Part II Chapter 6 teaser:

"They say that Elites who survive more than fifty stellarcycles in those ranks are immortal." Ravage commented as he rose back to his feet, recovering from Dinobot's blast. The raptor wanted to comment, but merely snarled because of his uncertainty. As much as he hated to believe such unproven rumors, his own existence supported the statement, for he had ample opportunity to die. No, it was merely a matter of skill and precision and the rumor came from wistful onlookers who were jealous of the Predacons' skills in battle. Perhaps the first few battles were merely luck, but the longer a person survived, the more experience he had.

"Until today!" The former Decepticon narrowed his gaze and shot at Dinobot, who quickly swerved to avoid being hit.

"You are outdated, Decepticon, and will join your commander in the Pit!" snarled the raptor as he fired on Ravage again.

"Then you have forgotten part of your history lesson, Dinobot. I have fought in the Great War." Ravage ducked, barely sending his hoverpad into the lava, and then returned fire twice.

"As a dog." Dinobot fired his eye lasers and made a drive for Ravage across the lava beneath them, hoping to take turn the battle into a true, land-based duel. "Soundwave no longer exists to protect your miserable hide, traitor."

Ravage, now angered and deeply insulted, muttered something inaudible as he pounded on the controls of his hovering platform. In turn, the platform swiveled before careening into one of the ship's long corridors and stopping just short of a dead end. The panther fired a series of shots at Dinobot's hovering platform, wishing to disable it before the velociraptor could land. The effort was futile, as Dinobot's feet touched the metallic flooring in a predatory fashion.

Not wasting any time, Dinobot dashed for Ravage, spinning his tail shield to deflect any possible shots from the former Decepticon's twin blasters. In battle, there was only the objective, which was often the death of the enemy. The base seemed to shake each time one of Dinobot's feet smacked against its floor, scratching the dark gray material.

Ravage's spy instincts kicked in and the panther retreated as he fired at Dinobot. For once, he had size as an advantage since he was one of the few who were upsized instead of downsized after the Great War, but Predacon Elites were not to be underestimated. He was uncertain as to how far Dinobot had chased him, but when he looked, the panther saw that they both stood on the narrow bridge that hovered over the Darkside's two CR tanks.

"Coward! Stand and fight me." The enraged Dinobot fired his eye-lasers as he continued to charge.

Now, for the notes:

Obviously, this is not the full chapter, which I'm working on now that summer's in and school's out. I'm still alive and rewatching Beast Wars to study Dinobot characterization. Prepare for a full update that includes this little sequence. I'm going to try to get as much as I can written this summer since I've three AP classes next year and that means that I probably won't be writing long fanfics that require hours of attention between Aug '06 and June '07. Thank you for your patience.