THE LOST CHILDREN OF CYBERTRON
A/n: Sorry I took so long but I had a lot of things to do namely finishing projects for people such as Crooked/Oleatus for Deviant Art and getting some plot bunnies out of my system. Well here it goes the next chapter of The Lost Children of Cybertron.
Chapter 40: Aftermath
After the rising of the new members of the Deceptibots the group leaders gathered for an emergency meeting.
"This is so sudden and when we were off guard too," said the head of Chinese Defense.
"Indeed," replied the leader of Al Qaeda not even my people would dare do such an act. One at a time sure but to annihilate the entire human race or nearly all of it was something that all the population could not afford.
Even as terrorists the many groups were together for a united front.
As they watched the many news broadcasts and satellite feeds they could only hope for some survivors. The ones with the highest surviving rate was the ones who were closest to the Cybertronian headquarters. Even then there was panic from the discovery that their vehicles were in fact giant robots.
"Get me a signal to all who can hear." Said the President of the United Nations as he got onto the platform where every news broadcasting system was laid out for him.
--SOMETIME LATER--
The U.N. President began to address the people and when his speech ended he looked on sadly as the news reports of the cities filled in many saw that communications too many countries failed to respond. It seems like the countries were annihilated in front of their eyes. As they tried to think of something to comfort the people in others.
"What are we going to do Optimus?" Sam asked tears already in his eyes about the whereabouts of his parents.
"Don't worry Sam your parents are safe. I just got a report from Prowl that the people in the cities closest to the Cybertronian settlements have been safely evacuated." Shockwave said as he knelt down his single optic focusing on Sam.
All the while this was going on Obun was approaching the new members of the Pakele family and the Deceptibots. She looked around at the others as they slowly began to disband towards their countries. Already Kyouji had set up warp gates to take them back to their countries of origin. As they exited that left the Cybertronian leaders and the newly found members of the Deceptibots.
"Now your real training begins," she said to them.
"What the hell happened?" asked Jazz as he looked at himself.
"You have all been reborn my friend," Obun said.
"Wow really?" said Bumblebee.
"There is no time to explain while you were going through your initiation the Unicronian army decided to attack," Obun replied as she filed them in.
"So what are we going to do now?" asked Jazz.
"You will train to perfect your new abilities," Obun replied.
"New abilities?" asked Bumblebee.
"New Abilities! Powers!" Scrappy replied for Obun.
The old woman nodded, "Yes you are all now aware of your new abilities," she said
"Um guys," Frenzy said and when they looked down at him he was being raised on a platform.
"The serpent in you knows how to control the earth," Obun replied staring at Frenzy.
"Serpent?" he asked
"The snake is a hunter that can hide in any location it wishes because it has no legs it uses its handicap to its advantage. The snake is also wise and very protective and would do anything to protect those it cares for. Not many people know this about the snake." Obun said
As she told them what had happened after Frenzy's outburst others began to mumble.
"So the Unicronian Army is here?" said Starscream not seemingly surprised
"Yes they have attacked the human settlements around the planet and the Deceptibots are too few to fight." Obun said.
"So that means all this was for nothing," said Barricade
"No all this was not for nothing now you are able to go through your true training with the help of your guides." Obun replied
It was then that a cry was heard and Rodan and Radon swooped down from the sky. They each landed beside their grandmother. Both brother and sister were each weary as they bowed low so that they can make their report.
"Successful I see," Obun said as they finished.
--LATER THAT DAY--
Optimus and Shockwave both looked at what used to be the city of Tranquility Nevada the city where this had all started. Now they sat there watching as report after report came in from all over the world of the sick, weak and dying.
"There is not much we can do Shockwave," Optimus said
"I agree," the Decepticon acting leader said
"What about Starscream?" Optimus asked
"Soundwave reports that he is functional and will receive training from the old human. I think what he is doing is right after all and he is trying hard to prove himself to be an adequate leader to the Decepticons. Even though many cry out for his return. As heir to the throne one must prove himself worthy of the cause. Even Megatron had to do the same when working in the Energon mines and then on to the gladiator pits," Shockwave replied
"I see," Optimus replied back.
As the two watched the reports two others watched from the shadows both their bird bodies listening in to the sound.
The first was obviously Laserbeak his keen optics kept watching the two. The other was his brother Buzzsaw as they listened in but not for any missions for Megatron. No these two wanted to see for themselves what had happened since they rescued some kids. Speaking of kids….
Laserbeak felt someone pet his side and he looked down at the human child that lost his parents the day that those Unicronians attacked. The child is with relatives but found his savior to be his favorite friend. Laserbeak looked down at the human child before nuzzling it with his beak.
"They are moving out," Buzzsaw said in Cybertronian.
Laserbeak nodded before grabbing the human from behind and taking off towards the human quarters of the base. As he flew off Buzzsaw watched his sibling go and sighed through his intakes. That part was a given.
As much as his sibling denies it Buzzsaw knew that this planet with all its resources has ended something that has lasted for eons. In a way the drone was happy as he sat down on his hunches and watched the control room.
--MEANWHILE--
Laserbeak swooped around the bend again happy to return the human child to his guardians. As he traveled back towards where the drones were kept he kept a constant eye out for trouble. This means watching out for two Autobot twins and their pranks. As he flew back towards where the other drones are staying for now he could not help but wonder about his current leader.
Sure Shockwave is good as acting leader but he was not the leader. As Laserbeak entered the room he could see several other drones there waiting some he did not recognize.
As Laserbeak sat down on a nearby perch he waited a few minutes before his twin Buzzsaw flew into the room. As he landed next to Laserbeak he held an energon cube in his hands and gladly drank from it. Laserbeak felt his own need to refuel and so he sat down and shared the cube with his brother since Buzzsaw will not be able to finish his since the cube is too big.
As the two watched the various other Autobots and Decepticons it was later realized that their base had been destroyed, and as such they had to share headquarters with the Autobots again.
At this time the Constructicons and some of the other Autobots built homes for those who flew in the cliffs of the mountains blending in with the surroundings. While others built homes further underground for safety. As they built more into the ground and into the mountains Laserbeak and Buzzsaw watched as Rumble teased Ravage their brother. Since Frenzy is not here anymore Rumble had to turn his pranking to two others in the room. Namely one Sideswipe and Sunstreaker the Autobot twins.
The drones watched as the humans filtered in and they too ate the rations that were offered to them by their government. As they ate silently with mothers comforting their children they could see the loss in their eyes as well as the hope and fear that still lingers there. All they wanted to do was end a war that lasted for eons but now with the threat of Unicron in the sky there was nothing to do but fight. They wanted to fight to regain their people's honor and fight they will. As both brothers watch they could only hope that the humans had the same spirit as they do.
--PAKELE RESIDENCE--
It was just two days after the disaster that marked the apocalypse to come. Starscream was busy practicing his balance on a log while Frenzy and Scrappy were practicing some fighting techniques with Sonic and Stitch since they are the only other bots small enough for the two. Ok scratch that Frenzy was practicing with the duo while Scrappy was with Skeeter.
Jazz had taking a liking to Zenith as the two tried to show off who was better at being flexible with Jazz losing badly. Bumblebee on the other hand was reading a datapad on the animal forms that appeared when we were reformatted.
As Starscream balanced he noticed that he was being watched as he turned to find the twins with him. They too were balancing on rocks. The twins however were busy taunting Starscream.
While Starscream was trying to balance with two heavy buckets full of stones the twins decided to test out his balance. It was Radon who did the first strike rising into the air and did a few fly bys to tease him. Rodan did the same like swooping falcons. They attacked Starscream from all sides trying to get him to lose his balance and he nearly did.
Obun watched from the sidelines pleased that Starscream is trying to prove himself to her. She observed the change in his behavior as he struggled to keep the buckets in the air as his hydraulics in his arms struggled to hold the rocks in place.
"Switch!" Obun instructed Starscream and he switched legs balancing on his right leg instead of his left and again he struggled to stay balanced as the twins taunted him. Going into their alternate forms they created sonic booms intent on knocking him over.
It seemed like a good thirty minutes of torture before Obun smiled.
"Alright Starscream you can go get them now," she said and the twins immediately dashed away while the annoyed seeker transformed dropping his buckets to chase after the twins.
At this time Jazz decided to take up the balancing act and he too tried to maintain his balance, but this time the twins were busy trying to avoid Starscream.
All in all Obun was pleased as she let out another cough. Holding her hand to her mouth as she coughed some more she eventually stopped. Trying to catch her breath she stopped.
"That is enough for today," she said as she struggled to maintain her breath.
The other Deceptibots watched as she turned and slowly walk away towards her quarters. They all knew what the time was coming for her to move on and she was trying her best to give them all her knowledge before that happened.
As it turned out Obun was suffering from the after effects of the very disease that disfigured her so. The disease as Starscream scanned her had taken away her lungs and by doing so is slowly killing her. It took some time but it was killing her. It saddened him that she was dying so but her mortality was now shown as he flew over her.
That is until Rodan got a good one in with him knocking him off balance.
He spun out of control and barely managed to right himself when he was once again caught in the winds. Struggling to right himself Starscream plummeted into the ocean and had to swim to shore.
When he was there he saw both twins laughing. This did not bode well for the Decepticon lord. Starscream had to struggle to get to the beach and threw himself onto the rocks. The twins continued to laugh while he glared at them. Rodan and Radon flapped their arms again and was airborne soaring into the wind again.
"Don't mind them Uncle Star I will get them back for you," Titan said showing his beaked face above water.
"Don't have to," Starscream replied,
"Their day will come, oh their day will come," he said smirking thinking up a new plan.