Chapter 9
End game
Year: 2382
War torn land stretching across the horizon, twisted fragments of metal sticking up from the once perfect ground from explosive damage. Servos and casing scattered across the great battle field from where two teams of Titans have clashed with devastating results.
What came before could not compare to the level of animation that the indigenous species of Cybertron has brought upon its self.
"Rodimus! I just got the message from sector 9, all battalions are falling." Arcee informed Rodimus Prime as she rushed up to him at his command post as he is looking across the battle field.
"I know" Rodimus Prime said angrily. "Just look at this mess."
The battle field below then stretches on with robots falling at the hand of each other, hand to hand combat and weapons clashing.
Autobots and Decepticons loosing limbs, heads and sparks as the goliaths of armies tore each other apart. Light from energy hand weapons lit up the war zone showing carnage as Autobot after Autobot erupted in another shower of sparks and Decepticon after Decepticon burst into flames. Numbers on both sides are rapidly falling in this war without end.
In the midst of battle where the two warring fractions are tearing each other apart one Autobot is revelling in the destruction, standing on a make shift podium made from twisted metal from the surrounding battle ground.
He stood much taller then the average mech with a broader bulk to match. His massive torso is a bright orange colour with the Autobot insignia centred on it, leg and arm armour is dark brown with joist and hands being dark green. Mounted on his shoulder is a missile launcher with the dark green colour scheme and his head is in combat mode with a wrap around lower face guard which only leaves a glowing blue line above it for his optic visor guard. The whole helmet is dark brown colour looking like military issue.
Towering above his enemies he fired upon them with great malice and delight as his photon Gatling gun rained down on them clearing a path of terror with orange bolts of energy rapidly striking into their sparks.
A jet blazed by him and then circled around the battle field with a familiar red and green colour scheme.
"Roadbuster, Ol' partner! Lets says we bring some more chaos to this shin dig." The jet radioed to the mech on the stand who replied,
"Hooeey! Quickswitch you servo of a glitch, lets turn these Rusticons into molten slag." With that Roadbuster dropped his Gatlin gun and Quickswitch began to change form midflight and converted his mass down, by the time he had finished he has altered his form into a Proton pistol that fitted perfectly into Roadbuster's hand who unleashed the power of the gun mode on the Decepticon hoards vaporising unties at a time with wild orange electronic photonic beams flaring from it like wild wolfs pulverising anything that got in its way, yanking Roadbuster's arm up in the air with massive recoil with every shot.
Suddenly Roadbuster's head shattered with fragments of his cerebral unit exploding away from his body like rose petals blowing into the midnights air as a laser beam entered his facial plating as a ninja would enter a dojo to assassinated the sensei.
Quickswitch fell out of Roadblock's hand and erupted back into full size mech mode to witness his comrade's decapitated frame hit the floor.
Standing at the origin point of the blast that eliminated Roadblock is the unmistakable orange and green insectoid form of Venom.
"We have an old score to settle, you and I." Venom's hissing angry voice called out.
Quickswitch clenched his fist in rage, if his chest had been missile silo he would have launched his spark form it, but it wasn't… in this mode anyway. As he couldn't do this he had another alt mode he thought would be much more suitable for Venom.
"And y'all made it personal now," Quickswitch called back and then said though clenched teeth, "Partner."
With that Quickswitch hopped up into the air and his body shifted turning into a new mode, when he landed on the ground he landed on all fours as his new mode is that in the shape of a Puma.
The red Puma face scowled as it made a low level growl saying,
"I'm coming for you pilgrim and there aint nothing that's gonna stop me."
Quickswitch dashed from the podium that he and his deceased partner were standing on and pounced towards Venom. Dodging then pot-shots that Venom is taking like a blind man trying to shoot at the wind, he rushed towards his objective slashing though Decepticon infantry that stood in his way, arriving there claws first he tore open Venom's chest plates which released Energon that gushed from the wound, Quickswitch berried his Puma head into the heart of his foe and took the still connected spark chamber out in-between his Puma Jaws, wires snapping off and the chamber is ripped away and he bit down forcing his dagger like teeth into it until it final gave way cracking it open with his teeth as the green energy is released from it extinguishing Venom's spark forever and he devoured the casing.
Standing over Venom, Quickswitch howled at the absent moons in fury. Venom's termination would never bring back Roadblock but his spark can rest now its avenged.
Quickswitch felt an incredible weight on his back that he struggled against for mere moments before he gave way and his frame gave in with the top meeting the bottom as down to the last diode and transistor in his body was crushed to a pulp.
Standing atop of him is a monstrous mech who is a Gestalt of five Decepticons meshed into one form, more powerful then what it was before. One foot is large enough completely cover Quickswitch, the giant's boot like foot is connected to what looks like the main body of a yellow mech which makes up to be the lower part of the large mechs left leg. Its own animal legs and arms still visible at the side, the right leg is similar with a blue colour. These monster bodies are just the lower part of its legs, the knee caps are monstrous white robot dragon heads full of fangs which are part of the alt form of the mech whos the main part of the body. The rest of the legs are the would be necks of the double dragon heads with the with spinal plates sticking out of the upper leg components. The main body is covered up in a dark red armour, arms are also like the legs and made with hideous creatures such as one being a weird four limbed shark creature and right arm is a winged razor beast. The only normal component is its white head with antenna either side of its helmet and dark red facial plating.
Pleased with its victory over Quickswitch he thrust his arms in the air howling,
"ABOMINUS, CRUSH!"
"Abominus, you are the problem. I, Defensor, am the solution." A much more civilised looked Gasult cried out from across the battle field whose body is made up of Earthen rescue vehicles.
Looking like an augment of emergency services vehicles from Earth that had been enlarged to fit its gargantuous form, the bottom half of its legs are an American police car and a patrol motor cycle which is much larger then normal to support the rest of its form. The arms are made up of an ambulance and a rescue helicopter who's blades are folded back in one line, they are divided in the middle which exposes the elbow joints which lead to massive hands came of the rear of both vehicles. The main torso is a blue fire truck, its lower half is the upper legs and the upper torso has chest armour.
His black helmet entrapped his white face, basic in design with no mouth guard and blue optics. Coming down form the back if this head is the fire trucks ladder masquerading as a very long pony tail.
"AUTOBOT DIE!" Abominus articulately shrieked as he raised to his full height and his twin dragon headed knee caps opened their terrifying jaws that unleashed a jet stream of wildfire that rushed towards Defensor like a hungry panther.
"Dying is not an option Deception." Defensor calmly replied as the flames engulfed around him as he quickly raises his defence shield around his body that encompassed his perimeter in an invisible force causing the flames to warp around him harmlessly until the fire dissipates leaving the two titans to charge at each other with their bare metallic fists.
Rodimus Prime looked upon the battle field to see the Goliouths engage in combat, literally ripping each other limb form limb.
"This isn't how its meant to be," he said quietly to himself. "Us Cybertronians are destined for so much more. Our race can not come to an end in such a manor, this madness must be stopped no matter the cost."
A few moments passed in silence during the eye of the storm of the battle, Rodimus Prime turned to Arcee,
"Theres is only one strategy to conceder to nullify this destruction permanently, lets roll out."
Both mechs transformed into their alt modes and with unquestionable loyalty Arcee followed her commander even if it was into the bowls of Unicron himself.
After travelling several megamiles, Rodimus Prime quickly shifted back to mech mode and Arcee copied. Walking over to a near by building Rodimus Prime pressed the lock button for a near by door which slid back and they entered. Once there Arcee asked,
"Rodimus, what are you planning on doing?"
"As far as I can see Arcee, there is only one course of action. We must send back one Autobot to a pivotal moment in our history so it can turn the tide of war in our favor."
"Which bot would go? Our numbers are so few."
"We need one that wouldn't be missed by the Deceptions , never looked for so he could go undetected and rise from our ranks to light our darkest hour. We must blend to replicate a new warrior"
"Agreed." Arcee confirmed with no uncertainty.
With that the two began the sacred right of the blend, used in times of great need to reinforce ranks but the process requires a huge amount of inner most Energon.
The connect hands via their digit ports, Rodimus Prime's pure Energon needle injection syringes extended from the tips letting the substance flow though into Arcee's ports flooding though her systems until it reached incubation system located in her abdomen . Merging the Energon with construction Nanites forging together to design a new mech.
"Once this process is complete I will eject the capsule and it will only be a matter of time before it reaches its maximum size and the mech can detach from it." Arcee informed Rodimus Prime.
Suddenly the whole building rattled and the chilling voice of Deathsaurus boomed in the air,
"Come out Autobot, we all must die sometime."
"Not on my watch." Rodimus Prime said as he pressed another button on a near by wall revealing a door opening that went into a street that both Autobots ran into and then transformed to escape the pursuing Decepticon.
As they cruised down a long road strip Deathsaurus chased them in the distance in his Dragon mode, unleashing a missile from his mouth while in his airborne state which narrowly its target as the two mechs raced around the corner of a junction, sailing by causing destruction behind them.
They both quickly transformed as Arcee checked her visor read outs,
"Two hundred meters till the destination, how did you even know about this place that you just downloaded into my navigation program?"
"I… I think it was knowledge passed down to me, when I was Hot Rod I became Prime. From the Matrix as if its destined to happen…" Rodimus Prime pondered in deep thought and then went back into commend mode, "In that case Arcee, lets transform and burn rubber."
They turned back into their vicheal modes and sped off to their destination. Once at a dead end they both changed back into their mech modes as Rodimus Prime shouted,
"Where's the damn door?!" We need to get top the time chamber."
"It wont take long to find." Arcee smirked. Her hand became a scanner that she ran over a wall until it parted making an entrance, "Not must gets passed me." Arcee laughed.
"I didn't doubt you for a nano-second." Rodimus Prime grinned.
Both entered the newly formed entrance.
They scouted around until Rodimus Prime said,
"There, the command console to time relocation device. Arcee, produce the incubation capsule"
"I just hope its developed enough to withstand the time jump." A concerned Arcee wounded as she took the capsule out of a hatch in her lower torso which slowly enlarged. She put it onto the time devices pad and continued, "Now lets change our future by changing the past."
"One mech could make all the difference. Phase one is complete: Time device activated." Rodimus Prime informed as he entered commands on a panel, "Inputting coordinates."
The room began to rumble as he powered the device up and thinking this is normal until a set of large hands burst thought the wall tearing it in half to reveal the terrifying form of…
"DEATHSAURUS!" Arcee screamed.
Deathsaurus laughed as Arcee turned to harm him with her blaster shots and he ignored her, turned towards Rodimus Prime and dashed hand first towards him ripping thought Rodimus' chest. Deathsaurus' arm is right though Rodimus Prime's torso which is lifted him slowly off the ground as Rodimus Prime's status locked body did nothing to resist and then Deathsaurus wiped his arm back quickly letting him fall to the ground and he then turned and walked away.
Deathsaurus begins to walk towards Arcee who recovers from the shock of seeing her leader gutted and dispatched and continues to aim her blaster at him to no effect.
Using the distraction and the last bit of energy in his spark, Rodimus Prime grappeled up to the console and activated the time device which vaporised the capsule into another time zone.
Grinning, Deathsaurus clasped Arcee's cranial unit in one hand and increased presher slowly caving its hull plating. Her main body automatically detached from the head to sease tramma to connecting systems while downloading memory files to the auxiliary memory chips in her torso and then fell to the ground, Deathsaurus laughed as the fragments of exo-skeleton skull fell from his hand.
His laughter turned to a furious scream as he realized the Autobot's plan and saw the last remains of the capsule evaporate in a swirl of sparkeling green light.
Walking away from the wreckage of Arcee he moved towards Rodimus Prime and stood over him, watching as his systems went to critical failure. Rodimus Prime's optics flickered with bright blue light and then dimmed into a gray nothingness as he died.
The colour drained from his body and his chest opened up reveling the Matrix.
Reaching down, Deathsaurus hesitated looking at the artifact of the Autobot religion. His hand clenched and he stood back up.
"Useless archaic bubal."
With that he turned and walked out of the room happy with the victory and the extermination of the last two members of the Autobot species.
Once again he felt a feeling of disembodiment until his BIOS booted up checking all systems and the warm blue glow of Energon once again returned to his optics.
Emerging from the spherical honeycomb cocoon housing of his hibernation chamber, Wheelie existed Vector Sigma.
Without looking back he silently left Vector Sigma's chamber and walked along the corridors until he reached Cybertron's surface again and pulled himself back onto the main streets.
He transformed into his sports car mode and accelerated towards where his primal programming directed him too.
The time chamber room rested in silence as Rodimus Prime's body sat in its own Energon and Acree's laid across the floor with her cranial unit scatted across in a pile next to her shoulders.
Disrupting the silence is the sounds of foot steps clanging along the metal floors of Cybertron and entering the room is the orange form of Wheelie. He looked at the malformed image of Arcee and winced in shock, then he looked over and saw Rodimus Prime sparkles husk and walked over to it.
The closer he got the more waves of energy seemed to pull him closer, hit force almost dragged him to the ground when he stood over Rodimus Prime. Wheelie sees the glowing of the Matrix emanating from the hole in Rodimus Prime's chest and reaches for it, as he does this an instant burst of light illuminates for the wound as its one hundred percent synced with him and he picked it up with both hands.
Holding it in front of him in, each hand clasped the side holders of the orange metal orb which contained the shiny blue crystalline metal insides.
As he accepted the power of the Matrix he raised it above his ehad, the further he rasied it the more the Matrix reformatted his body making it grow in size and power, to better protect the device contraining the combined knowledge and power of past Primes, until it has evolved Wheelie into his Apex form.
A familiar voice echoed in the winds,
"Arise, Wheelimus Prime."
"Rodimus?" The former Wheelie whispered while the Matrix still raised above his head and new body.
More complicated in design, Wheelimus Prime's is still mostly orange in design. His legs much longer then before, have silver feet that are ridged along the ankle of the boot that's orange up to the knee where the circular caps are silver with interlocking spikes where the knee guards go above and below the knee with air vents either side of both knees, the rest of his legs are orange meeting up at his waist.
The upper body is multilayered armor and in the centre where the bubble hood was is a new more arched version which has a cover running over the back of it with the Autobot logo mounted on it. Arm joints are protected by the cog-like silver joints leading to arms that have increased in bulk and have vertical shoulder pads. His face now has a blue tinted see-though visor covering his optics from his visor, his helmet raised slightly higher then most and sloped back also wrapping around covering his cheek.
"I know what must be done." Wheelimus Prime calmly said and reached down to Rodimus Prime's wound. As he did this his hand glowed blue and Rodimus Prime's chest began to slot all the broken wiring and shattered plating back into place. The colour returned to his body until his eyes shined blue with Energon again.
"Wheelie? Huh…" He said as he reverted back to his previous form on Hot Rod as the Matrix is no longer with his to maintain his apex form.
Wheelimus Prime calmly walked over to the remains of Arcee and as he reached towards her his hand glowed and her head reconstructed itself with wires interlacing themselves and metal fragments slotting back into place forming her exo-skull and then the face plating wrapped itself around the front of the head and her helmet uncrumpled around her cranial unit and her optics powered on again.
"Wh-whats going on?"
Wheelimus Prime smiled at her gently and explained,
"I'm Wheelimus Prime and I'm here to save everyone."
Stepping away from the two of them Wheelimus Prime transformed into a Cybertronian lorry with the cab looking similar to his old car form and left Rodimus Prime and Arcee behind in the confusion as he raced towards his fate.
Hovering in the sky above his minions of the vast Decepticon army, Deathsaurus gloated in silence about to have his victory speech to the army still laying waste to Iacon in celebration as he saw a large orange lorry driving though the crowd like a plow pushing the tide in half. It transformed revealing the form of Wheelimus Prime whose easily dispatching a dozen Deception warriors who charged at him, he then pointed up at Deathsaurus and boldly said,
"Deathsaurus, your time has come."
Letting out a yell of rage Deathsaurus screamed back at him,
"Nooo! I have survived the Emperor of destruction: Megatron, The Emperor of devastation: Galvertron, The Emperor of terror: Scorpanok, The ambassador of destruction: Over Lord and now I, Deathsaurus: Emperor of Annihilation shall reign forever!"
Taking aim with a laser rifle Deathsaurus took aim at Wheelimus Prime that perfectly targeted at his head. The beam hit him pointblank that caused a devastating explosion that Deathsaurus laughed manically at until the smoke began to clear and the form of Wheelimus Prime stood there unscaved.
Golden power now flowed from Wheelimus Prime emanating from him in circles as the Matrix deep inside him activated, flowing its great power though his system making him the perfect weapon to fight the Autobot's darkest hour.
Slowly lifting off the ground he held his arms out in a divine pose, as he arose Deathsaurus panicked shooting shot after shot at Wheelimus Prime which harmlessly bounced off. Once level with Deathsaurus he hung in the air and said,
"The Decepticons have laid waist to this planet and spread its tyranny though the galaxy for to many eons. This must end, now!"
Standing slightly to sideways on in a ready to fight pose Wheelimus Prime brought one hand back and put the other hand in front of it as golden energy built up inbetween them, he put his arms forward with one hand below and one hand above touching at the palms with his fingers spread out. The energy build to a climax until it released as a stream of energy that rushed towards Deathsaurus as all the strains of energy intertwined with each other until it hit Deathsaurus dead on, forcing him back.
Those watching from the battle field expected Deathsaurus to explode in a blaze of Energon but instead he just continued to hover there as if nothing had happened.
The colour of Deathsaurus optics changed from the Energon overdosed red to the peaceful shimmer blue of a healthy Cybertronian, Wheelimus Prime then conversed with him,
"I have purged your system of all harmful Energon effects, you will now function normally as you no longer crave its power. Please, call your army to cease."
Dees nodded and then his voice boomed over his troops,
"Fellow Decepticons, put down your arms and head your commanders voice. I implore you to stop and help rebuild Cybertron to a Cybertopia for all free mechanised life."
The armies below took no notice of their leaders plea and carried on with the onslaught. Deathsaurus look to the horizon and said,
"They no longer obey me."
"Then I must act."
Wheelimus Prime began to glow even more fiercely then before as a wave of energy left him as it expanded in a spiraling radious, its enveloped everything as it harmlessly passed through. It washed over the trooped below and then the city until the entire planet is enveloped by the force.
Below them the Decepticon forces started to lower and dropped their weaspons as the blue hue began to replace all their red optics and the overwhelming desire to destroy left their sparks.
"Its over – finished" said Wheelimus Prime as he raised his hands and they began to glow, all the fallen Autobots started to reconstruct, stating with Quickswitch whos flattened form began to uncrumple and inflate until he is back in fully functional form. looking over at his fallen comrade Roadblock, whose shattered head began to reform as all the shards slotted back into place and his optic visor powered up making Quickswitch smile and leak a single strain of Energon from his optic. Then all other fallen Cybertronians began to rise from the dead, the ex-Decepticons helped them up and after scanning themselves in disbelief that they were back online they celebrated with their reunited brethren.
Standing in a long hallway with giant statues both sides, one row being of legendary leaders of the Autobots and like Optimus Prime and the other side of Infamous Emperors of the Decepticons such as Megatron all golden ion coulour, are vaoius mech from not fractions now untitled as Cybertronians who are waiting as Wheelimus Prime made his way into the room to stand in front of them on a podium to say,
"As a great man once said - let this mark the end of the Cybertronian wars as we move forward to a new age of peace and happiness. 'Till all are one!"
Hot Rod smiled at this as he and all the other Cybertronians joined in a groups of four putting hand on hand chanting ,
" 'Till all are one."
As the room fell into silence Proceptor chirped up and laughed,
"I guess this make you the Wreal Prime."
The entire hall stayed incredibly silent at the pun of the name Wheelie and being a real Prime, until Grimlock said,
"Me Grimlock think you should stay as Scientist and let others 'bots make the jokes."
With that, the hall erupted in laughter.
