Episode 37: Frenemies Part 2
Many Years Ago...
The day Rampage met Depth Charge would be the day their lives would change forever. The two would find their very first true enemy in each other and it got ugly very quickly. One night, Rampage walked around looking for mechs to harass and beat up. Ever since he killed that leader, he's been itching to spill some energon, he loved seeing it splash out of his victims. But while he walked he was starting to see a lack of victims...now he was growing desperate. He was well known in the city now as a heartless psycho and many hid from him. But that would be different when he spotted his soon-to-be-rival talking to a few femmes beside an alley.
"Who is that?" Rampage asked himself.
Depth Charge was pretty much his size and looked as tough as him. Rampage hated when he would find someone bigger or as big as him...only he should be the intimidating one. It looked like Depth Charge needed to know his place. Depth Charge was chuckling about something as the femmes left giggling as well.
"Wow...what I wouldn't do to have a girlfriend." Depth Charge sighed.
Rampage made his move, walking towards him and crashing his shoulder into Depth Charge's and kept walking. That triggered the long-lasting rivalry. Depth Charge growled at the bump.
"HEY WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM?" Depth Charge growled.
Rampage's optics widened...did he seriously just hear backtalk?
"Excuse me?" Rampage snarled turning around.
"You bumped into me! Got something to say?" Depth Charge snapped.
Rampage walked closer and faced Depth Charge.
"I don't know who you are, but this is my turf, this ain't the place for new punks like you!" Rampage growled.
"I know you, you're the psycho everyone's talking about. The name fits you!" Depth Charge said.
"The name's Rampage! Who are you supposed to be fishboy?"
"I'm Depth Charge...and you better watch yourself crabcakes!"
Rampage was stunned by the fact this mech wasn't even scared of him. Clearly, he has probably met a worthy foe. One that he could have fun beating on many times. Depth Charge was indeed new in town but making friends faster than anyone else. He had dreams of being an enforcer and become rich...he trained in fighting classes every week and was a top student. He never thought he would run into the crazy Rampage, but now that he did, Rampage needed to be taught a lesson.
"I would suggest you leave this area." Rampage warned.
"You don't scare me." Depth Charge said.
Depth Charge shoved Rampage...and Rampage shoved back. Their shoving quickly escalated into fist-fighting. It spilled into the alley where it got very ugly. They punched and kicked each other violently, neither of them holding back. This was the first time Rampage ever fought someone with difficulty. The two were evenly matched as they wrestled each other to the ground and rolled around fighting for dominance. Energon dropped to the ground spreading. Just as it looked like a winner would come out, two enforcers heard the commotion and ran over to break them up...with difficulty.
"THAT'S ENOUGH YOU TOO! YOU'RE GONNA KILL EACH OTHER!" One of them yelled.
Being held back, all the two could do was stare daggers into each other's optics. The two were so enraged at each other still wanting to continue but couldn't. They were badly beaten and they both felt like passing out.
"YOU TWO WANNA GO TO JAIL?" The other enforcer asked.
"No." The two growled still staring at each other.
"Then you better quit fighting and get moving." One of them said.
"Whatever." Depth Charge said giving Rampage a final death glare before leaving back home.
"THIS AIN'T OVER DEPTH CHARGE!" Rampage yelled.
Depth Charge response was to flip him off. The enforcers made sure the two went their separate ways. After that night, the two would often try to confront each other and fight. Razorclaw and Divebomb have been forced to break them up several times telling Rampage he wasn't worth it but Rampage never listened to them. However, as the years went by...it became less about hating each other and more about having a rivalry between the two...it was a normal thing.
PRESENT...
"So you're saying you two actually started to enjoy your fights?" Perceptor asked.
"Enjoy? Well, when you put it like that...I guess so. I mean we still hate each other...but..." Rampage started to lose his words.
"I believe you don't hate each other...just the fact that you're rivals and like to hurt each other. But I don't believe you're just enemies...more like...frenemies." Perceptor said.
"Frenemies? I wouldn't say that. I don't think we will be friends...just rivals." Rampage scoffed.
Suddenly a timer went off on Perceptor's desk.
"Well now, we will continue this after a little break. For now, I will have the guards put you in the back room with the others." Perceptor pointed to the room.
"Are you serious? You're putting me with them now?" Rampage said sitting up on the couch.
"While the room was built to release your anger and fight, I'm hoping that instead of fighting you three would learn to cooperate with each other until I get back."
"Cooperate my aft, there's no way I'm gonna make peace with those guys!" Rampage scoffed.
The guards grab Rampage and toss him into the room and locked the door. Depth Charge and Waspinator were seen arguing about how Waspinator could have gotten many people killed with those propane tanks. When they saw Rampage, the tension rose to higher levels and the three entered a tense stare-down between each other. This wasn't good...
To be continued in the next episode...
End of episode 37.