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Chapter 4

Planet of The Apes

Megatron had flown over the ocean for a couple of hours before he found shore. At first he was enjoying the calming liquid and the glistening of the bright sun over the substance below him. Then he began to wonder if there was actually land on this planet at all, and that made him nervous! Then once he got past his fear he was just bored. Why were the Decepticons on a planet full of water? What possible use could this stuff have?

When he arrived on the beach and touched down he noticed lots of little organic creatures running away and screaming. They wore little pieces of fabric on them and had fur on their heads. It took Megatron a minute to realize they were scared of him, but he figured that was natural. He could easily step on one of them if he was so inclined. He shrugged it off and starting walking toward the city.

The city itself was rather strange. While the buildings were quite tall in the center of town, much taller than him actually, the openings were very small. He would be lucky if he could get two fingers through a door! That was when he realized there were more little bipedal organics running around and rushing into buildings for protection! The buildings were obviously made for them.

"So…" Megatron said in a low tone, "These things rule the planet, huh? Well, I'm not surprised they're scared. I'll bet the Autobots have terrorized these poor monkeys for years now. Well, if I'm going to get energon I'll need to find a power plant or some other place where I can get some. Maybe one of these flesh creatures knows where I can go…"

With his vague plan in mind, Megatron stepped onto the road and followed it in hopes of getting directions to a power plant. Of course, that was easier said than done. Word spread fast that the evil Megatron was coming, so by the time he made it to the other side of the city most of its residents were already gone.

Megatron knew he was supposed to be retired, but he didn't know what that entailed. He knew it meant free time, but so far all free time meant was boredom. With nothing better to do, Megatron found a nice shade tree and sat next to it in hopes of finding a flesh creature. He would capture it and get it to take him to a power plant. After that, well...He might take up a hobby.

It had been about a quarter joor since Megatron sat down in the park. He still felt a little restless, but he was starting to see some positive aspects to this planet. This place was bright because it had a star really close by. He tried to remember his own planet Cybertron, but all he remembered was that it had no star to orbit and that it was dark underground.

"Hm...Why do I remember being underground?" Megatron thought out loud, "Was that where the old Decepticon Headquarters was located? I'll have to ask Starscream when I go back to visit the troops."

Shortly after that he heard a noise approaching him from the walking trail in the park! It was a flesh creature coming right toward his location! This one didn't look like the others though. It had the same pale pink skin and reddish brown hair, but this little squishy had wheels!

"Cool! A flesh creature with an alt mode!" Megatron exclaimed softly, "I'll bet he turns into a bicycle, or maybe a go-kart!"

Chip Chase, meanwhile, was unaware he was being watched as he rolled along the trail and thought about his latest project. After that last battle the Autobots had with the Decepticons just the day before, Wheeljack had decided they needed a way to ground seekers in mid-air, and he asked the boy genius Chip to help him with this new design. He only hoped whatever he and Wheeljack came up with didn't explode in their faces!

Just as Chip turned a corner, he saw the trees part and fall to the ground! He gasped and saw too late the menacing form of Megatron reaching out a large black hand to grab him! Those blood red optics locked with Chip's terrified blue eyes, and he knew that it was pointless to try to escape. He simply wasn't fast enough…

Megatron grabbed the boy's chair and held him up at optic level so he could examine him. Chip considered pushing himself out of the chair to escape, but he would only fall to his death. For the moment, he was helpless.

"What do you want, Megatron?" Chip asked rancorously; unwilling to show fear to his enemy.

"You know my name?" Megatron asked; truly surprised.

Chip did a double take when Megatron asked that. It wasn't the question itself that had the boy puzzled, but rather the soft and unassuming tone of voice Megatron used. He had never heard the Decepticon leader speak that way before!

"Um, of course I know your name…" Chip replied uncertainly, "And I ask you again, what do you want?"

"Oh, right!" Megatron had momentarily forgot why he was holding Chip, "I need to get to a power plant, and was wondering if you could give me directions."

"Huh?" Chip asked dumbly, "Are you kidding me? Don't you have a computer that tells you where the best sources of energy are located? Why would you need me to help you plan your stupid raid?"

"There's a computer?" Megatron asked more to himself than to Chip, "Hm..I guess I'll have to go back to headquarters and download that information. Hey, you can come with me! If you know me then you must know Starscream and Soundwave! Oh, and Hook! I'm sure they'd love to see you!"

"What? No! Let me go, you freak!" Chip exclaimed vehemently.

The way Megatron had mentioned Hook's name specifically, Chip was sure the old warlord was planning for some sort of twisted experiment to be performed on the poor boy. He was terrified for his life now!

"Oh, come on!" Megatron prodded, "We've got lots of water! You like water, right? By the way, this is embarrassing, but...I can't seem to recall your name…"

"It's Chip, and I don't want to go anywhere with you!" Chip replied crossly, "Just you wait! The Autobots will find me, and then you'll be sorry!"

"The Autobots are close by?" Megatron asked worriedly, "Well then, we can't stick around here! Don't worry Chip, I'll get you to safety!"

With those confusing words Megatron took to the air carrying a very unwilling Chip Chase. He had no idea what had happened to Megatron, and therefore wasn't sure what to think of the situation. If Megatron was playing some sort of sick game with the boy, then he could only guess to what end Megatron was doing so. He only hoped to get out of it in one piece.