MIND GAMES
By: Mark Harris
PG L
Jawbreaker's a result of two sparks merging. He has no idea about his past, yet
his past affects him everyday. His crazy personality is a result of the
internal war between his “parents”.
“You are going to PAY!” Depth Charge screams. “Mwahahahahahahahaha!” Rampage
laughs while firing at Depth Charge. Depth Charge pulled out his missile
launcher and rifle and blasted Rampage to pieces. “Don’t you know that was
pointless?” Rampage taunts as his body pieces itself back together again. “It
maybe pointless but at least I am winning this war of the spark.” Depth Charge
responds with a harshness in his voice. “Want to bet on that?” Rampage then
becomes intangible and attacks Depth Charge from the inside. “Looks like the
tides have changed.” Rampage says gleefully, after destroying Depth Charge.
Jawbreaker was tossing and turning in his bed. His sleep was interrupted every
night since he came online. He never got a good night's sleep, as a result the
mental anguish he goes through is even worse due to him being cranky all the
time.
Jawbreaker was on patrol around the base’s perimeter. “Dark Night have you
noticed that Jawbreaker is a little psychotic?” Grimlock asks. “Yeah I have.
Do you know what could be affecting him like this?” Dark Night inquires. “I
would need to get access to his internal systems and spark.” Grimlock answers.
“Next time he goes into the CR Chamber do whatever you need.” Dark Night
orders.
Scourge and Stink Bomb were looking for another base to use since Scorponok
and Terrorsaur messed up the last one. Scorponok and Terrorsaur were sent on a goose
chase to keep them out of the way until the new base was located. A base of
Tarantulas’ was found near the Ark’s location. The only thing is it wasn’t
outfitted enough; it was like Tarantulas started to make this location a new
base but didn’t finish before he was killed.
“Damn it, why couldn’t Tarantulas have kept each of his base in the computer?”
Scourge says while blasting the hell out of the base. “I have an idea. Why
don’t we use the Nemesis as our base? We could activate Decepticons anytime we
want that is located on ship. To ensure they cooperate we rig them with a
control device that will kill them if they try to kill us and shocks the hell
out of him if they disobey.” Stink Bomb suggests. “Great idea, the stupid
Maximals wouldn’t dare destroy one of the Decepticons because that would mess
up the timeline. They are perfect! Let’s take out that Maximal just for fun.”
Scourge orders. The two Transmetal 2s take off out of the ruined base and go
after Jawbreaker. Jawbreaker was caught off guard and was nearly destroyed. If
it weren’t for Grimlock he would have been.
The Transmetal 2s took off immediately when they saw Grimlock and headed
straight for the Nemesis. Grimlock carried Jawbreaker straight back to base
and put him in the CR Chamber. Grimlock as ordered by Dark Night accessed
Jawbreakers internal CPU after that he entered into a deep meditative state
where he made a connection with Jawbreaker’s spark. Dark Night walks in and
watched Grimlock. Grimlock came out of his meditative state and turned to Dark
Night. “He has a dual spark, in other words two sparks merged into one. Both
sparks are full of hate for the other one. Each night when Jawbreaker goes
sleep mode to recharge his systems the two sparks go to war. Actually whenever
Jawbreaker is not conscious the two sparks go to war; currently they are at
war with each other. I can only see one way to stop this spark war, but that
would kill Jawbreaker as well and only result in no one joining the Matrix.”
Grimlock turns to the CR Chamber. “The spark of Depth Charge deserves much
more than that, he deserves to be at peace. I will have to do some more
research into this to find a different way to save Jawbreaker and Depth
Charge, and to punish Rampage for all his crimes against Cybertronians.”
Grimlock walks off. Dark Night walks up to the CR Chamber. “Depth Charge,
Rampage, and Jawbreaker all in one spark. No wonder Jawbreaker is a little
nuts.” Dark Night walks over to his owl, which is perched on a console staring
at a mouse ready to pounce on it.
The two Transmetal 2s have reached the ocean. “Time to make history!” They
shout as the dive into the ocean and make their way to the Nemesis.
“I believe those Transmetal 2s sent us on a wild goose chase. We have been out
here for hours looking for supposed energon deposits.” Terrorsaur bitches.
“Stop complaining Terrorsaur of course they sent us on a wild goose chase they
wanted us out of the way for whatever reason. Now if we do happen to find
something of use then would be the coup de gras.” Scorponok berates his flying
companion.
After the two Transmetal 2s enter the Nemesis they erect a force field around
the opening they just went in. They then went to the bridge and had the ship
pump out all the water that had entered the ship. “Now it is time to build the
control devices and awaken our army.” Scourge says nonchalantly.