Skywarith was flying in his jet mode as he flew over the far horizon. He could feel the chilly winds wrap around his frame as he began nearing his target location before transforming and getting out of his vehicle mode. He had many questions such as what were those crystals that Soundwave mentioned to him? He had landed on the far mountain-side where it was rocky and incredibly snowy. He could feel the snowflakes falling on him and his helmet had a small layer of frost to it as his pedes crunched the snow and began to move. Glittery snow fell from the skies as it coated his face. A few meters in walking through the sloped terrain, he arrived at some sort of strange plain where there was a covering of thin ice instead of the usual thick ice and for some peculiar reason, there looked to be bushes and shrubs some which were common to find in winter and others weren't.
He grabbed out device and changed it to an radar as he tried to grab any signals to no avail. Skywarith looked with frustration as he began trying to get out of the fast winds which look to be coming from the left direction. There was piles of snow near him, which looked tempting to touch but ignored the temptations. He noticed that the temperature decreased to a -3°C which means he had to get moving quickly. He picked up his speed as his wings started to generate passive heat to warm himself up, his red optics glanced down at his radar as his body seemed to react with his wings lowering down, his arms shifting and his foot was tightly held down against the ground. And finally, in relief, Skywarith noticed that his radar was showing dots around the map. He moved to where the map was showing him.
As he arrived, he gazed at two humans which were in thick winter coats and gear. Next to them was a large brown mining cart full of translucent crystals with a white tint as they began to rush to and fro from the mining caves to bring out another batch of crystals. The first person looked to be older, had a bread around his face and his eyes had a dejected admission. While the younger person, she had a jubilant smile on her face, her brown hair which was in curls had a flower clip and a sunny bracelet. She gave him a small cardboard box which was wrapped in plastic before asking "How strong do you think this is?" He replied to her "Looks to be a level 8 like topaz. It's tough but it can be scratched with enough force, we should be careful with how we handle this." She nodded as she felt the biting wind against her ears and she recoiled.
Soon Skywarith soon jumped out which caught their attention. Immediately he pulled out his firearm as he began to shoot. They attempted to dodge as Skywraith had gunned them down, their winter coats blemished with blood while they were laid down with their arms stretched out. He was soon done as he began to examine what else could be in the cart. He heard someone walking behind him as he turned to see a robot in a animal cloak as they shot him with their gun. He was pushed back from the cliff, trying to use his seeker wings to attempt to fly himself up. His wing got injured by the cliff as it cracked the turbine engine and made him fall faster. He landed on a frozen lake "Owch..." He groaned before trying to get up before noticing what looks to be cracks under him as the ice started to open up.
Skywraith panicked trying to get out as the water started to appear through "NO, NO, NO, NO!" He yelled as the icy hole opened up and the water swallowed him whole. He struggled to swim, his face covered in the clashing freezing water as the lake was deeper than he excepted as his metallic hands were burning up from the ice touching him. His wings froze up, his legs kicking quickly as the savage cold was against him. He finally got up, breathing as the salty water that was sputtering and spilling from his house. He was shivering, his Arms close to himself as he saw his servos covered in black blisters and his metallic hands became a darker grey colour. The energon had stopped flowing into his fingers as he soon fell back to the snowy ground, the bullet in his spark. He soon went offline, his breathing slowing down as his hands fell to his sides.
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"Whatever could have happened with him?" The person asked as he shrugged. "Don't know, I heard most of those crystals weren't supposed to be there. They were supposed to be packaged first." The man looked over the other person's eyes before also asking "Well, tell me what else happened." They nodded "Two people have been reported to be dead, one a girl and one a man, seen around the mines. They were supposed to help out with a favour I heard, something about the excess being more than usual." Soon the man sighed before also asking "Where were they working?" The other man looked thoughtfully "Looks to be around the mountains, in Scotland. I assume near the upper highlands."