Beast Wars Anonymous:

The Big Brawl
by Spider Striker (scarletspider31@hotmail.com)

Mantor had been a Predacon for a week and so far he wasn't enjoying it. He was constantly tormented by the other Predacons who mocked him. There was also Darkbird. He had gone on several missions with Darkbird to "test his loyalty" where they would go out on an open field and Darkbird would give orders. If Mantor disobeyed, Darkbird would press the button and send pain through Mantor's body. The constant occurrence of this made Mantor's condition even worse. His robot head had a insane grin at all times.

He walked out of his quarters in beast mode and headed for Tarantulas's quarters. He was humming "The Itsy-Bitsy Spider." On his way there, Inferno walked by. Mantor transformed. He watched as Inferno walked away and thought Fire Ant is often taunted as well. Maybe I can offer him some revenge!

He ran to catch up with Inferno and collided with Night Stalker. "Hey!" Night Stalker shouted. "Watch where your going, ya slagging Loony Tune!!"

Mantor turned around. He shot Night Stalker with his eye beams. Before Night Stalker could recover, Mantor picked him up by the feet and pushed him head first through the floor. Mantor walked away laughing. "I love violence!" he said.

Maybe I am better off as a MaximalNight Stalker thought.

"Fire Ant!" Mantor called out.

Inferno turned around. "The name is Inferno, drone," Inferno said.

"Whatever," Mantor responded. "I hear the other 'drones' taunt you. Call you crazy."

"What of it?"

"They do the same to me. We are kindred spirits! Join me! We can have revenge on them all!"

"The drones are merely jealous of my status. Their taunts mean nothing to me. My only purpose is to serve the Royalty."

"Perhaps my faith in you was misplaced. I'm afraid I'll have to kill you like all the others."

"You are disloyal to the Royalty?"

"You are a fool Fire Ant! Do you realize how many of your kind the 'royalty' has stepped on? He is a tyrannosaur! You are an ant! He isn't anyone's 'royalty'!!"

Mantor turned around and started to walk away. He heard Inferno yell "BURN, TRAITOR!!" and saw a bright flash of light before we went crashing through the wall of the Darkseid.

Mantor landed softly in the snow. He got up and watched as Inferno flew out of the hole on his jet propeller. "Nice shot," Mantor said. He then shot Inferno down with his shoulder cannons. Inferno landed hard where some of the snow had melted and Mantor jumped on top of him. The two Predacons rolled around trying to rip out each others spark.

Inferno grabbed a rock and hit Mantor in the head with it, hard! Mantor went limp. Inferno got up and stood over him. He pointed his torch gun at Mantor's head and said "Die, Trait..."

"SUCKER!!" Mantor shouted as he grabbed the gun with his right beast claw and slashed Inferno with the left. Inferno's right arm was damaged, hanging on only by wires. Mantor then sent Inferno flying by firing his eye beams directly at Inferno's head.

The two combatants failed to notice the crowd of Predacons forming. The crowd cheered and placed bets on who they thought the winner would be. Darkbird watch with a huge smile on his face. This is the best entertainment he thought. It's down right hilarious! And it's free!

Darkbird didn't notice Megatron in beast mode coming up behind him until he asked "What's going on?"

Darkbird answered "Mantor and Inferno are having a little fight."

"Why aren't you stopping them?"

"Because Inferno doesn't listen to anyone but you."

"No, you fool! Why aren't you punishing Mantor?"

"Oh, that. Well, I was just having to much fun watching I guess."

Megatron looked over Darkbird's shoulder and watched the fight. He started laughing. "Yeess. It is quite amusing."

Mantor flew over to where Inferno landed and opened fire. Inferno took all the blasts but it didn't slow him down. He returned fire with both his torch guns. The bolts of fire blew holes in Mantor's wings and he plummeted to the ground.

Mantor jumped back on his feet and caught Inferno as he leaped at him. Mantor raised Inferno over his head and screamed. He slammed Inferno's spine against his spiked knee.

Inferno tried to get up, but he couldn't. Mantor stood over him, his grin larger than usual. "It's been fun," Mantor said, "but time to end it."

Inferno looked at Mantor. "b-beast m-moode," he managed to get out. He transformed and grabbed Mantor's waist between his pinchers. He squeezed.

Mantor screamed as the pinchers cut through his body and mec fluid ran down. Inferno then threw him away. Mantor looked at his wound. He started laughing. "So," he said between laughs, "first blood drawn is mine." He stuck his finger in the mec fluid and licked it off. "YUM!!" Mantor's grin grew larger still.

Inferno's antenna stuck up in surprise. "You truly are insane," he said.

Mantor grabbed Inferno by the neck (well, the closest thing an ant as to a neck) with his beast claw. "STOP MOCKING MY SANITY!!" he screamed. He pushed Inferno through the ground head first.

Mantor walked away, satisfied. He didn't hear Inferno say "Inferno...TERRORIZE!" because it was muffled by the dirt. Inferno jumped up and landed in robot mode. "FACE ME, TRAITOR!!" he screamed. Mantor turned around and was hit with about 500 flame bolts. Half of them hit directly on his open wound. Inferno took to the air and continued his fire assault.

Mantor screamed as the bolts hit. The pain only got worse as he was hit by energon surges. Inferno didn't suffer from the surges because of his time in beast mode. Mantor screamed again and disappeared into the snow. Inferno landed. He looked around. "HAHAHA!" he laughed. "The coward drone has fled rather than face death!"

Behind Inferno, Mantor's beast claws came up from the snow and grabbed Inferno by the shoulders. The rest of Mantor's beast mode emerged from the snow. "How many times are you gonna fall for the old 'playing dead' trick, Fire Ant?" he asked.

Inferno tried to break free, but Mantor's grip was solid. Soon, Inferno was hit with energon surges. "See?" Mantor asked. "Do you see how superior mantises are? Your mind is that of a warrior's, but not a strategist!" Mantor smiled the best he could in beast mode and said "All this fighting has made me hungry. It's been a long time since I ate real food, especially fire ants! I love fire ants. There just soo spicy!"

Inferno screamed and then shouted "FOR THE GLORY AND RULE OF THE ROYALTY!!!!" He broke free. He transformed into beast mode and then back again, resetting his energon resistance. He blasted Mantor. Mantor dodged and transformed, but Inferno tackled him. "Now, Traitor," Inferno said as he held Mantor down and pointed his gun, "prepare to burn in the fires of Inferno!!"

Mantor then closed his optics and prepared to accept his fate. Suddenly, he opened them again and said "Strike three!" He kicked Inferno away and grabbed his gun. He put Inferno in the same situation he was just in. "Now, Fire Ant, prepare to burn in the fires of the Inferno!" Mantor's grin grew the widest yet as he pulled the trigger and blew Inferno's head off. Mec fluid splashed against his face.

Mantor got up and threw the gun away. He noticed the crowd of Predacons. "You see that!?" he asked. "I beat Fire Ant! One of your most powerful warriors! The spiders are next! Then the Bird! Then the so called 'Royalty'! All of you will be killed by me!"

"no!"

Mantor turned around and saw Inferno reattach his head. "No one will harm the Royalty!" he said as he walked toward Mantor. "NO ONE!!" he screamed. He activated his jet propeller and pounced on Mantor. He ripped off Mantor' arms, including the shoulder cannons. He then started punching Mantor's head repeatedly with all his strength. After 2 minutes of that, Inferno started to disassemble Mantor, ripping parts off and throwing them away. Finally all that was left was the head, which was still smiling. Inferno picked up the head and asked "Any last words, Traitor?"

Sparks flew off Mantor's head as he said "I-I-I love---vio-vi---violence!" Inferno threw the head on the ground and stepped on it.

Megatron flew down on his jets. "Good job, Inferno," he said. Inferno bowed to Megatron. When he tried to stand up again he collapsed and went into stasis lock. Megatron called Scorponok. "Put the both of them in the CR tank," Megatron ordered.

"Both of them?"

"Yes, both of them you fool! Mantor can still be useful. We just need to increase his loyalty. Yeess."

Megatron then turned to Darkbird. "I want you to find away to get the module to cause pain in Mantor's spark. I like his skill, but with me not against me. He needs more discipline."

The Predacons went back into the Darkseid. The action was over.

EPILOGUE:In the very center of the planet, the security systems in the sphere went berserk. The energy containment field exploded and the being it held was free. It scanned the planet and much to its surprise it found visitors. These visitors could be its rise or its down fall. It would have to wait and watch them. It wasn't too upset about that. It already waited a few eons to put its plan into motion. What was a few more weeks?