Welcome my readers, to the spiritual successor to "Scorn", for now, hopefully it shall not feel rushed. I feel much better about this story, as I actually have more then a very rough outline as to how this shall go, and Now, welcome and enjoy the new beginning of "When One Door Closes"
Chapter 1: One Door Opens
Well, I never expected this to happen so soon. I died, Kicked the bucket, croaked, pushing daisies, six feet under, which ever you want to choose. How I died was kind of embarissing, I had been playing a game on my old ps2 when it had started to over heat and turning the system off, when I had gone to check what had happened it had turned into a frag gernade in my hands, having my final moments remembered be a face full of shrapnel.
Now though, waking up in a white void that seemed to just go on endlessly, I didn't know what to do.
"Well fuck..." I said to myself as I just started walking, not knowing how much time had passed, or knowing if I had even moved from the spot I was in. Falling to my knees, I broke down in tears, the endless white expanse feeling like it was closing in on me, making me feel like I was going mad. So I sat there, my head between my hands, tears streaming down my face when...a hand was placed on my shoulder. Launching myself forward onto the ground, I turn onto my back looking up at the shadowy silhouette in front of me.
"I'm sorry child, for not noticing you as soon as you entered the void between universes. It is to late to return you to your own afterlife, for your time here has closed of the choice of returning. I can give you a few choices as to where you may go, but again, I'm sorry for not having the power to return you to your own." the silhouette told me, its voice constantly shifting between masculine and feminine as it started to walk away from me, motioning for me to follow. I wiped away a few of the tears on my face as I pushed myself up, and slowly following the seemingly omnipotenet being. I really hope I wasn't going to be R.O. , because I did not need the added fuckery that could happen, I had read enough fanfics to know that it could go very poorly.
"Child, I'm sorry, but this situation will be similar, but I derive no pleasure seeing a soul barred from ascending to its final resting place." the being said, as if it could... "Yes, I can read your mind, though I take no pleasure from it. Your thoughts are essencially being broadcast to me, almost like a human yelling through a megaphone." I stood still for a moment in shock, before I continued to follow the shadow to a set of 3 pillars that came from nowhere, with 3 doors behind it.
On each pillar was a small orb with objects in them. In the first was what looked like a shard of stone with a gear circling it, the second had what looked like a cog with a spark that kept jumping from one side to the other of the hollow circle in the cog, and the third had a...freaking pokeball. Walking closer to the pillars, I looked over each one, it was like I was being given a choice.
"In appoligy to not being able to return you to your home universe, I was able to get other creator level beings to allow you to gain abilities or a home from their respective universe. First is a Tinker shard with choice of speciality." Holy crap..so that means.. " Yes, the author you know as Wildbow, the same as every other author or creator of fiction, was able to gain views of the multiverse and used what they saw as their creative ideas. Next, from Primus is the form of a Cybertronian, you would be able to chose the alt-mode and how your humanoid form was to look, and third, is to essentially live a childhood dream to be a pokemon trainer." it said, and before I could ask, it gave what felt like a knowing look before tapping the side of its head.
"And the doors?" I asked, looking to the doors, they looked like a sturdy wodden door with a thick metal edge around it. I went between each of the three pillars, thoughts racing through my head, what my choice will be.
"They will be the entry way to your new world." the being said, as I took my time going between each pillar, thinking of the pros and cons of each choice. I don't know how long it took to make my choice, for time seemed to have no hold in this white void as I reached out and put my hand on the middle orb, choosing to become a cybertronian.
When I made my choice, a screen seemed to appear before me, with a lay out similar to the Fall of Cybertron character customization screen, except that unlike the limited choices of the game, all my choices encompased other works of fiction as well, and the torso didn't effect what my alt mode would be. Going through the choices a bit, I smiled before creating my robot mode in honor of one my favorite Gundams, having it look similar but with slight changes. The end resaults was a robot mode that heavily resembled the Blitz Gundam, with the same slim and angular body, to the thruster pack on the back and the pointed shoulder pauldrons. The big diffence was the head, with it looking more like what you would see on Omnimon. I chose the same colour schemes as the Blitz as well, with the main colour being a deep navy blue, with the red accents.
After the choice of robot mode done, the screen changed to show all my choices of alt modes, and what cosmetic changes would appear on my robot mode. The list ranged from vehicles like sports cars to jets, to beasts like mammals to reptiles both fantasy and extinct. After looking though the list and looking at the aesthetic changes that would occur, (most land based vehicles had wheeles replace the heels and planes would change the thruster packs to wings and the point of the chest to the cockpit of the jet mode) I found one I really liked, it would make me closer to a Dinobot or Predicon depending on the side I chose, the Alt-mode would be that of a Gorgonopsid, though with how it translated to a robotic for, made it almost resemble MetalGarurumon with out the wings as well as a larger jaw, instead the thrusters for the robot mode coming off its shoulders. The asthetics that appeared on the robot mode for this choice was that the fingers instead of almost flat ending, were clawed and adding a a row of the beast mode teeth along the back of the arms almost like batmans armguards as well with the feet having claws instead of ending in a point. Weapon-wise, I went away from the asthetic of having a sword like the other Dinobots, but chose a rifle along with a missle rack that would sit on my back between the thrusters, in my alt-mode I could fire the rifle bolts from my mouth and the missles would fire from a rack that would raise from my back.
Almost suddenly after I finished my vision went black and when my vision came back, I found myself looking down at robotic paws with sharp claws. Feeling a tingle in in the back of my mind, I focused on it with in turn caused my whole perspective to shift as I heard the shifting of metal and gears turning as I stood up straight and looked at my clawed hands. Opening and closing my hands, I turned them over looking over myself as much as I could. I felt so much power in the servos that served as the equivilant of muscles, it was almost reminicent of a swimmers or runners build. I could flex the three clawed toes individually, the shoulder pauldrons didn't impead my movement at all. After who knows how long that it took for me to look over my new body, the Being coughed into its hand to get my attention.
"So the choice of being a Cybertronian, I was sure you would have chose to be a pokemon trainer. But alas, that is what I get for assuming with out taking free-will into account. Now, each door opens to the universe that corrisponds with the abilities/gifts on the pedestal before them. You may chose a different door from the choice you made ability wise, or go to the corrisponding universe. It is your choice." the Being explained, before it stood to the side as I walked to the middle door, which corrisponed with the Transformer body, and as I started to open it, I was stopped once more.
"Before you leave, know that because of how long you have been in the void between universes, if or when you expire in this new universe, you will return here. Do not fret, you will get the choice to go to another universe, but you will not again get the choice to gain a new ability, you are from now on, a Cybertronian. As well your choice as to if you are a Decepticon or Autobot is yours, but Primus has told me your new name from now on will be Scatterclaw." the Being once more put its hand on my shoulder, before noding and speaking once more. "Now go and live your new life as a Cybertronian, you will find yourself where you will be able to chose how you will live your life. I will see you when you return." were its final words as it faded from sight, leaving me with just the one door before me.
"Well, fortune favors the bold." I said to myself, my new voice having a growl-like undertone to it, as I pushed open the door, being blinded as I was transported to my new home, on Cybertron.
And that my friends, is the start of the new story, I will try to have a more...regular update schedule, unlike how long you all had to wait for the next Chapter of "Scorn" as of this moment, I have Chapter 2 in the works, so hopefully the longest you will have to wait is at most month and a half