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Chapter 14: Adventures Down & Under
Antigo Senior High School
At this time, Aelita was seen leaving the school grounds with being accompanied by William, so to keep her protected if the school bullies, Dash and Kwan, ever showed up. The pink haired girl was doing so little late research and William had some after-school chore to take care of since he was randomly picked to do it.
"It was nice of you to help me out, William?" Aelita comments the dark haired boy's kindness to help escort her from the school area towards the Maximal Base.
"No problem, Jeremie would've wanted you to have a close friend nearby if…." William was returning the reply from the pink haired girl as it was no trouble when...
"Guagh?" Suddenly, something cut off the conversation, as both Aelita and William had bumped into someone that knocked them on the ground.
"Dash, could you get lost! If you're going to block our way, then at least…." William was groaning from the collision, and was rubbing his soar neck in thinking it was the school bully of Jeremie, trying to get at Aelita again, and just when he was gonna tell him off…. "Ugh?" Suddenly, William stopped what he was going to say, as when he and Aelita got better looks, the person they ran into was in fact….NOT, Dash Baxter?
Who they bumped into was a white skin girl with two hair clips on her head with long raven hair in the back. She was dressed in a pink t-shirt with light blue jeans and red shoes. Her name was Elisabeth Delmas, though she prefers to be called 'Sissi' on the account she becomes angered whenever someone not of her family uses her full name, which is usually on those that tease her or call her name out.
"Elisabeth?" William responded to the girl's real name from realizing in surprise, who he and Aelita ended up bumping into. And boy was it someone?
"It's Sissi, buster! And watch where you bump into?" Sissi snapped at William for calling her real name, not liking it much while rubbing her head from the fall earlier.
"We're sorry? Are you alright?" Aelita spoke when she and William got up to see if Sissi was alright, and wanted to offer a chance to help her up, but...
"No, I'm not! And I have to figure out an answer to my research soon by tomorrow or I'll fail in my class?" Sissi snapped off to say while getting up, as she was picking up some books and paper works for some 'research' subject she was working on.
Aelita saw the book Sissi was working on, it read 'Baton tossing know-how?' on the label title. Aelita picked the book up to skim through it, and saw a lot of instructions for beginners that like to use batons in traditional cheering or a form of celebration, the trick was to toss the baton in the air and catch it without dropping it.
"Are you in the baton course?" Aelita spoke out while handing this book to Sissi, who saw what the girl had and hesitated a bit before taking her book back.
"Yes, and if I don't make my baton throw perfect, I can't get accepted into their squad for the school." Sissi remotely explained that she was trying out to join such school club event, but it was not easy. "Just watch and you'll see?" As Sissi said this, she took out a baton from her backpack, and began a show of her baton twirling action. "Throupthroupthrouphm…" Then she got in a pose to toss the baton up in the air, and awaited for the thing to fall in her hands….
"BOINKnn…" Unfortunately, instead of falling into Sissi's hands, it landed right on William's noggin. "Oww?" William yelped in a slight bit of pain, as he held his head while Aelita and Sissi yelp from seeing this action happen. That was unexpected?
"See what I mean, I've been trying to figure out what I'm doing wrong?" Sissi complained out with a whiny groan, she needs to get the right handling, or she can't join the school's baton club.
Aelita was thinking for a moment from this action while William still was recovering, as the pink haired girl picked up the baton before speaking.
"I see the problem, the equilibrium of your throw is off 6 degrees, try to lower it down." Aelita spoke with a scientific speech while handing back Sissi's baton with her advise on what to change.
"Ugh…?" Sissi was a bit stumped, not only from what Aelita said, but the girl was trying to help her. Why?
"There, now try again, please." Aelita replied with a smile, as she backed away to allow Sissi another shot to throw and catch her baton.
"Aelita, I really don't think you should…?" William was slowly starting to say in not thinking that was the best idea until...
"Throupthroupthrouphm…." Sissi started to twirl her baton again, and this time threw it up in how Aelita explained to her how to perform it and then… "Griphm…." By her surprise, Sissi caught her baton in her hands without messing up, and was shock to believe it worked.
"Wooh?" William replied completely surprise, that trick actually worked. "That was actually pretty impressive?" The boy complimented that Aelita's advise really helped Sissi's toss and twirling action improved much better.
"I don't believe it, how did you knew the problem?" Sissi spoke in being so surprised, as she held her baton, but looked to Aelita in how she could have figured out the problem being so…simple as adjusting her position.
"It was no big deal, I hope you can get accept into your squad." Aelita responded with a friendly smile in saying it was her pleasure to help without asking for anything in return.
"Come on Aelita, we best be going. See ya around, Sissi!" William spoke to letting Aelita know they needed to get going, as he said farewell to Sissi while the two left the botan girl behind.
When Sissi was alone, she looked to her position hand and gripped baton in thought from what happened. Normally, someone asks for favors in return for their aid, but why didn't the pink haired girl want something?
"Aelita?" Sissi repeats the person who helped her, in her time of need before thinking this thought. "She was just handing me my weeks of searching an answer in next to one minute without asking for something in return?" This lead to a puzzling curiosity, as the girl saw where Aelita was heading, and made up her mind. "I better see if she wasn't putting on an act, especially if she knew 'who' I was?" With that conclusion in her mind, Sissi decided to trail Aelita and William, unknowing of what troubles she'll have by doing so.
Within The Mountain Region Of Antigo
As William lead Aelita off from school and just down a secret cave tunnel path, he was having a conversation with the pink haired girl.
"Aelita, you really gotta be careful when you give someone help, specially if that someone is Sissi." William was explaining something to the pink haired girl of not always helping someone of 'certain' needs without fully knowing them.
"Why? She needed help, didn't she?" Aelita questioned what William was trying to get by saying such things.
"That's not the point?" William shrug off his arms before going into more details on the subject. "Sissi is the daughter of Principle Delmas." At that mentioned part, even Aelita recalled the memory of the principle's office. "She's a bit, arrogant, vain, and some say she's spoil from what, being a daughter of a principle of the school she attendants to, can lead to some events?" William rubbed the back of his head from explaining some parts of what Sissi is suppose to be like.
"Like…?" Aelita replied in wanting to know more, since these things were very puzzling.
"Such as being selfish to get what she wants, plus getting our school's football team to not upset her or they'll hear from the principle which even Dash doesn't want to get caught in." William exclaimed off on how Sissi is particularly seen by many at the school, and that even their football players, like Dash, would not be so gullibly to try something without angering her father, the principle.
"But….she didn't seem like any of those things?" Aelita questioned the parts that seem somewhat untrue of what she saw of Sissi just now.
"True, but they are what some classmates spread around the halls from seeing one act from another?" William shrug off in stating that some of the actions of Sissi have been seen while others just stretch the tale a bit. "The other is if someone got the dirt on her, or covered a favor she desperately needed, they use her ties with her dad by an I.O.U. or some blackmail?" The boy explained that Sissi's pretty much someone that if made close ties with, they could use that advantage with her father that runs the school.
"That's horrible?" Aelita whispered with a sad face, never realizing how some people could use such opportunities like that. "What about her father or her friends? What do they say about this?" The pink haired girl asked in wondering if those close to Sissi have a different opinion.
"Well most kids don't cross the principle, and for her friends, well…" William rubbed the back of his head in feeling a bit lost in place of explaining this topic.
"Beep-Beep!" The suddenly, some device on their person went off, as William brought out a watch communicator similar to Rhinox and Jeremie's first made device, now a mark II.
"Aelita! William! You there?" Jeremie's voice was heard over a communicator in trying to know of his friends location.
"We're here Jeremie." Aelita replied from hearing Jeremie's voice contacting them.
"Okay, are you alone?" Jeremie's voice asked in wanting to know that Aelita and William were by themselves at this time.
"Yep, no one followed us, and nothing was suspicious." William replied to his communicator in saying that's a 'yes' on his part.
"Okay, come aboard the Axalon, we just got something." Jeremie's voice replied in sounding very urgent by the message. "Breephm…" Soon the line was finished, and both Aelita and William looked to the other with a serious face that something's up now.
"Better get moving, we'll discuss things more on Sissi later, right now, we got work to do for the Maximals." William exclaimed out that they best hurry along to the Maximal base.
"Hmm, alright." Aelita nodded in understanding, they'll have time for social discussions later.
But when the two left to go down another tunnel path, they never saw someone behind them who stealthily was following them.
"Where are they off to in such a hurry?" It was none other then Sissi Delmas, she's trailing the two from her school in the tunnels, and will soon reach the direction of where the Maximal base is.
Maximal Base
We see the Axelon outside, still looking peaceful as ever, just as we are zooming in for a closer look.
At this moment, inside, some of the gathered Maximals with the exception of Tigertron not being seen, were together along with Jeremie, Ulrich, and then followed the timely arrival of William and Aelita. All of the Maximals were in Robot Mode, and it seemed that Rhinox, Armordillo, K-9 and even Jeremie were working on the consoles in a desperate attempt.
"Glad to see you're both here." Optimis turns to see that the last members of their group have arrive.
"What's the emergency calling?" William responded to wanting to know why they were called to come here quickly.
"Apparently, there's a read out of a Stasis Pod we've detected that's been here on the planet." Ulrich stated off that what they found, might be a Stasis Pod that was buried with the Earth during the Maximal and Predacons arrival.
"A Pod?" Aelita replied with a shock surprised face, the Maximals have possibly found one of their missing Protoform Maximals. Then this is important indeed.
"Right now, we're gathering the coordinates for it's precise location?" Jeremie exclaimed from working on the console as fast as he can to find the location of where the pod's frequency is located on the planet.
Predacon Base
At the Predacon base, we see from it's outside walls that things seem quiet on the outside, but the inside was not.
At this very moment, Tarantulas was working on a console computer on a hover platform while in Robot Mode. Megatron sat in his commander's chair in Robot Mode as well, as he watched the spider scientist working effortlessly on something they too were detecting. Yes, the Maximals weren't the only ones that had found out about a Stasis Pods energy signature, so did the Predacons.
"Neeehhh, the Pod's energy signature is weak, but I should find it soon?" Tarantulas struggled to pinpoint the Stasis Pod's location, for the single was weak, but active.
"You had better, spider? Or you'll be ripped down to only your skin-plate!" Megatron exclaimed in demand with his right hand in a tight grip. "Cluphmm…" He pounded on his commander chair in wanting an answer this moment, not a moment later.
"Breep-Breep!" Suddenly, near Blackarachnia's station, she was accessing the console to see what she was getting.
"Wait!" Blackarachnia spoke out to get some attention, as she said something. "I got something?" This attracted a few Predacons attention on what the she-spider said.
"The Stasis Pod's location?" Megatron asked with awaiting joy to know if it's the pod's location coordinates.
"No, it's…." Blackarachnia shook completely puzzled, and slowly was going to say this news to her leader.
Maximal Base
"Beep-Beep!" Suddenly on the Maximal console, another glowing signal was seen that became activated, which got Rhinox's full attention.
"Unreal?" Rhinox spoke from finding this almost too much to believe.
"What is it, Rhinox?" Optimis asked what his old friend found out, maybe the pod's location.
"I'm detecting another Pod's energy signature just now?" Rhinox stated out in complete shocked face in not believing what he's seeing, there's a second pod that's responding by readout.
"Two Pods being activated?" Wolfang replied stump, even the others weren't expecting two pods to be going off.
"Breep-breep-breep!" Then without warning, the system made another alert noise that brought everyone in the room's full attention.
"Wha-What's going on now?" Armordillo yelped from another surprise alert, the computer system has got something on the scanner. So what could it be?
"By the Matrix?" K-9 slowly spoke in deep surprise from not believing what he's spotting on the monitor console now.
Predacon Base
"This can't be right?" Blackarachnia spoke with almost half disbelief in what her readouts are showing.
"What do you mean?" Megatron asked with half being suspicious and the other in annoyance. What is it that's happening here?
"It's not two, but Three Pods going off?" Blackarachnia exclaimed off that what they are detecting was over three Stasis Pods going off at the same time. "Gaaugh, the system must be malfunctioning from when the Maximals invaded last time?" The she-spider groans in thinking their system is still damage from last time.
"Daugh, I'm afraid it's for real?" Tarantulas stated from doing precise calculation on the console near him, as all was in working order. "Breep-breep, breep!" Then without warning, another new noise went off that really got a lot of attention. "Gaugh…WAIT!" Tarantulas shouts out in being very surprised by what he's now found out now suddenly.
Maximal Base
"Oh man, three Pods going off, that's ridiculous!?" Rattrap moans off that they got over three pods going off while they were looking.
"Breep-Breep, Breep!" Then as if that wasn't enough for even the rat to handle, the system made another alert noise on what has been found out.
"Hold it, it's not three Pods, but…?" Rhinox spoke from seeing something that would truly make this day's discover a big one.
Predacons Base
"By the Pit, it's…." Tarantulas gasped out to swear that this event was almost unreal that it was impossible. But it wasn't…?
The screen shows a cut with Rhinox and Tarantulas' faces stating this news in union. "FOUR! Four Stasis Pods are activating at the same time!?" This was the biggest find yet, four Stasis Pods have been single-handedly activated all at once, it was unreal.
Maximal Base
Soon afterwards, the split-screen vanishes which leaves Rhinox with his Maximal and human friends, taking in this overwhelming news.
"Four Pods activating at the same time? Man, that's the Ultra, in Ultra-gear!" Cheetor exclaimed with joy in hearing this, four pods located means four new Maximals will get to join them.
"But it also means we need to work 'four' times faster." Optimis stated out with a very serious and determined face in what they have here. "No doubt the Predacons will split into groups to find them?" The Maximal commander knew what Megatron would do, 'divide and conjure', by having his forces go after one of the four pods to increase the number of enemies, and Optimis would not let that happen.
"Depending on where each of them are, that's the problem?" Ulrich stated out a problem, without knowing where the four pods are, they could be on four corners of the planet.
"Well I have good news, I figured out the locations." Jeremie spoke out from finishing something to present some good news to the gang.
"Then spill it! Gurgurguerahhhh, this war depends on numbers, so where are they?" Dinobot snapped off in being impatient, they must get to the pods before the Predacons have them out numbered.
"They're all in one known location….Australia!" Jeremie slowly began to state, as he soon types something on that last mention part. "Bruuvhhmmm…." Jeremie had activated the center console of a holographic iamge to show the planet Earth, and showing the content known as Australia, was there on the map.
"All four are in that general place, but where?" Aelita spoke from seeing that such a big country would require a lot of searching, but if they know what coordinates, then…
"That's the bad news, we can't pinpoint them from here unless we're out there to get stronger signals?" Jeremie rubbed the back of his neck in feeling ashamed of himself, since they can only get this much.
"It's good enough kid, we'll just have to search every corner is all." K-9 exclaimed off to let Jeremie know to not worry over the little things, as they will search to find the pods, no doubt.
"Then everyone outside, K-9, get the Trans Warp Gate activated, we're going to…Australia!" Optimis issued out the order to get all his troops to prepare for departure.
As all the Maximals nod their heads, this was gonna be a hasty retrieval mission they can't lose to.
Outside The Axelon
Just near the Trans Warp Gate's controls, someone was watching from afar in seeing all of this. The thoughts were clear; A Strange Device, a Large Ship, all hidden under a Mountain Rooftop, and it was Sissi spying on it all.
"Just what is this place?" Sissi questioned off from seeing all this advanced alien structure, it was almost unbelievable to believe it's here. "Hugh?" She yelped from noticing someone was appearing, and went into hiding or risk being caught.
"Alright, here's what we'll do!" Optimis spoke to his gathered crew in planning their search and retrieve mission with the basic coordination. "Wolfang, you're with Rattrap and Ulrich! Rhinox, you're with Cheetor and William! K-9, you're with Aelita while Jeremie is with me and Dinobot." Optimis paired the group up into four parties for the four locations of the Stasis Pods last known location.
"But what of me, Optimis?" Armordillo questioned his commander, somehow, Optimis was not including him in this mission. Why was that?
"We need you here to watch the base, I'm sorry, but we can't leave it unguarded?" Optimis regarded off in stating they need someone to watch over their base while they are going out.
"It's understandable." Wolfang nodded in thinking the idea wasn't one up for argument. "With so much of our forces divided, surely some enemies would sneak by to take our base." The Maximal exclaimed the possibility of some Preds trying to have a surprise attack on them with the lost of their base, and they can't have that.
"Alright, I'll set up traps to keep them away, should the Preds try anything." Armordillo spoke with an assuring and determined tone in his attitude in not going to let the team down.
"But on such circumstances, I want you to contact Tigertron, have him join Aelita's group to balance our forces." Optimis added off for the only Maximal staying behind to get their Maximal in the northern sector to come help them out.
"Roger!" Armordillo salute in understanding the orders he has been given.
"Drrususvhhmmm….." Suddenly, the portal got open in the center, as everyone that was ready, stood by to watch the swirling motions of this transport device.
"Alright Maximals, lets go find our Comrades, you all know what to do when you find them. Get them online before the Predacons can reprogram them!" Optimis stated out to remind the group what they must be doing once the pods have been found. "Our Comrades are defenseless right now, we can't let Megatron use them for his evil needs!" The Maximal Commander held his fist in a tight grip in exclaiming they must work hard to save as many of their comrades from falling under evil hands to become Predacons.
"Well, best of luck to all of us?" Ulrich exclaimed out with a friendly statement of wishing everyone here the best of luck.
"It's off to the Down-Under, of good old Australia." William replied back to his friend with the same friendly expression in awaiting this new adventure to find the pod, especially since he missed out last time they did this in Greece.
"Frrusvhhmm…frusuvhhmm…" Soon everyone was going in with the exception of Armordillo, who's staying behind.
At this time, Sissi was puzzling all this information in her mind of what she just witness before her eyes.
"What's going on? Who are those robots, and why were Jeremie, Ulrich, William and Aelita with them?" Sissi whispered to question this stuff under her breath, unable to find a solution, nothing but with 'this' in mind. "I got to follow them, but how?" The girl knew to follow the gang, she had to distract Armordillo by the controls. Suddenly, she found a rock nearby, which made her have a sly smile across her face.
"Alright, I've gotten contact with Tigertron, and now to set the Gate to open from his spot to where the others are." Armordillo spoke in feeling reassure, as he finished contacting the Maximal on a comm. link before preparing the portal until...
"Creakcreak…." There was a sudden noise of a rock tapping across the cave's floors, which meant….someone was here?
"WHO'S THERE?" Armordillo shouted off from taking his mace and chain weapon out, a bit flinched by a weird noise. "Was that just a rock?" The Trap-Expert questioned from getting worked up over nothing, but one can't be too careful.
However, that momentary of distraction made the Maximal unable to see Sissi sneak over near the Trans Warp Gate. "Frusuvhmm…" Then the girl soon goes through it, to be sent to where the others are at this time.
"Hugh?" Armordillo turned around from thinking something happened behind him and the gate. But he saw no one? "Did something…?" He was going to question if something even went by him, by his scanners didn't read any Pred energy signature. "Ugh, I'm getting paranoid, my scanners and sense would have alerted me of a hostile enemy? Still, better set the Gate." The Maximal signed off from thinking he was getting worked up over nothing.
"Trrusvhhmm…Prrusvhhmm…." So Armordillo resets the Gate to get Tigertron at his destination to meet with the others.
"Just what was it that I felt? Hugh, whatever it is, I just hope it won't bother the others on their missions?" Armordillo spoke quietly to himself in thinking if whatever he sense that happened near the gate, to hope it won't effect his pals on their mission to rescue the pods.
Boy, if only he knew…?
Australia; Little Sandy Desert
"Trruussvhhmmmm…." A portal opened up to let out Wolfang, Rattrap and Ulrich in a strange area. "Clusssphmm…" The portal closed behind them, as the Maximals were in Beast Mode for the time being. The landforms, fauna and flora were something since where they were, was in a crossing road dirt with some grass fields and some trees on the scene.
"Well, where are we?" Rattrap asked off the bat in not knowing what part of the area they have entered in.
"According to this readout device….." Ulrich held a device he got from Jeremie, as he pressed some buttons to make some information be presented. "It's Australia's Little Sandy Desert?" Ulrich exclaimed the name of the area they are now in which is their area sector.
"Humph, sandy is right?" Rattrap shrug off from hearing the name and in thinking it was a close fitting with the area full of sand.
"Hush Rattrap! Give the kid a moment." Wolfang hushed his friend to be quiet to give Ulrich a chance to work.
"Beep-Beep…." Ulrich used some number pushings to determine some facts on where they are and what route they need to take. "Right now, we're on the Canning Stock Route to cross from here…" The boy was trying to get some facts, and it was slowly starting to come into picture when….."Beep-Beep…." The device Ulrich held was starting to go off, as it had detected something from where he was looking at. "Towards where the signal is near those hills called 'Durba Spring', where the pod we're looking for is located?" The boy stated from seeing some high hill cliffs off on the path they are on, and where the pod is said to be found.
"A Spring, in this Dessert? Hugh, boy….you humans and your naming of things is beyond my following?" Rattrap exclaimed from hearing another name the folks were calling their areas, and this one was strange for not actually having a spring of water.
"Forget the comments Rattrap, we gotta find that pod, my nose will lead us to it." Wolfang stated out that they came here with a mission objective, and must continue on. "Sniff-sniff-sniff!" Wolfang was using his nose to aid him in his search, as he was leading with Ulrich accompanying him with his own device to help while Rattrap just tag along with these two.
Australia; Durba Spring
Trususvhhmm….." A portal opened up somewhere in Little Sandy Dessert that was above a cliff hill, and who should come out but Tarantulas, RazorClaw and Manterror. "Trrusvhhmm…." Soon the portal closed behind them, as the Predacons looked around their surroundings with Tarantulas in Robot Mode, holding a device.
"Breep-Breep, Breep-Breep…." Suddenly, the device in Tarantulas' pincers was going off, as it found something very nearby. "Hmmm….Hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm?" The wicked spider Predacon chuckles, as he read the readings out right to his follow Predacons. "The scanner says that the Pod is here? Right over there!" He points his free pincer over to a rock formation that seem builded like an actually landscape, but the wicked scientist knew otherwise.
"Then let's split that rock to rubble! HRAAAyyaahhh!" Manterror exclaimed with his mantis claws held up to prepare to jab them in the bedrock. "Break-Break-Break!" He was jabbing them like crazy to break the rocks that was blocking their finding.
"CLAsphm-Clasphm…." Even Razorclaw was using his sharp claws to either remove the stones or break them apart, which ever was needed.
Soon after a while, the digging was finish and the Predacons soon found…..their prize.
"Keeh-Kachachachachaaahhh….." Tarantulas made off with his creepy laugh, as right before the Predacons was the Stasis Pod unburied, a bit dirty from being kept under the rocks with some dents, but that was seemingly nothing to the real objective. "Crusphm…." The spider checked the protoform by lifting it's lid, and saw the bot inside, tubes still flowing and was perfectly fine and fit to be activated. "Hmm, the pods a bit rough out, but the protoform is still in working order? Perfect for reprogramming." Tarantulas spoke from studying that while the pod looked somewhat damaged, the protoform inside was what really counted.
"Bruphm…bruphm…bruphm…" Suddenly, as Razorclaw was looking over the cliff sides, his eyes zoomed to flash an enlarge image of…Rattrap, Wolfang and Ulrich approaching their area. "Hey, I see some Maximals heading this way?" Razorclaw issued out to the others, knowing they'll have a fight on their hands soon.
But the Predacon scientist was busy with other means, as he opened the hardwire cover to deal with what's inside the pod's control systems.
"Trrussphmm…." At that moment, Tarantulas had removed the Maximal Chip with his clip remover tool. "Let them come, we'll set up a surprise for them." Tarantulas stated off that at the moment, he was busy with other means then just being concern of Maximal interference, as he was lowering his chip remover tool on his pincer end for another purpose in the pod's system. "Trususuvhhmm….." The spider scientist had soon placed a Predacon coding chip into the protoform's computer to begin start up. "I would assume the other Maximals are here, and if the 'Key' is with them, they'll only focus on those of us they know without figuring out, our newest member?" The wicked spider explained out that the Maximals only know of their numbers and appearances, but what they don't know, is that's about to change.
Suddenly, even Razorclaw and Manterror understood the message, the enemy won't know of any 'new' opponent to face or prepare for until it's too late.
"Yes, an interesting scheme, we'll make this a plot to steal the pod while in truth, we got to it first?" Manterror exclaimed off with rubbing his insect hands together in gleaming for the idea. "And while they think we haven't reprogram the pod, our new ally will find the others and seize the Key for the Predacons!" The mantis strategist stated that such tactics could serve their purpose very well.
"Precisely….." Tarantulas nods that the others understand the plan, and shall go along for it while contacting the other Predacons to warn them of their 'arrival' company.
"Trrsusuiphm…." The console on the pod had soon open up to bring out a familiar DNA Scanner device to find a compatible life-form for the protoform. "BRrususvhhmm…." Soon the pod's DNA Scanner was flashing a bright energy beam to find any suitable animal forms for the new bot. "Vrizizisrruphm….." The scans picked up a strange lizard hiding in one of the trees, as it was crawling away a bit frighten by what's happen.
"Keeh-Hechechechech-Hachachachach, WAAch-WachachachaAAaah!" Tarantulas cackled off madly at seeing the birth of a new Predacon right off the bat from the wiggling pod. Soon, the Maximals won't know what hit them or know what they'll end up losing until it's all but too late.
Australia; Tanami Desert
"Prososuvhhmm…." Soon a portal appeared within the area, and the next group to come out was Rhinox, Cheetor and William. "Wrrususphm…." The portal they used had soon closed off, leaving this group to see where they are. It had a rocky terrain with small hills, some dried dirt with some form of grass fields, but there was some open sand roads. Right now, the Maximals were in Beast Mode while William was trying to use a device to aid in their mission.
"Wooh, what's the name of this place?" Cheetor asked from looking around, never seeing anything like this desert-like place before, it's nature is very strange.
"Breep-breep?" William took out a similar device like Ulrich's and was using it to find out their needed information. "Australia, Tanami Desert." William spoke out of the area they are in, which may look like a rocky place to stay around, but it's a start.
"Any good read outs from our side?" Cheetor asked the dark haired boy if they have anything to go with on their mission to find one of the pods.
"Feww, give me a moment, the heat is making me sweat here?" William replied from wiping the sweat off his forehead, as the sun's rays were effecting him a bit. "Breep-brepp, bruphm?" But he tried to ignore it to just type in a few things on his device to help them in their search for the missing pod in their area.
"We better move quickly, we got to find the pod's located here before the Predacons do?" Rhinox stated with a cautious and serious face in knowing they mustn't be late, they got a job to do after all.
"Beep-Beep! Beep-Beep!" Suddenly, the device that William had in his hands was starting to beep off like crazy. "Hey you guys, I got something!" William exclaimed off with excitement from seeing they got a reading already, and it's pretty close.
"Ultra-stellar! What's it say, William?" Cheetor cheered for the news before he asked William from wanting to know where the pod could be.
"The device says the pod's located thirty miles, south of here." William stated from what the device indicated was the pod's location from them, just thirty miles from where they are was all it said.
"Then you better settle up on Rhinox." Cheetor shook his head over to the big Maximal in offering their human friend a ride.
"Um, if you're sure?" William asked a bit unsure, they have to move fast, but was this okay. With no arguments or objections, William shrug the feeling to just sit on Rhinox's back like a horse, only in a rhinoceros type of course.
"Hold on then, this may get bumpy!" Rhinox shouted out over to William, as he soon started to run full steam ahead. William was holding on for a very bumpy ride in what some folks had not experience with, riding on a rhino's back. As the two were running, Cheetor was rushing off with them, almost going ahead since he's the faster type of bot with his Beast Mode, all were racing towards the Pod's location.
"Frouphm-frouphm…./Wizizizimmmziziphm….." However, while the heroes on the ground were rushing, three familiar flyers were seen hiding above to follow them. It was Terrorsaur, Waspinator, and Lazorbeak, all three of them had reach the air by Warp Gate that came in the air to find the Maximals below and decided to tail them to see where they go…and lead them to the prize…the Stasis Pod.
Australia; Outside Near Ayers Rock
"Trrusvhhmmm…." A portal appears in a new area, just as K-9 and Aelita soon exit out of it to see their surroundings. Outside the desert with it's surrounding sand, dirt and grassy fields, there stood what was a large sandstone rock formation, it was none other then Ayers Rock.
"Well we're here Aelita, how are you feeling?" K-9 spoke from noticing they've arrived at their destination, and wanted to see if the pink haired girl was okay at the moment.
"I'm alright. This place, if I recall from what I heard from Jeremie, is called Uluru, known as Ayers Rock?" Aelita nodded in response before looking around in getting a better understanding of the area in Australia the group are in. "Tigertron should be here any….?" Aelita was about to say something of the next arrival to join them when suddenly…?
"Trusvhmm…." To those surprise, something from the portal they used ended up bringing someone else out from it. "Gaugh?" Sissi yelped in surprise from being thrown out while unprepared for her journey before landing on the ground face first. "Trrusuvhhmm…." The portal vanished soon afterwards, leaving the team and their hitchhiker in the area to find the other pod.
"Ugh?" Aelita yelped from recognizing who this person was, but couldn't believe it. It was Sissi from school?
"Oh-No?" K-9 groans in seeing that someone must have stubbled near the TransWarp Gate and got sent here. Not good?
"Ugh, what in the world was that? I…." Sissi moans while getting up from her unusual experience before she ceased herself to notice…the stares from Aelita and the big dog which was K-9. "Um, hello, I come in peace?" Sissi tried to reply in showing she means no harm to those here, namely to appease to K-9 to not harm her.
"Trrusvhhmmm…" Then suddenly in front of the group, there came the next portal which who should come out of it, but Tigertron. "CRusuphm…." Then that very portal ended up closing itself, leaving Tigertron with the group he has to work to find the pod. "I arrive, as when Armordillo reached me, but said he felt something was off during the Gate's transport? He…" Just as he was explaining, he saw the situation, and Aelita and K-9 looked over to Sissi who was the most surprise to see this.
"Augh…Augh…Tiger Talked?" Sissi slowly replied in completely not believing what she was seeing. Robots and now talking animals, what is all this?
"Hmmm, I think we found what Armordillo felt was off?" Tigertron spoke with a calm, collective tone in seeing this new person was new to the group, and so she wasn't familiar with the Maximals.
"Sissi? Why are you here?" Aelita approached the girl to ask her a question of why someone from her school was here with her on an important mission.
"I could ask you the same thing, I just wanted to know where you were going? Only to find a ship, robots, and now talking animals?" Sissi replied off to say, as a counter measure in wanting to know what Aelita's connection to all the strange things that she's seen is already looking like the real thing. "Can you explain what's going on here?" Sissi asked with a wave motion of her arms in just not following any of this at all.
"Oh man, Optimis isn't going to like that someone knows of our secret?" K-9 signs in feeling that once Optimis knows that a citizen of the planet was brought into a dangerous situation, it could cause trouble.
"Perhaps, the young lady can accompany us while we explain some information, to clear some misunderstandings?" Tigertron slowly spoke towards Sissi in offering in a noble voice to let the girl know everything to help clear things up and help calm her nerves a bit.
After a brief discussion from walking across the desert, Sissi has been filled in about the whole adventure that's happen so far. The story telling about the Maximals and their enemies for world conquest, the Predacons, to even the subject about their connection with those from the planet Cybertron. Sissi couldn't believe most of this stuff, and even still thought it was a joke, but from being surrounded by the proof that was in her face, that's not likely. She was filled in about how Jeremie found Aelita, has been friends with him, Ulrich and William in knowing the Maximals secret along with Jeremie's father too. But the important part was knowing of the mission they are doing, to help save a protofrom from being turn evil by the Predacons.
"Boy, I thought you were strange, but I never guess it was out of this world?" Sissi exclaimed from her surprise to understanding the entire situation, including Aelita's origin. "Now I feel sorry for suspecting you?" The girl had a sorrow face in wanting to apologize to Aelita for suspecting her of such a selfish idea she had in her head.
"It's okay Sissi, you just didn't know? That's why I trusted you with this." Aelita replied with a smile in having a nice conversation with a new human member that knows what's going on.
"Well, I can keep this secret of yours, think of it as my return favor for what you did for me." Sissi proclaimed in assuring to Aelita and the Maximals ahead of the girls, saying she won't let anyone know this secret.
"By I never asked for anything, I did it of my own free will of chose?" Aelita admitted out openingly that what she did, it was from her kindness, nothing less. "But William did tell me of why you think so?" The pink haired girl admits she heard something else while seemingly to be unsure and hesitated to actually ask the question, but wanted so much to know.
"So he told you of the rumors about me?" Sissi spoke with a little downer voice to look at the ground with a sadden face for some reason.
"Are any of them true, when I meant you, you didn't seem like any of them?" Aelita asked curiously, believing that not 'all' the rumors would be true, cause getting to know Sissi here, seem like most of them were farfetched.
"Most of them are true, some are more exaggerated a bit." Sissi shrug off her shoulders a bit in admitting that only some were truer then others since some were stretched a bit much on her part.
"Well surely you have help to sort the misunderstandings?" Aelita spoke in saying with a calm reasoning that someone Sissi knows, tries to sort the confusion out.
"My father hears these things and clears up for my defense, so they don't admit it out in public." Sissi responded with a little assurance of her situation, but still seem kinda gloomy.
"And your friends?" Aelita asked the next subject, recalling that William never gave that answer when they were cut off.
"I….don't have any?" Sissi regrettably and slowly says this with a sorrow face that for her, she had no one to call a true friend, much to even Aelita's shock. "Most of them just pretend to be friendly with me cause I'm the principle's daughter, but I don't want to be left open if they can take advantage of it." Sissi shrugs off her shoulders to admit that she is seen as someone to be an easy hook-up with her father running the school. "So I try to be as the rumors say, acting like the important girl on the school ground, as a cover up to not let anyone try to get close to me….or hurt my feelings?" She looked away with graver sadness, almost recalling a terrible event much to Aelita noticing such concern emotions.
Aelita patted Sissi's shoulders with a smile which puzzled the girl before the pink haired girl spoke this out. "If you want to, you can be our friend. Mine, Jeremie, even William and Ulrich wouldn't mind. Maybe even the Maximals wouldn't mind another human to know about them." Aelita suggests that if Sissi really wants to, she can be friends with those Aelita knows, both human and Maximal.
"You believe so?" Sissi asked with wide shocked eyes in not believing what she's hearing if this was true.
"I do." Aelita nods with a smile in saying it is true, she would love to be Sissi's friend, if she'll let the pink haired girl.
"Thanks Aelita." Sissi nods with a half-smile while trying very hard not to let any tears escape from her, trying to keep an image and all that.
K-9 and Tigertron were hearing most of the chatter before discussing the issue with themselves, as they still walked along.
"Maybe we should cut in, we are on a mission?" K-9 spoke to Tigertron that they need to let those having a chatter be more on the ready for their mission on recovering the Stasis Pod.
"Let the ladies have their chats K-9, it appears that who you believe maybe trouble is becoming closer to being Aelita's friend." Tigertron s"poke off with a calm expression over what is taking place without worry. She has a strange gift, not of what she is by being the Key, but from her heart." The tiger-bot could see that Aelita has a gift that's more then what she is known by all Transformers.
"Beep-Beep, Beep-Beep!" Suddenly, the device Aelita carried was going off, as she took it up to find out it's read out. "The Stasis Pod is near?" Aelita forewarn the others that this is no mistake, the pod they are looking is nearby.
"Where is it?" K-9 asked in almost unable to contain himself, where would the Stasis Pod be located and hidden around here.
"Beep-Beep, Beep-Beep!" The device was getting a signal, as Aelita tried to verify the coordinates until, she stares right at the large sandstone rock formation before her. "It's right over on top of Ayers Rock?" Aelita pointed at the direction they needed to take, and it's there they'll find the pod.
"We would have to either find a long route to go up or need ropes to climb that thing in a hurry?" Sissi stated out the setbacks to that plan, either another way to get up or some rope which neither anyone has on them.
"Not a problem, the ladies have something else, us!" Tigertron spoke with an assuring voice for the ladies not to be overly concern of the matter. "Tigertron - MAXIMIZE!" He spoke his command code to begin his transformation sequence. "ROOoarrrugh!" He made a tiger's roar before changing from his Beast Mode to his Robot Mode.
"K-9 - MAXIMIZE!" K-9 also spoke out the command code to begin his own transformation. "ARrooWOOWwwwhhh!" He lets out a dog's howling before changing from his Beast Mode to Robot Mode.
"Wow?" Sissi replied in being amazed to seeing these Maximals transform from their animal forms to robot forms, it was amazing.
"We best hurry, let's go along with them Sissi!" Aelita spoke in what they had to do, as she pulls Sissi to come along with them, they got to move quickly.
Australia; The Isle of Tasmania
"Trrususvhhpmm…." Then another portal opened up, letting out Optimis, Dinobot and Jeremie from it with the Maximals in Beast Mode. "CRususphmm…." Then the portal soon closed from behind them, as the group saw they were seeing so much renowned beauty in the wilderness. The air was so clean and fresh, the water as well, and the soil, plants, and animals were all rich with life. Jeremie even stated how it was known as the precious jewel of Australia's south.
"Hmmm, this island certainly has some natural beauty to it's life?" Optimis spoke from seeing that even an island away from a country with a lot of land and desert for some wildlife, it's a nice scene.
"It's just as I said before, it's known as the precious jewel in Australia's south side, beside it being an island." Jeremie shrug off to explain to Optimis of this place having a lot of wonders.
"Nrrrugh, we have no time for sight-seeing, we are on a critical mission, remember?" Dinobot groans in seeing this group is getting sidetracked, as they are here for other reasons.
"Dinobot's right Jeremie, we best hurry along." Optimis spoke with a serious face in knowing they'll think about the sights after they find their comrade.
Jeremie quickly took out his GPS device in order to locate the next pod. "Brusuvhmm…burvhhmmm…." The pod's location lit up on the screen and the boy pointed to the location.
"The pod's about ten miles west of here; inside Tasmanian Devil Territory." Jeremie stated out the location and how far they are away from the pod's spot.
"Hmm, wasn't there a Earth's known creature to live here that Aelita and Cheetor saw on that television you brought in?" Optimis spoke in thought from recalling a known creature by that name that the Maximals heard from a TV screen the humans watch from.
"Hmm-hmphm?" Jeremie held a chuckle from hearing that, ever since he and William fixed a TV, they brought and installed it aboard the Axelon. It was something for the humans to watch while they were on some breaks, the Maximals sometimes saw it and believed the things they saw were real, even Aelita did before if Ulrich or the other boys didn't explain things. "It's not that kind of Tasmania Devil, Optimis, that was just a program to entertain people." Jeremie stated to remind the Maximal of the difference of human's real live events seen from what they use to just make it entertaining.
"If you're done, then we must quicken the paste!" Dinobot snaps off to get the groups focus on the subject of their objective. "HUurragh…." Then using his raptor's ability for speed, Dinobot was racing off as fast as he can across the field and leaving his comrades in the dust.
"Better hold onto me Jeremie!" Optimis spoke out a suggestion, as he lifted Jeremie up to ride on his back with his arms around the ape's neck.
The group was heading off to the west for the pod's known location. However, as they went on, they failed to notice a certain group of Predacon predators following them from behind some rock formations. It was Scorponok and Blackarachnia trailing the group without so much as being seen.
Back In The Tanami Desert
William and Rhinox were running towards the pod's destination along with Cheetor slowing down to let them catch up. They were at full speed and that nothing could stop them.
"BOommmgruvhhmmmm…." Until the ground exploded under Rhinox, and threw him and William back. "AHhhhh?/GURaarrugh?" William and Rhinox let out a little scream from being blow away by an unforeseen force.
"William? Rhinox?" Cheetor yelped in surprise to see his pals were in danger.
"ROOUURRARRghh…." Rhinox made a roar before quickly transforming to Robot Mode, and caught William before he hit the ground and they both got up.
"Jumping Gyros, what was that?" Cheetor asked out in concern when he ran over to see if his pals were hurt or anything.
"Whatever it was, it came from underneath?" William exclaimed from a few breaths short of that explosive moment of his life.
Both Rhinox and William looked at the ground in front of them; Rhinox switched to infer-red and saw, in the very ground in front of them; explosives.
"This whole place is a minefield." Rhinox concluded with a serious statement, that someone, namely the Predacons must have set this up.
"Ya think the Pred-Heads put this here to slow us down, Big R?" Cheetor asked the big Maximal if their enemies were somehow close by to have set this off to stall them.
"Perhaps so, but these seem more carefully placed, almost like how Armordillo works in setting up traps?" Rhinox stated from looking at the pattern from his infer-red scanners show how well placed each mine is set around, almost like their own explosive trap expert.
"But how would they do that, we would have seen a giant Predacon's Beast Mode from what they look like?" William asked unsure how they let a Predacon slip by, they know the numbers of the Predacons and what Beast Mode they take. So how?
"I'm not sure either, but we can't let that stop us now." Rhinox stated out, as he felt this was something they can't afford to slowly pass through. "MURAOOrughh…" He made a roar before went back to Beast Mode and told William this while having him to get back on. "Hold on tight to me, William!" William did as he was told to get on Rhinox again, but then he looked paled, now he knew what the big guy was going to do; he was going to run in there and take as much damage as possible to get to the other side. "Cheetor, follow from behind me!" Rhinox told the young Maximal cadet on what to do, the cat's not tensive enough to handle the explosives, so he'll need to stay behind him.
"Okay Rhinox, if you're sure about this?" Cheetor nodded in understanding what Rhinox was going on about, no argument from him.
Rhinox started to step on it, while William was protesting. "Wait, there's got to be…" But before he could finish, Rhinox was already in the field. "KURBoomm…BOomm…BOOmmgruvhmm….." A few times, Rhinox stepped on the explosions; they hurt, but he kept on going. "Ohhh Man?" William yelps out from seeing this was a crazy way to plow down some explosives that were still going off. "BOommm…KURPooowwvhhmmm….." The entire field was going up from when Rhinox was charging head strong against the landmines while William had to hold on and Cheetor followed from behind. "Beep-Beep, Beep-Beep!" William could only watch and look at the GPS device used for locating the pod which was making off a signal of the destination. "Rhinox! The pod's only ten miles from here! And it's still beeping!" The boy explained out to where the charging rhino of theirs is heading.
"Good, pant…pant….there's a switch on the device that Jeremie put on it, just in case!" Rhinox said to William while grunting from the pain of running along the bombs. "Kurrpowhhmm…" Another explosion happened while Rhinox ran, but it wasn't slowing the big Maximal down.
"This one?" William struggled to point at some button on the controls which was a green one by the color and how unusual it looked.
"What's that suppose to do?" Cheetor asked Rhinox if that button was special in any way.
Rhinox explained, as he ran some more over the field to his group. "It's a green button; that's design to give off a laser pulse to contact the pod to start the activation. Jeremie got the idea when we went to find Tigertron, but this is more handheld for portably usage." The Maximal scientist finished his explanation to those that didn't know of the GPS devices the humans had were a bit special.
William understood; if they couldn't get to the pod in time, they could at least activate it from a close enough distance before the Preds get to it. "Well, better safe then sorry, here goes." He held the device high in the air, and pressed the button. "Breep-breepm, breephm,…breephm…." As long as this device was active, when they're in reach of the pod, the signal should get through enough to active it's DNA Replication Scan.
Back On Tasmania
Optimis, Dinobot and Jeremie had reached the pod in an open yard space; however, the pod was in a nest of Tasmanian Devils. They must have dug it out by mistake somehow and that's what set off it's system restart.
"We're goin' to have to be very careful, Optimis; they may look harmless, but Tasmanian Devils are pretty wily." Jeremie advised the Maximals with him that while the Tasmanian Devils seem not so threatening, they are known for their wild sides.
"Hmm…." Optimis nodded to Jeremie's well taken point, they didn't need any injuries, given the little buggers down there were pretty tough.
"Nrrrugh, so even on this planet, there are some hostile creatures…guagh…interesting?" Dinobot mutters to himself from hearing about this, yet was….quite fascinated by such creatures.
"We've got to find another way around them without hurting them or us?" Optimus suggested they avoid some contact, no reason to harm these innocent creatures, but also for them not to hurt the Maximals or Jeremie.
"Hmmm, true, it would be dishonorable to fight creatures that are not well fit to handle us." Dinobot nods in agreeing that a useless fight with such primal animals is beneath him, as a warrior.
"Frruvhhmm…" Just then, a missile was shot straight at the group from behind.
"Look Out!" Optimis grabbed Jeremie and ducked towards the pod, followed by Dinobot before the explosion happened.
"BOomgruuvhmm…." The missile makes an impact that destroyed a portion of the wall that would've been the Maximals fate.
"…." This surprise action was causing the Tasmanian Devils to run.
"Ugh, what happened?" Jeremie rubbed his aching head, who was the attacker that tried to get them.
As the gang regrouped themselves, they saw Scorponok and Blackarachnia in Robot Mode, with their weapons at the ready.
"We claim that pod as one of our own, Primal!" Scorponok yelled down below, missile launcher out and ready to fire again.
"Optimis Primal - MAXIMIZE!" Optimis soon spoke his command code to begin transforming for battle. "WURRArruoorgh!" Optimis let out an ape roar, as he transformed and got his twin wrist mounted cannon blasters at the ready. "That pod is Maximal property." The Maximal commander issued off with a stern tone from his expression in the pod found was theirs, and the Preds can't have it.
"Sorry to object, but we say otherwise." Blackarachnia said with her weapon aimed with an anchor attach to it, facing the Maximals.
"Roorarruughhh!" Dinobot roared before he too, transformed into Robot Mode with his Tail Rotating Blade out with his sword inside of the center piece. "BRruvhhmmm…." Dinobot fired his green optic beams right at the spot Scorponok stood, but he manage to get away from the blast.
"Prophm-Prophm….." Optimus was firing his wrist launchers to hit to, but Scorponok had time from seeing the attacks to move.
"Now to finish them!" Scorponok exclaimed for opening his claw up to prepare his next missile launch attack when….
"GRaarugh…." Just as the Preds were going to attack them; at the most unfortunate of times, a Tasmanian Devil the sized of a dog tackled Scorponok. "Graah...CHomp…." Then it went off ahead to bit the evil Predacon by the tail on his back.
"GAaaugh?" Scorponok screamed in pain, as the creature sunk its teeth into his tail. "Get-Get off of me?" The Pred snapped for the thing to let him go, but the animal seem to be a stubborn one.
"What's this?" Blackarachnia asked puzzled to seeing this animal attack them out of nowhere when it's Tasmanian Devil kind left scared.
"Now…." Dinobot spoke in preparing his optic beams when…he was stopped.
"Wait Dinobot! Go for close combat. You'll hit the creature if you miss from such a long range." Optimis ceased Dinobot's attempt because of the Tasmanian Devil's interference.
"Hmmmm, a noble gestured, and one I have no arguments for!" Dinobot replied from much thinking, smiling to the idea to use his own 'cold steel' against his adversaries.
"Ugh, looks like I'm on my own?" Blackarachnia signs to herself before she left her comrade alone with the wild animal, as she went for the pod, but Optimis was there to stopped her.
"Powhuphm…..Powhuphm…." Optimis shot at the she-spider, but Blackarachnia however dodged it with graceful ease. "Kickcreakhh…" Then afterwards, the she-spider proceeded to pummel Optimis with some roundhouse kicks. "Uaguh?" Optimis yelped from that attack that knocked him across the ground.
"Can't handle a little spider, Primal?" Blackarachnia taunts Optimis, as he struggled to get himself back up.
Scorponok was still trying to get the Tasmanian Devil off, but to no avail; he kept swinging his tail around, hoping to shake him off, but he would not let go.
"MUrraarrguh!" Dinobot brought his sword up to attack Scorponok, but his foe used his claws to struggle with the Ex-Pred while having a dog-size creature bit his tail.
Jeremie was watching the action from afar, but thought it was strange, as he watched the marsupial; it was almost as if the creature thought the Pred robot was its enemy.
"I'll think about that later, I gotta active the Stasis Pod." Jeremie didn't have time to figure it out, he ran to the Stasis Pod, and began the sequences. "Begin DNA Replication Scan." The boy spoke in preparing the pod's computer's system to begin giving the protoform a beast mode.
"Beep-Beep!" Just then, an error light was flashing on such orders.
"Wait, why isn't it…" Jeremie yelped from not understanding why the pod's computer gave him an error. "Unless?" Jeremie takes a peek under the hood, and wanted to see if something he thought was in mind. "So that's it! But I best not tip off the Predacons yet?" Jeremie found something very interesting, and decided to keep quiet until the Predacons were dealt with, right now, he had to look busy.
Back In The Tanami Desert
William, Rhinox and Cheetor had reached as far as they could after they got cleared from the minefield.
"Hugh…hugh…." Rhinox looked a little worse for wear; he had scorch marks from the explosives and felt a little weak from the running. William got off, trying to make it easier for the big guy. Cheetor was still in the best shape, only a little dirty, but even he was concern for his big friend.
"Man, to think there was that many traps, you wonder how the Preds set them up so quickly?" Cheetor exclaimed off in not figuring out how the enemy setup that many traps without being found. How they do it?
"You gonna be alright there, Rhinox?" William asked out of his concern for his friend that took most of the explosive works.
"Huurgh…Huragh? I'll be fine, right now, we've got to find the pod." Rhinox groans between his breath, trying to make the others forget his needs, they got a pod to find.
William pulled the GPS Tracker and activated it; they didn't know if the signal got out in time. "Beep-Beep! Beep-Beep!" He got a 'blimp' on the device, which meant something for those awaiting the news. "It's five feet away in front of us." William exclaimed a bit surprise to hear this news, the pod was literally in front of them. But where?
They looked forward and saw a chasm; they walked five feet to it and saw nothing.
"I don't get it, that device of Jers' should be working effectively?" Cheetor questioned out in being puzzled by what's going on here.
"It is, I don't understand, according to this, it's suppose to be in front of us?" William responded confused as well, the device says the pod is located before them. But where was it?
Rhinox however, looked down before noticing something to the others. "We're five feet in front of it, horizontally." At which, even Cheetor and William followed Rhinox's gaze to look down and saw the pod; it was seven yards down from where the coordinates spoke. "Vertically, now that's another story." Rhinox said in finishing his statement that they just needed to look another way from what they were doing, that way, they found the pod.
Then suddenly, Lazorbeak, Terrorsaur and Waspinator popped up in front of the group, much to their surprise and awareness.
"Well, well, what to we have here, Waspinator?" Terrorsaur spoke from flapping his wings at spotting some foes.
"Wazzpinator thinkz we have two dead Maximalz." Waspinator spoke in responding in what the fliers have found here.
"Arrurugh, and a human to boot!" Lazorbeak responded with a squawk noise in adding William to the boot.
"Ambush! Cheeter - MAXIMIZE!" Cheetor exclaimed out that the enemy has come by to catch them off guard, as he spoke his command code for battle. "REOOWWuuwwhh!" Cheetor transformed into his Robot Mode after his cat's roar, and took out his Quasar Cannon to be armed.
"Rhinox - MAXIMIZE!" Rhinox also spoke out his command code in preparing for this action. "Roourragh!" Rhinox transformed during his roaring process and brought out his gun to take aim. "Don't count on us scrapped yet, Preds!" The big Maximal made a remark to the enemy stating they'll be finished, but that's not gonna happen. "Trrusuvhhmm…/Bangbangbangbang…" He started to active and fired off his barrage, causing the Predacons to scatter.
"Prouphm-poruphm-prouphm…." Cheetor was firing a few energy shots at the enemy to hit them, but they just kept dodging.
"Let's….TERRORIZE!" Terrorsaur issued out the order for the fliers to begin transforming for battle. "Aururaarrgh!/IZzizizibmm….." The fliers transformed and brought out their guns to start firing. "Prophm-Prophm…/POuphmpouphm…/PRrusvhhmm…." They fired energy shots to Sting Missiles, to even more of their weapons.
"Kurpoowvhmm…Boomvhmm…" Most of the impact shots exploded around the Maximals feet while the Preds used the air to their advantage.
"William, get back!" Cheetor stated from firing his shots, telling the boy to get out of harms way.
"Wooh?" William quickly duck behind Rhinox and watched once the firing went off to commence here.
"Prophm-Prophm…/PRoophm-Prrophm.../PRrususvhmm…." The fliers shot at the gang on the ground, but missing; they probably did it on purpose for no reason whatsoever.
"William, get to the pod! We'll handle these jokers!" Rhinox shouted over his loud machine gun to have their human friend reach the pod before the Predacons get to it.
"Leave it to me, they're busy just trying to hit us, they won't miss a human slipping away." William exclaimed in knowing those Predacons attacking, they rather hit before seizing the prize. So William did as Rhinoz said and sprinted forward; he got to the cliffside and looked down. "Oh boy, gotta be careful?" It was quite a drop, any slip up and he would wind up in heaven. "Easy, step by step?" He carefully climbed down while the fighting was still commencing. "Made it." He climbed downwards until he got to the pod, and reached to open the controls. "Breuphm-breuphm….." He started the activation code, just like Jeremie showed him how. "Beep-beep!" But then the system made a weird error response, much to William's confusion. "Why's it not responding, I followed the activation like Jeremie showed me, Ulrich and Aelita, what I do wrong?" Then he decided to take a peek inside the pod's hatch to see what was up with this. "Ugh…is this…?" But what William found was not of anything bad or wrong, on the contrary, it was something very good; for the Maximals.
Back At Little Sandy Desert; Near Durba Springs
Wolfang, Rattrap, and Ulrich finally made it up over the cliffs of the Durba Spring, and soon found to their surprise, the Stasis Pod. It looked like it was lodged under some cliff rocks, but otherwise, it was still somewhat fine. From finding this, Rattrap and Wolfang transformed into their Robot Modes to be on guard. But so fair, nothing unusual?
"Well looky there, hehn, we beat de Preds to de pod?" Rattrap exclaimed with a smirky grin to seeing they made it to the pod with no Predacon in sight.
"Sniff…Sniff-sniff!" However, Wolfang was on a different subject, as his nose was detecting something in the air. "Wait!" He held up a hand to stop his friends from trying to get close to where the pod is for some reason. "Grruuvvh…We're not alone?" Wolfang growled under his breath, and for good reason since when he's like this, it usually means he's pick up the scent…of something dangerous.
"Then that must mean…?" Ulrich had a stern face in coming to the same conclusion; they are not alone?
"KEcuurgh-Kehachachachaaah!" Tarantulas' laughter was heard, as he, along with Razorclaw and Manterror, all who were in Robot Mode jumped from above some trees to surprise the group. The Predacons surrounded them good heroes on all sides, leaving the Maximals and Ulrich with no escape route.
"Preds! I knew dat smell was something fowl!?" Rattrap exclaimed to remark that what Wolfang picked up was their enemies' scent.
"This coming from a rat?" Ulrich looked back to state out that for Rattrap, a rat usually smells much worst.
"Ulrich, on my mark, head forward!" Wolfang silently whispered to the boy before him to move on a signal, as he and Rattrap took their weapons out for an upcoming battle. "PRssuvhhmm…" Then the wolf Maximal soon aimed his missile launcher to fire it right at his close enemies. "BAmmmgruvhmmm…." That missile exploded just in the center corner of where Razorclaw and Manterror were.
"Nrrugh?" Manterror and Razorclaw yelped from the impact explosion, as they were scattered away since they were closest to where the pod was and were blocking any entry.
Ulrich ran as fast as he could to reach the pod, but Tarantulas spotted him.
"GAaughh!" Tarantulas yelled out before setting his spider legs into position. "Bangbangbangbangbang….." He was firing his machine guns to hit his target, but lucky, Wolfang got between him and Ulrich. "Trusfh-trusfh, trusfhtrusfhvmm…." The Maximal used his shield to take the attack and leave himself unharmed.
"Ulrich, get the protoform operation before they can get to it?" Wolfang shouted back to the boy to move quickly while this machine shooting arachnid is busy for the time being.
"I'm on it!" Ulrich nodded while he ran ahead when the Maximals and Predacons were distracted by each other. "Truvhmm…truvhmm…" Ulrich was now working quickly on starting up the program as fast as he can after opening the console controls.
"Prosphm-prosphm, Prusvhm-Prusvhmm…." Rattrap was trying to shot down Manterror, but the Pred was moving fast in the air, making the rodent's shots not even close to touching him. "Hahahahahah, you're aim is not so impressive against me, Maximal!? WRrururghhh!" Manterror cackled to make an insult comment before he roars with his buzzsaws in the ready. "Bizizizizivhmm….." Soon Manterror launched his buzzsaws out very quickly to hit the rotend below him.
"Geeeh?" Rattrap yelped while dodging, he was lucky that those blades missed him. But….?
"Gotcha!" Spoke the voice of an enemy, as something was below Rattrap's feet, and it was…Razorclaw! "Cliphm…." Soon Razorclaw manage to pinch his claw on the rat's leg to pin him from moving.
"GUUUaawwugh?" Rattrap yelped in pain in being caught by this wicked Pred's clutches, as he looked back at what's going on behind him. "Any day now, Ulrich?" Rattrap remarked to sarcastically say for Ulrich to hurry and get over with the pod before they're done for, if he's not busy or something.
But Ulrich was working as fast as he could, but he seem to been having some difficulty. "What's going on, the pod's system hasn't given me any in put?" Ulrich was just about near his wits end, to even bang his fist on the hatch itself of the pod. "CRuususvhmm…." Suddenly, the hatch was opening up from that reaction, and Ulrich found something surprising. "Wooh! Guys, this pod's protoform is….gone?" True to his words, nothing was inside the pod to begin with.
"Wait a sec. Then did the protoform go off somewhere?" Rattrap asked puzzled while he tried to swing Razorclaw off his leg and then kicked him in the gut with less success.
"Ulrich, check the Maximal Programming Chip! See if it's there?" Wolfang shouted over the loud machine gun noises by Tarantulas, wondering if the protform was activated by automatic or…by some other means?
Ulrich looked at an open port on the console controls, and pulled out a chip alright, just one problem…. "Here's the Programming Chip? And it's…..Predacon!" The boy saw the chip was green with the Predacon symbol, that proves it, the protoform was taken by the Preds before they got here.
"Keeeh-Kachachach-KAaahahachachachaaah!" Tarantulas was laughing in the most wicked sense, as he found the groups reactions almost priceless.
"You deceived us! You let us think the pod wasn't taken?" Wolfang snarled off in seeing they've been tricked from believing they had the pod, but they were too late.
"Yes….which is ashamed that you didn't know this till now?" Tarantulas remarked dryly in exclaiming his wicked sense on how this has all happened without the Maximals realizing it.
Ulrich just threw the chip down on the ground to step on it, he can't believe they failed to get to this pod first, now the protoform is a Predacon warrior now.
"Prouphm-Prohpm…." Rattrap still tried to shot Manterror down, but even his aim was getting worst by 'someone' else's handy work. "Creessivhmm…." Razorclaw was gripping his claw to the rodent's leg even when Rattrap struggled against him by stepping on his laser launchers in his other claw to not get grabbed twice. "Nrugh, then if you stinken Preds got to the pod, why are you three showing your ugly mugs?" Rattrap snapped off to ask why the enemy wanted to bother with them here in the first place if the pod was claimed. It makes no sense?
"Wouldn't you 'like' to know?" Manterror tauntedly remarked the question, stating if the rodent wished to know, he'll have to wait to find out.
"And who are you calling ugly!" Razorclaw snapped at hearing what Rattrap went off to call him.
"Oh, so you're saying your pal above is uglier then you?" Rattrap remarked to point at Manterror in stating 'who's uglier', which he had a plan to use this taunting insult to his advantage.
"WAHHT?" Manterror yelled off from hearing what Rattrap said about him. "Don't be foolish, if anybody, that crustacean is the uglier one!" The wicked mantis Predacon pointed at Razorclaw in stating he's far more uglier then he is.
"Who you calling ugly here, ugly?" Razorclaw snapped off in hearing Manterror say he's ugly when neither saw what was happening in this debate until….
Rattrap saw his chance, and took it without delay, as he aimed his gun right at Razorclaw's pincer gripping his leg. "Proouphmm…/BAammgruvhhmm…" And with a clear close shot, the rat manage to blast the thing to really damage his foe.
"GAaaugh?" Razorclaw yelped in pain, as he held his wounded claw, the thing he enjoyed crushing enemies into, dislocated and damaged.
"Krreekhmm…." Rattrap kicked the wounded Razorclaw away to focus on Manterror now.
"Bangbangbangbangbang…." Meanwhile, Tarantulas was still attacking Wolfang with more ferocity, leaving him to use his shield for more cover defense. "You can't win Maximal, you can't attack me while defending that human near the pod!" The wicked spider exclaimed a clear point, if Wolfang should even think of leaving to get the upper hand, Ulrich will be left 'too' open for Tarantulas to take advantage to attack someone with no defense.
"Grruugghh…..?" Wolfang growls in this treacherous spider's trap while he barks this statement off. "Now I see, you sent the new Predacon to find the other pods, didn't you?" He figured that if the ones here are too distracted, the new Predacon will search to locate where the other pods are located.
"That's a first start, but one of the best parts while searching was using the TransWarp Gates to send him to the other places, setting up traps to slow any enemies down." Tarantulas explained off that while their new ally was searching, he made certain his traps were set to catch any Maximal entering would be caught in the explosion.
"So you could stop our friends while having an advantage?" Ulrich snapped at the spider bot in seeing that was the plan, stalling Optimis and the others to give the Preds more time to find and secure the pods.
"Yesss, but one of the targets is someone within your group, one we wish to seize?" Tarantulas exclaimed off with a strange hidden sense of humor. "Kee-Keheheheeh-KAchachachachachaaaach!" The spider begins to let off his creepy laugh while still firing his machine gun legs at Wolfang's shield covering him.
Suddenly, it dawn to Ulrich on who Tarantulas was referring to right now. Other then seizing the pods to recruit more Predacon soldiers, they brought with them someone of equal importance… "Aelita's in danger!" Ulrich exclaimed from knowing that the pink haired girl maybe in danger, and with an un-expecting enemy prowling around that the Maximals don't know of, could spell trouble when this new foe finds Aelita along with another Stasis Pod near her area.
Back At Ayers Rock
Tigertron, K-9, Sissi and Aelita had gotten to the front spot of Ayers Rock; they discovered that the pod was embedded somewhere into the very top of the structure. They had to climb up and it proved difficult, even after their Maximal friends transformed; they had to sink their claws into the granite, plus Aelita had to hold on to Tigertron in order to get up there while Sissi held on to K-9 in the same manner.
"Are you sure this is the only way?" Sissi asked a bit nervous that they had to climb up the cliffs with no safety gear to protect them if they fall.
"Yes, we can't let such ladies climb such a steep cliff, now can we?" Tigertron assured with a noble response that it was the two Maximals privilege to aid when needed.
After a while, they had finally gotten to the top, seeing the sights of the open area.
"Where to now Aelita?" K-9 asked the pink haired girl, who brought out her GPS device to try and see where the pod would be embedded in any parts of this structure.
"Beep-beep, beep-beep-beep-beep…." As Aelita moved the scanner, it's beeping got so loud, that it went off like crazy just below her feet, that meant one thing. "It's directly below where we're standing?" The girl stated out surprised, the pod was embedded in the structure alright, it was suppose to be the top, but it's beneath their very feet.
"Then you ladies can stand watch while we dig." Tigertron requested that the Maximal soldiers be the ones to do the dirty work here, as the tiger-bot brought out some energy-base digging tools.
With that settled, the girls had to sit this out while the bots began digging.
Aelita kept a look out for any Predacons in the area; there were none in sight. Even Sissi helped her look around, but shrug in not spotting anything before deciding to head over to check the bots digging success. Aelita was about to head back to the others when she began to hear voices.
"Stick it in Neutral, Megatron. You're not going anywhere!" A strange, honorable voice spoke in wanting to stop someone by the name of Megatron, but who?
"Try and stop me, Prime!" The voice belonging to Megatron, but sounded differently responded to the owner by the name of Prime.
Aelita looked around and saw no one there; she called out to Sissi just a few feet from her. "Sissi. Did you hear that?" The girl knew she heard something just now, and wanted to know if her friends heard it too?.
Sissi looked around for anyone else, but only saw Aelita, K-9 and Tigertron, the latter two still digging for the pod. "I am sorry to say this, but no; it must have been something else?" Sissi shrug off her shoulders in exclaiming her concluded thought on the matter, she heard nothing.
"What about you two, anything?" Aelita looked over to K-9 and Tigertron in asking if they at least heard something.
"Urrgh? Nothing but dirt breaking under our feet, and the only voices are just you two?" K-9 cease his work to respond to Aelita's question, knowing his hearing didn't pick up anything at all.
"Very true, there are no other beings station here at the moment, so we must be quick to retrieve the pod." Tigertron nods in responding before looking around, seeing they are not notice at the time being, which means they must continue on digging.
Aelita didn't understand it; she swore she heard voices that didn't belong to anyone present, but Sissi didn't hear them, nor did K-9 or Tigertron.
Just then, Aelita then heard them again, only there seemed to be more voices now.
"How ironic; by leading us to this planet, the Autobots have sealed their own doom." The voice of Megatron exclaimed with a cruel laugher in finding the irony of their enemies, the Autobots, have brought them to a planet only for the Aubobots to seal their doom by his choice of words.
"Maybe we should just repair our ship and go back to Cybertron. Forget about the Decepticons." Another voice responded off in suggesting they just fix their ship to return to their home planet Cybertron while not wanting to deal with the Decepticons and their leader, Megatron.
"But we're not fighters like they are, Prime." The same whiny voice exclaimed to his leader that the troops are not fighters meant for combat and can't go against the Decepticons.
"Prepare for Extermination, Autobots." Spoke out another voice of a possible enemy in getting ready to finish off a group of Aubobots before him.
"You don't have to face all Autobot powers at once, Megatron…just me!" The voice of Prime spoke in declaring that his natural enemy won't have to face his team, but him alone will be enough to take on his arch-foe: Megatron.
More voices came after, and they became louder an louder each time. "Urrghmmm?" Aelita couldn't take it anymore; she got on her knees, and put her hands over her ears tightly, the voices echoing in her head. "AArrrugh?" She tried to drown them voices out by not hearing them, but she could still hear them despite her little struggle. "Hurrgh-Urragh?" Aelita was near to tears from hearing them voices and not stopping them. Who were they, what were they, why did they sound almost familiar…it was almost about to drive her nuts.
Then all of a sudden…there was utter silence, as Aelita heard this deep and dark voice that nearly scared her to death.
"Destroy the Matrix…" The voice was so deep, and so dark while shrouded in mystery, it's very echoey tone could make anyone within such a presence shatter their will alone?
"WARrruuAARrgh!" Aelita finally couldn't take it anymore and screamed out so loud for any to hear. "ENOUGH! GET OUT OF MY MIND!? GET OOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUT!" She held on while letting out more screams of pain, like something was invading her very mind, almost like trying to tell her to do stuff.
Sissi heard Aelita screaming and saw her in pain; she immediately stopped what she was doing and ran to her. Even Tigertron and K-9 couldn't help but hear and notice something was up, but were so close to digging the pod out.
Sissi finally got to where Aelita was in pain, she held her hands on the pink haired girl's shoulders in order to calm her down. "Aelita, it's me, Sissi, your friend. What's wrong?" Sissi asked in wanting to figure out what was setting this girl off all of a sudden. Just what was going on here?
"What's happening over there?" K-9 asked off in wanting to know what cause was going on over there.
"What's happen with Aelita?" Tigertron asked from understanding that Aelita was in some sorta pain, but from what?
"Urrgh…uoowh?" Aelita barely spoke for a moment, but then in a weak voice, she said this with her eyes opened a bit. "The voices….they just….just stopped?" The pink haired girl didn't understand why or how, but what ever she was hearing, has ceased speaking to her. Why now, how?
"What voices? Aelita, I didn't hear anything, neither did K-9 and Tigertron." Sissi responded completely confused now, Aelita was saying she heard voices, but it seem the others couldn't, why was that.
"Creakiihmm…." Suddenly, one of the Maximals digging ended up hitting something beneath them. "Breephm-breephm…." There was a glowing red flash underneath their feet which made computer noises, this meant one thing….
"Everyone Quickly! We found the pod!" K-9 shouted off to the girls above them to come gather, as they found the Stasis Pod containing their sleeping ally.
Soon Sissi helped Aelita walk over to where Tigertron and K-9 lifted the Stasis Pod out of the hole and onto solid ground.
"See Aelita, nothing to get upset about, and look on the bright side…you'll meet a new friend. Right?" Sissi tried to help Aelita see the passing point of whatever made her so upset, maybe when seeing a new Maximal face could cheer the girl up. "I think…? At least, that's how it works?" Sissi added off still confused to understanding how everything is suppose to work around here.
Aelita was a bit shaken, but calmed down a bit in feeling a little thankful for having a friend beside her, especially if that new friend was Sissi. Now if things can go well, Aelita will make a new Maximal friend here today.
"Breephm-breephm-breephm…." Tigertron immediately began to work on the computer to start the activation sequence after a few type commands. "Okay, cross your fingers, we'll be starting right…" As he was setting the stage, just one push of a button, and they'll have the new Maximal online…..
"POwwwvhmmmmm" But before the bot could do that, a giant, greenish brown with yellow spots, frilled lizard tackled Tigertron away from the pod, causing K-9 and the girls to look at what happened.
"Urrgh?" Tigertron groaned from the surprise tackle, but who even done it.
"Thanks for saving me the load of trouble of digging out that there pod for me, Maximals." The lizard said with a wicked sense of humor from it's sly grin and evil expression.
"A talking lizard?" Sissi yelped at seeing a lizard out here who was big and could talk, but she also saw a frighten look on Aelita's face which told her something. "I'm getting the feeling he's not a friend?" Sissi asked off with a worried skeptical look in guessing the situation here.
"Believe me, he isn't?" K-9 spoke with a very strict tone in getting his missile launcher and shield ready for this unexpected intrusion.
Tigertron got out his Quasar Canon and pointed at the lizard. "I take it you're not with us, are you? Predacon!" He asked with much disdain in his voice, seeing this was no 'friendly' bot, but a reprogrammed protoform turned enemy.
The lizard chuckled at hearing this, as it was to laugh at. "Ha-hahaha? Why you're correct; you see, Tarantulas and his little band of Preds found me first. And reprogrammed me to search for any of the remaining pods and destroy any Maximals I see, namely you two." He points towards Tigertron and K-9 that he's got a mission to find the last pods, and to destroy his enemies. "As well as retrieval of the human girl with pink hair before you while I was at it. The Key, if you will?" He shifted around the group like he was going to attack and eat them all with that creepy lizard face after stating his objectives.
"Eehehn? I hate to see how the other Predacons act and behave like?" Sissi nearly flinched at how creepy this enemy was talking.
"And since I'm at it, I'll also be taking that pod as well, while I'm here?" The lizard replied from staring with a creepy gaze of a predator at the defenseless pod, much to even Aelita's worries to seeing the protoform inside would be endanger if the Predacons got to it.
"Back off Predacon; you won't take this Maximal." Tigertron snarled with his Quasar Cannon fully loaded and aim at the enemy that dare try to steal a Maximal protoform for their own usage.
K-9 stood in front of Sissi and Aelita, who had calmed down. "I too will not let you turn our friend into a Predacon, nor will you take Aelita." K-9 acted as the guard to protect Aelita from being taken by the Predacons.
The lizard just smirked at this little bravery act before responding to it. "I beg to differ; Iguanus—TERRORIZE!" He spoke his command code, now a full Predacon to begin transforming. "HIssisisisihhh….." The frilled lizard made a hissing sound during his change from his Beast Mode to Robot Mode. "Grruuvhhhmm…cruphm…." During the process, he transformed into a brownish green and yellow humanoid male robot that looked more lizard than human. He looked to be around Tigertron's height. The head had shifted to become the robot's chestplate, while the frills became a sort of shoulder and back guard around the robot's head. The Predacon's body looked heavily armored, almost as if his body was designed to take punishment from explosives. His face looked more reptile than human and was added even more terror from his blood red optics glowing menacingly.
The very sight of a Predacon transformed even gave Sissi shivers that the enemy in Robot Mode can be just as frightening as they look in Beast Mode.
Iguanus pulled off the tail, which had become a dangerous cannon like rifle. "Why don't we see who's the better shot, shall we?" Iguanus said in wanting to test which of them bots has the best aim, him, or the Maximals.
Tigertron was at the ready with his blaster, while K-9 got his weapons already prepared, just in case this Predacon didn't play fair. They both stood still, wondering who would fire first; it felt like an hour had gone by.
"So when are you going to attack, Predacon?" Tigertron asked with his eyes not leaving his enemy's sights for even a minute, but it's strange that Iguanus hasn't tried to make a move.
"Even if he did Tigertron, the odds are two to one!" K-9 spoke to his tiger-bot ally in knowing they got the advantage in numbers, but still, no telling what trickery this new foe has up his sleeve.
"You believe that, do you? Ha-hahah, well then, how's about I move…." Iguanus smirked to chuckle at those comments, as he pulled out a strange device out with his free hand. "Right Now!" The new Predacon exclaimed that he's going to be moving alright, but not in a way the Maximals would expect. "Bruphm…." Iguanus pushed the little red button, which seem to activated for something. "BOommvhmm…/Grruvhhmmm…" The suddenly from ground from Tigertron stood under blew up from under him.
"Tigertron?" K-9, Aelita, and Sissi called out in seeing their friend was attacked in a sneaky setup, the enemy had placed landmines in the ground.
"GRUuuaaggh…GUagh?" Tigertron flew through the air while letting out a painful yell and landed back on the ground face first which made him yelped from the impact. "Grruurrggh?" He slowly got up while letting off an angry growl at what the enemy just pulled. "CLurphmm…." Only to have Iguanus step on his back and pointed his rifle at his head while the others were distracted enough to not notice the enemy's movements.
"Oh my, did I forget to mention that I would include explosives in this little game of ours?" Iguanus exclaimed off in pretending he forgot to mention this part before the battle started and then… "BAmgruvhmmm…." He shot Tigertron in the back before K-9 could do something. "Trrusvhhmmmm…." Tigertron's optic eyes went off and went into Stasis Lock for safety measures. "Silly me? Got remember that next time?" Iguanus exclaimed with a sly smile for his mistake while rubbing this remark in the defeated Tigertron.
"ARRrowowvhh…" K-9 let out a howling fury at what this Predacon did to his comrade before he quickly prepared a counterattack with his hidden missile stash. "Clruakhmm…../Prussvhhmm-prsusvhmmmm…." He quickly open his abdomen's hidden missiles to blast them right at the enemy for such deceive. "Brusvhmm…brusvhmm….BOommgruvvmm…" The missiles from his abdomen however, just bounced off Iguanus thick armored hide before exploding off on impacting the ground.
"Sorry dog-breath, gotta be stronger then that?" Iguanus teased to taunt the Maximal for his attacks were not strong enough to break his defense so easily. "Hah-Hahahaah!" He makes a cackle laugh while aiming his cannon rifle at the enemy left standing. "BAmgruvhmmm…BRagruuvhmm…" He was firing his weapon's shots that will really hurt when any get hit.
"Bomvhmm…Boovhmm…" K-9 manage to dodge around his enemy's shots before preparing his own. "Prrusuvhhmmm-Prrussvhmmm…." He fired his missile launcher that had stronger explosives to take out this enemy.
"Boomgruvhmmm…Boomgruvuhmmm…." Iguanus was dodging the explosive missiles that almost hit him across the ground "That the best a guard dog can do to defend his turf? I ain't impress?" The wicked lizard taunted K-9 for not seeming to be so tough at all.
"Aelita, is this what happens if these Predacons get to these pods first, they turn into like…that!?" Sissi questioned her pink haired friend with a nervous face in seeing this battle take place. This Iguanus character seem like a terrible thing to run into, at least the Maximals seem friendlier.
"I'm afraid so, and it looks like K-9's having his hands full?" Aelita spoke with concern from noticing K-9 having difficulties with this new enemy, they are not prepared for an enemy with use of explosives.
"Grrrugraaaugh! You'll see how vicious I am now!" With that, K-9 used his agility to race across the field to attack the Predacon.
"Hech-hech?" Unfortunately, K-9 didn't get that far, considering Iguanus pushed the button on the device again. "Beep-beep!" Then as if going to be on the spot, something was flashing under the ground beneath K-9.
"URrgh!" K-9 quickly tried to act on fast instincts by raising his shield before…. "KURPOOowwvhhmmmm!" The ground exploded in front of him, temporally blinding the dog-bot. "ARrrughhh?" He couldn't see anything from the blast and tried to wait for a clear view until it was too late….
"BAmgruvhhmmm…." Iguanus fired in the dust cloud while K-9 was letting his guard down. "BOmmgruvhhmmm?" The attack ended up hitting K-9 straight in the chest.
"ARRrrughh?" K-9 yelped out loud from getting injured, as he flew backwards from his ground towards where Aelita and Sissi were.
"K-9!" Aelita called out in noticing her friend was in trouble here.
"Wooh! Incoming Fido?" Sissi yelped from seeing this Maximal coming straight for them at a forceful turbulence.
"Gaaugh?" The girls yelped from catching K-9 by the force of the impacted explosion. "Gurvvhmmm…." They even ended up bumping into the pod behind them before they lied on the ground, with Aelita and Sissi looking over at a wounded K-9.
"Rrrurughh…I can't believe I….?" K-9 spoke with feeling a bit of pain, as he had a little scorch mark on his chest, and just as he would have struggled to stand…. "BRrizizzivhhvmmm….." A strange energy surge was covering his body, making it hard for him to move. "AWROoouurrrgh!?" K-9 let out a moanful cry at realizing what's happening, his system was shorting out from too much Energon Exposure.
Aelita knew it was risky, but she knew her friend didn't have a choice. "Energon Feedback? You need to go back to Beast Mode, K-9!" The girl knows if K-9 soaks up anymore Energon, he'll collapse and go into Stasis Lock.
"N-No, I c-c-an'ot do that. M-my duty….you…the pod…I h-have t-t-t…" K-9 winces in pain to argue over he can't do that request, if he does, he'll be defenseless and so will Aelita, Sissi, and the pod before the enemy.
Aelita finished her argument with the shepherd dog bot in stating her point more clear. "No chance of that being out of the question, you've already soaked up too much Energon, and you're badly damaged." The girl could not bear to see her friend be risking his own life when it's futile now.
"Urrghwrroovvvh?" The shepherd dog bot knew he didn't have a choice when Aelita made a clear point, so he reverted to Beast Mode, and could only lie down, as the Predacon walked towards them with a smirk.
"Uh-oh?" Sissi yelped from seeing the enemy was directly in front of them.
"Well, well, well now; the Key, a defeated Maximal, and a Stasis Pod. Plus another human as a bonus prize? This must be my lucky day, and on the first day of the job." Iguanus exclaimed with glee at his lucky street, then pointed his weapon at Aelita and Sissi. "Too bad I can only take two halves, so I'll have to say 'farewell' to the others." The Pred was going to only take the pod and Aelita; the others were of little use to him.
"Hurghmm…" Sissi reached behind her to pull from her bag…her baton and held it in defense against this enemy with the odds very slim indeed. "Ke-keep away, or…?" She tried to sound tough to scare away this scary opponent after standing up on her feet while still shaking a bit, and the response was obvious here.
"Hachachach, you expect to beat me with a stick?" Iguanus laughed at seeing Sissi stand against him with only a baton stick, what's that gonna accomplish.
"No, just this?" Sissi remarked off with getting her baton to start twirling for some reason. "Throuphm-thruophm-throuphm…." Then she tossed it in the air like she did before from her practice in showing Aelita and William.
"Heh! Nice show girly, but no…" Iguanus was about to remark the showy effect to frighten him was useless until…. "BOINK…." Without carefully considerations, the baton had landed on his head which flinched the Predacon in pain. "GAwwwoooh?" The lizard enemy held his noggin from such a childish stunt got him, that's just ridiculous.
"Cliphmm…" Suddenly, Sissi's baton tapped on some keys on the pod's consoles which ended up doing something?
"Grrr….Why you little…." Iguanus snapped with his weapon pointing to shot the human girl for that little stunt of getting on his nerves, but...
"Breep-breep!" Then without warning, the pod's computer system was becoming active from Sissi's baton tapping on the right key board's programming. "Trusuvhhmmm…/CRsusvhhmmmm…." Suddenly the Stasis Pod's DNA scanner came online, and started to scan. "Reevvhmm….." The bright wave of energy was now scanning around the entire area of Ayers Rock for any life-forms for the protoform.
"Sissi, you help activated the pod?" Aelita spoke from watching over K-9 with a smile, her new friend may have just saved them.
"Wow, so I did?" Sissi replied shellshocked that she did something like this by the 'wing of it' while watching the pod do it's work.
"HUuuuaagghhh?" Iguanus paled at this situation; he had forgotten in the excitement that the pod's computer hadn't been reprogrammed to be a Predacon, and by dumb luck was finished to bring the protoform online…as a Maximal. "Awwwww, Slag it!" He snarled in his own curse moment of letting his interference with only two humans stop him, as he could only wait for the pod to finish, so he could take out the new Maximal.
Back In The Desert
William's Group
"Pruophm-prouphm…./PRrusuvhmmmm…." Terrorsaur and Lazorbeak had nearly gotten Rhinox pinned down from attacking him.
"Prouwphm-Prouwphm…." Cheetor soon joined his big friend in trying to give cover fire as much as he can. "Man, those Preds are not lightening up one bit?" The cat-bot exclaimed that the enemy is really pushing them down.
Meanwhile during the attacks, Waspinator came up with the pod along with an extra passenger gripping it too.
"Keep off of it, bug-eyed!" William snaps at the wasp-bot, as he was kicking Waspinator with much annoyance to not be taking the pod he was on.
"Wazpinator haz the pod!" Waspinator replied to his fellow Predacons joining him before taking William by his hand. "Not need fleshy bot!" Then Waspinator who still flew in the air before he thrown William off of the pod down below.
"Ahhh?" William was thrown screaming, but Rhinox saw this before he rushed over and caught him. "Few…Thanks?" William thanked his big green friend for the save on his hid.
"Thank me after we figure away to stop them?" Rhinox stated off that thanks will come later, as they got another problem to deal with.
"Like them Preds have the pod right before our eyes!" Cheetor snapped off with an angry fury of what's going on at this moment.
Waspinator landed on the ground with the pod, as he buzzed with glee. "Geheheehhe? Megatron,…will reward Wazzpinator for thizizizih!" Waspinator just knew he get a nice reward from his leader for his service.
"Yeah, yeah, let's just open this thing and reprogram our new Predacon." Terrorsaur came over to shove Waspinator out of the way to begin with reprograming the protoform.
Lazorbeak saw the Maximals pointing their weapons at them, but he held his own while making a claim. "Make a move Maximal, you dodge, your human friend is toast." He pointed that William was still behind the Maximals, if they should leave him unguarded, he'll get hit in the crossfire. "Fire back, and while we'll get out of the way, but the protoform's finish. Either way, we win!" The wicked Predacon exclaimed that they have the advantage, offense was out, and so was defense, the Maximals were pinned down to one choice.
"Ah man, we…we can't….we can't endanger the pod or William?" Cheetor lowers his weapon in seeing they were caught dead on, the Maximals had to give in or they lose one of two important things; William or the protoform.
"Urrgh?" Rhinox signs that he could only watch in terror in being in a corner to do nothing, but William smirked with confidence with what was going to happen next.
"Prusuvhhmm….." The three fliers pried open the pod's hatch and looked inside; they yelled in frustration from what they found. "ARrruughh!/EZzziihpm?/WRuuagh?" Terrorsaur, Waspinator, even Lazorbeak were all gasping from what they were seeing, but really not believing.
Rhinox and Cheetor looked a little puzzled, but understood when Terrorsaur shouted this. "It's empty; But where's the Maximal that was here!?" The red pterodactyl questioned from not understanding this mystery one bit.
"Why do I get that sudden, Deja vu feeling from somewhere?" Lazorbeak questioned that they seem to have gone through a similar experience like this.
"Gruguh-Grrugh?" Suddenly, everyone heard a snorting sound; the Preds spun around, as did Rhinox, Cheetor and William, and they saw a copperish red Razorback boar with black hair on it's head, black hooves, a black edge color tail, tan-yellow/white tusk and grey eyes.
"Hey!" Terrorsaur saw this and then asked in annoyance of their new question of where this creature came from? "Where'd you come from? Who's the pig?" Both his Predacon allies shrug their shoulders in not knowing why an animal would be staying around here, or why.
"Grruvfhhm?" The boar then made a face like it was truly ticked off with a snort of his nose. Then by everyone's surprise, it spoke out with some tough guy's voice. "You talkin' to me?" This alone made everyone in the cave suddenly freeze, the pig talked, and since normal creatures like that can't, then he must be….
William knew what was coming from seeing such a monolog, so he played along with this. "Uh, oh, he called him a pig?" He spoke to Rhinox and Cheetor in stating in surprise by what the Predacons have gone and done now.
"You talkin' to me?" The pig then asked again with a little more force in his upsetting voice.
"You shouldn't have done that?" William shrug his head off in seeing the enemy should know better, but….
"ARE YOU TALKIN' TO ME!" The pig then snap to shout out through a loud yell, as if he was ready to lose it right there from who called him a 'pig' just now.
William looked to Rhinox and Cheetor before saying this in remarking the situation by a sly smile. "Now they are in for it." The two Maximals were confused by William's act, what was it all leading up to. That, they were gonna find out.
The razorback pig soon finished his long sentence to make this point clear. "They call me….MISTER…PIG!….Razorbeast - MAXIMIZE!" The animal revealed to be the new Maximal online yelled off in activating his command code to transform. "GRUEEeeiihhmm….." The boar made a wheezing sound, just as he was changing from Beast Mode, to Robot Mode. As he transformed into a male humanoid copper and peach colored robot. He was around the same height as Rattrap and was also the same model type as Rattrap. Except on his shoulders and fists, he had a spike protruding from those points. His head was red as well as his faceplate; he had a respirator for his mouth, had two horns on both sides of his upper head sticking forward, and had yellow eyes.
"Wooh? So that's why you were calm?" Cheetor spoke off surprised in seeing that the new Maximal looks ready to charge in the battle, and might turn it from the looks of it.
"ARRrruurghhh!" Razorbeast cried out for a battle cry and ran towards the Predacons who were still stump by this new Maximals' attitude. "Pruvhhmm…Prruvhmm…Prruvhhmm….." Just as the enemy could do anything, he pulled out a twin barreled blaster and fired at the enemy's weapons before they could use them. "Now for the fun part, BRAWLING! ARRruguhh!" Razorbeast roared off, as he then tackled them foes and proceeded to beat the living circuitry out of the fliers. "POwwhhhmmm…./BAammm…/CLUrrphmm…." Let's say there was going to be so much brawling, it's more then one bot could take as we watch shadows of this work off a wall nearby.
"WArruughhh?" Terrorsaur's voice yelped out from his shadow's figure getting the bashing he was receiving that was hurting from Razorbeast's shadow.
"Dizizizvhm?" Waspinator's voice yelped out from his own shadow crossed arm in getting some form of thrashing from his side on Razorbeast's shadow.
"ARRrururgh?" Lazorbeak's voice yelped off from his own shadow getting so much clobbering from Razorbeast, it was unreal even when he tried to flea.
All Rhinox, Cheetor and William could do was stare in awe, as to how tough this new Maximal guy was.
"I…better signal Armordillo to get our ride home here to bring the pod and our new recruit with us?" Cheetor slowly replied in being very surprised to see they got one tough Maximal before planning to communicate with Armordillo back at base for a lift.
"Yeah, good idea, hopeful the others are having just as much luck as us?" William nods in thinking that's a good idea, as he watched the brawling, he wonders how the others maybe fairing off.
"With someone like Razorbeast, the Preds better watch out?" Rhinox nods off to compliment the thought, with any luck, they'll be lucky to get as many of the pods here online and not in Predacon hands.
Back On The Isle of Tasmania
Jeremie's Group
"Prusvhmm…/Blickhmm…" At that moment, Blackarachnia made a clear shot at Optimis from her weapon that shot a missile that exploded….into an Energon Web.
"Ugghh?" Optimis yelped from getting caught in this spider's trap before…. "Brizizihhmm…." A surge of Energon was coursing through the Maximal Commander's circuits, shorting them out. "GAaauughhh?" Optimis let off a yell from struggling to get free of this, but was having some problems.
"Optimis?" Jeremie heard his friend's screams, and looked away from being at the pod's controls to see Optimis being trapped…but with no enemy nearby. "Waugh…Hugh?" Jeremie was puzzled, but then yelps from turning from seeing from Optimis' problem, just before he got his own. "Gluphm…" Without warning, Blackarachnia was holding Jeremie by the neck. "Guuagh…Uagh?" He tried to struggle to free his neck, but the Predacon she-spider's grip was too strong for his strength alone.
Dinobot meanwhile still fighting Scorponok with a little 'ally' giving him a hand.
"RAarrughhh…." Dinobot growls at trying to push Scorponok's claws with his sword, but the Predacon refused to give in.
"Grrruughh….." The Tasmanian Devil however, just snarls with his teeth biting more on Scorponok's tail.
"Geh…Ow? Why won't you get off…ow….?" Scorponok yelped from the feeling of pain, not from Dinobot's force, but the animal that's biting his tail.
But at this point, Blackarachnia had gotten to the pod with Jeremie in custody in her claw and was about to start the reprogramming, until she noticed something. "What the?" To Blackarachnia's surprise and disbelief of it all, the pod was empty. She knew the kid had something to do with it, so she decided to interrogate him. "Alright kid, tell me where the Maximal is and 'I' won't hurt you…much?" The she-spider threaten with it sounding that no matter what, the boy would possibly get hurt.
Jeremie wasn't the snitching type, but he decided to tell the she-spider, considering he had a hunch that help wasn't far from them. "Hmm…well now?" He talked while Blackarachnia still held him by the neck, as he continues. "If I didn't know any better, I'd swear that the Maximal is aiding Dinobot right now while he's finishing off Scorponok." The boy estimated out 'where' the new Maximal would most likely be about now.
"What?" Blackarachnia looked confused by that answer claim, but then put it together; the Tasmanian devil was the Maximal. "Oh great, now it makes sense?" The she-spider groans hearing this, as this was just perfect for ruining any reprogramming schemes.
Blackarachnia turned around to Scorponok, only to find that the mutt had beaten him, with its bear claws.
"Uaagh?" Scorponok lied down on the ground, with the Tasmanian Devil standing over the defeat Pred while Dinobot observed.
"Hmmm, this creature is not like the others? Gurgurguaahh, could it be….?" Dinobot spoke to himself in possibly thinking that if this animal was not like the others of this planet, but maybe…the new Maximal?
Then, to Blackarachnia' and Dinobot's surprise, the Tasmanian creature soon spoke out. "Well, you are in for it now. Snarl - MAXIMIZE!" He spoke out his command code which was the one used for Maximals, as he demonstrates. "GRUURArghh!" He roars out while going through the process of changing from Beast Mode, to Robot Mode. The Tasmanian Devil transformed into a humanoid male robot. He was around Cheetor's height, and was colored light and dark brown. The front paws changed into hands while the upper arms were half-furry and half-mechanical. His Tasmanian devil legs folded behind him, and his robot legs popped out with the Tasmanian devil's head spilt vertically and both halves became his feet with a heel popping out. The lower jaw became his chestplate; his head was furry with two pointy ear-like structures. His faceplate was dark brown and had light green optics.
"Cliphmm…." Finally, Optimis used his swords in his compartment to slice his way out of the arachnid's Energon base web. "Uaagh?" He felt a little woozy, but one look at the new Maximal changed all that. "By the Spark of Primus?" Optimis could only stare at a miracle, their Maximal comrade was alright and on their side.
Snarl smiled as he pulled out his Quasar Cannon and fired at Scorponok about to get up. "PRrusphmm…/Bammgruvhhmm…" Which just soon exploded on impact when the Pred was almost to his feet without noticing the situation.
"Gaauugh…Uagh?" Scorponok yelped in pain when he got shot and smacked against a wall before falling down, completely out of it.
"Time for this Biter to pounce!" Snarl exclaimed out from feeling an itch, which meant he was itching to fight someone else about now.
"Waaugh! Keeeeaaahhh….." Blackarachnia dropped Jeremie and charged straight at the new Maximal. "Froouphm…." However, she was not expecting he would jump over her to dodge. "PRouphmm…/Bamgruvhmmm…." Then while in midair, he shoot the she-spider from behind. "Uaaguh?" But she wasn't down from that, but that was gonna change…
"Brruvhhmmm…/Prophm.../PRuoophm…." Instead however, Dinobot fired his optic beams, Optimis his wrist launchers, and Snarl's cannon hit Blackarachnia. "POowwhhmmm….." Those combined attacks were even too much for Blackarachnia to take, as she was shot backwards.
"Warurghh…Gulphm…Uaagh?" She yelped a scream before smacking against a wall, and then went down for the count, and stayed down.
Optimis turned to Snarl while he put his weapons away from the danger passed. "Thanks for the help, Snarl." The Maximal Comamnder exclaimed his gratidute and offered a handshake to the new Maximal.
"Hey all in a Maximal's day, friend. Glad I could be of help." Snarl replied back with a smile before taking Optimis' hand to properly shake it, as he was being welcomed to the team.
"Very well, then on to other matters?" Optimis nodded off with a friendly and joins the smile with Snarl, before looking to Dinobot in changing the subject now. "Dinobot, contact Armordillo, tell him we got our comrade and will be taking the pod with us." The Maximal Commander issued out an order, as they are finished here, so they'll be taking both their new friend and the pod along back to base.
"Hmmmm, alright then." Dinobot nodded in finding agreement to that order, as he walks over to the pod while preparing to get in contact with Armordillo at the Axelon base.
"Man, I hope everyone's luck is as strong as ours?" Jeremie replied off to say, as he had to smirk at this and was hoping that the others were having the same luck as they did.
Back At Little Sandy Desert, Near Durba Springs
Ulrich's Group
Rattrap was still dealing with shooting Manterror out of the skies while Tarantulas kept firing on Wolfang who was defending Ulrich with his shield.
"Give in rodent, you won't get me?" Manterror exclaimed to Rattrap with a wicked smile that no matter how much he tries, the rat's shots won't hit the quick flier.
"Oh yeah, humph? Bet you're too 'chicken' to come down and face me? What's a matter, afraid of a little rat?" Rattrap remarked off while making an insult towards the Pred being afraid to come near the rodent.
"If you insist, seeing you're all to be finished, I'll humor you?" Manterror waved off his left hand in proclaiming to grant the rat's death wish. "Brzizizivhvhmmm…" He brings out his buzzsaws and starts the spinning process. "Try my Spinning Tornado Blades Attack!" Manterror roared out for his next attack to hit the Maximal on the ground, as he spins his body next. "Vruuvhhmm…." Then his body was spinning like a tornado, as he propels himself for Rattrap's sights.
"Hnn?" Rattrap smirked at this while Razorclaw was picking himself up to aim with his other claw with his laser blasters.
"I got you now!" Razorclaw exclaimed with his lasers getting charged up and ready to fire when. "Brusvhmmm…." Course the noise also was loud enough to be heard before firing.
"Woop?" Rattrap quickly ducked down just in the nick of timing of the blast shot from his behind enemy.
"Trusvhmm…/Prrugruvvhmm…." However, what got hit by Razorclaw's attack was the spinning Manterror, who was no out of control. "GAaauughhh?" Manterror was spinning loosely right towards the crustacean where Rattrap stood.
"No, NO…GAAaughhh?" Razorclaw yelps in seeing his ally was coming straight for him instead of Rattrap now. "Clusphmm.../Briziziitrizizihm….." He got hit with the full force and was getting sliced by the saw blades, when he and Manteror were sent off towards another member.
"Bangbangbangbangbang….." Meanwhile, Tarantulas was about to pin down Wolfang, who's shield looked still strong, but he was getting tired of being defensive. "You're finish Maximal, hechechech….." As he was laughing, the spider didn't see his other comrades spinning right before him. "WAah? Oh-No?" The spider yelped in realizing what's to happen and wanted to flea, but…. "Clasuphmm…." Too late, as Manterror's spinning tornado form not only got Razorclaw, but Tarantulas' too! "Guuwwaauugh…GAAugh?" The spider was smacked away from Wolfang, as he and those with him crashed against a boulder, leaving an imprint of themselves?.
"PRusfvhhmm…" Taking the open opportunity, Wolfang took aim before firing his missile launcher right at the sitting duck Preds. "BOomgruvhhmmm…." Of course, what he truly aimed at wasn't them, but the larger boulder itself, to blow it to pieces to create rubble. "Cruffhv-crufhvvmm…." The rubble was coming down on the Predacons fast before they could do anything.
"KEeeAAAAhhhh?/ARrughhh?/Nooowrruugh?" Tarantulas, Razorclaw, and Manterror let off some screams before they were completely buried underneath all that rock rubble.
Both Rattrap and Wolfang took a breather, seeing they finally got lucky and won their battles. Even Ulrich smiled at seeing his friends manage to get themselves outta that jam.
"Pretty sweet thinking back there, Rattrap." Ulrich smiled to give an 'okay' thumbs up on the rat's plan to tricking Manterror to attack his own allies by mistake.
"Yeah, well…hehen?" Rattrap shrugs off his shoulders for that nice compliment, as he laughs it off before saying this. "That mantis Pred maybe a strategist, but he didn't expect I be a sneaky rat to pull a stunt like ta!" He pointed his gun at the buried enemy before pointing his finger in stating his mind was sharp enough to trick the enemy.
"Let's report in, we'll take the pod with us, so they can't use it for any purposes." Wolfang spoke out a plan course of action, which was to let the others know of their situation to return to base with just the pod. "We may have lost the protoform to them, but we can't let that stop us." He looked away, feeling sorrow that they lost the protoform to the enemy side, giving them a new number balance, but that mustn't distract or discourage them.
"Speaking of which, we better warn the others of a new Predacon in town?" Ulrich spoke with a stern face that with a new enemy, they have to alert the others of such a dangerous presence.
"Trusuvhhmm…brusvhmmm…" Right now, Rattrap was getting his wrist comm. link to work, and after a while, he got an answer. "Hey guys, I have your signal, what happened?" Armordillo's voice came through, as he was asking how the group there is.
"Ohhh nothing much expect we've been fighting an ambush, got outta it alive, and we….lost the pod?" Rattrap was shrugging off to sarcastically put their time, right up to the downer and depressing news of losing the the pod to the enemy.
"I'm sorry to hear that Rattrap, but maybe some good news will cheer you up?" Armordillo's voice replied back from the comm. link in feeling bad to hear that news, but did bring up something to be considered good news for a change. "Optimis and Rhinox's teams got to the pods on their sides and got the new Maximals online." Hearing this news brought some joy to this group, their other friends got to the other pods in their areas just fine.
"Huugh? Well, at least something good came out of it?" Rattrap signs to take a breather in seeing their day got a little bit better now.
"Did they report of spotting a new Predacon?" Wolfang asked off a puzzling question, if the new Predacon is now after the pods, maybe the others have seen him.
"No, just the usuals, why, wasn't the Pred there?" Armordillo's voice replied back, which seem to state that if no one encountered such an enemy, that would only leave one team left...
"That's not good then? We think it went after Aelita's group, any word?" Ulrich spoke with a deep regret in his tone for believing one of them is endanger right now.
"None, but I'll try to patch in to their comm. links to find out?" Armordillo's voice responded that they haven't got contact, but will keep trying till he does.
The three were concern, with any luck, Aelita was just in safer hands with the group she was with, if not, then they pry that they got the protoform working to bring out a new Maximal.
And Now At Ayers Rock
Aelita's Group
"Vrusuvhhmmm-Vrrusuvhmmm….." The pod had finished the scanning and replication of the local lifeform it chose for the Maximal. "Grugruvhhmm….." It was beginning to rumble a bit from some shaking force behind the whole event.
"Aelita, you said whatever animal the pod scans, will be what the Maximal looks like?" Sissi asked in somewhat concern for whatever comes out of that pod, will be of the animal nearby that will be the protoform's Beast Mode.
"Yes, that's depending on what type of animal fits the protoform and it's behavior patterns along with the spread of the area we're in?" Aelita nodded to conclude of such facts while clueing in on the other important notice of a DNA Replication Scan's functions work for the pod.
"Hopefully it's maybe a strong Dingo, or a Tasmanian Tiger, something strong to help?" Sissi exclaimed with unwitting nervousness, as they hoped it would be something to save them from Iguanus, since both Tigertron and K-9 are out.
"BRrususffruvhmm…." Suddenly, the pod's door opened from a bright light force that blinded everyone, human, Maximal and Predacon, and what came out of it was some mist. "Ssisihhmmsssiihmm….." But aside from the mist, there was the new Maximal in it's Beast Mode, as it started to appear by the shadow of the mist covering it. Everyone was on the edge of their seats to what new animal would come out, and it was…un-expectively, a little light grey rabbit the size of a pillow with brown color eyes. Say what now…?
"It's…a rabbit?" K-9 slowly spoke from his injuries in noticing what the new Maximal's Beast Form was, and it was indeed a surprise.
"That…was not the entrance I pictured?" Sissi slowly exclaimed with a dry statement in seeing their rescuer would've been, something less 'fluffy' and 'cute' along it's appearance.
"HAch-Hachahcachaaahhh!" Iguanus just had to laugh at this, as the new rabbit Maximal looked up to seeing someone was laughing…at it? "Oh by Primus, me? It's a form to be terror & fear to Predacons everywhere?" He was pretending to be in surprise shock and felt like he should tremble in fear now. "We need to run away as fast as can be, for the end is near? The fearful new Maximal is…a little 'bunny' rabbit." He pointed over to the little Maximal in making a cruel remark towards it with the audience he has at the moment. "Hachachaaaaaah, what a useless Beast Mode? A complete malfunction at best! An utter waste of time, what could such a little creature do? It's pathetic is what it is? BWaahahahaah-Wohohohho….?" He mocked it, ridicule the new Maximal, and laughed so hard, that everyone was getting annoyed. Including a 'new' arrival taking such harsh remarks…?
"Fruuvhmmm…/KICckkhmmm…." However, Iguanus was too busy being distract that he didn't notice the rabbit ran towards him and swatted him with its feet from leaping off the ground at a fast paste.
"GUrrgh…GRaaugh?" Iguanus yelped before he hits the ground on his back, completely down for the moment by such a surprise attack. "By the Inferno? What?" This puzzled him enough to snap, and he still stared off at a ticked off rabbit that had surprisingly, fast legs and great kicking power.
The rabbit soon shouted this little message from hearing everything Iguanus was saying about the new Maximal. "LITTLE? USELESS? A MALFUNCTION? PATHETIC!? I'm not that small that you'd start calling me Puny and Weak, buster!" From the sound of it, the rabbit was female, but sounded younger than Cheetor; probably fifteen or fourteen, like Jeremie, Ulrich or Aelita.
"Grruaughh?" As Iguanus was getting up, he struggled to get on his feet while paying no attention to the rabbit Maximal's snappy remarks towards him. "You got a problem with it, kid?" He taunted off as if saying 'what'cha gonna do about it?' kinda challenge remark.
Just then, the new rabbit Maximal then shouted this out for all to hear. "Jackrabbit - MAXIMIZE!" The new Maximal not only announced her name and identity, but also her command code to transform. "Woo-hoo!" She jumped to make a cartwheel motion movement, as when she cheered, was changing from Beast Mode to Robot Mode. Soon the little rabbit turned into a teenaged female humanoid robot, colored was light silver and sky aqua blue. Her armor seemed to be a little thin, considering her age. The rabbit's head split vertically and became the arm-guards for the lower half of her arms and hands; the rabbit's ears stuck out to make some kind of arm sword. Her legs shifted; the upper part of her legs had the rabbit's hair, while the lower half was metallic with knee guards. Her feet shortened and were normal sized for a girl her age. The rabbit's front legs folded on her back, the rabbit's fur chest became her breastplate, and the little cottontail stuck out on the left side of her hip. Her head was light grey with two ear like structures pointing up, a little silver ponytail object on the back of her head; her faceplate was light-silver sporting two big light emerald optics.
Even if JackRabbit transformed, to everyone else, she was still small; Aelita probably guessed she was about two centimeters smaller than her.
Iguanus brought up his rifle and said this off with a dry uncaring manner. "Kid or no kid, either way, when I'm through here, you're a dead Maximal!" There was no way he was gonna let some off the board newbie Maximal upstage him. BRusuvhhmm….." He fired off his shot to Jackrabbit, only to have her step aside very quickly as the bullet passed her before it exploded off scene. "BOMGrruvhhmmm….." Everyone was shocked to see her move that fast from dodging an energy sphere shot.
"I…don't believe my eyes?" Sissi was pretty much surprised by the new Maximal's abilities for combat, like her speed.
"Neither do the rest of us?" K-9 spoke in agreement, while young, the new Maximal has some potential for speed matching Cheetor's rank?
Jackrabbit's face never changed, until she realized that the energy shot missed. "Wooh…..SCAREYYYYY!" She yelped up a bit before letting off a little shriek noise on how close that was. "NOOOOT! HEhehehehe!" Then she made a tease comeback to even chuckle at the enemy's shot wasn't scary at all.
"UUUUOOOwwwwwhhh…" Iguanus looked like his buttons was just pushed to a new annoyance level. "Aww…SLAG IIIIIITTtttt!" Iguanus shouted out to curse the luck of this new Maximal, ironic that with rabbit's feet, she got luck. "Brusuvhhmmm-Brusuvhmm-Brussvhmmm….." He fired repeatedly at the little Maximal, but several times, she dodged them with lightning reflexes.
"Haha…missed? Missed again? Too bad? So sad? Na-na-nananaaahhhh!" Jackrabbit continued to dodge them shots while making sport of this with tease and taunts, not realizing Iguanas was trying to push her far to the edge of Ayers Rock. "You'll never hit…hugh?" She dodged the shots until she felt a little slip of her heel. "Ahh…..Uh-oh…?" She looked behind her and realized the situation was about to turn now.
"Hachachachachh?" Iguanus laughed at his plan coming into full circle, now to seal this one's fate. "Well, kid, it's time for you to pick your way to die: by my rifle or do a suicide dive off the cliff? Either way, I'll enjoy watching you suffer?" He holds his rifle up to point going out by him shooting, or pointing over the cliff of Ayers Rock where the new Maximal can jump, but surviving a fall from this height, that's easier said then done.
Then Jackrabbit looked back and forth for a bit, puzzling the question on one going over a cliff. "Suicide?" Then the girl turned around to face the Predacon, and smiled when she responded. "Ugh? To tell you the truth here, I disapprove of suicide more than anything. G"king out like that is just plain stupid. The rabbit bot waved her arms off in stating she rather not jump to her doom, if that's okay.
Iguanus smirked at that answer, as he lifted his rifle and aimed at the target. "Alrighty then, the rifle it is, runt!" The Pred replied with a wicked expression in going to enjoy what he does next.
"BRususvhmm….." Iguanus took careful aim, and fired; the kid however, jumped up as the shot nearly came at her. "KURPOowwvhhmmm…." The shot destroyed the spot where it was aimed, but the target, was not there.
Jackrabbit jumped so high that she was in view of the sun, causing Iguanus to shield his eyes. "Gaaugh? I can't see? W"hat's going on? The Predacon was blinded, the new Maximal used the sun behind her as an advantage to cut her enemy's sight.
"KICckkhmmm…" Iguanas didn't see her coming, as Jackrabbit slam-kicked him in his face; sending him flying across from her and the others by the pod.
"Guruarghh..Gguuuaafh?" Iguanas yelps from hitting across the ground from his body, getting dirty along the way while Jackrabbit landed on a kneeling pose facing opposite of her opponent. "Rruggh-RAARRrugh!" He got up and pulled out his rifle and pointed at the girl bot, who was still getting up. "This game is OVER, RUNT!" Jackrabbit turned around and held, in her hand, the device Iguanus' used to activate his bombs. "Whah? That's my….but how…when did you?" He also noticed that after the dust cleared, he was standing on the very bombs he planted. "Uh-oh….?" Even he himself knew what it means for an explosive expert to get caught…in their own trap?
"Heh-heh?" JackRabbit smiled evilly, and said this to the near sweating Predacon with his device in her hands. "You can think of this, as 'payback', for calling me….Runt. Bye-Bye!" Iguanas was now the one to sweat in seeing this innocent little Maximal was more then meets the eye, but that was too late for him. "Cliphm…" She pressed the button right after that, much to her opponent gasping at what she did before…. "KUrsvhhmmm…/BOMMRruvhhmmm…." The entire field where Iguanus was once standing was covered in a flash and exploded soon afterwards.
"GAAauughhhaaaaahhh?" Iguanus was sent flying over the rocky mountain screaming his lungs out. "SPLATHhmm…" Soon after his frequent flying miles, he went and splat on the ground with a very hard impact that clearly took him out of commission.
"Maybe that'll teach ya to not mess with me, Scale-Lips!?" Jackrabbit said triumphantly in witnessing her first win against a Predacon, not bad. "GAaughm?" But then she was grabbed from behind and saw it was not another enemy, but that it was Sissi that was hugging her.
"AWWW, aren't you just so cute? And the way you fought was amazing!" Sissi squealed in delight in not only being happy that she and her friends were saved, but afterwards, now see how this new Maximal is really cute for her size.
Aelita joined in and hugged Jackrabbit too with Sissi on their brave little hero. "Aw, she is so fluffy and adorable? I didn't know they let someone like her onboard an exploration ship, even captained by Optimis?" Aelita exclaimed from never once picturing Optimis, a serious Maximal, to allow a small Maximal child like Jackrabbit explore space.
"Eh! Ugh…Captain ya say?" Jackrabbit heard that to yelp now, and although she was terrified of Sissi for how naïve and goofy she was acting around her, she was even more terrified of meeting the 'captain' of the mentioned ship.
"Breep-breep?" Then on K-9's coat of fur, he was receiving a transmission before patting his paw on his left shoulder.
"K-9, what's happening? Are you alright?" Armordillo's voice was heard trying to reach his friends by the comm. link in wondering if they are all there and alright.
"Yeah, you can thank the new Maximal for that?" K-9 responded with a calm and collective tone before smiling off at the new Maximal they have that did well in protecting them.
"The new Maximal saved you from the new Predacon?" Armordillo's voice asked surprised to hear this news, but pretty much heard something similar like this with the others. "Well, at least three out of four isn't a bad day's work?" The Maximal on the other line exclaimed to admit, they may have lost one protoform to the enemy, but they manage to save three Maximals which was just good enough for them.
"Right now, Tigertron will need repairs, even myself? But Aelita wasn't alone, we had help from another human?" K-9 reported out from watching the human girls have some fun petting Jackrabbit's forehead.
"Another human? Really?" Armordillo's voice responded completely surprised to even hear this, no one was expecting more humans to know about them.
"We can explain once you get our ride here and we'll take back the Stasis Pod." K-9 stated out for when the Gate gets open on their side of the world, everyone, including the pod will be brought back with them.
"Alright. I'll sent the TransWarp Gate to bring you back. Optimis would like to see you to describe the new Predacon, plus see the new Maximal." Armordillo's voice replied in understanding what he has to do while also stating that their commander wants to have a word with the group along with their newest Maximal.
"Trust me when I say, you won't 'believe' what came out of that Stasis Pod? And neither will Optimis?" K-9 replied off in stating with a little humor that when Optimis and everyone else see's what the new Maximal looks like, they won't even believe their eyes.
"Gulphm? A meeting…with the captain….?" Jackrabbit, though hugged by Sissi and Aelita while blinded with joy, the little Maximal knew this was gonna come soon. "Ugh…can hardly wait for the surprise look of his face…hehe….eh…gulp?" The moment she gets to base and meets with the captain; her situation may not be as welcome arms as everyone believes.
Back At The Axelon
Outside the Axelon, everything seem normal for when the gang returned back, safe and sound, and with new members of the team. But as we were zooming in on the Maximal ship, something was going down by a loud voice.
"SHE'S A STOWAWAY!" Optimis Primal's voice yelled out loud enough for the entire ship, even those outside to practically hear, and he sounded mad.
Meanwhile, the scene changes to what's going on inside the command center of the Axelon, as all Maximals and humans were gathered. At this moment, Razorbeast and Snarl were together on one spot of the command room while Jackrabbit was near them, however…?
"Neehh…Neeeuagh! Uagh?" Jackrabbit at this moment, was being held by the back of her collar by Rhinox to keep her from going anywhere. "NEUUuuaaagh?" She was trying to get loose by wiggling around, but to no avail.
"Hey, where's Tigertron?" Cheetor asked from noticing they were one Maximal short in the room.
"Old strips asked us to return him to the Northern Sector after he was repaired, hehn, didn't bother to stay at how this party is going on?" Rattrap explained off where Tigertron went, even shrug off that he'll miss this excitement about to happen here.
At this moment, Optimis was discussing the subject about Sissi knowing of their secret. That was the first order of business that had to be settled.
"Sissi, let me be the first to say we mean you no harm, and that we never meant to put your life in danger." Optimis was making an apology to the girl that got brought into their war.
"Well, it's okay, I kinda followed Aelita and William here?" Sissi shrugged off to admitting that what she did was of her own will. "Otherwise, I'll keep your secret safe from everyone that doesn't know." The girl promised, as she would not let anyone know about the Maximals, or even the Predacons existence.
"We really appreciate that favor Sissi, and I suppose welcoming you into our group wouldn't be so bad neither?" William exclaimed off in thanking this girl for being very generous to keep the secret.
"Speaking of welcoming, how are you two liking the place?" Ulrich spoke towards Snarl and Razorbeast in how the new Maximals online are doing.
"It's pretty nice for our headquarters, but personally, I can't wait to get more action with something extra dangerous?" Razorbeast spoke off from seeing the base, but he's more of a brawler to tackle danger without fearing it by the sounds of it.
"While your action fits your great strength and tenacity, I'm more of an expert at surprise attacks, even come equip with a cloaking device." Snarl exclaimed off what this Maximal was saying, he spoke that he's more of taking enemies by surprise, being unseen to them.
"I'm just glad Aelita's safe from that Iguanas guy that went after her?" Jeremie signed in relief, as he looked at the mentioned girl with worry of the danger she was almost in.
"I heard the bot is an expert at explosives, even to set up a trap landline field." Armordillo spoke with a not to happy expression on his face, as he knew something about this new Pred enemy was making him feel….challenged? "Personally, I wanna face that guy and show him who's the better expert!" The big Maximal proclaimed by smacking his fist into his hand, nobody beats him with making explosive traps, that's his specialty.
"But right now, there's something I don't understand?" Aelita spoke from looking a bit puzzled at this moment before speaking…towards Jackrabbit's situation. "Why is Jackrabbit a stowaway, if she was in a protoform?" The girl looked to the Maximals in wanting to know of that very question, cause she doesn't know much about the situation.
"Because Aelita, we have the conditions that are to be met." Optimis stated off that on this ship, they have rules that must be followed. "In order to be an explorer, you would have to be between the ages of sixteen and seven-eight." Optimis explained the rules that define those that wish to be an explorer within the age restriction.
"In short, fourteen was the limit. I…was lucky enough to be apart of this job?" Cheetor shrug off to explain while sheepishly rubbing his back head in feeling he was lucky enough to qualify for the job.
"Which reminds me, returning to the subject at hand?" Now at this time, Optimis walked up to Jackrabbit with a stern face, and met to her, eye-to-eye, thanks to Rhinox holding her up. "Young lady, do you have any idea as to how much trouble you're in right now; stowing away on an exploration ship without any training or authorization by the Maximal Elders?" Optimus was explaining the issues of many sets of broken rules, and not in the best of moods, as he continues to scold the little Maximal child. "Did it even occur or cross your mind of considering the possibilities that you could have been destroyed in the crash or reprogrammed as a Predacon criminal!" To Optimis out of anyone, any Maximal that would risk trying to be in a protoform only to be destroyed, or worst, turn into a Predacon, was the worst thing to happen; especially if they are too young for war. "What were you possibly thinking at the time; do you have any idea of how worried your parents are at this moment? You being stuck on a planet with our communications to Cybertron down?" The Maximal Commander stated off in thinking this younger Maximal must be with some folks on Cybertron, and they must be worried….for or 65, million years?
The new young Maximal heard all this, only to huff to look away as if not being worried r concern about that? "Huph? It wouldn't make any difference anyway if I did, considering I'm a war orphan who's lived her life on the streets." Jackrabbit said bluntly while crossing her arms to look away at this time.
This stopped everyone in his or her tracks; as Jackrabbit finally got loose of Rhinox's grasp and stood up, taking a seat by a console chair.
"Optimis, maybe you're too hard on her, she did save our lives?" K-9 spoke in trying to ease his tense commander, reminding him that without Jackrabbit's aid, the group would have fallen victim to Iguanas.
"Huaagh?" Optimis signed at giving into that agreement, as he turns to speak a bit more kindly at Jackrabbit sitting around, looking upset that now she's been found out. "Please tell us,…why did you risk so much to come aboard our ship?" Optimis asked in a more calm tone of voice, as he wants to hear Jackrabbit's side of why she snuck aboard.
"Hugh, very well, I'll tell?" JackRabbit signs in defeat, as she took a deep breath before starting her explanation. "I'm an orphan from Cybertron, who ran away from a correctional orphanage & lived on the street alleys. When I heard all about an exploration from a few of the crew-members with you at that time, I decided that was what I would do." She paused herself before looking a bit sad at what came next. "But….Unfortunately, I also heard about the age restrictions, and therefore I turned to sneaking aboard and….sorting everything out a little afterwards, like as of now?" She finished that it came up to around this point where she would 'sort' the problem of sneaking on an explorer ship.
"Hmm, so that's how it is….?" Optimis nods in hearing this news from the youngest Maximal, as he stood up. "Everyone can wait around for a moment while we are to think what Jackrabbit's fate will be?" The commander needs to decide in what the crew of the Axelon will do with a Cybertronian that snuck onto their ship and is stuck with them.
That made a lot start to look at the other in question, Optimis decided to have everyone wait for his and the other crew members decision on Jackrabbit's fate.
Outside The Axelon
Meanwhile, Jeremie was waiting for Optimis' decision on what was to become of Jackbabbit's fate; he then took notice of Aelita, looking in one of the puddles of the cave. He took a good look at her face and noticed she was sad; it was almost as if she was troubled by something.
Suddenly, William grabbed him in a headlock; Jeremie never saw any of William's headlocks, ever. "Well don't just stand there; be a gentleman and find out what's got your girl down in the dumps?" William was trying to help his friend make a decision to go and see what was making Aelita seem so upset.
Jeremie broke loose and said this in response with an upset tone. "I will, and for crying out loud, William? She's not my girl, she's my friend." Jeremie tried to get this through his friend's mind that Aelita was only a friend to him; there is nothing going on. Or so it seems?
"Sure she is, a very special friend to you?" Ulrich spoke from coming onto the scene as well to watch what was happening.
"Ohh Ulrich, not you too?" Jeremie groans in seeing yet another of his friends giving him the boot of doubt.
"Well, you can't win them all, can you?" Even Sissi appeared right next to Ulrich and William to state her own claims.
Jeremie signs at his friends pushy act, as walked over to Aelita to get this over with.
The two boys smiled, and as William just said slyly to Ulrich this message. "Riiiiggght." To him and Ulrich, they knew the truth of the matter itself which even Sissi couldn't help but let off a giggle.
Aelita was still thinking back from when they were on Ayers Rock; she couldn't remember where she heard those voices, but aside from the last one, she felt like she remembered the others. Almost…from another time, long, long ago?
"Hey, Aelita. You okay?" Spoke a familiar, and very trusting and friendly voice Aelita knew too well.
She spun around to see Jeremie was just behind Aelita during her phase. "Jeremie, I…?" Aelita responded by surprise, as she got up and straightened herself out, but Jeremie could tell she was hiding something.
Jeremie said this while putting his right hand gently on Aelita's left shoulder to calm the girl. "Look, whatever it is, you can tell me about it. I'll try to help out as I can. After what you said about hearing voices, it's got us concern?" Aelita looked at him and wondered how she was so lucky to have friends who were concerned for her as anyone. She told him about what happened at Ayers Rock like with the others; the voices that she heard that nearly overwhelmed her.
"Jeremie?" Just thinking about that nearly got her into tears again, but she kept herself under control until…. "Urghmmm?" She buried her face into Jeremie's chest and sobbed a bit.
"Auugh?" Jeremie didn't know what to do at that point; he figured that the voices that Aelita heard must have been part of her memories, but he wasn't sure. "Ae-Aelita…?" All he could do now was hold her and try to comfort her.
"Hey now, why don't you two just kiss already and make up? The suspense is killer here?" Spoke out a very familiar, and very young fem-bot's voice.
"Huuagh?" Both Jeremie and Aelita turn to see Jackrabbit, in Robot Mode, looking at them slyly. As if seeing pass the tension in the air and how it was gonna play out.
Jackrabbit had noticed those two kids in particularly seeing what was happening and decided to have a little fun with them. "So what's stalling, weren't you in the middle of something of comforting each other?" The youngest Maximal asked puzzled in why the two had now cease what they were doing.
"Practically, was more like it?" Ulrich spoke off from watching this afar that Jeremie and Aelita weren't even close.
"Hey Jeremie, don't hold back!" William shouted off to give his best pal some courage, much to Sissi signing at such a plan.
Jeremie and Aelita just stood there blushing, while they each stepped back from each other a little bit. They others could tell that the moment was now over with.
"Brruvhhmm….." Just then, Cheetor popped up from the bottom hatch and came towards Jackrabbit without knowing what append with his human pals.
"Uh-oh? Am I to stay or go back in the pod?" Jackrabbit yelped in see in Cheetor come and was so nervous; would she get to stay or go back into a Stasis Pod, due to safety measures.
"Good news, fellow friends." Cheetor spoke with his usual high-spirit tone before continuing on. "Optimis took a few minutes to think it over, but he's decided to let Jackrabbit stay on…as a trainee." The cat-bot exclaimed off the decision that Jackrabbit will stay with them, as a Maximal trainee for being so young and inexperience for the time being.
Everyone was so excited that they hugged Jackrabbit, who didn't mind it this time.
"Alright! Does this mean I'll be able to help out during the fights & blast me more Preds?" Jackrabbit asked out with hopping excitement if she'll do another battle with the Predacons like the rest of the Maximals do.
Rattrap popped up from behind Cheetor suddenly and said this to cutting in on the happy moment. "Wooh-Wooh! Forget it, Kid. Aside from de humans here, you're just a liability in dis' war. Sorry, but trainee means…ye need a WHOLE Plant experience before then." The rodent exclaimed off that besides from Jeremie's helpful group, the new Maximal trainee, Jackrabbit, wouldn't be much help as she is now.
"WHAT!" Jackrabbit broke from the others and ran up to Rattrap with this much to say. "I could SOOooo kick more butt than you ever could, you old, fat, rotten rat!" The little Maximal went off to insult Rattrap in remarking what he was calling her.
That touched Rattrap a bit, as he slowly responded to it in deep shock. "Hey, HEY! You want to know how useless a rabbit is when she's bein' hunted by blaster point, Runt?" Rattrap pointed his index finger down at Jackrabbit in describing how for the little Maximal, she would be hunted by the enemy.
"Go scurry in an experiemnt maze, Garbage Muncher!" Jackrabbit snapped back in telling the rat to go play in a maze, just like any rodent would do.
"Antenna Ears!" Rattrap snapped back in insulting the girl's rabbit ears.
"Maggot Lover!" JackRabbit remarked back with her own insult on Rattrap going for maggots.
"Oversized DustBunny!" Rattrap remarked to calling Jackrabbit a bunny that's got dust all over.
"Cheese-Lips!" Jackrabbit pointed her index finger at Rattrap's lips in stating for a rat, he eats cheese.
"Veggie-Chewer!" Rattrap remarked back by saying that Jackrabbit would like eating vegetables cause she's a rabbit.
"Stubby Limbs!" Jackrabbit snapped to calling Rattrap something else now.
"Cottontail Wannabe!" Rattrap remarked off in insulting the little Maximal's cottontail now.
"Dirty Rat-Face!" Jackrabbit was now calling Rattrap's face dirty here.
Everyone just stood there and watched the two slug out insults and names at each other. This scene seem very familiar to many of them, but it was mostly with Dinobot & Rattrap.
"Gee? And here, I thought Rattrap argued with Dinobot as much as this?" Cheetor muttered this off to the gang nearby him at seeing this go on. Looks like things with the Maximals and their new comrades is going to be pretty interesting at this point and time. Especially with having someone even younger then the cadet.
A Few Weeks Later
Back In Australia
A U.S. retrieval team had shown up near and on top of Ayers Rock. They had gotten rumors of explosions going on around this area. The same FBI agent from area 51 was there, Agent Bishop, was overseeing the investigation.
Bishop was bringing everything together, as he spoke this underneath his breath for only him to here. "This marks the third explosion report we've gotten: first at Antigo, which we found nothing. Then there was a disturbance in London, England, by Stonehenge. And now, explosions here, on Ayers Rock; with no sign of what's been going on around here?" The agent was getting fend up with not finding any clues of the strange things going on around here, traces of explosive activities with no leads is very puzzling.
His team had found out what was the broken remains of what looked to be some kind of pod while others were some strangely made weapons. They had them shifted back to Area 51 to be taken apart and analyzed for further study. Before they left, their detectors found some traces of metal in the rock. They were now digging in it to find out what it was that set their sensors off.
A digger came running towards the agent, shouting this towards him. "SIR, SIR! We found something interesting? You Might wanna see this!" The agent immediately ran with the worker to the site; what he saw was a chip with a Maximal symbol on it a bit buried in the ground. "It's a strange chip with a weird marketing we're unknown with, it could be a clue?" The digger explained what was curious about the chip, and it could be the first real clue to help understand what's been going on.
Agent Bishop picks up to have a closer look at the chip, being intrigued by it's appearance. "Cruvhmm…brugurvgruvhmm…" He slide it through his local scan computer and got an interesting result of the data it had displaying it on a holographic display board. "Begin rewritten translation program?" Agent Bishop spoke of a voice command program, as he wanted this language translated to English.
"Analyzing…." A deep computer voice responded while it was doing it's work. "Beep-beep!" Then the program made a noise which signal it's owner of it's work. "Work…20 Percent Translated, rest still unable to determine at this time?" The computer's voice responded that only a near 1/4 of the work had been able to be understood, the rest was too complex.
"It'll have to do, now let's look at this?" Agent Bishop nods in believing a little is better then none at all, as he looks over the data now with a bit more understanding. "Hmmm, Stasis Pods, locking chip programming for activating protoform with the life of a Spark?" Bishop was reading some programs from the chip that was suppose to do it's job, it may even be a left over chip that was not used in Iguanas. "Weapon creation fitting Beast Mode of DNA Replication Process with personality traits matching the robot's own A.I.?" Bishop was astounded by this advanced work, it almost sounded like making robots become animals by scanning their DNA and create a program personality of some sort? "These are all blue prints, a pod, a robot, their weapons, all seem suspicious?" The agent had a serious face in feeling this evidence seem very rare, and a big step to solving a little mystery on what's happening on the planet.
"What should we do now, sir?" One of the workers asked the agent in charge what else they should be doing.
"Get any remains of tech around here before we leave." Agent Bishop pointed to his men in ordering the agent troops to gather all they can of the remaining evidence before they return to Area 51.
"Yes sir!" The workers responded in union before they all went off to do their jobs.
At this moment, Agent Bishop smiled before bring up and making a call on his cell phone. "Agent Bishop, reporting in. Get the labs ready when we get back to be doing some deep search." He looks over at the chip in his hands, holding it up to the light. "We've just found something that'll make basic technology the thing of the past to advance robotics." The agent explained a bit, from the looks of things, they have some pretty impressive technology, one to make the human race a step higher…..against who-ever owns this tech to be prepared.
VISION NOTES: The lines about four pods showing up at once is a familiar reference from Xiaolin Showdown's episode 'Royal Rumble' where two sides ended up finding out four things became activated at once.
A small reference of Tasmanian devil that was spoken, talks about Taz from Looney Tunes.
The lines of "They Call Mister Pig" is a famous line use from Pumba from the Lion King (which I've decided shall be apart of Razorbeast's actions, to make it interesting when someone calls him a pig).
Now the newest members added are as followed: Razorbeast, Snarl, Igaunus, and a new OC Maximal I've added for the fun of it: "Jackrabbit", the name is more closely related to an actual animal by that species. And all of the Beast Modes are animals that are located in the areas seen in Australia, and are explained perfectly of their detail.
Also, the new addition to the human side, Sissi Delmas, is another character from the Code Lyoko series. She was someone who was more, an acquaintance to the main cast, and by the end of Season Four became friends. So, I decided to put her on board. (Don't threat, I have plan roles where Yumi & Odd will appear & become apart of the whole thing in later chapters for the future.)
Well this VISION will certainly help boost up my spirits, cause it was quite the wonder, wasn't it? And now, the VISION-KING shall be working around the next chapter in which case, another chapter event plays out. As it stands, the Maximals will have to beef up security, as some enemies are working their way under to attack them. But things go wrong, as security goes haywire and turns on the Maximals to make everyone leave the Axelon, all but a few that stay in, trapped like rats? It's like a rat running through a deadly maze, a bunny hopping across another matter where two humans are also involved, and the there latters will have to help the rat get through or risk being trapped forever. And boy, it's an IN-VISIONING work that is both familiar, yet different that you just can't miss out? From heroes getting out of their own mess, and stopping a sneaky plot from really messing things up further. So just hang loose, and you'll get plenty of chances to see things play out with an excited twist. And here's an extra bit of info to get you really excited, the chapter after the next one, will star two other plan Transformers to appear, who they are I can't say, but they'll be creatures to watch out for when in a fight. So, hope that gets you excited, till then, look forward to the next chapter and the one after, and more to come….