Base Infiltration
By: Wicked Woman
Author’s Note: It took me almost a week to write (due to writer’s block) but I’ve finally updated.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Beast Wars.
At the sight where the original Maximal’s ship used to be in, Caterina, Taurus and Claw Jaw went to work searching for parts, which could be useful to their own base. Claw Jaw picked up a piece of the ship that was left behind.
“Well,” Claw Jaw turned to Taurus, showing the piece to him. “’least they left their callin’ card.”
“Keep searching,” Taurus said. “there should be something around here that will be of some use.”
“We’ve searched everywhere. I don’t think we’ll find anything.”
“I’ve found 18 Demolition charges.” Caterina beamed, trying to lighten the mood but the result she received was Claw Jaw slapping himself in the head. “Well, it’s something.” Caterina turned to Taurus. “Do you really think we’ll find anything here important? Like a part of a security system?”
“They probably took that do-hickey with ‘em.” Claw Jaw stated.
Taurus looked around and noticed a black box with the Maximal ensigna on it. He covered it as he turned to his leader and comrade. “Um, you guys can go back to base and relieve Wolf Fang and Bone Crusher. I’ll uh, take care of things here.”
“Ya sure?”
“Yes.”
Claw Jaw turned to Caterina, who just found a large gun on the ground.
“A real Cyber-techno power laser shooter!” She said. She then picked up a familiar gun. “Waspinator’s gun! This will be a great addition to my gun collection!” Caterina began to walk away with her loot as Claw Jaw picked up a green, black and yellow piece of metal from the ground.
“Here’s a piece of Waspinator. Ya want it Boss Lady?”
“No way!” Caterina said. “What do I look like? Some kind of… loot… collecting…type…bot?” She walked off as Claw Jaw dropped the piece and ran after her. When he was sure they were gone, Taurus turned his attention back to the black box. He began to clear some of the dust off of it.
“It couldn’t be…” He muttered to himself.
*****
Terrorsaur was playing cards with Waspinator, who was winning a great deal of chips when Inferno entered the area.
“What are you doing Drones?!” He bellowed. “The Royalty will not be pleased about this!”
“Ah, he’s busy playin’ with his rubber ducky.” Terrorsaur said. Inferno then aimed his weapon at Terrorsaur’s face. Waspinator just looked at the both of them, grabbed his chips and walked away as Terrorsaur argued his case to Inferno.
“Look, we all know that Megatron does absolutely nothing around here except talk to himself. We do all the hard work and he either takes the credit or blasts anyone in his path. It just depends on how the plan goes. I would be a much better leader. I would attack the Maximals, which is how we would draw them out~”
“And which is why you’ll never be in charge.”
Terrorsaur turned around to face Megatron. The red and silver Predacon gulped as Megatron took one step closer. “So,” he said. “I do nothing but talk to myself, hmmm.” Megatron grabbed Terrorsaur by the neck. “WELL THE ONLY REASON WHY THAT IS THE CASE IS BECAUSE I AM SURROUNDED BY FAILERS!!!” Megatron then threw Terrorsaur over to the wall. He then turned to Inferno, then Waspinator who had almost been out of the area, then, finally, Scorpinok, Tarantulas and Blackarachnia, who had been unfortunate to have just entered the area just after Megatron threw Terrorsaur.
“We are all in a battle with four—no, NOW IT’S FIVE Maximals and we haven’t won a single battle except for ONLY ONE PROTOFORM!!!” Megatron turned to Terrorsaur who was just getting up and walked towards him. “Do I make myself clear?”
Terrorsaur could only nod. His low growl came after Megatron was distances from him.
Inferno followed Megatron. “What is your next plan, royalty?”
“I think I’ll wait for someone to think it up, before I take the credit.” Megatron glared at Terrorsaur with a smirk. “Or beat whoever’s in my path. Depends on how the plan goes.” Megatron then left the room.
*****
The cave was empty besides the computer, council and CR Chamber. There wasn’t a single sound except for every footstep Taurus made as he entered the now deserted base. He put down the black box he had found by the Maximal’s ships last where a bouts before it left the planet and looked around. He then put down the large piece of the ship Claw Jaw found as he walked over to the computer. He noticed a blinking light and knew immediately that there was a message left on it. He pressed a button on the computer and saw Caterina on the screen.
“Hey,” she said. “I thought that now was good time to test out the machine. Um, now what was I gonna say. Oh, right! Um, Claw Jaw and I weren’t able to contact Bone Crusher or Wolf Fang so we went out to find him. If you get the message, then look out for Predacons, they might still be sore ‘bout what happened yesterday. See ya later. Now, how do you turn this off?” Caterina tried several buttons until the screen went black. Taurus sighed, picked and the box, then went to his quarters.
“We definitely need a security system.”
*****
“Ya think Taurus got yer message?” Claw Jaw asked through his comlink. Caterina was on the edge of a cliff, hoping that she would be able to see any sign of Bone Crusher or Wolf Fang. She had sent Claw Jaw to swim over to the other side of the bay in case they had gotten themselves lost.
“Maybe.” Was her response. “Like I said before, I was testing it. So I have no idea.”
“We’ve been testin’ a lotta thangs since we came online.” Claw Jaw exclaimed. “That’s our disadvantage. We’re still a-learnin’ ‘bout our systems while them Predacons have ammo time ta keep thinkin’ up strategies to beat us.”
“But it hasn’t worked so far.” Caterina pointed out. “So what does that tell you?” She then giggled. “I can picture Megatron throwing little temper-tantrum in his quarters every time he loses to us. He might even be crying!” Caterina began laugh out loud and long until a missile hit the cliff she was standing on. She leaped back so she would fall then noticed Inferno flying towards her.
“How dare you insult the royalty!” He bellowed as he fired at her again. The young leader dodged the attack, transformed and fell to the ground. Caterina then turned back to her comlink.
“Um, Claw Jaw!” she yelled. “Inferno’s attacking. I think I kinda hurt his feelings.” Caterina pulled out her gun and began to fire back in defence.
“Don’t worry boss-lady! I’m on my way!” The comlink then turned off as Caterina got up. Inferno landed right in front of her.
“FOR THE GLORY OF THE ROYALTY!!!”
*****
Wolf Fang stepped on another mini spider as Bone Crusher wiped off the webbing he had on his shoulders.
“Slaggen spiders!” Wolf Fang growled. “Their radio transmitters are interfering with our comlinks.”
“Ya think this is one of Megatron’s plans?”
“I dunno, you’ve known him longer than I have. What do you think of him? Is he more of a threat than I saw of him yesterday?”
“Personally,” Bone Crusher said. “I think he’s a~”
Both Maximals then heard gunfire near their area. Both then transformed to conserve energy and ran off towards the sight.
*****
Caterina was now playing tug-of-war with Inferno’s gun. Claw Jaw was now there and he was trying to help by firing at the ant’s back. Inferno the activated his flight mode and watched as Claw Jaw stumbled back and fell. He laughed psychotically as Claw Jaw attempted to stand up. Inferno de-activated his flight mode and continued to struggle with Caterina for control of his weapon.
“Give it back, enemy to the Royalty!”
“Hmmm. Ok.” Caterina let go and watched as Inferno stumbled back, tripped over Claw Jaw and fell off the cliff. Caterina then helped her comrade up.
“You ok?”
“Yeah.” Claw Jaw said. “Man, you sure know how to play dirty.”
Just then, Bone Crusher and Wolf Fang ran passed the trees. The two of them stopped and saw that Caterina and Claw Jaw were fine.
“Aw.” Bone Crusher wined. “We missed all the fun.”
Caterina was about to explain what happened when they noticed Blackarachnia transforming to robot mode and pulled out her weapon at the four surprised Maximals.
“The fun’s only beginning, Maximals.” She grinned.
Bone Crusher transformed and took one step towards her when Wolf Fang transformed and stepped in front of him.
“We can’t. She is a female.”
Blackarachnia smiled as she came closer to pulling the trigger.
“Well,” Caterina smirked. “I’m female too.” She then lunged at the female Predacon. Claw Jaw was about to move in to help when Waspinator shot him down.
“Why you tin-horn…” He began to fire back at the wasp as Bone Crusher and Wolf Fang noticed Inferno flying back up laughing.
“Burrrrn in the flames of Inferno!”
Bone Crusher and Wolf Fang exchanged glances.
*****
Scorpinok rushed into Megatron’s quarters where the Tyrant was disturbed from his sleep. “Megatron!” he said. “Blackarachnia and Waspinator report four Maximals near our territory.”
“Only four?” Megatron got up from his seat and turned to his second in command. “That must mean that the fifth and final Maximal must still be at the Maximal base.” He muttered. “And with such a weak shield, we should be able to defeat them easily, yesss. Scorpinok. Have Terrorsaur, Tarantulas and Mantorr meet us by the Maximal base location.”
*****
Both Bone Crusher and Wolf Fang had Inferno pinned down as Claw Jaw raced to cover from Waspinator. The Predacon bug had continually succeeded in blasting anything Claw Jaw had raced for. The Maximal squid was finally able to climb a tree, jump and tackle the enemy to the ground.
“How’d ya like that, bug-bot?”
After, failing to reach his weapon, Waspinator grabbed Claw Jaw by the arm and threw him over towards Inferno, knocking down Wolf Fang.
“Excellent work.” Inferno saluted. He then felt a light tap on his shoulder. He then spun around to find himself face to face with Bone Crusher.
“I’m still here, remember?” With that came a left hook.
*****
Caterina was behind a boulder while loading up her gun as Blackarachnia was firing at her. The Maximal feline was looking through her ammo to find the right size and power.
“Come out, come out, where ever you are!” Blackarachnia taunted as she continued to fire her arm-spider legs missiles at her target.
“Taurus has it easy…” Caterina began to rant to herself. “…he gets to stay back at base and sit on his—oh great, I’m throwing temper tantrum like Mega-chump.” Caterina dodged a couple of rocks, which broke off her cover.
*****
Taurus was interrupted from looking at the new item he had found when he heard someone shooting at the shield. He came out of his quarters and down the hall to find Tarantulas, Terrorsaur and Mantorr were attacking the base, trying to enter. Taurus then ran back through the hall and into the command center of the base. He then got to the computer and entered some activation codes.
“What a time for something like this.” He grimaced.
*****
The shield finally shut down just as Megatron and Scorpinok showed up. The Predacon laughed in triumph.
“That Maximal might as well just surrender right away.” He scoffed. “How do these worthless Maximals expect to defeat me when they can’t even build a sturdy defence systems?”
Terrorsaur moved forward towards the base but was suddenly hit with an electric charge. The other four Predacons stood behind in shock as their comrade fell to the ground.
“What is this?”
*****
Taurus chuckled as he heard the electric wall he installed go off. “Not the best defence.” He then typed in another code. “But it’ll have to do.” Taurus then ran to another computer and started to type in more codes.
*****
Megatron fired his T-rex laser at the defence wall and smiled as it went offline. The leader then turned to Tarantulas and Mantorr. “Find the Maximal and obliterate him.”
Tarantulas and Mantorr entered the base cautiously, as to not walk into another electric wall. Mantorr then stepped through an invisible red line and was hit with an auto gun. Tarantulas, not wanting to go through that, jumped over the line and stepped in a covered hole. Megatron growled in disgust as he moved on.
*****
Blackarachnia went behind the boulder to find that Caterina wasn’t there. She searched the surroundings for the new Maximal leader but found nothing. A soon as the black widow spider felt someone tapping her on the shoulder she spun around and came face to face with the enemy.
“Hello.” Caterina smiled, looking suspicious.
The next second, Waspinator was knocked down as Blackarachnia was thrown onto him. Claw Jaw looked over to his saviour and smiled. Both Maximals then charged up their weapons and moved out to help the other two.
*****
Taurus rushed over to his comrades’ quarters, closed the doors and locked them. He then rushed back into the command center and set the defences on alert. He knew that this wouldn’t hold them off, but it was something. Megatron was now inside the base and Taurus was not about to surrender to a fossilized, foul tempered, megalomaniac like that. He rushed into his quarters and started looking for an alternative firearm. He knew that is rifle wasn’t gonna do slag and would be defeated easily if he used it. Taurus was about to leave when he noticed the black box he left at the foot of his recharge bed.
“Now or never.”
Taurus ran over to the box and began typing in any and every code he knew. When he couldn’t get it, he picked up the box and threw it to the wall. When that didn’t work, Taurus gave up and sat back on the bed.
*****
Megatron entered the command center and was immediately ambushed with five automatic slingshots, shooting rocks and stones at him. Megatron then growled in anger as he caught a rock, hurtling towards him, and threw it back at the machine, shutting down the defences.
“You think you can beat me?” Megatron sneered with anger. “I would have simply taken you as a hostage but you have pushed me over the top!” The Predacon leader then proceeded by tipping the table over as he continued to move on.
*****
Taurus could hear Megatron shouting at him as things fell to the ground due to his rage.
“The Maximals who were actually flying the Axalon where a better opponent than you and your pathetic rookie comrades.” Megatron’s voice boomed through the hall. “Prepare to be destroyed, Maximal scum!”
Taurus’ head then perked up. He ran over to where the box had been thrown and typed in ‘Axalon’. The lights flashed green, symbolizing that it was correct as the lid opened up. The object inside almost made Taurus laugh with delight.
*****
Inferno finally got Wolf Fang, who had transformed to beast mode and was biting the fire ant’s arm, off of him and threw him over to where Bone Crusher was just getting up. Inferno then began to laugh long and hard as both Maximals slowly got back up. Wolf Fang let out a low growl as the fire ant picked up his gun from the ground.
“Fools.” He bellowed triumphantly. “The two of you cannot defeat me!”
Just then, Caterina and Claw Jaw jumped over their comrades and jumped on Inferno. While the two of them were hitting the enemy and attacking his blender-jet mode, Bone Crusher and Wolf Fang took the opportunity to push the ant off the cliff. Bone Crusher grabbed a hold of both Maximals as Inferno plummeted down the cliff side without a working flight mode. All three transformed to beast mode.
“Ya guys wanna head back to base now?” Wolf Fang asked.
“We actually came here to find you guys.” Caterina said. “Where were you two anyway?”
“In spider country.” Bone Crusher replied sarcastically. “Man, if I see one more web, I’ll slag every spider on this planet!”
All four Maximals then started back to base.
*****
Megatron was at the long hallway of the Maximal base when Waspinator reported their failure. He was not too thrilled to hear that they lost yet another battle but at least he was in the base was would soon have a hostage to bargain with. All was not lost. Megatron was however getting frustrated with all the locked quarters but grinned when he saw a door slightly opened. The Predacon leader slammed open the door but found no one there. He was about to turn and leave when Taurus swung down from the ceiling and kicked him down. The Maximal then flipped over the enemy and landed in front of him. Megatron was just getting up when he found himself face a pair a very familiar chain guns. The only difference was that these pair was black.
“You don’t even wanna mess with me!” Taurus growled.
Megatron’s frown turned into a smirk as Terrorsaur, Tarantulas and Mantorr all entered the hall.
“Ah, but my fortune has changed, yesss.”
To both Taurus and Megatron’s surprise, Terrorsaur, Tarantulas and Mantorr were followed in by Caterina, Bone Crusher, Claw Jaw and Wolf Fang, all transformed and weapons in the open.
“Get out of my house.” Caterina said through clenched teeth.
Megatron growled as he and his comrades then left the base. Megatron, with a clever smirk secretly placed on his faceplate, was the last one out. When they were certain that the enemy was gone, the Maximals all lowered their firearms. Claw Jaw was the first to notice Taurus’ new weapon of choice.
“Well, I’ll be a hog-tied boar. Taurus, where in tar-nation did you get that thar fira power?”
Taurus looked down at the chain gun he had in each hand. “What? These? I found them after you left. I figured that we should have more firearms on our side.”
Wolf Fang looked at Bone Crusher, and both shrugged.
“I call dibs!!” Caterina announced.
“Nuh uh, get your own.”
Taurus then walked into his quarters, placed them back in the box and pushed the box underneath the recharge bed. He then came out and faced his comrades. “I’m gonna work of the security system. Don’t want this happening again.”
The other four then proceeded to follow him into the command center, but only to begin cleaning up the mess the Predacons had left them.