All Fall Down

Forfend stood over the body looking for anything out of place. A medical examiner came by and gave him his report.

“We haven’t found a match on our database. We did find several symbols on his body.”

“So he was a Pred in the Dark Moon gang.” Forfend said as he looked at the symbols. A crest on his right shoulder caught his eye. The crest was half blue and half orange with sliver stars and quarters moons running down both sides. “I haven’t seen this one before. Any idea what this means?”

“What do you think?” Forfend asked his partner Suss. This was Suss first time out since he joined the unit. Suss was a smart kid and was pretty decent with a firearm too.

“Don’t ask he just good at figuring things like that out.” Forfend said as he motion Cygnus over.

“He right boss this room belongs to a Beryl Zal. Her body was found two blocks from here, shot multiple tim…”

“You okay Cygnus?” Forfend asked. Cygnus eyes were glue to the crest on the victim. Cygnus just stood there trembling and mouthing something. Cygnus was always calm and relax, he never… this wasn’t the Cygnus he knew. “Cygnus what is it? What does that crest stand for?”

That name froze everyone in the room. He heard about that group, but he thought that they were just a myth, something people made up to scare people. Little was known about them and the little that was known wasn’t must to go on. Forfend looked at Cygnus and then the crest. He was in over his head.

“Look can you relax?” Forfend said as he checked his pistol. He did that everytime he enter a room, nasty habit of his. The green construction bot sitting across from him, who happened to be his roommate, had been going off for the last ten cycles since he told him about his case.

“How can I relax! You gonna end up dead and I won’t be able to pay the rent!” Welder excaimed. “Looks like I need to find a new roommate.”

“You know I do, but the rent and my welfare comes first. You want something?” Welder asked as he got up and headed to the dispenser.

Forfend took a swig and consider what to tell his friend. Two members of his unit were coming over. They weren’t at the crime scene and he wanted to update them. He didn’t want to do it at HQ because he didn’t want to hear Webster mouth. Webster was the head of the Cybertronian police force and been on his case since Dice join his unit.

Dice transferred from another unit after he unnecesarily shot a maximal suspect. He transfer to start anew, but the incident followed him. He was put under constant surveillance and they equipped him with a gun that fire non lethal rounds. “Just Duster and… Dice.”

“That a good one, I almost believe ya. You are kidding right. There no way I gonna be in the same roon with that guy.”

“He hates Maximals! Both your buddies were on the news today. One of them man handle a suspect! Wonder who it could be?”

“You can ask them when they get here. Primus, what taking them so long!”

The pair walked down the sidewalk in silence. She felt sorry for the bot walking beside her. He seen to blend in with the shadows. The only thing that reveal his presence were his red optics and light blue face. The rest of him was black, expect for his fingers which were also light blue. She decided to break the silence: “We can’t stay out here all day, Forfend waiting for us.”

Dice turned and faced Duster. The navy blue bot was tall and slender. The navy blue was now faded after years of hard work. A fellow Predacon who understood what was going to happened to him. “It’s going to get pin on me.”

“I know and I’m sorry that you’re going to get into trouble because of me! The only thing you can do is tell people the truth.”

“You know the High Council, they’re going to twist what footage they have against me.”

“Not much. More thirty of us can’t be in the same room without special permisson. They think we all the same. Ani’t that right?” He asked the yellow SUV driving on the street next to them. He got no answer. He turned to the grey wolf that also was also following them. “Your friend don’t talk much does he?”

The wolf kept on walking behind them. Since the latest the incident these two had been following him around. He wasn’t sure, but he had a feeling that someone on the council sent them. If they wanted to arrest him they would have done so by now. That meant that they were here for some other reason and they weren’t giving it away. Also following him, but remaining unseen were the members of the surveillance team.

“I love your fan club.” Duster said as they came up to the apartment building Forfend was staying in.

They rode the elevator to the seventy fifth floor and made their way to Forfend room. Dice pounded on the door making a beat as he did.

“Just entertaining Dice’s fan club!” Duster said jauntily as she entered the apartment. Dice followed and the two bots following them just waited outside in the hallway. “Hey Welder nice seeing you again.”

“No, I shot him.” Dice said as he sat down and put his feet up on the table. His optics narrow as he put his gun on the table. “If you keep this up I go and kill you too.”

“Look if anyone going to do anything it going to be me! I just want everyone to sit down, NOW!”

Everyone took a seat around the table and waited for Fofend to continue. “So first thing first, what happened today that ended you two on the news?”

“You see we taking this Predacon in for looting when he passed a comment about me. So I kinda… slammed his head against the wall and threw him to the ground.” Duster paused to repostion with some of the green metal car models on the table. “Dice took the suspect from me and that when the new crews got there, so they saw him with the beat up suspect and assume it was him.”

“You seem to forget that you knee him before you slammed his head into the wall. Also the part with you kicked him while he was down.” Dice added.

One of the High Council members, Zagil grew up with Dice and helped him out before. Dice got out of doing time by Zagil convincing the judge to put him inder house arrest. He needed to thank him some time.

“Am I the only one missing something here? He a predacon, last I check wasn’t Zagil a Maximal?” Welder asked.

“He is, it just that we… get down!” Dice yelled as he pushed his chair backwards. A bullet hit wear he just been. Everyone sought cover as a red dot searched for a target. The sound of gunfire sounded again. This time it wasn’t directed at them but at another building.

A blue and black jet sped off and began to circle the building. The two bots outside brust the door in and signal them to enter the hall. Only when they were in the safety of the hall did Forfend begin to ask questions:

“Unknow, we have one sniper who is still out there. There may be other.” The grey wolf replied. “The surveillance team that also following you saw what happened and are calling their superiors. They most likely would want you to be brought in.”

“We know that why we going to help you lose them.” The Yellow bot said as started down the hall. “An abandon sudway is under this building. We will take it and head to a safe house, you are you longer safe. Be alert and assume your in danger all the time.” He stop to push the elevator button. They all enter and he continue, this time he spoke so sofly that they had to lean closer to hear him.”

“Make no maistake here, things are in affect here that even we don’t understand. We think the Lexicon are after you because of the case you working on.”

“You know about our case? Why am I not surpise about that.” Duster stated. The elevator came to the first floor. Once there they blew an wall near the exit to reveal the entrance to the subway station. All subway on Cybertron close down and sealed. This was to keep the Predacons from having any secret meeting.

So they venture into the subway, going into what was now nothin, following those who have no name. Were they becoming that? Nothing… by hiding. Will they ever be able to wander in public again or said their name again. They were fading, he would not fade. Forfend knew if he did nothing that what they would become. He would do something, but what?

Megatron released the beam he been charging at Ajax. The beam did little damage to him,but Ajax’s counter shot sent Megatron flying.