The battle starts with the mind before the field.

Chapter 9 Equal space bridge!


Megatron journeyed into the dark forest going across the edge of the forest that leads to a cliff that hangs above the oceans, Megatron led his Predacons into the dark woods with his purple glowing eyes glowing ominously. This new dark energy followed through his veins. Made Megatron feel invincible.

"Where are we heading, oh my glorious lord!" Scorponok asked like the lap dog he was.

"Ah my door with a companion, let it be known that these things are far from advanced, but they still hold much technology," Megatron said with wicked joy. they're scientists, however, who are crawling behind, rubbing his Mendibles together in an excited way.

"Aw, a little quick pitstop!" He said with excitement, Terrorsaur who was flying down below acting as a scout could see something ahead. He flies down and bows to lord Megatron.

"Lord, Megatron, I see something ahead!" He said, alerting his leader. The purple tea Rex's smirk soon widened. Terrorsaur found his leader to be a little unnerving to be around ever since he injected himself with that dark Energon, Megatron had been acting more vicious of late. Though it was his tiny actions that spoke he walked with more power and laughed louder.

"Well, what did you see?" Megatron asked. Terrorsaur's eyes flashed green as he projected an image for the Predacons to see. A shipyard full of containers, metal steel beams and so many imported car parts for the highest bidder, all for the taking, it was displayed to all of them.

"Yes excellent, now who wants to go to the store?" He asked in a malicious joking manner. All of the other Predacons soon joined in with wicked laughter.

"Time for phase one," Tarantulas said, giving an evil cackle, seeing the human workers still unloading many things. Terrorsaur wondered what the plan was to not be seen. He turned to see his leader smiling with a vicious maw.

"Uh Lord Megatron what about the human workers," Terrorsaur asked, he didn't care about human lives but didn't want to alert the planet that they were here.

"Kill them all, leave no survives," Megatron said in a voice that lacked any of its theatrical flair. All of them had a wicked smile. Scorponok gave a happy smirk while Tarantulas was readying to go down there.

"Tarantulas cut off the power," Megatron ordered. "Terrosaur cut off their exit."

With great haste the Predacons rushed to do their task, Megatron licked his maw and smiled at the site yet to come. "Time to say high to the locals,"


Izuku, Miko, Carmine, and Raf walked through the halls. The young green-haired team was leading the way. Following him were his friends, Izuku was overcome with joy knowing that he wasn't alone anymore for the cause. He wondered if they would get Maximal weapons too, he hoped he wouldn't overwork Rhinox. Izuku began to ponder over his decision as he began to ramble in his mind. Unfortunately, Izuku was lost in his thoughts. He failed to notice the door ahead wasn't opening and slammed into the metal door falling on his back.

"Hey, you okay man!" Carmine called out, helping up Izuku to his feet.

"Yeah, it seems like you were daydreaming dude!" Miko said. Izuku got up, giving them a shy smile.

"Sorry about that I tend to overthink things," Izuku said but quickly switched his attention to the main door that led to the main deck of the ship. "Anyway, welcome to the Maximals, Optimus is gonna be so glad to hear you guys are helping out."

The metal doors finally slide open as Optimus himself was looking at a map of the area. Optimus turned his head towards them and saw Izuku standing at the end of the door. Izuku wanted to speak to them but Optimus beat him to the punch.

"I see you have all made your choice," Optimus said in a stoic voice. The leader of Maximals took a knee in front of the youths. Giving them a gentle stare.

"Yeah uh, we did," Carmine said in an awkward voice. Right now he was trying to stand tall but there was something about these robots that made him feel small. He couldn't help but think about when he first met a pro hero all he thought was this person was a Demigod of strength. Though standing in front of these visitors from another world, they were Titans of metal and flesh.

"Heck yeah we are, so when do we bust some Predacon heads?" She asked in an enthusiastic tone of voice. Raf carefully walked toward Izuku's side and gave a calm nod to Optimus.

"Well, you're not going on the field missions, the Predacons are a maximal situation," Optimus said. All of them were surprised at the news, the whole justification they were here was to join the fight, like Izuku.

"Wait, hold up donkey Kong, listen, the whole reason we came here is to help you guys and save our planet," Carmine pointed out. Izuku felt it was off, they had a right to, did this mean he was off the missions as well?

"Optimus, does that mean I'm not on the mission as well?" Izumi asked.

"No, you are a maximal you've proved your merit in the face of danger, but you three were caught in the crossfire, I won't let you just join without the proper training, with constant supervision, you three might have made yourself targets to the Predacons," Optimus inform the three of the situation. The door to the side opened up as Rattrap and Cheetor walked into the room.

"Right now we need to set up, a careful watch over you three but I want you to know, we will not ask you to fight, that is your choice only, we brought you here to protect you, You can leave any time you want," Optimus said. "These shall be guardians for the time being, until we assessment what Megatron's plans are,"

Rattrap's face turned into a stress mess at what his leader ordered. "Aw come on, I'm already watching this one," Rattrap said, pointing at Izuku. The young teen slapped his forehead.

"It won't kill you to do more work," Izuku said timidly. Cheetor smiled and nudged his friend's shoulder.

"Aw come on it's not that bad, we get to see what humans are like and sneak into their town!" Cheetor said with joy to see this new world ahead of them. He jumped towards the three and sat down in his cat form with pride. Raf quickly moved to look at Cheetor, his inner child wondering about getting the best of him.

"Sup little man," Cheetor said. Raf had only one word to say.

"Cool~," He said with how things were looking to be. Miko crossed her arms and walked up to Optimus with an unhappy march.

"Listen Buster I wanna see action, space, and action, especially in that order," Miko said.

"Yeah, we're not babies!" Carmine protested. Izuku got in front of the two, he didn't want any strife against Optimus.

"Guys please he's looking out for you guys!" Izuku protested trying to let any blame on his leader.

"No but you are young and right now you have an important advantage we don't," Optimus said, gaining their attention. "You are human while we hid, you can walk freely out so others won't bat an eye,"

"Oh a little bit of espionage, I can do that," Carmine said with a hint of pride. Though he was happy he didn't have to face a space gun in his face. Miko still wanted to see action and gave a slight pout. She wanted to make a difference and have fun doing it. Optimus could see the childless in her eyes, it remind him of Cheetor.

"Miko, this is not a game but war is upon your planet, I can only ask so much from you but if you are eager, perhaps you would like to train with Izuku," Optimus suggested. Miko lit up with joy and gave a cool smirk.

"I'll alright it's a start," Miko said. Izuku could see how Optimus was handling the room and it was impressive. He walked up to Miko and offered a hand. Even though Miko was a girl, he wanted to get over all his weaknesses and strive to be a great maximal.

"I look forward to training with you," Izuku said, trying to be polite. Miko gave a mischievous smirk, and in a quick motion took a firm grip on Izuku's hand.

"I won't go easy on you, chump, I'll be aiming head first at Megatron before you," Miko challenged. Izuku felt something in his heartbeat, it was a feeling he felt a million times while watching heroes save people, it was excitement but not for a hero but for a rival. Something he never know he needed until now. He gave a rare brave smile and held her hand back.

"Let's do our best," Izuku said. Optimus could see the bonds being made. Though he wondered what would be the next step. The door opened again as Rhinox walked into the room. He noticed the humans but was more forced on Optimus.

"Optimus I've encountered a problem with the ship's hard drive," Rhinox tapped on the screen showing millions of numbers. While an error sign kept popping up.

"This human internet has been giving me trouble, I keep getting these errors," Rhinox said in a frustrated manner. Raf's interest perked up, he quickly walked over to Rhinox's side and pulled out his laptop from his bag.

"Maybe I could help," He said. Rhinox lowered his head to meet the gaze of the small child. Thinking it wouldn't hurt for this human to lend aid. He lowers his hand and lets Raf onto his hand and up the top of the table. Rattrap crossed his arms in disbelief. Seeing Raf plug his computer into a port on the Golden table.

"Kid I don't what you're thinking, but we have some pretty state of technology pretty far beyond your planet's standards," Rattrap was cut off by Raf who was styling a storm on his keyboard.

"And done," Raf said, finishing up and hitting the final command key. The error notification soon vanished, and the screen numbers were quickly making calculations. Rhinox was surprised at what happened. These were complex calculations yet this child was able to solve them. This planet truly was full of many surprises, Rhinox smiled and gave Raf a thumbs up.

"Thank you," Rhinox said.

"Optimus, why are you using human technology?" Izuku asked.

"Sadly during our crash landing, we did lose a lot of valuable equipment," Optimus said.

"Yeah, so it's trash can satellites and dumpster computers, because right now we're on the shortlist, " Rattrap answers. Raf nodded and typed away more on his computer, making firewalls and new code for the system to work better. Rhinox felt some weight be taken off his shoulders. Rhinox offered his hand for Raf to get down.

"Optimus I don't mind the extra help, but they are so small what if we step on them," Rhinox said in concern. Optimus gave a thoughtful glance at the human in the room and back to Rhinox.

"Then we must watch where we step," Optimus said. Izuku now understands the plan for his friends but there was a question on his mind.

"Optimus do you know why Waspinator was here?" Izuku asked. Rattrap walked up from behind and clicked his teeth.

"We got nothing it seemed like it was a distraction," Rattrap said, "Though we don't know what he was distracting from,"

"Yeah crazy no sneak attack, heck we didn't mind bugs or spy cams," Cheetor inquired finding it to be strange. Rattrap's ear perked up at a sudden realization.

"Hey, when Terrosaur stole the space bridge blueprints you don't think he copied them," Rattrap said. Murmurs were going through the room all of which had been negative. Optimus realized how it all made sense, there bundling a space bridge.

"What's a space bridge?" Miko asked. The rest of the humans wanted to know while Izuku feared the worst if what Rattrap said was true.

"A device that can allow the fastest travel in the universe, tearing a hole into space. Moving to point A to B in a matter of seconds, This technology was used in the Great War," Rhinox said with a grim voice. Carmine's eyes widen at what this meant.

"Are you telling me that basically, they're building a teleporter so they can move over the planet," Carmine said in shock.

"Or worse the universe," Izuku said, thinking all the evil it could cause in the wrong hands.

"Optimus even if they were, the amount of materials needed would…" Rhinox was cut off as Raf spoke up.

"Could all be in worldwide trading doc, here's something you guys might want to see," Raf said putting it on the ship hologram table. It was a news reporter who had a giant horn on his left side, the other side appeared to be chopped off. Though the title had them all glued to the screens. It said in bold letters 'All Crew and Cargo to Fujinagata Doc yard Missing?'

"It was only a day ago that this mystery began. It appears in this wild case, of theft and kidnapping of hundred workers, while very major cargo appeared to vanish. Heroes and police have no leads but all have pointed towards villains and foul play active in the area." The reporter said. All of them had jaw-dropped gazes.

"Ah Scarp!" Rattrap let out.

"Right now we set up our defenses, Rhinox set the security now, Dinobot is already patrolling the area. The rest of us will form a plan of attack tomorrow, we have to stop the Predacons at all costs." Optimus said setting the battle for tomorrow. "Rattrap and Chettor guard the human town and watch over our new friends while we attack the base,"

"Are kidding me you'll be outgunned big bot," Chettor said in a panic. Carmine stared in shock at what was happing a war was about to begin. Rattrap would have loved to stay out of it but this didn't feel right.

"He's right it's a suicide mission, your gonna need all the help you can get!" Rattrap called out. Izuku quickly stepped with a brave stance.

"All the help," Izuku said. Miko and Carmine quickly backed him up.

Optimus would solve one problem at a time right now, he needed to give one more talk to the humans.

"No, none of you are ready and I do not want to risk any more humans' lives, Megatron has proven today he will cut down anything that stands in his path," Optimus said. Izuku understood but he wanted to go so he shallowed that inner hero and gave a calm nod.

"Alight will standby," Izuku said even if he didn't want to. Izuku's friends could tell that it was hard for him but his friends had other plans.

"Izuku I'm counting on all of you, please we just want to keep you safe," Optimus said. Izuku gave a firm nod and began to walk out of the room, The others follow suit. Rattrap gave a glance over his shoulder and stared at their leader.

"You better have a plan because I'm not going break the news to that kid if something happens to you," Rattrap said. Then leaving the room to prepare for the worse. Optimus gave a soft tired sigh.

"Well, that's just prime," He said to the closed doors. Rhinox walked to his leader's side having a stoic face.

"What is the plan?" Rhinox asked.

"Dinobot knows the Predacons base's weak points well and sneaks up with the explosives, Megatron can't have that space bridge set up, it could mean the end for this planet," Optimus said. Rhinox still had one more question.

"And if that fails?" He asked.

"We must stop Megatron at all costs, he crossed a line today," He said in a serious tone of voice.


The walk back to town was a bit depressing. Miko was a bit disappointed with how the day turned out to be. She wanted to help fight these Predacons. Carmine was a bit relieved to not be fighting though was not happy knowing something big was going down. Even though Optimus said it was up to them, he felt wrong sitting on the sidelines. Raf who was close to Izuku's side, also wanted to help though he felt a little useless. Izuku was the worst of them all, he believed in Optimus more than anyone here but he hated how outnumbered he would be.

They all reached the town sidewalk all of them having sad looks though they could tell Izuku was hit the most by the news. Cheetor stayed in the forest knowing his beast form would draw too much attention.

"Sorry little buddy," Cheetor said, even though he felt the weight of not going to battle.

Rattrap quickly put on his cap and pants and a brown button-up shirt.

"Hey Izuku check out my style," Rattrap said trying to lighten up the mood. Izuku had a slight smile though was still sober at the war yet to come. Rattrap took a long sigh seeing the others were the same.

"Aw come kids don't be like that, I know you want to help but you shouldn't be fighting in this, and Izuku, Optimus doesn't want you to fight because he cares about you," Rattrap said. The room was still quiet and yet he couldn't fix want they wanted.

"I'll be in the town so don't go running off okay," Rattrap said walking into town and leaving with his head down. Walking upright on his rat legs. Now left to themself the humans were left with many questions.

"So what now?" Raf asked.

"Well, obviously we can't just sit around all day while those Predacons make that space bridge," Miko said.

"Well, Izuku might know what to do right?" Carmine asked. Though all of them expected to hear Izuku say listen to Optimus they could see his fists balled in anger.

"Hundreds of people gone like that," Izuku said in horror. "It's like he didn't even care, well I do have to go and see what he did,"

Miko and Carmine looked at Izuku, they could see how determined he was about this. "I'm going to the Predacon base and making sure those people are okay if they aren't…you know,"

He glanced at all of them seeing they had a stoic face as well. "Well, what's the plan?" Carmine asked.

"We're gonna make a plan to save those people," Izuku said. "And we have only one day to prepare, I can't ask much of you guys but if you want, you can come along."

"Well at least it's on a school day, can't argue about that," Carmine said. Miko was so pumped and was already making plans in her head.

"All right team let's do this hands together," Miko shouted, sticking her hand out.


In the dark ship of the Predacons Megatron had been sitting on the main captain ship deck, The ship's security system had been on high, waiting for a maximal attack. The space bridge was being built on the lower decks. Finally having an advantage against the Maximals but Megatron was feeling different and he noticed it as well, It was more bloodthirsty, he didn't mind, finding that drive to push him towards his goal, total galactic domination.

He was waiting for battle, the dark Energy following through him, it made the leader feel invincible, heck Megatron felt like he could take on all the Maximals. He could hear the clicking of a spider entering the deck. Knowing full well it was Tarantulas. He wonder what the mad scientist wanted this time. He already had so many human bodies to work on not to mention the study of quirk to work on.

"What is it?" Megatron asked.

The spider bowed his head at his leader, having all eight eyes locked onto the leader, "Megatron the space bridge should be done tomorrow, with what we have, will be able to send the Maximal base into the son if we wanted to," Tarantulas said.

"Good, when we have the space bridge this world shall be ours for the taking," Megatron said. Tarantulas found the plan to be good but there had to be more with it.

"Is that all your planning to use for it? There has to be more Megatron?" Tarantulas asked. Megatron let out an evil chuckle.

"Persistent as always, no for the true goal is to bring more Predacon forces here to this world, with the amount of Enerogn on this world, it will make a good base to build a new army under my leadership," Megatron said. Tarantulas bowed his head at the plan.

"Brilliant as always," Tarantulas said in a humble tone of voice. Though all he wanted was to continue his experiments on these humans he was starting to understand these quirks. Though he did wish these humans were a bit tougher about the first twelve died just by him snipping the wrong vein. Well, he had gotten started on his work and walked out of the room. Leaving Megatron all alone in the command room watching the monitors.

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"Megatron~," A dark whisper said.

Megatron spun around hearing a haunting voice call out to him, His Trex arm ready to blast whoever tried to sneak up upon him. Though no one was there he simply went back to his work, getting ready for the big day to come. While deep in his purple eyes a horned figure stood in his eye.


Okay, guys, that's Chapter Nine it's been a long day and I have to say seeing some of your guy's ideas for maximal was amazing, honestly some of you guys should write this OC in storys your win storys, shout out to Hawko2632, that man put in his work. Anyway sorry for the late chapter I get caught up with the other stuff I just forget. not mention schools coming up and work. So other than that big battle coming up. Who will come out on top? Also, any feedback is great. If I do pick your OC I let you know but that's probably gonna beat a bit off, Also I am going to be using some of the beast wars toys for more martial. you guys have a good day.