The Maximals were inside their ship, discussing on how to get Rhinox back before it was too late. They had only a day left before the doom cannon would be complete...! "Computer, get a view of the Predacon territory.", Optimus told the computer, "Enhance. Scan 'doomcannon' interior mechanisms." Cheetor let out a cry of disbelief. "No...", said Dinobot. The thing was HUGE...
At the Predacon base, Rhinox woke up. Seeing Megatron in front of him he lunged...and got electrocuted by the energy-bars. He fell back down stunned. Megatron smirked,"Ah. You finally wake up. You shall be of great use to us, yes. You shall provide your spark so that our victory will be complete!" Rhinox's face was one of shock as he exclaimed, "No! I'll never be a test subject for one of your cruel plans!". Megatron laughed and told him that his friends would come to rescue him and how they would be the first to feel the power of the doomcannon. Rhinox struggled against the cell bars, but to no avail.
Meanwhile, outside, Airazor and Optimus were scouting the Predacon ship, Airazor in beast mode, Optimus in robot mode, when, unfortunately, Scorponok, Blackarachnia, and Terrorsaur spotted them and attacked, taking the pair by surprise. Airazor, being in the back, was not directly hit but received a blast to the wing and left side of her face. Optimus, however, took most of the force of the attack, getting his right arm and leg torn off, as well as getting one of Blackarachnia's grappling hooks to the chest, having half oh his headgear blown off, and having both optics crushed. Not to mention his prime jets disabled. Optimus plummeted to the ground. Airazor swooped down to get him, with Terrorsaur hot on her heels. She landed. Terrorsaur was on full speed, zooming toward her extremely fast. Just when he reached Airazor, she whipped around, pulling out her gun and blasting him into the lava, effectively annihilating him from existence.
"Will Big Bot recover?", asked Cheetor anxiously. "Well, how am I supposed to know, I'm not Rhinox!", said Dinobot. "Well, eh, if I do say so, maybe he wouldn't have been kidnapped IF YOU HADN'T BEEN SO LAZY, SLAGHEAP!", Rattrap yelled at Dinobot. Dinobot growled in rage and slammed Rattrap into the wall, saying through clenched teeth, "If you say anything remotely like that again, you'll be in the scrapheap!" Cheetor stepped between the two, who were still staring and seething with hatred toward one another, yelling, "Whoa, whoa, whoa! There's no need for any kind of argument! We need to focus on healing Optimus!" Dinbot transformed and stalked off, not notcing that Rattrap made a face at him. "Wait, Dinobot, didn't you once access Optimus's conscience when he was in the heainlg pod?", asked Cheetor.
"Yes...and you want to speak to him."
"In fact, we all do."
"Very well, I shall access his mind.", Dinobot said, turning around and pushing Cheetor aside. After he typed in the correct commands, a blue holographic image of the Maximal leader's face, in gorilla mode. "Ugh...", Optimus sighed.
"There is no time for sighing, Optimus! The Maximal's fate is in jeopardy!", Dinobot yelled. "Calm down Dinobot, I took a beating back there. You saw what happened. Computer, how much more time until my body heals?", Optimus said calmly. "About 2 hours and 45 minutes", the computer replied. Various phrases went around.
"Ah, slag it!"
"Why does this have to happen?!"
"Oh what are we gonna do?!"
"We're practically a Predicon's lunch!"
"Calm down, everybody." Optimus's command restored the order within the base.
Megatron slammed his fist down. "Incompetent fools! You just allowed a warrior to be permanently scrapped!", he roared at Blackarachnia and Scorponok. Just then, the computer voice announced that the cannon was 59% repaired. Megatron pressed his fingers together, smiling a cruel smile.
"Excellent..."
