All right, so I was going to start this story the proper way. You know, with a beginning like "The sun was rising above the Axalon…" and a realistic explanation as to why these things even happened. Then I realized that:
There is NO REALISTIC explanation. Why even try?
2. Did Hasbro ever give us a REALISTIC explanation about anything that happened in the show? Like why was Optimus killed and brought back a gazillion times? Getting uglier and uglier, if I might add? I swear after a while there really wasn't much suspense in it any more ;-D.
And most importantly, I'm pretty sure if I try to describe the reasons that led to these strange (and very unrealistic) events the audience will be bored to death before I get to the point.
So to make a long story short… Choose whichever beginning you like.
Beginning one:
A fan fiction author kidnapped Rampage and Depth Charge and made them do her bidding.
Beginning two:
Primus popped his head from the sky and said to them: "Guys, I mean bots, if you had the chance to turn back time and do things differently, what would you change? 'Cause I might have fun with this…"
The beginning the author chooses:
During "Nemesis, part one" just as Depth Charge brought down the piece of energon yet another weird time anomaly occurred in the Beast Wars and the vortex with all the pretty colours sucked both Rampage and Depth Charge, hurling them trough time and space.
Either way… We're back on Omicron before it was destroyed…
Could have
Part one
'Boss? Ehem… Boss? DEPTH CHARGE!'
The robot dozing off in the chair behind the desk jumped a few inches.
'Uh? How… What the – '
'Sorry to wake you, sir, but someone from the Council wants to talk to you. They called you directly but you didn't answer so they contacted the security central.'
'The… Council?'
Depth Charge blinked and looked around. He was having trouble gathering his thoughts. The room was familiar. So was the young bot standing in front of him, wearing… the uniform of a security officer of colony Omicron? What the pit… He couldn't quite remember why this was wrong. This was… his office? And he was… the chief of security, right?
'Er… Throttle?' he remembered the bot's name.
'Yes, sir?'
'What was it about the Council?'
The young officer tried to hide a sigh.
'They are waiting to speak to you, sir. Just open a link.'
'Yes. Right. Thank you, Throttle.'
Throttle nodded and started to leave.
'Don't get angry at me for saying it but you should really take a break.' he said before exiting the office.
'Maybe I really should.'
Depth Charge sighed, rubbed at his forehead, took a breath to clear his head and tapped a button on the computer in front of him. The annoyed face of one of the Maximal Elders appeared.
'What were you doing, Depth Charge? It took you ten minutes to answer!'
'My apologies.' he said shortly. He wasn't particularly keen on the Elders. They meddled with things they had no knowledge of. 'What is this about?'
'The government has started a new top secret experiment. The first stage of it was completed elsewhere but now it will be transferred to Omicron for safety reasons. We expect the transfer to happen in a week. As I said, the experiment is top secret. It's your job to make sure it stays top secret.'
Something nagged at the back of the security chief's mind but he ignored it. This wasn't unusual. A lot of top secret experiments were going on in the research facility, supervised by the government.
'The experiment will occupy all of the lower levels of the Center. You will allow nobody there, not even your officers, and you will not go there yourself.'
Now, this was a bit much.
'How in the…' he started but caught himself on time. 'Ehem. How am I expected to guard it then?'
'You are not. We're sending our own security. They will be in charge of that sector of the facility where the experiment is kept. You will only see to it that no one goes near there.'
Depth Charge gripped the edge of his desk to keep from punching the screen, which would have been bad for his career, not to mention futile.
'What exactly IS this experiment?' he gritted out.
'It's labeled "Protoform X". You need not know more. Just be prepared to fulfil you duty.'
The connection was cut the same moment something clicked in Depth Charge's mind. And suddenly he remembered.
A/N: Please, people, I know it takes a little time to review but please do it. If you like this story, reviews will make me write faster. And if you don't like it, reviewing is a way to let off some steam on the stupid author. I don't really mind flames. They're usually a lot of fun.
