UNVEILED
(Opens up where we left off last issue, with the Decepticons and Autobots facing off against each other. However, the fighting has ceased and Megatron lies on the ground, offline. Jetfire narrates, describing the following scenes)
Jetfire (narration/voice-over): There they stood. Laughing at us, thinking they've won, even though their leader was most likely dead. They then took off, taking their nearly offline leader with them. Thankfully, we suffered no casualties. But Prime?
Jetfire (cont.): He stood there, possibly ashamed. But for what, I have no clue. He had us split up. I led a group to Cybertron, perhaps to take the chance to retake the planet from the leaderless Decepticons. Ultra Magnus and the Elite Guard, along with Jazz, headed elsewhere. Meanwhile, the Ark and her crew stayed on Earth.
Jetfire (cont.): My name is Jetfire. I am an Autobot. And this is just the beginning.
(On Cybertron, after Jetfire's team arrive, Shockwave contacts a certain samurai bot)
Shockwave: Bludgeon, this is Shockwave. Are you ready?
Bludgeon: Yes.
Shockwave: Good. There's an Autobot squad heading your way.
Bludgeon: Let them come.
(Meanwhile, Jetfire briefs his team. Prepare yourself for the standard Transformer info-dump/roll-call)
Jetfire: All right, you guys ready?
Swerve: Ready to roll!
Ironhide: Here to kick some butts!
Blurr: Ready!
Sideswipe: Here!
Rollout: Ready to roll!
[That was painful to type]
Jetfire: Good. Let's go.
(The team travel to an abandoned Decepticon outpost, exploring its eerie and mysterious interior)
Ironhide: Why are we here, again?
Sideswipe: Yeah, Jetfire, what are we looking for?
Jetfire: I think we've found it....
("It" is a mysterious treasure chest protected by a shield)
Ironhide: What the Pit is that?!
Jetfire: That's what we'll find out. Rollout, get the shield down!
(Just as Rollout is about to pull the lever controlling the shield, a blade appears out of nowhere and slices him down the middle, killing the redshirt Autobot. Bludgeon and the Mayhem Attack Squad then emerge from the shadows)
Bludgeon: Well, Jetfire... we meet again.
Jetfire: Bludgeon! What do you want?
Bludgeon: Isn't it obvious? We're here to stop you. Spinister, Needlenose, get them!
(The two teams begin fighting. Ironhide kicks at a frightened Needlenose)
Needlenose: *gulp*
(Spinister fires at Swerve and Blurr)
Swerve: Whoa!
Blurr (talking really fast): I'm outta here!
(Bludgeon clashes blades with Jetfire)
Bludgeon: You cannot win!
(Jetfire steps back from the duel to regather his strength)
Bludgeon: Now then, answer me this: what would an Autobot want with a Decepticon artifact?
Jetfire: Like I'm telling you.
(Jetfire throws his blade at the switch Rollout was going to pull, destroying it and bringing the shield down)
Bludgeon: No! (Jetfire punches him) Ooof!
(Bludgeon transform and rolls out) Bludgeon: Decepticons, retreat!
(Once the Decepticons have left, the Autobots stand before the chest)
Jetfire: Well... shall we open it?
(Jetfire blasts the chest open. The Autobots stare at its contents in shock)
Jetfire: Oh, my....
Ironhide: Leakin' lubricants....
(Inside the chest is a mysterious mask....)
(Elsewhere, the Herald's master screams. We then flash back to millions of years ago, while the mysterious being narrates)
???: I am one of the Thirteen. I was created alongside Vector Prime, Nexus, and the others. Primus tasked me with guarding the dark worlds created by Unicron. I made sure they stayed sealed, but... his essence tempted me. I tried to resist until....
(The mask which the Autobots discovered partially takes over the narration, interrupting the Thirteen member's speech in certain parts.)
Mask: Until I was created.
???: One of his servants forged a mask... which I accepted. I tried to resist-
Mask: But I complied.
???: I am Atha Prime.
Mask: I am the Ultio Mask.
Atha Prime: Now, I wait. For someone to find the mask and destroy it-
Ultio Mask: To wear it.
Atha Prime and Ultio Mask: I... we... are Atha Prime.
To be continued....
FEATURED CHARACTERS
Autobots: Blurr, Ironhide, Jazz, Jetfire, Optimus Prime, Ratchet, Rollout, Sideswipe, Swerve, Ultra Magnus
Decepticons: Bludgeon, Megatron (deactivated), Needlenose, Octopunch, Ruckus, Shockwave, Snarler, Soundwave, Spinister
Others: Atha Prime, Primus, Thirteen, Ultio Mask, Unicron
NOTES
* When I first heard the Star Wars name Atha Prime, I instantly thought of the Thirteen (Vector Prime, Nexus Prime, and co.) and used the name for a made-up member of that group. I then reused it for my Star Wars stories (as you can see in Destiny and Legacy of the Knights)
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