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Chapter 10 The Battle of Predacon Rock.
Izuku lay in his bed, lightly sleeping. He couldn't truly go into a deep slumber. Today was an important day and the stress had been a factor in keeping him awake. He took a deep breath and closed his eyes.
"Tonight I see action," Izuku watched his alarm clock slowly tick away until it was the new day. Then when the last second dropped he jolted up from his bed and quickly gathered what he needed for today.
The young teen pulled a pen from his desk and wrote down all paths away and trails towards the maximal base. It was only yesterday that Izuku and his friends decided to take action against the Predacons. They wanted to save as many workers as they could.
Izuku walked down the stairs and out of the door. He marched on the sidewalk. Then the sidewalk ended and led to the thick forest. Izuku could see ahead three people were waiting for him.
Carmine sat on a rock with a large white sack that laid on the rock he sat on. Miko leaned against the tree, having a stone-cold look. Raf had a nervous expression on his face as he stood in the middle of the sidewalk.
They immediately noticed Izuku as he approached the three. Izuku met their gazes with his steady stoic look.
"You know you guys don't have to do this right?" Izuku said wanting to give them all a choice. That's what mattered the most, a choice to fight or not. Izuku didn't want to force anybody into something they didn't want to do.
"Hey, we're in this together," Carmine said. Miko bumped Izuku's shoulder assuring him with a stoic gaze with a hint of a smile.
"Can't get rid of us that easily. Besides we spent so much planning, I can't wait to kick some Predacon butt," Miko said, pumping her fist in the air. Raf nodded and walked up to Izuku.
"Yeah let's do it," Raf said. Izuku took a sigh of relief that this was a rocky road ahead of them.
"That's the spirit, my friend heck maybe one day will be looked upon as heroes and then will be the coolest kids on the block," Carmine said trying to raise the morale of the group.
"Hey, dork patrol try not to get lost up there idiots," Harimi shouted as she was on her bike passing by. Carmine let out a sigh and lowered his head.
"Well, you can't impress everyone," Carmine said in defeat. Izuku let out a laugh and stood on the pathway that led to the predacon. Every journey must have the most important factor, and that is the first step. Izuku was nervous as this was possibly the most reckless idea you've ever had in his life; well, the second most reckless idea in his life. He turned around to see everyone waiting for Izuku to lead.
"Well, you guys ready?" Izuku asked.
"Nope," Carmine said.
"freaking yeah!" Miko responded.
"Will there be any snacks?" Raf asked, generally wanting to know. Izuku nodded and gave a nervous gulp.
"Alright let's go,"
However, announced to them Rattrap had hidden behind a garbage can and narrowed his eyes at the group of teens. Rattrap realized something was wrong when he visited all of their houses and quickly noticed that none of them were there in the morning. Not to mention it was a school day.
"For the love of prime, I got to stop them," Rattrap said, running after them.
"Cheetor we have a major problem the kids are gone," Rattrap called over his wrist communications device.
"What! Where are they even going?" Cheetor asked in a panic.
"Where do you think, they're going to that psycho ship," Rattrap cried out.
"I'll cut them off and try to keep up with them," Cheetor said back.
"It's kinda hard to do that with rat legs!" Rattrap cried out.
Deep within the Axalon, the Maximals were all gathered around the hologram table. Optimus, Dinobot, and Rhinox were preparing their firearms and close combat weapons for the invasion on the Predacon permanently maroon ship. Dinobot balanced across the room and noticed the lack of numbers.
"This mission will be hard with our lack of numbers," Dinobot said. Optimus crossed his arms and glared at the Predacon base.
"Rattrap and Cheetor are stationed for the human population's safety, I will not risk any more human life," Optimus said in a strict tone of voice. Rhinox took a deep breath and noticed the north hillside of the Predacon base.
"We have to get by the turret on this side, not to mention they have flyers that can spot us easily if we take the normal paths," Rhinox said, unsure how they would make it. Optimus gave a tired sigh and looked to his fellow maximals.
"Today it is up to us to stop a great travesty from happening though we are at war. We still must protect this planet, and all the life on it. Space bridges made with primitive material could destroy this world. All I say is that we try," Optimus said with great stoic hope. Dinbot nodded and readied himself for battle. In Dinobot's eyes, this was the path to an honorable warrior.
Rhinox smiled at the speech and clicked a button on the table shutting off the hologram.
"I'm always with you old friend," Rhinox said. Optimus walked to the platform and turned around to face two allies.
"Then let's do battle for Earth," Optimus said. As the dye was cast, and the hot metal tension poured in, the first great battle of the beast wars world happened today. The Battle of Getty Space Bridge.
The group of young heroic teens ventured forward. Izuku led the way knowing full well where the ship to Predacon was located. Raf was behind pulling the straps to his backpack in a nervous fashion. Miko noticed this and decided to give her support to the young genius.
"Hey Raf if you see any danger, don't worry, go and hide. Because we three can take care of it," Miko said, making Raf feel safe. Carmine noticed how the area began to be more rocky as they were now in mountain territory.
"So not to be a bicycle, but I'm pretty sure those Predacons have aerial surveillance with that wasp guy," Carmine said in a bleck manner. Izuku nodded and kept marching forward.
"That's because I was here before and if I'm correct, their secret tunnels that lead to the Predacon base," Izuku answered.
"How do you know that?" Raf asked.
"Funny story but I've been in those tunnels before, Cheetor got himself trapped thereby another Predacon. So me and Rattrap had to get him out," Izuku said without hesitation. The other three were very impressed at what they heard.
"Dude, so you've already seen combat," Carmine said in amazement. It took sidekicks literally a month 9f paperwork before they could see any action.
"You're so off the chain man," Miko said in excitement. Izuku blushed at all the compliments. This was very new for him. To be praised for his accomplishments never in his life had people done this.
"It's not a big deal guys but thank you," Izuku said then for any more compliments could be said. Izuku heard something from the horizon approaching them. Miko glanced at Izuku seeing how tense he was until she heard the flapping of wings.
"Wait, do those sound like wings," Miko said. Izuku glimpsed at the group.
"Everyone hide quick," Izuku called out. Since they were in such rocky terrain, it was easy for them to find cover, especially in one large ditch as they held their heads down. Trying to stay out of sight.
"Who is it?" Raf asked who was ducking low and almost hugging the dirt ground. Izuku slowly raised his head above the ditch but not enough to be seen. His eyes widened seeing who had landed on the path they were on.
A large red pterosaur, or the Predacon Terrorsaur. The Predacon was sniffing the ground trying to find a smell.
"Hmm, I could have sworn I smelt something, aw never mind I have to stay on patrol, or else Megatron will have my hide," Terrosaur quickly flew into the air heading far away from the teens. The group peaked from the ditch, saying that it was all clear to come out.
"Man, do all these guys talk out loud to themselves," Miko said in a worried tone of voice. Izuku took a deep breath and slowly walked toward the path.
"Come on, let's go guys," Izuku said.
Megatron paced around in his ship's loading dock. He was waiting for an attack by the Maximal at any moment now.
The space bridge blueprints they found were a perfect turning point for the war. Having a space bridge they could reach Cybertron and call for reinforcement. However, the human blood that spilled would surely make Optimus retaliate. Something Megatron wanted, coaxing the great Optimus Primal into a trap.
It was all going to Megatron's plan but the reason why he was pacing around the room was another reason. It was a constant voice whispering in his ear. We heard something around the corner. Someone was speaking to him. It was a voice he didn't recognize, but it helped power even in a whisper.
"Serve me~," The disembodied voice said in a howling whisper.
"Who said that show yourself!" Megatron yelled in the room but no one answered back. Megatron held out his blaster, ready to toast anything that moved.
"Serve me~," The voice sounded so close like it was right behind Megatron. He spun around and was ready to shoot only to be met with a mirror. Megatron gazed into the reflection.
Megatron stared into the mirror realizing how skittish he was. He took a step back and took a deep breath.
"It's just the side effects from the Dark Energon, nothing more," Megatron thought, trying to calm himself. The door to the loading dock opened to reveal Tarantulas in his robot form. Megatron turned around to face his crazed scientist.
"Well, how is the project going, spit it out?" Megatron said with an irritated impatience. Tarantulas smiles and gives a bow to Megatron.
"It's almost done, my lord. Soon by nightfall, we shall have a fully operational space bridge," Tarantulas said with such inventive glee.
"Yes~, Tonight is when all the maximal fall and the Predacon shall rise," Megatron said knowing fully well that his destiny was conquering this backwater planet, and then the galaxy. Megatron did have one question for his subordinate.
"Tarantulas, what about the humans you captured find anything useful," Megatron asked. Tarantulas apologetically bowed to his leader.
"Unfortunately most of them didn't survive any of my experiments; however, their bodies proved much for research. I hope you are satisfied with my finding," Tarantulas said as his mandibles twitched a little satisfaction, knowing the atrocities he committed. Megatron shrugged his shoulders.
"You win some you lose," Megatron said as a villainess smirk appeared on his face.
Under the Predacon base were deep dark caves that our young heroes journeyed through. Raf held his phone up shooting a bright blue light throughout the tunnel. Izuku did the same while holding a flashlight. The subterranean area they walked through was spectacular. The teens were in awe seeing how big the cave was. Izuku noticed the cables lining the corner of the cave. So they decide to follow it. Carmine had a bit of a nervous look on his face.
"So uh Izuku just a quick question, that was a dinosaur we just saw, right?" Carmine asked a little freaked out at the site of a pterodactyl.
"Not gonna lie, that was pretty cool," Miko chimed in with her thoughts of the experience. Raf, who ran by Izuku's side, held up his phone showing he had a picture.
"How did the Predacons get these forms, not even people with quirks can get it this accurate to the real thing," Raf said.
Izuku, who only looked ahead, still spared a curious glance at his friends.
"I don't know, to be honest, it was just when I asked Optimus why his race changes forms. He said it was a defense mechanism but the thing is this planet is covered in energon waves, too much exposure can kill them," Izuku said in a grim voice seeing how they could be affected if they were in robot form for too long.
"So that's why their animals it's like wearing radiation suits," Raf said. Izuku smiled at Raf and patted his head.
"That's right Raf," Izuku smiled. Carmine still was left unanswered. He touched the cave wall to his right side, gaining some balance on the rough rocky floor.
"That still doesn't answer my question about how they can turn into dinosaur bugs I get. How do they get to become dinosaurs," Carmine said. Miko's flashlight scanned the area but her eyes widened seeing what was on the cave wall.
"Hey Carmine found your answer on the wall,' Miko said in shock. All of the group looked at the stone wall and saw a giant T-Rex fossil embedded into the wall. Centuries worth of history are all at the bottom of a Predacon base. Izuku's mouth gaped a little seeing the fossilized remains.
"Well, you don't see that every day," Miko chimed. Izuku didn't enjoy the sightseeing, but there are far more important matters at hand. He turned his flashlight straight ahead only for the light to show a very angry rat standing in the path of the youth. All of them froze in their spot as Rattrap tapped the ground repeatedly.
"You are all in a heap of trouble!" Rattrap whispered very loudly. Izuku was about to protest to Rattrap to say lives were on the line. However, as soon as Rattrap could see Izuku's mouth slightly open, Rattrap glared at Izuku making the young teen jump a bit. Then the group could hear the sound of soft footsteps approaching them from behind. Raf pointed his flashlight behind and could see Cheetor in his animal form.
Cheetor soon moved towards the group and walked over to Rattrap.
"Well, I say they have the right idea, aye Rattrap," Cheetor said in a hyper voice. Rattrap shocked his head at the young scout. "Come Rattrap think about it we could take the Predacon by surprise,"
Izuku had to speak up for they were not here for that.
"Cheetor! We're not trying to attack the Predacons, people are still on that ship, we have to save them," Izuku said in a determined voice. Rattrap and Cheetor shared a somber glance. Miko noticed their reaction.
"What's up with the looks," Miko asked. Rattrap took a long sigh.
"Look, kids, you'll have to face the truth, those people aren't alive and Megatron does not know to be so kind to orgainics," Rattrap said. Making the teen gasp. Izuku knew that was a possibility but didn't care if there was a chance that those people were alive he had to take it.
"We still have to try," Izuku said.
"What part of already dead don't you understand," Rattrap informed. Izuku wasn't going to back down from this and he stood his ground. Rattrap narrowed his eyes at Izuku.
"Are you denying an order from your superiors?" Rattrap asked in a threatening manner. The old Izuku would have folded to the threat immediately, but he still was determined.
"Are you just going to let innocent people die?" Izuku said. The two continued their cowboy stare-off, making the others who watched start to sweat nervously at what the outcome could be. Izuku wouldn't give in to fear and Rattrap refused to endanger Izuku at any point.
Then in a moment of clarity, Rattrap let out a frustrated grunt.
"Fine, you win but everyone sticks together, got it!" Rattrap said in a strict tone of voice. Izuku was thankful that they could continue however Carmine gave a sad sigh. So close to getting out of danger.
"Now come on everyone follow me I can smell the Predacon scent a mile away," Rattrap said as he led the way. Cheetor soon walked by Rattarp's side and gave a curious glance to his comrade.
"So why the change of heart you wanna bust some Predacon heads?" Cheetor asked.
"Look we're not going in, chances were going to meet a roadblock, and then we're all probably gonna turn back and go home," Rattrap said in a whisper making sure the others wouldn't hear. Cheetor was shocked and wanted to protest this decision but before any word could be said. They soon saw a giant metal door ahead of them. Glowing with purple lights and a giant screen on the bottom for access. Rattrap put his hand on his hips.
"Oh shoot! looks like it's a locked door. I don't think we can do anything else guys. Let's go home," Rattrap said with a fake defeated tone of voice. However, that didn't stop Raf from walking over to the open-control panel and sticking his UBS cord in the machine, hooking it up to his laptop. Rattrap raised an eyebrow at the kid unsure what to say.
"Don't worry Raf got it," Miko said with a smug smile.
"Yeah if any kid could do it, it's him," Carmine said then gently bumping Izuku with his elbow. "That kid is wicked smart,"
"Sorry to rain on the parade guys but there's no way you're primitive tack is going to get that door to budge," Rattrap said. Raf was already typing a storm of codes and finally pushed one more command.
"Doors unlocked," The computer voice spoke, and like that. The silver gates to Predacon hell were open. Rattrap was surprised that the door had opened, which was level-five security tech, not something you could easily break into.
"Wait what!" Rattrap said in surprise. Without warning Cheetor ran in still having a goofy reckless smile on his face.
"The last one to save the humans is a rotten egg," Cheetor called out. Rattrap was about to call out to them to stop until Izuku and Miko ran in.
"Wait don't just-," Rattrap was cut off again as Carmine nonchalantly followed behind.
"Oh come on, you guys don't even know where you going!" Rattrap said in an annoyed voice. It was then Raf meekly walked to his side and hovered over a cheerful face.
"If it makes you feel better I'll stay with you," Raf said with a kind of voice. Rattrap lowered his head and let out a giant sigh.
"We're all going to die," Rattrap said, then without warning picked up Raf and put him on his back as he ran toward the group.
"Wait for us, you hooligans!" Rattrap yelled as his rat form tried to catch up to them. Raf held on tight as the battle on Predacon Rock had truly begun.
The sun was starting to set upon the soon-to-be battlefield. Optimus, Dinobot, and Rhinox were all in their animal form sneakily moving toward the Predacon base taking cover behind the hilly side of the area. Dinobot was leading the way knowing where many of the automated turrets were located.
"Walk with great haste but keep your heads down," Dinobot said. Optimus held his guard making sure if they were spotted by flyers they would shoot them down.
"It would still be nice to have some backup," Rhinox said. Talking about Rattrap and Cheetor. Optimus didn't like to be out a gun but the safety of the humans was a top priority.
"Dinobot, are you sure this path leads to the base?" Optimus asked in concern about falling into a trap.
"Yes, just around this hill will be at the back door of the Predacons," Dinobot said. After a couple more steps they made it around the hill. Dinobot packed his head around a rock formation only to stop as the site was hurrying to look at it. Optimus who was behind wondered what was the hold-up.
"Dinobot, what's the hold-up?" Optimus asked.
"See for yourself," Dinobot said.
Optimus walked around Dinobot only to gak in fear. Only a couple of feet away from the Maximal were two scrap-jagged towers that formed an arch. With a circular metal base that held the two metal towers. While many miscellaneous, electronics were stuck into the machine acting as regulators and every output.
"The Space Bridge is already set up!" Optimus said in worry. Dinobot narrowed his optics on the space bridge and gripped his blaster tight.
"We must destroy it!" Dinobot said in an angry whisper.
"I would like to see you three try!" Megatron's voice boomed towards them. The three looked at the horizon to see Megatron in his Trex form approaching them. Optimus noticed Megatron's glowing purple eyes. Rhinox had his jaw dropped at the site.
"Impossible how do you recover so fast," Rhinox yelled. Optimus held his hand out telling his soldiers to stand down.
"I guess you can say I take good care of myself," Megatron said with a sarcastic tone of voice.
"Megatron, your space bridge risks the safety of this planet and its people, take it down or you'll destroy us all," Optimus warned. Megatron laughed at the leader of the Maximals. Dinobot growled in frustration but kept his guard up trying to see if they were being surrounded or not.
"No Optimus Primal! Today you shall see what I've been working on, I even saved you a front-row seat to the army that will walk through that space bridge. They will burn this world down and strip its resources to its core,"
"Megatron we will not allow that," Optimus Primal yelled as he beat his chest. "You've crossed a line that cost many people their lives, I can't say you'll face a prison cell,"
Megatron wasn't fazed by the threat and even rolled his eyes at the Maximal.
"You know what they say Primal, One shall stand," Megatron said in low anger, his eyes glowing a dark purple energy. Optimus slowly stood up on his legs and gripped his fists.
"Finish the quote," Optimus Primal said with great rage. Without warning Megatron opened his jaw and shouted out a beam of pure energy right at Optimus, thankfully Dinobot knocked Primal out of the way with his tail. Yet the beam explodes the rock wall behind them making the three fall to the ground. Megatron T Rex maw smiled as Waspinator and Terrorsaur both landed by their leader.
Optimus Primal glanced up at Megatron looking into his red eyes, seeing a horrible purple glow that he only heard in legends.
"It can't be," Optimus said in horror and awe. Megatron gazed down at the Maximals and chuckled so softly.
"Yes, I have injected myself with the blood of the dark god," Megatron yelled with great joy and pride. Dinobot was in absolute disgust at this dishonor of all Cybertronian kind.
"You know the harsh One shall fall!" Megatron said in a deep demonic voice. Optimus let out a primal roar that made the two grunts flinch. Optimus transformer and pointed his laser cannons at Megatron.
"Maximals maximize!" Optimus said with a mighty roar. As the first shot was made outside the ship, the turning point to this war, lay within the ship.
Izuku, Miko, and Carmine ran through the halls trying to find where the lab was. While Cheetor followed behind. It was clear that the four were ahead of Rattrap and Raf.
"Cheetor wait, I think we might have passed the prisoner room," Izuku cried out to Maximal who was halfway down the hall. The giant cheetah stopped in his tracks and looked around to see he had passed the door.
"Oh yeah, might as well make my heroes enter," Cheetor said happily. The door the group looked at was very large and had black metal outlining on the octagon door. Izuku scratched his chin thinking of ways to get in. Carmine glanced at the control pad on the wall.
"Hey what if we hack this, All we just have to do is wait for Raf," Carmine was interrupted by a loud bang as Cheetor transformed and blasted the command pad to pieces forcing the automotive door to open. The humans quickly had to cover their ears due to how loud the noise was. Carmine glared at Cheetor with a heated glare.
"A little warning next time man!" He shouted.
"YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP MY EARDRUM INTACT PLEASE!" Miko shouted. Cheetor awkwardly chuckled and scratched the back of his head. Miko and Carmine were still very ticked off by that irresponsible decision.
"How about you learn to think before you shoot, right Izuku?" Carmine heard no answer from Izuku and wondered what the hold-up was. The three turned to see the greenheaded teen stare into the room. Carmine glanced up at the room only to gawk in horror. Miko covered her mouth and was frozen like a statue. Cheetor's jaw dropped to the floor, out of all the horrible things this young maximal was preparing to see he was not ready for what was in front of him.
If this room could be described in one word it would be red.
In this dimly lighted room, were hundreds of bodies on giant metal tables, pulled apart by tools and wire to hold them open. Some of them hang from the ceiling in giant webs. While there was a giant pile of corpses. Blood had covered the floor due to the lack of a drain. While test tubes filled with vital organs lined the shelves. This graphic scene was too much for Carmine as he hunched over holding himself on a wall and vomited.
Izuku didn't know what to say as he could see no signs of life in the room. The sound of dizziness that hit him made it hard for Izuku to stand. The storm of confusion filled his mind, asking questions about how the Predacon could do this. Cheetor quickly grabbed the doors and shut them close making sure the youths didn't have to see any more of this horror show.
Raf and Rattrap soon approached them from down the fall.
"You kids have better not gotten into any trouble!" Rattrap yelled as Raf rode the rodents back. However, the sassy maximal stopped when he could see the looks of pain on their faces. Rattrap was confused and could see Izuku was shaking.
"Hey kid what's wrong?" Rattrap asked however the smell of the fresh dead seeped into his nose. His eyes widened and walked over to Cheetor.
"Take Miko, Carmine, and Raf around the corner now," Rattrap ordered. Cheetor nodded and picked up Raf in his arms.
"What's going on?" Raf asked.
"It's alright Raf nothing happened," Carmine lied through their teeth. Miko showed a calm smirk. "Nothing happened Raf just got spooked,"
Raf could see Miko was comfortably holding her arms. Cheetor felt disgusted at what he saw. Feeling a sense of responsibility towards his friends to keep them safe.
"Don't worry little buddy, just some scary posters in there," Cheetor said in a joking manner, so Raf wouldn't have to feel curious about what they stumbled upon.
"Okay," Raf said. As soon as they walked around the corner out of the Izuku site. Rattrap then glanced at Izuku and put a comforting hand on the teen's shoulder.
"Are you alright kid?" Rattrap asked
"They killed them all," He whispered in horror. Rattrap watched as Izuku's hands started to shake. While the young teen took a nervous gulp and held a blank stare at the door.
"How could they just do that?" Izuku asked in disbelief.
"That's what Predacons do, Izuku they only value the strong and step on the weak, I'm sorry you had to see that but this is…" Rattrap didn't finish his sentence. He wanted Izuku to finish it.
"War," Izuku finished. He gripped his arm in a stressful manner. He felt the blame should've been on him. How could anyone be able to protect this outcome from the Beast wars? Rattrap narrowed his rod and eyes, and looked down the hall, knowing that the enemy had gone too far today and needed to be taught a lesson.
"Hey you wanna mop around here all day do you want to take the fight to them?" Rattrap asked stoically. Izuku's face grew with determination. He nodded his head.
"Good because I know the right thing to tick these guys off," Rattrap said.
"Too bad you've already accomplished that by invading the ship!"
The two turned their heads downward toward the end of the hall. A giant gray scorpion was fast approaching them with its insect legs. Izuku quickly activated his shield, popping it out from his wristband. Rattrap stood on his legs. Before he could activate his transformation. A high door slammed from above striking the scorpion right on its back.
"GAH!" Scorponok let out a painful cry. As he was pinned down by the floor.
"What the pit is going on!" He cried out in anger. Rattrap and Izuku were both stumped at what happened. It was then the teen looked around the corner behind and saw Raf was on his laptop, typing away commands. Cheetor ran around Rag and smirked at Scorponok's misfortune.
"Well it looks like somebody bit off more than they could chew," Cheetor said.
"When I get out of here you're gonna be so sorry," Scorponok said as struggled to escape his prison. Carmine and Miko stood on the side with grim faces, yet determined to keep going.
"Yeah I'm willing to keep going but what can we do now?" Carmine asked. Rattrap smiled and pointed upward.
"We're going to give these creeps a taste of their own medicine, we're gonna turn the security system against them," Rattrap said in a mischievous smile.
"You think you can get into the system from here kid," Raf's eyebrow rose in surprise.
"Well, it doesn't look like there are any important components, here I might have to go to the upper deck," Raf said. Izuku nodded and raised his shield high, pointing up.
"Then will go there, and stop Megatron!" Izuku said. A low laugh echoed behind them. Scorponok laughed like a madman. All of them turned around to glare at the pinned Predacon.
"For the human, you will never be able to stop the glorious Megatron especially since we have set up a space bridge, in which an army shall come through and conquer your pathetic planet!" Scorponok yelled. There was a moment of silence when all of them looked at one another realizing. since they were in the ship, and if they could take over the defense systems, they could blow that space bridge to Kingdom Come. Scorponok also realizes that he probably should've not said that out loud.
"Thanks for the hint man," Carmine said. All of them began to leave to look for higher decks. Scorponok groaned in anger.
"Megatron's gonna kill me," Scorponok mumbled in shame, taking his claws to cover his face in shame. Unfortunately, as fast as the group ran, something was lurking in the shadows, watching them from a distance, while slowly stalking them. The chattering of two mandibles, clicking in hunger echoed quietly.
"It appears I can get some payback," Tarantulas said with wicked glee.
Outside the Predacon base, it was a warzone. Dinobot and Rhinox were taking cover under a rocky ravine. They had to deal with plasma shots, turret rounds, and a laser-shooting T-Rex. Dinobot tried to peek his head over the Rocky ravine, and it almost cost him dearly as a shot nearly struck his head.
"Curse that insufferable Megatron was outgunned here!" Dinobot yelled to Rhinox who returned fire taking a couple of shots at the Waspinator. Who fell from the sky landing on his head.
"Ow!" Waspinator cited out in pain. While the two dealt with their shoot-out. Optimus had bigger problems to face. Megatron chased down the leader of the Maximals, yet Optimus backflipped over Megatron and landed on his neck. He used his arm to lock his jaw from opening.
"How could you do something like this? The blood of the dark god is off-limits, how could you betray your morals!" Optimus yelled, wanting an answer out of the muffled T-Rex. The dinosaur formed a mischievous smile for he had an answer. He spoke through his clapped jaw.
"Oh that's easy, you just abandon any emotional weakness like this!" Megatron shouted as he ran straight into a rock wall, flinging the ape off his back. Optimus quickly gripped the wall and climbed up it.
"I'm going to take down that space bridge and then you!" Optimus said in a determined manner.
"I am not emotional today, I know for sure I didn't get your little human pet, but that can be arranged. What was his name again? It's Izuku correct?" Megatron said trying to coax Optimus to fail. The ape retaliated by throwing a giant boulder at Megatron, however, wow, the boulder was heading towards the T-Rex. Megatron opened his mouth and fired a purple laser beam. shattering the stone while the light kept on piercing through.
Optimus narrowly dodged the attack and ran across the stone floor trying to find cover. The automatic Tourette's on the Predacon ship fired at him. Soon one of the shots exploded behind Optimus, the force making him fly across the battlefield and Deland Harley on the ground close to the rocky ravine, where Dinobot and Rhinox took cover.
Dinobot quickly pulled Optimus into cover as the fire round dug deeper into the dirt. Megatron smiled thinking this was the end of the Beyst wars. Rhinox looks to his leader with a concerned face.
"We need reinforcements, you have to call them," Rhinox said. Optimus begrudgingly agreed they needed all their forces here to save this planet. Hey activated his communicator and began to call his two other loyal friends.
While Predacon ships the groups of humans and cybertronians. Moved throughout the ship at a steady pace, mostly trying not to accidentally kick off any traps. They moved quietly and Rattrap was leading the way. Then without warning his communications device rang very loudly. Rattrap quickly transformed.
"Rattrap maximize," He called out transforming into his robot form. Carmine stared in amazement. Wondering Cybertronian, he folded like that. Then he clicked his rest, activating communication.
"Yo Optimus what's up," Rattrap said.
"Rattrap we need you and Cheetor to reinforce us at the Predacon base. I'll send you the coordinates right now," Optimus said. There was a large moment of awkward silence between the group.
"Rattrap, Rattrap are you there?" He asked. Izuku had a guilt-ridden face. Wondering what his friend would say.
"Yeah I hear ya it's just aw, we're already here," Rattrap said with an awkward tone of voice.
"That's great, did you hurry to our location, we're being outgunned right now," Optimus asked immediately. Rattrap awkwardly scratches the back of his head looking towards his comrades, and then realizing he had to rip off the Band-Aid.
"Hey sorry to break this to you, but we're already inside the Predacon ship," Rattrap said.
"WHAT!" Optimus' voice boomed from the speaker. The humans in the room flinched at the sound of the voice knowing fully well that he was probably not gonna be happy when they got back. Cheetor held his head down knowing he was gonna get a talking to.
"Why are you inside the ship?" Optimus demanded. Before Rattrap could speak, Izuku spoke up first.
"I'm sorry Optimus, it was my idea!" Izuku said. "We wanted to save the humans on the ship, unfortunately, there were no survivors,"
Raf gave a soft gasp, realizing why his friends had looked so down. Carmine put a comforting hand on the child's shoulder.
"Sorry Raf," Carmine said.
"Izuku I'm sorry you had to find out but your safety takes top priority, and what did you mean by we?" Optimus asked.
"Hey Optimus," Miko said.
"Sup," Carmine calmly said.
"Yeah big bot," Cheetor said.
"Are you kidding me? Do you know how dangerous that is especially with children, that's it. This mission is aborted," Optimus said
"Wait Optimus," Izuku called out. "I know that this is extremely dangerous but if we don't stop the Predacons, things are gonna get worse. I am not gonna run away. We are going to help you take down that space bridge."
Izuku had never thought of talking back to the leader of the maximals, here he was standing his ground, knowing full well that they needed any help they could get. They heard a deep sigh come from the other end. Rattrap and Cheetor wanted Optimus to understand the tactical advantage they had right now.
"Izuku be careful, And Rattrap makes sure everyone gets out of that ship. That's an order." Optimus said.
"Hey, what do you think I'm doing here playing daycare," Rattrap said jokingly.
"Stay safe," Optimus said. Then a loud explosion was heard echoing from the speaker. They could hear how intense the firefight was proceeding.
"Rhinox cover me!" Optimus said with great haste, the call ended there. All of them stood in silence thinking about their next move.
"So who's ready to hack into this ship," Carmine said in an enthusiastic voice. Izuku nodded and nodded at them. The group ran through the halls, looking for the main door to the control deck. They held their guards up and we're ready for anything. Even the small humans who had lacked much would make up for it with heart.
Then in a matter of seconds, stumbled across a giant black Pentagon door.
"You think that's it?" Miko asked. Raf ran towards the door with his laptop out and plugged in an adapter, and who knows where in the control panel. as hundreds of codes ran across the screen.
"Jackpot this is it guys!" Raf said in an eager voice. Rattrap and Cheetor both covered the end of the hallway getting their blaster ready. In case Scorponok escaped from the door. Miko, Carmine, and Izuku covered Raf.
This was it, the plan was set into motion now all they had to do was execute it. Raf concentrated, as it was more focused on unlocking the master door ahead. Carmine looked to see a loading bar slowly getting filled up.
Then with a ding sound, Raf hit the right key and opened the giant doors ahead. Rattrap smiled and looked at the youths with a stoic gaze.
"Alright, you kids going there make sure the defense system blows that space bridge the kingdom comes!" Rattrap said.
"I'm afraid I cannot allow that" A voice called out from down the hall yet Cheetor and Rattrap recognized the voice. While Izuku held his shield knowing who it was.
Miko gazed up and let out a girlish scream, Carmine turned toward his friend in surprise. Hearing her scream like that was a bit funny.
"Did you just scream like a little girl?" Carmine said with a smirk. Miko without looking cupped Carmine's chin and pointed his head upward seeing a giant colorful tarantula, sticking to the ceiling above them.
"Oh yeah, that's pretty terrifying!" Carmine said quickly. Izuku rushed the others to get into the room.
"Go!" Izuku shouted. tarantula's lead from the ceiling onto Cheetor and Rattrap. The three quickly scrambled into trying to grapple and subdue the giant spider. Rattrap looked at Izuku with a stern face fighting back the giant mandibles that were trying to stab into his neck.
"Don't worry about us kids, just go and hack that ship!" Rattrap yelled. Cheetor pulled the tarantula off Rattrap and threw him down the hall. While the spider was tossed across the room he transformed and landed on his feet. He pointed his claws and legs at the two maximals and let out an onslaught of bullets. Rattrap leaped through the fire and pushed the button to close the door to the main control center. The two began to scramble for cover, hiding behind the corners.
"It appears I have pets on the ship. Luckily for me, I enjoy eating them!" Tarantula yelled at them with wicked glee unleashing another hailstorm of bullets. Cheetor and Rattrap glanced at each other with a worried glance.
"You think we got this!" Cheetor asked.
"I fought this creep more than once, how about we show him why you don't mess with us," Rattrap said. Cheetor smiled and held his blaster ready to fire.
Currently on the other side of the door. The four young teens looked at the control center with amazement. It was dark and illuminated by shady colors. Raf was in nerd heaven staring at all the controls.
"Where do we even start?" Carmine asked. Raf glanced around only to see a chair hanging off the ceiling. With keyboards attached to the armrest.
"We start right there!" Raf said, running up the chair. Izuku and Carmine gave him a boost, so he could sit in it. The thing was dangling five feet off the ground. Raf eagerly reached for one of the armrests and began typing the command.
The lights in the room were turned on illuminating the room, as monitors began to glow with purple screensavers.
"Welcome lord Megatron," a female computer voice said. Izuku glanced at one of the monitors, showing the battle outside and how intense it was getting. However, at the corner of the screen, his eyes were wide, and he saw the giant space bridge that the enemy had built.
"That's it, that's the Space Bridge!" Izuku said.
"Look, it's Optimus and the others," Miko said. Izuku watched on in worry as Optimus and the others took cover from the attack. Izuku spun around and glanced at Raf.
"How is the hacking going?" He asked in worry.
"This is harder than you think. I have to figure out how to start the manual ship before I can even activate the computer," Raf panicked. Without warning Carmine took his crowbar out of his bag and tried to pull a panel off under a control board.
"What are you doing?" Miko asked.
"This thing is a spaceship right, well all vehicles, universal law have to have their controls connected from here with wiring so I'm gonna hotwire this thing," He yelled out. Izuku smiles and is determined, thinking that could work.
"A little help here guys!" He wheezed out, trying to bend the metal. Miko ran over and pulled on the tool; it looked like their efforts were for nothing. Izuku walked out and raised his shield.
"Step aside I got this," They stepped away, giving him his space, Izuku raised his shield and focused it on one of the panels.
"Activate buzzsaw mode," Izuku said.
"Buzzsaw mode engaged!" a computer voice spoke from his shield. As soon as the command was uttered rows of sharp teeth appeared around the shield and spun rapidly fast. Izuku slowly brought it to the wall, and with little resistance, the blades dug into the metal and began to carve their way through it. Metal sparks begin to fly off the connection that was happening with the saw meeting the wall.
Izuku carefully carved his opening for them. Then as he was done and took a step back, the metal part that he cut around fell off. revealing a jungle of different colored wires.
"You got it from here, right?" Izuku asked.
"Let's see what we got here!" Carmine said. He began to dig himself into the control box and began fidgeting around.
"Okay if that goes there I guess this has to go here!" Carmine said. Then with one switch of a wire, the ship began to turn on the engines, hummed, and shook the very ship itself.
"We're in business!" Carmine called out. Miko was amazed at what happened seeing her friend hijack an alien ship. Izuku glanced at Raf, who was immediately typing away on his keyboard.
"I'm in," He said, never taking his eyes off the screen.
Meanwhile outside.
Optimus realized you needed to transform to get an advantage in this battle.
"Optimus maximize!" He shouted, turning into his robot form. He was about to move from his cover and go after Megatron. Before he could move the sound of the engines of the ship came on, they were as loud as thunder. Megatron spun around and glared at his ship.
"What is going on in there," Megatron yelled into a communications device built into him. there was no reply from the common links inside the ship. Something was going on, an unusual occurrence.
"Tarantula's, Scorponok do you read me," Megatron said.
"Tarantula's, Scorponok, answer me now!" Megatron demanded. Waspinator and Terrorasur both had concerned looks on their faces. Optimus poked his head out from the cover, noticing the Predacon's attention wasn't on them.
"Rhinox, Dinobot fall back," Optimus ordered. Dinobot snorted disappointment.
I shall never run from a battle Optimus that is a coward's way out," Dinobot yelled in anger.
"We're Not running because we're a gunned we're running to get out of the turret fires rang," Optimus said with a smirk. Rhinox was a bit confused. Why would they need to worry about the turrets? Dinobot also had a puzzled look, not understanding what their leader was doing.
"Let's just say we have some people on the inside, now go," Optimus said. The maximals quickly fled trying to bring any attention to themself. Megatron spun around to see if Optimus was there but found no one was attacking.
"Megatron, what is going on?" Terrorsuar said.
Megatron quickly realized what was happening here. This whole frontal attack was a trick, while the rest of Optimus' forces invaded his ship. That shouldn't be possible. He lacked the numbers to organize such a thing. Not to mention Dinobot was fighting here; they would surely need his experience to get back on the ship.
Then the speakers came on with an eerie ring. Megatron glared at his ship wondering what had happened.
"Hello Megatron," Izuku's voice called out. Megatron recognizes the voice, having a hateful nostalgia running through his mind.
"That human again!" Megatron growled in pure frustration.
"I ask you on behalf of this planet and the people that are on it that you stop what you were doing and turn yourself in, do the right thing. Please no more blood has to be shed. We can just end this now, please listen to me, you have committed a grave indecent act, but you can still change. There's still hope. Please turn yourself in," Izuku said in a humble voice. Megatron looked at the kindness being presented towards him and spat on the ground.
"Where do you think you get off you insignificant ant? I am a leader to assume a grand Empire to span across the galaxy. And you offer pity to me. I refuse and what are you even going to do in that high-tech level ship? I doubt your primitive brain could even understand the basics of it." Megatron said in a vicious angry voice. There is a moment of silence until their sigh of Izuku can be heard through the microphone systems.
"I'm sorry Megatron, you forced us to do this," Izuku warned. Megatron scoffed in arrogance thinking what could such a small human do?
It was then he noticed the turret on top of the ship, began to slowly turn and point at the space bridge.
"No," Megatron gasped in horror. Soon a barrage of heavy artillery crashed into the space bridge, blowing it to smithereens the force of the multiple explosions. Tossed Megatron and his cronies around like they were ragdolls. After a minute of rapid cannon fire.
The canyon that the Predacons laid in was more. divisions blinded by smoke and dust. The air was filled with burnt metal. Megatron sluggishly stood up. Only to see the dust slowly settle to reveal the space bridge that they had built was destroyed, now only a pile of metal shards. Megatron stared at the record as his plans were now destroyed. Terrorsuar was about to speak only to see the dinosaur's jaw shaking in rage. He then let out a loud, Tyrannosaurus rex roar.
"I'm going to destroy that boy!" Megatron yelled.
On the ship deck, Raf was typing away on his laptop. Izuku walked up to the elevated seat where the kid genius was typing away.
"Raf we got to go," Izuku said. Raf was hyper-focused on different tasks.
"Come on man, I think we have made them mad enough!" Carmine said. Raf refused to get down as he was furiously typing key commands.
"Just a second guys!" Raf said. then, with a loud thought that shook the ship. All of them felt the hair on the back of their necks stand up. Where the ferocious roar of a dinosaur echoed throughout the ship. Carmine gulped and sporadically looked at Raf to hurry up.
"Raf I don't wanna end up like Dino Chow!" Carmine said. Izuku wondered the same and kept his cool. The boy genius hit one more key and he was done. The monitors and screens began to show a deleting icon.
"All space bridge records are deleted," The female voice said.
"Got it," Raf said. Izuku smiled now knowing that the Predacons were never gonna try and build another space bridge again. Raf leaped down only to be caught by all three of his friends. Izuku ruffled his hair.
"Good job Raf!" Izuku said. The two were pulled by Miko and Carmine to the doors. They stopped seeing the doors open.
"AH! SPIDER!" Miko screamed.
Tarantulas was standing in the doorway looking at the teens with a rageful grin. Izuku tan toward the front of the group and held his shield up. The young hero thought that the outside may have gone too quiet due to the lack of gunfire.
"Guys get out here!" Izuku yelled. However, the Predacon fell over and landed on the ground in an unconscious state. Right behind the fallen Predacon were Cheetor and Rattrap standing, their arms crossed.
"Hey squirts," Rattrap said with a smirk. Izuku smirked at the two, seeing they had their situation handled.
"I think this is the first time a New Yorker has ever been happy to see a rat," Carmine jokes. Cheetor and Rattrap immediately transformed into their forms. They glanced at them with stoic faces.
"Come on kids hop on, I don't think Mega Dork is going to be happy to see you," Cheetor said in a worried voice. Izuku and Raf crawled onto Cheetor's back. While Miko and Carmine got onto Rattrap.
"Oh my gosh, why does it smell like garbage?" Miko said, pitching her nose. Carmine raised a sarcastic eyebrow at her.
"It smells like garbage and we're on a giant rat and you're wondering why it smells like this," Carmine said.
"Will you two shut up!" Rattrap said. With that maximal ran as fast as they could take the exit that led to the tunnels. The deeper they journey into the vessel Izuku spun his head around to give a glance behind. Only to hear the howling sound of rage. Izuku knew it was Megatron who was crying in frustration.
Izuku couldn't feel any sympathy for the being for that was gone the moment he saw Megatron take so many lives.
"This is Rattrap to a base we're heading home," Rattrap said.
Izuku could have swarm time moving faster. Perhaps all the excitement and adventure he had today or he was trying to put off the coming scold of Optimus.
After hours of nonstop running from the two and watching the sun lower to a late noon. Our heroes finally made it back to the Axalon. Cheetor and Rattrap eventually gave out and collapsed from exhaustion. They are all demented from the maximals. Izuku offers a helping hand to Rattrap, which he gladly takes.
"You know you put us through a world of trouble, you know that," Rattrap said. Izuku looked away, realizing that he may have put his friends in danger and even risked their lives. Rattrap put a comforting hand on his shoulder and wanted to reassure the young hero that his actions did not go unnoticed.
"Hey but good job kid you sure saved your planet's butt," Rattrap smirked. Cheetor playfully nudged the others and gestured to them as well.
"Hey don't forget about these guys," Cheetor said.
"Hey if it weren't for Raf we wouldn't be here," Carmine said ruffling the boy's genius hair. Raf smiled back and adjusted their glasses.
"Well I couldn't do it without you, if you didn't think about hot wiring the ship, We would've been doomed," Raf complimented. Carmine proudly scratched his chin and did a manly pose.
"You know me can't help but be epic," Carmine said. Rattrap rolled his eyes.
Miko took a big sigh and hugged Izuku by his shoulder. The young teen blushed but realized this was more of a friendly hug than a loving moment. She let go, making the young hero confused.
"What was that for?" Izuku asked.
"For taking us on an adventure, and spicing up our lives," Miko said. Izuku turned to face his Two mechanical guardians.
"Thank you for putting up with us," Izuku said.
"Hey it's what heroes do," Cheetor said back. They all were happy to know that they were all alive and here to continue the fight. This grand touching moment of camaraderie and brotherhood. Was interrupted as the Axalon elevated platform began to slowly descend. revealing a very stern Optimus looking at the humans who had disobeyed his orders. Izuku nervously gulped.
"Rattrap, Cheetor, you take them back to their homes, I need a private word with Izuku," Optimus said. Cheetor and Rattrap nodded at the command. Miko and Carmine realized how much trouble Izuku was in. Cheetor reluctantly began to guide the others away from Izuku. Raf looked at Izuku with a concerned peek.
"Bye Izuku," Raf said. He, of course, returned the gesture with a happy smile.
"Don't worry guys, I'll see you tomorrow," Izuku said. He waited for them until they left his site. Izuku slowly walked forward. He held his head while walking to the platform only to stop, the young hero didn't want to hold down. if he hadn't tried to stop the Predacons. The more damage would have been done. At first, Izuku knew what he did, and the intentions behind it, he raised his head and met Optimus's stern glance. When he stepped on the platform and looked at Optimus with a brave front ready to take on the consequence.
"Optimus, I want you to know that everything that happened today was on my watch, so please don't punish the others, just me," Izuku said, looking at Optimus with a stoic front. "I had to see if those people were still alive so that I could at least try and save them."
Izuku closed his eyes, remembering the bodies that were everywhere. shocking anger thinking how Megatron threw those lives away.
"They weren't alive. I'm sorry I didn't listen to you," Izuku said. Optimus knew that those people were gone, but it still hurt to hear the confirmation.
"I'm sorry you had to see that Izuku. I deeply apologize for my late actions, I wish I could've seen it sooner," Optimus said. Izuku nodded in agreement. Izuku had never truly seen death every time he would watch heroes fight if the action ever got too intense, the camera would shut off.
"Death is never easy to see. I apologize you and your friends had to see that," after the considerate words, said by Optimus, there was a long moment of silence.
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Optimus stood equivalently to a statue and didn't budge an inch. Izuku realized how mad Optimus was, truly he needed to apologize.
"Optimus I'm-," Izuku tried to apologize, but was cut off by a small chuckle. The young hero looked towards Optimus, realizing he was the one who chortled, it wasn't sarcastic or mocking. He sounded truly happy.
"Optimus?" Izuku asked only for the leader to laugh and laugh. Izuku didn't know what to do or say. Optimus sat down on the platform and settled his sudden chuckle.
"You know if you hadn't listened to me, Rhinox, Dinobot, and me, would have perished," Optimus grimmly said. Izuku gave a slight gasp. Optimus remained unfazed and stoic.
"Thank you for saving my life again," Optimus said. "Besides I also know your friends volunteered to come, didn't they?"
Izuku gave a reluctant chuckle.
"Yeah, they did," Izuku said having a happy smile on his face. He was happy knowing that Optimus was seeing his side of the story.
"Izuku, I thank you today, but I warn you in the future. Don't do something reckless like that again. Understood," Optimus said. Izuku nodded and looked at the sun starting to set.
"Wisdom cannot be granted but is earned, sometimes at a cost. I know you are a noble selfless person, but I would hate for you to learn it in that manner," Izuku understood the wise words that were given to him. Optimus then smiled and pointed at the fading stars that would soon appear when night would happen.
"I used to be reckless like you when I was younger, but I always put myself in front of others. You're born to be a leader, but you still need time. Your young Izuku you have much to learn, so you will learn under our protection and when the time is right one day, I believe your entire species will be able to reach the stars," Optimus said. Izuku stood strong and proud.
"Then I'm going to do everything that I can to make sure that happens," Izuku said. Optimus nodded and stood up.
"Also don't be shy and invite your friends over again because you'll be having some new training partners," Optimus said as he began to walk to Cheetor and Rattrap path. Izuku felt an excitement buildup in him. Izuku used to live in the world, where he felt so long, yet here, and now being guided from the hands of the stars and supported by the hands of the Earth. He truly felt honored to be standing by Optimus Primal, who is a friend, mentor, and most of all a hero. However, Izuku couldn't help but ask.
"Why aren't you furious with me?"
Optimus shrugged his shoulders and glanced at his young human friend.
"What is the time and place for everything but you saved so many lives today, be proud today, and keep marching tomorrow," Optimus said. Izuku nodded at the words immediately pulled out his journal, and began to write everything that happened that day. After all the excitement that happened today. He was finally able to write down the first entry in his book.
Izuku had written this. Chapter one you don't need a quirk to be a hero.
Sorry for any mistakes. Hey guys it's me I know it's been a long while since I posted anything on this story, Sorry to be honest I just haven't found my passion for this fic in a while. I find it a chore to do more than I enjoy it. I don't know it just feels anything for this one. Maybe it would be better if this story would find better hands. If are you interested please pm. Thank you for being a wonderful audience and maybe I can see you again. In this fic that's all I've got for you guys see you later cowboy.