TRANSFORMERS BOOK FOUR : REQUIEM FOR THE EARTH
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Death's Head - Guess who's back for a fourth time here, ME! HAH! Anywayz, I STILL don't own Transformers. Takara, Hasbro, Marvel U.S. and Marvel U.K. own them. Drat, drat and double drat!
This story is the fourth in a series of stories I have written. I strongly suggest and urge any who read this story, to also read the first three, as elements in this story, have been established in the first three.
The only characters I own, are my original creations, listed as follows – Autobots – Outlaw, Seraphim, Gnash and Splashdown (The last two, New Dinobots, appear for the first time in this chapter.). Decepticons – Acousia, Vette, Roadkill, Tempest, Darkshayde, Hydrina, Carnage, Blaze, Thraka and Tremble. (For more information on these characters (Except Gnash and Splashdown), check out my Original Character Bios, also located on this site.)
If you would like to use any of my characters in your stories, please send me an email, asking for permission to use them first.
Thank you.
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CHAPTER ONE :
Buster Witwicky sighed to himself, as he ran a hand through his sandy blonde hair. He looked around himself, at the small camp, hidden in Yosemite National park and his frown deepened. It has been two months since the destruction of Washington DC by the Decepticons, and as far as he knew, all of America had fallen to the evil robots. South America had fallen almost immediately, after the fiasco at Rio De Janeiro, caused by Galvatron, and the rest of the world, while still fighting, were only days away from being crushed under the steel feet of the Decepticons.
Buster paused from his woolgathering, and smiled at his nephew. Daniel Witwicky was helping some of the other children in the camp gather firewood, while his mother was helping out the doctor treat some of the wounded soldiers. Buster watched his sister in law, Carly, and once again vowed to avenge his brother's, Spike, death. The young Witwicky had survived the trek through the mountains to arrive at what was once the headquarters of the Autobots, Autobot City, only to gawk in horror at what he saw.
The remains of Metroplex was strewn all over the place, as were numerous Autobot remains. As he walked along the main entranceway of the city, he saw the blasted remnants of Autobots who had perished defending their city from the Decepticons. He had heard of the second battle of Autobot City, in which Galvatron and the Cybertronian Decepticon council had joined forces and had attacked savagely. A small Autobot task force had encountered the two Decepticon vessels, near the moon, and the beginning of the second battle began. One of the Decepticon ships was destroyed thanks to the heroic effort of Inferno, who sacrificed himself and his ship by colliding with the ship commanded by the Decepticon council, the resulting explosion destroying the ship and the shockwave stunning numerous Decepticons.
Unfortunately, Shockwave, Bludgeon, Lord Shanix and the Decepticons under their command, joined Galvatron aboard his ship, the space city form of Scorpononk, and deduced a plan of attack against the Autobots. From what Buster had found out, they had attacked Autobot City quickly and from all sides. His brother, part of the headmaster component of the Autobot, Fortress Maximus, had lead the Headmaster forces against the Decepticons, with Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus leading the rest of the Autobots. A bounty hunter called Death's Head, who had destroyed Lord Shanix himself, assisted the Autobots in their fight.
However, a new threat appeared in the form of a Decepticon version of the Autobot, Omega Supreme. More Decepticons flew out of this robot, one of them being none other than the newly resurrected Starscream. While Starscream and this new group attacked, Soundwave and a marone and silver femme, attacked Cyclonus and Scourge, stealing their original programming and retreating back towards their ship. The leader of these Decepticons, was once the partner of Death's Head, a being known as Raiden, who had found a way to resurrect the evil Starscream as a Pretender.
That was the second battle of Autobot City. Buster had found out, that after Rodimus left Earth, with most of the Earthbound Autobots, in an attempt to thwart the Decepticons from stealing their fallen from the second battle, which were aboard a mausoleum shuttle. Sometime after Rodimus left Earth, the Decepictons attacked, Washington DC and Rio De Janeiro as their primary targets. After those two cities fell, Hound, who had been left in charge of the remaining Autobots, split them into two battle groups. However, Megatron and Galvatron attacked the Autobots ruthlessly, destroying the shuttle craft.
This information, came from the Autobot medic, Ratchet, who had been hiding within his lab. Ratchet bore a carbon blast mark on his chest, courtesy of the Decepticon Scourge. Apparently, a fourth group of Decepticons, the same group which had attacked the domestic airport in Western Australia, as well as the tourist island of Rottnest, the port of Fremantle and decimated numerous suburbs and shopping locations. This new group was being led by a femme called Celestine, whom Ratchet had watched as she unleashed a new terror, a Decepticon called Darkheart, who tore through the Autobot lines with ease. After the battle, Celestine, Galvatron and Megatron were watching each other and waiting for someone to make the first move. Starscream made that move by blasting Celestine from behind. He was rewarded for that act by Scourge who, using his binary bonded partner Fracas, blasted the traitorous Seeker.
The three Decepticon forces starting attacking each other, giving the battered Autobots, time to recover. The dark Decepticon known as Darkheart was grappling against not just Galvatron, but also Megatron. Both Decepticon leaders were flung into a wall by Darkheart, who in turned was stomped on by the Predaking. Unfortunately for the gestalt, Celestine's powerful warrior had stood up, lifting the Predaking by the leg and throwing the gestalt into Abominus and Pirannacon. Then it snapped. Darkheart just starting blasting at random, his weapons firing again and again at any Decepticon. Galvatron transformed into his cannon form and fired, the beam of energy slamming into Darkheart, causing him to cry out in pain. Celestine transformed into her duel barrelled hover tank form and rammed Galvatron, both leaders transforming and fighting each other.
Meanwhile Megatron, had broken into what was Brainstorm's lab, and took the rail cannon the Headmaster scientist had been working on. The evil Decepticon glanced at Soundwave, who made some adjustments to the cannon's design, and attached it to Megatron's left arm. Outside, Celestine had Galvatron in a chokehold, slowly squeezing the life from the Decepticon, when a blast of fusion energy slammed into her from behind, sending the femme reeling away from Galvatron. She turned and faced Megatron, who had both arms raised, his fusion cannon glowing and the rail cannon preparing to fire. Before she could even shout an order, Megatron fired both weapons at once, Galvatron adding his own firepower. Celestine's armour, experimental stealth dinobot armour, which had been created for her by her former partner Outlaw, who had once been Raiden, buckled and fell apart. Celestine screamed as the energy tore her apart, leaving a battered and broken husk of a shell behind.
After Celestine's defeat, the Decepticons under her command followed the example of Cyclonus, and swore loyalty to Galvatron. Scourge and Fracas on the otherhand, fled the scene as Darkheart looked down at Galvatron, before kneeling in front of him.
Ratchet had turned the monitor off, ending the recording the city's security system had taped. The medic gave a copy to Buster, and told him to find someway of getting the message to the Ark in Mt. St. Hillary and transmitting it to Cybertron. As Buster accepted the mission, Ratchet mentioned how he was going to try and repair as many Autobots as he could, to try and fight the Decepticons, until Autobot reinforcements could arrive.
All of this had occurred about five weeks ago, Buster mused, and still nothing. He had gone to the Ark, only to find it destroyed completely. Evidentially, the Decepticons had attacked the ancient ship, to prevent anyone from contacting the Autobot forces.
Before Buster could continue his thoughts, a middle-aged man, with short black hair and a neat black moustache, interrupted him. The man was once known as G.B. Blackrock, former billionaire industrialist and founder of Blackrock enterprises. Now he was known as just Blackrock, head of the North American resistance against the Decepticons.
"Still thinking of what you saw Buster?"
Buster nodded.
"Yeah. The city... apart from seeing Ratchet there, it looks like a ghost town. Then the fight between the Decepticons..."
Blackrock shrugged.
"Hey, if they want to kill each other and make things easier for us, then I say let them continue."
Buster looked at the older man.
"A pretty callous way of looking at things, isn't it?"
Blackrock sighed.
"What about what Megatron did to the President? Granted I didn't like him, but no one deserved to die the way he did." Blackrock looked over the camp "Buster, this is war. We have to fight for our survival."
Buster's eyes narrowed.
"Fight for our survival... Like Circuit Breaker and the Roadjammers?"
Blackrock shrugged.
"They're not children Buster, they're grown adults, fighting for something they believe in." Blackrock studied the young man closely "A fight, which your own brother fought..."
Buster looked away, thankful that Blackrock didn't continue his sentence. Buster remembered what had happened to the Autobot Cerebros, his brother's binary bonded partner. Cerebros, even with his severe dislike of fighting, picked up his blaster and had attacked the Decepticons. The ruined remains of Fortress Maximus, parts of which were still operational, assisted the silent Autobot against the binary bonded Decepticons. Unfortunately, Scorpononk had grasped the Autobot, one pincer grasping Cerebros around the waist, the other around his head. Scorpononk, at Zarek's command, tore Cerebros apart. The pincers squeezing the life out of Cerebros and crushing Spike to death.
The fair haired man looked over at his sister in law, as Daniel ran up to her and talked to her about something he had found. Buster lowered his head as Blackrock put his hand on the young man's shoulder.
"Buster, one day we will be free of this darkness, but before then I promise you, you'll get your revenge."
Before Buster could speak, a strong female voice spoke behind them.
"Revenge is a emotion, those machines have no concept of! I will personally destroy every single one of them with my bare hands!"
Buster and Blackrock faced the speaker. Standing in front of them, wearing her hi tech bodysuit/exo-skeleton, her short blond hair sticking straight up, was the woman known only as Circuit Breaker.
Circuit Breaker, had been injured severely in a Autobot and Decepticon attack some years previously, had recovered slowly in hospital. After waking from a coma, she found she was completely paralysed and was enraged with anger and hatred for both the Autobots and Decepticons. She managed to have built for her, through assistance from Blackrock himself, the exo-suit she was currently wearing. The suit amplified her hatred a thousand fold, to the point she could generate intense electrical psionic fields which caused immense pain and subsequent destruction to any mechanoid she crossed. As such, she was the most powerful member of the North American resistance, alongside the Roadjammers, as well as a brunette empath known as Rapture and elemental known as Dynamo.
Buster spoke cautiously.
"Circuit Breaker... how did your mission go?"
The woman looked at him and smiled.
"The Decepticon compound 30 miles away is no more."
Blackrock smiled.
"Excellent. Pass on my congratulations to your team."
Circuit Breaker turned and walked away.
"Already done. We're planning our next attack and..."
Buster and Blackrock, faced her, as she stared at a ambulance which had pulled up, her fists clenched tightly together. The ambulance pulled to a stop, and it was then Buster and Blackrock noticed the Autobot insignia. Blackrock spoke quickly.
"Circuit Breaker, even as successful as you and your team has been against the Decepticons, we will need as much aid as we can get."
Circuit Breaker muttered and gave the ambulance an angry, scathing look before heading off. Buster and Blackrock approached the ambulance, which transformed into the Autobot Ratchet. The Autobot knelt on the ground as the two humans approached.
"Greetings Buster, G.B."
Blackrock nodded.
"Greetings to you Ratchet, but it's just Blackrock now, not G.B."
Ratchet paused slightly, as Buster spoke.
"How did the repairs go?"
Ratchet sighed.
"Not to good actually. All I've been able to do, is finish building the three new Autobots I had started on, before the attack. Surprisingly, three other Autobots survived the attack and are on guard duty."
Buster looked at him.
"Three other Autobots? Who?"
Ratchet smiled.
"Three powerful, if somewhat unruly Autobots. Repugnus, Grotusque and Double Cross."
Buster frowned.
"Them? Aren't they a little..."
Blackrock finished.
"Unstable?"
Ratchet nodded.
"They are, but they can withstand phenomenal amounts of pain and damage. And with the three new Autobots..."
Buster looked at the medic.
"Who are they?"
Ratchet motioned over towards the nearby lake.
"Watch."
A few minutes later, the sound of heavy footfalls could be heard, stomping towards them. The other humans in the camp scurried to find cover, as others prepared to defend themselves. Ratchet just smiled at Buster and Blackrock, as two immense and powerful figures burst through the wood. Buster stared at them in awe.
"Ratchet... they're... Dinobots..."
Ratchet nodded.
"That they are Buster. I used three dinosaurs as the basis for their creation. An Allosaurus, a Ankylosaurus and a Pleiosaur."
Blackrock and Buster looked at each other, and spoke simultaneously.
"A Pleiosaur?"
From the lake, a long robotic neck erupted forth, it's head swivelling back and forth, and then focused on Ratchet. The Dinobot made it's way towards the shore, transforming into robot form. The Allosaurus and Ankylosaurus approached and transformed. Buster whistled.
"Man, impressive Ratchet."
Ratchet nodded.
"Thank you Buster. Since Grimlock and the other Dinobots are no longer on Earth, and considering our current 'situation', I thought it would be more prudent to create some powerful reinforcements." He paused "Besides, each of these three, is on the some power and strength level as Grimlock."
Blackrock interrupted.
"Ratchet, who are these three?"
Ratchet nodded.
"Allow them to introduce themselves."
The Pleiosaur Dinobot stepped forward and spoke in a female tone.
"I am called Splashdown."
The transformed Allosaurus looked at the humans, and also spoke in a female tone.
"My designation is Gnash."
And the last one...
"You know me. Me Snarl."
Buster looked at the Dinobot.
"Snarl? But, I was told you..."
Snarl pointed at Ratchet.
"Ratchet made me better."
Blackrock looked at the three Dinobots, then at Ratchet and Buster.
"Guys, the other three Autobots... how powerful are they?"
Ratchet looked at the human.
"The three of them are as powerful as the Dinobots."
Buster looked at Blackrock, and followed his gaze towards Circuit Breaker and her team.
"What are you planning Blackrock?"
Blackrock smiled as he stroked his chin.
"It's time, we struck a powerful blow against the Decepticons. A blow, which will reverberate around the globe."
Buster paused, then smiled.
"What about your former west coast labs? The one with the space telescope and is linked to the communications array?"
Ratchet paused.
"That's one way. If we can find Raindance and Grandslam, we could use one of the emergency spacial message rockets. But to do that, we need a distraction, one which the Decepticons would believe."
Buster's smile broadened.
"Guys, I think I have the perfect place for us to strike."
Blackrock and Ratchet looked at Buster, as he explained his plan.
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Death's Head - The first chapter of a new story is always the most nerve racking once it's posted. As it was, I had a hard time figuring out how I wanted this story to start. Suffice to say, I decided to focus on the human element, and how the world would look, two months after being taken over by the Decepticons. Don't worry though, the Autobots aren't gonna stay back and watch the Earth get destroyed.
Also, I'm bringing in Autobots and Decepticons, which had figures made of them, but never really appeared in either the anime or manga. I found on the Net, all of the old figure catalogues, which were packaged with the figures when you bought them. Yes, I intend to bring ALL of the characters from these old catalogues into my story.
By the way, if anyone here has any information, in regards to the human characters I brought into this story (Circuit Breaker, The Roadjammers, G.B. Blackrock and Buster Witwicky), I'd be grateful if you could forward that information to me, as I'm after more info in regards to them.
