Chapter 69

                                    

                                          
Saphira looked around with worry as the bots approach the large cliff formation ahead of them. She watched the kangaroos hop away and she worried that this was a spotted humans would visit often. She knew that the outback of Australia had tourists, but she didn't know where the nearest road was. She did wonder what exactly Megatron had come here for, he has not yet specified. Though...she shuddered thinking this could be a ploy he had for Optimus, she wasn't sure though.
"Soundwave, would you please narrow down the energon signal," Megatron said to the con calmly. She widened her eyes when she realized he found another energon deposit. Soundwave simply nodded and continued to walk while scanning the area. Megatron glanced at Saphira and grinned at her. "If you must know, there is an odd energon signature here."
"Odd? Isn't it all the same?" Saphira asked curiously, she was very unfamiliar with energon deposits, though she did seem interested in what Megatron was telling her.
"Not necessarily. Raw energon has the same energy signature, though red and dark energon all possess different signatures." Megatron looked at the formation ahead of them, smirking slightly as he seemed to be believing this is the place where the signal was coming from. "Red energon is extremely rare. When refined, it gives the autobot or decepticon incredible speed, such energon is prized as a necessary means when needing to steal items."
She had not heard of red energon before, but she certainly was interested to know about it. "What causes red energon to form? Just...out of curiosity."
"I don't think scientists have yet been able to fully understand that yet, especially since it is so scarce and valuable, scientists have not been able to study it completely." Megatron stopped beside Soundwave and the purple con points down into a shallow valley. "Ah...excellent. We are heading the right direction." He jumped down suddenly, Saphira yelped and held onto his hand tightly as he landed heavily on the bottom. Soundwave landed beside them and kept walking, following the signal. "This particular signal is energon...but it is different. I am not sure what that means, exactly. But I intend to find out."
Saphira guessed Megatron was bringing her so she could see the power of this new energon source. She wasn't particularly excited about him bragging it to her. Though, if it was something that the autobots could find and use for themselves, she might be able to relay that to Optimus. She was wishing she could talk to Optimus right now, but she couldn't without any suspicion being drawn to her.
She jumped when Megatron suddenly lowered her and set her on the ground. She stumbled a bit and looked up at him in surprise. He did not glance down at her, and kept walking as he followed Soundwave. Saphira glanced around for a moment before she shrugged and followed behind, waving a few flies that bothered to show up and annoy her. She looked around as she followed the cons. Despite being quite a sandy place, it was very beautiful.
She glanced up at the sun, already bothered by the heat she was feeling from it. She could tell it was summer here, and she wiped her forehead, feeling the sweat on her skin. She didn't have a hat or sunscreen, she worried she might get sunburned very badly out here. And that was a likely possibility, and Knockout would have to deal with that on top of her already trying to recover from her concussion.
She knew her concussion may take some time to heal due to not being able to rest properly. She kept looking around and smiled when she spotted some dandelions on the ground. Some had gone to seed, and she giggled a little, walking over to the patch briskly. Megatron turned his head slightly to see what she was doing. He saw her pickup one of the flowers and blew on it, his optics widen when he saw the seeds flying away, floating as the very mild wind carried them away. He smiled slightly as she picked up the next flowers to do the same. Something about it tugged on his spark. It was simple with what she was doing, and yet...it tugged at his spark.