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Chapter 12

Animus

Unknown POV

I looked at the sight before me with a bit of awe. In front of me was the body of Animus, the Beast of Blood. I grimaced a bit at the sight of his chest - torn open, with his blood pouring out of it. Luckily for me, where I stood was elevated. The rest of the cavern was filled with the Blood.

I opened a claw servo and looked down at the shard of Dark Energon. I looked back at Animus threw the shard into the hole in his chest and patiently waited. I was not dissapointed, as moments later his optics onlined.

An emotion I was not used to flowed through me as he gazed at me. Is this 'fear'?

Animus POV

What...is this? I am...alive? All I remember before the darkness...was Tyrannus' jaws closing on my chestplate. Straining my neck to try and look at my chest, I saw that there was a gaping hole in it. And there was a strange glow coming from it...

I turned my gaze towards the little, to me, being that stood before me. I began to raise myself, pain shooting through my legs, but I ignored it. I roared, and the pool of Anima I was in began to rise. A spout of it went into my chest, as it slowly returned to my body.

The many gashes on my body began to glow as I regained my power, but to my confusion, the Anima began to darken as it returned to my body. But I felt...stronger. I spread my wings as every drop of Anima finally returned. I felt like I could fight Tyrannus evenly!

I turned to the little one again as Anima began to drip from my maw.

"Were you the one that revived me, little one?" I said.

"Yes...and I demand you swear servitude to Unicron!" It yelled.

"You think you can control ME you little insect!?" I roared.

"What..? Why aren't you mindless!? The Dark Energon should have robbed you of your sentience!" It yelled.

"None can control Animus!" I roared, "The Anima bends only to MY will"

I roared and swung my head towards him, knocking him into the walls of the cavern before send a tendril of Anima to force him further into the wall. I then closed my jaws around him before lifting off and breaking through the roof of the cavern. I burst out of the mountain and landed on top of it. I dropped the little fool on to the side of it.

"Behold, little one!" I roared, "Watch as the Anima devours this land!"

I roared again, Anima pouring from my chest into the hole, back into the cavern. The mountain and the land around it began to darken, before sundering, Anima spewing from the cracks. I let out a deep, guttural laugh as my corruption continued to spread. I look down at the fool once more and chuckled.

"Feel honored, little one." I said, "For you will be the first to fall to me."

I stomped a clawed foot onto the mountain as Anima burst from below him, sending him flying and covering him in it. I let out a roar as I fell from the mountain and took flight.

It was time for me to hunt Cataclysm! It was time to take my rightful place as the king of this world!

Brawl POV

I vented as I waited for Lord Megatron to show up, and I looked towards the Stunticons. They still looked banged up from Hellion's rage. Didn't know that Autobrat could do THAT. Heh, he would've made a FINE teammate and Decepticon.

I looked towards the door as it opened, revealing Lord Megatron. He walked until he stopped in the middle of the room. A thought came to my processor - I was told he was caught in the Space Bridge explosion that had happend a few days before my arrival, HOW did he survive?

"Lord Megatron?" I said, "How DID you survive the explosion from the space bridge, if I may ask?"

"Even I do not know, Brawl." he said, "I thought I was going to die, the last thing I remember was watching as the Terrorcons neared the space bridge."

"What I DO remember, however, is a large set of optics gazing down at me, and then hearing a voice that said 'Be glad I see you as useful, little Decepticon, you will be the instrument that allows me to have my revenge!', after that...nothing." he continued.

"Uh...Lord Megatron?" I started, "You don't think that one dead Predacon is able to invade processors, do you?"

His optics widened, and even I was surprised. Normally I liked to keep it stupid, simple. But here I was, saying something smart.

We watched as he left the room, all of us were confused. Just WHAT had saved Megatron? And why? Before I could think further, I grunted as I felt pain in my processor.

"Ah...so you've almost figured it out, you aren't as stupid as I thought."

'Who...who are you?' I thought.

"I...am Tyrannus. The Spark Devourer!"

It let out a dark chuckle, and I felt fear course through me.

"And I am the beginning of the end."

And that's the end of chapter 12! Sorry it took so long to do. Hope you all enjoyed it! Feed back is appreciated, don't be afraid to tell me if I'm doing good or not. And I have to thank Elhini Prime for giving me the name for the 6th Ancient - Tyrannus.

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