iris." Optimus almost whispered. All he wanted was her attention as she had remained silent the whole trip towards the unknown. What the had left to continie was the last path which Iris happened to remember lastly. Her Charge quietly hummed. "This isn't your fault, I believe your leadership has nothing to do with guiding our way. We must find the rest allies by ourselves, to show and prove to our Mentors that we really want this."

"It starts to be a little bit hard--" Iris scratched her head, but ended up toring her hair with all the anxiousness, worry and responsobilities burdening her shoulders. "I feel so stuck. In my own little world with, this--" Iris looked down at her Matrix of Leadership, apart from her mind the rest of her body wanted to rip it off. To end the storm ravaging inside her. "... While I think I can't lead this takes control, showing me so horrible flashbacks from the way back of each Prime in order to get me to fight. But I can't fight while forced to do it, Optimus. The 'move' I did earlier as I scared away Venox wasn't because of me... and that's why I caused him a vital eye-loss."

Optimus weren't waiting that kind of answer. Not only did it increase his worry towards his 'disciple', but also her mental health was being pushed up in limits. Matrix of Leadership was quite powerful source of power, and only rare ones get to chosen. So if Alpha Trion intrusted it for her to carry, Optimus wanted to help her. With all he got. With the lessons Alpha Trion told him. Optimus felt responsible if something would go wrong.

"Venox is a villain, Iris. Don't feel regret by hurting him since he didn't hesitate to take down your life." Optimus looked proudly forward, still with corner of his optic noticing Iris' frown. "-- Each Prime will get the past memories of the former Primes, but do you know why?" Iris was caught by surprise by the question, her eyes locking with Optimus. A fair nod to continue was enough. "To make us stronger and wiser. A reason to fight and continue. When we see what exactly went wrong with the last Primes we can predict it from happening on your point. But revenge doesn't help anyone, if you loose temper go ahead and make it all better by fighting, or you can step back and think much wiser. In situations which are difficult also."

"... But I see a human-guy also." Iris really now let out what had troubled her, even Optimus glanced down at her. "He carried this same Matrix of Leadership on the exact spot, I didn't know there must've be some other 'human Primes' to be chosen. Especially if the whole team had died with their Bots in their last fight with Galvatron... he has more power than any of us can realize."

Iris looked down, still remaining in her protected crawlen ball. Optimus' brows narrowed by this. He hadn't known there to be a former team before them, apart it being death in order to defeat their now faced enemy Galvatron.

"-- Does no one know where we're going?" Chris asked, as Cyclonus stopped also. "Or what we're doing next?"

"Yeah, these stupid woods start to annoy me." Praxina brushed one branch away... only to have it slammed back right on the face. Everyone dearly holded down their laughter, wanting to still see the light of next morning.

Expect; Ann had bursted out laughing on purpose. It did look kind of fun also from her, what a fool action.

"Ann--" Alex tried to whisper in warning, before there was only seen a light speed until both of the girls were gone. In mere three seconds.

"Shit!" Chris transformed up for his mode, Iris and rest of the team following as she saw exactly where Praxina punched them both to be. Iris jumped off of Optimus' shoulder while she jumped on some trees and rocks knowing no harm would come to her. But also she needed to find these two, and fast. "Where are they!?"

"You motherfucker--!"

A whole mountain was immediately crumbled apart by single hit try; the humans trying to stop but ended up falling on their sides and slide towards the incoming rocks.

"Down!" Perceptor was fast to think with Chromia and Moonracer as they all bended to shield up the five humans. The heavy rocks soon fell on the three Cybetronian with loud clangs, Iris looking up with wide eyes to see that.

"Praxina! Calm down!" Megatron ran past them with Causeway, as Optimus and Cyclonus stopped to help. They quickly kneeled down and started pulling the humans out from under the struggling three Bots. When Iris was finally the last one and pulled out, all she saw was Megatron being punched back quite fiercely. Praxina couldn't do that... could she? "Primus that girl--"

"Stay!" Iris commanded as his shoulder plate was bleeding, her furious eyes turning for the two fighting girls. "You all."

"Iris--" Optimus wanted to help, but knew it the best to stay back as Iris walked already forward. She raised also her hand for them to do what she said.

"-- You can't take dry humor, can you?" Ann's voice had switched same deeperizing as Praxina's. But her tiny body was full of cuts... although the suit covering her body. Iris only then realized that no Cybetronian could harm them; not without possessing the same unhuman power as all they did. It just had to be re-awakened every time you get angry.

"Being mocked to laugh, nah." Praxina pushed Ann back, nextly switching her blade out as she with roar launched. Ann wasn't ready at all. "I'd better teach you a lesson--!"

"STOP!" Iris ran between Ann and Praxina, stopping her rival's blade with her own. As they collided Praxina only narrowed her brows in deep frustration. Everyone were interrupting all the time. "Are you a fucking idiot of charging at your comrade by a single act of laugh?" Iris pushed Praxina back with force, taking at least 7 meters distance as she corrected her position. "You need to learn how to cool down."

"You're not in your full power. I can't fight with non-ready individual." Praxina said that on purpose, oddly Iris could hold her anger down.

"Praxina, be reasonable!" Alex called.

"You stay out of this!" Praxina slided her blade towards their direction, in order to cut the further intentions to turn her head. "I can't handle none of you at the moment! You're all just incompetitent fools with no equality to have no match for me--!"

"Silence!"

And punch.

Right on Praxina's face.

The girl flew back by this with maybe the Guinnes-world records beating 30 meters before hitting a wall; really hard. Her breath got on the loose, same got for her suit to transform back and her weapons switched gone. Everyone were staring there with wide eyes and optics.

Even Praxina.

"Try to one more time threaten or mock our comrades, and I won't answer from the consequences." Iris... had turned out to look the creepiest yet powerful looking warrior. She was holding this humongous blade with her other hand, somekind of beautiful costume covering up her body. It was far beyond everyone's reach. She looked like a fairy which came to rescue the day.

"Iris..." Andrea whispered.

Claps.

"-- What a show, indeed."

Iris didn't even care to see who was coming, her blade swing with brief force back to send an electricity ball. When it hit the trees, they all were cut in half but no one weren't standing there anymore.

"Aww, all that power just for us?"

"Show yourselves!" Jack roared, everyone preparing for worst. Optimus didn't care as he proceeded over to Iris, letting her to hide behind his pedes. Although the girl didn't seem yet again been her own self, as she was calm as hell, looking around for the possible threat.

"I'm sorry..." Praxina murmured when Megatron quickly scooped the injured and exhausted Praxina into his palms for protection. Something was coming and he didn't want to guess what.

"We will discuss of this later." Megatron reassured, only covering Praxina's frame to hear deep chuckles around them.

"Don't tell me I am the only one smelling the sent of pure evil." Ann said in disgust, backing all the way over to Optimus too. Causeway was busy by pointing her blasters everywhere.

"Gosh it stinks!" Alex coughed, grasping his heart point.

"Indeed you are--" Iris turned forward as the voice heard from there, she taking few steps before Optimus placed his ped on her way. It wasn't absolutely even an idea to launch into the dark woods. But Iris could perfectly see from there a figure walking out of the shadows. "I expected this team to be a challenge to win since our master had to summon us."

The slight shock filled Iris' body entirely. She knew this person far too well...

"We know here's others. You better come out." Ann was glaring the huge and muscular man before her, Iris and Optimus, his red eyes were burning of the desire to kill. His outfit weren't stylish at all, but by even glancing smally down there could see his evil purple Crystal pumping on his chest.

"Aww, we gave away our presence that easily?" Other five persons came out, all six of them were circling the Team X. "Oh well, we don't do it next time." One man looked like biggest and strongest of them as he licked his blades sharp point.

"Only pests?" Perceptor raised an optic ridge, which Moonracer nudged his elbow to remain quiet. "Come on, these will be easy to squish up."

"I'm afraid only my own sword can now cut my heart." The man before Iris speak, raising his hand right towards her. "Iris, it's really nice to see you again."

The whole team behind Iris were caught surprise by this, and admitting enough so was the enemy's side also. Optimus stared down at Iris to see her took small step back, her cheeks forming full of tears although the powerful suit covering up her body. Nothing could beat up a strong emotion to come out.

"John..." Iris whispered.

"Hello, little sister."

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Auch.

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