[Waking up had been odd. His head was swimming and everything just felt off for some reason, but he couldn't quite place what was going on. Rung didn't remember returning to Prima's temple so that, in itself, was throwing him off considering the last thing he remembered was...

Well, he'd been out and about in Haven.

Sitting up slowly with a hand to his head, Rung looked around as he tried to make sense of things, growing even more confused by his presence here because, as of late, the only temple he'd been recharging in was Alpha Trion's. His optics narrowed a bit on the floor as he dug through his memories, trying to remember--

Wait.

Pain. He remembered pain but not the source. It was fuzzy but..

His hand lowered slowly, vents cycling softly as his optics dimmed now. He'd..died...hadn't he? That would be the only thing that made sense but how?

Glancing around the room after a long moment, Rung spotted his comm device on the makeshift desk and slowly eased off his bed to make his way over to it. Once he had the device in hand he found himself hesitating, staring at it as he debated his options before switching it to audio only, vents cycling heavily as his optics dimmed.]


Would..anyone be able to fill me in on what..I can't seem to remember properly?

[Ambulon is holding up a cat. A very small kitty. You may recognize the cat, actually.]

I've... recently come into possession of Whirl's cat. Splat, I think is its name. It appears a little malnourished.

[He looks at the cat. The cat looks at him. It is a tense two seconds.]

I used the wikireader to research these animals, and it... It was. Interesting. To say the least. But I have a good idea on what I need to... feed it. Does anyone have any cat food? Or, you know, general tips on how to-- [Splat coughs up a hairball on his hand] ... take care of cats.

[The feed seems a little shaky at first, but once it comes into focus, all one can see is the dark stretch of the skies above, dotted with the pinpoint lights of distant stars, and perhaps just at its edge, one might catch the fringes of the Lambda's glow.]

Ugh...

[The view shifts, completely tilting on its side to capture the unmistakable grounds of the bleak landscape outside of the Haven. For a moment it remains that way, and then suddenly there's a gasp, and the world blurs as someone jerks to sit upright. It's then that the perhaps familiar magenta and orange paint job can be seen, as well as the stunned face of the young Autobot who so proudly wears it.]

Wh-

[He's getting this weird feeling of déjà vu.]

...where am I? I thought...

[There is nothing wrong with your communicator, but you might think there is. Because the only thing that appears on the screen is ...



No sounds or any other movement. Just a big grin.]

Megatronus says that Frenzy is now my slave as punishment.

...

What do I do with a slave?

[Four flips on the video and shows that she's currently sitting on an unhappy Frenzy's shoulder. The little stitchpunk doesn't look like she knows what the heck she's supposed to do.]

He's loud and obnoxious.

I'm not sure what use he'll be to me.

[It wasn't weird for Smokescreen to have Justice.

What was weird, was that the turbofox had shown up at Alpha Trion's temple out of the blue. Usually, Smokescreen went and picked him up from Magnus if he wanted to spend time with the creature.

So, of course, there was a bit of worry on the rookie's face when he came over the feed.]

Has anyone seen Ultra Magnus? Justice showed up in my room and it...

I just wanted to make sure notdad wasn't over working himself again or something.

[He glances down at the turbofox, resting a hand on the creature's head as it rests its head on Smokescreen's knee.]

Really don't want to find him passed out cold again...