• Metal and energon flew wildly, neither of the two caring. The sun was slowly starting to set in the once peaceful city, now covered from left to right in danger, no area safe from harm. There was a high pitched shriek from nearby as black creatures took to the sky, yet the two fought on, late into the night, shots being fired, metal clashing against metal, nothing stopping them.

    The light grew darker as panting could be heard from the two, their frames covered in the luminous pink liquid of their life fluid. Suddenly, jets flew overhead as a third competitor landed, the fight rousing back up again as the battle turned against one.

    Darker and darker, yet the battle raged on, two against one, life fluids flying in the dimming sky, scraps of metal clanging as it hit the ground, the occasional pained grunt or squeak as weaponry hit its mark, flashes of lights as laser fire was released from its cage.

    A mistake, one fumbled, hesitating before throwing another blow. A shadowed wing twitched, its owner spinning, landing a blow into the other. An agonising scream as the hit landed on its mark, penetrating sensitive and fragile wires, its owner falling, two once white doorwings flying off the side of the large building rooftop.

    More flashes as laser fire took over the scene, shots clashing, hitting, missing, exploding. One by one the light beams flew to their designated area, never ending until they had collided, never fading, as the sun slowly left the horizon, ending the light, throwing the city into an eternal blackness.

    A high pitched shriek and the roof fell silent. Nothing stirred, no noise left the three except the whirring of cooling fans, the sound of gears struggling to maintain their movement. In the blackness, a red visor flashed, broken wing twitching as the owners faceplate turned into a smirk, slowly licking the energon staining its lips. Red optics glared back, dimmer crimsons looking up from the ground. The silence was broken.

    “You two should be going... before the Krill catch you...”

    “You should leave too Sky Shadow... Before the darkness think you’re more appetising...”

    Sky Shadow chuckled darkly, watching as his still standing opponent picked the other up off the ground, an energon stained Auto-bot insignia flashing, a large black gash through it. The crazed jet watched as the two stood, turning to leave, only to freeze from the agonizing scream from a swarm of black creatures. Looking around, they realised they were circling, as if waiting for a signal. They turned back to the jet.

    “W-what... a-a re yo-u...”

    “Tell me Prowl... Does your leader know you’re a Decepticon by night? Does he know that one night an Earth year... you turn from a valiant, logical, law abiding Auto-bot... Into an energon thirsty Decepticon, fighting for no reason, no purpose... nothing but to watch anothers blood fall to the ground...”

    “You’re crazy... The darkness will take you two if you stay out here!”

    Another laugh, followed by movement as the black jet held out his hand, a small swarm of Krill landing in it.

    “You’ll never understand Thundercracker... All this time... and you still don’t get it...”

    The blue Decepticon froze as the swarm surrounded him and the once white tactician, circling menacingly, screeching to one another as if laughing at the twos fates. Sky Shadow laughed, his broken red visor flashing once more as he raised the Krill filled hand. The two screamed as the black bat creatures flew at them, ripping apart anything still holding, entering their systems, destroying their inner beings. All the while the jet laughed, bloodlust filling his visor, twin swords gleaming on his back as he watched the two die, slowly and painfully, nothing left untouched by his minions of the night. The white and blue eventually vanished into black as the Krill covered their beings, eating away at their cybernetic flesh, chewing on their wires, sucking on their fluids...

    The black jet turned, smirk still present on his dark grey, energon stained faceplates as he listened to the screams, before they faded and stopped, vanishing forever from the world. Slowly, he whispered into the air as his own being started to fade, disappearing into the blackness of the night...

    “I am... The darkness...”