Chapter 7: Oziamuth

                                    

                                          
The village had been wiped clean, cleansed by the fiery breaths from high above. And the beasts roared out in triumph. The Alpha of the beasts landed upon the charred ground, looking pleased at his minions, when a movement from the temple caught its attention. He bristled as a male human stepped out of the temple doors, holding a staff and a curious looking dagger. Undaunted, the human walked up to the Alpha and stood before the menacing beast, and spoke in an ancient language the beast understood.
                          
<*That is far enough, Predacon,*> said the human, startling the beast. <*I command you to return to the Pits from whence you were spawned.*> He raised the staff, and the rocks and boulders around them transformed into armed warriors. The beast roared and attacked the human with a swipe of his claws, only to cleave through air! The Alpha was surprised! The human was only a hologram!
                          
The stone idol standing before him suddenly moved, catching the beast unaware. It grabbed him by the crest of his helm and sent him sprawling on the ground with a mighty punch to his jaw. The other beasts have engaged the stone warriors, but were subdued easily by sheer weight in numbers.
                          
The stone idol pinned down the Alpha, not even bothered by the intense flames that were spewing out of the beast's mouth. Another stone fist hammered his helm, stunning the mighty beast.
                          
<*I offer you just this once, Predacon,*> the stone idol spoke, its hand clamping down hard on the beast's jaws. <*Leave now or perish before our might.*>
                          
The Alpha looked intently at the stone idol with defiance. He will not yield! The stone idol nodded. Its stone hand transformed into a stake, and with all its might, rammed the weapon into the beast's helm. It stood up, transforming its hand once more into an axe and chopped off the beast's head. It raised the decapitated head and sent out a yell of triumph. The beasts all retreated in defeat, never to be seen again.
                          
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Wheelie finished translating the last of the engraved texts on the stone with Miko and her team just beside her, listening to the Minicon's retelling of the old tale. It turns out that the Minicon has an extensive archive of historical events before humans even existed.
                          
"Dang, 'Bot. You're a walking encyclopedia," Miko remarked as they continued uncovering more of the mural.
                          
"'Natch, if y'livin' long's I 'ave," Wheelie said as more of the mural was uncovered. It moved its optics from side to side when he came to a part of the text that made him yelp.
                          
"Whatcha got?" Miko asked sliding close to the Minicon.
                          
"By the AllSpark. T'is ain't right," Wheelie muttered. "It sez 'ere dat in th' time o' Primus's awakenin', a vess'l o' a Prime'll bring forth th' legions o' darkness." Wheelie read more of the text, brushing off the dust with a toothbrush nobody wanted to know whose it was. The Minicon muttered most of the text but there were audible words of "death" and "war". He stopped at a part that showed a warrior of stone with a weapon attached to his forearm. "Ooh, scrap!"
                          
"What the...?! Is that Megatron?" Miko asked as they moved the lights closer. The figure in the mural didn't look anything like the new Prime. But the resemblance was close. She moved closer to read the inscription next to the figure. "It says here that this guy's name's... Ozzie-mammoth... or something."
                          
"Lemme see," Wheelie said, leaning closer near her. "It's Oziamuth. Him wuz sez t'be Conqueror of 'em Predacons."
                          
"Conqueror or tamer?" Miko asked, turning her head in order to get a better look at the mural. Another figure caught her interest, just right above where the figure of Oziamuth was raising his hand towards what looked like a star. "Wheelie, could you take a look at this for a sec?"