Giants of the Earth, Chapter 32
Title: Giants of the Earth, Chapter 32
Author: hopeofdawn and fractalserpent
Rating: PG-13
Verse: Bayverse/movieverse
Characters/Pairing: this chapter--the Giant, Bumblebee, Megatron, Optimus Prime, Sunstreaker, Springer, Soundwave, and many, many other ensemble characters ....
Warnings/Notes:Takes place after DOTM, with minor tweaks to movieverse events/characters (so there are minor spoilers for the third movie). Most of the characterizations will be taken more from G1--especially Optimus, who is *not* the 'kill 'em all, let Primus sort 'em out' character he is in the movies. Most of the onscreen 'deaths' of Decepticons and Autobots have also fallen victim to authorial override--see the fic for details. Mild warnings for passing mention of child/hatchling harm in this chapter.
White Aster was an awesome beta, and was great in pointing out things we missed--as always, all remaining mistakes are our own. :)
//What mountain!? Giant, what the frag--//
But the rising energy was subsuming the tacnet now, as well, burning it out, soaking every last bit of bandwidth into that coruscating dome of energy. Each pulse throbbed farther, sweeping in like the tide, washing everything inevitably into the deep.
Megatron and Optimus were almost invisible in the midst of that vortex, reduced to ragged shadows within the light. Between them, two brilliant slivers had pulled themselves free to hang in the air, burning like the heart of a star, too painful to look at directly. Felt more than seen, the twinned shards strobed, pulsing as they neared each other. Sheets of physical light danced through the ash, splitting and merging, one moment fractalline, the next pure disorder. They robed the two mecha at the epicentre like nacre, petals unfolding from the air itself. Strobing flares lanced in a column skyward, shining through every obstacle. Every color was in that light, all the wavelengths, all the amplitudes, and all the endless singing spaces in between.
Cross-posted to tf2007fun
Author: hopeofdawn and fractalserpent
Rating: PG-13
Verse: Bayverse/movieverse
Characters/Pairing: this chapter--the Giant, Bumblebee, Megatron, Optimus Prime, Sunstreaker, Springer, Soundwave, and many, many other ensemble characters ....
Warnings/Notes:Takes place after DOTM, with minor tweaks to movieverse events/characters (so there are minor spoilers for the third movie). Most of the characterizations will be taken more from G1--especially Optimus, who is *not* the 'kill 'em all, let Primus sort 'em out' character he is in the movies. Most of the onscreen 'deaths' of Decepticons and Autobots have also fallen victim to authorial override--see the fic for details. Mild warnings for passing mention of child/hatchling harm in this chapter.
White Aster was an awesome beta, and was great in pointing out things we missed--as always, all remaining mistakes are our own. :)
//What mountain!? Giant, what the frag--//
But the rising energy was subsuming the tacnet now, as well, burning it out, soaking every last bit of bandwidth into that coruscating dome of energy. Each pulse throbbed farther, sweeping in like the tide, washing everything inevitably into the deep.
Megatron and Optimus were almost invisible in the midst of that vortex, reduced to ragged shadows within the light. Between them, two brilliant slivers had pulled themselves free to hang in the air, burning like the heart of a star, too painful to look at directly. Felt more than seen, the twinned shards strobed, pulsing as they neared each other. Sheets of physical light danced through the ash, splitting and merging, one moment fractalline, the next pure disorder. They robed the two mecha at the epicentre like nacre, petals unfolding from the air itself. Strobing flares lanced in a column skyward, shining through every obstacle. Every color was in that light, all the wavelengths, all the amplitudes, and all the endless singing spaces in between.
Cross-posted to tf2007fun