Nightbird slept off her drunken state and spent the next morning mulling over what happened. As she thought, the comms activated. \u201cRavage to Nightbird.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYes?\u201d she grunted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThunderhoof\u2019s asking for you.\u201d Nightbird sighed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPut him through.\u201d She waited a few seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEy yo! What\u2019s goin on here?\u201d demanded Thunderhoof. \u201cWhy was youse jus chattin with your target?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026I was making decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDon\u2019t tell me youse was makin decisions here! I hired ya to make sure she slept wid da piranhatrons! I don\u2019t need ya goin soft on me!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe need all the soldiers we can get. Killing any of them will make our alliance dangerously unstable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat\u2019s unstable is youse if ya think I\u2019m gonna accept dat! Tell ya what, seein as money\u2019s always an issue, if ya do it, I\u2019ll give youse a bonus.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026I\u2019ll give that proposal all the consideration it\u2019s due.\u201d She ended the call.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An hour later, she and the Nemesis<\/em>\u2019 senior staff met with Megatron. Megatron cleared his throat and activated his reading glasses. \u201cAll right, we all know why we have these senior staff meetings,\u201d he began as he pulled out a data-pad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIn the past, yes,\u201d replied Knock-out. \u201cWe discussed how to better kill the Autobots.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThat point IS moot now, given the truth about our origins,\u201d reminded Shockwave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2026Fair point,\u201d conceded Megatron. \u201cThis time, we\u2019re discussing how our war against Starscream\u2019s forces needs to go. As you may have guessed, the Council had voted to fight our Gods and Tornedron without help from Lux, Umbra, and the Vok. I\u2019m due to meet Optimus and tell him about that option while we discuss strategies against the enemy. That should be the first point we talk about. Ravage, any news from Soundwave and Blaster?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFunny you should open with that,\u201d replied Ravage. \u201cI got a report from them about two minutes before I came in. That\u2019s what I was trying to tell you earlier.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThen let\u2019s make up for that and hear it now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe enemy\u2019s gathered around a planet near the center of the galaxy, over on the Delta Quadrant side.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cPretty far away,\u201d remarked Thundercracker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThere\u2019s more. Before they self-destructed so they couldn\u2019t be detected, the surveillance drones saw statues covering the planet, statues\u2026that looked a lot like Vector Sigma.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cVoksphere?\u201d asked Shockwave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cGaia confirmed it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAnd we\u2019re going there? It\u2019s gonna take a year to get there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cGaia has offered to open a transwarp corridor into it. The other end will only be two hours away from Voksphere.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cCutting it a little close, aren\u2019t we?\u201d remarked Megatron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEY YO!\u201d shouted a voice. Thunderhoof then kicked the door in, mad as a moose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2026May we help you, Thunderhoof?\u201d asked Megatron. Thunderhoof\u2019s optics then settled on Nightbird.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cC\u2019MERE, YA NO-GOOD LYIN BAG A BOLTS!\u201d he shouted as he stormed up to her. Megatron got between them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIs there an issue?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYer dame decided ta cancel da Deadlock contract after I paid good money t\u2019 see her offlined!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI assure you; we can clear up this misunderstanding,\u201d offered Nightbird. Thunderhoof tried to get around Megatron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYOU talked t\u2019 Deadlock last night and she told youse about a little plan of hers where BOTH Cyber-Ninja corps managed to learn from each other! Den ya sent me a notice an hour ago sayin dat youse wasn\u2019t gonna kill her no more! Ya call DAT a misundastandin?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou WILL get your money back, believe me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYOUSE betta believe I\u2019m gonna stomp ya into scrap!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou will not!\u201d shouted Megatron as he shoved Thunderhoof back. \u201cWhat\u2019s done is done. Nightbird was wise in cancelling the contract. We have other priorities than your reputation. End. Of. Discussion!\u201d Thunderhoof glared at Megatron for a good while, then turned his head away. \u201cNow, I will have to discuss-\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEY YO!\u201d Thunderhoof launched himself at Nightbird and tackled her. She drew her sai and stabbed him in the shoulder as Megatron pulled him off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cTHAT\u2019S TREASON! THAT\u2019S MUTINY!\u201d roared Megatron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEy yo, where\u2019s da respect?!\u201d Thunderhoof then slammed his foot to the floor, causing an energy wave to head straight for Nightbird. Nightbird leapt to the ceiling and fired shuriken at him. Once they embedded into his chassis, they unleashed an electric current that shocked him hard. Once they stopped, he fell to his knees, then fell forward, faceplanting on the floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cKnock-out, get your medical kit, then meet Thunderhoof in the brig,\u201d ordered Megatron. \u201cThundercracker, Shockwave, get him into his cell.\u201d The three Cons saluted and headed off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thunderhoof groaned as he got up from his berth in his cell. His optics were slow to kick in fully. \u201c\u2026Cybertron?\u201d he asked himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNo, the Nemesis<\/em>\u2019 brig.\u201d Thunderhoof looked to see Thundercracker and an energy field separating the two. His optics then sharpened enough to confirm what Thundercracker said. \u201cYou\u2019re under arrest for assaulting Megatron\u2019s wife.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDon\u2019t go barkin rules n regulations at ME, Flyboy! I\u2019m Thunderhoof, see? I run some of da biggest enterprises on Cybertron! Half yer law-boys are on my payroll!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou RAN some of the biggest enterprises on Cybertron and half our law-boys WERE on your payroll. Or have you forgotten that we evacuated Cybertron until we kill Primacron? Your criminal empire\u2019s probably scattered and each part run by other bosses.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDey\u2019ll see sense when I get back!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019m afraid that prospect isn\u2019t an option. Once our war is finished and we\u2019ve won, you\u2019re looking at a life sentence in Kaon Prison.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWHAT?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou\u2019re too dangerous to be left to your own devices. Your empire will have to remain in disarray, and you will have to accept that you won\u2019t see the world outside a prison\u2019s walls again.\u201d Thundercracker turned to the door and walked out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019LL SNUFF MEGATRON\u2019S SPARK WHEN I GET OUTTA DIS ONE!\u201d shouted Thunderhoof. \u201cNOBODY HOLDS THUNDERHOOF AND LIVES TO TELL DA TALE!\u201d The door shut behind Thundercracker, silencing Thunderhoof.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Nightbird slept off her drunken state and spent the next morning mulling over what happened. 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