Coalescence

Demolishor revved his engines, drowning out his small ally’s complaint. “I’m just sayin’
now that Starscream is to make that speech announcing a new Decepticon base on Earth,
this planet is all of our future. I figure we might as well embrace that all the way, right?”
Fangry leaned over to Squeezeplay, “I think we’re heading even farther away from base.
Can you sync your GPS with Soundwave’s satellite?”
“I… No.” Squeezeplay clicked with confusion, “I can’t get a signal. I’m getting
jammed…”
Inside his tank mode, Demolishor smiled.
Up ahead was a line of jagged rocks, and beyond those, the rock stretched up to become
mountains. Demolishor aimed his tank mode at a crack between mountains and didn’t
slow down despite hitting unforgiving rocky outcroppings. Fangry and Squeezeplay
bobbled and caromed as they dug their talons into the tank’s metal.
“Where the Pit are we?” Squeezeplay’s clacks were filled with panic.
Fangry gnarred, “Take us back to the Decepticon base. Now!!”
The tank continued to roll forward. The two Cybertronian animals looked to one another.
Squeezplay nodded and began to convert, his chest split in two and his dinosaur head
hinge and folded in the resulting cavity. His tail sprang to life and green-gold eyes started
to glow as the tail formed a new head and neck. Squeezeplay’s dragon mode flapped its
wings and, along with Fangry, took off.
The winged beasts didn’t get far, however. Two massive metal hands grabbed them and
brought them back down to the ground. Demolishor leaned in, his single eye glimmered.
“Stay down, ya two! There’s a hidden laboratory here that I came by it not long ago. I
need ya guys as back-up, that’s why I brought you. We gotta keep low, though – lower
than the rocks and stone – or else we’ll set off their radar. Ya with me? Squeezeplay, ya
have to be.”
Fangry shot the white and blue dragon a worried glance. He wasn’t the most trusting
Decepticon, but he knew his friend; Squeezeplay’s intense sense of duty would have him
follow Demolishor anywhere he asked. The wolf stood up on its two legs and scowled,
“Alright. Let’s go.”
A smile once again appeared on Demolishor’s gunmetal face. “Follow me. And stay
close.”
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