Chapter 55-Untouchable
“Absolutely beautiful,” Shockwave spoke to the darkness, his purple eye gazing longingly at the T-cog resting in his right palm. He gave the sphere-like object a once-over. It was perfect, just as he calculated in the beginning.
No bumps, no cracks, no faults, no stops, the T-cog, the same T-cog that once belonged to the Autobot leader, now was in Shockwave’s possession. He turned the object around, noticing how pure red energy was practically fading away into mist from the glowing orb on the top of the sphere. Yes, it was functional, and it was powerful.
“This will do just nicely,” Shockwave commented, lowering the T-cog to his right. Several moans of pain grew from behind, reviving Shockwave’s interests on the patient once again. He slowly turned his head back.
If he had mouth, he’d smile.
“Pleasure doing business with you, Prime. Enjoy your stay on the Nemesis.”
The dark room continued to echo Shockwave’s last words even as the scientist left. Optimus Prime watched as the shadow disappeared into the light. He lowered his head, his optics slowly shutting. All he could see was the puddle of blue Energon forming around his feet, and then he shut his eyes letting peace finally take him into much needed slumber.
“You can’t be serious, Shockwave!” Starscream bellowed, pointing his finger right into the scientist’s vision. Starscream continued on, with an unamused Shockwave staring at the T-cog in his hand.
“How could you even consider leaving that…that…that iconoclast on our ship completely unguarded?! Have you no common sense? He’ll rip us to shreds if we even offer him a shred of freedom!” Starscream shouted, every word referring to the chained Prime deep within the Nemesis’ confines.
Shockwave chuckled amusingly, his hand twisting and turning the T-cog with great interest. Starscream stood there, staring down at the Decepticon leader in his chair as his palms slowly began to transform into fists.
“You think this is humorous? You won’t be laughing when Prime stands over your beaten body with your throat circuits in his fist! Are you even listening to me?!” Right as he was about to show his true intentions, Shockwave lowered the T-cog, staring Starscream dead in the eyes.
Shockwave spoke, low and cold. “I’ve taken to account each and every one of your words of concern, Starscream, and frankly, I see no need for it. The Insecticons have gladly taken the role of guarding Optimus Prime for his time here. As for a threat,” Shockwave stood up, keeping his eye trained on Starscream even as he walked passed him.
“I see none.”
“How could you not see a threat?” Starscream asked facing Shockwave’s back. Even as the cyclopean Decepticon stared into the massive glass shield inside the Nemesis’ bridge, he could feel the Seeker’s glare dig right through the back of his head.
Shockwave stared into the night sky from what he could see past the glass shield. Alliance airships painted the night alongside Decepticon Jets that were constantly on alert, searching for foreign invaders daring to enter the city. His city.
The Decepticon looked down at the T-cog resting in his right hand. He answered after thirty seconds of silence. Thirty seconds exactly. “What have we to fear, Starscream?”
The Seeker took a step back, his arms slowly crossing over one another.
Shockwave continued. “We already have an entire city under our control, as well as an army of pony allies that answer to our command. Now, we hold all the components needed to have the Dark Spark’s true powers be unleashed.” He stepped away from the glass shield and approached Starscream slowly.
“Optimus Prime is inside of our warship, tangled up, broken down, and ripped apart. I understand your concerns, Starscream, but that Prime is no threat to us in his current state. Besides…we’ll need him later on for the plan to proceed on schedule,” Shockwave told him, holding the T-cog right in front of his vision, the red mist fading away towards Starscream.
“Don’t you get it yet? We have nothing to fear, Starscream. All we have now is a world fresh for the taking.”
Starscream actually managed to take a step back, his pulse of Energon electrifying his circuits with excitement. He kept his breathing steady, holding out one of his hands towards the scientist in a calm manner.
“So…what you’re saying is…?” the Seeker began, but found his voice to be silenced by the Decepticon five feet in front of him.
“Phase one is complete, Starscream, now we move on to phase two.”
“Spread the fear. Capture the sixth,” Starscream mumbled, almost as if he memorized the words.
Shockwave heard him, nodding once. “Precisely. Now go, tell Noctune that we shall begin the bombings on our first strike. Tell him to ready his troops…and prepare for the main event. It will surely be a spectacle he will not want to miss.”
Watching as Shockwave strolled right by his shoulder, Starscream smirked, turning his body to face Shockwave’s back once again. He asked, “It is time then, Shockwave?”
Shockwave stopped at the nearest computer console. He placed the T-cog down on the stand next to him, his purple eye locating the Seeker in the darkness. “We are heading into a storm we cannot hope to turn away from. It’s do or die now, Starscream. This country knows us…this country fears us…but soon…this world will fear us.”
Starscream smiled wickedly, transforming into his jet mode and blasting right out of the Nemesis’ bridge, through the dark halls, passed the runway, and into the night air. He dived down to the city of Vanhoover below, his cackles filling the night alongside the cries of enslaved ponies.
That left Shockwave alone inside the bridge of the Nemesis, his only companions being Prime’s T-cog and the Dark Spark floating menacingly in the background.
He brought his attention back down to the computer console. He tapped the dark screen, bringing it to life with just one touch. Shockwave scrolled across the screen with his pointing finger, finally bringing up a map of Equestria and laying it out in front of him.
The map was massive. Blue waves of pure light danced across the shadows inside the Nemesis. Shockwave spread the map out even further, his right hand doing all of the work while his blaster hung lazily to his left. He spun the large, three-dimensional map around, stopping at a certain spot that displayed Western Equestria.
Shockwave brought up his finger and tapped the side of his face.
“Hmmm,” he mused, his purple eye dancing across the beautiful lights shedding across the bridge. “So many opportunities…but we must act to the closest settlement, one that is fairly large and holds a massive population. If that won’t turn some heads…then nothing will.”
He lowered his right hand over the hologram of a near city, bringing it directly underneath. The hologram displayed names, numbers, everything that Shockwave needed to know on his command.
“Perfect. Our first target shall be…Las Pegasus.”
He crushed the blue hologram into his fist.
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I am Alpha and Omega. The beginning and the end. I am that which is, which was and is yet to come. And you will know my name is
MegatronShockwave, when I lay my vengeance upon youIn storms, there are qualms. In fear, there is courage, and in destruction, there is redemption.
And in hopelessness, there is hope as a whole. You must be willing to look underneath the hard plating of armor to find it.
Is there even a sliver of hope? I know Drift is there, but damn!
Shockwave now has all the pieces he needs to complete his plan and another devastating tragedy is about to commence. A tragedy that will no doubt fill the hearts of those who dare to oppose the Decepticons with fear. Fear that will overwhelm the hearts of those who would dare to oppose the Decepticons, fear that will hold them prisoner. And should fear be allowed to consume absolutely, then hope is all but lost.
The only hope for survival is AOE Prime to just fly in, go all: "Give me your face!" and fly away, looking for the poor bastard who placed a bounty on Prime's head.
.......I have..... no words. Just..... DAMN.
Starscream has some spotlight here.
Excellent!!!
5572899 We always have the possibility of Vok intervention, you know how they are with their experimental planets and all. (reference Beast Wars Origin Story episodes)...
JD another chapter well done, but I want to read more!!! No hurry or anything, lol.
As I said, whatever happens next, is on the princesses heads. For once I'm excited to see what lesson Shockwave is about to teach the princesses. Show them how stupid they are.
5574629 "Why you gotta be so rude?!"
5572454 Alpha and Omega huh? I think I know where you got that from...
5572637 Where are you guys finding all these awesome quotes?!
5572774 It's gonna take a lot more than hope to face the storm ahead.
5574348 I'll try and get chapters out more frequently.
5574629 It certainly is a strong lesson.
I took a little bit from Optimus's end speech from DOTM and the rest I just made up.
5575531 I can't speak for anyone else, but I get mine from the (seemingly endless) doomsday prophecies that litter the Covenant of Primus. Let us consult the book again:
On that note, why is it always a Megatron or a Shockwave who brings the end of days, why not...Soundwave or Blitzwing or Galvatron?
5576736 Well, let's not throw those options away.
My own quote
"To finish first you must first finish!"
5576750 Indeed let's not. Galvatron is best Transformer
5576736 I bet Shockwave is a red herring to the main antagonist
It's obviously Prowl who wants revenge for being left behind duh!
But honestly I don't think Shockwave is the main bad guy here because Shockwave is the kind of character in media to be the dragon to the main bad kinda like how G1 Galvatron was to Unicron in the G1 movie or how G1 Starscream is to G1 Megatron.
Starscream may have his doubts, but Shockwave assures the Seeker that the Decepticons will rule. >)
Did Megatron die like the Autobots or what the hell happened to him?
5596357 I think in chapter 37 (or whenever Alpha speaks to Drift) and a few others Shockwave conversations it's established that Megatron died in the Space Bridge
5577158 There are so many things wrong with that, that I can't help but think it may be true
It's obvious as of now that the true main antagonist is going to be Galvatron, whenever Shockwave decides to wake him up
He'll probably gut Shockwave like a trout, and once again enforce his rule over the Decepticons, and give them one wicked Hannibal Lecture that will snap them all back into line, reminding them all just who's in charge
All I know is, once Galvatron rises, Equss is doomed
5603153 No, he's not dead. At least, not entirely
Apparently, Shockwave's master plan is to use the Crystal Heart and Prime's T-Cog to revive Megatron into Galvatron
So, Galvatron is coming to town
It is quite the strange role reversal when Starscream is the one talking sense about Optimus, while Shockwave is the overconfident one.