The Jurassic Comeback

DREAM WORLD

The scene opens to a strange empty white void of nothing but smoke screens & foggy mist. It's as if there is nothing to be found here, one can hardly see the ground from all of this stuff. But one can hear sounds, sounds of footsteps, & they sounded like someone was…in a hurry.

"Pant-pant, Pant…Guuaguh…." There were panting sounds of someone running through the foggy mist, as it sounded like a girl that was in a rush.

"FRsusuvhmmm…." The sounds of a jet plane were heard as a dark shadow image of it was flying overhead.

"Pant-pant-pant, Pant-Pant….UUrrraugh…?" Then we focus on someone that trips over their feet to make a yelp cry sound.

That's when most of the foggy stuff clears to reveal it was Aelita, as the pink haired girl was in her nighter gown, & was trying to apparently getaway. And the reason came from the jet plane from above that suddenly….Transformed! And made a lid landing to appear like a giant Transformer, & it was…Starscream of the Decepticons.

"At long last, here you are, the Key to my Destiny!" Starscream proclaimed forth in smiling slyly in having the girl right where he wants her.

"Starscream….but you…you shouldn't be here?" Aelita yelped off in shock in seeing this Decepticon before her, but why when she last recalled he was defeated.

"Oh but I am, my dear….how intriguing things turn out to be?" Starscream exclaimed with a overconfident smile in making this little witty remark of how things turn out differently then expected. "To imagine the great power of Primus; the Key, turns out to take the form of a weak, helpless, little organic humanoid?" He slowly begins to take his steps slowly to approach the scared girl who tried to crawl backwards until she hit an invisible fog wall.

"Ugh….UUuaugh…Wha?" Aelita held out her hands in trying to do something to stop this bot from coming closer, but to her shock; nothing happen. "I-I can't use my Creativity?" She was left even more frighten & scared, her powers & ability she's come to know are not working; why.

"Now come, the Age of Starscream will soon begin." Starscream spoke forth with his tall figure overshadowing Aelita. "And you will serve as my Instrument of Conquest & Destruction!" Now Starscream slowly lifts his right hand towards the cornered child.

Aelita stared like a deer in the headlights, as Starscream's large hand was coming closer & closer to her. Aelita was looking so scared out of her mind, the eerie laughter Starscream made end up blanketing the entire scenery as a shroud of darkness swallowed everything whole.

WAKE WORLD

Meanwhile, the scene reveals that we actually find Aelita in her own room within the Belpois home within a High-Tech Junkyard area. But the pink haired girl seem to be struggling & moving around in her sleep.

"No…No, please…" Aeltia was heard moaning off her words, as if she was having a nightmare that was torturing her.

The girl was struggling so much & making a lot of racket, that Aelita's door was open to show Odd in his PJs yawning & trying to rub the sleep from his eyes.

"Um, Aelita, can you keep it down, some of us we're trying to sleep?" Odd spoke off tiredly while being half-asleep, Aelita's nosies is making some of them miss on a good night sleep.

"No…No…Stay Away From Me!?" Aelita was sweating more, she looked like she was clutching her hands on the blanket as if…feeling someone was out to get her.

"Aelita…" Odd then finally was a bit more awake in sensing, something was wrong & was about to check on his cousin when…

"NOOOoooooaaaaaaahhhhh!" Aelita then makes a loud yell as she sat up from her bed, & then… "AAAahhhhhh…AAahhhh…/TRUUspovhmmm…" An angelic voice was heard as Aelita's eyes flash bright pink, & a flash of light spreads forth all directions.

"WAAAaughhh!" Odd braced himself when that light-wave knock him out of the room. And even outside of the Belpois house, that wave of energy spread across the ground. Through the city, the state, the country, & even all over the planet, & that in turn would cause….something to be triggered.

MAXIMAL BASE

The scene shows back at the Maximal Base, as it was still night out, Cheetor & Rattrap were seen sleeping in their console chairs by the monitors. Everything was just quiet, peaceful, nothing out of the ordinary…until the monitors showed a digital Earth sphere with multiple red dots flaring up.

"Beep-Beep, Beep!"/Attention, Multiple Maximal Protoform Signals, have been identified." Then without warning, Sentinel's systems began to flash out in alerting those asleep to become active in knowing what's going on.

"Hugh, what?" Rattrap yelped off from his snoozing trip to notice that they got some blinking red dots of Maximal signatures appearing on the digital map of the planet.

"Woah! Hey Big Bot, you gotta check this out!" Cheetor called out across the corridor hallway as Optimus, Rhinox, Dive-Bomb & Longrack came in.

"What is it?" Optimus asked off in what was happening here with the system making a ruckus.

"Sentinel just uncovered a massive amount of Stasis Pods going off the wall!" Cheetor pointed off the glowing dots of what were Stasis Pods letting their tracking signals be notice.

"Woah-ho! Talk about waking up on the good side of the morning." Rattrap smiled off in seeing how many pods are up for grabs, maybe it was okay to be woken up so suddenly for this.

"Rhinox, Dive-Bomb, Longrack, see if you can help narrow down where those pods are located. And call in every available Maximal to be on standby in their sectors." Optimus turn over to give the orders off as quickly as possible as the Maximals before hi worked on triangulating the coordinates of those pods. "I don't know how bots, but we gotta strike while the oven is hot." Optimus made a serious face in knowing that with this many pods active, it means now more then ever, they need to find as many as possible…before the 'other' party gets wind of this.

PREDACON BASE

During the same time, within the Predacon Base, was about as quiet as things could get. Blackarachnia was seen resting in a chair by a console monitor, as if nothing exciting was even gonna happen around here….but that was about to end…

"Alert! Maximal Stasis Pods…Detected." A female voice fro the system was alerting all personal of what was happening as the monitors displayed Maximal Stasis Pod signatures around the planet globe.

"Whah?" Blackarachnia yelped up awake to pay attention to what was going on, & saw this.

But then Blackarachnia nearly yelped when a T-Rex head came from her right side, & turn to her left to find Megatron in Robot Mode; somehow he must enjoy playing that trick on his subordinates.

"Hmm….Stasis Pods…." Megatron hums up in being fascinated by this new feat of discovery.

"Yeah, a whole lotta them just went off?" Blackarachnia pointed off in stating from the numbers, there are a LOT of active pods now.

"Quickly, get those coordinates before they vanish. I want those pods NOW!" Megatron issued off with a stern expression in wanting to get the coordinates & reach those pods…BEFORE the Maximals.

BACK IN THE BELPOIS HOME?

"Odd, what happened?" Jeremie was heard calling out to appear out i the hallway to see…Odd on the floor against the wall & just in front of Aelita's door.

"How should I know Einstein?" Odd shook his head off to recall what even happen to him that he has no clue about.

That's when Jeremie & Odd began to notice Aelita's situation, as she seem to be exhaling a bit while her eyes were still glowing a bit. The boys never seen the girl like this, they need to approach this carefully here…

"Aelita…" Jeremie called out for the girl to hear his voice.

"Hugh…?" Aelita suddenly gasped from hearing Jeremie's voice that it caused her senses to return to her.

"You…okay?" Jeremie asked off slowly in checking if Aelita was alright.

"Wha…what did I…" Aelita held her head to ask what even happen to her.

"Oh nothing much, just unleashed an invisible burst wave of energy that knock me out the door & smack into a wall?" Odd shrug off to say as he came in on the scene to point out what happened.

"I'm sorry, I…had a nightmare?" Aelita looked down in feeling guilty about this, because of a nightmare she dreamt about. "Ever since I saw him…Starscream?" She clutch her blanket in feeling tension & worry in having recall a Transformer that once tried to obtain her before she became as she is now.

"That's right, Starscream was a Decepticon that knew Aelita in the past? Since the Maximals don't know much about the present data about the Key?" Jeremie thought this off in recalling how Starscream must have known a few more things about Aelita while she was in stasis in her pod long ago.

"Too bad the source was some crazy bot that stabs you in the back for being power hungry." Odd rolled the eyes in pointing out how Starscream was not the best choice to ask for clues about Aelita or anything else then just wanting to use the powers of the Key.

"It's fine, I'm alright now…just, need a little time to adjust?" Aelita spoke up to slowly say this in assuring the two that she is alright, she'll need to re-adjust herself from what caused her unsettling.

Odd & Jeremie seem to stare off to each other in puzzlement, thinking that somehow…Aelita might not be entirely well to say she's fine after what she pulled. The scene begins to darken now, as the three are left to solve things after some time has pass on…

4 Hours Later…?

Location: New Jersey, Atlantic City…

The scene opens around an area that is located into the state of New Jersey. An aquatic theme park known as Atlantic City, a big city that was station pretty close to some ocean waves by the beach shores. Right now, we focus around a central location underneath a pier that was structured to have a ferris wheel, & many carnival & tent attractions. Luckily at this time it's still not open for another few more hours even as the sun was beginning to rise across the sea. Underneath the pier, we find Optimus & Cheetor in Beast Mode, with the ape holding a device that was meant to help locater any Cybertronian tech lying around.

"Gotta say Big Bot, trying to find a pod around this place will be kinda crazy?" Cheetor exclaimed doff in looking around the place, it's gonna be a hectic time searching for a pod in this place.

"Well crazy works sometimes, right now…Rhinox insured us that there were some pod coordinates narrow down in this location." Optimus simply stated about how crazy can work when you least expect it to while stating that the location of some pods are around the area.

"Well, not exactly my place for a vacation spot, especially with all that water around?"

"Just remember Cheetor, if we're seen by anyone, & I mean anyone…you have to pretend your either a stuff cheated, or a statue. They'll think your a lost product from the carnival setup above the pier." Optimus explained to the young cadet in what he needs to do, should a human notice him that just happens to be nearby.

"Well no problem, but what about if folks see you with that device?" Cheetor shook off a paw to say this while being curious; how's Optimus gonna be less suspicious of a gorilla holding a weird gizmo.

Well now it was Optimus' turn to figure out how to even respond to that, cause it'll be hard to explain a gorilla product holding some beeping device. But at that moment, the device was going off in pointing at the sand location that was just about seen from a few passing tides.

"Cheetor, over here!" Optimus exclaimed off to say in pointing to the ground as the device was saying they found something. "Help me dig here." He asked for the cat bot to help him dig the ground.

"Roger that! REEEOOow…" Cheetor replied off in eagerly awaiting to get his paws dirty, by digging it in.

Now some digging was being down by the two, luckily the water wasn't coming in so much that gave them a chance to dig. After a couple of minutes had pass, the struggling Maximals were soon meant with their reward…a Stasis Pod. Apparently, it may have been buried under the sand beneath the pier where good fortune kept anyone from exploring the spot unless they were safety inspectors. So after all this time, no one came near here, & that was good, cause now Optimus & Cheetor struggle to pull the pod out as the tide was coming in a little more.

"Ultra Gear, we got one Optimus." Cheetor smiled off in seeing they hit a Stasis Pod, talk about lucky.

"We'll celebrate in a moment, right now…we need to check the pod's condition & insure there's no damage." Optimus reminded Cheetor that they must check the pod's condition, being buried under the ground for so long, they mustn't overlook anything if there might be a problem.

Optimus began to work in opening the pod's console controls, & began to check on the Protoform's life-signs, health conditions, no ill side effects, & then they would begin the next step. However, unknown to them, something was seen slithering up a wooden pillar to the pier while some hidden eyes sank back into the water. Something was near, & Optimus & Cheetor were not aware of the danger…yet…

ELSEWHERE

BLACK MOUNTAIN

COLORADO DUDE RANCH…?

The scene begins to reveal what was an open mountain valley of lust green, dirt pave roads, & a ranch setup as far as the eye can see. There were some wild horses seen running down a path near the ranch buildings, some had riders to steer the horses to follow the leader. But while everything was going along as if nothing out of the ordinary on this fine morning, there were some new visitors that prefer to be…unseen. The Maximals that were here were apparently in Beast Mode to blend in & not attract too much attention; they were Jackrabbit, K-9, & Razorbeast. And they were looking around with a device attach to Razorbeast's bottom front left hoof to help them find something; a pod.

"Um…Are you SURE we can find a Maximal on a Dude Ranch?" Razorbeast asked off in looking around, as if their search was not in a place that help be on a low profile.

"Well, Rhinox mentioned that there was a strong signal near here, so we gotta try to find it?" K-9 pointed off to say in knowing what they need to do here, find a pod in this location hidden somewhere.

"Come on you guys, lets find us a Stasis Pod & get to it before any Preds show up!" Jackrabbit spoke up with some enthusiasm as she was hopping to it.

"Woah, I never seen Jackrabbit so excited about undertaking this search & retrieval mission?" Razorbeast rolled the eyes in smiling at how somebody was eager to do this mission.

"She's been allowed to help us find a pod since so many others are scatter across this planet?" K-9 pointed off in knowing that Jackrabbit has not been getting many missions as she's the youngest of the crew; even younger then Cheetor, but Optimus wants all available Maximals on the case.

As the older bots were keeping up with the eager little rabbit, they began to see a lot of horses of different colors running around the ranch. Some with riders leaped over fences, others ran race tracks, you name it, it was like a wild adventure.

"Wow, look at them go! Sure are a lot of horses here?" Razorbeast stated off in noticing how there's a lot of horse activity.

"I believe Jeremie's group told us these ranches have certain customs, & that sometimes humans like to ride the horses?" Jackrabbit pointed out these things of what she recalls hearing from her human pals about some research.

"Well lets not horse around, we got a pod to find. But remember, we have to keep a low profile." K-9 spoke this off quietly for these two to follow along the plan of not sticking out.

"Um, you sure a dog, a rabbit, & ah…" Jackrabbit was about to point out how they are different animals i na ranch until….she carefully stop herself in looking at Razorbeast. "Ah, warthog, won't attract too much attention?" She safely saved herself right there from mentioning the warthog Maximal was a pig; that really gets him mad.

"What, is my fur messy?" Razorbeast asked off in not getting what was wrong with him.

"No, just keep focus. They'll think we're apart of the ranch's animals." K-9 pointed this off in having everyone know they can act like ranch animals that belong here.

But as the bots were keeping themselves on the lookout for the pod in question, something was seen flying overhead of them to hid within the clouds. Seems like trouble is just starting to come around the corner…

Meanwhile, Back In Atlantic City…?

The scene returns to Optimus & Cheetor's location under the pier, as after the gorilla Maximal was finishing the last steps, it was time for the final approach. And that was in finding an animal life-form within the area.

"Scanning For Lifeforms." The pod's male computer voice was heard stating this, as the DNA Scanner was seen coming out of the console compartment.

That's when a familiar DNA Scanner Wave was traveling across the bottom pier to above it & out into the waving sea. As the bright yellow wave was motioning around to find a nearby animal, which at this moment, something leaped out from the waters that went through the light-screen scans. And that's what was causing the pod to vibrate a bit as steam was escaping from it.

"Stand back Cheetor, our new comrade will need some room to adjust." Optimus issued this off to the cadet as they had to take some steps back to give this some room.

"What new form you think they'll have?" Cheetor asked off in being curious, what kind of animal will the new Maximal take.

Suddenly from a bright white light from the pod that slowly dim down, there was a strange sound before something leaped upwards & backs that splash into the water of the tides. The two Maximals stared in puzzlement before approaching where their new comrade was, only for Cheetor to get a surprise when a squirt of water hit him.

"Cough-Cough…..HEY!" Cheetor coughed out a bit before he stared off in who did that.

The answer soon came, when it revealed it's self coming up from the water to stare at the two bots. It was a dolphin with silver & tan blue top color & a white under belly, & clear deep ocean blue eyes. This explained that the noise that was heard was dolphin-related, not to mention, it's use of flipping in the air from doing an acrobatic performance when it made contact with the water.

"Hugh…what the Spots? A dolphin?" Cheetor raised an eyebrow in seeing that what they got was some new Maximal that has a fish type Beast Mode.

"Oh my, this is simply divine? Oh, just look at all these pretty sparkling shells? And is that a mirror, oh…I wonder if that's me…hm, I do like what I see?" The dolphin Maximal spoke out in looking at her surroundings, as she spoke with a young teenage fembot voice, she also has an accent to make her sound like a very public idol personality. "Oh, well now, this is strange? Who are you?" That's when she turn her attention towards Optimus & Cheetor, not knowing who they are.

"Greetings…I'm Optimus Primal, Maximal Commander, & this our Cadet, Cheetor. We came here to find you, it's a lucky thing we did." Optimus gave the first introduction of who they are while expressing a form of relief that they found this new Maximal, perfectly healthy & not so mochas having problems from crashing on the planet.

"Well it's a pleasure I'm sure. Oh, were are my manners, my name is Aquarius." The new dolphin Maximal exclaimed off to introduce herself for the rest to know who she is.

"Well Aquarius, it sounds like you're systems are operating without a problem. Why not tell us a little about yourself?" Optimus signs in relief to sudden make conversation here to get to know the new Maximal.

"Hmmm, where do I begin? Well, I seem to recall signing up for an exploration crew…thought exploring another world be exciting. Though due to my age, it seem I was given the cadet position?" Aquarius exclaimed off in vaguely recalling the matter means of why she join the Axelon Crew, & from being so young, was position as a cadet.

"Really, your a cadet too? Hugh, & here I thought I was the only cadet on the Axelon?" Cheetor asked off in being surprised that there was another cadet aboard the Axelon when he didn't even know.

"Well Cheetor, there are other bots of your age, some went into Stasis Pods until they could be active on a new planet." Optimus pointed off that there are other young bots at Cheetor's age, some that are in Stasis Pods to undertake activation on a new planet of animal forms. "Hugh, course Jackrabbit is still the youngest from stowing away?" He signs in knowing that they have had an issue of where some younger then 16 or 15 years of age bots stowaway to be apart of the exploration, & of where it's got them.

"Um, I hate to be rude, but just…why do you make it sound like there's more to the story then your telling me? As if this simple trip has it's….upside?" Aquarius interrupts in sensing that there is more to the discussion then she believes is being said here.

Suddenly without warning, missile shots were fired that exploded around the area, causing sand to be blasted off while the Maximal duck off. Then they look up above the millers underneath of the pier, as there were some Predacons in Robot Mode: Iguanas & Jetstorm that were hanging around to fire off a few shots here.

"Heads up bots! We got Predacons ambushing us!" Cheetor yelled off in seeing what was going down without a warning. "Cheetor - MAXIMIZE!" With a loud cat's growl cry, Cheetor transform to Robot Mode.

"Come help us, we can use some support. Optimus Primal - MAXIMIZE!" Optimus requested the new young cadet to partake to, as he began to transform to Robot Mode.

"Well whoever they are…they picked the wrong day to mess with me! Aquarius - MAXIMIZE!" Aquarius issued forth to say, as she also used her activation code to…transform.

That's when we began to see Aquarius transform from her Dolphin Beast Mode, to her Robot Mode. And from what was seen could be quite a surprise in what new Maximal form was seen. She appears about as tall as a young teenager, but she does show some changes of where only parts of her Beast Mode can be seen as her features for description: Her exo-structure is light tan emerald color, with deep turquoise on her metal boots, much of her Beast Mode's layers seen from ankles, knees to legs & split upwards like a one-piece swimsuit over her chest & around her neck while it's a split in the backside & on the front is a location of a belly-button. On her hips are flippers, & she wears gauntlets of the same style that are a little bulky for her four fingers to fit through as the elbow edges curl up like a wave. Her helmet appears like a sea space type of a couch shell, but form as tear-drops with two on the sides with the crescents near the cheek & the middle forming an oval with the back edge looping off a little to form a curl-up wave motion. On the helmet's sides were little mermaid-type fish feelers the same color as the face that was light tan emerald to look like a cutesy girl with four dash lines on her left eye as her optic eyes were bright red. This was Aquarius after transforming from a dolphin, to looking like someone that could catch anyone's attention.

"Woah-ho, look at you, your like a mer-bot?" Cheetor exclaimed off in seeing who they have here of seeing, Aquarius looks like she was meant for stage performance then battles.

"I'm not just pretty darling, I can also deliver a mean wallop when I get angry." Aquarius issued off to say this as she was seen getting ready to partake & show she's not just a pretty face.

Now join by a new Maximal, the bots were bringing out their weapon arsenal, which Aquarius was seen wielding a Dolphin Shield in the model of a dolphin head & back-layer body of her Beast Mode; used to block attacks & to protect herself from being hurt. She also carried on her a Tail Gun Blaster model after her dolphin tail to fire a few rapid shots to help take out an enemy target. Things were gonna be moving along here of what was playing out…

BACK WITH THE RANCH TEAM…?

We return to see how K-9, Jackrabbit & Razorbeast are currently doing. So far, they been searching almost high & low, trying to use the device to pick up a pod's active signature. Just when it seem like all they see is just rock popping out of the ground, somewhere wedge in there was an oddly shape rock, & the device was flashing up; as the Maximals gaze the direction to determine…what they found.

"There it is! The pod!" Razorbeast exclaimed off in noticing that the pod was sticking right out for them to see.

"Wow, that was sure easy to find?" Jackrabbit smiled off to say in seeing how they managed to spot it easily.

"I think you spoke too soon? Look!" K-9 stated off in looking a bit worried in thinking this step was maybe too easy to say.

Suddenly, something was seen hovering around the location of the pod, & it was something unfriendly. It was the Predacon fliers that were in Robot Mode to make the scene; Terrorsaur, Waspinator, Lazorbeak & Manterror.

"Predacons! They're trying to take the pod into the air. Everyone, Maximize!" K-9 issued off to say this as they need to get themselves ready for battle.

Without warning, the Predacons were firing off their shots that were pinning the Maximals down to find cover. And just as they transform into Robot Mode, & were trying to return fire, they notice something. Waspinator & Lazorbeak were using towing cables to pull the pod out in planning to fly off with it while Manterror used his buzz-saws to crack the rocks to free it & Terrorsaur continued to blast at the targets.

"Hahahah….looks like we got a couple of dairy farmers caught between a rock & a hard place." Terrorsaur laughed off in taunting the pin down Maximals

"You two, take the pod & go!" Manterror order the two fliers that were gonna tow the pod away to leave quickly.

"Ohhh….Wazzpinator like this plan." Waspinator replied off in liking this sort of plan very much.

"So long, suckers!" Lazorbeak replied off as he & Waspinator broke the pod out of being wedge i the rocks to begin flying off.

"They're trying to escape with the pod!" Jackrabbit yelled out in noticing that the pod was about to be taken right before their eyes.

"Hahahah….Good luck trying to hit us! If you could without hitting the pod!" Manterror exclaimed as he joins Terrorsaur in firing his buzz saws to cause the Maximals to take cover again.

"And we can't shot at them, we might hit the pod?" K-9 stated in knowing they can't risk damaging the pod in the crossfire.

"There's gotta be something we can do?" Razorbeast exclaimed in wishing there was a way to stop the enemy without risking to damage the pod; the Protoform hasn't been reprogram as a Predacon yet.

"Oh, I got it, Razorbeast, try throwing me up to the pod, & I can activate it." Jackrabbit smiled off in suddenly getting an idea that can help, she'll be thrown up to get the pod active.

"Um, gee, I don't know? Optimus might find that plan a bit….reckless & irresponsible? Especially the reckless part on a young Maximal Trainee?" Razorbeast was a bit lost in thinking that was not such a good idea, he's about brawn & wrecking stuff; but using a comrade in that plan sounds bad to him.

"Oh really, then I guess you'll let what they said about you be true?" Jackrabbit raised an eyebrow in making a sly statement about what she overheard.

"Hugh…what they say?" Razorbeast asked off in having heard this; course Jackrabbit had a sneaky expression on her face in how to use this to her advantage.

"They said you couldn't hit the brad side of a barn, cause your a Pig?" Jackrabbit pointed off to say this, even going so far as to say…

"PIG!" Razorbeast yelled off in having heard this to suddenly get…angry at the taboo word. "They were talking about me?" He spoke off in looking really mean right now.

"Yep, they called you a Pig." Jackrabbit nodded her head in saying this with a sly motive.

"They're talking about me?" Razorbeast repeated the question in looking like he was sterling with inner rage now.

"I know, they shouldn't have done it?" Jackrabbit replied off in making it sound like that was a bad thing on the enemy's part….at least if they 'DID', but she's covering it up.

"THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT ME!?" Razorbeast hollered out loud in starting to become super raging mad now.

"Now I wonder if they'll be in for it? Whoop!?" Jackrabbit was saying at first, before she yelped as Razorbeast picked her up & was seen charging across the field.

"THEY CALL ME…." Razorbeast started off to say this loud line while blinded by rage. "MIIIIISSSSSTERRRRR PIIIIIIIG!" Razorbeast yelled out so loud, that he was soon beyond the words of reason.

Then with a reckless action, Razorbeast hurl the little Rabbit Maximal straight through the air, passing Terrorsaur & Manterror's attacks & smacking right onto the Stasis Pod.

"DEEeehhh!/WRAAaurrghh!" Waspiantor & Lazorbeast yelped from the sudden shaking; what was that, were they hit.

"Hey….I did it?" Razorbeast replied off in regaining control of himself to see; that he managed to pull off Jackrabbit's plan after all.

"You sure did…." K-9 rhetorically stated in knowing that what they performed would make Optimus question their…judgement on safety for children, even Maximal Trainees.

"Come on, come on…." Jackrabbit was seen trying to fiddle with the pod's control console to get the system to start up.

"Stop that rabbit!" Manterror roared off that they must stop that nosy little Maximal.

"With pleasure!" Terrorsaur eagerly stated as he brought up his blaster.

"GOT IT!" Jackrabbit yelled out in having succeeded, but soon noticed her situation. "Uh-oh?" She yelped in seeing that she was surrounded on all sides of Predacons.

Now Jackrabbit saw she was in a real pickle when all four sides had blasters, guns, buzz saws, pointed right at the Maximal. One wrong move & it'll be rabbit season all over the place. But as luck would have it, the pod's computer became active from Jackrabbit's meddling to get one function active.

"Scanning For Lifeforms…" The pod's male computer issued off to say this as it began it's function programming with the DNA Scan Antenna popping out.

Then without warning the DNA Scanner Wave was flashing around, that caused the other Predacons to become blinded by the light, & cause those that held the tow coil to….let go & drop both the pod & Jackrabbit.

"WAAAAAAAH! They DROPPED THEM!?" Razorbeast yelped out loud in seeing that both Jackrabbit & the pod are falling from a height drop point.

"Oh Optimus will not like this at all? Hurry!" K-9 exclaimed in knowing wh will not be pleased by this, as they need to hurry.

Razorbeast & K-9 quickly ran off to try to be there to catch those that were falling from such a height. As Jackrabbit was free-falling, she saw the DNA Scanner Wave continued it's course, & then something was nearby….a horse. When the energy wave scan the horse, it reacted & ran off without a word. The pod was causing the same vibration motion, as light began to escape from it as Jackrabbit watch in what was about to happen; & saw something popping out of the hatch, & then….

"KABOOMFruvhmmm…" But at that moment, the Stasis Pod impacted on the ground of rocks that caused an explosion of flames. Razorbeast & K-9 yelped back from the sharp burst, as they looked at nothing but the metal remains…

"No…" K-9 muttered off these words while looking completely shock; they were too late.

"Um, you hear something?" Razorbeast asked off from having heard a loud noise coming from the fire, it sounded like….a HORSE!?

The sound of a horse was what caught their attention, & soon something leaped through the flames to land before the rest. It was a gray-blue color fur stallion horse, with dark gray-blue color wild mane & tail, & with gray color eyes along with a white diamond star-shape mark on the front of the face. But the surprising moment was seeing who the rider was on it, for it was…Jackrabbit.

"Jackrabbit!" K-9 & Razorbeast exclaimed off in surprise shock, the youngest Maximal was alive & safely well.

"Yuppy-Ca-Yah! We made it through!" Jackrabbit cheered froth in sounding like a cow-girl that she & her steed made it safely through that close call.

"Where did you find a horse to ride out of there?" Razorbeast asked off puzzled, there was only Jackrabbit & the pod, they see one, but not the other.

"That's no horse, that's…a Maximal?" K-9 pointed off in having to guess that the pod's Protoform was…the HORSE it's self.

Suddenly, the Predacon fliers were seen soaring in on the spot, looking ready to attack. The Maximals had to get themselves ready for a fight, Jackrabbit got off the horse, & now…the horse…spoke.

"Mach Kick - MAXIMIZE!" The horse spoke off in sounding like a young man's voice.

Now the horse begins to make a wild horse battle cry, as he transforms from Beast Mode, to Robot Mode. When it was all over, everyone saw what he looked like. He transforms into a robot with his horse features displayed in different parts. For much of the main body from the ankles to the knees, a split waist guard coming from the back area, & from the left shoulder pad was the Beast Mode's rear & the entire right arm was the horse's neck to the head acting out as the right hand. The exoskeleton was white in which he seem mildly built, yellow metaling stretch vertical up on the sides on the outer leg parts, & underneath the chest-pad. As there was more red metal plate styles from boot-feet, waist, upper chest-plate muscles, & around the left gauntlet from elbow to the wrist. From the neck to the mouth, they were white, while the helmet was red & style like a racer's helmet down to a chin guard & has yellow optic eyes. In Robot Mode, he features rooted hair in a ponytail on his head that was attach to the hatchet port behind the helmet. His appearance suggest he's a free & rowdy spirit to make the impressions.) He wields an Tail Tomahawk, & axe-like weapon that's white in the left hand, as the top part of it has a flow of mane that stretches upwards to look like a blade. But he throws it up to act as a boomerang while he fired laser blast from the horse head at the targets. As the rest of the Maximals also followed through in providing some extra cover fire on the flying enemies.

"Hey, no fair throwing a non-blaster & getting it back!" Lazorbeak protest out in seeing what they were being attacked with.

"Doh, Nooooo! More Maximals!" Waspinator held his head in seeing this was not a good thing.

"The pod's total & the Protoform's one of them, Retreat!" Terrorsaur exclaimed in seeing that they gotta slip the scene.

"Manterror calling base, we need a Warp Gate….Now!" Manterror used the com-link to get themselves out of here for missing the moment to obtain a pod.

The Predacon Fliers decided to book it on out of there, as a Warp Gate appeared in the sky as they soon flew the heck out. When that gate vanished, the Maximals each looked pleased in what they done before looking at their newest addition; Mach Kick.

"Wow, thanks for the help their Mach Kick." Razorbeast replied off to say this for the new guy's aid in stopping them Preds.

"Well hey, it's the least I could do. Someone helped pull my horsy hid out of the fire." Mach Kick replied off in smiling to give a little hand rub on Jackrabbit's head.

"Aw shucks, it was nothing. I do it again if I have to." Jackrabbit blushed a bit in feeling proud of her achievement & started bragging.

"Too bad Optimus wouldn't agree. Now lets get back to base, this explosion will attract the folks running the ranch?" K-9 pointed off that they need to get going, before the locals come to investigate the explosion site.

With their mission completed, K-9 called in for a Warp Gate, as all four Maximals soon went through it before it closed. And perfectly timing as the local ranch riders on their horses arrived to check out the explosion spot; where nothing but scrap metal is scattered all over.

Optimus' Group…?

And below the pier, Optimus & Cheetor continued to fire away with Aquarius aiding them against two Predacon foes: Iguanas & Jetstorm. However, it seems that since the battle was undertaking beneath the pier

"Heh-heh, you been trying to hit us while not trying to aim properly of these pier pillars?" Jetstorm let off a cackle in seeing what the bots were trying to do with less damage results of their location.

"He's right, you expect us to be beaten by an ape, a cat, & a stinking fish?" Iguanas remotely stated this off in making a taunting remark on the subject.

"Fish…Fish…FIIIIIISH!?" Aquarius snapped off in having heard what those Predacons DARE to call her, a cute of a dolphin theme fembot as a MERE fish. "HOW DARE YOU!?" She snaps off in loosing her temper to make those bots pay.

"Aquarius, wait! Don't go, it's a setup!" Optimus tried to warn the new Maximals to not get suckered in.

But Aquarius did not pay Optimus any mind, as she used her blaster to perform a strange function….firing an acidic cloud. But as it came near the targets, Jetstorm & Iguanas split as the acidic cloud was instead eating away at the support pillars for the pier, cause the weight above to shift & crack as it's about to come down…

"HEADS UP! PIER COMING DOWN!" Cheetor yelled out in seeing that the pier was about to come FALLING on their heads; they were about to make their escape when…

"GAaaaughhh!" Optimus yelps out loud because something was biting his leg; that something was a crocodile with dark-green scales, white teeth & red eyes.

"AAAAahhhh!" Cheetor also screams out loud when something caught his leg to trip him up; it was a cobra with black scales with red markings on the back & yellow on the front with red color eyes.

And the two creatures moved out of the way as parts of the pier fell right down in nearly burying the two Maximals.

"What the….what are these things?" Aquarius yelps to look at who was here that stopped Optimus & Cheetor from getting away, but let the falling debris trap them.

"Leathered - TERRORIZE!" The crocodile announced forth his activation code, as he lets out a loud roar while transforming from Beast Mode to Robot Mode. From his appearance, he has an emerald exoskeleton metal frame while parts of his Beast Mode covers him. Crocodile feet with one toe behind a heel each, & tiny back legs stuck off from the back of the knee-joint with spikes in front of a yellow metal frame. The upper body of the crocodile is on the backside while the crocodile head is seen on the front with the nose down to the waist. He has on scaly claw on the left hand like a crocodile with four fingers, but his right hand is covered with a gauntlet of crocodile shell with what looks like blaster. And finally, the helmet is color like a crocodile, but the face is purple with sharp yellow teeth, & yellow optics. Appearance alone shows he almost looks like a Megatron image, being around as tall & muscle looking to install fear on those that see him.

"Venomous - TERRORIZE!" The cobra announced forth an activation code while sounding female, as she lets off a loud hiss whole transforming from Beast Mode to Robot Mode. Seen as a strange fembot figure with silver metallic exoskeleton work seen underneath her Beast Mode color style theme, black high-heel-like feet to the knee-joint, cobra head on the chest-plate while it's long feelers extend over the shoulder-length & cover the backside, black gauntlets shaped like the tops of cobra heads in heart-shapes with the left having a mounted blaster & the other having an extending cobra tail whip, five fingers, & her helmet was shaped like a black cobra style gear with a mini-cobra head in the center with red eye gems, & a silver face with violet color optic eyes. As far as beauty may go, she appears to be a catch….for innocent prey to fall victim to her tempting appeal before striking with a hidden agenda.

"HRrrruaagh…" Aquarius growls off in pointing her weapon at the two new targets, not about to lose or call it quits just yet.

"Wahahahaahhh…." Suddenly, something was seen flapping about in the air to suddenly be seen hanging…upside-down. "Excellent work, the Maximals have been pin down & entrap." The mysterious individual spoke with arrogance, it turn to be a black prehistoric bat with dark tan brown legs & arms to his claw hands & bone-wing structure, & has red color eyes.

"Hey, who are you suppose to be?" Aquarius snapped off in demanding an answer from this creepy that showed up.

"Ah, allow me to introduce myself. Drago Wing - TERRORIZE!" Then as the bat announced this, he transform in midair from Beast Mode to Robot Mode. He appears about average in size of being 5 feet tall, & is only mildly physically built as much of his Beast Mode features can be described. The exo-structure was seen of being crimson red, while much of the bat's Beast Mode features show armor plating of talon feet, knee to leg padding, bat exoskeleton chest-frame with a present horn facing upwards out, three talon fingers connecting to platting to the shoulders. On his back was his large bat-like wings that seem to move in motion. Lastly was the helmet was black, & style to be like a bat with the bat-like ears on the sides which have long thread lines dangling, plus the chin part having the jaw with fangs. From the face plate it was silver, it looked human-like, but the optic eyes were light-crimson. In truth, just seeing this guy makes one think he was appearing almost like a robotic vampire. "Does this, meet your accommodations?" He spoke forth in wondering if the pretty little fembot found his appearance, more comfortable for them to talk.

"A bit ugly, but I can fix that with a little….acid makeup!" Aquarius made a sly smile to say how she can fix Drago Wing…have a little acid turn his ugly mug even more ugly.

"My, my….it appears this one has quite the spunk?" Then someone was heard stomping across to enter the scene, as it turn out to be…Megatron in Robot Mode.

"Urgh….Megatron? How…" Optimus struggled from the buried wooden pillars that had him & Cheetor pin, as they peaked out a hole to see who else was on the scene while Aquarius was alone against five to six Predacons.?

"Ah, the simplicity of irony, isn't it Optimus. You're wondering…how I came across my new Predacons?" Megatron spoke off in sounding quite surprised by those that don't understand how it all happen. "Just as you been busy looking for Stasis Pods, my own Predacons had found these three in excellent locations." Megatron pointed out his new units & how they were found & reprogrammed.

"I was in Florida in some zoo, where someone named Tarantulas & Scorponok found my pod…& gave me a new personality & form to make myself a force to be reckon with." Leatherhide explained where he came from & who reprogrammed him to be.

"I was in the South Africa Zoo, & a Blackarachnia & Inferno found me to make me be…who I am now. A gal with a venomous touch." Venomous explained her state on where her pod was discovered when reprogrammed.

"And of course, I was found in a spot with an ancient prehistoric bat nearby, to which my gratitude for Megatron not only finding me, but personally reprogrammed me with some….fine abilities." Drago Wing was last to explain, how he came to be his own nasty self before all.

"And Drago Wing came up with an excellent plan, bait the Maximals & bury them under a pier. Best of all, you didn't want to cause too much destruction to cause unwanted attention for the humans. A weakness exploited!" Megatron pointed off to explain how much of this was done from Drago Wing helping to scheme out this plot of trapping his enemies.

"GREEOOwwwww! You think we're beat, just cause you got us piled under? Last we checked, we still beat you to the pod!" Cheetor protest out in trying to get the last word & laugh of who has lost here.

"Ah pussycat, ever so eager to speak your mind." Megatron replied off in seeing that Cheetor was still his ever self. "Despite the earnest effort to…reprogram the Maximal Protoform into a Predacon, Drago Wing advise a more…unique statement." He pointed off to mention how Drago Wing needed the new functioning Maximal for the plan to be used.

"And what was that?" Aquarius raised an eyebrow in wondering what that plan was.

"Oh simply use a bot that had no idea what was going on or how things work, to cause a little setback." Drago Wing simply stated off his plan to catch the Maximals off guard when a new bot enters. "And you played right in that part." He exclaimed in stating that from Aquarius rush action, she cause a downfall.

"Ah, such works show a bright future of being sneaky, underhanded, & with experience of field commander." Megatron praised forth in having seen what Drago Wing is capable of, & it's quite a sight to behold. "So for your valiant effort Drago Wing, you shall become my Fourth-In-Command. I can use more talented troops to lead my soldiers as well as you have." Megatron announced forth that through Drago Wing's loyalty, & conniving schemes, will be promoted as another commander of the Predacon unit.

"Thank you mighty Megatron, I am all but please to serve you." Drago Wing bow down in a graceful manner of being praised by his master.

"Ah, simply wondrous, when I found that pod & reprogram it, like Shadow Panther & Sky-Byte, I found a bot with potential talent." Megatron exclaimed to say this in feeling quite pleased with himself in having gain Drago Wing. "And as for you Optimus, it seems all you got…was some pathetic child?" He exclaimed to see that all Optimus managed to acquire was no more then a young bot who's hardly a threat.

"Oh darling….you're gonna regret saying that…" Aquarius snapped of to say, as she was about to take a shot….but Venomous used her snake-like arm to trip her. "GUuaugh!?" She hit the ground hard, as the Predacons took aim.

"Perhaps for future success, we should end your little Spark." Venomous hissed off to say this in what they should do with the young fembot.

"Hold it, I hear sirens…the human authorities are checking the damage?" Leatherhide spoke up in having heard loud sirens from above them; the humans are coming.

"It seems that you get to live in shame Maximals….huhuhuhhh…" Megatron let off a deep & dark chuckle in making this taunting remark. "How fitting." He remotely stated that such a shame is fitting for his defeated enemies to suffer. "Megatron to Base, prepare the Warp Gate, it's time to regroup & isolate the last remaining pod signals." He then used his com-link to get in touch with his base, it was time for them to go.

With that, the Predacons were seen entering a Warp Gate that appeared before them, as they entered through it when it vanished. Right now, Aquarius was getting back up while Optimus & Cheetor struggle to push the piles of the pier off with no luck of their pin state.

"Hugh….well that's just…Prime?" Optimus makes a serious sign in seeing how this turn out unpleasant.

"REOOOWwww! We gotta jet before we get spotted? This cat is spots only, stripes behind the slammer are not my type." Cheetor exclaimed off to say in knowing they can't be seen by the humans, they'll book them in jail for property damage; & cheetah's are spotted, not stripe.

"Uuuugh…Aquarius, try to have your acid eat away this pile." Optimus struggled to say this in thinking of what the young new cadet can do to help make their difficulty easier.

"I'll try…" Aquarius replied off to carefully use her acid function of her blaster that was fired to help lessen the piles of weight on the Maximals. "Um, about my action?" She was about to ask in knowing part of this was her fault, but…

"No time, we need a distraction so we can get out & take the pod with us! We can't leave it behind." Optimus issued off in knowing that they need to take the pod & get out before any humans notice of their presence.

"Well, maybe I can try to tell them…ugh, something happen here?" Aquarius replied off with a sheepish expression in maybe explaining things could give them more cover up time.

"Absolutely not! We can't let the humans see us!" Optimus protest that if more humans other then Jeremie's group knows of the Maximals & Predacons activity on the planet; it can cause a widespread panic.

"Wait Big Bot, maybe she's on to something? In fact, I think Jer said there are those that like to dress up in costumes & do some cosplays; I think Aquarius looks like she can pass off as such?" Cheetor spoke up in thinking of what Aquarius can do, pose as some cosplay girl for one of the pier stands to make up a believable story.

"Hugh…alright, we're trusting you with this. But then afterwards, meet up with us." Optimus signs off in hating to do this, but she'll give Aquarius a chance to meet up with them.

Knowing that time was ticking, Aquarius got in the water & then leaps up high from it that was inhuman to make a good landing on the pier that wasn't destroyed. The girl was there, & needed a cover story to buy her friends time to get ready, and then leave; so what should she say first?

"Hey you!" Then a voice was heard from nearby that caused the new Maximal to yelp a bit.

"Ugh…?" Aquarius replied off a bit as she turns to find two males & one female of those that were owners & setup committee approaching her.

"Who are you, I never seen you before?" The female asked off in being a bit suspicious here.

"Woah, epic cosplay getup, who you going as?" The 1st male replied off in sounding like a hippy from being Aquarius' getup.

"Um….why darling, I'm going as Aquarius, the Mer-bot of the Sea!" Aquarius spoke off in having to mention this while being all friendly-like. "So tell me, do you like what you see?" She asked this off with a girly cutesy smile & gave a wink off to sell her cute appearance.

That caused the boys to become speechless as they were checking out a sweet costume of a girl cosplaying as something that was so new, they couldn't make heads or tails. But that don't mean they didn't like what they see.

"Alright boys, knock it off!" The female pushed the two guys out of the way for making too much goo-goo expressions. "Miss., what happened here? And who do you work for?" She was already asking the basic questions for what happened here of the property damage.

"Um, about that…I was hired for a special attraction when it was destroyed by….ugh…ugh…" Aquarius was trying to think of something fast here, but saw a tent stand with the words 'Termite Terminator' on it of bugs that ate….WOOD; & gave her the idea. "TERMITES!" She issued off without warning of what the answer was; making the three owners stare in puzzlement & shock.

"Woah! Terminates….ah bro. this isn't good? The whole pier could calliopes!" The hippy guy exclaimed off in knowing that terminates was a major problem.

"We'll have to call off opening & get some safety workers here." The female stated in knowing that they should think of public safety first.

"Well, I love to stay & chat, but I gotta go." Aquarius exclaimed that she has to get going since she said what she could.

"Wha-Wait Miss Aquarius! Before you go, do you have a site? Like, your costume is so epicly cute, it's a crime to not see more of you." The hippy guy asked this off in thinking that Aquarius should have a website series to show off her costume, it's too good NOT to be seen.

"Um…tell you what, I'll have it posted up for all my darling fans to see tomorrow." Then without warning, Aquarius leaps off backwards to dive into the water, causing the others to come check on her; only to see her swim around the pier's side to go to the other spot like a fast little fish.

"AWESOME!" The two guys yelled off in thinking that was a stunt that was very epic to see a girl do a daring feat; while the female of this bunch rolled her eyes.

As Aquarius' public was looking for the girl, she saw underneath the pier to meet up with Optimus & Cheetor closer to the sand by the shore with the pod safely secured.

"Tada! Be honest, was I good or was I more then good?" Aquarius smiled off in feeling like she deserves an applause for such a performance.

"Woah…guess Ol' Megs was wrong about her not being useful?" Cheetor replied off in seeing how this new bot just saved their metal behinds from being discovered.

"For now, she's bought enough time & a perfect cover. Now lets get going.." Optimus issued off to say this in knowing that they managed to get by this situation. "Optimus to Rhinox, we got the bot! Get us a Warp Gate out of here, ASAP!" He issued an order on the com-link for them to get out of here after having completed their objective.

Without delay, a Warp Gate soon opened up before the Maximals, as Optimus & Cheetor had Aquarius help them push the pod in; much to her worrying about breaking a nail. But they went through just as the portal closed off afterwards.

1 HOUR LATER…?

MAXIMAL BASE…?

The scene changes back to the Axelon Base, as we see that within the base, we find that Jeremie was leading Ulrich, William, Odd, Yumi & Sissi with Aelita & Artemis through the corridor. The group was trying to help Aelita who seem to have been a little tired from the nightmare she had. But as the group was about to enter the Command Center, they instead spot Optimus & Dinobot having some….debate.

"What are you getting at Dinobot?" Optimus asked off in wanting to know what the Ex-Pred was getting to here.

"Nrruagh, what I'm getting at, is that the plan of dividing so many of us, has left us too EXPOSE! No strategy, no means of handling unexpected Predacon Attacks! Just as what you experienced." Dinobot was pointing out these things of what happened that nearly cause them.

The human children decided to listen in on the conversation in what was going on; as they have a feeling, it's not good news.

"You saw with your own eyes, that not only has Megatron acquired three NEW Predacons, grugruguraghhh….but that one of them has been promoted as Fourth-In-Command. No doubt he'll be leading the fliers from the air." Dinobot pointed off in knowing just how bad this was that Megatron has new Predacons with one of them now a commander with skills to show for it.

"Yes, Megatron really caught us by surprise when he found Drago Wing, he executed plans against me, Cheetor & our newest recruit." Optimus issued off in knowing what happened when Megatron brought in a new Predacon that had field commander experience.

"A new recruit who's very Inexperience almost cost you! And not to mention, that K-9's group almost suffered defeat." Dinobot pointed this off to mention the facts of what else they have heard recently of those that encounter Predacons.

"But they didn't lose out in saving one of our comrades!" Optimus pointed out that he heard about how they got Mach Kick before he would have been turn into a Predacon.

"Oh yes, & while we're at it, it seems the new additions are base off a Dolphin & A Horse?" Dinobot rolled the eyes in remotely stating the facts of where they stand of having two Maximals with odd Beast Modes. "Nrugrarrrrugh, it's no wonder we got lucky, for now Megatron has Three Predacons with more deadlier forms that make them more dangerous." He snarled off to point out this case of how the enemy has three new Predacons that can be a threat in the future.

"Then what are you suggesting we do about it?" Optimus asked off in what Dinobot was trying to say here.

"Hmmm…I suggest we follow Megatron's leading example, lead by military performance, & have those become Commanders in case of your absence." Dinobot pointed off to rub his chin in having a thought of what can help them; they step a function.

"Dinobot, we're an Exploration Crew, not a Military Unit. Besides, taking command is a heavy burden." Optimus pointed off the burden of giving just anyone command takes a toll of having such responsibility to lead a crew meant for exploration, not military fields.

"And yet as 'I' recall, you put that vermin Rattrap in charge. And lets not forget, the time Rhinox took command when much of us were blind." Dinobot pointed off in reminding Optimus of times when TWO of the Axelon's active crew before the ship crash, were either put in charge or took up the position to lead.

"I understand what your saying, I did do such things, & Rhinox knew that someone had to lead to save you all." Optimus replied off in knowing very much the matter of how everything played out & much more. "But it's hard to narrow down those that can even take the burden of commanding others. Especially when there are things we either can or can't do together." Optimus was making his point very clear, the choice it's self was hard to pick anyone to command others.

"Then we split those into units, Ground, Air, Sea, even their Species, will help us?" Dinobot pointed his finger to the console table in stating what they do instead. "Let me take charge to command those in battle!" He requested that he be made someone to lead his own unit.

"I'll give this some thought, but simply asking for the position & proving you can lead are two different things." Optimus stated this off with a serious tone in his voice on such a decision. "Hugh, I need to cool off….Cheetor's trying to show Aquarius the ropes, but he may need help. We'll continue this with the others later today." He signs in stating this of what he has to do right now with their new recruit.

With that, Optimus was seen leaving the Command Center, as Dinobot was left to silent growl in not sounding to please of how this ended. But during the moment, Jeremie's group was in the way of the corridor that Dinobot was needing to go through.

"Nwwrrruuugh, what are you all doing here?" Dinobot groans off to say in not really wanting to have anything to say when in a mood.

"Well we, kinda over heard the conversation?" Odd rubbed the back of his head to point out this matter.

"Humph! Optimus maybe a good leader, but he lacks military standards to know who to put in PROPER Charge for or during his absence." Dinobot remarked off in knowing that Optimus was not grasping the entire thing of military standard issues to take.

"Really, seems to me like you been wanting the job of leadership since day one?" Sissi raised an eyebrow in reminding Dinobot about him wanting to become a leader.

"Sissi's right you know, we heard about the times you wanted to lead the Maximals since the beginning." Yumi stated to recall having heard what Dinobot has always been doing to this point of wanting leadership.

"Yes, but….even a leader knows, when he needs those that can….grugrugaaaughh….'compensate' for the rest of the group." Dinobot slowly stated off in knowing that even those that are leaders, need those that can also help lead their larger units into battle. "When I was with Megatron, he had Scorponok to handle the task of making sure the other Predacons do their job." He explained how when he was aboard the ship of the Predacons long ago, Scorponok was given the position to be Second-In-Command to keep everything running smoothly.

"And now, he not only has Shadow Panther & Sky-Byte, this new Predacon; Drago Wing, might also pose a problem?" Artemis pointed out in making logical points of those that serve as commanders that serve under Megatron.

"Alas, with the way this group of Maximals is going, we will surely be taken out? Only those that can lead, can make certain of our survival." Dinobot shook the head in stating that there was not much of those that could hold out as much as the next. "But warriors of such characters, such caliber, if I could only find such & mold them into proper fighters, THEN, we would have a chance." He stated to say this in wanting to find those that share his ideals so that they can shape the future.

"Well, what about Jackrabbit, she seems like she would enjoy it, she even likes having you around." Aelita spoke off about one Maximal that enjoys wanting to fight & enjoys hanging around Dinobot.

"Would if I may, she is only a Trainee, she is not ready….by Optimus' concerns for her." Dinobot shook his head in stating this point of why he can't do much for Jackrabbit, she's still under the 'Maximal Trainee' area.

"Well, what about us? Maybe you can teach us a few things in how to fight Predacons?" William asked this off in suggesting that Dinobot would show them how to fight better.

"YOU!?" Dinobot responded off in loud surprise about trying human children.

"William's got a point, since Odd's got his Laser Arrows, maybe you can give us some pointers?" Ulrich pointed off in thinking of what they can do in getting more better then before to fight the enemies.

"Hmmm…I don't know…" Dinobot held his chin to think about this for a moment. "You Humans seem so….grugurguraaaugh, fragile things?" He snarled off between his breathing to simply point out…their human weakness of flesh & bone, then of metal frame work.

"Well, we can prove to you that humans of the distant past & even now, there are some that are known as great warriors." Jeremie issued off to say this in knowing they can prove to Dinobot, about human culture that held some great warriors of legend. "In fact, there's a place that perhaps could teach you about us?" He stated off that he knows the perfect place to help Dinobot get a little open eye experience on human beings.

"Oh, & that would be?" Dinobot raised an eyebrow in being slightly curious.

"The Biggest Museum in the World: The Smithsonian Museum." Jeremie issued forth in announcing the name of the location. "With a bit of work, maybe we can get you in to see the exhibits." He stated in how they can show Dinobot that even human beings are tough warriors when train to be.

"Oh really Einstein, how you gonna sneak him in?" Odd raised an eyebrow in being interested in how one solves that puzzling riddle.

"Not in Robot Mode, but his Raptor will be plenty." Jeremie pointed off to say this with a confident smile. "In fact, maybe we can bring in a few others that can play certain roles?" He rubbed his chin in having another thought that could help them out a bit…

That had the others stare at Jeremie for a few minutes, just what was it that the genius boy was planning that involves using Dinobot's Beast Mode. And for the other factor, others that can play their roles. The scene goes dark while the plot seems to ever chicken here…

A FEW MINUTES LATER….

LOCATION: WASHINTON, D.C.

AREA: THE SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM

The scene begins to open around the late evening, where we find an area of what seems like a large structure that splits into different locations for walking travels. Be not mistake, for what was here is none other then the Smithsonian Museum, said to be the largest museum of all times to house so many different things; history, science, culture, fossils, middle-ages, &prehistoric stuff, etc. But first, we find Jeremie's group pulling a cart with a tarp cloth hiding something underneath it. The gang was approaching the only guard on duty by the gate, as he took notice of their arrival.

"Hey you kids, what's with the tarp? You got something to hid?" The male security guard stops the children from going anywhere, under suspicion of what's going on here.

"No sir, we're just bringing in our class projects." Odd blankly pointed off without any hesitation.

"Class Projects?" The male security guard raised an eyebrow in having heard this sudden announcement.

"For the Children Exhibit, we each made sculpture animals to be displayed." William pointed out that they are here to present animal sculptures for their exhibit.

"Oh, then you won't mind if I check to make sure it's the real deal?" The male security guard raised an eyebrow with more suspicion, as he approached to check the 'goods' that he's hearing.

Now the security guard lifts up the tarp to see what was….a still form of the Maximals in Beast Mode: Dinobot, Bonecrusher, Razorbeast, Rhinox, K-9 & Jackrabbit. The likeness of what seem like real version creatures was quite surprising.

"Hmmm….wow, these are the most realistic sculptures I ever seen? But, I wasn't told of any student sculpture exhibits?" The male security guard rubbed his back head in being amazed by what he sees, but also was puzzled because he didn't get any notice about drop-offs for a different exhibit for children showings.

"Here's our permission slip sir. It's all written in there." Jeremie showed the man a printed out pier work of all the written acquirements & legal means.

"Hmm…well, I guess this checks out? Okay, enjoy the museum, there's suppose to be no one visiting today, so maybe folks will see your things tomorrow?" The male security guard shrug off his shoulder in seeing that there was no problem & will let the children in to drop off their stuff while having the place all to themselves since no one else was visiting till tomorrow.

With that checked out, the children pull the cart that had the sculpture animals in as the security guard went back to reading a magazine. But when the children entered the farthest place to be out of sight & camera view, they sign while signaling the Maximals that they can move now.

"Woah, I can't believe that plan actually worked?" Bonecrusher replied off in being amazed that they got in so easily.

"Are you sure about this? I know you secretly made those documents to look legal to allow us entry?" K-9 asked off with some concern if this was alright for them to be sneaking in by such means.

"Come on, we been on this planet, & never once gone to a museum before?" Jackrabbit exclaimed in stating how they need this kind of experience every once in a while.

"Hmm…we don't have much knowledge of human historical data, most of it back in the Cybertronian Archives was mostly unfinished? So this might serve as something to learn." Rhinox stated off this with some thought on the manner of incomplete facts about humans since the days of the Great War.

"Nroouuugh, why did we agree to bring them along?" Dinobot snarled off in not actually finding this as pleasant as he thought.

"It was to help show how hard we wanted sculpture life-size models for them to display." Yumi pointed out that just having Dinobot alone might not have proved a 'class effort' in making sculptures for a big museum to display; they needed more numbers.

"Oh wow, look at all these cool stuff on the map? It says: 'You Are Here?', how does it know that?" Razorbeast spoke off to stare at a map that reads where they are, & the surprised him to think it was tech.

The gang was pretty much getting through the silly stuff that Razorbeast was saying while stating that what was in front was a drawn map, not a digital map. While everyone was busy with such matters, Aelita was walking around before she suddenly held her head from feeling….something strange.

"Aelita, what's wrong?" Jeremie asked in noticing that something was distracting the girl.

"I'm not sure, but…I felt something was here…" Aelita held her head in feeling that….something was here. "Something that I feel…needs to be found?" She stated out that there was something that needed to be found here.

"Do you mean Stasis Pods? Wow, that must be some sharp sense?" Odd asked off in thinking maybe there was something hidden here.

"Come on, you really think there would be alien pods hidden within a museum?" William asked this off in thinking that such a thing can't possibly be the real deal.

"Well stranger things have happen, but are there any pods around here?" Ulrich shrug off in knowing how things have been strange in the past.

"Hmmm…well, there were a few pod signals located somewhere of the area we're in, but we lost them before triangulating the right coordinates?" Rhinox hums a bit in having to think about these things carefully.

"Perhaps with Aelita & Artemis' help, we can find them." Sissi spoke up in thinking about those that can help them find what they seek.

"Wow, this trip to the museum just got a WHOLE lot more interesting." Jackrabbit replied off in having heard this to become interested by the subject.

However, as everyone was making a plan to which they can tour the museum & look for pods, Aelita pulled Jeremie towards her as if…wanting to say something in private.

"Jeremie, can I tell you something?" Aelita asked this off in wanting to say something that she feels, is important.

"Sure Aelita, what is it?" Jeremie replied off in not feeling anything wrong in listening.

"What I felt, I'm not sure if there are just pods here, but something else…from my past?" Aelita stated in having a feeling that there was something else here…that relates to her past.

"Your past?" Jeremie raised an eyebrow in having heard this to become a little more aware.

"I'm afraid to find out….what if…it's just like from the encounter with Starscream?" Aelita stated to think this in having a terrible feeling.

"Well, we'll just have to be ready, don't worry, we're all here for you. Trust me." Jeremie stated to say this in wanting the girl to not lose faith.

Aelita smiled in being glad that she talked to Jeremie about this, as they had to quickly get moving to catch up to the others. However, something was seen slithering from above that look like…a snake?

MEANWHILE, ABAORD THE AXELON

We see something of where Optimus & Cheetor were watching as Aquarius was prating a few target rounds on some shooting rounds. So far, the new fembot was really trying to get good aim on her part when next time she's on the battle front.

"Well Cheetor, how's her training coming along?" Optimus asked off in checking the cadet seeing the newest cadet get some practice in.

"Well Optimus, it's kinda…going along so far?" Cheetor pointed off in making a little okay statement on the matter.

We see Aquarius attacking with her blaster in using charge shots, water shots to even acid shots to take out the target boards. Course when the acid was shot, there needed to be some careful works of what could almost melt the plating of the Axelon.

"So, how did I there?" Aquarius asked off in seeing who came to inspect her work.

"You're doing alright Aquarius, but you still gotta keep going." Optimus simply stated this off as some wise advise on the case.

"Oh, do you think we can redo the training schedule? I need to get on over to start my report?" Aquarius pouts a bit in asking if they can change it a bit as she has someplace else she needs to work on.

"Your report on what you learn during the first Predacon encounter & of what you should be studying up on?" Optimus stated in what the new cadet was going on about here.

"Goodness no, I meant posting my own website. Gotta give my fans what they want." Aquarius exclaimed to say this in what she was actually referring to.

"Oh boy, something tells me she's gonna be hard to handle as much as Jackrabbit & Cheetor is?" Rattrap's voice was heard saying this as he also overheard things.

"How's Mach Kick doing Rattrap?" Optimus asked off in wondering how things might be going with their other new comrade.

"Oh, he's doing something in there?" Rattrap pointed to where Mach Kick was swinging his axe-tail off to cut across the targets. "Heh, course….I never thought I say this…but Dino-Butt may have been right about how these guys fight?" The rodent shrug off to lightly say this about the matter of point here of lightly agreeing on something Dinobot wish to discuss.

"Hugh, I know it's been tough…& right now we lost the signal of the last pods…now we don't know where they'll be until next time we can get a signal?" Optimus signs off to say this in knowing how hard things have been recently.

"Hey Optimus…" Then Mach Kick was seen entering to speak with the Maximal Commander at the time. "So listen, do you think you can show me anything…I wanna know what other stuff can be done in battles?" He was asking if Optimus could join him for something to which he can learn.

"Well alright, I know that Rhinox went with the others somewhere for a little R&R. The rest of the Maximals are just covering their area as we speak." Optimus replied off to say this in feeling like he can use something to keep him busy during the wait.

"Think Jer & the others are cheering up Dinobot?" Cheetor asked off in being curious of another topic to be brought up here.

"Well Cheetor, something will happen when they get back…but it won't be until then." Optimus replied off in sounding a bit serious by his choice of words.

With that, everything begins to to have some thoughts about some things while wondering….how the rest are doing as they speak. The scene goes dark as more mysterious things begin to happen unknown to them for the time being…

BACK AT THE MUSEUM…?

The scene opens to a central part of the museum where there was a large gathering of dinosaur fossils, some held by wire or others buried or left in stone structure since the dawn of time. The children & Maximals were exploring the place while trying to use anything of Aelita to Artemis sensing if there are any Stasis Pods in the area.

"Check out the Microraptor, hey Dinobot, your missing a meeting with your fossil buddies?" Odd stated off in finding a dinosaur here that maybe the Ex-Pred could befriend as it was patch in the ground.

"Heh, joke all you like, but I am merely studying what sort of prehistoric creatures once ruled on this planet?" Dinobot remotely stated these words as if not being bothered by such distractions.

"Everyone, wait…I'm detecting something…there's a pod hidden within this ground." Artemis pointed off in noticing, that there was something beneath this fossil of a Microraptor.

"Beneath the fossil? But how are we gonna get it out?" Sissi asked off in thinking that's not gonna be easy to do.

"Maybe Aelita can help, can you use your ability to make an opening & close it up?" Yumi suggested this off in what they can do to help them get the job done &* not get in trouble.

"Well, that could work, & I can fill in the hole so to leave it undisturbed." Aelita replied off in thinking of how that can help out a bit.

Without delay, using her Creativity ability, Aelita made a digital opening within the rock structure, & soon the others helped slide it out. When that was done, Aelita not only closed the opening, but digitally refilled it so it was not hallow inside to draw suspicion.

"One pod obtain, man….this was kind of easy?" William stated to say this in seeing they got a Stasis Pod from a museum, how crazy is that.

"Don't gloat yet, what do we do now?" Ulrich questioned what they do now was a bit question here.

"Easy, we awaken a new friend." Jackrabbit smiled off in making a point while not following the big matter it's self.

"Problem is, how? There are no organic lifeforms around this place besides us & humans?" Bonecrusher pointed off that there was only them, no other animal life to be found in such a secluded museum place.

"Hmmm….Hah….perhaps, there is a way?" Dinobot hums a bit to himself before…he suddenly comes across an idea of what is the solution.

"What do you mean Dinobot?" K-9 raised an eyebrow in what the raptor was gonna be talking about now.

"Humph, when we landed on this planet, Tarantulas…USED the DNA Scanners on fossil remains of prehistoric creatures. He then used a programming to reconstruct a form base on the DNA, allowing an extinct creature to exist." Dinobot issued off to explain this as if stating to explain how one can use the DNA of extinct animals to be register for other bots to take the compatible form.

"Um, gee….that sounds tricky? What do you think Rhinox?" Razorbeast rubbed the back of his head in thinking that was some tricky stuff.

"It's a possibility…this place is a museum, & it has loads of fossilize creatures. Perhaps we can make it work." Rhinox thought this over in confirming that the idea of using fossils that contact DNA might still allow one to obtain a local lifeforms of this planet.

Wasn't long before Rhinox transform to Robot Mode, & began to follow through with Dinobot's plan of putting in the codes that would allow the pod's computer to put in DNA of extinct creatures. Everyone was watching to see what was gonna happen, before something began to take place.

"DNA SCANNER ONLINE…." The pod's male voice was heard making this claim as the usual function was getting on. "Activating new Programming Function Of Lifeform DNA…" The pod's computer voice announced this of what was about to be performed.

That's when a familiar light began to shine across the entire area, but it also went through the micro raptor figure, before the DNA Scan Wave vanished. The pod began to vibrate before a bright flash, & something emerge emerged. The creature showed to be aAn emerald feathered Microraptor at the top, then whiten underbelly feathers along with the inner legs & arms with feather wings. From the wings around the ankles & shoulders to the talons, as turquoises color with three talon nails. On the tail is an open oval shape tail feather form with tan orange feathers in the middle & two out edges. Around the head is turquoise, with a mix wind blown natural hair lock of tan emerald, tan orange & turquoise colors, & around the eyes is a tan orange mark which the eye is also tan orange. It let off a mighty cry before standing up straight before the group.

"Woah….you think maybe his Beast Mode is wonky like Inferno?" Odd replied off in having seen this to become a bit puzzled by what this guy was doing & behaving.

"Hmmm…forgive my transactions…I appear to be…unaware of my situation?" The Microraptor Maximal spoke off in having a mixture of English & Chinese accents & manners of being in a meditative, sorta guy. "Allow me to make a humble introduction, my name…is Iron Duke, & you are?" He clapped his claw hands together, as if bowing in a showing sign of respect of a meet & greet; which only surprised everyone further by his persona.

"Well, for starters…we're your friends." Ulrich simply pointed this out without any delay on bringing that up.

"He has an accent, why's that?" William raised an eyebrow in why an alien robot was speaking between their planet's culture accent of speaking term.

"Here's the reason, this Microraptor was found in China somewhere around an old temple where they trained warriors with Kung Fu skills & many in becoming fellow Monks? Maybe the scan might have picked up that part?" Jeremie pointed to a sign that explained where the Microraptor fossil was located & brought in from; so that explains it, the fossil must have been around many Monk & Kung Fu warriors from China in the past.

"Hmmm….perhaps this new Maximal might be…interesting?" Dinobot lightly tapped his chin with a claw finger in finding this to be….curious & intriguing to him. "Tell me, Iron Duke, do you know the ways of the warrior?" He asked forth this in liking an answer that could…perk his interest.

"Ways of the warrior, strange, it feels….like a part of me? As if I have undergone years of training, yet I retain the knowledge? Wisdom of the ancients, I must respect the ways of receiving such a blessing, from meeting you all." Iron Duke responded off in having heard this to become fascinated by the topic, & spoke in having the knowledge to perform such means of fighting; something Dinobot was interested to here.

"Everyone, over here, I think there's another pod in this general spot." Artemis' voice was heard as she called for everyone to come by what was…a stone with the fossil form of what was called; a Plesiosaur.

"A plesiosaur, well here's a fish that's out of the water & into rock n roll?" Odd replied off in seeing what they got here was some dinosaur that was a swimmer.

"Not funny Odd?" Ulrich rolled the eyes to say that they don't find that to even be remotely funny.

Now Aelita was once again using her ability of Creativity to make an opening to get the pod out, & soon everyone was pulling the next pod out before the pink-haired girl sealed up the opening again. Once they have obtain this pod, Rhinox began the same work on it too with the code to use extinct prehistoric creatures DNA.

"Scanning For Lifeforms…" The pod's computer voice spoke, before the DNA Scan Wave was unleashed again, as it was covering the entire place.

The scans went through the plesiosaur fossil figure, before vanishing back into the pod. Then with steam escaping from it, the hatch popped off as something began to crawl out of the Stasis Pod to show everyone something to almost be jumpy. It took the form of a tan gray Plesiosaur with a light violet color splat topside & a little of it around the yellow eyes. The creature was quite large to be like Rhinox, Razorbeast & Bonecrusher in Beast Mode, & that alone can make anyone think what he'll be when transformed.

"Wow, he sure seems big?" Jackrabbit exclaimed in seeing who was here that was quite a sight to behold.

"Hello there, um….sorry, I think we need a name?" Razorbeast exclaimed off that they need a name to call this next knew Maximal.

"My name is Aurorus, I feel as if…the sea calls to me? But tell me, where are we?" The one called Aurorus asked forth this question that was on the mind here.

"Everyone, I got another pod over here by this pterodactyl!" Then Artemis was the next to have found a pod by the fossil figure of a pterodactyl embedded in the rock.

And like before, Aelita used Creativity to help make a digital path to make room for one to pull a pod out. Once that was done with, did the group later have Rhinox make the setting from before. And that was when the last few settings were done before…it began to happen.

"Scanning For Lifeforms…" The pod's computer announced before the DNA Scan Wave began to emerge out & soon unleashed the wave scan around everything; even picking up the pterodactyl bone structure. Now the pod began to vibrate & shake before a bright flash of light happen, & something was seen flapping wings to come out. It was a yellow golden color Pterodactyl, white talon nail claws, & with bronze-gold color eyes. As the creature landed on the ground, it tilted it's head in staring at the humans & other creatures.

"I say, who are thou to approach I, Ivor." The yellow pterodactyl asked forth in sounding like someone from the 13th Century with such an action.

"What's with his accent, he sounds different then Aurorus?" Yumi asked off in thinking Ivor has some a bit of a British accent on him.

"Because Aurorus was apparently from a location in where there is much ocean water, but it seems the form Ivor took on, it says he's from a British Castle where they found a buried dinosaur structure to have believed it was some mythical beast?" Jeremie explained off what he read fro the tags of inscription stating the two fossil dinosaurs the two Maximals got their Beast Modes from, & quite possibly….obtain something else, just like Iron Duke.

"So he's got something like a King Arthur theme going on?" Sissi pointed off in figuring out what this guy is all about.

"Three pod findings, so far….so good?" K-9 stated to think that they are having some luck so far.

"Wait a second, I think…there's one more…over here; by the Ichthyosaur fossil." Aelita pointed off at the mentioned Dinosaur fossil that was seen hanging in a bedrock of what looked like a prehistoric fish-type.

Everyone gathered around the Ichthyosaur fossil, where Aelita used her Creativity to find another pod buried underneath the structure, & everyone began to pull it out. Once safely done, the area was sealed up like new, & Rhinox began to put in the new function to scan prehistoric fossil DNA, & that's when it took effect.

"Scanning For Lifeforms…" The pod's system voice announced before the DNA Scanner Wave began to take effect, & as usual, went through the fossil of the dinosaur nearby. That was causing the pod to vibrate, & then cause a bright light to take effect before, something leaped out to land nearby with flippers… It was revealed to be an Ichthyosaur that is very much blue theme in color; light blue all over with a bit of deep aqua blue streak patterns on the body, dorsal fin tops, bottom flippers & top tail, & she has yellow eyes. And it was quite a sight, even if it did strike as something from an ocean depth floor.

"Wow, now that's something you don't find too often? Who are you, Miss.?" Bonecrusher replied off to say this while liking to get to know who they have the pleasure of meeting.

"The name's Icthyo, but if you like…my friends call me Theo for short." The new fembot to the group stated to say this in being quite the open & friendly type with the soundings of a mature woman.

"Well, it's great to see that we managed to find four pods. But I wonder, if this is all of them." William questioned off if this was all of the pods they can come across.

"I….I think there might be others, but…there's something else here…?" Aelita held her head in feeling like, they are not yet done.

"Well, what else might we find here?" Odd shrug off to simply say here in not being bothered about what they may come across next.

Then without warning, something charged forth to ram against the Maximals to cause them to collide against something. That shook the place that also caused some hanging dinosaur bones to fall, & cause the human children to scatter, but some got trapped underneath them. The culprits were shown to be these types: The flying one was an green pterodactyl with tan-gold scale spots above the back, arms & head, & with red eyes that flapped it's wings. The second was a gray-purple scale color Styracosaurs, with light-blue scale marks across the top back down to the tail point, & has yellow eyes. The third was a yellow scale color Archaeopteryx with emerald, blue & light blue color pattern scale wings, & with orange color eyes. The fourth was a Pachycephalosaurus that was light-purple in scales, & light-blue spotted from the legs, belly, around the backside, claws & arms, & some on the front of the face to the nose. It also has agreed skullcap on the head for ramming, & has purple eyes.

"How about trouble in how this turn out?" Ulrich looked to Odd in having caused this little matter of asking for trouble.

"Guys, take a look at what's in front of us!" Sissi pointed off in seeing what was before them, dinosaurs.

"Are those…REAL Dinosaurs, cause I don't think they're fakes?" Yumi asked off in knowing that if those things are not the new Maximals, then they are in big trouble.

"Ah, isn't this a sight to behold?" Then stomping onto the scene was none other…the Megatron in Beast Mode.

"Megatron!" The human children exclaimed off in shock in seeing who was leading this band, & Drago Wing was also on sight.

"Ah, so you were interested in history as well I see?" Megatron commented off to say this before looking at the group again. "Too bad for you, history…will be your end." He pointed off in knowing, this is where those that bothered him will meet an end.

"How'd you even come across more pods to get these things?" Jackrabbit asked off in not getting how Megatron even came to this location when they arrive by a visit choice.

"Nrrruagh, the same way as what you all believed….the Earth Stasis Pods must have at one point, but directly underneath of fossil creatures on this planet. Only, Megatron no doubt broke them out the old fashion way." Dinobot remotely stated this with an annoyed look that Megatron must have pinpointed the pods in this location & was just wrecking around this historic place to find them.

"That is true, & now….that you all have been scattered, it's time you surrender the Key to us." Drago Wing declared froth that the time has arrive, for those here to give them Aelita.

"How's about we show you all the way out instead! Maximize!" K-9 issued off to say this in what they are gonna be doing instead.

"Predacons - Terrorize!" Megatron announced forth that the time to act is now & to transform.

Everyone watches as something was about to happen here. As both sides of old Transformers transformed, as were the new bots too.

"Fractal - TERRORIZE!" The green pterodactyl yelled out his activation code, as he lets off a squawk cry while transforming from Beast Mode to Robot Mode. Once over, He looks like a version of Terrorsaur, only with gray exoskeleton of the legs, waist & body up to the shoulders to elbows, while maintaining the green on the feet, knee-pads, wrist guards, & had tan-gold between the feet & knee, tan-gold hands. And much of the Beast Mode's top body & back-head was fix behind the back, the chest-plate was the pterodactyl, separated by shoulder straps. And the helmet was tan-gold with a green top spot looking like a space researcher, as he had a clear serious gray face with tan-gold optic eyes. He wields a silver Augmented Quark Disruptor to cause some disruption on targets.

"Iron Duke - MAXIMIZE!" Iron Duke announced forth his activation code, as he soon transforms from Beast Mode to Robot Mode. Soon we see what Iron Duke looks like, he is a 6 feet tall medium muscular bot with some different design features of his Beast Mode. Much of his exoskeleton shows a darken emerald color on the legs, waist, & arms, much of his different color feathers seem to be on plates from knee pads & gauntlets, even the head of a Microraptor is seen on the chest plate location. From the bottom boots have the two talons across the top to split edge sides, on the backside was folded up wings from the front arms of a Microraptor. The gauntlets show an image of a Microraptor with a strange energy cube strapped around the steel knuckles of the five steel color fingers. The helmet was made with an oval curve going upwards that was yellow with green lines followed by a deadlock of a Microraptor's hair piece structure behind it that stretches down to the backside of the neck, & around the neck to chin was silver color joints, as the face was light gray with narrow form bright emerald optic eyes.

Killer Punch - TERRORIZE!" The styracosaur made this dark mixing voice as if sounding creep in preparing to transform from Beast Mode to Robot Mode. Soon all see that he becomes a muscle-bound bot who holds impression on being the tough type. The Beast Mode features are seen from the feet, the knee-caps are of the Beast Mode's back feet, the back-side is open up like a shell cover, the left bulk shoulder has the front legs facing vertical upwards, & the Styracosaurs head is the right hand & elbow. The exoskeleton was crimson red from the ankles, inner leg sides, waist, parts of the bellow, & shoulders & left arm with a black hand. The chest-plate had a white metal frame with a yellow plate band across to reach a black sphere with a light-blue compartment. The helmet was gray-purple style like a samurai & the face was red like the body with his sharp teeth seen & bright yellow eyes. Truly if there was a dangerous enemy to watch out for, it's this one..

"Aurorus - MAXIMIZE!" Aureus makes this announce to get his activation code to transform from Beast Mode to Robot Mode. Afterwards, we see that he's turn into a hulking bot with much physical description of his Beast Mode seen on his body; almost like the style Megatron has, but different. The exoskeleton frame was a black color theme for the legs, the arms & left hand, while light purple of a metal frame on the waist, & chest. Much of the Beast Mode was seen, the two back flipper legs were made as armored knee pads from the edge down to the ankle beneath the armored boot, the two front flippers were made into shoulder pads, the left wrist had an exo-frame like the tail, from the right below to the right hand was actually the Plesiosaur's mid-neck to head frame. Lastly was the head, as the helmet was styled like the ended edge of the tail made to form some warrior battle headgear, with a golden mouth cover & has two emerald color optic eyes. The Maximal logo can be seen on his waist around that seems fashion as a belt.

"Arcades - TERRORIZE! The archaeopteryx made this announcement in sounding like a male of style & pride in about to transform from Beast Mode, to Robot Mode. And soon we see what happens, as he becomes a mid-muscle built bot who holds the approach as being agile & mysterious. His exoskeleton is yellow, light blue-gray ankles to the knee-joints, has a right arm with a black hand with the tail feathers off the shoulder pad. The left arm is the long neck & head of the Beast Mode, but the wings are stretch out both front & back with the claws sticking far to the left arm area as if maintaining a matador cape-look. And finally the head was yellow, with a gray helmet, but there was a -bird-theme red metal mask on it over the gray optic eyes. When the wing covering the front is pulled to the right hand, it exposes a blue-furry scale chest with a metal 'T' form with the Predacon logo on the center orb chest-piece. This guy's very appearance, is clouded as someone mysterious & strange to have highlights of himself.

"Ivor - MAXIMIZE!" Now Ivor announces his activation code, as he begins to transform fro mBeast Mode to Robot Mode. Soon he appears as a taller bot almost 8 to 9 feet tall, mostly well physically in built shape to which description of his Beast Mode is seen on his body. Much of his exoskeleton shows a blacken & silver color, as he's seen with parts of his Beast Mode around his body; yellow gold color crescent knee-pads down to the feet, pterodactyl claws located on the two sides around the waist, shoulder pads, &having the wings located from the elbow to the wrist in which they have three silver pterodactyl claws off their black five finger hands. The other features show a Pterodactyl head resting on the chest-plate forward, & lastly is the helmet that his yellow-golden, two edge bolts off the sides, a silver visor above the helmet, & the face was a silver color with a mouth cover, & he shows emerald optic color eyes.

"Hardhead - TERRORIZE!" The pachychehalosaurus made this loud announcement as if being the brawl type to transform from Beast Mode to Robot Mode. Afterwards, we soon see he becomes a version like Dinobot, but in a different color pattern of his exoskeleton is light-blue from the feet, legs to ankles, shoulders, & five fingers. The ankles to knee joints, elbows to wrist, waist to chest & helmet are light-purple as his Beast Mode's scales, he even has the head on the front of the chest with the skull head puff out on the top chest area. His helmet is combat-style with gray face, looks robotic & with yellow eyes. The guy appears like he is a warrior that will fight the battle no matter who it's against.

"Icthyo - MAXIMIZE!" Icthyo makes the announcement in using her activation code to transform from Beast Mode to Robot Mode. After that was done, she takes on the appearance of looking like a sea-theme amazon as her Beast Mode gives her such feature descriptions: He exo-structure is light purple while much of her Beast Mode covers parts of skeleton knees to her boots which have dorsal fins sticking upwards from the toe area to the ankle height, followed from the waist was a skeleton frame to her chest, then around the arms to elbow & a hand glove feature with four fingers. On the waist side is the back portion of an ichthyosaur with the back flippers; giving it an appearance like a battle armor skirt. On the right shoulder is the split front flipper arms of an ichthyosaur while the left shoulder has the head of the Beast Mode facing upwards. Her helmet is style like a jurassic fish with the yellow eyes aloe, & behind the helmet connected to a silver pipe is a length of chrome light purple to look like someone with long hair that has a hair band in the middle. And within the helmet was a silver face that was human-like of a female with deep blue color optic eyes. In appearance alone, she looks like a woman in her 30s that strikes as being mature, & very stunning to leave others in the water dust.

"Oh man, I really hope we don't get arrested for causing a wreck in a museum filled with stuff that take us 10,000 years to payback with our allowance?" Sissi exclaimed off in having a really bad feeling about what will happen if they trash the place.

"Somehow, that's the least of our problems." Jeremie exclaimed to say this in knowing that the situation will not be a pleasant experience if they wreck the Smithsonian.

Wasn't long before a new battle was about to begin, as the scene goes dark before the sounds of blast noises are heard afterwards…

MAXIMAL BASE…?

We once again return to see how the situation is going on at the Maximal Base, as we watch as the situation of Optimus showing Mach Kick a few of the ropes. Such things that involve knowing about their previous missions & of how one can deal with them.

"Hugh, wow, so you had to go through some of those things under pressure?" Mack Kick replied off in having heard much of these interesting things.

"Well, most times, we had either luck on our side?" Optimus shrug off to simply say this of how they had certain moments.

Just then, the com-links began to act up that something was trying to get in through an emergency line.

"Optimus, can you read me?" Jeremie's voice was heard as Optimus turn to approach the spot to answer.

"We're here Jeremie, what's going on?" Optimus responded back i what was the situation; it sounds almost desperate..

"Predacons are attacking the museum! We found four pods, but they found four as well. We're being pin down, & Aelita…" Jeremie's voice was trying to say this as to what was happening on their side until…

The signal was lost the next moment,leaving many of the Maximals to feel a bit worried if everything was gonna be alright. But knowing what they heard,m it was anything but alright.

"Come in, Jeremie, do you read me? Come in!?" Optimus spoke off in trying to get the signal back, but no dice. "Get yourselves ready bots…" Optimus issued this order for the others to get themselves ready now, they are gonna be heading out.

"Heh, yeah…We'e going to to a museum of how to Slag some Preds! Heh, know what I'm saying." Rattrap shrug off to say this as if trying to be funny about the situation.

"Well I for one need to get some payback in what they done!" Aquarius issued off to say this in what

"Looks like we're all in Big Bot, anyone else?" Cheetor asked off in thinking if there was anyone else that could come & help them.

"No, & they probably got problems of their own. So we'll have to deal with what we got." Optimus stated to say in knowing that they are mostly on their own here. "Come on bots, lets go-go-go!" He made the call & was gonna be getting everybody here to get moving.

With that much said, the Maximals were immediately heading off towards the Warp Gate, knowing that what lies ahead, they won't know what to expect.

BACK AT THE MUSEUM

A BATTLE WAS OCCURRING…?

Right now, it's amazing that with all of the explosions going on, that each Maximal had to deal with it's own Predacon. Iron Duke was using his two Knuckle Busters, which light up with bright yellow energy when active to increase one's strength to superhuman strength levels. Such feats was enough to make superhuman hardness & impact on targets to which becomes impervious to pain & injury, & dent through hard objects or metal plating of any structure or target. He was trying to strike Fractyl, but he kept flying around in avoiding the hits.

"I sense hostility in your actions, is there some distraction?" Iron Duke spoke in sensing there was something that…distracted this Predacon.

"You should save your words for someone who cares Maximal, once you're out of the way, I can begin on my own goals." Fractyl issued forth to say this in what he will plan to do after taking care of this matter.

"One More Thing…to defeat an enemy, you must defeat yourself." Iron Duke issued off to say something wise without warning.

"What logic does that have?" Fractyl raised an eyebrow in not following that topic at all.

"Only when something you least expects, happens." Iron Duke stated off to say this: as he pulled out a surprise weapon that was his Microraptor's tail in the form of a spear with the tail spread feathers at the bottom & a spear on the opposite end. What's interesting about the Tail Spear, is that it split into three sectional staff, used to surprise his opponent with a chain that connects to it & extends a fair length, allowing him to swing it like a flail for mid-range attacks that even knock Fractyl off.

"Guuagh!" Fractal was knocked off his feet as the Maximal got the upper hand.

Another battle was going on as we change to see what is happening now. Aurorus was seen using his Plesio-Head that can fire a charged yellow beam from it's open mouth compartment, & sometimes a missile. Problem was Killer Punch was using movements to avoid getting hit.

"I'm gonna enjoy tearing you apart, Maximal!" Killer Punch exclaimed off in how he'll tear the target apart.

"Not if I am the one that strikes first!" Aurorus protest to say this in having a way to counter his target.

"And how you gonna do that, you're an easy slow target." Killer Punch remotely stated in seeing that this bot seems like he can hardly move quick enough.

"Don't be so quick to judge?" Aurorus issued off to say this in about to have a counter attack; he wields a weapon in the left hand, a trident style plesiosaur theme with the head at the bottom, & the tail split off into three points at the top. The trident's edges are lean close to the middle that on command, can become a drill-like object. He rams it into the target's chest area to cause some serious pain.

"GRrruaaghh….Rrrruagh?" Killer Punch growls in feeling that had some effect on him.

"Life is FULL of surprises!" Auroras announced stated off to say this in how things can surprise many folks.

And we see how things are going for Ivor in a knightly sense of the means. Now Ivor wields on him, arm blades on his wrist, which he can swing in use of melee battles to slice across target; the faster motion he displays, the more slices & dices he can cut of objects or an enemy's weapon or armor limb. Problem was that Archadis was using his ability to fly to avoid many of those hits.

"You are outdated as your fighting style, Maximal/ Allow me to end this battle." Archadis exclaimed to say this in about to put an end to things here & now.

"My battle ways may seem old-fashion, but there is always a way to turn the tide of battle." Ivor issued off to say that even his old style

"Then lets see if you can! Hahah!" Archadis exclaimed to say this as if laughing at such bravo.

"As I said; the battle has been turned." Ivor issued forth to state such a claim: that's when the guy pulled out a second weapon that was is an off hand type shaped like a pterodactyl wings that fires off charged electric arrow shots. And the third on weapon is when he has his pterodactyl's chest-plated mouth open up, it fire off a stream of lightning bolts to short-out the enemy. That alone caught the Predacon by surprise that he got an electrical shock treatment.

"Grrr…curse you!?" Archadis growls off to curse the Maximal for what he's done.

"Now, have at thee!" Ivor issued forth in preparing to begin the battle now with a new venture.

Next up was the battle that even the new fembot, Theo was undergoing here. As Icthyo had her weapon on hand that was a trident the same style color feature as her Beast Mode that is wielded from a holder in the middle; she called it: Trident Of The Tides.

"Your a fish out of water, this will be the end for you!" Leatherhide smiled off in seeing how this bot is gonna end up failing here.

"Sorry big boy, but I'm not about to let you have your way." Icthyo smiled off to say this with a big boast of confidence.

"And how do you plan to win, you look like you can hardly have the effort." Leatherhide exclaimed in not seeing anything that could even match against him.

"Then why not I show you a little trick here?" Icthyo smiled off slyly to say this in knowing how to handle this: that was when the trident was used, she swirl it around to create a current force of water to blast her enemies afar; she can even perform it in the water with ease. Then she showed to carry on hand, a sea-theme blaster that can fire off aqua sphere shots that look like bubbles.

"HRUUUArughh! Get this stuff off!" Leatherhide snapped off in hating this kind of stuff.

"Had enough, or do you still wanna go?" Icthyo taunted off to say this in liking to keep this going with a sly smile.

We soon turn to find Dinobot & Hardhead were clashing with their blades, as they were clashing it off one by one.

"Hmmm….for once, there is a Predacon that shows some….real fighting skills!" Dinobot exclaimed off in having to watch this in some form of interest.

"You're not so bad yourself, but for the Predacon ideals…you will not stop us." Hardhead issued off in what he was gonna do here after handling Dinobot.

"Nrrruagh….even if you make a better opponent, you chosen your fate!" Dinobot snapped off to say this in sounding quite furious.

"As have you, now come at me!" Hardhead issued off in wanting more of this worthy warrior to clash against him.

Dinobot & Hardhead continue to have a hard on sword deal without stopping as the children that were either watching from a safe distance or under bone prisons saw everything. It seems as though the battle was going between two ways between both Maximal & Predacon alike. Even Jetsam, Iguanas & Venomous were keeping Razorbeast, Bonecrusher, K-9 & Rhinox at bay.

"Rrruarrgh, it appears these new Maximals might pose a bit more of a threat?" Megatron growls in becoming quite frustrated at this display of not getting anywhere. "Drago Wing, end this!" He issued the order for his new commander to take charge.

"As you command, Lord Megatron."Drago Wing saluted in having heard that order to begin immediately to soar around. "Come here little Key, where are you?" He called out in a quiet tone to look for Aelita.

Aelita was hiding from everything under the pile of bones to be used as cover since she was the confirm target. Right now, the enemy was using the chance of confusion to find her, & it might only be a matter of time.

"Something….something is beneath us…something familiar…but…? Friend or foe, I'm just unsure?" Aelita questioned these things in being unsure of the matter that has left her unsure where to go with this.

"Neehahaahahhh…." The sounds of Drago Wing's magical laughter was heard close by, as that made Aelita yelp with worry; as she felt like she had little choice of what to make now.

"I can sense something…if I can focus…I can reach it?" Aelita place her hand on the ground, feeling there was something…something that she can connect with.

Aelita lets off an angelic sound, as she was focusing her ability to try to reach something beneath the building & below the basement level. There was a Stasis Pod, but it seem…different from the usual types, it was…strangely…bigger? But despite that, the pid was slowly becoming active from Aelita reaching out to it. And nearby it was a skeleton fossil of a dinosaur…a Raptor type.

"This, shall be your end, Maximals!" Megatron declared forth with a wicked smile in about to enjoy this victorious moment.

But just then, something was happening that the floor shown a glowing energy wave of what was….a DNA Scan. Many were puzzled because it was not as big as the usual ones, it was limited to the ground.

"What's this? Could it be…?" Megatron yelped off in seeing a DNA Scanner Wave, this can only mean one thing from it's appearance…

"ROOOAARRRRughhh!" Then without warning, something bust through the flooring that pushed the scatter bones all over the place. This made everyone become surprise in what they saw…A raptor with gray scales with black spots across the top part of the body, blue talon nails, & emerald color eyes. But there was also something a bit off about this creature compared to Dinobot's Beast Mode, & that was…IT WAS BIGGER THEN THE AVERAGE SIZE MAXIMAL & PREDACON!?

"GYAAAaughhh! What is that Monstrosity?" Drago Wing yelped off in curling away from a giant size Raptor coming at him.

"Woah, that's one big Dino….?" Jackrabbit replied off in having seen something that was so big.

Without warning, the gray raptor was was using any kind of ballistic weaponry in favor of his titanium teeth & tungsten tipped claws. He was both fast & deadly, seemingly possessing acute visual & olfactory senses when engaging the enemy.

"Wow, look at him go?" Razorbeast replied off in watching this action go off.

"The way he's wrecking stuff, we can only hope he's on our side." Bonecrusher stated to say this in never seeing anyone wreck more stuff that MOST of the other brawlers do.

"Hmmm….Grimlock - MAXIMIZE!" The gray raptor announced this forth, before letting off a loud roaring battle cry, as he transforms from Beast Mode to Robot Mode. Now standing was a bot almost 28-30 feet tall, much of his structure was similar to Dinobot's, but with much differences from the white feet with spikes, legs & stomach area, there was a gold armor plating on the waist, plus on the knees & down by the ankle was a bone-structure style. The upper body was was more of the Beast Mode with the raptor head on the chest-plate spot, the raptor arms dangle beneath the top side parts of the chest by the raptor head area, while the arms were of the raptor's feet with by the outer wrist to elbow area was a metal bone structure plating on top of the fur. And above in back of the head was two crescent pads on the backside, while there was a comfy shoulder pads around the neck area. As lastly we see a blue helmet of an old space robot style with a metal mouth cover & emerald color optic visor. Just seeing this guy shows he carries the most sheer, brute strength anyone can guess with that reinforced armor plating as if wanting to tussle. Then he brings out weapons of a barbed tail lance & a spinning slasher sword of his own state like Dinobot's weaponry, & began to go ballistic.

"What did he call himself? Surely he's not…" K-9 asked off this to Rhinox in having seen this action take place.

"So, we found him at last?" Rhinox muttered his words off in knowing precisely, what they stubble across.

Grimlock was making short work of the Predacons because of size difference, this only add more fuel to Megatron's rage. And just as things were not going south for the enemy, a Warp Gate began to appear in revealing the Maximals lead by Optimus.

"Grrrr…..the Maximals just keep on coming?" Megatron growls in annoyance in seeing this.

"Lord Megatron, I'm sad to say, but we must make a hasty retreat…He who fights & runaway lives to fight on another day." Drago Wing yelped a bit with worry as he approached his lord to state that as things stand, they must getaway from the insane situation.

"Very well….this encounter has brought a major flaw to the plan. Predacons, Fallback!" Megatron gritted his teeth in feeling frustrated to admit this, but he gave the order to fallback.

Without warning, another Warp Gate appeared in which the struggling Predacons had to immediately vacate the area. As things were finally settling down now, the Maximals gathered around & helped free the other human children under piles of bone prisons.

"Heh, we arrive at the party, only to see that all the guest have left?" Rattrap shrug off to lightly say the subject of how things went.

"Woah, when & how did you come across this bot?" Mack Kick asked off in seeing Grimlock's figure was…quite a sight to behold.

"Hmmm…" Grimlock looked at Aelita for a moment, as he leans down to stare at her. "You….Called To Grimlock?" He stated in knowing that the pink haired girl somehow called to him.

"I…called to you?" Aelita replied off a bit lost, she was trying to reach out to something that she felt was…familiar; was Grimlock it?

"Hmm….me not know why, but….you seem familiar? Maybe meant in past?" Grimlock rubbed the top of his noggin in not knowing much about this girl, yet seem familiar to him.

"The past?" Aelita replied off in thinking for a minute, what if…

"So, he's awake?" Optimus cuts in as he approached to look up to Grimlock here & back to the rest. "Everyone, this was a bot who sign up for the exploration crew….an old Autobot Legend, Grimlock, the original Dinobot that aided the Autobots in the Great War." He simply explained this as to who this bot was for many to come to understand.

Now everyone was staring in gaping shock, does that mean that the Autobots that were ancestors to the Maximals…Grimlock is the actual living proof of such a Transformer that existed in the past.

"So, he's like Starscream?" Jackrabbit asked this off in being curious if Grimlock was like Starscream, two bots from the past.

"Starscream! Where he at? Me Grimlock deal with him!" Grimlock snapped off in wanting to deal with the guy that he knew from long time ago.

"Woah easy big guy, anymore trashing the place & northing will be left standing." Cheetor held up the hands in liking Grimlock to settle down before he blows a gasket.

"Yeah, well….heh, don't look much better then earlier? But man, the maid will have longer work hours?" Rattrap shrug off to lightly make a funny joke that this place can't get more messy then it is now.

"So, what do we do now?" Aquarius asked off in what they do from here.

"The guard might not be here for a while, do you think we can clean this place up?" Jeremie stated in thinking that they need to do something about the state they left when dealing with enemy attack.

"With the right help, effort, & Aelita's aid, we can make it look like nothing was disturb." Artemis spoke up in having thought of what can help them fix things up a bit.

"Alright bots, lets clean up this mess." Optimus stated to say this in knowing what they are gonna be doing before they leave; clean up after themselves.

"Oh man, ye know most of this wasn't us to begin with?" Rattrap moans off to say this in knowing half this wasn't the ones that came, plus much more was done by Grimlock.

"Shut up & do it, Cheese-Breath!" Jackrabbit remarked off to say this, much to the rodent's annoyance.

Now the Maximals were gonna be working to help clean up the mess before they leave; & to prevent any suspicion of their involvement. The scene begins to darken here as how things will go from here on & what comes after…

ONE HOUR LATER

BACK AT THE MAXIMAL BASE

The scene returns to the Maximal Base, but it was gonna be something else because as of now…there was a hug hauling of a lot of Maximals. The usual ones from Optimus, Cheetor, Rattrap, Rhinox, Dinobot, Tigatron, Airazor, K-9, Armordillo, to the newer bunch from pods: Wolfang, Razorbeast, Snarl, Jackrabbit, Bonecrusher, Dive-Bomb, B'Boom, Claw Jaw, Cybershark, Diver, Gimlet, Sharp Edge, Grizzly-1, Wingblade, Leo, Override, Longrack, Larkshot, Aquarius, Mach Kick, Iron Duke, Aurorus, Ivor, Icthyo & Grimlock. Course with so many Maximals, many were either outside in the corridor hallway, & even someone as big as Grimlock had to stay in a bigger room space for his size. The human children were nearby in also watching how things would unfold with34 Maximals all together.

"Alright everyone, you all know why we're here." Optimus spoke off to say this in having got everyone's attention here. "After looking over each & every bot's current action & decisions, feats, & contribution for the crew. The votes are in to decide Field Commanders in moments the Commander of the Crew is not present & accounted for to make the decisions." Optimus issued off to say this in what they have managed to do so far in getting the votes in; those that will be given a rank to take command.

"So, it's finally about to begin?" Aelita stated to say this in what they are gonna see.

"The Silent Ballot…gotta say, looks intense?" Sissi stated to say in how she was watching this.

"So your saying, this took place when Optimus & me were in that Alien Prob?" Jeremie asked off in learning about these things that happen before.

"Yeah, it was kind of tight?" William replied off to lightly rub the back of the head to say how things went last time.

"Last time it ended up being a tie." Ulrich pointed off that before, the bots got a tie against Rattrap & Dinobot.

"So then, what are the majority of votes gonna be now?" Yumi asked off in what will happen this time.

"I think we're about to find out? All the votes are cast, including the Big guy outback…" Odd pointed off to say this while including Grimlock.

Everyone was silent as the big moment was already upon them, as they were gonna need some utter silence to see where this would go from here.

"First off, I wanna credit everyone for doing their part. You all have shown many things, & after having looked at your backgrounds of who you each were back on Cybertron before laying dormant in Stasis Pods. The cast votes are in." Optimus explained this off first to everyone that was listening to him, as it was now time to announce the results of the vote. "First, congratulation to Auroras, you'll be Sea Commander to those that are Ocean & Sea theme Maximals with their Beast Modes." He spoke off in stating that the first choice of who will be a commander under Optimus was heard.

Now there were some cheers & voice of congrats from many of the other Aqua Maximals: Claw Jaw, Cybershark, Diver, Gimlet, Sharp Edge, Aquarius & Icthyo that surrounded Aurorus in seeing that now the Sea Maximals have themselves a commander to help them out.

"Well, it was close…but I guess until I bypass cadet rank, maybe I'll be taken serious?" Aquarius stated to say this in feeling some form of confidence.

"Huh-huh, you keep thinking that, Little Flipper." Icthyo let off an innocent laugh to give some boost of confidence to the fembot cadet she treated like a little sister.

"I will, Big Flipper." Aquarius smiled off to say this with a nickname response as if the two are like sisters.

"I am most honored by this Optimus, I shall take my duty serious, for my group & for the sea of this planet." Aurorus stated to say this in being most humble of the events & of what he must do.

"Right. Moving along, we'll announce the next Field Commander after much consideration." Optimus spoke forth in about to bring up the next discussion here for all to listen up on. "Through your showing of skill & actions, Ivor, you'll be Air Commander to those that are Aerial & can fly with their types of Beast Mode or Robot Mode functions." Optimus announced forth in what now station that Ivor will have responsibility over for his own performance & background records state.

Now there were a few cheers & congrats coming from the many of the other Air Maximals: Airazor, Wingblade, Larkshot, Iron Duke, & a silent Dive-Bomb congratulated on Ivor making himself become a commander for fliers; next to when Optimus takes to the skies.

"Well this should be assuming to see how those here can handle flight combat styles?" Dive-Bomb shrug off to lightly state over the course of how things will go from here out.

"Relax old timer, who knows…maybe someone that thinks like your age my surprises us?" Wingblade exclaimed off to say this without being all fussy about this stuff & just let it happen.

"As long as things go smoothly, much of us won't worry about losing face?" Larkshot replied off in sounding quite calm & collective.

"Alright, now we're moving on to Ground Commander, now this one was cutting it close, but here are the results." Optimus spoke off in about to bring about the next discussion on hand that was sounding quite puzzling. "It would seem that there is a tie between Override & Leo?" He pointed off that there was a tie between two Maximals for Ground Commander.

"We're tie?" Leo asked off in being a bit surprised.

"So what now?" Override asked off in what they do now.

"Relax, it's been settle, you'll both be Sub-Commanders, those of you that take charge in Fields of Speed & Strength." Optimus issued off in pointing off the two different parts of what the two Maximals specialize in. "Override will be Sub-Commander of Speed Maximals while Leo will be Sub-Commander of Strength Maximals." He explained this off for those to hear & to follow along in what the plan was to do.

"That's all that can be done for now, but at least this way, if any of us are out on our own, we'll have to learn to grow within our new roles." Rhinox explained forth the terms of what should be done that will allow many of them to grow & evolve.

Many of the Maximals were heard discussing things as of now, as the human children decided it was nice to see this happen. But Dinobot looked over at the children, then look at a Maximal in question that he approached; Iron Duke.

"Hmmm, Iron Duke…you specialize in a blacksmith weaponry, correct?" Dinobot asked this off to which Iron Duke nodded his head for it. "In that case, I like to ask…a favor?" He issued to say something in having something, he wanted from the Maximal.

Iron Duke heard this while listening in more as Dinobot began to talk with him. But Jeremie soon noticed that Aelita was leaving the scene of this pleasant moment, as if something was still on her mind. The rest of the children began to follow after her, to see…what was going on.

AXELON CARGO HOLD…?

Here we find a large cargo room in where it had lots of space inside & plenty above of open roof space, this was where Grimlock was sitting around, taking a possible nap. But then his nap time was interrupted, he looked around to see who was bothering him, only to gaze down to find it was someone smaller then the average Maximal…it was Aelita.

"Grimlock, um…is it alright if I…talk to you?" Aelita asked off a bit nervously as she was approaching the big Maximal that was twice the size of Rhinox & the other big muscle Maximals. "Do you…recognize me? Being the Key?" She asked off this question to see, if a bot who was once an Autobot, members her.

"Hmm….Me Grimlock recall something like that, um…" Grimlock held his head to rub it a few times to…think. "Hum, what Key was it?" He waved off his hand in being unable to…recall what kind of Key that Aelita was; his intelligence, was not so high it seems.

"Um, maybe you remember me from…this? It's something that was stored away some time ago after everyone found me?" Aelita showed Grimlock something by pointing to a certain pod that was kept in a certain place; the pod with the 'eye' symbol that she came from.

"Oh…..ME Grimlock remember NOOOOOW!" Grimlock replied off in studying that mysterious pod before looking back at Aelita to study her. "Hmmm…so you were Key, hugh…Grimlock not knew there was tiny Human Girl in Pod?" The guy replied off in never having believed, that Aelita took the appearance of some human even though she's Cybertronian.

"Um, I was wondering, what happen to me in the Past? I…I keep seeing visions of…Transformers, giants as big as you, maybe bigger?" Aelita asked off in wanting to know, about things that concern her of those before the Maximals. "Autobots….Decepticons…Megatron…Optimus Prime…there's so much that I'm afraid to know, what am I?" She said this in feeling like she herself does not know what awaits her of knowing the truth.

Grimlock was a bit slow in trying to absorb all of this, but…the look from Aelita suggest that, the poor thing was really worried about this stuff.

"Ugh, Grimlock not good at Pop Quizzes? Me only know how to destroy Enemies?" Grimlock rubbed the back of his head in being unsure about much of this that's beyond his current knowledge.

"Oh…it's just, when I encountered Starscream when he possessed someone, I was so afraid, vivid images reveal memories of what everyone was doing…to get me? Because…I'm the Key?" Aelita stated to say this in having unpleasant feelings about things she's seen that are of her untold past, all because of what she is.

"Ah, Starscream Jerk! But ME Grimlock, no be mean to you. Optimus Prime, said Key be treated like everyone else….Friend." Grimlock proclaimed forth to say this with a more honest expression of what he last recalls that of an enemy, to that of what an old friend he knew once said.

Aelita stared at Grimlock for a few moments to somehow feel something, as if staring at his clear optic visor show that…there was no lies in such words. Grimlock doesn't seem to lie, he has anon heart & somehow, it calms the girl in knowing this. Aelita suddenly gave the big bot a hug around his leg, much to Grimlock's confusion while seeing the girl…let loose some tears.

"Sniff…Thank you for that Grimlock…" Aelita smiled to sniff a bit while wiping a tear drop from her face. "But, I'm curious…how are you still around if it's been years since the Great War ended?" She asked this in being puzzled, she knows that Starscream perished, but what's Grimlock's story.

"Aw, ME Grimlock felt BORED!?" Grimlock exclaimed off in stating about his own matter of being bored.

"Bored?" Aelita raised an eyebrow in being puzzled of what Grimlock meant.

"ME a veteran of countless hard-fought campaigns during the Great War between Autobots & Decepticons. ME only grudgingly…after much persuasion…agreed to downsize/adapt Robot Form follow the Pax Cybertronia. But peace did not sit well with Grimlock, & soon ME sign up for every dangerous, hazardous or plain suicidal deep space mission. Once ME aboard a science or survey vessel, Grimlock became immediately opt for stasis, unable to bear the interminable stretches of inactivity. But before leaving Cybertron, ME had a personalized reformatting chip inserted, one that was designed to seek out only the strongest, deadliest Beast Modes, extant or extinct, on arrival on any given planet. Now, ME GRIMLOCK, KING OF BEASTS." Grimlock explained everything as best as he could about himself, about what happen to him, where life took him, to even what choices he's made before having been aboard of the Axelon Crew before they left Cybertron.

Aelita listen to the story in never having learn about anything while in a deep stasis, but listening to what Grimlock has gone through since the Great War ended fascinated her. She was curious if even Optimus knew that Grimlock was aboard the Axelon or not, maybe one day she will ask that question.

"Grimlock, did you know…what might happen if you were to be…reprogram as a Predacon? What would happen to you then?" Aelita asked this off in being concern about what would have happened if Grimlock was discovered by Predacons & not of them.

"Hmmm…NOPE! Spark too power, not change Grimlock who he is." Grimlock simply replied off in declaring the issue of the matter of what be impossible since his Spark is much stronger then given credit for.

"A…powerful Spark?" Aelita repeated this off in having to think of this through while having…approach Grimlock's chest to try to sense…something. "Yes, I do sense it…your Spark is strong, and…" The girl could sense that Grimlock's Spark was quite strong, was this the Spark of an Ancient Autobot. "And that must have been what was reaching out to me? Because I sense your Spark & remember you from the past? That's how I found you buried deep underneath the Smithsonian." Aelita stated in realizing that she must have sensed Grimlock's Strong Spark that called out to her, & why is was familiar.

"Well, Grimlock glad that Key Girl saved Grimlock, ME like having friend." Grimlock replied off to say this in being glad, that Aelita helped to save him & be who he is now.

Aelita smiled from having heard that, it's strange to think that Grimlock & the Autobots of the past have been trying to keep her safe for many years. And now one of the brave & powerful Autobots that has become Maximal, has saved her after Aelita helped to save Grimlock; these are certainly interesting times.

"Aelita…" Then Aelita heard Jeremie's voice as he & the rest of the human children were seen coming up to approach her.

"Over here everyone…" Aelita waved out for her friend stop come by, as she looked to the big bot looking at the humans. "Grimlock, do you…wanna meet the friends I've come to make…thanks to what you done in the past?" She smiled in asking if Grimlock like to get a more better knowing with her new friends.

"Well…Me guess so?" Grimlock shrug off to say this in not being anything wrong with that idea.

Aelita smiled a bit more while Grimlock slowly gets up to approach the human company Aelita has. The scene begins to slowly zoom away as this maybe some beginning for everyone, from the past, to the present…

MEANWHILE, FAR OFF THE RADAR

LOCATION: NORTH POLE UNKNOWN FACILITY CAMP….

The scene changes to a hidden facility in the frozen snowy arctic of the north. There, we zoom in to see of the strange things that are occurring as we speak. There were two creatures seen in metal reinforce glass cubes, as we see what they look like. A giant size mosquito & a white polar bear seem like when they saw each other, behaved wildly to try to attack as if sensing one is the enemy of the other. And above the location, we find a box office

"Man, where did we come across these things?" 1st Scientist questioned off these things that they watch struggle to reach & tear the other.

"I don't know, but that Polar Bear sure doesn't like that Big Bug?" 2nd Scientist issued off in noticing how one creature doesn't like the other very much.

The two creatures were trying to go at each other to no avoid, but as the two scientist watch to study the behavior….someone was approaching the, from behind.

"Progress Report?" That man was none other then Agent Bishop, as he started the two scientist of his serious expression of wanting results of the case here.

"Agent Bishop, well…we managed to understand something sir?" The 1st scientist exclaimed off to mention this as they were bringing up a screen to reveal the two creatures.

"Yes, those strange capsules we discovered, & when we put in that strange chip you gave us in place of what was original in one of the two has…" The 2nd scientist explained off the case of a Maximal Locking-Chip he showed that was replace with another different chip in question Bishop gave.

"Resulting in bringing the two we see before us?" Bishop stated in seeing what actions there are from what they can tell. "The one we replace with that new chip I found, it seems the insect that came with one of you & the local wildlife here….were used to bring forth these two specimens?" He stated from seeing how these two creatures came to be from circumstances.

"Yes sir, we're keeping them in specially made containments so that they can't break out." The 1st scientist issued off to say this about what they have done.

"It's weird, when we were studying what was in those machines, organic creatures of the planet were not in them?" The second scientist exclaimed in what was bizarre about this whole thing.

"No, they aren't our own, they're alien, & that's why we're going to find out who & what they are." Bishop sternly stated in knowing what they need to do to discover the truth. "And what are you doing?" He turn to find an intern was meddling on his computer screen in watching something.

"Sorry sir, I was just watching this video profile a pal of mine sent me, things have been buried around here…he thought to surprise me when we visit the next cosplay convention. And this new cosplay girls the latest new hit of a girl being a robot sea theme." The intern issued off to say this in showing that he received a nice video about a cute cosplay girl.

Everyone leans over to see that he was watching some video chat showing a girl calling herself; Aquarius, & that she was some mer-bot out of this world. The numbers of viewers were rising up like crazy of more fans wanting to see her, ask her questions, even see her do some cutesy acts. But as it was a recorded video, there was something that did catch…Bishop's eye.

"Wait a second…pause that & rewind 30 seconds." As Bishop asked this off to which the intern did as told, & that's when they focus on…a Maximal symbol on the girl. "That mark….it's the same as this chip?" Then we see the man show the Maximal Locking-Chip, & compared the one from the cosplay girl to see they are actually the same.

"Wow, is that a coincident?" The intern replied off in thinking that was certainly amazing to see.

"This is no coincidence…." Bishop exclaimed in sounding serious about what they can make out. "Monitor her, & update me if she makes any appearances in any location." He pointed this off in wanting this Aquarius to be monitor carefully & closely for anything.

"Oh, are you a fan of her too sir? I didn't think you had any other hobbies?" The intern guy asked in making a random guess of why Agent Bishop would request such things.

"The only hobbies I have is finding out the truth…whoever this Aquarius is…" As Agent Bishop spoke, he was seen leaving the location to speak to himself. "May explain about the unknown we are dealing with." As the guy was saying these things, he was checking his files of mysterious subjects to check on. "And that means that I'll figure out the connection of it all…shortly soon…" As he said this, he was keeping tabs on the events that occurred in places to characters like Jeremie's group that were listed to be…suspicious.

That's when everything began to fade out as many mysterious are still left uncertain. But now the secret of the Beast Wars may even continue to go unseen or be soon discovered. Whatever the case maybe, things are going to continue towards a future unseen…until something occurs in the aftermath of it all…