Final War chapter 2
Beginnings
Hoards of Maximals passed by her as she stood near the edge of the crowded plaza. Phoenix examined every one of them searching for the perfect target. Her optics glazed back and forth over the crowd. They then ceased their wandering for they had found a victim, a teal male of average stature who seemed to be in a hurry heading straight towards the center of the crowded plaza.
She headed in his direction. Form an outward appearance it would seem that Phoenix too was in a hurry and not paying attention to where she was going but in reality she was taking extra pains to make sure she would intercept that particular Maximal. As she passed to his left she bumped him just enough to distract him as she place a magnetic bomb on the case he was carrying. He looked at her and sneered and continued on his way leaving Phoenix behind completely unaware of what had just occurred.
* * * "I'm going to be late!" Chasm thought as he hurried across the plaza. Just then an avian fem bumped into him throwing him off step. He looked at her and sneered then continued on his way.
" Stupid Predacon" he thought. "You aren't even supposed to be here, it's a predacon restricted zone. You are so lucky. If I wasn't in such a hurry I would report your stinkin' hide."
He looked over at the large monument to Optimus Prime in the center of the plaza as he passed. It was the last thing he ever saw as just then the bomb that had been fixed to the case he was carrying exploded killing him and every other bot within a 500 feet.
* * * The tension was so thick it could be cut with a knife as the 9th regiment of Starscream's army sat in a clocked battle cruiser hovering above the plaza in Cybertroplois. There were 30 other ships just like this one stealthily waiting in Cybertropolis' skies for their signal. All of the predacon warriors were nervous but at the same time confident and hopeful for this day would be the beginning of their liberation.
Just then a loud explosion was heard and a billow of smoke could be seen rising from below. This was their signal. Large bay doors opened on either side of the ship and the warriors took flight.
* * *
A barrage of missiles, quasar blasts, and elite predacon warriors rained down from the skies onto the surviving maximals below. Panic ensued. Their entire lives they had been told this could never happen. Loud explosions were heard as several skyscrapers toppled to the ground closing all exits for the panic stricken maximals. The sky grew black as smoke blocked out the light from Cybertron's sun. It was as dark as night.
The light sensitive lamppost that Phoenix was perching on suddenly buzzed to life. She watched the carnage that was ensuing below her. Maximals ran in every direction. Only the loud explosions occurring around them muffled their screams. She noticed a stream of mecfluid forming that was heading for a gutter that emptied into the lower levels.
Suddenly a stray missile tore through Phoenix's lamppost. She spread her wings and transformed landing with both knees bent and her right hand on the ground. As she rose she heard heavy footsteps approaching from behind. She turned her head to see a large heavyset maximal male who apparently did not posses melee weapons as he was charging at her with a pipe he had picked from a decimated building. She spin side kicked him with the tip of her pointed heal in the solar plexus knocking him out cold. She looked down at his unconscious form and laughed. "Pathetic." She then drew a battle-ax from subspace to finish him off.
* * *
A meeting of the council of elders was just about to commence when the intercom atop the high elder's panel activated.
" High elder, there is something that you need to see" an uneasy masculine voice declared through the intercom.
"Can't you see that we are in the middle of a meeting." The high elder said in an aggravated tone.
"Sir, you really need to see this."
" All right patch it through" the high elder grumpily replied.
The adjacent wall was suddenly covered with an image from Autobot Square that was coming from a news chopper. It displayed a scene of carnage. There seemed to be a haze of smoke that was lit up every few seconds by explosions surrounding the area. The images gave of an ominous feel. The entire council was dead silent as the watched the scene unfolding in the plaza of their capital city. Just then the stream of video ceased as the news chopper was hit by several blasts.
" Primus.what have I done." The high elder whispered to himself.
* * *
At the same moment Draca was watching the same scene unfolding on her own monitor.
"Primus dam it Midnight" she said, "why do you always have to be right."
She walked over to the com and contacted one of her vice-generals "Obsidian, you know the situation deploy the 1st - 15th infantry divisions to Autobot Square"
"Yes ma'am." He replied.
She walked over to her chair collapsed rubbing her face with her hands.
"Computer, contact Midnight's quarters " she stated aloud.
* * * Midnight sat cross-legged with her hands in her lap blankly starring at the empty screen that just a few moments before had been displaying the carnage at Autobot Square. She was completely still as well as silent.
"5.4.3.2.1." she whispered followed by a buzz that indicated that she had an incoming message.
"Hello Draca" Midnight stated calmly almost in monotone while continuing to stare off into space.
Draca briefly paused before speaking indicating her relative surprise at Midnight's foresight of her call.
"I assume that you have seen the footage of the massacre." Draca stated.
"You are correct in that assumption" Midnight replied.
"I need your advice Midnight; you know the most about what is going on."
Midnight snapped out of her trance like stare. "What I now is now irrelevant. We are all doomed."
Draca was aggravated. "Look Midnight, I really wish I could adopt your pessimistic attitude right now but I can't. There are to many lives depending on it." She was releasing all of her built up stress. "I refuse to except this as the end!" She took a deep breath. " Our ancestors were able to overcome imaginable odds hundreds of years ago and believe that we can do it once again. I have hope. But I cannot do it with out you Midnight. This needs to be joint effort of all the people of Cybertron. So please, I need you to get over this attitude of yours and help me."
"Fine have it your way" Midnight stated in the same indifferent tone. "I will tell you everything that I know.
* * * By the time the Maximal forces reached Autobot Square not a single Predacon remained; all that was left were an innumerable number of lifeless Maximal shells.
"Draca, this is general Obsidian reporting in. They are all gone, not a single pred in sight."
He heard Draca sigh over the com.
" Search the area for survivors, that's the most we can do right now. As much as I hate to say it, it's a waiting game right now."
"Waiting? I don't like the sound of that." Obsidian stated.
"Nor do I general, nor do I." With that Draca closed the com.
Obsidian scanned the decimated area. A bad feeling rose from within the core of his spark.
"All right soldiers. Let's start clearing this slag!"
* * * Exactly 3 mega cycles after the attack on Autobot Square every monitor on Cybertron went black and Starscream's face appeared.
"Attention Maximals, this is Starscream, the new lord of Cybertron. The era of maximal reign upon this planet has come to an end. Do not be naive and believe that your can rely on your pathetic excuse for a military to keep you safe for no maximal is, neither civilian nor corporal. This is a war against maximal kind and a united Cybertron. You will join us or parish. There is no stopping us now. It is too late. Thanks to you dear beloved Council of Elders inaction, your fate has been sealed. Have fun!"
There was a great silence across the metallic planet as the message ended and Starscream's words sunk in.
I don't know when I will be able to update, I'm real pressed for time. There will be more coming and I will try to get on it as soon as possible
Beginnings
Hoards of Maximals passed by her as she stood near the edge of the crowded plaza. Phoenix examined every one of them searching for the perfect target. Her optics glazed back and forth over the crowd. They then ceased their wandering for they had found a victim, a teal male of average stature who seemed to be in a hurry heading straight towards the center of the crowded plaza.
She headed in his direction. Form an outward appearance it would seem that Phoenix too was in a hurry and not paying attention to where she was going but in reality she was taking extra pains to make sure she would intercept that particular Maximal. As she passed to his left she bumped him just enough to distract him as she place a magnetic bomb on the case he was carrying. He looked at her and sneered and continued on his way leaving Phoenix behind completely unaware of what had just occurred.
* * * "I'm going to be late!" Chasm thought as he hurried across the plaza. Just then an avian fem bumped into him throwing him off step. He looked at her and sneered then continued on his way.
" Stupid Predacon" he thought. "You aren't even supposed to be here, it's a predacon restricted zone. You are so lucky. If I wasn't in such a hurry I would report your stinkin' hide."
He looked over at the large monument to Optimus Prime in the center of the plaza as he passed. It was the last thing he ever saw as just then the bomb that had been fixed to the case he was carrying exploded killing him and every other bot within a 500 feet.
* * * The tension was so thick it could be cut with a knife as the 9th regiment of Starscream's army sat in a clocked battle cruiser hovering above the plaza in Cybertroplois. There were 30 other ships just like this one stealthily waiting in Cybertropolis' skies for their signal. All of the predacon warriors were nervous but at the same time confident and hopeful for this day would be the beginning of their liberation.
Just then a loud explosion was heard and a billow of smoke could be seen rising from below. This was their signal. Large bay doors opened on either side of the ship and the warriors took flight.
* * *
A barrage of missiles, quasar blasts, and elite predacon warriors rained down from the skies onto the surviving maximals below. Panic ensued. Their entire lives they had been told this could never happen. Loud explosions were heard as several skyscrapers toppled to the ground closing all exits for the panic stricken maximals. The sky grew black as smoke blocked out the light from Cybertron's sun. It was as dark as night.
The light sensitive lamppost that Phoenix was perching on suddenly buzzed to life. She watched the carnage that was ensuing below her. Maximals ran in every direction. Only the loud explosions occurring around them muffled their screams. She noticed a stream of mecfluid forming that was heading for a gutter that emptied into the lower levels.
Suddenly a stray missile tore through Phoenix's lamppost. She spread her wings and transformed landing with both knees bent and her right hand on the ground. As she rose she heard heavy footsteps approaching from behind. She turned her head to see a large heavyset maximal male who apparently did not posses melee weapons as he was charging at her with a pipe he had picked from a decimated building. She spin side kicked him with the tip of her pointed heal in the solar plexus knocking him out cold. She looked down at his unconscious form and laughed. "Pathetic." She then drew a battle-ax from subspace to finish him off.
* * *
A meeting of the council of elders was just about to commence when the intercom atop the high elder's panel activated.
" High elder, there is something that you need to see" an uneasy masculine voice declared through the intercom.
"Can't you see that we are in the middle of a meeting." The high elder said in an aggravated tone.
"Sir, you really need to see this."
" All right patch it through" the high elder grumpily replied.
The adjacent wall was suddenly covered with an image from Autobot Square that was coming from a news chopper. It displayed a scene of carnage. There seemed to be a haze of smoke that was lit up every few seconds by explosions surrounding the area. The images gave of an ominous feel. The entire council was dead silent as the watched the scene unfolding in the plaza of their capital city. Just then the stream of video ceased as the news chopper was hit by several blasts.
" Primus.what have I done." The high elder whispered to himself.
* * *
At the same moment Draca was watching the same scene unfolding on her own monitor.
"Primus dam it Midnight" she said, "why do you always have to be right."
She walked over to the com and contacted one of her vice-generals "Obsidian, you know the situation deploy the 1st - 15th infantry divisions to Autobot Square"
"Yes ma'am." He replied.
She walked over to her chair collapsed rubbing her face with her hands.
"Computer, contact Midnight's quarters " she stated aloud.
* * * Midnight sat cross-legged with her hands in her lap blankly starring at the empty screen that just a few moments before had been displaying the carnage at Autobot Square. She was completely still as well as silent.
"5.4.3.2.1." she whispered followed by a buzz that indicated that she had an incoming message.
"Hello Draca" Midnight stated calmly almost in monotone while continuing to stare off into space.
Draca briefly paused before speaking indicating her relative surprise at Midnight's foresight of her call.
"I assume that you have seen the footage of the massacre." Draca stated.
"You are correct in that assumption" Midnight replied.
"I need your advice Midnight; you know the most about what is going on."
Midnight snapped out of her trance like stare. "What I now is now irrelevant. We are all doomed."
Draca was aggravated. "Look Midnight, I really wish I could adopt your pessimistic attitude right now but I can't. There are to many lives depending on it." She was releasing all of her built up stress. "I refuse to except this as the end!" She took a deep breath. " Our ancestors were able to overcome imaginable odds hundreds of years ago and believe that we can do it once again. I have hope. But I cannot do it with out you Midnight. This needs to be joint effort of all the people of Cybertron. So please, I need you to get over this attitude of yours and help me."
"Fine have it your way" Midnight stated in the same indifferent tone. "I will tell you everything that I know.
* * * By the time the Maximal forces reached Autobot Square not a single Predacon remained; all that was left were an innumerable number of lifeless Maximal shells.
"Draca, this is general Obsidian reporting in. They are all gone, not a single pred in sight."
He heard Draca sigh over the com.
" Search the area for survivors, that's the most we can do right now. As much as I hate to say it, it's a waiting game right now."
"Waiting? I don't like the sound of that." Obsidian stated.
"Nor do I general, nor do I." With that Draca closed the com.
Obsidian scanned the decimated area. A bad feeling rose from within the core of his spark.
"All right soldiers. Let's start clearing this slag!"
* * * Exactly 3 mega cycles after the attack on Autobot Square every monitor on Cybertron went black and Starscream's face appeared.
"Attention Maximals, this is Starscream, the new lord of Cybertron. The era of maximal reign upon this planet has come to an end. Do not be naive and believe that your can rely on your pathetic excuse for a military to keep you safe for no maximal is, neither civilian nor corporal. This is a war against maximal kind and a united Cybertron. You will join us or parish. There is no stopping us now. It is too late. Thanks to you dear beloved Council of Elders inaction, your fate has been sealed. Have fun!"
There was a great silence across the metallic planet as the message ended and Starscream's words sunk in.
I don't know when I will be able to update, I'm real pressed for time. There will be more coming and I will try to get on it as soon as possible