Beast Wars Reborn Chapter 4

“Beast Wars Reborn: Chapter 4 of 4, The Extraordinary Reformat”

Translation: Taka-chan / Karyuudo
Story scans provided by:  Jenny

To read the previous chapters that were translated by Hydra, please click on the links below. 

Chapter 1:
https://www.allspark.com/2014/04/beast-wars-reborn-chapter-1-of-4-the-mysterious-temple-in-space/

Chapter 2:
https://www.allspark.com/2014/10/beast-wars-reborn-chapter-2-of-4-master-of-the-game/

Chapter 3:
https://www.allspark.com/2014/03/beast-wars-reborn-chapter-3-of-4-planetfall/

The story so far: A game set by Soundblaster moved the stage from the temple in space, to the jungle-covered planet; Animatros in the time way before the war over the “Grand Black Hole” had taken place!

“Megatron and I were eternal arch-enemies in a war that once divided a world into two.” 

While passing through the native biosphere of Planet Animatros, Convoy told his personal story to Saidos.

"At the last phase of the war, we collided against each other on our home planet, staking our very world, race and souls. In the end, we were broken down into particles at the center of the planet, and we became the foundation of a new world.  Two individual’s Sparks scattered about, melted together and became one with our planet."

“It’s like a fairy tale.  So then, you, who became a planet, how did you end up on a remote planet like this?”

The background story was easy: Soundblaster wanted a successor, thus he separated their Sparks from the very earth of planet Seibertron, and resurrected them in this unknown region of the stars.  But then contrary words slipped from Convoy’s mouth. 

“I, too, would like to know why.”

With Saidos guiding him, Convoy was escorted to an underground temple, called “Rectangle Valley”.  This was one of the few sites which had mechanical technology which were scattered throughout the Transformers’ habitat.  This was the perfect location to acquire the information on the “rite of succession” which was said to be recorded on the golden disk.

Meanwhile, Convoy being a natural space explorer, was greatly intrigued by the unique planetary environment of Animatros. Especially unusual about it, not only in its appearance on the ground surface, but everywhere on this planet was filled with some sort of psionic energy which wrapped the whole of Animatros like an aura. According to the robotic priests of the temple, this was the effect of an ancient treasure called the “Planet Force” which was brought by Transformers on a spacecraft who visited long ago.

The origins of the Animatros world did not match any historical viewpoint known to Convoy.  The only way he could think of was that after all, this universe was completely different from the world he knew. Convoy dismissed those thoughts and rushed to decipher the disk with the priests.  At any moment, Megatron could storm in and recapture the disk.

Two days later, there was no sign of Megatron showing up, and that, on the other hand, was heightening Convoy’s anxiety. Was Megatron not showing up because he did not need the disk anymore?

(Soundblaster had sealed away the memories of Megatron and I, and we were exposed to the power of the temple in our blank slates.  This was to allow us to learn about the power of controlling space-time without fighting against each other... But at that time, I was distracted about my past, while Megatron was acquiring as much as he could about the secrets of the temple and the disk.  Perhaps at that time, he had already acquired the information he needed about the “succession”…!)

Convoy’s guess pretty much hit the mark.  Megatron had accomplished decoding the confidential data from the golden disk and started taking the steps of the “succession” on his own. He first attacked a group of dinosaur-type Transformers that lived in a valley, and without much effort, overthrew their leader, “Scavenge”.

“You offer no resistance at all. Have none of you even realized the blessings from the Planet Force yet?”

“What the hell are you talking about, you outsider!?”

The group of warriors who had lost their boss then went into a frenzy.

“That’s right, I AM from a different world!  Therefore in order to use the power of this planet, I need to reformat myself anew to adapt to this particular space and time. And, the fastest way to do that is…”

Using his right-handed dinosaur head, Megatron had it bite into the external terminal section located on Scavenge’s back.

“…to get the seal of covenant that is engraved and wasted on your bodies!”

Then, he pulled out a triangular shaped inductive device out of the victim's body, assembled it into his own left arm and connected it directly into his neural net. Flowing through Megatron’s whole body like raging waves, swarms of mechanical particles which made up the anatomy were activated and rapidly reconfigured him. And then, finally changing his appearance from an organic beast warrior, into the form of an Animatros-type metamorphic Transmetal robot!

“Convoy, I have received the ‘sacred crest’.  I am now ready to accept the ‘Zeonomicon’!” 

Meanwhile, two Ancients who were battling in the spiritual world finally came to a conclusion. Vector Prime had used his sword to slice Soundblaster's body into a V shape and the enemy finally ceased motion. However, this wasn’t truly his end.

This Astral body of Soundblaster’s was merely one fragment of his spirit torn into many thousands more. Then, he determined to try and spiritually fuse with his former comrade.

...he is destined to disappear … his existence, to disappear from all of time… and only his “power” will be left behind… any traces of him will be turned into absolute nothingness… a successor… that is the only proof of existence… this power should be handed to the worst one… revenge on the universe… there is no such thing as a suitable successor… it’s impossible for it to exist… impose a test… an unexpected situation… a beast of time...

With that, it had become unbearable for Vector Prime and had to unbind their fusion.  What a devastated and miserable soul he had.  Even so, …what exactly was that last image…?  He really had no idea, and eventually it became an eternal mystery.

The next day, leading an army of predatory beast-type Transformers, Megatron finally attacked the underground temple.  Convoy, standing bravely along the valley walls, confronted his enemies head-on.

“Would you be so kind as to return MY golden disk?!”

“Your appearance… it looks like you’ve obtained the “sacred crest”.  What kind of dirty method did you use?”  Convoy rebuked him.

“You’re sounding like you’ve also succeeded in decoding the disk.  Then you already know the real worth of this body, see it for yourself!”

When Megatron raised his left arm high, Convoy was able to see the slot-shaped energy reception terminal had been formed on the area where the sacred crest was transplanted.

“FORCE CHIP!”

Megatron’s left arm which had read the energy code of the “Force Chip” suddenly caused internal changes, and generated the functions that were not there originally. It was as if a hidden power within him was unleashed by some type of magical key, a fusion missile launcher appeared out of his body, and opened fire on the underground temple, blowing it to smithereens. So tremendous that power, that both enemy and ally trembled with fear.  This was the historical moment where the “Ignition phenomenon” had occurred for the first time on the planet Animatros.

“You see, this is the way to connect with the supernatural power.  The Zeonomicon is also Soundblaster’s power turned into a Force Chip.  Only by acquiring this body, one can connect to it…  What exactly have YOU been doing up until now?”

“Laying the groundwork'', said Convoy as he shrugged his shoulders. 

To be able to summon the Zeonomicon at the final stage of the "rite of succession", the golden disk must be installed at an obelisk which was built within the mouth of a volcano, which was just beyond the two mountain ranges from the valley where they were standing. Whatever that meant, Megatron was already one step ahead.

“It’s impossible for you to recover your position since you do not even carry the sacred crest.  Now, do you want to hand over the disk and die, or have the disk pulled from your dead corpse?”

Convoy fearlessly laughed.

“Unfortunately, it’s not necessarily the case that the sacred crest is needed to execute the ‘reformat’".

“What?”, said Megatron with confusion.

At that moment, Saidos suddenly appeared, carrying a large item from across the valley.

“It’s what you’ve asked for, take it!”  Without a moment of delay, he threw the item across to Convoy.

“The Planet Force?!”  Megatron was stunned by the item that Convoy had received.  It was a sacred treasure itself, framed in gold, the source of the psionic field on the planet.

"The current owner of that thing - the general governor, is quite a reasonable person, you know,” said Saidos.  “I wonder if a concept such as, “cooperation in good will” is not in Megatron’s dictionary?”

Convoy activated his rear jets and rose high in the sky, and held the Planet Force with both hands, then prayed fervently.

“Planet Force… a fragment of Primus’ life… I don’t wish for power; I only ask you to bestow me a way of breaking the chains of destiny!”

A brilliant light illuminated the area, and Convoy’s reformatting had begun. The metamorphosis took place instantly, and he, too, was changed into a robot form unique to Animatros. His body was divided into two modules, one of which was reconfigured as a hover board to enhance his airborne mobility. The Force Chip receptor was humbly formed at the rear edge of the board, as if it were reflecting his will. Convoy came flying in to the rock shadow where Saidos was, and handed him the sacred treasure over to him and said:

“Thank you, my friend. And thank the governor, too.''

Then he climbed rapidly and rushed toward the mountains.

Megatron grinding his teeth, straddled onto a giant flying dragon-shaped warrior and followed the flight path of the board.

“Convoy, you think you’re so smart… however, the match isn’t over yet!!”

Then, the two eternal enemies disappeared from the sight of Saidos and the priests.  No one has seen the conclusion of their battle--- However, Saidos was convinced that the fact a new day keeps arriving to Animatros, was the best possible answer to the outcome of that battle.

The end.