[Instruments Of Destruction by NRG Plays]
Me: Hey, hey, hey! Everyone park like the Red Sea! It's your boy, WOLFWATCHER12 and The Amazing Ghost Musician back on the saddle for yet another chapter of Steven Universe: War Of The Beasts. What was that thing you were doing man?
The Amazing Ghost Musician: I've been helping out our friend UltimateWarriorFan4Ever with his projects, plus I've been helping my favorite rapper Madecipha produce his music.
Me: Really!? Wow!
The Amazing Ghost Musician: Oh yeah, my friend! Madecipha is releasing another album coming out later this year, and he'll be back performing in November.
Me: Kudos to him. Also, have you seen this tweet that I saw?
The Amazing Ghost Musician: No dude, I really don't use Twitter.
Me: Well, it's also on . Def Jam is teasing a possible sequel to Fight For New York.
The Amazing Ghost Musician: Well congrats to them, but I've got my own thing going.
Me: True, however, if this does come through someday, I'd play the heck out of it.
The Amazing Ghost Musician: That's cool to hear!
Me: Anyway, in this chapter, Cheetor is bummed out because the mission to send out Survey Posts is aborted. Plus Steven receives a Cherry Gem and brings her to Little Homeschool.
The Amazing Ghost Musician: So it looks like we'll be crossing an episode of Beast Wars: Transformers with an episode of Steven Universe Future. Putting two different storyline plots into one, eh?
Me: Yeah, dude. Also, I've been wondering. What do you think would be a good idea for a sequel to Midnight In The Yokai World?
The Amazing Ghost Musician: I haven't really thought of that. Why do you ask?
Me: Just planning ahead.
The Amazing Ghost Musician: Were you thinking of a sequel?
Me: Yeah, I was, but when I thought I had it down, it was erased from my brain. Don't ask me how or why.
The Amazing Ghost Musician: Well whenever you can think or have the idea thought of again, please let me know soon.
Me: I shall. Anyhow, it's good to have you here for this chapter.
The Amazing Ghost Musician: Let's just try to continue this story, since we've been working on this chapter for a month now.
Me: Right. And we hope you readers enjoy it too.
The Amazing Ghost Musician: So here's chapter 4 of Steven Universe: War of the Beasts, ENJOY!
Both: IKUZE!
Disclaimer: We do not own Steven Universe or Beast Wars/Transformers in any way. All rights for Steven Universe go to Rebecca Sugar, Ian Jones-Quartey, Cartoon Network and Warner Bros. Inc. All rights for Beast Wars: Transformers go to Hasbro, Larry Ditilio, Bob Forward, YTV, Mainframe Entertainment, Alliance Media and Claster.
Chapter 4: Equally External Measures!
Heavy storm clouds began to collide over the horizon and thunder and lightning began crashing all around, a lightning bolt then cleaved open a mountain and an exposed Energon deposit began sparking and pulsing. It then shows Optimus Primal scanning the split-open mountain and he begins scanning it.
"Optimus Primal to Maximal command center, abort the mission!" he yelled into his communicator. "Looks like an extremely ill wind is blowing and is causing a disaster!" Optimus continued as he tried to contact them, "Command Center, do you read me?!" he shouted again.
Garnet then replied, "This is Garnet, I read you Optimus!"
Optimus wiped his forehead, "Phew, thank you Garnet!" he said. "Like I said before, an extremely ill wind is blowing around!"
"That's not an ill wind, it's a hurricane!" Garnet replied. "You better get back to base at once!"
"I'm on my way!" said Optimus, as he bolted out of the area and raced back to the Axalon.
Back at Steven's house, Steven was watching the news while Pearl was polishing the silverware in the house.
Cheetor and Dinobot were both working on finding a way to block the Predacons from hacking their communications array. Rattrap however was doing some meteorology work, granted he was not good at it, but Garnet decided to help him out.
"This should help." said Garnet, as she began getting the precise calculations of this hurricane.
"Thanks for the assist!" said Rattrap, as they did a high-five.
Meanwhile, Rhinox was still fine-tuning the survey posts that they were going to use.
"Man, this bites." said Steven.
Rhinox then continued to use his circuit tester and sparked a few things up. "I better tighten this up.." he said, and with that done, he finally finished the last one of ten of these devices. "Survey posts are ready for duty. Any word from Optimus?"
"Yes." Garnet nodded, stating it to be true. "It seems we got a really bad hurricane heading this way."
"That means, we're gonna have to abort the mission," said Rhinox.
Steven agreed, "Yeah, and if it gets out of hand, we better head to the shelter below." he said.
Rattrap was stunned to hear about that. "Do you have a shelter here?" he asked. Steven nodded
"We sure do!" Pearl said, "Greg had it built just in case a bomb would go off that would obliterate the planet."
Cheetor turned his head, "And yet, you guys never had one single nuclear war." he said.
(WOLFWATCHER's Note: I had Cheetor say that as a reference to the Futurama episode where Fry went to find his lucky clover that was hidden in the soundtrack for the 1980's classic, The Breakfast Club, where "Don't You Forget About Me" by Simple Minds became a favorite song for me.)
"You're right." said Pearl, denoting that to be true. "And I hope it stays that way."
"Same here." replied Steven. Then, he decided to go to the bathroom and bring back a lost Gem. "I'll rejoin you soon."
"Okay." said Rattrap, as he saw Steven walk down the hallway.
(BGM: Walk The Dinosaur by George Clinton and the Goombas plays)
Steven is now seen filling his bathtub full of warm water. He retrieves three Diamond Aura Bottles from the mirror cabinet and then starts winking at himself in the mirror, 'Looking sharp, dude.' he thought to himself and drips a drop from each bottle into the bathtub. Next, he kisses his finger, coating it in his healing spit, and dips it into the water, turning it into rainbow-colored healing water. He then reaches for a bubbled gem next to him. " Happy welcome-back day~ " he sang.
He placed the bubble in the bathtub and it popped, dunking the gem into the water. The formerly-corrupted Gem begins to reform, revealing to be a tall and broad-shouldered woman with a pink with salmon red and peach blotched complexion. She had three horns on her head; two where her ears would be, and one at the very top of her scalp. Her fluffy hair was pink-white and was in a ponytail, with bangs covering one of her eyes. And she had a gemstone located on her navel. This was Cherry Quartz, one of the Gems that was corrupted before. She was dressed in a rose top with burgundy details and shoulder pads, as well as rose shorts and white ankle boots and it made her look like a warrior woman.
Startled by her own return, the Quartz stumbles in the bathtub, "Whoa!"
"Hello." Steven greeted normally.
"Where the hay am I?" Cherry asked, "And who are you?"
Steven folded his arms in a stoic manner, "That used to be a loaded question, but now I can say with confidence that I'm Steven Universe!" he presented himself. "And you're in my bathroom."
Cherry Quartz stepped out of the bathtub and looked at herself in the mirror, she noticed the horns on her head. She began feeling them, and when she tried to pull them out, it hurt. "What happened to me?" She then looks around, gasps and grabs the plunger. "What the hell is this?!" she pointed it at Steven in anger.
Steven felt disgruntled, but answered anyway. "You were corrupted in a Diamond blast, but you've just been healed, thanks to me!" he denoted calmly, " And that is a plunger…" he managed to calm her down and lowered the plunger away from his face.
They walk out of the bathroom and into his house. Cherry looked around and was amazed by it. "Let me fill you in on everything you've missed."
"Missed?" asked Cherry.
Steven then walked to the kitchen table and grabbed something, "We have some reading material." he said, "Available in both English and Gem Glyph." he continued, as he hands a pair of brochures to Cherry Quartz, titled "You & Your New Horns" and "Era 3 & Me!" on them. "Spanish translation forthcoming."
Just then, Optimus walked into the room, "Steven, I'm back." he said. "And I take it, you know about the hurricane?
"Sure do." said Steven, "Oh, I just healed a Gem that was corrupted in the Diamond Blast a while back, before I met you and the others." he told Optimus this news. "I'd like you to meet Cherry Quartz, Cherry, this is Optimus Primal, he's a Maximal from the planet Cybertron."
Cherry gasped in shock at this. "A Cybertronian!? I've heard of your kind. Aren't you supposed to be giant?" she wondered.
"That was my kind's ancestors, the Autobots." replied Optimus.
It took a while to process this, but she had realized that he was right, "Well, it's nice to meet you, Optimus Primal."
"The feeling is mutual, Cherry Quartz." Optimus replied, shaking hands with her. "Since there's still time before the hurricane hits, you can show her what's happened while she has been gone."
"Thank you." Steven said to him. "I'll be careful out there."
"Good." said Optimus.
Outside on the beach, the Dondai Supremo is parked on the sands, as Steven twirls the car keys on his finger. He then proceeds to take the driver seat. "Watch your head, Cherry." The big-sized Cherry Quartz curls up as she gets into the passenger seat. Steven inserts a cassette tape into the music player and begins driving the car. "Life is a little different these days." he told her. "The Diamonds have ended their reign of terror. The intergalactic war is over, and Earth is officially an independent planet."
Cherry was wide-eyed when she heard that, "You serious?"
"I am." Steven replied to the big woman, "We're all safe to explore our dreams. Lars opened up his own pastry shop, and it's got a real cute space gimmick goin' on." he relayed what had been going on. Lars is seen sweeping the ground outside of his bakery, and he waves at Steven as he drives by.
"Sadie's been touring with The Suspects, promoting their new album," he mentioned. "And Connie has been getting a head start on college prep." he added, mentioning the girl he cared deeply for. "She's two years away from applying, but she says it doesn't hurt to start early."
Cherry nodded, "I suppose so." she said, as Steven kept on Driving.
Meanwhile, in Black Diamond's ship, we see Tanzanite dressed all sporty. Black Diamond was amazed by this, "Well, you look ravishing, my dear." he said to her as they kissed.
"I'm heading to Seattle, the girls and I are gonna hit the town." she told him. "And they are some of your consorts."
Black Diamond smiled at this. "Ah, yes. Have fun, my love."
"Thanks dear, I sure will!" she said to him.
And, as she swung her hips from side to side, making Black Diamond melt in his shoes and then swoop himself back up. "Ha, isn't she something boys?" he asked and the boys all nodded in unison.
"She sure is, my lord!" said one of his soldiers.
Tanzanite then met with two of her Gal Pals, who were also Black Diamond's consorts. They hummed enticingly. "Tanny, wassup girlfriend?" said one of them.
"Just the same old thing, Opal." said Tanzanite. "How have you and Lavender been?"
"Oh, just fine." Opal replied.
"Same here, my son is doing well as a fighter." said Lavender, speaking up. "He's currently practicing the use of his sword and has even formed a team of his own."
"Congrats to him," said Tanzanite. "I'm glad to see your son is growing up from the boy he was to the warrior he always wanted to be."
And with that said, they walked to their ship and began to have their night out.
Back on Earth, Steven and Cherry kept on driving until they had arrived at a spot that looked different from his house and or the Axalon. "And speaking of higher education, Garnet, Amethyst, Pearl and I have been cooking up a dream of our own!"
Cherry Quartz raised her eyebrow. "I have no idea who you're talking about."
This made him chuckle. "Don't worry about it." Steven reassured her. "You'll learn all that, and more, right here at Little Homeschool." He then drives into the Gem town, as a Roaming Eye is seen flying off from it.
Cherry was quite in awe at the sight of Gemtown, to her it was amazing. "WOW!"
Steven begins touring Cherry Quartz around, as various Gems are seen enjoying themselves in their own activities.
"Here at Little Homeschool, you have a chance to rediscover yourself and learn to live on Earth if you like. You can forge a new identity." Steven explained to Cherry while he showed her around the place. Steven waves hello to Bismuth, who is teaching a blacksmith class while the Heaven and Earth Beetle watch on.
"Wassup, Steven," said Bismuth.
"Hey Bismuth, looking sharp as ever." Steve said back to him.
"Back at ya, dawg." said Bismuth
Heaven and Earth Beetle smiled at him and smiled in a shy way.
However, little did the Maximals, the Gems or Steven know, back at the Predacon Base, we see Tarantulas working in his laboratory, on a chemical compound.
"Hehehehehehe, this is quite intriguing." said Tarantulas, as he chuckled.
Just then, a Tyrannosaurus head came up behind him. He jumped in fright, "Ah, Tarantulas, you're working on something, yes?"
"Of course, Lord Megatron." the Tarantula Predacon replied.
"Ahhh, what is it?" asked Megatron.
Tarantulas told him, "I thought of a way to make Predacon Gems, by fusing our physiology to a single Gemstone, we can create a hybrid of Gem and Transformer."
Megatron was delighted and intrigued by this sort of thing, "Hmmm, Predacon Gems. Such a tactic could even the odds between us and those accursed Maximals. And could end the Beast Wars in one fell swoop. Yesssss!"
"Indeed so!" said Tarantulas.
Megatron looked at what sort of Gems were in Tarantulas' collection, he saw some that were red, some that were purple, some indigo, some black and some blood orange.
"As you can see, Lord Megatron, I have already been copying Vector Sigma to give them personalities," said Tarantulas. "And I have these Gems that are suitable for this, with their Gem powers and Cybertronian weapons, they'll be a lethal combination."
"Excellent, MOST excellent, ohhhhh yessssss!" said Megatron, as he and Tarantulas chuckled with mirth and slammed each other on the back.
And with that said, Tarantulas got to work on his new Gem Predacons.
Meanwhile back at the house, Cheetor was feeling bummed out and was laying in a straight line. He was feeling depressed that the mission he was about to go on was aborted due to a hurricane. It was then that someone walked into the room.
"What troubles you, Cheetor?" said a raspy, yet stoic voice. It was Dinobot who spoke to him.
"I don't know, I was just looking forward to putting up those survey posts, but then the mission got aborted due to this storm." said Cheetor, as he let out a sigh.
"It will take time for the storm to hit," said Dinobot.
Cheetor sighed a little bit again, but then he said, "It just doesn't seem right, why did this hurricane have to happen right before we could begin the Survey Post mission?"
Just then both Amethyst and Pearl came walking in and saw how he was feeling.
"Cheetor, there you are." said Pearl.
The cheetah maximal waved, "Hey Amethyst, Pearl. What's up?" he said to them.
Pearl then sat down next to Cheetor, "Why so blue?"
"I'm just a little bummed out due to the survey post job getting stalled," he said. "I just felt like I fumbled with my new weapon, and I thought someone was gonna chew on my tail for fritzzing it."
Pearl was deeply concerned for the young Maximal.
"Awww, don't worry, Cheetor." said Pearl, as she brushed Cheetah's fur with her fingers, making him purr.
Amethyst felt sorry for him. "Optimus scrubbed the mission because he values the safety of his teammates and those under his command. He just feels concerned that you might be killed in the storm." she said to him.
Cheetore looked up at her. "Yeah thanks Amethyst, but I'm not just some cub, I can handle myself."
"We know," said Amethyst. "We're confident you can beat the storm and plant the Survey Posts."
"As am I." said Dinobot.
Cheetor was glad to hear that but still had a sad look on his face. Pearl on the other hand was in doubt, knowing the risk Cheetor could be taking if he did so. "Regardless of the risk, I believe you can pull it off."
"You three are the only ones who seem to think so." Cheetor said.
"Do not mind Optimus." said Dinobot. "To him, you're a child that may be incapable of handling such an important task. However, like you said to me before, he has no faith."
Amethyst didn't like that remark, but nodded her head anyhow. "I gotta agree with Dinobot here." she said. "Even if I didn't like the remark he made."
"Yeah, well, I'd like to show him a thing or two about the contrary." said Cheetor.
Dinobot thought it over and said, "Then….Why not do so?" he said.
Hearing this made Amethyst, Pearl and Cheetor gasp silently, "What?"
"You have mapped every Energon deposit for 500 meters in this area of Beach City, Cheetor." said Dinobot. "And your land speed is unequaled. In fact, you are the only one who can pull off this mission."
The four of them thought it over, and Dinobot's word's started making sense to them and Cheetor smiled at this. Amethyst and Pearl would normally be against this, but for what it was worth they needed this. "For what it's worth, I agree with him."
"Go for it." Pearl said, winking at him, signaling that she will make sure that no one finds out.
Meanwhile, as this was going on, Amethyst and Pearl went back to Little Homeschool to teach their students how to be a part of human society. Garnet had been teaching yoga to the Gems that had joined already.
"You can also grow your own ideas, while you're here." said Steven, as Peridot is seen teaching a gardening class to Blue Lace Agate. "And even find your inner Morp!" he added, as Vidalia is seen teaching an art class. Yellow Pearl is posing elegantly, while Crazy Lace Agate, Bixbite, a Nephrite and Blue Pearl draw her.
Cherry was a little confused. "Wait, what's a "Morp"?"
Steven "That's exactly the kind of question we love to hear!" Steven then brings Cherry to Garnet, who is seen teaching what looks like a yoga class to various Gems, such as Topaz, Zebra Jasper and Ruby. "Find your center, your very core. Remember - your body isn't just a projection of light, but also a reflection of your inner soul."
Steven starts standing upside-down, "Garnet teaches, uhh... All sorts of stuff!"
Pearl is seen teaching some Gems too, such as Snowflake Obsidian, Larimar and Orange Spodumene, as she speaks on her cellphone. "Hello? Pearl speaking."
It was at that time that Holo-Pearl showed up. "This is Holo-Pearl."
"Oh hi, Holo-Pearl." said the real Pearl to her holographic double. "To what do I owe the pleasure of your calling?"
"Just calling to see how you are."
Holo-Pearl then instantly disappears, and its phone drops onto the ground. "And that's an example of the use of the human short-range telecommunications device, called a cell phone."
Steven showed Cherry what it meant. "Pearl will teach you all about human technology."
Cherry raised her eyebrow. "Whose Pearl is that?"
Steven then relayed to her. "Mm, that- that's not how things work here; nobody belongs to anybody." he said to her. "On Earth, you can decide for yourself what you want to do."
"Really? How?" asked Cherry.
Lastly, Steven brings Cherry Quartz to attend Amethyst's class, where Ocean Jasper, Biggs Jasper and Onion are gathered.
Steven continued to show Cherry around and she smiled at him a little bit. It was then that Steven showed Cherry what was behind the door, "And here is your bedroom." She looked around it.
"Wow, I love it!"
"I'm glad to hear that, Cherry." said Steven. "You can trick it out with any decorations you brought from the Gems original home."
"Really?" asked Cherry, she then brought out a few things out of her gem stone on her person. "Well this is all I got from that place, but that's not really my home anymore." she said to him. "The one who turned us evil has a zero tolerance policy for Gem girls gone good. Guess that makes me a stray, like a few others I know."
"Oh, really?"
Cherry nodded, "Yes." She then decided to unpack and decorate the room a little bit; she even had a picture of her and her gal pals and the boys she met as well. "But, maybe with time, I can find where I fit in."
"That's the spirit!" Steven said, giving her a tender hug.
Cherry smiled at this and held him close to her. "Thanks Steven." she said.
"Any time, Cherry."
After they stopped hugging, they stopped by where Amethyst was at. Amethyst turned around and greeted Cherry. "Hello. I'm Professor Amethyst." she said. "Go on, take a seat wherever. I'll be teaching "How to Decide Stuff for Yourself 101"." and so the students all sat down. "Today's lesson is: there is no lesson." she added as she cast aside her glasses. "Just do whatever you want for an hour."
However, she then spots Steven turning to him. "Hey, Steven, you wanna grab some lunch?"
"Sure!" said Steven, as he and Amethyst begin to walk off, leaving a confused Cherry Quartz behind with the class and the students all decided to help her adjust to this place.
Meanwhile, Cheetor began running around the rugged landas he got ready to brave through the storm to plant the survey posts sprinting with great speed across the terrain.
He looks up to see the storm churning overhead, crackling with unbridled power. Cheetor slides to a stop, transforms briefly into Robot Mode, withdraws a puck from his internal carrier, and enlarges it as the puck telescopes to a full six feet.
Cheetor raises it over his head with both robotic hands, then spears it into the ground. The post glows, its tiny antennas twitching. Cheetor brushed his hands together and shouted "Beast Mode!"
Even as he transforms, a lightning bolt blasts the ground a few feet away, Cheetor thrown hard to the ground.
"Is that supposed to scare me!?" he yelled at the sky, as he rose painfully, shaking off the effect before The storm gave him a menacing reply by a loud crack of lightning. "Yup!" Cheetor loses all bravado and bolted out of the area and onto the next one. Lightning flashes across Cheetor as he transforms, raises another extended post above his head and stabs it into the ground.
Cheetor begins running across a plateau, as he inserts another post into the ground, the storm intensifying. In another area, a bolt of lightning splits the ground into a gaping crevice, a sprinting Cheetor headed right for it.
Cheetor's scanners detected something else. He leaps over the chasm. "WHOA!" Cheetor almost doesn't make it over the chasm and catches himself on the edge with one paw and draws himself back to the other side and continues running.
On Cheetor Transforms to robot mode, lightning blasting the ground at his heels as he extends the last post to full length just then, a massive bolt of lightning nails the cheetah Maximal. "Ahhhhh!" he yelled as the post was sent darting through the air like a javelin as it landed, sticking solidly into the ground, then activating, sparking Like crazy from the Lightning. The electricity surges into the ground, as Cheetor struggles toward it, sparking. That's when he notices that the ground beneath him starts glowing and pulsing from an energon deposit within.
Cheetor is stunned to see it showing the deposit is really a massive vein, traveling and pulsing far into the distance. "Uh oh. Energon! AND IT'S GONNA BLOW!"
Back at Steven's house, we see Rattrap wandering around and he sees Garnet coming back from teaching her class at Little Homeschool. He waved to her.
"Yo, Garnet, how's it going?" he asked.
"Just fine, Rattrap." said Garnet. "How have you been?"
"Eh, the usual," he replied. "Dis storm is doing a real bummer for the reception."
"Agreed," said the stoic Gem. "We'd best keep a close eye on it, just in case it becomes way too serious."
"You're telling me, Garnet." he said. "If this becomes an omega level storm, we'd better think of a plan to evacuate the population."
Garnet and Rattrap then went to the meteorology section of the Axalon and went over the data they had been accumulating as of late.
As they sifted through it, it came up with the readings of a regular hurricane, "So far, no change in the pattern that is worse yet. It looks like a regulated hurricane." said Garnet.
"Yeah, so far there's no change," said Rattrap.
"But I wonder if Steven and Optimus have an idea for a shelter." wondered Garnet.
Her and Rattrap both thought this over and began to think they could approve of it.
Little did they know, back outside, Cheetor was still engulfed in the Energon storm. He desperately tried to pull out the survey post, but it was no use, the post was glowing brightly, giving him electrical shocks at every touch. "Yeeeouch!" he yelped at this. "Ouch ouch ouch!" The storm cracks, buckles and sparks right above him. It almost cracked like a gun.
Inside the Predacon Ship, we see Terrorsaur who was just standing idly by while he heard the lightning flashing and he was inside the Base Communications Room. The interior of the Darksyde is mostly floorless in its main section. There are walls and hatches descending from the ceiling but they lower toward volcanic depths. Other parts of the ship, and several tunnels beneath it, are more normal in structure.
He gets a look at it, which shows a glowing blip. TERRORSAUR (BEAST MODE) , on one of the suspended platforms, moves into FG to inspect. "Say, perhaps, by chance an intruder?" he asked himself. The lightning continued to crack outside, which showed up on the scanner as a thousand points of light in the vicinity.
Terrorsaur then shows a look of disappointment, "Awww, slag! Just storm interference. Shoulda known no Maximal 'd be stupid enough to try anything on a day like this." he said to himself, as he attempts to adjust the scanner.
Outside the base, near the volcano, Cheetor sneers at the stubborn survey post, rubbing his hands together in readiness. "Okay, so you wanna play rough, eh?" he asked the post as he attacked it, ignoring the fact that jolts of energy surge through his body. He starts to glow and he struggles and strains to get the stubborn post out as three lightning bolts converge on him, blasting him with full fury. Suddenly *FLASWOOSH* Cheetor vanishes from the area.
"WHAT THE SLAG!?" yelled Terrorsaur, as he has both claws on the scanner's controls when a sudden power surge blasts him back from the console to land on his butt on the moving platform. "Yahhhh! Oof!" he screeched.
The smoke clears, revealing Cheetor standing there on the console, looking bewildered. "Whoa, what's new, pussycat? Did I get fried? Is this…" he wondered, as he looked around and heard a maniacal laughter.
He turned around to see Terrorsaur, "Welcome to the Darksyde….Terrorsaur...TERRORIZE!" he screeched and changed into robot mode.
"I don't know how I got here, but I won't let you scrap me, Pred!" said Cheetor, getting his gun out and pointing it at Terrorsaur.
*FOOM* Terrorsaur fires his Plasma Rifle Cheetor leaping away from the console just in time, the blast burning a hole in it and lands on another moving platform in a crouch, Cheetor then returns firing with his Quasar Cannon, then swerves the platform away.
Terrorsaur twists sideways, the cannon blast sizzling by him by mere inches , as he fired his rifle again. Cheetor is hit in mid-air, sending him flipping through the air. But he grabs the edge of the platform just in time. He then turns and sees Terrorsaur moving his platform in a menacingly evil manner. "I heard you were fast, kitty. You don' t seem so swift to me."
Cheetor snarled, "Yeah? Just wait till I get in SHAPE!" he yelled back at him. "BEAST MODE!" he hurls himself upward, TRANSFORMING into BEAST MODE as he does so. He slams right into Terrorsaur, knocking him flying back into the communications console. Suddenly, a power surge lashes out and zaps Terrorsaur out of the base into a spot near the lava pit, badly damaged.
Cheetor took a look at the console and was gawking in shock, "Whoa... Cool." he transforms back into robot mode and he turns the platform toward the door. However, Waspinator and Tarantulas were also on another bunch of hovering platforms, coming towards him. "Uh oh!" said the cheetah Maximal.
"Tarantulas, TERRORIZE!" he transformed into robot mode as he cackled evilly.
"Wazzpinator...TERRORIZE!" Waspinator buzzed as he went into robot mode.
They shift to ROBOT MODE and fire weapons at Cheetor as he swerves his platform away just in time, banking off a console, then a wall, laser fire trailing him. As Cheetor rebounds off of it, some laser fire follows him, hitting the screen, leaving a smoking hole. "Whoa!" he said, as he crouches, then leaps through the now open vent, his voice echoing back. "Yeah! Thanks for showin' me the way out, lamers!"
They both zoomed in to see the mistake they had made, "He's gone into the vents! We better stop him before Megatron comes back!" said Tarantulas.
"But how, cat-bot is too quick on foot!" said Waspinator.
Tarantulas then said, "So, we'll try to anticipate where he'll be next!" Waspinator agreed to that and they decided to set a trap for Cheetor.
The storm bears down hard at the Maximal base, where Rattrap and Garnet as they also heard a kaboom. However, they also noticed that one of the consoles was surging with electricity. Garnet touched it and was zapped.
"Ouch!" she said.
"WHOA!" Rattrap shouted, "How did that happen?"
"I do not know, but whatever it is, we might want to figure this out.
"Perhaps I can assist with that." said a voice coming from behind them. It was Dinobot, who transformed into robot mode, but his head was spinning until he stopped it.
"Chopper face, what's been with you lately?" asked Rattrap.
"I was meditating. However, this storm disrupted it." replied Dinobot. He then placed something he brought with him onto the console and *ZAP* it was transported elsewhere. "Could it be that an accident of technology and nature has actually created a...transporter?"
"Transporter?" asked Garnet, wondering what that could have ment. "How can that be?"
"What the hell were you doing with a transporter?" Rattrap asked.
"We didn't build it, something must have caused the Axalon to connect with some other place." stated Garnet.
"Indeed," said Dinobot. "I do have a deduction as to where it could lead, but I will need to perfect this deduction."
Rattrap and Garnet both nodded and decided that it would be a good idea to do so. "Do what you can, Chopper face." said Rattrap, "We'd better get to building the emergency shelter for Beach City, just in case the hurricane hits badly."
"At once!" said Garnet, as the two of them raced off to build the shelter, leaving Dinobot to investigate his own deduction.
Meanwhile, Steven was on the outskirts of the city before the hurricane would hit and he walked through the forest, looking for something to use at Little Homeschool, but found nothing. Some time later, Steven walks up into the woods at the outskirts of Beach City alone. He then comes across a clearing in the woods, with a rock cave with a drapery entrance, devoid of trees, plants and animals in its surroundings. Steven attempts to take a step forward, when someone yells out to her.
"Hold it!" said a female voice.
Steven looks around and notices a cloaked figure on top of the cave. The figure takes off the cloak, revealing it to be Jasper, and she glares down at Steven.
Jasper groaned in annoyance. "Ugh! What do you want now, Steven?!"
Steven then said, "Jasper... I just want to talk!"
Jasper scoffs and jumps down, landing in front of Steven. "So, umm... how's it going? I know it's been a while since we last, uh, talked…"
"Things are fine." Jasper glares to the side.
This startled Steven as he notices a beetle entering the clearing. "Aww, it's a cute little-" Without hesitation, Jasper stomps her foot on the bug, to Steven's horror. "Why did you do that?!"
Jasper sneered at him. "Any Earthling that invades my space gets crushed. Took forever to yank those puny green Earthlings out of the ground."
Steven raised an eyebrow "You mean grass?"
"I don't know their names!" he shrugged.
Steven then looked around and saw several rocks in the surrounding area. "So what's with the rocks?"
"Training." said Jasper, as he grabs a giant boulder in one hand and hurls it on top of a pile of rocks in front of the cave.
"Oh, I thought maybe- Uh!" Jasper walks past Steven, intentionally bumping into him. "-Maybe you were getting into art? That pile really complements the decor."
Unamused, Jasper kicks the rock pile, causing a rock to roll towards Steven, who inches aside to dodge it.
"Okay. What are you even training for? There's no one left to fight."
Jasper shot back at him, "There's always someone to fight!" she yelled. "There's just no one left worth fighting against."
This made Steven a little stunned, "In that case, maybe you could come join us at Little Homeschool?"
But, Jasper said, "No."
Steven complained, "Come on. We're all learning and growing together." Jasper snorts in disinterest, making him nervous a little, "An-And you could be a part of that."
"Sounds dumb." she sneered.
Steven then tried something else. However, little did they know, Megatron and Scorponok were making their rounds, looking for Gems to get samples of DNA from for Tarantulas' experiment. "You know, half those Gems are soldiers who fought by your side before they were corrupted and turned into monsters. They're lost and confused and still a little messed up, but they're getting the help they need."
"Did you hear that, Scorponok?" asked Megatron to his drone.
"I heard it, Lord Megatron." Scorponok replied.
They turned their heads to figure it out, "It's coming from over there." said the Predacon leader.
Jasper shrugged it off. "So? Who gives a damn?"
Steven was now starting to get angry, "I do! And if I didn't care, you'd still be a monster too!"
This made Jasper scoff, "And what? Now I owe you?"
"No!" Steven yelled.
Jasper then turned her head, and stomped, "You think because you did something I never asked for, I'm going to obey you?"
Steven began defending what he was trying to say. "No! That's not-"
But Jasper cut him off, "Like all the other Gems you used."
This outright stubbornness made Steven groan in a frustrated way. "ARRGGGHHH!" he screamed. "I only came here because I felt bad for you, but all of this is your own fault!" she yelled at Jasper. "All the other Gems were corrupted by the Diamonds, but- but you corrupted yourself just to win a fight, which you lost, to me!" he denoted. "No one's making you stay here all alone in the middle of nowhere ready to fight a war that's been over for years! Are you just gonna sit here for centuries waiting for someone to give you a purpose?! Because I'm TRYING to give you one!"
Jasper refused to listen and punched Steven right in the face, before grabbing him by the throat. "Listen, weakling! You might have Pink Diamond's gem, but you are not my Diamond!" she presses her finger on Steven's forehead pointing out Steven's mother. "And I am not going to take orders from some weak, sappy, useless piece of trash!" she insulted Steven. "If you think you're hard enough to tell me what to do, then fight me and prove it." Jasper sneered as she walked off.
Steven was hurt inside, but he clenched his fist and decided he had enough. "Fine!"
Jasper pauses, and turns around in a curious way. "...Really?!" Steven nodded as he took on a fighting stance. "Huh, well then! Why don't you throw the first punch?" Jasper beckons tauntingly at Steven, and he punches her in her arm, knocking her back a short distance. All revved up, Jasper laughs menacingly and charges at Steven.
Little did they know, Megatron and Scorponok were watching the whole thing. "Well, well, well, isn't this a surprise. It seems this Jasper gem doesn't want Steven's help because he is not Pink Diamond." said Megatron
"Hardly a reason not to let him help her, my lord." said Scorponok.
"True, yessss." Megatron said back to him. "However, Jasper sounds like she could be an ally to the Predacon forces." he thought it over. "The moment this battle reaches its climax, we will recruit Jasper."
"What if Jasper doesn't want to join us?" Scorponok asked, "What then, Lord Megatron?"
Megatron added. "Then, we will eliminate her. Permanently!"
Back at the Predacon base, the storm continues to rage overhead, while inside, Cheetor was still running through the air vents, trying to outwit Waspinator and Tarantulas. But so far, he has not been having any luck.
Tarantulas was getting frustrated, "This cat is quick on his paws."
"Lord Megatron will not like this if the cat-bot continues to persist!" Waspinator began scanning the vents, but he was eluding his sensors.
In Beast mode, Cheetor scrambles through the ventilation system, laser fire from below blasting holes in the ducting behind him, as he was panting. Waspinator drifts above the volcanic "floor" on his platform, searing holes through the ventilation ducts with his quasar rifle.
The vents have an intersection, Cheetor clawing himself around a corner. He began straining, panting and struggling, till he decided to keep on running through the vents. However, it goes to an opening area below showing Waspinator stops at the intersection of the vents above, revealing Tarantulas not far away, also scanning the vents from his platform to the inside of the ceiling showing Cheetor's glowing thermal emission moving toward him.
"Aha! I have him!" he said, aiming his weapon at the Maximal.
"Wazzpinator got him too!" said Waspinator as he fired his gun at the vents.
As Cheetor kept zooming through the vent, Tarantulas then used one of the Cyberbees he borrowed from Scorponok and launched it into Cheetor's path. While in the very same direction, Waspinator was blasting nonstop to hit Cheetor. The CyberBee BUZZES down the narrow ducting right toward Cheetor who backpedals to a stop. A glance behind him confirms the relentless approach of Waspinator's quasar rifle.
"Shredded or sizzled, what a choice!" he muttered to himself.
As both the CyberBee and rifle blasts close in, Cheetor quickly reverses course and sprints past the lasers, one singing his tail, scooting him faster. The lasers hit the CyberBee, detonating it. The explosion rips out the ceiling, spinning Waspinator and Tarantulas at the same time, away on their platforms.
"A fireball roars through the duct toward a running Cheetor , who looks nervously back at it. "Cheetor MAXIMIZE!" Cheetor shifts into his robot mode on the run just as the fireball catches up to him, propelling him forward! "Yeeeoooowwww BULLET TRAAAAAAAIN!" he yelled and then, *WHOOSH* Cheetor zips through the ducting at high velocity into the nearby console as a thunderous roar precedes Cheetor exploding out of it in a flash of flame. "Whoooaaaaa! Ooof!" he crashes into the wall as he tumbles to a sudden stop against the console dazed. "Comin' through."
He then felt a twang happen to part of his head and it was out of place.
Back at the Maximal base, Rattrap and Garnet walked with Dinobot around the hall where they saw these thing that looked like escape capsules, but Rattrap put a used oil can into a small chamber marked with a "trash can" symbol, then hits a control pad on the corridor wall, causing a door with a window to slam shut. Then he pressed the jettison button released from the ship and put it in the container outside so that no pollution would happen in Beach City, and they spotted Amethyst polishing one of them.
"Amethyst, are you polishing these?" asked Garnet.
"Yeah, just got done polishing this one." replied Amethyst. Just then, they heard a loud sound, *KABLOTTOW!* The sound was loud enough to shake the ground in the area. "What was that!?"
"An earthquake?" asked Dinobot.
Rattrap replied, "We ain't near any fault lines."
Amethyst then looked out the window and spotted it, "It's coming from the woods, Steven told me he was on his way back, but looks as though he got lost."
"Lost? Well, I hope he can find a way out, this storm is getting tense." said Rattap, "I can feel it in my nuts and bolts."
"Indeed." said Dinobot., "I'll devise a way to improve security around this shelter that is being made for the people of this city, to make sure no one tries to break in. You three go over this." he handed them a datapad he had on him prior to meeting up with Rattrap and Garnet.
"Gotcha." said Amethyst as she went with Garnet and Rattrap to go over it.
And just as Dinobot begins thinking, he is startled and then sees Optimus as he comes around the corner into the corridor. "Dinobot! The survey posts are missing, as is Cheetor." he said, feeling frustrated. "Do you know anything about it?
Dinobot considers his response carefully, knowing that he should not lie. "Ahh, So that's what he was doing out there." he said, realizing the severity of this.
Optimus was confused, "What are you talking about?" he asked.
"I overheard a Predacon communication beacon," he said. "A Lightning Bolt came crashing and made an accurate strike on the survey posts, which has had the unexpected result of transporting Cheetor into the Predacon base." he stated. "However, he seems to have gone into hiding to make sure Megatron does not find him."
Optimus felt his rage building up. "OH NO!"
It was at that moment that Dinobot began to reassure him, "But take heart in the fact that, through the cat's rebellious actions, we have been furnished with a way to bring him back to the base." he said to him.
"How?" wondered Optimus.
"Somehow, the survey posts, the storm, and the Energon deposits in the area have all conspired to create a transporter, which connects our com-room to theirs," said Dinobot. "We can beam one of our allies right into the heart of Megatron's lair."
Optimus frowned, but he then began considering Dinobot' s proposal but then Pearl rushed into the hallway. "OPTIMUS!" she yelled in fright. "There you are!"
"What is it Pearl?" he asked calmly.
"I tried to call Steven, but he's in a fight with a rogue Gem, Jasper!"
This made them gasp and so Optimus raced off, "I'll consider your idea Dinobot. But in the meantime, I gotta help Steven!" he said.
"Very well, sir!" Dinobot agreed with that.
Optimus ran into the main hold and spotted the surging electricity but could not stop worrying about that right now, "Optimus Primal….MAXIMIZE!" he then roared as he switched into robot mode and the roof hatch opened up to allow him to leave, "Prime Jets….ON!" he jumped into the air and took off into the sky.
Steven quickly summons his bubble shield and Jasper punches him away, sending him rolling into the woods. Steven begins rolling away from Jasper, who chases after and attempts to punch him. She then delivers a kick, knocking Steven into a tree, which causes a bird nest to fall off a branch. "No, no, no, no! Babies!" he exclaimed, Steven catches the bird nest and uses it to catch the falling baby birds. He then bubbles the nest and throws it into the bush, putting it out of harm's way. "Touchdown!"
Jasper quickly approaches, and Steven summons his shield to block her attacks, which knocks him off his feet. "Stop trying to help those tiny flapping bird-things, and fight me!"
Steven raged, "NEVER!" he yelled at her. "I'll never stop trying to help them! Or you!"
Jasper would not listen to him and kicks Steven's shield away, causing it to dissipate as it hits a tree. "I don't need your help!" She yelled, as stomps on Steven "You're the one that needs help." She bullied him around. "You think you've beaten me, but you've never beaten me on your own. You've always been a fusion!" she berated. "You've always had your FRIENDS! Because you're NOTHING without them! You think everyone needs help!"
Never in all his years had Steven been so bullied, he was so upset he began tearing up "I- I just…"
Jasper then said, "NO, I DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT, YOU DUMBASS LOSER!" she shouted, hitting Steven so bad he was bleeding. "But it's only you. No one is as pitiful as you, you damn shithead!" Jasper then began punching him in the jaw multiple times. "YOU! ARE! NOTHING! ADMIT IT, YOU ARE A LOSER!"
Shaken by Jasper's words, he was about to retaliate but then, Jasper kicked Steven in the ribs. "Why won't you let me help you!?" he raged.
"BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE YOU! I HATE YOU STEVEN UNIVERSE, JUST DIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" Jasper yelled, getting ready to stab Steven, but then was shot by a gun and it shot her right in the chest.
*BOOM!*
"THAT'S ENOUGH!" a male voice yelled, revealing it to be Optimus.
Steven looked up, even though tears were flowing down his face. "Optimus!" he said, feeling happy to see him. "Sorry for being out so late."
"No need to apologize Steven." said Optimus, reassuring him. "Pearl told me you were in trouble." he then turned around and confronted Jasper. "Jasper I presume."
"Yes." Jasper said dryly. "Who the hell are you?"
"I am Optimus Primal, commander of the Maximals of planet Cybertron," he said. "And I don't take too kindly to those who attack my allies."
Jasper was wide-eyed in shock about this, "YOU'RE A TRANSFORMER?!" He demanded.
"That's right."
This made Jasper gasp in shock, he had heard that the Transformers did exist. "Maximals, I've never heard of your kind. I thought you were an…."
"Autobot?" asked Optimus. "They were our ancestors who fought against the Decepticons during the Great War."
Jasper was in awe, but at the same time, "Your….Ancestors? Following in their footsteps, eh?" he wondered, getting a nod for Optimus. "I wasn't expecting that."
"You also should not be a juvenile rogue when someone just wants to help you!" said Optimus in a stern manner. But then, he turned to Steven. "Steven, listen. The world is often cruel to people who want to do something good, you can't always help people when they don't want it." Steven looked a little down about it, "But look, if you want to show Jasper he's wrong, don't kill him. You'll be just as bad as he is."
Steven looked up at Optimus and knew that he was right. "Alright, I'll do Optimus." he said. Just then, a pink glow suddenly envelops Steven. Manifesting this new power, Steven pushes back against Jasper's stomp with great strength, knocking her into the air. "Whoa." he said, examining his pink state. "What?" It was at that moment that Steven summons a bubble glove on his hand and charges at Jasper. "I'm... not... pitiful!" Steven charges at Jasper and punches her hard enough to send her flying through the woods, felling many trees in her path with unprecedented strength.
Despite that, Jasper chuckles in amusement, as Steven approaches. "Ha, not bad." she said. Jasper and Steven continue their brawl, with Steven getting the upper hand. Jasper charges at Steven with a spin-dash, and he catches her easily in his hand. "Nice catch."
Steven threw out a taunt of his own, "You should see my throw!" He throws Jasper up in the sky and jumps after her, unleashing a flurry of air lunge attacks at her, while she continues to laugh in amusement. "STOP YOUR LAUGHING!" he yelled, as he punched Jasper downwards, slamming her into the ground and causing a humanoid-shaped crater. Steven gasps in shock as he slowly descends down to the ground, and his pink power slowly fades away, returning him back to normal. "...Jasper!" he cried out.
Jasper, seemingly unharmed, easily picks herself off the ground and shakes the dust off of her. "Hmph. I didn't think you had it in you."
Steven said to her, "I don't." he said, "Don't EVER anger me like that again, damnit." he warned her. "I'm sorry, but you made me do it when you insulted me like that."
Jasper shrugged it off, "Ugh... Don't apologize." she rolls her eyes.
Steven then felt a little bit of regret, "I... think I had you all wrong." he said. "Maybe, you don't have something to learn from me. Maybe, I have something to learn from you."
Confused, Jasper raises an eyebrow. "What'cha mean?"
And so, Steven asked, "Would you ever be interested in teaching?"
Jasper scoffed, "Tssh! At your crummy little school?"
"No, just me," he replied. "You brought something out of me I didn't know I had."
Jasper walks up to Steven, places her hand on his shoulder, and kneels down to him. "Look, I have no interest in teaching anyone. I don't want to go to your school either, all I want is to be alone right now. So, go away!" she urged as she walked off in frustration.
Steven had that sad look on his face as Optimus went back into Beast Mode and patted Steven on the back, "You did all you could." he reassured.
"I know, Optimus, but I wish I could have reasoned with her," he sighed.
Optimus then saw how badly the storm was getting, "Don't worry about it right now." he said. "There's something you should know. Cheetor was running in the storm, laying out the survey posts when I told him to abort the mission."
Steven was now shocked to hear that. "WHAT!? ALL ALONE!?"
Optimus nodded, "Yes, and his latest planting of one of the posts created a transporter linking our comm room to the comm room in the Predacon base."
"Oh man, this is bad!" he shouted in horror. "What are we gonna do?!"
Optimus then thought of something, "Not we, you. I have an idea, but I'm going to need you to implement it."
Steven had a look of determination in his eyes, "What do you want me to do?"
Little did the two of them know was that while Optimus was planning his idea for Steven, both Megatron and Scorponok spotted Jasper
"There she is, my lord!" Scorponok said.
Jasper turned around and saw a giant Scorpion and a T-Rex right in front of her, "What the hell!? A human-sized Scorpion and an actual Tyrannosaurus Rex?!" she bellowed in shock, "I thought the Dinosaurs were extinct!"
"Megatron, TERRORIZE!" It was at that moment that Megatron went from T-Rex to robot mode.
"Scorponok, TERRORIZE!" Scorponok did the same thing and had his tail at the ready.
Jasper stood her ground, "WHAT THE?! You both are also Transformers!?"
"Yes, I am Megatron, leader of the Predacons." Megatron said, introducing himself.
Jasper heard the name before, "You named yourself after the leader of the Decepticons? And consider him your namesake?"
Megatron was already impressed with Jasper's intelligence "Indeed so. And this right here, is my second in command, Scorponok." he said, "Jasper, since you want someone to fight, why not fight Steven and join us?"
Jasper was taken aback by the offer, "What?"
"Think it over." said Scorponok, relaying it to her. "You did call him useless and why not further doing that?"
Jasper thought it over and then wondered. "Why would I wanna join you?" she demanded.
"Well think about it like this, you'll have a lot of power, so why not put it to use?" asked Scorponok.
Jasper had thought about that before and though she hated to admit it, there was no one else for her to fight.
"And of course you have the potential to fight, and we can give you a purpose to use it." said Megatron, being the benevolent-ish dictator he was.
Jasper then decided, "Hmmm, alright, as long as I get to fight Steven again."
"Oh, believe me, you shall." said Megatron, "Yesssssss!"
Meanwhile, back at the Predacon Base in the Environmental Analysis Area, Tarantulas and Waspinator continue to search for Cheetor, but he manages to avoid them, while outside the base, Steven found an air vent when Optimus dropped him off they and they would have to find their own way back.
Steven began to crawl through the vents and managed to avoid detection and managed to knock on the vent, Cheetor armed his blaster and out of the vent he came, "Cheetor!"
"Steven? What are you doing here?" he asked. "I thought you were at Little Homeschool?"
"I was, but then I got in a fight with Jasper, the rogue Gem I told you about." Steven told him. "He even tried to kill me when I just wanted to show him that fighting is not always the answer." he continued, "Then Optimus showed up and shot Jasper in the shoulder. He found out about what you were doing. And so did Dinobot."
Cheetor gasped in shock at this. "What!? How did Dinobot figure this out?" he asked.
"It seems the storm, the survey posts and the Energon deposit you found had all conspired to make a transporter that connected the Axalon's comm room to the one here." he said. "Optimus sent me to bring you back to the base."
At first, Cheetor felt defeated to know that Optimus found out what he was doing. "Ah damn, Big Bot is gonna have my tail in a grave." he said.
"What on earth are you doing in the Predacon base of all place's?" Steven asked, wanting to know.
Cheetor sighed and said, "I ended up here by accident when I got caught in the lightning storm that zapped the Survey Post that ignited an Energon quake." he said, relaying what had happened. "I had already shot Terrorsaur out of her, but Tarantulas and Waspinator are hunting for me."
Steven was worried for his friend, but then sees the two Predacons in question, in their robot modes, as they are seen moving their platforms past the area. Steven then hides with Cheetor, while seeing that he swiped a platform hidden behind some equipment. Once clear, the two move quickly to a computer console and enter in some commands.
"Well, as long as we're here, we might as well roll with it. Maybe finger some facts..." he said, as he continues typing. "...like copying their maps of surrounding energon deposits."
"Yeah, that would work," said Steven, as he saw the monitor where a grid—map appeared, revealing small, sporadic clumps of glowing Energon to highlight the Energon vein at the base of the Predacon volcano.
It was then that a glow from the monitor. Cheetor realizes something, "Hold it—hold it—hold it! Oh man…" he said in fright.
"What, what is it?" asked Steven.
"I think I see something I don't like." Cheetor replied. "Show Maximal perimeter grid-map! Add surrounding energon deposits!" he said, and so the computer responded. After the grid map appears, small glowing deposits fade in, particularly the glowing energon vein. It's clear that it showed something. Cheetor snarled, "Rrrowl! The same energon vein runs under both bases!" he added, making Steven gasp. "An explosion at either base would destroy Beach City and all of us with it!"
"That's not good." said Steven, but he also noticed that something else was going on. He clicked on an overview of Tarantulas' laboratory, "Oh man, it looks like Tarantulas was working on something." to his horror, Steven looked at what it was and it shocked him
"By the Allspark!" said Cheetor.
"Tarantulas has gotten some Gems and is making Gem Predacons to use in battle as Megatron's troops!" said Steven, as he was frightened. "Make a copy!" he said, making the copy of the data and it appeared in the form of a disc card. "We gotta warn Optimus!" he said.
"Yeah, but first, let's get this to them," said Cheetor.
"There he is!" said a male voice. Cheetor whirls, reacting to Tarantulas and Waspinator sneaking up behind him and they see Steven, "WHAT!? Steven Universe, how did you get in here!?"
"The vents, I got in from outside the place!" Steven then got out his sword and shield and began fighting Tarantulas and tripped Waspinator, prompting Cheetor to punch Waspinator in the face multiple times, making it vibrate and causing him to blibber goofily.
Tarantulas began whipping another CyberBee he stole from Scorponok out and launched it at Cheetor, but he swerved his platform, but the CyberBee followed him around. Cheetor swings the platform in a fast circle, the CyberBee following and grabs Steven and they get out of the way. Waspinator and Tarantulas attempt to move their platforms to intercept, Tarantulas snaps his claws and then fires laser blasts from his Spider legs.
But, each one of them missed as Steven made his shield bigger. However, Tarantulas panicked, "Get out of the way, you-AAAAGH!"
Cheetor zips right by on his platform between them just as Waspinator and Tarantulas CRASH their platforms together and the CyberBee following Cheetor SLAMS comically into them. *RABAMM*
The impact sends both Predacons crashing down to the floor in agony.
Meanwhile, at the Axalon's comm room, we see Garnet geared up for a fight, she volunteered to do this sort of thing.
Optimus raced inside and saw that Garnet was heading off. "Garnet, are you certain you can get Cheetor and Steven out of there?" he asked.
"I will do my best to do so, Optimus." said Garnet, telling him that she will do what she can.
Optimus sighed a little bit, but then allowed her to do so. "Proceed, and godspeed."
And in a flash of light Garnet made her way into the Predacon base using the transporter on the console.
'She is very willing to help others, and cares deeply for her allies.' Dinobot thought.
"That takes care of those two." said Steven, as he and Cheetor streaked their platform in. He goes directly to the console, tossing the disk onto it, and then raises his hands, preparing to activate.
"Okay! Let's take this kitty and his friend home!"
But before he can touch it, the console surges with energy, sparks O flying, then - FLASH - the disk card vanishes and they were about to get on next, but then someone fired a gun at them, it was Terrorsaur.
"Freeze, freckles! You're not going anywhere!" he taunted, but then.
Steven and Cheetor both turned around to see something come out of the console, it was Garnet who began to fight Terrorsaur.
Back at the Maximal Base, Optimus is lifting the still-steaming high-tech disk from the console.
"What is it?"
Optimus replied, "A data disk." as he sniffs it with sensitive ape nostrils. "And it has Cheetor's scent!" He turns, shoving the disk into the console's slot. "Play this! Now!"
And it began to show them what Cheetor had found. They gasped in shock when they saw what it was. "What the? the Energon Vein runs under both of our bases?" he asked himself.
"So an explosion at either would wipe out the entire city!" said Dinobot.
Optimus nodded, "Yes, we can't afford that to happen."
Back at the Predacon base, Garnet kept fighting against Terrorsaur while Cheetor and Steven watched.
"Yeah! Rip him a new one, Garnet!" Steven cheered.
"AAAACK!" Terrorsaur squawked as Garnet kicked him in the midsection.
Terrorsaur then shoved Garnet off of him and she landed on a platform, Terrorsaur got out his other guns, which were mounted on his shoulders and fired them at her, injuring her shoulder.
"HAHAHAHAHAHA!" Terrorsaur laughed evilly.
Steven saw this and raged out, "YOU BASTARD! I'M GONNA DISMANTLE YOU!" he shouted, jumping into the air and the very same thing that happened during his battle with Jasper happened again. He then decided to jump and kick Terrorsaur in the head and then do a rapid fire punch. "Take that. ORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORA….ORA!" he shouted as he punched Terrorsaur over a thousand times, making several dents in his faceplate.
Cheetor and Garnet were bewildered by this.
"Whoa, talk about maximum power," said Cheetor.
Garnet nodded too, "Indeed."
Terrorsaur was then knocked down and slipped to the floor, Tarantulas got back up and was about to corner them.
"DIE MAXIMALS!" said Tarantulas, as he aimed his weapon, but not before Steven shot something that made the knocked out Terrorsaur launch into the air and not know when he would come down.
Cheetor then taunted Tarantulas. "Sorry, this cat's gonna scat!"
Just as Tarantulas got back up, Cheetor, Steven and Garnet leapt onto the console and FLASH, they vanished. Tarantulas shrieks, Terrorsaur lands on a broken console with a thud. "Ahh slag!"
As Cheetor, Steven and Garnet's impulses pass along them, one by one, the survey posts overload behind him and blow up.
The next moment in the Maximal Comm Room, Cheetor, Steven and Garnet materialize in a swarm of electric discharge. He looks up to see Optimus and Dinobot staring at them in surprise. The holo image of the deadly Energon vein is displayed behind them.
"Hiya, cats! Miss us?" said Cheetor.
Back at the Predacon Base, Megatron and Scorponok had returned from their outing and brought Jasper with them. "What happened here?!" asked Scorponok.
"A Maximal was caught in the storm and ended up getting transported into our base!" Terrorsaur said in a panic.
"We believe it was the one called Cheetor." stated Tarantulas.
Megatron was bewildered, "WHAT!?" he roared. "That's impossible! How could he have gotten in here?"
"The storm and these Survey Posts had conspired with an Energon deposit that created a transporter that linked our comm room to the Maximal's. However, we have destroyed it." said Tarantulas.
"Would be easier if that boy, Steven Univerzzze hadn't shown up," said Waspinator.
"WHAT?" Megatron said in curiosity.
"It's true, Lord Megatron," said Terrorsaur.
Scorponok was confused "How did he get in here?" he asked.
"Got in through the vents." said Terrorsaur, relaying it all. "I saw him jump into them when I was recovering from the blast I took."
"Then one of Steven's gem pals, Garnet, showed up out of nowhere and started wanking Terrorsaur and then went after us."
"I didn't expect that to happen?" said Scorponok.
"And just before we could finish them off, they used the transporter to get back to the base." said Tarantulas, "Plus, they figured out my plans for the Gem Predacons!" he added in fright.
"Which means, the Maximals know our plan! BLAST!" said Megatron in a bitter mood, as he stomped in a rage and roared loudly.
Jasper then scoffed a little, "And I thought I was the only one who had a problem with that guy." she said, as she heard Steven's name.
Tarantulas turned his head, "Lord Megatron, who is this?"
"Everyone, meet our new ally, Jasper." Megatron introduced Jasper to his subordinates. "He has agreed to join us in fighting against the Maximals and Steven Universe himself."
Jasper nodded, "You must be Waspinator, Tarantulas and Terrorsaur." she pointed out.
"Yessssss." said Tarantulas. "Well, Jasper, I have no doubt you will prove to be invaluable to our cause."
Jasper nodded. "So, where can I move in, Lord Megatron." she asked Megatron and he escorted her into her own room.
Later that day, the storm had cleared up, albeit still cloudy, and they all compared notes. Cheetor basks in the glory of heroism, Rhinox giving him a hearty pat on the back next to Rattrap. "Hey, Cheetor. We got your disk. You saved us from killing ourselves, son. Thanks." said Rhinox.
Rattrap nodded, "Yeah! Ya may have stepped in it, kid, but ya came out smelling' like a rose."
This made Cheetor start preening "All part of being' perfect." he said.
Steven then sighed again, "Even so, that fight with Jasper, brutal." he attested. "But then again, nobody's perfect."
"Agreed, Cheetor, you may have disobeyed my orders, but if you hadn't, we never would have found out about the Energon vein and about Tarantulas' plan to make Gem Predacons." said Optimus, and Cheetor still felt down.
Garnet, Amethyst and Pearl all gasped in shock when they heard that. "How dare they pervert Gems into their own kind!?" demanded Amethyst.
"I'm startled by that too." said Optimus. "Cheetor, I know that you disobeyed a direct order from me." he said very sternly, making Cheetor look sad. "But, I suppose if you hadn't, we never would have found out what Megatron's plan to make Gem Predacons was. And for that, I am grateful." he said. "But don't do something crazy like that again," he urged.
"Very well, I won't." he sighed a little bit, "Until the next time." He said as he raced around the building, making everyone laugh.
Pearl giggled a little bit at this, and Dinobot lowered his head at this, but smirked. Rattrap adns Steven both heard that and laughed along with Rhinox, Amethyst and Garnet.
Everybody laughed except for Dinobot, who just smirked. Optimus was trying to be stern about it, but he couldn't stop himself from laughing.
To Be Continued...
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Me: Well, there you have it folks. Another chapter successfully in the bag!
The Amazing Ghost Musician: Indeed! I never thought we would be able to mix two different plots into one chapter.
Me: Me neither, broski. It's a first in my opinion. In fact, I think I'll use the fight scene that was in this as inspiration for a scene in one of my own stories. Wouldn't you agree?
The Amazing Ghost Musician: That would be an interesting idea, I'm sure our fellow readers would wanna see something like that.
Me: Yeah. And I think I'll use it in a future chapter of The Mystifying Avengers, coming this month.
The Amazing Ghost Musician: Well that's gonna be awesome.
Me: I think it will be awesome-riffic!
The Amazing Ghost Musician: Anyway, I should be heading out right now. You wanna take us out?
Me: Sure. We hope you all like this chapter, so let us know what you think of it in the comment section down below.
The Amazing Ghost Musician: So until we meet again…
Both: SEE YA NEXT TIME!
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