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A/N : There is the continuation of From Death Comes Life. You can consider it a sequel or see the first story as a prologue for this one. It will be probably a 10 to 12 chapters story if everything goes as I want it to
And if the muse dont die on me early! I sure hope not! Well, here it is, so
Enjoy!
Dinobots Heritage
Chapter 1: The cats out of the bag
There had been a month since Dinobots death, and ever since, the Predacons had been more active then ever. Like if they wanted to make them all pay for not letting them eradicate the primitive humans.
Like if they would
What a bunch of stupid fools! As for me, poor, lonely old me, I am stuck in monitor duty for two more cycles and Im already bored to death
At least, Im not completely alone! I smirk and let a servo rest on my swollen belly, which is starting to show more and more. I wont be able to hide it much longer, Im afraid
Ha, whatever
The secret wouldve been out soon, one way or another. Its not like I can only pretend Im getting, fat, can I? I chuckle and then put on one of my favourites games. Its not like the Predacons are going to attack in the next few minutes, are they?
I am coping surprisingly well with Dinobots death
I though I would be more of a wreck but no
maybe its because Im carrying his Heir. I dont know, Im not a shrink, and I suck at auto-analysis. But thats a good enough explanation for me. I groan and shift position a little when I feel the larger than usual sparkling growing inside of me move a bit. This little slagger is gonna be big
Just like his dad. And I bet hell look just like him too. Is the Raptors genetic code stronger than rat genes? Maybe
Whatever it is, I wont complain
Im going down the third level of my computer game when I heard the door open behind me. Hastily and with a muffled curse, I hide the window and look busy. Whoever it is, I hope they go away in the next nanoclick
But I don,t have such luck. I heard heavy footsteps coming behind me and soon, I have to turn around as the mech didnt seems to want to move.
Rhinox, waddya want? Im busy!
He looked down at me like I was some really interesting specimen to study, and honestly, I hate when he uses this look on me. It makes my metallic skin crawl like I had ants running all over me. And I instinctively took a posture that would hide the tell-tale bump on my lower belly. It is still small enough for me to do it. And I glare at him with narrowed optics.
He dont looks impressed in the least. And he looked at the screen behind me with a lifted optic ridge and a little half-smile that I dont like at all. Come, on, Big Green, go away and let me alone
Thats all I ask
Is it too much for Primuss sake?
No such luck
Primal wants me to do a complete systems check-up on you, Rattrap. You are avoiding the monthly exams for three months now. Its time that you comply and come with me. Or do I have to drag you here?
Aw, cmon, Big Green! Im 100% functional! I dont need a check-up! I reply with my most convinving tune. I hope he swallow it
No can do. Its the same rule for everyone, even you. So either you come with me peacefully or I drag you there. Alright?
Well, crap
Im on my feet in a nanoclick and taking a run for the lift and I heard Rhinox calling me back as I managed to get out before the big dummy can stop me. And after this, I take my comm. Link off and continue to run until I cannot run any longer. And not so surprisingly, my apparently blind run for it brought me to Dinobots funeral Pyre. Or his tombstone, if you may, cause the Pyre part is done for a long time now.
Heh
I suppose it wasnt such a blind run after all
I think and look up at the high Pyre as I transform back to robot mode. Hope ya could hear me Chopperface. I
Miss ya. Honest! I wish ya could be there ta see yer son when hell be born
I put my hand on the golden plate on which is engraved Dinobots epitaph and I trace the edges of the letters with a deep sigh. I really miss the rough, strong and ruthless warrior. I feel oddly good standing here, next to his last resting place. Like I can suck some strength for what remains of his presence here. He had the strongest, hardest Spark I ever merged with, and I did it often when I was still on Cybertron. I can feel him still if I concentrate hard enough. I let out a little chuckle and talk like he can still hear me. Thats funny, I never believed in primus and all that crap about the Wheel of Allspark and the Pit before but now
I really hope that exists somewhere and that Dinobots spark is not gone for good, vanished into nothingness.
I wanna know somethin, Chopperface
Is it always that hard to cope with someones death?... Maybe Im jus goin crazy
I can almost feel ya still
I put a servo on my belly, stroking the swollen bump lovingly, and look at the beautiful scenery. That place was great
Primal had taste for picking the most interesting sites. Even more for that kinda purpose. I feel a tiny, barely noticeable movement beneath the plating and smile. I stroke a little more and said, sounding peaceful and uncharacteristically calm.
Yep, yer dads not gone for good
Ya can feel im too, can ya? I knew it
I was about to say something else when I heard something behind me and, already in full alert, I turn around
And had to jump out of the way as a shot hit Dinobots monument behind me and shattered it to pieces. My optics widens first in surprise and slight pain and then narrowed in rage. How DARE they?! Thos no-good pile of scrap metal! I heard the cackling voice of Quickstrike boasting like the fool he is as I find some cover behind a boulder.
Ha! Serves him right! That bastard was a slaggin traitor, anyway, didnt deserve a monument!
That done it. I saw red and jumped from behind my hiding place the land some well-aimed shots right in the slaggers faceplates. I heard him yelp in pain with mush satisfaction and aimed at the second slagger, that insufferable idiotic loyalist Inferno. And he shouts that slag about Royalty as he fire on me his infamous flame thrower.
For the Royalty! Take him ALIVE!
Take THIS, ya oversized moron! I said and fired at the red ugly bastard with all my might. They destroyed all that remained of Dinobots passage on this world. Ill make them pay
Dearly! Waddya wait fer?! COME AN GET ME! Or are ya fraid of a small lil rodent?! Cowards!
I was about to shot again when I heard a noise right behind me, and I curse. I was careless! I focussed on the opponents in front of me and forgot to cover my back! And a large purple arm arap around my beck and lift me bodily from the grounds, making me choke.
Ho slag
Megatron
Im done for
Stupid rodent! Why didnt I look behind me?! A beginers failure
An probly my last
I dont think so, vermin.
The evil and twisted smirk he gave me then couldve made the bravest mech run for cover... And its not even the last of the shocks Id got today! He pressed me harshly against his platings, almost crushing me, and I feel one large, clawed servo snake its way to my abdomen plating, prodding there painfully. And what he had then makes me shiver with dread.
Thats not you I want, but Ill have to do with your disgusting, fouls Maximal stench for a couple of months
What I want is still inside of you. Yeessss
Ho no
Ho nononono
Mega-Butt knows! How did he manage to know?! No one knew apart from me! Ho, man
What am I gonna do?!
I was panicking. I knew I was but there was nothing I could do to prevent it. I was crushed in Megatrons embrace and he wanted to take my sparkling from me! Me and Dinobots sparkling, his only Heritage, the only thing that I would have from him! I struggle and fight and bite and claws at him but the slaggers too strong for me. Im trapped! And Im starting to loose consciousness because of the crushing thats taking a toll on my systems.
N-no
Lemme go
B-bastard! Ill
d-die before I l-let ya take my sparklin!
Ho, but that can be arranged
Yesss
As long as your body functions, I dont need you annoying mind! He hissed in my audio and I shiver again.
As I finally drift into unconsciousness, I thought I heard a familiar voice reach my audio
oOo
Many cycles later
Im wake slowly, my systems rebooting after a forced shutdown. I am briefly blinded by the bright light and I let out a pained whimper. My head is killing me
I finally manage to focus on whats around me and I see a familiar face leaning over me. And I sighed in deep relief.
Im on the Axalon
Primus be blessed
Megatron didnt take me away!
Nng
Wha Happened?... Ma processors killin me
I try to move but Im restrained by a magnetic field. I narrow my optics and huffed, annoyed.
What the slag is this?! Why am I restrained?! I asked a little harshly, and I see Rhinox coming into view from somewhere behind me. Hey, Big Green! Lemme go! M fine, I swear!
I feel a sharp pain in the abdomen as I move a little harder, and I wince. Ho Primus, what happened to the Sparkling? I feel somethings wrong! I try to look but a screen in blocking my view. I try to struggle more but Im thoroughly immobilized. And Im starting to panic again. Scrap those fragging mood swings!
Calm down, Rattrap! Stop struggling, youll only exhaust yourself! he said and put a reassuring servo on my forehead.
Wha
Wha happens? Is
Please, is da sparklin alright?!
For a klick the green mech looked saddened and angry, and Primal looked like he would like to tear something to pieces, and that didnt reassure me in the least. What was happening?! Was my sparkling dead? Aborted? I let out an anguished keen and I felt another jolt of pain wash through my abdomen. Rhinox stroke my forehead soothingly and his expression then change to a hopeful reassurance.
Hes still there, dont worry. He got through some heavy trials but he clung to life with claws and fangs
He then had a little amused smile and a chuckled and it made me feel better. If he laughed, than there was nothing to worry about, not really. The mech was bad at hiding anything. Primal then took over and explained.
We received and automatic distress signal from Dinobots Funeral Monument when it was destroyed. We detected tour signature
along with Predacons near this position and we got there as soon as possible. Just in time to prevent Megatron from taking you away but
He sighed and added, saddened and angered. Not before he could cut you open and take something from the sparkling. A sample of cells, I think
I feel a dreaded shiver run down my spinal unit at those words. Cut me open?! I let out another whimper and a low keening sound, trying to feel the sparkling. I am relieved when I can feel it, though, and relaxed. Hes weak but hes there nonetheless. As strong and stubborn as his father, and Im glad for it right now
Rhinox then take over the talking again and he then take a concerned and reproachful expression.
Ho slag
I think and frown. Im in for a lecture now
You shouldve told us you were carrying, Rattrap. We couldve prevented this kind of situation. It was foolish of you to keep it for yourself for so long. If Megatron had succeeded, he wouldve had a second Dinobot to manipulate and grow the way he wanted him! he sighed and shook his large head, then add, concern taking over. At least, now, youre safe. Both of you.
Im a little ashamed now. Yeah, I shouldve told them
Now I realise this. I put myself and the sparkling in high danger by running away in the first place! What a pitiful idiot I am
I think Chopperface wouldve given me a rough time for it was he still there. Pounding some sense in my tick processor
And he wouldve been right to do so!
Im sorry
Really, I am! What a fool I am
I never wanted ta run way like that, honest! I
I think I was jus a bit fraid of what ya all though bout me
And da sparklin
It was Primal that answered this, coming closer and squeezing my shoulder tightly, friendly. I look at him with a tired, ashamed smile and he smile back with reassurance. I now know that I had worried for nothing. I would have been accepted whatever I told them.
We wouldnt have though lesser of you if we had knew. Did he knew? About the sparkling?
No. I answered honestly. I neva told im. I
I sigh and a little tear, a treacherous little tear, left my right optic to roll down my cheek. I think I was fraid of da way hed react ta it
And now, tis is nothin that I regret more than neva tellin im
He died neva knowin he had an Heir
Its then that I break down and start weeping like a sparkling myself. I just cant help it. I can make up Primals form still leaning over me. And saying reassuring and kind words to me. I don,t really catch anything he says, then, but its about the fact Dinobot wouldve been proud to know it and is probably watching it from wherever he is now. And this only makes me cry harder. And I feel like a pile of scrap. An unworthy pile of dirty, cowardly slag to never told him I was carrying his Heir.
He died knowing nothing, and I dont believe in the afterlife so
For me, he never knew and thought, in his last moments, that he would let nothing behind him to reminds the world of him and take over his heritage. I dont know how long I kept crying and crying until I fell into recharge from exhaustion, but when J woke up, Rhinox is there doing some checks on my systems and probably the sparkling too. He turned to see that Im awake and asked, in a friendly tune.
Feeling better?
Yeah
I think so
Thanks Big Green
For
Savin ma sparklin an all
I owe ya, mech
He only nods and I smile back at him, then I feel I can move again and sit up slowly, with his help. Im feeling weak and sick but I can manage to get to my pedes. He helps me until I motion to him to let me be. I walk to the screen were the results of the sparklings scans are displayed.
What does it says, Rhinox? Thats all gibberish ta me
Well, it says that now all his functions are back to normal and that hes healthy and growing at a normal rate.
He? Ya mean its a mech? I said with a hint of excitement.
Yes, its a mech, and as far as I can tell, he looks a lot like his father. It will be a raptor, I think, and probably a splitting image of his father. He nodded and smiled down at me. You see, even in death, this stubborn mech managed to stay online in a way
through your sparkling.
I looked at the monitor for a long time after that, trying to make out the details of the immature protoform displayed there. He was so tiny and fragile yet
A speck of life holding on with ferocity. I am so proud of him
I will probably name him in memory of his father.
Dinobot will be reborn.
oOo
Predacons base, in the meantime.
Tarantulas, is the protoform ready yet?!
Megatron was striding back and forth in the mad scientists lab and looking at the glass container in the middle of it, hooked with so many tubes and wires I was barely visible. But he could see the tiny proform in the middle of the shining, bluish liquid.
Yes! The sample you brought me was of a perfect quality! I wouldve liked to have the real protoform to experiment and work on, but that will made it anyway! It is alive, now, Megatron! Mwahahaha!
Excellent! Yeesss
Megatron stopped in front of the glass container and looked at the barely visible protoform growing into it. Already he was looking like a three months old growing protoform, and the process had been accelerated by Tarantulas to make it so he will be ready in two months instead of the six it wouldve taken in a normal gestation. He narrowed his optics for a moment and then laughed loudly, a dark, sadistic and maniac laugh that was both chilling and frightening to hear.
So it is in motion! Soon, I will have a new and improved version of Dinobot to command! And then, Ill et rid of those Maximal pests once and for all! Yessss
He looked at the protoform again and hit the glass softly, making the tiny being inside stir and move, and laughed again, very satisfied with his latest victory. An half-victory, as he would have preferred to get the rat and the sparkling he was carrying, but he got the sample he needed. And he would get rid of the rodent and the little parasite he was carrying and therefore get rid of any traces of the old Dinobot in one decisive strike!
-TBC-






















