Transformers: Next Wave Chapter-11 screams in the darkness By: Fragraham Lincon ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Cybertron: a planet that will have watched the rise and fall of three great civilizations. First the Quintisans who created the planet. And were defeated by the power of their own creations the decepticons. Then came the age of autobots and Decepticons who consumed energon on a mass scale and sought other planets to complete their energy need. And their downfall by the energon they so desperately needed. and so were replaced by the Maximals and Predacons. and Then there came the age of Maximals and Predacons. Transformers who needn't worry about energy consumption. But the old energon wars of their predecessors had fueled hatred between their races and led to many wars. And now cybertron would see their downfall not by their own wars but by this thing called Omnicron. If history continues on this course. Cybertron will not see a fourth great civilization." Feral spread the foils on his back to Maximum width. He picked up flytrap and took a running start before leaping off the rooftop and gliding toward Omnicron. Geckobot transformed into beast mode and also took fligh. Lastride seperated the ends of his scythe revealing a long chain between. He hurled on end toward the ship getting a grip. Longline grabbed the end of the scythe with Lastride and they swung over to the ship. Aboard the ship the group met up. "Just like we planned everyone. This is our last stand. Now go and remember that the hope of cybertron is with us." Everyone split up. FLytrap and geckobot searched for a maximal signiture while the autobots followed the electric condoits hoping to find some sort of power center. Feral went off to Primus knows where. Hyrrying down the hallway Flytrap and Geckobot draw closer and closer to Purplebolt's signal. FLytrap's ear turns back. "Geckobot do you hear that?" a humming sound approaches the two maximals from behind. Then a jet zooms by firing off machine gun rounds. The gent makes another pass this time stopping in a still hover and transformes. Before Geckobot and Flytrap stands a robot with a large claw on one hand and a rocket launcher on the other. "I am called spystreak. You will not stop the great convergence." Is all it said before beginning it's assault. Spystreak launched a rocket at the two maximals. Both scurried up opposite walls as the racket impacted on the floor. Geckobot and Flytrap both transformed to robot mode and faced off with Spystreak. "Flytrap I've got more firepower. You go on and find Purplebolt. I'll stay and fight." Flytrap dashed by Spystreak as Geckobot launched an attack. Elsewhere the autobots were on their way. Amother jet larger than before buzzed by the autobots. then transformed. It didn't speak. aparently a drone. It looked a lot like skybolt only bigger. A sort of Ultra skybolt. on it's shoulders sat two heavy rocket launchers which it fired off liberally at the autobots. Longline jumped aside evading one missile as Lastride sliced at the other sending it spiraling harmlessly behind. Longline charged in sword swinging at skybolt. Skybolt attempted to fend off the blows with his claws and did quite well. Skybolt threw a punch kocking Longline back but didn't get much of a break as Lastride filled in swinging his scythe wildly. A twirl of the scythe had blade coming after blade like fighting a lawnmower. Skybolt prepared another missile and set it loose into Lastride's twirling weapon breaking it in half and blasting longline back. Skybolt transformed again and sped off down the long hall. Likewise the autobots transformed and gave chase. After a high speed run longline found himself out of roadway as lastride skid to the side and stopped bofore falling as well. With quick reflexes Lastride hurled his ccythe down on a chain to catch Longline. Longline looked below to see the long shaft. Around this wide open downward shaft Skybolt turned about and let loose witha string of bullets at longline severing the chain holding him up. Longline took a long fall down the shaft. "NOO BROTHER!" Lastride screamed. Longline reached around grabbing at wireds but found they snapped under his weight. He looked below seeing water approaching quickly. He transformed into vehicle mode and closed the convertable top attempting to trap as much air as possible. The air within the cab slowed Lonline's descent as he impacted in the water. The Hum of skybolt's flight could be heard even underwater. The jet was making another buzz. Bullets knifed through the water at Longline. Two rockets landed in the water next and shot off like torpedos. Lonline took a hit from them and floated back. Then another sound a scraping. Lonline looked up to see that Lastride was sliding down the shaft with his scythe tearing through the wall providing a brake. Lastride jumped from the wall and landed on top of skybolt. He hacked at the jet's cockpit untill it broke off forcing skybolt to transform. Skybolt moved his legs around and opened up two thrusters again giving him flight. Longline jumped out of the water hacking at skybolt with his sword. when skybolt had fended him off he found Lastride attacking and then longline agian. The brothers repeated this tag team blitzcrieg driving Skybolt back. With skybolt against the wall both autobots thrust their weapons at skybolt's rocket launchers and lept back. Skybolt took aim at them with his rocktes and prepared to fire. An explosion issued fourth from skybolt's weapons. The lower half of skybolt dove in a trail of smoke down to the water below and slashed down. Both autobots looked around and gathered their weapons. as they tried to figure a way out. Meanwhile in a dark camber flytrap looked around. He noticed a small light. A controll panel. He hit a few buttons and heard a shriek as the lights came on. He looked over to see a cage. Inside was Purplebolt who was rubbing her eyes trying to adjust to the light. "FLYTRAP!" She said happilly. "Purplebolt I came to get you out of here. Just give me a click and I'll get this thing open." Flytrap said but as soon as he started to examin the panel he heard a sound of metal against metal. Flytrap looked back to see purplebolt dusting off her claws outside the cage with the bars cut apart and lying on the ground. "Why didn't you just do that in the first place?" Asked Flytrap. "Well Vehitron was watching most of the time. Then he said something about settling an old score and left. I didn't know there was any way off this ship so I just waited for you guys." Purplebolt answered. "well let's get out of here" Geckobot was on the floor gasping for breath as Spystreak had his giant claw around his neck. Geckobot got a hand free and placed it on Spystreak's claw. Geckobot let off an electic charge into Spystreak. Skystreak was quickly accumulating damage but wouldn't release his grip. It seemed neither one would survive. Just as Geckobot was about to lose conciousness the claw fell. Geckobot looked over to see spysreak fall to the floor. Behind him stood Purplebolt and Flytrap with claws drawn. "You found purplebolt! Great! Now let's get out of here." Said Geckobot. They began to walk away but behind them Spystreak spoke. "Wait...I still function." Purplebolt turned back. "Come on Purplebolt we have to get out of here!" Said Geckobot. "It's spark is still burning. We can't abandon it." Flytrap replied. Purplebolt knelt at Spystreak's side. "I am free of the vehicon programing. My true name is Nightviper." Said Spystreak. "Hold on we'll take you to a cr chamber." Said Purplebolt. "Too late for that, but...thank you for saving my spark." Is the last Spystreak said before his eyes went dark and his spark extinguished. Purplebolt shook him screaming out with tears in her eyes. "NO PLEASE DON'T DIE!" Flytrap put a hand on Purplebolt's shoulder. "It's too late now. He's dead. This is the way things happen in war. It can't be expected that soldiers are the only casualties. The true horror of war is that the innocent also suffer." Said Flytrap. "Flytrap I never thought you'd say something like that." Said Geckobot. "Why? Because I don't like to fight? I'm not a coward you know. I just know how terrible violence can be." Flytrap replied. "All this time I wanted to be a fighter. I never thought that those who had no desire to fight would suffer too." Purplebolt said. Flytrap reached over and wiped a tear from here eye. "His spark is one with the matrix now. Now we have to fight. Because if we don't then not even the matrix will be safe." "But what about everyone who will be caught in between." "We can't help that. Our chance to avert battle has passed. Now we have no choice but to stand and fight." Geckobot looked on. He thought to himself of when he fled and left Feral in the future. And came back to the past. He failed to fight in that time. But while for the Maximals of this time it was the time to fight. For Geckobot this fight would be the chance to avert a terrible war in the future. "I am not a coward" Geckobot mumbled to himself. "What?" Flytrap asked as he walked by searching for an exit. "Nothing important" Geckobot replied as he, purplebolt, and flytrap began to make their escape. In the depths of the ship Feral was searching. Something strong was beating in his spark. "Welcome Optimus Feral. Or should I say Cheetor." Said Vehitron as he emerged from the darkness. Feral drew his sword. The one roving red eye of vehitron centered in on Feral. Both fighters took battle stances and prepared for one last battle. Outside amonth the mass of oncoming drones Nightscream looked to the ship. "Don't go dying on us Feral." ----------------------------------------------------------------------