Well here's the next chapter. I really liked how this chapter came out since it is one of my favorite episodes from Beast wars. Any way a lot will happen in this chapter so please enjoy.
Disclaimer: I do not own either Beast wars or RWBY
Chapter 7 Chain of Command
Vale, Patch, Safe ring
It's was about a week after Ruby was invited to join Beacon early, something that Ruby still couldn't get over. And everyone had different responses to it once they found out. Her dad didn't want her to go, saying she was too young, but after some talks and deal making Ruby was allowed to go to beacon. Yang was ecstatic that her little sister was joining her at beacon and couldn't wait for the semester to start. Meanwhile the Maximals all had different opinions on the matter, Dinobot said that it was a wise choice due to her combat prowess, Rattrap said he didn't care but he gave Ruby a smile when he heard, Cheetor was about as ecstatic as Yang was, and Rhinox told her that she had a lot of catching up to do if she wanted to be on the same level as the others students there. But it was Optimus's words that stuck with Ruby the most. He warned her that the Predacons might try to attack them while they were at school and that she and Yang needed to watch each other's backs the best they could, but other than that he was proud of her and told her to do her best.
Other than that the Maximals haven't had much action, but today they were at the safe ring examining it and trying to figure out why and how the grimm wouldn't go in it. So far they have taken soil samples, examined the rocks, and even scouted the area and all they had to show for it was even more questions than before. The area scan and soil samples came up with nothing as to suggest why the grimm avoid the ring, but the rock samples gave them weird readings that Rhinox couldn't understand until he did a more thorough tests back at the base.
But it did tell him one thing though. "This isn't a natural stone formation. Somebody, somehow built this place." Stated Rhinox as he told the others what he learnt so far. The other pondered what Rhinox told them wondering what that could mean.
"But if it's not naturally formed, then who build it? As far as I know no one other than us knows how to repel the grimm?" Yang wondered out loud as no one could answer her question.
"Something else is odd." Optimus said as he looked at a scanner that they brought along with them. "I'm getting an energon reading. It's under this pill of rocks." He finished as they all looked at the pill of rocks in front of them.
"Rhinox if the crystals are big enough could they repel the grimm away from this place?" Asked Ruby wondering if that was the secret of why the grimm avoid the safe ring.
Rhinox thought about it taking that into consideration. "It could be, but the effects couldn't cover just the structure, but rather a more circular area." Replied Rhinox as he answered Ruby's question but giving them all something else to wonder.
"Just like baiting a mouse trap. This place alternates my currents." Said Rattrap a little spoked at what they learnt so far.
With what Rattrap said made Rhinox wonder something. "You know the energon on Remnant doesn't fit with it geology. Hard to believe it could have form naturally." Stated Rhinox as Yang gave him a confused look.
"What are you saying that someone or something put all this energon on Remnant?" Asked Yang not sure if she wanted to know the answer or not. Meanwhile Dinobot started to walk over to the rock pill.
"That's something we'll just add to the list of growing questions we have about this world." Said Optimus as he too wondered what the answer to that question was.
"However it got her, we must remove it before the Predacon do." Stated Dinobot as he started to remove the rocks from the pile in order to get to the energon underneath it.
It was at that moment they all heard a familiar stomping sound and saw Megatron step out from behind on of the stones.
"Aw Dinobot, that Predacon chip still ticks inside your treacherous hide. And I think we will take it, yesss. No energon crystal too small, I always say." Said Megatron as Terrorsaur and Wazzpinator then flew in while they transformed and started to fire on the Maximals causing them to jump about to avoid getting hit. Then Tarantulas and Mercury appeared and started to fire, forcing the Maximals to get some cover behind the rocks.
As Dinobot, Rattrap and Yang hid behind one rock Rattrap spoke up. "Man your old friends don't miss a beat do they." He said as Yang glared at him.
"Either shut up and transform or get out of here!" Ordered Yang as she activated Ember Celia and Dinobot transformed. Seeing no other choice Rattrap also transformed as well.
"Keep them away from the crystal!" Ordered Optimus as Emerald jumped at him only for Ruby to kick her form the side making her hit a stone pillar instead.
Meanwhile Rattrap was grumbling about the order. "Oh sure give us the dirty work." He said as he saw Scorponok standing on top one of the stone pillars. He then moved from his cover and fired at him, but each shot missed and only startled him. Then Cheetor rolled out from his cover and shot Scorponok right in the chest knocking him off the pillar as he landed head first on the ground.
"Scratch one." Said Cheetor as Tarantulas tried to sneak up on him only to get blasted by Rattrap. Seeing this Cheetor gave Rattrap a thumbs up for the save.
"Flyers incoming." Warned Rhinox as he and Optimus saw Terrorsaur and Wazzpinator flying down in their direction.
"Their mine!" Said Optimus as he took to the air and readied his back missile launchers. Once the two flyers were in his range Optimus opened fire at them, firing a missile at each of them. One shot Hit Wazzpinator taking him out, but the other missed Terrorsaur as he took aim at the rock pile and fired at it.
Everyone saw this and started to run away from the pile to avoid the blast. Unfortunately for Rhinox he was still too close to the rock pill as the shoot landed and got set flying form the explosion and luckily landed on the ground safely, something that couldn't be said for the energon as it started to act up.
Seeing this Megatron was once more upset with Terrorsaur and his actions. "Terrorsaur, you fool! You've released the crystal's energy! It is useless to us now. Back to base, beast mode!" Yelled Megatron as the Predacons all left the area as fast as they could to avoid the blast.
Optimus soon landed on the ground as the others regrouped around him. "Beast mode Maximals, and prepare for energon wave!" Ordered Optimus as they transformed into beast mode and rushed for cover as fast as they could. When they gained cover behind a rock outside the ring the energon wave happened but not in the way their where expecting.
Somehow the safe ring absorbed the energy and concentrated it into a beam that was fired into the air. The beam was so strong it shot into space and ripped a hole through space and time. As this was happening it also released a small wave that hit the Maximals, that did nothing to them, but for some reason Ruby's eye where glowing brightly from it. Then as fast as it happened the beam stopped and the energon crystals in the centre of the safe ring all just shattered like glass.
The Maximals then looked out from their cover and wondered what happened. "Like I said, those stones aren't natural." Said Rhinox as his beliefs about the stones where increased due to what just happened.
"What in the galaxies was that?" Asked Cheetor as he and Yang were clueless as to what just happened.
"Looked kind a like a signal, but to who?" Answered Rhinox as he wondered what the answer was himself.
"Well perhaps will learn the answer, someday." Said Optimus as he was about to order everyone home, but stopped as he saw Ruby still sitting holding her head in pain.
Seeing this Optimus lowered himself to her level. "Ruby are you ok?" He asked her, worried about her health.
Ruby then opened her eyes, shocking Optimus as he saw they were glowing. "Yeah, just a headache is all Optimus." Answered Ruby as Optimus knew he had to figure out what was wrong with her without worrying the others.
Optimus then stood up and offered a hand to Ruby, who took it. "Still we should take you back to base and make sure you're ok. No telling what that wave could have done to you." Said Optimus as he saw her eyes stop glowing, making him wonder what was going on.
"Ok." Said Ruby as they all started to head back to base. Meanwhile Optimus gave Rhinox a look, which Rhinox understood right away and knew what tests he had to run on Ruby.
Vale, Patch, Rose/Xio long house
It had been a day since the battle at the safe ring and things haven't been the same for Ruby since then. She kept getting these random headaches from time to time, and sometimes she would hears this voice in her head, and the most ingesting thing was a dream she had last night. For some reason she dreamt that she was a simple worker at some dock that was then attack. She had gotten shot and was soon fixed up with a better body and then she set out to stop the people that attacked her from doing what they wanted. The weird thing about it was that it felt so real to her like it really happened to her.
Currently she was in her room working on a blue print for a new weapon. But she wasn't really into it as her mind was wondering about, thinking about that dream. She was so into her thoughts she failed to see that Yang entered the room and looked over at what Ruby was doing.
"Is that my upgrade?" Asked Yang as she took the blue print away from Ruby and looked at it.
Ruby was shocked at first, but soon got over it. "No it isn't Yang. I already had it planned out and I'm building it at the Axalon." Answered Ruby as she saw Yang still looking at the blue print with a little bit of confusion.
"That's good, cause this isn't my style." Said Yang as she turned the blue print around and showed it to Ruby. "Who you building this for anyway, Ruby?" Wondered Yang as Ruby looked at the plans.
On the plans was a gun with a large back and was long barrel, and it looked like it could be held with one hand (Think G1 Optimus Prime weapon). The weird thing was that Ruby didn't even remember putting it down on paper and that it felt like it was her weapon of choice for some reason.
Seeing that Yang was waiting for an answer she thought up of something. "Um, just making random weapons is all." She told her hoping that Yang bought it.
Yang thought about for a bit, before shrugging it off. "Ok then, have a good one sis." Said Yang as she gave Ruby the blue print back and let the room.
Ruby then put the blue print on the table and walked over to the window and looked out it. 'What's happening to me?' Thought Ruby as she knew this wasn't normal for a girl her age. 'Maybe I should talk to Optimus, or Rhinox about this.' As Ruby continued her train of thought wondering what would happen next.
Little did she know that something big was about to happen. In space an area started to ripple as what looked like a golden seed flew through space. Its destination Remnant and its objectives were unknown.
Vale, Patch, Axalon
Optimus was currently sitting outside reading a report that Rhinox gave him about Ruby's condition and how it was being affected by her unknown power. The more he read the more confused and worried he got by it.
'It seems that the energon blast somehow jump started Ruby's powers somehow. But without knowing what this power is there is no telling what it could do to her or those around her.' Pondered Optimus as he wondered if he should tell Ruby what they know and see what she knows about it.
It was then he saw a fireball flying through the sky and he thought it was a statis pod. Knowing that Ruby's situation would have to wait for a bit he rushed inside to get Rhinox to find out where the pod was landing. He was hoping that they would get it before Megatron would.
Mistral, Darksyde, few minutes before
Meanwhile at the Darksyde the White Fang were gearing up. They were getting all their Bullheads ready, making sure their guns were loaded, and making sure they had enough ammo. In all it looked like they were getting ready for war.
Standing above them all was Adam as he watched everyone prepare. "It seems that we are nearly ready for Operation wildfire to begin, yesss." Said Megatron as he walked over to Adam in beast mode and watch the men work.
Adam gave him a glance and wondered something. "Why now?" Asked Adam as Megatron looked his way wonder what he meant by that.
"What do you mean?" Contoured Megatron as Adam looked him right in the eyes.
"Why are we moving out now? You told me we needed to prepare before we strike, so I ask again why now?" Asked Adam trying to figure out what Megatron was thinking.
Megatron merely chuckled at what Adam just said. "It true I said we need to prepare before we strike, but this operation has two objectives to it." Answered Megatron as Adam keep his sights trained on Megatron. "The first is to show the power of the White fang, and the second is to take military grade hardware for future operations."
Adam thought about it for a bit, as he took everything he said in. "Will the Predacons be helping us at all?" He asked him as Megatron merely chuckled at the question.
"Of course. We are allies after all." Said Megatron as he then saw a fireball flying through the sky and then turned his attention elsewhere.
"Flyer incoming stasis pod!" Yelled Megatron gaining the attention of those around him wondering what he meant.
"What's a stasis pod?" Wondered Adam as Wazzpinator flew over to Megatron's side.
Megatron simply looked over at Adam before answering him. "A new recruit." Was all Megatron said as he and Wazzpinator made their way to the ground bridge leaving a frustrated Adam behind them.
Vale, Patch, Axalon
Back at the Axalon Rhinox was scanning the object that entered the planet's atmosphere and made a discovery about it. "Wrong profile for a stasis pod, but it isn't a meteor either." Stated Rhinox as he showed the path the object was taking and where it would land on the computer in front of them.
Optimus didn't like hearing this and wondered if someone or something answered the signal form the other day. "Prime, where's it headed?" Asked Optimus knowing they needed to investigate it.
"Right for the safe ring here in Patch." Said Rhinox a little shocked at where it was landing.
Optimus took the information in and made up his mind. "Rhinox get Cheetor and Rattrap on stand-by, while me and Dinobot check out what ever this thing is." He ordered Rhinox as he started to go get Dinobot for the mission.
"What about Ruby and Yang?" Wondered Rhinox as he wanted to know what to do about them.
Optimus stopped for moment and thought about it. "It's late by their standards. Let them sleep and tomorrow we'll bring them up to speed. Anyway I don't want Ruby anywhere near that place, we don't know what it can do to her and I don't want to risk it." Answered Optimus as he continued on his way as Rhinox looked at the screen again wondering what it could be.
Vale, Patch, Safe Ring
As Dinobot and Optimus made their way to the centre of the safe ring they saw that an alien probe had landed in the middle of it, as it just floating in place. "Yes looks like somebody answered that signal, but who?" Wondered Optimus, but he didn't have much time to think about it as he was shoot at and knocked back.
Seeing Optimus get shot at Dinobot looked to see who did it and saw Wazzpinator in robot mode and Megatron in beast mode heading towards him. "Whatever this fascinating device is, we Predacons claim it as our own, yesss." Said Megatron as Dinobot started to growl at the two. "Megatron Terrorize!" Yelled Megatron as he got ready to blast Dinobot.
"Dinobot Maximize!" Yelled Dinobot as he got ready to defend himself from the two. Meanwhile Optimus was trying to get up from the sneak attack that was launched on him, when the alien probe started to glow gaining the attention of everyone in the area. The alien probe started to glow brighter and make a weird noise as everyone wondered what was going to happen. Then the craft blasted an energy wave at them all. The blast weakened them all as a yellow energy ran through their bodies and escaped through their eyes and mouths. As they all fell to the ground the alien probe then fired at Optimus and when it hit him there was nothing left of Optimus.
Seeing this Dinobot could do nothing. "Optimus." Dinobot said weakly as he fell unconscious from the wave.
When Dinobot awoken he was somehow in beast mode and then he saw the rest of the Maximals standing in front of him with worried looks on their faces, except Rattrap who looked more annoyed then anything.
As Dinobot fully awoken he started to panic. "Maximals torture chamber!" Dinobot cried out as he rushed out of the chamber and rushed over Rattrap as the others tried to calm Dinobot down.
"Wow, hey power down your on our side remember?" Said Cheetor trying to calm down Dinobot from doing anything else, as Rattrap got up from the ground.
Dinobot then calm down for a second and remembered that he changed sides. "Affirmative." Said Dinobot as he calmed down enough form the others to get close to again.
"And Maximals don't have torture Chambers." Said Rattrap and he thought of something. "Although, you know I could get behind that idea." Rattrap mostly said to himself and got whacked in the back of the head by Yang for that idea.
"How,… How did I get here?" Asked Dinobot as he tried to organize his thoughts and remember what happened to him.
"We found you dumped in front of the command base hatch, scraped down and alone." Answered Rhinox also wondering how he got there and where Optimus was.
"Dinobot what happened to you two out there?" Asked Ruby as she and everyone else wondered what happened.
Dinobot thought for a moment before he answered. "Optimus Primal was terminated." He told them as he turned away from the group shocking them with what he just said. "An alien probe has landed at the safe ring, it emitted an energy burst during Optimus transformation. He vanished." Continued Dinobot as he told them what happened.
Rhinox then wondered something. "Wait a minute, why was he transforming?" He asked knowing that he had no real reason to transform from a scouting mission.
Dinobot turned around and face them. "Predacon attack! We have no time for further analysis now. We must make another attempt to secure the probe from the Predacons. Rattrap, Yang and Ruby come with me." Said Dinobot as he started to give out order to the others.
Rattrap didn't take to being ordered around by Dinobot. "Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait stand-by here who died and made you prime, scale face?" Rattrap questioned him not wanting to take orders from Dinobot of all people.
"Optimus is certainly scrap, and I as the most powerful of the group shall replace him, after all we have no real second in command here. Anyone who disagrees may challenge me now. Dinobot Maximize!" Explained Dinobot as he got ready to fight. Yang and Rattrap were about to say something, only to be cut off by Rhinox.
"You're wrong Dinobot we do have a second in command." Said Rhinox as Everyone looked at him wondering what he meant. "When Optimus put Ruby in charge of all humans in the Maximals he made her second in command." Finished Rhinox as all eyes fell on Ruby.
Ruby didn't know what to say or do as everyone looked at her. She wanted to say 'I'm no leader', but as soon as she thought it she got a killer headache. It was so bad it forced her to her knees. Ruby didn't even hear he sister call out to her as her world went white.
Inside Ruby's head
When Ruby opened her eyes she saw that she was in a weird metal room. "Ok where am I?" Ruby asked herself as she looked around until she saw two people with her, though some wouldn't count them as people though cause standing in front of her were two robots. One had a red body with blue amour on. He had what looked like a red cap on his back and a two horned helmet. On his chest he had a red face that Ruby recognized as the Autobot symbol. The thing that stood out the most for him was that he had a white beard on his face. Ruby didn't even know that transformers could grow beards.
The other robot Ruby couldn't believe who it was. Standing next to the other Robot was a red, white and blue bot. His chest looked like the front of a truck, and on his shoulders were exhaust pipes. He wore a blue helmet with fins on both sides and his face was grey with no mouth. On his right shoulder was the Autobot symbol. Ruby couldn't believe it, she was somehow seeing Optimus Prime, Optimus Primal ancestor.
Soon she heard the two of them talking. "What is it you wanted to see me about Alpha Trion?" Asked Optimus as Alpha Trion gave Optimus a hard look.
"Optimus this war is still going strong with no end in sight, and I am getting old. It is time for a new leader for the Autobots." Answered Alpha Trion shocking both Optimus and Ruby with what he said.
Quickly recovering from his shock Optimus asked him something. "Then who would lead us then Alpha Trion?" He wondered as Ruby understood where this was going.
"You are Optimus, for now you shall be known as Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobots." Answered Alpha Trion as he brought out an orange sphere that had a hole in the centre with two silver handles on both sides of it from his chest. The ingesting thing about it is that inside the sphere it had a blue glow to it.
"This is the Autobot matrix of leadership, with it you shall lead us." Finished Alpha Trion as Optimus took a step back.
"But, Alpha Trion I'm just a solider not a leader, you should pick someone else." Said Optimus as he felt he wasn't worthy to lead.
"That may be true, but there are many things a leader must be. Such as a wiliness to understand others, the will to put their life on the line for others, and above all else kindness. You have these traits and more Optimus that it why I choose you." Explained Alpha Trion as Optimus was still unsure of himself.
"But what if I make a mistake?" Asked Optimus as Alpha Trion laughed at him.
"We all make mistakes, it's how we learn from them that defines us." Answered Alpha Trion as Ruby was in awe at what he said.
Alpha Trion then put a hand on Optimus shoulder. "But the greatest mistake one can make is not to listen to those around you. For they could be a spring of knowledge that you do not have." Said Alpha Trion as he stepped back from Optimus as Optimus absorbed what Alpha Trion told him.
After considering everything Optimus gave his answer. "Very well old friend I shall lead the Autobots, but I want you to still be with us for your wisdom and guidance." Said Optimus as both Alpha Trion and Ruby smiled at what he said.
"Then take the matrix Optimus Prime and lead us." Said Alpha Trion as he handed the matrix to Optimus who then placed it in his chest for safe keeping. But before anyone else could say anything Ruby saw everything turned white again.
Real world, Mistral, Darksyde
While Ruby was learning of Optimus Prime past and how he became leader, Megatron was waking up from the CR tank at the Darksyde. As he groaned as the lift raised him through the air Tarantulas, Scorponok and Adam watched on as he reached their level.
"Megatron back, Megatron back." Cheered Scorponok as the others watched on.
"You and Wazzpinator were returned to us badly damaged." Spoke Tarantulas as Adam stepped forwarded.
"What happened out there?" Asked Adam wondering what did this to them. It wasn't the Maximal style to do that sort of thing and the men that found them said they saw no one around.
Megatron took a second to recall what happened before he told the others. "Yess, I remember now. Optimus… Optimus Primal…. Terminated!" Said Megatron as the other looked on wondering what was going to happen next.
"Quickly all Predacons are to come with me, we are launching a full scale attack on the Maximal base. Meanwhile Adam you are to take half the White Fang forces here and secure the alien probe. Do not let anything take it!" Order Megatron as the Predacons moved out, but Adam stayed where he was.
Megatron saw this and got annoyed. "Adam did you not understand my orders?!" He questioned as Adam move closer to him.
"I understand attacking the Maximals, but what good will this probe do for us? How do we know it won't blow up in our faces? And what about operation wildfire, we're nearly ready to go are we to abandon it just like that?" Questioned Adam as Megatron looked him right in the eyes with a glare.
"You will follow my orders, who knows what that probe could contain. It could contain the key to ruling this world! If you don't like it then take your forces and leave this base!" Countered Megatron as the two glared at each other, before Adam stepped down.
"Very well, but we are going to have a talk once this is all over." Said Adam as he left, leaving Megatron wondering if he was worth the trouble.
Vale, Patch, Axalon
Back at the Axalon Ruby was coming back to the real world, and saw her sister kneeling right in front of her.
Yang saw that Ruby was awake and made sure she was ok. "Ruby what happened? Are you alright?" Asked Yang worriedly as she made sure her sister was ok.
Ruby was silent for a moment as everything she saw came back to her. "I'm fine Yang, I just…" Trailed off Ruby as she wondered if she should tell the truth or not. Rhinox saw how she was acting and decided it was time to come clean.
"Ruby you need to know something." Started Rhinox gaining everyone attention as he spoke. "For some time now me and Optimus had found a weird energy in your body. We haven't said anything till now because we didn't know what it was, other than its signature was close to that of the Autobot matrix of leadership. We didn't tell you because we didn't know if you knew or not. And we didn't want to worry you. But due to the energy wave from the safe ring the energy inside of you seems to be more active than before" Explained Rhinox as everyone took in what he just told them.
"Is that why I just saw Optimus Prime in like a vision?" Wondered Ruby as everyone was speechless at what she just asked.
Rhinox was the first to recover from it. "If you're seeing Optimus Prime then that might mean that a part of the matrix is in you." Explained Rhinox as he then explained how this could have happened.
"In the end of the war, Optimus released the matrix's energy into the galaxy. A fragment of it must have come here and merged with you somehow." Theorized Rhinox as Dinobot had enough with the theories.
"Enough! We can deal with this latter, but for now we must choose our leader!" Explained Dinobot as he brought everyone back on the right track.
Everyone somewhat agreed with what Dinobot and knew that as important as this was they needed to deal with this first.
Ruby then stood up tall and looked at Dinobot "Your right Dinobot. That's why I need your knowledge on Megatron and try to make a plan to counter him." Said Ruby surprising Dinobot with the tone she used. It wasn't one of worry or anger, it was more a of mutual respect something he wasn't expecting.
It was a moment time that the commutation station activated. "Maximals come in, are you receiving? Maximal command base this is Optimus." Said the disordered voice of Optimus surprising everyone and they moved closer to the station.
Rhinox sat down at the station and replied. "Optimus… Optimus this is Rhinox. Where are you?" Asked Rhinox hoping that his friend and leader was alright where ever he was.
"Hard to say, as near as I can figure I… I have no body. My consciousness is intact, but my physical molecular structure is being stored and scanned inside the alien probe." Replied Optimus as the other wondered how that could have been done.
Ruby then walked up to the mic. "Don't worry Optimus we'll get you out of there." Assured Ruby as she knew that they would get him out, somehow.
"Just beware of a Predacon attack, without me there they might think they have a larger advantage over you. Ruby you're in charge, I know you'll do fine." Stated Optimus as everyone already figured that out on their own.
It was then that the base shook and the alarms went off. "You're right about one thing anyway, we're under Predacon attack." Shouted Cheetor as Megatron and his forces fired at the Axalon.
As they stood there they waited for Ruby orders. "What are your orders Rudy?" Asked Dinobot wondering how she'll deal with the pressure.
Ruby paused for a second before answering him. "If we stay in here we can't do anything. Prepare to attack." Ordered Ruby as the others got ready.
"A frontal attack, pure madness." Stated Dinobot as he knew that plan was dangerous.
"No Ruby's right, we'll be buried in here, let's go." Countered Rhinox as they all headed for the hatch to head out, only for Ruby to stop Rhinox.
"Not you Rhinox. You're the only one here who has the skills to build something to get Optimus out of that probe." Ordered Ruby as she went to join the others, leaving a groaning Rhinox behind.
Outside the Predacons continued to fire at the Axalon, but soon the lift started to lower and the Maximals started to enter the battle. Seeing the lift lower the Predacons focused their attacks at the lift. The attacks created a smoke wall, and when it faded the Maximals charged at the Predacons with everyone, but Dinobot firing at them.
Seeing their foes charging at them Megatron smiled. "Aw they come to face their death face to face." Said Megatron as he then charged at them as well.
Seeing Megatron charging Ruby knew what to do. "Dinobot take care of Megatron!" Ordered Ruby as she saw a feral grin appear on Dinobot face as he followed the order. Dinobot then jumped at Megatron and kicked him right in the chest sending him to the ground. While those two fought the rest of the Maximals charged at the Predacons firing as they did. They soon took cover behind a large rock when the opposing fire got too much for them.
While the others were fighting off the Predacons, Rhinox was inside the base working on a device to save Optimus, but it was slow going. So far he had a hand held base and was adding two antennas on the front of it. "Make a device to extract Physical molecular structure from an alien probe. Man I got to be a miracle worker." Rhinox said to himself as he wielded some parts together as a blast hit the base masking Rhinox loose his grip on the device as it fell to the ground and broke. Seeing this made Rhinox groan as he started working again.
Back outside Dinobot and Megatron were facing off as Megatron simply laughed at Dinobot as he made the 'come here' gesture with his hand. Megatron then charged at Dinobot and swung at his with his left arm, but Dinobot blocked it with his sword. Megatron then swung with his right only to be blocked again by Dinobot's sword. He then switched each arms as he pressed his attack and pushed Dinobot back a bit. But after a few swipes Megatron switched tactics and punched Dinobot in the gut with his T-rex head and then hit Dinobot's sword out of his hands. He then swung with his other arm, but Dinobot ducked under it and started to punch Megatron over and over forcing him back.
While Dinobot was using Megatron as a punching bag the others were pinned down by the Predacons who wouldn't let up on their firing. "We can't do anything here." Cried Rattrap as he tried to return fire, but had to duck fast. Seeing this Ruby got an idea and looked at Cheetor.
"Cheetor switch and bait." Ordered Ruby as Cheetor nodded while the others were confused by what she meant.
Cheetor then started to run away from the group. "Beast Mode!" Cried Cheetor as he changed into beast mode and started to run. Seeing this, the Predacon started to fire at Cheetor but then saw Ruby standing up with crescent rose in scythe mode. She then tossed her weapon into the air as all eyes were on it. While everyone wondered what would happen, Ruby pulled out Cheetor gun and fired on the Pred's. They were so caught off guard by the move that none of them had time to react as Scorponok and Tarantulas were hit and set to the ground. Meanwhile Crescent Rose started to come down, but Cheetor then came running in its direction.
"Cheetor Maximize!" Cried Cheetor as he transformed and jumped through the air and caught Crescent Rose and using his momentum slashed Wazzpinator across the back, who then fell on top of the recovering Scorponok. While this happened Terrorsaur fired upon the Axalon shields. Rattrap then looked over at the console on the lift and didn't like what he saw.
"Oh no! Ruby the shield circuitry is hit, we need to get it back on line or else well lose our shields for good." Warned Rattrap as Ruby looked at the options that were available to her. She saw Dinobot trying to pushing Megatron T-rex head back form crushing his head, that Cheetor was trying to slash Scorponok and Yang was keeping Wazzpinator pinned down.
Making her mind up Ruby looked at Rattrap. "Keep me covered, I'll get the shields." Said Ruby as she disappeared in a flash of rose pedals as Rattrap fired at Terrorsaur who paid him no mind. Terrorsaur saw Ruby rushing for the Axalon and continued to fire at the base. Ruby was able to see the console and knew she had to rush. She saw that Terrorsaur then fired three more blast and put everything she could into her semblance and got to the console and fixed the shields just as the blasts hit the shield.
Seeing this Terrorsaur was mad, but before he could do anything Rattrap hit him from behind as he fell from the sky. Back with Dinobot he and Megatron seemed to be in a stalemate. A stalemate that Dinobot was going to end as his eye glowed. He hit Megatron right in the chest with his laser eyes sending him flying back.
When Megatron landed Tarantulas snuck over to him. "I suggest we withdrawn Megatron. The true prize and reinforcements await us at the safe ring." Advised Tarantulas as Megatron knew he was right.
"Yes, the alien probe. Withdraw at once!" Ordered Megatron as he and his men left the area leaving the Maximals to regroup once they left.
Once everyone was ok and the bots changed into beast mode to prevent a energon build up, they looked at Cheetor and Ruby. "What was that move you two pulled out there?" Asked Rattrap since he never seen anything thing like that.
"It was a combo move me and Cheetor have been working on. Pretty much we switch weapon to confuse our enemy and it worked pretty good." Ruby said proudly as the other saw it was a good move.
Then then headed into the base and saw Rhinox still working on the device. "Rhinox how long till it's ready?" Asked Ruby knowing that time was nearly up.
Rhinox looked up at them before answering. "It's nearly ready, I just need to tweak a few things here and there." He answered as he continued to work.
Ruby nodded at his answer. "Ok work on it as we head to the safe ring, since Megatron retreated that were he mostly likely to go right Dinobot?" Said Ruby wanting his input on the matter.
"That is the most likely place, snice the probe could change the balance of the war. The White Fang are most likely already there since they did not partake in the battle." Answered Dinobot as Rattrap looked over at Ruby.
"So got anything in your matrix to help us." Wondered Rattrap as Ruby thought for a moment.
"I've got nothing, but I have something by the time we get there." Ruby replied as she thought of one more thing. "It that dropship ready yet?" Ruby Wondered as she thought of a plan.
"It can fly, but that's all it can do right now." Answered Cheetor as Ruby tossed that plan out the window and started to think of a new one.
"Ok were still taking it so Rhinox can work and hopefully someone will come up with something." Said Ruby as they all headed for the ship.
Vale, Patch, Safe ring
When they got there they saw the area was crawling with the White Fang. They got lucky that the landed a bit away from the ring and walked over. Currently the Maximals while in beast mode were looking down at the ring and observed what their enemy was doing. From what they saw it looked like the White Fang just made a perimeter around the alien probe and weren't going anywhere near the thing.
As Maximals looked over the situation Cheetor spoked up. "So how do we get close to the probe and get Optimus out?" He wondered since there were so many White Fang members guarding the probe.
"We attack full force and force our way to the probe." Answered Dinobot as he crushed his fist, as Rattrap looked at him like he was crazy.
"No way chopper-face, we're out numbered like five to one. We'll die if we follow your plan." Countered Rattrap as Dinobot growled at him.
As the two were about to fight, Yang broke them up. "Hey I think Ruby getting some inspiration right now." She told them as they followed her gaze to Ruby. Currently Ruby's eyes were glowing as the matrix was showing here something.
Inside Ruby's Mind
Inside Ruby head, Ruby was watching as the Autobot's were being beaten by the Decepticon's. The weird thing this time was she heard no sound this time, like her connection with the Matrix was fading or something.
As she watched she saw that the Decepticon's were distracted by the arrival of dinosaurs. They switch their full attention from the Autobot's to them giving the Autobot's time to recover. She watched on as the dinosaur beat the Decepticon's and forced them to retreat.
Watching this gave Ruby an idea and knew she had the Matrix to thank for it.
Real world
When Ruby came to she saw that the others were looking at her. She then got a smile on her face and looked at Rhinox. "Rhinox would you say that the energon in the safe ring was what kept the grimm out of it?" She asked as Rhinox thought about it.
"I would suppose so. Why do you ask?" Answer Rhinox wondering why Ruby wanted to know that.
"I have a plan." Started Ruby as the other looked at her wondering what it was. "Frist off Cheetor I need you to get that pack of grimm we saw a few miles back and bring them here. When the grimm attack the White Fang we'll attack from a different side distracting them even more. While we're doing that Rhinox will sneak around the probe to the side that clearest and get Optimus out. Any Questions?' Said Ruby as she explained her plan as the others thought about it.
"A two prong attack, would work best in this situation." Complemented Dinobot as the other saw no problems with the plan.
Cheetor then got ready to get the grimm. "Don't kick all the butt until I get back." He said as he rushed off to get grimm.
Meanwhile down at the safe ring many of the White Fang felt uneasy around the probe. Everyone gave it a wide gap in case it started to act up.
It was at that time someone spoke up. "Megatron and his men are here." Yelled a member as Megatron made his way over to Adam.
"Report!" Order Megatron as he stood beside Adam as they both looked at the probe.
Adam gave a quick glance to Megatron before answering. "We've secured the area and made sure no one got close to the probe. So far the probe has done nothing, but the men don't like it and are giving it a wide breath. Megatron we can't even find a way to open it, there are no lines or markings, so how will this thing help us?" Adam told him as even Megatron wasn't sure how it would.
It was then Megatron thought of something. "Tell me where is Cinder at right now?" He asked Adam as he didn't want that girl to get any ideas while all this is going on.
Adam knew where he was coming from and agreed with him. "Roman is taking care of her and her friends while he hits some places in Mistral." Adam told him as he didn't trust her even with a bomb around her neck.
As Megatron nodded his head they were interrupted by a White Fang member. "Adam, Megatron a large pack of Beowolf's is coming this way." He informed them as Adam knew what to do.
"Tell everyone to get inside the safe ring. It's better to save our ammo for when we really need it." Instructed Adam as the men followed his orders.
As the White fang waited for the grimm to past them by, they were shocked when they rushed inside the ring. Acting fast they started to defend themselves as the grimm started to over run their position.
"How'd they get into the ring?! I thought this was a safe place!" Cried one member as a Beowolf slashed him across the chest.
Tarantulas then realized as he fired his machine gun legs what happened. "The energon at the alter powered a defence system against the grimm. Without it this place is just a bunch of rocks now." He told the others at the continued to fire at the grimm.
It was then that the Maximals started their attack on the distracted Predacons and White Fang. They were completely caught off guard and were being pushed back by the two forces.
As this was happening Megatron knew they caused this, but he was under so much pressure he couldn't do anything to change the situation. The only good news was that some of the grimm were attacking the Maximals as well lighting their load.
As this happened Rhinox snuck behind them and hid behind the probe as he got his device ready.
"Optimus can you hear me?" Asked Rhinox hoping that Optimus was still there and would rely to him.
"Loud and clear, big guy." Replied Optimus as it gave Rhinox some hope.
"I'm going to try to extract you." Said Rhinox as he turned on the device and aimed it at the probe. While this was going on Megatron realized what their goal was and ordered Wazzpinator to sneak around to the other side and get whoever was there.
Back with Rhinox the device he made wasn't working and he was getting frustrated. "It's not working." Said Rhinox frustrated unware that Wazzpinator was sneaking up on him.
"This whole area is full of stable energon radiation form the probe. Like this whole place is a single device." Rhinox said to himself as he tried to figure out what to do while the others fought. He knew that the grimm wouldn't last long, but they would weaken their enemies, but for how long was the big question. It was then that Rhinox saw Wazzpinator trying sneak up behind him from the reflection on the probe.
Rhinox waited for him to get closer and then brought out his machine gun and blasted him. Wazzpinator didn't stand a chance as he was forced back by the shots as bits and pieces of himself fell off. When Rhinox stopped Wazzpinator was barely standing and his body was having energon surges. Wazzpinator then hit a stone pillar as he surged causing something weird to happen. Somehow the pillar absorbed Wazzpinator energy causing it and the rest of the pillars to glow. The glow was so bright that it caused the fighting to stop as the others watched on, while the grimm ran away.
"Hey." Started Rhinox as even the ground glowed under them. "This whole place is a single device." He finished as the probe started to fold open as everyone there could see inside. Inside the probe were tools and devices that none of them could even guess as to what they did or what purpose they served. Then the probe fired a blast upwards and when the light died flying there was Optimus Primal in robot mode.
"Looks who's back and feeling prime!" Said Optimus as he fired a barrage at Megatron and his forces with his wrist cannons knocking many of them down including Megatron. The Maximals then regrouped in front of the probe, weapons ready, as they waited form Megatron's move.
"Way to go Optimus. Welcome back." Cheered Cheetor as he welcomed his friend back form where ever he was.
"Yeah good to have you back." Agreed Yang as Megatron started to stand up. Megatron then looked at his forces and saw many of them were hurt. He knew he had to retreat or else he would lose many of his men.
"The day and the probe is yours Optimus. Yess." Said Megatron with venom in his voice as he continued. "Just beware, not all aliens are kind, after all." He finished as he and his force withdraw as they gather the injured.
Once they were gone Optimus then looked down at Ruby. "Ruby you commanded well, in my absence." Complemented Optimus as Ruby looked at him funny.
"Thank you Optimus, but I'm not ready for this sort of thing. And we got to talk about this matrix in me." Said Ruby as Optimus looked over at Rhinox in surprise as he shrugged.
Optimus looked at Ruby as he knew he had to. "Agreed, but I'm more concerned with this probe right now." Replied Optimus as the probe then just vanished form their sight.
Yang walked over to where the probe was and put her hand through the area, but felt nothing. "Did that just happened?" She wondered as no one had an answer for her.
Optimus then spoke up "It did. I suppose they found out everything they needed to know us." He answered as Rhinox agreed with him.
"Yeah, they know we got destructive capabilities and reasoning." Said Rhinox as he looked at where the probe was.
"But why would they want to know about us and not the inhabits of this world? And more importantly, who are they, friends, enemies, or something more?" Pondered Dinobot as everyone thought about what he said.
"Hum, good question. I wonder when well find out the answer." Said Optimus as they all wondered what was in store for them in the future.
Well I hoped you enjoyed this chapter. And I would like to state this right now, yes Ruby has fused with the Matrix of leadership, but only a fragment of it. This fragment contains only Optimus Prime's memoires before and during the Great War. I did include a couple of episodes from the G1 series in this, can anyone guess which ones I used.
Anyway I won't use the Matrix a lot like I did in this chapter, but it will still show up here and there. Next I have a question for everyone using the original G1 Autobots characters who would you say would match team RWBY and anyone from Beacon. It could be like Yang and Ironhide or Ozpin and Alpha Trion for an example, you can give reasoning to if you want.
Any way the next chapter will be more RWBY focused, so until next time.