Hey guys! Just wanted to say sorry that I kept you waiting. I'd like to say that me and my friend Darkshadow are roleplaying again (after a long period of being busy with other things like school) and we ought to have this story completed in no time! But that doesn't mean that I won't post any other story roleplays we've done!

Rattrap: I hope ya learned your lesson about being lazy and getting your stories done.

Me: (snorts) You know it's going to happen again Rattrap. Sooner or later it will. And then there's writer's block and-

Rattrap: (waves hands in front of him) Alright, alright, alright! Jeez, ya don't hav' to tell me every single detail, ya know!

Me: (smiles) Anyway, Darkshadow only owns herself, and I only own myself. You all know who the Beast Warriors and their war go to. Enjoy!


As the lonely howl filled the air, Cheetor picked Greth up and hugged her bloody body. "Oh Greth!" All of the Maximals had their heads down except Dinobot. He looked at the wolf and pointed to her "You! It's your fault that your friend is gone!"

The wolf looked up at the raptor-bot. "What? My fault? If it's anyone's fault it's Rampage's! He's the one that shot her." Dark's paw touched the necklace gently.
Rampage chuckled evilly on the hill. His weapons held high in the air. Cheetor told Optimus to hold Greth as he ran in front of Rampage. "You think this is funny? Is it fun to watch people die? Innocent people!"

Darkshadow walked in front of them. "Cheetor back off. We don't want to loose two friends tonight."

"Very wise, miss Darkshadow. I suggest you come with us now. Peacefully, or you will be joining your friend, Greth." Megatron commanded.

The wolf looked up at the Maximals then back at the Predacons. She didn't want to cause any commotion so she decided to go with the Predacons.

Megatron smiled wickedly. "If you try to follow us or rescue her, we will simply destroy her," he stated aloud to the Maximals.

Optimus was speechless. What could he possibly say? Nothing. He turned to his flight mode. "Maximals, return to base!"

The Maximals transformed to their beast mode or vehicle mode and slowly headed back to the Axalon. Cheetor looked up at Darkshadow then walked off.

Rampage, Megatron, and Darkshadow walked base to the Predacon base the Darkside. 'Greth...' Dark thought to herself. 'I'm so sorry. It's all my fault.'

////Three days later////

It had been three days since Greth's sacrifice for her friend and the Predacons were now fighting the Maximals over a newly discovered Energon field, Darkshadow among them. She dodged blows that were shot by Dinobot and smacked into him, only to be tossed away close to the Energon. The energon flashed wildly for some reason, as if in anger.

Dinobot walked forward with his sword in the ready-to-strike position. "Now I shall end your life," he hissed.

Darkshadow looked up helplessly at the raptor-bot as he began to bring the sword down upon her. A bright flash of blue-green surrounded Dark in a protective bubble as the sword struck and was held back by an unknown force.

"What the slag?!" the raptor exclaimed, causing others to turn and see the shield that covered Darkshadow.

"What in the Matrix?" Optimus asked no one in particular.

Darkshadow looked down at the necklace that she had refused to take off and saw that the gem on which the dragon was perched on was glowing a bright teal. "Huh?" she asked as she touched it gently. The energon behind her flashed quickly as some of the energy from the crystals began to flow visibly to the necklace. The glow grew brighter until it was near blinding, when a beam of bright light shot out from the necklace and was aimed towards the cliff where they had buried Greth's body near a grove of flowers and small trees nearby.

The sight lasted for thirty seconds before the light and the shield disappeared. It seemed that nothing had happened at all. "What a pathetic waste of time," Rampage said out loud.

"Don't be so sure, crab-cake!" came an all too familiar voice that had been missed by Dark and the Maximals. This made everyone's eyes widen in shock as they kept their gaze glued to the cliff. A form rose up on top of a stone that jut out higher than the cliff. There, standing there grinning like a loon with absolutely no scar or mark at all to show that she had been injured, was Greth in her cat/dragon fuzor form.

"GRETH!!!!!!!!!!!" came Dark's reply as she ran toward the cliff happily yipping. Greth ran down the cliff with just as much excitement to meet Darkshadow halfway, when all of a sudden the wolf stopped, causing her friend to stop. "Wait a minute. Greth is dead. No one can be brought back to life. It's not possible," the wolf said sadly as she turned away slowly.

"Oh, you crazy canine! It really is me! I was given a second chance by the Oracle! It said that it was too soon for me to die. And so here I am!" came the annoyed, yet amused reply.

Looking back the wolf gazed deeply into her friends eyes to see if she was lying. She wasn't. Her eyes were sparkling like the gem around Darkshadow's neck. So that meant that Dark could do and say only one thing...

"Greth!!! I can't believe that you're alive."

"Dark!!!" Greth continued to run, but as Darkshadow tried to run to her, Dinobot grabbed her and threw her onto the ground. "You must die traitor!"

Rampage was never one to help out the wolf, but this meant he could feel pain run through his veins. He grabbed his two guns and shot a few times at Dinobot's chest plate. The wolf turned into a lioness. She turned around and ran over towards Greth.

Megatron looked over and saw the two girls. "YOU! You just won't die will you? I'll make sure you die this time!" He pointed to Greth angrily. Dark walked in front of Greth and snarled at her old leader. "You will do no such thing! NOT as long as I am here. You're a horrible leader, and I refuse to take part of the Predacons and Maximals."

Everyone looked shocked as the lioness whispered something to Greth then ran off, and as she was running she heard Megatron. "You can run, but not hide, Miss Darkshadow."

"You walk out on the Predacons and we'll eventually destroy you!" Tarantulas yelled at the lioness. Like he was a fine one to talk, especially since he has walked out on the Preds so many times.

The lioness stopped running and faced the battle scene, her wolf teeth formed, and her wolf parts over-lapped her lioness parts. She howled a sad, lonely howl. "I am no longer Maximal or Predacon, I am a shape shifter." She said just loud enough that everyone could hear. Without another look back she walked to a cave that she found earlier. What she had whispered to Greth was to meet her in the cave by dawn.


Greth watched as Darkshadow walked away only to feel a choking in her chest as someone hugged her tightly. "Greth, I thought you were gone for good!" came Cheetor's voice.

"It's good to know that I'm alive but do you really need to crush me to prove it?" Greth managed to choke out. Cheetor was indeed nearly crushing her in a brotherly-sisterly hug as energon tears fell. Some of the other Maximals, like Silverbolt, Airazor, and Tigatron came over to be sure that she was no illusion. "It's good to have you back!" Airazor said in a cheerful tone.

"Yes, I know that it is good to be back. Now, again, does Cheetor really need to crush me to prove that?" Greth asked. Cheetor put her down but held onto her shoulders as if he was afraid to let go of her.

"I missed you so much," Cheetor said gently. Greth nodded and said, "I missed you too. The Matrix is pretty nice, though a little crowded with Transformers. By the way, Optimus, I met Optimus Prime and he told me to say hi to you and the Maximals. And Megatron as well was there, but in a hall that held all the bad D-cons. Even though their bodies are in a coma-like state they're there. Everything was too peaceful, yet it's a Transformer haven. Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to go and see what has changed and what hasn't, bye!" And then she zipped off as a smoke-cloud of her stood in her place and zipped after her.

Cheetor and the others looked at the dust trail. "What do you think she was in such a hurry for?" Tigatron asked. The others shrugged.

////With Darkshadow in the cave////

Darkshadow waited for Greth to arrive soon and played with some rocks to keep from dying from boredom. It was night time and nearly dawn. A sudden sound made her pause and look around wildly. "Who's there?" she called. Suddenly something hung upside down in front of Dark and scared said wolf silly. It was Greth! She smiled at her shocked face. "Hey Dark, nearly missed the dead-line," Greth said as she clung to the ceiling with nothing, not even her talons.

"Please don't mention the word 'dead'. And how the heck are you hanging upside down like that?" Darkshadow asked, holding a paw to her chest to calm her heart/spark.

"I met a ninja Jounin Transformer and he taught me a few moves while I was waiting for judgment from Primus," Greth replied as she dropped to the ground as silent as the night. "Though I wish I had a pair of sunglasses when I met him. Too shiny. So, why did you want me to come here so close to dawn?"

"Well as you know, I am no longer part of this war. Well, technically I am but not a Predacon, nor a Maximal." The wolf looked outside the cave and saw a storm starting to approach. She could hear the loud booming sounds of thunder.

"Why not? The Maximals are good guys!"

"Well, now the Preds are looking for me, just right now I can't trust anyone but you."

Greth smiled. "I'm honored." she chuckled. "But you should really learn how to trust the Maximals; after all, Maximals are the good guys. Well most of them. Dinobot is a-little, what's the word-- oh I dunno what I'm saying."

"You better get back to the base. Come visit me later. I dunno what form I'll be in, so contact me in my mind first."

Greth nodded and ran outside of the cave. "I'll try to stop by in mid-afternoon. See ya later!" She waved goodbye to her friend and ran off to the Maximal base.

Dark went to the entrance of the cave and gave off a howl. "Sometimes pain is a treasure."

The wolf looked around, wondering who said that. She knew that she didn't. It came from a Predacon, and it sounded familiar. The voice, evil, dark, hatred stuck in it.

The wolf began to snarl right away. "Oh no need for that. By the time you blink, I'll have you right were I want you! Mwaahah!"

////Greth and the Maximals////

As Greth walked into the Maximal she stuck to the shadows and stayed quiet as her target came in sight: Rattrap. Smiling to herself as she used her new technique that she had used to sneak up on Dark, she crouched on the ceiling upside down and held her hair in one hand to keep it from dangling in anyone's face.

When Rattrap turned away from her, she pushed herself away from the ceiling with a battle-cry and tackled the rat. "What the slag!" the others shouted out as they watched Greth huggle RT.

"Where did you come from?" Cheetor said as he walked forward. "You just appeared out of nowhere!"

"I have my ways!" Greth responded as she hugged Rattrap tightly once more and then bounded off to tackle the spotted cheetah.

"Well, whatever way you just used I would rather not be your little target practice dummy," Rattrap said as he got up and rubbed his head.

"That depends whether or not I missed you or just wanted to give you the first of your daily sneak attacks from now on!" Greth replied from her perch on Cheetor's upper torso.

"Daily pounces?!?!" Ratttrap screeched in a shocked tone as Dinobot chuckled happily.

"I like the new Greth. Now I'll have more entertainment," he said.

"I'll do more than that to him!" Greth said happily.

////Dark in the cave////

"What the-? What are you talking about?" Dark asked, trying to pinpoint the source of the voice.

A soft chuckle was heard. "Darkshadow is it? Well I've been looking for you. We've all been looking for you." Its voice was echoing in the cave.

Dark walked with caution over towards the figure. She looked and saw nothing, but when she turned around to the entrance there he was: Rampage. "Hello, child."

Dark didn't know too much about the cave, but she knew that it went deeper. She knew she could try to run. Darkshadow ran into the cave, further then she's ever explored. But she figured out the hard way that where she was in the cave it was a trap. As she tried to run back there came Rampage with his wicked smile. Rampage shot the only entrance, the rocks above caving in so there was no way out.

////Greth in the Maximal Base////

Curling up next to Cheetor in his beast mode, Greth purred soundly in contented sleep as Rhinox watched the two with growing curiosity. 'How could Greth have been brought back to life if she isn't a Cybertronian? Sure, she's half a Cybertronian like Darkshadow, but how could Primus bring her back? At least half of her body should be lifeless since she is still made of flesh!' he thought as he watched Greth get underneath Cheetor's head as if to act like a pillow for him.

"Primus, why must things be so complicated?" he said aloud.

Suddenly Greth's ears pricked up as if she had heard something. Looking up a where she thought the camera was, she smiled a gentle and tired smile as she waved softly. Then she froze, as if something had just occurred to her or something.

Reacting quickly Greth grabbed onto Cheetor and shook him roughly while screaming at him.

When Cheetor awoke at hearing something that sounded urgent Greth bounded off the recharging berth and running out into the hallway yelling, "WAKE UP!! Emergency! A comrade is in trouble! WAKE! UP!!!!!"

Everyone came charging out and followed Greth's screaming to the control room. Rhinox looked at the doorway as Greth came skidding in as a doe (female deer), a look of pure terror on her face.

"Guys!" she said as she pranced in place nervously to everyone as they came in. "We have a situation here! Darkshadow is trapped in a cave with Rampage and is about to do who-knows-what to her! We have to go and save her and quickly!" Turning even more panicked she shape shifted into a mouse and ran around Rattrap in frantic circles.

"Come on!" she cried out in a tiny, squeaky voice. "Let's go, let's go!"


Several bickering voices were heard in the Maximal base. "Indeed. I say we go!" Tigatron stated. Airazor stood next to him and nodded her head.

"No! She is not part of the Maximals anymore. She has betrayed us! Let her die," Dinobot snarled.

"How dare you!" Silverbolt yelled at the ex-Predacon. "I may not know much about this Darkshadow, but you don't speak that way about a lady!"

"I rarely stick up for Lizard-lips, but I agree," Rattrap said.

Optimus was rubbing his head. Man was this going to be a long day. His head was already hurting as it was. "Primus, help us all."

"OPTIMUS! She would help any one of us if we needed it. Even if she was a Predacon before she would risk her life to save us," Greth said.

////In the cave////

The past five minutes Rampage tossed the wolf back and fourth. She wobbled to get on her feet. But they hurt so badly. As she tried one more time she collapsed.

The homicidal crab laughed in mockery. Then he saw some sort of red liquid draining onto the wolf's tail and her paws. "What's that?"

She looked at her tail, barley wagging. "Blood," she nearly whispered.

"Blood. Hmm... Looks a lot like mech fluid. I used to feed on that. Very good poured over ants!"

Dark didn't know what was going to happen next but she rolled a few feet away. Rampage ran towards the wolf and grabbed her around her neck. He slammed her against the wall, his wrist still tightly locked on her neck. "I feel your pain. I taste your fear! Any last words, shape-shifter?"

"What do you want with me--?" She asked, in between gasps.


Anger began to build up inside Greth as she looked around at the others. "If it takes so long to decide whether or not to save my friend, then I'll go by myself. I don't have time for this bickering!" and she ran off as a lioness, running as fast as she could.

Optimus and the others looked at one another and back at Greth's retreating form. Cheetor then ran off as well while saying, "I'm not going to let her go alone and possibly get killed again, and I'm not going to leave her friend to die!" Transforming into beast mode Cheetor quickly caught up to Greth as she led him towards the cave.

"I'm going after them to help," Silverbolt said and left the room, like a knight off to save a damsel in distress. "I'm going as well," Airazor said as Tigatron agreed. Even Rhinox stepped forward as if to say, 'I'm going as well, and if you stop me, then I'll plow you over!'

Optimus sighed as he looked at his warriors. "Well...I have no choice but to say: Let's move out! We have a comrade to save, and we won't stop until we save her!" he said.


"What if I join you?"

Rampage looked confused and shocked. "Explain!" He let go of the lioness, really quick, Dark switched to her wolf form.

"Well I can tell that you don't like to be ordered around."

"Protoform X is ordered by no one."

"Protoform X?"

Rampage began to tell his tale. Of what happened in the past, how he was treated/created, of him being empathetic. After he ended his story, and looked at the wolf. She was asleep. The crab didn't think he was that boring. In fact, he added drama to it, he spoke in a frightening voice, and he laughed every once in a while.

The wolf yawned. "Oh, you're done talking?"

Rampage looked ready to rip Darkshadow's head off. Outside they heard. "Dig Maximals, DIG!"

"That sounds like--"

"PRIMAL!" Rampage spat.

"RAMPAGE! If you did anything to my friend, I'll kill you! And I will also give you pain for all the deaths that you caused on Omicron!" came Greth's voice.

"How do you know of my victims from planet Omicron?" Rampage asked.

"'Cause I saw some of them while I was still dead!" came the angry reply. The sound of drills digging through the rocks suddenly sounded and grew in volume. A sudden hole formed as light streamed in, revealing an angry Greth with drills for hands.

"Those shape-shifting abilities are really handy. Can those hands turn into a cutting knife?" came Rattrap's voice as the rest of the Maximals came in and widened the hole.

"I'll make my hands turn into a blender to turn you into a rat smoothie if you don't shut up!" Greth snapped. She looked over at Darkshadow and a look of horror crossed her face. "WHAT THE SLAG DID YOU DO?!?!" she screamed as flames came flying from her mouth and nostrils, effectively making her look like a demon scarier than Rampage with his full spark. In theory anyway.

"Give it up Rampage!" Silverbolt yelled.

"I NEVER give-up! I'll make sure that you all go to the PIT!" He took out his guns, and began to shoot them wildly.

Darkshadow got up, limping. "I have had enough of YOU!"

"Yeah!" Greth snarled, taking one step forward before the wolf stopped her.

"No Greth. I have to do this myself!" she said before turning to face Rampage. Dark's form suddenly shape shifted into a dragon. She stood on two legs so she was about the size as Rampage. She had long, transparent wings. Her claws were medium length, and she resembled more of a raptor then a dragon. Her color was a midnight black and a dark blue. The tail was long, and thick (Basically is raptor form just a few changes.).

Ready to pounce, Dark said, "Bring it on crab legs!"

"Hehehe. I look forward to it." Rampage transformed to beast mode. Dark pounced on top of the crab, her longs claws barley digging into the metal. "Oh no you don't!" his claws grabbed Dark and squeezed her tightly. "AAAAHHH!"

Greth just couldn't watch. She had to do something. But what?

One of Rampage's crab legs shot out towards Greth when he tried to dodge one of Dark's attacks, and it smacked onto her tail with a painful sounding crunch. "Yeeeeeeee-OOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!" Greth screamed out as a roar broke out from her throat.

The whole cave shook and everyone froze in surprise and fear. When the roar stopped, Greth stood there twitching. Her eyes began to glow red as her fangs bared in a snarl of anger. Large black wings and a spiked black tail sprouted from her back and her spine. Greth began to grow in size until her head nearly touched the ceiling, but she continued to grow taller, horns and spikes growing from her body as she took on a more dragon-ish form.

"Cheetor?" Optimus asked. "Do you know why she is morphing into a very large dragon that looks like she is under Tarantulas' control?"

"No sir, I don't know," Cheetor replied slowly, almost fearfully.

Greth's form grew larger as the roof of the cave began to crumble from the pressure of her head pushing upward.

Darkshadow shape-shifted back into her wolf form and disappeared. "Where did the wolf go?" Dinobot shrieked.

Greth looked down to see if she could find her friend. "Dark?" As she looked back at Rampage, he was GONE! All that was heard was his echoing laughter. Darkshadow appeared again. She was as pale as ever, looking almost like a ghost. "Gr-- Greth?"

Before anyone could say anything else, Dark fainted.


Again, sorry this took so long. I've been busy lately and a few days ago I was editing the roleplays me and Darkshadow had done before so that they make sense or flow along into a chapter. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. R and R, please! Thank you. (bows and smacks head against the floor) Ouch!