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Legacy of the Discs
by Dinobotatron (leon1987a@yahoo.com)

Dinobot walked down the metal corridor to the bridge. He found Rattrap, asleep at the console. He smiled to himself and stepped over to it. He looked at the Golden Disc floating inside it's chamber. He transformed, and very quietly, took the disc out. He heard Rattrap mumble something in his sleep and stepped back quickly. Rattrap turned onto his side, still sleeping. Dinobot walked to the lift and headed into the night.

High above the bases, in a tall mountain, Dinobot walked over towards a small pile of rocks. He lifted the largest one, revealing the other disc. He lifted it and held them both into the night sky.

"These discs hold the record of the future. They can be used to alter the very course of time itself. To use them...could mean escape." he said, staring into them.

"But, what harm could it do? It could destroy everything we have built. It could destroy everything we know.

"But to not use it, my demise would be immenent. My fate is death here. Dare I save myself?" he asked.

He thought to himself for a minute, then held the discs close to his face.

"The decision is made. I will go." he said, and began to move the discs toward each other. A strange, bluish energy erupted from each one.

"May I be forgiven for what I am about to do."

He joined the discs together, forming one large circle. Energy fluxed around them. It blasted clear into him. He screamed, from an unearthly pain. His body was enveloped straight into the disc. He soared through a long, winding tunnel of energy. Across and endless void of darkness. He flew by, seeing all the events in his life. Cybertron. Arriving on earth. Joining the Maximals. Snap fighting with Rattrap. The near doom of the planet. The Transmetal bodies. And finally, that moment when he had interlocked the discs. It all went by in a blink.

Then, the world went black.

"Wake up!" cried a voice in the darkness.

"Yes, you must awaken now! So commands our leader!"

Dinobot looked up, as the darkness began to clear away. Two robots stood over him. They were big, and had vehicle parts attached to their bodies. One looked like a robotic body inside a tank, with a large, blackish head. The one standing next to him had what looked like human car parts along with a smaller, whiter head. He lifted his head groggily, moaning to himself.

"Where am I?" he asked. v "You don't recognize it?" asked the tank bot.

"Yer on Cybertron." said the other one.

"Cybertron?" Dinobot asked and stood up, "Where are all the Maximals?"

"Maximals?" asked the car bot.

"Who in the name of Primus are you talking about?" asked the tank.

"Maximals! The advanced form of the autobots!" he said.

"This guys crazy, MegaCannon." said the car bot.

"Don't know what he's talking about either, Speedster." said the one called MegaCannon.

A large musical session sounded and Dinobot looked around at the area he was in. Tall electronic buildings were all around him. A bunch of robots were gathered a couple of yards away.

"The leader comes!" Speedster said.

"Leader?" Dinobot asked, but the two robots had run over to join the crowd. Dinobot ran after them and looked at all the other bots. They were gathered near a street, waiting for something. Suddenly, a large group of soldiers walked buy, and four more came, carrying a giant throne. A robot sat atop it. He had plane like features and a gray face. He had black and white metal covering most of his body. He wore a throne and a reddish cape. Dinobot gasped as he realized who he was.

Starscream.

Dinobot saw what had happened. He had altered history by using the golden discs. He had built a Cybertron ruled by a notorious, evil transformer.

Dinobot thought for a second and asked a robot, "Where is the nearest history recording system?"

"The Great Library over down that way." the robot answered and turned back to the leader.

"All hail Starscream." they said and bowed. Dinobot ran off down an alley towards "The Great Library".

Later, Dinobot walked in, and saw a large list of data discs. He grabbed a couple and sat down at a console. He read the data on the first disc and gasped.

Starscream had taken over the Decepticons. When Megatron returned in his new body, Starscream battled him. They fought for hours, until Starscream destroyed him utterly, and Galvatrons allys, Cyclonus and Scourge, joined him. They waged war, and defeated the Autobots, and made them their slaves. The mighty Unicron was uninterested in Cybertron and went off to other parts of the galaxy. He never returned. Starscream ruled for years over Cybertron, never weakening. He was considered a tyrant, but had brought Cybertron glory.

Dinobot placed the discs away, and walked away from the library. He sat down against a wall and cried out.

"What have I created?" he asked.

A robot walked over to him from the darkness of an alley.

"Hey you!" he said.

Dinobot turned his head and looked at the bot. "What?" he asked.

"You ain't from around here. But I can tell you don't like Starscream." the robot said.

"No, I don't." Dinobot told him, "He is only the most notorious traitor ever to walk the face of Cybertron!"

"I agree." said the bot, "Listen. We know you aren't like us. You aren't an autobot, or a decepticon. What the heck are you?"

"A Predacon." Dinobot said.

"Interesting name. Anyway, I've formed an underground resistance against Starscream." said the bot, "I think you should join."

Dinobot looked at him, "And why should I listen to you?"

The robot emerged fully from the darkness. He had reddish metal all over his body, with his knees a whitish color. He had a large blue face. Dinobot gasped as he realized who this was.

"Because Optimus Prime doesn't lie." he said.

Later, Optimus Prime lead Dinobot to a large building. They walked down a corridor, and went down a lift. They ended up in a large, bunker type area. About twenty other robots stood there, a lot more elsewhere.

"This is the resistance." Optimus Prime explained, "Autobots and Decepticons have joined together to fight against Starscream."

He saw some Transformers he recognized from the past. Ultra Magnus. Sound Wave. The Constructicons. Springer. Blaster. Percepter. Kup. Blurr. They all held weapons and walked around.

"You seem to be preparing something." Dinobot noticed.

"Yes. We are setting up for a full assault. Starscream's fortress is heavily guarded. It is twelve clicks from our current location. He isn't expecting an attack. Scourge and Cyclonus are his major defense. But he does have weapons mounted around the base."

"This seems too easy." Dinobot said.

"It isn't. Starscreams fortress has traps and weapons everywhere. No place is safe."

"You expect this small army to defeat that?" Dinobot asked.

"Will you help us?" Optimus Prime wondered. The Autobots and Decepticons looked over at him.

"I will." Dinobot answered.

That night, the army headed towards the fortress. They had weapons mounted in the city, a few members ready to shoot down the enemies. The resistence set up. Optimus Prime and Dinobot waited patiently as they prepared for combat.

"Begin the attack!" Optimus Prime said. He leaped through the air, drew his rifle, and started blasting away at the autoguns he had described.

Dinobot ran ahead, the Constructicons and SoundWave behind him. Ultra Magnus blasted away at the auto guns, blowing some apart. SoundWave readied his eject system.

"Rumble, Frenzy, Ravage, RatBat, Eject. Operation: Destroy Defense Systems." SoundWave said as cassetes flew from his chest and transformed.

The Constructicons came together, and transformed into Devastator. They walked up and began smashing weapons left and right. Ultra Magnus and Optimus Prime blasted some more. A group of robots, the Dinobots, Grimmlock, Slag, Swoop and the others leaped into battle. Percepter and Blurr ripped away. Dinobot fired his eye lasers.

Then, the fortress fought back. The undestroyed auto guns fired at the transformers, and two robots flew from the immense base.

"Scourge!" said Optimus Prime.

"And Cyclonus!" added Kup.

The two Decepticons blasted at the resistence. Blurr wasn't fast enough to dodge the hail of fire. He toppled over, dying. Scourge flew at Kup. His sharp wings cut clear through him, and ripped him apart. Grimmlock was caught by a hail of missile fire, and died. The other Dinobots fought still, but died rather fast.

Optimus Prime fired an energy bolt at full power into Cyclonus. The Decepticon warrior screamed as his body exploded in a flash of light. Enraged, Scourge fired into Optimus Prime. Optimus Prime toppled over, mech fluid draining from his chest. Dinobot, UltraMagnus, and Percepter ran over.

"They got Prime!" said Ultra Magnus.

"Do not grieve." Optimus Prime said, "Soon. I shall be one with the matrix."

"We won't give up on you yet." Percepter said. He and UltraMagnus began dragging the fallen leader back to their base. Dinobot returned to the battle, where Scourge had destroyed Blaster, and was ripping apart Devastator.

"Come Dinobot." Sound Wave said, "We must stop Starscream."

Dinobot nodded. The two ran into the fortress. Devastator fell over, Scourge victorious. He flew in after them, blasting away. He scored a hit in Sound Wave's chest. Mech fluid drained down.

"Go." Sound Wave said, clutching his wound.

"I will not leave you." Dinobot said.

"You must. The mission must not fail."

Dinobot nodded. He lifted up and ran down a hallway. Sound Wave blasted Scourge into oblivion, and moved against a wall.

"Must not fail." Sound Wave said, as he grabbed explosive charges. He placed them against the wall, and toppled down to the ground.

"Over.." he said, and his optics dimmed.

Dinobot entered a large room. Starscream stood just in front of a throne, staring at him angrily.

"Your rebellion has destroyed any future on Cybertron!" Starscream roared.

"You" Dinobot said, "Have no future on Cybertron."

"Ha! I will tear you apart..just like Galvatron!"

He fired an energy beam at Dinobot. He leaped over, and dug his sword into Starscream's chest.

"You treacherous decepticon!" Starscream roared.

"Predacon." Dinobot said. He blasted Starscream with his optic blasts and lifted him over his head.

"It ends here." he said. "Until all are one."

He flung Starscream out against a wall. He crashed through, and sailed to the ground, screaming in pain and anger.

Dinobot stood in the destroyed throne room. A huge explosion rocked the room.

"What is happening?" Dinodot asked. A huge blast of flame ripped into the room. Dinobot screamed as he too was engulfed in it.

The world again went black.

"Hey! Wake up Chopper face!" came a whiny voice.

Dinobot looked up to see Rattrap standing over him.

"Rise and shine!" he said.

"What? Vermin?" Dinobot asked.

"Yep. You got scout duty!" Rattrap said and walked off.

Dinobot looked around. He was in his quarters. Morning light penetrated through his room. He looked around.

"I'm back."

He walked into the control center. Optimus and Rhinox were talking about something. Dinobot stared at the golden disc, floating in it's container like nothing happened.

Dinobot was confused, but sighed to himself. He boarded the lift and went down to the surface, and to his scout patrol.

Unnoticed by anyone, a symbol on the golden disk had faded, and a new one had appeared. It looked a lot like a sword, a robot holding it. It was hard to make out, but it was there.