Chapter 6: Master and Student
Creator vs Madame Ruin and Skyquake: Straight to the top by Fabvl. /XXURzf1Ph8E
At the Autobot base, everyone was able to take a sigh of relief a few days after the explosion of the Space Bridge. Though this time of relief and reprieve was not shared by the leader of the team.
"Something wrong, Optimus?" Tiberius asked, noticing how distant his guardian was.
"No, Tiberius, it's just... A small part of me hoped to change Megatron's mind. Not extinguish his spark." The Autobot leader sighed.
"Megatron's existence has resulted in the loss of countless lives and worlds! His spark being extinguished is a blessing for the universe." Ratchet scoffed.
"Ratchet's right, besides, his death wasn't brought by you, but his own inflated ego." Tiberius nodded.
The red and blue Autobot sighed before a small explosion was suddenly heard. The noise caused the three of them to snap their heads in its direction.
"Son of a-!" Tiberius yelped.
"We're under attack!" The medic exclaimed as they ran over to the source… And found Bumblebee and Raf waving smoke away from the mini explosion.
"No attack Ratchet *cough cough* it's just my volcano." Raf told them. Said volcano then melted. "What's left of it." He sighed.
"What did you put in there? Nitroglycerin?" The blonde questioned. "Because last I checked, baking soda and vinegar does not explode."
"Hold still, Bulkhead. Jupiter needs its red spot." Miko said as the heavy Autobot held a replica of the solar system from his fingers. Right as she was about to apply said spot, she learned she took too much red paint when a small bit spilled. "Whoops." She got out.
"Maybe it needs one of these doohickies." Arcie suggested as she picked up an exhaust pipe from a motorcycle Jack was building.
"You're a motorcycle, Arcie. Shouldn't you know how to make a motorcycle engine?" Jack asked.
"You're a human, Jack. Can you build me a small intestine?" Arcie shot back in a sassy tone.
"Not in a shop, but maybe in a petri dish!" Tiberius chimed in.
"What is going on here?!" Ratchet asked.
"Just getting our science projects done." Sierra called as she worked on her biology project.
"It's a big part of our grade." Miko nodded.
"Ha! Good luck finishing them, I finished mine three days ago." Tiberius laughed.
"Which is on what again?" The cheer captain asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Genetics." The hybrid shrugged before he sauntered over to a crate. "And how they affect-." He added as he tapped the crate, causing it to fall apart, revealing a Cyberbite Serpent in a bullet proof glass cage. "Evolution." He finished as the serpent hissed at him.
"Huh. so that's what a living Cyberbite Serpent looks like up close." Raf mused as he walked up to its cage cautiously.
The snake vibrated it's metal rattles at the end of its tail as it glared at the boy before it struck and lunged at him, but was held back by the glass.
"Yep. Thanks to Ratchet, I now have graphs of both Cyber Nucleic Acid and Bionic Nucleic Acid to compare to human DNA and this little sucker." The boy nodded as he gestured to the charts and then the snake. "As proof of my research. I'm a shoe in for a top grade." He said proudly, though this seemed to concern Optimus.
"While I'm glad you're able to use your new experience to help you and your school better understand the possibility of life other than your own, are you sure it's wise to do such a thing so soon?" He questioned his pupil.
"Are you worried that they'll question where I got the information?" The boy asked.
"That is cause for concern, yes." The Prime nodded.
"Don't worry. I've got that covered." The green eyed boy told him.
(Elsewhere)
On the Decepticon ship, the Nemesis, Starscream was trying to boost the morale of his troops after the apparent demise of their leader, though it seemed that something caught his attention. Courtesy of Soundwave.
"What do you mean you've detected another 'Bioformer' on earth? I thought the one Optimus has was the only one!" The de facto leader asked his spy.
Soundwave uttered no words but rather pointed at the monitor before them at the unique Bioformer signature in the country of Japan. The action seemingly an attempt to urge the commander to look closer.
"... Impossible! This one has Dark Energon coursing through its veins?" Starscream questioned, getting a silent nod from Soundwave. "This must be investigated immediately, Let's go, Soundwave." He beckoned.
The spy nodded silently as the two left.
(Elsewhere)
Meanwhile in Japan, the girl who was revealed to be the Bioformer was walking down the streets of the city of Tokyo, and was sashaying her hips from side to side as she twirled a flip blade razor in her hands, one that she got from a gangster she just killed.
"It sure is fun killing someone who's trying to get in your pants." She grinned wickedly.
She then entered an apartment building and went to the roof to just take in the sighs. Her moment was interrupted when she heard two things crash behind her. Turning around, she blinked when she saw two giant robots standing there.
"Okay, who are you two supposed to be?" She asked bluntly.
"You certainly have an attitude, don't you?" Starscream scoffed. "If you must know, I am Lord Starscream, leader of the Decepticons. I am here to extend an offer of alliance to you, Bioformer." He told her. The girl's stance instantly became guarded as she glared at them.
"How do you know about that?!" She hissed.
"Because we've already met someone who's just like you." The Seeker replied, causing her to pause.
"That's impossible." The girl said, shaking her head.
"Soundwave, perhaps it would be best if we gave our future recruit some… incentive to join our cause." Starscream said to his companion.
Soundwave nodded in agreement and showed the girl images of Tiberius and even showed her footage of him transforming into Creator when he infiltrated the Nemesis to rescue Fowler. The girl looked at the images with wide eyes of shock upon realizing she wasn't alone in the world.
The girl then gained a wicked grin as she looked at the two. "Alright, you've twisted my tailpipe. I'll join." She told them. "My name is Jenova Oda. But you can call me…" She said as she glowed purple and transformed.
Her new form was almost exactly like Arcie as far as frame and figure was concerned. But she was a bit bulkier and had car headlights on her chest, a grill at either side of her collar area, doors on her arms and back, wheels on her shoulders and legs, and lastly a headdress almost identical to Arcie's. Her color scheme was purple, black and neon green. She also apparently had two Makuta styled Bionicle masks on her chest as hood ornaments.
"Madame Ruin." She introduced herself with a bow.
"Welcome to the Decepticons, Madame Ruin." Starscream smirked before taking notice of the masks and grinned. "And I see that you're in possession of two Bionicle relics as well. Splendid." He nodded in approval.
"A gift from my dearly departed grandfather, Unicron, the destroyer." The femme fatale grinned as she stroked the masks on her chest. The Seeker's processor nearly short circuited when she admitted to Unicron being her ancestor.
"Unicron is your ancestor?" He asked with wide optics before shaking his head. "Nevermind that for now. You can share the details when we return to the Nemesis." He decided.
"I'll need a lift since I can't fly." Jenova told him.
"Of course…" The commander sighed. "Lord Starscream to Nemesis, send an immediate ground bridge to my coordinates."
"Roger that. Sending one your way." A Vehicon replied right as a portal opened on the rooftop.
"Alright, time for me to meet the rest of the army." Madame Ruin chirped with a grin as she sauntered through the portal, Starscream and Soundwave in tow.
(Elsewhere)
Tiberius was sitting across from the others as he watched Miko marvel at his Cyberbite Serpent, and the blonde was looking back at an art pad he had with him as he was sketching the girl while she did so.
"Did evolution cause them to go extinct naturally?" Jack pondered as he looked at the alien snake from afar with Sierra doing the same beside him.
"I don't think so. I think they simply adapted overtime before they evolved into the cybertronians we know today." Tiberius hypothesized as he continued to draw Miko. 'My god, how does she have such a bottom focused figure? Does she do polities or something?' He thought as he marveled at the girls legs, hips, and rear while sketching said areas.
"That theory is actually one that Cybertronians came up with long before the war." Ratchet nodded.
"Cool!" Miko said as she watched the snake stare at her intently. "... Hey, do you think that since Primus made a Bioformer, Unicron did the same thing?" She asked.
"Probably. And since I'm also descended from a famous human, it wouldn't be much of a stretch to assume that Unicron made another Bioformer that's also descended from an infamous human." Tiberius nodded as he continued sketching.
"Any particular figures from history come to mind?" Sierra questioned.
"Two that come to mind for this potential second Bioformer are either Adolf Hitler or Nobunaga Oda." The golden haired boy mused.
"That's true… What the-?" Jack said before the alarms went off while Bumblebee was helping Raf with his project.
"Exposed energon, and… a reading of Dark Energon?" Ratchet said in slight shock.
"What gives? I thought Megatron died when the Space Bridge exploded!" Jack exclaimed in disbelief.
"Wait, hold on…" Ratchet said as he did another scan, and revealed something else. "Oh dear… Optimus, it looks like Tiberius isn't the only Bioformer on the planet." He told his leader seriously. Said boy snapped his head his way as he set down his sketchpad.
"Huh?!" He gasped.
"This can't be good." Bulkhead groaned.
"If this new Bioformer has already joined the Decepticons, then it looks like we may have a hard fight on our hands." Optimus stated gravely.
"Great…" Tiberius sighed as he set his sketch pad down, which got the attention of Miko.
(Elsewhere)
"Can you explain to me again why we're in the middle of nowhere?" Madame Ruin asked as she examined her nails to try and stave off her boredom.
"Because we're trying to locate a Decepticon warrior that was put into stasis in this area." Starscream told her in annoyance, having been asked the same question numerous times already.
"Okay, but why am I here specifically? Seems like rousing the troops is your department, Herr Kommandant." The femme stated as she used a German title for Starscream.
"It. Is. Lord, to you." The seeker snapped. "And while that is true, you may not realize that not every soldier is as accepting of my authority as you are." He told her. "Which is where you come in, as my enforcer, Madame Ruin." He explained.
"So I just gotta force him to submit. Seems easy enough." The femme fatale shrugged. A moment later, Soundwave started making beeping noises that indicated he found what they were looking for.
"Excellent. Come, we have a soldier to revive." Starscream grinned.
(Elsewhere)
"Okay so what should we do?" Tiberius asked as he got up and walked over to Optimus while transforming.
"We go investigate what the Decepticons are doing while you evaluate this new Bioformer's strength." Optimus told his charge.
"Sounds like a plan to me." The boy nodded as Bumblebee joined them as they stepped through the Ground bridge. After that, the others were left with silence for a moment.
"... Should we be worried about the new Bioformer?" Miko asked in equal curiosity and worry.
"Depends on if it's as inexperienced as Tiberius is." Arcie shrugged.
"Let's hope he can pull through, then." Raf sighed as he went back to work on his volcano. The others nodded and went back to work on their projects with Ratchet insisting on helping them for some reason.
(Elsewhere)
"Soundwave, the cube." Starscream said to his spy, and took an energon cube from him and put it in a slot on the stasis pod, causing it to activate. "The energon infusion is working!" He grinned as the doors opened and a hulking Decepticon stepped out. "Rise, Skyquake and come to serve your new master!"
"I only have one master." The large Cybertronian stated. Before Starscream could start rambling, Madame Ruin beat him to the punch.
"Your master being?" She inquired.
"The leader of the Decepticons, Megatron." Skyquake spoke.
"Uh, hate to break it to ya handsome, but last I checked, Megatron's dead." The granddaughter of Unicron told the brute. This caused the ancient warrior to look at her in disbelief.
"Impossible." The brute said in denial.
"Unfortunately, Skyquake. Madame Ruin is very much correct." Starscream nodded with feigned grief. "Our dearly departed Lord Megatron died during an explosion of our space bridge at the hands of his enemy, Optimus Prime."
'Yeah, good luck fooling me with that bullshit.' The femme of the group thought as she rolled her optics. She could see through his act clear as day.
Skyquake then faced Soundwave. "Is this true? Is lord Megatron truly one with the Allspark?" He asked pleadingly. Soundwave sighed as he showed the video from the accident, surprising both new Decepticons.
"I knew he was dead, but I didn't think it was because of that." The female hybrid admitted in surprise.
"The truth is often… Hard to accept." The Seeker nodded. Then Soundwave picked an incoming Cybertronian signal, one that was airborne. "Hm? An airborne signal?" He muttered in confusion. There weren't any other fliers in the area, were there?
"Uh, Starscream?" Madame Ruin said as she looked at the sky.
"What?" The commander questioned angrily.
"We got incoming!" She told him as a Golden flying Falken suddenly came dive bombing towards them.
"Blast it all! It's Creator!" Starscream exclaimed as the aforementioned Bioformer fired his gatling laser at them, forcing them to scatter. "If Creator is here, then Optimus is likely to be here, as well!" He growled.
Creator transformed and delivered a hard drop kick to the face of Soundwave and drove the shadow drone Decepticon's face into the ground. He then raised his finger at Starscream and then started firing rapid fire gold finger beams at the seeker while laughing like a madman.
"That's right! Dance for me like the monkey you are! Dance!" He cackled as he kept firing at Starscream, who was panicking and trying not to get hit while he was screaming. The golden bot's behavior made Madame Ruin look at him in amusement.
'Not gonna lie, this is a good show to watch.' She thought with a grin as Starscream found a shot making home in his left foot, causing him to yelp.
Though this was cut short when Creator turned and delivered a roundhouse kick to the femme's face, causing her to crash in Skyquake's empty stasis pod.
"Well that was rude, hitting a lady like that." She stated as she got up with a miffed look. The golden Bioformer faced her before raising his hand and more gold energy formed in it.
"Bitch, you are no lady." He retorted as he blasted her. He then turned to Skyquake and then started fighting him in hand to hand, and apparently, the Bioformer had figured out how to boost his kicks with rocket boosters on his legs.
"Gr! You're good, but can you truly match up to me?!" Skyquake growled as he tried to land a blow with right hand only for Creator to catch it and deliver a knee to the large Decepticon's chin.
Skyquake stumbled back before he pulled out a minigun and started firing, but the Bioformer was quick to block it by telekinetically moving a boulder into the path the attack and creating a smokescreen of fragments, which Creator used to lunge forward and punch Skyquake in the gut and make him kneel.
"Now, time for you to die." The golden hybrid said as he pointed his finger at the Con's head as gold energy gathered around it.
"NO!" Starscream yelled as he tried to save the ancient Decepticon. But as Creator was about to fire, Skyquake narrowly deflected the blast and delivered an uppercut to the Bioformer before decking him in the face, hard.
"Ngh!" The golden transformer grunted as he staggered back from the unexpected counterattack. Luckily for him though, Optimus and Bumblebee came driving up behind him right in the nick of time.
"Are you alright, Creator?" Optimus questioned.
"Yeah, I'll live." He replied.
"Oh joy. You're here, Optimus." Starscream grunted in irritation. "Well, I believe it's time we left, wouldn't you say, Soundwave?" He asked, getting a nod from the spy. "Skyquake, Madame Ruin, I leave the demise of these Autobots to your capable hands." The Seeker told them as he and Soundwave flew away.
"So that's the name of the new Bioformer, huh?" Creator muttered as he deployed his blades. "Think you guys can handle Skyquake?" He asked his companions.
"Bumblebee?" The Prime nodded.
[Gimme a minute.] He agreed.
"Alright guys, let's get these chumps." Creator nodded. Up on a ledge, Starscream and Soundwave continued to monitor the confrontation, that is until Soundwave picked up another life signal.
"What? Another signal? … In orbit?" Starscream muttered in confusion before realization set in… Megatron still lived. "No, that's impossible, delete the coordinates, your sensors must not be working properly." He snapped before sighing. "Oh what am I saying?" He muttered. "Clearly this must be investigated. But remain here, record everything, for when Skyquake and Madame Ruin destroy Optimus Prime and his allies, I must bear witness." The seeker said as he dived and flew off into space.
"Must bear witness." Soundwave parroted before sending Laserbeak to follow Starscream.
(Meanwhile)
Skyquake was getting pounded by Bumblebee and Optimus, however when he pulled out his minigun he ended up pinning them down.
"It seems Skyquake has not yet acquired a vehicle mode." Optimus whispered to Bumblebee. The scout nodded before both transformed and put themselves in full reverse.
"I see that time has made you a coward, Prime!" Skyquake growled as he gave chase.
With Creator and Madame Ruin, the two were currently engaged in a clash of blades as they glared into each other's optics. Both seemed almost evenly matched, to a point, and that made it hard to end the fight quicker.
"HAH!" Creator roared as he summoned the Mask of Light and used it to absorb the sunlight around him and then channeled it to his face and shot it at her. "Solar FLARE!" He yelled.
"AAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH! MY OPTICS! I CAN'T SEE!" The femme screamed as she grabbed her face in agony before the other Bioformer landed a series of blows on her that resulted in her getting knocked out for the time being.
Though this moment of reprieve was interrupted by Skyquake blasting past him in a new vehicle mode. "Oh for the love of-!" He said as he whirled around before transforming and chasing the Decepticon.
"Do you honestly believe you can best me in the skies?!" The Decepticon growled at his pursuer.
"Oh I don't think. I know." The golden flier stated as another jet flew up beside him.
"Want some help with this?" The voice of Fowler offered from the jet.
"If you think you can keep up, yeah." Creator replied, then he saw Bumblebee climbing up a cliff side that was to Skyquake's right. "Hey Fowler, how do you feel about a little game of three way chicken?" He questioned the agent as he gave Skyquake a hard nudge closer to where Bumblebee was headed.
"I like the sound of that. Let's do it!" The agent replied with a grin. Fowler quickly got Skyquake to follow him and then ditch him in a passage of the canyon where Bumblebee was, while Creator attacked him from the front, and as the two planes flew at each other, Creator transformed and grabbed him by the nose and hurled him towards the cliff where Bumblebee was.
"He's all yours Bumblebee!" He called.
[Aw yeah!] The yellow bot cheered as he leapt onto Skyquake and started giving him problems.
"Get off of me, Autobot!" He roared as he flew around to try and get him off.
[See ya, sucker!] The scout yelled as he sent the jet Con crashing to the ground in a fiery heap.
(Elsewhere)
Starscream arrived at the site of the space bridge and looked around and saw no sign of Megatron at all.
"As expected. No one could have survived this." He sighed before he heard a pained groan… In the vacuum of space.
"Impossible." Starscream gasped as he followed the sound, and found Megatron, with a massive hole in his chest… Yeah he was in pretty bad shape.
As he approached, the injured warlord suddenly grabbed him before he was forced to release him due to the lack of strength. Starscream began looking him over, wondering how he was still alive. It was then that he took note of the Dark Energon shard in his spark chamber.
Starscream glared as he grabbed the shard and pulled it free. "Now stay dead!" He snapped as he kicked Megatron away, right as Laserbeak came into view. Optics wide, he quickly hid the shard behind him.
"Soundwave! You're here! I've found Lord Megatron and he's… not well, tell the ship to prepare sickbay, I will personally bring our master home." The seeker told Soundwave through Laserbeak, keeping the shard out of sight.
(Elsewhere)
Back with Optimus, Bumblebee and Creator, they were burying Skyquake after his spark was extinguished, however Madame Ruin and Soundwave were nowhere to be seen.
"It is unfortunate that it has come to this." The Prime sighed.
"The guy was a lost cause, Optimus." Tiberius sighed as he transformed. "I still can't believe that I'm not the only Bioformer in existence." He sighed again.
"It was bound to happen. There is always an equal and an opposite for every force in the universe." Optimus stated.
"Newton's third Law? Ha." The boy chuckled. "Come on, I got a genetics project to do." He said as the ground bridge appeared. The trio then went through and back to the base to get ready for what comes next.
(Later)
"... What exactly am I looking at?" Tiberius asked with a raised eyebrow as he looked at projects belonging to Jack, Raf, Sierra and Miko.
"... Cybetron/Some sort of crazy flipping machine/A Cybertronian Volcano/… Cybertronian plant life, apparently?" The four in question replied, not in that order, unsure of what they were supposed to be.
"... Guys?" The green eyed boy began.
"Yeah?" The four replied.
"Never let Ratchet help you guys with your science projects again." He told them. 'At least my genetics project is untouched.' He sighed internally.
"Hey, Tiberius." Miko said as she held up the boy's sketch pad. "You never told me you could draw." She added.
"I had a lot of spare time, so I decided to spend it on that." He shrugged, though he was sweating bullets on the inside. 'Please don't tell me she saw the drawing of her!' He begged inwardly.
"Really… Whoa, is my butt really that big? Weird." She mused as she looked at said drawing, causing Tiberius to die inside.
'FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!' He wailed despairingly in embarrassment in his thoughts. Sierra noticed this and giggled.
"What's up?" Jack asked the redhead.
"Tiberius just died inside." She whispered into his ear with a grin. The black haired boy looked at the Bioformer and snickered quietly at the look of comical despair in his eyes.
"Think he's crushing on Miko?" He whispered with his own grin.
"Oh, big time." The girl nodded.
(Elsewhere)
"Owww, headache." Jenova groaned as she sat on the counter of the medbay of the Nemesis. She had already reverted to her human form and was trying to get over the splitting headache she now had from her fight with Creator. Then she caught a glimpse of the currently comatose Megatron.
"Ya know, clean him up a bit and I can see why this guy has the loyalty of so many… and makes me wonder why femmes aren't flocking to him." She noted while whispering the last part. Curiosity getting the better of her, she climbed on top of his chassis so she could look his face over. Needless to say, she liked what she saw.
"Hubba hubba, come to momma!" The girl grinned. "Okay, I have got to figure out a way to get you off this slab." She continued, her grin never wavering as Dark Energon gathered in her hands.
Dragon Emperor0: … Is Jenova crushing on Megatron, or am I crazy?
ThermalsniperN7: I think she's crushing on Megatron. That feels like a paradox, for some reason. Also, yes readers. Jenova is descended from Nobunaga Oda. You know what that implies…
Dragon Emperor0: She is quite literally a She-devil. Especially since her given namesake is the alien mother of everyone's genocidal maniac: Sephiroth. She's evil all the way to the bone marrow. Also, who else feels sorry for Tiberius right now?
ThermalsniperN7: I do. Seriously, the poor boy's sketch pad got noticed by the girl he's crushing on when a picture of her ass is on it. Him dying inside was inevitable.
Dragon Emperor0: Well with an ass like that? Who wouldn't wanna immortalize it in sketch form?
ThermalsniperN7: Point made. Anyway, see you guys next time.