Edit: Sorry I caught a big mistake sorry about that.
Chapter 11 Code of Hero
Dinobot stood at the top of a hill in his beast mode, overlooking a herd of antelopes. He was preparing to attack, when Rattrap slipped into his thoughts. Rattrap was right on so many different planes, but he would never admit it out loud. The exPredacon attempted to push his thoughts of his lover away. No. Former lover. And it still hurt.
That's when his comm. link came to life.
::Cheetor to anybody! Come in!::
Dinobot tapped the comm and spoke, "Speak feline."
::I'm teaching a solo lesson to Megatron and Rampage! Problem is they're quick learners and ahhh!:: The sound of explosions echoed through the comm.
Dinobot gave one last look to the herd, and then began to sprint toward Cheetor's signal. "Are you injured?"
After a short burst of static, Cheetor answered, ::I'm fine but someone's gotta follow up on Megatron.::
The raptor continued to accelerate, "Affirmative, you can consider it done."
It took the raptor a full cycle to reach the valley where Megatron was at. The warrior watched from a distance on the opposite side of the valley as Megatron pulled out the golden disk, the warrior flinched at the sight. He watched carefully as Rampage transformed into his beast mode. The crab aimed first at the Predacon warlord, and then to the mountain.
Protoform X fired his cannon, and the mountain top exploded. The warlord laughed evilly as the image of the mountain projected by the disk changed from the old mountain to the new topless one.
Dinobot stared in shock, "The future can be changed." He swallowed nervously.
"Burn this valley and destroy everything within it!" Megatron called out his orders and his Predacons surrounded the valley and began to destroy it.
The warrior stood, transformed, and then into the Axalon. "Dinobot to Optimus Primal. Code Red: Situation Extreme."
::Optimus here, Rattrap was already going after you. The rest of us are on our way! Fall back until we arrive.::
Dinobot inhaled deeply, he knew what he must do. He must stop Megatron, at whatever the cost. "Negative, Primal. The question that once haunted my very being has been answered. The future is not fixed, my choice are my own." The warrior drew his sword, "And yet, how ironic, for I find that I have no choice at all. I am a warrior, let the battle be joined." Dinobot charged into the flames of the burning valley.
. . . . .
"Fraggin' saurian!" Rattrap screamed. He had just received the message from Optimus. Dinobot was going against all the Predacons. Code Red Situation.
The transmetal rat sped as fast as he could to reach Dinobot. He needed to make so many apologizes to the raptor. Rattrap didn't want his last words to Dinobot to be words of hatred, he had to get there.
"No matter how soon I get dere, it's gonna be way too late! Dinobot against nine Preds! Dere won't be enough left him to make a toaster!"
Rattrap snuffed away tears and continued to tear through the terrain to reach Dinobot before it would be too late.
. . . . .
Razorgear paced the command center; she couldn't believe the situation Dinobot had gotten himself into. The Maximal crew, minus the two who were telling her to sit down, were going after the raptor. The femme refused and continued to pace.
"Really Gear, please sit down." Airazor motioned to a chair, "There's no need for this."
The young femme spun to face the older, "But Dinobot! He got mad at me, that's why he ran off!"
The white tiger looked up from his data pad, "You're not to blame, he has been acting strange since the incident involving the Golden Disk."
Razorgear glared at Tigatron, "Don't even go there." She hated that the Maximals though less of the warrior for that, but no one knew exactly why he did.
The white tiger looked back to his datapad without a response. Airazor smirked at the young mother-to-be, "Don't worry too much about Dinobot, he can always handle himself."
Razorgear rubbed her hand over her abdomen. "I know, I shouldn't have said those things to him though. I didn't mean it." SHe began to cry.
Airazor stood and wrapped her arms around Razorgear, "Shh, shhh. It'll be okay."
Razorgear knew otherwise, it wasn't going to end OK.
. . . . .
Dinobot fought furiously. He shot his optic lasers at Blackarachnia; she bombarded him back with missiles fired from her spider legs.
The warrior howled in pain, and he charged at her knocking the black widow to the ground. The femme was out for the count.
Slowly, Dinobot took out each of the Predacons. Just after he tore off Inferno's head, Quickstrike attacked the warrior from behind.
The warrior fell to the ground in pain, his sword slipped out of his hand and rolled out of his reach. The Predacon fuzor laughed, "Well, well, what do we have here. A useless traitor that what." The fuzor kicked the fallen warrior multiple times in his right side ribs. Laughing he asked, "What's a warrior without weapons, eh?"
"A warrior still!" With that Dinobot spun onto his back, kicked the Predacon fuzor to the ground, and then landed almost effortlessly back onto his feet. Then with a long sweep of his leg, Dinobot sent Quickstrike flying through the air.
The warrior let out a gasp of air as he clenched his side. The strong soldier was falling apart, battered, so much pain. He wasn't about to give up though. He could still stand, so then he could still fight.
"Hmmm, my ears are burning! Yeeessss! Why, Dinobot, what a delightful surprise!" Megatron stepped in front of Dinobot, with his powerful blaster prepped and ready to fire. "Let's see, where are we now?" The Warrlord carelessly tapped his blaster back and forth into his opposite hand. "I have the Golden Disk, I have the power to change the future, and the only remaining obstacle in my path to unimaginable glory . . . is yourself." Megatron smirked, then spat each word like a curse "Exhausted. Damaged beyond recovery. Defeated." Dinobot's only response was a long low growl at the warlord. "And there is something that I know I can finish you with." Megatron reached behind brush with his free hand and pulled out a struggling body.
Rattrap. Megatron's grip was tight around the rat's neck. The Maximal spy was battered just as bad as the warrior, though he had little fight left in his optics.
Dinobot's optics widen with fear, "No."
"Yesss." The transmetal Trex laughed, "You made a mistake leaving your people, you made a even bigger mistake leaving me. And you made the biggest mistake of your life by choosing this filthy rodent as your lover."
Dinobot breathed heavily, his optics never leaving Rattrap's struggling body. "What do you want?"
He laughed again, "I simply wish to return the favor."
By now Rattrap had stopped struggling and simply had his hands around the grip on his neck. The grip tighten before he was extented out closer to Dinobot. Rattrap's optics begged the warrior for help.
"Your spark or his?" Is all that Megatron asked.
Don't please. Rattrap mouthed the words to Dinobot. "Take mine." Dinobot answered without a second of hesitation.
Megatron straightened, "Ah yes, your spark it is."
"Release Rattrap first!" Dinobot yelled as he took a step toward the warlord.
The grip around Rattrap's neck tightened, "You said to take your spark, and I intend to." The raptor froze, all he could do was watch. "Oh Dinobot, you gave your spark away to this pathetic Maximal." The warlord lifted his cannon and then pointed it directly behind Rattrap. "Well, his lost spark will be in your servos."
The cannon fired and blasted through Rattrap's abdomen and chest. Megatron laughed as he tossed the rat's limp body in front of Dinobot's feet.
The warlord called out to the rest of his Predacons, ordering them to retreat.
Dinobot fell to his knees beside Rattrap, "Vermin!" He gently placed his clawed hands on the rat's shoulders. "Vermin, come on wake up!" No response, then Dinobot sobbed out, "Rattrap, please wake up!"
The Maximal spy's optics blinked dimly on. "Eh, Choppa' face." He took a short breath, then winced. "My chest hurts."
Looking to the smaller mech's chest, fear flooded the injured warrior. Rattrap's energon was leaking out of the massive hole in his chest. Immediately, Dinobot pressed his clawed hands over the wound in attempt to stop the loss of the Rattrap's life fluid. He screamed in pain at the pressure on his injury.
"Rattrap, please, just stay with me. Alright?"
The Maximal sky's optics dimmed, but they didn't pull away from the warrior's. "Yeah, okay. I'll try Choppa' face." His voice was barely audible. Rattrap gripped Dinobot's wrist, the grip had hardly any pressure to it.
Fear continued to race through Dinobot, Rattrap wasn't meant to die here. It shouldn't be Rattrap. Rattrap just can't, Dinobot won't let him. "Talk to me, Rattrap." The warrior's voice cracked, he attempted to hold back tears.
"I'm sorry Dinobot." Rattrap coughed out, "I didn't want us to end. Not like this either." Energon dripped from the small mech's mouth.
Shaking his head, Dinobot responded, "No, you're not going to leave me. Promise you won't leave me. Especially not today. Not after everything we've gone through."
Rattrap gave the warrior half hearted smile, "Ya' know I can't promise dat."
"I just need to hear you say it." Dinobot begged, "Please."
Rattrap accepted Dinobot's promise just as Optimus Primal, Cheetor, Silverbolt, and Rhinox arrived at the scene. Rhinox transformered out of his beast mode and ran to kneel beside Rattrap and Dinobot.
"What happened?!" The medic questioned the warrior as he stared at Rattrap's massive injury.
"Megatron," was all Dinobot could say without his voice going to static.
Rhinox turned and looked at Rattrap's pain filled face, "Rattrap, can you hear me?" The medic glanced back to Dinobot, "Has he woken up at all?"
The warrior nodded without moving his clawed hands from the gaping hole in his lover's chest. "Rattrap?" The rat's optics turned on and stared past the medic and straight to Dinobot. "How are you feeling?"
"Terrible."
Rhinox pulled out a hand held welder, "Dinobot, I have to close most of this off before we can even move him." The medic examined the injury more intensely. "And I need to make sure Rattrap stays awake. If he goes into stasis now, he might not ever come back online." Dinobot nodded. "Alright, now move. I need to get to work."
The warrior lifted his hands away from the open wound, one reached for the small mech's hand and the other held the side of Rattrap's face. "Vermin, this is all my fault."
"No it ain't. I'm tired, Choppa' face, So tired."
Gripping Rattrap's hand tighter, Dinobot brushed the side of Rattrap's face. "Rattrap, you cannot sleep now. You have to stay awake."
The injured Maximal leaned his head into the gentle hand, "Okay, but if we make it back to base can I sleep with ya'?"
"For the rest of our lives." Dinobot answered.
Rhinox glanced up for a brief moment, convinced that Dinobot forgot he was even there. Then, the medic continued his work.
Rattrap smiled weakly, "Good. And after we face', will ya' stay in da berth with me too?"
Normally, Dinobot would have turned red, but he didn't. "Absolutely."
"Okay." Rattrap's optics powered down, and he slipped into stasis.
The warrior gripped his lover's hand more intensely, "Rat-"
"Don't worry, he's just in medical stasis. We can take him to the base now." The medic placed his hand on the warrior's shoulder. He then turned back to the rest of the Maximals. "We need to get them back to base right now!" Rattrap was lifted up by the medic and was handed to Cheetor.
Optimus transformed into his flight mode, "Rhinox, with me. Dinobot with Silverbolt. Let's get out of here now!"
The flight back to the Axalon was a blur to the warrior, the pain in his right side was causing him to black in and out. He didn't realize he was sitting in the command center, until he felt the optics of the Maximals on him.
"Well?" Silverbolt inquired.
Dinobot gripped his injured side, "Well, what?" The warrior winced as he took a deep breath.
Optimus Primal shook his head, "Nevermind, let's get you into the CR-Chamber." Dinobot felt gentle hands lift him to his feet and guide him to the CR. He felt the pressure around him increase, and stasis slowly claimed him.
. . . . .
"So they're going to be okay?!" Razorgear smiled and wrapped her arms around the Maximal leader.
He nodded, "That's what Rhinox told me." It would take time, Rhinox said. A long time. But they would survive. Optimus thought it was best to tell Gear that they're be fine. A white lie, that's all.
Suddenly, her grip around him tightened. Almost to the point of painful. "Gear?"
She released him, and took a step away from the leader. Her optics were filled with fear, "Optimus."
Slag. He thought, she knows I lied. "Gear, I-"
"The sparkling." Her hand was over her spark chamber. "It's coming."
End of Chapter 11!
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~Love, ArcMaximal
