Not really going to rant in this one. I just sent the other rant so you don't really need to know much about this one. The only thing I will say is this, I found a good song for a new Dragonball Z or Transformer music video. It's Tatu – Cosmos (outer space). Think about it, it makes sense, a Freeza, Coola, King Cold, Cell and Buu music video. They are the only one's that can survive out there. I have enough of Dragonball Z that I could make perfect videos. The Transformer one is self-explanatory. The problem is the time. I love my reviews. For the one by Bebe, I think I have an idea for it to work into my story. Thank you for that. I don't think I would have thought of that, at least not for some time. Do you have any problems with who's on top? That's the only detail I need. I have a good mind to put Depth Charge on top but if you have any other wishes for it to be reversed, and then I'll try and think up a way for it to work. Don't worry though; he will end up with someone. Oh my god. I just saw the others. Jadedfalcon, you put the two people together that I swore would never be touched. I like you're other idea though. I was leaning towards that. I just can't see him being the boss unless he gets angry. I don't want to give away too much more. This is twenty-six since twenty-five was a rant.

The stasis pod had finally hit ground. It landed on one of the most horrible wastelands on earth. Nothing lived there. Not even the eagles, hawks or snakes. Even the scorpions wouldn't grace this ground with their presence. The stasis pod had another problem as well. It had cracked on impact. The energon fields were slowly seeping into the opening, infecting the unborn Maximal. (It wont let me type proto form as one word, bastard spell check. Has good moments but right now it's being evil.)

Rhinox had witnessed the stasis pod's landing. He had to get there before the Predicons did. He loved Samantha but he couldn't let this war go on for much longer. He had no other choice he had to go. His research would have to wait.

Scorpinoc and Black Arachnia were near the pod; Scorpinoc was driving Black Arachnia nuts, as usual. This is why she tried to keep to herself.

"We must get to the pod first. There are Maximals here. Just as Megatron said."

"Just as Megatron said, just as Megatron said. Don't you ever get tired of kissing up to that saurian?"

"Look, Megatron is our true leader, what he says, goes. Understand? He rewards those who follow and punishes those who don't."

"Oh, I'm all aquiver."

Black Arachnia wasn't quite through messing with him but didn't wish to bring anything else up. She didn't want to have to put up with him for too much longer. And she wouldn't have to. Tigertron came out and took care of Scorpinoc for her. She kept herself hidden until the job was done. Why expose yourself as a traitor when you can have someone on the opposing team do it for you and make it look legitimate. It was definitely working in her favor. All she had to do now was to get rid of the threat. She shot Tigertron with her modified gun and injected cyber venom into his system. She had to continue with her search for the pod before Waspinator and Terrorsaur found her.

Cheetor had spotted the pod himself. He had headed for it. There was no telling who would get their first. By the time he got there, Rhinox was already trying to save the pod and it's inhabitant.

"Big R, It's great to see you."

"Same. I need help. This one is dying. The circuitry was damaged in the crash. If I don't fix it soon, I wont be able to save it."

"Then let's get to it."

Rhinox explained what he needed and Cheetor had to help him. He may not have understood everything there is to know about the pods but he knew that it deserved a chance to survive. Cheetor shut himself down and let Rhinox work, meanwhile experiencing weird dreams. Rhinox was about to access the pods main processing ability's when a Predicon showed up. Black Arachnia wasn't as careful as she should have been. Rhinox couldn't afford to be found yet. Cheetor would have to deal with her. He challenged her head on, first in beast form then in robot form. Black Arachnia was enjoying her time stalking him.

"Come on out kitty cat. I wont hurt you… much."

Cheetor tried to fire at her with his eyes closed but that's never a good idea. She ambushed him right back. She was preparing to shoot him right between the eyes when he grabbed her bullet and threw it right back into her face. She couldn't fight her own venom, which was too much even for its maker. Cheetor was about to head back when Waspinator came into view. Cheetor fired at Waspinator, missing but getting his attention. Just when Cheetor thought his plan had worked, Terrorsaur came from behind him and opened fire. Cheetor had to run. He had no other choice. His systems were being shorted out by the energon in the area. He couldn't run forever though. They would catch him eventually. He led Waspinator over an energon geyser and let him take the full hit of it. There was no way he was coming back from that. Terrorsaur hadn't given up yet though. He waited until Cheetor thought he was safe then fired on him. Cheetor flew into the side of a stalagmite. It may not have been inside of a cave but the area suggested that one might have been there before. Terrorsaur found Rhinox after he had attempted at reinitializing the scanning the area for life forms. Just as Terrorsaur was about to mess with the controls, the computer had found one. The Maximal inside had burst out of the pod screaming. Terrorsaur had no idea where the Maximal had gone until it was too late. They picked him up and threw him into the cliff side. Terrorsaur was about to lose it. Who was this guy and what gave him the right to start a fight when he was just activated? Terrorsaur chased the new Maximal around the sky before it could transform. That didn't last long.

"Airazor… Maximize."

Terrorsaur thought that he could still take her. Now that he knew it was a female. (Or is she?) That proved to be a lie or just wishful thinking. The point is that he was wrong. Pieces of him were lying all over the ground by the time she was done with him. She landed back on the ground near Rhinox and looked at him with interest.

"You're Rhinox?"

"How'd you know?"

"I'm not sure. But I think I owe you my life."

Back at the Maximal base, Airazor was getting acquainted with the others on her side. Cheetor had just finished the repairs when the introductions were finished.

"You should have seen Airazor, they'll be salvaging Terrorsaur for days."

"I'm still not sure what to make of all of this."

"If you're smart, you'll make tracks."

"Ignore the rodent, he was born with a major glitch."

Optimus turned to her, trying to get her to trust him.

"Don't worry about them. You'll get used to it… maybe. Anyway, let's give you a tour of our base."

(Do you notice that when she walks by him, he's checking her out?)

Rhinox was thinking to himself, mumbling actually. Loud enough for Cheetor to over hear him. But that didn't really matter. Optimus may have been checking out Airazor but she was busy looking at someone else. Tigertron had caught her eye. And why wouldn't it? They both preferred to be out in the wild. But unlike Tigertron, she was alone. When he awoke, Snowstalker was there for him. Airazor woke up by herself. The others followed her around while Tigertron went back outside. He did feel a connection between them but felt it was too small to act on. Besides, he had Snowstalker. What more did he need?

Samantha was just sitting on Cheetor's floor, looking at his jewels. She wanted them. Sure she had others that he had given her, but she wanted them all. She wasn't greedy, it was just that she liked shiny but not the way to make her stupid. She organized them into little piles then guarded them. She wasn't letting anyone near her treasure. She realized what she was doing then put then back under his bed. She heard the commotion coming from outside and decided to peek. She saw that a new Maximal was walking the halls. She didn't like that. She may be a friend with both sides but that didn't mean she wasn't loyal to one side. She had to report this to Megatron. When everyone walked by, she snuck out from behind them and ran for the door. Once out, she remembered that it was a long way home. She was going to go back inside but knew that this was important. She started hiking.

Megatron was getting worried. She was never out this long without someone with her. He was getting so worked up that his illness returned. He covered his mouth. He wasn't going to do it. Only a day or so left. That's all he needed. Then he could tell her everything… even if it meant she would laugh at him. Megatron headed outside, preparing to go look for her. He found her in front of him just as he was coming out from under the ships shadow. She looked like she went through hell. She had twigs stuck in her hair, some dirt on her clothes and a small cut above her temple. He rushed to her side and held her.

"Where have you been? You have no idea what I've been going through."

"You wanna know what I've been going through? I got to see a new Maximal in their base and I can't tell what gender it is. Then I had a rough landing."

"Landing? You can't fly."

Samantha paused for a second but unless you were paying more then one hundred percent, you wouldn't have caught it.

"I was used as the things you put on the end of a catapult."

"Ammunition?"

She pointed at him.

"That's it."

"Why?"
"I wanted to test if I could get home faster by air without being able to fly. Forgot about the landing. Hence the dirt and twigs."

Megatron starred at her for a moment then burst out laughing. She never pulled a stunt like that before so this was priceless. Samantha got fed up with him so she pushed him over, that didn't stop him. She sat next to him until he was finished. He looked over at her and smiled.

"Done?"

"Yeah."

After saying that, he nearly broke out again. She shook her head and went to go inside. He grabbed her before she could get more then a few steps from him. She would have face planted if he hadn't used his strength to hold her up. He pulled her back and laid her next to him. They laid in silence for a while. Megatron was the one who broke it.

"You know… you look worse now then when you were at school, yesss."

She hit him in the side. He gave her a little glare but she knew he didn't mean it. He held her close again. She looked up at the stars.

"I think you're right. I'm sorry about before."

"I'm the one who should be sorry. I've been, somewhat of an ass lately, yesss. I'll make it up to you."

"You don't have to."

She started to fidget. Megatron thought she was cold. He let go of her.

"What are you doing?"
"I can cover you better if I'm in beast mode. Right now, I can only cover your side."

"Oh."

Samantha didn't watch him transform. It looked funny to her. He curled himself on the floor and let her sit in the middle. She snuggled into his tail. Megatron began to speak in a softer voice.

"So… you saw a new Maximal?"

"Yeah. I bet you already knew that."

"I did actually. And I agree with you. I can't tell the gender either."

Samantha slightly laughed. She looked down at her clothes.

"You really think I look worse then I used to?"

"Well… maybe not worse. You do look like you need a bath."

"I needed a bath then too. I had oil poured on me. It was like something out of Carrie."

"Carrie?"

"Never mind Megatron. I'd just give you nightmares. Maybe not you but Waspinator definitely."

"So this girl got oil poured on her?"

"No. It was pig's blood. Then she went and got psychotic and used her mind powers to kill everyone but her friend and a teacher. They were lucky bastards."

"Mind powers? I need to see this now, yesss."

"Trust me, you don't want to. I wasn't scared of it but it was still freaky. Like, for a movie made back in the day."

Megatron just stared at her. She stared back then stuck her tongue out. He licked her while her tongue was exposed. She pulled away and began to frantically wipe her tongue off.

"Oh come on Samantha, we always open mouth kiss."

"Yeah, but not like this."

Samantha kept her tongue out of her mouth. Megatron started to tease her. He stuck the tip of his tongue out. She turned her head.

"Put it back in your mouth. It'll dry out."

Samantha did as she was told. She leaned back on him and watched the tip of his tail. It was going to be bitten.

"Do you remember that dress?"

"What?"
"You know, that dress you wore at one of our dances. It was a light sea foam type blue."

"Sea foam is like turquoise in coloring isn't it?"

"Let's not fight about colors. The point is, so you still have that dress?"

"Why?"

"You looked good in it."

Megatron adverted his gaze by looking up at the stars. Samantha nudged him.

"Megatron… are you trying to compliment me?"

"Possibly."

"Awe."

She tried to wrap her arms around his neck but it was too big, but he got the idea. She sat back down and thought about it.

"You remember it now?"

"We already had this discussion. Oil. Dammit the oil. That and that was the night that we pulled off that heist and ran from the planet."

"We? I beg your pardon, did you say we?"

"Yes. I was part of it."

"As I recall it, you were waiting for us in the ship singing to yourself."

"Hey, I sing when I'm happy. That and when I'm anxious."

"What were you that night?"
"Both."

"You never answered my question. Do you still have that dress?"
"No. I think it may have burned."

"I always wondered about those singe marks."

"The crash. I think that's what caused it."

"That would be a good reason, yesss, if it wasn't already burnt when we left the planet."

"I was in the process of spontaneously combusting?"
Megatron started laughing again. Samantha could see his massive teeth even on this night. The moon was still changing before them. Less and less of it was being seen. When Megatron opened his red eyes again, they were full of humor but also caring. He swore never to show compassion or love for any creature, even after he conquered his planet. He was making a liar of himself. He let Samantha fall asleep on him. He wasn't about to go anywhere.

Finally there was a day off, the first one in a long time. Exams were over with so now it was time to relax. But even Megatron couldn't do that. He was sitting at his desk preparing. Samantha was still in bed. It was her turn to sleep in. She shifted every once in a while but that was about it. She knew of the plan. She came up with half of it. Everyone knew what was going to happen. He was just making the last few touches. He hadn't noticed that Samantha had sat up. She really hated waking up. Her dream world was so much better. Not meaning to insult Megatron. She came up behind him and looked at his plans.

"Are they going to work?"
"Oh course. Everything just has to be timed perfectly."

"Well that shouldn't be too hard."

He glared at her as she walked off to go brush her teeth. He finished his plans and got ready to meet up with the others. Samantha came out of her bathroom when she spotted a note by the door. It was addressed to the both of them. Megatron was gathering his supplies when she stopped him.

"What's this?"
"Can't you read it? I have to be somewhere right now."

"Please read it to me. I could only make out a few words."

"Fine."
Megatron took the note from her. It wasn't even a note. It was an invitation. Why now? He knew Samantha. She'd want to go but they had to pull this off now. He could lie… no he couldn't. She'd know. Dammit. There was no way out of this. He sighed in defeat and told her the truth.

"It's an invitation to a dance. Celebrating the fact that we passed and are now finished."

"So it's like a prom."

"I suppose. I guess you want to go now."

"Yeah!"

"We can't."

"Megatron."

There it was. She was starting to whine and do the puppy eye thing. He was doing his best to bloke that out. When she started to rub against him, that was it. He couldn't handle that. At first it was because he thought it was dirty but soon found himself enjoying it, a little too much.

"Listen, it could work with your plan. We could show up briefly, well, maybe I could be there the majority of the time and you show up in the middle, after everything is taken care of so you have an alibi."

"That could work but then I'd have to backtrack to come and get you."
"I'll have my watch set on a timer. I'll meet you at the ship. I'll say I'm going to go look for you."

Megatron thought about it. It could work. They did need an alibi. She started to shift in his arms.

"You really want to go to this don't you?"

"Yes. I never got to go to a dance before. This'll be my first one."

"Alright, if anything goes wrong, I'll come get you, whether it's discrete or if I have to blow the school up to get to you. I'm not leaving you on this planet to get blamed for something I'm involved with."

"Awe you care."

"Yes I care. After everything I had to go through for you, of course I care."

He had become a little angry. She looked down at his chest.

"I suppose you'll want payment for all of your help. I'll give what you ask."
"All I ask Samantha is that you remain loyal to me. If anything happens after that, then let it be. But until that day comes, if it ever does, just stay by my side."

Samantha broke out from his grasp and she lowered herself before him. He was confused at first but only at first. He placed his hand on her shoulder.

"You have nothing to worry about Megatron. I will never betray you. I know all too well what that feels like."

He lifted her up and held onto her.

"You don't have to bow before me. You are still my one and only equal."

Samantha could feel herself begin to cry. He cradled her. She didn't want to let him go. He looked out the window and saw the position of the sun. He looked over to the clock and saw that he had become late.

"Oh slag. I have to go. Go find something to wear and pack as little as possible. You know where the ship will be so load your stuff and meet me there before midnight. There's no telling where the disk will lead us so bring what you think is necessary."

"Alright." Samantha jumped up and kissed his cheek. "Good luck."

Megatron hid his plans and rushed out to their rendezvous point.

Samantha was making her way through the town, making it look like she was going on a camping trip or something. She did only pack things she thought was needed. Everything. She really didn't have all that much. Only enough for about two suit cases full. She loaded them into the ship before anyone saw her. She wasn't so lucky coming back.

"Hey Samantha, how's it hanging?"

"Rattrap, what the hell are you doing?"

"Getting ready for dat dance. The dames really go for those macho types. I gotta live it up while I can. You know, before I go on my mission tomorrow. You?"

"The same, except I don't want to impress no girls. I think the macho thing would scare them. I need to find a dress. But I doubt I'll find one."

"Don't say dat. I know dis place. Come with me."

Samantha was trying to keep up with him. He was fast when he wanted to be.

Samantha was stuck in the dressing room for hours. She hated shopping. It took forever. (Yes I know I'm butch. But I hate shopping. It takes too long and I see some people spend like $300 on shoes. It's okay to spend that much on yourself every once in a while but all the time? I think they are crazy, or $1500 for a purse. What is wrong with people? Not trying to put down any of the readers that shop like that. I just don't understand it. I need someone to explain it to me.) She showed Rattrap the dresses that he picked and he would make suggestions. It wasn't working. Just his opinion wasn't working. He got some of the girls in the store to help him. The girls went into the room with her and helped her change. They settled on one dress. It wasn't very tight but still showed her form. It was tight down until her hips then went and flowed. The dress went to her knees.

"Dat one. I tell ya, all da guys will be looking."

"I wanted to avoid that. Besides, I can't afford something like this."

"No worries. It's on me."

Samantha stopped to refrain herself from yelling.

"What?"
"I'm going to get dis for ya."

"Please don't tell me you're a play boy that gets paid."

Rattrap was shocked. He never heard her say anything like that before.

"You know what that means?"
"Yes."
"I don't do that. But thanks for caring."
"I'm sorry."

"No it's okay. I'd ask myself da same thing. Anyway, these girls here, they are going to help you with make up, your hair, anything. You need to look your best if you're going to be the new queen."

"What makes you think that?"
"Didn't you hear? Someone nominated you. Didn't anyone tell you?"

"No. I'm just learning this now."

"And I went and ruined da surprise."

"It's okay. Why are you helping me?"

"Like I said, you're like my kid sistah, I can't let you go in anything."

Samantha went over and hugged him. He held her back.

"Ah get outta here. You're making me look mushy."
"Isn't that what girls want in a man?"

He shook his head and laughed. Rattrap escorted Samantha and the girls to his place. They could finish her up there.

Megatron and the others were looking down at the golden disk. He got Terrorsaur and Tarantulas to grab the disk; Waspinator was to guard the door. Scorpinoc was rigging up the devises needed to get to the disk without setting off an alarm. Dinobot and Megatron were busy trying to collect the data from the computers where the Maximal Elders resided. Everything was held there. Megatron just needed some files on the original Megatron to break the codes on the disk. Megatron searched threw the database and Dinobot was converting it into Predicon. They burnt a few disks and got the hell out of there. They ran past a room full of monitors. Dinobot caught a glimpse at one of them as he passed. It was the original Megatron sitting in a chair in front of humans. He wasn't moving but they seemed to be betting on him. He saw a young blonde messing with the controls in his neck. Samantha? No it couldn't have been. Probably another human trying to make sure he doesn't run away or go ballistic. Megatron gave the signal and Scorpinoc set off the explosive. It didn't make much of a sound but something got tripped. Tarantulas grabbed the disk and they all bolted.

(Here's something that I think looks cool. It's a clip of them stealing the golden disk, fan made but very well done. http/ I think that it's worth watching.)

Samantha was standing near the wall. Everyone was staring. She hated the attention. She was happy getting Rattrap's help but was starting to regret it. Optimus approached her first.

"So Samantha… where is Megatron? I didn't see him arrive with you."

"He's not here. But he will be soon. He needed to go and do something."

"Oh really, like what?"

"I told him I was cold so he went to go get my jacket."

Optimus hated that look on her face. It was like she thought she was better then him. She had something that he wanted. He went back into the crowd. She knew he was up to something but didn't care. She had a few more moments before she had to leave for the ship. A few of Optimus' friends came and asked her to dance. She didn't trust them. Not after what they did. Finally, someone she did trust came and asked her. Little Cheetor. He was so cute. He looked all shy. He led her to the floor and began to dance with her.

Megatron was rushing back to the ship. He looked up at the moon. It was past midnight. The ship wasn't ready to leave. Samantha wasn't there. Shit. He threw the disk to Dinobot and headed back.

"Where are you going?"
"Samantha isn't there, I'm not leaving without her."

"We'll get caught!"

"I'll be back in less then five cycles, if I'm not there by then, take off without me."

That was a bold move. He needed to be with them. Not because it was his plan but because the others really weren't leader material. He just prayed that there wouldn't be anything to slow them down.

Samantha continued to dance with Cheetor. It was fun. Her attention kept going back to Optimus. He was still glaring at her. She noticed that the boys she had turned down had vanished. She had no idea where they were and she didn't she care. Samantha saw the doors fly open. Megatron was there. He was out of breath. The other doors on the opposite side opened and the little minions of Optimus were holding buckets of what looked like tar. Megatron rushed for her, the Maximal forces would be after them soon. The boys rushed at her too. They beat Megatron there. Cheetor took a step back but wasn't spared much. The oil in the buckets was thrown at her. She managed to close her eyes before anything really damaging could happen. Optimus looked satisfied. Megatron had to stop just inches in front of her before he would slide. The whole room started laughing. This was worse then anything they've ever done to her. Rattrap had already left with some of the girls, Rhinox never went to anything like that and Cheetor was just a bystander. He was spotty. Cheetor tried to calm her down.

"Samantha, are you okay? I had nothing to do with this…"

She couldn't hear him. Not even the laughter. She was snapping. Her eyes started to slit and her canine teeth grew. Her blood was reaching a boiling point, something any normal human would have died from. Megatron grabbed her wrist and forced her out of there. Samantha wouldn't allow herself to be dragged. She ran with him. Her breath was hot. He swore he could feel it. The ship was about to leave. They just made it. Megatron landed on the floor and was panting. Samantha should have been too but was too furious to do anything. The ship started to shake as they took off. Megatron turned to her, still trying to catch his breath. He saw her teeth. They were never that big. Her dress was also burnt, the edges around the bottom and some of her chest. Megatron touched her shoulder and she snapped out of it. Her teeth seemed to go back to normal. Maybe it was just the vibration. Megatron leaned back against the wall, taking Samantha into his arms. She tried to move, fearing she would get him dirty, but he would only pull her closer.

"It wasn't your fault. They're pigs, yesss. Everything will be fine now. Once I take over Cybertron, I'll punish them for you."

Samantha hated violence but that thought made her happy. They did deserve it. She was about to snuggle into him when the ship started to shake again.

"Megatron, we are under attack."

Megatron was startled out of his memory. Inferno had shaken him.

"Royalty, you must come inside. Both you and the little royalty will catch something if you stay out here. The heat from the volcanoes doesn't help much."

"Thank you Inferno. Take her inside for me. I want to stay out here a little longer."

"Yes royalty."

Inferno bowed to Megatron then lifted Samantha up. She clung to Inferno. He was now in charge of her safety. Megatron looked back up at the sky. Did he imagine the fangs? He couldn't make sense of it. There were many different species out there. How would he find hers? Maybe it was better not to pry. He went back into the base.