Date: 10/27/2012
ALL THIS AND CIVIL WAR 2
(Decepticon Fortress, Kaon, Cybertron...)
VEHICON: Oh, Lord Starscream? You have a few visitors.
STARSCREAM: Tell them to take a hike.
VEHICON: Er, I don't think they'd appreciate that...
STARSCREAM: Tell them to wait then.
SFX: BANG BANG BANG
VEHICON: Well, uh, they're kinda impatient...
STARSCREAM: Then tell them to mind their own business and come here another day! I'm the Emperor of Destruction around here! I'll answer the blasted door when I want to!
SFX: BAM BAM
VEHICON: That... may be a problem.
STARSCREAM: Alright, fine! Don't expect me to do you anymore favors. Hello, how may I help you?
STRAXUS: You can die, for starters. (He punches Starscream in the face)
STARSCREAM: Straxus?! What the heck are you doing?!
STRAXUS: Getting rid of you, of course.
STARSCREAM: Getting rid of--?! I thought you were on my side!
STRAXUS: Oh, I'm sorry! Did I say you I was on your side? I lied. (He transforms and blasts Starscream)
STARSCREAM: ARGH! Alright... you asked for it... Decepticons, attack!
STRAXUS: (blasts and cuts through Vehicons) Cowards die many times before their deaths... The valiant never taste of death but once. Oh, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth... I am meet and gentle... with these butchers!
STARSCREAM: Er, TK-47, alert Thundercracker and the others.
TK-47: What about you?!
STARSCREAM: Don't worry! I, uh, I have an awesome weapon we can use! Just you wait! (He retreats into his room and slams the door shut)
TK-47: Oh no...
(Earth)
IRONHIDE: Alright, Evac. You better have our answers...
EVAC: You sure? Because there's lots of exposition.
IRONHIDE: As long as it makes enough sense.
EVAC: Alright. Ten years ago, my team and I arrived on Earth the same time as you. On Cybertron, we were contacted by Vector Prime, who told us of the 'Cons threatening Cybertron. Since your team was busy with handling the Decepticons, we were tasked with protecting the Matrix shard. Obviously, we didn't do a good job... It was shortly before you left that the Star Seekers arrived.
IRONHIDE: And who are those guys, exactly?
EVAC: A group of pirates. Most of them are Cybertronians who abandoned the war, although their leader Thundertron is a descendent of one of the ones who joined Nova Prime's expedition. So that's our story. I know it doesn't get us any closer to finding the Matrix shard, but...
OPTIMUS PRIME: I understand. However, the shard could be anywhere. In fact... it could no longer be on Earth!
VECTOR PRIME: Impossible! The Planet Map still indicates the shard is still on Earth!
PROWL: It also said it was in Atlantis, and we still didn't find it!
VECTOR PRIME: Then why is it still-- Wait!
PROWL: What? Where are you going?
VECTOR PRIME: I'll be right back! (He transforms and heads back into the ocean) How can I have been so stupid...? The Omega Lock!
(Soon...)
OPTIMUS PRIME: The Omega what?
VECTOR PRIME: The Omega Lock is an artifact that was forged by Nova Prime. It is what we need to reunite the Matrix shards!
OPTIMUS PRIME: ... I was going to make a comment about you forgetting about this, but I've decided against it.
VECTOR PRIME: *Sigh*
IRONHIDE: And I thought I was the old one...
(Cybertron...)
THUNDERCRACKER: This is Commander Thundercracker to all personnel! We need-- agh!
STARSCREAM: Think, Starscream, think! Megatron never had to deal with this! No one had any problems with his leadership! What am I going to do?! I need advice! (LIGHTBULB) If he can't help, no one can. SOUNDWAVE! I can't believe I'm saying this, but I need your help! Straxus is trying to kill me and--
(Soundwave hangs up. At that moment, Straxus blasts into the room)
STRAXUS: It was nice of your second-in-command to surrender.
THUNDERCRACKER: Sorry, my lord...
STARSCREAM: Stand back! You don't know what I'm capable of!
STRAXUS: To be honest, I don't. Decepticharge, would you serve as a demonstration?
DECEPTICHARGE: Heh!
STARSCREAM: YAAAAH! (He fires his null-rays and blasts Decepticharge's head off)
STRAXUS: Well... I will admit, that was pretty impressive. As such, I shall answer your dying questions before I kill you.
STARSCREAM: Okay, you can start by telling me what the heck is going on!
STRAXUS: Ah, yes. Quite a long tale, but I shall tell it. You see, the reason I left Cybertron is because I found a strange planet called Gorlam Prime. It looked exactly like Cybertron. I then chose all known Decepticons that shared a body-type with an Autobot and placed them on Gorlam Prime.
STARSCREAM: Why?
STRAXUS: So I could place the Autobots in a virtual reality where they were the villains, and show them how we saw them.
STARSCREAM: That's... really inaccurate.
STRAXUS: To you, perhaps. But then again, my philosophies always came into conflict with Megatron and the warlords. Which is why I believe new leadership is needed... with better philosophies. Which is why you need to be removed.
STARSCREAM: Fine. You can have your petty throne. But you can just forget about killing me! (He flies off, abandoning his royal gear)
STRAXUS: And so ends the reign of Starscream. How many ages hence, shall this scene be lofted over? No matter. The die is cast. (He smashes Starscream's abandoned crown with his foot) ALL HAIL STRAXUS!
TO BE CONTINUED
CHARACTERS
Autobots: Crosswise (flashbacks), Evac, Ironhide, Optimus Prime, Prowl, Vector Prime
Decepticons: Bug Bite, Decepticharge, Nemesis Prime, Slicer, Starscream, Straxus, Thundercracker, Vehicons
Star Seekers: (all in flashback only) Cannonball, Shortround, Sky-Byte, Thunderblast, Thundertron
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