Chapter 4
It was the landscape of Oregon in North America.
Out of place in this picture were the two giant robots standing over the destroyed bodies of over a dozen others of their kind.
One of them was Galvatron, Decepticon leader from the future, who had traveled from the year 2006 back in time.
In the last months he had left an path of destruction over this world and this time, in particular the North American continent. Whoever was standing in his way had been crushed, be it Transformer or human.
One of the greatest losses was Ultra Magnus, the best warrior of the Autobots, who had been killed when he challenged Galvatron at the mount Verona, several months before.
Recently he had taken control of a small group of other renegades with similar goals as his own. Their aim was to take power over the Decepticons and to wreck havoc on this world.
A few weeks ago the Autobots reacted to the threat by sending the elite unit called the Wreckers after him. Unknown to them at this point, the Decepticons did the same thing and send their own elite group after the renegades.
The Wreckers were the best Autobot fighting unit Cybertron had to offer.
But even they had failed in the end and were now lying defeated to Galvatron´s feet, right next to the Decepticon group that had the same order.
Like a picture from some terrible nightmare, he was standing over the field of dead bodies.
But all this however wasn´t even the true danger this world was facing at the moment.
In the last months, Galvatron´s activities in this time period had crossed a level by that they threatened the stability of time and space itself.
His interference in the past became so vast that it had already made the future where he came from itself impossible.
And it was still getting worse.
It was a paradox of incomprehensible dimensions. Galvatron´s actions were still influencing the presence while he himself strictly seen should not even exist anymore.
The world were he came from was meant to vanish from this time-line, only left as one of the countless possibilities that already had past.
But the mere fact that Galvatron was still here, his continued presence in this time period, made it impossible for the time-line to rewrite itself.
He himself was a living anomaly in time and space. Created in a future that was no longer possible and traveled back into a presence that he was no part of.
All this had caused a rift in time and space, between past and future, that was now showing itself in a destructive phenomenon.
This "time rift", was now threatening the existence of both, future and past reality. The forced divergence between the two time periods was ripping this planet apart. Because he was on it.
But this version of Galvatron was already far beyond caring.
Even if you had told him that his actions would bring upon the end of this world with everybody on it, human, Autobot and Decepticon alike, he would probably only embrace it.
Before him stood Ultra Magnus, the same robot he had killed months ago and next to him the triple changer Springer, the Dinobot Grimlock, his team-mate Snarl and the Autobot Roadbuster.
Some of them were also lying dead before them as part of the groups that had tried to stop Galvatron and his followers. The same robots, in some sense, one time dead and yet alive at the same place.
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A few hours earlier
Springer was currently stuck in close combat with one of Galvatron´s underlings.
A short distance from them a number of wreckers were teaming up on Galvatron.
Roadbuster and Inferno were firing their lasers at him without any visible effect. He only was laughing.
Then he started to shoot back, one blast ripped a nearby Autobot´s head off, another blew a Decepticon apart.
He attacked members of both factions with barely a difference. Roadbuster tried to stop him and was the first to fall. Galvatron ripped his right arm off and shoot him through the spark chamber.
Springer who had just defeated the renegade was next, then the Decepticon Battletrap, then Inferno, Sandstorm,
until in the end Galvatron stood alone, surrounded by a field of dead bodies.
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Now
"Magnus", Galvatron screamed. "How?", He asked. "I killed you, I saw you die... with my own hands", he murmured. "I know I killed you", he repeated himself in a lower voice. Then he smiled maliciously.
"Oh, I see, you came from another future, one were you still exist. The universe is changing every minute thanks to me, just so I can kill you once again. How generous of you, don´t you think so?" Galvatron started to laugh manically.
"You are right in one point, I am not the same Ultra Magnus that you have known. But I am here to Stop you."
"You will fail, just like the other one."
This universe was a perfect example of the disasters a misuse of the transwarp-technology could cause, Ultra Magnus thought. Exactly this was the reason it had been outlawed in his home dimension.
Their group had to stop this version of Galvatron and with that the anomaly he had caused before the effect could spread even further.
Before anybody could say anything more, the crazed Decepticon raised his cannon and both sides began to fire.
"I will kill you again and again, a hundred times if it had to", he screamed, "and it will be a pleasure for me." The Decepticon attacked him in a wild rage.
Ultra Magnus was struggling with Galvatron one to one, he was the only one of their group who was really suited for this.
The others were trying to support him by firing shots at their opponent from the distance. Despite the damage he had taken in the earlier fight, they were barely able to hurt him.
Galvatron, Ultra Magnus knew from experience, was nearly indestructible and this version didn´t seemed to be any weaker than the one he had known. Stopping him would be very hard, even for a team as powerful as them.
What they would have needed was a small army, they simply didn´t have the time to gather one. They had just found out about the disaster that was about to happen in this world.
Even if they managed to bring him down, it would not be without further losses, without losing more Autobots.
And Ultra Magnus didn´t accept losing anyone in this mission, not now.
At the same moment the time-rift suddenly became visible in the sky. As they were fighting, it came closer and closer down to earth.
"Do you see that? Galvatron asked them exited.
"It is a rift in the universe", Ultra Magnus answered, "a rift that you have caused."
"Yes, while we stand here the future that I came from is being erased only to be recreated by me. I form the universe by my will."
"You are insane", Ultra Magnus told him. "This planet will break apart."
"Magnus", Galvatron smiled at him, "I have never taken you to be a coward. I see that you just don´t understand the scope of what I am doing. The universe itself follos my command now. You and you alone will die here. The rest of your kind will follow later", he said before he fired again.
„Autobots, Decepticons, what kind of difference does it make for me? They are all not worthy to stand in my presence."
By now the time rift was now so close that it already began to rip parts out of the ground.
Suddenly another robot appeared on the battlefield, a large but sleek Autobot in the colors of flames.
"Galvatron", the robot called him, "This is the end for you. I will stop you."
"Rodimus Prime", the Decepticon shouted and pointed his weapon at his new opponent.
But the blast passed right through the image of the Autobot leader.
"What? No", Galvatron screamed, realizing that it was a hologram.
Magnus used this chance. He charged at the Decepticon while he was distracted.
"This holo-projector came in quite handy", Magnus commented as he grabbed Galvatron.
He had an idea. It was as crazy that it could nearly work.
Ultra Magnus lifted the struggling Galvatron over his head and threw him with all his strength in the direction of the time-rift. The anomaly was now so close that they could feel it´s energy on their bodies.
Somewhere in midair, Galvatron caught himself and turned around to the Autobots. But it was already too late. The time-rift was directed at him, it existed to remove him from a world where he should not longer exist.
It would follow him everywhere and it came closer and closer.
"No", the insane Decepticon screamed as he collided with the anomaly he himself had created.
Ultra Magnus knew something similar had also happened somewhere in another universe, so he had some idea what would happen.
He and the others watched in silent horror as Galvatron´s body was being ripped apart by the forces of time and space.
A few moments later it was over. The time-rift seemed to collapse into itself before their eyes.
"That was it?" Grimlock asked, "that easy?"
"You call that easy?" Springer replied.
"Yes, the things in this world will hopefully go back to normal now", Ultra Magnus said. "We also not belong to this world. We should return now."
He activated the transwarp mechanism.
In the next moment they were gone.
