It was a rainy night when the Nemesis stopped over a cave, Megatron and Starscream had flown down to meet up with Shockwave who was already inside. The Predacon knew the cave was holding his Predacon brethren and he so badly wanted to go see them, but he was supposed to stay on the ship to watch over Arcee who was left under his watch. Megatron didn't want her to see exactly where the Predacon army was being bred in case she somehow managed to escape and get back to her team, she could tell them where it was located if she knew.

The Predacon looked over to Arcee and saw she was fully in recharge, so he headed over to the edge of the ship to look down at the cave. When he hears something going down in the tube that's connecting the warship to the ground he looks to see Knock Out going down with crates of some stuff, he doesn't know what they are. Once Knock Out disappeared into the cave the Predacon flew down and walked into the cave. He usually obeys his master but on this occasion, he has to disobey, he needs to see these Predacons and make sure it's true that they are making a Predacon army.

He moves closer to the four mechs making hissing sounds and small guttural growls before stopping in front of them and screeching at them. He sees Starscream walk over to him with the rod in his servo as he slaps it on his other servo. Oh, how he would love to tear off both of them servos and eat them.

"Unruly beast. You dare to roam freely without permission?" Starscream says as he starts beating the Predacon on the helm with the rod. The Predacon screeches at him while launching slightly forward making Starscream scream and fall back on his aft, looking up at the Predacon. When the Predacon moves towards him he screams and covers himself like a coward, the Predacon would love to pick him up and toss him around again but there's something he needs to try out.

When the Predacon gets close to Starscream he transforms into bot mode causing Megatron, Knock Out, and Starscream to look at him in shock and fear. Shockwave was just slightly surprised, he wasn't too phased by it. The Predacon leaned down towards Starscream, with the meanest glare he's ever seen, and spoke, "Strike me again and I will bury that rod in your spark." He had such hatred in his optics that it made Starscream want to just bury himself thousands of feet into the Earth.

Instead, Starscream just scoots back away from him, "I-I did not realize that the beast was capable of transformation."

"Nor did I," Megatron said as he looked back at Shockwave.

"I am no beast!" The Predacon says before he walks past Starscream, he walks over to one of the Predacons to look at it.

"The ability to transform is a fundamental part of Cybertronian biology," Shockwave begins as he watches the Predacon. "We simply possess no evidence that the Predacon species ever reached that evolutionary stage since they became extinct in the great cataclysm."

"And now we know," Starscream says as he steps forward before growling.

"So, the rumors are true," the Predacon begins as he continues to look at his Predacon brethren. "I will no longer be alone, no longer be the only Predacon."

"And I see you've been keeping secrets," Megatron says as he walks towards him.

"It was not my intention to deceive you, Lord Megatron. I only recently became aware of my abilities. All I remember of my beginning is hunting and battle and the wounding of my pride. Thus I begun to burn with questions. Who am I? Where did I come from? The warship's databanks provided historical fact, but still, I possess no memory of my own past. So I begun to reconsider my place in the present and wondered, could I be like the others? And now I know."

"Yet you are unique, miracle of science," Megatron says as he walks around the Predacon to look at the Predacon behind him. "Cloned by Shockwave from Cyber nucleic acid recovered from the remains of your mighty ancestors."

The Predacon lets the words sink in as he looks back to the Predacon in stasis before them. Starscream approached the two as a question kept running through his processor, "I have a question. What did you do with Arcee? Or did you forget that you were supposed to be watching her to make sure she didn't escape?"

The Predacon turned to give him a stern look, "She's back on the ship still in my sleeping area, she's in recharge. She will not escape."

"Don't be so sure," Megatron says as he turns to head for the tube to go back to the ship.

"You don't know her like we do," Starscream added, "If she wakes and sees that she's alone she'll try to escape without a second thought." Starscream heads over to the tube with Shockwave and Knock Out, and the Predacon comes over behind them.

When they get back onto the Nemesis they head for the upper haul to check on the femme and be sure she didn't try to escape. As they walk through the corridors the Predacon decides to speak what is on his processor, "It is with deepest gratitude for my creation that I pledge undying obedience to you, my one true master. But with more of my species soon to stride among us, I beg your permission to in turn lead them as Predaking."

"Your vision is boundless," Megatron says as he gets an uneasy feeling.

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When Arcee wakes she notices that she's alone, the Predacon is nowhere to be seen. She remembers that Megatron was talking about leaving the ship with the others to meet up with Shockwave in his lab on Earth, so she suspects that the Predacon went with them to see the other Predacons. She's not sure if Soundwave went with them or not but she's suspecting they all left which would leave only the Vehicons to deal with. They basically just gave her a free pass to escape and she sure as pit is gonna take it. She goes over to the door to see if it's unlocked, when it opens she feels relief flood through her. All she has to do is get to the Ground Bridge control room and she'll be free.

She transforms and drives into the ship, remembering where the Ground Bridge control room is from when she went through the ship before. She had passed by it numerous times when she walked through the ship with Megatron and the others. She drives through the corridors and surprisingly there are no Vehicons, but when she gets further into the ship she starts running into them occasionally but she takes them out with ease. The Vehicons are no match for her she can take them out with no problem, it's the top dogs Megatron, Soundwave, Shockwave, and the Predacon that she can't take on. Starscream too but she doesn't worry about him too much considering she's taken him out a few times already. 

When she finishes taking down the last batch of Vehicons that tried to stop her, she doesn't expect to see the very ones she didn't want to run into standing right in front of her when she turns around. She freezes as she stares up at the big mech standing next to Megatron, he's bigger than Megatron. Is that the Predacon?

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"Lord Megatron, if I may ask for one more thing. Can I--?" Predaking began but stopped when he heard fighting in front of them when they turned the corner. He stops walking and looks to where the sound is coming from, he sees Arcee slicing a Vehicon with one of her blades that is protruding out of her arms. He watches her fight the Vehicons and takes them down with such fierceness it amazes him. He never knew she was such a fierce fighter, it gives him one more reason to make her his mate.

When she finishes fighting she turns to rush off but stops when she sees them standing there. She looks surprised and he knows that she did not expect to see them, she must have thought they were still in Shockwave's lab. When she looks up at him he sees the shock and slight fear in her optics and he gets the urge to hold her and reassure her that she does not need to fear him.

Starscream walks up next to him laughing, "Told you so."

"Arcee, trying to escape again I see," Megatron says unamused.

Arcee didn't respond, she just kept staring at Predaking as her processor tried to process what she was looking at.

Starscream could tell she was trying to comprehend what she was seeing so he decided to explain as he walked towards her, "This is the Predacon if that's what you're wondering." He stops midway making sure not to get too close to her, "Turns out he can transform. Shocking I know."

"Lord Megatron, I wish to take Arcee as my mate. That's what I was gonna ask you for before we came across this scene of her fighting your troops."

Megatron looks at Arcee for a moment, he was planning on giving her to either Soundwave or Shockwave as a reward for their hard work and their loyalty. But if he's to keep this Predacon on his side he needs to keep him happy and if he wants Arcee then he'll have to give him what he wants. He looks over at Predaking again, "You may have her."

Predaking places his claws over his chest and bows, "Thank you, my lord." He walks over to Arcee and motions for her to walk with him. She turns and starts walking so she doesn't anger him but her spark pulses rapidly as she wonders how a Predacon would mate. She hopes it's not by fragging because she will not frag him, but he'll probably just force her if that's the case. Hopefully, it's not spark bonding. She'll find out when they get back to the upper haul.