Iris:

"This is insane."

With a fair glance back, Iris was paying attention for her group.

"Sending humans out to a field-- why didn't we even know of that Ground-bridge?" Megatron added to his statement, clearly not satisfied to the task their human charges were going to be send on. Siri told about sending all the Guardians out from a Ground-bridge and into the outside world to test their skills. That sounded more like a death wish for the experienced Cybetronians.

"Why to real world?" Causeway complained also, watching Ann wrap around her still sprained ankle some supportive tape. Siri's presence was on.

"So that they can adjust for real threats. I wish not to make you feel uncomfortable, but this is my duty."

"If something happens..." Perceptor murmured the rest by himself knowing how small Andrea still was. Yet the girl glared up at him. Like the whole team didn't curse anyway? "I don't like this one bit. I've got a bad feeling."

"You're overreacting." Katie chuckled as she settled her blades on their place. Drift watching her intensively yet worried. "You stop it too. If we pass this up the faster we get to have you as our opponent!"

"I'm really not looking forward to that one..." Savannah rubbed the back of her head, hesitantly turning her look to see Predaking not excited. Usually he grinned or something like that. "Oi, Horn-head. Snap out of it!" She snapped her fingers to get Predaking zone back into reality again. All she earned was snarl. "Are you listening!?"

"Shut up."

"We're ready." Iris stood back on her feet. Sitting around was going to tire them up. Even though she and Zoe had their match twenty minutes ago this had to be done for.

"..." Optimus was silent, worry almost vincing his spark so painly.

"Very well." Siri said.

Then the huge Ground-bridge was turned open and operative, small air draft brushing on all of them. The sight was amazing; like a portal with colored green, purple, turquoise and blue. The humans watched in awe. This had to be the best invention from the Cybetronians' whole history!

"In we go then!" Praxina yelled all excited as taking the lead. Before she entered the unknown she winked after Megatron, then disappeared. Iris saw that former Warlord's brows furrow a bit.

"No fair!" Jack and Chris went next, Ann, Savannah and Katie right behind. These six were already through... three to go.

"I'm staying."

Iris looked back after seeing Alex and Andrea made it through the portal then. Zoe stood right across the room, holding her arm like it was injured. This got Iris caught off guard. She wasn't ment to harm their Mentor! But once the Leader was to back off from the bridge she felt like being sucked towards it. Like... the first time she was being pulled into the dimension.

"Forgive me!" Iris yelled then it was just green. Her eyes grew wide when each meter she took felt like eternity. Where were they be going to sent? But it was clear after she slumped on something hard and rocky, hearing groans and complained words from familiar people.

"Ann. You're heavy!" Praxina was first to get her voice all clear. Luckily Iris hadn't came on anyone as she forced her feet to carry her. Now she stood. Widening her eyes to see the area now surrounding them.

"I'm gonna hurl..." Chris looked so green. That must've affect the small hungry little boy. -He eats all of their food. Without lying.

"Whoa..." Katie was paying attention to the world now around them, standing up beside Iris. The other humans notified by her words to look forward, shock filling them up too.

"What... is this place?" Iris almost gasped.

Burned ground. That's for sure. It was an open clearance with dark clouds surrounding the very atmostphere around there, making it uneasy to breath. No trees, bushes or roots anywhere. The nature had been washed off. And to the shocking turn there laid swords and blades in middle of what seemed like a battle field. But these were old. Ancient.

The idea of who they belonged creeped down to their minds... could this place be possibly the one the elder Guardians challenged Galvatron for the first time?

And died?

:Are everyone still alive?:

Iris flinched by the voice in her earpud. Soon she noticed her friends do the same, it was Chromia's sarcastic tone.

"Ha-haa. Since when had these worked around here?" Jack questioned rather annoyed. They've been in trouble for so many times and their own Bots didn't affort to come and get them!?

:They have worked. But it must be on.: Optimus said nextly, Iris sighed in defense. :... We are able to have a vision of all of you, so if time comes we are able to assist you further.:

"A vision!?" Alex looked around for possible camera. Where did these dudes could see them? "Does it mean once we get done by this that we're able to spy on you too?"

:Possibly.: Moonracer tempted.

"Siri... can you give us some freaking clue why are we here again?" Alex was starting to get frustrated. The battle field with odd smell was terrible. And they all had a bad feeling of going any further to proceed.

:Yes, Alex. This is an old area where once the Guardians before you battled as you can see. This also gives you the sight to see what to expect. No mere skills or will to fight is enough either. Power is what gives you possibility to survive. From now on you must continue and search for me the sack of food supplies, and survive on your own of the possible threats. Is that understood?:

"It sure is, Ma'am..." Ann sarcastically pointed, taking the first step. "Let's go then... I want to get this over with."

Iris followed after her friends, keeping on the watch for any possible threats which were going to cross their way. She could tell it, like all of them could.

There was something.

~ Time skip ~

Crack.

"Yup. I'm definitely not going in." Ann said. Perhaps she was right, of the huge having's entrance right in front of them. The walls looked like collapsing down any second but the worms wiggling in some pods made it unpleasent idea to proceed.

But this had to be the only place.

"Like I'm going." Chris crossed his arms. But the team frowned to see Iris took her spear and kill one insect with gritted teeth. Then she went inside, to the cold, dark unknown. "Yo, Iris!"

"I swear I'm going to kill Siri after this..." Praxina took careful step over the dead worm, before she took her blaster by being scared to death by a humongous bee. "For REAL!"

"Be quiet." Ann hissed, pushing Andrea inside the cave. Then she turned to look at the boys thus Savannah and Katie, her finger pointing straight at the cave. If Iris, their SIC and even she was going in she surely made sure for everyone else to come. "In."

"... For Christ's sake." Jack jumped, running after Iris, Andrea and Praxina. "Hold up!"

"This is a bad idea." Savannah growled while being forced into the cave, she brushed Ann's hand off. "I can walk thank you very much."

"Then use your legs." Ann snapped, finally being able to get Alex, Chris and Katie in.

Then they all followed Iris, who entered further into the cave by holding her spear forward as some light. It did work though. Allowing them to see some surroundings and places, even ancient writing was glowing on the walls. The feisty leader stopped by one point, pointing an interesting spot where were stick figures hewn and painted by red color. Then there were many enemies-- an army of enemies. Cybetronians, and humans. On both sides.

"-- You think they knew that they were going to loose?"

Iris turned to see Praxina run her finger on the painted figures, before stepping little back. Just looking the whole painting.

"I don't think they would've drew this for nothing." Her SIC turned then to make eye contact, Iris froze a bit. Until she lowered her gaze, and fell deep in though. There was so much they didn't know. Like this... in the ending games, would they see predictions of a possible fail? Will there be new chosen ones?

But... shouldn't there be one chosen team already?

"I hope they didn't..." Iris touched the shining sun resembling painting right middle, sighing. "It would be useless to fight knowing that they'd loose."

Praxina watched her a second. Iris surely was too naiive in a situation like this.

"... But we're not going to." Iris rose her gaze, with wide eyes turning to see Praxina's smirk cover her face. She was so fearless and sure of it. Sure of their winning! So Iris got all cheered up by this, a grin spreading on her lips once she made a determined nod.

As long as I have all of you by my side.

"AAAAAAA!"

The two girls' attention was soon drawned back. But what waited them was a rain of some heavy plasmas shot to their direction, only idea popping on Iris' mind was to pull her shield up then cover for Praxina. But these plasmas were different. Once one hit the leader's shield she was sent back with sheer force, luckily Praxina was enough fast to get them to stop. Before they'd fell into a gorge near them.

Now they were shocked to see what was there to come.

"What did you do!?" Ann had to take back many steps for being able to avoid a crushing leg. But this leg was like three human sizes-- in fact the Beast itself was humongous! It was a demon no doubt, muscles as it's armor while his lower body reminded of a bison. But he fired by using his mouth...

"What do you mean what I did!?" Chris demanded. Until he was hit by a fist then flewn to a wall. To tell the truth through it.

"Chris--!" Katie got no warning either of a warning plasma which gave a hit on her side. She got herself thrown into a wall, causing a smokescreen fill by it.

Back at the Ark the Cybetronians had been grateful of the non-dangers up till now. They all had been up like thunder cracked same as watching in terror. Usually that sized beasts they should take down, not the Guardians!

"Retreat and form up a plan!" Causeway took the microphone and made a plead.

:That thing's way big for you to take on!: Moonracer added, giving Iris and Praxina sometime to watch the unusual creature. Before there had been only slightly strong opponents but this was overall it.

"We would only got to deal with it later--" Praxina had slided her blades out.

But stopped when Megatron got his voice on the heard.

:Listen once in your lifetime!: Megatron growled, each human could feel him tighten the device he was speaking to. :Your task was to bring back the sack of food and survive alive-- all of you! The beast now faced against you seems oddly same baced as us Cybetronians, so we believe it is made. Not part of your mission!:

"You must be kidding!?" Savannah got thrown back but managed to slide herself to stop, only wiping the formed blood on her lip off. "So... how do we deal with it?"

Great time to transform now.

"A distraction." Iris groaned, realizing how she and Praxina had just been back avoiding any battle. "By me and Praxe."

Now the thing turned to see who was talking so lowly, the horns stucked out of his head really sharply directed at Iris and Praxina now. To tell the truth Iris knew Praxina didn't expect to be chosen so she flinched, clinging onto her top's strip with growl.

"Nice warning..." Praxe said sarcastically.

:This idea's even worser!: Perceptor growled on the other side. :You cannot measure or predict where that thing's power comes from!:

"But we most certainly can test it." Jack had his blade, which he suddenly clanged to the rock-pilar beside him. The thing turned then towards him, Iris froze by it. "Little pig, little pig, let me in."

"You're crazy...!" Praxina laughed, then their heads turned to hear Andrea thus Alex deal with throwing rocks to one wall. The thing spin around really fast then.

"Then let's handle our job." Iris got to tap her legs on the ground, Praxina followed her lead. They all sounded to make some music already, making the Beast right in front all confused. It didn't know where to attack first. "Chris. Let your voice out."

"~ Who's hiding in a closet right beside or next to you--" Chris sang as he jumped to avoid a plasma, rounding the circle all the Guardians with him were keeping the Beast locked. "~ Who's the chosen one to kill the fighting spirit inside of you!"

"I hate your voice, but it works." Ann gave a sharp grin. Her job was mostly to stratch her blade and armor plating on each other, making really annoying and ears tearing sound. But everyone gritted their teeth by it, seeing it had results on the Beast once it covered his 'ears' and gave a roar. "Savannah, Katie! Get going already!"

The two girls had stared there, before they had been snapped out of it. Their heads made firm nods to notify they were leaving, and so they did with quiet steps.

"Praxe, insure the way." Iris took a huge branch from the ground as kept hitting it to the pilar Jack did, her SIC giving shocked look. "Follow those two. In order for all of us to make this work we need a way out."

Praxina wasn't totally accepting the task.

"C'mon!" But Andrea came with Alex, grabbing her hand and pulling the girl with force along. Just when Megatron or Optimus were going to keep lecture for them all. Praxina did look back, witnessing the sight overall of Iris, Jack, Ann and Chris holding down the Monster by making loud voices. Although it no longer seemed to have any affects on it once he stood on his full height, totally resembling the size of Moonracer!

"Embrace!" Iris got done with her branch as with smooth step back she was in her current battle-transformation. Noticing the Beast getting done with them all. "We must try to chase it off!"

"I think it's easier to claim that it's going to chase us...!" Jack was being sarcastic, his eyes wide of terror.

"Don't say that!" Ann complained. Until she was to froze with everyone.

"Get LOW!" Chris yelled.

There was a rain of blasters leaving the Beast's entire body all at once. Had it builted up that much strenght and anger while the four Guardians tried to distract it? But Iris jumped to hid behind a rock, for her disappointment the hard material gave up and cracked apart, leaving the young Leader no other choice but to get her shield summoned up again and cover for her. The blasters were strong, same as the whole thing itself. Just sending Iris multiply back right in mere meters of the void part behind her.

Iris took in deep breaths, glancing in relief that she had stopped right on time.

:Don't you get it already!?: Elita's voice seethed, the humans having unsure exchanged looks. Until Iris narrowed her brows, taking one last eye contact with the Beast. :RUN!:

"Let's move!" Iris got her Cyber-limb transformed out as blaster, she firing the Bison-dude with powered plasmas. Jack jumped over a rock as he made run for it with Chris. Ann on the other hand assisted the Team X's leader by using her plasma power, until she throwed the gun away -which disappeared- and grabbed Iris' hand.

"Let's move."

Now, it indeed had turned out as chase. Even though the Guardians used their 'given' abnormal powers from Primus himself the darker person won them much better. It came after them like lighting, his speed so fast that it even won a world-cup champion in running a track! But the last drop was once it tried to hit Chris with his large fist, Ann moved to make her move. Iris turned to see her leg swung forward and it did hit him. But it all ended by her own mistake of letting her guard down as the unknown tale wrapped around her, throwing her far away painfully.

"Ann!" Chris gasped, running to see was she okay. While Jack and Iris had kept their normal yet slowed pace, both wondering the same. How to beat this guy?

"-- This will hold it off!" Jack had an temperarely idea once he shoot the ceiling in front. Iris got his idea, following his lead by sliding her spear out and stucking it deep, twitching it afterwards. The ceiling above begun to crack up the all way where they could see some light of the day. The tunnel was about to crumble apart, and the Beast still chasing them was bad. They were going to be locked down there with it.

"--Never EVER--" Iris saw only a flash of speed. Possibly a leg. By looking quickly over her shoulder she saw Ann, with furious look directed upon the Beast she hit his face right middle with her leg. Yelling to gain some more extra power. "Do that again to me!"

"Ann, the walls--!" Jack was out, Iris bit her lip. The girl stepped back and grabbed her friend's sleeve as pulled her with by force. Everyone alive? Iris was to hold on for that. By throwing Ann first out towards the light she managed to gain in nick of time her own muscles tight for run, with the tunnel coming down right behind.

:Come on!: Zoe cheered.

Like a new power-piller given Iris jumped out of her death. Hitting with the ground was much nicer experience than being crushed down to the rocks which finally ended after the light. The final rocks rolled down and caused a smokescreen. Locking, crushing the Beast underneath.

Well... that went well.

"Oi guys, thanks for asking how I'm doin--"

If it wasn't for the sound of something dropping Iris would've ended her sentence. But this time she didn't, only raising her gaze as on slowly froze in middle of her task on getting up from the ground. Yeah, her friends were alive and well. Scattered right in front of her but their eyes were directed onto someone. And it didn't much need or sight to see of a black magma scattered all around the place.

So Iris stood up, her eyes landing on a manly back showed towards them. It was human man to tell the truth with huge and great builted muscles, his outfit resembled kind of 'ancient' while his hair was so long. But the thing was... he, was collecting the magma.

"... Who are you!?" Alex made out a demand. Almost as a shock the man glanced over his shoulder -rather slowly tho, making once eye contact with everyone. Shivers sending eye contact. With his deep black eyes.

Then he turned forward again.

Almost like ignoring them all.

"You heard him!" Ann drawned her blade close, not surprissed if this was part of their mission too.

But he was not.

"-- It would be best for you to leave." Iris watched him with intense controlling the magma like it was his own personal toy, in reality it was deadly especially for the Guardians. Who was this guy?

"Was that a threat?" Chris growled.

"More like an offer." He was woring a grin this time.

"Alright.. let's take it easy." Andrea wasn't into the situation at all. She hated missions once as these. But the man in front seemed almost like a decent man... almost. "You're not here to hurt us... are you?"

A twisting turn on the case?

Around the strange man begun forming up purple plasmas, without not much his own concentration in the game. He laughed, by himself. Very deeply, hiddenly and almost painly. Although Iris and her team got to prepare, watching with non-ease their opponent turn around to face them all. That damn grin still worn his face out.

"Why wouldn't we have some fun, Guardians of the Stones?"

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Can't get anything on my head to write on this. Ohh yeahh.. sorry for slow updates XD. This was a long one.

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