"encountering a sweep in the wild was already rare, yet encountering a sweep lord was a whole other situation. A symbol of death soon to come, of bad luck and an even worse future, that is if the other bot usually comes alive out of the situation. Yet the lord did not attempt to attack, attacking a mere civilian was beneath their honor. They may have intruded on eachothers hunting territory but that night no dark energon was shed, only silent stares"
Whew very small comic of Cyclonus and Scourge first meeting in my Deep Below Cybertron AU!
ironically enough they did infact not meet deep below Cybertron but on the surface in a more rural part of Cybertron where Light pollution was mapped to be fairly low.
Cyclonus back then was a mere Recruitment scout looking for potential targets, the night just made it easier to sneak around. Little to his knowledge where he stood was also the hunting territory of a (then fairly new) Sweep Lord. Usually Sweeps are fairly aggressive even against Terrorcons when it came to their space, however Scourge was always a bit different. Not to be mistaken for harmless, if Cyclonus did one wrong move they would have pounced.
They didnt talk, they simply stared at eachother until Cyclonus showed steps of leaving, which in turn triggered Scourge to take their leave as well, seeing no danger present.
Yeah save to say it was a bit awkward at first between them when Galvatron first recruited Scourge and they reunited-
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Yessss Cyclonus looked very much different back then- alot of things messed him up physically after he started to follow Galvatron