This story takes place some time after Bad Spark. Basically everything is the same except that Terrorsaur and Scoponok didn't die when the transwarp wave hit ,and the aliens haven't taken Tigatron and Airazor. All Beast Wars characters are property of Hasbro, Mainframe and Alliance but all others belong to me, the author.
Author's Note: The ship's name of the new characters is named the Mirage.
The New Threat
Pt. 1
Open on a ship traveling though space as its inhabitant's search for their target. As they reach the last known location of what they are looking for, a spatial anomaly opens and the ship goes through it.
Inside the Mirage
Figure One: What was that?
Figure Two: It must have been a transwarp rupture left by our target.
Figure One: Then we're on the right track! See where the transwarp signature leads.
Figure Two: Scanning indicates that the transwarp signature of our target goes to the third planet in this system.
Figure One: Excellent. Engage clocking device and radar blocker, we don't want our target to know were coming.
Second Figure: Understood.
As the clocking device is turned on, the ship seems to become transparent, until it looks like nothing is there but the stars. And so, unnoticeable by anyone, the ship went forward towards the planet.
Some Time later On the Planet
Terrorsaur and Scorponok, in beast mode, are patrolling the sector that the Predacons have named sector Dexion.
Terrorsaur (flying over Scorponok): These assignments Megatron gives us are boring.
Scorponok: It doesn't matter if they are boring or not. We must do what Megatron asks of us.
Terrorsaur: Well........Arghhh!
Scorponok quickly looked to where Terrorsaur was, only to see him spiraling to the ground below, apparently shot down by blaster fire. Thinking that they were under attack by Maximals, he scanned the surrounding area until he saw that what had shot Terrorsaur wasn't a Maximal, but someone else. The beings he saw looked the same, except for the different color scheme of the armor that they appeared to be wearing. The helmet of their armor covered their face giving the impression that they were bots themselves.
Figure One: Should have been paying attention.
Scorponok : And who are you?
Figure One: You can call me Blade.
Figure Two (By Blade's side): Call me Surge.
Scorponok: What do you want?
Blade: The golden disk you stole.
Scorponok reacts by terrorizing and pointing his weapon at them, which he quickly fires. Surge and Blade quickly jump out of the way as the missile hits where they were. Quickly after jumping out of the way, Blade releases two blades out of his wrists, and Surge produces two energy balls and fires them at Scorponok. Scorponok dodged the energy balls, but Blade moved in and took a swipe at him, resulting in the loss of one of his claw arms.
Terrorsaur after having recovered and terrorized, was about to fire at the strangers attacking Scorponok, when he felt a cold sensation. Turning around, he saw that another figure had appeared who was shooting something at him, which was freezing him. Trying to get out of his reach, Terrorsaur tried to fly, but his flight systems were too frozen to work, seeing that he had no choice, he tried to turn back to beast mode but was unable to because the ice prevented this as well.
Figure: Looks like you are grounded, you overgrown canary. Oh, and by the way, my name is Frost.
He tried to run since it was his only option but as soon as he took a step, part of his lower leg shattered, causing him to fall. Seeing that Frost was getting closer to where he was, he activated his shoulder cannons. One of his shots stuck home, and caused Frost to fall to the ground with a hole in his chest.
Terrorsaur: Got him!
After saying this, he saw that the hole in Frost's chest was healing, which allowed Frost to get up again within seconds. Terrorsaur was so shocked by this that he didn't move, allowing Frost to shoot a great amount of ice at Terrorsaur, resulting in him being covered by it. After he was done, Frost walked up to where Terrorsaur was and proceeded to smash him to pieces with just one punch. Scorponok was not having any luck either dealing with Surge and Blade. Every time he shot at them, they simply dodged the missiles. Deciding that he should contact the base to get help since he saw Terrorsaur was eliminated, he activated his comlink, only to get static.
Surge: I just love having my own personal comlink disrupter.
At this time, Frost joined in and proceeded to freeze the ground under Scorponok, causing the Predacon to slip and fall down. Blade took the advantage to jump in and slice Scorponok's head off. After which, Surge comes up and inserts great amounts of energy into Scorponok's body, causing his spark to be extinguished.
Blade: That was easy. Now let's take this one's head and extract any information that we might need.
At The Same Time, in the Axalon
Cheetor (looking at the monitor): Huh?
Optimus (coming into the bridge): What's wrong, Cheetor?
Cheetor: I was detecting two Pred signatures in sector Dexion, but now I am reading nothing!
Optimus: Silverbolt is near that sector, tell him to check it out, and to be careful.
Cheetor (On the Comlink) : Come in,Silverbolt.
Silverbolt (Answering) : How can I be of assistance, my young friend?
Cheetor: Optimus wants you to check Pred activity at sector Dexion and to be careful.
Silverbolt: Understood.
Sector Dexion
Silverbolt having reached the place that Cheetor told him to investigate lands after seeing something that caught his attention from the air. As he approached the thing, he realized that what he saw were pieces of metal, which he found were covered with ice. When he picked one of the pieces of metal, it easily crumbled in his hand. Silverbolt wiped his hands off and proceeded to sniff the air. He sensed that Terrorsaur and Scorponok had been there, but he also sensed that they weren't alone- for he also smelled the sent of three beings he had never encountered before. He looked around and saw the remains of Scorponok and concluded that the metal shards were the remains of Terrorsaur .
Silverbolt (calling Axalon) : Silverbolt to Cheetor.
Cheetor (responding): Yea?
Silverbolt: I have arrived at the location that you mentioned, and found nothing except pieces of metal covered in ice which is easy to crumble, the decapitated body of Scorponok, and I have also detected the presence of someone we haven't encountered before.
Cheetor (responding): Get a sample of the metal and the body and bring them back so Rhinox can examine them.
Silverbolt: Understood. Silverbolt out.
Sometime later at the Axalon
All the Maximals are in a meeting to discuss the findings Silverbolt's discovery.
Rhinox: I have finished examining the metal shards, and I have found that they are the remains of Scorponok and that of Terrorsaur.
Rattrap: I guess Megatron finally got tired of their screw-ups and had someone get rid of them.
Silverbolt: No, I don't think so. I sensed someone else we haven't encountered yet.
Dinobot: Maybe it's a Maximal or Predacon.
Optimus: Doubt that, since we haven't detected any stasis pods for days now.
Rhinox: Another thing I found was that the ice covering the remains is liquid nitrogen.
Cheetor: Liquid Nitrogen? Isn't that the stuff that freezes things it touches almost instantly?
Rhinox: Yup and it also makes things easy to break.
Optimus: What about Scorponok? What caused him to be offlined?
Rhinox: From what I can tell, his spark was extinguished due to a great amount of energy.
Optimus (after some thought): From now on, we'll have to play it safe until we find out who's responsible, and also what their motives are.
Dinobot: Playing it safe isn't necessary, since Silverbolt only detected three.
Optimus: True but there could be a possibility that there could be more that we don't know about. We should warn Megatron of this, and tell him about Terrorsaur and Scorponok.
Rattrap: I doubt he would believe you.
Optimus: Hopefully he will.
Predacon Base
Megatron (on his command chair): Where are those idiots?! I haven't heard anything from them in hours!
Blackarachinia (on monitor duty): I am not picking them up on our sensors. Maybe they are up to something.
Megatron: While this could be the case with Terrorsaur, I just don't see it with Scorponok.
Blackarachnia: If that isn't it, then the Maximals might have done something with them.
Megatron: I don't think so, it isn't their style. We might be dealing with someone else.
Blackarachnia: The aliens?
Magetron: No, we haven't detected any of their energy signatures. Instruct the rest of the Predacons on patrol to keep their scanners open for anything suspicious, and also for the whereabouts of Scorponok and Terrorsaur.
Just as he said this, the message from the Maximals came to their base.
Blackarachnia: Speaking of the Maximals, they are sending us a message. Should we answer?
Megatron: Of course! Maybe they have some information we can find useful.
Blackarachinia turns on the vid screen and we see Optimus on it.
Megatron (sarcastically): Primal, how nice to see you.
Optimus (sarcastically) : Wish I could say the same.
Megatron: What could be so important for you to contact us?
Optimus: We have found the bodies of Terrorsaur and Scorponok.
Megatron: And I suppose you had nothing to with their demise?
Optimus: Of course not! Unknown individuals did it. Would you like us to turn over their bodies?
Megatron: No need to do that. As far as I care, you can turn their bodies into scrap.
Optimus (angry): Why you uncaring . . .
Megatron (after turning the vid screen off): It seems we have a new threat to deal with.
Blackarachnia (who was listening) : So you believed him?
Megatron: Certainly, I doubt that the Maximals just decided to be merciless when dealing with us. Alert all Predacon units to keep their scanners on for anything suspicious.
Blackarachnia: Very well.
In a ship named the Mirage
Blade: What were you able to get from the Predacon's memory?
Surge: The Predacons have found a mysterious golden disk made by aliens which they have encountered and that the Maximals are still functioning.
Blade: Anything else?
Surge: Yes, it seems that a Predacon has defected to the Maximals.
Blade: Fools! Don't they know that Predacons are always Predacons, no matter what side they are in!?
Surge: Should we pay the Maximals a visit?
Blade: No, not yet. First we must find out more, before we do anything else.
A figure stands in the shadows, listening to what had just been said.
Blade: Ah, Specter, how nice of you to join us.
Specter: So when do we attack?
Blade: Patience, I will tell you when we will.
Specter (to himself): Whenever it is, I am gonna have to act fast.
At the Axalon
Optimus: Any sign of the unknown attackers of Terrorsaur and Scorponok?
Rhinox (on monitor duty): Nothing.
Rattrap (who was there): I really hate these quiet times before the storm.
Cheetor (also there): And what is that supposed to mean?
Rattrap: What I mean, kid, is that they are up to something.
Cheetor (cockily): Well, whatever it is, I know we'll be ready for it.
Rattrap: Kid, that attitude of yours is gonna get you into trouble some day.
Optimus: Okay you two, knock it off. Anyway, I came to ask if anyone knows where Silverbolt is.
Rattrap: What has the bird-dog done?
Optimus: Nothing, it's just that I can't seem to find him.
Sector Swite
Blackarachnia waits for Silverbolt in their new meeting place that they had decided to get, away from prying Maximals and Predacons.
Blackarachnia (sensing that someone is nearby): If that's you trying to scare me, Jojo, it's not working.
Unknown (jumping out of the three he had been on): Too bad. Anyway, don't you know that it is dangerous for a female to be out by herself?
Blackarachnia (angry): I can take care of myself.
Unknown: Well, let's just see about that.
Specter (his voice cutting in): I didn't give you the order to engage the enemy.
Unknown: She had discovered me.
Specter: You showed yourself when she thought you were someone else. You could have ignored her.
Unknown: I got bored.
Specter (decloaking): No excuses. It seems we will have to deal with her due to your incompetence.
Silverbolt (arriving on the scene): I don't think so, fiend!
Unknown: Looks like it is gonna be a fair fight after all.
Specter: Your energy signature is Maximal, therefore there is no need for us to fight. But this female Predacon must be dealt with.
Silverbolt: You're going to have to come through me first!
Specter: I am only gonna give one you one last chance to leave....
Silverbolt: Noted and ignored.
Unknown (getting into fighting stance): Don't say we didn't warn you.