Fast & Wicked Deadly

A few days passed and the gang was all assembled in the Axelon. They all sat down in front of the main console with Optimis, standing in front of his crew & human allies, facing them like a commander, as he was attending his troops. He looked around to see that everyone was here; the kids and all of his crew members, including Dinobot.

Right now was the most important mission of all things, aside from protecting Aelita, was to rescue the rest of Optimis' crew; which were now helpless, seeing that Megatron's group could reprogram them into Predacons. So now Optimis would address the situation.

Optimis decided it was time to speak up to his Maximals of their situation. "Listen up, Maximals. It's been 4 million years when we crashed here. In the process, we lost our crew of gathered members from Cybertron, and were scattered all over the Earth." The Maximals nodded in agreement, as did the teens, and they all knew where this was going.

"And now, in this time, the stasis pods have reactivated." Rhinox got up and activated the Holo-Navigator on their center console table, and a map of the world, courtesy from the Atlas that was brought over by the efforts of Jeremie, Ulrich, and William; was shown. And on the map, there were tiny red dots flashing in many different locations all over the world.

"Wow, there's so many of them?" William exclaimed in surprise at seeing the number of those dots that are these guys, were Protoform Maximals.

"But wait, didn't you guys say there were over…60 or more of these pods?" Ulrich questioned out from nearly counting and finding they were still a few numbers short on that department in what they are looking at.

"That's just it kids, 'most' of them haven't landed yet?" K-9 shrug off which made most of the human group that didn't hear about the Maximals' discovery till now.

"Right, some were in rotation around the two moon's gravity, before some strange signal set them off course and around the planet's atmosphere?" Armordillo exclaimed to explain what they know seem to have happen to the other Stasis Pods while it's still a shrouded mystery to many.

"That's correct. Most of the locations have been pinpointed, but we need to get to them as quickly as possible." Rhinox stated to the new members that were still understanding all of this information process. Just then, Rhinox sign to speak slowly in disappointment of what he had to say next. "Unfortunately, the pods' beacons went off before they could show up again? So we'll have to go to the last ones that was on the longest." This was a big issue, for it meant not 'all' of the pods on the planet could be searched for without a signal beacon to help locate in the right spot, so they'll have to go after the ones that held the longest to have a greater chance to be pinpointed & retrieved.

Rattrap was the first to speak up from hearing this conversation and wanted to add something to it. "Oh yeah? And where are da first pods located?" Like any of the bots here, they can't do anything if they don't know 'where' to start their search.

"Jeremie." Optimis motioned Jeremie to step up and explain things now.

Jeremie got up and walked up to the Holo-Navigator, and typed in a few coordinates on the center console. The map then showed a country continent far from the U.S. and close to near the top of the North Pole. It then zoomed in on the continent close of the comprising the western most peninsula of Eurasia. Then it glowed a green and dark color of the European continent, then green for the European Union before the location was dark green. Jeremie pointed at the dark green spot and gave his theory. "The coordinates state that two of the first pods that were the most likely to be located from activation, are located here. They're both in Greece, Europe." The genius boy explained in where at least two pods found on his planet, were last pinpointed when they were active.

"Europe? That's one our assign works to write about?" William exclaimed from hearing this, this was such a coincidence to go to a place they need a report about.

"Talk about getting a lucky break." Ulrich remarked off with a little smile, knowing this could be very educational for the group, if not filled with danger on the side.

"Okay, so you found the spot? But I BET you hadn't pinned out where in 'all' of that Greece place, they might be in?" Rattrap exclaimed in breaking the mood by stating where the pods are located in a more 'clearer' spot of their location to Jeremie's discussion.

"Well, there was the last bit of data we got, and here's an image of it." Jeremie typed on the holo-navigator off the console table, as pictures came up, as the Maximals saw a Capital that was a the largest city of Greece while the boy explained. "This here's Athens, it's known as Ancient Greek, is the capital and largest city of Greece. And this…" Jeremie type which zoomed from that spot to a semantically distinct from Latin temples in the area. "These were the structures built to house deity statues within Greek sanctuaries on Greek paganism. From what Rhinox and me gather, only two spots are the most known of the two pods?" Jeremie ended speaking right there to have a breather, but no mistake about it, they have a little more detail in where two of the pods can be located in.

"Hmmm, and where are these 'locations' to help verify our search?" Dinobot asked a bit puzzled, yet inpatient that they must listen to the details of the place they are heading towards.

Jeremie nods and types on the Holo-Navigator's keys to bring up two imagines, as Jeremie points to one with elevated ground of frequently a hill with precipitous sides outside from the city. "Here's one located somewhere in a place called Acropolis. It's known as High City in Greek, it's also literally a city on the extremity that was translated as Citadel, from the edge, extremity plus polis, city, and there's more. It's defense purpose was when early people naturally chose that ground to build new settlement, in many parts of the world, these early citadels became the nuclei of large cities, which grew up from on the surrounding lower ground. Somewhere outside that place that's known as Assos is probably where one pod is clearly position in." From that long explanation about what the land's history was, the boy pointed out how somewhere along that spot, a Stasis Pod is set there.

"Ultra-gear! So they used the unstable ground to beat their enemies?" Cheetor replied in believing what his pal Jeremie was stating about?

"History later, what about the other location, kid?" Rattrap shrugged off in not caring about one thing while mostly interested in the other, it figures the rotten issue this off.

"Right, here's the other spot, guys." Jeremie nods in hearing Rattrap's statement to 'get on with this discussion' sign and brings up the other imagine to the group. The next was a temple of decorations of the Parthenon that stood surrounded by some ruin parts at the top of the city itself like an enduring symbol. "This here's the Parthenon, this is a temple of the Athenian Acropolis, in Greece, they dedicated this to the Greek goddess Athena which people of Athens considered their patron. It's the most important surviving building of Classical Greece, generally considered to be the culmination of the development of the Doric order. Especially since it's decorative sculptures are considered some of the high points on Greek art and is regarded as an enduring symbol of Ancient Greece, and of Athenian democracy and one of the world's greatest cultural monuments. The other pod could be placed or sealed inside or below the structure during it's construction." The managed to finish explaining another historical area to his outer-space alien friends made from metal, and gotten to the part of where the second pod might be located in.

"Man Einstein? I think you might have almost 'bored' most of us with history lessons." William replied off in seeing how his friend was about to bore them to sleep.

"I don't think so? By knowing what and where we are, at least we'll know of the place's heritage." Aelita replied off to say she was fascinated by Jeremie's report on the location of the pods and of what the areas were.

"Figures someone side with Jeremie on his little presentation." Ulrich replied out with a sly smile which made Aelita blush a little from hearing this.

"Hmm, well we know the lay outs, that's about as good as any?" K-9 replied in seeing they now know some layouts of the place they must travel to, however….

"Except there's one thing that even a Trap Master like myself knows to watch out the most? Being spotted?" Armordillo replied to stated that even if the Maximals go, the problem relays on being spotted by the humans, it could start a chaotic panic that they don't want to deal with. "Won't the other humans catch sight of us when we get there?" How can they make sure to search for their missing comrades and not alert the human population of alien threats.

Jeremie heard this and had an answer for that. "Well actually, those are good questions; first, the continent of Greece in Europe is mostly untouched by modern technology and is mostly stone structure and open fields. The Parthenon has mostly tours, but at this time, it's closed for anyone wanting a tour and for the Acropolis, it's basically an open field where very few cars are seen on the drive path, so there won't be that many people to catch on that you're there." The boy did much research to learn of these good odds to help conceal the Maximals presence at all time.

Optimis nods from hearing this and made an answer statement of what the group has heard. "But just to be on the safe side, I'm requesting that we send in a group of nine for this mission. The group will be consisted of Maximals like myself, Cheetor, Dinobot, Rattrap, and K-9 for any sign of Predacons, while Jeremie, Ulrich, William, and Aelita, help in warning and providing distractions for any of the humans that spot us." That was all the Maximal commander had to say, but of course, Aelita had begged Optimis to go on this mission when she found out about the pods. Optimis would have protested against this, but he knew Aelita wanted to see what was outside these mountains.

"The reason me and Rhinox are staying behind is to beef up security." Armordillo exclaimed to the gang why the other two bots aren't coming along with the group. "We're both strong to handle the heavy lifting while Rhinox does the science work, I get set on putting up some traps for the Preds to spring." That was the settlement, one sets up traps around their base and the other does the scientific stuff.

"Don't you mean 'if' they ever spring?" William asked from this guy not knowing if the enemy will spring his trap or not.

"Nah, I could wait a long while to see if any Predacon will spring my trap." Armordillo shrugged off to exclaimed that answer of his to William.

"Well, we'll see how you like to do things?" Ulrich exclaimed with a small smile, seeing this guy really loves to set up traps.

"Cheetor! Remember, I placed you in charge of guarding the kids, so don't let me down, okay?" Optimus turned to remind Cheetor of his given duty to follow, protect the children while they are on this mission.

The young Maximal stood up quickly and looked at the big bot and saluted while responding. "You can count on me, Big Bot." After dropping the soldier salute appearance, he waited for a response.

"Huch-huch-huch, I believe you, Cheetor." Optimus had to chuckle at Cheetor's anxious behavior, he knows this cadet will be fine.

As the team of nine was getting ready to go through the newly constructed Trans-Warp Gate after much more modifications, Rhinox walked over to Jeremie to give him a last minute briefing. "Now Jeremie, you remember what I taught you about protoforms, in case there's something wrong, right?" The Maximal scientist had gone over what the boy needs to do, since he's smart enough to help aid on the technical stuff.

Jeremie nodded; he remembered everything that Rhinox taught him about pods. "Right Rhinox, the stuff to activate & repair protoforms, I got it." He learned about protoform repairs and what tools that should be used, just in case of a problem.

As soon as everyone was ready, they went to the Trans-Warp Gate to get going. They got to the gate, which was located fifteen feet away from the ship. It kind of looked like the Stargate from the movie of the same name Jer's friends knew, except hooked to it by a power cable was a control console which Rhinox was sitting at, typing in the coordinates for the jump. On the other side of the gate, was a chamber connected to it, and in the chamber were unstable Energon crystals; powering the gate up.

The five Maximals transformed into Beast Mode while the four teens got their backpacks at the ready.

Rhinox was a little unsure if the gate would work, but it was ready, as it was ever going to be. He muttered this in praying for luck at the moment. "Here goes nothing." He typed in a few commands and the machine hummed to life. The gate's inner circle began to light up and then came a blinding light that everyone had to shield their eyes from.

As the light dimmed down, everyone was able to open their eyes again and see the gate. In the center of the ring was what looked like a rippling pond reflection of the cave wall.

Optimis spoke to the others one last time in stating a reminder to the group. "Remember everyone, the only way for you to get back is to make sure that the comlink isn't damaged. It acts also as a beacon for your position for the gate to reopen for you to come back." Jeremie and Rhinox had made one more modification to the new comlink: they made it into an internal attachment for all the Maximals. Meaning that the comlink was now internally inserted; it not only functioned as a com, but also as a Tras-Warp Gate beacon if they ever wanted to go back to the base from far away.

"Don't worry, Big-Bot. We'll still have our heads on our shoulders." Cheetor said to his leader that as long as they are aware of their situation, they'll be fine.

Dinobot snarled off in speaking about such statements on what they are talking about. "If you can still keep 'yours' from getting blown off?" Cheetor glared at Dinobot for making that remark of what he did last time to the Comlink's first proto-test run.

William walked over to Jeremie, gave him a pat on the back and said this. "Now when were done, how's about we each bring back a souvenir, okay?" The guy thinks that if they are going on a trip here, they may as well get something out of it.

"Ha-hahaha…." Jeremie just had to laugh at that, he loved it when William put in a sense of humor in any situation.

"Not a bad idea? Might even scores us a bonus on our reports if we do that." Ulrich replied off in liking the idea a bit, they show something from what they are writing about, might boost their grade a bit.

"Okay, everyone. Its time." The nine had packed and stepped forward to the gate at Rhinox's command. First it was Dinobot, then Cheetor, then Rattrap, and then K-9, and finally William, Ulrich, Jeremie and Aelita. The pink haired girl held Jeremie by his hand tightly, as they went through the gate.

Optimis watched as the eight went through, and he went last while saying this to himself. "Hugh, lets hope luck is on our side." After the commander said that, did Optimis Primal's appearance disappear from passing into the Trans-Warp Gate before the object powered down. Leaving Rhinox to tend the fort in his station for the time being.

Greece, Europe

Athen

The Europe country was something to be amazed at, especially the Greece structure and it's artwork structures. The fields from Assos Acropolis almost looked as if the hands of man hadn't touched it in a while. Over the dessert fields and roadway, you could see the Greece City; Athen, just ahead, one could see from a great view from Acropolis and beyond that the Ancient Greek Temple; Parthenon was something else to look at.

Just then, on a dessert hill, a circle of energy opened up in a split second. And out of it spewed out the five Maximals and four teens; they all fell flat on their butts as the Maximals, who were all reverted to Beast Mode, got up and helped out Jeremie, Ulrich, William, and Aelita.

Dinobot looked around the area, and was amazed at the view. The Ex-Predacon had pondered this in his head from recalling something else that was mention during the briefing of this area during times of battle? "So, it was here that many humans fought in colossal battles, as one of sport and of honor within the war?" Dinobot took a moment to sniff the air, picking up the faintest traces of rubble from this places history while speaking out loud. "Even now, the air smells the ancient aroma of the battlefield." To a proud warrior, one becomes intrigue by this stuff.

"What are you talking about, Dinobot?" Dinobot turned around to see K-9 coming up from hearing him.

"I was merely pointing out that this area, would be perfect for the birth of a new Maximal warrior." Dinobot snarled off to state a fact before moving away from the nosy Maximal.

K-9 shrugged off what he did, just as Rattrap came by from seeing that action?

"Yesh, old Dino-brain here is only thinking of finding our crew to just make them into fighters?" Rattrap remarked what the Ex-Pred was wanting for himself, get plenty of soldiers to topple their battle with the enemy. Oh boy?

"I'll search from the air and watch for Predacons, they're bound to be here searching as well. Optimis Primal - MAXIMIZE!" Optimis replied out to the group in a forewarning before giving the command code for him to transform, which he did to Robot Mode. Soon he lit his jets and took flight; he would be the lookout in case the Predacons spotted them.

Jeremie pulled out a GPS-looking device and activated it. Aelita walked over with Cheetor by her side. "Excuse me, Jeremie, but what is that?" She pointed at the device the boy was holding, and Jeremie knew he had to explain.

"I redesigned this thing to look for Stasis Pods; if there's one in this area, the device picks up the beacon it gives off and tracks its location." Jeremie explained what he's done to this unique device of his, so it they come near a spot where a Stasis Pod is within close of this tracker, they'll know it.

Cheetor was amazed by this, as he congrats his human pal for the invention. "Ultra-Gear! Finding the pods now will be a cinch now." Thanks to Jeremie, their search in this area will go by much smoother then expected.

"Trust us, recreating this bad-boy wasn't easy." William stated out to the cat-bot of the difficulty in making a Stasis Pod Tracker they dubbed the device in question?

"Considering we mix alien tech with a normal GPS tracking signal, we can pray it works?" Ulrich reminded what the group had to do, it was no simple feet, and they can't be sure they worked out the bugs.

Suddenly, the device picked up the nearest signal and Dinobot stepped up to examine this 'pod tracker' before speaking towards the genius boy. "Well then, seeing that, 'your' device has tracked the pod, why don't 'you' lead the way?" He said with little patience, and that if Jeremie found what they are seeking, it's best the one that is most helpful lead the rest.

Jeremine ignored the attitude given to him, and followed the way to the pod with the others, and during this, Optimis was following them in the sky without being seen by the locals.

Greece, Europe

At Another Place, At Acropolis of Athens

There are although many other acropolis in Greece, the signature of the Acropolis of Athens is such that it's commonly known as 'The Acropolis' without qualification. The Acropolis is a flat-topped rock that rises 150m (490 ft) above sea level in the city of Athens, with a surface area of about 3 hectares. It was also known as Cecreopia, after the legendary serpent-man, Cecrops, the first Athenian king.

Within the area, was a certain old group of retired military soldiers, were working on fixing up some parts of the sites. These were not any soldiers, they were apart of a group called; 'the Atlantic Federation', they were from a commonwealth of loosely allied democracies located in the western part of Europe. However, while that old military might still functions, what we see here was only the squad doing some labor work. They were known as "Squad 7", that was the seventh platoon of a group in the Federation known as Gallian Militia's 3rd Regiment. This was a unusual group of mixes between adults, teens, to pre-teens no older then 14 to 13 years old, but they were happy to help out for a good cause since about so long ago, they were at war with another country before their war ended and peace restored. Now the group just enjoys their lives helping and being together after they once had enter a war that nearly ended their lives. Unfortunately, the day of peace for them was about to end from….a new threat.

"Bammmh…Bammhh!" Without warning, blast and explosions were happening, causing everyone to scatter and take cover.

"What the! Who's attacking?" Yelped a 36 year old veteran man that's tall and muscular man with brown hair and beard, brown eyes, and was dressed like a Lancer Unit that goes by the name of Largo Potter.

"Don't know, we're unprepared here?" A 27 year old woman with red hair, has two small pigtails and red eyes, worn a dress uniform that depicted her as a Shock-Trooper, her name was Brigitte "Rosie" Stark, but many call her Rosie.

"Everyone, evacuate! We're no match for what enemy is attacking!?" Shouted out a 33 year old man with dark hair with a scare mark on the right eye, worn a bandanna and dressed like some Tank pilot, was named Zaka. As he helped lead the other troops out of the danger zone, and just about time from more enemy fire.

At this moment, the Predacons arrived from 'their' surprise attack at the site, led by Megatron, attacked in Robot Mode when they blew open the gates. "Tarantulas! Are you sure this is where the pod's location was last spotted?" Megatron asked with some demand notice in wanting the information to be correct, or else.

The Spider-Predacon looked at his scanner and it bleeped with some response notice. "The scanners aren't mistaken, Megatron? The scanners show that the pod hidden within this ancient structure field. Guhmm…but there's too much interference, I'm not getting a clear read out?" He said as he led on about the pod being here, but their device can't locate it because of an electric interference.

Inside the camp grounds now abandon, a 24 year old man that's 175 cm in heigh, brown hair and brown eyes came out dressed in uniform, he was known as Welkin Gunther, 2nd Lieutenant, Militia Squad Commander and Tank Commander. He had wondered what had happen, as this wasn't suppose to be a battle ground, nor was his squad ready, as he prepared to leave.

"Welkin!" The man turns around to see a 21 year old woman about 159 cm in height, brown hair with mid-length ponytails, brown eyes, and worn a baker's red bandanna. Her name was Alicia Gunther, a Scout and also Welkin's wife who's also a baker of her squad. She seemed worried for her love of all the commotion going on around here.

"Alicia, has everyone evacuated?" Welkin asked if their friends are safe and out of harms way.

"Yes, we're the only ones left. What's happening?" Alicia replied out to state the situation while asking what was happening here all of a sudden.

"I don't know, but as long as everyone else is safe, we'll need to get out and figure out who this enemy is that caught us by surprise?" Welkin replied off to say, as he took Alicia's hand, and they ran to get behind some cargo tent covers outside.

Just as they were prepared to leave, both couples yelped from seeing someone….OR SOMETHING, came into the picture from around a cargo hatch.

The two humans come face to face with a purple faced humanoid robot who was taller than either of them, and looked like he was part dinosaur, and behind him were even more robots. "I take it you're in charge here, yes?" Megatron approached before he lifted Welkin up by his T-Rex head hand, clenching him between the jaws, making sure he wouldn't bite him in half.

"Welkin!" Alicia cried out worried, but yelps from the other Predacons holding their weapons to stop the Scout, even if she pulled up her on gun on them. "Put him down, I'm warning you!" She gave a mean glare at these weird enemies while wanting the tall guy with the T-Rex for a hand to drop her husband, even if not gently.

"Ahh, I see she has a bite, like mine? Gahuhuhuaah….But for now, on to business!?" Megatron responded off with a chuckle in seeing how Alicia wasn't frighten, and would choose to bite off more then she old chew. "Perhaps you can help us? Yess. We're looking for the Stasis Pod." Megatron turn to speak towards Welkin in wanting him to help the Predacons find something the Maximals space ship dropped off on this opulent, and with one to two of the objects being around in the area.

"Augh….a Stasis Pod…?" Welkin replied unsure at the question, as to what or whoever these people or creatures are, were asking of him.

"It's coffin shaped, only metallic and on it are what look to be computers. Seen such a remote object, or perhaps, keep anything like it? Hmmm…?" Megatron detailed the man of the Stasis Pode's decryption while demanding to know of it's location.

The man suddenly had a strange realization to the description, and feared of this terrible scene. So Welkin answered with his face unchanged; kept it cool, calm and collected with his eyes squinting, and replied to the intruders. "I'm sorry, but I have no idea what you're talking about? We are just simply cleaning up some ruins and…" So far, that lie would have kept the enemy from seeing pass Welkin's plan, but…

Megatron was getting agitated now, as he snapped and wobbled his captive to see he's not one to be kept waiting. "My patience is wearing thin, human!" The Predacon leader looked over to Razorclaw and signaled him to come forward.

The blue crab bot Predacon did so, and carried with him with one claw, a girl that looked like Alicia about 5 years or 6 or 7 years old, but wears a blue Militian uniform dress and white apron, red bandanna with tiny brown pigtails and brown eyes. The Predacon held her by the back of her waist, as the girl held on to the front, was trying to struggle free.

Welkin and Alicia was shocked and horrified, as to who they had captured, their only daughter and child. "Isara!" That was the name of the girl the enemy had caught with the parents between a rock and a hard place.

Megatron grinned at the humans distress in their voices, and spoke in taking pleasantry of it. "Ah, so you know her? Well then, I suggest you tell us what we want to know? oOr Razorclaw will crush the living life out of her." He then looked towards Tarantulas and said this in fair warning to the two humans. "And trust me, if I wanted to, I would give her to him? He'll probably take his time with her. Oh….Yess…" The Predacon was stating how the spider was much worst for the human child then the blue crab, so he's showing 'some' mercifully degree…just not a whole lot.

"You fiends! You so much as HURT HER, I'll…!?" Alicia was about to lose her temper and ready to shot these villains until….

"No Alicia, don't….?" Welkin stopped his wife with a paled face and gave up in defeat. "I know of what you speak of. I will take you to it, just please, let my daughter go." After Welkin's pleas were heard, Megatron put the man down, and the bot's grin continue to smile.

"Excellent, yes, you may release the prisoner, Razorclaw." Megatron smiled to Welkin's smart choice and ordered Razorclaw to release the girl which he did obediently. Isara immediately ran out of the spot and out of sight. "Now, just so you don't try anything? You, AND, your mate, shall accompany us. And any tricks won't save you, NO!" Megatron sternly issued off with a forceful tone that Welkin and Alicia will come to show the Preds were the pod is, and none of their sneaky tricks will save them from Megatron's wrath.

Welkin signs again in defeat, as Alicia ended up dropping her gun to allow herself to become company with her husband as a prisoner. "Follow me, I know where what you seek is." Soon Welkin motioned the Predacons to follow them, but not before Megatron gave Waspinator an order in wanting the wasp to come to him.

"Make sure you follow the girl. I don't want any 'unwanted' attention to spoil what I have planned. Noo" Waspinator understood Megatron's orders with and & salute, and reverted to Beast Mode and went outside in the air; in order to not be spotted by the girl; Isara.

High Above The Air

Where The Parthenon Is Seen?

Welkin lead the Predacons to a part of the temple that hadn't been seen by the public….a secret sealed trapdoor under one of the floors of the ruin temple.

The group of human captives & Predacons stopped at the end of the hall; in front of them was what looked like a mini Greek God shrine. In the center of it was a cloth covering something. Welkin pointed towards it and looked at Megatron, who transformed back to Beast Mode, as the man began to speak.

"This is what you seek." Welkin addressed the object before them as the prize Megatron wanted from them. "My squad and I found it buried in the ground under this hidden part of the ruins, during which the Romans may have thought it to be some kind of offering from the Gods and Goddesses." The guy had his degree in being a man to teach and knows his history about the area and of what was placed here by people long ago.

"But we would never suspected that in truth, it was one of you?" Alicia said the last line with distaste in her mouth while her husband signed in what he had to do to save his family, despite his wife's thinking of what they are doing.

Megatron brushed the rude comment aside, as he let Tarantulas walk over and knock the offering table out of the way. The spider-bot pulled off the cloak and saw the pod, completely unharmed and still functioning, as Tarantulas chuckled in delight. "Techhechechech-hach-hachach-hahaahah! Fully functional, and ready for reprogramming, Megatron." The Predacon leader gave the 'Okay' nod, and then Tarantulas began to work in reprogramming the protoform into a new Predacon. During this moment, a strange Mantis was seen crawling and staring at it's new visitors in it's terrain.

Just before a bright flash blinked our views of what had even took place here.

Back With The Maximals

Their Own Search For Another Pod In The Area?

Jeremie had led the others to a dessert area, a bit farther from Assos Acropolis and closer to one with little trees in some ruin spot. The area was quite paved of dirt and aside from some ruin bricks, one would see the city below. The gang had enter a place called Altar of Zeus, in the Acropolis of Pergamon. They had all stepped and sat down for a breather, while Optimis landed on the ground and return to Beast Mode, looking down on the others.

It seemed on the GPS scanner, that the pod was somewhere located in the area they were in, but to no avail, they were unable to locate it. After an hour went by for them, they decided to take a break to rest.

"Oh man?…Are you sure this is where the pod is Jeremie?" Cheetor asked wearily from seeing they haven't had any luck finding the missing Stasis pod?

Jeremie looked at the device and to Cheetor, as he replied while trying to get a signal. "It's working? But I think there might be some underground Energon deposits, that are messing with it." That's the only explanation he can come to if their signal device was getting strong energy interference.

"Neeeiiaaghh…." Dinobot just snarled at seeing the genius boy's troubles. "Maybe your device isn't as effective as you thought it to be, Belpios." The Ex-Pred issued in seeing that what Jeremie claim could ease their job, isn't living up to it's expectation.

Aelita looked to the rude Ex-Pred, Dinobot, to make a snap back at what she heard this guy say to her friend. "At least it got us this far, Dinobot? You should be more helpful, you know?" They are all trying their part to find the pod, and complaining over this error of their situation isn't helping.

Dinobot just turned his head and said this outward towards the pink-haired girl. "I'm a warrior, not a miner or explorer. A child like you, who's important yet cannot defend yourself should know that?" To Dinobot, there are those that play different roles of what they choose to be, a fighter or a medic or a miner for digging, and Aelita plays a role, but even being as the Key, means nothing of being powerful if that power can't defend.

That struck a nerve in her, as Aelita shook with anger at the raptor. "You are the most scaliest…I…I'm embarrassed to even know you!" Aelita shouted out while she begins to snap at the Ex-Pred for being so stickup on such tiny issues.

As Aelita made her outburst, the ground, as well as the hill, seemed to be shaking and cracking at this sudden timing. Optimis noticed this, as did Cheetor, Rattrap, and K-9.

Course Aelita continued her outburst without paying attention to what she was not noticing. "Everyone does most of the thinking and hard work, including Jeremie, but all you do is play soldier!" Dinobot looked at the hill and ground and seemed to notice that the more Aelita got angry, the more the place around them 'shook' up.

"Could this be her power? She's somehow controlling the terrain to reshape from her thoughts?" Dinobot thought this in his mind, this must be some small untapped ability Aelita has yet to know, as this got the Ex-Pred a little nervous. "Gurguraahahah, wait? You should calm down before…." He spoke out in trying to have the pink-haired girl get her temper under control, but….

"NO! I'm 'through' with calming down with you!" The girl shot back, as Aelita was not done telling this to Dinobot. " From now on, YOU'RE…ON…YOUR…OOOOooOWN!" That was Aelita's final outburst that was like a shout-out that echoed all & in the air. "POWWWWhhhmmmm!" As Aelita finished her debating claim, the hill exploded behind her, and the group here were all showered with dirt.

"Wooohhhoohh….Incoming derby!" Rattrap yelped in covering his head with his paws, panicking in what was happening now.

"Shake it off, gang?" K-9 remarked off to the rest in not being bothered by such small debris, as he wagged his body to get the dirt off his fur.

Aelita had calmed down after that to be slowly exhaling herself and looked behind her, as Jeremie and his two best pals walked up beside her. She just looked at the exploded area in disbelief, coming to the realization that her anger caused this. Aelita turned to Jeremie and asked this question in surprise? "Did…did I do that?" She was just so upset that she barely had paid attention to anything going on.

Jeremie and the other boys nodded in response, as Cheetor walked up and said this to the girl. "Wooh! Remind me never to get you mad?" The last thing this young cadet would wanna face, is an angry Key that could do something like 'blow' him up.

"Yeah Aelita, we didn't know you could do that?" William stated out from witnessing the girl's ability, it was out of whack there.

"Until now, that is." Ulrich stated to point out that the group knows of this ability, thanks to Aelita losing her cool.

"Strange? I can't remember how I did that, could that have been the power that I have, and why I'm so important?" Aelita thought of all of this inside her head, she knows she's the Key that has great power & that the Predacons want her, was this 'one' of the reasons.

Just then, Cheetor spotted something in the dirt, something shiny. He ran up to it and dug a little dirt off. "Hey guys! I think this is it!" Everyone ran over to Cheetor's side, as Optimis came over to help with the digging.

"Ugh, shame Armordillo isn't here? Rattrap, give us a hand." Optimis signed in knowing they don't have their Maximal for underground talent, as he turns to the rat while K-9 joins the digging work.

"Like this…." Rattrap gave them a hand, of clapping before he notice some annoyed looks and signed in getting the message. "Alright, ALRIGHT! I get yah, I'm helping." Rattrap exclaimed in seeing a tough crowd when he sees one before joining the digging work with the Maximals.

After a few minutes, they had finished digging the Stasis Pod out and saw it was completely intact and fully functional. To the Earth children like Jeremie, Ulrich & William, even to Aelita, were amazed in seeing a Maximal Stasis Pod where Transformers are put in before becoming activated.

Cheetor looked up to Jeremie, and congrats the boy. "Way to go, J-Man! You and Aelita found it!" If not for Jeremie's device & Aelita's hand in this, they would have missed this pod a mile away.

Dinobot muttered this while near the two genius children as well from their find. "I suppose, gurgurhahahahaa, you two did do, a commendable job." That was about as much of a compliment one can get from this proud warrior, oh well, good enough at least.

Rattrap, now in Robot mode, walked up to the two kids and turned to Jeremie. "So, what say 'we', opener this thing up and see what prize we got here, hugh?" With all their effort to find this podia, the least they can do is see how one of the Maximal Protoforms is doing after waiting so long.

"Okay, but I need to do a check up, like Rhinox showed me." Jeremie replied in knowing they gotta open this thing up, but first, he would have to check the pod if anything was wrong. Rhinox had told him that even the slightest problem could cause disaster for the protoform. He flipped open the console for the pod and did a system's check.

Cheetor walked over and sat near Jeremie, while Ulrich and William stood beside their friend, Aelita did the same and the latter girl asked a question? "Is there anything wrong, Jeremie?" She wants to know if there's anything they should do if the pod is damaged or not.

Jeremie shook his head 'no', as he answered the question to the group. "There doesn't seem to be anything wrong. Everything's functional: Locking chip, logic circuits, everything's in perfect condition." This was a hundred percent fully functing pod on their hands, everything checks out.

"Hugh, thank the Matrix. Our first contact with a comrade, and it's undamaged after so long." Optimis signs in great relief to know the first Protoform they find is still in fine working order.

"Yes, this will be a fine day to have a new ally, and a new friend." K-9 replied in knowing with this, they will add a new friend to their group.

"Not to mention, we beat the Preds here, talk about a 'major' luck on our side." Cheetor bragged out how they got here before the Predacons would tear the place apart to find the pod, to bad the enemy missed this one.

"Yeeesh, don't be going and making this scene anymore mopey then it already is?" Rattrap rolled his eyes and remarked in everybody going over sobby-like from finding the pod.

Dinobot walked up, and spoke in an un-easy patients wearing thin. "Then, muhmmm….is it best now to activate the protoform, before we lost this chance to even our odds in this war?" The sooner they activate the pod to have the Transformer inside gain a Beast Mode, the sooner they'll have more fighting power to their side to beat the enemy.

"Hate to admit it? But Dinobot's got a point in the knowledge of warfare." William replied in siding with Dinobot on that statement, if they delay anymore, the enemy could take their victory away in a slip-second.

"To win wars, the side with either the most Energon or most forces will win, better get started, Jer." Ulrich shrug off his shoulders in knowing how the Beast Wars was going to work before letting his friend do the rest with the pod.

Jeremie nodded and typed in the commands, as he spoke to the system. "Computer, begin activation." The computer however, remained silent which made Jeremie a little surprise and nervous before asking it again the same question. "Um….Computer?" What was going on, the system was a perfect checkup, what was wrong, did he overlook something.

The pod's computer spoke up in a male monotone voice, as it relayed it's response. "Incorrect command." The command it received was not correct, much to Jeremie's surprise, what did that mean here.

"Hahahaah, don't feel to bad Jeremie? The pod's saying you didn't mention of it's 'prime' function." Optimis chuckled out in seeing the boy had a problem, and stated a little fact that Jeremie may have forgotten over the surprise of seeing a Stasis Pod first hand.

Jeremie looked a little embarrassed from the gang seeing his mistake and turns to the computer and said a different request to it. "Okay, then uh, do the thing that you do, to give the protoform a beast mode." That was the best of his knowledge to request whatever prime function needed for the pod.

"Requesting for scanning and replication of local lifeforms for Beast Mode." The male computer voice stated out what the boy was requesting.

"Uh, yeah, that's it." Jeremie quickly nodded in stating that is what he wanted the pod to do.

The pod opened a compartment and out came an antenna looking device. "Scanning For Lifeform?" The male computer voice issued off in preparing to do a DNA Scan for a compatible lifeform for the Protoform.

"Oh brother, we're out in de likely hood of a dessert? What could possibly be out here….?" Rattrap was about to remark of any lifeform for the pod to scan while they're miles away from anything, something cut him off….

"ARroooWOOOhhhhhh!" Suddenly, the gang turns from hearing a howling from afar from the gang, and saw a brown European Wolf, just standing there and watching them from feeling something about to happen.

Suddenly, from the pod's antenna, created a beam-wave that washed over everything, scanning for a lifeform. A few feet away from the beam swept over the wolf that was watching, and then ran. "BRuusshhmmmm!" The pod hummed with life, and from the hatch everyone could see a light from inside.

"It's amazing" Aelita replied in seeing an amazing work in process, as Jeremie and the boys all nodded in agreement.

The pod stopped and opened the hatch; mist came out, and with the mist out jumped a gray/brown wolf, likely a Europain wolf breed type to others. "Grrruurghh!" It turned around and faced the others, then snarled at them and got into a position like he was going to attack them.

Everyone stepped back to give the wolf space.

Cheetor spoke out first to let the new Maximal to not be so concern and serious of their appearance. "Hey, just relax buddy? We're here to help you." The cat-bot wanted to approach as friends to the new activated Maximal that was just being defensive.

"Grrruurghh….Hmmm? Help….me?" The wolf replied in a male voice, unsure of how to tell if he could trust these people or not.

"Perhaps it's better we show you, Optimis Primal - MAXIMIZE!" Soon after the commander of the Maximals decided to help settle the situation, Optimis transformed to his Robot Mode, and that only got the wolf more agitated.

Cheetor spoke out again in trying to calm the wolf down that everything was cool. "Hey, hey, calm down. We won't hurt you. We're your friends; you're a Maximal, like us. Right guys?" Everyone nodded to Cheetor's claim, in order to get the wolf to believe them, as they were not liars.

"Yeah, your our pal on this planet." Rattrap replied off to say, as a little laugher to lower the tense mood they are entering here.

"Please, have fate, you are a Maximal, try transforming, then you'll see." K-9 replied and asked the new Maximal to try and transform into his Robot Mode, then all we make sense to him.

The wolf was puzzled, but soon spoke out his name and his code to activate his transformation. "Urgh….Wol…Wol…..Wolfang - MAXIMIZE!" Then the wolf let out another howl during a sudden strange feeling within himself. "ARRrooWOOORRrrooohmmm!" The wolf transformed into a humanoid male robot, colored black and blue, and was perhaps two centimeters taller than Cheetor's size. His upper arms were black with the two vertical halves of the wolf's head acting as shoulder guards. His lower arms and hands were blue. His chest and upper torso where blue and muscular, and there was a black lining on it, but on his stomach were two little spikes sticking up in a line. The hind legs of the wolf turned into the Maximal's legs, with the lower part of the legs folding into the wolf's lower hind legs. The feet of the Maximal were two clawed toes and a heel sticking out in the back. The rest of the wolf was folded on his back to look like a shawl. His head was blue, but he had a black mask that made him have two wolf ears, and he had a faceplate mouth area colored grey, but he also had two bright green eyes.

"Wow! So that's how a Protoform gets it's looks, from what the animal it scans?" William exclaimed surprise to see this course of protoforms getting their Beast Modes & they transforming into their Robot Modes.

"Yeah, and it's name, I guess they pick a name fitting them on their new forms." Ulrich replied in seeing how these guys from Cybertron name the other from a name fitting their animal form.

"So tell me, am I…really not as a lone wolf, as I once was lead to believe?" Wolfang asked in wanting some answers to his questions now, and now was the perfect time to get some.

A Few Minutes Later

The gang had told the new Maximal everything for what happened after they had crashed. Wolfang immediately bolted up and said this in feeling the urge to hurry.

"Then if what you said is true, shouldn't we look for the second pod? If it is here, then we must…" Before Wolfang could finish, they heard some footsteps coming, and before the Maximals could go into Beast Mode and hide, a girl came out of nowhere and bumped into Wolfang.

The group were a little surprised by this little girl's appearance; she had looked like she had been running for quite some time. When she got up, she saw the robots that looked similar to the one that attacked her home. "Hugh…Hugh?" She was about to run until she saw the three boys and girl that were among human appearance.

"You have to help!" She pleaded just as she got up and ran to pull Jeremie's leg, as he was a little shock from this. Aelita suddenly felt surprise from seeing the child so young, but she felt like the girl was….afraid. "Please, you must help! There are strange robots attacking our camp; they have my father and mother as prisoners." Jeremie and the others then realized that the Predacons were here, and must have been searching for the other pod.

Suddenly they heard a slight buzzing sound and Dinobot recognized where it came from. "Waspinator. Everyone, take cover, Now!" He said as silently as possible and they all did so without question. As soon as it was quiet enough, they were able to see Waspinator buzzing around; he must have been looking for the girl, considering he was complaining about the task of finding her.

"Mhhmm…..Megatron give Wazzpinator grunt job? Wazzpinator doesn't need to take it? Wazpinator is greatest of Predacons." Waspinator was bragging to himself while looking for the girl in question? As he came closer to the ground area to begin his search of where the child he was following ran to next.

The wasp felt someone tap on his head and he spun around; finding Dinobot standing there, not too happy to see him.

"Dinobot!…EeeeZziziziizhhh!" Waspinator responded off in shocking surprise to see the Ex-Pred was here, and he immediately took to the air, heading straight for the mountains.

K-9 looked towards Optimis for the dog-bot to say something quickly to his commander. "Follow him sir, see where he goes and if you find the nest, we'll back you up!" Waspiantor will most likely lead them straight to the other Predacons & what they are up to within the area.

"Thanks for the note, but I'll give the commands here. Prime Jets, ON!" Optimis said to his comrade's suggestion, as he reactivated his jet pack. "BRuuuwwwuupphmmmm!" Once the jets were lit, Optimis took off to the skies and followed Waspinator from afar.

Cheetor walked up and asked the group if they should call in for some help. "Shouldn't we call for back up guys, no telling how many Preds are here?" If all of Megatron's forces area here, then they may need a lot more of their other pals back at the base.

Dinobot turned to Cheetor and said this with a growling snarl tone. "We 'are' the backup; Rhinox and Armordillo won't be able to get here on time, and right now, we have to plan on a way to get in." With time against them during this hostile situation, they need to come up with a plan to catch the enemy by surprise.

Then Jeremie walked up with Aelita and the girl they both learned was named Isara, Isara Gunther. "But what if they've already transformed the protoform into a Predacon? We'll be outnumbered." Jeremie asked out that if the protoform was reprogrammed, the numbers of the entire Predacons army would outmatch the Maximals here now.

Dinobot snarled at that whiny response before snapping out with a remark comeback with a tight fist. "Then we will just have to fight this smartly." Dinobot then turned to Wolfang before pointing to ask something of the new Maximal. "Are you prepared to fight against impossible odds today, warrior." The Ex-Pred wants to see what kinda guts this new bot they have is willing to show in his first field of battle.

Wolfang stood straight up and with a look of total determination and said this with his wolf mode's back out to be his shield and brought out his tail that was a loaded spring missile launcher. "I will, and I will not let any of my friends down." To him, this was a chance to display his skills to those of his Maximal members.

Dinobot smiled and said this over to the entire group that was in agreement. "Then once Optimis has found our enemies spot, we will attack at night." The daylight will give them away, but at night, the plan to attack with stealth is an open idea.

"Oh boy, Dino-butt leading us is just spelling for trouble?" Rattrap muttered in thinking this Ex-Pred leading them would spell trouble for the rest, but they ignored the rat's whiny complaints.

At Night

The Parthenon

The Predacons were all over the temple, guarding every key point, waiting for the Maximals. Waspinator had returned to report that Dinobot was in the area, and if he was there, so were Optimis and the other Maximals. Megatron gave the order to surround the area and awaited the Maximals to try a surprise attack.

Near where Lazorbeak was guarding, he heard jet fuel and looked up. He saw Optimis flying up head and motions this to himself. "So, the Maximal Commander has arrive? Lazorbeak - TERRORIZE" He gave the command code, and he let off a bird's screech doing so. "RAArrruughhh!" Once done, he flew after Optimis while the Maximal Commander was fleeing, the Pred radio in his location and report to the other fliers. "All fliers, I have spotted Optimis, headed due west. Backup is necessary unless you wanna miss the action where I blast him till you can't get a piece of the action!" Yep, this guy was offering any a chance to attack the Maximal Commander, or else he'll scattering the bot in pieces & take the good stuff.

Megatron overheard the transmission, and then turned to a figure in the shadows. "Well, it looks like there will be a chance to test out your skills in real life than in a simulator? Yess." The figure in the shadows disappeared without a sound while Megatron made a sneaky grin expression.

Things are about to heat up when their enemies try to find & attack them, all to free a few humans under their keep.

The Lower Levels Of The Temple

Tarantulas and Razorclaw were guarding Welkin & Alicia in one of the old cells. The man was just sitting and waiting for who knows what while his wife was impatient from being so concern for their missing daughter. The two Predacons were unaware, but a figure was up on top of them. "GAauughh?/GAAAiiihhh?" The figure pounced on the two Predacons, startling them. What they saw was what looked to be a Maximal they had not seen before.

"So, the Maximals got themselves a new cremate?" Razorclaw issued off when he alone stood up to stare a few feet away from them, was a new Maximal looking for a fight. "Well when I'm through with you? My claws won't be the only thing you'll feel when I'm done with you!?" He showed his claws and stating how he'll show what happens if any Maximal gets caught in his grip, it won't be pretty.

"Then lets see how you handle the bite of a wolf, Grrr…!" Wolfang growls to snarl in wanting to show his notified enemy, what he can do.

Soon the two bots began to fight, with Razorclaw trying to claw his enemy, but Wolfang manage to get that crab to only get his pincer claw on his shield. The two were in a tussle, even Razorclaw's other claw with his blaster rife couldn't aim when the new Maximal, Wolfang, kept his hand down to aim it away from him.

"Hisisisi…" Razorclaw hissed at this new enemy, as he tried to get his grip of the Maximal.

"GRrrrurghh!" Wolfang growled at keeping the Pred back, as he wasn't letting his guard down for even a moment.

After slowly recovering from what happened to him and stand up again, Tarantulas watched in amusement, until he picked up a 'familiar' scent which made the spider cackle in delight. "Hmmm, techechechechahahah, it would seem someone is poking their nose were it doesn't belong? Beast Mode!" He went into Beast Mode and crawled up the ceiling, going up the way to the high levels.

It wasn't long before both fighters broke off and were far enough from the other. "Prooshmm…Prrosshm…" Soon Razorclaw wasn't kidding when he started firing his rifle blaster at the new Maximal, but Wolfang proved to be as agile as a wolf of predator. "Gaaugh! Hold still, you rotten Maximal!" Razorclaw snaps at his foe from being so hard to catch, it was irritating him.

"I got a better idea!" Wolfang barked back to reply, as he aimed his seeker missiles before firing. "Pooffumm…." After he fired his missiles, Razorclaw ducked in time before the shots missed him. "BAammmhh…" But blew a hole in the wall structure behind him before the Pred made a mistake of being caught off guard? "We take this outside and away from civilians." At Wolfang's remark, he ran straight at Razorclaw before tackling the blue crab Predacon out of the hole he made. "CLaankhh…CRuummhhh…" At the sound of another rumble impact, some parts of the ceiling fell in which it ended up covering the wall where now there was no one left in the cells room?

Welkin and Alicia heard footsteps coming quickly and found their daughter with another girl with pink hair. The two parents went up to Isara and they both hugged each other as soon as Aelita got the door open with a lock pick; a little something Rattrap taught her.

"Oh Isara, I thought you would have been captured?" Alicia spoke in so much concern in worry like a mother should be for her child's safety.

Once the family was done hugging, Welkin then looked to the girl with pink hair. "Thank you so much, we owe our lives to you." The man smiled while gentling holding Aelita's hand to shake in his gratitude of thanks.

"Thank you, but we need to hurry!" Aelita blushed with embarrassment, and told the Gunther family to follow her to the top.

And with a silent nod of agreement, did this group of four humans follow towards a stairway leading upwards.

Back In The Air

Optimis was dodging all the firepower of the Predacon fliers: Lazorbeak who was accompanied by Terrorsaur, Waspinator who were all in Robot Mode, as he led them away from the temple. "I think it's about time for some turbulence." The Maximal issued off in seeing he'll need some turbulence to aid him in this situation. "PRRroossuuhmm…." He immediately speeded towards them enemy fliers with his jets to Maximum Burn.

Optimis went past the three fliers so fast that they were thrown back with such tremendous force. "GAauurrgh?/ARrugh?/IZizzizih?" Optimis stopped in mid air, and the three Preds went past him, heading towards the ground and then a slight 'thump' accompanied with a small explosion. "BAAmmmhhh?" The reason for that, one of them fired their weapons by mistake at the other, causing equal pain from a close shot.

"Well, that takes care of that? Now to hurry towards…" But before Optimis could return to the temple, something zoomed past him and slashed at his back. "GAAHHHHh…AAhhhhh?" He immediately screamed in pain and fell down towards the ground when his jet-pack was damage from letting off smoke. Before he reached the trees, he was caught by what looked like a purple claw with orange stripes on it.

"Sorry, but it would seem you weren't much to the task? Optimis Primal!" The figure cruelly remarked off while the unknown male creature flew back to the temple with Optimus in claw, hoping to find a worthy opponent that could outlast him.

Back At The Temple

Jeremie was walking down one of the hallways with Ulrich by his side. On their way through, the boys had found the Second Stasis Pod empty, and with a Predacon programming chip. It seems the Predacons had reached the pod first, and the question remained: where was the 'new' Predacon.

"Oh man, I was afraid of this?" Jeremie spoke in seeing this wasn't good, they are too late to get to the second pod that's fallen under Predacon control.

"You thinking this chip gives us a 'hint', that whatever was in here, isn't friendly?" Ulrich asked his friend from picking up the Predacon Chip from the Maximal pod, finding it suspicious.

"Yes, this isn't a Maximal Chip, but a Predacon Chip? Which means that the new Protoform was reprogrammed, as a Predacon?" Jeremie stated out the chip his friend had that he study it's different structure work, stating that the second protoform was now an enemy.

While Jeremie was so deep in thought, that neither he or Ulrich didn't notice Tarantulas on the ceiling above him until he jumped on top of boy genius.

"Gaaugh?" Jeremie was freaked out from the fat weight that the spider had him.

"Jeremie!" Ulrich replied from seeing his friend was being tangled with the evil spider Pred?

Tarantulas chuckled while saying his little 'hello' to his caught prey! "Surprise, boy!" He has caught the human that he once recalled came to his lair to save Cheetor, time for some payback.

"Hiyah!" Ulrich quickly grabbed some staff from the temple's floor to attack the spider. "WAahcahh!" Which managed to knock Tarantulas off of Ulrich's friend to be sent across a bit.

"Guagh?" Tarantulas groans after hitting a nearby wall before he slumped backwards.

"You okay, Jer?" Ulrich asked his friend while offering a hand to pick up his pal.

"I am now Ulrich, we better get out of here?" Jeremie replied to Ulrich and took the hand to get up, took a breather before the boys saw their exit to leave.

Suddenly, as the boys were about to run out of the place, Tarantulas fell in front of them, making the boys yelp at his presence. "Oh, but you boys shouldn't being leaving so soon? Rrrauuhhh!" Once Tarantulas made his sly remark, he then lunged at the boys with blinding spider speed. Just as Ulrich got into some swordsman stance while Jeremie quickly picked up a spare spear stick from the ground that was apart of the temple's culture for his own defense. It seems their trouble has just begone.

The Battle On Wolfang's Side

Wolfang was searching another room for his foe; Razorclaw. After busting him out of the holding cell room, the new Maximal was keeping his sharp wits of where he lost site of his foe.

Suddenly, something came out of some rubble stone, it was a familiar claw which by the time Wolfang noticed it…. "Clapmm…" The claw thing had clamped around the new Maximal's neck.

"Arrrugh!" Wolfang cried out from almost having a difficult time breathing, as the owner of the claw was revealed from under the rubble, Razorclaw.

"Caught you, like a wolf in a bear trap! Only I'm much worst then any to put the squeeze on a Maximal. I was waiting for you, now that I've got my grip in you, I'll crush you in half!" Razorclaw bragged out that he hid himself after leaving the wolf alone to plan a sneaky attack without being seen to his un-expecting target.

"ARRrughhh!" Wolfang cried out from using his hands to get his neck free from this Predacon's tight grip.

"Give it up, there's no way out for you!" Razorclaw remarked off the Maximal's struggle, as he wasn't letting go, and was slowly taking his time to enjoy the scene.

"I…beg to differ! Grruughh!" Wolfang slowly spoke from within between his breath, as he struggled with his legs until…. "Kickkhhh…" Wolfang had manage to kick his way free which made his captive wobble back in surprise.

"Grraughh?" Razorclaw yelped from being kicked off like that, as he snarls in fury at the Maximal when he planned to blast him until….

"Truffh…" Wolfang took out quickly and aimed his missile launcher at the Pred before opening fire! "Poowfhh..Powffhhh…." Those shots were too quick even for a closely enemy to dodge and only brace himself.

"RArruughhh!" Razorclaw made a last screech, as he held his arms up to defend himself before…. "BAammmgruhm….!" The blast sent Razorclaw out across the floor until he smacked against a wall. "CLashpuhmmm…./CRuuhmm…." Which caused the whole structure to end up burring the Predacon, as Wolfang put away his weapon for the time being.

"Like I said Predacon, I beg to differ?" Wolfang recalled his earlier statement on Razorclaw's remark, as he turns to leave. "If I recall the structure of this building, I need to meet the others quickly?" He ran towards the spot that Optimis said Dinobot and Cheetor would ambush Megatron. He needs to quickly join them on the job at hand.

Outside Of The Temple

Tarantulas had cornered Jeremie and Ulrich outside near a cliff not far from the Temple.

"I'll enjoy seeking revenge for what you two did with that RAT in my lair!?" Tarantulas remarked off with a snarl in remembering what these two boys last did, they'll pay dearly for it.

"Glad to know we helped by bringing down the ceiling on your head." Ulrich taunted the spider to get on his nerves, showing he was not regretting such acts.

"Raarrrugh!" Tarantulas roared in rage before he jumped and pinned the boys down, and tried push them off the edge, but Jeremie & Ulrich proved that pushing them off would be difficult. "I don't need to transform for mere insects like you! When my Beast Mode is just as efficient!" Instead of using his Robot Mode for two mere boys, Tarantulas had another alternative to use, as he sunk his fangs into Jeremie's right shoulder.

"Aaugh!" Justin yelled in pain, but the bite gave him enough to adrenaline himself to kick Tarantulas off him, but dropped to the ground at the moment.

"You okay Jer, what he do?" Ulrich asked his friend, as he stood up to watch if the spider robot would try something from his injured friend.

"Ugh, spiders usual bite with a venom effect to paralyze their victims? I think now I'm experiencing it myself on another level?" Jeremie responded to hold his bitten shoulder, he may have gotten the bug off, but the bite had already sunk in.

Now Tarantulas was getting ticked off; this boy would not give up after he returns his balance stance to stand up. "You can't win, children. The venom is already coursing itself inside your system. Besides, I'm your superior, humans!" Jeremie slowly got up, feeling the effects of the venom and knew he didn't have enough time.

"Any ideas to end this quick?" Ulrich asked his genius friend for options before they would be spider-chow.

"Just one, remember that time when Dash & Kwan tried to chase us, and you and William thrown brooms that tripped their feet?" Jeremie whispered to his friend in recalling something they did in their school to their familiar bullies.

"I gotcha, alright, let's go for that." Ulrich replied with a smile in getting his friend's idea, that plan could just work.

Jeremie looked to Tarantulas before making this loud snap insult! "Do your worst, your not as superior as you claim yourself to be!" If there was one thing the genius boy knows, it's how to get under someone's ego, and this was one of those times.

"RAaruuRRAArrughh!" Tarantulas lost it and ran straight forward to the boys while making a battle cry roar.

"Now!" Ulrich signaled to Jeremie, as the boys thrown their sticks like swirling obtains at Tarantulas' many legged feet.

"Wah?" Tarantulas yelped suddenly now, as the sticks tangled with his legs which made him tripped. "Gaaugh…" Soon the two human boys got out of the way when Tarantulas rolled by them and off the cliff. "CLAMPHhh…" Which lead to a loud splat sound that made Jeremie and Ulrich squint their yes from seeing what happened below them. "GAUUphmmm…ugh?" Tarantulas let off a groan in being extra damaged before going into Stasis Lock for the time being.

Jeremie looked down and laughed a little with Ulrich while the genius boy made this remark. "That'll teach you to mess with humans, buddy." Tarantulas should not have underestimated the boys just cause they were not bots with armor & weaponry, they got smarts to outthink their predators.

"Good plan up there Jeremie, now what?" Ulrich congrats his friend on the lucky plan they pulled there while asking what to do now.

"Find the others and warn them of….ugh?" The genius boy almost said, then felt woozy before Ulrich caught Jermeie before he passed out, unable to fight the venom anymore.

"Oh man! I better find the others quickly to not only warn them of the new Predacon, but to get 'you' help?" Ulrich noted to his friend in a coma-state, as he knew what Jeremie's last thoughts musta been to wish of warning the others of the new Predacon. So Ulrich careful tug his friend over his shoulder to get them both out of the open while looking for Aelita or any Maximals to help them out. Cause with Jeremie out of it from Tarantulas' bite, this could take Ulrich a while in dragging his best bud to find the others, but he'll just have to handle it.

The Center Tower Of The Temple

"CLArgh…/UUuuagh, gluaghm?" Scorpnok was by the gate until something bashed against his head which made him fall off his balance onto the ground. The causers were non other then Dinobot, Cheetor, Rattrap and K-9.

After knocking out Scorponok, the four Maximals made their way to the door.

"Whelp, scratch one more Pred, now what, Dino-lips?" Rattrap replied off while clapping his hands at seeing that's one Pred that won't cause them any trouble, and wonders what they do next.

"Grrr, you and K-9 head towards around the place while the rest of us explore the inside structure?" Dinobot growls at the insult mark before giving out the next issue of orders to Rattrap and K-9 to perform.

"True, the enemy may lie in wait? Come on Rattrap." K-9 nodded in understanding what Dinobot wished, one group goes around back and the other goes in the front.

"Yeah, yeah, I'm coming?" Rattrap remarked off his shepherd Maximal friend, as they went around the other side while Dinobot & Cheetor went inside the temple.

"Man, I still wonder if it was alright to let Wolfang go solo with Aelita? If they get caught…?" Cheetor was muttering out in feeling that they should have made sure their new friend wasn't by himself, nor Aelita for that fact.

"Never mind your worries, he is a warrior! Gurgrugahahaha, I somehow saw it in his eyes?" Dinobot snapped at the cat-bot's concern while stating he should cease the worries.

"Really, I never knew you to be so concerning?" Cheetor went off to tease his Ex-Pred pal of his touching concerns for their new Maximal member, Wolfang.

"I'm not! It's a feeling that only Warriors can truly understand. Weather it be Maximal or Predacon, our pride is what makes us known." Dinobot exclaimed out that it's only a thing that those that are well known to be warriors in battle that they can tell from one brave fighter from another.

The two Maximals continue to walk on inside to the temple; it was a huge room with the ceiling at least three stories high. It was almost big enough to be an arena. Still, Dinobot & Cheetor had to be cautious of any surprises that could poke out.

"Well, I was wondering when you would come in? Yess…." Spoke the voice of a deep, sinister sounding voice of an all known familiar person.

Both Maximals saw Megatron, in Robot Mode, pointing his dino-head blaster at, to the Maximal's surprise, Aelita, Isara, along with her father Welkin and mother Alicia, and a barely okay Optimis Primal.

Aelita apologized to her friends from seeing the situation she and the others are in. "I'm really sorry, I didn't think he'd find us?" The girl was completely caught when helping the Gunther family escape, and now this happens.

The two Maximals growled in frustration and anger in seeing a hostage situation once again.

"Let them go, Megatron! Face me; you have no one else to protect you now!" Dinobot snarled off while demanding Megatron to face him, since he has no one around to aid him.

Megatron grinned and that got Cheetor and Dinobot worried; what trick did he have left up his sleeve. "Oh, really? I don't think so. Noo…" For Megatron was not alone, there was just 'one' more surprise up his sneaky sleeve.

"ROOEErrwwhhh!" Just then, Cheetor cried out in pain, as he fell to the floor.

"URRgh?" Dinobot turned around and then saw Cheetor kicked to the other wall to the left. It was so fast that he didn't see a thing.

"Bwahahah-Hachachachaaaah!" Megatron then laughed and said this in a taunting manner of Dinobot's confusion. "Why not come out and introduce yourself? Manterror!" The Predacon leader announced forth a name that was not from one of his other troops, but still wanted that mentioned being to show up now.

Dinobot turned around and saw something move in the shadows, and it walked out. It was a praying mantis around Dinobot's height, its colored light green with light purple and orange stripes on its claws. Dinobot could tell, by the look in it's insect eyes, that this Predacon was hungry, for blood.

"Guh-hahahah-haaah…." Megatron chuckled off a bit in being amused before making the introductions of who they have here today. "Allow me to introduce my new, Quick-Strike Strategist. Manterror is so powerful, that he was able to take out your air reconnaissance Commander out, even in his beast form." This new Predacon was the one that caught Optimis by surprise and brought him to be prisoner, and that's how he caught the escaping humans too.

"Nnnngh, in Beast Form or Robot Mode? I shall take him out along with YOU, Megatron!" Dinobot snarled and growled while pointing his sword towards his hated foe and the new Predacon.

"Really? Then I'll make you a deal. Yess…" Megatron spoke with a sly smile, as if thinking of having some fun to add to this situation. "If you can defeat him? I will allow the humans to go free and I, and the rest of the Predacons will leave this place, never to return." Dinobot would have to agree to the deal, but he felt a 'but' coming on here. "But if he defeats you…well? I will stay here and make this temple my new secondary base of operations; I find this place quite peaceful. And I will also be taking the Key here as well. Yess!" Megatron looked over at the prize before him was now nearly in his hands, if Dinobot takes the gamble & loses, the Predacon Leader shall gain much here.

Now Aelita was now scared that if Dinobot lost, she would have to go with the Predacons.

"ArroooWOOORRrooggghhhh" Just then from the sudden howling, Wolfang came out of nowhere, in beast form which surprised the other Predacons, but that was before he transformed and stood in front of Dinobot, facing Manterror. "I'll be the one fighting your soldier Megatron, you can take Dinobot on if you choose to fight fair." He snaps off to state towards the Predacon leader with a stern expression in his hunter eyes.

Megatron just had to laugh at the new Maximal's enthusiasm and tough attitude. "Bwahahahaah! Very well then, a double or nothing fight then." He walked onto the center, facing Dinobot, looks like things have gotten much more interesting now.

Manterror clashed his mandibles together and backed away a little. "I'm afraid I wont go easy on you? Just because you came online." He said to Wolfang, as he raised his insect hands to prepare his attack.

"Fine by me, unlike Predacons, I have allies by my side." Wolfang remarked back at the new Predacon with determination in his eyes.

"Enjoy it while it last! Manterror - TERRORIZE!" Manterror issued out his command code before letting off an insect screech. "Ririririiichh!" The mantis transformed into an odd-looking male humanoid robot, with light green translucent light purple. The mantis' arms remained the same, but the claws seemed to have a purple buzz saw blade sticking out of each of them. His insect legs folded in the back, but didn't get in the way of his insect wings. His chest and pelvic area were the Mantis' neck and head. His face was just horrific; it seemed less robotic than insect. It was light green and the top and eye part was purple. His eyes were blood red and was also sporting a very sharp tooth grin.

"You gonna smile all day, or are we gonna fight?" Wolfang challenged this Pred, as he brought out his shield and missile launcher to prepare himself for a nasty fight.

Soon both sides began to fight, as Manterror made the first move towards Wolfang. "RAarrghhh!" He lunged forward with his claws sticking out, but Wolfang manage to block it with his shield and kicked him on the back of his head. "Neat trick, he's my own." Manterror then got back up, on his claws, and ran towards the new Maximal walking on his claws.

"Rrrugh!" Wolfang awaited the first move, but then the new Predacon jumped back up and struck him with a quick reverse backhand. "Gurghh…Gurph?" The wolf-bot skidded across the room and hit the wall.

Megatron just laughed out loud when he clashed his tail launcher against Dinobot's sword, as they struggled with strength, but the Predacon leader couldn't help but watch the action. "This was the Maximal you recovered? Such a waste of time. Yess…" As Megatron taunted while Dinobot clash with his foe, Wolfang then got back up and in fighting position again.

Manterror laughed at the new Maximal's performance so far, it was ridiculous to believe this was a new threat. "I like it when wolves have a little bite in them. For that, I'll give you one of my favorite attacks. The Blade Top." This new Pred issued forth in wanting to unleash an attack that has more bite to himself then the wolf-bot does. "Bizizizizziih!" All of a sudden, his buzz saws activated and he started to spin with his arms out. "Ahahaahcahcaahhh!" He laughed while he spun faster and faster, until he looked like a whirling tornado with his blades spinning with him. Manterror charged straight at Wolfang, but before he got near him, Wolfang moved ahead.

"Powhhh-Poowhh!" The Maximal brought out his tail missile launcher to shot out really fast, but that didn't stop Manterror. "Bamm-Bamm, Bammm…." As the Predacon slipped pass the shots while Wolfang was rushing around to keep a distance. "Hugh, hugh, gotta keep a distance, or I'm slagged?" But Manterror shot up as well and followed behind the new Maximal still spinning. "One choice now? Beast Mode!" Wolfang reverted to Beast Mode, ran to a wall with his foe behind him before he flipped behind him as he came up. "POoowhh….clashhmmm…." Then Wolfang transformed before he connected his fist to the back of Manterror's head again and knocked him head first into the wall.

Wolfang landed on the ground like a wolf that finished tackling it's prey. "Ugh, when happened?" Cheetor began to awaken only to have a slight pain in his back. He then saw Wolfang get up from his landing, and saw the new Predacon Manterror get loose from the wall and land behind him a few feet away, very stealthy.

"RArrugh!" Manterror moved behind Wolfang fast, ready for a chop to the neck, and before Cheetor could yell out, Wolfang spun around really fast and blocked it with his shield. "Clashmmm…." Only to nearly get kicked, but Wolfang jumped up while still holding Manterror's arm and side sucker his face on the left side of his shield. "Urrrgh?" Manterror was thrown straight into one of the pillars that were holding up the room. "ClalshhmmBrurghmm….." After that structure fell down, Wolfang immediately took a quick breather and stood ready for another attack.

"Wooh, he's real good?" Cheetor was actually amazed at how quick and strong Wolfang was, that it was like he was on-line for ages rather then just recently.

Dinobot looked on from his intense battle with the Predacon leader before they pushed the other back, he was immediately impressed at the wolf-bot's strength, Megatron however was getting fed up. Megatron soon yelled towards Manterror, as he was getting up from that recent hit against a pillar? "Are you actually going to allow this…this…measurable hound to defeat you? Do something! Yesss!" He doesn't care, he wants his new soldier to show that he won't be easily beaten like that.

Manterror was just as miffed as Megatron, as he thought this out loud. 'I'm supposed to be invincible! How could this furry-mutt be able to hold his own against me?' The guy was now on his last leg in standing for this, it's time to bring this to a close. "BriziziziIzziizizh!…Pruswwhh-Prruuswwhh!" He got up and launched his arms forward, and then the buzz saw blades shot out and headed for Wolfang.

"Hurrugh!" Wolfang tried to dodge them attacks as fast as he could even with his shield, but they cut one part of his left arm and right leg. "Arrrugh?" Wolfang yelled in pain from that, and unknowingly loosen his weapons that ended up getting knocked out of his hands. "Rrrugh, can't let this…ugh?" He can't let things end here, or else they'll lose more then this battle.

Before Wolfang could recover, Manterror was running towards Wolfang, as he shouted this out. "To face Manterror is to face defeat!" He shouted off in bragging that any that challenge him would meet their end.

Wolfang knew he wouldn't be able to dodge in time, so he closed his eyes and could hear Aelita and the others screaming for him to dodge.

"Clashhss!" Their was a sudden clash, as we see what happened.

Wolfang slowly opened his eyes, only to find out that someone else's shield was in front of him. He looked to see K-9 had stopped Manterror, who was shocked to see that someone cut his fight.

"You clearly don't know when a Maximal is down, we aid them?" K-9 remarked with a sly smile, as he looked to Wolfang to take his weapons while he had the chance.

"What?" Manterror yelped in shock to see someone had cut between his chance to seize victory.

Megatron saw this as an opportunity, as he spoke from his battle with Dinobot. "They've breached the one on one fight; I'd say you lose, Maximals. Yess. Manterror, finish off those two while I take care of the humans!" Then Megatron sunk his Rex head up against Dinobot which fired a beam at him. "THrouuhhmm…Bannghh!" That charged beam attack was going right against the Ex-Pred's position.

"Gaaugh?" Dinobot was shot back a bit, feeling a bit wound, as Megatron had his site set of the humans until.

"Eh-EEeiinhhh!" Suddenly a voice was heard, a loose ceiling brick came off as none other then Rattrap dropped in now, in his Beast Mode before transforming to Robot Mode with his blaster out. "Yoh, you think we trust a Pred to keep a word like letting folks go? Hohoh, no chance! Especially with as something EXTRA valuable here!?" The rat was making this rhetorical statement while he looked back at Aelita, who smiled at her friend for dropping in on time.

"Huurrghhh!" Megatron growled at seeing this, and it became even more annoying when Cheetor, who recovered enough, came to help Optimis up.

"You've lost, Megatron!" Optimis spoke forth, as he slowly was getting up from Cheetor's help while the cat-bot held his Quasar Cannon in his left hand.

"Not yet, Maximals! Noo! Manterror, finish those dogs!" Megatron snapped at his enemies before turning to Manterror with orders to finish off some of the Maximals.

"It's time for you to face defeat, Maximals", Manterror said at K-9 and Wolfang, as he laughed maniacally. "ARRRaraahahaharughhh!" He quickly had his foreclaws bring his buzz-disc out to start spinning. "Bizizizizihhh!…Trisisisisihhh…" He was slashing from both sides to get through K-9's shield. as he held on before the Predacon saw Wolfang rush out, no doubt to grab his weapons. "Got YOU!" The Predacon spoke, as he had some of his foreclaws reach the other buzz disc at Wolfang's direction.

"Wrong, you had your angle, now's my turn!" Wolfang remarked off to say, as after he rolled to snatch his weapons, his midsection revealed two anchor-shaped missiles stored inside. "Powwhhh…pooowhh!" They were both launched directly at the open spot in Manterror's guard which he notice from being caught unprepared against two foes.

"RArrughhh…." Manterror roared out a cry before the anchor shaped missiles hit him. "BOoommgrummhhh…." From that close impact, it shot the new Predacon off across the floor, looking toasted? "Truusshhmmuuhh…." Then a weird noise was heard, as Manterror's eyes went off, as his head rolled off across his neck area, he had gone into Stasis-Lock from taking so much damage.

"Hmph, good aim, but cutting it close if I didn't have a shield with me." K-9 let off a chuckle from his smoky shield that if he hadn't used it, he would've been in the blast when he turns to tell Wolfang this.

"Rrruurrrghhh!" Megatron growled at this, his warrior was beaten, he was out numbered, he had to act fast, and knew just how. "If you want something done right, then do it yourself? Starting with those Humans!" The Predacon leader stated, as he looks to the humans that was at least the weakness in shielding with their Maximal guardians who had to protect Aelita. "Brruushh…Bannghh!" Before Megatron could shoot the human Gunther family, Dinobot shot Megatron's dino head hand with his optic blasts. "Guurraagghhh!" Megatron let off a painful cry in clutching what injured his T-Rex head.

Dinobot made this remark towards his former Predacon leader for what he tried to do. "Let this next lesson, teach you as well, Megatron! RAAArrrughhh!" He roared before Dinobot ran over to pick Manterror up and threw him at Megatron while he was recovering, then tackled them Preds out of the room. "Claashhppmm…." Unfortunately, the room was actually a tower and they were near the outside cliff.

"ARrruughhhhh…." They fell down with Megatron letting out a cry until a thud could be heard. "THummmdd..." That impact sounded like that would leave one pretty much beaten and bruise now.

"It would appear that you've been given a first chance look at defeat, Manterror?" Dinobot snarled out to the Stasis-Lock Manterror that was on Megatron before the Predacon Leader knocked the unconscious new bot off him.

Below the action that soon caught both sides from down and up, was that there were the sounds of tank engines sounding, as Scorpnok raced over to his leader to report.

"M-M-Megatron! Those human soldiers we faced have return with re-enforcements, and they're packing some firepower?" Scorponok reported to his leader of a major turn of tides to their side of those they chased off, have return to really fight back.

"POwwwhhh…BAammmhh!" Suddenly, from behind the scenery of the temple, were many troops carrying stuff from Scouts, Shocktroopers, Anti-Tank Lancers, Engineers, and Snipers with Tanks and a plane by their sides.

"GAAuughhh!" Scorpnok yelped from one explosion that knocked him off his feet by the explosive force, and clashed across near the defeated Manterror.

Megatron looked up with a shock face as these squad troops had some military might, and were still attacking some of his Predacons that had recovered from their fight with the Maximals. "PRroohuumm…Baammmhh…" Of course, most of the other side's fire power was just as great that even a dictator like Megatron would be impressed, if not caught off surprise.

"Arrrughhh?" Terrorsaur and Lazorbeak yelped from flying in the air, most of the army troops that's approaching is firing in the air to bring them down, including the plane.

"Iizizizizh?" Waspinator was buzzing around all crazy, they were out number, out gun, and out matched.

"Urrrgh, the Maximals win this time, but they won't be so lucky the next!?" Megatron ushered out in a snarl before he turns to Scorponok while issuing his orders. "Activate the Trans-Warp Gate, and GET US OUT OF HERE!" He wants them to be as far away from here, they may not have defeated their enemies or obtain the Key, but next time, they'll have another soldier on their side even if Manterror lost.

"Yes sir!" Scorponok saluted while he held a portable device which he activated. "TRuushhmmm…." Suddenly, a portal open before the two Preds active, as Scorponok and Megatron enters it first. "FRruushhmmm…." Then later were followed by Terrorsaur, Lazorbeak, and Waspintor getting out of the machine gun shooting, missiles, even flamethrower shots. "TrushhwuphwuphwUUuphm…." Razorclaw was the last to enter while dragging behind in his claws, Tarantulas and Manterror, who were each still in Stasis Lock. "WrruushhUUPpmm…" Soon the portal closed, and with the Predacons long gone, just as some…'familiar' Squad unit members came out with two blue tanks; they were the Edelweiss and Shamrock.

"Well, I say we earned some payback?" From out of Shamrock, was none other then Zaka, as he spoke to the tank pilot of the Edelweiss.

It was a boy wearing the same uniform, but with messed up short black hair, worn glasses over his brown eyes, his name was Kries Czherny, a 20 year old Private First Class & Corporal in the Gallian Militia. An excellent mechanic in the R&D facility, as his primary responsibilities include weapons maintenance and repairs before he got a Master's degree where he delved into passionate research in the field of aeronautic engineering.

"Well, whoever they were, just glad we beat them?" Kries stated to Zaka from noticing that the Predacons seem very unusual, and just glad to have had the angle of beating them just nearly.

"You said it, K.C.! Wahoo!" The voice came from above the two, as we see someone fly by in a wooden plane (like the Wright Bros. design) with some machine gun equipment for ariel combat. Worn the same blue uniform, but had bold brown hair style, goggles over his eyes which seem to be shut? He was Leon Schmidt, a 20 year old Private First Class and a member of the Militia's R&D team. His chief task lay in the development of new weapons, but he's also a speed demon in this plane.

"Alright Squad 7, we're grouping to find the Gunther family, are Sergeant, Lieutenant, and their kid must be in the temple. Come on!" Zaka spoke to all members of Squad 7 by a free-wave radio patch, as he and all the nearby members of their squad, make plans to go up to find their missing friends, and more surprises ahead.

The Next Morning

In A 'Squad 7' Medic Tent

Jeremie woke up suddenly, he found himself in a bed, with his clothes folded at the foot of it. He looked under the covers and saw he was wearing a blue hospital get up uniform. He then looked onto his left and saw Cheetor, sleeping. It looked as though he was watching over him the whole night.

"Jeremie!" Jeremie turned from hearing his name be called, as he turns to see that he was in a tent which the covers open and in came Aelita. She ran over to him and hugged Jeremie for worried reasons. He still didn't get over the hugging, he always got flushed. "I'm so glad you're alright; we found you unconscious after the battle." Aelita issued off in what she later learned what happened to the boy.

"Hey, it's alright, it takes more than that crazy spider to stop me." Jeremie tried to ease the pink haired girl about what he went through with Taranulas.

"So you say, Einstein?" Ulirch's voice spoke, as the boy genius and Aelita turns to see Ulrich & William entered the tent medic room as well.

"Yeah, if it was any other spider off this world, the chances may not have been any slim chance?" William exclaimed to his friend if it was any other spider bite, even one from out of space, it could have been much worst

After Cheetor had woken up, the four explained to Jeremie that after the Predacons had retreated, Welkin Gunther thanked them and allowed them to stay in their camp in order to regain their strength.

"So….what do we do about them knowing of the Maximals and Predacons? The Government will surely be trying to look into this?" Jeremie asked his friends of what they should do about the military group. If they report about the Maximal/Predacon development that happen here in this country, it could cause a nation wide world panic, even the Government would want to find and capture their friends as extraterrestrials.

"You don't have to worry about that." A voice spoke, as in came for the group to meet, Lieutenant Welkin Gunther. Along with him was Alicia, his daughter Isara, Rosie, Largo, Zaka, Kriez and Leon. Isara came up to present some flowers to Jeremie along with some bread all wrapped in a nice basket she and her mother had with them.

"You are probably hungry, why don't you eat some bread?" Alicia offered the four children some of her bread to help them calm their nerves, and fill their stomachs.

"Mama and I made it, as saying thanks for saving us." Isara spoke with a smile in wanting to thank the children along with their Maximal friends for saving them all from the Predacons.

The four children were puzzled, but didn't wish to be rude, so they each took a bite….and smiled from enjoying the taste.

"Wow! This is amazing?" Jeremie exclaimed out with a wide smile, he's never eaten something so tasty before until now, especially bread.

"I'll say, they don't serve bread this cooked in the cafeteria?" Ulrich replied in agreement, they don't get bread this good at their school.

"Heck, they don't serve beard this fine in stores?" William concurred the thought that this bread making wasn't even being sold in any food stock stores.

"You really made this, it's so good? Could you teach me how?" Aelita comments the Gunther women while asking in hopes to learn how to make bread this good, especially for her friends she cars for.

"Hechechech, you might not be here long to learn all of Alicia's secrets, but you can try?" Largo chuckled off in seeing the pink haired girl's positive comments, making a joke that the kids might not be here long enough to learn all of his friend's secret to making good bread.

"Now Largo, let's not break their spirits of having such hopes?" Rosie stated to her large muscle friend to be nice to the girl they know as Aelita, wanting to know how to make bread.

"So tell us, what did you mean we have nothing to worry of you telling anybody about us?" Cheetor asked in wondering what Welkin meant by he and his friends won't say much about what happened here that they witnessed. Or of the matter of the Beast Wars going on.

"Well, other then our captain, Eleanor Varrot who watched the whole thing from a watch post, we of Squad 7 haven't reported this in the Gallia's Militia or those of the higher ups?" Welkin explained to Cheetor that he and his squad haven't made their due report of any findings or anything unusual of activities that need to be notified.

"So you can relax, pussycat, we're not squealers to 'rat out' on those that saved our hids and our Sergeant and Lieutenant's lives?" Zaka bends down to gentle pet Cheetor to ease up in knowing they are friends now, and friends don't sale out those that had helped them out of a major crisis.

"Right, anybody that helped save bro. here is a pal of ours!" Leon replied with a smile, as he bends down to shake Cheetor's paw, much to his confession, yet delight of being commented.

"Your other friends, the Maximals as you called them, are resting or fixing their damages while wondering about our Ragnite fuels function?" Kriez explained out what Optimis' team is doing, apparently studying some fuel source of Squad 7, no doubt.

"Ragnite? What's that, some kinda Energon?" Cheetor asked puzzled, as neither he nor their human pals even knows what this Ragnite stuff really is.

"Well, your friends said the same thing, the Rhinoceros one actually? But it's a fuel source different, yet as equally powerful. We use it for like street lamps, medical compounds, and lastly, to power up our Militia vehicles that are normally found in Europe that not a lot of the whole world knows about." Kriex finished explaining what their Ragnite is, as it's a powerful and rare substance found in their European country that helps be used to aid citizens and military groups alike.

"Speaking of which, that wolf-bot pretty much went off somewhere to have some alone time?" Leon stated out something that described very much of Wolfang's features.

"Oh, well then I better go check, you gonna be okay here now, Jeremie?" Cheetor replied out before turning to ask if his genius friend would be alright while he was about to go somewhere.

Welkin Gunther smiled at Cheetor's concern for his friends, as he spoke in assuring that Jeremie is being taken care of by their medical teams best operatives. "Don't worry, our Medics; Fina, Mina, and Gina worked over the spider posing. While it's still new to us, I did manage to study the arachnid's bio-venom compound to help understand how the subject was forge." Welkin explained in some matters of his sentences, that he also helped out to fix Jeremie's spider-bite problem from a Predacon.

"Ugh, in english, professor?" William asked in not understanding much of what Welkin even just blab about.

"Hehe...What my husband is saying? Is that he helped find a way to use the venom to make an antidote." Alicia replied with a little giggle off her smile at seeing that her husband went off to blab something no one understood again.

"Daddy's really smart, that's why he's the best teacher to help students. With Planets, bugs, animals, he's good at knowing nature like the back of his hand." Isara complimented her dad in being so knowledgeable about knowing many stuff, like fields, to bugs, animals, etc.

"Wooh, a Lieutenant and a Teacher from being out in the natural fields of battle? Never dreamt of seeing that out of a person?" Ulrich replied off in never dreaming someone to teach what they learn from the fields of battle.

"I'll be fine Cheetor, you go on ahead." Jeremie assured his cat-bot friend to go find Wolfang, as he and the others will be fine, now that his venom treatment is being taken care off.

"Alright, see yah, get well now." Cheetor replied off before he left the tent after transforming into his Robot Mode, most of the crew, like Largo and Leon whistle in being impressed by such tech.

"I see, so that's how that batch is made?" Aelita silently spoke, as she was taking some notes from Alicia and Isara giving the pink haired girl some baking tips to making fine quality bread.

Soon we see Wolfang and K-9 outside the camp site in Robot Mode each, looking up to the temple they battle from, to the city sites below them. Then they each sensed the presence of another person, but when they saw it was Cheetor, they rest easily.

"Hey Cheetor." K-9 replied from seeing the young Maximal cadet coming up to join the hound dogs.

"Hey K-9! Hi there, Wolfang!" Cheetor answered to both his friends sitting by, doing some site-seeing it seems.

"Hello Cheetor?" Wolfang turned up to smile at seeing the cat-bot coming to see him, it was kinda nice to see a young youthful face then of an enemy.

"What are you guys looking at?" Cheetor soon asked from noticing that both K-9 and Wolfang were just sitting around, only observing the scenery while not doing much.

Wolfang pointed with his hands to the horizon of the city and landscapes. "During the battle, I did not notice that this land is so majestic, so strange, yet beautiful. Is all of Earth like this, Cheetor?" To Wolfang that came online, he never paid much attention to give the time of what planet he stands on during the battle & confusion. So now, he has time to marvel & think things for a bit.

Cheetor never thought about it; he never went as far as this place being something to leave a bot speechless, so he probably didn't have the answer. "I'm not sure, but maybe it's as slammin' as it is here." Wolfang and K-9 had to chuckle at the young cadet's response; the new Maximal had never met anyone like him on Cybertron.

"You know kid, you're alright?" Wolfang replied out after he was done laughing, he's come to like the young Maximal, as he felt it was good to have friends like a real wolf is to have a pack that one can rely on his team to aid him. "I'm actually glad not to be a lone wolf with friends like you all?" He issued from looking to K-9 & Cheetor, and even adding in the other Maximals he knows now.

"Yes. You have earn the first trust from the Maximals, and trust is a hard thing to come to me. But that was a good move you pulled to stop Manterror, that was enough to prove yourself to me. If not, he would have had us when we least expected it?" K-9 commented that earlier subject while complimenting the new Maximal of his brave deed that saved many lives from the threat of that new Predacon.

"Do you…really mean that?" Wolfang asked in wondering that after how he once acted before, that now he's earn some trust notice from many of the Maximals, well more or less from those that aren't the questioning type.

"Yeah, welcome aboard with us, Wolfang." Cheetor nods while putting his hand out to shake Wolfang's which the new Maximal easily responded too.

"You know, I think what we pulled back there made me realize how good I am to not only effortlessly work well with anyone, but I'm also good with my work for undercover assignments, especially at night, you guys?" Wolfang replied out in seeing that after being online and from that mission, he truly felt that he was meant to be not only be a team player, but to work undercover when he has too, like being a lone wolf tracking an enemy. "I manage to sneak up, to catch the enemy by surprise when I cloaked himself, that allowed Aelita to free the prisoners." He issued in what he did to get in the temple before taking on the enemy at that time.

"Well that's good to hear especially when Tarantulas left the scene, we could always have one to aid in undercover work, especially with the Preds.?" Cheetor replied out to his new bot pal while complimenting Wolfang on his good skills work.

"Alright, I think we better check on Optimis and the others, they'll want to have brief our mission with Rhinox and Armordillo." K-9 issued out, as he got up in order to meet with their leader to plan to head back to their base.

"Who are those two? I don't know them much since you said they stayed behind?" Wolfang asked out from all of the excitement of today, he still hasn't meant with Rhinox or Armordillo, who stayed behind to watch and work on their own separate task assignments back on the Axelon.

"Trust me Wolfang, you'll learn about them too, once we get back to base." Cheetor exclaimed to say, as Wolfang stood up afterwards from hearing the cat-bot stated of learning about the others a little bit later, upon their return.

Soon the three Maximals got up to leave their site spot, as this came to just a right kind of ending. The Maximals found their first ally, saved some new friends and an entire country from having Predacon threat, as this day came to a close.