In a canyon on a planet that was to similar to the blue planet, Earth, of the human race in Alpha Q's universe, Megatron and Cloudraker, a former Autobot who turn Decepticon when his friend died in a battle where Whirl was in and the ones who attempt to shot Whirl, were flying through the air in their jet and helicopter alt-mode as Cloudraker was carrying an stasis pod that contain a blank protoform with his tow hook cable of his helicopter form while a hurricane-sized thunderstorm was just right above them as it was shewing lightning before Megatron transfrom into his robot mode and hover in the air as he look at the protoform pod before he smiled and chuckle at this.

Kicker Jones was flying in the air with him using the Energon Saber as a hoverboard as he is scouting with Optimus Prime, who is combine with a prototype Wing Saber drone to from his Cannon mode, and a new Autobot rookie who is called Trailbreaker, before he flown down to Optimus to speak with him. "I don't see anything, Optimus. Maybe it was a little frequency flash from the charged airwave."

"No, it was a beacon." Optimus told Kicker. "There was a stasis pod out here somewhere on this earth-like planet."

"Then something must be jamming it." Trailbreaker suggest.

"More like someone..." Optimus said before Megatron and Cloudraker suddenly appear and hovered in the front view of the 2 Autobots and the young human.

"Gee, I wonder who." Kicker said sarcastically.

Megatron then aimed his right shoulder fusion cannon at Optimus Prime and his allies as he is hovering in the air while he aimed his Cannon mode's own shoulder cannons at Megatron and Cloudraker before they begun firing at each other. Their firing shots hit each other while they were not exactly hitting their target as the shots fly by their allies.

"Hey!" Kicker shouted as he and Trailbreaker dodge Megatron's firing shots while Cloudraker dodged Optimus Prime's firing shots before Megatron manage to get a hit on Optimus Prime and then firing at Trailbreaker, which Kicker to shout. "GUYS!"

Megatron turn to Cloudraker and order him. "Protect that pod with your life, Cloudraker! Your life!"

Megatron got shots from the back and turn around to see that Optimus Prime in his Cannon mode has already got up and still firing at him. Megatron growled in rage as he and Optimus Prime continue to exchanged their shots at each other before one of Optimus Prime's shots hit Cloudraker's tow hook cable, dropping the stasis pod.

"NOOOOO!" Cloudraker shouted before he dash after the falling stasis pod in his helicopter form. The stasis pod landed on a edge of a cliff and slide down before stopping at the edge of the cliff as it was danging. Cloudraker dash toward the stasis pod before he transform into his robot form as he landed on the cliff.

Kicker notice Cloudraker and the stasis pod before he attempt to stop him from carrying off with the stasis pod as he toward him with the Energon Saber, but Cloudraker then notice the teenage human and start firing at him. Kicker dodge Cloudraker's shots, but then he suddenly he sense something before he was shot from behind his back.

It was none other than Megatrom himself as he laugh at this before he continue to fire shots at Optimus Prime, who ducked for cover before he order Trailbreaker. "Help Kicker and make sure he's alright!"

"Oh, uh... Yes sir!" Trailbreaker said before he transform into his off-road vehicle form, which was very similar to a Humvee vehicle, before he jump off the ledge as Kicker hit the ground. Cloudraker then chuckle at this before he transform his helicopter form and carried the statis pod off of the ground. Trailbreaker landed on the ground where Kicker is at in his vehicle form before he transform back into robot form and ask the young human. "Kicker! Are you alright!"

"Yeah." Kicker told Trailbreaker before he glare at Cloudraker flying away with the stasis pod before he spoke to himself. "Hang on, Optimus! We give him to think about! Trailbreaker!"

"Yeah?"

"Fired at that Decepticon!"

"Oh! Uh, okay." Trailbreaker said before he aimed his missle in his chest at Cloudraker, who was flying away in his helicopter form. When Optimus Prime look over at what they doing, he realized that they were going to fired at Cloudraker before he shout.

"NO, KICKER!"

But it was too late, Trailbreaker fired his missle at Cloudraker in his helicopter form, much to Optimus Prime's horror, before it miss both Cloudraker and the stasis pod before it hit the cliff where Optimus Prime was standing, destroying it and causing Prime to fall to the ground as rock fall behind him, much to Kicker and Trailbreaker's horror as Kicker shouted in horror. "Oh no! Optimus!"

"Optimus Prime!" Trailbreaker shouted before he jumped off of the cliff as Kicker fly on the Energon Saber as both of them goes after the falling Autobot leader while Megatron laugh at his victory along with Cloudraker before he and Cloudraker left with the stasis pod as they fly toward the top of a mountain. As Kicker hover as Trailbreaker landed before they saw Prime's arm jagging out of the pile of rocks on top of him, much to Kicker's horror.

"Oh no..."

On top of the mountain, where the other Decepticons are, which are; Snow Cat, Scorponok, Mirage, Demolisher (in his old Armada body frame due to Whirl's appearance), Shock Blast, Overhaul (a clone of Demolisher's previous new Energon body), and Starscream, as they wait for Megatron and Cloudraker with the stasis pod before they appear with it and two of the Decepticon troops put the stasis pod into a gigantic machine called the Driver Needle as Demolisher control a hovering craft to control the machine itself before Megatron begun his speech.

"And carved into this lofty peak, where tempest dwells! A noble birth place!" Megatron said before he pull out an mysterious, human hand-sized, sphere-shaped artifical that he found on Unicron, called the Sphere of Terror, as he finished his speech. "It! Is! TIME!"

"Yes, Lord Megatron." Demolisher said before he press some buttons on the hovercraft to open the stasis pod to reveal the blank protoform.

Trailbreaker manage to destroyed half of the rubble on Optimus Prime and Kicker then slash quarter of them with the Energon Saber before the 2 of them manage to pull off the rest of the rubble of rocks off of the Autobot leader before a very familir blue helicopter suddenly appear and transfrom into robot mode, who was none other Whirl himself, before he spoke to the 3 of them sarcastically. "Having trouble?"

Optimus Prime then pulled off of what left of the Prototype Wing Saber drone as he grunted in pain at this before he spoke to Whirl. "Megatron and Cloudraker..."

"And some other Decepticons?"

"Uhh... maybe?" Trailbreaker said honestly, which earn a glare from both Prime and Kicker.

"That's a fair enough answer... and reading is this way." Whirl said before he transform into his alt-mode and fly away to where the Decepticons.

"Whirl! You are not to engage the Decepticon without backup!" Optimus shouted at Whirl as he flown away. "Do you hear me?! WHIRL!"

"I don't think he like you." Trailbreaker said honestly.

"I can see that." Optimus said before he scolded Kicker as he got up. "You put that protoform at risk, Kicker!"

"Huh? I was trying to save our lives!" Kicker stated.

"Even so, we don't trade one life for another!"

"But it was a blank! Even if Megs is able to fire it up, it's just going to be another Decepticon!"

"I can see how that make sense, but right now Kicker, it is innocent!" Optimus said before he attempt to transform into his truck form as spark flew everywhere, which caught Kicker and Trailbreaker by surprised, before the Autobot leader spoke to them. "I'm going for repairs... you two get some backup! Then assist Whirl!"

Optimus then fully transform into his truck form and dove off to the Miranda II for repair, but Kicker refused to do that. "Back up... tsk, uninstall that. No matter what some people think, I can handle a situation. Beside, this was my fault he's damage. Let's go, Trailbreaker!"

"Oh, uh... okay!" Trailbreaker said before he transform into his off-road form and followed Kicker as he fly on the Energon Saber as they head toward where the Decepticons are.

Lightning striked by the Decepticons and their titanic metal of the Driver Needle machine before Megatron ordered Demolisher. "The clone cells, Demolisher. Infused them into their new host."

"Yes, lord Megatron." Demolisher said before he put a lever down, which cause 3 spikes arm of the Driver Needle machine on each side of the stasis pod to stab into the blank protoform and inject the clone cells into it, which cause to glowed and shake.

"Install the Sphere of Terror." Megatron ordered.

"Yes sir." Demolisher said before he flewn the hovercraft to the empty space on top center front of the Driver Needle machine before he use the hovercraft's arms to put the Sphere of Terror in the empty space as Megatron walk up to the blank protoform.

"And now, I bequath you a spark for a very core of a nightmare." Megatron said before he put the spark close to the protoform. However, the protoform's liquid state then grab the spark out of Megatron's hand, which took him by surprised, but smiled at this. "Ah, hungry for life, yes... ready!"

Demolisher then press a few button to actived the Driver Needle machine and to use the storm of the lightnings to give the protoform more power.

"Stand by!"

"Driver Needle unit, online!" Demolisher shout as the Sphere of Terror started to spin while the lightning of the storm were striking the top center of the machine, which cause the spark of the protoform to shine brightly.

"From the tempest fury! The sparking light! HAHAHAHA!" Megatron shouted before he laugh madly at this before he continue his speech as machine growled louder. "To breath a new life! A life loyal only to me! HAHAHAHAHA!

Megatron laughs until he stop as he and the other Decepticons took a few steps back before a blinding light blind them all. When their eyes recovered from the blinding flash, they were shocked in horror of what they saw as the former protoform itself took it first step in it's alt-mode, but Megatron was grinning happily at this. "Yes..."

The former protoform look around in his scorpion mode, looking a lot like Scorponok except he was a lot more different from him at the same time as well, as he growled before he snarl at the lightning strike and then look at Megatron, who then spoke to him.

"Welcome. Yes, welcome... Zeta Stinger. Welcome to your new body, your new mind, and your allegiance." Megatron said, giving the former protoform the name of Zeta Stinger. Zeta Stringer's first action to do after his birth is to aggressive attack Scorponok, which took him by surprised, as he relentlessly attack his smaller and weaker predecessor, which earn Megatron a liking him. "Yes... YES! Attack you pathatic excuse of a inferor predecessor! Destroyed him! Kill him!"

Megatron let out a laughter at this as Zeta Stinger relentless attack his predecessor before he grab him with his scorpion mode's claws and t toss him at a rock, damaging him further, before he drag him back and continue to attack him again, which earn some comments about him from the other Decepticons.

"I'm already starting to like him." Shockblast commented.

"I like his personality." Snow Cat commented.

"I don't... really like him." Cloudraker commented.

"I agree with the rest of you." Someone said coldly who before Whirl suddenly appear in his helicopter alternate mode and then he transforms into his robot mode before he easily blast Cloudraker, Mirage, Snow Cat, Shock Blast, Starscream, and Demolisher off of his hovercraft with his guns before he spoke in his usual cold and monotone voice. "But of course, i'm not crazy about any of you."

"Ah, we have a guest. A sterling opportunity to test your metal, Zeta Stinger." Megatron said to Zeta Stinger before he laugh at his bad joke.

"And to think I was wonder who to shot first." Whirl said sarcastically before aimed his one of his missle pod on his wrist and fired at Megatron, senting him flying. Zeta Stinger growled at this before he tackle Whirl in his scorpion mode, slashing and damaging him with his claws at such a fast speed for his size, before pinning him to the ground as he growled at the pin down blue Autobot before he spoke in his usual voice. "Your spark... it smells of other Decepticons' cells."

"Perhaps... but it is the spark that keeps on sparking! Unlike your..." Megatron said before he ordered Zeta Stinger. "Zeta Stinger! You may start your feast on this Autobot."

"HEY!"

The Decepticons turn to where the shout was heard, which they saw Kicker hovering in the air with the Energon Saber as he spoke. "Let us add some hot pepper!"

"Yeah!"

Trailbreaker suddenly jumped in his vehicle form and transform into his robot mode before he landed and took Megatron by surprised by firing his chest missle at him, sending him into the air, before he begun firing at the other Decepticons who were injured before he fired his chest missle at Zeta Stinger, who just shrugged it off like it was nothing due to his powerful armor, before he look at Trailbreaker. Trailbreaker realized that his chest missle didn't affect him before Zeta Stinger jumped and landed in front of him as he snarled at him before he use his tail to swipe him and send him flying into air, accidentally knocking both Kicker and the Energon Saber temporary out of the air before the Energon Saber quickly regain control and saved Kicker as Trailbreaker himself landed behind a rock.

Kicker was surprised to find Whirl and Scorponok behind the rock as well as them before he ask the former Decepticon. "What is that thing?!"

"A Decepticon that was made from various cell of decepticons in Megatron's group, including me." Scorponok explain to them. "And it is enhanced thank to that alien unit in the top front center of the Driver Needle machine."

"Now there's some technology in the wrong hands." Kicker said sarcastically.

Zeta Stinger then transform into his robot mode for the first time before a beam suddenly flash through his visor. He look around before he fired, able to figure out how it work, before he look around of where they are before he aimed at a rock and fired, which the ones behind the rock to jump out of the way before they begun fighting against the injured Decepticons.

Kicker, along with the Energon Saber, were able to jumped out of the way of the explosion before the teenager human notice that the Decepticon were distracted by the two Autbots and the former Decepticons, which he will able to get the human hand-sized sphere from the machine. He got on the Energon Saber and flown to the Sphere of Terror, knocking Snow Cat out of the way, before Kicker come up upon the unknown object and grab it with his hand, causing a few spark of electricity to be attached to his hand and armor before he shouted at Trailbreaker. "TRAILBREAKER!"

Trailbreaker look up to see where Kicker is before he thrown it to the Autobot rookie as he shouted. "GO DEEP!"

Trailbreaker dashed before he grab the Sphere of Terror in the air with his hands. Zeta Stinger then notice Kicker before he aimed his visor and fired at the Energon Saber, knocking Kicker off and sending him into the empty space of the Driver Needle before he started to scream in pain when the electrical currents strike and torture him as he spins faster and faster as the machine itself started to glowed. Everyone realized what going to happen next and took cover... before the Driver Needle suddenly exploded, sending everyone flying.

Whirl, Trailbreaker and Scorponok then landed next to each other before the Energon Saber itself was embedded to the ground right next to them. They turn around and saw the rubble coming, which they put up their arms to block, before they saw Kicker's hemlet landed right next to them. Trailbreaker and Scorponok were shocked, horrified, and sorrowful of what has happen to the young human as Whirl didn't care about him as he pick up his helmet.

Optimus Prime was repairing himself outside of the Miranda II before Misha Miramond, the other human and girlfriend of Kicer Jones, and Omega Supreme came up to him and Misha spoke to the Autobot leader as she told the status. "Communations are still down and your own system aren't much better. You're in no conditions to pick a fight."

"Fight been picked." Optimus said before the warning alarm system of the Miranda II gone off and it's auto-turrent are actived as the searchlights actived as well. They see Whirl flying through the air in his helicopter mode with Scorponok (who has Trailbreaker on top of him) and the Energon Saber team following him before all 5 of them transforms into their robot forms as the alarm turn off when they landed. But Optimus and Misha then notice that Kicker wasn't with them before Optimus asked. "Where's Kicker?"

Whirl then grab something before he threw it to Optimus, which he catch it, only reveal to be Kicker's helmet. It shocked and horrified Optimus and Misha, as Whirl basically and causally told the shocked, horrified, and mournful Autobot leader what happen to Kicher without a care in the world. "The meatbag bit the dust."

Whirl then walk and pass by the other Autobots and Omnicons who came to look before they look at the mournful Optimus Prime as he look shocked and mournful what happen to Kicker before Rodimus ask him. "Optimus, are you...?"

"Kicker... This is my fault." Optimus told Rodimus. "I was rough on him, so he... so he tried to prove something."

Misha collepse to the ground on her legs in shocked of what she heard as she is mourning for Kicker's untimely death. Rodimus then spoke to Optimus as he give him his best comfort he can offer. "Don't give up hope. We'll try to get the long range scanner online."

Everyone went back to work to get the long range scanner back online as Hot Shot, Jetfire, Roadbuster, Acree, Wing Saber, and Omega Supreme were left to comforts Optimus Prime and Misha at the loss of Kicker.

Back at where the Driver Needle once stand, Kicker is reveal to have somehow survived the explosion of the machine, but just barely, as he is bleeding on several area of his body with his armor cracked, broken, or destroyed before he heard a roar, a combination of a tiger and a lion's roar, and a couger yowl with a mechical sound to it, causing him to clench his head in pain before he clench his knee in pain before a glowing neon green tint surround him.

On the other part of the planet, in a unlocated cave... Megatron bathe himself in a pool full of Energons with a rubber ducky before Snow Cat ask his boss. "So let get me this straight, you use the cells from Starscream, Scorponok, Mirage, Shock Blast, and yourself to create this... guy as a replacement for Scorponok? Huh, I guess he might be stupider than Scorponok!"

Unfortunately, Snow Cat got blasted from Zeta Stinger's flip in and out cannons to test them out and get him back. It earn a chuckle from Megatron. "Of course not, Snow Cat. I've created Zeta Stinger to be far more superior to Scorponok in every single ways possible that even he couldn't do. And that only summarize his smartness compare to you. Beside, only I have the technologic to accomplish such a fusion. For now, he'll be my... special pet to accomplish in areas that he succeed in far beyond compare to all of you. Zeta Stinger."

Zeta Stinger then turn to his master's command before Megatron order him. "I need you for another mission. The Sphere of Terror. Whirl has it... get it back."

With that, Zeta Stinger transform into his space fighter jet form before he flewed out of the cave at Mach 4 and heading toward the Miranda II, where Whirl was at.

Whirl finished using the CR chamber to repair most of the damage before his ship computer's sensor, which was build into his head, pick up something. "Attention. Decepticon Spark has been detected near by the Miranda II. Unable to identify Decepticon's identity."

Whirl decide to head out of the Miranda II to check out. When he was a few 400 feets away from the ship and into the canyon, which this part of it has a forest in it, he has his weapon already prepare in case if he has to fight the unknown Decepticon. But unknown to Whirl, Zeta Stinger had hidden himself underground in his scorpion mode before he burst out of the ground and use his stinger to paralyze Whirl before he drag him away.

Optimus Prime was scanning the area with his as Omega Supreme and another Wing Saber drone were helping Prime with the recon scanning the area before he called the Miranda II. "Optimus and Omega to Miranda II, recon scan complete. Still no sights of Kicker or the new Decepticon."

That was when that both Optimus and Omega heard a yowl that was similar to a mechinal couger that is so loud that it piece through out the canyon. Not wasting any time to find out the source of that unknown sound, Optimus order Omega. "Omega! Transform now!"

"Yes, Optimus." Omega Supreme said calmly to the Autobot leader before he transforms into his Cybertronian Armoured Super Train mode with Optimus on top as the Wing Saber Drone transform before they flew off to found the source of the sound.

Zeta Stinger, who is in his scorpion form and guarding Whirl, and Whirl, who was trap in a pair of 3 electrical rings, heard the sound as well before Zeta Stinger transform into his robot form and walk to Whirl as he ask the soicopath Autobot with a growl in his voice. "The Sphere of Terror. Where is it? Now."

"... Lame name for a mysterous object." Whirl snarked despite his cold and monotone voice.

"Too bad for you." Zeta Stinger said as he growled at Whirl before Megatron appeared with the other Decepticons.

"The other equipments has been salvage, but you took the Sphere of Terror." Megatron said before he ask Whirl nicely. "Where is it?"

"Don't have it. It's gone." Whirl answer with his usual voice. "Aren't that kick in the bolts?"

"He aren't he going to talk anything, Megatron. Just let me gut him for you." Cloudraker said. "Beside, I always love the sweet taste of revenge."

That was when they heard the sound again, which cause everyone to be on guard. A unknown beast was hidden behind a bunch of rocks as it was sneaking and looking at the Decepticons before it suddenly dash at incredible speeds as it suddenly claws Megatron across the chest and disable Cloudraker before it disappear among the rocks. The Decepticons were tooken by surprised by that as Megatron spoke. "What is that thing?"

"I don't know, boss... BUT I AREN'T FINDING OUT!" Shock Blast suddenly shouted before he made a run for it, despite the fact he could just fly away in his alt-mode, causing Megatron to just shook his head at Shock Blast's stupidity before Shock Blast jump over a rock. There was silent until Shock Blast shouted. "WHAT THE-"

Shock Blast was soon being vicious mauled by the unknown beast, which earn him sympathic from his fellow Decepticons, as his bodyparts were being flew every where before his head was soon fling over the rock. The unknown beast then quickly disable Starscream and Mirage like it did with Cloudraker before it disappear again.

The only 3 Decepticons that were left standing were Megatron, Demolisher, and Zeta Stinger before Demolisher and Zeta Stinger actived the searchlight in Demolisher's right eye and Zeta Stinger's visor. The unknown beast move passed too quickly for Zeta Stinger to see it and make it out even barely. Demolisher was look at a pile of rocks before the unknown beasts pass through his searchlight. Both Demolisher and Zeta Stinger focus on a pair of rocks before the unknown beast jump over the rocks and headed toward quickly as Megatron shouted to them. "FIRE!"

Both Demolisher and Zeta Stinger quickly fired at the unknown beast with their weapons, but it keep dodging their shots at them before it got in front of them and jump over Megatron. Both of them realized too late before they blasted each other and were send flying.

Megatron realized he was alone now, the only one that was standing against the unknown beast that have manage to bested his best men he had. Megatron realize that first time in his life, he was truely paranoids and frighten by this unknown creature. No one was able to make him that paranoid and frighten before in his life, not even Optimus Prime or Unicron, but yet, this... thing, was able to do that. He heard something behind as yowl was heard, which cause him to turn around and fired his shoulder fusion cannon, only to realize that he accidentally shot Snow Cat as he was send flying through the air by Megatron as he shouted at this. "WWWWHHHHHYYYY MMMMEEEE?!

Megatron just shook his head at this before the unknown beast suddenly attack him from his back, causing to put his sword into the ground and make him spin out of control, which Whirl thought it was funny before he was sent over a cliff and fall to the ground, where he landed by Zeta Stinger before he mutter. "Retreat..."

Then both he and Zeta Stinger faded from the attack of the unknown beast.

Whirl was looking every where of where the creature is hiding as he know that he was next on the creature's menu. The creature appear, disappear, reappear, and disappear again behind the rocks before it decide to made it's appearance known to Whirl as it crawl to him from behind an rock. When he got a closer look at it, Whirl saw that it look like a even more heavily-armored Battle Ravage Terrorcon with neon green marking on it's body, a more slender tail, and it was bigger, big as a cybertronian. The unknown Terrorcon then bare it's teeths at Whirl before Optimus, Omega Supreme, and the Wing Saber drone appear as Optimus shouted. "WHIRL!"

The unknown Terrorcon then make a run for it before the 3 could even land. Then they look at the creature, which was standing on a rock, as it growled at them, with Optimus staring at it, wondering about the unknown Terrorcon, before it suddenly disappear behind the rocks and into the canyon. Whirl then ask the Autobot leader. "What was that thing?"

"I don't know." Optimus answered honestly. "But I doubt it was friendly."

Rodimus then came out of the Miranda II to tell Optimus, who was combine with Omega to form Optimus Supreme, the status update. "We got through to the other, they've been warn of the Terrorcon. What ever it is..."

"Or who..." Optimus mutter in thought.

"What?"

"Nothing. Roadbuster and Jetfire are combing section 10 of this planet. You join Hot Shot and Roadblock-" Optimus said before they were interrupted when the alarm when off, notifitying that someone is approaching as the searchlight shine. It was reveal to be none other than Kicker himself, which Optimus and Rodimus are shocked. "Kicker?"

Kicker stumble to the Miranda II before he suddenly collepse on the ground and faded as he lose his conscious.

"Kicker!" Optimus said as he and Rodimus head toward the injured and damage human. They saw the damage through out his body, which mystifty Optimus Supreme and Rodimus Prime as they don't know what done this to Kicker. Rodimus then look at Optimus as he look in the distance, wondering if the unknown Terrorcon did this or not...

A/N: Okay. Time for notes... Zeta Stinger look like a very heavily retool Perfect Effect Beast Gorira with Dark Scorponok colors and Cloudraker look like a retool Evac. But yeah, this fic is obivously based on the Feral Scream parter of Beast Wars if you know about it. But I mean seriously, this chapter is so long, but hey it's worth it.
Trailbreaker look like a black repaint of Overhaul because Overhaul was originally suppose to be Trailbreaker, but due copyright, it didn't go through.
Overhaul was originally going to be a new character in the Energon series.
Seriously, there were lot of idea that were not use in the snow.
Also... the unknown Terrorcon look like the Rayse Tiger from Zoid. God, I want a crossover of those 2 toylines.