More than meets the eye (10/9/2007)
Author's notesThis is it. The moment I've envisioned since I started the story four days after watching the movie. Sorry, I can't say anymore without giving the story away. I have to dig my grave and settle my will as well before you all kill me. I probably don't deserve it but again, please give me some long reviews or flames before you send me to meet my Lord and Saviour.
Chapter 17: Rise of Megatron Part 3
In the mountains surrounding the Amazon valley, a certain alien was not having a good time.
"GGGGGGGGGEEEEEEEAAAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGHHHH! GEROFF OFF ME! GEROFF OFF ME!" a huge robot thrashed about in the forest, scratching all over its body as though it had upset a hornet's nest.
The hornets were actually an elite group of Amazons led by two of their Elders. The two Elders were nearly identical save one wore a phoenix coronet with twin peacock feathers that denoted her leadership while the other was slightly less decrepit and used a large Chinese 'Dao' sword that glowed with red chi instead of a staff.
"NOW!" Cologne shouted as the Decepticon spread his arms and legs wide.
As one, three Amazons touched the Decepticon from the back of its neck with their index finger. Other Amazon groups of three each touched the joints while Cologne and the other elder leaped in front of its chest and touched it.
"BAKUSAI TENKETSU!" all shouted.
As one, nearly everypart of the Decepticon exploded where the Amazons touched it. The head and limbs were all dismembered whereas the chest armour shattered to reveal a red Spark underneath it. Even then, the headless and limbless body thrashed about and then tried to transform back into a MLRS despite missing most of its parts.
Cologne and the other elder didn't give it a chance. Summoning their very worst fears and life experiences, they made themselves into the most depressed people in existence. They then leaped into the air above the vulnerable Decepticon's body.
"SHI SHI HOKODAN!" twin blasts of red chi energy shot out of the staff and sword and connected with the red Spark in the Decepticon's chest. Far away, the head gave an earpiercing howl and then became silent. To the Amazons amazement, the body, which had started with a desert colour and pattern, now turned into a deathly grey instead.
"Ha ha, I've still got it," the other Elder said while flexing her muscles.
Elder Cologne chuckled. "I always knew that Elder Lux Shold Der. If only the other idiot youngsters that call themselves Amazon Elders could be so competent," she scowled as she recalled the lesson she had to teach them earlier. Their actions had nearly caused them valuable allies against the Decepticons.
"Let's just hope they're up to the simple task of defending our sealed castle," elder Lux said.
As always, fate had a fascinating tendency of making the worst scenario come true once it was stated. At that moment, they all saw the Amazon castle go up in flames.
"By the ancestors, Kasumi!" Cologne cried.
Then a crackle was heard as the communicator Hound had given Cologne came to life. She quickly activated it and spoke into it. "Hound, what is going on? Did you see what just happened?"
A gasping and deathly voice spoke, "Kasumi… save ….. her…… Decepticons …. Outnumber ….. protect her……." Then the communicator went silent.
"Hound! Hound! Can you hear me? Where are you, are you alright?!" Cologne shouted.
"We must get back to the castle. I know we can't just leave Hound but he'll die in vain if the Amazon castle falls and the Decepticons find the Spring of Drowned Megatron," Elder Lux said.
Cologne gritted her teeth. She then gestured to three of the Amazon warriors. "You three, try to track down Autobot Hound. Do everything in your power to ensure he survives. The rest of you come with me," she said grimly and then the Amazon warriors raced through the forests towards their castle.
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Happosai only smiled wider when Kasumi started crying tears of dread. "What's the matter my dear? I thought you would be starving for me by now. You seem to have taken some medicine to offset my little aphrodisiac. Oh well, fine by me," he said before he proceeded to tear off Kasumi's dress down the middle starting from her cleavage and started to grope her breast beneath her bra.
A part of her knew that there was no one to help her now but she still tried to scream for help, hoping for any Amazon, especially the Elders, would hear her cry. But to her horror, Happosai's instantly pressed his mouth against hers and proceeded to kiss her hungrily, as though he would devour Kasumi's lips.
'Nooooooooooooo!' she cried mentally as well as physically, trying to scream even with Happosai's foul tongue in her mouth. Another part of heart broke that moment: first her modesty and now her first kiss had been stolen by the worst of men. She struggled desperately against the rope binding her wrists from behind to the point that once again, her delicate skin became marked with the coarse rope. But this only served to excite Happosai further, whose foul saliva was coming out in astonishing volume and befouling her mouth.
Suddenly he was pulled away and Kasumi dropped to the ground, coughing and gagging at the old man's foul mouth. The top part of her dress was practically destroyed now, only the skirt part was intact which, fortunately for her, was tied with a little sash but only barely held on to her slim waist. Kasumi looked up and saw that two human size Decepticons had pulled Happosai off Kasumi and even now held him as he shouted, screamed, cursed and struggled against their inhuman strength.
"You stinking aliens! You promised me my payment! I want Kasumi now!" Happosai shouted.
"Shut up insect. You will do what we say according to the plan, no deviation. Time is short and we will not waste it just so that you can mate with that ugly animal over there," the purple robot sneered at Kasumi, who was painfully aware of her exposed upper body, the only thing left protecting her modesty there was her bra.
"Warning. Autobot signatures detected. Commence Operation Megatron Recovery," the huge robot said in monotone.
'Autobots,' she thought suddenly and with an attempt borne of sheer desperation, she sprang to her feet, ran between Soundwave's legs and sprinted towards the exit. "BUMBLEBEE, RANMA, OPTIMUS, PROWL… ANYBODY!" she cried. But she suddenly felt something grab her shoulders and lifted her off the ground. Something dripped on her face and she looked up to see a huge batlike Decepticon. What dripped on Kasumi's face was blood from the Decepticon's foot long fangs.
"No, let me go!" she screamed, trying to swing out of its grip. But now Soundwave's huge hand came up and gripped Kasumi's body, leaving only the head out of the fist like grip.
"Resistance is futile. Submission is encouraged. Failure to accept will result in immediate termination. Receive first warning," Soundwave said and proceeded to squeeze Kasumi hard and put her through agonizing pain.
"NO! DO NOT SPOIL HER, I WILL BE THE ONE TO THAT!" Happosai screamed and thrashed but the two Decepticons were stronger and apparently as skilled as him as the Grandmaster of Anything Goes Martial Arts still hadn't manage to escape from their grip.
"Proceed to cursed Spring of Drowned Megatron," Soundwave ignored Kasumi's continued screams and all started moving down the cavern cave to the cursed spring. The bat and hawk like Decepticon scouted ahead whilst the scorpion one guarded their rear, walking backwards whilst keeping its guns, which were located in its claws aimed towards the exit.
Kasumi's was still being held in the Decepticon's iron grip, which refused to loosen and was made even worse by Soundwave marginally rubbing its fingers together. Eventually she gave up shouting for help and gritted her teeth to endure the torture she was feeling at the hand of the Decepticon. Her heart still cried out to the Autobots but she decided that she would no longer give either the Decepticon nor Happosai the pleasure of hearing her suffer.
"Please, don't do this, we have done nothing to you," Kasumi pleaded. "Why must you mistreat others so?"
"Irrelevant conversation, terminate at once," Soundwave said evilly even in monotone and squeezed even harder, this time forcing a whimper and tears of pain flowing.
"Fine let me go, I promise that I won't fuck her brains out until I've become your master," Happosai said while stopping his struggling. The two Decepticons looked up at Soundwave, who to Kasumi's horror nodded and once again, Happosai was free. The fact that she was in Soundwave's grip gave her little comfort. Her fear was confirmed when Happosai appeared behind her on the edge of Soundwave's fingers. "Any problems with me talking to my prize on the way?" he asked Soundwave.
Soundwave said, "Acceptable. Do not impede progress."
Before Kasumi could say anything, Happosai said, "Shhhhh Kasumi, all will be well. In spite of your rejection, I'm magnanimous enough to forgive you and will still drive you wild beyond your wildest dreams later. Although you still have to be punished painfully but trust me, not all pain is bad." His hand held Kasumi's head in place to prevent her from using her head to knock him and he had spoken to her right ear. She cringed and gave a small shriek as Happosai licked the base of her neck.
"Whatever you do to me, know that the Autobots will stop you," she gritted her teeth, dredging up every painful memory she had to nullify Happosai's attempt to arouse her.
Happosai nibbled on her ear lobe and blew into it, making Kasumi shiver. "Let them come my dear, I will need more subjects to take over the world once I become the most powerful being in the universe, the alien Megatron."
"Happosai, we don't know if the person who falls into the cursed spring will obtain the body of Megatron or actually become Megatron. This isn't a simple case of something drowning in Jusenkyo, this is a magical seal placed on a monstrous being that wants to conquer everything in its path!" Kasumi said, trying to reason with Happosai.
"Ah dear sweet intelligent Kasumi. I always knew you had a brain behind the air-head facade you showed everyone everyday," Happosai sighed as he nosed into Kasumi's hair, tearing off her hair ribbon in the process and breathing deeply her scent. "But you see, either way I still win. Even if I become Megatron only in body and not in mind, I will be immortal and be the most powerful being in existence. Megatron will appreciate the fact that while he will become me in mortal form, I am the Grandmaster of Anything Goes Martial Arts, the best martial artist in the world despite what the pathetic Amazon bitches may claim. No harm will easily come to me, and a quick cup of cold water will revert me back to the ultimate conqueror. There are trade offs I will grant you that, but overall I will now be able to do something I've only dreamed about: world domination. And after this world, the galaxy!" Happosai laughed even as he fondled Kasumi's neck and face.
"Please Happosai, for God's sake do not do this evil thing," Kasumi was now quiet and not responding to his touches..
The old man's face soured upon hearing her mention God. He then used Kasumi's thick ribbon to blindfold her, plunging her into unforgiving and fearful darkness. She shut her mouth to prevent Happosai from gagging her mouth but he gave her a slap before pinching her nose, cutting off her supply of air.
"There is no God, only me. And you will do well to learn it. Just so you know, when this is over, I will personally ensure Ranma-chan, Akane, even your sleazy sister Nabiki will be tortured and raped every second, every minute, every hour, every day and by every hentai in the world for the rest of their miserable lives. But for you Kasumi, there will only be me and you WILL worship and beg for me for the rest of your life." Kasumi only pursed her lips and gritted her teeth, refusing to give anything to Happosai. She held her breath for a good three minutes until Happosai grew tired of waiting for Kasumi to breath for air and used both hands to grip her jaw and somehow force them open. A foul fleshy tube entered her mouth and gagged deep into her throat and she screamed and thrashed as she realised what Happosai had just done.
"Lick and suck it good Kasumi. If you bite it off, I swear to you that once I become Megatron, I will make Ranma-chan, Akane and Nabiki my fuck toys and you can watch their suffering for the rest of their miserable pathetic lives," Happosai snarled as he started pumping into her mouth.
"ALL HAIL MIGHTY MEGATRON!" Soundwave's voice suddenly sounded and Kasumi heard the unmistakeable splashing of the pool's water against the glass barrier that covered the opening, which meant that they had reached the Spring of Drowned Megatron. She heard sounds of battle erupt as a garrison of Amazons attacked the Decepticons and suddenly found herself falling to the ground, hitting it painfully on her back but Happosai was still in her mouth and made sure she didn't hit her head when she landed on her back. But apparently Soundwave had dropped her low enough on the ground to avoid breaking her back.
Then a spark of hope entered her heart as she sensed a familiar chi heading towards the Spring. She could only hope that it would come in time to save her but she knew that Happosai would sense it and either warn the Decepticons then spirit her away or worse, instantly dive into the spring to become Megatron.
She had to distract him. Silently, she mourned as yet another part of her died giving the old pervert something that should have belonged to her one true love.
Kasumi may have been an unmarried housewife but most of her acquaintances were housewives and all were quite open with their sex lives, some even delightedly explaining to Kasumi in explicit detail the methods they used to pleasure their husband so that Kasumi would be able to utilise them one day. She stopped struggling and tearfully gave Happosai what he wanted, attempting every technique she had ever heard of and even a few that she had seen when she stumbled upon the naughty magazines Nabiki kept for some reason.
Happosai thought he had died and gone to heaven as Kasumi started to respond. He managed to shift himself into a standing position looking towards the Spring while Kasumi had to kneel on the floor with her hands still tied behind her back. Kasumi felt the chi signature growing stronger and desperately increased the intensity of her techniques to distract the old man.
"Oh yes, oh yes, OH BABY! OH YES MY LITTLE BITCH! WHOSE YOUR DADDY, WHOSE YOUR DADDY!" Happosai moaned with increasing volume.
'Just a little more…' she thought. She became worried as suddenly she heard and felt something hammering at the glass covering of the spring and even heard the sound of cracking glass. The sounds of fighting had stopped and she guessed that the small Decepticons were now focusing their efforts to crack the glass covering the spring.
"OH BABY! GODS, KASUMI YOU ARE SO GOING TO GET WHAT YOU DESERVE! OH GODS.. AH AH AH…….. HOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHH! KASUMI! I'M GOING TO……."
"WHERE THE HELL AM I!?"
Kasumi actually felt Happosai's member shiver, indicating it was about to shoot its foul substance. Silently, she prayed for forgiveness for the extreme violence she was about to commit, even to one such as Happosai. It was now or never now that a saviour had come.
With all of her strength, and not without a hint of anger, she bit her teeth with all of her might and severed off Happosai's penis.
An ear piercing howl filled and echoed around the cavern and at the same time, another voice spoke, "Happosai! How could you… you … you… to Kasumi…. you …. You… ggggggrrRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRGHHHHHHHHH……. SHI SHI HOKODAN!" Kasumi felt a massive burst of chi energy and quickly pressed herself flat to the ground. A part of the chi energy still grazed and burnt part of her forehead but she ignored the pain. Once on the ground, she spit out the foul appendage in her mouth, gagging and spitting out the blood and cum at the same time.
The sounds of battle intensified and then to her relief, she heard the familiar sound of a Toyota Celica's engine. She heard Bumblebee transform and then strong hands lifted her body upwards, untied her wrists bonds and took the blindfold off.
Kasumi winced at Mousse's face. His nose was completely broken and he looked horrible disfigured, but his eyes were still clear and covered with his glasses. Next to him was Shampoo and to her astonishment, Ukyo, who was brandishing a strange weapon known as a monk's spade, but looked horrible haggard.
"Ukyo! What are you.. UUUURRRRGHHH!" she vomited as some of the blood had gone down her throat.
"Long story honey, will tell you once we finish off these tin cans. I just hope the rest of your Autobot friends arrive soon," Ukyo said grimly as she patted Kasumi on her back to help her cough out the rest of the foul substance in her throat.
Kasumi had no time to think of how Ukyo knew about the Autobots as now the other battle drew her attention. Bumblebee and Soundwave were engaged in a furious brawl but the Autobot was a little outmatched in the weight class and had to ironically move and sting like a bee to avoid Soundwave's hits. He was not using his gun arm but Kasumi recalled Bumblebee calling it a solar cannon, so she surmised that due to the fact that they were in a cavern and it was night time as well, his gun was out of energy.
Ryoga was fighting alongside Ranma against the other two humananoid Decepticons as well as the bat-like Decepticon. As usual they were quarrelling even as they fought back to back. Happosai had disappeared and seemed to be hiding in the shadows. Mousse, Shampoo and Ukyo warily formed a triangle around Kasumi in case Happosai tried to attack them.
"CURSE YOU RANMA, YOU MAKE MY LIFE HELL! NOW YOU'RE DRAGGING ME INTO THIS WEIRD ROBOT CARTOON SHOW!" Ryoga shouted as he held the black and red humanoid's head in a headlock.
"HEY, DON'T BLAME ME FOR GETTING YOU LOST HERE! NOBODY INVITED YOU HERE. STILL P-CHAN, I AM REALLY GLAD YOU SHOWED UP THIS TIME! KACHU TENSHIN AMAGURIKEN MINI MOKOTAKABISHA!" Ranma shouted as he proceeded to shoot hundreds of small chi blasts at amaguriken speed at the Decepticon's chest. The Decepticon actually shrieked as the chi blasts ripped into his body like a Tommy gun shooting into flesh. Ryoga finished him off by lifting the Decepticon off its feet and throwing it at the purple Decepticon.
"YEAH, YOU COULDN'T EVEN DEFEND KASUMI LIKE YOUR LIFE DEPENDED ON IT! LEAVE IT TO ME TO FINISH THE JOB PROPERLY! AND WHAT ABOUT AKANE!"
Kasumi suddenly remembered about Ravage. She quickly told Shampoo about Akane's predicament and she quickly dashed away to rescue Akane.
"Don't worry about Akane, Ranma! Just kick his ass to kingdom come!" Kasumi shouted.
Both were shocked at Kasumi using such language but had no time to respond as the purple Decepticon known as Frenzy threw himself at Ryoga, trying its level best to strangle the lost boy. Ranma was about to help Ryoga when he froze at the sound of a feline growling. He slowly turned and found himself face to face with Ravage's head, teeth bared and red eyes blazing, fully in panther mode. The pig-tailed martial artist went deathly pale and started to back away all the time saying, "Nice kitty, good kitty, don't eat me kitty…"
Ravage's lion-like roar shook the cavern and he pounced at Ranma who was overcome with fear and started to run. The panther pursued him and a strange game of Tom and Jerry formed between Ranma and Ravage.
"We've got to help Ranma and Bumblebee!" Kasumi cried as she stood up. Bumblebee had just taken a straight punch to the face by Soundwave and she screamed as she saw the bat Decepticon dive at Bumblebee's back and sank its foot long fangs into Bumblebee's neck. Bumblebee roared and then rammed into Soundwave with his back, squashing the bat between him and Soundwave. The rat gave a pathetic squeak then dropped to the ground, its wings and body partially crushed.
"Ratbat!" despite the motone voice, Soundwave still managed to convey a little concern at his squashed companion. Without giving him pause, Bumblebee quickly knelt to the ground, punched his fist upward at Soundwave's chin and gave the Decepticon a powerful uppercut that actually propelled Soundwave into the air. In an instant Bumblebee leaped to his feet and gave a flying kick that propelled the Decepticon away from the Spring, whose glass covering was nearly completely cracked up now. Soundwave recovered quickly and moved to engage Bumblebee again, who was now doing Bruce Lee style moves, complete with the chicken sounds.
The ground beneath Kasumi, Ukyo and Mousse shook and the two martial artist barely had time to grab either side of Kasumi and leap into the air when out of the ground, the scorpion Decepticon burst out, its vicious claws grabbing for their legs. Ukyo slipped a few flour bombs, which she had managed to salvage from a broken Amazon bakery, and threw it at the scorpion's four eyes. This blinded the Decepticon completely and gave Mousse sometime to immobilise it by throwing a hooked chain that wound itself around the tail and then used an ancient chi technique to drive the ship's anchor on the other end ten feet into the cavern's granite wall. Hurriedly, Ukyo, Mousse and Kasumi ran away as the scorpion pounced at them again, only to be stuck by its tail, unable to reach for them. It didn't make them safe yet though as it started shooting missiles and machine guns from its claws which Mouse had utilise every weapon in his stuffspace to deflect the incoming fire but he was fast running out of duck shape potties to intercept the missiles whereas the scorpion seemed to have an unlimited supply of them.
Meanwhile, Ravage had finally cornered Ranma. The pig-tailed teenager was nearly catatonic now as he sat with his back to the wall, Ravage's fanged face only centimetres away. Ravage gave an evil and took a deep breath, savouring the smell of Ranma. He even gave the boy's face a long lick with a metallic tongue that caused Ranma to whimper nonsense under his breath. His eyes rolled back into his head and he started breathing extremely fast.
"As a token of my thanks for the feast you are about to provide to me, I will allow you a quick death. Any last words, insect," Ravage gloated.
Ranma made a small sound underneath his breath.
"What was that? I can't hear you," the Decepticon said mocklingly.
"Meeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr."
The microprocessors in Ravage's head started to work on overdrive, puzzling over what was going on in the boy's head. "Cat got your tongue, is it not?"
"MEOW!" with lightning speed Ranma zoomed out of the corner and behind Ravage. Ravage was astounded by Ranma's speed, which was now as fast if not faster than him and quickly turned to face his adversary. Ranma was now on all fours and continued to meow menacingly at Ravage. The floor, on which Ranma's hands were on, suddenly had claw marks. The boy was now looking at Ravage with eyes, which in Ravage's opinion, was definitely not Ranma's. It was eyes of a man consumed by madness, like one that had been starved to the point of eating his fellow man or a mother lion hungry enough to consume her own cub for survival. Whatever mad beast Ranma had been reduced to, all of its aggression was directed at Ravage now.
Both neko-Ranma and Ravage pounced at each other and Ravage roared in pain as invisible claws ripped into his armour at the chest and fore arm as Ranma avoided Ravage's pounce and gave huge swipes at Ravage instead. His chi claws penetrated Ravage's chest and narrowly missed his life Spark. Ravage howled and started to run away, completely shocked and frightened by Ranma's transformation, which rendered him not only faster than Ravage but with invisible claws capable of ripping into his armour. Neko-Ranma gave chase and now the situation was reversed as Neko Ranma chased Ravage around the cavern.
Ukyo, Kasumi and Mousse were running out of ideas on where to run from the scorpion's fire. The three were trying to avoid the rumble between Ryoga and the purple Decepticon, Bumblebee with Soundwave, as the chase between Neko-Ranma and Ravage as well as the rapidly deteriorating glass covering of the pool, due to all the shaking and occasional weapons fire that hit the glass.
"HHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGHHHH! HHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAIYAH!" twin battle cries echoed around the cavern as two figures appeared out of the shadows and charged at the scorpion. Before the scorpion could turn to face its new adversaries, a huge mallet and two bonboris impacted into its head. The blows were so severe, it not only knocked all four eyes off but also literally smashed the head clean off the body. The claws and legs started spasming out of control but the two figures that had jumped on it didn't stop at the head and proceeded to smash the rest of the body to pieces.
"STAY OFF MY SISTER!/STAY OFF MU TZU!" both shouted as they continued their demolition work.
This stopped all three from running and they gaped at what Shampoo actually said. Mousse suddenly had hearts in his eyes. "OH SHAMPOO! YOU DO LOVE ME!" he cried and dashed towards her to with arms stretched wide.
"SHUT UP MU TZU!" Shampoo shouted as she batted him aside with a bonbori at his head, albeit with considerably less force than what she was using to hit the Decepticon. The duck-cursed boy fell to the ground, unconscious and wearing a silly smile on his face.
Ukyo sighed and slapped her forehead. "Why is it everytime we think something is about to change…."
"…. it never does?" Kasumi finished. She then shook her head at the Okonomiyaki chef. "Not anymore Ukyo. Like it or not, change is coming on all of us," she said sadly, indicating the ongoing battle between Bumblebee, Ranma, Ryoga, Soundwave, Frenzy and Ravage.
She suddenly frowned. 'Where is Happosai? Where is the bird one?' she wondered.
The cavern was suddenly filled with that of an aircraft engine. Kasumi had a glimpse of Ironhide riding on top of a fighter jet before he suddenly leaped off. Bumblebee immediately threw himself away from Soundwave and the next thing she knew, a terrific crash that nearly burst her eardrums happened as the jet fighter ploughed into Soundwave. The force propelled both Decepticons over the still glass-covered spring, to the bank on the other side of the spring.
"OOOoooooooohhhhhh, my aching head. That's it, I am never ever ever ever going to fly again. Nope, from now on I'm staying on solid ground. I'll wait a million years for your race to develop teleportation technology and send me back to Cybertron then fly in anything again. Yes sir, its level ground for now and forever," Ironhide ranted like a madman as he hugged and actually kissed the ground, prompting a laugh from Kasumi.
She saw Bumblebee run towards her but before she could say anything, the Autobot had taken her up in his arms and embraced her furiously to his chest, barely controlling his strength that could have crushed Kasumi there and then.
"Oh Kasumi, by the Matrix, I am so sorry, it's all my fault this time what happened to you. Oh by the stars, I have failed, I have failed so dismally. I should have killed Happosai in the first place but I listened to Optimus' orders and spared him in the beginning instead of protecting your honour! Oh Kasumi, my dear friend, I have shamed you so….." Bumblebee said continuously as tears leaked from its eyes.
The warm skin of Bumblebee's armour and arms were like the most comfortable blanket that Kasumi had ever felt and she too cried. "Please Bumblebee, enough. It doesn't matter. I'm here, you are here, we're here. We're going to win this. Together," she said tearfully. "Bumblebee, no matter what happens, you will always be my friend. You will always be in my heart. There is nothing you can do that will ever change that," she looked at Bumblebee then took his finger and pressed it against her chest. "Friends forever… and maybe even more," she said and then blushed furiously as she suddenly realised what she just said.
Bumblebee was astonished. "You really mean that? I mean, I am not exactly a handsome prince," he stuttered.
"A prince is still a prince. And after today, no longer will I believe in the impossible," she whispered as she held Bumblebee's finger with both hands.
As if on cue, there was the sound of screeching metal and roaring pain at the same time. The next thing they knew, the lifeless head of a metal panther bounced into their midst. They looked at it in wonder, as something had literally dug huge claws into Ravage's head and promptly ripped it clean off the body. They looked at a corner of the room and saw Ranma who was now ripping Ravage's decapitated body to shreds with invisible claws of chi. Akane saw how agitated Ranma was and quickly called out to Ranma, making cooing sounds and softly meowing. Ranma stopped his devastation of Ravage and quickly ran over to Akane, settling down on her lap while licking his hands/paws.
Looking at the astonished Autobot faces, Kasumi said, "One of Ranma's ultimate fighting styles, the Cat-Fist which can only be triggered by his extreme fear of cats."
"BAKUSAI TENKETSU!" Ryoga finally found a weak spot at Frenzy's fighting and pressed a spot right at the middle of its chest, ironically at the centre of his Decepticon symbol and all were shocked when the Decepticon literally exploded. Ryoga panted, thoroughly exhausted and walked over to Ranma and Akane. The pig-tailed martial artist was now recovering from the Neko Ken and eyed Ryoga warily.
"So Saotome Ranma, who did you piss off this time?" Ryoga shot at Ranma.
"Actually Ryoga-san, it was I who started this whole mess," Kasumi said. Then to her delight, she heard the familiar blaring horn of Optimus Prime and vrooms of several cars entering the spring cavern. The massive Peterbilt Carrier came to view along with a Mazda RX 7 and Nissan GTR. All transformed and gathered around Kasumi as Bumblebee shifted her to sit on his shoulder.
"Thank Primus you are alive Kasumi. I feared the worst when I saw the explosions in the fortress," Prime said he gently patted Kasumi's back. Her eyes were shining as she saw most of her friends alive despite suffering many dents.
"Oh baby! I thought I would never see you again!" Jazz cried as he picked Kasumi off Bumblebee's shoulder and also gave her a bonecrushing hug. All were astonished to actually see the Autobot hentai cry a fountain of tears that would have put Tendo Soun to shame and hug Kasumi as though she would disappear if he let go. Kasumi couldn't help crying as well and responded as she did with Bumblebee and hugged Jazz as best he could.
"I'm happy to see you Jazz," she said. She then looked at Prowl and got a mild shock. Prowl was actually smiling and… laughing!
"Always knew it would be a girl to knock some seriousness into him," he chuckled. Then in a more serious tone, he said, "Alright people, show time is over, we still got to restrain the Decepticons as well as Happosai before anything else happens."
Kasumi's blood ran cold. "Oh my God, where is Happosai?" she asked, looking around the cavern as Jazz released her and seated her on Bumblebee's shoulder.
"SUPER EXPLOSIVE HAPPO DAIKIRIN!" too late, everyone heard an explosion that shattered the glass covering of the Spring completely and all saw the grotesque naked form of Happosai, which was still bleeding profusely from his severed penis, about to plunge into the now exposed Spring. All the Autobots immediately took out their guns but it was too late as Happosai was only a metre away from the Spring.
"FUCK YOU KASUMI!" he shouted barely centimetres from the water.
Then a purple laser ray shot out from the other side of Spring. Happosai saw the purple ray of destruction reach him just as he was about to touch the water.
With a last bewildered scream, the Grandmaster of Anything Goes Martial Arts was vapourised from the face of the Earth.
All the Autobots and Nerima Wrecking Crew were shocked beyond words and their eyes turned to the source of the purple laser shot.
It was Soundwave's gun that was smoking. Next to him, the F 22 Raptor transformed and the Decepticon screamed at him, "WHAT IN THE PIT ARE YOU DOING SOUNDWAVE?!"
"Laserbeak, now!"
Before anyone could react, Kasumi suddenly felts claws of steel dig into her flesh and carried her off Bumblebee's shoulder. Both of them cried to each other and Ironhide aimed his lascannon at Laserbeak.
Optimus suddenly had an epiphany on what Soundwave was doing. "NO IRONHIDE!" Optimus shouted as he moved to stop his friend from shooting. Too late, a beam of blue light shot out and hit Laserbeak in midair. The Decepticon hawk exploded but not before letting go off Kasumi.
Over the Spring of Drowned Megatron.
Bumblebee ran and jumped towards her, hoping to catch and throw her back to shore. Nothing else mattered; his only concerned was her safety. It wasn't just him; everybody's thoughts were solely centred on Kasumi's safety. Bumblebee flew over the spring, soaring above the cursed waters, his hands outstretched to the falling figure of Tendo Kasumi. The poor girl saw Bumblebee and reached out her hand to him, crying for his help.
The yellow Autobot's falling trajectory could have intersected with Kasumi's. For a moment, it looked like Bumblebee's hand would catch Kasumi's just a metre away from the pool and throw her back to shore. But just as his hand was about to catch Kasumi's body, another purple ray of destruction made at maximum capacity by Soundwave shot out and completely destroyed it.
"NNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!" everybody except Soundwave shouted. This included the F 22 Raptor Decepticon as well.
Everything seemed to have gone into slow motion for Kasumi and Bumblebee. She gazed in horror at Bumblebee's destroyed hand and the face of Bumblebee was sorrowful beyond comprehension and only said a few words.
'I failed you Kasumi.'
And then the waters of the pool engulfed her and she knew no more. Bumblebee cried before he too hit the cursed waters.
A massive earthquake shook the entire cavern but all eyes were on the Spring. Whereas before the water was clear enough to see the body of Megatron at the bottom, now the entire Spring frothed and bubbled, the once clear waters were now muddy, the colour of dirty yellow, almost like the Yellow River. To everyone's horror, they heard screaming, as the seal forged by the blood of a hundred virgins and five Amazon Elders was broken.
Then all of a sudden, the cavern became still and the waters stopped bubbling and frothing. However it was still muddy and nothing could be seen at the bottom. Optimus stepped forward and tentatively reached out a hand to touch the water. Suddenly, an object appeared in the water and all the Autobots crowded at the banks, calling for Kasumi and Bumblebee. As they looked closer, they saw that it was bits and pieces of what used to be Kasumi's clothing.
The waters in the middle of the lake exploded as something came out and initially, everyone thought it was Bumblebee. But Bumblebee was held by something else and to everyone's horror, the entire body of Bumblebee submerged from the spring as two gigantic claws emerged from the spring, one gripping Bumblebee's neck and the other his waist. Then the nightmarish robot from their darkest dreams emerged from the pool, holding the writhing form of Bumblebee above its head and hovered above the murky cursed pool. It gave an unholy roar that shook the entire cavern.
Hope was lost in everyone's heart. In its place, the monster's next words filled them with fear and despair.
"I …………….. AM…………………… MEGATRON!!!!!!!"
To be continued……….
Author's notes
Sigh, there you have it. This is the plot that I envisioned ever since I saw the movie a second time and decided I didn't like it. I know, I truly am a sadistic son of a gun for thinking such sadistic plot lines. Galen, Jordan, Jonathan, kindly include me in your prayers. Seriously.
Oh well, on to my next project. Which can basically be summarised as "Project Stick A Spear Up Megatron's Tight Ass So High Until It Comes Out Of His Mouth And Stabs Starscream's Tail 500 Feet Up In The Air And Into Space All The Way To Cybertron". Like I said before, in addition to this plot twist, I've already envisioned the perfect ending thanks to one of you, I forgot whom. Don't worry, in the end, I'm going to write a Credits Page showing which reviewer contributed which idea. Believe me, I had no intention of adding romance when I wrote this but you all steered me towards it.
OK, now you all can kill me. God bless you all anyway.