Author's Note

Joining in on this quest is some more origin stories. Two origin stories in fact, and in our tale today we will be told how they came into the Past Awakens in the first place...

Contains: Fluffy romance, drama, cuteness, action, origins, giant robots, pirates, and tons of pirate references. Enjoy.

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A Band Of Pirates

Space. An empty, cold, vacuum. Nothing except for planets, stars, and more planets and stars. Occasionally a few asteroids, and a few moons, but there were mostly planets and stars.

And far outside of the universe containing Earth, was the planet Cybertron which was slowly decaying into a lifeless shell. With the relentless war between the Autobots and the Decepticons, the planet was looking more like a metallic graveyard. There were a few glows of life coming from a few parts of some of the cities that were sticking out, but there wasn't much for them to be looking at.

And outside of Cybertron was a resting space ship just staying afloat in orbit of the atmosphere. No movement, no destination, just staying outside in the atmosphere, floating.

Inside the spaceship was another question. The hallways were darkly lit, with only a few lights shining. Walking down the hallway were a group of Cybertronians and Gobots. But these weren't like the warriors in battle. This group was unaligned. Not Decepticons, not Autobots, not Renegades, not Guardians. They were a group of pirates, working together, highly paid for whatever task was needed, and whatever was demanded of them.

Unlike most pirates, these pirates got along with each other very well, and very rarely were there fights among the ranks. And tonight, they were summoned to a particular room. Someone wanted to speak with this gang of pirates for a particular task.

The door opened, and the pirates walked inside. Standing at a control console in front of them was a tall Decepticon. He turned around and grinned when he saw the group enter in, and each one of them stood underneath the lights in the ceiling, exposing their true forms.

"Welcome fellow bounty hunters. My name is Contrail. I've summoned you all here for a task that I believe only you all can do for me," the Decepticon said. He turned his head to look at each individual figure that stood before him and sounded off their names.

"Scatterspike," Contrail began.

Standing under a light was a female Decepticon who was hunched back. She had purple eyes, quills sticking out her back, orange and gray metallic skin, and a few yellow glows of energy around her body.

"Your quills can affect your targets in both hilarious, and even deadly ways. And I've admired your success rates on your hunts on Quintessa," Contrail began.

The female just gave a smirk and nod.

"Overload."

The next figure was a black colored Decepticon, with a grille formed into his chest, along with a pair of headlights. He wore horns on his head, along with a big scar going across his face like a lion had clawed him. And sticking out his back were two car door-like wings with Decepticon markings on them both.

"The last remaining member of the Cybertronian Phalanxes. Your strategic attacks, your strong hammer, along with your brutal personality is another element I find necessary for you all to possess for my task."

The Decepticon smirked as well, giving a scary smile on his face with glowing eyes.

"Road Rage..."

A female Autobot stood under another light as she made herself visible. She had a blue head, with wings sticking out her back, curved sides with a black torso and white legs connected to red ankles. There were wheels pegged into her shoulders and her legs, and on her chest was a clawed out Autobot insignia.

"One of the swiftest, and the smartest Autobots I've seen in ages. Well, that is if you are one..."

Road Rage sneered, "I'm not with them anymore. There's nothing to fight for, and all we've got is a mess of Cybertron."

Contrail's eyes glowed for a brief second before returning back to its normal glow.

"You raise good points, my fair lady."

Road Rage just nodded and stayed silent as he continued to speak.

"And lastly... Roughedge, Forewing, and Shadelock."

Three more figures appeared from the shadows, all of them different from one another.

The first one was a black and red Autobot, with scratched out Autobot marks on the sides of his shoulders, a red visor over his optics, and wings sticking out his back.

The second was a hulking large figure, an Insecticon to be precise. He had a yellow visor, and a bug-like face, retaining a thorax and sharp fangs. He had talons for hands, mostly black covered armor with a few shades of minty green, and he was hunched back.

The last Decepticon was the leader of the bunch, the one leading all of the pirates. He had an observing eyepiece on his face, a scratched out Decepticon logo, black and blue colored skin, and a few glows of yellow energy on his body, signifying his life.

"So... why do you need all of us? We're pirates, bounty hunters, and we have no interest in fighting for war."

"I'm not asking you to battle for war, but merely, I have a job for you all to do. If you're up for it...", Contrail continued.

"Whattt...isss our job...." Forewing asked with a few hisses in between.

"I need you pirates to dismantle two Cybertronians for me... permanently. Unfortunately, they're both on Earth. Along with Optimus Prime and his team."

"A few Autobots shouldn't be a problem, should it?" Roughedge asked.

"Maybe... or maybe not. But I must warn you, he has many warriors on his side. Headmasters, Mini-cons, Combiner forces... and they even alligned themselves with the organics on that world. And one of them in particular was strong enough to take down Lord Megatron... One that everyone around here is calling... Sunset Shimmer."

The group of 6 widened their eyes.

"One organic... against Lord Megatron? He's impossible to take down. That guy's tougher to wrangle than any combinin' Constructicon," Scatterspike spoke.

"True... however, that organic isn't your target. Do not deviate from your course, unless you want them on your backs. Now, as for your mission..."

An image displayed of a giant space cruiser, hurling through space in front of the 6 pirates for them to see.

"The prison ship Alchemor crash-landed on Earth, containing several thousands of Decepticon fugitives. I'm asking you two to hunt and kill two individuals in particular."

Two new images displayed, revealing their mugshots. One was a purple Decepticon with some sharp torpedo missiles sticking out his arms, and a wheel sticking out his back, and the other was a red and white Decepticon with gigantic wheels. He didn't even have much of a body, he just had one wheel over his head and one wheel underneath, and in the middle of them was a head held in place, along with two hulking arms.

"Fracture and Demolisher. They betrayed me long ago, but they were taken in by the Elite Guard. And I want you 6 to exterminate them for me..."

Shadelock looked around at his fellow pirates, and gave a few nods to them, and they gave a few nods in return. They were on board with this idea. Just one simple hunt, and then its off the planet.

"When do we start?"

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