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[Feb 19] [Transformers: Beast Wars] Sparkstrain Part Sixteen
Title: Sparkstrain Part Sixteen
Day/Theme: Feb 19 / Paths into the Underworld
Series: Transformers: Beast Wars
Characters: Scorponok, Terrorsaur, 1 mystery guest
Rating: PG
"Your greed landed us here!"
"No, I'd say it was your bad driving!"
Somewhere between a lava pit and the Allspark they drifted, neither here nor there, both refusing to let go of their melted shells as well as resisting to move on. Perhaps they feared what would happen either way. They each had their own brand of stubbornness, something etched into the spark after all the things that had happened since the theft of the golden disk. Perhaps also the strangeness of this planet had had an effect on their sparks, tying them to this world of energon deposits and alien devices. It was a world bigger than any plots the Predacon leaders could dream up.
"I sense the energon," Terrorsaur insisted. "It must be an ability from when I found that floating mountain. We should go to it! It could restore us!"
"Are you mad? That alien ray ignited all the energon! How far away could any remaining deposits be?"
"As if distance can inconvenience us anymore! Maybe we're better off this way for now. It could prove an advantage over the Maximals! Now, follow me."
Scorponok's spark drifted silently in the nothingness for a moment. "No. I only take orders from Megatron."
"Fool, you're beyond Megatron now. Have you no pride? We could even conquer the Predacons like this!"
"Why?"
Terrorsaur sputtered. "Why not? We deserve something after this disaster! Come on, we need to find that energon." The spark shot off into the blackness surrounding them. Scorponok didn't sense any energon and didn't see anywhere to even go, but he followed anyway. If anything he would have the satisfaction of telling Megatron about Terrorsaur's treachery when they were fished out of this mess.
If they were fished out. He reached for the casement of his shell but couldn't tell where it was anymore.
He sped after Terrorsaur's spark. "We're going the wrong way!"
"How do you know?"
"It...feels wrong. Let's go back, try somewhere else!"
Terrorsaur scoffed. "What do you know? I can feel it even stronger now! The power we've been after all this time!"
"What's this 'we'?" Scorponok asked, wary. "I followed Megatron because he is a great leader! You're just out for yourself!"
"Try to think bigger for once. We're almost there. Why don't you try seeing, then maybe you'll change your mind."
They sped along with nothing to judge their progress on other than Terrorsaur's insistent, sporadic calls of proximity.
Abruptly, Scorponok stopped. "No! I feel it now! It's going to devour us!"
Terrorsaur laughed. "What? No, no, we absorb it! That's how it works."
"This isn't power, Terrorsaur! It's--"
"It's time for you to become one with the unstoppable force... A deep red light pulsed out of the nothingness. Terrorsaur drifted toward it.
"N-No! Stop!" Scorponok would have reached to stop him if he could -- not out of concern for Terrorsaur but rather knowing they should not feed this thing.
But then it lunged and engulfed Terrorsaur's spark. Scorponok began to flee but in the next instant it was upon him. "I feel your pain, your fear. How delectable..." It laughed.
Day/Theme: Feb 19 / Paths into the Underworld
Series: Transformers: Beast Wars
Characters: Scorponok, Terrorsaur, 1 mystery guest
Rating: PG
"Your greed landed us here!"
"No, I'd say it was your bad driving!"
Somewhere between a lava pit and the Allspark they drifted, neither here nor there, both refusing to let go of their melted shells as well as resisting to move on. Perhaps they feared what would happen either way. They each had their own brand of stubbornness, something etched into the spark after all the things that had happened since the theft of the golden disk. Perhaps also the strangeness of this planet had had an effect on their sparks, tying them to this world of energon deposits and alien devices. It was a world bigger than any plots the Predacon leaders could dream up.
"I sense the energon," Terrorsaur insisted. "It must be an ability from when I found that floating mountain. We should go to it! It could restore us!"
"Are you mad? That alien ray ignited all the energon! How far away could any remaining deposits be?"
"As if distance can inconvenience us anymore! Maybe we're better off this way for now. It could prove an advantage over the Maximals! Now, follow me."
Scorponok's spark drifted silently in the nothingness for a moment. "No. I only take orders from Megatron."
"Fool, you're beyond Megatron now. Have you no pride? We could even conquer the Predacons like this!"
"Why?"
Terrorsaur sputtered. "Why not? We deserve something after this disaster! Come on, we need to find that energon." The spark shot off into the blackness surrounding them. Scorponok didn't sense any energon and didn't see anywhere to even go, but he followed anyway. If anything he would have the satisfaction of telling Megatron about Terrorsaur's treachery when they were fished out of this mess.
If they were fished out. He reached for the casement of his shell but couldn't tell where it was anymore.
He sped after Terrorsaur's spark. "We're going the wrong way!"
"How do you know?"
"It...feels wrong. Let's go back, try somewhere else!"
Terrorsaur scoffed. "What do you know? I can feel it even stronger now! The power we've been after all this time!"
"What's this 'we'?" Scorponok asked, wary. "I followed Megatron because he is a great leader! You're just out for yourself!"
"Try to think bigger for once. We're almost there. Why don't you try seeing, then maybe you'll change your mind."
They sped along with nothing to judge their progress on other than Terrorsaur's insistent, sporadic calls of proximity.
Abruptly, Scorponok stopped. "No! I feel it now! It's going to devour us!"
Terrorsaur laughed. "What? No, no, we absorb it! That's how it works."
"This isn't power, Terrorsaur! It's--"
"It's time for you to become one with the unstoppable force... A deep red light pulsed out of the nothingness. Terrorsaur drifted toward it.
"N-No! Stop!" Scorponok would have reached to stop him if he could -- not out of concern for Terrorsaur but rather knowing they should not feed this thing.
But then it lunged and engulfed Terrorsaur's spark. Scorponok began to flee but in the next instant it was upon him. "I feel your pain, your fear. How delectable..." It laughed.