Transformers: Next Wave Chapter 12 Advent of a Hero -------------------------------------------------------- Vehitron broke the tense pre battle by firing on at Feral who lept aside and transformed to Beast mode running up the side of a wall. "Hold still and die you coward" Yelled Vehitron as he fired rounds off trying to blast Feral down. Feral sped down a long tunnel and Vehitron transformed into a tank persuing. He fired round after round some so close they singed Fera'ls whiskers. Feral turned around and transformed in mid air as he lept over Vehitron's shots. Vehitron transformed in time to meet Feral head on and grapple him. Both transformers wrestled each other. Feral's claws craped against the metal claws of Vehitron. Vehitron twisted beginning to topple Feral but Feral allowed both feet to leave the ground and planted them in Vehitron's chest propelling himself away. Feral grabbed a pipe hanging down and swung over it to the maze of support structures above. Feral stopped and looked down as vehitron scanned for his location. Vehitron raised his cannon and fired blasting away supports sending Feral scurrying for a foothold. Vehitron then sent flame bursting from his back as he flew up into the support structure locating Feral and firing on him. Feral evaded but found the explosion had knocked the structure away and he fell back to the floor below. Vehitron followed quickly with his thrusters firing full pushing him streight down. Vehitron smashed his massive metal arm down into Feral's chest. The force of the blow broke away the floor beneth and sent both robots falling into the darkness. Feral managed to land on his feet and found himself in a dark chamber. The floor beneth was a couple few feet under water. He looked around for Vehitron who's black boy would make for good concelament in these conditions. A red light found its mark and it's source indicated Vehitron's position. Feral dove to the side as a blast of Vehitron's canon flew out and he countered by throwing a few of his blades in that direction. Metal scraped metal with the sparks indicating that Feral had landed his mark. Vehitron plucked the edged projectiles from his body and threw them back at Feral who evaded again. Feral Rushed in on Vehitron drawing his sword. Vehitron grasped the weapon's blade and twisted it around while Feral refused to relinquish his grip. Feral jumped over Vehitorn yeilding his sword and landed a kick on the behemoth robot's back without doing much damage. Vehitron turned about smashing his arm into Feral sending him to the floor. Vehitron layed his foot down crushing Feral's stomach as he leaned over and pumeled with his fists. Smashing blow after blow Vehitron's sheer might tore away the floor beneth letting water pour down on their heads as they fell to the floor beneth. This room was filled with what appeared to be massive clockwork. It began to move first slowly then faster and faster. And the ship its self rumbled. He picked up the comotose Feral and dragged him to the gears then lifted him over his head. Feral opened his eyes to see Vehitron ready to cast him down into the machinery below. "Ashes to ashes Feral. Dust to dust." Vehitron threw Feral down whom immediately grapped the ledge. Vehitron approached the ledge placing his foot on Feral's hand. "There are only two forces in this world Feral. God and Devil. Which side are you on?" Feral snarled back. "I'm on the side of...FREEDOM!" He yelled as he reached up with his other hand grabbing Vehitron's ankle. pulling him over the edge with him. Vehitron activated his thrusters halting the fall and found Feral still hanging on dragging them down. "A pity. Such a heroic effort wasted." Said Vehitron as a sawblade in his arm spun up and he reached dwon severing his own leg at the ankle letting Feral fall into the machine beneth. Outside the waves of incoming drones halted. With robot parts still hanging from his blades Galvastorm noticed the end in the onslaught. Nightscream looked up. "Did he do it?" Galvastorm also looked up. "No something's happeneing." The massive ship in the air begain to shift. Soon it was clear. It was transforming. First there emerged a pair of legs and then hands. The body had finally takne shape when a head thrust up forming an enormous robot. "Lowly mortals how dare thee defy thy lord and master." It said. "Galvatron was right. That thing isn't a quintisan." Said Nightscream. The robot's feet hit the ground shaking cybertron its self. Areas covering miles were crushed under it's feet. "Behold I am OMNICRON and thy day of reckoning is at hand." rumbled its voice. Omnicron opened his mouth sending a laser spewing out blasting away the crust of cybertron and boaring a hole. "It's going for the core!" exclaimed nightscream. "Kill that son of a slagger before it gets there!" commanded Galvastorm of his troops. Inside Feral regained conciousness and looked around. He was precariously balanced on a large pipe with his limbs hanging only a few inches above the deadly machine. Somehow they had stopped. Whatever their dread task it was done. Feral prayed he wasn't too late. He carefully stood up and balanced on the pipe. Something felt strange. He looked down at his chest. He opened his chanber and removed the Matrix of leadership to see it shining gold and blue. He instinctively reached for its handles and began to pull. It's light bathed him. "You've done well. Through the oracle the matrix has been re energized." Said a familliar voice from nowhere. "Optimus Primal" Feral said amazed. Then another voice spoke up. "You are to become the savior of all cybertron. Prepare yourself." Feral recognized the voice as Neo Convoy. And another voice. This one Feral never having known in his lifetime but that which was known to all transformers. Optimus Prime. "NOW ARISE FERAL PRIME" The light of the Matrix engulfed Feral and his body grew and metamorphosed. Above Vehitron Had finnished repairing his leg when a bright light shot from below. He looked down the pit to see what lookedd to be a giant winged cheetah. "FERAL!" He yelled as the beast lept up on him and knocked him back. It then transformed into the Reborn Feral Prime. Two angelic wings extended from his back and his head was contained in a helmet that spoke of leaders past. He rushed in on Vehitron taking canon blasts to the chest with no damage aparent. He finally reached Vehitron and smashed his fists into the enormous robots head sending him staggering back. "I WON'T BE DEFEATED BY SUCH A WEAKLING!" Vehitron exclaimed putting full pwoer to his beam chanon. Feral was blasted back and fell to the floor. Vehitron stood over Feral. and powerd up another round. "NOT EVEN YOU CAN SURVIVE ONE AT POINT BLANK RANGE!" he said. Feral reached up and tried to turn Vehitron's canon away. Suddenly Vehitron halted and staggered back in pain. "NO STAY AWAY!" He Cried out. Then another voice materialized. "My son. I'm sorry for putting you in this position. I'm sorry. Now come come home." It said. Feral too heard the voice. "Rhinox!" Through Vehitron the voice spoke. "I am sorry for what my son has done. Please finnish this." Asked rhinox. Feral extended a pair of claws from his wrist and punched through Vehitron's chest. Smoke and fire spewed fourth as Vehitron fell over and exploded. Feral Nodded his head. "Goodbye Rhinox. And Vehitron I forgive you." Feral then converted back to beast mode and took off flying and tearing through wall after wall. He passed by The autobots and tore them an exit as he sped through the body of Omnicron. Finally on the outside Omnicron halted his tunelling efforts when an explosion issued from his body and the autobots, Geckobot, Flytrap, purplebolt and Feral poured out. Feral stood on the roof of the citidel again perched on it's highest point. A level below on the main section of the roof the other maximals gathered. It was now clear the change Feral had undergone. he stood more than four times the hight of even Galvastorm. He was nearly as big as Neo Convoy. And yet had the technorganic perfection, and Matrix and even the oracle. He had become the perfect transformer. "So this is Omnicron. I know what you are now. An abomination in the eyes of Primus. You're no god." Said Feral challenging the enormous robot. "Dare thou to defy my power? Then come and fight with me. We shall see who is closest to God." Omnicron demanded. Feral Complied and flew up into the air drawing a sword from what seemed thin air calling out "PRIMESABER!" He raised the sword high and it extended to a length equal to his own body. Feral with his sword drawn looked back to his comrads whom he must now protect. For all they'd done for him he wouldn't dare let them down now. Feral charged in as Omnicron fired off his massive mouth beam. Feral powerflew around even as the monstrous Transformer manuvered the beam with amazing accuracy. Feral continued his charge. Omnicron threw a mighty puch smashing into Feral and Feral seemed to dissapear into the enormous fist. A moment later Omnicron wretched back as Feral plowed out through the other side. Omnicron Leet loose with eyebeams which hit Feral. Feral continued to fly through even this onslaught. Finally at almost no range Omnicron Fired his enormous mouth blaster which consumed Feral's figure completely and forced through tearaing away buildings and chunks of the planet. The beam seemed so powerful that it would tear Cybertron its self apart. Then something happend. The beam seemed to redirect upward. Purplebolt squinted to look in the distance. "IT'S FERAL!" She exclaimed. Feral with hands held out was turning the beam away from cybertron and slowly turning it back. Finally he did and it tore through Omnicron's chest. "THIS CANNOT BE!" Omnicron yelled out. Finally panels all over Omnicron's body began to open. Under each one a warhead large enough to wipe out cybertropolis. Omnicron targeted feral and let loose with ever last one. Feral flew streight up letting the missiles follow into space. Omnicron persued him already reloading his arsenal for a second barage just in case Feral Dodged. Feral seeing Omnicron at a safe distance from the planet rushed in to Omnicron. Omnicron realizing his own weapons were coming back on him targeted his own missiles and fired off his second barage. Feral flew off trying to escape the explosion but was engulfed as was Omnicron. Omnicron emerged from the smoke with his surface damaged but still intact. Feral floated out barely able to move and drifted in space. Seperate from his body The matrix of leadership and the Primesaber also floated. Omnicron reached out to Feral and grasped him in his multi mile wide fist and squeezed. Feral No longer had the strength left ot pull the same trick as before. And as the matrix drifted further he could feel his strength wayning. Feral glanced back to cybertron. But something was coming up through the atmosphere. It was purplebolt. Omnicron didn't bother to notice her as she took hold of the matrix and the Primesaber and threw them to Feral. as the matrix drifted closer Feral's strength increased. He freed his hands and took hold of the two sacred object.s He looked over to purplebolt who nodded to him and indicated that she couldn't hold her breath much longer. Purplebolt Flew away back down to the planet's surface as Feral extended the Prime saber even further to the length of a skyscraper and severed the hand of Omnicron. Omnicron opened his panels again as well as charged up a beam from mouth and eyes. He fired them all on one point in front of Feral resulting in an enormous explison. Before he was consumed Feral placed the matrix inside his chest and rushed through. The explosion parted as Feral piereced it and halted in front of Omnicron. He then flew streight up and raised up the Primesaber extending it even further beyond the eye's gaze. He flew streight down bringing down the migthy weapon on top of Omnicron tore through the mighty robot completely halving him. "Omnicron cried out as smoke and fire shot from his dissintegrating body with great force. "NO I AM PRIMUS! I AM THE UNIFICATION! I AM GOD!" The halves of Omnicron seperated and the enormous robot exploded in orbit around cybertron. The immense explosion engulfed all of Omnicron's body as well as Feral. Down on the planet Feral's allies and all of cybertropolis looked up to the sky alighted by Omnicron's destruction. "You son of a slagger you better not die." Said Galvastorm. Flytrap attempted to contact Feral by radio. "Feral Feral come in Feral! SLAG IT SPEAK TO ME! ARE YOU ALIVE WHAT CONDITION ARE YOU IN?" Ferals voice crackled on the radio. "I'm Feelin'...PRIME." Everyone looked up to see Feral souring down to them through the clouds. He landed next to his comrads. "Good to see you didn't bite it pussycat." Said Lastride. "I couldn't have done it without all of you. When I thought I was done for I could feel you all pulling for me. You gave me the strength to survive." Feral responded. "So that's it. The end of tyrants the end of bigotry. The end of war." Said Nightscream. "No that's the end of one tyrant. There will always be bigots and cybertron will see many more tyrants." Said Feral. "Yeah and we'll be here to kick their skidplates across the galaxy." Galvastorm replied. Geckobot stood back from the group. "Well I guess I should be going. In my future there are still things to be done. But keep an eye out for an eagar young recruit and don't let him slack off alright." Said Geckobot with a smile. The autobots approached Geckobot. "Hey lizard how about we lend a hand." Said Lastride. "HuH?" replied Geckobot. "what my brother means is. We can't really go back to the past since we know too much about the future. And old war machines like us just don't have a place here. So why don't we fight in your future." Said Longline. "Id like that." Replied Geckobot. The three dissapeared in a flash of light. Feral looked up at the sky. Shooting stars rained down lighting up the night. "All those who were sacrificed and all those who will have to remember these horrors. And when things seemed their worst the matrix lit our darkest hour." Feral Held the matrix up high over his head and yelled into the heavens. "TILL ALL ARE ONE!" -------------------------------------------------------------------