Tyrest
Deep within the ruins of the once great city of Tyrest bombed by the Decepticons during the beginning of the war,sat a laboratory owned and used by Shockwave, of course this was one of the many laboratories Shockwave has stationed all throughout cybertron,after the Dinobots hit the lab in kaon Shockwave fled to continue his experiments elsewhere he picked Tyrest. Shockwave stood in front of a big computer screen in a fairly lit room where eerie silence filled the room until the sound of the door behind Shockwave opened and Flatline stepped in.
Flatline accompanied Shockwave to this lab to make sure his health and injuries were ok, needless to say they were despite getting the nuts and bolts knocked off his chassis, for a Decepticon scientist Shockwave is quite stubborn and he refuses to go offline. Flatline stopped just behind Shockwave as he had some news to deliver "the last of the Autobot ships have left cybertron,half of the Autobots are gone."
Shockwave slightly turned back towards him on hearing the word half "Half?" he asked "some Autobots have chosen to stay and fight us."Flatline said with admiration in his voice, the remaining Autobots could've left as well but they chose to stay a fight to the last bot,in a way he could respect that. Shockwave didn't seem to be bothered by that as he turned back towards the screen "Honestly that's good, it would get rather boring without someone to shoot at,and the others would agree."Shockwave said staring at the screen with his one eye while typing.
Flatline rubbed the back of his head knowing this last part would change his opinion "The Dinobots included."Flatline said making Shockwave freeze for a few seconds before he resumed typing "Of course they would stay, I'm still online."Shockwave stated plainly "Shockwave as your physician and as someone who has treated your injuries twice already,I still think you should leave cybertron for your own safety."Flatline said calmly "I can't do that Flatline,I have ongoing experiments being done here and Megatron left me in charge of cybertron and the remaining Decepticons,it would be illogical for me to just leave."Shockwave argued calmly.
"Shockwave they're not going to stop until you are dead,you know that."Flatline said completely shocked he's still willing to stay and constantly being hunted by the Dinobots "yes I know that, that's why I'm creating a solution to that problem."Shockwave said as he walked away from the screen and over to a table that had a medium sized cylinder tube with a yellow colored liquid in it sitting on it and a syringe gun.
Flatline immediately knew what he was talking about that Predacon project he was working on "Oh yeah that new Predacon project,how is that going?"Flatline asked "it's going quite well and I wouldn't exactly call this new."Shockwave as he said grabbing the cylinder and examining the liquid in it.
"What...what do you mean?"Flatline asked in confusion "During the near middle of the war, both the Autobots and Decepticons hid their energon stores off-world,and our lord Megatron looking to take some of the Autobot Energon for the Decepticon name he had me create a small army of Predacon clones and dispatched them on a random world of his chosing where they would decimate the Autobot forces no doubt stationed there and wait for his arrival."Shockwave explained gazing into the cylinder.
This amazed Flatline as he never knew that Predacon clones were made although apparently neither did other Decepticons otherwise it would be the talk of the town. "Where was this planet?" Flatline asked "like I said it was random and it's name escapes me,quite honestly I don't know if they are still..."Shockwave's voice trailed off and he briefly glanced at Flatline who could swore he sensed concern and worry in his voice and emanating from his body.
Shockwave shook his head and gazed into the cylinder again "it's illogical to think about long past experiments when the current present is in need of attention."Shockwave said as he turned his body towards Flatline holding the cylinder in front of him "this is the Predacon Serum,made from the CNA of deceased Predacon bones,once injected into the veins of a cybertronian like you and I, it will begin to rewrite and change the genetic code of that Cybertronian and transforming that individual into something ancient and predatory."Shockwave said with pride in his voice Flatline stared at Shockwave like he was straight up crazy,which he is as a matter of fact.
"All I need is a volunteer."Shockwave said as he looked at Flatline who back away nervously being turned into a Predacon was not something they taught in medical school "Oh no I'm happy with the way I am."Flatline said "Pity,but luckily I already found a test subject."Shockwave said as suddenly as of on cue the door slid open and I stepped in a female cybertron was lean and athletic looking who had a yellow,green and purple color scheme,and her eyes were a menacing red color and she appeared to have a car based alt mode.
"Flatline meet Serket."Shockwave said as Serket smiled at him Flatline knew of Serket as a dangerous type of Decepticon in fact he's treated some of her victims, some of which never made it, Flatline cleared his throat before speaking "So how did Shockwave talk you into going through with this?"
"Actually I went to him,I heard about what he did to Grimlock and his team, I absolutely love the idea of beast forms, the most beautiful thing about Predacons is their ferocity and their primal strength,speed and power, could you imagine Cybertronians of today with that,with beast modes instead of,jets,cars,trucks,tanks?"Serket asked, gazing into Flatline's optics.
Flatline pondered that for a brief moment as he began to imagine that scenario and it was a pretty frightening sight for him, modern cybertronian society today most likely wouldn't be the same as it is, "I must say it's pretty horrifying."Flatline said plainly which made Serket cast him an offended look "Horrifying?!,It's beautiful, those are our true forms,the forms we were meant to have Flatline,the forms we need to have."Serket argued which made Flatline shake his head in disagreement.
"I'm going to have to disagree with you on that Serket,Predacons were nothing more than monsters that hunted and terrorized our people."Flatline said with contempt "for Energon dummy,they were doing what they needed to do for survival,in their place you would do the same thing, don't deny it."Serket hissed.
Flatline had no choice but to agree with Serket on that as he began to really think about how Predacons lived back then,Predacons didn't think to or knew how to extract Energon from the ground like earlier Cybertronians did they just hunted other living things and drained their Energon and cycled the metallic remains out of their system,and he realized that that was exactly what he would have done if he was a Predacon back then, however fate in it's infinite wisdom birthed him in modern times with a vehicle mode and thankfully not the desire to cannibalize other Cybertronians.
"Prima was wrong to let the Predacons die during the great cataclysm,but thankfully Shockwave thought of a way to bring them back via cloning."Serket said causing Shockwave to glance back "Correction: I'm the second person to think of it, long before the war the Autobot Brainstorm brought the idea before the high council but was rejected, they too thought the Predacons were dangerous and should be left to extinction."Shockwave said as he grabbed the syringe gun and loaded the cylinder in it.
Serket scoffed with contempt "what right did they have to say what race should live and die,but you know what the council is in hiding like cowards so their words mean nothing now,the age of the beast is on the horizon and they can't stop it."Serket said with a wicked laugh Flatline stared at Serket like she just blew a head gasket "it's official: you two are more crazier than ever."Flatline said plainly which made l Serket roll her optics and she held out her right arm "I'm ready."she said with a sinister smile.
Without saying another word Shockwave inserted the needle in Serket's forearm and pulled the trigger allowing the yellow liquid to empty out of the cylinder and into the arm of Serket,after the cylinder was empty Shockwave pulled the needle out and then there was silence between the three of them for approximately 1 minute Serket waited for something to happen but there was nothing she didn't feel any different.
"I...don't feel anything."Serket said glancing at Shockwave "yeah I think your serum needs some more work."Flatline chimed in "Be patient,it takes a minute."Shockwave said "I'm not know for my..."Serket froze as she felt something within her body alerting her something was very wrong it was then she felt brief spells of pain rush throughout her body "Woah ok I'm feeling It!"Serket groaned in pain as she dropped to her knees as the pain got a bet more intense "Nnnnnargh!"Serket yelled in pain as she felt her body being torn to shreds but Shockwave and Flatline were seeing something else they watched as Serket's body began to shift and transformed the automobile parts of her body were being replaced with Dragonic parts.
Large dragon wing sprouted from her back and a tail with some siphoning claw, and her hands and feet were replaced with claws and her head began to shift into something unrecognizable, Serket stopped screaming as soon as the pain subsided Serket immediately stood up on her two new Predacon feet Flatline and Shockwave stared in awe at Serket who looked at herself in a reflective surface nearby and she liked what she saw, her once normal Cybertronian body was replaced with a primal predacon chassis complete with her original color scheme as well as her red glowing eyes.
Serket let out a evil chuckle as she continued to stare at herself and then she spoke "beautiful."