Part 1: The New Arrivals
It had been an unusual day. First of all, four stasis pods had crashed in different locations and the Maximals were spread out
trying to locate them. Cheetor was out looking for one of the first that had crashed in a wasteland. He loved being able to fly
over the area and did so easily. Soon he saw the pod in the sand. There he saw no Predicons so he landed and walked to the
pod. "Cheetor to Rhinox."
"Rhinox here," responded Rhinox over the comlink. "What have you found?"
"I found one of the stasis pods. It looks intact and seems to be functioning but I don't think it has started scanning yet,"
Cheetor told Rhinox as he walked closer to the pod.
"Cheetor, go to the pad and activate the scanning sequence. With any luck we'll have a new Maximal in a few
nanocycles," Rhinox ordered over the link. Cheetor did as he was told and punched in the code from memory.
"DNA scanning sequence starting," said the computer scanning the area. "DNA found. Beginning programming."
"Woo hoo, we've got us a new ally!" yelled Cheetor as the pod worked on forming the protoform. The pod opened up and
an animal emerged. It was a kangaroo. Cheetor was a little confused about it being a kangaroo but then accepted it."Welcome to the Maximals. I'm Cheetor and our Leader is Optimus Primal."
"Hello Cheeter, mine name is Outback. I look forward to aiding you in your fight." The kangaroo replied in an Australian accent as he transformed into a hot rode mode not too disimilar to Rattraps. Cheetor changed back into his flying mode and hovered in the air. Outback followed Cheetor from the ground. "Cheetor to Big Bot."
"Primal Here. Report," said Primal over the link.
"We have a new bot. How is your search going?" Cheetor said to Primal.
"Slow, tell him we are happy to have him and take him to the base. I'll meet you there after we locate the other pods. Primal
out." Primal was flying over an area of jungle and was getting rather frustrated in not finding the pod that had crashed there.
"Primal to Silverbolt, you found anything?"
"Negative. My search has not found the pod yet. I will remain searching until I find it," Silverbolt responded over the
comlink.
"No, head on in. It will be to dark to look soon. Primal Out." He flew a little farther until he saw something in the trees.
"Primal to Rattrap. You see anything up ahead?"
"I think so. I am right underya but...Slag it! There are Preds," Rattrap responded.
"You sure? I don't see any."
"Yes, I smell um. They got another one of them."
"We had better leave. We don't want a fight right now."
"Speak for your self. I'm tired of this. I'm going in," Rattrap said as he turned from his hot rod to his robot mode. He
started to run toward the signal.
"No you don't...." Rattrap cut the link and started after the Predicon.
"Megatron be happy with Waszzzzpinator. I found a stasis pod and programmed it." Waspintor said to himself as he put in
the new chip for the protoform. He was out on patrol when he got the call to go chase the pod down. He found it in a jungle
and started working.
"Beginning DNA scan," the computer said as a pole rose up and started scanning.
"Soon Waszzzzpinator have new Predicon to push around," he said as the pod was scanning.
"DNA found. Beginning programming." A few minutes later the pod opened. Waspinator was shocked at what he saw.
"A BEE?! AHHHHHHHH! I mean, I am Waszzzzpinator. Welcome to the Prediconzzzz. I will take you to our leader
Megatron," Waspinator said at the arrivals awakening.
"I am Bummmmblebee. Ready to meet our leader," the bee said as Waspinator changed into his best mode and they flew
away.
Depth Charge was flying over the water when something caught his eye. In the distance he saw some steam coming out of
the water. He changed into his beast mode and swam toward it. When he got closer he saw it was a stasis pod. He swam
closer and activated the startup sequence.
"Scanning for DNA....DNA found. Beginning programming," stated the computer. Depth Charge swam a little bit away
from the pod so it could open. When it did he was dumbfounded to see what emerged. It was a shark.
"Hello, I am Depth Charge. You are the newest member of the Maximals," Depth Charged introduced himself. The shark
transformed into a flying mode and went to the air. His fins went up, out and back to become wings and his tail became the
rudder. Two rockets and intake valves emerged from under his fins. Depth Charge changed into his flying mode also and
glided up to met the shark-bot.
"I am Tiberon. Who is our leader?" he stated in a deep tone as he began to glide toward Depth Charge.
"I don't have a leader, but if our referring to the Maximals, its that wase of space Optimus Primal. I'll show you the way." With that they both flew off toward the base. Meanwhile Rattrap ran through the clearing and found an empty pod.
"Slag it! I donno what happened. They were here a second ago," Rattrap screamed as he fired a shot into the pod. Primal
landed beside him.
"We better head back. The others will be there already," he said. Rattrap converted to his hot rod mode and drove off.
Primal converted into flying mode and flew off. When he arrived he saw Rattrap, Cheetor, Depth Charge, Silverbolt, Rhinox,
Blackarachnia and two new arrivals. He sat down and heard Silverbolt say, "...and there he is now. May in introduce you to
Optimus Primal. Optimus, this is Outback and Tiberon."
"Nice to meet both of you. Welcome to the Maximals. We are in a war against the Predicons and must defend this
mountain at all costs," He told the new arrivals.
"Why must we defend this mountain?" asked Tiberon with a stupefied look on his face.
"Because it contains the Ark of the Autobots. If the Preds get in there they could change history," answered Primal. The
new bots understood and turned and continued conversing with the others and Primal.
"You found what?" Megatron asked Waspinator as he told of what he had found. "At least you did something right for a
change. Where is this new Predicon?"
"I'mmmm right here," Bumblebee said as he flew up the Megatron.
"I am Megatron, Leader of the Predicons. Welcome," Megatron greeted the new bot. He was a little concerned about the
fact it was almost another version of Waspinator. "And you are?"
"Bummmmmblebee." Great, another bot with a stutter.
"Yesss, you will be a great asset to the Predicons. Waspinator, show Bumblebee around the ship." Rampage walked in as
they walked out.
"Megatron," Rampage reported, "We detected 4 pods. Should we go look for the others?"
"What?! We only found one. The Maximals have probably found the others!" Megatron yelled as he stood up. "We must
see what we are up against. Inferno, come here!" The ant-bot flew up to Megatron. Megatron grabbed him by the neck and
told him, "Go see what they found. We need to know what we are up against." He let Inferno go.
"Yes my Queen," Inferno responded as he took off.
"Why do the loyal ones have to be stupid? Ugh..........." Megatron said out loud as he got up and walked down the
corridor. He got fewer than fifteen feet when he met up with Inferno. "I thought I told you to go scout to see what the
Maximals had found."
"You did, my Queen."
"Then go, I will accompany you and make sure you do." Megatron and Inferno walked down the corridor and exited the
base. They both took to the air. Idoits, they're all idiots, Megatron thought reiterating his preveous statement as he and
Inferno flew away.
Tiberon was a tall warrior. He spoke in a deep, very distingiushed tone. When he was not busy talking, he was thinking
about what he could do. When he wasn't doing that, he was practicing sword technique with his blade. His robot form was
very warrior-like also. He had long legs and arms that could reach for a good distance and was very quick. He was sitting
outside the door to the base and staring at the sky. Cheetor walked up and sat down beside him.
"It's beautiful, isn't it?" the cat-bot asked to Tiberon. "The twilight sky, the shining moon, the small stars just starting to com
into view."
"Yes It is. I find it is easier to concentrate when I stare at the sky, especially the stars. Each one different than the next,"
Tiberon responded. "Allowing for so much diversity, life and color." Cheetor simply shook his head in agreement. They
contined to look at the twilight sky until Primal called for them.
"We have detected the location of the other pod. The corrdinates are in sector 156," Optimus told them. "Cheetor, i want
you and Tiberon to go check it out. I'll send reinforcements if needed." The two shook their heads and walked out the doors.
The then transformed into their flying modes and headed for...
"...Sector 156," Quickstrike reported as Megatron landed and Inferno beside him.
"Neutral terratory. Good, Megatron out," Megatron said as he closed the link. He turned to Inferno. "I guess you heard,
lets go. Megatron to Waspinator."
"Wazzzpinator here."
"You and Bumblebee met us at the crashed pod in Sector 156. Expect to find Maximals there."
"Alright," responded Waspinator glummly. As he close the link he was heard saying, "Bumblebee, we have a slag
assignment..."
Cheetor and Tiberon were streaking toward the pod site at their fastest speed. They had been for sometime. Cheetor
thought of how important is was for them to get to the pods before the Preds. He pushed himself harder as he thought about
it. When he got in visual range, he looked at the site. In his scope he saw something he dreaded, Predicons. There was two
of them, the wasp-bot was one and the other was a bee. "We got problems."
"As I can see," Tiberon responded to Cheetor's statement. "Perhaps we should radio back for reinforcements."
"Maybe, where there are two preds, there are bound to be more." They landed in an area of high grass within runnign
distance of the pods apparenttl undetected. After they transformed into robot mode, they saw Megatron and Inferno land.
Tiberon tapped Cheetor on the shoulder indicateing for him to contact the base. "Cheetor to Base. If you get this we need
reinforcements pronto."
"This is Rattrap, reinforcements are on the way," Rattrap told the two over the comlink. "Rattrap out."
"We should strike. We cannot allow them to get that pod," Tiberon told Cheetor pulling out his gun. Cheetor just looked at
him.
"We are outnumbered 2 to 1," he said.
"I know, but we should be able to hold out until help arrives."
"Alright," Cheetor said as they started running toward the four Preds. The broke into the clearing and started firing. The
Predicons were surpised, except for Megatron, as they dove behind rocks. The each exchanged fire with the Preds for
sometime before Tiberon jolted from behind the cover and went into flying mode. He pointed himself at Waspinator and fired
two blasts from his guns, blowing Waspinator up.
"Wazzzpinator get headache all over again," the damaged Waspinator said as he went into stasis lock. Tiberon did a
nosedive at Megatron and transformed into robot mode and kicked him. Cheetor jumped out from behind the rocks and fired
at Bumblebee. Bumblebee took off and started attacking from the air. Tiberon was battleing hand to hand with Megatron and
putting up a good fight. Inferno was about to blast Tiberon in the back when Outback rammed into him.
"Take that one mate," he said as he transformed into robot mode. Inferno recovered and took to the air. Outback shot him
in the back and toward the Pred base. Cheetor was battleing Bumblebee when he was hit by one of the bee's stinger missles.
Bumblebee landed next to the pod and quickly reprogrammed it. Rattrap came out of the grass and fired at him. The pod
opened to reveal a king cobra. He transformed and hit Rattrap with a whip.
"I guess that means your a Pred. Oh well, i'll just have to slag ya," Rattrap yelled as Primal landed. He picked up Cheetor
"Maximals retreat!" Primal ordered as he smacked the snake out of the way. They did as they were ordered and the
Maximals went into their respective modes and flew or drove away. The only ones left at the site were the Preds.
"Gather Waspinator up," ordered Megatron as he turned to the new bot. "Welcome, I am Megatron, leader of the
Predicons. And you are?"
"The namesss Cobracluth," the snake bot said. Megatron was displeased by the elongated "s" but overlooked that to the
powerful snake.
"Inferno, Bumblebee, carry Waspinator to the base," Megatron ordered converting into flying mode. The snake did the
same and they all flew away towards the base. Meanwhile, the Maximals were just getting back to their base.
"You gonna be alright Cheetor?" Primal asked as Cheetor woke up.
"I'll be fine, no real damage," Cheetor responded a little dazed. "Where's Tiberon?"
"Right here," Tiberon answered. "You put up a good fight."
"So did you," Cheetor responded. Outback and Rattrap had just pulled up and transformed. They all went inside the base
talking about the battle.