Chapter 15: Out of His Mind
It was a week or so since Optimus had finally recovered from the Cybonic Plague and everything had more or less returned to normal… Except there seemed to be a slight problem with the resident couple of the base.
"Hold on! You're telling me you saw me do that?! Were you spying on me?!" Miko questioned incredulously after Tiberius had told her of how he knew that she had taken up strip teasing as a hobby… or at least tried to.
"Oi! In my defense, your phone was recording you and then you sent it to me without realizing it!" The Bioformer retorted defensively.
The girl was about to try and retort, before she checked her phone and realized that it did indeed happen that way. "How did I not notice that sooner?!" She groaned in embarrassment.
"Relax. Besides…" The boy trailed off before leaning to her ear. "I found it hot." He whispered, causing her to blush before she smacked his shoulder.
"Shut up!" Miko told him, causing him to chuckle at her reaction.
As the two continued this exchange, Optimus approached them. "Tiberius, would you please accompany me to the top side of the base for a moment?" He asked his protege.
"Alright." The Bioformer nodded before looking at his girlfriend. "We'll catch up later." He told her. As they went to the top side, the boy assumed his cybertronian form and stood in front of his mentor.
"So, what are we doing?" He asked.
"We are going to continue your training to see what other abilities you are capable of using besides your molecular deconstruction and reconstruction ability." The Prime told him.
"Then let's begin." Creator declared. The two then charged at each other and started exchanging blows, with Creator using his self taught martial art skills to keep the more experienced Optimus on his guard due to his changing move sets.
Then the golden cybertronian did something unexpected. He suddenly called upon the Mask of Creation and used it to reshape his amigasa traveler's hat into a full on samurai kabuto helmet, which was black and had gold scales going down the back and gold antlers coming out of either side.
These didn't seem to show before, however, as when Optimus tried to strike him with his sword arm, Creator caught the blade in the antlers of his new headdress, grabbed the old bot by the arm and then flipped him over his shoulder.
"Urgh!" Optimus grunted as he landed. He then looked at his student. "Impressive." He complimented.
"That's not all." The Bioformer said as he suddenly started creating a weapon with the mask. The weapon in question was a giant version of a Katana and Tanto. Both had black handles and golden blades. "I can also create weapons out of raw materials that are around me." He grinned as he unsheathed the larger of the two swords before he charged at the prime.
The two continued to exchange blows with their weapons until both retracted them and Creator decided to try and see what else he could do. As he closed green eyes (which appearance wise were a lot like Bulkhead's) he let his spark lead him to a new ability, before his eyes opened, revealing that they were now blue, with ripple like rings around the pupils.
"Hm?" Optimus hummed, spotting his pupil's new optics. That's when Creator suddenly grew two new arms, granting him a total of four arms. Additionally he also gained three other faces, one on each side and one on the back of his head, each wearing one of his masks. And on top of that, his armor seemed to have been enhanced.
Meanwhile the others had come up to see what was going on and saw what was going on. "Whoa! He looks like Brahma now!" Miko said.
"Who?" Bulkhead asked.
"A god from an earth religion called Hinduism. Brahma is the god associated with the aspect of Creation." Raf explained.
"Which makes sense, given the Bionicle Masks he has, then." Arcie noted.
The newly enhanced Creator then suddenly conjured four weapons: a hammer, a sword, a sickle, and a shield. "Ashura formation, activated." He said.
"Looks like he's learned something new." Jack noted.
"And we get to see it in action!" Miko said excitedly. The new 'Ashura Formation' Creator then began charging at Optimus, striking, blocking and parrying with his four weapons and arms in an almost dance-like display of veracity. It was really entrancing, to say the least.
"Wow." Arcie said in awe as she watched how Creator moved.
"Yeah." The Japanese girl nodded in agreement. Optimus kept trying to block the attacks as they came, but due to the Bioformers enhanced range with his new appendages, he was soon out maneuvered and slammed to the ground a second time.
"I… think that concludes today's lesson." The Prime groaned from his spot on the ground.
Creator nodded as he transformed back. "Yeah, I think so." He nodded.
(Later)
Elsewhere in the Nemesis, Jenova was making final preparations for when she would capture Miko in order to torture her. And as she did, she looked at the currently vacant body of Megatron.
"I hope you'll be able to get back to your body soon, Lord Megatron." She said as she continued working.
(Elsewhere)
Meanwhile back at the base, everyone was busy looking at a powered down Bumblebee, who had been having waking nightmares ever since he got out of Megatron's head. He was also acting strangely as well.
"I hate to be the one who points this out, but has anyone considered the fact that Megatron could have possibly went inside Bumblebee's head?" Tiberius asked the Autobots in the room, since he had gotten out of school early. His question made everyone freeze.
"What, you mean like an invasion of the body snatchers scenario?" Sierra questioned.
"That's a little disturbing." Jack added.
"Ratchet, check Bumblebee's mind if you can, now!" Arcie ordered in alarm. The medic did so, but as soon as he did… Bumblebee suddenly reactivated and started moving again.
"Uh, Bumblebee?" Raf asked nervously. As the scout walked off the examination table, he then slammed Bulkhead and Ratchet's heads together, backhanded Arcie and then suddenly activated the ground bridge before driving away.
As everyone tried to recover from the sucker punch they just received, Optimus arrived right as the ground bridge closed and Fowler suddenly called them. "Prime! You there?" He questioned.
"I'm here, Agent Fowler. I apologize, it seems that Bumblebee is not himself and has now disappeared." The prime explained gravely.
"Well, the Cons just stole the lense to one of our observatories in Hawaii. I can't say why, though judging by where it is, I'm guessing it's not good." The man told them as its location popped up.
"The arctic? Great, another opportunity to freeze our spark plugs off." Arcie groaned as she got up.
"And it looks like he's aiming it at a glacier with a class seven Energon deposit." Bulkhead noted.
"If he plans to melt the glacier it'll raise the sea level like crazy." Tiberius added.
"And demolish coastal cities in the process." Fowler nodded.
"Autobots, Bumblebee will have to wait, this takes priority." Optimus told them. "Tiberius, I'll be leaving you to subdue Bumblebee if he returns." He added.
"Aye Aye." The boy nodded with a salute.
(Elsewhere)
Meanwhile outside the base, Tiberius's family was driving into the base to get the kids out of it in case things get dicey with Bumblebee. However as they left the hidden door, a familiar looking Japanese car drove out from behind a rock that was near an intersection away from it.
'Bingo.' Madame Ruin thought as she looked at them. Driving out from her hiding spot she followed them discreetly before turning off to the road that led to the house of Miko's host family and waited across the street… until the Darwins dropped the girl off.
As Miko was about to walk into her host house, she paused and looked around warily, feeling like she was being watched by unknown eyes. Then her gaze landed on Madame Ruin's vehicle form.
"Oh fuck." She said before she started running for her house, but the Decepticon quickly transformed and grabbed her. Then she transformed and tied her up.
"Madame Ruin to base, I'll need a ground bridge if you please Soundwave." She said as she knocked the Japanese girl unconscious.
A ground bridge opened up at her location and she then walked through with her new test subject.
(Elsewhere)
Creator skid across the deck of the Decepticon warship as he tried to stop Bumblebee from reviving the comatose body of Megatron. "Sorry Bumblebee." He said as he transformed his hand into an electric hammer. "This won't kill you, but it's not gonna tickle, either." He said as he charged at the scout.
The two started duking it out and hitting each other over and over again, until Bumblebee sucker punched Creator and then threw him into the wall. Then he walked over to Megatron and stabbed the shard of Dark Energon into his chest. After that, he set up a link so that the warlord's mind could return to his body.
As soon as Megatron's mind returned, his eyes opened. He then got up and looked at the two Autobots before him. "Decepticons! Your rightful lord and master has returned!" He yelled as he walked out of the room right as Vehicon troops appeared in the doorway. "Deal with these pests." He said.
"Oh… Scrap." Creator gulped.
(Elsewhere)
As Megatron continued to make his way to his intended destination, a ground bridge portal opened, and he came face to face with Madame Ruin, the granddaughter of Unicron.
"What the—?" She asked before seeing the overlord. "Oh! Lord Megatron! You're healed!" She added as she knelt before him. "I am Madame Ruin, descendant of Unicron the Destroyer, it is a pleasure to meet you in person my lord." She said.
"A descendant of Unicron, you say?" Megatron asked in intrigue before he noticed the unconscious Miko. "Why do you have one of the Autobot children?" He questioned.
"To torture my cousin Creator through her." The femme explained. "With your permission, of course." She added.
The warlord pondered the idea of torturing the human. On one hand, he'd be able to strike a serious psychological blow against the Autobots. On the other… It could result in a very furious retaliation from Creator. He had seen what happens when a maker becomes truly angry numerous times, and wasn't sure it would be worthwhile in the long run.
"... You have my permission. Do with the girl as you wish." The Con said dismissively, walking past her. "But know that you do so at your own peril." He added firmly.
"Of course, my liege." Ruin nodded as he left, and she let out a sigh, not out of relief or fear, but out of sheer arousal. "Ohhh I thought I was going to faint!" She sighed happily as her face became warm. "Lord Megatron, you are truly a god of a man!" She giggled as she went to her lab with her hostage.
(Elsewhere)
Meanwhile with the Autobots, Optimus had managed to get behind the warship and was now driving at full speed in order to try and destroy the laser Starscream had the lense attached to. The resulting explosion sent the Prime down to the ground below while the seeker flew at him, intent on finishing him off.
"One of Megatron's greatest mistakes was letting you live, Prime!" He yelled as he readied some missiles. Though before he could strike the bot down, Megatron swooped in and slammed Starscream back onto the ship.
The seeker looked at the warlord in shock. "Lord—Megatron. You're… You're healed! Praise the allspark! It is a miracle!" He said nervously.
"Oh, it will be a miracle all right… If you survive what I have in store for you!" Megatron snarled.
"But, Optimus, the Autobots, down there—waiting for you!" Starscream tried to tell him.
"My greatest mistake? I've made a few, but there is one mistake I do not intend to make again." He growled as he grabbed Starscream by the face and dragged him away, quite literally kicking and screaming.
(Later)
"Is everything okay, Tiberius?" Sierra asked as the boy sat down when he got back to the base. He was busy texting Miko, or at least trying to.
"Miko's not responding to my texts. Something's wrong." He replied uneasily.
"Maybe she's just busy?" Raf suggested.
"Miko? I don't think she knows what busy even means." Jack said as Bulkhead drove into the base in a panic.
"Guys! Madame Ruin kidnapped Miko!" He exclaimed, causing Tiberius to leap to his feet in fear for his girlfriend.
"What?! How do you know?!" Tiberius yelled.
"Dark Energon traces and tire tracks were outside her house. That's how!" Bulkhead yelled back. Tiberius growled murderously before he transformed into Creator, Ashura Mode activive.
"Then she's made a very massive mistake!" He hissed angrily.
(Elsewhere)
In Madame Ruin's on ship lab, Jenova dragged her finger along the examination table she had Miko bound to and let her hands feel up the music lover's bare skin. Miko was currently stripped bare of all her clothing save for two towels that covered her breasts and nether regions.
Jenova put her hand on her test subject's cheek before licking it. "Are you comfortable?" She asked Miko as the girl started letting out a muffled yell that was blocked by a ball gag. "Good, then we can begin." She said before snapping her fingers. "Changling, the serum." She told her lab partner.
As the subservient Bioformer brought the serum, Miko glared at them angrily.
'I hope Tiberius kills each and every single fucking one of you!' She thought furiously. Though as Jenova prepared a syringe, that fury turned to fear as she started struggling against the bonds. Jenova then grabbed her neck and slammed her to the table again.
"Now, hold still." She said before she stabbed the needle into the girl's forehead and started injecting her with the serum. Next she put a sort of helmet device over Miko's head and then flipped a switch that caused the device to start coursing Dark Energon powered electricity directly into Miko's brain.
The girl started screaming in pain as the volts coursed through her head. Jenova meanwhile was smiling evilly as she watched her cousin's lover writhe in pain at her mercy.
Oh, she loved causing other living things nothing but pain… If only she knew what she'd just brought upon herself.
Dragon Emperor0: This was a hard chapter to write guys. So if it seems short, cut us some slack. The next one will be much longer and fully original.
ThermalsniperN7: And probably full of Tiberius ripping the Decepticons a new asshole to shit out of. See, when makers get truly furious, bad. Things. Happen!
Dragon Emperor0: Was that a Black Lagoon reference…? Anyway I'd like your opinion on something dear readers, me and thermal are thinking of having the next few chapters set up the eventual inclusion of the Fast and Furious universe into the story. An idea given to us by a friend of mine who loves both Transformers Prime and F&F, and thinks that the hunt for the Iacon relics is the perfect set up for it.
ThermalsniperN7: And the villains from it could join up with the Decepticons to spice things up.
Dragon Emperor0: Same with Dom and the gang. Anyway guys, see you next time.