Anno Domini chapter 05
"Tubububuuu…" Ben groaned, rising from his sleep. Then, seeing his captor, he gasped.
"Luki!" he hissed.
Lucifer turned and smiled at him. "So…you're awake. Good to know…" he said silkily.
Ben tried to move his arms to block Lucifer's dark visage, but he found that his arms and legs had been tied. So, he began to squirm backward, trying to escape.
Lucifer had changed exponentially in the time since Ben had last seen him. His look had gone from that of one of his fellow angels to that of…a horror. He had grown to be over 60 feet tall, and his skin the look as though it were molten rock. His eyes glowed with fire, and the very air around him smelled of brimstone.
"What, miss me?" Lucifer snarled, kicking Ben in the head, sending him sprawling.
"Tububububububu…" Ben moaned, feeling his blood leak from the back of his head.
Lucifer picked him up cruelly, and cupped his other hand under the wound. Soon enough, green angel blood had accumulated, and he poured the handful down his mouth. He then had a spasm in his face, that looked not unlike pain and joy mixed together. Pulling Ben closer, he opened his maw and said
"See what you did! See it! I was normal once, and handsome! Then, you ruined me!" he hissed.
Ben groaned in reply. "How are you out of…imprisonment?" he muttered.
Lucifer laughed. "I tricked Zeus's brother, Hades, to stay there while I came and got you. You know, that Hades fellow is perfect for my plans…"
He then descended into maniacal laughter.
"But…why?" Ben asked, confused.
"You…" Lucifer snarled "incomprehensible IDIOT! You will pay, along with all those who wouldn't join me!" he howled.
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Megatron and his early warriors set off into space, supposedly searching for Lucifer, but actually heading for the rendezvous point with the former Angel.
Taking a minute to land, Megatron made a motion for all his warriors to gather.
"Today…" He said, "Marks the beginning of our tribe…"
"What shall we call it?" A warrior asked.
Megatron was silent.
"Born of Deception, you will be the DECEPTICONS!" Lucifer boomed behind them.
Megatron turned and laughed. "I LIKE IT! You, my partner, are a genius!"
"Yes, I know" Lucifer sneered, unamazed by Megatron's army.
"Is this it?" he asked, raising a molten eyebrow.
Megatron nodded, thinking Lucifer was pleased.
"Fool. How can we take over with less than a thousand of men under your control! That means that the other side has three times the offensive force we do! That's not even counting the Defensive force stationed in the Forbidden City!" Lucifer snarled.
Megatron shank back, scared out of his mind. Then, a thought came to him, and he stood up with pride.
"What if I told you that I had a warrior under my…influence who could decimate Cybertron and Earth in one fell swoop?"
Ben's eyes opened a little, enough to see what was happening. Luckily, his large bat ears caught most of the conversation.
"Tubububububububu…." He groaned, groggily.
Then he caught on to what Megatron was referring to.
"NO MEGATRON! NOT THAT!" He hissed, his helium voice growing harsh.
Lucifer raised the same brow once more, looking at his cousin. "What are you speaking of, Megatron, that worries my little cousin here?" he said warmly.
Megatron laughed. "You won't know until I get my reward!"
Lucifer's smile faded. "And what is that?" he growled.
Megatron puffed out his chest. "I want to rule Cybertron!"
Lucifer laughed, but nodded. "It is yours…" He said, handing Megatron a massive cannon, which attached itself to Megatron's shoulder.
Megatron grinned, and said one word,
"Unicron"
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Eris sat in the infirmary where Trion was, waiting for Megatron's swift return, when she heard the flutter of wings.
"Ben?" she whispered, not turning.
A smooth hand lay itself on her shoulder, and rubbed down her back.
Eris shuddered at the movement. Turning, she saw a different being than she expected.
The former Angel she saw was her ex-husband, Sander.
His face had gone from a gentle one like Kifil's to a grey, harsher version of itself.
"Sander…why are you here? You know you're forbidden to leave Hell…" She said, not unkindly.
Sander's stare softened a bit, but he remained firm. "Where's that blasted 'ward' of yours?" he hissed, revealing his mandibles in his mouth.
Eris sighed. Sander, an Archangel that allied himself with Lucifer in the Great Betrayal, had been her 'husband' up to then. Unfortunately for Eris, the rumors that she and Ben were in each others' houses too much not only reached Tranquility, but also Sander. Sander had grown suspicious of Ben, and flocked to Lucifer's side when Lucifer promised that Ben would be destroyed.
Of course, Eris and Sander had broken up before then. Sander wanted children; Eris did not. Naturally, this led to separation, and that was when sander heard the rumor. Sander, while 'broken up' with his 'wife', was still a jealous Celestial. So, he had been the one to attack Ben while he was down, making sure to wait until Ben was unable to hit back.
Eris straightened her face and said stoically, "I don't know, but you had better leave, lest you anger me."
Sander laughed. "Am I to be scared of your puny threat!"
He then saw Trion sit up, and backed down.
"Is that…" He rasped, terrified.
Eris grinned. "No, he's my Guardian, and he's armed to the teeth, so I suggest you leave." She said, pointing to Trion.
"I'll…get you and your Batty Friend too!" Sander hissed, turning and running away.
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Meanwhile, Orion Pax and his best friend Dion, and Ariel Pax, who would later become Alita 1, were moving cargo off an important transport from a colony planet.
"What a beautiful day." Pax said, sighing.
Grinning, Dion laughed. "What good cargo! I'd pay 3 months o' Energon for half a serving of this load!"
Pax gave his friend an odd look. "What is it?"
Dion picked up one sample. "Nitros from Xi'hal. What else do they have to give the home planet?"
Pax was about to say something, when he was interrupted by a distant roaring of engines. Looking to the sky, he saw what appeared to be a black cloud, growing and growing.
"What in Primus…" Pax said, amazed.
Before he could identify Megatron, he was blinded by the sudden onslaught of plasma cannons fired by the Decepticons.
Screaming as he fell, he could hear Ariel and Dion also screaming, but Dion's was cut short, and from the corner of his eye, he saw an explosion where Dion had been standing, as the Nitros also blew up.
As he closed his eyes, preparing for death to come, he heard Megatron's voice, mocking him.
"See what happens when you refuse to pick up arms?" he mocked.
Pax then fell into unconsciousness.
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Meanwhile, Ben had slipped out from Lucifer's watch, and smuggled into a Decepticon's leg compartment, and remained there, dead silent.
As Ben could feel himself coming closer to Cybertron once more, he heard the noise of cannon fire.
Oh crud… Ben thought, wishing he could get out and fight.
However, his rational mind (or what was left of it) told him that if he were to attack the Decepticons at this point, he's be slaughtered, as he was only a 3 foot 2 inch half-bat. Maybe if he were lucky, he could disable Megatron. However, the remaining Decepticons would then crush him.
"tubububububububu…" He muttered to himself, aggravated. However, looking a a crack in the compartment, he could see Pax, still functioning. Since he had built Unicron (and a good portion of the Cybertronians), he could recognize the life in Pax.
The only question was, Could Megatron also see it?
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"WEEEEEEOOOOOP! WEEEEEEEEOOOOOOP! ALERT! PORT CITY UNDER ASSAULT!" the alarm in the hospital roared, stirring Eris from her deep thought.
Somehow, something in her alerted her that Ben was in danger, and she put on her armor hastily, not forgetting her spear-ax.
Trion also got up, mostly healed.
"Where are you going!" Trion snapped, fearing for Eris. "You can't win by yourself!"
She was already out the door by the time he had finished the word "can't" . Groaning, he got up and followed her.
"Slag!" he muttered under his breath.
This was going to be a long day.
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Ben was terrified, hoping he wouldn't be caught by Megatron.
"Tubububububububuuu…." He groaned, cowering in the leg of the Decepticon right behind Megatron, who was now flying toward Cybertron City, the HQ of the Government.
"HA! I have taken Pax and the planet in one fell swoop! This is perfect!" Megatron crowed, hovering in midair.
"Your evil stops here, Megatron!" Alpha Trion yelled, armed to the teeth.,
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