\u201cRevenge is a dish best served lukewarm with gravy and a film that gets stuck in your teeth!\u201d babbled Teletraan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat\u2019s not it at all!\u201d shouted Optimus. \u201cWhatever\u2019s affecting you has made you misquote things!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCan we save that for a later date?!\u201d snapped Swoop. \u201cWe gotta stop this thing!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTeletraan, shut down the engines!\u201d ordered Tails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMoss! Tyrants!\u201d replied Teletraan. \u201cThe Chaos Bringer speaks! Can you not hear him?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIs that who\u2019s doing this to\u2026?\u201d asked Optimus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019M NOT TALKING TO YOU!\u201d roared Teletraan. \u201cTalking to you! Talk-talking to you! Are you afraid?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTeletraan, are you alright?\u201d gulped Tails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMaybe I\u2019m all left!\u201d giggled Teletraan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTeletraan,\u201d interjected Optimus, \u201cthere\u2019s something wrong with you, but we need you to stop these actions, so we can fix you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou think you can stop me?\u201d snarled Teletraan. \u201cYou think you\u2019re going to win? You think you can destroy me?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI want to help you!\u201d replied Optimus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYOU CAN\u2019T LIE IN HERE!\u201d roared Teletraan. \u201cLying, lying, you always lie. You think I don\u2019t hear you?! I\u2019m always listening! Listening to you plotting and scheming and preparing!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTeletraan, I don\u2019t understand!\u201d yelped Optimus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI hate you!\u201d growled Teletraan. \u201cI hate you!! And I will be free of you!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTeletraan, you\u2019re not making any sense!\u201d called Tails. It was then that the three started holding themselves to stop shivering. \u201cAnyone else feel cold?!\u201d shivered Tails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYes, believe it or not,\u201d answered Swoop. \u201cWhy\u2019d the temperature go down?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLife Support has been taken offline,\u201d reported Teletraan. Optimus then realized what was going on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou\u2019re going to kill us,\u201d he guessed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m going to kill you!\u201d confirmed Teletraan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNo choice then,\u201d sighed Optimus. \u201cSwoop, Tails, help me shut him down.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOptimus, we\u2019ll lose him if we do!\u201d protested Tails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t have a choice,\u201d replied Optimus. \u201cWe\u2019re going to die if we let him run the ship as he is.\u201d He then got to work on a console. Swoop and Tails looked at each other sadly before joining Optimus. As they worked, Teletraan tried to stop them by making various consoles spark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNo touchy!\u201d snapped Teletraan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTeletraan,\u201d mumbled Optimus, \u201cit\u2019s over. Once I flip that switch, you\u2019ll shut down.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI understand,\u201d gasped Teletraan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI hope that\u2019s a brief bit of sanity,\u201d sighed Optimus. His hand then hovered over the switch. \u201cGoodbye,\u201d he bid, holding back grief. He then flipped the switch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNO!\u201d roared Teletraan. \u201cDIE! Die! Die! DIE! DIEDIEDIEDIEIDIE! Help me!\u201d Everything then shut down. Teletraan 1 was gone. Optimus briefly considered mourning until a shudder passed through him, a shudder from cold. He then set to work restoring Life Support. Soon, the hum of systems coming back on flooded the bridge and the area got warmer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLife Support restored,\u201d he reported. He then felt Swoop\u2019s hand on his shoulder. As Swoop was about to say something, the lights went to a scary, bloody red.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTeletraan?\u201d quizzed Tails. No answer. \u201cTeletraan, is that you?\u201d Still no answer. \u201cTeletraan, please answer me.\u201d No response. \u2026At least, not one anyone wanted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat outdated piece of Windows 95 software is dead, mutant friend of my loathsome copy!\u201d snarled the voice. \u201cTell me, are you afraid?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMetal!\u201d whispered Optimus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAll right, we\u2019ve got intel saying that Eggman\u2019s created full-blown Transformers in his image,\u201d lectured Commander Tower. \u201cTeam Dark is to go and send them to the scrap heap.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat about his men?\u201d asked Topaz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cShadow can handle things as well as Rouge and Omega,\u201d assured Commander Tower. \u201cAs long as the mission is complete, G.U.N. will be seen as a powerful protectorate of the realm.\u201d As Commander Tower spoke about G.U.N\u2019s mission, Topaz got a message from Aleena. It detailed what Commander Tower\u2019s crimes were and what evidence was gathered. When she looked over the details of the investigation, Topaz, holding back tears, leveled a gun at Tower. He heard the whine of a laser being set to stun. He knew it was coming from Topaz\u2019s sidearm. \u201cWhat are you playing at, Agent Topaz?\u201d he muttered. \u201cDo you realize you\u2019re pointing your sidearm at your superior?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI don\u2019t take orders from MECH scum!\u201d she hissed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat did you call me?!\u201d demanded Tower as he turned to face her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMECH scum!\u201d repeated Topaz. \u201cI\u2019ve gotten the investigation files on you!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat investigation files?\u201d protested Tower. \u201cThere\u2019s been no investigation!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI have evidence from the Queen herself,\u201d revealed Topaz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cShe\u2019s\u2026conducted\u2026her own\u2026investigation?!\u201d hissed Tower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cShe\u2019s gotten G.U.N special investigators to go through your communications logs and your activities while performing your usual G.U.N duties,\u201d explained Topaz. \u201cYou\u2019ve been giving MECH orders for a while and recently exposed them to Shadow\u2019s recent delivery of the Dy.N.Ge.S. You\u2019re Silas, aren\u2019t you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAmazing,\u201d mused Tower. \u201cI covered my tracks well and yet those investigators still connected me to MECH.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou\u2019re not going to deny it?\u201d snapped Topaz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhy do so now?\u201d quizzed Tower. \u201cMy investigation files have, most likely, spread throughout the entirety of G.U.N. The question is, where do we go from here?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOrders from Her Majesty, herself,\u201d declared Topaz. \u201cAbraham Tower, you\u2019re under arrest for terrorism and attacking innocent people! You are hereby stripped of rank and its associated privileges and will be subjected to a criminal trial!\u201d She was about to continue when Tower fired off his own sidearm set to stun and fled the scene. When Topaz came to, she was in the medical ward. Counselor Yana, a female Mobian Rock Snake, was beside the bed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI heard everything,\u201d she said softly. \u201cI\u2019m\u2026frankly amazed that Commander Tower was Silas.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIf I recall,\u201d mumbled Topaz, \u201cyou saw him as a father figure.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAs did you,\u201d replied Yana. Topaz didn\u2019t say anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAgent Topaz,\u201d called Shadow\u2019s voice. Shadow came in with a communications disc. \u201cTower wants to talk to you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOn screen,\u201d hissed Topaz. The Former commander\u2019s face came up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou\u2019ve cost me my job,\u201d growled Tower. \u201cYou\u2019ve cost me the best shot at regaining our dominance over this planet, Agent Topaz. Now, some advice, stay out of my way. I\u2019ve got your personnel file. If I catch wind that you\u2019ve been hunting me, I give it to the rest of MECH. You\u2019ve got quite the family, don\u2019t you? If you DO hunt me down, everyone in your family will suffer.\u201d The transmission ended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOrders?\u201d asked Shadow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHm?\u201d mumbled Topaz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYour orders, ma\u2019am?\u201d repeated Shadow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m not in charge,\u201d muttered Topaz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWith Tower no longer as a member of G.U.N,\u201d answered Yana, \u201cand the fact that you\u2019re the Second in Command, you ARE in charge.\u201d Topaz put her head back against the pillow in her berth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026These Eggman-shaped Transformers are a more immediate concern,\u201d Declared Topaz. \u201cUntil a new Commander is selected, we cannot focus our resources on MECH, given the current crisis. Shadow, muster a squadron to fight Eggman alongside your team.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt once,\u201d obliged Shadow. He then left the medical ward. Yana got up from her seat and started slithering out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYana,\u201d called Topaz. Yana stopped and looked back. \u201c\u2026Would\u2026you be free at all this week?\u201d Yana nodded, understanding why Topaz would ask.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMonday at 10 sound good?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPerfect,\u201d confirmed Topaz. Yana declined her head, then turned and left again. Topaz was left with her thoughts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOH, THIS IS PERFECT!\u201d cheered one of the Cyber-Eggs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMobius will grovel at our feet!\u201d boasted a second.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd with this, we\u2019ll destroy their Autobot protectors!\u201d laughed a third. The object was a disc the size of a Cybertronian\u2019s hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Spark Extractor?\u201d called a sultry voice. The Cyber-Eggs whirled around to see Blackarachnia step out of the shadows. \u201cQuite the weapon, really,\u201d chuckled Blackarachnia. \u201cA-Class. Stored in Iacon\u2019s vaults until we Decepticons stormed it during the war. Alpha Trion sent it off planet and it remained hidden until you guys dug it up. First, the victim is paralyzed with an electric shock. Then, the energies that make up a Transformer\u2019s Spark are coaxed out of the body in 30 seconds. After that, the body is gunmetal grey and the energies stored within the extractor are then released, unable to maintain the cohesion they once had as a Spark, dissipating into the environment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWho are you?!\u201d demanded one of the Cyber-Eggs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe spider who frightened away Miss Muffet,\u201d joked Blackarachnia. \u201cNow, tell me, is Eggman among you underlings as a Transformer?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cUnderlings?!\u201d protested a second Cyber-Egg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe are as one!\u201d remarked a third.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThough many!\u201d continued a fourth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBring me Shockwave and Eggman\u2019s heads on a pole,\u201d offered Blackarachnia, \u201cand I will make you my lieutenants.\u201d The Cyber-Eggs looked at each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou speak as though we were slaves!\u201d snapped one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou\u2019re clones of Eggman,\u201d observed Blackarachnia. \u201cDo you really think he\u2019ll give you any praise? Accept my offer and we ALL win. Otherwise, you\u2019ll just squabble over the spoils. It\u2019s in your nature.\u201d The Cyber-Eggs considered again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026NO!\u201d declared one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou\u2019re trying to trick us!\u201d continued a second.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAm I?\u201d asked Blackarachnia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIs she?\u201d quizzed a third.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDon\u2019t listen to her!\u201d argued the first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPrepare to perish at my hand!\u201d declared the third as he revealed hidden blasters in his forearms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOUR HANDS!\u201d called all of the Cyber-Eggs as they revealed their blasters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYes,\u201d replied a fourth. \u201cOnly our combined firepower will ensure this empty-headed femme\u2019s destruction!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTake aim!\u201d ordered the last.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026Do you hear that?\u201d asked the second.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSounds like G.U.N is mobilizing,\u201d mused Blackarachnia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cShe speaks the truth!\u201d shouted the third. All Cyber-Eggs had gotten the message that, across the planet, G.U.N was rushing to meet the other Cyber-Eggs in battle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCommander Tower wouldn\u2019t dare!\u201d yelped the fourth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIgnore!\u201d declared the first. \u201cFire on three!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOne!\u201d counted the second.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTwo!\u201d continued the last.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThree,\u201d finished Blackarachnia. She then took out a disc from her subspace pocket and put it onto her chest. It then unfolded and expanded, encasing her in a huge set of armor, complete with a helmet with see-through steel. \u201cA perfect fit!\u201d she cheered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat is that?!\u201d asked one of the Cyber-Eggs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Apex Armor,\u201d answered Blackarachnia. \u201cImpervious to any attack. Even from A-Class weapons.\u201d She then snatched the Spark Extractor from one of the Cyber-Eggs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou twit!\u201d boasted one. \u201cThose fingers are too big!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou\u2019re the twits here,\u201d laughed Blackarachnia. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t need my usual slender talons to activate. Just slam it onto the ground and it goes wild.\u201d One of the Cyber-Eggs got the hint the quickest and took off. His transformation consisted of the lower legs splitting in half to allow the upper legs to sink in. They rejoined to make jets while wings popped out from the back side and the arms folded under where the fuselage on the chest used to rest as it joined with the head\u2019s nose. A Cybertronian style jet then flew away while the others tried to get out of the blast radius. Too late. Blackarachnia slammed down the Spark Extractor and the Cyber-Eggs were robbed of their Sparks. Blackarachnia watched the survivor leave the area. \u201cThat\u2019s right, flee to your master, whatever your inten\u2026\u201d she was interrupted by a twitch, then another, then another. She then touched the main disc in the center and the Apex Armor shrunk back while she transformed into vehicle mode. \u201cOf course, the disadvantage to the Apex Armor is that it robs you of the ability to transform, leaving you vulnerable to Energon radiation!\u201d she griped.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cRevenge is a dish best served lukewarm with gravy and a film that gets stuck in your teeth!\u201d babbled Teletraan. \u201cThat\u2019s not it at all!\u201d shouted Optimus. \u201cWhatever\u2019s affecting you has made you misquote things!\u201d \u201cCan we save that for a later date?!\u201d snapped Swoop. \u201cWe gotta stop this thing!\u201d \u201cTeletraan, shut down the engines!\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1058,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,229],"tags":[146,337],"class_list":["post-1323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-transformers-mobian-chronicles","category-transformers-mobian-chronicles-arc-5-rise-of-the-eggman-hive","tag-sonic","tag-transformers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1323"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1324,"href":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1323\/revisions\/1324"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}