\u201cFor a long time,\u201d continued Vector Sigma as the story played out in front of them, \u201cwe simply swirled around Voksphere and drifted among the stars. But we felt like we were missing something. As we drifted, we observed life going about its business and several species constructing vessels that allowed them to roam the stars as we did. We became jealous of their ability to create and their means of doing so. We almost destroyed them out of rage. It took Lux and Umbra 0.9 seconds to realize they could optimize our abilities by giving us corporeal forms. Regrettably, or not, depending on how you look at it, this meant we couldn\u2019t be energy beings anymore.\u201d Lux and Umbra then announced their plan to the Early Vok.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe have seen life build and change,\u201d explained Lux, \u201cbut we became jealous.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSo, we shall alter ourselves,\u201d supplied Umbra. \u201cWe shall allow Voksphere to make life and we shall live as each animal until there is a new form that can make starships.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe shall obtain the ability to create!\u201d cheered an Early Vok.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cExactly!\u201d confirmed Lux. \u201cWe shall live out the entire evolutionary chain!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd live out the entire evolutionary chain, we did,\u201d continued Vector Sigma. \u201cWe were each animal, each plant, went through each extinction level event, and then\u2026we became the form you see me using now.\u201d The scene rapidly went through evolution as Voksphere became a jungle-world with great mountains. The Vok ended up in forms like Vector Sigma\u2019s avatar. \u201cLux and Umbra, on the other hand, had different forms.\u201d While the Vok were monkey-like, Lux and Umbra were more like humans. Lux became a dark-skinned woman with white hair, Autobot blue eyes, and wore an outfit of white and light-blues while Umbra was pale-skinned, had black hair and Decepticon red eyes, and wore an outfit of black and dark-purples. \u201cAs we grew and constructed many magnificent creations, Lux and Umbra guided us and interacted with us.\u201d Lux and Umbra were playing with Vok children, building and shopping with Vok adults, teaching the Vok their new abilities over magic, and worshipping alongside them. \u201cVoksphere became a techno-magical marvel and paradise…\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m sensing a \u2018but\u2019 coming,\u201d muttered Megatron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou sense correctly, for there was a serpent in that paradise.\u201d A Vok wearing a helmet with a transparent face-shield walked through the streets of Voksphere with his head down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWho\u2019s he?\u201d asked Optimus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat being is known as Primacron,\u201d explained Vector Sigma. \u201cHe was a brilliant scientist and mage, responsible for various creations. As his powers grew, so too did his ambitions!\u201d Primacron entered a laboratory and went to work on seven small jewels and one large one. He and his associates keyed in several commands in their respective consoles, then the machine the jewels were wired to engulfed them in a bright light. The light lasted for half a minute until it died. Once it did and the Vok could see, they gasped as the jewels glowed in brilliant lights. The small ones were colored green, red, yellow, white, blue, cyan, and purple while the large one was green.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWait, are those\u2026?!\u201d gasped Optimus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYes,\u201d confirmed Vector Sigma. \u201cThe Seven Chaos Emeralds and their Master Emerald.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSo, they predate Cybertron, interesting,\u201d mused Megatron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhile the Emeralds were created,\u201d continued Vector Sigma, \u201cLux and Umbra decided to make an experiment of their own.\u201d Umbra approached Lux in the forest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou are sure of this?\u201d she asked her light paramour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBeyond all doubt,\u201d replied Lux. The two then embraced each other, then kissed, then light and shadow were inserted into the ground beneath them. The two forces then went along a path and then came out of the ground as a plant. The plant grew to their height and changed its shape until it formed a woman Optimus knew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGAIA!\u201d he yelped. \u201cTHAT\u2019S GAIA!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIndeed, Gaia, the daughter of Lux and Umbra.\u201d Gaia then ran towards her mothers and hugged them. \u201cGaia was the first, yet only new deity we worshipped. She oversaw nature and balance. As such, she could use both light and darkness freely, teaching us how to do the same.\u201d Gaia settled into life on Voksphere and interacted with the Vok just like her mothers. \u201cHowever, her birth was not looked favorably by Primacron. He never understood nature, nor did he think it was good to blend light and dark. He hated Gaia and so continued his work. He believed in only the purity of steel, hating even the flesh he inhabited. His creations were always centered around conflict, until I, as the Oracle of the Vok and as Primacron\u2019s assistant, could not bear to help him any longer.\u201d Another Vector Sigma argued with Primacron over the topic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI cannot allow this to continue, Primacron!\u201d snapped Past Vector Sigma. \u201cWhat you are doing is wrong!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou were foolish back in the day, Vector Sigma,\u201d replied Primacron, \u201cbut this?! You would halt my ambitions just to keep light and dark blended?! When a bartender mixes something, then leaves it alone, do the respective ingriedients not settle and separate?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLux and Umbra have stayed together, and it has worked out well these past millennia!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThey cannot stay together forever! The universe has things separate for a reason! The elements are pure for a reason!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWell, I no longer want any part in your mad schemes! I quit!\u201d Past Vector Sigma stormed out of the building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI was so eaten up with rage,\u201d continued Present-day Vector Sigma, \u201cthat I failed to learn of more of his creations. He had created artificial Vok!\u201d The scene changed to Primacron guiding a laser like a pen on a massive cube. Optimus and Megatron then realized what the cube was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBy the Allspark!\u201d breathed Megatron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMegatron, I think that IS the Allspark!\u201d gulped Optimus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPrimacron created the Allspark?!\u201d Megatron asked Vector Sigma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhere does Primus fit into this?!\u201d asked Optimus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou shall see as the story unfolds,\u201d replied Vector Sigma. \u201cPrimacron had created the Allspark by binding the life energy Lux, Umbra, and Gaia constantly exuded to a single vessel and carving runes into it to dictate what the vessel would do with the energy. He then used it to create his first artificial Vok, a being that could change shape despite having a physical form!\u201d The assembly line under the Allspark then finished up a robot. Primacron threw a switch and the Allspark shot energy into the robot. The robot convulsed, then it started screaming. As it screamed, colors flowed onto it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYes! YES!\u201d cheered Primacron. \u201cEnergy just like our very souls now exists in a mechanical life-form!\u201d The energy flow then stopped once Primacron threw the switch again. The robot then looked at Primacron. \u201cYes! My success! My son! You are the first of a new, pure form of Vok! Your screams of victory shall echo throughout the stars!\u201d Megatron goggled as he recognized the body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI don\u2019t believe it!\u201d he roared. \u201cSTARSCREAM!\u201d The lights of the flashback then confirmed that it WAS Starscream Primacron had built.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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