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'''Rampage crashes down on a hunk of rock and becomes aware he's not alone.'''
'''Protoform X, seemingly all alone, tries to fight the madness.'''


==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==
[[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] is dragged through the corridors of a spaceship, stuffed into a stasis pod... and later, falls from space, flaming, towards the nearest large body of rock. He slams into it with enough force to create a crater, which he then has to clamber out of while he slowly regenerates. As he walks along, his vocal systems finally regenerate and he can talk again, so he scolds his arm cannon for wasting his energon by repairing. As he talks to himself, he spots something in the shadows, and lashes out with both his cannon and his fists, but comes up with only a rock shaped vaguely like a head, causing him to laugh insanely.
On board a [[Claustrum|ship]] transporting prisoners, [[Rampage (BW)|Protoform X]] is dragged to cell, and sealed inside. Clawing at the door proves of no use, but salvation soon comes when the ship is mysteriously destroyed, sending Protoform X plummeting into the atmosphere of a nearby [[Metascan Omega|planet]]. All the while, X knows that no matter how much the pain, he will survive. He ''always'' survives. Upon impact, the skeletal Protoform X pulls himself out, beginning to regenerate; having been unable to kill him any other way, Protoform X believes his jailers are trying to starve him. But to his surprise, Protoform X realizes he isn't the only one one the planet when he senses something familiar...


Resting against a cliff, he spots [[Medusa|another shadow]] and opens fire wildly, though again there is nothing to destroy. Insisting to himself he's not mad, Rampage finally spots a trail leading away which he takes to be a vehicle track. Laughing, he transforms and announces that he is now the hunter and his tormentor the hunted.
A whole day passes by until Protoform X is near fully healed. Paranoid and insane from years of torture, the mad Cybertronian begins yelling at himself for consuming so much energy, trying all the while to convince himself he's in control. Seemingly spotting a [[Medusa|figure]] out of the corner of his optics, begins firing off his cannon, every shadow and rock appearing to be a Maximal. As the figure he spotted watches him from the distance, X is nearly consumed by his rage, until he spots a groove in the ground. Believing it to be vehicle-mode tracks, Protoform X is delighted, transforming and declaring that he is now the hunter...


==Featured characters==
==Featured characters==
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*[[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] (1)
*[[Rampage (BW)|Protoform X]] (1)
*[[Medusa|???]] (2)
*[[Medusa|Unknown female figure]] (2)
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==Quotes==
==Quotes==
"Come '''out''', Maximals! I am the '''horror''' you have birthed, your greatest '''sin''' given form!"
"Come '''out''', Maximals! I am the '''horror''' you have birthed, your greatest '''sin''' given form!"
:—'''Rampage'''
:—'''Protoform X'''




"You stalk, you torment, you spy... but you cannot '''run'''! Now '''I''' become the hunter!"
"You stalk, you torment, you spy... but you cannot '''run'''! Now '''I''' become the hunter!"
:—'''Rampage'''
:—'''Protoform X'''


==Notes==
===Transformers references===
* Protoform X is depicted as having a regenerative healing factor, emerging as little more than a skeleton from the wreckage of the ship, regenerating over the course of a few hours. This is not a ''new'' concept, but it's one that only showed up briefly before; in the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' episode "[[Deep Metal]]", Rampage (the name given to Protoform X by [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]) had part of his chest ripped open by [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]], exposing his spark. A few scenes later, the torn metal on Rampage's chest warped back together and fixed itself, a healing ability that was never seen in the cartoon again.


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Latest revision as of 21:24, 18 May 2021

Alone Together, Chapter 1
Beast Wars: Uprising
"Paranoia"
Publisher Fun Publications
Published in Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club #56
Writers S. Trent Troop & Greg Sepelak
Pencils Naoto Tsushima
Inks Naoto Tsushima
Colors Evan Gauntt
Letters Jesse Wittenrich
Managing editor Pete Sinclair
Continuity Beast Wars: Uprising
Chronology Circa 2384

Protoform X, seemingly all alone, tries to fight the madness.

Synopsis

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On board a ship transporting prisoners, Protoform X is dragged to cell, and sealed inside. Clawing at the door proves of no use, but salvation soon comes when the ship is mysteriously destroyed, sending Protoform X plummeting into the atmosphere of a nearby planet. All the while, X knows that no matter how much the pain, he will survive. He always survives. Upon impact, the skeletal Protoform X pulls himself out, beginning to regenerate; having been unable to kill him any other way, Protoform X believes his jailers are trying to starve him. But to his surprise, Protoform X realizes he isn't the only one one the planet when he senses something familiar...

A whole day passes by until Protoform X is near fully healed. Paranoid and insane from years of torture, the mad Cybertronian begins yelling at himself for consuming so much energy, trying all the while to convince himself he's in control. Seemingly spotting a figure out of the corner of his optics, begins firing off his cannon, every shadow and rock appearing to be a Maximal. As the figure he spotted watches him from the distance, X is nearly consumed by his rage, until he spots a groove in the ground. Believing it to be vehicle-mode tracks, Protoform X is delighted, transforming and declaring that he is now the hunter...

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(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Quotes

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"Come out, Maximals! I am the horror you have birthed, your greatest sin given form!"

Protoform X


"You stalk, you torment, you spy... but you cannot run! Now I become the hunter!"

Protoform X

Notes

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Transformers references

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  • Protoform X is depicted as having a regenerative healing factor, emerging as little more than a skeleton from the wreckage of the ship, regenerating over the course of a few hours. This is not a new concept, but it's one that only showed up briefly before; in the Beast Wars episode "Deep Metal", Rampage (the name given to Protoform X by Megatron) had part of his chest ripped open by Depth Charge, exposing his spark. A few scenes later, the torn metal on Rampage's chest warped back together and fixed itself, a healing ability that was never seen in the cartoon again.