"Woah. That kid is a fragging runt compared to the beast! Does he seriously think that he's got a sliver of a chance?" Dion asked.
"Well obviously. I mean, he wouldn't be out here if he didn't right?" Chromia retorted.
"Oh. I guess you're right." Dion said.
Orion looked at the mech in the arena. He noted on his clearly visible confidence.
"Alright then!" The announcer shouted. "Let's get this last part of the party started!"
He walked off the arena floor and the beast was let loose on Megatronus.
As always, it charged for the gladiator immediately. Megatronus looked as though he was going to jump out of its way like so many of the other gladiators failed to do. When it was close enough he did jump, but not to the side. He jumped right onto its head.
The beast was still moving so Megatronus had to hold on in order to stay on top of the beast. The beast began thrashing around in many attempts to shake the young gladiator off.
The beast snapped its head upwards and Megatronus was sent flying, but he did manage to hit the it with several shots from his fusion cannon, stunning the beast for a few moments.
Megatronus landed on his pedes and took his chance to charge at the beast. He slammed right into it, pushing it to the nearest wall. Megatronus clenched his fists and hit the beast with many strong punches. He didn't notice the beast moving its sharp tail from behind him until it was too late. The blade on the beast's tail pierced Megatronus' back plates. He let out a howl of pain and stumbled away with Energon dripping down his back.
The beast got back on its feet and charged at Megatronus. It knocked the young mech down and trapped him against the ground with its claws. The beast raised its other set of claws but then suddenly jumped back and roared in pain, clutching the claws it had used to trap Megatronus.
Now protruding from the base of his fusion cannon was a very long sword. It seemed as though he had unsheathed it right underneath the beast's claws.
Now with renewed strength and motivated by the crowd's wild cheering, Megatronus charged at the beast once again.
The beast swiped it's tail at Megatronus but the mech deflected it with his blade. The beast then raised its claws and slashed at Megatronus but he jumped out of the way. The two combatants continued in this practice, both attacking and deflecting and dodging.
The beast tried to swipe at Megatronus once again but he rolled under the claws and slashed at the beast's legs. The beast faltered and tried to hit Megatronus again. He merely jumped out of the way.
When he was a safe distance away, Megatronus began to run at the beast, then he jumped over it with his blade in front of him.
There was a slash and Megatronus landed a few feet away. When he stood up straight, the beast's head rolled away from its body.
For the next few moments, the entire arena was silent. However, when Megatronus raised his sword in the air, the crowd erupted in a deafening amount of cheers and shouts.
"OH MY PRIMUS!" The announcer screamed. "He did it! Megatronus defeated the beast!"
The announcer ran up to Megatronus and handed him the trophy. "Mechs and femmes! This year's Beast Machine is—MEGATRONUS!"
After the tournament had ended, the people had begun filing out of the arena.
The three younglings were walking together through the crowd.
"That was great Dion. Now the tool is in the servos of the Beast Machine. What are you planning to do now?" Orion asked.
Dion turned and smirked at him.
"Don't you worry Orion Pax, your buddy Dion has a plan." Dion replied.
"Uh huh. That's not the most reassuring thought you know." Orion said.
Dion chuckled. "C'mon. Let's go find Rocket."
The younglings walked out of the Pits coliseum and saw Rocket back at his kiosk, once again attempting to sell merchandise to passers by.
"Come one come all! Take home a token or souvenir from today's Beast Wars championship!" Rocket exclaimed.
"Hey Rocket! We need a souvenir!" Dion shouted.
"Oh really? Well I got a whole store o' stuff right here-"
"Ah, no. We need a souvenir but not from you. However, we do need you to help us get it." Dion explained.
Rocket looked at the younglings skeptically.
"What do you kids need?" Rocket asked slowly.
Dion smirked.
"Ow! Careful! Those are my wounds you're manhandling back there." Megatronus commented.
"Shut up. This is your fault. I'm not a fragging medic. Why'd you want me to do this anyway?" Sharpshot retorted as she attached the plate to Megatronus' back.
"Uh...ladies touch?" Megatronus replied.
Sharpshot sighed, walked in front of Megatronus and promptly slapped him. "There. How's that for a ladies touch?"
Megatronus rubbed the side of his face that she had hit. "Still hurting."
Sharpshot rolled her optics and picked up the trophy Megatronus had brought back to his apartment.
"Where are you gonna put this thing anyway? It's not like you can use it for anything." She said.
Megatronus shrugged. "I'll find someplace."
Megatronus looked around the small space they were in and placed the trophy on a table in a far corner.
"There." Megatronus said.
"You risked your life for that pad weight, and you're just gonna put it where no one can see it?" Sharpshot asked.
"I don't care about the trophy. It's the title of Beast Machine that I fought for. I'm the mech that won this year's Beast Wars tournament. Every gladiator in Kaon knows it." Megatronus boasted.
"Great. And now every gladiator in Kaon is gonna come after you in the hopes of stealing that title away from you. Did you really think this through?" Sharpshot replied.
"They can come. Let them come! I'm not afraid!" Megatronus continued.
Sharpshot put her servo to her helm and shook her helm. "You are the biggest idiot on the face of this planet."
Megatronus stood up slowly, careful not to move in any way that might hurt his back, and walked over to Sharpshot.
"Well, I may be an idiot, but I was smart enough to win the tournament." Megatronus spoke.
"Uh huh, that's because all of your brains are in your muscles." Sharpshot retorted as Megatronus pulled her close to him. "And you don't have the biggest brains around you know."
"Ouch." Megatronus smirked. "Careful, you might reopen a wound with that sharp tongue of yours."
"Well if I do, then it'll be on purpose. After all, I shoot to hit." Sharpshot spoke.
"Uh huh, I know. You never miss Sharpshot." Megatronus said quietly.
"Never have and never will." Sharpshot replied.
Then the two kissed but were abruptly interrupted by a sharp knocking on Megatronus' door.
"Well now who could that be?" Sharpshot wondered annoyedly.
"I dunno." Megatronus replied. "But if we ignore them then they'll probably leave."
"Yo Megsy!" A voice from outside called.
Megatronus groaned. "Never mind. I'll go answer it."
"Why? You just said-"
"That's Rocket. The most annoyingly persistent mech on Cybertron." Megatronus explained.
"Ah." Sharpshot breathed.
Megatronus and Sharpshot walked to the door and pulled it open. Rocket was standing there with a stupid grin on his faceplates.
"Hey there Megsy! Lady! Say, I watched your match today! Great as always buddy!" Rocket greeted.
"One, don't call me Megsy." Megatronus spat.
"And don't even try talking to me." Sharpshot added.
"And two, just get to the point Rocket." Megatronus continued.
"Alright alright." Rocket said as Orion, Chromia, Dion and Ariel came into view behind the other two Cybertronians. Rocket saw Dion move his digit in a circle in the air, silently telling him to keep the other two distracted.
Rocket sighed inwardly and continued smiling at Megatronus and Sharpshot.
"So, I just wanted to talk to you about your big, shining future-"
"You sure Rocket can do this?" Orion asked.
"Oh yeah. He's got our backs. Now let's just hurry up." Dion replied.
The younglings looked around the small apartment while Rocket talked at the door.
It didn't take them long to find the trophy. Chromia lifted it off of the table it was on and the younglings turned to head back out of the window they had entered from.
They passed by the hall that led to the door, where Rocket was still chatting up a storm to Megatronus and Sharpshot.
They tiptoed their way past them but because he wasn't watching where he was going, Dion bumped into the berth.
Megatronus and Sharpshot turned to see four younglings standing in the gladiator's apartment, carrying his Beast Wars trophy.
No one moved for several seconds, they were all just staring at each other. Then Orion gave a small smile and waved.
"Hey...uh...run!" He stammered.
The younglings then broke into a run and ran out the window.
"What? Hey!" Megatronus exclaimed angrily. He turned to Rocket.
"You were in on this weren't you!" He shouted.
Not waiting for an answer, Megatronus and Sharpshot pushed past Rocket and ran towards the alleyway behind Megatronus's apartment where they saw the four younglings begin to run away.
"Hey come back here with that!" Megatronus shouted, and the two older Cybertronians went after them.
Yeah, I gave Megatron(us) a girlfriend...sue me.
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