Transtech Transformers Chapter 2 : Ghosts of the Past

The Maximal starship Steelhaven glides through warp space en route to the Sol system.

Four Maximals occupy its bridge. Nightscream sits at the helm and navigation station while Silverbolt ready for anything oversees the communications and tactical weapons station and the science and engineering station monitored by Black Arachnia.

Cheetor sits at the command seat of the Steelhaven impatiently tapping his fingers at his chair.

Cheetor: "Can't we get more speed from the warp engines?" He addresses Black Arachnia

Black Arachnia "No we can't this is the Steelhavens maximum cruising speed, a warp factor higher we'd be tearing the ship apart."

Nightcream asks: "Why can't we use a transwarp ship. Why an old clunker of warp engines!"

Black Arachnia answers: "The High Council banned transwarp technology and every ship has been refitted for warp drive. They made that decision after our debriefing about prehistoric Earth."

Nightscream : " Yeah but why does it have to be this old Autobot ship refitted from the moth balls."

Cheetor: "Every registered starship is either in blockade duty or on the mission of contacting the lost colonies and starship crews. Megatron wiped out Cybertron's databanks clean we don't know where they are. This is a secret mission; no one would miss this ship"

Silverbolt: "Besides Nightscream the Steelhaven is a combat oriented starship, most of the fleet are peace time science vessels, its better for facing Decepticons just in case."

Cheetor: "Make that definitely facing Decepticons!"… and more trouble than we expected.

Black Arachnia notices Cheetor's impatience He has been like that since getting the Earth's coordinates from the Oracle.

Cheetor's POV (Flashback)

Deep underneath Cybertropolis the Maximal spark processing complex called the Matrix.

Grimlock, Silverbolt, Nightcream and Black Arachnia helps Cheetor resonate with the Oracle diving in the very Matrix itself.

Once this ancient facility produced Cybertronian sparks but no more.

Ever since the beginning of the Techno-Organic age it has been inexplicably silent.

Now no new Cybertrons are born online as with its sister complex called the Pit.

It is as if Vector Sigma, the life giving super computer, itself no longer exists on Cybertron.

Equipments are set, wires are connected to Cheetor's mind.

Grimlock: "Cheetor, you ready?"

Cheetor : "As I will ever be, Bigbot."

Cheetor goes offline.

Resonating his spark with the Oracle.

Metaphysically Cheetor encounters the great program.

The Oracle, a golden ring, a portal to the Allspark itself.

Cheetor dives his hand within it searching data of Earth's whereabouts.

Finally he finds it downloading it to his own data tracks.

Suddenly his hand is jerked. As if purposely pulled within the Oracle.

He dives inside the Matrix only to find a familiar face.

Cheetor: "Optimus !"

Optimus Primal: "Yes Cheetor it is I"

Cheetor is excited thinking he can bring him back with him.

Cheetor: "Great then lets get back home we need you!"

Optimus Primal answers: "Cheetor I am home this is where I belong"

Cheetor : "Why bring me here?"

Optimus Primal: "The balance must be maintained. You alone cannot win against Megatron . You will need help. Help will come. He is Megatron's eternal opposite. Accept his help when it comes. Till all are one…"

Optimus Primal slowly fades

Cheetor: "Optimus wait! What do mean help!"

Cheetor turns to get back to reality only to see another dead friend

An honorable warrior that fell in battle long ago…

Cheetor: "Dinobot!"

Dinobot: "Beware of the two immortal sparks at Megatron's side"

Cheetor: "Who? Shockwave and Soundwave?"

Dinobot: "No most psychotic Predacon Maximal and treacherous Decepticon we've ever faced"

Cheetor thinks….

Cheetor: "Rampage and Starscream !"

Dinobot: "Yes they are. You must hurry while Depthcharge is not in danger of dieing he is suffering. He needs your help"

Cheetor: "I don't understand how Depthcharge can be alive when we thought he was dead."

Dinobot: "I was supposed to bring Rampage's spark here at the Matrix but he possessed Depthcharge. I saw the dire situation you Maximals and Humans are in. I made my choice thus through the other piece of Rampage's spark I possessed my clone to save you all. Depthcharge died for but a moment until his near-possession made him immortal. I died yet again returning to the Matrix but Rampage's consciousness made it through his smaller piece of spark."

Dinobot: "You must reformat Depthcharge to save him …."

Dinobot : "By the way give my regards to the Vermin tell him I'll be waiting Ha Ha Ha!"

Dinobot: "Till all are one!"

Dinobot's ghostly form disappears

Cheetor : " Slag two unkillable Con's can it get any worse!"

Two familiar sparks approaches Cheetor

Cheetor: "Spoke too soon"

The sparks dance around each other finally forming an image like that of a winged archangel.

Cheetor: "Tigerhawk…"

Tigerhawk: "Greetings old friend I had hoped we would not meet in such circumstances."

Cheetor: "Tell me about it…"

Tigerhawk: "The Nexus…. The Vok has not lost interest on Earth but rather recent events have increased their interest of the Humans' evolution"

Cheetor: "The Vok?"

Tigerhawk: "The aliens we have encountered in prehistoric Earth"

Cheetor: "Oh no… not them again"

Tigerhawk: "The conflict could draw them out. Be careful"

"Till all are one"

Tigerhawk fades as the others.

Suddenly a trinary spark appears. Transforming into a large three headed dog.

Like Cerberus guarding the gates of Hades

Cheetor : "Who the…"

Left Dog Head – "The One before Cybertron was is on Earth. You must protect it.

For freedom is the right of a sentient being…."

Middle Dog Head – "Our misguided brethren the Quintessons has not given up their quest in enslaving your race. They are waiting in the shadows to have the One before Cybertron was…"

Right Dog Head- "Scavenger did not perish. The means of your destruction is with him. He is now aware of the One before Cybetron was he will surely inform his leader Megatron. With Scavenger's Key Megatron will try to enslave the One before Cybertron was and not only conquer Cybertron, and rest of the universe but the Matrix itself."

All three Dog Heads spoke: " You must protect the One before Cybertron was…."

"Till all are one…."

Cheetor returns to reality

Opening his optics he sees Grimlock, Silverbolt, Nightscream and Black Arachnia

(End Flashback)

Decepticon Undersea Base, Earth

Scavenger is working on the new transformer bodies after his near disastrous mission in Cheyenne Mountain.

Scavenger : "Blasted Maximals when I just thought my plan won't go without a hitch. In turns out there is already one of them inside the Vault !"

"Nearly didn't get away from the humans, they are certainly better armed than they used to be. Fortunately my new body is protected from their conventional weaponry, even their energon based plasma energy weapons."

"Ah yes the miracle of Transtech Transmetal technology!"

"The full benefit of transmetals without the need for unsavory beast modes or organics; Rendering me immune to harmful energon fields and plasma energy. Its properties negate techno-organic reformatting. Ha ha ha!"

"All thanks to this …the Transtech Key. Young Megatron wanted to mix the transmetal driver and the Key of Vector Sigma's power into one. "

"I'm such a genius. Now to give life to my leader. With the original Megatron and young Megatron becoming one making an unstoppable Decepticon."

Scavenger downloads Megatron II's data tracks into the Central Processing Unit connecting it to the original Megatron's spark laser core.

Scavenger activates the Transtech key , Transmetalizing Megatron's new body; an all terrain Destroyer Tank.

The Tank transforms to robot mode.

Megatron : "Yesss…. I still function…."

Mount Saint Hillary, Oregon

Once this volcanic mountain was larger and taller now it is a mere shadow of itself.

A site of many battles between robots from outer space.

Deep within it the former Autobot flagship known as the Ark.

An Autobot and Maximal base in the past now secret headquarters of Section 9 of the Earth Defense Corps.

At its main conference room.

A Lieutenant approaches its Director : "Sir update we seem to have lost the transformer's energy signature. We can't track him"

Director: "He must be using a new form of stealth technology. Doctor Redford how is your patient."

Dr. Emily Redford : "Sir it seems he has been exposed to some form of mechanizing virus that is killing his biomechanical form. It's destroying his organic parts. He is currently in stasis lock. We could try to transfer his spark into a synthoid but the virus may also infect the synthoid body making it useless. Also it seems his spark is giving off anomalous readings. We do not have the experience of transferring transformer sparks to human cyborg bodies." She explained.

Director addresses the base's supercomputer: "Teletran-1 update on Optimus Prime's search."

Teletran-1: "Temporal dimension probes have not yet found Optimus Prime's consciousness. Continuing search patterns"

Damn we do have Prime's body and spark here but ever since he merged with the matrix finding this… Vector Prime giving him some sort of map of his last mission he hasn't been back for hundreds of years. The Director thought of his childhood hero.

Director: "Optimus Prime where are you?"