HL: okay, yeah I'm not going to work on Beast Wars for awhile, because I remember it from when I was like six which is sad XD but whatever.
Summary: When the Maximals find a pod that hits the planet they get there to find the pod gone. Assuming that the Predacons got a hold of it, but not giving up hope, send Tigertron and Airazor to find the pod, instead, they find a teenaged Jaguar.
Disclaimer: I own nothing, but my own characters.
Andromeda stretched turning into her robot mode and walked into the control room to see Rattrap sleeping from taking the night shift. She snickered walking behind him as he slept she turned into her animal form of a Siberian Tiger and growled lunging at him as he woke up he turned as he squeaked when she landed on him, "Jeez Stripes! I don't think I called for a giant Tiger wake up call!" he said as she laughed Silverbolt walked in, "Andy, are you scaring the living day lights out of Rattrap again?" he asked as she smirked, "Of course! He was sleeping on duty again," "I was not! I was just…taking a nap," "uh huh, sure you were." She said as Rattrap rubbed at his optics she smirked at him as a light blinked a Maximal sign, "Looks like we've got a pod," she said as Rattrap turned around he watched it land, as Optimus, Cheetor, Rhinox, and the rest walked in, "We've got a pod Optimus, who do you want to retrieve it?" Andromeda asked as Optimus looked at her then Silverbolt, "You two go, if you run into any Preadacons, you let us know and I'll send backup," "yes sir," both said turning into their animal forms and they took off.
Xena and Quickstrike were already on their way towards the pod as the two ran or scurried towards it Xena caught a sight of black and orange, "We've got company Quickstrike," she said as the bot next to her saw the quick movement also, "Nothing to worry about, it's just Andromeda and Silverbolt, we'll take a short cut," he said as they took a short cut that the two of them only knew, but Andromeda and Silverbolt beat them to it still. Andromeda walked over and looked around, confused, this was the spot the pod was, but it wasn't there, "Andromeda to Rattrap," "what's up?" "We found the spot were the pod landed, but it's not here, is it possible that the Predacons already got their claws on it?" "No, we haven't seen any Predacon activity, oh wait, never mind, you've got two right on top of you." He said as Andromeda snapped her head up to see Xena lunge at her but she moved in time, "Where is it you scum bag?" Xena snapped lunging at Andromeda again as she rolled onto her back catching Xena with her feet then threw her into Quickstrike, "We were going to ask you the same thing!" Silverbolt said with a growl as Andromeda lunged at Xena giving her a blow to the head, "We don't have it!" Xena said throwing Andromeda off, "You have to have it! We don't have it!" "Well, there's a possibility that it," "Silverbolt, shut up!" Andromeda snapped as Xena scoffed, "Whatever, we don't have time for you Maxi losers, let's go Quickstrike," "Right behind you, partner." He said as the two took off from the scene, Andromeda and Silverbolt looked at each other then headed back to base looking confused.
"You think it's been activated?" Rattrap asked when they got back after telling the rest what happened, "We don't know, it seems we've got a problem on our hands, Xena said they didn't have it, but if they did, I don't think they'd stand around waiting for us to go and retrieve it, they would of taken off with it then activated it themselves," Andromeda said as Rattrap folded his arms across his chest plate in thought as Andromeda looked to Optimus for help. Optimus was obviously thinking when he saw the group looking at him, "Optimus to Tigertron," "Tigertron here," "I need you and Airazor to find a pod for us, it seems the Predacons don't have it, but Andromeda and Silverbolt couldn't find it either, so we need air and ground patrol," "we're on it Optimus, I'll report back if we find anything." "Good, I thank you for this Tigertron," "no problem Optimus." The conversation ended as Andromeda took over for Rattrap the others left to go relax while Optimus stayed behind with Andromeda, she noticed this and looked at him, "Yes?" "You think it's possible the pod could be a spy?" "Who knows, but still it's a Maximal, I don't think it'd matter if it was or not," Andromeda said looking at the screen again.
Tigertron was running through the jungle as Airazor soared above him searching the ground from above as Tigertron searched on the ground, "Tigertron!" "What is it?" "I found the pod," "Okay, lead me there, I'll follow you." Airazor swooped low so Tigertron could follow as he ran behind her. Jag looked around as she stood on her legs flicking her tail her optics scanning as she heard the rustle of bushes she crouched down low putting her ears back and rolled her shoulders waiting for whatever it was coming after her. As she got ready to pounce a white tiger stepped out, her ears pricked up, as she rose her head slightly he walked towards her, she got back down to her crouch, her ears back and growled at him, "Hey, easy, I won't hurt you," Tigertron said turning into his robot form, "What's your name?" "Jag," she said still not letting her guard down, "I'm Tigertron, and this is Airazor," he said motioning to the bird behind him, "why did you run when your pod landed?" he asked, "I sensed someone was following me, or, trying to get me, I didn't know who they were, so I ran out of fear," "Well, your safe now, we're on the good side, if you'll come with us, we'll take you to our leader Optimus," he said as Jag's optics widened, "Optimus Primal?" Tigertron chuckled, "You've heard of him?" "When I was little, yes," Jag said as Tigertron nodded, "come with us," he said turning into his animal form again taking off as Jag followed him.
Xena and Quickstrike walked back into the base, looked around, then started to make their in slowly, "Well, you got the pod, yes?" Xena sighed, this was what she was hoping would not happen, she turned around to face Megatron, "No sir, it wasn't there, it disappeared," Xena couldn't read what he was thinking, but she was sure he was furious, "Disappeared? How can a pod disappear?" "Well, I, I don't know sir, we searched that whole perimeter, and found nothing, right Quickstrike?" "She speaks the truth, for once," "Hey!" Xena said as she went to hit Quickstrike, he ducked, "If I find out the Maximals have a new member, it will be your pretty head Xena, understand?" "Yes, sir," Xena said before Quickstrike and her walked off to the room where the other Predacons where, "So run into any Maximals?" Blackarachnia asked as Xena sat down next to Inferno, "Yes, Andromeda and Silverbolt actually, Andy looks a lot better then she used to," she said as Scorponok chuckled, "I'm surprised that they repaired her after you turned her into scrap," "Heh, I don't think Optimus could bear losing Andromeda, heh heh," "Oh shut up Quickstrike," Xena said glaring at him.
Tigertron, Airazor, and Jag made their way back to the base as Jag walked beside Tigertron, "What's Optimus like?" she asked as Tigertron smiled, "He's a good guy, he can be strict, he can make long winded lectures, but all in all, he's a good guy," he said as Jag started to trot next to him, "Who else is on the team?" she asked as Tigertron looked at her, "Well, there's Silverbolt, Rattrap, Optimus, Andromeda, Rhinox, me, Cheetor, and Airazor, we used to have one named Depth Charge, but he was killed, so was Dinobot, but we're still a pretty strong team." He said as they turned into their robot forms then walked into the base. Jag stuck next to Tigertron as he walked into the control room, she took to hiding behind him, "Optimus, we found the pod," he said as he stepped aside, revealing Jag, as Optimus smiled, "Another young one, perfect for Cheetor, since he's the youngest on here," "That's Optimus, Jag," Tigertron said as Jag nodded her head to him as Andromeda turned around, "Andromeda, where are the others Optimus?" "In the rec. room, I believe," he said as Tigertron nodded then lead Jag down to the room the doors opened revealing Cheetor chasing Rattrap around, and Silverbolt laughing, "Get back here!" Cheetor said as Rattrap turned into his rat form then scurried up Tigertron's leg and onto his shoulder plate, "HA! Try getting me now Spots!" he said as Cheetor glared at him he saw Jag standing there. He blinked then looked at Tigertron, "Guys, this is Jag, she's new here, she's also your age Cheetor," he said as Jag looked at Cheetor. Jag smiled slightly looking at him as he looked at her, "Oh look, Black and Spots," Rattrap said snickering as Cheetor glared at him, "Ignore him, he's just a rat," Cheetor said as Jag looked at Tigertron, "You can go and sit with them, they don't bite," he said. Jag walked away from him then went over to the couch and sat down as Rattrap jumped down from Tigertron's shoulder then turned into his robot form as she looked around.
Xena was relaxing, close to taking a nap, when she heard the doors open she looked up to see Quickstrike there, "Oh what do you want now, Quickstrike?" she asked putting stress on 'now' as Quickstrike smirked, "Now, now, partner, calm down, I think boss suspects somethin'," he said as Xena rolled her optics, "Nooo…really? I bet that that whatever was in that pod ran off, went into the jungle, then Tigertron and Airazor found it, if they did, we're screwed," "So, you have an idea?" he asked as Xena shook her head she noticed the door opened a bit. She growled getting up, ripped the doors open to see Waspinator there, "Well, what a surprise! Spyin' on yaw own teammates?" Quickstrike asked as Xena grabbed the frightened robot by the back then threw him into her wall, "Wasspinator knows you two are in trouble," he said as Xena grabbed what looked like tape and wire, "Oh, we're not the only ones." She said lunging at the bee as Quickstrike held him down.
Andromeda was starting to drift off to sleep at the controls when a light tap on the shoulder jolted her awake she looked around, "Sorry to scare you," Jag said as she smiled rubbing her optics, "Ah, its alright, couldn't sleep?" Jag nodded as Andromeda pulled a seat up for her she sat down, "So, what do you think so far?" "Doesn't seem bad," Andromeda gave a dry chuckle, "Oh, yes, it doesn't seem bad until," she trailed off seeing a red ensigma blink, "Predacons, Optimus," "Andromeda, what's wrong?" "We have Predacons heading towards base, by the looks of it, their moving fast," she said to Jag as Jag didn't know what to do, "Go wake Optimus and the rest, I'll stay here," "Right," she said, Andromeda stared as they moved closer, they were practically on top of the base. Jag ran down the hall to Optimus' quarters and knocked on the door, "Optimus! We have trouble!" the doors opened to reveal Optimus in his gorilla form, "Predacons?" "Yes, sir," "Jag, wake the others, I'll go check on Andromeda," he said as she took off waking everyone else then they all ran as fast as they could to the control room. Andromeda and Optimus were looking at the screen, "They've stopped…" she whispered as Optimus stared still the others holding their breathes, as they stood there they were suddenly thrown off balance, and they scrambled to get up only to get knocked down again, "Their attacking!" Andromeda said as Optimus watched the others, "Maximals, let's go," he said as they all took off outside.
Xena stood away from the base as they watched the Maximals run out, she noticed a new femme with them, she was black, but she couldn't exactly tell what she looked like since it was dark outside, "Well, Xena, there's your pod, yes?" Megatron asked seeing her slink behind Quickstrike, "What are you doing here Megatron?" Optimus asked as the other Maximals stood behind him, weapons drawn, "Since you asked, we're here for the pod that opened," he said looking at the new member, Andromeda stepped in front of Optimus and the rest of the team, "Your not getting her," Xena stepped foreword, "want a bet?" Xena asked inches from Andromeda's face. The girls glared into the others optics before the two leaders grabbed them and shoved them behind them again, "We'll just give her a demonstration of how powerful we are, yes," Megatron said as Xena looked at him then at Jag, "now you can have your fun Xena," "YES!" she said drawing her weapon then fired at Optimus as Andromeda pushed Optimus behind her getting hit instead, but still stood turning into her animal form then lunged at Xena.
Jag went wide eyed as Cheetor looked at her he put a hand on her shoulder as she looked at him. Xena turned into her raptor form digging her claws into Andromeda's back as Andromeda hissed in pain Jag put her ears flat on her head, as Xena smirked going to give her another blow, Cheetor noticed a flash of black go by him then Xena was on the ground. Rattrap's jaw dropped seeing Jag standing in front of Andromeda, with her back to her, then the stunned look on Xena's face, Jag growled, she was definitely not a force to be reckoned with, "Well, seems the young one has more guts then the other one does, yes," Megatron said with a chuckle as Xena stood lunging herself at Andromeda, over Jag's head, but Jag swiped her paw upward flipping Xena onto her back, then pinned her there. Xena looked shocked again them smirked, "I'm older than you sweetheart, I have more experience than you!" she said digging her killer claws into Jag's stomach then flipped her over digging them further in. Jag roared with pain as Andromeda jumped to her feet biting into Xena's side, making her jump back, spilling mechfluid, "You dare come at this time Megatron, you'll all be dead," Andromeda said as Optimus picked Jag up then headed back into base, "C'mon Andy," Rattrap said as her optics never left Megatron's optics for a split second, "Andy!" "I'm coming, I'm coming!" Andromeda said looking away then walked back into base.
Xena turned into her robot form, holding her side, then looked at Megatron, "Next time don't let me down, Xena," "It won't happen again sir," she said as he gave her a look as if saying 'it better not' before walking away, Inferno, Waspinator, who unfortunately got free, Blackarchina, Tarantulas, and Scoropnok followed, leaving Quickstrike to walk back with Xena.
HL: okay, first, I paragraph like this, so if you have problems with that don't read, because I'm not changing my writing style. I've always written like this, and always will unless I'm writing a book, which I am, so back off.
TBC…