Welcome to my fan fic, Transformers:Phases.
Basically, this is a complete reimagining of the TF Universe, although it is heavily inspired by the current IDW series, it takes inspiration from all past series while hopefully never treading the same ground as those series. It will be told in different phases, starting off with the prologue Phase 0.
Anyway, enjoy
Phase:0 (Part 1)
Ark 32 – Earth Orbit
Grimlock stared hard at the holo screen being projected in front of him by his pilot Swoop.
“What’s he doing?” Grimlock asked, somewhat confused by his enemies latest move.
“Waiting.” Swoop replied bluntly.
“No. Really?” Grimlock replied sarcastically. “Now, I’ll ask again, and this time I expect a more complex answer.”
“Right, of course. The problem is though, that’s exactly what he’s doing. He’s just waiting there, barely functioning, although I expect this is simply to conserve power rather than because he needs to.”
“Great. So we’ve no idea what he’s doing then.”
“Well, I wouldn’t say no idea. According to the ships readings, the planet is currently undergoing tremendous changes and so is undergoing tremendous stress, which in turn creates huge amounts of energy. So huge that any normal Transformer would have gone into overload. Of course, he’s no normal Transformer.” Explained Swoop.
“No. He’s not. But you still haven’t explained what he’s doing there. You’ve simply stated what I already knew!” Grimlock bellowed, standing up sharply and slamming a fist into the desk between him and Swoop.
Swoop jumped back sharply before continuing.
“Right. Sorry about that. Anyway, the energy could theoretically be used to super charge himself, but…” Swoop began to explain before being abruptly cut off once more by Grimlock.
“What! Why was I not told of this before!”
“Well… its like I was about to say, the procedure is practically impossible, the only way that it could be successful would be if…”
“Would be if?” Grimlock asked, although he expected he already knew the answer.
“…if he was barely functioning.” Swoop said, grimacing. Anticipating the strike he was about to receive from his commander.
But the blow never came. Instead Grimlock lowered his head and sighed.
“Go see Slag, tell him to get us down there.”
Swoop gasped in surprise. “What! But we’ll all be killed!”
“You think I don’t know that? But if we don’t defeat him here, then the whole Cybertronian Race and many others are doomed.” Grimlock said.
“…Yeah, you’re right. I’ll go see Slag.” And with that, Swoop turned and left.
“Oh, and Swoop.” Grimlock added. “Make sure he gets us the longest time we can get.”
“Yes sir.” Swoop replied as he left the room. Leaving Grimlock to slouch back down into his chair. And to drift. Drift back to better times. Drift back to Cybertron…