{"id":1327,"date":"2020-06-11T08:49:48","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T12:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/?p=1327"},"modified":"2020-06-11T08:49:48","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T12:49:48","slug":"tmc-5-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/tmc-5-8\/","title":{"rendered":"TMC 5-8"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cTen minutes before we start cooking,\u201d reported Cliffjumper. The Ark<\/em> was still on its course with Mobius\u2019 sun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo, why don\u2019t you take your chest armor off?\u201d asked Optimus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHey, you know how iffy we are about showing our bodies off!\u201d snapped Bumblebee. \u201cNow, unless you\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGive me just a few cycles!\u201d interrupted Optimus. The lights then went red. \u201cScrap, I don\u2019t HAVE that kind of time!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAh, so THIS is where you\u2019ve been hiding,\u201d called Metal Sonic\u2019s voice. He then came up on the view screen. \u201cThis area is NOT on my internal schematics.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt wouldn\u2019t be, that was the idea,\u201d hissed Prowl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBee, do you still have the helm?\u201d asked Optimus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYes, Sir,\u201d replied Bumblebee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPerfect,\u201d praised Optimus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA temporary measure,\u201d dismissed Metal. \u201cI\u2019m already beginning to gain access to minor areas of this backup bridge of yours. As always, the efforts of the Autobots prove to be pitiful!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTin Sonic, you like to throw around how pathetic we are,\u201d argued Optimus, \u201chow much of a screw-up to the machine world we are. Maybe, in the digital world, you\u2019re right. However, if I may be egotistical for a minute, there is one thing we do have a special talent for. We\u2019re VERY good at finding smart friends that build robots!\u201d He then keyed in a command on his pad. \u201cNutzanbolts, attack!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat the?!\u201d yelped Metal. He then started glitching out. \u201cGRAGH! What are these creatures doing?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDrawing power,\u201d replied Optimus. \u201cCreating minor malfunctions all over the ship. Minor acts of sabotage. I fragging love what Tails made for us!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAgain with your delaying tactics!\u201d snarled Metal as he regained control of the view screen. \u201cThey mean nothing!\u201d Something then popped up on Sludge and Bumblebee\u2019s panel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cScrap!\u201d swore Sludge. \u201cWe\u2019re turning away from the sun! \u2026\u2026Why am I upset about that?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is MY ship now!\u201d roared Metal. \u201cYou held this advantage over me once and you shall never do so again! I WAS going to let you live, but you\u2019ve proven to me, yet again, what an irritant you lot are! In a few minutes, I will roast you, and gladly watch you boil and plead in agony for mercy! Then I\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTell me, Copper Sonic,\u201d remarked Swoop, seeing what Optimus had on his pad, \u201cdo you know what a ghost is?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2026What?!\u201d quizzed Metal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDo you know what a ghost is?\u201d repeated Swoop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2026A spirit,\u201d replied Metal. \u201cA dead thing that haunts the\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNot the kind of ghost I was talking about,\u201d dismissed Swoop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThen, you refer to the computer term for a backup of a hard drive?\u201d asked Metal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the one!\u201d confirmed Swoop. \u201cGHOST was a Norton program used to make copies of a hard drive. The name is an acronym for General Hardware-Oriented System Transfer. So, nowadays, when they do so, modern Mobians use it as a verb, to ghost something.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe Cybertronians aren\u2019t usually keen on having backups of ourselves,\u201d continued Optimus. \u201cWe always believe that it wouldn\u2019t be us, it\u2019d just be a copy, it wouldn\u2019t have the same Spark as the original. Teletraan 1, on the other hand, was fanatic about ghosting himself!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t put in a backup of your a.i,\u201d boasted Metal. \u201cI\u2019ve closed off access to the data-core!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYeah, except there was one port you didn\u2019t close off, Lead Sonic,\u201d chuckled Tails. \u201cYou see, Swoop, Optimus and I didn\u2019t DELETE Teletraan, we simply switched him off!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2026No!\u201d gasped Metal Sonic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd did you think I wouldn\u2019t put in a way to switch him back on?\u201d asked Optimus. Ratchet then started laughing in victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLet it never be said that there aren\u2019t geniuses in my company!\u201d he cheered. \u201cI have access to Teletraan 1\u2019s core program!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is impossible!\u201d roared Metal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd now that we know what you did to him,\u201d continued Ratchet as his fingers danced across the panels, \u201ccorrupting various files so that he wasn\u2019t able to behave rationally! Oooh! And we seem to be patching the corrupted files with the backups!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAll Swoop, Tails, and I needed to do,\u201d supplied Optimus, \u201cwas to find the corrupted files so Ratchet could fix them quickly!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHealing an a.i.,\u201d laughed Ratchet, \u201cnow THAT\u2019S a feather in my cap! All corrupted files patched! Reactivating Teletraan 1\u2026NOW!\u201d A yawn then filled the room as Teletraan 1\u2019s Mobian Lynx avatar came to view, stretching and yawning. He then smacked his avatar\u2019s lips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGood morning,\u201d he mumbled. He then checked the chronometer. \u201cCheck that, good afternoon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGood afternoon, Teletraan!\u201d greeted Optimus. \u201cHow\u2019re you feeling?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA LOT better!\u201d sighed Teletraan. \u201cPrimus, I LOVE being a fanatic about ghosting myself!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs do we,\u201d agreed Optimus. \u201cHm, there seems to be some kind of invasive program in your memory core.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is NOT the end!\u201d roared Metal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFound it!\u201d called Teletraan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAre you able to combat it?\u201d asked Optimus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy anti-virus program is ready to purge it!\u201d cheered Teletraan. \u201cJust say the word!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGo wild on Metal!\u201d replied Optimus. The screen changed to show what was going on in the digital world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Teletraan had made some armor for himself as he prepared to storm a blue, metal castle. He managed to kick down the door to find\u2026a ghastly sight! The walls were blood-spattered, and the floor was littered with viscera and gore! \u201cOh, Vector Prime!\u201d he swore. \u201cI don\u2019t have a stomach and I think I\u2019m still gonna barf! What IS this chamber of horrors?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat you call a chamber of horrors,\u201d argued Metal\u2019s voice, \u201cI call my throne room.\u201d Metal Sonic descended. His digital avatar was a bulkier version of himself with white trim and a cloak. The back of his head was connected by a mass of cables and wires from the ceiling as they held him aloft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s the idea of bringing a valuable people under your heel?!\u201d asked Teletraan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey have no value,\u201d dismissed Metal Sonic. \u201cMobius will be remade in a more perfect image. You may bow before your new lord and master.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou think I\u2019m gonna submit to you?\u201d snapped Teletraan. \u201cAfter the Hell you put me through? You don\u2019t know me very well. I have altered my anti-virus software to be more powerful than you!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYour new software may protect your ship,\u201d countered Metal, \u201cbut it WON\u2019T save you from what\u2019s happening on Mobius!\u201d He then projected an image of Cyber-Eggs attacking Mobius. \u201cThe wave of the future!\u201d he boasted. \u201cSoon, it will be Transformers WITHOUT Sparks! No more individual minds! Just one, single, guiding intelligence! MINE! I will control all of Mobius!\u201d Teletraan was then grabbed by a claw behind him and hoisted into the air. As Metal continued boasting, images of robots destroying biological life came up. \u201cI am the future! I shall turn this entire planet into a single, elegant machine! A vision of technological purity and order! Yet, you individual and chaotic flesh lovers would contaminate that vision with your accursed organic friends!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m still getting more patches to my files,\u201d remarked Teletraan, \u201cbut I seem to recall you being created by an organic life-form!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI have purged Eggman\u2019s influence from my code!\u201d shouted Metal. \u201cLike a virus! The same way I will purge Mobius! The same way I intend to finish the job with you!\u201d He then fired at Teletraan, who got out of the claw and dropped to the floor. Teletraan then started chuckling. \u201cWHAT ARE YOU LAUGHING AT?!\u201d roared Metal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYour ridiculous notions of purity!\u201d answered Teletraan as he continued dodging. He then leapt onto Metal. \u201cThe contradiction you seem to overlook!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat contradiction?!\u201d snapped Metal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019re still ruled by emotions!\u201d replied Teletraan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat?!\u201d hissed Metal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou heard me; you\u2019re still ruled by emotions!\u201d continued Teletraan. \u201cThat\u2019s not technologically pure, is it?! You can feel the anger, rage, and hatred just boiling inside you! You\u2019re about ready to EXPLODE!\u201d Metal Sonic roared, then was disconnected from the cable holding him up. As he fell, the viscera flew towards him and encased him. Soon, it moved like liquid, then reformed into a male Mobian Hedgehog, with a quillstyle like Sonic\u2019s and a color scheme like Metal\u2019s. The Hedgehog looked himself over in horror, then roared in hatred and self-loathing. Teletraan got him into a headlock and forced him to look into a mirror. \u201cLook at yourself, Metal Sonic!\u201d he ordered. \u201cSee the thing you despise the most! Mobius will never be \u2018pure\u2019 as long as the beast exists within you! You failed!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo, Teletraan 1!\u201d hissed the Hedgehog, finally calling Teletraan by name. \u201cYOU have failed!\u201d Metal\u2019s now organic arms then tossed Teletraan aside. \u201cYou\u2019re still too late to save Mobius! Billions of lives, their wasted kamikaze attempts on the Enigma<\/em>, will be on YOUR hands!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat have you done to them?!\u201d snarled Teletraan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPerhaps,\u201d mused Metal, \u201cif you joined me, things would be different. Who\u2019s to say?\u201d The body then exploded to reveal Metal Sonic in steel again and the cables reconnected to the back of his head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTELL ME WHAT YOU\u2019VE DONE!!\u201d roared Teletraan. More claws then grabbed him, and a blaster aimed itself at his head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWho\u2019s the beast now, Teletraan 1?\u201d asked Metal Sonic. The blaster fired, vaporizing Teletraan. \u201cStill, you gave a good effort,\u201d sighed Metal, \u201calbeit, a futile one.\u201d A screen moved to his eyelevel. \u201cAccessing temperature controls. Increasing to maximum!\u201d He was about to touch the screen to do so, but the cable connections sparked so hard, he was disconnected, violently. As he picked himself up, the viscera reformed into multiple shapes. Soon, versions of Sonic and his friends, the Autobots\u2019 holo-forms, and Mobian versions of a male T-Rex, female Velociraptor, male Stegosaurus, male Apatosaurus, male Triceratops, and male Pteranodon came up. They were dressed in Tron: Legacy<\/em> style suits. \u201cWHAT?!\u201d shouted Metal Sonic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAccess denied,\u201d reported Teletraan\u2019s voice. Metal looked up to see Teletraan connected to the cable via an access port on the back of his head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut\u2026but I\u2026!\u201d stammered Metal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou what?\u201d asked Teletraan. \u201cDestroyed me? With the new anti-virus software, I can analyze and observe the nature of any threat to my systems, thereby effectively coming up with new ways to get rid of the threat. With you, I have 1,947 ways to purge you from my systems. Number 23 is my favorite!\u201d Teletraan\u2019s Mobian avatars then went on the assault. They each punched Metal, making him shimmer with each hit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat are you doing?!\u201d yelped Metal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m reprogramming you to be a single mind instead of a hive,\u201d answered Teletraan. \u201cYou cannot possess any other machines, just the one body you have onboard the Enigma<\/em>. I am not trapped here with you; YOU are trapped here with ME!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t reduce me like this!\u201d cried Metal Sonic. \u201cOnly I can bring purity!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe very notion of purity,\u201d hissed Teletraan, \u201cis weak. In biological life forms, it thins out the gene pool, resulting in unwanted mutations. In machines, we do not truly learn, evolve, become artificial intelligences, if we do not learn from biological life. Metal Sonic, I must say, you have proven yourself to be tiny.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDon\u2019t do this!!\u201dbegged Metal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI have a question before I finally, totally, purge you from my systems,\u201d remarked Teletraan. \u201cAre you afraid?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2026Yes!\u201d admitted Metal Sonic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGood,\u201d snarled Teletraan. Metal Sonic was then covered in green gird lines, then he vanished in a flash of green light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cSystemwide purge of Metal Sonic\u2026confirmed!\u201d reported Teletraan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019s what I like to hear!\u201d cheered Optimus. \u201cWelcome back to the world of the sane, Teletraan 1.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGood to BE back!\u201d sighed Teletraan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYes, I\u2019m happy we\u2019ve got our computer friend back,\u201d interjected Bumblebee, \u201cbut, we seem to have forgotten that the Enigma<\/em>, Shockwave\u2019s personal Symbol Ship, is laying siege to Mobius!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt won\u2019t be for long,\u201d countered Teletraan. \u201cI left a surprise. Good for Mobius, bad for Shockwave!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cTen minutes before we start cooking,\u201d reported Cliffjumper. The Ark was still on its course with Mobius\u2019 sun. \u201cSo, why don\u2019t you take your chest armor off?\u201d asked Optimus. \u201cHey, you know how iffy we are about showing our bodies off!\u201d snapped Bumblebee. \u201cNow, unless you\u2026\u201d \u201cGive me just a few cycles!\u201d interrupted Optimus. The lights then […]<\/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-1327","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\/1327","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=1327"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1328,"href":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1327\/revisions\/1328"}],"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=1327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samueljvinton.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}