Hello everyone! An interesting fact has come to mind. Primus Promise is now at over 300 pages! This is my longest story to date and I would like the thank EVERYONE for their support. Thank you for all the reviews, favorites, and following the story. Thank you, thank you, thank you! I seriously cannot thank all you readers and fans enough for all of your support!
I will explain some things at the end, but I can't say anything else about things just yet. ;)
I don't own Transformers Prime as the show is owned by Hasbro.
Ch. 31: Surprise!
"Obviously long before you were born, dragons were the dominate species on Cybertron. Nobody really knows how the first humans, as we call them, came to be. It is said that the dragon elders morphed their own energy into human form, but of course not all of the energy is pure which is why Unicron came around. I'm sure you know all about the war between Primus and Unicron and how he created the Thirteen Original Primes. I'm sure you also know that when Primus became one with Cybertron's core he created the Well of Allsparks and such. It was during this time that dragons and humans were…breeding. I'm sure you're old enough to hear that at least. Hmmpfff, anyway, this was how Predacons came about. How else can you explain a human turning into a giant beast?"
At this point Elisa had to let out a laugh, but quickly covered her mouth to let Galvatron continue.
"A few centuries go by and of course the Great Cataclysm wipes out the Predacons and they're fossilized and such. Then humans start coming through the Well Of Allsparks and as more humans came in dragons started to disappear. They either went off world or just went further away from the humans. People have mixed feelings about our kind. Either they hate us, accept us, or fear us. So now we just watched the humans destroy themselves."
"Or only some of us did." Cyclonus added making Galvatron frown.
"Is there a record of this? How do you know so much?" Elisa asked.
"Aquarius told us because the record of our history is in our Matrix." Galvatron answered.
"I take it the matrix chooses it's owner?"
"You guessed right."
"So why come back if you don't like…humans." Elisa asked as she didn't like saying that word.
"Cybertron's my home as much as yours." Galvatron nearly snapped.
"I'm not saying it isn't and I wasn't born on Cybertron. I was born on Earth." Elisa said quietly.
"Hmmmm…Earth is better to a certain extent, but the natives there are destroying themselves as well." Galvatron said into the air. Cyclonus only rolled his eyes.
"I can tell you're still not pleased my Sire is a dragon." Elisa said cautiously.
"Speaking of which, why aren't you talking to Ratchet as you told Cyclonus he's bonded to you as a Carrier." Galvatron stated. Elisa had a frown and Cyclonous gave her a sympathetic look.
"Ratchet was angry at me for what Optimus did so he told me to leave." Elisa answered quietly. Galcatron growled but was stopped short when Cyclonus gave him a little nudge.
"That's ridiculous. We all have choices in life we have to make and some might be much harder than others." Galvatron spat.
"But they're bonded." Elisa protested weakly.
"That's no excuse to take it out on you. I'm sure you must have been mourning for your Sire too right?" Elisa nodded yes to the question. "Typical human, being selfish and not caring for his own sparkling." Galvatron snapped.
"But I'm not his sparkling."
"It doesn't matter!" Galvatron snapped making Elisa jump. "He took the responsibility of a Carrier. Nothing about that duty should change no matter what the circumstances." He said sternly and Elisa had to look away to hide her tears.
"Galvatron, be gentle please." Cyclonous whispered. Galvatron only frowned before he stopped to look at the young femme. He blinked in surprise when he saw the scars of claw marks on the back of her neck. Perhaps he might have been a little too harsh on her. Galvatron cautiously stepped forward and gently licked at her scars as a sign of comfort. She looked back up at him confused as tears rolled down her face. He purred as he nuzzled at cheek and neck to comfort her. She quickly returned the gesture of comfort as a silent thank you. When he looked back at her she gave him a gentle smile. He was starting to realize that she was a very fragile femme. Magma thought of her as an experiment and was cruel to her, not to mention that a friendship with Megatron had to be unhealthy for her at some point.
BOOM!
All three dragons jumped when an explosion sounded off in the distance. It was so far away that it sounded like a rumble of thunder if you didn't see the quick flash.
"We have to get moving." Galvatron ordered quickly. All three leaped into the air and started to fly the way of the explosion. They had gone on another patrol when Galvatron finally relented and started giving her the history lesson. Nobody spoke as the hurried over to the site. When they finally got their all three dragons gasped at what they saw. Right in front of them was a rock formation that was much bigger than any of them.
"Is that a big as Omega Supreme?" Cyclonus asked.
"Hmmmm I was actually thinking Devastator." Galvatron answered.
"Who are those guys?" Elisa asked highly confused.
"Oh don't worry about that now." Cyclonus said quickly as they started to fly around the rock formation.
"Don't touch it!" Galvatron shouted when Elisa got near it. Elisa still touched it anyway and nearly jumped back when she felt something.
"I think it's pulsing." She said wide-eyed.
"What?" Impossible." Galvatron muttered before he touched it as well. He yelped back when he felt a pulse as well. "Oh no." Galvatron said gravely.
"What do you think?" Cyclonus asked.
"Mecha has to be back."
"Are you sure?"
"Really? Magma is not smart enough to create a being this size." Galvatron answered.
"Who's Mecha?" Elisa asked.
"He's a deadly dragon that works for Magma. He's like Shockwave for Megatron. He experiments and creates weapons for Magma." Galvatron explained.
"He's bad." Cyclonus summed up making Galvatron frown at him.
"So what is this then?" Elisa asked.
'It's a monster of sort, but what I don't know. I've never seen or felt something like this before." Galvatron answered.
"That's because nobody has seen this species for quite some time." A deep voice called out from above. All three looked up to see a large black dragon staring at them. It's wings were lined with silver and one of it's arms was mechanical.
"Mecha!" Both male dragons shouted at once before getting in front Elisa.
"So this is the little femme Magma was talking about." Mech grinned as he hovered close to them. Galvatron growled while Cyclonus stayed silent. "You'll appreciate this little gem when it wakes up and starts moving." Mecha grinned. Elisa didn't like this dragon one bit. His energy felt cold but not like Magma's though. Suddenly, Mecha's claws shifted into a gun and he started firing at them.
"Scram!" Galvatron shouted as all three dived in different directions. When Elisa turned around she saw that she wasn't being followed so she cautiously started to move towards the sounds. She poked her head out from the side of the rock formation as saw Galvatron firing at Mech. His heatray was a bright orange, but Mecha easily dodged it. Elisa froze as Mecha started firing at Galvatron, but he couldn't dodge fast enough and got hit square in the back…then his wing…then his chest….
"Galvatron!" Cyclonus roared for his bondmate as he dove right at Mecha and knocked him off course. Cyclonus turned around for another swipe but Mecha had his claws back.
"Watch out claws!" Elisa called out, but it was far too late as Mecha dodged the strike and grabbed Cyclonus by his tail and swung him right into Galvatron. Both dragons snarled in pain as they slammed into each other before hitting the rock formation. They quickly fell to the ground in a heap and Elisa saw they weren't getting up. She looked at Mecha who was glaring at her with red eyes and she turned and started to fly as fast as she could away from him.
Sire help!
Before she could call again she was slammed into the ground hard by her stomach. She tried to get up again, but Mecha kept slamming down on her. She let out a roar for help before she was grabbed by her neck with Mecha's teeth and swung around. She skidded to a stop on her side. She tried to fire a shot at him, but he knocked her mouth away as he pinned her down on her back.
"Get off!" She snarled baring fangs. She snapped at him, but with one hit of that metal arm and she was in a daze.
"Now then let's see here." Mecha smiled down at Elisa as he hungrily looked at her neck. Elisa moaned as he tilted her head to the side and one of his fingers turned into a syringe.
AAAARRRRRRAAHHHHH!
Mecha let out a snarl of pain as he was tackled hard to the ground. A large red and blue dragon stood on top of him baring sharp teeth and glowing blue spikes. Mecha tried to scramble out of the dragon's grip, but he only bit and swiped at him even harder.
"Who are you?" Mecha asked…slightly fearful.
"Stay away from Elisa." The dragon snarled. Mecha's eyes blinked in surprise at the deep voice.
"Optimus…" Mecha whispered. Prime let out a deep roar and Mecha scrambled away into the air. Optimus glared at his disappearing form for a brief moment before he ran over to Elisa.
"Elisa baby." He whispered gently as he nudged at her face. She groaned as she rolled onto her side and shook her head to clear her vision.
"Sire…that was you!?" She gasped amazed. He nodded with a small smile. "Galvatron…Cyclonus!" Elisa tried to run over to them, but instantly fell back down.
"Easy Elisa." Optimus said as he helped her back up. They hobbled over to Galvatron and Cyclonus who were still down and out.
"Galvatron." Elisa whispered gently and nuzzled his face. He still didn't respond. She started licking at his face to wake and he finally grumbled as his eyes opened.
"Oh…good…grief…Elisa?" He said confused.
"Get off you beast." Cyclonus grunted. Galvatron looked down and smiled weakly at his frowning bondmate before he scrambled off of him, which then prompted him to fall down again.
"Are you alright?" He asked in concern as he looked down at Galvatron.
"I'll be fine in a little bit, don't worry." Galvatron answered.
"Oh believe me I won't." Cyclonus teased.
"What happened here?" Optimus asked drawing their attention.
"Oh…we were attacked by Mecha." Galvatron answered quickly before he started to lick away at his wounds.
"Mecha! Oh Primus Elisa are you sure you're not hurt?!" He asked with deep concern.
"No Sire I'm fine." Elisa said gently. "Who is this Mecha?" She asked confused.
"He's an insane dragon in my opinion." Optimus answered firmly. "He's a scientist for Magma."
"You mean like Shockwave?"
"Exactly like Shockwave, only much stronger." Cyclonus added.
"He won't like the fact that he's got competition again." Galvatron chuckled.
"That is illogical." Cyclonus joked in a deep voice to imitate Shockwave making Elisa laugh loudly.
"Oh sorry Sire." Elisa blushed when she saw his serious face.
"It's alright. What is this?" He asked looking up at the rock formation.
"Don't know. It's one of his experiments, but this is way out of the normal for him. He's usually experimenting with Omega CNA." Cyclonus answered.
"Perhaps we should get Shockwave here to study it." Optimus suggested.
"Unfortunately there is nothing to study Prime. Not at least until the rock cracks and something comes out, which I doubt will be too long." Galvatron said getting back up.
"How do you know something is living inside this?" Optimus asked.
"Just touch it." Optimus did as he was told and nearly jumped back when he felt the pulse as well.
"Wait didn't he say that whatever comes out of this will be something that nobody has seen in a long time." Elisa called out.
"True, but that could be any number of things, from an extinct species of dragon to a giant predacon." Galvatron huffed.
"But Predacons don't get that big do they?" Elisa asked nervously.
"I don't see any fossils laying around that we could look at." Cyclonus commented. Elisa's eyes went wide and she looked over at her Sire. He grumbled and did what the humans say is a face palm.
"What?" Cyclonus asked confused.
"We'll tell you when we get back to base."
Xxxxxxxx
"He did what?!" Galvatron gasped before glaring back at Megatron.
"But it wasn't his fault. Unicron took over his body. So it was really Unicron who turned the fossils into terrorcons." Elisa added quickly.
"Made from predacons." Starscream shivered at the memory.
"You got lucky." Galvatron spat at him.
"I never liked you either Galvatron." Megatron said right back him smugly. Galvatron snorted before flinching as Ratchet cleaned his wounds.
"I have to have a chat with you later." Galvatron said to Ratchet silently.
"What about?" Ratchet said confused.
"I'll tell you later."
"Judging from what you have told me Galvatron, that is no predacon under those rocks." Shockwave finally spoke up.
"Are you sure…ouch!"
"It is a most logical conclusion." Shockwave stated. Elisa and Cyclonus snickered making Shockwave look at them in confusion.
"Then what have you concluded." Galvatron mocked. "Ouch!" He growled at Ratchet this time.
"Stay still then." Ratchet snapped. Galvatron growled in annoyance but did as he was told this time.
"I do not have a conclusion at this time, but I do have a theory." Shockwave answered.
"Well?" Cyclonus added.
"It could possibly be a Ghidorah."
"NO!" Galvatron and Cyclonus shouted at the same time making everyone jump.
"That's not possible." Galvatron snapped.
"The species died out millions of years ago and their remains destroyed by Predacons." Cyclonus added.
"Only because they hunted Predacons for energon." Shockwave said.
"Sire what are they talking about?" Elisa whispered as the argument continued.
"I have no idea sweetspark." Optimus said highly confused as well.
"You thought Predacons would be extinct but you saw three predacons in front of you not too long ago. It is logical that Mecha could do the same with more resources." Shockwave argued calmly. Galvatron grumbled in anger before looking over at Cyclonus.
"Now what?" Galvatron snapped.
"I don't know. We have no choice but to wait." Cyclonus said heavily. After Ratchet tended Galvatron's wounds he grabbed the medic and dragged him away into a private area.
"What is the meaning of this?" Ratchet demanded.
"You should be ashamed of yourself." Galvatron snapped.
"About what?"
"About how you treat Elisa."
"Oh please that's none of your business." Ratchet huffed.
"You hurt that little femme. That's not right. She looks up to you." Galvatron said.
"Stay out of it." Ratchet nearly growled.
"You shouldn't blame the youngling for Prime's actions. He's here now isn't he?"
"That's not the point. First she gets upset because Megatron gets killed and then Optimus goes and sacrifices himself so the Well can flourish. She didn't think about my feelings did she?" Ratchet argued. Little did Ratchet know that Optimus had silently approached them and was watching from behind.
"She was mourning for a friend. What's wrong with that?" Galvatron asked curiously.
"Megtron is nothing but a killer. It was wrong of her to even see him let alone get to know him. She doesn't think I know this but Optimus told me he betrayed her and broke her spark. It was history repeating itself."
"But she's not Orion Pax. You keep forgetting that Ratchet."
"She might as well have been." Ratchet shouted in protest. "How could she care for someone that has caused so much mayhem and destruction? Just in our team along he's damaged everyone's life in some way, even my own as I was there when he turned on Orion."
"But you can't blame her for the sacrifice Prime made in the first place. He is and always will be a Prime in some way. True Primes will always make the ultimate sacrifice in the end if it means saving countless lives or creating peace." Galvatron said calmly.
"How would you know?" Ratchet snapped.
"Aquarius did the same thing. He sacrificed himself so that many others could get off world and be safe during the war. He didn't want the dragons to become extinct." Galvatron explained. Ratchet only huffed again unsure of what to say.
"That was then this is now." Ratchet finally spoke and Galvatron let out a mockery laugh.
"That doesn't exclude the fact that you basically pushed Elisa away because of your own selfish desires. So what Prime was your bondmate. He's her Sire."
"He's not her Sire. He never has and never will be!" Ratchet snapped back. Galvatron's eyes narrowed at the statement.
"You know Elisa might be the only child you and Optimus ever get in this lifetime. Don't you dare take a chance like that for granted." Galvatron all but growled. "As for Megatron, I never thought he could change and I was proven wrong. Some people do change it just takes longer than we want it too." Galvatron finished.
"And if he did truly want to hurt her he would have done so already." Optimus finally spoke up making Ratchet freeze. His optics were wide as Optimus walked up to him on two legs and stared down at him in anger. "How could you Ratchet?" Optimus stated.
"I was upset. You were gone."
"That's no excuse Ratchet. You bonded to her as a Carrier just as I bonded with her as a Sire. You cannot abandon those responsibilities because you are the only Carrier she will ever know." Optimus said firmly.
"Optimus I…"
"Do not apologize to me, apologize to Elisa."
"But she won't even talk to me right now."
"And for good reason, so you have to make things right on your own. As for her feelings towards Megatron, she learned things on her own. This is a new age Ratchet. We have to move forward just as she has." Optimus finished before he started walking away with Galvatron following him.
BOOM!
All three jumped at the sound of the explosion.
"By the Allspark what was that?" Ratchet shouted as more explosions sound off in the distance. Galvatron saw Elisa rise up and look in the direction of the sound.
"Something's going on with that rock formation." Elisa said to them.
AAAARRRRRRRRRAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHRAAAWWWWWWW
"Oh dear Primus." Galvatron gasped.
"What is it?" Optimus asked him.
"DesGhidorah."
I wanted to lighten up things a little bit hence a lot of comedy in this chapter. I hope the little history lesson made sense but if you have questions please feel free to PM me. Trust me the problem with Ratchet and Elisa is not over yet. Also I hope I have Galvatron and Cyclonus right. I know Galvatron went mad in the series at one point so I wanted him to have a more wacky personality (for lack of a better word) and Cyclonus is the more stable partner. I hope that makes sense and true to the characters if not please tell me. I really want to get thing right!
DesGhidorah and Ghidorah in general are not mine. DesGhidorah appears in a movie called Rebirth of Mothra made by Toho, the same company who makes Godzilla movies. The Ghidorah idea came from the Godzilla series as King Ghidorah is three-headed dragon with gold scales. I really liked this idea for a species of dragons for my story. Again DesGhidorah is not mine!
Thanks again everyone!