29.June.09

A Bullet Piercing Time

By: Darkshadow

Authors Note: My absence of writing, and of this world seems like forever ago. My reasons are hidden within the writing, read in between the lines to find out. Enough talk, on with the story. Starting through what would be season 3, as you can tell with some of the characters that are around, those some characters were not murdered off.
          

                       Chapter 1: Out of Hiding

        Wandering around the jungle like terrain, with boredom flowing through it’s mind. A mysterious creature paced back and fourth a certain part of it’s home. Being dead silent, except for a few snarls, as the creature would turn around.

Continuing this pattern for a steady amount a time, until a cracking sound was heard. The beast snarled in fear, and walked off to small hill, where a waterfall was a few feet from it.

            “Hmm,” An eerie voice thought out loud, “I wonder-“ Not finishing his sentence, the eerie voiced creature vanished into the dark. Hearing something that sounded like a vehicle off in the distance, and a brief pattern of laughter.
 
Looking in the water, and seeing it’s own reflection, the creature blinked a few times. Lowering its head, as if it was embarrassed of what was staring back in the reflection.

“So, this is what I have become?” the creature spoke, a female voice escaped from the creature’s vocal cords. “A wolf? A shape-shifter? A human?” sighing, before she resumed, “Being banished for what seems forever. I don’t even know where my friend is. If we’re still even friends? Why am I still here?”

Opening her mouth to get a drink of water. She looked at the ripples appearing from the H2O.  Everyday seems to be the same for this animal. Doing everything by her self, not even the other animals would associate with her. It was something she had to live with, or so she thought.

 “Maybe if I try talking to them.” When she said, them, it was like a bad taste in her mouth. “I’m a changed Darkshadow, and I don’t think they know that. But they should.” The creature, known as Darkshadow, walked up too the hill, and eyed the sky.

The sky was starting to turn a little darker, about dusk by this time. Only a limited amount of stars were visible at this point of the 24-hour cycle, from where she was. Pondering of everything that has happened, since she was first called a shape-shifter. So many events, both good and bad had occurred, and affected everyone.

She, Darkshadow, thought she had done some soul searching while she has been banished. She learned to control things a lot better, such as; her morphing abilities, being more mature, and knowing the difference between having fun, and just being annoying. “I wonder if they even remember who I am? Well, for the most part I’m a new person-err-shape-shifter-err-Darkshadow.”

Chapter 2: Sighting and a recap

                Sitting and trying to watch the scanners was none other than Waspinator. Thinking, that something was watching him, he took out his gun and began to fly around the area. “Wazzzpinator thought zzomeone wazz here.” He sounded frustrated, after all his mind always did play tricks on him. And to tell the truth he was sick of it, always thinking someone was after him. Well, for the most part that was true, but not always just specifically him.

Hearing the swooshing sound of the automatic doors opening and closing, the wasp hurried back to his post. Every time he was away from his post, for no more than a minute he seemed to always miss something important. And later that’d lead him into trouble one way or another.

         Hearing footsteps, but not seeing anyone yet, the wasp was starting to get worried. In the past, certain creatures have been able to just walk in and out. Those blasted auto guns needed to be upgraded and soon too.

Waspinator made a whimpering sound, obviously when you hear footsteps, and not seeing anyone he was getting frightened. “Calm yourself down insect.” The earlier eerie voice stated.

“Zzzpider bot?”

“Of course.” The ‘spider bot’ appeared, walking towards the wasp he looked at the scanners. “Hmm, move.” Roughly pushing the insect out of the way as he typed on the computer.

“Errr!” Waspinator nearly moaned as he was forcefully shoved aside. Dusting himself off, from the imaginary dust, he shook his head at the arachnid. “What zzzpider bot doing? Wazzzpinator-“

“Waspinator.” Tarantulas turned around to face the less superior Predacon. “Where’s Megatron? I believe I made an important discovery.”

The yellow and green wasp pointed to the hallway, indicating that he was in his quarters. He went on his comm link and called for the leader to come to the control room.

With much debate from the leader, who says he was relaxing and didn’t want to be disturbed at all, no matter what the cause was. The transmetal t-rex made his way down the corridors and found Waspinator and Tarantulas.

        In his robotic form, the leader looked at his two minions, confused and bothered he was called out of his quarters. “Waspinator what was the meaning of this?”

The flyer pointed to the eight-legged Predacon. “Zzzpider bot.”

Megatron let out a light chuckle; he did enjoy the wasp’s stupid ness from time to time. Before letting him finish he asked him too get Terrorsaur, it was his monitor shift. Nodding and transforming to beast mode, and than exiting the base while mumbling about how he was the greatest Predacon ever.

         “Ahem. Now that, that’s over,” He eyed the spider scientist “what now? I’m assuming you needed to talk to me.”

“Indeed. Megatron, as I was out feasting on my supper I found someone.” He raised his two hands, fiddling with his three claws together and clicked them together waiting for the leader to say something.

“Someone? Or something?” The leader raised an optic ridge at the spider.

“Hmm, most definitely someone. A certain shape-shifter, if you will.”

“We banned them ages ago,” pausing the tyrant, thought back to when he ordered there destruction as well.

“Megatron, if I may, you ordered one to be banned and one to be terminated. As I recall Greth returned back to her home, or so I have been told. Darkshadow. I’m not so sure about she was the one that was ordered to be terminated.”

Megatron looked at the spider, he could have sworn that one of the shape-shifters were dead. “Hmm, you might be right Tarantulas.”

The two concluded so far was that; even the Maximals said that they haven’t heard from Greth, before she was supposed to be banned by both fractions. She did mention just leaving in general, back to her own time. Darkshadow was the one that was supposed to be killed. Or so the Predacons decided on killing one of them. Though, the Maximals wanted both to be banned, and to leave it at that.

“Who was the one that was supposed to terminate that monster?” Tarantulas asked the tyrant.

His face turned red with anger in less than a nanosecond. “It was a team. Terrorsaur and Scorpinok!” Yelling the two Predacons names’ out, he stormed to the monitor, and tried to stay calm. Before trying to find the scorpion’s location he asked Tarantulas one last question. “Are you sure it was her?”

“Yes Megatron. I know for sure. It looked just like her, the spikes the mark on the eye. Everything.”

Terrorsaur was already on his way back, along with Waspinator before they were to come back to the base, Megatron ordered them to get the loyal scorpion.

“Megatron? Shall I gather the others’?”

“Yes. Hurry!” Megatron watched as the spider transformed and drove out of the base. He thought it was odd that the spider was so willing to help. True, he had a lot of hate for Darkshadow, but something just didn’t seem right.

Chapter 3: Deep Thinking

                 Darkshadow was lying down on her side, using a rock as a rough pillow. Glancing at her back legs, she watched as spikes tore through her skin. Two medium sized spikes through her backs legs, by her ankles. “Hmm, Tarantulas.” Saying the spider’s name almost as if he was beside her staring off into space. “I know you saw me.”

Making the spikes in her back legs vanish, the wolf stood up and stretched her body. “Where do I go from here?”  Sitting down and look at the somewhat darker sky, and letting out a howl of pain. Tears drained from her eyes, which were now a see-through blue. “The end is coming, and soon too.”

The wolf knew that she had caused pain to everyone; physically mentally, emotionally, physiologically, and verbally. But now was a time to help everyone, and make everything better. Well at least before it was too late. It’d be a lot easier if everyone would be willing to listen to her, but most more than likely wont forgive her. So that led to a challenge, by itself.

         Thinking back to the last time she saw anyone, it was the Predacons; Scorpinok, and Terrorsaur. They were ordered to terminate her life; obviously they didn’t do a good job with that. But in a way that was expected, it was after all Terrorsaur and Scorpinok.

The wolf’s body began to split and break into a new creature. A jaguar. Walking to the base she was thinking of changing to a form that no one knew her by. She switched forms so much, she forgot what one’s what Predacons have and haven’t seen. Almost always she was a carnivore, almost like she had to so she could fight. The Predacons always wanted to fight with her anyways.

Exiting one part of the jungle, that she called her home, Darkshadow didn’t know how to go about this. “Do I just ask to talk to them? Do I sneak in? Do I try to find one of them first?” But than it hit her, “I wonder if Tarantulas and I can still talk through our link.”

“Tarantulas? Oh come on spider I know you never ended our link.”

A few minutes passed by until she heard a gun shot. It was Inferno. “Not who I really preferred to run into first. But I guess it’s a start.”

        The fire ant shot at a Siberian tiger. “You dare harm me beast? Now you shall burrrrrrnnnnnn in the fires of Inferno! The other feline watched as one of her family members was literally set on fire by the fire ant. That pained her to just sit there. She didn’t know really what to think, Inferno wouldn’t just harm random animals, for no apparent reason. The animal would have to do something first for the loyal Predacon to fight back.

“Oh great, where’s Greth when I need her?”

Chapter 4: Announcement

                 Slowly the Predacons have started to gather, Tarantulas refused to call any of them over the comm links. He preferred to drive around until he happened to find one. Good thing they weren’t that far away from one another, let alone the base.

Being outside the base, waiting for his minions to all arrive, Megatron started looking at the auto guns. He knew they needed to be upgraded, that was down on his priority list now.

Standing in his beast mode, the tyrant looked at the fuzor. “Tarantulas is taking to long, I want you to look to see where that spider, and Rampage are.” Nodding and agreeing, Quickstrike ran in the base to fulfill his duty. Terrorsaur, Scorpinok, and Waspinator just arrived as the scorpion/snake went inside the base.

Megatron looked at the two failures, and without saying anything yet, and told them to stay out here until everyone arrived. Oh, boy was he mad, did he ever want to yell at those two.

        Terrorsaur transformed into his robotic form. “Megatron what’s the emergency?”

He couldn’t hold it in any longer. “Scorpinok. Terrorsaur. Remember the shape-shifters?”

“Yeah.” Scorpinok responded first. The red pre-historic bird nodded his head.

“Remember what I asked you to do with Darkshadow?”

This time Scorpinok nodded, and Terrorsaur responded with a “yeah.”

“What did I ask you to do than?”

“Termination.” Scorpinok sounded serious minded.

“Correct.” Megatron grinned, “Correct me if I’m wrong, but you did do that? Right?”

The two Predacons looked at each other. The darker scorpion looked at his leader, oh how he hated to fail his leader. That wasn’t in his nature. Looking at his comrade again, than once again to his leader. “Well, not exactly Megatron.”

Megatron had a smile on his face, not a happy, joyful smile. But a, I’m-going-to kill-you smile. “Really now? Why was that Terrorsaur?” He figured it must have been his fault, sense of past experiences. The flying dinosaur always did continue to be a traitor.

“Me? What about Scorpinok?”

“ME!? No, it was your fault!”

Terrorsaur began to explain that they were going to do the job, at least until, Tarantulas, Rampage and lastly Inferno approaching the base. As well as behind him Quickstrike, walking out of the entrance of the base.

        “Oh, dear Lord, why did you summon us back?” Rampage’s voice dripped with sarcasm, and he didn’t bother to hide it.

Trying to ignore the crab, he had other things to do than to punish the crustean. Seeing all of his Predacons troops all in one location, he looked back at the two. Terrorsaur and Scorpinok. “Terrorsaur and Scorpinok have something to tell everyone.”

“We do?” The once second-in command had a confused look on his face.

Nodding his dinosaur head, the leader transformed than crossed his arms. “Yessss.”

Terrorsaur swallowed hard, and cleared his throat before he spoke. “Uhh we didn’t kill the shape-shifter.”

“What?” Quickstrike was the furthest away. “Your mumblin’ beak head.”

It was true the red dinosaur was pretty much talking to the ground, lowering his head he repeated himself. No one could hear him. “Scorpinok you tell them.” Megatron ordered.

Putting one claw on his head, almost looking like he was scratching his head. “Well, Uhh, you see, we didn’t exactly kill Darkshadow.”

Multiple Predacons began to shout with anger, talking about; how they could have completed the job better, and completely, how they failed their leader, etc.

Chapter 5: Facing Old Friends

                 The jaguar wasn’t sure what to do. Never in her life, did she feel this confused and stomped about what the right thing was to do. “Okay obviously I probably shouldn’t go back to the Predacon base.” Taking a sigh, “at least not now. I bet Scorpy and Terror are going to get yelled at.” Laughing at the thought of the two ‘bots that were suppose to exterminate her never did.

Making her way in, at least the direction of the Predacon base. Which didn’t take that long, since she was already halfway there, the jungle was pretty much right by the ship.

The feline shuddered at the sight of the Darkside. She could see it clear as day, even though it was dark outside. Her eyes shined in the dark, as the base’s light sensors’ shined their distance around the perimeter of the base. “Well I guess it’s now or never.” She glanced at some of the larger boulders and ran over to them.

“Hello Darkshadow. My, oh my, how it’s been a long time since we last chatted. Ehehe. My apologizes for not responding earlier, I was doing certain other things.”

“Tarantulas?”

“Indeed. Now what brings you to try to contact me? Last I was told, Terrorsaur, and Scorpinok finished you off. It does seem that they didn’t do that good of a job. Mmhmm.

“Well…actually I have too consult to the Predacons about something.”

“Something? What on Earth could that something be? I do assure you, your presence would not be suggested around the base.”

Lying down behind the rocks, the jaguar continued to have her mind conversation with the arachnid. If only he knew that she was pretty much on the base grounds. Looking up at the base, she noticed a group of shadows surrounded near the entrance. “I know that. But I think it’s something crucial, that Megatron would like to know.”

After a few moments of everything being dead quiet, she heard a familiar voice ask, “Well, what is she saying?”

Snarling, thinking she was hearing things. Again. Looking in front of her first. Nothing out of the ordinary.

“-Something important.” There was more to it, but that’s all she could interpret.

“Tarantulas I’m right by the base behind the rocks.”  Boy, did she feel stupid. For one, laying down sitting behind the rocks. And, two, talking to Tarantulas, with her mind.

“By the rocks!” She heard Tarantulas yell.

Raising her upper lip to growl, she saw that nothing was by the entrance, but just a minute ago it was all shadowy. The feline got worried. Making a light growling sound.

“Tee-hee-hee-hee-ha-ha-ha!”

Getting up making a very low growling sound, she snapped her head back, one last time towards the front of the base.

“Find her!” The tyrant charged his tail cannon and started aiming to the rocks near the jaguar. Seeing that she quickly moved her head down, and turned around.  It seemed like every Predacon was scattered around looking for something.

         “Darling Darkshadow you might as well come out. I already know where you are, and in a matter of seconds so well Megatron. As soon as he finishes destroying those rocks your hiding behind.”

“That blasted spider.” Mumbled the feline. As she stood up she looked at Megatron who was indeed closing in on her location, focused only on the boulders, not bothering to look up.

“Hmmmm.” It sounded like some one was near her. Feeling cold, robotic hands around the cat’s neck. It happened all to quick, someone came from behind her to put a firm grip around her.

“Struggle if you like, I enjoy it!”

Roaring louder than she expected, Darkshadow knew who it was behind her. “RAMPAGE!”

“Royalty the traitor has been found!” Inferno informed not just Megatron but everyone else that the roaring was from Darkshadow. Seeing all of the remaining Predacons galloping over to her and Rampage, she knew she was in for it.

Noticing that the ground was further away from her she looked up too see that she was a good couple feet off the ground. The psychotic crab still had his cold, metal hands around her throat. Clutching more and more, it was getting harder for her to breathe. “I should have known. Trusting a spider, is pretty much giving up your right to live.”

Tarantulas looked at the spotted feline with a smiled sewn on his face. “You could look at it that way. But I thought you had something to tell us. I merely, just made it easier for you.”

Megatron and Darkshadow were now at eye and optic level to each other. “Oh, dear Darkshadow, what a joy it is to see you, Uhh, alive.” Quickly looking at Terrorsaur and Scorpinok who slouched a little. “There must be some reason why you came back? Tarantulas mentioned that you needed to inform us about something.”

Opening her mouth to try to vocalize with the Predacon leader, but only moaning in pain in return. Rampage was crushing her esophagus. Seeing that was the reason the feline could not speak, “Rampage drop her.”

Doing as he was told, he literally dropped the feline. “Oof.” Good thing she was a cat she landed right on her feet. Seeing all eyes or optics on her, she felt a little uneasy. Not feeling safe in this form, for she has never fought any Predacons in this exact creature.

“Don’t even think of morphing into another creature!”

“Dang, I wasn’t going too.” Dark made a face that said how-did-you-know. Slouched still from being dropped, she straightened her body out and raised her head high.

“I ask again; there must be some reason you came back, what was it?”

“Boss-bot, I think somethin’ must be wrong with this darn feline.” Quickstrike stated before anyone else could get there two-sense in. “Let me gut ‘er for ya Boss.”

Just plain disgusted by the very thought of gutting, Darkshadow made a gurgling sound in her mouth. “Okay, I can talk, but I don’t need all eyes on me.” She looked and hissed at a selected few; Terrorsaur and Scorpinok. Clearing her throat she decided to come out with it. “You’re all in danger.”

Silence.

“WHAT?” Megatron nearly shrieked. “What did you say?”

“Everyone of you is in danger.” She repeated her general statement.

“Say’s who?” Scorpinok questioned.

“What do you mean says whom? I obviously do I’m the one telling you.”

“Kitty, are you threatening all us Predacons?” Terrorsaur shouted.

“It does sound that way, yesss.” Megatron looked down on the four-legged animal with anger molded in his face. “The Predacons shall not be threatened. Especially from a shape-shifter.”

Having weapons still drawn Inferno and Tarantulas pointed them towards the cat. Knowing of course that the Predacons would take this out of proportion, she backed away from them. “No. Ugh, that’s not what I’m trying to say. You’re twisting my words around against me!”

“Tarantulas you can read my thoughts, you know that’s not what I’m talking about. Back me up, uhm, buddy.”

“Ehehe. What do I get in return?”

“Well decide on that later. I don’t know, I’ll help you catch a buffalo, or something.”

“Doesn’t sound all that promising, but you WILL owe me.”

Tarantulas does in fact know that Darkshadow is a creature to her word, she always has been. That was a good quality that she had, and he respected her for that. Even though she played pranks on the spider, she would keep her word no matter what!

“Megatron.” Lowering his gun, the spider continued, “I scanned the cat’s mind. Though I do hate to say this, but, Darkshadow is indeed right.”

Raising an optic ridge the leader couldn’t believe it. “You’re positive?”

Nodding his egged shaped head, Tarantulas looked at the shape-shifter than at the leader. “Positive. It has something to do with Earth.”