Beast Wars Anonymous:

Tigatron's Act of Heroism
by Wes Whitten (weswhittentf@juno.com)

The Predacons' laughs only kept on coming. Echoing throughout the Darkside. Tigatron shrugged it off as he crawled through the ventilation system. His original mission was to get into the Predacon base and find out what they've been doing. Now, Tigatron has another mission to perform, rescuing his four friends which sacrificed themselves for his own safe passage. Tigatron tried to follow through the ventilation system as Waspinator and Buzz Saw dragged off the Maximals to the prison block.

Tigatron passed by a spider's web as he crept along. He was disgusted by the Predacon's lack of cleanliness. But one objective to do while in the Darkside is one too many, and Tigatron knew he had to keep his mind on the job.

Tigatron looked through a shaft in the system to find the two Predacons gone.

"Slag, I wasn't paying attention," cursed Tigatron silently.

Tigatron hesitated and then smashed his paw against the shaft.

The door fell, and Tigatron leapt out of the ventilation system.

"Tigatron, Maximize!" Tigatron whispered, transforming in a quick switch from beast to 'bot.

Tigatron readied his quasar gun and crept along the walls of the base. As Tigatron approached another hallway, he turned around to find no one in sight. Perfect.

Tigatron entered the next hall. He lowered his gun a little, figuring basically all the Predacons were still in Megatron's throne room.

"Going some where?" asked a voice from behind Tigatron.

Tigatron looked at the shiny wall beside him and saw Terrorsaur and Scorponok with their weapons raised.

Tigatron only smiled and whizzed around without warning. Before they had a chance to act, Scorponok and Terrorsaur were shot down.

"One must count on wisdom and knowledge, not on strength and smart words," Tigatron chuckled with wise humor.

Nevertheless, Tigatron kept going down yet another hall, in search of his friends.

"You do nice work witch," Tarantulas commented to Blackarachnia as they walked down the hall together.

"On what...?" Blackarachnia asked.

Tarantulas stopped in his tracks, "On everything of course, we do make a good team you know."

"Maybe we do, maybe we don't," Blackarachnia joked playfully.

The two passed a corner and gasped as they saw Scorponok and Terrorsaur on the ground. Blackarachnia picked up Scorponok and shook him up.

"Okay big boy, what happened here?" asked Blackarachnia.

"Tiga...Tigatr...a Maximal...." Scorponok murmured as he slipped offline.

"Slag! Tarantulas, get these two to the CR chamber, I'll contact Megatron we have a Maximal on the loose," Blackarachnia ordered.

Tarantulas hauled the two Predacons over his shoulders as Blackarachnia rushed off.

"What a witch, no wonder she's so hot,"

Tigatron entered the command center of the Darkside with weapons raised, but no one was around. Tigatron looked around for anything that could be of use. A few hover platforms, two CR chambers, a collection of monitors and computer councils, yet nothing that could really spark interest. Then, Tigatron saw the Predacon main computer. He knew it would come in very handy.

"Well, let's see what this baby has," Tigatron whispered.

Tigatron punched a few buttons and the screen came online. The monitors and computer systems began to click on and rotate gears.

"Beep! Main computer activated, specify user name and user pass code," the computer spoke.

Tigatron was startled by this, but knew he could pull it off. He hoped he was good with voice impressions. With that in mind, Tigatron held his nose and cleared his throat.

"This is Wazzzpinator. Wazzzpinator want access to computer," Tigatron spoke, changing his broad voice into a squeaky one resembling Waspinator's own.

"Beep! Identification voice match. Please state your user pass code, Waspinator," The computer ordered.

Tigatron kept up his voice and spoke, "Wazzzpinator rulez!"

The computer beeped and the main access screen appeared.

"Thank you for using the main Predacon computer Waspinator, have a nice day," the computer spoke.

Tigatron almost burst out laughing about how easy that was. Still he had work to do. He typed on the keyboard in front of him, and then the base's floor plans showed up. Tigatron placed his finger to the screen and frantically searched for the prison block. Then, Tigatron found it, located a few hallways away. Tigatron turned off the computer and turned around to hear someone opening the door. Tigatron ducked behind a computer council and watched the door swing open.

"How my superior skills are put to such terrible use," complained Tarantulas as he entered with the limp Terrorsaur and Scorponok.

Tarantulas stepped onto a hover platform which floated above the CR chambers. Tarantulas placed both Scorponok and Terrorsaur's bodies on the chambers and punched in the activation code. Both were submerged into the CR fluid and Tarantulas watched as repairs were beginning to be made. Tarantulas then glimpsed at the estimated time they would each need to be in and made note of it before he left the room.

As the door slid shut, Tigatron emerged from his hiding spot. He looked over at the CR chambers. Ten cycles until they would be up, that would give plenty of time for Tigatron to free the others and leave. With that, Tigatron readied his weapons and exited the center.

At the Maximal base, Cheetor and Polar Claw nervously sat at their computer stations, waiting for word from Rhinox and the others. Optimus Primal, Razorbeast, and Rattrap were also present in the room.

"Cheetor, contact Rhinox and the others, this is taking too long," Primal ordered.

"Got it Big 'Bot! Cheetor calling Rhinox, come in Rhinox," Cheetor spoke.

The communicator only gave off static.

"Airazor come in Airazor," Cheetor tried again.

More static.

"Come in Wolfang? Come in Dinobot? Come in Tigatron?" Cheetor asked worried.

More static, and then, a pause.

"Cheetor what's happening?" asked Optimus Primal.

Polar Claw whizzed around in his chair and punched up a monitor screen.

"Tigatron is still detectable sir," Polar Claw responded for

Cheetor, "However, he's too deep into the Darkside for us to reach him,"

"Whoa! What about Airazor and Chopper face?" Rattrap asked.

"Who?" questioned Razorbeast.

"He means Airazor and Dinobot, Razorbeast," Optimus Primal answered, "But I don't know what may be wrong with them. They may be captured."

"Sir," Polar Claw spoke up, arising from his chair, "Allow me to take a squadron of Maximals to the Darkside."

"Request denied," Primal spoke, "I'm leading the mission,"

"As you wish," Polar Claw smiled.

"Prime jets, maximum burn!" Primal spoke as the ceiling opened up. Primal flooded the room with smoke as his jet pack lifted him up.

The others watched as Primal disappeared from sight while the ceiling began to close up.

"Let's go gang," Polar Claw ordered.

Cheetor, Rattrap, and Polar Claw boarded the man lift platform as Razorbeast punched in a code that lowered them outside.

The three converted to beast mode and rushed off.

Tigatron peered over the corner of the hall ever so slightly. From his view, he could see Buzz Saw and Waspinator guarding a door, most likely the prison block.

Tigatron manned his gun, preparing to take them both out. But just then, Blackarachnia and Megatron turned the corner behind Tigatron. They both smiled as they crept up on him, with all weapons drawn.

Tigatron's audio receptors twitched. Something was behind him. With great speed and accuracy, Tigatron spun around and fired a dozen shots at his two stalkers. Blackarachnia was heavily hit and fell to the ground. Megatron retaliated and fired his T-Rex head laser. Tigatron was hit and flew into the next hall.

"Doez Wazzzpinator zee cat-bot in Predacon baze?" asked Buzz Saw.

"Wazzzpinator zee cat-bot! Wazzzpinator and Buzz Saw deztory cat-bot!" Waspinator shouted.

Both bugs flew from their posts and fired their stinger arrows. Tigatron rolled out of the way and flipped himself to the ground. He managed to stagger over to the prison block, and once there, fired at the lock of the door.

With a brilliant flash, the door burst open and the four Maximal prisoners were free.

"No! Predacons, attack!" Megatron declared as Iguanus and Snapper came into battle.

Dinobot and Rhinox maximized into robot mode and fired at Megatron. The Predacon leader was flung against the wall. His butt stuck there no matter how much he tired to get it out.

As Megatron did that, Rhinox took his chain guns of death and plowed their bullets into Waspinator and Snapper. As they fell, Dinobot unleashed his eye beams at Buzz Saw, who was distracted by the falling Predacons.

Wolfang and Airazor maximized at that time, and prepared to enter the battle of victory. Airazor fired her talon rifle at Iguanus. The Predacon never saw it coming and had his whole left side blown away.

"Nicely done," Wolfang commented to Airazor.

"Thanks," Airazor smiled at him.

Wolfang smiled back, but then went to check on Tigatron. Wolfang lowered himself to the ground as Tigatron lied on his back with mech fluid oozing out of his body. Rhinox and Airazor also came towards him. Dinobot just held back and kicked the Predacons bodies.

"Tigatron, are you all right?" asked Rhinox.

"I'll be fine(koff)...I've....I've found the information we need. Let's get out of here...." Tigatron stuttered.

Rhinox transformed and Wolfang mounted Tigatron on his back. Airazor and Dinobot transformed to beast mode and led the way out of the base. Rhinox followed and Wolfang took the end of the line to help in cover fire if need be.

As they left, Megatron twisted his rear out of the wall. He picked up Waspinator and Buzz Saw by their heads and shook them around.

"Follow them, do not let them escape!" he ordered.

"Wazzzpinator not feel good," Waspinator spoke out.

"Buzz Saw not feel good either, feel very loopy," Buzz Saw agreed.

"Curses," Megatron declared, "The Maximals have beaten us for now, but victory shall be ours, yes!"

"Whatever...." Buzz Saw went on.

"Neep! Robots in disguise...." Waspinator said, before falling offline.

Megatron dropped them both to the ground. The CR chamber was going to be crowded tonight.

The escaping Maximals rushed out of the Darkside as swiftly as possible. None of the Predacons were following them, so they slowed down a bit.

"We better contact Axalon," Rhinox spoke out.

"That won't be necessary,"

The Maximals looked up to see Optimus Primal hovering above. He transformed to beast mode and fell to the ground.

"Well, I take it your all alright?" Primal asked.

"All except Tigatron," Rhinox stated, "He took a bad hit,"

Optimus Primal examined Tigatron.

"Can you transform?" he asked.

Tigatron only nodded his head and converted to his white tiger form.

At that time, Polar Claw, Cheetor, and Rattrap caught up with Optimus Primal.

"Huh, well lookie here, they're all safe, and on Pred. turf even," Rattrap chuckled.

"Glad to see you have a good spirit," Polar Claw joked.

"My spirits always good, it just has a style all it's own," Rattrap stated.

Optimus Primal turned to the new arrivals.

"Well guys," Primal spoke, "you rushed out here for nothing,"

"That's okay," Polar Claw said, "Rattrap and I both need the exercise."

"Wait a minute! Wait a minute! 'Rattrap' and I? I'm not the one with a gigantic fur coat and all blubbery like," Rattrap barked.

"Settle down you two," Primal ordered, "Airazor, help me fly Tigatron to the CR chamber, the rest of you follow back as you wish."

Optimus Primal and Airazor maximized and grabbed Tigatron. They lifted into the air and then flew off at the speed of light.

The other Maximals stared at them for a while but then got the hint.

"Let us leave before the Predacons retaliate!" ordered Dinobot.

"Yes sir, Chopper face!" Rattrap saluted.

"Why you..." Dinobot cursed.

Rattrap began to run back to the Axalon, and Dinobot only closely followed.

"I will eat you cheese breath!" Dinobot screamed.

"Try to," Rattrap laughed.

The other Maximals watched them disappear from view, and then trudged back to the Axalon themselves. The day ended nicely after all.