'Myth Wars': Episode 66: "Premonitions from the Past: Part 1: Death is only the beginning…":
(Author's Notes on Bottom)
"NOOOO!" Optimus screams as he slams his fists into the ground; totally distraught over the death of Rhinox.
"How are…the others?" Optimus asks with a shaky voice; trying to get a hold of himself. "They didn't make it either Bigbot…" Cheetor comments quietly as he stands above Silverbolt's dead body.
"Silverbolt!" Optimus cries out in shock. "I'm not sure if she made it or not Optimus…" Rattrap begins as he holds up the broken remnants of Blackarachnia's shattered body, "…But it don't look good."
"No, not you too!" Optimus clenches his fists in anger; trying to maintain control. "Oh Optimus! What're we gonna do!" Rattrap cries out.
Optimus squints with vengeance and slams his fists together, "Megatron will pay!"
"Cheetor; you'll be in charge until I return!" Optimus commands in a booming voice as he transforms into his jet mode and takes off after Megatron.
"Well…what do we do now?" Rattrap asks. Cheetor rubs his chin lightly, "…We need to get inside the Providus."
"What! Has this new promotion gone straight to yer head?" Rattrap yells, "…Wing Convoy's in der; and he ain't just gonna let us back in!"
"I know…" Cheetor smirks lightly, "…But he's got the equipment we need to get our pals back!" "Eh?" Rattrap comments; noticing the smirk; and then nods silently a moment later.
Meanwhile, inside the Providus…
"YES!" Wing screams in triumph, "The traitor's have finally paid the price for their crimes against me; or better yet; their crimes against Cybertron!"
"Oh…" Warpath rubs his head in pain as he slowly rises to his feet, "…Anyone catch the number of the Predacon freightliner that just ran into me?"
He looks down to see Snarl still lying on the ground; knocked unconscious.
"Well you didn't miss too much Warpath." Wing Convoy begins, "The Maximals were attacked by Megatron…he killed most of them regrettably…"
"WHAT!" Warpath cries out. "You mean Megatron killed all of them? And you let him?" "No…you don't understand Warpath…" Wing Convoy begins, "…Sure; I was originally against helping them. I was upset with them for attacking me; but once I seen Megatron's true plan; I knew that I had to act. I have a duty as a member of the High Council to protect all Maximals and uphold our ideals; no matter the cost."
"So what did you do?" Warpath asks, a little suspicious. "I tried to use our cannons to blast Megatron; but…" he looks away in shame, "…but I missed."
Warpath stares at him in blank shock. "You missed!" he asks. "Yes…and regrettably Megatron killed almost all of the Maximals…"
Warpath hangs his head in shame; unsure of what to say next. Finally he sighs loudly; making his feelings known without disrespecting Wing. "You sure aren't making a good role model for me sir…" he states solemnly and exits the room.
"Huh…" Wing quietly mutters to himself, "…No matter. All that matters is that the traitors are finally dead; and now no one can stand in my way!"
Elsewhere…
"Perfect! Now Megatron's going to think that we abandoned him!" Gigatron yells as they speed away in the Darklight.
"Ah will you shut up!" Nemesis screams, "…That's the fifth time you've said that! We get it!" "I'm still your leader and commanding officer Nemesis; don't you forget that!" Gigatron retorts.
Tidal Wave sits in the front; transformed into his Kraken mode. "Boss…" he begins, "…What are we going to do now?" "Glad you asked…" Gigatron states as he makes his way towards the front of the ship.
"Beast mode!" Gigatron calls out as he transforms into a hydra. "You see…" one of his heads begins, "…Megatron told me that…" another head says, "…there were more stasis pods inside the downed Autobot shuttle…" the next head states, "…so we are going to try to find that shuttle…" the next head states, "…and turn those protoforms into Predacons!" another head finishes.
Nemesis watches from the back of the shuttle as the two Predacons laugh together. She turns to a computer in the ship and pulls up designs for various Decepticons and Predacons with new alt modes.
As she scrolls through the designs she stops on Shockwave; made into a new Cyclops alt mode. "Why would Gigatron want to make all of the new Predacons into mythological creatures? And why would Megatron go along with his plan?" she asks herself quietly.
She looks away from the computer; and stares down at the beaten and lifeless body of Waspinator lying on the floor. "Whatever the reason…" she begins as she whips out her swords, "…I'll make sure that they don't succeed; and they will pay for what they did to you!"
Meanwhile...
Tarantulas runs as fast as he can in spider mode when he senses something. He suddenly steps to the side as MegaZarak plunges his sword right into the ground right where Tarantulas was.
"Hehe…you're gonna to have to be faster than that!" Tarantulas mocks. "You may have changed since we last met Tarantulas," MegaZarak begins as he rips his sword out of the ground, "But you're still no match for a Decepticon like me!"
"Excellent…just what I needed…" Tarantulas comments quietly, "…A true test of my power!"
"Tarantulas…TERRORIZE!" he calls out as he transforms into robot mode and whips out his lances. "Finally…you stand fight me coward!" MegaZarak sneers as he assumes a battle stance.
"What did you just call me?" Tarantulas asks, clenching his fists in anger. "You heard me! All you've done is run and hide from me ever since the Antagony crashed!" MegaZarak yells. Tarantulas's fists begin to glow an angry red, "No one calls me that!"
Tarantulas uses his powers to levitate MegaZarak off of the ground; and slams him into the ground head first. Tarantulas laughs as he takes his daggers and throws them into MegaZarak. They dig in; and he roars in pain. Tarantulas finishes by using his powers to rip his daggers out of MegaZarak and MegaZarak out of the ground and launches him far off into the distance.
"Fool…" Tarantulas begins as he picks up his daggers off of the ground. Just then he hears the sound of jet engines and sees Optimus Primal zoom past him high above.
"Hmm…" Tarantulas thinks as he rubs his chin. He transforms into spider mode and quickly rushes off; trailing Optimus on the ground.
Back with Optimus Primal…
"Target within 10 clicks!" his onboard computer informs him as he sees Megatron just off in the distance; flying away slowly in dragon mode from damage and the weight of the Spark Destroyer. "Not soon enough!" Primal cries out; firing his foot thrusters to maximum and taking off in a stream of fire.
Far ahead Megatron hears something; similar to a loud jet engine far off in the distance growing closer. He bends his neck and looks back to see a pair of missiles close in on him and slam into him with awesome force.
"Arrrggghhh!" he cries out as he tumbles through the air; his right wing severely damaged from the missiles. "You're gonna pay Megatron!" Optimus transforms and shakes his fist at Megatron as he hovers high above.
"Ha! You can not destroy me Primal!" Megatron yells as he launches a fireball from his mouth that engulfs Optimus and sends him into a downward spiral.
They both smash into the ground with tremendous and terrifying thuds only seconds apart; filling the canyon that they crashed into with a thick layer of dust and debris.
Optimus shakes his head; slowly pushing himself up from the canyon floor. Suddenly, he looks off to his right to see something slowly manifest through the dust; silhouetted from behind by the dim light of the early morning sun.
"So, it all comes down to this Optimus Primal…a one on one battle; the last epic battle of two great warriors; the final stand of good against evil…" Megatron states, emerging through the dust like an indestructible war machine.
He marches towards Optimus, and transforms into robot mode. "There will be no more deaths…never again!" Optimus cries out, pushing himself up and rising to his feet.
"Death is only the beginning! I am Alpha and Omega; I am all that was and ever shall be! I am the master of my destiny; and I shall conquer and rule all!" Megatron declares, staring down Optimus as he crosses the broken and brittle canyon floor; making his way towards Optimus.
"It ends here and now Megatron…it's over!" Optimus screams, extending his chest cannons. "IT IS NEVER OVER!" Megatron retorts, launching a fireball at him.
Optimus side-steps the fireball. "You're mad!" He cries out. "Insanity is a point of view, Optimal Optimus, given by an outsider who does not understand the reality of the situation!" Megatron cleverly retorts.
"Why are you doing this!" Optimus asks, practically pleading with him. "I'm tired of failures! I'm tried of treachery! And I'm especially tired of you interfering with my plans! THIS WILL BE THE LAST TIME!" Megatron screams in anger.
"As long as my spark still burns inside my body I will never let you win!" Optimus states defiantly. "Just like how you stopped me from killing Silverbolt and Rhinox?" Megatron smirks as he delivers those fateful words.
Optimus screams with rage and lunges at Megatron; extending his fist out in front of him. But with great speed Megatron jumps back and lands on top of him; grinding his heel into the wound on Optimus's back from Gigatron's lance.
"So…the great Optimus has a breaking point…" Megatron smiles as he stares down at Optimus. "Never again Megatron! You shall harm another life AGAIN!" Optimus screams as he pushes himself off of the ground; throwing Megatron off of him.
"Oh you just watch me Primal…oh yessss!" Megatron grins as he rises again. "MEGATRON!" Optimus screams as he turns to face his nemesis again.
"That's it Primal; get angry. It'll make your death so much more FUN!" Megatron laughs as he watches Optimus stomp towards him. "You want fun Megatron?" Optimus asks sarcastically as he gives Megatron a powerful uppercut; lifting him off of the ground and sending him reeling back.
Megatron smashes into the ground a short distance away; clearly injured from Primal's fist. "That wasn't very Maximal like Optimus…I see you're letting your emotions get the better of you…" Megatron comments as he slowly backs away from the still advancing Optimus.
"You will not win Megatron…I'll never let you kill another bot AGAIN!" Optimus growls as he grinds his fist into his other palm. "Oh really? That's just what I would have expected from a cowardly gorilla like yourself!" Megatron retorts as he painfully rises to his feet.
"ARRRGGGGHHHH!" Optimus screams; trying to maintain control. "Come on Primal say it…say just how much you want to kill me! Become like me; become that which you hate most! SAY IT!" Megatron taunts.
Optimus grabs his head in pain, "Never….I will not…be…like…you!"
"HA! You have no choice Maximal scum! I can feel the anger building inside of you; just waiting for that moment when you will let it all explode in a fury unlike that which has never been seen before!" Megatron urges him on; laughing with insane delight.
"Stop! MEGATRON!" Optimus screams. "No! You will say it! I will be victorious!" Megatron states, marching towards Optimus. "Never!" Optimus shakes with pain; trying to keep control of his emotions.
"Come on Primal! Say it! You want to kill me; with every ounce of your being…after all; it would avenge for the deaths of Rhinox and Silverbolt…" Megatron smiles and laughs a little.
"Leave them out of this!" Optimus screams. "NO! You should have heard them beg and plead for their lives…they begged Primal; but I tore out their sparks and I enjoyed every nano-click of it!" Megatron throws his head back with insane glee and laughs loudly.
"ARRRGGGHHHH! NOOOOOOO!" Optimus cries out; smashing his fists into the ground. "Oh yes! You should have seen the look of sheer terror as I ripped the still pulsating spark from Silverbolt's corpse!" the glow in Megatron's optics grows brighter with every moment of torture he inflicts upon Optimus.
"NOOOOOO! WHY!" Optimus cries out; holding his head in tremendous pain. "Because you need to see that you are wrong. I am true power; and you will kneel before me and worship your true master!" Megatron states, a certain air of triumph in his voice.
"You…you're insane Megatron! You're making yourself out to be a god!" Optimus stares at Megatron in fear.
"I am a god! I am the only god! Unicron has nothing on me! There are worse things in this universe than Unicron…oh yesss!" Megatron smirks with delight and laughs lightly.
"You must be stopped!" Optimus proclaims. "Don't make me laugh Primal…you couldn't possibly stop me…not any more!" Megatron laughs as he mocks the severely damaged and exhausted Optimus.
"I may not be able to stop you; but I'm not going to give up either!" Optimus states sternly, rising to a fully erect stance again. Megatron flaunts his hand at Optimus, making a face at him, "Spare me the lecture Primal! You never had the guts to kill me; you were always too afraid…you disgust me Maximal scum!"
"Alright Megatron; if that's what you want; then so be it!" Optimus breathes deep; letting go of all control.
"Finally! I knew I would triumph! Hehehe-hahahaha!" Megatron raises his arms in triumph.
And with that Optimus extends his chest cannons again and opens fire upon Megatron. Megatron quickly jumps out of the way and races towards Optimus; slamming into him at full force.
Megatron continues running with Optimus and smashes him into the canyon wall; starting a minor cave-in that buries Optimus. "Ha…I thought you'd put up more of a fight than that!"
But as Megatron begins to walk away, he hears a slight rumbling and turns to see Optimus burst out of the massive pile of rocks. "You haven't seen anything yet Megatron!" Optimus cries out as he lifts up a huge boulder and hurls it at Megatron.
Still in shock at Optimus's survival; Megatron watches helplessly as the boulder plows into him; blasting apart upon impact and skidding him across the canyon floor.
"No more chances Megatron…" Optimus yells as he picks Megatron up with both hands and raises him high above his head, "…You're going down this time!" Optimus; with all of his might; flings Megatron across the vast span of the canyon and into the wall on the other side.
"Arrrggghhhh!" Megatron cries out as he collides with the wall; and the canyon begins to collapse in around him as he lies on the ground.
"You can not defeat me Primal!" Megatron roars as he blasts the rocks with his dragon breath; and punches the others into tiny pieces with his other fist. Optimus stares in wonder as Megatron rises yet again.
Just then Megatron suddenly begins to transform into dragon. "What!" he cries out; unable to stop the transformation.
"Excellent…" Tarantulas states; high above them on the canyon rim, "…Just as I had anticipated. My little device has made Megatron automatically transform when he loses control of his emotions…now no one can stop me!" He laughs with happiness and transforms into spider mode and quickly races off.
"Argh! Noooo!" Megatron screams as he stands in his dragon mode; unsure of what's happening. "Looks like you lose this time Megatron!" Optimus points at him; driving home the point.
"Oh no Primal…" Megatron begins, "…Megatron…TERRORIZE!" He screams as he transforms back into robot mode and rushes towards Optimus.
The two race towards each other; and in one epic movement; Optimus arches his arm back and smashes into Megatron's face; breaking his head into pieces as his fist plows through almost in slow motion.
Megatron collapses to the ground; his body flopping to the ground and bouncing lightly as Optimus stumbles and barely stops in mid-run.
He takes a few steps back; and stands above the broken and beaten body of Megatron. "Finally…it's over." He states; and begins to walk away.
"No…" a voice calls out from behind him; and Optimus turns to see Megatron still barely functional lying on the ground staring up at him. His face is nearly gone; but his voice processor manages to spit out a few last words: "Evil is eternal…you are not! Farewell Optimal Optimus!"
And with that Megatron loads a missile into his dragon mouth and fires it at Optimus at nearly point-blank range; the explosion blowing Optimus into a shower of thousands of tiny pieces; leaving only a few tiny pieces lying on the ground.
"Now Optimus…" Megatron begins as he feels his essence wane from his body, "…it is over…"
And a light mist of snow begins to fall into the canyon as Megatron goes offline and dies.
Author's notes:
Tarantulas has infected Megatron's body with a virus that affects his transformation; this and all of the built up anger from the past events as well as the Beast Wars have led to Optimus and Megatron killing each other in one final climatic battle. What will happen next?
Will Cheetor and Rattrap be able to get inside the Providus? And what is next on the twisted agenda of Wing Convoy? What will Tarantulas do next? Will the Predacons in the Darklight find the downed Autobot shuttle; filled with blank protoforms?
Keep watchin…