lease note that these characters belong to their original creators as do any songs used in this fiction, not me, this is just my take on what might happen enjoy and let me know what you think.
also i am still trying to fix any mistakes that i might have missed in past chapters (i.e spelling, grammar and so on)
Far away on the crashed Decepticon ship a lone Decepticon scuttled his way through empty corridors lined with failed attempts to create new hatchlings. The small bot made his way through the failed attempts as he looked for the parts he needed to build a new chamber for the conversion process. So far Zack's growth had surpassed the limits of his chamber consuming the metal and other materials in the process. When the new Decepticon finally emerged from his conversion he would be a formidable force, maybe even more than all the Autobots on earth could handle. Scalpel was still unsure what had caused the larger then expected growth, he had projected a larger then normal form as the result of Zacks transformation but not to this extent. On his last scan of his creation he found that the growing Decepticon was on his way to being larger than Devastator. But where Devastator was formed from the merging of several smaller Decepticon's Zack would be a single complete unit with what looked like heavier armor and greater mobility. But still the small crab bot was unable to find a reason as to why his creation was growing so much more than he had anticipated.
This puzzle however would have to wait until he had the final piece which was the completed form of Zack and his final power readings. So the small bot returned to his work of scavenging parts from the failed hatchlings and other sources. The Decepticon smiled as he though of how much easier this would be compared with the last time he had built a unit like this. Before he had been forced to work under Megatrons control and limits which stopped him from gaining access to the best parts which the former leader deemed to important for the use in creating what he considered nothing more than expendable weapons. The small Decepticon allowed him self a laugh at how his children had managed to over throw the old order with such ease and were now getting ready to end the war in the favor of the Decepticon race. A hatch that had once been locked to all but Megatron and the Fallen now lay open having been blasted from it's frame by Fury so that Scalpel could gain access to the private part store that Megatron had hoarded for himself and his master. Upon seeing the contents for the first the time the small Decepticon let out a small growl at how stupid and selfish the former leader had been, there were enough parts within the chamber to service and repair at least fifteen Decepticons. It was truly for the best that Megatron was out of the way as he would have continued to horde parts that could keep other Decepticons functioning and battle ready.
Scalpel scurried through the shelves collecting the parts that he needed for the new chamber, had he been given access to this store in the first place he could have guaranteed that Fury would have been even stronger than Megatron when he emerged from his pod. But still that was in the past, Fury had proven that he was not only stronger than Megatron but with Scalpels help and alterations during maturation he was now smarter and more cunning than the former leader of the Decepticon's as well. A small set of computer chips caught the attention of the Decepticon as he picked out the best parts for his new children, these chips belonged to the main computer and would have allowed Scalpel and others to complete their assignments with far greater ease. The small bot examined the chips then realized from the coding etched on them that these were the very ones the former leader claimed destroyed in the crash. "so he kept us from using the more complex functions of the ships computer" though Scalpel as he ran is spindly fingers over each of the chips, "why would he do this, what was he hiding from us" said the small bot to the empty room. Placing the chips on top of a pile of newly collected parts Scalpel headed towards the disused main computer, it had been dormant and powerless since the crash as Megatron deemed repairing it impossible and a waste of time. Even during the former leaders absence the Fallen continued to state that the main computer was a lost cause and the it should be left alone as they searched for the matrix of leadership and the all spark.
Now the small Decepticon had no-one watching his actions he began to wonder why all this had been done. Megatron could have ordered them to stay in the system and search for the Fallen's prize with out crashing the ship and with a fully functioning ship they could have scanned the whole planet with ease in a matter of a few short years. The more he though about it the more Scalpel wondered what secrets the former leader had kept from them and what else lay hidden in the records of the main computer. The large tower that ran from deck to deck looked like the remnant of a forgotten age to Scalpel, it was one of the last things they had salvaged from Cybertron before they went to the stars searching for the Allspark. The small decepticon looked at an open access port that once housed the very chips he was holding, within minutes he replaced them in their right-full home and proceed to restart the long dormant computer. Having been stood and disused for so long the computer needed more than a little time to get going, but Scalpel waited as he knew there was no chance that Megatron would loom up behind him ready to destroy the small bot for breaking his orders. Slowly the computer resumed it's normal operation and the Decepticon interfaced him self with it looking for what secrets it held.
After confirming his identity to the main operating system the small bot looked for any records that might be intact with in it's core memory. What he found shocked him, there was nothing left but this was not due to age or damage the files had been deliberately purged from the core memory. As he tried to find some scrap of information that remained Scalpel found an access code authorizing the wipe, at once he recognized the code as one belonging to Megatron. Angered that the former leader of the Decepticon's had tried to destroy any trace of what had been hidden with in the system the small bot pushed both the computer and his systems as hard as he could for some small trace of what had been destroyed. Sector after sector was barren and blank but just as he started to reach his limit he found a small trace with in a back up memory module. This small piece of data had escaped the purge due to a fault in the connection between the module and the main core, a fault that also damaged the data when it was transferred into the module. Scalpel did what he could to recover the message and soon found that it was a communication transcript marked for Megatron's optics only. Much of the file was a garbled mess but with a little work the small crab bot was able to recover a few words, words that held both power and answers. The message was from a detachment of Decepticon's who had remained behind on Cybertron ready to intercept the Autobots if they returned with the with the Allspark before the main Decepticon forces. The only words that could be clearly recovered were "cyberton...collision...total...no escape...we remain for our duty". Even if Scalpel had been able to completely recover the message he would have still only needed those few words to understand what had happened.
Their home was gone, the planet entire had been destroyed somehow probably in an impact of some kind. He knew that if the others knew this then they would have broken from Megatron as it was his war that had weakened the planet and left it defenseless against whatever had destroyed it. It also explained why he had wiped the entire core to get rid of the message and why the ship had crashed, with a fully functional ship they could have retrieved the Allspark quickly and then returned. The small bot wondered if the Fallen knew this as well, during Megatron's absences he had talked about restoring their home to it's former glory with true passion. As he disconnected him self from the computers access port the small Decepticon solemnly lowered his head in memory of his home world now lost forever for even if they had the Allspark they could have not restored life to a pile of rubble floating in space. Now more than ever Scalpel had reason to ensure Fury's plan to transform earth and it''s people, this was all they had left now and he had to ensure that things did not fail as they would be doomed to extinction. Turning back to his gathered parts the small crab bot began the long track back to the chamber where the last of his new Decepticon's was awaiting his rebirth, but as Scalpel reached what was the half way mark a violent shock-wave rocked the ship knocking him to the floor and sounding alarms from every section.
Scalpel quickly righted himself and rushed to a now functioning computer interface console he accessed the external sensors looking for the source of the shock-wave but found nothing outside the ship. Fearing the worst he accessed the internal sensors looking for the source of the disturbance, he scanned all sections that he thought could be responsible for the shock-wave then with a sickening feeling running through his spark he accessed the security monitors in the chamber where his creation was supposed to be growing. At first the the security net refused to show him anything beyond static but as the seconds passed fragmented images came through most of which showed destruction and chaos. Fearing for his youngest son he tried in vain to find him somewhere in the room amongst the scattered wreckage. Then a movement caught his attention as a dark mass moved among the shadows of the room. At first the small crab bot thought that his creation might be injured but then as the creature stepped forward the bot felt his spark falter in a mix of sorrow and pity. That which the failing light now illuminated was not a Decepticon, nor was it an Autobot. The moving mass of overgrown metal plates and circuitry looked like nothing he had ever seen, the creature lurched more than walked as it groped round the room looking for something.
As the lights regained more of their power every detail of the creature was reviled in crystal clarity, it's form was twisted and misshapen with more limbs than necessary. It's three legs were disproportioned so that it's full weight was placed on a massive thick leg while two thinner ones tried to balance it's mass. The torso was a hulking crooked bulk of armor plating, energon conduits and circuitry that should have been protected in it's center mass. The arms that it had looked even more misshapen, two hung down it's back and looked unfinished and useless while another pair hung at either side. These while functional were also grossly disproportioned to it's frame as they reached almost to the floor and as with the main body they were a mass of mixed parts that looked as if they had grown beyond all control. Scalpel wished for the power to cry at this point as the poor creatures face came fully into view, like the rest of it's body it was warped and disfigured with unbalanced amounts of components and armor. It had at least seven optical units thought it looked like only three of them were functioning, it's mouth looked normal on its right hand side but as it traveled across the distorted face it widened into a circular opening that revealed the vocal unit inside. The small bot looked at his deformed creation and fell to the floor as if someone had ripped his spark from his body. How could his child have become this this mass of over grown parts and twisted armor, when he had last checked Zack he was doing fine with nothing strange other than his accelerated growth.
How in only a few hours had what would be the hope of their race become this, it was as if his body had gone mad. Then a sound that could have stopped an army from fighting echoed through the ship and across the surface of the moon it was crashed on. The creature began groping round the room searching for something then as Scalpel looked on it reached directly into a power conduit that ran through the room, the small Decepticon watched as the creature began pulling power from the whole ship. As the lights began to die once more the creature began to grow even more, but the growth was once again flawed as it's body created parts that were deformed, armor that jutted out in the wrong places and components that served no purpose. Then with a howl the creature reached towards the fragment of the matrix ready to draw power from it's structure, but as one of it's twisted and warped fingers brushed against it the creature recoiled as if it had been shot. It lurched from the room and as Scalpel tracked it made it's way towards the rear of the ship. Before to long the thing that was once human came upon a cluster of failed hatchlings that hung form the walls, like those before they could not mature due to a lack of energon but their unfinished bodies still held some energy. The creature descended upon the failed hatchlings and began to rip them from their pods, it brought them a hand full at a time to it's misshapen mouth where a long thin cable came forth and sucked what little energon there was from their frail forms.
After the sickening display the creature bellowed another cry as it's body shuddered this time it's center mass seemed to be the focus of the unbalanced growth and as the small amount of energon reached what should have been it's spark chamber the creature let out yet another cry. This time plates of metal shifted and ground against other surrounding materials as what looked like some form of mechanical internal organ protruded from the opening forced out by the rapidly growing structures within. As it sat there Scalpel was able to get a good look at it and to his horror he realized that some how this poor creatures spark had become fused to this beating mass of parts, from his scans of Fury and the others when they were human he knew that this thing was shaped like a heart though it was badly distorted and warped beyond function had it been in a human body. In a final surge more metal formed around the metal organ creating a new spark chamber, though it no longer contained what could purely be called a spark. After the creature finished it growth spurt it looked around for more energy to consume but finding nothing more then a snack left in that section it moved on towards the rear of the ship. Scalpel watched through the security system as the creature made it's way towards a hole near the engine section of the ship. When it passed beyond the boundary of the the ships hull he switched to an external view and soon found the former human standing as best it could staring at the sky motionless and transfixed.
Just as Scalpel started working on a plan to contain the creature it let out an almost pained cry before lumbering towards one of the long disused thrusters that lined the outer section of the ship. In a feat of strength that stunned the small Decepticon the creature easily ripped off a thruster and placed it on the ground a good distance from the ship's hull. The twisted form then backed towards the thruster and it's seemingly lifeless rear arms flailed to life as they grasped at the long unused machine. The moment they made contact the creatures body seemingly fused the entire thruster unit to it's own body making it a part of it's self on a level beyond that which Interface was capable of. Scalpel watched as the thruster long dormant came to life and with no effort lifted the creature skyward and away from the planet. In a matter of minutes the creature left the moon and headed into space with one destination in mind. Back on the ship Scalpel lost his lock on the creature as some how it activated another long dormant system that was built into the thruster assembly. "no how can this be" cried Scalpel as the tacking system lost his target, "the stealth capability should not be functioning in that state" he said to the empty ship.
None other than him knew that the storm had woken and that all it had to do to change everything was to crash on a waiting shore.
