Flesh To Metal Version 3
Summary: Transformers Prime fic. Going from human to robo-dragon is quite an upgrade. I don't intend to follow the universe's script the way it wishes though.
1. First Flight And First Fight
Story Start: Our Universe
The area around me was a mess. A blown-out tire from the front of a semi had caused it to careen out of control, taking out five different cars within the first five seconds of the accident and it had only gotten worse from there. I was on the tail end of the first twenty seconds and thanks to my pretty good reflexes had somehow managed to put my little Ford Ranger into a tail spin so that the back end had gotten crumpled and not me. Once my head had stopped ringing, I quickly got out of the cab from the passenger side and scrabbled to the side of the road, glad that I tended to stay in the fast lane whenever I went on freeways and highways simply on principle.
Screeching tires drew my attention as yet another car couldn't stop in time and I saw the mini-van slam into one of the already crumpled wrecks. Seeing the flames that started in both vehicles, I cursed before I rushed back to my truck's still open cab and flipped the back of the passenger seat forward to expose the small fire extinguisher and wonder-bar (mini crowbar) behind the seat. Grabbing both, I quickly rushed over and pulled the pin on the extinguisher, dousing the flames in its foam. Imminent explosions diverted, I helped the passengers get out of the cars only to discover that the driver of the car the mini-van had hit had his leg pinned under twisted metal. Thanking my foresight to grab the wonder-bar, I began prying the metal away from his leg, adrenalin aiding my already not so unimpressive strength and after about thirty seconds, the driver was just able to get his leg out. I had just enough time to wince at the mangled look of his ankle before I threw his left arm over my shoulder and began making my way back to the side of the road.
We were just beginning to pass the hood of my truck when yet again I heard tires screeching and I saw another car squealing as it came towards us too fast to stop. Tossing the driver the last few feet to the side of the road, I made to jump as well only to get hit by the car in the area of the driver side headlight, the force of the impact pinning me into the hood of my truck and causing my head to slam into the side of my truck directly above the wheel well and darkness filled my vision.
Scene Change: Transformers Prime Universe, Shockwave's Laboratory
I came back to awareness to see a strange sight. Yellow liquid surrounded me in a tube and outside there was a blocky figure that I could swear looked like Shockwave from the Transformers Prime tv show. I heard the fluid around me begin to drain and when it drained past my eyes giving me a clear view, I couldn't help but blinking when I saw that it WAS Shockwave. My mind raced as the fluid finished draining and the tube was lowered in its mounting allowing me to stretch out. I uncurled myself and glanced at my body, cautiously moving each limb to see what I had. Seeing a dragon body, I frowned and thought 'European style dragon, so 'Predaking', sure as hell not going to go by that ridiculous name though. Really weird form to be reincarnated as though since this isn't even close to being human.'
I focused back on the surroundings around me and leaned down to bring my head closer to Shockwave to study the Decepticon. The show did a pretty good job of depicting him although there were minor details that you just couldn't capture on a tv screen even with the show being CGI.
Shockwave reached up with his only hand and stroked the front of my face for a moment before he turned around and started walking as he said "Follow. Soundwave, I am ready." A moment later, a swirling portal opened and I followed Shockwave through, mind racing as I did my best to figure out what I should do in this situation.
I came out of the portal and did Predaking's little theatrical show just for the hell of it. I gave Starscream an evil eye and fanged grin as he backed away and said "A Predacon?! Th-they've been extinct since the beginning of Cybertronian history!"
"Indeed." Shockwave said as he walked back towards me and continued "But the specimen you see before you was bred in the laboratory." He put a hand on my left front leg as he said "Cloned from fossilized remains, which I discovered on Cybertorn."
"Shockwave, it does my spark good to see you once more tampering with creation." Megatron said as he walked down the steps leading to his throne and towards me.
"Master, please keep your distance!" Starscream said and I glanced at him from the corner of my eye idly wondering if I could get away with chomping his head off before I refocused on Megatron as he got closer.
"No need for alarm, the beast is completely under my control." Shockwave said and I thought 'Oh really, and what evidence do you have of that?' I was half tempted to swipe him into the air and off the giant tower but held myself back. It hadn't even been ten minutes since I woke up in this universe and I needed a plan. I REALLY had to hold myself back mentally as Megatron got within a few feet of me and I leaned my head down to look at him. It would be so EASY to try and end this here and now but I doubted I could actually kill Megatron and still have the Cons rebuild the Omega Lock to restore Cybertron.
"Such primal magnificence." Megatron said appreciatively, not knowing how close he was to getting his head bitten off as he stared into my eyes with appreciation.
My attention was brought to Shockwave as he held up a container of energon and said "A sample of energon, from Wheeljack, spilled during the Autobot's failed interrogation." He brought it close to my head and I felt instinct take over as a scanner in my eye activated causing my eye to glow brighter and giving me the unique properties of the liquid fuel and a hazy line appeared in my mind's eye showing me which way he had fled.
"Let the hunt begin." Megatron said with a grin and I took that as my cue to spread my wings. Once more relying on instinct for now, I flew out of the tower and into the sunset following the line in my mind's eye. I had a lot of thinking to do on my flight.
Time Skip: Night Time
The moon had already cleared the horizon by the time I caught up to the Wreckers. I didn't bother with any aerial tricks, simply getting into position and launching a fireball at the rock beneath the Wreckers' feet and just to the right of Wheeljack. As planned, the three dove away from where the fireball would hit and I grinned as I heard even as far away as I was Miko shouting "A dragon?! When did the cons get a dragon?!" Seeing that they had moved to where I wanted them, I flew a little higher to give them more chance to react and fired another fireball, this one straight at them to force them to split up. Once they split up, I landed directly in front of Wheeljack and growled at him.
Wheeljack let out a war cry as he started rapidly firing at me. I turned my head to let the first shots glance off its side rather than near my eyes before I raised my head out of the line of fire and swiped him into the boulder behind him with my tail. I walked forward over the still glowing crater from my second shot only to hear the sound of a bot transforming. Having expected this, I instantly jerked my head back and Bulkhead went soaring past, surprise clear in his eyes. I immediately prepared a fireball and inwardly smirked as Bulkhead let out a yelp and began running away. I fired the fireball and it detonated directly behind him sending him flying with small fires on his limbs.
"Bulkhead!" Miko shouted as she started to run towards said Wrecker. I watched her reach the big guy before I glanced around and then towards Wheeljack's call of "Looking for me, beast?!" Said swordsman looked down at the ground beneath me before up with raised eyebrows. I rolled my own eyes even as I stomped my right foot down on the beeping sound beneath me which suddenly died with a satisfying crunching sound and a VERY minor fireball escaping beneath my claws. The 'Oh, COME ON!' look on Wheeljack's face made me mentally cackle even as Bulkhead called out "We're going to need more firepower!"
"Good thing I know just where to find some!" Wheeljack called out. But just as he turned and began to run for the mine, I launched a fireball over his head and into the mine entrance and the whole joint went up in a truly impressive blue fireball. Seeing Wheeljack's shoulders slump, I glanced towards Bulkhead and Miko and saw their slack jaws causing me to lift my head to the sky and began roaring out in laughter. Getting myself under control again, I gave Wheeljack a raised eyebrow look that clearly asked him 'You didn't actually think I'd be stupid enough to do what you wanted did you?'
"Oh great, we've got a smart dragon." Miko mused causing me to chuckle again before I let out a yelp as a massive bolt of energy slammed into my side sending me skidding away from Wheeljack. 'The hell? I thought I had a minute still.' I absently thought to myself as Ultra Magus' ship roared passed and shot upwards in a wide turning circuit.
I watched the ship pick up the Wreckers as I thought about pursuing or not. Deciding I'd rather not get slammed into a cliff, I let the ship go, shaking my head once before I took off and headed back to Dark Mount. The first act had passed, and now all of the actors for the second act had to get ready.