Chapter Ten – Rampage of Devastator
The huge pale green robot glared down at the surrounding tanks and brought his fists down to the ground in anger. The shockwave from the strike sent the armored vehicles flying away as if they were constructed out of paper. Devastator was merciless in his rampage as he grabbed the tanks and ripped them into pieces. The soldiers scream and run for their lives as the giant robot stomps down after them, his evil laughter sends a chill down Commander West's spine as he stands there helplessly while his men are being wiped out.
"Nothing stops Devastator! The Decepticons shall rule over you all!" The large pale green combiner shouts.
A panel opens from behind the robot and he pulls out a massive purple colored weapon that unfolds to its full-scale form. West was in awe of the sheer size of the gun Devastator held, before he could even order his men to fall back, the giant robot pointed it at the group of fleeing tanks and fired it on them. In one swift stroke, the powerful green blast from the weapon took out the entire fleet of tanks as they vaporized before his very eyes.
"NOOOO!" West shouted in anger.
Optimus Prime looked at the faces of the Autobots behind him; they too were in shock at the sight of the massive death the Decepticon gave to the humans. Prime took a look at his gun and held on to it as he thought of a way to defeat Devastator.
"Autobots!" Prime shouted as he tried to snap them out of their gaze. "Ready for attack!"
"Are you nuts Prime?" Ironhide says. "All our fire power combined won't bring that monster down. Hell, even when we were all on Cybertron it took nearly half of our forces just to even push him back!"
"I know…I KNOW!" Prime shouts back at him. "But what would you have me do Ironhide? If Devastator continues like this he'll surly wipe out all these poor creatures from existence."
"Maybe we shouldn't help at all Prime." Prowl says as he folds his arms over. "Archeville needs to be taught a lesson and so do all these humans in here. If it hadn't been for them, none of us would be a problem now."
Prime walks over and places his hand on the security chief's shoulder.
"Can you be that cruel Prowl? To stand by here and watch innocent life suffer. They may have been foolish and probably deserve what they got. But, what does that say about us?"
Prowl stares up at the leader as he continues to speak to him.
"Life is precious Prowl. All life is. So do we become as evil as the Decepticons and kill anything that stands in our way? Or do we take responsibility and guard those who need our protection from harm?"
"You're…you're right Prime." Prowl sighs as lowers his head. "Kup would have kicked my hide for losing sight of that."
"Uh…" Bumblebee says as he gestures to the spectacle happening beyond. "Are we going to do anything? Cause you know…there is a giant Decepticon running amok out there."
Prime laughs at Bumblebee's sarcastic remark hand gestures his men to circle around him.
"Right you are Bumblebee. Gather round everyone, I've got a plan that will require all our efforts."
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"Fortify you're positions! Don't let them break through!"
Back inside the alien ship in the arctic, the soldiers surround a massive metal door and continue firing away at the approaching Deceptions. The warmly dressed troops use every weapon available as they try to stop the robotic beings in their tracks. The laser weapons they hold are having no effect as it now just seems to bounce off the shining silver polished chest of Megatron as he walks in front of his Deception brood with no fear. The scowl on his face makes it all too clear that he's unimpressed with this human force, the continuing bombardment isn't so much a hindrance, but to him, just very annoying. The other Deceptions also continue to fire away at the resistance and personally make sure that there are no survivors in their wake. Ravage leaps around finding the small narrow cracks of the ancient looking metal hull and finds the soldiers trying to either escape or sneak around for another attack. Starscream, Thundercracker, Skywarp and Rumble follow up behind Megatron as they randomly shoot at both the group ahead and those begging to be spared as they lay wounded on the ground. Archeville, lagging behind in the wake of the battle, walks past the hordes of dead soldiers lying about. The smell of burning flesh and blackened corpses gives him slight nausea but drives him deeper into a state of utter madness.
"Chaos…" He whispers as he holds his mouth and stares about with wide eyes. "They're so brutal and swift. To…to think that this how the old regime was…yes…yes…that's how it should have been. We would have been undefeatable!"
The man begins to laugh hysterically as he continues looking around at he dead.
"A whole world at our disposal! They would have built statues of us…made us the crowning glory of the German might…Gods…yes…we would have been GODS!"
The echo of his voice through the snowy, ice-laden corridors of the alien craft bounce through as the sound the weapons fire ahead merges with it.
"I would have ruled the world…I…I will still rule the world. Megatron is the key…yes…Megatron shall help me continue my plans. My time will come…patience…patience…let them do all the work and then…yes…yes I will be the ruler of all things."
Archeville gave a short sniffle and then straightened himself in a more relaxed yet proud manner. Holding on to the lapels of his jacket like a gifted scholar, he strutted past the never-ending ruins of debris and bodies smoldering beside him and gave an eerie smile as he continued to think of his future destiny.
Megatron finally reached the door they were headed for and looked at it with curious eyes. The humans below him were still pounding away with their weapons and even their fists; they were desperate at this point to stop him, even if it meant using themselves to do it. Megatron never even gave them a second thought; he just stared at the door and looked over at Soundwave coming up beside him as he waited for the others to catch up.
"Are you sure this is the bridge of the vessel?" Megatron asked.
"Positive…" Soundwave's voice resonated in the monotone pitch.
"Then lets see what the fuss has been all about then." Megatron smirked, as he looked back the door.
The leader brought his arm cannon and pointed it at the large metal door. The human soldiers all gasped as they saw him aim directly in their path and realized that this was the end for all of them. With one mighty blast of power, the fusion cannon took out the door in a massive explosion of hot metal and debris. Screams of the men who had been standing in front and behind the door rang out as it ripped apart and then became deafly silent as it finished. With nothing left in Megatron's path, he stepped through the burning archway and now entered the room with a proud look.
"And now…Project N is mine. Victory to those who deserve it! Victory to the Decepticons!"
As Megaton and the other Decepticons cheered, they looked about the main bridge and noticed that it was empty, as grey as the rest of the metal corridors and full of wires dangling down from every access opened. Sitting in a chair in front of a massive computer almost like Telatran One, a young man stands up from it and gulps at the sight of the huge metal beings coming closer. The young man is wearing a dark blue coat with a fur trimmed hood, his boots look more comfortable then those the soldier were wearing and pushes the round gold rimmed glasses up as he stares up at them. The Decepticon leader's smile diminishes from his face and now gives an angered frown as he stands over the frightened boy.
"Who are you? Speak!"
"My…my name is…" The shivering man tries to utter. "Chip…Chip Chase."
"ARCHEVILLE!" Megatron shouts in anger.
"Yes…I'm here." The Doctor responds as he waltzes in a calm manner.
"Where is it?" The leader yells as he turns around to look at him. "Where is this Project N of yours?"
"You're in it, Megatron." Archeville smiles as he walks over to Chip Chase and pats him on the shoulder. "This is Project N."
The young man looks at Archeville as he states the fact and then both of them look back over at Megatron who seems very unhappy with that response. The leader slowly growls and then rises to a shrilling scream as he takes his fusion cannon and blasts a hole in the side of the room. Starscream watches his leader's rant and chuckles to himself quietly as he grins with delight. All that way…for nothing.
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Devastator continued his destructive rampage on the humans attacking him, the ground shook as he stomped his feet and his giant purple fists smashed buildings and aircrafts as they tried to take him out.
"Die humans! You shall not defeat me, I am Devastator! Your world is at an end…."
"Hey!" A voice says from below the massive green and purple colored robot. "Why don't you go and pick on a robot your own size!"
Devastator looked down and saw Ironhide pointing his gun at him.
"Or how bout just little ol' me for starters!"
Ironhide took a shot at the robot and managed to get Devastator in the forehead. The robot's head tilted back from the blast and gave a slight groan of pain from the burn. Angered by the smaller robot, Devastator took his fist and tried to pound the Autobot into the ground. Ironhide was too quick for it; he quickly transformed and drove away before the metal giant could take another shot.
"Autobot! You shall know great pain when I get through with you! All Autobots shall suffer the same fate!"
"Oh yeah!" Prowls voice now said behind him. "You and what army?"
Devastator looked behind and noticed Prowl with Inferno, Jazz, Windcharger, Sunstreaker and Sideswipe as they all had their weapons aimed at him.
"That's right, Jack! Autobots in da house, time to get it on, sucka!" Jazz laughed.
All of them opened fire at the Decepticon as he tired to turn to face them. The shots seemed to scorch his body and make him flinch at times. But Devastator is too thick skinned to be wounded by their blasts. With the Constructicons bonded together it allows Devastator to share all their energy and form a shielded body frame making him nearly indestructible. So far the Autobots have never been able to properly take down Devastator, their weapons can do some damage, but not enough to critically wound him at all. The massive robot himself smiles in confidence as he is very aware of this fact, with each pounding step he takes towards the Autobots they in turn take one step back away from him.
"Fools!" Devastator laughs. "You are no match for the might of my power!"
He reaches behind his back and opens another panel on his person; it slides back and brings out a large purple weapon that unfolds in his hand as he brings it forward. As it completes its transformation, the massive robot holds out the gun and shoots down at the Jazz and the others. The strength from the cannon was so much that it blew a crater in the ground and sent the Autobots hurling every which way. As they try to recover from the blast, the massive green robot turns his sights back on the fleeing human tanks and soldiers. He points his gun again at them all and fires a shot. The plasma blast streaks across the ground and rips through the armored division frying everything in its wake.
"What ever you're going to do Prime…you'd better do it quick!" Jazz radios to the leader as he runs back in to stop the massive creature. "Cause I don't know how long we can keep him distracted!"
Optimus Prime looks over at Red Alert and Blaster as they stand beside him.
"You know what to do…just be ready for it."
"This is insane Prime!" Red Alert nervously shouts at him. "There must be a better plan then this?"
"I'm open for suggestions…" The leader squints at him.
"Uh…well…"
Blaster knocks the jittery Autobot on the head. "Hey cut the small talk for pete's sake, man! Don't doubt the Prime…just transform and do your thang!"
"Oh…very well." Red Alert groans as he rubs his head from the smack.
Transforming into the red and white Lamborghini, Red Alert turns on his sirens and zooms out towards Devastator. Prime takes a few steps and prepares to transform too, but Blaster holds onto his arm for a second and forces him to look back at him.
"I didn't want to say it in front of him…but…I sure hope you truly know what you're doing too Optimus."
The leader nods at him and pats his face. "So do I Blaster…so do I."
Transforming into his tractor-trailer mode, Optimus Prime speeds out to the battle and leaves Blaster standing there with his arms folded over as he gives a sigh.
"Cause if it doesn't…we're toast."