Chapter 32: Genisys
Genisys vs Decepticons: Alicorn (Ace Combat 7 OST)
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Clemens Heinrich: Awesome, although I hope eventually we also get a bit more of bionicle like a visit to aqua Magna
ThermalsniperN7: I'm honestly hoping to do that myself. It'd be pretty cool to head there… Though figuring just WHICH period of the Bionicle timeline to cover is something we haven't considered yet.
Dragon Emperor0: I'm sure we'll figure it out soon.
-Jasper, Nevada-
Three weeks had gone by since the biggest battle the Autobots had ever fought. Three weeks since Primus himself took action and aided them directly in order to stop Unicron.
Three weeks… Since Tiberius had been taken.
Everyone was worried sick about the group's first Bioformer, but none more than Tiberius' family, especially Miko.
This didn't surprise them since the Japanese girl was notably very possessive of her fiancé.
"What do they even want with the kid, anyway?" Ironhide questioned. "You saw what happened to him after Primus left his body. I really don't think he'd be of any use to them." He added.
"It is possible they could be attempting to revive him and turn him into a Decepticon. If they were to succeed, then things will turn dire faster than we can avert." Optimus stated in a grim tone.
"But given that we haven't heard a peep out of any of them lately, I'd wager that those efforts have been proving fruitless." Elita nodded, arms folded. "Tiberius saved me from remaining in stasis for eternity, so it personally aggrieves me that I can't return the favor when he needs us the most." She hissed.
"None of us like this any more than you do, Elita." Arcee sighed. "But Miko… Do I even need to say anything?" She asked rhetorically.
Off to the side, Miko was indeed looking unwaveringly worried. She wanted her finance back, but the group's longtime enemies had him. It pissed her off so much.
It didn't help that Octavian and Yang were far from pleased about not having seen their daddy for more than three weeks.
"Hey, we'll find him." Skids told her, the bot standing next to the female Bioformer. "And when we do, we'll make sure to gouge out one of Megatron's optics." He added with a chuckle.
"Yeah. They're gonna regret takin' him." Mudflap nodded.
"Prime!" Fowler yelled as he came on screen.
"We read you, Bill. What seems to be the problem?" Elita questioned as she answered.
"It's the 'Cons! They're targeting the military facility they hit months ago!" The man exclaimed in reply.
"Aw shit, here we go again." Wheelie groaned as he hopped down from the coffee table.
"Don't these guys ever learn?" Sierra groaned.
"Apparently not." Jack sighed in reply.
"Agent Fowler, withdraw your men. We will deal with the Decepticons." The Prime told the man.
"Will do, Prime. And be safe." The man nodded.
(Elsewhere)
-Shortly after the battle in Earth's core-
Meanwhile, Megatron now stood in the Nemesis med bay with Knockout, Blitzwing and Breakdown. On the examination table, there was a closed up protoform-like figure, silver and dull gray in color and seemingly lifeless at the current moment. Its fists were clenched tight.
"So you mean to tell me that Creator regressed to… this? Just after he put the big guy back to sleep?" Breakdown asked, scratching his head.
"That is what I witnessed." Megatron nodded in reply. "He was possessed by Primus for a time before our life giver seemingly combined his spark with Unicron's, seemingly destroying both in the process." He added.
"It would seem that he's regressed back to a point between Protoform and Fully Forged Cybertronians. He has no alternate mode or set appearance, but isn't as barren as a simple Protoform." Cold Blitzwing noted, stroking his chin.
"Even with that in mind, just what do you want with him?" Knockout questioned.
"I want you three to see if he can be revived as a Decepticon. Turning him to our side will be a significant boon, and destroy the morale of the Autobots." The warlord explained with a dark smile, envisioning how the Autobots would despair at seeing one of their own corrupted into an enemy, especially Octavia.
The perfect revenge for what she did to Ruin.
"I'm not sure how that would work." Random chimed in as he swapped faces.
"Yeah, I'm not exactly well equipped for that kind of job." Knockout nodded.
"Neither am I." Breakdown added, showing his hammer for emphasis.
"At least revive him only, if nothing else." The warlord told them, unperturbed. "If he lacks his memories, then it should at least make indoctrination easier." He added.
"... I suppose we could at least manage that." The surgeon mused after a beat passed.
"Yes." Cold nodded as they got to work.
(Timeskip)
-Present time-
Meanwhile, in present time, the Autobots arrived at the base that the cons were hitting, and they soon took notice of the fact that they were making their way into a ground bridge that just opened.
"Not without me they're not!" Octavia growled as she transformed and sped after them.
"Hey, wait!" Arcee called as she transformed and drove after her.
"Ah, scrap! There they go!" Bulkhead groaned.
"Octavia, Arcee! Stop!" Optimus tried to order, but the two ignored him and beelined their way into the ground bridge just as it closed. "Oh dear…" He sighed.
(Elsewhere)
The three Decepticons had been working to revive the Stasis Locked Creator for three weeks to no sort of avail. Despite their efforts, they couldn't revive him.
However, this changed when Arcee and Octavia busted down the door of the Nemesis looking for him, and caused the offline bot to shake and his hands to open, releasing two objects.
Those objects were the Mote of Light and Shard of Darkness that the hybrid had acquired prior to the assault on Unicron's spark.
"Damn it, of all the times for a raid on the Nemesis to happen!" The spider femme cursed in frustration from the lack of success and the timing of the raid.
In the confusion, Blitzwing unwittingly kicked the seed of light across the floor, while Breakdown bumblingly kicked it right at the shard of darkness—causing the two to combine, and bounce around the room, causing the group to hit the deck.
"Curse my clumsy self!" The random face cried rather comically as the combined object kept bouncing around, destroying a few pieces of equipment.
"Dammit! Do something you idiots!" Airachnid yelled as the object kept bouncing.
"I got it!" Knockout yelled as he jumped at it, only for it to slip out of his hands.
"Don't got it." Breakdown gulped as he fell to the ground while trying to grab it himself as the bouncing combination of light and dark bounced on a corner straight to the ceiling…
And then it bounced straight down and stabbed itself right into Creator's spark chamber!
"Uh oh… That may end badly." Red face gulped as he took over.
The protoform started spasming, the contrasting energies surging through its body. After a few minutes, it stopped. A few beats passed before it started moving and got to its feet.
Seconds later, it shot up and was engulfed in light and then surrounded in a cocoon of Stasis crystals–which shattered seconds later, revealing the Autobot's new form.
He now looked much like a traditional Cybertronian, with a helmet similar to Optimus' and shoulder armor like Megatron or the last prime as well.
His body was colored gold and silver, like before, with black joint sections. His optics retained their green color and he had a silver colored metallic cape of sorts that looked like it was made of individual swords or… rotary blades? Turbines? Panels? It was hard to tell.
In his right hand was his glaive, which now looked like a golden bident.
He was also much taller, possibly more than even Megatron and Optimus put together.
He looked… Like many depictions of Primus from Cybertronian legends.
"Ugh… What hit me?" He groaned, holding his head. Moments later though, everything came rushing back to him seconds later. "Oh yeah, that." He nodded as he stood up, seeing the three cons in front of him.
"Creator?" Knockout questioned as he looked at the bot as he turned to them.
"No, not anymore." The newly revived son of Primus said as he formed a solar light grenade in his hand. "Call me, Genisys." He added as he threw the ball of solar fire at them, causing it to explode.
"IT BUUUURNS!" Random Blitzwing cried in agony as his body was singed and melted in a few spots, along with Knockout and Airachnid.
"MY PAINTJOB!" The automobile enthusiast cried comically. Typical of him, honestly. "Prepare for surgery!" He yelled as he lunged at the bot, only to be backhanded into the wall.
Genisys then looked at Blitzwing and smirked as he got a wonderful idea. An awful, wonderful idea.
Grabbing the Decepticon by the face, his hands started to glow a multitude of paracausal colors as his new powers aided him in extracting something from the con's mind.
That being the ability to have multiple alternate modes.
"There it is." He grinned as Blitzwing screamed before he let go, allowing the con to fall to the ground, unconscious.
After that, he transformed his arm into a canon and blasted a hole in the wall, revealing the outside and jumped out before jumping out and beginning to fall to the ocean below.
He had work to do.
This ended up being what Megatron was greeted with when he entered a moment later and saw the state of the room.
"What happened here?!" The warlord demanded.
"Ngh… The boy woke up…" Airachnid groaned, nursing a burn on her face. "Not only that, he remembers who he is somehow." She added.
"And then he blasted his way out of the ship!" Random Blitzwing added, pointing to the hole leading to the outside.
"Blast it all!" Megatron yelled angrily. "Decepticons! This is Megatron; I want a squadron of Seekers to follow me after Creator! He has been revived and fled the Nemesis!" He exclaimed over the intercom as he jumped out of the hole, obviously not knowing of the name change the Bioformer had done to himself.
(Elsewhere)
Meanwhile with the two femme two wheelers, they were tearing through the Nemesis like a pair of bats outta hell, right before Megatron's announcement and the rumble caused by Genisys' departure rocked the ship and caused them to grind to a halt.
"Okay, what was that?!" Arcee shouted as she transformed along with Octavia.
Before the sound femme could answer…
"Decepticons! This is Megatron; I want a squadron of Seekers to follow me after Creator! He has been revived and fled the Nemesis!" Came the voice of Megatron over the intercom.
"Well, at least we know Tiberius is okay!" Octavia blurted.
"Not if Megatron gets his hands on him again! We gotta get after him, now!" The blue femme exclaimed as she transformed again with Octavia, the latter taking point as they headed for where the disturbance was.
(Elsewhere)
Meanwhile, Genisys let himself fall from the sky towards the ocean, before he got himself into a feet first position, his arms folded.
"Foot dive!" He yelled as he crashed into the water, right as Megatron and the seekers arrived, causing them not to notice that Starscream landed on the Nemesis unhindered, and saw what was going on.
'Hm… I suppose the human saying "be thankful for your blessings" fits this moment.' The former Seeker thought as he observed the chaos while infiltrating the Nemesis.
Back with Genisys, he noted that as he sank, he didn't really feel the need to breathe much like he did in space. Definitely handy; Hell, he might as well consider the ocean another layer of the atmosphere in Bioformer mode.
As he sank, he soon saw that he was passing by a particularly new class of naval warfare vehicle, specifically the carrier submarine known as the Alicorn.
It was long and sleek, as befitting a submarine… Except it was the length of an aircraft carrier. Genisys could see the catapult system at the front of the vessel along with the arch shaped sail, where two elevators for aircraft were safely shielded.
'Hello, new vehicle mode.' The Bioformer thought with an evil smirk as he scanned the vessel.
Before the crew of the Alicorn could notice him, he transformed and moved to where he knew Megatron and the seekers would be, before heading to the surface.
(Elsewhere)
"Argh! Where is he?!" Megatron yelled in frustration as he and his Seekers circled the area where the Bioformer sank beneath the waves.
Before one of the Seekers could say anything, another spoke up.
"Lord Megatron, I have a reading on his signature! He's surfacing!" He exclaimed.
"Ah, good. Prepare to incapacitate him for capture!" The warlord ordered as he waited for his target to become visible.
When he did… He was not ready for what he saw.
Instead of a simple Bioformer surfacing, what he witnessed was a massive golden vessel breaching the surface of the water. It was big enough for Megatron to land on if he hadn't picked up the signature he was chasing coming from it.
"C-Creator?!" Megatron stuttered over the comms in utter shock.
"It's Genisys now, Megatron." Genisys corrected in reply as anti aircraft and modern turrets rose up. Gatling cannons, mini guns, and twin railguns came out as well. "How do you like my new vehicle mode? It's a human design, and a good one." He boasted.
"You think all of those weapons will protect you from me?!" Megatron roared in challenge.
"Not only do I know they will, the rail guns can also do this." The gargantuan Bioformer chuckled as he took aim not at Megatron, but at the Nemesis with his twin railguns… And fired at the ship.
He ended up scoring a direct hit on one of the engines, a blow not powerful enough to knock it out of the air, but enough to deliver a 2nd act panic to all aboard… Minus Octavia and Arcee, but Genisys didn't know they were there.
"Still think you can survive a shot from my weapons Megatrash?" The son of Primus questioned.
"Grr… Decepticons, withdraw! We can't take on Genisys when those guns are aimed at the Nemesis!" He ordered as he retreated with his Seekers.
"That's what I thought." The reborn hybrid chuckled as he retracted his weapons.
Before he could leave, though…
"Tiberius, where are you?!" Octavia's voice exclaimed over the comms.
"Down in the water, I just scanned an alternate mode." The bot replied. "Fuck, I missed the sound of your voice…" He sighed.
"I missed yours too, honey." The sound femme sighed, relieved to hear his voice again. "Stay where you are. Arcee and I will come to you, and then we can ground bridge back home." She told him.
"I'm not going back. Not yet, anyway." Genisys replied, much to her indignation.
"What reason could you possibly have for not wanting to go back home now?!" His lover demanded.
"I pulled the data I need to have multiple vehicle modes from Blitzwing, so I'm gonna go have a look around for some that'll suit me." The male Bioformer replied.
"Tiberius, we can have Fowler get you some to choose from later, now come on!" His wife-to-be groaned.
"Plus, I'm pretty sure you might actually be hungry. Dying and being reborn does that, right?" Arcee chimed in.
"... Okay, point made. Jump out of the Nemesis and look for a golden ship in the water. That's me." He conceded since he would like to eat something right now.
His fiance's reason was good as well.
A moment later, he saw the two falling to the ocean and started making his way toward them, putting his new engines to the test.
He reached their landing point just in time, allowing them to land on his flight deck.
"... This is your new vehicle mode?!" Arcee shouted in shock, just now realizing the scale of how big it was. "But-But no Cybertronian can turn into anything this big unless they were already the right size!" She yelled.
"Uh, didn't you guys know a Con named Astrotrain who could stretch out his body to become a full train and space shuttle?" Genisys questioned. "And what about the Predacons? Those things were huge, if the images I saw were accurate!" He added.
"Well, yeah, but I wasn't expecting you to be like Astrotrain!" The blue femme exclaimed.
"I'm just glad that I'm near you again." Octavia sighed as she knelt down and rubbed the flight deck.
"Same here, hon." Genisys replied softly. "Now, both of you head for my elevators under my sail and I'll lower you below deck. We're going underwater until we reach land." He told them.
The two femmes did as told and were lowered into the Bioformers spacious hanger bay.
Then Genisys flooded his ballast tanks and submerged, making his way to the nearby island he picked up on his radar.
(Elsewhere)
Meanwhile back at the base…
"Attention Autobot Outpost Omega-1. This is Genisys Prime. I'm stranded on an island in the Pacific and require an immediate Ground Bridge. Please respond." The voice of Genisys said as everyone heard the communication.
"Tiberius? Is that you?" Sierra gasped.
"Good to hear your voice, pal!" Ironhide laughed.
"Why are you referring to yourself with a new name?" Optimus felt the need to question.
"Because I got a new look after I was reborn. Alpha Trion mentioned it before, remember? You'll see it when I'm back." The golden Bioformer replied.
"He's not lying." Octavia chimed in, sounding more content than she had ever been in the past three weeks.
"I'm locked onto your coordinates. Activating the ground bridge now." Ratchet replied as he turned on the in house portal.
A moment later, Arcee and Octavia walked through, and right behind them was Genisys. The moment the rest of the Autobots saw his appearance, they had to do a double take.
"P-Primus?!" Ratchet gasped, causing Octavia to burst out laughing while Arcee chuckled.
"Called it!" She howled, holding her sides.
"No, Ratchet, I'm not Primus." Genisys chuckled.
Optimus stepped forward and inspected his new look, looking genuinely surprised by it.
"You said you would look different, but I did not expect you to resemble our earliest depiction of Primus." He commented, reigning in his emotions.
"It is definitely interesting, though." Elita hummed. "I guess this is Primus' way of confirming you're his direct descendant." She mused.
"I'm in need of a few more alternate modes." Genisys said as he turned back into Tiberius, showing that he looked much more mature than he was before.
He was, mercifully, wearing a gold, silver and black jumpsuit (fat chance of his pre-rebirth clothes surviving the process) that showed just how muscular he was. He had a runner's build mixed with a light boxer's build, and his hair now reached his shoulders. He also has a blonde light stubble.
"Going to need a haircut…" The boy sighed right as his family ran to and hugged him.
"We missed you so much after what happened in the core." Serena sighed in relief, more than happy that her son returned to them.
"You missed quite a lot. You've been gone for three weeks." Mathias told his son.
"I think we can all agree that I can be caught up over some food." Tiberius sighed as he relaxed in his parents' and fiance's embrace. "Seriously, I've been back in life for about an hour and I'm starving." He added as his stomach rumbled.
"I think we can do that." Serena nodded as Miko handed the twins to their father, the two clinging to him tightly.
"Daddy's back, kids." He chuckled as he held his children close.
(Later)
A couple of hours later, after having a dinner of a KO burger double bacon Beese Churger combo, Tiberius let out a sigh as he laid in his bed, the twins sound asleep in their crib.
"What kind of vehicle modes are you thinking about taking on?" Miko questioned as she came out of the bathroom in a bathrobe.
"I'm thinking of scanning an AC-130, a B-52 and some kind of tank. Haven't decided which one yet." The teen shrugged as his bride-to-be crawled on top of him and straddled his waist.
"You're gonna be a one man arsenal at this rate." She chuckled. "... Think you can share the multi-form data you pulled with me? I wanna get my own second vehicle mode, too." She requested as she wrapped her arms around her lover's neck.
"Sure." He nodded, hugging her close. "How's your application for citizenship going?" He questioned.
"The office I went to said that since your parents decided to take over as my host parents I can keep going to school here until I graduate at 18, and by then, we'll need to marry so that I can start the three year waiting period." The girl replied. "But she said that seeing as I have two children who are automatically citizens, I could get my citizenship as soon as we get married." She amended.
"Then I will happily help you become an American citizen." Tiberiis smiled as he kissed his fiance.
"Mmmm… Tiberius?" Miko hummed as the two separated.
"Yeah?" The boy hummed with a smile.
"You remember the promise we made?" She questioned, slowly starting to let her robe slowly slide off her naked body, which had become even more voluptuous ever since becoming a mother.
"Not even dying can make me forget that, you minx." Tiberius chuckled. "But you'll need to get me out of this jumpsuit first." He added.
"Easily done." Miko purred as she reached behind his neck and pulled the spinal zipper down.
Once it was off… Well, do we really need to say what happened with them?
(Elsewhere)
Meanwhile, back with the Decepticons, Megatron was inspecting the space bridge his people were working on—and was pleased that things were back on schedule.
"Breakdown, Lugnut, how goes the construction today?" He questioned.
"We are almost finished, Lord Megatron." Lugnut replied.
"With the power source, we should be in business by the end of the week." Breakdown nodded.
"Excellent." The warlord nodded, right as Soundwave flew into the cave. "Soundwave, I wasn't expecting you, is something wrong?" He questioned.
In response, the silent Decepticon showed an image of Cybertron on his screen-like face, before a transmission could be heard.
"Cybertron Decepticon base Diacon 17A9. Message: SOS. Messenger Shockwave." The message played on a sort of loop.
"Shockwave lives?!" Megatron gasped in surprise before regaining his composure. "It appears that we will be conducting a rescue operation once the Space Bridge is online." He declared.
"We will double our efforts so that we may retrieve our beloved comrade, my lord. Rest assured, it will be done." Lugnut told him.
"See that you do." Megatron nodded, idly fiddling with a vial of Cybernucleic Acid, Ruin's. "Soundwave. Send the first set of coordinates decoded from the Iacon database." He told the spy. "I have other things to attend to…" He hummed, walking out of the cave, leaving Soundwave to finish his own tasks.
Dragon Emperor0: Hey guys. Well, this is it, the hiatus is finally over. And as you can see, we decided to have Season 2 start off with bumping a couple things up and down the timeline to better fit what we had in mind for this season narratively speaking.
ThermalsniperN7: Like excluding how Season 2 originally started, since Optimus didn't sacrifice the wisdom of the Primes to put Unicron to sleep again. Oh, and since it's now a staple for Tiberius to have an Ace Combat vehicle for an alternate form, he is now able to turn into the notorious Alicorn. Before anyone says he shouldn't be able to: Astrotrain. Enough said. Thanks to the data he pulled from Blitzwing, he's also gonna have an AC-130, a B-52 (AKA Buffy the Forehead Slayer), the Doom Turtle and an A-1 Skyraider. Oh, and don't worry about the Doom Turtle; our boi won't be as slow as the OG one.
Dragon Emperor0: We have the Fat Electrician to thank for that. Anyway, this season will be a little different on account of us having more than a few original arcs that'll be taking place. Specifically we'll be starting off with these first: the "Ashes to New" arc that will address the aftermath of the Emberstone exploding in Japan, the "Real American Hero" arc that is a GI Joe crossover arc that also addresses the Autobots choice of siding with MECH to defeat Unicron, and the arrival of Cobra, and lastly the "Metru Nui" arc, a Bionicle arc that'll have a pretty… Sexy surprise for those fans of the movies.
ThermalsniperN7: That choice of words could give it away, but I've been wrong before. But yeah, Genisys will be taking a space trip to Aqua Magna in the Mata Nui arc and land in Metru Nui. Why? Because he wants to see if he can find any trace of the Bionicle people. He'll also pick up some new stuff as he goes (no spoilers), and I, myself, will have a blast writing that.
Dragon Emperor0: And I will be struggling on account of it being years since I even looked at anything Bionicle related. So that's basically what we have planned as far as characters go. Additionally, we plan on introducing a pair of characters in the form of Bioformers. Do the names Tarn and Galvatron mean anything to you guys?
ThermalsniperN7: If not, then they will when the time comes. Anyway, see you guys next time.