by grimlockprime108 » Mon Jul 10, 2006 11:10 am
this is my first fan fic to post but i thought i'd give this a try considering i am hoping to someday write a full length fantasy novel(ala dragonlance or lord of the rings;something very epic)but i digress.here i present the first of what i hope will be many chapters in this series(also i am lazy so please excuse the all-caps)
RAGE OF THE DINOCONS
A SHORT STORY BY MICHAEL P. DANIEL
(THIS STORY IS SET DURING THE GENERATION 1 ERA)
CHAPTER 1:SPARKS OF THE INFERNO
ON A PLANET UNLIKE OUR OWN,THERE LIVES A RACE OF FANTASTIC BEINGS KNOWN AS THE TRANSFORMERS;
MASSIVE MECHANICAL ALIENS WITH THE INCREDIBLE ABILITY TO TRANSFORM INTO ALTERNATE FORMS RANGING FROM
VEHICLES TO WEAPONS TO ANIMALS.THEY ARE A RACE OF A DEEP AND FORGOTTEN PAST,WITH AN EVEN MORE UNCERTAIN FUTURE.
AMONG THIS RACE ARE TWO FACTIONS WHICH VIE FOR CONTROL OF THE PLANET,CYBERTRON;THE AUTOBOTS AND THE DECEPTICONS.
WAR HAD RAGED FOR MILLIONS OF YEARS BETWEEN THESE ANCIENT ENEMIES,CULMINATING IN THEIR RIVALRY MOVING TO A NEW
BATTLEGROUND.ON THE THIRD PLANET OF THE SOL SYSTEM,EARTH,THE AUTOBOTS LEAD BY THE NOBLE OPTIMUS PRIME,AND THE
DECEPTICONS RULED BY THE DIABOLICAL MEGATRON CONTINUE THEIR LIFELONG BATTLE FOR SUPREMACY.THIS FILE RELATES AN EARLY
ATTEMPT BY MEGATRON TO DEPRIVE THE AUTOBOTS OF SOME OF THEIR MOST POWERFUL ALLIES,THE DINOBOTS.
DEEP WITHIN THE RAINFORESTS OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY OF BRAZIL,A SMALL DECEPTICON CONTINGENT SEARCHES FOR A
CYBERTRONIAN SHIP KNOWN AS THE NEMESIS.WHEN MEGATRON PURSUED THE AUTOBOTS TO EARTH,HE BROUGHT SOME OF THE MOST DANGEROUS
SPARK CORES KNOWN TO CYBERTRONIAN LORE WITH HIM.HIS ORIGINAL INTENT WAS TO REVIVE THESE CYBERTONIANS,AND CONQUER THE
AUTOBOTS.DUE TO LIMITED RESOURCES,HOWEVER,THE WARLORD WAS UNABLE TO RESURRECT THESE TERRIFYING WARRIORS.TIMES HAVE
CHANGED,THOUGH,AND MEGATRON IS BETTER ABLE TO UTILIZE THE POWER SOURCES OF EARTH.
"THIS IS ANOTHER OF 'MIGHTY' MEGATRON'S MORONIC PLANS THAT WILL SURELY FAIL",SCREECHED A WINGED RED ROBOT WITH AN AMBER
CHEST,"DOES HE TRULY BELIEVE THOSE SPARK CORES WILL STILL BE ACTIVE AFTER ALL THIS TIME?!"
"STARSCREAM,YOUR INEFFECTUAL OPINION IS IRRELEVANT TO WHAT OUR MASTER BELIEVES SO LONG AS YOU SIMPLY DO AS YOU'RE
COMMANDED",A STOCKY BLACK DECEPTICON BELLOWED IN A MENACING TIMBER.
"SOUNDBLASTER,YOU PATHETIC SOUNDWAVE CLONE,DON'T PREACH TO ME ABOUT MEGATRON'S LOFTY GOALS.I HAVE PLAYED THE FOOL TO
TOO MANY OF 'MIGHTY' MEGATRON'S SCHEMES.I HAVE FOUGHT THIS WAR FOR FAR LONGER THAN YOU CAN POSSIBLY IMAGINE,AND I AM
TIRED OF FIGHTING A LOSING BATTLE AGAINST THOSE AUTOBOT SCRAPHEAPS."
"I MAY BARE SOME SIMILARITIES TO SOUNDWAVE,STARSCREAM,BUT I AM FAR SUPERIOR TO HIM AND WILL NOT HESITATE TO SEND YOU
BACK TO THE DARK SIDE OF THE INFERNO.I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING CLOSE TO HIS NEAR INFINITE PATIENCE FOR YOUR SCHEMING.BARE
THIS IN MIND BEFORE I BECOME.....UNPLEASANT."
AT THIS COMMENT,STARSCREAM WAS SOMEWHAT AMUSED AT SOUNDBLASTER'S AUDACITY.FEW DECEPTICONS HAD THE SPARK TO STAND
UP TO MEGATRON'S SECOND IN COMMAND.
"IT MUST BE THE NAIVETE OF THE YOUNG THAT LEADS TO SUCH ARROGANCE",STARSCREAMED MUSED TO HIMSELF."HOWEVER.."
A LOUD BLAST ECHOED IN RESONANCE WITH STARSCREAM'S VOICE.SOUNDBLASTER LAY ON THE JUNGLE FLOOR,HIS ARM SEVERED AT THE
SERVO-JOINT.STARSCREAM AND THE REMAINING DECEPTICONS,SUNSTORM,WRAITH,BLITZWING,AND RAVAGE BEGAN CHARGING THEIR VARIOUS
WEAPON SYSTEMS IN PREPARATION FOR A POSSIBLE FOLLOW UP ATTACK.SCANNING THE JUNGLES,THEY SEARCHED FOR WHAT COULD HAVE
POSSIBLY BLOWN OFF SOUNDBLASTER'S LIMB."WRAITH,TAKE SUNSTORM WITH YOU AND GIVE ME AN AERIAL SCAN OF THE AREA.RAVAGE,GO
TO STEALTH MODE AND TRACK DOWN WHATEVER DID THIS.WHAT COULD HAVE CAUSED THIS KIND OF DAMAGE?TO SOUNDBLASTER NO LESS?"
SOUNDBLASTER HAD BEEN BUILT MORE RECENTLY BY THE DECEPTICON ARCHITECTS,THE CONSTRUCTICONS,AND WAS A VAST IMPROVEMENT
OVER SOUNDWAVE'S DESIGN.THE CONSTRUCTICONS HAD GIVEN A LARGER CASSETTE WARRIOR CAPACITY AND REINFORCED ARMOR TO THIS
NEW WARRIOR.HIS LOYALTY HOWEVER WAS EVEN MORE SUSPECT THAN STARSCREAM'S. "GIVEN THE DESIGNS OF THE CONSTRUCTICONS;IT
WOULD HAVEN TAKEN FIREPOWER IN THE CLASS OF OPTIMUS OR MEGATRON TO DO SUCH DAMAGE,POSSIBLY EVEN....NO IT COULDN'T BE."
A BLACK SHAPE SUDDENLY LUNGED FROM THE JUNGLE BED,TAKING OFF BLITZWING'S TURRET.THIS WAS A SHAPE THAT STARSCREAM KNEW
FROM HIS DARKEST NIGHTMARES;THE SHAPE OF AN AUTOBOT WHO IN HIS OWN WAY WAS EVEN MORE CRUEL THAN MEGATRON.......
GRIMLOCK.
LEADER OF CYBERTRON'S DYNABOTS,HE AND HIS LOYAL COMPATRIOTS WERE REFORMATTED IN TO DINOSAURS FROM EARTH'S PREHISTORY,
AND BECAME THE DINOBOTS.HIS POWER AND ARROGANCE WERE LEGENDARY AMONGST BOTH FACTIONS,THOUGH HE WAS ENTITLED TO BOTH.
HOWEVER,SOMETHING WAS DIFFERENT.HIS MOVEMENTS WERE MORE...BEASTIAL,MORE SAVAGE.HIS MARKINGS SEEMED DIFFERENT,AND
EVEN IN THIS LIGHT HIS GOLD AND SILVER ARMOR SHOULD BE QUITE CLEARLY NOTICEABLE.HE LOOKED ALMOST BLACK WITH SOME PURPLE
ACCENTS."HAS HE EQUIPPED STEALTH ARMOR?NO,THATS NOT HIS STYLE AT ALL;GRIMLOCK HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT THE SHOW OF BRUTE
FORCE,AND THIS WAS SOMETHING MORE SUBTLE,THOUGH NO LESS DEADLY."STARSCREAM PONDERED THIS TURN OF EVENTS WHILE DODGING
THE MECHANICAL SAURIAN.
"PERHAPS SCREECHY SEEKER BECOME FAULTY IN OLD AGE.DIODES BEGINNING TO RUST,YOU WIND BAG",THE METALLIC BEAST BELLOWED.
"I AM SOMEWHAT SURPRISED THAT MEGATRON HAS KEPT YOU FUNCTIONING ALL THIS TIME;HOWEVER I SURMISE HE BELIEVES THAT THE
OCCASIONAL BETRAYL KEEPS HIM ON HIS TOES."
THE TONE AND INFLECTION CHANGED DRAMATICALLY IN THE BEAST-CHANGER'S VOICE;GIVING STARSCREAM A BRIEF HINT TO HIS
IDENTITY.
"HOW DID YOU ESCAPE FROM THE NEMESIS;LET ALONE GET A NEW BODY TO HOUSE THAT MONSTROUS SPARK CORE OF YOURS?,ROARED THE
SEEKER COMMANDER."
to be continued.....
