Hey! So Christmas is getting close, I thought I'd make a special for it! I've already made the plan for it, except I wanna try to make it chapters long, my original plan was to have a Twelve Days Til' Christmas, BUT, family and personal matters came up along with my finals. So, I may still make a little poem, idk. In this story, Nitalia and Centurion are not in this, Jack is still human, Optimus and Smokescreen are alive. Also, Megatron is Galvatron in this, but IDK if I'll involve him in this story. The Decepticons still have the Nemesis. THIS IS ALL A 5 CHAPTER ONE-SHOT. So disclaimer, I own nothing in this but Blackwolf.
Something large entered Earth's atmosphere, a streak of flame following behind it. Connected to the shape was several crystals planted to whatever was at the center of the falling object.
The object's aim would soon lead it to fall in the middle of the Rainforest.
When it hit the Earth's surface, it left no crater, instead, surrounding the object, large, blue crystals began growing around it.
(Days Later, Omega Three, Nevada)
The Autobots of Omega Three were all preparing for Christmas's arrival. Grimlock had brought a large tree to base. It was now decorated, covered with fake snow, large ornaments, and a few rolls of ribbon.
Smokescreen was out, Fowler had called about an unknown signal in South America and needed someone to investigate.
Optimus was hard at work on his computer terminal, the screen was covered by Cybertronian language as he was decoding the Iacon database.
Jack was working on his suit, making sure all the systems were functional and that nothing would malfunction. Miko and Raf were both racing each other on their video game. June was currently at the hospital, trying to finish her work so she could join them at base.
Ratchet sighed as he was still trying to perfect his adjustments to the ground bridge, but continued to only receive errors. Bumblebee was out on patrol with Bulkhead.
Grimlock was practicing in the training room; the sound of intense training faintly echoed from the other end of the base. Ultra Magnus and Wheeljack were working on maintenance to their ships at the top of the base.
Arcee was growling with frustration, she had recently gone on a recon mission that led her through a thick forest on a rainy day, meaning it was muddy all over the ground since the grass was dead or dying this time of the year.
Several areas of her body were covered in now dried dirt or dust, what she was frustrated about was that Jasper's waterline chose NOW to burst and take half of their water, and it was THEIR half.
Blackwolf sat next to her as she grumbled to herself atop the barrels he'd stacked to use as a chair.
"Cee it's really not that bad, you just need to wait for them to fix the waterline." he admitted that he found himself laughing from how dirty she was after came out of the forest.
He wasn't looking that good either, he hadn't cleaned for a few days or repaint his armor for several months, he was now looking gray instead of black.
"Not...a word." he gave up his attempt and sat quietly.
In all honesty, he wanted to get washed and repainted, to look his best currently. He had been planning something to do with Arcee for this Christmas. Giving her a gift would feel empty, in his opinion, he wanted to give her something to REMEMBER.
Suddenly, the comms began blinking on the command terminal, the bots present focused on the screen.
When Optimus opened their comms, there was no visual, only audio from the other side.
"Smokescreen to base? Do you read?" The rookie's voice came roughly from their side, static filled the silence.
"Go ahead Smokescreen." Optimus answered the rookie.
"I've found the source of the signal; It seems to be some large stasis pot. It's branded with with a big, bad looking S." Optimus's blue optics widened in shock.
"Just hang on, we're on our way." he ordered, closing the comms.
He turned to the sparkmate couple.
"Blackwolf, Arcee, you're both with me." they both nodded, standing up and following the Prime to the ground bridge.
Ratchet entered Smokescreen's coordinates, the green vortex popped open. The three bots ran through it to find the rookie and his discovery.
Once the bridge closed, Ratchet sighed.
"Primus help us all if that thing survived." Ratchet spoke loudly enough for the others present to hear.
(South American Rainforest)
Once they were all secured and knew they had made it to the Rainforest, the three bots already saw Smokescreen standing next to this pod.
Optimus flew down to meet the rookie, Blackwolf activated his backside thrusters, held Arcee by the waist and flew them both down to follow the Prime.
Around the pod, there were large crystals of energon growing, there was a large cloud of electricity hovering above the pod's landing zone.
"Smokescreen, report." Optimus ordered.
"The pod must've fell from orbit with controlled thrusters, it didn't leave a crater. But what's weird is the amount of energon crystals growing around it." Blackwolf observed the energon, it didn't look normal.
He tried to grasp it, as soon as his digits touched the crystal, he jerked his servo back as it sent an electrical, stinging sensation through his arm. His optics widened.
"It's pure...raw, energon...but...that's almost rare." Arcee looked at it, the same questions forming in her mind.
There was a large, metal claw hanging out of the pod, it wasn't a normal Cybertronian.
"Perhaps it did expire..." Optimus wondered, Smokescreen was confused. Blackwolf saw the 'S' engraved into the pod and his optics widened.
"The dark tale of Shockwave's Predacon experiments." Optimus sighed, remembering the back story of this thing.
"During the war, Shockwave discovered the Predacons' origin tale, it led him to experimenting, trying to engineer the perfect Predacon...a weapon of mass destruction, something that could devastate any army alone."
"While ingenious...it was a hopelessly dangerous plan. What Shockwave didn't plan on was it rebelling against the Decepticons...he had created a beast that tore their soldiers apart and didn't feel pain. The only one who managed to beat it was Megatron and Soundwave after dozens of their soldiers had fallen to this thing. They defeated it, and locked it away in a stasis pod, branding it with an 'S', for Shockwave...so if it was ever found, they would know it was the failed experiment."
He let himself return to reality.
"I don't think Megatron could have predicted that it would end up on Earth." he sighed.
"The Predacons Magnus and Wheeljack destroyed? Along with Predaking...they would be a welcome sight compared to this thing." Blackwolf looked at Arcee and Smokescreen seriously.
Optimus looked at it further, when all of the sudden an missile landed next to them, the explosion startling them all.
"What?" Optimus backed away and turned around, looking for the source.
Another missile hit, this time it almost him them.
"Huh?!" Blackwolf's optics widened as a missile hit and blew them all on their backs. From above, they saw Starscream fly into view along with Dreadwing.
They landed, their weapons armed.
"The Decepticons claim that pod!" Optimus growled, he activated his battle mask and his blasters. Blackwolf had his blasters and his focus aimed towards Dreadwing, the two had unfinished business since the last time they fought.
Arcee stood with her Sparkmate, her blasters primed, but her target was instantly Starscream. Smokescreen stood next to Optimus with his blasters ready.
"This is unnecessary! It's spark has already extinguished! We were too late!" Optimus attempted to end this peacefully, they were losing time cause an energon storm was forming. The energon's electrical currents were mixing with the storm forming above the forest and would soon evolve into a deadly energon storm.
"Forgive me Optimus..." Starscream lowered his helm, before looking back up with an evil smirk. "...if I don't BUY THAT!" he fired a missile towards the Prime and Smokescreen, who weren't ready and were thrown onto their backs. The seeker fired another missile and caused several trees to fall atop Optimus and Smokescreen.
Arcee growled, switching to her blades and leaping at the seeker. He growled as he couldn't keep up with the two-wheeler.
Blackwolf deactivated his blasters and began charging at Dreadwing. The lieutenant began firing huge blasts of energy from his cannon towards the other Prime. Blackwolf kept dodging them, not slowing down in his charge.
When he reached Dreadwing, the con dropped his cannon and readied himself. The two were instantly locked in a battle of strength. Their servos were locked together as they tried to overpower each other.
Dreadwing had Blackwolf outmatched a bit in strength, the Prime was slowly being pushed back. He pushed with his metallic elbow and slammed it against the con's faceplate. Dreadwing winced in pain as Blackwolf used his strength to throw the con against the nearest tree.
Arcee roundhouse kicked the seeker across the faceplate, he grabbed his almost dislocated jaw piece, pushing it back into place. Her kicks were devastating and perfectly timed and placed. She used her blades to slash across his chest armor, leaving energon leaking gashes.
He growled in pain. He suddenly brought his knee up, it struck her in the gut, causing her to double over at the unexpected hit.
Blackwolf skidded back across the ground as Dreadwing punched him directly in the faceplate. The con sent several hits across his body. But all of the sudden, he sent another punch, but his servo was grabbed by the Prime. Blackwolf opened his optics now and they were a mix between gold and red.
He pulled his fist back, and powerfully uppercut Dreadwing, throwing the con back into the trees.
He looked over to see Starscream taking advantage of Arcee while she was winded.
She blocked his next attack, then used her free arm to strike against him. She left another gash in his armor, he growled in pain as he now grabbed her by the helm and threw her onto the ground. She tried to get up, but was stopped as he shoved her back down with his pede.
"Lights out, Autobot..." he smirked, before realizing he didn't hear Blackwolf and Dreadwing's fight.
"Beating someone who's not able to continue a fight may be customary within the Decepticons..." a strong servo grabbed the seeker roughly and lifted him off the ground.
The seeker received a devastating punch to his metal gut, he coughed. "It's simply, inexcusable behavior-" Blackwolf punched him again, Arcee looked up now to see that he had helped her. "In my book!" he threw Starscream far into the trees.
Blackwolf helped Arcee up, she smiled, glad he was here with her. Dreadwing aimed his cannon at them, he knew he couldn't take both of them, nor one in his state...then he looked at the raw energon; he remembered what happened if raw energon was exposed to fire, extreme temperatures, or...plasma.
He charged a huge blast and fired it directly at the energon near the pod. A huge explosion went off as the energon's explosion caused an energon storm to form and strike the area.
Dreadwing flew away before it was too late for him to escape.
A large force began pulling the Cybertronians viciously, it only pulled them this much due to their bodies being filled with energon, the storm was only natural on Cybertron; Earth's terrain wasn't affected by it really. They were all sent in several directions. Blackwolf and Arcee were blown away into the thicker part of the forest.
Optimus and Smokescreen were both carried away in the storm, Starscream screamed in fear as he was carried away...along with the pod.
The storm formed completely, electromagnetic waves surging across the forest along with powerful electrical strikes as a swirling torrent circled the forest.
(Hours later)
"Optimus to Blackwolf! Do you read?!" nothing.
"Optimus to Arcee! Can you hear me?" all he got was static.
"Face it Optimus! With those waves, we're not gonna get a signal to Blackwolf or Arcee right now, and soon we're not gonna be much help unless we get repairs at base." Smokescreen sighed, several of his functions were offline.
Optimus knew the rookie was right, his jet-pack was barely online and he had to get himself and Smokescreen out of the storm so Ratchet could bridge them back. What he hated was being forced to leave two of his Autobots behind.
"Wherever you both are Blackwolf...Arcee...stay safe…-" his metal brows lowered and he became less sincere and more serious. "And watch your backs..."
(Deeper into the Rainforest)
Blackwolf's optics slowly opened, he instantly remembered what had happened. He shot upward, instantly regretting it as he groaned, his entire body had felt better.
"Cee?" he asked, throwing the tree laying on him away.
"Blackwolf?" he heard in the distance. He stood up, moving slowly through the foggy brush.
He soon saw a dark shape in the fog, he had his blaster ready.
Then he looked closer as the fog around them calmed a bit, revealing Arcee, who held her blaster defensively; they both instantly sighed with relief as they deactivated their blasters.
He ran to her and held her close.
"Thank Primus you're okay." he sighed, she held just as strong.
"I'm just glad your safe as well." she responded as they separated.
Blackwolf opened his comms.
"Blackwolf to base..." nothing but static.
"Blast...the storm's blocking our communications." he growled, she didn't see the problem.
"Can't you just...fly us out of here?" she asked, he wondered the same, searching through his system functions.
He was mostly intact, but the one system he wanted to be online, his flight system, was offline.
"Can't...my jet thrusters and my t-cog are damaged, I can't transform." he sighed.
Arcee tried to transform, her t-cog wasn't working completely either.
"Frag...I can't change forms either..." she sighed.
"Well...we only have one choice if we wanna get back home...have ourselves repaired...and that's to reach the very upper edge of the storm where we're out of it's range...so we can call base." she agreed with his plan.
"Well...Wolf Prime...lead the way." she smirked, following her sparkmate into the forest.
Neither of the two knew what awaited them in the Rainforest.
So here's the beginning of the Christmas Special! I'm kinda glad I finished chapter 1, cause I struggled to make it...for some reason. I'll see you all tomorrow probably.