by Ra88 » Tue Mar 28, 2006 7:10 am
Chapter 1
Road to Mount Olympus
Two lone figures walked through a large mountain range, snow falling down as the few stars in the sky cast their light over the landscape, giving it an almost magical aura. However, the pair didn?t care about this majestic beauty, and were concerned about just one thing...
,,Think Zeus will throw another banket??
,,Hmph. Hope so. Haven?t had a decent meal since we set out.?
Warpath grunted as he licked his tusks in anticipation as Snarl shook his head in annoyance. Warpath noticed this, and growled in annoyance at him, baring his tusks. Snarl gulped as he saw it, and quickly started walking faster, knowing better then to anger his friend when it came to his tablemanners. Snarl sighed as they kept walking through the snow trail, beforehe finally groaned and smashed a nearby rocks with his club, sending it flying to the other side of the mountain range.
,,Oh, that?s IT! I?m going to strangle Pegasus when we get there!?
,,As long as I get a leg or two.?
Snarl grinned at his friend when he saw drool dripping from one of the corners of Warpath?s mouth, before resuming their journey, walking and chatting (chatting from Snarl and grunting from Warpath at least)...
Gate to Mount Olympus, one day later
In one of the valleys below, a group of mountain goats playfully fought with each other while others grazed, content with the peaceful surroundings. The alpha male looked around and would have smiled if he was human, and then looked at his mate. Speaking of which, it seemed she was ready again. The goat happily charged up to her, jumped up and...
,,ACHOO!?
...Blinked at the weird sound that echoed through the mountains before he and his pack were crushed by one of the largest avalanches the region ever had. A few kilometers higher up, Warpath looked down before glaring at Snarl, who just smiled innocently.
,,He-he, eeer, oops??
Warpath roled his optics before he kept walking, and Snarl quickly followed him as he whistled innocently.
,,Sooooooooooooooo, how long till we?re there? Never used this road.?
,,We?re here.?
Snarl blinked as the two of them arrived at a large square gate, that was sealed off with bars as a strange glow eminated from it. Warpath transformed to robot mode, and growled as he shook the snow out of his fur.
,,You open it while I?m getting this damned ice out of my armor...?
Warpath growled as he grabbed an icepick before sitting down and getting to work on removing the ice from his legs. Snarl snickered as he saw it, but when Warpath started glaring at him he quickly turned around and walked towards the gate, knowing that it was also not wise to anger Warpath when he was removing the thing he hated most from his armor and fur. Snarl walked up to a nearby pedestal with an inbuild crystal control panel, and thought a bit before tapping a sequence of codes. He finally pushed a red crystal in the middle, and the gate opened, the area now being completely illuminated from the glow it eminated.
,,First one through gets to pick the nymphs!?
Snarl smirked as he ran through the gate, and Warpath growled as he jumped up before running after him.
,,Why you sneaky little...!?
But what he failed to notice was that high above them a vicious looking wolf was sitting on a ridge, keeping a calm face as he had observed the entire scene. As soon as the portal closed behind Warpath, the wolf transformed into a tall and slim warrior, his most prominent feature a wolf?s head on his shoulder. He kept the same calm expression as when he did in his beast mode, and looked at the control panel before tapping the side of this head.
,,My Lord, I have the codes to Olympus.?
,,Excellent! Proceed with the plan, Fenrir.?
Fenrir turned around as he heard a short buzzing, and briefly nodded at a femine figure that had seemed to come out of nowhere; various feathers covering her entire body while a veil covered her mouth.
,,Yes, Lord Megazarak.?
Fenrir taps the side of his head again, and then walks to the controlpanel. He nodded at the femme before pressing the code, activating the gate and seeing her walk through it before it closed again...
Mount Olympus
,,Now THIS is the life!?
Snarl grinned as he relaxed while laying in a jaccuzi, several technorganic femmes in there with him as they giggled while some of them werefeeding him strangely glowing grapes as the others eagerly listened.
,,Glad you like it, lord Snarl.?
Snarl smiled as he pressed the one who said that close to him before kissing her lips, erupting a storm of giggles from the other femmes. Snarl winked at her as he let her go before raising a glass of energon, eagerly sipping from it.
,,I really have to thank you girls! You can?t IMAGINE the cold out there as we had to climb the frigging stairs!?
,,Everything for you, lord Snarl.?
Snarl smiled as he pressed another couple of femmes close, lying back in the jaccuzi.
,,Thanks gals, you?re the best...There?s absolutely nothing that can ruin this moment...?
,,AHUM!!!?
Snarl blinked as he turned to look at the entrance of the room, and became pale as he saw a hunched, winged figure leaning on a cane.
,,....Except him, of course. Hehe, hey Wings, how?s it going...GLUUUURGH!?
The hunched figure growled as it quickly grabbed Snarl?s neck before lifting him out of the water, holding him there as Snarl smiled nervously.
,,You were supposed to come immediately...?
,,Hehe, well, I uh, wanted to warm up a bit first, Wingius sir.?
Wingius narrowed his optics a bit as he looked at the terrified femmes, but then smiles a bit before setting Snarl down and handing him a towel.
,,Dry up. And ladies; your training is about to begin.?
The femmes all yelped in sudden panic, and quickly jumped out of the jaccuzi before running through the entrance and into a different part of Olympus. Wingius chuckled as he watched them go before looking back at Snarl.
,,I don't mind it when you have 'fun', kid, but it's time for business. Zeus is up in arms about something, and he isn't afraid to show it."
,,Of course, sir. Forgive me, I just wanted to unstress."
Wingius nodded as he waved it off, and then started walking away as he shook his head in amusement, Snarl shortly following.
,,Kids.."
Wingius walked out of the bath building with Snarl, only to get almost run over by a running group of Sentries. Snarl growled as he shook his fist at the already disappearing group before looking at his commander.
,,Sir, what is going on? Aren't the sentries usually inactive?"
,,Usually, yes. Things have changed when you were gone."
Snarl frowned as he kept following Wingius, walking through the golden streets of Olympus as technorganic children, who looked like combinations of maximals and humans with their skin texture, were running and playing through the streets, laughing as they passed the pair. Snarl blinked as he saw them run past, and WC chuckled as he saw Snarl look at them.
,,Fourth generation nymphs..Just a generation or two more and Zeus will be able to mass-produce warriors on Hercules' level."
,,Yeah, if Hera doesn't kill him first!"
Wingius chuckled as he nodded in agreement, before walking up the stairs that lead to the Forum, passing various statues of strange blocky warriors that Snarl had never seen before.
,,Since when are those standing here?"
,,Zeus had them planted two days ago, to honor the Sentries, Royal Guards, Healers and Mystics."
Snarl briefly stood before one of the statues, crossing his arms as he looked at the crosses imbedded on it's shoulders.
,,Funny, this one do?s look like the Healers...Prototypes?"
,,And you are asking me because...?"
Wingius frowned as he turned around to look at Snarl, who merely shrugged before heading up the stairs, but frowned again as he looked at a taller then most statue of an almost demonic winged creature with a serpent as it's left arm that was reaching at something on the other end of the stairs. Snarl turned around, and saw another blocky, but yet organic, statue of a winged warrior that was in a more heroic stance then the other.
,,What the..."
At the top of the stairs, Wingius growled in annoyance as he turned around, leaning on his cane as he glared at Snarl.
,,Snarl! Do you want to anger Zeus that badly!?!"
The young Maximal gulped before quickly walking up the stairs, and Wingius gave him an irritated but acknowledging nod before heading into the Forum. Snarl smiled as he looked around, he had missed being here. The Forum was a room of sheer majesty, consisting of several floating tribunes shaped liked rings, with in the middle a central platform with three thrones build into the edges, as with a triangle. The most special part, however, was that it seemed to float in the middle of space; the various stars and pointed out constellations surrounding them, although only the Three Supremes knew what they represented. As always it was filled with all Olympian Guardians, or 'gods' as the Greece revered to them, but then frowned as he could literally feel the tenseness amongst them. Many things had changed indeed it seemed. Wingius sat down on one of the higher tribunes, that were owned by the lower ranked Guardians, and Snarl sat down in the seat next to him. He turned to see Warpath sitting in the seat next to Wingius's, and briefly nodded at his friend who merely grunted, again.
,,You shouldn't have taken a bath first, Snarl."
Snarl blinked in surprise, not understanding and then grew irritated by the situation.
,,Could someone just PLEASE tell me what's going on here!?"
,,ALL SILENT!"
Everyone in the Forum immediately obeyed and looked at the center tribune, where the three thrones lighted up before three shadowy figures appeared in the darkened seats, only their optics (one yellow, one red and one blue pair) visible. A Mystic appeared with a brief flash, then another and another before they bowed for their respective masters.
,,All honor King Poseidon, Guardian of Water..."
The throne of Neptunus', the one with the blue optics, was illuminated, revealing a figure masked figure with tentacles coming out of various parts of his body, his hand holding a crystal trident.
,,Lord Hades, Guardian of Earth..."
The throne of Hades, the one with the red optics, was illuminated as well to reveal an hellish looking figure with monstrous dog heads on his shoulders and right arm, his features hidden by a horned helmet with a mouthplate that looked like a demon's mouth with a fire-like glow behind it.
,,...And finally Emperor Zeus, Guardian of the Sky and our surpreme leader!"
The last throne, the one owning to Zeus, got illimunated by a bolt of lightning to reveal an almost godly mechanoid, with silver armor and and a red fur, hinting at his beast mode. The Guardians all clapped as he was revealed, but they silenced as Zeus waved his hand, looking firmly at the center of the stage.
,,This is not necessary, my friends and children. As most of you are aware of; war is about to break out."
Snarl's optics went wide as he looked in shock at Wingius and Warpath, who could only nod in confirmation as they kept looking at the central platform. Snarl followed their gaze, and was surprised to see that the Mystics started murmoring as a ghostly caped figure appeared in the center of it. Zeus nodded at the figure before waving his hand, and immediately the figure raised it's own arms, who were completely covered by the cape (that surprisingly never seemed to shift and seemed to simply generate extra fabric when it moved). As the figure did, several transparent orbs came floating towards it, and the figure started circling it's arms as the orbs swirled around before growing in size until they were as large as the Guardians in the room. The figure lowered it's arms, and looked up at the orbs, revealing a femine face with a jewel above her nose.
,,Transmitting data...Complete. Lo and behold, the horsemen of War."
,,No need to get personal, lassie!"
Some Guardians laughed together with a large figure, but a swift glance of Zeus quickly shut them up, slightly angering the figure as he crossed his arms.
,,This is serious, Ares. Now, honorable Oracle, could you please continue your teachings?"
The Oracle nodded, seemingly uncaring of Ares' outburst, and her optics briefly glowed before images shaped themselves in the orbs; one of an egyption and disgruntled looking Maximal, one a blue dragon-like warrior who was trembling with rage, the next an asian looking dragon that was blue as well and the last a shadowed figure.
,,Data transmit complete...First: The Pharaoh of Egypte."
The image of the Pharaoh growled as it shook it's fist at the counsil's direction with narrowed optics before speaking with an almost noble, but still furious voice.
-How dare you, Zeus, to fortify the borders!? We are your allies, and expect to be treated as such! We shall not stand for this arrogance; your empire shall feel our retaliation!?
Some of the Guardians murmured after this, but after a glare from one of the Mystics they quickly settled down. Zeus sighed as he supported his head with his hand, hinting that he had seen this message many times before the assembly and that it caused him great stress indeed.
,,Next please, great Oracle.?
The Oracle?s optics glowed again as the image of the dragon warrior appeared, who growled as he made a fist.
-You arrogant Greece think you are so high and mighty; telling the Northern Tribes what to do! You?re going to make you pay with your blood running down your street like your precious endless river!-
Zeus growled in annoyance at the message before nodding, and the Oracle?s optics glowed again before the asian dragon appeared in the screen.
-You pathetic fools have turned a blind eye to the Army of the Great Dragon for far too long. Soon and we will crush you beneath our heels like the ants you truely are.-
,,Next.?
The Oracle?s optics flashed again, and finally the last figure appeared, this one just a blurry image with a distorted voice.
-I?ll say this once: Give Atlantis it?s independence...Or else.-
All the Guardians actually shivered at this, and then Zeus stands up while the Oracle shuts down the orbs.
,,As I said, we are going to war against all possible directions of the wind...The Barbaric Tribes in the North, the Great Dragon?s Army in the east, the Egyptians from the south and finally the Atlantians from the west. I already have sent Odin and his troops to deal with the situation in mainland Europe, and I have no doubts he will deal with their mysterious commander.?
Poseidon now stood up as well, leaning on his trident as he looked tired, his optics weary.
,,I am already preparing to meet with the Atlantians, and give them the independence they want.?
But as Poseidon said this, one of the female guardians in the crowd, a Maximal with no altmode and a human, almost technorganic appearance jumped up, shocked at his words.
,,That is out of the question! We cannot afford to lose Atlantis, it is our main production facility!?
Poseidon softly sighed as he shook his head before looking at the woman, who firmly glared at him.
,,Athena, we have no other choice...If we do not comply, they will bomb our facilities anyways...And they?re an intelligent people; perhaps we could still negotatiate some kind of trade route.?
Athena unwillingly settled down, knowing it would be foolish to continue her rant, and then Zeus nodded in appreciation before Hades started speaking with a charming yet raspy voice.
,,As for the Egyptian, my forces are already preparing to...How should I say...Negotiate in our favour. Ares, you shall be leading my forces. And do try not to make a mess, alright??
Ares and his lackeys smirked at each other while the Guardian of War rubbed his hand togethers in anticipation, causing some unagreeing grunts from the other Guardians.
,,That is all, Guardians of Olympians. Oh, and Wingius, I would like to have a word with you and your forces.?
Wingius frowned in surprise as Snarl and Warpath looked at him, but hesitantly nodded before standing up with the rest of the Guardians, moving towards the exit. As they walk out of the Forum and towards Zeus? Temple on the top of the mountain, the two friends turned to look at their commander, questions already burning on their lips.
,,Why would Zeus want to see us??
,,I have no idea, Snarl, except for the fact that it?s ?probably? important.?
Snarl frowned as they walked up the central stairs, but before he could ask something else Warpath quickly interrupted him, much to his annoyance.
,,He didn?t mention the Asians. I know that none of the Three take them seriously, but it is dangerous to underestimate them.?
,,I agree...We shall see what Zeus? plans with them are.?
The pair frowned as they entered Zeus temple, with Wingius briefly nodding at a group of Royal Guards who opened the massive doors for them before saluting. When they entered they were immediately greeted by mechanoid femme dressed in a large crimson robe and dualhorned crown, who smiled warmly at them. Wingius nodded as he gently ?kissed? her hand, increasing her smile.
,,Please, this is unnecessary, Wing.?
,,Oh I know, Hera, but old habits die hard.?
They both laughed a bit as he let her hand go, and then an entertained chuckle was heard as the massive figure of Zeus walked towards them, making Hera roll her optics.
,,I can?t experiment one human females but you can let yourself be kissed by random men? Where is the fairness in that??
,,Oh just shut up, dear, and tell them what needs to be done.?
Zeus chuckled again as he looked at his wife, and then beckoned the group to follow him into the main chamber. As they entered, Snarl?s optics widened as he looked around: It was nothing more then a palace only fit for a god. Like the Forum, it was a large round chamber with various gates leading to different rooms, but had various couch-like and comfortable looking objects, tables with bowls almost overflowing with the glowing fruit, a large golden throne in the middle of the room that had a dozen transmission orbs floating around it and curtains covering the entrances to the gardens and balconies.
,,Wow...?
,,Weird, I get that alot. Do you think I overdecorated the place??
Snarl blinked, and then nervously smiled as he shook his head at the amused Zeus. Zeus frowned a bit as he saw Snarl shaking, and then bellowed a laugh as he patted the lion on the shoulder.
,,Oh, don?t be so nervous towards your father, lad!?
,,S-Sorry, father. It?s just that we, uh, haven?t seen each other much in private.?
Zeus chuckled again as Snarl said that, and then pretended to be in deep thought, even rubbing his beard-like mouthplate.
,,Ah, yes...Let me think...Twice, wasn?t it? Well, more reasons to spend some quality time together, don?t you agree??
Snarl managed to put a small smile on his face, causing Zeus to laugh again before a raspy cough interrupted them, accompanied by a fire-like glow illimunating their faces.
,,Can we get down to business already, brother??
,,Ah, of course, Hades.?
Hades had narrowed his snake-like eyes, and it was now that Snarl realized that it had always been a visor that made it look as if he had organic eyes. Still, the Guardian of the Underworld made him feel uneasy as usual, but it was nothing compared to what he felt when he saw an almost human-looking nymh in a black dress holding Hades? arm. However, this didn?t stop Zeus from eagerly shaking her free hand, making her red optics narrow before a small smile appeared on her pale face.
,,Ah, if it isn?t my dearest daugher and sister-in-law, Persephone! How are you, and why weren?t you at the meeting??
,,I was...Busy, father. As you should be, like my husband stated.?
Zeus nodded before letting her hand go, and led them to the middle of the room before sitting down on the large throne, Hera standing by his side as she activated a floating console.
,,You all know what has been going on from the meeting we just had, but I ?forgot? to mention something else to the rest of the Guardians, something they didn?t need to know. You see...I think all of the supposed ?threats? are a joke, and I know for certain the Pharaoh will calm down after my brother and son show them that we don?t like being threatened. Atlantis, well, I was already preparing to give them their independence, especially after Poseidon insisted on it, so that won?t be a problem as well. The northern tribes, well, they are a joke to be honest. A bunch of barbarians that don?t know to quit when they?ve got a good thing going; and it?s time they experienced that. Then there is China, but I expect that our show of force towards the three will make them think twice. No, what I am worried about the most is what you two encountered, Warpath and Snarl.?
The lion and boar blinked in confusion as Zeus said this, and then Hera brought up an holographic image of the Kraken, Tidalwave. Wingius frowned in confusion, but Hades growled as he saw a tiny purple emblem on it?s waist.
,,Predacon.?
Zeus nodded grimly as he acknowledged what Hades already knew to be true.
,,Exactly.?
,,Preda-whatnow??
Hades looked in annoyance at Snarl, but Zeus coughed a bit, causing his brother to regain his calm stance. He nodded in appreciation, and then stood up from his throne, pointing to the waist section as Hera enlarged the image, clearly showing the bug-like symbol.
,,Predacon, Snarl. The Kraken, or Tidalwave as it is called by it?s masters, is a member of the same tribe that our ancestors combatted many, many millions of years ago.?
It was now Warpath?s turn to look in surprise at Zeus, crossing his arms as he did.
,,Wait a second, sir. You told me that it was a renegade Maximal. And what is this about ?a tribe that fought our ancestors?? You said it yourself that you and your brothers were created by an exploration vessel that arrived at this planet to protect the inhabitants of the holy Ark.?
,,Only part of that is true, Warpath. You see, they never came here voluntarily. They were following a group of Predacons, descendants from the same Decepticons our groups in the American continents are protecting as we speak, who eventually planned to change history. Our ancestors stopped them and returned home, but several remained behind. They eventually died of old age, but one of them created Poseidon, Hades and me first before his Spark was lost to the heavens. However, it appeared that one of the original Predacons among the Dark Side had stayed behind, and he had created a new group of Predacons. When we were born we defeated them of course, but appearantly they too had created a new generation that had went into hiding afterwards. It seems that they have surfaced again, but I do not recognize this ?Tidalwave?. Appearantly they have started to create new generations on their own, and we need to find out how they are doing it and where they are coming from...Which will be your task.?
Wingius frowned in surprise while Warpath and Snarl looked shocked, with Snarl shaking his head in disbelievement.
,,Us!??
,,Not just you, of course. It would be suicide sending out just the three of you. No, you will be accompanied by Biowolf, Rack and Ruin and finally Skyboom...Oh, don?t give me that look, Snarl! Shape up or I?m sending Hercules along as well!?
Snarl grumbled a bit while Wingius stepped forward, the frown seemingly plastered on his face.
,,And I am supposed to lead them? I am an advisor, old friend, not a warrior.?
,,I know, which is why you will be getting a segment from the Matrix to help you in your quest.?
,,WHAT!?!?
Everyone in the room frowned as they turned to look at the furious Hades, who seemed to be bursting with flames from the lights eminating from his body.
,,That is out of the question, Zeus! You won?t even let Poseidon or me have a segment of it, and now you are giving it to an old fool who doesn?t know battle!?!?
Zeus chuckled as he nodded, his optics twinkling in amusement.
,,That is exactly what I?m doing, yes.?
Hades hissed as his mind was ravaged by pure rage, but Persephone clutched his arm more tightly, causing him to calm down as the glow dimmed a bit. Hades looked lovingly at his wife, who smiled as she returned the look, before narrowing his optics as he focussed his attention back on Zeus.
,,Alright...Just make sure you don?t regret it, brother.?
Zeus nodded as he stood up, and beckoned Wingius, who hesitantly obeyed. He kneeled when he was in front of Zeus, who opened the right half of his choice, a bright blue glow illimunating the room as he removed a blue crystal encased in a golden shell.
,,Wingius, in order to complete your tasks you shall be granted a segment of the Matrix. Use it to learn and to teach, to fight and to protect, until you have no more need for it.?
After saying that, Zeus opened the Matrix and let a small crystal-segment of it float towards Wingius, automatically opening his chest before entering and closing it. Wingius looked down in surprise as he sensed that he was starting to float, and then his optics widened as his back was suddenly straightened, his figure becoming taller and more masculine, the tone of his feathers more bright, and finally his features youngered. When his transformation was complete, he was settled back down, and looked in surprise at his own hands while Zeus spread his arms.
,,Arise...Wing Convoy!?
The people in the room now clapped, Warpath and Snarl more enthusiastic then Hades and Persephone, as Wing Convoy nodded before bowing and speaking with a remarkably younger voice.
,,I will not fail you, old friend.?
Zeus smiled as he walked towards Wing Convoy before putting his hand on his shoulder, looking at his friend?s face.
,,I know you won?t. Now go, and stop the Predacons!?
,,Understood. Maximals, let?s move out!?
Warpath and Snarl saluted at their commander, and started walking towards the exit with him while Hades and Persephone glared at them all the way in jealousy. However, what no-one noticed was an invisible form escaping by flying away from the balcony, heading towards an open warpgate through which a couple of Sentries were going. When it arrived at the other end and found itself in a temple in Athens, it silently transformed before heading out of the back of the building where Fenrir was already waiting for it in beast mode. The figure decloaked, revealing the veiled femme from before, and kneed down in front of the wolf, her optics narrowing as she cautiously looked around. Fenrir smirked as he for some reason knew what she had seen and heard, and then started walking through the alleyway as she cloaked herself again, disappearing from sight.
-Fenrir, issss everything ready?-
,,Yes, my lord. Phase one can finally begin.?
To be continued in Chapter two.
It also doesn't help that this is the first fanfic (not counting TT:PL) I've done in 2 and a half years. 
