Another fantastic story by guestsurprise, who owns White Claw. :)
Transformers Beast Wars belongs to Hasbro.
Special note from guestsurprise: This is in an alternate universe. I have just learned about Beast Wars so please go easy on on the comments. Please enjoy!
Cities And Beasts
Optimus Primal, Rattrap, Rhinox, and Cheetor were staring at each other in shock. After all that happened, they didn't know if they would ever see each other again on a mission. Even though they all survived, they were still shaken up from the fight. After their last huge battle with the Predacons, they were shocked that Primus had another mission for them! For you see, they were all summoned to a ship, but no one knew each other were on it. Now that they arrived on Earth, this was the first time they had seen each other in a while! Primus made the ship to where they wouldn't see each other til they landed on Earth. And it had been at least a year since the end of the Beast Wars.
"H-How?!" Rattrap gasped, staring at the others. "W-What is this?!"
"I don't know. How can all of us be together again for another mission?!" Cheetor gasped.
"I do not know." Rhinox replied.
"It appears Primus wants us to do further exploring. He is granting us all another chance to have peaceful travels because we ended the Beast Wars." Optimus said gently.
"But what about the Predacons? We know that they could have come back too." Cheetor said.
"Welcome, Maximals," a deep voice boomed.
Everyone froze and looked at the ceiling where a pair of eyes were staring at them. They all let out shouts of fear, except Optimus and Rhinox, but a force kept them from running.
"Be calm, my young ones. Do not run. It is I…Primus," he soothed. "I have come to explain. Optimus…for your part in stopping the beast wars, I am reuniting you and your team together once more."
"Thank you, Lord Primus, Sir," Rattrap said shakily, now a bit scared. Optimus looked at him in somewhat concern.
"Rattrap…calm down." He said gently, but Rattrap just kept his distance.
"Let's just say I need to just process all this," the rat Maximal replied shakily. Optimus tried to get a bit closer, but Primus began to talk again.
"I know you all have to get accustomed to one another again. But take this time to enjoy this new planet. I wanted your team to regroup in a new world before you are summoned back to Cybertron. I am also reuniting you all with an ally of yours," Primus said. Within the next few moments, Tigerhawk slowly appeared. He looked dazed and exhausted, but happy nonetheless.
"Greetings, everyone." He smiled weakly. Rattrap let out an audible shout, Cheetor backed up fast, and Rhinox and Optimus just stared in shock! Tigerhawk noticed their reluctance and put his hands up in a 'calm down' motion. "Remain calm…I know it is a surprise to see me, but I'm back." He soothed.
"Oh, great! Now we got ghosts appearing!" Rattrap said, now trying to get out of the room. Primus chuckled and then looked at the entire team.
"You all will be just fine. Enjoy each other once more as you live and learn about the current planet… Earth, there is a jewel….a jewel that can help to restore what has been lost," Primus said calmly.
"Restore?" Rhinox asked.
"What has been lost?! What did we lose?" Cheetor asked.
"It will all be made clear in time." Primus responded, now slowly beginning to disappear. The entire team nodded and soon the eyes disappeared. For the next few minutes, everyone just stared at each other. It was a sobering, but happy moment. Sighing gently, Optimus looked at his team.
"Listen, everyone…we need to be calm. Our team is reunited, even though we did lose some of our friends in the Beast Wars battle," Optimus said sadly.
"I don't think I will accept this mission," Cheetor said sadly.
"What do you mean?! You are one of us," Tigerhawk said, now walking towards him, but Cheetor stepped back.
"Calm down, young one…I mean you no harm. Don't you remember me?" Tigerhawk soothed, now backing Cheetor to the wall.
"I-I remember you got destroyed…," Cheetor said, his optics slightly filling with tears.
"But I am back now," Tigerhawk insisted gently.
"Oh, no! Don't get too close kid before he sacrifices himself again and we all are a puddle of terrible mess!" Rattrap said, now pulling Cheetor away from him! Tigerhawk reached out and grabbed them both by their arms.
"Now hold on here!" Tigerhawk said.
"HEY, LET GO!" Rattrap snapped.
"Alright, everyone! Calm down!" Optimus ordered. "We all need to prepare ourselves. Tomorrow we will be exploring more of Earth."
The Maximals all nodded and left. Well, everyone except Rhinox.
Rhinox walked over to Optimus and gently patted his shoulder.
"Optimus….everything will be alright," Rhinox said.
"I am not too sure about that," Optimus said gently. "Everyone is still shaken from the war and they are all feeling depressed. I don't know if coming to this present Earth for another mission will help anyone or anything."
"We have to trust Primus, Optimus. He knows what he's doing," Rhinox said.
Optimus gave him a sad smile, but noticed Cheetor walking away and hanging his head. He looked positively miserable.
"I need to go and speak with him," Optimus sighed, now following the young Maximal. They were in the middle of New York City and the moon was high in the sky at this point.
"Will we finally be at peace as a team?" He said softly.
"Cheetor?" a voice asked. The young cat-like Maximal turned to see Optimus behind him. "What is troubling you?"
"Nothing." He said quickly, now turning away. Optimus walked up behind him and placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Cheetor…tell me what's wrong." The leader said softly.
"But-" he started.
"Cheetor…that is an order," Optimus said gently. Cheetor gently pulled away and looked at him in a frustrated way.
"That's just it! How can you be okay with all of this!" he blurted out, now making Optimus' optics widen a bit.
"What do you mean?" He asked gently.
"Optimus, we all almost died! And Dinobot did die and a few of the others! How can you all just go on like nothing happened?!" he said, his eyes welling up with tears.
"Cheetor, we all had to do what was best for the team! We had to win the Beast Wars," Optimus said gently.
"Best for the team?! We may all be next! Especially now that we are on a strange planet for a new mission," he said, now feeling his spark aching. Optimus could feel the pain and tried to send waves of comfort to his spark.
"Cheetor, you must calm down!" He said urgently.
"I can't! I know that we're a team again, but I don't want to be close to anyone!" he said, now feeling his spark hurting more.
"What do you mean by that?!" Optimus said, now cutting off any escape routes as he tried to walk around him
"In case we are ever torn apart again…as a family and as a team…I don't want to go through that pain ever again of watching anyone die. And so I've decided to not love or care for ANYONE again," Cheetor said coolly, now changing into his cheetah form and running off.
"CHEETOR! CHEETOR, COME BACK HERE!" Optimus bellowed, now seeing him race off into the new city. He then shook his head. His entire team was going to have to deal with what happened to them. As he watched Cheetor disappear over the next few blocks, he heard footsteps behind him. Turning slowly, he saw Rhinox. He appeared concerned too.
"Optimus. What is the next step now?" Rhinox asked.
"We need to find a base. A new base. This planet will sustain our Maximal forms, but we may still need our animal disguises." Optimus said, now glancing into the distance.
"Cheetor. He is still upset isn't he?" Rhinox asked.
"Yes. But we will help him…in time," Optimus said. "But we need to find a base…a base that no one knows about. Somewhere we can fit in on this planet and observe the people a bit closely."
As they thought, Rhinox noticed a large sign that spoke about a place called a 'zoo.'
"Maybe that is a good place to start," he said, pointing at the sign. Optimus turned and studied the sign and nodded. Maybe the zoo was a good place to begin.
On the other side of town…
Krissa was hiding and shaking harder than ever. She was so scared because the entire police force was after her. She was the great-great-granddaughter of Silas, the leader of MECH. She was able to hide under the radar for most of the year, but now she was running because the government was looking for her!
"They'll kill me if they find me! I just know it!" She panicked, now looking around for somewhere to hide. She jumped to her feet and ran down the street and to the bus station. If she could just find a place to hide, that would be perfect. As she got on the bus, she looked for somewhere, anywhere, to hide for a few weeks. Maybe even a month!
"I've got to get out of here," she said to herself. As the bus drove through the muddy and dark streets, she saw the downtown zoo! It was dark and damp and on the outskirts of town! "Perfect! I can hide out there!"
The young teen had been on the run from the government for years. She had never been able to live down the reputation of her ancestor. But she did what she knew to do…head to the outskirts of the city to protect herself.
Meanwhile, the Maximals were finding out more detail about this zoo. It wasn't in the public eye by being outside of the city so they would have plenty of privacy. They could use the underground caves as a base under the zoo as well.
"It will take a lot of work, but we can manage," Rattrap said, now observing the entire area.
"We just need some supplies," Tigerhawk said, now eyeing Rattrap gently. "Why not come flying with me and we can find some together, Rattrap?"
"Oh uh, no…I think it's best for me to work here," Rattrap said, now keeping his distance.
"Rattrap, I'm not a ghost or 'figment' as humans say. What is ailing you about me?" Tigerhawk asked.
"I just need space, ya flying cat!" Rattrap snapped.
"Space? It appears we need to talk rather than just simple space," Tigerhawk replied calmly.
"Just back away from me! I've got work ta do!" Rattrap said, now walking away angrily. Tigerhawk hung his head sadly. He knew that his death may have been hard for the Maximals, but he never imagined that it would have caused that much pain on them!
As Cheetor returned, they all saw a red light beam and Rhinox's eyes widened. It was a new way of letting them know when a stasis pod was in the area.
"Are you kidding me?! We just get ta Earth and now there's another pod?! At least we're the only ones here! Old Dino face is still trapped on Cybertron and in prison!" Rattrap smirked.
"We need to find the pod as soon as possible. It will need help in adjusting to things here," Rhinox sighed. They were in no mood to take on another Maximal because everyone was so downtrodden. Once they had the location, they all went to the outer parts of the town and then they all took the pod back to their base under the zoo.
Once they were back, Rhinox adjusted the pod and they all waited for the new member to choose an animal.
"Wonder which one it will pick," Cheetor said quietly.
"Probably a slithery snake or something," Rattrap said in a huff. But after a few minutes, they noticed something different about this pod. It was in the midst of many animals, but it was very careful on which one it chose. It didn't pick the snake, elephant, leopard, giraffe, or crocodiles. It chose the lion!
"This is strange. No pods have ever 'chosen' an animal like this. It typically takes the form of any living animal present," Rhinox observed.
"I know. This is most unusual," Optimus said, now looking harder.
"Oh great…we gotta weird one," Rattrap face planted. But after a few moments, the pod opened and the being got out. He was large, but he appeared gentle. He had beautiful blue eyes and white fur like the white lions in the zoo. He shook his mane and looked around to observe his surroundings. He then transformed himself into his Maximal form and stood up happily and ready to meet everyone!
"Greetings," he smiled. Optimus gave a small smile and walked forward.
"Welcome. We are so pleased that you have joined us here," Optimus smiled.
"Hiya…welcome, Big Cat," Rattrap said.
"Greetings, young rodent," the being smiled, now kneeling down to Rattrap's level.
"Hey! No need to get close!" Rattrap said, somewhat scared of the new cat.
"I mean no harm; I am simply greeting you," the lion smiled. His voice was rich and deep and definitely gave everyone a sense of security!
The lion then turned and gave them all a smile. They were all astonished. He appeared already confident and knowledgeable, even though he was only in existence for a few moments.
"We need to give you a name," Optimus said gently. The lion maximal turned to them and smiled.
"A name?" the maximal asked, now looking into the distance and doing research on what a 'name' meant. Once he did, he looked at his appearance and then looked at them.
"I should like to be called…White Claw," he grinned, now showing his white teeth. He then shook hands with all of the Maximals.
"Welcome to our base; I am Tigerhawk," Tigerhawk grinned. "It is good to have another cat, along with Cheetor and I."
"Yeah, cats rule," Cheetor smiled. White Claw could see the sadness, however, in Cheetor's eyes.
"I am pleased to meet you both." White Claw said, now looking at Cheetor with a puzzled expression. He then turned to shake hands with Rhinox as well.
Once introductions were finished, they were all ready to settle down for the night. As they did, White Claw looked into the distance.
"So…this is Earth," he grinned to himself, now gazing into the city of New York. Little did he know, he was going to play an important part in helping the Maximals find the jewel they needed.
Meanwhile on Cybertron…
Megatron smirked as he waited for them to give his dose of energon. He had everyone worked out. He was going to escape and make his way to another distant planet where he could make a new life for himself and his men. He had a few that he was going to take with him and he was going to escape Cybertron even if it killed him!
But Primus only smirked, clearly able to hear Megatron's thoughts.
"We shall see Megatron…for I have a plan for you too," Primus said lowly, now watching Megatron trying to piece together every part of his plan. He was going to make a break for it at midnight no matter what!
guestsurprise's words: And the story has begun! I would like to introduce my new OC, White Claw.
To guestsurprise: I'm somewhat familiar with Beast Wars and I must say that I like this story so far and am looking forward to more. :) I wonder if the Maximals will meet Krissa. Sounds like she could use some friends. :)
To everyone else: Please leave guestsurprise a review, but no flames! Remember, I'm watching those reviews very closely.
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