Beast Wars: The human element
Disclaimer: I don't own any of these characters, except the one that I created and put into the story.
Authors Note: ok, the new Transformer is coming out and I was feeling nostalgic and watched Beast Wars and so like normal I think about it till it drives me insane and I have to write it down so I can get it out of my head. This going to start after the episode Call of the Wild so most the characters from the series are in play. This is pretty rough. I've never written anything like this so it's not so great. Review it if you like and thanks for reading. -
Darkside…Megatron's fingers drummed against the console as his mind plotted his next move against those accursed Maximals. The only thing that made him slightly less irritated was his new loyal drone, Inferno, even if his logic circuits were a little off. Terrorsaur and Waspinator watched the monitors are signs of enemy movement. The traitorous spiders Tarantulas and Blackarachnia were still in hiding after the little show them put on with Inferno. Scorponok floated nearly by, clicking his pincers nervously.
"Oh, Waspinator see something," his wings flutter. "Maximal stasis pod is landing in sector omega."
"Ah, another trooper to add to our ranks, yes. Inferno, Terrorsaur, and Waspinator go and retrieve the pod. Make sure the Maximals don't get near the pod."
"As you command royalty," Inferno bowed and left as Waspinator and Terrorsaur grumbled.
Axalon …
"Optimus, we just picked up a stasis pod," Rhinox turned and looked over at him.
"Send a message to Tigertron. Rattrap and I will meet him there," He turned toward the exit.
"Wait, it's that signal Optimus," Rhinox stood up. "If the Predacons get their hands on it you know what will happen."
"Well that's just prime." Optimus computed this information for a moment. "We make this a level 1 priority then." Rhinox nodded and called all the Maximals to the bridge of their grounded vessel.
Cheetor arrived with Dinobot and Rattrap in tow, "What's going on Big-bot?"
"There a stasis pod that is about to crash in sector Vega," Optimus pointed out the predicted path of the pod. "We must reach this pod before the Predacons and keep it from going active all costs. Rattrap and I will go ahead. The rest of you will come as quickly as you are able. I have no doubt Megatron has already sent some of his people to retrieve it."
"What is important about this pod?" Dinobot inquired.
"There isn't time to explain now. Once the pod is back in the base I will explain everything. Rattrap," Optimus disappeared out the exit.
"Yeah, yeah, I'm coming Boss Monkey." Rattrap waved to the others and disappeared.
"We should get moving as well," Rhinox said and Cheetor followed right away.
Dinobot looked over at the console, "Sentinel, active in 30 clicks."
"Acknowledged," a computerized voice answered and they left the base to be defended by the auto turrets.
A white tiger watched as red ball of fire flame fell into the forest below him. "Is this how I to came to be of this world?" The tiger thought aloud. He looked down into the forest and then ran in. Even through the dense foliage it didn't take long for him to find the pod as it laid on the forest floor several bushes and trees were on fire. "Tigertron, Maximize." The tiger almost seemed to shed his fur and skin and revealed his robotic form. He walked over the stasis pod, "This one seems…different from mine." He noted numerous changes to the pod, extra stabilizers and number of other modification that he couldn't identify.
He tapped at the console trying to get it to open, "Access denied, voice print identification required."
"Strange," he backed away from the console.
"Oh, Tiger-bot is all alone," Waspinator dropped in from the sky. "We destroy Tiger-bot and take pod."
"For the royalty!" Inferno turned his guns Tigertron. Flames raged toward him and he rolled out of the way.
Terrorsaur landed beside the pod and grabbed the pod with his talons, "I'll take the pod to Megatron. You two hold off the Maximal." Terrorsaur flapped his leather wings, pulling the pod up with him.
"No," Tigertron shot several energy blasts at Terrorsaur, but he managed to evade them. Tigertron reeled back as Waspinator hit him. He ducked behind tree and Inferno laughed insanely and flew off followed by Waspinator. "Beast mode," he returned to his tiger appearance and ran after them.
He was barely to make them out through the tree line but he could hear Optimus's jets growing close. "Tigertron, have you found the pod?" Optimus floated in the air as Rattrap was in his beast mode, holding on for dear life.
"I had it, but Terrorsaur, Waspinator, and Inferno over came me and took it. They are taking it back to Megatron." Tigertron looked up at him.
"Slag! The others are coming. We must recover that pod before Megatron gets it open." Optimus took off without another word, "Maximum burn!"
Rattrap gave out a yelp, "Boss Monkey, right you trying to make me fall?!"
"There they are," Optimus ignored him. Two rocket launchers slide out from his chest and fired. The shots raced toward Inferno and Waspinator. They both hit their target and they went spiraling toward the ground.
Terrorsaur flapped harder as he tried to escape, but the pod's weight was slowing him down. Optimus flew beside him while Rattrap jumped off of him, "Rattrap, maximize!" He landed on Terrorsaur's shoulders, "Hey there, remember me?" Rattrap pressed a pistol to his temple, "Now take us done nice and slow."
Slowly they sank back down to the ground and the pod landed with a small crash as Terrorsaur released it. Terrorsaur landed and Rattrap jumped off but kept his sights on him. Optimus landed by the pod and tapped at the console, "Good, it looks as though as the systems are undamaged."
Rhinox and the others finally arrived and Cheetor walked up beside the pod, "It doesn't look any different from the other pods to me."
"No, it has several modification to it, but for what I wonder," Dinobot walked around it.
"I'll explain once it's back at base. Rhinox, take the lead. Dinobot will bring up the rear and make certain the Predacons don't get near it."
"I don't think so Optimus Primal." Megatron arrived with the rest of his troops, in beast mode, with Waspinator buzzing near by. "When Waspinator told me that all of the Maximals were out to retrieve a single pod and began to wonder what could be so important. Lets find out shall we? Megatron, terrorize!" He and all the Predacons changed into their robot modes and opened fire on the Maximals.
The Maximals all changed and covered Rhinox as he pulled the pod to cover, "Slag." He pulled the pod behind a boulder and pulled out his chain guns. "Optimus, we have to drive them off before we can move it safely."
"Why not simply wake them up?" Rattrap ducked behind a tree. "We could certainly use the help."
Rhinox peeked past the rock and took a couple shot at Terrorsaur, "Whatever we are going to do, we need to do it."
"Not that you will be able to help," a purple spider cackled. "Tarantulas terrorize." He whipped out a gun. The shot hit and a green energy spread quickly through Rhinox's body. He fell to the ground as Tarantulas walked over to the pod, "I have to move this quickly before the others notice."
"You mean like me," Cheetor jumped out and shot at him. Tarantulas rolled out of the way and the shots hit the pod. "Oops."
"Cryo-stasis disrupted," a computerized voice echoed out from the console. "Emergence reanimation program activated." A white steam leaked out of the pod. "Programming damaged, unable to complete cycle."
"No," Optimus looked over at the pod. He gave out a cry as several shots hit him in the chest.
"You should know better than to look away from your opponent." Megatron strolled past him toward to pod. The other Maximals had been pushed away from the pod, save Rhinox who was disable by Tarantulas and Cheetor. He watched as the lid to the pod opened, "No, it can't be!" The figure rose to a sitting position and her hair fell around her shoulders. Her pale skin stood out against the black pod and strange suit, almost making her glow. "A human!"