[Never Give Up by Stan Bush plays]
Me: Hello there everyone, it's WOLFWATCHER12 back here for another chapter of Steven Universe: War Of The Beasts. Today, I think I'll be doing most of the chapter myself. Unfortunately, The Amazing Ghost Musician, my friend, could not make it. He is currently busy with Victoria Beckett from my Kamen Rider Crimzone story and won't be back for a while now.
So, in any event, this chapter will be entirely original and made by me. At least, that's what I would say, if I wasn't suffering from burnout. But really, this episode is inspired by episode 1 of Steven Universe Future "Little Homeschool" but with a few twists here and there.
In this chapter, Greg Universe shows Optimus Primal around Beach City while Optimus is in his new human disguise and at the same time, they both get to know one another. Back at Steven's house, Steven is hearing about the times Rattrap had on Cybertron and the stories his (Rattrap's) great aunt Arcee told him.
Not sure if there will be a battle, but we'll see. Anyhow, I just feel a little lonely right now and I feel like I'm about to have a breakdown. Enjoy the chapter.
Disclaimer: We do not own Steven Universe or Beast Wars/Transformers in any way. All rights for Steven Universe go to Rebecca Sugar, Ian Jones-Quartey, Cartoon Network and Warner Bros. Inc. All rights for Beast Wars: Transformers go to Hasbro, Larry Ditilio, Bob Forward, YTV, Mainframe Entertainment, Alliance Media and Claster.
Chapter 3: Tour Of Beach City!
It has been a few hours since the Maximals and Predacons landed on Earth, the Axalon was still crashed outside of Steven Universe's house and here we see Steven showing the Maximals around his humble home.
"Well, since your ship is next to our house, we might as well welcome you in," said Steven.
Greg nodded in agreement to this, "Yes, make yourselves at home." he added.
And so, the Maximals all got into robot mode and sat down on the various furnishings that were in the house, "Wow, never had anything like this back on Cybertron." said Cheetor.
"Agreed," said Rhinox.
Steven said, "Well, after this maybe you can help humans colonize other planets in space." suggesting the idea for Optimus and the Maximals.
Optimus thought it over and kept it in his mind, Dinobot liked the layout of the house and Cheetor lay on the floor and Rattrap, he saw something that looked like a brick of wood. "What's dat? He asked in his Brooklyn accent.
"Oh, I think that's a mousetrap." said Garnet, looking at it. "It hurts humans when they get caught in it, but since you are robots, it won't hurt you."
"Ah, glad to hear dat." said Rattrap, musing at what Garnet said. "So, uh, Greg, right?" he asked Steven's father.
"Yes?" he turned around.
Rattrap pointed to a painting, "Is dat you in da paintin?" he asked.
Greg smiled, "Yeah, that's me, back when I was younger." he said to him. "It was my friend, Devin, he painted it for me while I was on tour."
"On tour, doing what?" asked Cheetor.
"Playing music," he said, making both Cheetor and Rattrap drop their jaws in shock. "You see, I was a one-man band called Mr. Universe. I took that name after I dropped out of college." he said.
It was true. By the time Greg was in his early twenties, he had come into possession of a van that served as his home. He traveled around with his manager in hopes of making it as a rock star. At some point, he performed at a concert in Beach City, but the only person who showed up was Rose Quartz. Greg and Rose instantly connected with each other, and the former decided to bail on a concert in Empire City so he could pursue a relationship with her, much to the chagrin of Pearl.
"Man, sorry to hear that you dropped out." said Cheetor, feeling bummed for Greg.
"It's not your fault...Cheetor, was it?" he asked for his name and he nodded. "So, what was your planet, Cybertron, like?"
Optimus smiled and explained it. "Before we even existed, it was originally a factory, made by a race called the Quintessons to manufacture robots. There were two different types, military hardware and consumer goods." he said.
Rhinox added to it. "These two product lines were the lineal ancestors of the two factions that were dominant on Cybertron before, the Autobots and the Decepticons." he said.
Dinobot also spoke up about it, "Ah yes, I have heard this before. In time, the Quintessons endowed their products with a simulated intelligence. Now the machines could manufacture themselves. Before long, they grew too lazy and greedy to bother even with that. There were simpler ways to wring performance out of their slaves. The Quintessons simply recycled it on the spot and also used the robots to entertain them."
This made Greg, Steven, Pearl and Amethyst stunned with shock and awe as Garnet remained stoic. "So, what happened that time?" asked Pearl.
"Machine was pitted against machine in gladiatorial combat, just like it was during the time you call Ancient Rome," said Dinobot. "Some of them, however, found this pointless combat repellent and sought to put a stop to it. They failed, but the seeds of revolt had been planted, and they one day yielded terrible horrors."
"Yeah. But, what the Quintessons failed to grasp was that they're robots had developed emotions. They knew and felt the difference between freedom and slavery, and that oversight sealed their fate." siad Rattrap, adding to it also.
"For a time, the robots lived in harmony. But it did not last. The former Consumer Goods, had now called themselves Autobots, and sought a peaceful existence, while the Military Hardware wanted conquest and so they called themselves the Decepticons. And they got their way." said Optimus, denoting that to be true.
Steven gasped and Dinobot nodded. "They tyrannized the Autobots and tried to enslave them. Knowing that they could never defeat the Decepticons with firepower, they turned to stealth and invented the art of transforming. The wisdom of the ancient Autobot Leaders, the Primes, had been passed using an item called the Matrix of Leadership. Sentinel Prime had given it to the new leader at the time, Alpha Trion, to defend against any threat that came their way, the Autobots ruled for many centuries, but in time, the Decepticons also learned how to transform. Then, one fateful night, far below the Autobot capital city of Iacon...Megatron was born." Dinobot snarled.
However Optimus added, "The Matrix was passed to Alpha Trion, the oldest of Autobots, who kept it safely hidden for many years until the next Autobot Leader appeared, a gentle robot known as Orion Pax, who was fated to become...Optimus Prime, my ancestor."
Steven was fascinated, "Whoa, he must have been one heck of a hero." he said.
"He sure was." said Rhinox. The Maximals all nodded in unison.
Dinobot smiled and continued the story, "And so began the third Cybertronian war, but it ended when Optimus managed to find a way to defeat Megatron, but it was at the cost of his own life." he said, making them all gasp in horror. "He died trying to defeat him and he passed the Matrix to an Autobot named Ultra Magnus, but when he tried to use it, he found out he was not worthy of it and the worthy one was a speedster named Hot Rod."
"Was he Cheetor's ancestor?" asked Pearl.
"One of them, the others were Tracks and Bumblebee." said Cheetor, and he threw into the story. "After Hot Rod began using the power of the Matrix to stop Megatron's successor, Galvatron, he became Rodimus Prime and he used the power of the Matrix to defeat Unicron, Cybertron's ancient enemy. However, after discovering a new substance, the Transformers began upgrading from Autobot to Maximal and Decepticon to Predacon." he concluded.
"What a story." said Amethyst. "Who knew that was light years before we met you."
"Yeah." said Greg. "When did your ancestors defeat Unicron?"
"It was the year 2005 when it happened." said Rhinox. "And the Autobot flagship, the Arc crashed here into a volcano that exploded in 1984."
They all looked at each other in shock and awe at this. "Whoa, all the way back in the 80's? That was 30 year years ago." said Greg.
"Well, this could be an alternate universe that we went to, similar to our own and yet, different in so many ways." said Optimus.
"Yeah, that could be it." said Rhinox. "Or we fell through an anomaly that tossed us here."
Dinobot was a little baffled by that. "I do not see how that could have happened." he said. "But, whatever the possibility, we are here now and must defend this planet from my former teammates." he added.
Greg nodded, as did the others. Rattrap nodded, but he didn't have to like him and he did save Rhinox from getting hit by the avalanche last night. But there was something that bothered him about Dinobot.
An hour later, Pearl stepped on to the balcony, it was the weekend so Steven did not have school today and decided to sleep in. Garnet and Amethyst did the same thing. Rattrap went back into beast mode and looked around to see the view and enjoy it while Rhinox slept, Dinobot however was meditating.
'It's been a long time since we had company.' thought Pearl. 'And not only that, but they are Robots In Disguise, and it looks like there is more to them than meets the eye.' She then contemplated about a battle Steven had prior to this.
Just then, Cheetor perked up, "Hey Pearl."
Pearl jumped a little bit, and then wiped her forehead. "Oh, Cheetor, it's you. I didn't see you there." she said.
"What's on your mind?" he asked.
"Oh, just thinking about the battle Steve, myself and the others had before we met you." she said.
"Was it with that one gem known as Spinel?" asked Cheetor, wanting to know. "Yeah, Garnet told me about it."
"Oh, well yes, that was it." said Pearl. "Spinel went out of control and tried to get vengeance on Pink Diamond for abandoning her."
"Pink Diamond, is that Steven's mother?" asked Cheetor.
Pearl nodded, "Yes." She then had a solemn look on her face, "We had to get the Diamonds to help us out and so we set out to find them."
"And did you do so?" asked Cheetor.
"Yes, however, Spinel was left behind by Pink Diamond for 6,000 years just as the Gem Colonization of Earth began. Pink Diamond told Spinel to wait for her in the garden, but she never made it there and that was why Spinel was so vengeful.
"Whoa, no way!"
"Yes way, Cheetor." said Pearl.
"I guess that Steven is the target for many of the troubles his mother caused in the past." Cheetor said, feeling sorry for Steven. "The poor guy." he sighed.
Pearl then rubbed Cheetor's neck and hugged him a little bit. She felt how soft the fur of his beast mode was and she nudged him and he nudged back.
"Hope you don't mind if I nudge you, Cheetor." said Pearl.
"Not at all, Pearl." he said to her.
"Thank you." she smiled at him and they hugged.
Cheetor smiled back at her, "You're welcome. If you guys have any more enemies you've had come back after you again, you can count on me and the Maximals to help you defeat them."
"I know that, Cheetor." said Pearl. "But, we may have to do something about Rattrap, Dinobot and Amethyst, they don't seem to get along well."
"Hmm, yes." Cheetor replied. And so the two of them began thinking of a way to get them to bond. It may take a while, but that day will come.
"I suppose we can wait on it." said Pearl, not wanting to rush on anything.
"Yeah, good idea." Cheetor agreed.
Back in the living room, Optimus and Greg were talking to each other, getting to know each other and telling each other about the adventures they had throughout the years.
"Wow, Optimus, who knew that you went through a whole bunch of commandos and won without losing even a single soldier in your unit." said Greg.
Optimus nodded. "True, I did not lose any of my soldiers, but also, I did get injured that day, and until I was ready to get back into action, I had Elita by my side." he denoted some things about his 'wife' to Greg.
"She fought alongside you?" asked Greg.
"Yes." replied Optimus. "Her and I both led our unit to victory against the pirates that raided the universe and brought down their commandos too. However…." he was deep in thought about what happened to them before.
"What, what is it?" asked Greg.
"One Maximal fell victim to a dangerous Transformer, we called it….Protoform X." he relayed to Greg, not wanting to tell the other Maximals yet. "That Maximal lost his whole colony, and hunted him down and wanted to destroy his Spark."
Greg was stunned out of his wits. "Yikes, I feel sorry for the guy." he said, with a solemn look on his face. "Sounds like he needs to find another way to keep his anger in check."
"Yes, that would be appropriate, Greg." Optimus agreed with that. "So, maybe you can show me around this town of yours."
"Good idea Optimus." said Greg. They got out of their seats and spoke to Amethyst. "Amethyst, could you come up with a human disguise for Optimus please?"
"Comin right up, Greg." Amethyst said, and using her power, she gave Optimus his human disguise. He looked like a man in his mid to late 20's in an army uniform and his hair was black with a silver streak in it and his eyes were blue. His Maximal symbol was in the form of a tattoo over his left shoulder. "There you go, Optimus."
"This will do nicely." he said, accepting his human appearance. "Shall we go, Greg?"
"Sure thing." Greg said, as he and Optimus walked to his jeep and went for a ride around Beach City.
As they rode, Greg wondered, "So, what will your human name be while you're here?" he asked.
"My human name?" asked Optimus, thinking over it. "I've got it. Cmdr. Orion Prince. That will be my human name." he said.
"Good name," said Greg. "And also I hope you don't run into any trouble, like how Amethyst did when she and Steven were chasing each other."
"I won't Greg." said Optimus. "No trouble will happen on my watch, when it comes to my teammates and your family and friends."
Greg smiled lightly, "Thank you, Optimus."
They continued to ride throughout the city.
Meanwhile, on the volcanic island, Megatron was going over something that was inscripted in the Golden Disk he stole from Cybertron. The very one he discovered and decoded, it was made by the original Megatron, his namesake.
Just then, there was a knock at the door, he turned around and said, "Come in." and so the door opened and showed Scorponok. "Ah, Scorponok, why have you come and what do you have to report?"
"Well Lord Megatron, I was able to make a new tool," he reported. "It's called a Cyber-Bee, we can use it to spy on the Maximals and those Gems." he relayed to him.
Megatron was impressed with this. "Ah, a brilliant device," he said. "Anything else I should know?"
Scorponok nodded, "Yes, I used this Cyber-Bee to find something that was recovered from a wreckage crash. And I have a feeling this will enable us to hack the Maximal communications and intercept what they are going to do before they do it."
"Yesssssssssssss!" Megatron was even more impressed by how his most loyal soldier was able to do so. "Brilliant Scorponok, I'm glad you thought of this."
"Thank you, Lord Megatron." Scorponok bowed to his leader. "I'll install this into our computers at once!"
"See that you do." said Megatron, as Scorponok left the room, the door shut and Megatron returned to what he was doing before.
Meanwhile, on board the Shadow Diamond empire's flagship, we see Tanzanite in bed with her lover, Black Diamond, enjoying an episode of Lance & Janice.
"This is such a fun show," said Tanzanite.
"Indeed it is, my darling." Black Diamond said, as they kissed while in bed.
(Co-Writer's Note: I put Lance & Janice there as a reference to Ratchet & Clank. Lance & Janice is a soap opera in that game franchise which Dr. Nefarious and Lord Flint Vorselon seem to admire.)
As they kissed, there was a knock at the door. "Come in," said Tanzanite.
It was one of the soldiers, Black Diamond had taken in during one of his conquests. "Oh great ones, I brought in some data for you regarding those ships you blasted." she said.
"Excellent, bring it over here." ordered Black Diamond. And so, the soldier brought the data forward to them. "Dammit, they survived!"
"It seems that the two ships are indeed Maximal and Predacon." said the soldier. "The Maximal ship is the Axalon while the Predacon ship is known as the Darksyde."
Black Diamond was irritated, but he asked, "Who are the commanding officers of these ships?"
"From the data we gathered, the Axalon is commanded by Optimus Primal and the Darksyde is under the command of Galavar, who has now called himself Megatron."
Hearing this made Black Diamond roar, "RRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!" he yelled. "I can't believe that HE showed up, where does he get the gall to call himself Megatron!?" He huffed a little bit but did not want to scare his lover. "Sorry my dear, I lost my temper."
"I understand, honey." said Tanzanite.
"Why are they here?" asked Black Diamond.
The soldier showed him what else was on the datapad. "It seemed like they were after this." He showed them a picture of some crystal on Earth.
"Energon!?" he said in shock. "Nobody told me there was Energon here!"
"According to the data, Megatron stole this artifact." The soldier showed him the image of the item that was stolen from Cybertron.
"The Golden Disk?" Tanzanite gasped in shock.
"Turns out this golden disk contains the location of a major source of Energon, which emanates from Earth."
Black Diamond was in thought, going over this. 'Hmm, Energon on Earth...The Theft of the Golden Disk.' he thought to himself. 'This is a serious nuisance, but maybe I can capitalize on it.'
"What I don't get is why the hell would he steal it?" asked Tanzanite.
"The reason why Megatron and his team of Predacons stole it was for his goal of galactic conquest, while Optimus Primal was on a journey to dump a certain Protoform X somewhere far and someplace barren."
Black Diamond had never heard of Protoform X before, and neither did anyone else. "Hmm, this could present a problem. It seems my plan to seek revenge on the other Diamonds and destroy the universe has been jeopardized because of their arrival." he said. "But whoever this Protoform X is, it has to be annihilated."
"Hmm, something about this bothers me a little bit." said Tanzanite, getting Black Diamond and the soldier's attention.
"What is it, my love?" he asked.
Tanzanite then revealed, "How dangerous could Protoform X be and why didn't Primal just send him into the Sun so he could melt?"
Black Diamond thought it over and he admitted, "Yes, that is a very good question."
"My lord, what should we do about this situation?" asked the Soldier.
"For now, we wait until the time is right and then, we strike," said Black Diamond.
Tanzanite nodded, "Hmm, good choice, my love." she said.
We now find Greg and Optimus visiting the local country club in Beach City, where Greg is one of their biggest clients.
"This a place where most people come to enjoy a game of golf and such." said Greg, showing Optimus the sign. "The Beach City Crystalistria Country Club. Right now, the mayor of Beach City is playing a round of golf with the current Prince of Persia."
"Hmm, the sight of this place is very pleasing to my optic sensors." said Optimus.
The two of them began to admire the view and the president of the club Prescot Rutherford showed up. "Ah, Greg, good to see you." he greeted the man.
"Hey there Prescot, how goes it?" asked Greg.
"Just fine, who's your new friend?" asked Prescot.
"Oh this is Cmdr. Orion Prince." Greg introduced, "He's part of a military unit that he put together and is currently making himself at home here in Beach City."
"Delighted to meet you, Cmdr. Prince." Prescot shook "Orion"'s hand and welcomed him to the club.
'Orion' smiled, "The feeling is mutual, Mr. Rutherford." he said. "So, the citizens and the gems come here often?"
"Yes." nodded Prescot. "When the Gems and humans want to have a little recreation, they usually come here and any place else." he explained.
'Orion' looked at the horizon. "And I must admit, this is quite a view of the coast." he said.
"Yes, magnificent indeed." replied the owner.
Greg then saw the way the mayor of Beach City made his put and it was a hole in one. "Wow, his honor, the mayor made a hole in one."
"Amazing." said 'Orion' "I wonder what The Prince will do to one up it."
"Let's see." said Greg, getting out some binoculars and saw that the Prince of Persia was playing with jewel inlaid solid gold golf clubs. "Wow, solid gold clubs with jewels laid in them, those must be worth a fortune!"
"They sure are." said Prescot, as he agreed to that statement. "His father is on a hunting trip in the Himalayas and the Prince decided to visit America.
"Good choice." said 'Orion', congratulating him.
Back at Steven's house, we see Dinobot on the roof, contemplating on what had been going on. His former leader had sought to conquer the universe and enslave the human race in the process, feeling betrayed by his own leader and as such really left a mark of a Ronin on him. It was what the humans called Bushido, the code of the Samurai.
'So, Megatron, you plan on enslaving humans and Gems alike as well as turning their planet into a fortress.' thought Dinobot. 'Well, we have Megatron and the Predacons outnumbered 12-5, which gives us the advantage. But I also wonder if there are any evil Gems that have a grudge against that Steven boy.'
He looked down at the ground to see Steven sitting there by himself, lost in thought as well. 'He's been through a lot, losing his mother and nearly losing his friends, so much he would give his very life for them.' Dinobot continued to think it over. 'And not only that, but another thing about him is that he seems to know when an enemy Gem may come back or what they have planned.'
Just then, Steven heard a horn honking and it was Greg and Optimus who had returned from their tour of Beach City. "Dad and Optimus are back!" he said, feeling glad for their return. "Hey guys, how was your day?"
"Just fine." replied Greg to his son. "We stopped by the country club, then the Quartz monument and after that we ran into a few of my old friends from High School. They were playing a game of poker there and Optimus and I watched it."
Optimus then spoke, "It seems I have a lot to learn about Earth games." he said.
"Indeed," said Dinobot. "Plus, Steven has been thinking over several things."
Steven nodded, "Where do you think the Predacon ship landed?" he asked.
"That's a good question!" Optimus replied to the boy. They all thought about it and then Pearl saw something that stunned her, she got out some paper and got to drawing and it was a perfect sketch of a volcanic island a few miles away from Beach City.
"Guys, look at this!" she said, showing them the sketch she had made. "I think this is where they landed."
Dinobot confirmed it. "Yes, that is the exact island where the Darksyde crashed," he stated.
"Whoa, what's that mountain there?" asked Rattrap.
Garnet then said, "That is actually a volcano."
The Maximals all looked at the sketch and then looked all the way over the horizon and saw where the island was at. The wreckage of the Darksyde was still there.
"Whoa, the island is all the way there!" said Amethyst. "Holy Frijoles! They're right to the far side of us!"
"Aw man, this ain't good," said Cheetor.
Optimus began thinking it over, "Hmm, maybe one day we should launch a surprise attack on them." he said.
The Maximals and the Gems, Steven and Greg all agreed to that.
To Be Continued...
[Never Give Up By Stan Bush still plays]
Me: Well folks, there you have it. Optimus has a new human form and he is liking his new disguise. I was hoping this would be a longer chapter, but unfortunately, I had to shorten it. My co-writer, The Amazing Ghost Musician, was absent this time. And not only that, but I was in a bother too. I don't want to bore you with the details.
But anyway, I hope you like this slice of life-esque chapter. But don't worry, next time we will be going back to how it was before. Until then, please read, review, comment, like and fave. And remember, NO FLAMES!
[Song Ends]