"I want to become a Decepticon."

"Yes, Megatron." [Kickback said as he attempted to stand up more straight. Despite his injuries and the insistent pinging of his pain receptors that he managed to suppress, the Insecticon wanted to show that he wasn't one pede in the scrapyard just yet. That he was strong and determined.]

—

busted pede. His yellow antenna swayed in the air, conveying his nervousness despite the determination in his voice.]

[The locust's plating bristled defensively out of instinct at the sight of the large mech, but Kickback forced himself to keep himself calm as he transformed to his root-form with a pained hiss.]

"I want to talk to your queen-queen." [Kickback said, attempting to keep weight off of his —

managed to calculate a general hotspot for the cons.]

[He did not attempt to hide his presence. He wanted to be found.]

[He wanted to talk.]

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Autobot Prime. Yet despite this, Kickback continued onwards, but not towards his hive, no.]

[But towards the general direction of the Decepticon base.]

[The Insecticon didn't know where exactly this base was located, but having assessed bot activity around Detroit for months now, the mech had —

sorry state, to say the least. Not only was the mech's pede pierced straight through the plating of his thigh, but his left antenna and audial were scorched together with his wing, which held a massive burnt hole in the middle of it.]

[He was low on energon and exhausted from his fight with the —

[The early rays of a morning sun had began to shine through the trees, dappling the cold forest floor in warm light. Through that very same forest, Kickback—in his locust-like form—had been hiking for the entirety of the night, dragging his limping leg along with him.]

[The Insecticon was in a —

Why can't I reach my offspring? What did you scum do to my hiveling? WHERE IS KICKBACK.

[Just as rapidly as the flash of light disappeared, so had Kickback, leaving nothing but a trail of energon behind that disappeared in the shadows of the pitch black forest.]

[Kickback grit his dentae together before a sudden, glitched laughter escaped his vox.]

"You bet I am."

[In the blink of an optic, Kickback grabbed his electrothermic blaster from the ground where it had dropped earlier, and he aimed a shot directly towards Sentinel's chassis.]

—

[Kickback howled in pain as the lance pierced through his pede, causing his wiring and cables to tear.]

[Energon pooled down below the Insecticon as he was knocked down to the ground. He could hear the quiet hum of Sentinel's blaster as it aimed directly towards him.]

"A— a wild animal huh?"

—

Sentinel's chassis aiming to tear open his plating to reach the spark chamber.]

"I'll do him a favor and get rid of you! No one will miss you!"

sharp claws, sinking them deep in between the plating of the other mech's pede.]

"ALICE HATES YOU!"

"HE WANTS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU AFTER WHAT YOU DID TO HIS SPARKLING!"

[With a frenzied screech, the Insecticon pulled the Prime down with him before sinking his razor sharp dentae into —

[Kickback vents stuttered as Sentinel jammed his fist into his abdominal plating, and a splatter of energon burst from the Insecticon's intake.]

[Despite the pain in his systems, Kickback had to force himself to come to his senses. When Sentinel's pede came down on him, the Insecticon used his —

of the thin plating. Circling the Autobot Prime in rapid movements, the Insecticon took an opening he saw, and leaped at the blue mech from behind.]

[He would rip his spark out through his back if he had to—]

"I'll get rid of anyone who is a danger to my family!" [Kickback growled back, his own overworking vents blowing air in hot huffs, trying to cool down his systems.]

"And I'm going to start with YOU!" [One of Sentinel's shots hit Kickback on his wing, creating a scorched hole through the middle —

crumbled and dented under the force of his kick.]

"No—"

[Not wanting to let the Prime create more distance, Kickback was quick to follow Sentinel.]

[He needed to get rid of those blasters!]

"You haven't changed one bit!" [With a grunt, Kickback slammed his spiked pede down onto Sentinel's arm blasters. With an audiable crunch, the plating —

hoping to tear it right off this time.]

[The blast grazed Kickback's helm, scorching his antenna and causing damage to his audial, making his processor ring.]

"Rather insect than an Autobot!"

[Kickback growled as he began to run towards Sentinel once more, dodging the incoming fire before aiming his kick towards the Prime's helm, —

Sentinel off before coming to lunge at him once more. This time, the Insecticon sank his sharp dentae into the Prime's shoulder, causing his tire to tear apart.]

[Pain coursed through Kickback's circuits as Sentinel threw one punch after another at him. By now, the Insecticon saw nothing but red, and he could only let out an animalistic screech at the Autobot as blind rage and instincts began to could his processor.]

[Suddenly, Kickback kicked —

Kickback plunged his spiked shin to the side of Sentinel's face, causing his facecover to dent and tear apart.]

"BASTARD!"

[The Insecticon continued with his barrage of kicks and punches, attempting to throw the Prime completely off his balance.]

"Clearly he saw something better than in YOU—!"

[A kick towards Sentinel's side.]

"You ignorant—!"

[Another kick against his shield.]

"Traitorous—"

[And finally, —

aiming to hit the Prime square in the chassis with his extended pede.]

"SCRAP!"

[Kickback felt the impact and burn of Sentinel's blaster fire on his servo, causing him to drop his weapon on the ground.]

"If that's how you want to play-play—"

[Gritting his dentae, the Insecticon leaped into the air with his powerful legs, before coming back down towards Sentinel —

[The Insecticon yelled, and some of Kickback's missed blaster shots caused the nearby trees to splinter into pieces and burn.]

"That’s right! Run you coward-coward!" [Kickback yelled with a sneer as he continued to follow and shoot after Sentinel, while simultaneously attempting to dodge the returning fire.]

"You should've left the planet with the rest of your Autobot scum when you had the chance!"

—

turn you into slag-slag!"

[Kickback yelled as he fired towards the Autobot, the blasts hitting the Prime's shield and causing sparks of plasma to spread in the air.]