The Wolfbane Chronicles
Part 5: Fighting the Night
A LunarFormer/TransFormers Fanfiction
(Slagpit) Ok, I'm doing much better now. So, before LunarFormer awakens from his recharge, I'll get this out…
"Bit late, boss!"
(Slagpit) Drat. Oh well. At least Oak and Mine are standing by.
"Right here, oh fearless leader."
"I'm ready to stop him if he starts being a pest."
(Slagpit) Thanks, boys. Now then…I'll sum this up in a simple equation. TransFormers and all related elements=Takara, Hasbro, Sunbow, Marvel Productions, etc. All other characters=Slagpit/LunarFormer productions.
"Cool."
"Nice."
"Too long."
(Slagpit) Deal with it, Oak.
Scene: Aboard the "Enslavement," on the bridge
"Humph. Telling the tale of your origins to her again, are you, Wolf?" Darkbane sneered, watching the events unfold on the main view screen. "Well, I think I might like to hear this part myself!" Darkbane pointed an arm at the monitor, his hand retracted into the arm, and several blades shot out from where his bear claws would have been, shattering the screen. Vidwave, carefully watching his primary monitors, slowly, and worriedly, looked up to see what had happened. As soon as he was the smashed viewer, he fell to his knees and began to cry silently.
"FlapSnap! Sparksmasher! Report to the transport room on the double!" Darkbane hollered into the intercom. "Darkstorm, you have control of the ship until I return!"
"Understood, sir!"
With that, Darkbane quickly exited the room, as Tracking went over to help console his other half.
Scene: Lifewing's Room.
"So, Wolf…you've never told me…did they actually put Optimatt Prime's matrix in you?" Lifewing asked, gently running her fingers over Wolfbane's chest. Wolfbane shuddered a bit.
"Well, seeing as how there are no official connections between Earth and Cybertron anymore, there was no need…"
"You always say that!" Lifewing chided, playfully swatting Wolf on top of the head. "Is that a yes or a no?"
Wolfbane sighed. "Well, if you must know." Wolf then reached down, hit a secret catch on his left shoulder, which allowed his entire chestplate to swing open. Inside, a small bronze colored sphere with a silver ring attached could be seen, with a bright blue glow emanating from the sphere. "Yes, as you can see, I am a Prime. I carry a matrix with me. I just chose not to carry the Prime title, because it carries with it too much danger. Too many 'Cons would be after me, not just Dark and his crew." Wolfbane quickly shut his chest, and then looked at Lifewing. "Darling, the reason I never wanted to tell you was because I wanted to keep it secret, and to keep myself safe. The more people that know about it, the more at risk I put myself, and those who know. I don't want you to get into the same trouble you did last time with Dark."
"Dear, the only reason Dark came after me is because he knew he could get to you through me. I was put at risk just by knowing you. I accepted that risk. Darkbane would stop at nothing to get you riled…for what reason I have no idea. That is why we have 'Storm hidden within their ranks."
~"Lightwing, Wolfbane, this is agent Lightstorm. Come in, commander! Please respond!"~
"Lightstorm?! What is it? How did you know about Lightwing reactivating?" Wolfbane asked, raising a hand to his ear.
~"Bad news, Wolf. I'm not the only one who knows. The entire crew of the 'Enslavement' knows!"~
"SLAG! And that means Dark…"
~"He's on his way down. In fact, I've gotta cut off now. Nice to see you up and about, ma'am."~
"Thank you, 'Storm."
"Great…" Wolf said, grimly, "just what we needed. Dark knows all about you being back online. That's why I only wanted the medics right now."
{You didn't think you could hide this tender little morsel from me forever, did you, Wolfie boy?} a voice in Wolfbane's head taunted, sending a sensation through Wolf's head like someone was throwing molasses on his circuits. {I'll have to teach you a lesson for that.}
"DARKBANE! Where are you, you sick freak?" Wolfbane yelled, leaping off of the bed. "Show yourself, instead of hiding and using our psychic link to talk to me!"
{You're kidding, right? Me, face you in one on one combat in closed quarters, with you having the home team advantage, and in Autobot territory? No way! But, before you continue the story you were telling Lightwing, let me show you who will be making sure you get to a decent location to tell it from.}
"What the slag are you talking about?"
"Wolf, what's going on? Where is Darkbane?"
"I don't know, Life, but he's within psych range."
Suddenly, the door to the room was blasted open, and FlapSnap entered, carrying a large blaster. Wolfbane leapt forward, pouncing on FlapSnap, knocking the Decepticon to the ground. FlapSnap lost his grip on his weapon, which slid across the room, and was picked up by Lifewing.
"I wouldn't move another muscle if I were you, Wolfbane!" a harsh, raspy voice chimed from the doorway. Sparksmasher stepped in, bounded over Wolf and FlapSnap, and grabbed Lifewing in a headlock, holding an unusual device up to her chest. "Not unless you want me to remove your dear love's spark…again! NYAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA!"
Lifewing screamed, paralyzed with fear of the sadistic evil doctor, and dropped the Decepticonian blaster she had picked up.
"Fine. You win this round, 'Smasher. But know this…harm ONE FEATHER on her head, and I'll rip out your energon pump and have it for lunch!"
"Oh, dear. I'm so afraid! You don't seem to be in the position to make threats here, buddy! Now, get off the fool, and come with us. Darkbane is waiting for you!"
{Ah, I take it my troops have made themselves known. Good. I'll be seeing you shortly, Wolfie boy. Oh, and if you try anything, Sparksmasher has orders to instantly kill Lightwing there.}
"Fine, you monsters. I'll cooperate. Lead the way."
"Wolf, it's not worth it! Don't…"
"Life, I can't risk you getting hurt. I have to go along with this."
"Wolf, I…"
"I know."
"MOVE IT! Lord Darkbane shall not be kept waiting!" FlapSnap said, after getting up and retrieving his weapon. He then whispered to Sparksmasher, "Hey, I thought the girl's name was Lightwing. Why's he calling her Life?"
"Isn't it obvious, idiot!" Sparksmasher hissed back. "Obviously she renamed herself after gaining a new body, and her new name must have something to do with Life."
"Oh. Yeah, that would make sense…"
"Where were you when they were installing logic circuits? I think you were a tad short changed."
Scene: the back of a small Decepticon landing shuttle, not far from the room.
"Ah, my guests are arriving. Nice to see you again, Wolfie boy. And a definite pleasure seeing you again, my dear Lightwing." Darkbane emerged from the back of the craft, mock bowing to his 'guests.'
"Stow it, Dark. And I told you never to call me that!"
"The pleasure is all yours, Deceticreep, and the name's Lifewing now!"
"Hmmmm. Feisty. I didn't know you liked them like that, Wolf."
"Shut up, you sicko. What is it you want? You want to fight me? Fine. But leave her out of it!"
"Wolf, Wolf, Wolf. You wound me," Darkbane said, acting taken aback by the accusation. "I merely want to hear the end of your story. You know how I love the part where I show up," he chuckled.
"You're kidding, right? You came all the way down here, to a section you are forbidden to enter, just to hear a BEDTIME STORY?!" Wolfbane looked stunned at his alter self.
"No mere bedtime story, Wolf. Our life story! I mean, you can't have the Wolf without the Dark, now can you?"
"Let's see if we can!" Wolfbane reached for the hilt of his sword and the handle of his energon blaster, but a sharp jab in the back by FlapSnap's pistol stopped him.
"Wolf, you know that all I have to do right now is nod to Sparksmasher, and the one thing you truly care about in this world will be history. The same thing happens if I am to die right now. So, be a good boy and just tell the rest of the story. If it helps, you can skip the years of time hopping, hunting down Megatron's many incarnations and integrating their weapons into yourself. I know how wearing the explanation for the repairs to the time line can be."
"Dark, I'll get you for this…"
"Look, if you aren't going to tell the rest of the story, then I will!"
"Fine! I'd like to see you try!"
"Very well then. After those little jaunts, you realized that you were becoming that which you hated, a power hungry maniac. So, in trying to correct that, you went to the only people who could help you figure out what was wrong…"
Scene: Many years previously, in the Super Cave.
"Wolfbane, are you sure?" Vince asked, reaching out to the wolf, who was now covered in cannons from the G1 and G2 Megatrons and Galvatron.
"Yes…something is making me do this…something not right…" Wolfbane said, fighting off a growl, and backing away from Vince.
"Well," Wheeljack said, "I suppose I could run a scan over you. But first you have to stop backing away from us."
"I…can't help it…it's like I'm not the only one in charge here…"
"Whoever said you were?" Wolf said, but in a much different voice. His eyes changed color from orange to gold, and the fur on the back of his neck bristled. "Because whoever did was completely wrong!"
"What the heck?" Vince and Wheeljack said in unison, stepping back from the seemingly possessed Wolfbane.
"Guys, you gotta help me! Shut me down, deactivate me, SOMETHING! It's too strong…I can't fight it!" Wolf pleaded, his optics going back to orange and his fur settling back down.
"Well, I'll try…" Wheeljack said, aiming his shoulder weapon at Wolfbane. He fired, and caught the 'bot in the side, just as he unwillingly tried to leap out of the way. The robotic wolf fell to the ground. "I think now I can scan him."
"Gee, ya think?" Vince said, sarcastically.
Scene: shortly thereafter.
Wolfbane was laid out in robot mode, the various foreign weapons removed and a large device, looking something like a MRI machine, set up just in front of the prone form. Wheeljack hit a button on the side of the scanner, and the platform the renegade Autobot was laying on started to enter the machine. Vince looked at the video readout of the scan.
"Wheeljack, what's all this?"
"That, Vince, is all of the circuits in Wolfbane. I have a feeling I know what's going on, and I don't like the feeling."
"What?"
"Well, you see these red circuits? Those are Autobot circuits. Uncorrupted. These purple ones…"Wheeljack waved his hand in a circular motion over more than half of the readout, which was all in purple, "are corrupted circuits. Something in there must not have been in Optimatt Prime. I'm pretty sure it was…"
"It was what, Wheeljack?"
Wheeljack hit a few more buttons, closing the scan in on two specific circuit boards. "These. I didn't think they belonged in there. And you see how they are blue?"
"Yes."
"That means they can only be one thing."
"Let me guess…Decepticon."
"Worse. Those…are parts of Megatron."
"WHAT?! That's impossible!"
"No, it's not. If, from what I heard was true, OMP got at least a few good shots in on the old Decepticon commander, and with one of his blows, he managed to knock free some of Megs' circuitry. I had always feared that that was what had happened, that we had put in something that didn't belong…but I never thought it could have been Megatron…"
"So, what do we do?"
"Well, for starters, we go in and take out those two boards. Then, we take out as many infected parts as we can. After that, we just replace what we take out."
"Sounds simple enough. But, what do we do with the infected parts?"
"I don't know…With that many, and in such highly concentrated vital areas, I don't think we can just scrap them. I think we need to do something with them so that Wolf can still be alive."
"What do you suggest?"
"I think we have to put them in another protoform body. But, this time, we don't initiate the sequence to bring it online."
"Sounds good."
Scene: Later, in the lab from last episode.
"Ok, We've removed as much as we could safely, transferred the parts into a 'host' protoform, and replaced what we took out. Now what?"
"Simple. We give him a jump start!" Wheeljack walked over to the wall, and threw a lever. Power surged through cables attached to Wolfbane's lifeless form. Soon, the purple 'bot sat up.
"WHOA! I feel like a new Autobot! Thanks, guys! I knew I could count on you."
"So, Wolfbane, what do you want us to do with this little memento of your problem?" Vince asked, patting the protoform chamber. There was an odd sound as he did so. He peered in the viewport, to see if something was wrong. "Um, Wheeljack, you didn't activate the protoform initializer, did you?"
"No. Why do you ask?"
"Well," Vince replied, slowly opening the door, revealing nothing in the chamber. "I sure hope that this is a bad dream, because otherwise, we've got a renegade protoform on the lose here."
Scene: the rear of a Decepticon shuttlecraft
"Oh, how I wish I understood the strange occurance that activated me, but I'm so glad it did, Wolf."
FlapSnap stepped around Wolfbane. "So, you were part of him? But, how did you…"
"Silence, FlapSnap! I think I just made it clear that I AM a part of him. And not even I know how it is that my pod was activated, but it was! And, because of that, Wolf has to deal with me 'till the end of his days! Well, I'm tired of this now. I'm bored. Decepticons, let us release our prisoners, and head back to the 'Enslavement.'
"Lord Darkbane, surely you don't mean to release these Autobots! What would HE say about that?!"
"Sparksmasher, is HE around? Do I really CARE about what HE says? HE can go eat a fusion bomb for all I care! I'm in charge of this detatchment! I call the shots here! Now let's go! Until next time, Wolf, I bid you farewell. And I know there will be a next time!" With that, Darkbane, FlapSnap, and Sparksmasher reentered their landing shuttle, and took off back to the "Enslavement." Wolfbane and Lifewing looked at each other, perplexed.
"Honey, what just happened here?"
"I don't know, Life."
"Wolf, who was the He they spoke of?"
"I don't know, Life."
"Wolfbane, is there anything you do know?"
"I know…we need to fix your door, I need to finish my speech, and we need a LONG vacation." Wolfbane turned around, put his arm over Lifewing's shoulder, and the two lovers walked back to Lifewing's room, still wondering what all had just happened.
Yes, dear readers, that brings the Prime to Wolf Saga to a close. Who is HE? Will Lifewing and Wolfbane get a long vacation? Will you read the next Saga? Will there BE a next Saga? Will Slagpit and I have to decide on our own what the next one shot or miniseries is done in the hiatus? Feedback is always accepted, plus any ideas you might have. So, Till All Are One, this is LunarFormer…
(Slagpit) and Slagpit…
"And Oak Leafdale…"
"And Mine Deepshaft…"
[all together] saying, Transform and roll out!
(Slagpit) Love, luck, and Lithium.
Oak: "Nanu nanu!"
Mine: "Klatu, Barata…~fakes a sneeze~ What? I said it!"
Part 5: Fighting the Night
A LunarFormer/TransFormers Fanfiction
(Slagpit) Ok, I'm doing much better now. So, before LunarFormer awakens from his recharge, I'll get this out…
"Bit late, boss!"
(Slagpit) Drat. Oh well. At least Oak and Mine are standing by.
"Right here, oh fearless leader."
"I'm ready to stop him if he starts being a pest."
(Slagpit) Thanks, boys. Now then…I'll sum this up in a simple equation. TransFormers and all related elements=Takara, Hasbro, Sunbow, Marvel Productions, etc. All other characters=Slagpit/LunarFormer productions.
"Cool."
"Nice."
"Too long."
(Slagpit) Deal with it, Oak.
Scene: Aboard the "Enslavement," on the bridge
"Humph. Telling the tale of your origins to her again, are you, Wolf?" Darkbane sneered, watching the events unfold on the main view screen. "Well, I think I might like to hear this part myself!" Darkbane pointed an arm at the monitor, his hand retracted into the arm, and several blades shot out from where his bear claws would have been, shattering the screen. Vidwave, carefully watching his primary monitors, slowly, and worriedly, looked up to see what had happened. As soon as he was the smashed viewer, he fell to his knees and began to cry silently.
"FlapSnap! Sparksmasher! Report to the transport room on the double!" Darkbane hollered into the intercom. "Darkstorm, you have control of the ship until I return!"
"Understood, sir!"
With that, Darkbane quickly exited the room, as Tracking went over to help console his other half.
Scene: Lifewing's Room.
"So, Wolf…you've never told me…did they actually put Optimatt Prime's matrix in you?" Lifewing asked, gently running her fingers over Wolfbane's chest. Wolfbane shuddered a bit.
"Well, seeing as how there are no official connections between Earth and Cybertron anymore, there was no need…"
"You always say that!" Lifewing chided, playfully swatting Wolf on top of the head. "Is that a yes or a no?"
Wolfbane sighed. "Well, if you must know." Wolf then reached down, hit a secret catch on his left shoulder, which allowed his entire chestplate to swing open. Inside, a small bronze colored sphere with a silver ring attached could be seen, with a bright blue glow emanating from the sphere. "Yes, as you can see, I am a Prime. I carry a matrix with me. I just chose not to carry the Prime title, because it carries with it too much danger. Too many 'Cons would be after me, not just Dark and his crew." Wolfbane quickly shut his chest, and then looked at Lifewing. "Darling, the reason I never wanted to tell you was because I wanted to keep it secret, and to keep myself safe. The more people that know about it, the more at risk I put myself, and those who know. I don't want you to get into the same trouble you did last time with Dark."
"Dear, the only reason Dark came after me is because he knew he could get to you through me. I was put at risk just by knowing you. I accepted that risk. Darkbane would stop at nothing to get you riled…for what reason I have no idea. That is why we have 'Storm hidden within their ranks."
~"Lightwing, Wolfbane, this is agent Lightstorm. Come in, commander! Please respond!"~
"Lightstorm?! What is it? How did you know about Lightwing reactivating?" Wolfbane asked, raising a hand to his ear.
~"Bad news, Wolf. I'm not the only one who knows. The entire crew of the 'Enslavement' knows!"~
"SLAG! And that means Dark…"
~"He's on his way down. In fact, I've gotta cut off now. Nice to see you up and about, ma'am."~
"Thank you, 'Storm."
"Great…" Wolf said, grimly, "just what we needed. Dark knows all about you being back online. That's why I only wanted the medics right now."
{You didn't think you could hide this tender little morsel from me forever, did you, Wolfie boy?} a voice in Wolfbane's head taunted, sending a sensation through Wolf's head like someone was throwing molasses on his circuits. {I'll have to teach you a lesson for that.}
"DARKBANE! Where are you, you sick freak?" Wolfbane yelled, leaping off of the bed. "Show yourself, instead of hiding and using our psychic link to talk to me!"
{You're kidding, right? Me, face you in one on one combat in closed quarters, with you having the home team advantage, and in Autobot territory? No way! But, before you continue the story you were telling Lightwing, let me show you who will be making sure you get to a decent location to tell it from.}
"What the slag are you talking about?"
"Wolf, what's going on? Where is Darkbane?"
"I don't know, Life, but he's within psych range."
Suddenly, the door to the room was blasted open, and FlapSnap entered, carrying a large blaster. Wolfbane leapt forward, pouncing on FlapSnap, knocking the Decepticon to the ground. FlapSnap lost his grip on his weapon, which slid across the room, and was picked up by Lifewing.
"I wouldn't move another muscle if I were you, Wolfbane!" a harsh, raspy voice chimed from the doorway. Sparksmasher stepped in, bounded over Wolf and FlapSnap, and grabbed Lifewing in a headlock, holding an unusual device up to her chest. "Not unless you want me to remove your dear love's spark…again! NYAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA!"
Lifewing screamed, paralyzed with fear of the sadistic evil doctor, and dropped the Decepticonian blaster she had picked up.
"Fine. You win this round, 'Smasher. But know this…harm ONE FEATHER on her head, and I'll rip out your energon pump and have it for lunch!"
"Oh, dear. I'm so afraid! You don't seem to be in the position to make threats here, buddy! Now, get off the fool, and come with us. Darkbane is waiting for you!"
{Ah, I take it my troops have made themselves known. Good. I'll be seeing you shortly, Wolfie boy. Oh, and if you try anything, Sparksmasher has orders to instantly kill Lightwing there.}
"Fine, you monsters. I'll cooperate. Lead the way."
"Wolf, it's not worth it! Don't…"
"Life, I can't risk you getting hurt. I have to go along with this."
"Wolf, I…"
"I know."
"MOVE IT! Lord Darkbane shall not be kept waiting!" FlapSnap said, after getting up and retrieving his weapon. He then whispered to Sparksmasher, "Hey, I thought the girl's name was Lightwing. Why's he calling her Life?"
"Isn't it obvious, idiot!" Sparksmasher hissed back. "Obviously she renamed herself after gaining a new body, and her new name must have something to do with Life."
"Oh. Yeah, that would make sense…"
"Where were you when they were installing logic circuits? I think you were a tad short changed."
Scene: the back of a small Decepticon landing shuttle, not far from the room.
"Ah, my guests are arriving. Nice to see you again, Wolfie boy. And a definite pleasure seeing you again, my dear Lightwing." Darkbane emerged from the back of the craft, mock bowing to his 'guests.'
"Stow it, Dark. And I told you never to call me that!"
"The pleasure is all yours, Deceticreep, and the name's Lifewing now!"
"Hmmmm. Feisty. I didn't know you liked them like that, Wolf."
"Shut up, you sicko. What is it you want? You want to fight me? Fine. But leave her out of it!"
"Wolf, Wolf, Wolf. You wound me," Darkbane said, acting taken aback by the accusation. "I merely want to hear the end of your story. You know how I love the part where I show up," he chuckled.
"You're kidding, right? You came all the way down here, to a section you are forbidden to enter, just to hear a BEDTIME STORY?!" Wolfbane looked stunned at his alter self.
"No mere bedtime story, Wolf. Our life story! I mean, you can't have the Wolf without the Dark, now can you?"
"Let's see if we can!" Wolfbane reached for the hilt of his sword and the handle of his energon blaster, but a sharp jab in the back by FlapSnap's pistol stopped him.
"Wolf, you know that all I have to do right now is nod to Sparksmasher, and the one thing you truly care about in this world will be history. The same thing happens if I am to die right now. So, be a good boy and just tell the rest of the story. If it helps, you can skip the years of time hopping, hunting down Megatron's many incarnations and integrating their weapons into yourself. I know how wearing the explanation for the repairs to the time line can be."
"Dark, I'll get you for this…"
"Look, if you aren't going to tell the rest of the story, then I will!"
"Fine! I'd like to see you try!"
"Very well then. After those little jaunts, you realized that you were becoming that which you hated, a power hungry maniac. So, in trying to correct that, you went to the only people who could help you figure out what was wrong…"
Scene: Many years previously, in the Super Cave.
"Wolfbane, are you sure?" Vince asked, reaching out to the wolf, who was now covered in cannons from the G1 and G2 Megatrons and Galvatron.
"Yes…something is making me do this…something not right…" Wolfbane said, fighting off a growl, and backing away from Vince.
"Well," Wheeljack said, "I suppose I could run a scan over you. But first you have to stop backing away from us."
"I…can't help it…it's like I'm not the only one in charge here…"
"Whoever said you were?" Wolf said, but in a much different voice. His eyes changed color from orange to gold, and the fur on the back of his neck bristled. "Because whoever did was completely wrong!"
"What the heck?" Vince and Wheeljack said in unison, stepping back from the seemingly possessed Wolfbane.
"Guys, you gotta help me! Shut me down, deactivate me, SOMETHING! It's too strong…I can't fight it!" Wolf pleaded, his optics going back to orange and his fur settling back down.
"Well, I'll try…" Wheeljack said, aiming his shoulder weapon at Wolfbane. He fired, and caught the 'bot in the side, just as he unwillingly tried to leap out of the way. The robotic wolf fell to the ground. "I think now I can scan him."
"Gee, ya think?" Vince said, sarcastically.
Scene: shortly thereafter.
Wolfbane was laid out in robot mode, the various foreign weapons removed and a large device, looking something like a MRI machine, set up just in front of the prone form. Wheeljack hit a button on the side of the scanner, and the platform the renegade Autobot was laying on started to enter the machine. Vince looked at the video readout of the scan.
"Wheeljack, what's all this?"
"That, Vince, is all of the circuits in Wolfbane. I have a feeling I know what's going on, and I don't like the feeling."
"What?"
"Well, you see these red circuits? Those are Autobot circuits. Uncorrupted. These purple ones…"Wheeljack waved his hand in a circular motion over more than half of the readout, which was all in purple, "are corrupted circuits. Something in there must not have been in Optimatt Prime. I'm pretty sure it was…"
"It was what, Wheeljack?"
Wheeljack hit a few more buttons, closing the scan in on two specific circuit boards. "These. I didn't think they belonged in there. And you see how they are blue?"
"Yes."
"That means they can only be one thing."
"Let me guess…Decepticon."
"Worse. Those…are parts of Megatron."
"WHAT?! That's impossible!"
"No, it's not. If, from what I heard was true, OMP got at least a few good shots in on the old Decepticon commander, and with one of his blows, he managed to knock free some of Megs' circuitry. I had always feared that that was what had happened, that we had put in something that didn't belong…but I never thought it could have been Megatron…"
"So, what do we do?"
"Well, for starters, we go in and take out those two boards. Then, we take out as many infected parts as we can. After that, we just replace what we take out."
"Sounds simple enough. But, what do we do with the infected parts?"
"I don't know…With that many, and in such highly concentrated vital areas, I don't think we can just scrap them. I think we need to do something with them so that Wolf can still be alive."
"What do you suggest?"
"I think we have to put them in another protoform body. But, this time, we don't initiate the sequence to bring it online."
"Sounds good."
Scene: Later, in the lab from last episode.
"Ok, We've removed as much as we could safely, transferred the parts into a 'host' protoform, and replaced what we took out. Now what?"
"Simple. We give him a jump start!" Wheeljack walked over to the wall, and threw a lever. Power surged through cables attached to Wolfbane's lifeless form. Soon, the purple 'bot sat up.
"WHOA! I feel like a new Autobot! Thanks, guys! I knew I could count on you."
"So, Wolfbane, what do you want us to do with this little memento of your problem?" Vince asked, patting the protoform chamber. There was an odd sound as he did so. He peered in the viewport, to see if something was wrong. "Um, Wheeljack, you didn't activate the protoform initializer, did you?"
"No. Why do you ask?"
"Well," Vince replied, slowly opening the door, revealing nothing in the chamber. "I sure hope that this is a bad dream, because otherwise, we've got a renegade protoform on the lose here."
Scene: the rear of a Decepticon shuttlecraft
"Oh, how I wish I understood the strange occurance that activated me, but I'm so glad it did, Wolf."
FlapSnap stepped around Wolfbane. "So, you were part of him? But, how did you…"
"Silence, FlapSnap! I think I just made it clear that I AM a part of him. And not even I know how it is that my pod was activated, but it was! And, because of that, Wolf has to deal with me 'till the end of his days! Well, I'm tired of this now. I'm bored. Decepticons, let us release our prisoners, and head back to the 'Enslavement.'
"Lord Darkbane, surely you don't mean to release these Autobots! What would HE say about that?!"
"Sparksmasher, is HE around? Do I really CARE about what HE says? HE can go eat a fusion bomb for all I care! I'm in charge of this detatchment! I call the shots here! Now let's go! Until next time, Wolf, I bid you farewell. And I know there will be a next time!" With that, Darkbane, FlapSnap, and Sparksmasher reentered their landing shuttle, and took off back to the "Enslavement." Wolfbane and Lifewing looked at each other, perplexed.
"Honey, what just happened here?"
"I don't know, Life."
"Wolf, who was the He they spoke of?"
"I don't know, Life."
"Wolfbane, is there anything you do know?"
"I know…we need to fix your door, I need to finish my speech, and we need a LONG vacation." Wolfbane turned around, put his arm over Lifewing's shoulder, and the two lovers walked back to Lifewing's room, still wondering what all had just happened.
Yes, dear readers, that brings the Prime to Wolf Saga to a close. Who is HE? Will Lifewing and Wolfbane get a long vacation? Will you read the next Saga? Will there BE a next Saga? Will Slagpit and I have to decide on our own what the next one shot or miniseries is done in the hiatus? Feedback is always accepted, plus any ideas you might have. So, Till All Are One, this is LunarFormer…
(Slagpit) and Slagpit…
"And Oak Leafdale…"
"And Mine Deepshaft…"
[all together] saying, Transform and roll out!
(Slagpit) Love, luck, and Lithium.
Oak: "Nanu nanu!"
Mine: "Klatu, Barata…~fakes a sneeze~ What? I said it!"