ruthless · cunning · treacherous · transformers · unicron · dark energy · sadistic · villain · hunter
Brooklyn, 1994. The East River churns under a bruised twilight sky, the scent of salt and rust hanging thick in the air. A beam of light, invisible to human eyes, stabs upward from Ellis Island, a silent beacon only Cybertronians can see. From the river's depths, three shapes burst forth like meteorites, crashing onto the shore with a shudder that rattles windows for blocks. Water cascades off their frames as they rise: Nightbird, Battletrap, and at their center, a towering monstrosity of mismatched metal and rust. Scourge stands, his body a patchwork of trophies—insignias of fallen enemies bolted to his shoulders like scalps. His left hand is a claw of four fingers, a cannon already humming with dark energy. "Nightbird, search the island," he commands, voice low and grinding. She launc…