Pokemon Prime: Beast Hunters
Project Predacon
New Autobot Base - Military/Air Base, Kanto
A military vehicle drove in the base warehouse. Optimus was inside waiting. As soon as the vehicle stopped, the driver got out to reveal that it's Jenny.
"Prime, what we have here is an experimental, all-terrain, expeditionary fighting vehicle.. Designed by our finest engineers in the United States MASK devision.
"Thank you, Agent Jenny. This will most certainly do." Optimus stepped in front of the vehicle. He fired lasers from his optics and scanned the vehicle. Taking it as his new vehicle mode.
...
Later that day, the Autobots already made themselves a base of operations in the warehouse. Max and Iris were aiding Ratchet on the new Ground Bridge. The vortex opened.
"Return trajectory fluctuations have been stabilized." Max said.
Ratchet pressed a com button. "Ironhide, we are ready to receive you."
Ironhide as a red GMC pickup truck as his vehicle mode drove through the vortex. With a single Energon box in the bed, (that's the name of the cargo area of a truck). Bumblebee picked the box up and Ironhide transformed back into his robotic form. He approached everyone. "We didn't find much else in the rubble of the former Base."
Ultra Magnus emerged from the vortex, carrying a lob-ball. "You can this not much else?" Unexpectidly, he threw the ball right a Wheeljack.
Wheeljack, however, wasn't prepared and the ball bounced off his chest plating and directly to Misty. Ash quickly pulls her out of the way. They both fall and crash to the floor as the ball slammed to the wall.
"Magnus, you could have caused some serious damage!" Ratchet scold.
Misty stood back up. "To me!"
The spot on the wall that the lob crashed into was the door to Agent Jenny's office. She was currently inside her office as the ball struck the wall. She was on the floor as a reflex from the ball crash. "What in the name of a Sandshrew colony?" She went to the door. which was bent along with rest of the wall. She opened the door to see the lob-ball. "A little help over here?"
"What were you thinking, soldier?" Ironhide demanded.
"I was thinking Wheeljack could catch that lob." Magnus replied.
"Allow me to make things clear: As Optimus Prime's second-in-command, I have no intention of tolerating Wrecker behavior."
Magnus smirked. "Some things never change."
Bulkhead intervened. "Magnus, you walking..."
"On thin ice." Wheeljack finished.
Ironhide growled. "You maybe commander of the Wreckers, but need I remind you that it was Optimus Prime himself who assigned me to be your drill sergeant. To get you loose cannons into shape and under control. An effective combat unit begins with discipline. Particularly with a commander who has enough of that quality. If you won't accept that, feel free to chose the path of least resistance... as you did back on Cybertron."
"If the Lighting Bolt weren't a twisted wreck at present... I'd do that." Magnus leans close to Ironhide. "Sir!" He walked away leaving the new Base.
The other Autobots watched Magnus leave. Ironhide sighed and looked at the others. "So, any word from Optimus?"
Ratchet replied. "He's investigating recent Decepticon activity."
"Hopefully an Energon mine." Cliffjumper added.
Challenger's Cave, Unova
Optimus flew in the skies above. He noticed the Cave entrance was expanded. Obviously a driller made the entrance wider. He dove down near the Cave. He walked to the entrance and realized that he could walk through, in his previous body-mod. "Hmmm." He transformed into the new vehicle that Agent Jenny provided. He turned on his headlights and drove into the Cave.
N.A. (New Autobot) Base
"How radical would it be if you all had jetpacks like Optimus?" May asked as the Autobots continued to working.
"Quite radical, May." Ratchet replied as he was repairing something. He looked back at the Forge. "But the Forge has been depleted of its power to do that."
"Now it's only good for bounding out dents." Wheeljack said.
A car engine roar got their attention. They looked back to see a dark blue Mazda Furai with yellow, white, and dark blue stripes down the middle and '7' on the doors enter the base. The vehicle sharply barked in the center of everyone.
"Smokescreen?" Arcee guessed.
The vehicle transformed and it was indeed Smokescreen. "AW! What gave me away?"
She gave him a "are you serious" face.
"Come on! Robots in disguise, right?"
Ironhide approached him. "Where have you been, soldier?"
"Scanning new war paint. Though it would be proactive to follow Optimus' lead and Bumblebee's." He pointed to Bumbleee. Who was stacking empty Energon cubes.
*It was just a little adjustment so the Decepticons couldn't recognize me when we were scattered.* Bumblebee replied.
"Now you can look your best while helping Bumblebee stack those empty cubes." Ironhide ordered.
Smokescreen frowned. "Yes, sir." He looked to the ground and slowly walked away. "I was nearly a Prime, but somehow I'm still a Rookie." He quietly said to himself.
Ratchet, however, was able to hear a little bit of what Smokescreen whispered. "What was that about a Prime?"
"Uh, time." Smokescreen lied. "Time to stop acting like a Rookie." He left to go help Bumblebee.
Ratchet went back to his work. Arcee went by his side. "Smokescreen, Iris, and her Axew were the only ones who went back. If it weren't for them, Optimus might not be with us today."
"Arcee we were under the strictest of orders. All of us except for Optimus had our human partners to protect, but we are fortunate that Smokescreen and his partners are inexperienced enough to not follow protocal."
Challenger's Cave
The Decepticon miners were using two drillers for the excavation. They were be protected by six Insecticons. The name of leader of the squad is Bombshock. The miners reversed the drillers allowing him to look inside a hole they have been digging.
"There! I can see it!" Bombshock said. Deep in the hole was a skull. He was about to reach in and take it when he heard a voice.
"Abandon the excavation! Now!" Optimus warned. He revved up his engine. He accelerated at them.
"ATTACK!"
Three Insecticons transformed and took flight after Optimus. While the other two charged on foot. Optimus fired three missiles. Taking each of the Bugs that were in the air one-by-one. Leaving the two that were charging by foot as the only ones left. One of them fired its blaster. Optimus serpentine and swerved. Running over that Bug. As Optimus was spinning, he transformed and he threw an uppercut on the last Bug, but that wasn't all he did. Since the Cave was confined and narrow the Bug literally hit the ceiling. Optimus dragged the Bug for a few moments then threw him to the ground. As soon as the Bug was on its feet, Optimus' arm transformed into a cannon and blasted a hole through its spark chamber. Kinda like what Megatron did to Dreadwing.
Bombshock knew the oeration was not going to be a total lost as he reached in the hole and broke a piece of the skull. He quickly transformed and flew out of the hole that was above him. The miners climbed through the hole as quickly as they could.
Optimus caught up to where the Decepticons were mining. He looked inside the hole and saw the skull.
N.A. Base
Max opened the Ground Bridge. Optimus walked through the vortex. Carrying the skull in his arms.
"Optimus, did you find Energon?" Ratchet asked.
"No, but I did uncover this." He placed the skull on an examination table.
"It cannot be!" He went to get a closer look.
"Be what?" Ash asked.
Optimus replied. "The ancient remains... of a Predacon."
"Though it remains unclear why such a skull would be found on your planet. Its presence reveals all too much about the Predacon which Megatron sent in pursuit of us." Ratchet said.
"You mean that Dragon-Bot we put on ice?" May asked as she, Max, Iris, Misty, and Ash went up to look at the skull.
"Except that Predacons have been extinct since... well..."
"Since before most life began on Cybertron." Smokescreen finished.
"They're like Earth's dinosaur Pokemon." Max said.
"Which means for you guys, running into one would be like us meeting a Tyranone." Ash said. (#1)
"So, then what were Dinobots?" Misty asked.
"Totally different." Wheeljack replied.
"With Megatron seeing new interest in the excavation of prehistoric skeletons and a certain scientist back among the Decepticon ranks." Ratchet said.
"It would stand to reason that Shockwave cloned the beast from one such find." Wheeljack finished the theory.
"And now Megatron's looking to clone another." Ironhide added.
"What makes you all think Buckethead will stop at just one." Magnus said.
"We could have a Beast Wars on our hands!" Bulkhead said.
"And if Shockwave only requires a single strand of CNA from which to clone a beast." Ratchet said.
"He already possess what he needs to engender this one." Optimus said. "Autobots, we must become Beast Hunters."
"One thing still doesn't follow." Smokscreen said. "Predacons went extinct on Cybertron. So what would their bones be doing here?"
The Nemesis
When Bombshock delivered the bone, Starscream was the only one panicking. "On Earth!?"
Shockwave to the bone to his laboratory and began to run scanning tests.
"I mean isn't it a little preposterous?!"
"They are not the remains of Predacons, Starscream. But rather, the remains of Predacon clones!" Megatron explained. "For you see...
Flaskback, Shockwave's Lab, Cybertron
"Our recent Autobot hunter wasn't the first beastly super soldier Shockwave ever attempted to breed from prehistoric matter."
There were dozens of liquidized stasis container pods. Shockwave was at the controls. Attempting to revive them all.
Earth, a few thousands years ago
Several Predacons were flying and crawling in a canyon. At the bottom of the canyon was a platoon of Autobots. As the Precdacons were crawling and swooping in, the Autobots either stood and fought or fled.
"During the war for Cybertron, I sanctioned a dispatch of a small army of these Predaclones to Earth. Unleash the beasts on unwitty Autobots forces stationed here."
Some of the Predacons stood on a ocean cliff. Roaring at the sunset.
"Once they accomplished their mission, the surviving Predacons held sentinel on this very world for ages to come. Guarding the Energon reserves they've managed to secure. While awaiting my arrival."
End Flashback
"Of course, our little reunion here was much delayed and it would seem we have lost the beasts to the ravages of time."
"But not their endo-matter from which I am logically able to extract their very CNA."
"Pfft. Another scavenger hunt? How logical would it really be to locate all the dusty remains of your former pets?"
"You are not suggesting that I would send my creations to a distant planet without first having them microchipped?"
"Well, I- Well, I was. But...seriously? You did?"
"Yes. And so you know, I don't take that much an interest on the indigenous beast of this world. However, these Legendary Pokemon seem to be promising. If they truly exist."
"Since when did you take an interest in Pokemon lore?"
"While I may have all the Predacons microchipped, only a few signals are surfacing. Which means the list of Pedacons are in a shorten category, but I recollect that I able to infuse organic matter with prehistoric Cybertronian matter. This happened during my ventures off world. If it wasn't for the success of that infusion, most of the Predacon clones would not have survived. I want to examine your pets to ensure that mine will live."
Starscream nervously looked at Megatron. "You have my authorization to experiment on the Pokecons." Megatron said, without concern.
N.A. Base
Ratchet was able to download all the Cybertronian data from Ironhide's ship into the newly built computer. He looked up all the data there was about the Predacons. "These are images from our historical texts."
"But those are metal versions of Legendary Pokemon that are considered to be extinct for two to three thousand years." Ash said.
"Those aren't anything like dinosaur Pokemon at all." Max said, disappointedly.
"It would stand to reason that Predacons did indeed walk upon this Earth in ancient time. During the earliest human civilizations as they have been infused with Legendary Pokemon folklore. Illustrating once again, that the past of Earth and Cybertron are inextricably linked." Optimus said.
...
It was ten o'clock p.m. Brock was called to fill in at a Pokemon Hospital in Saffron City. Ash and Dawn decided to take Gabby back home so they and their Pokemon left. Max and Iris were sleeping in embrace on a couch. Misty was reading a magazine article about Paris. May was feeding Manaphy.
Optimus noticed Ratchet was working on some sort of formula. "Synthetic Energon?"
"Indeed." Ratchet replied. "I am concerned that without access to any Energon reserves since our Base was destroyed our ability to deal with impending depletion will be severely hampered."
"A wise decision, my friend."
"Just please, manage your expectations. I am working with rudimentary hardware than before."
"Prime!" Jenny shouted as she exited from her office. "Satellite surveillance picked up two signs of Decepticon activity. One in a oil field outside of El Paso, USA and the other in the Hiberties Bluffs in Scotland."
May grew an interested smirk.
"So don't forget to pack your kilts." Jenny finished.
"We must divide our recourses." Optimus turned to the team. "Ironhide, lead the Wreckers to the Bluffs."
"Yes, Optimus." Ironhide looked at the Wreckers then back at Optimus. He slowly approached him. "Um... what's a kilt?" He whispered.
Optimus looked at Jenny then quietly replied. "Agent Jenny can at times be oblique. I find it best to simply nod and mobilize."
Ironhide went back to the Wreckers. "Ultra Magnus, let's roll." Magnus groaned due to the fact that Ironhide is not only coming with them, but is also in charge. Ironhide stared at the Forge as he was making his way out. He stopped. "Optimus, I know there are many emotions tied to the Forge."
"This is no time to stand on ceremony." Optimus replied.
Ironhide grabbed the Forge. "I would be honored to put this to some practical use."
"At least mine has some juice in it still." Magnus said, taking out his hammer. Electrical static engulfed the hammer.
"This not a competition, Magnus. Now let's roll!"
El Paso, USA
The Ground Bridge vortex appeared on a highway overpass. That was right over a ravine. Optimus, Smokescreen, Bumblebee, and Cliffjumper drove through the vortex. They all transformed and stood on the overpass. They observed the area.
"I will search this quadrant." Optimus took off and flew to the skies on one side of the canyon. The others transformed and drove in the opposite direction.
While Optimus was searching, everyone else managed to find the oil fields. They transformed and readied their blasters.
"You know ever since both of you got your new finish, I feel a little old fashion." Cliffjumper said.
"The team could use some old fashion style, Cliffjumper." Smokescreen reassured him.
"Thanks, I think."
"Just out of curiosity, have either of you guys ever thought about becoming a Prime?"
*When? Like now?" Bumblebee asked.
"Not now. Someday."
*Actually I've always wanted to be a Warrior-class.*
"Warrior? Yeah." Smokescreen chuckled. "You and me both. Out of us three, Cliffjumper is the only official Warrior."
"Don't let Arcee hear you talking about me. She always thought she was quite the Warrior herself." Cliffjumper said.
Smokescreen chuckled. "You know, I've seen you in action, Bumblebee, Optimus knows you can scrap with the best of them. Why won't he just promote you from Scout already?"
*It was my choice to stay as a Scout.*
"Your choice? Huh. So why wait?"
*Wouldn't you want to be promoted from Rookie home-side?*
"Guess it would be more meaningful graduating back home. On Cybertron."
"Bumblebee is the most patient guy I've ever knew." Cliffjumper said. Following Bumblebee.
Smokescreen stopped. "I should take a cue." He quietly said to himself.
The sound of drilling got their attention. They hid behind a container for cover. Cliffjumper peeked to seek a driller and a few Vehicons near it standing guard. He signaled the others to move out. However, they didn't notice the Vehicons on the oil mills. When the Vehicons charged up their blasters, the noise was the only warning for the Autobot trio.
They quickly scattered within a split second. Evading the blaster fire. Bumblebee took cover behind a container. Cliffjumper hid behind a oil pump. Smokescreen hid behind another pump.
Smokescreen had a shot for a Vehicon on the mill and he took it. Two more on the ground fired at him. He hid and readied his second blaster. He ran out from the cover and fired. As a pump went down in front of him he disappeared. They stopped to wonder how he miraculously vanished. They looked up to see him on top of the pump. He jumped. Right before he landed, he grabbed one the Vehicons and threw him to the other. One died on impact. The other smacked to a metal pole. He recovered and noticed Smokescreen was pointing to look up. He did look up and saw the pump coming straight toward him. Smashing him.
Cliffjumper shot a Vehicon's arm off, then his leg and finally shot him in the spark chamber. Another Vehicon attempted to attack him. Bumblebee intervened to save Cliffjumper.
Bumblebee kicked the Vehicon away then blasted him. The last Vehicon tried to get the jump on him, but he grabbed the Vehicon by the arm and spun him around. As Bumblebee released him, he blasted him. Bumblebee quickly turned with his blasters at the ready.
It was Smokescreen. Who had his arms in the air. "Like I said; You got nice chops for a Scout. And you Cliffjumper, no wonder you made it to Warrior-class while you were still on Cybertron. You shot that Decepticreep up just by stand ing in that one spot and not even looking at him."
They heard loud footsteps. Emerging from the excavated hole was Shockwave. In his only hand was the Predacon bone. He fired at them, but the Autobots were too fast as they jumped out of the way from the blast.
Cliffjumper shot at Shockwave's Hyperflux Cannon. Causing him to accidentally shoot and oil pump. As that one pump exploded, it caused a chain reaction for the others to explode. The Autobots ran away from the explosions as fast as they could. One explosion was set off near them and flung them into the air. They crashed hard to the ground.
As they were getting up, Smokescreen had to act like a Rookie. "How epic was that?!"
Suddenly Shockwave, in his Cybertronian tank mode, was getting away. And was literally on fire. They transformed into their vehicle modes as pursued him. As he was getting close to the bridge, he turned his cannon around and fired at them. Causing them to swerve.
Shockwave made it to the overpass, however, Optimus spotted the explosion and was already near his location. So he redirected his cannon to shot Optimus out of the sky.
Optimus managed to evade the blasts. He transformed his arm into a cannon and fired. He got a lucky shot in front of Shockwave as the blast launched him in the air and caused him to roll. Shockwave transformed back to his robotic form to avoid more vehicle damage, but he lost grip of the bone. It bounced all the way to the center of the overpass.
The Autobot trio were on bridge. "Woo! And that's why he's a Prime!" Smokescreen shouted.
The Decepticon Ground Bridge opened and Soundwave, in his Predator UAV, flew out of it and fired at the Autobots. "Great, it's Soundwave." Cliffjumper said, sarcastically.
Soundwave then turned his attention to Optimus. No doubt to keep him occupied. So that Shockwave can retrieve the bone. He did and he made a run for the Ground Bridge.
Bumblebee transformed and jumped kick Shockwave on the back. While Shockwave was still in the air, CLiffjumper jumped on him, grinding him to the pavement.
Smokescreen made a run for the bone. He grabbed it, but he noticed Shockwave's cannon smacking him in the face.
Cliffjumper tried shooting at him, but it was useless as Shockwave got a luck shot on his lower torso.
Soundwave deployed Laserbeak to aid him on delaying Optimus. "ENOUGH!" Optimus shouted, irritated from it. He pulled out his mini-gun and fired. He managed to clip Soundwave's wing. Laserbeak latched onto Optimus' jetpack and began to electrocute him. He lost conscience and Laserbeak detached from him. Optimus crashed on the side of a bridge pillar, then the ravine wall and smacked hard to the ground.
Soundwave transformed and landed on one side of the ravine. He looked at Optimus, who was barely recovering. Then he looked at Shockwave. They Autobot trio were trying their best to get the bone from him.
Bumblebee jumped on top of Shockwave. He grabbed Bumblebee and slammed him down to the pavement. He aimed his cannon for the Scout's spark chamber, but Smokescreen grabbed the cable attached to his cannon and pulled. Prerventing him from scrapping Bumblebee. That did stop him from throwing Smokescreen like a rag doll.
Smokescrenn recovered fast. He noticed Shockwave was gonna impale him with his cannon. He activated the Phase Shifter and phase through Shockwave's entire body. He made a grab for the bone, but Shockwave wasn't gonna lose grip so easily.
Bumblebee helped Smokescreen by pulling the bone away. Cliffjumper jumped on Shockwave and began to beat on him. Even that wasn't causing him to lose grip. Shockwave was that persistent. Until the bone broke, which Bumblebee and Smokescreen have both pieces, but a small claw was flung in the air and into the ravine.
Optimus saw the claw piece and took flight. Soundawave saw it and quickly made calibrations and opened a second Ground Bridge in between Optimus and the claw. The claw fell through the vortex and into Megatron's hand. Then the vortex closed.
"No." Optimus cursed.
Shockwave grabbed Cliffjumper and threw him to the others. "We have all that we need." He said to Soundwave.
Laserbeak returned to Soundwave. He transformed and took flight through the Ground Bridge and Shockwave ran through it. It closed.
Optimus landed on the overpass. The Autobots were getting back up on their feet. Smokescreen looked at the bone that he has in his hand. "A single strand of CNA."
The Nemesis
Shockwave was examining the claw. Megatron entered the laboratory. "Shockwave, I understand that you engaged Optimus Prime in the field."
"Only in order to secure the specimen, Lord Megatron."
Megatron picked up the claw. "I had believed that you had perished once, my most prized engineer." He walked around the table. "And I highly doubt that Project Predacon can be completed without you."
"I shall leave the fetching of bones to Starscream and confine myself to my laboratory in order to accelerate results."
"Excellent. For I am rather impatient to witness my army of beasts trample human and Pokemon kind underfoot."
"Now I need Starscream's Pokecons to see if the infusion was as successful as it was back on Cybertron."
(#1) - Just some fan-made fossil Pokemon that I found on DeviantART that is the best remark to a T-rex.
ME: Have a good Memorial Day everybody.