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Hello! This is my version of the Myth Wars story...not the actual Myth Wars done by shin and TGping. Mine is a direct continuation of the Beast Wars T.V. series; hence the numbering. Please feel free to post any and all comments!



'Myth Wars' MetalSamamon's version: Episode 53: "Beast Wars Rekindled: Part 1: Back to Earth"


"OOOH! We're finally goin' back to Cybertron!" Rattrap throws his arms up in the air in celebration, "I can hear the dames whistling for me already!"

Optimus Primal, clad in his recently acquired 4-mode optimal form, strolls up to the front of the escape pod where Rhinox is intensely concentrated on piloting the shaky ship. "Well, Rhinox, have you spotted them yet?" he asks. Rhinox turns to him and shakes his head, "Not yet...you know it is possible that they all made planet fall..." Optimus rubs his chin, "Possible; but unlikely."

He stares out into the vast blankness of space, and smiles. "I know somewhere out there our comrades are waiting for us..." He suddenly turns to Rattrap who's conveniently reclined in an onboard chair, "...and then we'll be on our way home."

"Aw, fer bootin' up cold?! Ya mean after all that we've been through on that dirt ball back there; we still ain't goin' back to Cybertron?" Rattrap rises from the over sized chair designed for Autobots and walks up to the giant gorilla leader. Optimus merely peers down at him in disapproval, but knows how badly Rattrap misses Cybertron; and therefore says nothing.

"Well I for one want to rescue my fellow bots!" A voice echoes through the ship as Cheetor appears from a hallway and into the main room. All eyes turn to him, even Rhinox for a brief moment. As Rhinox turns back around, Optimus nods at Cheetor in approval. "I can't go back to Cybertron with my crew still orbiting Earth..." Primal begins, "...no matter how long it takes, we will rescue them all!"

Rattrap raises an eyebrow upon hearing this, and sighs, "I guess the dames can wait just a tad longer...heh." He sees Rhinox nod as he pilots the ship to the left with the gigantic controls. "I just wish I were bigger..." Rhinox states as he steers the ship with great difficulty towards a blip on his screen.

"Optimus Primal...Maximize!" the giant gorilla bellows and transforms into his massive robot mode. He casually strides over to an empty chair and has a seat. He laughs a little as he reclines, "I don't know what you're complaining about Rattrap; these chairs fit me just fine." Rattrap gives a quick sarcastic laugh in response, "That's because you've got a big fat gorilla as..."

"EVERYONE! LOOK!" Rattrap gets cut off as Rhinox points out the windshield; "Do you see it?" Primal rises and walks up to the controls and leans on them as he peers out the window. "Is that...?" he asks as Cheetor and Rattrap join him at his side.

Outside, they see a dark shape floating about 1000 yards ahead of them. Even with hardly any light; they could all tell what it was: a stasis pod.

"Told ya!" Cheetor mocks Rattrap, and Rattrap dismisses him with his hands, "Eh, spoil my fun why don't cha?"

Just then they hear footsteps behind them and turn to see Blackarachnia and Silverbolt walk into the room together. "Where have you two been?" Primal asks them, crossing his arms. "Don't ask..." Silverbolt quickly kills the conversation as he and Blackarachnia take seats. "Oh...so the two love boy-ids decided to get romantic, mm?" Rattrap questions as he waves his fingers at them. "I said 'don't ASK!' " Silverbolt states again, and growls at Rattrap. "Easy Bowser, he didn't mean anything by it..." Blackarachnia coos, and rubs Silverbolt's chin with her finger, "...besides, you know it's true." Silverbolt 'rolls' his optics and sighs, "Yes dear."

"If you three are done arguing..." Rhinox begins as he points at the stasis pod again, "...we've got to retrieve that thing." "I think you mean those things..." Primal states, drawing Rhinox's gaze back out the window.

"Wow, that must be all of them..." Cheetor's mouth hangs open as they all stare as more and more stasis pods come into view, each becoming more lit against the blackness of space as it comes closer to the ship. ?At least all the ones that didn?t make planet fall?? He turns to Optimus quickly, ??It looks like you were right.? Optimus silently nods.

"But that still leaves the problem of who's going to get them?" Rhinox announces. Everyone exchanges glances at each, everyone except Primal. "I'll go." He boldly states as he walks towards the back of the ship, past the cabins located near the midsection. "WHAT?! You can't go out there..." Rhinox begins. "Huh, better him than me..." Rattrap adds.

Optimus turns back to them as he stands at the rear hatch. "I have to go Rhinox...I must. I'm the only one with flight capabilities; at least in space; and therefore it has to be me. Besides, if Megatron tries anything; I'm the only one strong enough to stop him and clamp him back to the hull." Primal states with a sudden smile, "But don't worry, I'll be fine."

They nod at him in agreement, all except Rhinox who shakes his head in regret. Primal takes notice of this, but hides his fears and opens the airlock door. As it closes behind him, he watches as the others stare at him until they can be seen no more from the door. It slams shut, and Primal sighs. "Here goes nothing..." He takes a deep breath (for no real reason at all), and holds it.

With a leaking sound, the pressure from the airlock is dropped and the outside doors open. Primal steps out into space, and floats around for a moment before grabbing his bearings and transforms into his jet mode. He rockets out around the side of the ship and patches a channel through to Rhinox.

"Rhinox, can you hear me?" He asks. "Loud and clear...good to hear I might add." Rhinox smiles as he sees Primal float past the side window. "Sometime you worry to much..." Primal laughs and rockets towards the first stasis pod. "Rhinox, can you maneuver the ship so the rear faces me? I need to load these into the airlock." Primal asks as he latches himself on top of the stasis pod. "Sure Optimus; just give me a nano-click." Rhinox replies as he activates the thrusters and begins to rotate the ship around slowly.

Just then Primal hears a voice. "Just what do you think you're doing Primal?" the voice roars, and Primal looks at the top of the shuttle. "That's none of your business Megatron." he states as he pulls the stasis pod towards the airlock entrance. Megatron shifts around a little as he tries to break free from his bonds, but settles back after a few seconds, "You're a fool Primal. You actually think your Maximals want me back on Cybertron? Or even you for that matter?" "That's my call..." Optimus stops just outside the entrance, "...and I say they'll be glad to get you back. I bet they have a specially made cell just for you..." Primal transforms into robot mode, and presses the button to unlock the door. Megatron laughs, "Flattery will get you nowhere Optimus, yessss...enjoy this moment while you can."

Optimus sneers upon hearing this, but maintains focus and puts the first pod into the ship. He uses his foot rockets and takes off towards the next pod. "Come on Primal; I know you can hear me...don't you think it gets lonely out here..." Megatron begins, "...Take me inside and lock me up in there." "No chance Megatron...I like you just where you are!" Primal squints and makes a face at Megatron as he grabs the next pod.

Grunting and groaning, he pulls the rather heavy pod towards the door. As it finally moves in the direction he wants, Primal lets up and lets it float towards the door, only floating along with it to stop it at the entrance. Megatron moves his head to look at Primal, but can't see him due to his position and the considerable height he is above Primal's position. "At least tell me what you're doing..." Megatron almost sounds like he's pleading, but keeps that certain level of proudness and smirks at his own words. Primal looks up at Megatron for only a brief moment, "Don't you ever shut up?"

Several minutes pass, and soon Primal finishes loading in the last pod inside the ship. "Great! That's the last pod!" Primal announces and dusts off his hands as a sign that he's done. "Oh, so that's what it is..." Megatron begins. "You were quiet for a few clicks there; what happened?" Primal laughs as he stands at the entrance to the door. Megatron ignores him, "...those were my protoforms!" "I'd love to stay and chat Megatron, but Cybertron, and your prison cell, await!" Primal proclaims and slams the door shut behind him. "We shall see Primal...you haven't won yet!" Megatron announces to the vast blackness of space, staring at it as he lays spread-eagle on the hull.

Inside, Primal enters the main room again after the airlock pressurizes, and everyone smiles at him. "Good to see ya Big Bot!" Cheetor gives Optimus the thumbs up. "And to see our comrades again." Rhinox adds, pointing at the stacks of stasis pods behind Optimus.

"So, we're finally going to Cybertron then?!" Rattrap asks impatiently. Optimus gives a deep belly laugh, "Yes, Rattrap, we're finally going home."

Everyone starts dancing and rejoicing; and Rhinox watches them celebrate and smiles. He turns around and sits back at the controls, "O.K. everyone, strap yourselves in; I'm taking this bird back to Cybertron!" Rhinox proclaims as he presses a few buttons and pulls a few levers. "You got it big guy!" Rattrap gives him the thumbs up and jumps into his chair. The others follow suit, and everyone buckles in for the trip home.

"Commencing engine thrust...activating hyper-drive..." Rhinox states as he presses a button. Suddenly a giant explosion from the rear rocks the whole ship, and everyone looks around in panic.

"What was that?" Cheetor yells, grabbing the arms of the chair in fear. "Sounds like we lost our engines!" Primal announces as he begins to unbuckle himself. "No Optimus! I'll check it out." Rhinox states and holds up his hand to signal Optimus to stop. Primal looks at him, and sits back down. He straps himself back in and nods at Rhinox, "Check it out, but hurry."

Rhinox stomps towards the back of the ship when the ship begins to move under his feet, causing him to fall. "RHINOX!" Cheetor calls out as turns in his seat to see Rhinox lying unconscious on the ground. "We're all gonna DIE!!" Rattrap yells, covering his optics in fear. "SHUT UP RATTRAP!!!" Optimus yells as he unstraps himself and rushes towards Rhinox.

Just then, then ship begins to spin out of control, throwing Optimus across the cabin and slamming him into the pilot's chair. He slumps down onto the ground, and lies there for a moment before the momentum of the ship's spinning lifts him off of the ground and throws him against the other wall. Cheetor ducks as Rhinox flies over him and smashes into the rear of the ship.

But just as the spinning started, it stops as the ship's windshield begins to heat up, and glows bright red with fire. "NO!!!" Rattrap screams as he looks in horror upon the sight before his optics, "We're going back down!!!" "Stay close dear..." Silverbolt heroically states as he pulls Blackarachnia close to him as they sit next to each other, strapped in.

Outside, Megatron's body begins to burn as he reenters the atmosphere attached to the ship. "ARRRGGGHHH!!!!" He bellows in pain as he struggles to break free of both the ship and the heat. Suddenly, his right arm snaps free of his bonds, and he reaches over and breaks the bond on his other arm. "I....must...break...freeeee!!!" He proclaims as he grinds his teeth from the intense pain. He manages to break the final bonds that hold him, and as he does, he flies off the ship like a bullet and floats away high above the ship...

Meanwhile, back inside, Optimus Primal and Rhinox's bodies are pinned by the centripetal forces against the rear wall of the shuttle. Everyone screams as they watch the ground get closer and closer...

But on Earth, others watch them return as well...

"What?" Waspinator asks as he watches the ship plummets towards Earth, "Max-zimals come back?" The early anthropoids jump about in confusion and wonder as they watch along with Waspinator.

Not far away, in some bushes, a pair of eyes watch Waspinator, and the Autobot shuttle hurdling uncontrollably towards Earth with happiness. "Hmm, so my prey returns..." the spider-esque voice cackles, "...How lovely!" and his evil laugh fills the air...

Wow, thats really nice! Well plotted

Skullgrin140 wrote:Wow, thats really nice! Well plotted

Thanks! I'm glad you liked it!

I like it so far. The only gripe I have is the way you've written Megatron's dialogue. You started off fine, but then you made him sound like a whiney teenager. I really don't think Megs would use the phrase "This sucks," or the word "gotta". Other than that, it's very well written.

ImperiaxPrime wrote:I like it so far. The only gripe I have is the way you've written Megatron's dialogue. You started off fine, but then you made him sound like a whiney teenager. I really don't think Megs would use the phrase "This sucks," or the word "gotta". Other than that, it's very well written.

Yeah...I was trying to throw in a bit of humor; and honestly I wasn't sure about that last line either; but I couldn't think of what Megatron would say at that moment...

I've rewrote that part...It didn't really sit that well with me either

Alpha_&_Omega wrote:much better, love where its going. the only thing i'd add would be the ocational diagnostic computer dialog; like when the ships engines blow up.

Hmm...didn't think about that. I'm not sure how the old Autobot technology worked; might have to read up on that before I add it in.

I'm trying to make this as Beast Wars acurate as possible, so hopefully it works well; we'll see.

I like where this is headed - great stuff!!

When I read it I was saying the dialogue out-loud - trying to impersonate them..

IMO - The only thing I would have left out is Megatron breaking free. It would've been cool to leave him strapped to the ship whilst crashing - to keep the survival of Megatron secret - towards the characters as well as the audience. But, that's just me..

Anyways - I can't wait for the next installment..
There will be one, correct?

.billy

MetalSamamon wrote:Yeah...I was trying to throw in a bit of humor; and honestly I wasn't sure about that last line either; but I couldn't think of what Megatron would say at that moment...

I've rewrote that part...It didn't really sit that well with me either

Much better. Exactly what I was thinking of.

BillyBadAss wrote:I like where this is headed - great stuff!!

When I read it I was saying the dialogue out-loud - trying to impersonate them..

IMO - The only thing I would have left out is Megatron breaking free. It would've been cool to leave him strapped to the ship whilst crashing - to keep the survival of Megatron secret - towards the characters as well as the audience. But, that's just me..

Anyways - I can't wait for the next installment..
There will be one, correct?

.billy

Well, Megatron breaking free is going to be a secret...not so much to the audience but to the Maximals...they don't know what's going on outside the shuttle; thus they think Megatron is still clamped on; and this plays into the next chapter (and yes, there will be one ).

I think it's cool that you're trying to read the dialogue outloud; that's exactly what I was doing while I was writing it .

ImperiaxPrime wrote:

MetalSamamon wrote:Yeah...I was trying to throw in a bit of humor; and honestly I wasn't sure about that last line either; but I couldn't think of what Megatron would say at that moment...

I've rewrote that part...It didn't really sit that well with me either

Much better. Exactly what I was thinking of.

Yeah; perhaps too much humor kills a story, heh.

But I'll write the next installment soon! Be ready for Part 2!

Hello all! I'm really glad that people are liking this...I've been trying really hard to write these like actual Beast Wars episodes...so I hope that it all works!

Anyway; onto the next chapter...

'Myth Wars' MetalSamamon's version: Episode 54: "Beast Wars Rekindled: Part 2: Tarantulas; the commander"


"Hmm...this could prove very useful indeed..." the figure in the bushes mutters and exits the brush. Another being stands near him, a fierce strong robot with a wolf's head upon his shoulder and a long-bladed sword. "What is it Master Tarantulas?" the robot asks him. His voice is deep, almost savage and primeval in nature. "Tell me Fenrir; how would feel about going on a hunt?" Tarantulas asks him with a wave of his hand. Fenrir places a finger upon his chin and rubs it lightly, "What is the prey?" Tarantulas snickers lightly to himself, and clenches his claws with pleasure, "Maximals!"

Meanwhile, on the shuttle; the conscience Maximals are bracing for sudden impact. They all yell and scream in terror as the ground gets closer and closer. As the fire and smoke clear, they see water and earth as they zoom in up the surface; and head straight for a mountain range!

Suddenly, they impact with the surface; and a giant explosion of rock and ice throw debris into the air and the ground shakes uncontrollably as tremendous forces rip the terrain apart and create giant cracks in the surface. Animals flee as a wave of soot flows like a mighty tsunami towards them; but it is useless as everything is engulfed in the wave; trees, animals, bushes; everything. The wave pummels nearby mountains, and scrapes and breaks away pieces of the rock face; destroying the mountains and blasting away giant chunks of rock that hurdle through the air like gigantic asteroids and smash into the ground with the force of a bomb.

The tremors soon reach Tarantulas and Waspinator; and the ground begins to shake uncontrollably; causing the earth to split and create deep fissures. The humanoids run and race around in fear and flee, leaving Waspinator alone and to fend for himself. "Stupid fleshy-bots!" Waspinator cries out and takes off into the air when a giant rock comes out of nowhere and Waspinator turns at that very moment to see the shadow of the rock engulf him. "Why Univerze hate Wazpinator?" He asks as the rock smashes into him and smushes him into the ground.

"Ooh, that brings back memories..." Tarantulas cringes as he watches Waspinator get splatted. "You must tell me about this Master..." Fenrir laughs a little as he holds onto a rock as they tremors start to subside. Tarantulas glares at him with resent, and mutters something under his breath. Finally, the tremors subside; and they get their footing. Tarantulas shakes his head, and points at Fenrir, "Quickly! We must get back to the cave! We need to reach the Maximals before they awaken!" "Why?" Fenrir asks. "I'll explain later..." Tarantulas begins coolly, and then raises his voice as a command, "...Now move! Beast Mode!" He transforms into his spider mode; and then converts again into his vehicle mode. As his tires get traction on the ground, Fenrir calls out, 'Beast Mode!' and transforms into a giant wolf. Tarantulas races off towards his cave with Fenrir not far behind.

Meanwhile; at the crash site, deep inside the newly created crater, the shuttle hatch opens up and a hand flops out in exhaustion. A head pokes out, and it's Rattrap. "Oy, I forgot how much fun crash landing was..." he mutters and flops to the ground in exhaustion.

Back where Tarantulas was, a tall, slender robot walks up to a giant boulder. The robot is silhouetted against the bright midday Sun, and the robot pulls out two swords. It slices the boulder into pieces with expert swings; and the rock crumbles into pieces as the damaged body of Waspinator lays on the ground under where the rock was with waves of Energon surges running across his body. The robot looks at Waspinator, and puts away the swords. "Hmm...a flyer..." The robot begins in a sultry female voice as she pries Waspinator free of the ground, "...I may have use for you! Beast Mode!" She transforms into a bird and grabs Waspinator in her talons and carries him away.

"We're dead, right?" Rattrap asks as he regains consciousness and stands outside the ruins of the shuttle. He brushes the dirt off of himself as Cheetor crawls out of the shuttle. "For lack of a better word, yeah." Cheetor replies as he slides onto the ground and rises to his feet. Suddenly he looks at Rattrap in shock, "The others! Are they alright?!" "How in the heck am I supposed to know?!" Rattrap quickly retorts and points to the hatch, "Get your butt in dere and find out!" "What about you?" Cheetor asks him as he starts to head back towards the hatch. Rattrap looks out across the landscape, shielding his optics from the bright Sun, "I'm going to find out where in da name of my great ant Arcee we are!"

Back at Tarantulas's cave, he is busily typing away on a control panel. He occasionally looks up at the monitor; but his claws furiously type away at the buttons. Fenrir paces around, his hands upon his hips. "Well Master Tarantulas, you said we were going to hunt Maximals...why aren't we?" he asks impatiently. Tarantulas stops typing and turns around to face him. "Well, before we can hunt them, we have to find them. Do you know where they crashed?" Tarantulas asks him. "No..." Fenrir shakes his head. "There, you see, that's why we're not hunting the Maximals..." Tarantulas turns back to the controls and begins typing again. "Savage!" he mutters under his breath. "Tyrant!" Fenrir retorts as he walks away down one of the tunnels...

Outside the cave entrance, the mysterious robot lands and drops Waspinator's shorting out body on the ground. "Well, looks who's finally back..." Fenrir mutters as he walks out of the cave entrance. The bird eyes him vilely, "Nemesis...Terrorize!" She transforms and lands on the ground near Waspinator's body. "Why did you bring the idiot?" Fenrir points at Waspinator, "You know Tarantulas said that..." "What did I say?" a voice echoes behind Fenrir, and he turns around to see Tarantulas walk out of the cave. "I may have use for him..." Nemesis mutters as she whips out her swords and points the tip at Fenrir, "...as if it were any of your concern!" "Calmness my dear..." Tarantulas mutters as he waves at Nemesis to lower her weapons. She sneers at him with her eyes since her face is covered by a veil, and she reluctantly puts her swords away. Tarantulas walks up to Waspinator and lifts his head up. Waspinator's eyes bug out and his mandibles shoot apart as he sees Tarantulas's face. "Tarantulas! You're...you're alive?!" Waspinator proclaims in shock. "Convert to beast mode Waspinator...you took enough Energon damage just getting here." Tarantulas mutters as Waspinator painfully transforms into his beast mode and lies on the ground from exhaustion.

Tarantulas looks up at Nemesis with a gleam in his optics, "Good work Nemesis..." he starts and Fenrir's mouth drops open in shock. "...now nothing can stop me!!" He begins to laugh cruelly, increasing in loudness as throws his arms into the air triumphantly.

Elsewhere....another crater, filled with smoke, smolders as the surrounding landscape burns. A red hand reaches out of the crater rim, and then the head of a dragon lunges out and soon Megatron's head clears the edge as he pulls himself out slowly. "Note to self: Never attempt reentry without a ship...yessss." he mutters as he crawls out onto the land, and a shadow appears over him. "Megatron...just the bot I wanted to see..." a voice snarls from above him. Megatron looks up, and his jaw drops in shock!

Thanks, and please post your comments! Be ready for the next installment; part 3!

Alpha_&_Omega wrote:wow, sounds pretty good thus far,....but clif hangers suck. make with ch. 3.

That's too funny!

I love making cliffhangers...it gives you guys a reason to read the next chapter... .

MetalSamamon wrote:I've been trying really hard to write these like actual Beast Wars episodes...so I hope that it all works!

It's working so far!

And yes - make with Chapter 3!

When I read them - I imagine them in both comic and cartoon form..

Really great stuff MS!!

.billy

BillyBadAss wrote:

MetalSamamon wrote:I've been trying really hard to write these like actual Beast Wars episodes...so I hope that it all works!

It's working so far!

And yes - make with Chapter 3!

When I read them - I imagine them in both comic and cartoon form..

Really great stuff MS!!

.billy

HA!!! I just posted Ch. 2 and everyone wants 3...

Billy and I think alike...I mean when I write these; I imagine the T.V. show in my mind; and I write the dialogue as if the characters were speaking the lines...it's funny to hear Scott McNeil's voice speaking the lines I write.

I'm really glad that you guys like it; I'm really enjoying it myself! I go and reread them much in the same way I rewatch the old episode of the Beast Wars...

Chpater 3 will be up in probably about a week...I usually give my stories that long in case someone can't read the current chapter right away and so my brain doesn't overload.

Thanks everyone!

I'm sorry for the long wait for the new chapter...but my computer at home had 'problems'; and I had to defragment the hard drive...and reformat my floppy disks...

But the next chapter is written; and I will be posting it tomorrow.



Thanks for your patience.

Well...with the hard part of fixing my computer aside; here is the next chapter; as promised!

'Myth Wars' MetalSamamon's version: Episode 55: "Beast Wars Rekindled: Part 3: Facts of the Past"


"By the pit! How did you ever manage to find me?" Megatron asks in surprise as he looks up at the bots standing in front of him. The smaller of the two snarls at him, clenching his fists in anger. "Did you honestly think that I'd just let it go? You left us back on Cybertron?to be caught by those no good Maximals!" he growls and pulls out a sword. "I needed someone to take the fall; and you don?t really think that I was going to; do you!" Megatron retorts and rises from the crater. He stares at the smaller bot eye to eye, and glares at him with contempt. "You still haven't answered my question, Gigatron, how did you find me?"

Gigatron looks up at him and holds his sword defensively, "It wasn't easy; but after you stole the Golden Disk and had us take the fall for it; I was imprisoned along with my crew. We spent many cycles there planning our vengeance upon you; and finally we managed to escape. We managed to make contact with our Predacon allies on one of the space outposts, and they furnished us with a ship. They gave us the coordinates to lock onto your Transwarp signature, after they identified it following the Transwarp wave that rocked their outpost. Speaking of which; they sent out an agent to track you down, but he did not return?happen to know anything about what happened to Ravage?" Megatron grinned slyly, "He died?a Decepticon."

"Now, with that out of the way, it's time for you to pay!" Gigatron lunges at Megatron, and Megatron launches a fireball out of his dragon hand and it engulfs Gigatron. He races around on fire and the towering bot behind Gigatron reaches down and picks up Megatron by the neck. "You're gonna regret that, punk!" The bot's voice is powerful and drawn out, like an old western cowboy (almost like Clint Eastwood). As he begins to crush Megatron's neck; his face remains expressionless and emotionless.

A sudden cry from below distracts the behemoth, "Tidalwave! Help me!" Gigatron races around in circles trying to put himself out with no luck, and Tidalwave tosses Megatron to the ground and starts patting out Gigatron. Megatron lands on his back, and slowly begins to back away from them, moving slowly with his hands and feet as he pushes himself further and further from the two. "You should have never come here Gigatron?you'll soon regret this impertinence?oh yessssss!!"

Elsewhere, Rattrap stands outside the shuttle with a handheld device, scanning the surrounding area. Cheetor pulls out Rhinox with great difficulty, and places him on the ground. "What's the scoop Ratface?" he asks. Rattrap turns to him briefly and holds up the device, "Ya know, I just don't get it." "What's that?" Cheetor asks him, walking over to his side. "This hunk of junk is supposed to detect our ion particle trail left by the ship's engines, but?" Rattrap scratches his head for a moment, "?It's not picking up anything." Cheetor looks at him in surprise, "What does that mean?" "Well pussycat, that means one of two things; 1: This hunk of junk ain't workin' properly, or 2: We're really really far away from where we took off from." They exchange looks of fear, and look out across the torched landscape in the bright midday Sun.

Back at Tarantulas's cave, Fenrir is lowering Waspinator into a C.R. tank. Nemesis watches as Waspinator is lowered in, and turns back to see Tarantulas eyeing her suspiciously. "What's your problem?" she asks him, turning around fully to face him. He rubs his chin lightly and blinks, "One thing still doesn't make sense?why did you bring Waspinator?" he asks her, and extends his hand out to exemplify the question. Nemesis merely looks away from him and proceeds to walk away towards one of the adjacent caverns. "I have my reasons?" She mutters as she walks into the tunnel and disappears into the darkness.

"Why do you trust her Master Tarantulas?" Fenrir asks as he makes his way towards him, drawing Tarantulas attention away from the dark tunnel. "Who said I did?" he quickly retorts and transforms into his beast mode. Fenrir stands there silent for a long moment, and watches Tarantulas scurry away to one of the computers. There, Tarantulas uses his spider legs to type at a few keys, and suddenly a map of the surrounding area pops up and a smaller image appears in a pop-up window in the top right corner. "Finally!" Tarantulas cries out. "What is it?" Fenrir asks as he strolls over to Tarantulas's side and looks at the screen. Tarantulas uses one of his spider legs to point at the small image in the corner of the screen. "I've found it!" Tarantulas declares, still pointing. "Found what?" Fenrir asks as he leans a little closer to look at the small image of a ship in the corner of the screen. "The Maximals!" Tarantulas snickers?

Gigatron breathes in deeply and sighs aloud, "Finally! I didn't think I'd ever be put out!" His body is blackened with burn marks, but his body is otherwise alright. "Yeah, we'll show the punk Megatron that no one messes with us!" Tidalwave announces as they both turn to look at Megatron. "HE'S GONE!!!!" Gigatron screams as he touches the side of his head, and a pair of goggles drop down in front of his eyes from under his helmet, "Depth-range scan!" Tidalwave looks out across the lands, but the smoke from the smoldering landscape clouds his view. "Now where did that low down pile of red junk go?" he slams his fists together in anger, a deafening sound emitting from their collision.

From Gigatron's view, he sees a cloud of smoke in the distance coming from Megatron in his dragster mode. "I've found him!" he points in the direction that he saw Megatron as the goggles retract back up into his helmet. "Let's get 'em!" Tidalwave yells and points in the same direction. "BEAST MODE!" They both cry out as they transform and race off after him.

Back at the shuttle's crash site, Cheetor and Rattrap struggle to pull the unconscious Optimus out of the shuttle. "So, you're telling us that we're about 1,000 clicks north from where we took off?" Silverbolt asks as he stands next to Blackarachnia. "Yeah, now quit ya yappin' Bird-dog and help us get Optimus outta here!" Rattrap yells between grunts. Silverbolt sighs and walks up the side of the shuttle, followed by Blackarachnia. They grab onto Optimus's body, and the four of them pull as hard as they can. "I still can't see how you got us out of the shuttle?" Silverbolt says as he pulls. Cheetor looks down into the shuttle and notices something. "Yeah, well you weren't hung up on the frame of the door like Optimus is?" he points inside, and the rest look at what he's pointing at as they continue pulling. "Maybe, if we move him this way a little?" Blackarachnia begins as she pushes Optimus's body up and suddenly Optimus's body breaks free of the door frame. They all fly into the air, releasing Optimus. They all scream as they fly through the air and smash into the ground. Rattrap looks up quickly to see Optimus's body free-falling towards them, "Oh no, this ain't gonna be pretty?"

"Where is that slime ball going?" Gigatron asks as they race after Megatron. He has a considerable lead on them, and he seems to be gaining distance from them. "I don?t know Gigatron, but he ain't gonna get away from us; not this time!" Tidalwave replies as they continue after him.

Meanwhile, inside Tarantulas's cave, he is in vehicle mode waiting at the entrance of the exit tunnel. "Is Waspinator repaired?" he asks Fenrir. Fenrir turns to look at him, "I'll check." He wenches Waspinator out of the C.R. tank, and Waspinator twitches as he regains conscience. "Wazpinator is?alive!" he buzzes and transforms into robot mode. "He appears to be back to normal?" Fenrir begins. "?If you can call it that." Tarantulas opens a communications channel, "Nemesis, are you coming? We're moving?" Tarantulas asks. Suddenly Nemesis appears out of one of the tunnels and nods silently. "Excellent! Let's move!" Tarantulas turns around and races into the tunnel, followed by Fenrir, Nemesis and Waspinator. As Nemesis is getting ready to leave, she happens to glance over at Waspinator. Waspinator smiles in his funny little way, and transforms into a wasp, and flies off after Fenrir and Tarantulas. "What was that all about?" Nemesis asks herself as she transforms into her beast mode and flies after the others.

"That was too close!" Cheetor exclaims as they all stand around Optimus's body, "I thought for sure Bigbot was going to land on us!" "Luckily for us he didn't!" Silverbolt exclaims. "So, now what do we do?" Blackarachnia asks, holding her arms up in confusion. Rattrap thinks to himself for a moment and holds his index fingers on both hands up, "O.K. we can't stay here?we need to get back to the Ark." He announces. "Why?" Cheetor asks him. "We need to get Rhinox and the boss monkey back online as soon as possible, and the Ark'll have restoration equipment there?" he suddenly stops and quickly turns back to look at the shuttle, "Uh oh, we got a bigger problem!" "What?" Everyone asks him at once as Rattrap points to the top of the shuttle which is sticking out of the ground. "Do any of you see anything missing, particularly something big, red and ugly?" he asks them. "MEGATRON!" They all suddenly announce, exchanging glances of terror.

Meanwhile, about 1,000 miles south of them, Tarantulas and his crew race across the grassy valley terrain towards a lake near the mountain range they just left. "Unless my internal compass is off?" Fenrir begins addressing Tarantulas, "?the Maximals are north of us; and north is the other direction!" Tarantulas slows a little to drive alongside Fenrir as they continue. "We're not heading for the Maximals just yet?" Tarantulas begins. Fenrir's eyes bug out, "WHAT?!" Suddenly, Tarantulas stops and transforms into robot mode. The others stop and transform as well as they follow Tarantulas as he walks towards a cliff edge. "You don't think ahead, do you Fenrir?" Tarantulas asks him as he walks up to the edge. Fenrir doesn't answer, as he and the others walk up to the edge as well, and peer out to see a vast lake with a distant shoreline across the way. The water is remarkably clear, and they look around at the area. "Why are we here?" Nemesis asks. She feels something near her, and she turns to see Waspinator standing really close to her. She whips out her swords and arches one of them into the air and swings it down at Waspinator's neck. Waspinator watches in horror as the blade comes down towards his neck, and it stops just mere inches from his neck with expert timing. "Consider this a warning bug-boy?keep your distance." she mutters as she slowly removes the sword from his neck area and puts both swords away. She steps away and looks out across the lake again, but Waspinator smiles at her and grins smugly.

"How long do you think it will take us to cross 1,000 clicks on foot?" Tarantulas asks Fenrir, unaware of what just happened with Nemesis and Waspinator. "A long time?" Fenrir mutters as he begins to see what Tarantulas is saying. Tarantulas points down into the water and they all notice a shadowy figure in the water that resembles a large battleship. "Now, if we were to take a ship, particularly one that I've been working on for sometime now; wouldn't that be much faster?" he asks them. They all nod slowly in agreement. Tarantulas snickers to himself lightly, "And what could be more perfect than following in the footsteps of history?" He starts to laugh cruelly and he throws his arms into the air triumphantly!

But all this time, far far away from Earth in a distant realm, somebody was watching this all transpire?

"The unit has survived?we have been tricked!" one of the beings tells another one as it floats around in their realm. "The Vok are not to be taken as fools! We must act with great haste if we are to stop this unit from contaminating our project any further?" One of the floating heads snarls at the other, and summons four bodies. As the bodies are summoned, it becomes apparent that one is the badly damaged and broken body of Tigerhawk, and the next two are the shattered shells and remnants of Depthcharge and Rampage. Also, another body is brought forth, but this one is unrecognizable, and closely resembles a Quintesson elite; a rarely seen type of Quintesson. "We must send our new mercenaries?the project will again be sterilized!"


What is Megatron heading for? What are the Maximals going to do? What will the Vok do to 'sterlize the project'? And what in the heck is Waspinator thinking?!

Watch for these and more surprises in the final opening part of this story; "Beast Wars Rekindled: Part 4"!!

Alpha_&_Omega wrote:here we go again wih those blasted cliff hangers. all in all you did a great job kid. lets see part 4.

I'm sorry A&O...but I had to do one last set of cliffhangers before the final opening chapter of the 4 parter...

Honestly, this will be the last major-cliffhanger chapter; I promise. I can't answer all the questions at once; some of them can't be answered until towards or at the end of the series...

But I understand your frustration; but it's all a part of the setup...I hope you understand.

BTW, thanks for the comment. What's with the kid thing though?

nice stuff, seems like evrything is fitting just right. your dialogue seems to match that of the show's as well, always a good thing.

TGping wrote:nice stuff, seems like evrything is fitting just right. your dialogue seems to match that of the show's as well, always a good thing.

Yeah! TGping read it!

I absolutely loved the Beast Wars; and I feel as though I know the characters very well...and I'm glad that everyone sees that I'm trying to make the dialogue work for the series... .

I appreciate your comments and thoughts TGping; thank you.

Gahhh!!

We must get together and voice out these scenes!! Maybe even act them out- hah!

I do weak impersonations - but they're impersonations nonetheless!

Another great read from MS - Great Job!!

.billy

BillyBadAss wrote:Gahhh!!

We must get together and voice out these scenes!! Maybe even act them out- hah!

I do weak impersonations - but they're impersonations nonetheless!

Another great read from MS - Great Job!!

.billy

That sounds like a fun idea...perhaps at the next Botcon ?

Anyway, thanks and I'll have the next (and final major cliffhanger) chapter up soon...

Hello...

Just wanted to let everyone know that with the upcoming holidays and a lightening of my work schedule; I'll have a lot more time to update this story with the next chapter. Sorry for the delays; but between writing 4 stories simultaneously and my hectic work schedule the past few weeks has made my updates sparse at best.

But rest assured, I will have the next chapter up soon, and it's a big surprise...maybe even a bit contraversial and wicked...

Thanks again; and please post your comments; I always love to hear them!

Alright...update time:

I have the next installments of my Myth Wars story wrote; they are just pending shin's approval and then they shall be posted.

And that's not a typo; I said "installments". Yep, that means 2 chapters; not just one as planned before.

Originally, it was going to be a 3-part opening; but I decided to increase it into a five-parter (like the 5 Faces of Darkness from the G1 T.V. series) and I wrote the last two opening chapters during my online absence (Christmas). That, and A&O was getting tired of cliffhangers .

Many things happen in these chapters; the secrets of Megatron's destination & Tarantulas's master plan for destroying the Maximals are revealed! Some pre-BW Cybertronian history is also explained, which ties directly into the story! Also we see the introduction of a several new characters; and set up the scene for the Myth Wars!

So, as soon as I get shin's approval; they will be posted! Thanks, and be ready!