Beast Wars Prime

King of the Golden Lagoon

It's that time again everyone. Welcome to a new chapter of Beast Wars Prime. I'm actually very excited about this chapter and hope it's well received. And for those who might be interested, a Spanish translation of this story is now available on Wattpad, posted by lukisam under the name guerra de bestias prime. For now though, please enjoy.

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"Alright Megatron." Shockwave called as he hefted the last part of the deposed Decepticon leaders rebuild onto his shoulder. "It's ready." Exiting the cave, he saw two of the three dinosaur-based beast modes Megatron now sported playing with Transmutate as the recently restored Astrotrain watched them in baffled amazement.

"I see it." The triple changer muttered to himself. "But I still don't believe it."

"A real Norman Rockwell moment." The illusion of Tarantulas added although only Shockwave could hear him. "Makes me wanna puke."

"Believe it Astrotrain." Megatron replied, his third beast mode sitting not too far from the cave entrance. "I was wondering when it'd be ready Shockwave. Having no legs of any kind in one mode is rather disconcerting."

"Reforging a Prime artifact takes time. And you needed more practice working three bodies simultaneously." Shockwave replied, setting his load down and watching as four flippers unfolded from it. "Two out of three works fine too."

"I still can't believe you had the Skyboom Shield all this time either." Astrotrain added as Shockwave set the third beast that composed his leader into the shield. The flippers in said shield suddenly became active and began pushing Megatron around the ground.

"Awkward." Megatron criticized. "But for a sea-based mode, it shall suffice."

"And with the Seasaur complete, so too is your rebuild." Shockwave added as Transmutate ambled over accompanied by the rest of Megatron.

"Seasaur?"

"Well, none of your three modes are based on anything in any fossil record." So, I improvised names. Seasaur." Shockwave began his explanation, pointing to the greyish blue Elasmosaurus like beast. "Landsaur." He continued, pointing to what looked like a purple Giganotosaurus standing next to Transmutate. "And Skysaur." He finished, pointing at a blazing red Pterosaur that landed in on his shoulder.

"In any case Shockwave." Megatron replied with Skysaur. "This new body goes well above your usual work." With that, the three dinos began to combine and transform.

Landsaur started off with its' hips folding downward with the legs to form a new lower body with rigging unfolding from the thighs to give it more height. The rest of the body unfolded into a new chest hull as the dino arms folded into the waist and the head came to rest where the right shoulder would be. Seasar leapt up and unfolded into a back and a pair of slim but muscled arms with the modified Skyboom Shield taking up residence on the left forearm. The two bodies merged together as Skysaur landed on the shoulders and unfolded into Megatrons' new head with the wings moving part way down his back to give him limited flight capabilities in bot mode.

Megatron took in his newly complete form. Whereas his previous body exuded overwhelming power and strength, his new one seemed to blend his previous strength with precision. Taking a glimpse of his face in his shields' reflection, he scowled.

"Shockwave, did you really have to change my optic color?" He asked. He'd been so used to his red optics that seeing them a pale green had been a shock. The new helm, sure, it needed to fit inside Skysaur. But this.

"Honestly, no." The scientist senator replied before looking his commander in the optic. "However, if you survive what's to come, then being unrecognizable may be your way to stay alive." He nodded to Transmutate. "For her sake."