"Warning... Warning... Spark damaged," the stasispod reported, "Spark will terminate in 5 cycles."
"Ow but that is more than enough time for me, hehehehehe," an insane like voice called out of the darkness.
Tarantulas gazed over the pod. It was badly damaged, but the protoform would survive. The pod had crashed right through the side of a mountain, thanks to a malfunction in the landingsystem. Tarantulas approached the pod and opened it. It's spark was already turning way too rapidly.
"I will have to act fast," the spider said, as usual, to himself, as no one else was there.
As he opened the area where the programming chip was supposed to go, his eyes went wide. There was already a Predacon chip in there.
"Tarantulas to Megatron," the spider said, activating his comlink.
"Megatron here. Report," a short bark answered.
"The statispod has already got a Predacon programming chip," Tarantulas said. He was still annoyed Megatron also knew about the statispod, now he couldn't recruit the protoform to be his loyal servant and he had to watch as Megatron spoiled another transformer.
"WHAT?!" came the surprised reply, "Hold your position, I'll be right there. Don't..."
"Beast form detected, programming not needed, recovering old memory," the stasispod interrupted.
"This is quite interesting, yesssss," Megatron mused through the comlink, as he shot into the air with powerful wingstrokes.
A bright white light exited the pod, making Tarantulas shield his eyes for it. At first he had been surprised Megatron let him take this mission alone, but as the pod was this close to base, it was impossible for him to steal it. A hard thud was heard as the new transformer jumped out the pod. As the light cleared, Tarantulas lowered his arms. His eyes widened as much as they could. Behind him, Megatron arrived, transforming as he landed. He, too, stood dumbfounded, staring at the transformer.
"H-H-How is this possible?" Tarantulas stuttered.
"Simple... I transferred my spark into a blank protoform and set the pod to launch just before escaping," the transformer answered.
"But..." Megatron asked, "How did you get here?"
"I locked onto your spark, Megs," the transformer said, "Is my intelligence and creativity that surprising?"
"No... Of course not," Megatron said, getting himself back together, "I'm just surprised you're here... This is indeed very interesting, yesssss. Back to base."
"Yes, SIR!" the transformer said jokingly.
Shaking his head but actually smiling, Megatron transformed back to beastmode and flew back to the Predaconbase, followed quickly by Tarantulas and the transformer.
