OMG! What's this? CWD is FINALLY uploading a story after...
Yeah, well...Anyway. I bought the whole Beast Wars series and I decided to make me a Beast Wars fic.
I have a favor to ask. Because I'm rather rusty on story writing, if anyone would be willing to make detailed CC on their review or volunteer to Beta my chapters, I'd be eternally grateful. :) I would love to have suggestions for this chapter before I move on to the next!
Disclaimer: I don't own Beast Wars. If I did, I wouldn't have permanently killed off Dinobot.
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-Zrr- Finally…There went Terrorsaur. The pesky pteranodon transformer was the more dangerous of the two flyers. The red and white being spiraled out of the sky to crash behind some boulders.
-Bam- Scorponok took a hit from Rattrap's gun…It was always a nice sight to see the scorpion fly backwards with his face showing his panic. It would be impossible to know why Megatron ever made that dimwit second in command.
An explosion. The boulders Rhinox hid behind blew into rubble and sent the large rhinoceros transformers flying back to land heavily several feet away where he groaned. Cheetor and Optimus provided cover fire while the green and brown bot recovered, managing to take out that annoying little widow, BlackArachnia. That was a good thing…her danger was only surpassed by her dark beauty.
Yes…It was just another day in the Beast Wars. It had only been a couple days after BlackArachnia had emerged from her pod in Predicon control, and was still a bit before the temporal probe would appear. At this point, their current fight was over the discovery of a large deposit of energon. The proximity to the energy-containing crystals was already beginning to have its effect on the transformers as static energy crackled over their forms from energon buildup. Most of the transformers converted to beast mode, but one last stray blast from Megatron's beast head would send them running.
"I was so close!" Megatron growled this as he converted back to his tyrannosaurus mode and turned tail. "Back to base! I will deal with you another day, Primal, yess…" The Maximals didn't even watch as the Predicons fled, for they were too busy fleeing themselves! The energon radiated dangerously before it exploded, great flaming light expanding and the repercussions sending the Maximals flying forward several feet before landing.
There were various groans throughout the small group of six as they rose from the heaps they had fallen into. Rattrap gave a chuckle as he stood on his hind legs and brushed himself off.
"Eh, at least de Preds didn't get deir hands on de energon. Wouldn't wanna go on a ride like dat again, though! I…'Ey!" The rat screeched this out as the large velociraptor known as Dinobot bumped past him, causing him to fall from his standing position.
"Hrm…For once I have to agree with the rodent…That energon supply would have greatly shifted the balance of power in favor of Megatron." The growly voice emitted from the raptor as he began to walk toward the base. "I suppose we should be...thankful Megatron's marksmanship sometimes has…much to be desired…" He ended this with a flutter of his tongue.
Optimus's lips twisted to the side as he began to walk as well. "I suppose you're right. Shame, though, we could have used that supply for ourselves."
With that statement, the whole group began their trek back…It would be nice to have a rest.
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An alarm went off throughout the control room. Alarmed, Waspinator flew to the computer and typed some keys.
"Ooh…Wazzpinator sees Maximal stasis pod! Where stasis pod land?"
Megatron quickly made his way over as the computer read off the coordinates in the artificial feminine voice.
"Vector Five-Two-Nine. Landing in thirty seconds." A map appeared upon the screen, showing a mountainous region pockmarked with caves.
Megatron smirked as this map appeared. "Excellent…A perfect place to greet our new Predicon soldier. Computer, who's nearest?" He tapped the fingers of his left hand impatiently as the computer searched.
"Unit Terrorsaur." The Predicon symbol denoting Terrorsaur's position showed up. He was several kilometers away, but he would have to do.
Megatron turned to Waspinator. "Order him to the coordinates. I'll be along to…greet our new recruit. Yes…" He turned away as Waspinator opened the com link.
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"Stasis pod detected. Location: Vector Five-Two-Nine," the Maximal computer stated this in its monotone masculine voice as Rhinox typed hurriedly.
"That's right on the border between our territory and the Predicon's. Lots of mountains, too. They'll want to use their flyers no doubt." The green transformer looked to Optimus, who read over his shoulder. "Dinobot and Cheetor are the closest. They're within five kilometers."
Optimus grabbed his chin. "Hm…Tell them to look for it. I'll go assist." He moved toward the lift. "We can't let the Predicons get this one too." He then transformed to his robot mode and rode the lift down before activating his jets and taking off.
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Both Dinobot and Cheetor were panting as they finally found their way onto a level ledge. It was about time, too! Neither cheetahs nor velociraptors were meant to climb mountains. Ahead of them, they saw the waiting stasis pod…And Terrorsaur.
The flying bot was trying to utilize a way to grab the pod so that he could fly it out, but he stopped as he found two Maximals, one with a gun and one with a sword, just on the other side of the pod. He gave a nervous chuckle and slowly backed away.
"That's right…Move away from the pod, Chuckles." Cheetor's gun remained trained on the pteranodon. "That's Maximal property, you know."
"Oh, and it's about to become Predicon property. Yes…" The cheetah transformer froze as he found a tyrannosaurus head against the back of his. He gulped and stayed still as Dinobot gave a war cry and moved to charge Megatron. The purple transformer merely smirked.
"Uh-uh-uh…Take another step and…Well…I'm afraid your comrade will be a few inches shorter." The Predicon leader chuckled as Dinobot gritted his teeth and glared, but stopped.
Megatron grunted and stumbled forward as he found himself hit by a blast, however, and Cheetor suddenly turned and blasted the large bot from the front. He then grinned as he saw Optimus hovering in the air and gave a thumbs up.
Optimus smirked at the younger transformer, but grunted as he suddenly found Terrorsaur tackling him. He brought his blast cannons out to shoot at the red and white transformer, but Terrorsaur dodged and cackled as he pulled out his gun and sent some shots of his own that sent Optimus falling. He squawked as he found his gun shot out of his hand by green lasers, then found himself hit again before he spiraled down to land on a lower ledge a good fifty or hundred feet down.
Dinobot huffed at the flyer's stupidity, then turned to find himself punched by Megatron. The raptor bot growled and moved to strike Megatron with his sword, but the larger transformer caught the blade in his beast head. The two struggled until Megatron fell forward from another blast to the back provided by Cheetor. He grimaced, then yelled as Dinobot ducked around him and kicked him in the aft, and subsequently off the cliff. "Nooo!" He kept his scream up until he found his descent ended via his connection with terra firma.
Cheetor wiped his forehead. "Whew! So much for that!" He moved to the stasis pod and looked it over. "Well, let's greet our new comrade!"
Optimus managed to get himself onto the ledge and walked up next to Dinobot as the three gathered around the pod. "Yes…We need all the help we can get now." He checked the computer, then raised a brow before he moved to open the lid. It lifted easily and the trio gaped at what they saw…
Though there'd been no obvious activity that had been noticed during the battle…The pod was…Empty!
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So...Anyone think I should put forth the effort to continue this? Please tell me!
CWD