Recuérdame? (Steeljaw)

[Coco]

Characters Appearing: Steeljaw/Coco
Location (s): Memoria Mists/swamp
Previous Thread Name.: None
Plot Summary.: Coco finds herself in a different world, and soon begins to lose herself.

[Coco]

The woman awoke with a groan and a pounding headache. Where am I? Her grey eyes cracked open a bit to lazily gaze at her surroundings. We're not on Cybertron anymore. With a deep breath, she propped herself up on her elbows, rubbing her eyes vigorously with her gloves hand. When she opened them again the reality of the situation struck her. I'm not on Cybertron anymore! Quickly the young woman scrambled to her feet, her eyes darting about at the strange scenery around her. There were these impossibly large mushrooms that sprouted from the ground around her, their large canopies blocking out the sun, and casting everything in a dark green glow. This isn't Earth either. Reaching into her long red trench coat she pulled a small data pad. 

"Great. No signal." Placing the data pad away she reached for the com-link in her ear. "Hey, Scarlet Thief to Deadbolts. You copy?" Coco frowned when the sound of static greeted her. Coco let out a small groan of frustration. Probably another Groundbridge failure. Lo juro es la ultima vez que trabajo para ellos. UGH. It wouldn't have been the first time the Deadbolts had hung her out to dry on a capper, but after this she would be sure to make it the last. 

"Alright, on my own on an alien planet. Fantastic." She mumbled to herself as she began to trek through the strange swamp, her hand snaking around her pistol as she went. Lifting her free hand, she coughed into her balled fist. 

What is all this gunk in the air?

[Steeljaw]

Not far away another being had just arrived on this world. An armored gray jeep sat in the mud in the middle of the freakiest forest he has ever scanned as large studded tires spun in place making a high pitched whirring sound and sending roots and mud everywhere. He could not get any traction on this soft watery ground. If it could even be counted as ground…

He wasn’t on Cybertron anymore…or Earth. His comm no longer picked up anything from Cybertron’s communication net meaning he was far out of range of the planet. He wasn’t even picking up any Earth chatter. Where was he!? Actually, where he wasn’t, was the least of his problems. Where he was going however seemed to be the immediate issue as Steeljaw’s front tires slowly lifted off of the ground. He was now starting to sink into whatever this place was, and the thick mat of vegetation was holding him in place like cement. He could not seem to transform and from what he could tell the forest floor around him was made up of mycelium and instead of trees, giant mushrooms loomed overhead. Not to mention the air seemed filled with green mist… After a moment more of futile spinning the tires stopped as he let out a sigh.

“..Well this is wonderful….” The mechwolf grunted. First, he gets jailed, then crashes on Earth. Then ends up back home only to fight in a war he didn’t want to be a part of. Now, this? This is how his lights go out? Unable to transform and quickly sinking to his death on some alien world…

“It’s probably better this way. After all I’ve done over the centuries, I guess karma catches up to everyone sooner or later.” Steeljaw began to think about the people in his life. Maxima, the femme he fell for and will most likely never see again. Bumblebee, the thorn in his side but ended up being a mech he respected…to some degree. And Coco, the young girl he met on Earth. She like him was alone. It was her friendship that had a bigger impact on him than any of the time he spent in a correctional facility. She was the one that made him want to reform. He had left her on Earth when Cybertron was in turmoil, fully intending to come back when it was safe. But time tends to slip away for a being that can live thousands of years….

As his metal hull strained under the pressure from the water and muck his headlights shined upward like a beacon through the mist…

Things were about to get rather dark indeed...