Beast Wars*Over Humans Episode Five: To Be or Not To Be Human (Part Three) .................................................................................................................... Well, here it is, the last in the Beast Wars*Over Humans saga, as well as the To Be or Not To Be Human trilogy. Read on and be sure to review afterwards ** See ya at the finish line! .................................................................................................................... .................................................................................................................... .................................................................................................................... **Inside the Predacon Base** Megatron: Here is a tool that you humans used to connect all machines. With one, you could control all. Make it work for my transmetals. Dinobot and Waspinator will do. Pegasus: How long until I get some sleep? Megatron: What?! Pegasus: IÕve been working the whole night! My cercuits are tired! I need REST! [Megatron slaps her across the room, making her fall against the wall] Megatron: There will be no rest until you are done with this machine. Pegasus: But that could be hours! Megatron: Stop wining and get to work! Pegasus: Whatever, Darth Vadar! IÕll need their sparks off-line for a while to make the connections. Megatron: Very well. [Pegasus goes to work, all the while wishing Cheetor was there with her] .................................................................................................................... **Back at the Good-guyÕs Base** Optimus: How long has he been locked in there? Rinox: Two days. He hasnÕt even eaten. He just listens to her music. Optimus: I need to talk to him. Rinox: Good luck. [Optimus knocks on CheetorÕs door] Optimus: Cheetor? Can I come in? Cheetor: Door, unlock. Computer: Door unlocked. Cheetor: Come in. Optimus: I know youÕre still be mad at me for losing my temper at you two. IÕm sorry. Cheetor: Forget about it, Optimus. Jenna and I have. Right now all we need is to get her back. Optimus: Easier said than done. She doesnÕt have the ability to choose after the beginning. She canÕt switch like us. Cheetor: When I came back as a transmetal, I had to choose again which side to be on. What if she would come back again? Optimus: What do you mean? Cheetor: I mean, what if Pegasus went back to Jenna. And then she came back again, only as a Maximal? Optimus: ThatÕs very risky, Cheetor. We donÕt even know how you change back and forth, or whether it was just a one-time oppertunity. Cheetor: I know that this is going to sound strange, but thereÕs some kind of link between our sparks, our souls, that exists even outside the limits of organic and metal material. Optimus[whispering to himself]: Soul mates. Cheetor: If one is one way, the other will follow. It isnÕt foolproof, but I think itÕs our only hope. Optimus: WeÕll make it fool-proof. LetÕs go get the team. .................................................................................................................... **A few moments later on the control deck** Black Arachnia: WhatÕs the plan? Silverbolt: How do we get her back? Optimus: HereÕs the deal: PegasusÕs spark canÕt be altered as it is now. Our plan is to turn her into Jenna again, then bring her back as Pegasus. Rattrap: Sounds easy, but impossible! How do we change her? Cheetor: Leave that up to me. Optimus: We have the plan all sketched out, except for one little problem. We need to find a way to change Cheetor into Raphael, only for a moment, and then back again. Rattrap: Little? ThatÕs a jumbo problem! Cheetor: I just need a reason. Jenna formed into Pegasus to save me from Megatron. I need a reason to go back. Silverbolt: What if we trick Megatron into having you go to the point to change so as you can live? Black Arachnia: Yeah! Do you think it would work if you got hit so badly that your only way to go on was to turn to human? Rinox: WouldnÕt it affect him when he comes back to a transmetal? Optimus: No, he would start totally new. Are you up for it, Cheetor? Cheetor: If it gets her back, IÕll do anything. .................................................................................................................... **Meanwhile** [Pegasus is asleep on the job] Megatron: What is this?! Wake up! Get to work! Pegasus: I donÕt care what I am! I will not become a slave to a lazy bum like you! [She raises her arm to strike but cannot] Megatron: Really, Pegasus? I programmed everything of you. You cannot harm me. You - are - weak! [He strikes her hard, causing her to fall again to the ground] Megatron: Now get to work! Pegasus: Yes, Megatron. [Megatron leaves and Pegasus gets back to work, but not before trying to flip him off with her hoof] Cheetor[from the grate below her]: Sssppppt! Pegasus! Down here. Pegasus: Cheetor! Oh, you shouldnÕt be here! Cheetor: Oh, Pegasus, are you okay? Pegasus: You think that weasel could drive the spark out of me? He couldnÕt do anything. Cheetor: IÕd have to put him into stasislock if he did! We have a plan to get you back. You have to promise that you wonÕt stop me, though. No matter how much in trouble I may seem! Pegasus: Stop what? Tell me the plan! Cheetor: Not now. Just promise me! Pegasus: I promise. [Cheetor departs, leaving Pegasus stunned and worried] Pegasus: What is he going to do... .................................................................................................................... [Shots are fired and the earth shakes. Megatron comes in] Megatron: TheyÕre after you! Come on. You wonÕt be taken from me. [He draggs her down the hall] Pegasus: Let me go! Get your disgusting hands off me! Megatron: You will stay in here! [He throws her into the cell and locks the door] Pegasus: Let me out! Cheetor! CHEETOR! .................................................................................................................... **Cheetor returns to OptimuÕs side** Cheetor: SheÕs safe. Optimus: Okay. LetÕs go. Get Megatron to follow you to Pegasus. Then you know what to do. Cheetor: Right! [Standing up] HEY! T-REDICULOUS! GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY GIRL! Megatron: Oh, Cheetor. IÕm afraid my little mistress is resting right now. I couldnÕt disturb her afer sheÕs worked so hard. Plus she wants to stay here. She said something about my touch being a whole lot better than yours. . . Cheetor: You wouldnÕt! You better not have touched her, Megatron!! Megatron: Oh, but I have! A beautiful girl she is, and oh SO talented! Cheetor: ThatÕs it! This is for Jenna! Optimus: No, Cheetor! DonÕt loose your temper! Remember the plan! Cheetor: The heck with the plan, IÕm gonna kill this creep right now! Megatron: Go ahead and try. .................................................................................................................... **In another part of the Predacon Base** Rattrap[running down the hall with the other Preds hot on his heels]: Oh, gosh. I hate being the decoy! Inferno: You will not touch the human. She belongs to us! Pegasus[from inside the cell]: Cheetor! Optimus!! Anyone! Rattrap: Jenna! Where are you? Pegasus: Rattrap! IÕm in the cell! Get me out! Rattrap: One jammed doorlock coming up! [The door blows to bits and Pegasus comes out] Rattrap: Wow! You look nice! Pegasus: Look out! Inferno: No! Rodent! Rattrap: IÕll take care of him, you get to Cheetor! Pegasus: Right! [She runs down the corridor toward the main deck, where Cheetor and Megatron are battling it out, Cheetor gettin his butt kicked] Pegasus: CHEETOR! Cheetor[looking up at her]: Pegasus! YouÕre okay! Pegasus: Cheetor! Look out! [Megatron is firing at him. Cheetor is down bad] Computer: Stasis lock secquence activate. Cheetor: Override! Computer: Spark deactivation if stasis lock sequence not activated. Stasis lock secquence activate. Cheetor: OVERRIDE! Megatron: Bad mistake, Cat! [Fires at him again and Cheetor is almost dead] Pegasus[flying into CheetorÕs arms]: Cheetor! What are you doing? Cheetor: Look at me, Jenna. Tell me youÕll love me. Wether transmetal or human. Jenna: I will! IÕll always love you. You could be the exact opposite of me and I would still love you! [Cheetor shrinks and becomes Raphael] Pegasus: Raphael! Raphael[standing up as he is back to normal]: Whoe! That was strange. What?! Did you think I was going to leave you? Pegasus[hugging him feverishly]: Never! [Amid the war and violence around them they share a breif kiss, but it is enough to return Pegasus to Jenna] Jenna[staring at Raphael with new eyes]: LetÕs go. Rattrap: Come on, Kids! Mission accomplished! Megatron: No! Come back here! Optimus: Get on, you two. [Raphael holds onto OptimusÕs back and Jenna holds onto him. They mockingly wave goodbye to Megatron as they fly away] Jenna: See ya! Cheetor: WouldnÕt wanna be ya! Megatron: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Jenna: Thank you, Cheetor. And thank you, Optimus. Optimus: You are one of us, Jenna. You always have been. And you always will be. IÕm sorry I didnÕt see that before. Jenna: Thank you, Optimus. It really means alot to me. .................................................................................................................... **Back in the jungle** [All the Maximals are present along with the two humans, who are sitting up in their stasis pods] Optimus: Are you ready? Raphael[turning to Jenna]: You know youÕre giving up your life as a human, forever. Jenna: IÕm not giving up anything. I had nothing then, and I gaining everything with it. Do it, Rinox. [They lay down in their pods and get ready for the change] [Rinox hits some buttons on the computer connecting the two and they both light up] (RaphaelÕs)Computer: Scanning for lifeform - - Lifeform found. [Cheetor comes out and waits for Jenna] (JennaÕs)Computer: Scanning for lifeform - - Lifeform not found. Cheetor: What? Computer: Lifeform must be found if spark is to stay online. Cheetor: Optimus, whatÕs wrong?! This is the jungle! ThereÕs plenty of lifeforms here! Optimus: I. . . I donÕt know! Megatron[flying above the trees]: Let me explain! I knew that you would come here to become transmetals, and I took the liberty of killing all lifeforms, except for one Cheetah. [He holds the single Cheetah] That way you would live, and Jenna would die! Cheetor: NO! Megatron: Yes! If I canÕt have her, then you canÕt either. [He throws the now-dead Cheetah down at them and flies away] Optimus: ThereÕs nothing we can do. IÕm sorry Cheetor. . . [Cheetor kneels beside JennaÕs pod, watching her as she starts to die, unable to do anything] [Suddenly, unknowinly a small baby cheetah comes out from a small hole in a hollowed log and nuzzles the dead Cheetah and starts to cry, mingling with CheetorÕs cries] Computer: Scanning for lifeform - - Lifeform found. [Jenna come back as a cheetah] Jenna: What happened? IÕm a cheetah! Optimus[picking up the kitten]: This little one must have hidden when Megatron distroyed everything. Cheetor: Looks like weÕre really together, Jenna! Jenna: IÕm not Jenna, IÕm Cheena. Cheetor: Even better! [He pulls her into his embrace and in front of everyone they share their first kiss as a true couple] [When they seperate, Cheena turns to Optimus and takes the cub from him] Cheena: You poor thing! YouÕre familyÕs gone. You saved my life. The least I can do is bring you home. What do you think, Optimus. Can I keep her? Optimus: Why not? Black Arachnia: Great! Now weÕll have three cheetahs running around the base. Cheetor: What are you going to call her? Cheena: Jenna! [They look at each other and laugh and then head for home] THE END .................................................................................................................... .................................................................................................................... .................................................................................................................... .................................................................................................................... .................................................................................................................... .................................................................................................................... YEAH! My first finished fic! I hoped you enjoyed it; I enjoyed writing it. I do hope you review and do try to overlook the stupid formatting. Maybe if I get a lot of reviews I might even continue the series of Jenna/ Cheena tales. . . *person in the crowds yells up at the author ÒStop bribin the poor readers and let them do what they want for a change!Ó* IÕm NOT bribing. I actually do have an idea for a continuation with our cute couple. Until then, IÕll catch ya on the flip side. ~* Dragoneyes¶_¶