TRANSFORMERS : DEATH'S HEAD.

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Disclaimer :

Death's Head - I do not own Transformers or Death's Head. Mattel, Hasbro, Marvel U.S. and Marvel U.K. have that honour. I own Raiden and Seraphim. Raiden transforms into a fighter, similar in design to the valkyries/veritechs from Macross/Robotech.

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In orbit of the planet Nebulos :

Raiden leaned back in the chair, in front of the viewscreen and looked at the planet before him. His journey back in time, had been highly successful and uneventful. He had managed to infiltrate the Autobot's headquarters, the Ark, and downloaded the information from Teletran-1. However, whilst trying to leave the Ark, he had encountered the Dinobots.

Slag, Sludge, Snarl and Swoop had charged him. Raiden's response was simple : He had brought with him, some neural scramblers, to which Raiden gave credit for them to Death's Head. The neural scramblers, once attached, disrupted the flow of neurons from the mechanoids brain to the rest of it's body. It also caused the mechanoid immense pain. Unfortunately, Raiden only had four, as Death's Head had made only five of them (He had used one in a job against a 'mark's' bodyguard.). Which left Raiden, against the most powerful Dinobot of all.... Grimlock.

Grimlock fired his duel blaster at Raiden, who dodged the blast, and retaliated by launching two missiles from the launchers on his back. The missiles slammed into Grimlock, but only served to aggravate him even more. Raiden turned and transformed, blasting up through the top of the volcano. Grimlock took to the air after him, the energy blasts from his blaster strafing the sky. But, even before Grimlock could exit the volcano, Raiden, turning in the air, flew straight at the Dinobot commander, and hit him again with combined missile and cannon barrage. Grimlock was hit by the devastating attack, with the combined force tearing a hole in his chest plate. As he started to fall, Raiden transformed, and grabbed Grimlock's leg, and threw him into the side of the volcano.

During this attack, Wheeljack, Ratchet, Perceptor and Hoist, being the only other Autobots left in the Ark (As Optimus Prime had led the others to combat a Decepticon raid.), had found the other Dinobots, and were trying to figure out what had happened. Perceptor had noticed Grimlock's disappearance and was about to say something, when the whole base shook.

Grimlock stumbled down the side of the volcano, until he hit the an outcropping. His energon level at critical, he tried to raise himself into a crouch, when Raiden tackled him, grabbing Grimlock and slamming him into the side of the mountain. Raiden dropped Grimlock onto the rocky ground and glared at him. Grimlock's chest chassis was dented and had a nasty tear in it, part of his face was damaged badly.

Raiden transformed and flew into the stratosphere. As he reached a certain height, he activated the time device he had taken from Death's Head, and flew into the future. Back on the side of the volcano, Grimlock was facing terminal shutdown, when Bumblebee and Cliffjumper found him. They had managed to get Grimlock to the repair bay, just in time. When Grimlock had recovered, he was furious.

Raiden shook himself from his daydreaming, and faced the monitor. He was here to get the final piece he needed to make the new mech back in his lab functional. He only hoped it was still kept on Nebulos, by the 'fleshling' council. He turned and walked over to the shuttle bay, and took the lander down to the surface. He brought the craft towards the remains of what had been a popular resort on Nebulos, until Scorpononk and his Decepticons, following Fortress Maximus and his Autobots, to the planet. After their arrival, the Autobots had made an arrangement with a group of Nebulans led by Galen, who underwent binary bonding with the Autobots, becoming Headmasters and Targetmasters. Scorpononk, not to be left in the cold, made a similar arrangement with Lord Zarek and Nebulons loyal to his cause.

After the two groups departed Nebulos, the planet and it's people had rebuilt. However peace didn't last long... Two Decepticons, Darkwing and Dreadwind had arrived, looking for Scorpononk. All they found, was eventual engine shutdown, due to the contaminated energy supply. However, two renegade Nebulans, Hi-Test and Throttle, using technology derived from Hi- Test's mentor, Hi-Q, and binary bonded with the two Decepticons, becoming Powermasters. During their rain of terror, a group of Autobots arrived, to have a body built for Optimus Prime. Goldbug, Getaway, Slapdash and Joyride, were beaten by the Decepticons, until Hi-Q and three volunteers, Rev, Lube and Hotwire and became Autobot Powermasters. Hi-Q binary bonded with Optimus Prime, and the Autobots defeated the Decepticons, and left Nebulos.

Now, Raiden had returned to the planet, to hunt for the one piece of equipment he was after. As the shuttle landed, Raiden exited the shuttle and took to the air. As he flew through the air, he trained his sensors on the surface, scanning. He was disrupted from his scans, when a flare flashed across his sensors. He transformed and landed, his weapon drawn. He then heard laughter.

"Well, well, well, a transformer has returned to Nebulos. The question being, why have you returned robot?"

Raiden faced the speaker. Standing on a boulder in front of him, was a hooded female fleshling. She watched him, waiting. Raiden levelled his weapon on her.

"Tell me where they keep the heads of the Autobots who came here years ago, or die."

"Just like those two." She mutterd.

"Two?"

"Two Decepticons, can't remember their names, but they came here and tried the same thing you're here for. They broke down, and two renegades bonded with them and caused more trouble...."

Raiden lowered his weapon and sighed.

"Dreadwind and Darkwing." Raiden growled "Idiots."

"Yeah, that they were." The female studied his weapon and laughed "That peashooter will do no damage whatsoever to the building they're keeping what you're after in."

Raiden looked at his cannon, then at the nebulan.

"Then what would you suggest?"

"First, I'll help give you the weapon you need, but under a condition."

"Condition?"

"I will become your weapon, and you take me with you."

Raiden laughed.

"Become binary bonded to you? Why? Why do you want to go through that?"

The female sighed, and lowered her hood.

"My name is Kari. I was research assistant to Hi-Q. After he left, I lost everything I had. All I have left is hatred." Kari looked up at Raiden "I want revenge."

Raiden studied her. This fleshling, had emotions driving her, which he understood well. Emotions which fuelled him. He nodded at her.

"I accept your offer. Shall we?"

Raiden transformed and the canopy slid open. Kari climbed into the cockpit and leaned back.

"Where to?"

"The place my life went to crap."

Raiden lifted off into the air and flew towards the lab which had given birth to the Powermaster Optimus Prime. While Raiden watched Kari undergo the binary bonding process, Raiden smiled to himself. His plans, have just had an unexpected bonus. As a Targetmaster, Raiden would have superior firepower, firepower to help his quest.

He looked up at the sky.

"Soon, soon it will be ready. I'll have two of the most powerful creations at my beck and call, and then I can find you sister. As for Death's Head....." He lowered his head "I pray to Primus I don't have to fight you. If it came down to that......"

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