Beast Wars Anonymous:

Wrong Identities
by Wes Whitten (weswhittentf@juno.com)

Scorponok awoke. He could not remember what happened to him. All he knew was that he had blacked out earlier somehow. Just then, he peered down to find that he was the size of a city, and his scorpion form was different! How did this happen? He could also see a group of Transformers standing together. They looked like the Maximals and Predacons ascendants, the Autobots and Decepticons. How was this? Suddenly, a pain rushed through Scorponok's body. He felt like the control part was missing from his brain.

Suddenly, a voice spoke up, and Scorponok could see that it was a Decepticon transformer.

"The female one, mighty Scorponok, she has the key!" cried the Decepticon, pointing to a pink car driving away with a human.

"What key?" asked Scorponok, "Where am I?!"

Megatron awoke. He was startled to find himself helplessly floating in space. Empty space. He felt as if he was dying. As he sat there floating, Megatron could hear something approaching towards him. He turned to see a giant planet easing it's way towards himself.

The planet's mouth open, and it spoke, "Welcome Megatron!" Megatron felt himself being pushed away by the sound. He helplessly clung to the side of the unknown planet until he came to a stop. Megatron finally recognized the object in front of him.

"Unicron? What Maximal trick is this??!!!" said Megatron in terror.

Blackarachnia entered Tarantulas' lab. She was startled to find that he was not there as he usually was. "That's weird. Tarantulas never leaves his lab." spoke the female Predacon. Just then, Waspinator walked into the lab as well. He seemed dazed and confused.

"Female Spider bot see Megatron bot and Ant bot? Wazzzpinator was supposed to meet them, but they not show up." asked Waspinator.

Blackarachnia assumed that Waspinator was talking about Megatron and Inferno. To think of it, she had not seen the two of them either. "Tell you what Waspinator. I'll gather the other Predacons and found out where they went." said Blackarachnia, pondering over the subject.

"Wazzzpinator thank female spider bot." Waspinator said, rushing out of the lab.

"Hmmmm." thought Blackarachnia.

"You can't catch me!" cried Cheetor as he ran down the halls of Axalon. Tigatron raced after him.

"Wait Little Cat, wait!!!" cried Tigatron, running fast.

Cheetor continued to run until he screeched to a halt at the end of the hallway. "Uh oh!" whimpered Cheetor

Tigatron got in front of Cheetor and prepared to pounce upon him, "As I said before little cat....." He pounced. "...you're it!" cried Tigatron in victory.

Cheetor laid on his back in beast form, Tigatron towering on top of him. Cheetor felt like he was getting crushed by a gigantic weight. "You were right little cat, this is a fun game." said Tigatron merrily.

Cheetor got up, "I was wrong then, getting pounced on wasn't much fun."

Tigatron stared wildly, "I'm sorry, I thought that was how the game was played."

"It's how cats play it I guess. Cheetor, Maximize!" Cheetor sprang upward and transformed into a robot. Tigatron did the same.

Just then, Airazor came rushing into the hall, "Anyone seen Optimus Primal lately?!" Airazor asked.

"No." spoke both of the cats.

"That's weird." said Airazor.

"Hey, speaking of seeing, have you seen Rattrap? He was supposed to go hunting with me." said Cheetor speaking up.

"I don't think so." said Airazor thinking.

"Oh. Probably chickened out." said Cheetor.

"Come on, give the lad a break." said Tigatron.

Suddenly, Rhinox stepped out into the hall as well.

"Hello Rhinox." said Airazor.

"Hello. Have you three seen Dinobot? He's missed his security session." said Rhinox.

"No, in fact, Primal and Rattrap are missing as well." said Tigatron.

"That sounds like trouble." said Rhinox.

"Tell me about it." said Cheetor.

Optimus Primal felt his head clear up. He felt as though he had been knocked out for hours. As his senses came to, he peered around to find that he was no longer in the Axalon. He was in some other ship, floating in outer space.

"What's going on?" asked primal. He stared down to find that his body was red, white, and blue instead of black.

"What is it prime?" asked the transformer next to primal. Optimus jumped back. He couldn't believe his eyes. The Autobot Jazz was sitting right next to him.

"How'd you get here?" asked Primal.

"Uhh, Prime are you feeling all right?" asked Jazz strangely.

Suddenly, the spaceship started to rumble. The various Autobots on board began to get thrown around. One of them hit his shoulder against a wall. "Leakin' lubricants." he spoke.

"What???!!!" asked Primal.

"Me Slag say you full of beryllium baloney!" spoke the Dinobot, Slag.

"What?" asked Dinobot as he came to his senses, "who are you?"

"Grimlock are you feeling all right?" asked Slag.

"Maybe shuttle crash give Grimlock loose bolts." said another of the dinosaurs surrounding Dinobot.

"Wait a minute! This isn't my body!" screeched Dinobot in horror.

"It's not?" asked Slag.

"Look like Grimlock should." said Sludge.

"Stop calling me Grimlock! I'm Dinobot! Dinobot!" screamed Dinobot in anger.

"Of course you Dinobot. I Dinobot, Swoop Dinobot, Slag Dinobot, we all Dinobot." spoke Sludge.

Dinobot sulked, his head down.

"Friends find, look behind." said a voice behind Dinobot.

"Huh?" said Dinobot, eagerly turning around. Dinobot saw an orange robot standing in front of him.

"Friend find look behind..."

"Oh no..." said Dinobot.

"What's going on?" questioned Blackarachnia.

"How should I know?" asked Terrorsaur.

Blackarachnia slumped against the wall, "You mean to tell me that four Predacons disappear for no reason?"

Terrorsaur shrugged, "Maybe they went out."

"To where???!!!" screeched Blackarachnia.

"To Wal Mart of course!" said Waspinator.

"What?!" asked Terrorsaur, "What's a Wal Mart?"

"Wazzzpinator not know now." said Waspinator.

Suddenly, Tarantulas walked in, "Hello, did I miss something?"

Blackarachnia grabbed him by the neck and lifted Tarantulas into the air. "Where are the other Predacons?!" demanded Blackarachnia.

"I don't know..." choked out Tarantulas.

Blackarachnia dropped him to the ground.

"Now what?" asked Terrorsaur.

"Scorponok, Terrorize!" shouted Scorponok again. As before, his body did not respond. It seemed like Scorponok was trapped in beast mode.

"What's wrong with you? You let the Autobots escape with the key!" screeched the Decepticon Misfire.

"I don't care, whoever you are." said Scorponok angrily.

The Decepticons Cyclonus, Triggerhappy, and Apeface approached Scorponok...

"Something's wrong with your Decepticon." said Cyclonus.

"I realize this." said a voice inside Scorponok. It was Lord Zarak.

"Who said that??!!" asked Scorponok in fear.

"Oh brother." said Triggerhappy.

"You got that right." said Skullcruncher.

"You're not Megatron." said Optimus Primal as a grey Decepticon rushed out of the bridge from the Decepticon ship and on top of primal.

"Die Autobot." cried the evil Megatron.

"Leave me alone." said Optimus Primal, grabbing Megatron and forcing him against the wall.

"Sir, I could use your help." cried a damaged Prowl.

"Prowl???!!!" asked Primal, "You're not living, you're supposed to be dead."

"Thanks for the thought." said Prowl.

Primal glared around as he saw other deceased Autobots fighting supposed to be deceased Decepticons.

"I don't get this." said Primal as he burst a whole in the wall and jumped out of it into space.

"Prime!" cried Windcharger.

Primal looked at his back and realized he didn't have his jet pack.

"Where do you think they could be?" asked Airazor.

"They could be anywhere." pondered Rhinox.

The four remaining Maximals were gathered in the war room, thinking over what could of happened to their missing Maximals.

"Think the Predacons have them?" asked Cheetor.

"Doubtful. We would have heard of it by now." said Rhinox.

"Guess your right." said Cheetor.

"I've got an idea. Why don't we ask the Predacons if they have them?" asked Tigatron.

"What??!!" asked Airazor and Cheetor in unison.

"Hmm, it may work." said Rhinox. He pondered over the idea a little more.

"Open a communications channel with Megatron." said Rhinox.

"No! He's not here Maximal, and neither is Inferno or Scorponok. So where are they?" asked Tarantulas to Rhinox over the monitor.

"I don't know, you should know." Rhinox said.

"Well it seems that three of each our teammates are missing. I'm afraid there's only one way to solve this." spoke Tarantulas.

"We have to team up." said Rhinox and Tarantulas sadly in unison.

"Oh no!" said Blackarachnia.

Terrorsaur slapped his forehead.

"Are you okay Hound?" asked Optimus Prime.

"If you call having 100 tons of Inferno on top of you fine." said the Autobot Hound.

Inferno awoke to find himself laying around in a bunch of rubble with some unfamiliar Transformers. His body was also not in it's usual shape. "Who are you???!!!" screamed Inferno, staring at Hound.

"Very funny." spoke Hound.

"Who are you too???!!!" cried Inferno, noticing Optimus Prime and Jazz.

"Huh?" said Jazz.

"Inferno, are you feeling well?" asked Optimus Prime.

"No I'm not fine. Now get away from me or I'll burn you all!!!" Inferno screamed.

Jazz jumped back.

"Arise Galvatron." spoke the planet Unicron.

"No! I will not arise." cried a newly healed Megatron.

"You must, for I am your master." said Unicron angrily.

Megatron felt a sharp pain rushing through his body. He felt as if he was burning up inside. He still wondered how he could of gotten into space, and with this body too! Maybe he was dreaming. But, he doubted that. "This bites." grunted out Megatron.

"Airazor, Maximize!" cried Airazor as she reverted into her robot form.

Rhinox, Cheetor, and Tigatron quickly followed. Over the horizon, the four spotted Terrorsaur and Waspinator flying their way. Blackarachnia and Tarantulas were not far behind the two. The two Predacons landed next to the Maximals atop the canyon they were assigned to meet at.

"Wazzzpinator, Terrorize!"

"Terrorsaur, Terrorize!"

"Okay, let's get this over with." said Cheetor.

"Suits me." said Terrorsaur.

Just then, Blackarachnia and Tarantulas walked into view. "I believe I may have found the answer!" spoke Tarantulas with excitement. Everyone could see that he was carrying some sort of device.

"Huh?" said Rhinox.

"Allow me to explain Maximal," said Tarantulas, " from what I have observed, our missing teammates are no longer on the planet. However, with no way to get off of the planet, it makes me want to hypothesize that they must have been transported to another dimension or time line."

"So?" asked Tigatron.

"So, with this device," said Tarantulas, showing them the device, "I will be able to peer through other dimensions and time lines, until we find our missing allies."

Just then, the sky started to light up.

"Hey, turn that thing off!" cried Blackarachnia.

"I'm not doing anything." said Tarantulas.

"Oh boy..." spoke Cheetor.

"Wazzzpinator scared." shrieked out Waspinator.

The bright sky suddenly gathered itself together and turned into a rotating sphere. An image immediately appeared inside the glowing sphere. "What?" asked Rhinox.

"I am Alpha Trion," spoke the image, "I am binary bonded to Vector Sigma, the computer which gave all your ascendants, the Autobots and Decepticons, life. We have felt a great tear in the time anomaly. Great and important figures are playing out history the wrong way. We feel that it is because some other force is inhabiting their bodies."

"You mean..." Tigatron started to say.

"Yes, your fellow Maximals and Predacons are trapped in the bodies of other transformers that possess their names sake or powers." said Alpha Trion.

"Oh boy. So, how do we get them back?" asked Blackarachnia.

"You do not. I do." spoke Alpha Trion.

"Okay..." said Airazor.

"How do you propose to do this?" asked Tarantulas.

"That is for me to figure out myself. Please, do not worry. I will try my best to free your friends." said Alpha Trion as his image and the sphere disappeared.

"Can Wazzzpinator go now?" asked Waspinator.

Blackarachnia shook her head.

Rattrap awoke to find himself not at the Axalon at all. He appeared to be in some other type of headquarters. Could it have been the Predacons? No, it was too bright to be a Predacon headquarters. Rattrap wondered about where he was, until he saw a human walk into the room.

"W...who are you?" asked Rattrap eagerly with fear.

The human looked up. He was wearing some type of spacesuit.

"Are you feeling all right, Bumblebee?" asked the human.

"Whoa!" cried Rattrap, "I am not a bee or an insect, I am a rat. Rattrap to be exact, and you are?"

"Rat? What's wrong with you Bumblebee?" asked the human.

Rattrap stamped his foot on the ground, "I am fine! Now stop calling me Bumblebee!!!"

"Whatever..." trailed off the human's voice.

Rattrap pouted and sat down on a chair. He was taken by surprise when he saw the monitor in front of him lit up. A figure of a robot head appeared.

"Jazz to moon base two, Jazz to moon base two." said the head in the monitor.

"What's a Jazz? What's a moon base?" cried Rattrap.

The human glared at Rattrap and then pushed a bottom beside the monitor, "Bumblebee and Spike here."

Rattrap jumped up from his chair. "Stop calling me that! Stop it! Stop it! Stop it!" he shrieked.

"Spike, what's up with Bumbles?" asked the head on the monitor.

The human shrugged.

"Come back here!" cried Optimus Prime.

However, Inferno did not listen as he ran away in fear. "Maximals are trying to scare Inferno into revealing the colonies location!" shrieked Inferno.

Jazz stood there puzzled.

"When Red Alert went crazy, I thought I had seen it all." said Optimus Prime.

Hound grunted.

"You go wrong way, you fool I say." said the orange Transformer as he hopped on top of Sludge's head.

Dinobot gleamed at him. "I thought this day couldn't get any worse." said Dinobot.

"He Decepticon Grimlock?" asked Swoop.

Dinobot slapped Swoop. He fell to the ground, "I'm not Grimlock, I'm Dinobot."

"Me know boss." said Swoop.

Dinobot growled.

"Friends in trouble, we save them on double." said Wheelie.

"Oh shut up!!!" screamed Dinobot.

"Okay boss." said Slag.

"Not you, the orange idiot right here." said Dinobot pointing to Wheelie.

"Oh." said Slag.

Sludge was puzzled.

"Some miracle worker." said Cheetor as he laid back on his chair at the Axalon.

"Be quiet Cheetor, and give Alpha Trion some time." said Airazor.

"Yes, you couldn't expect him to find them this fast." said Rhinox.

"Maybe I can." grunted out Cheetor.

Tigatron sighed with disbelief about how his fellow Maximals were fighting. He thought they would be able to stay calm during Optimus Primal's absence. Tigatron realized, that he was wrong.

"I can't wait anymore!" screeched Terrorsaur, "I knew that Alpha Trymeout wasn't real."

Blackarachnia paid no attention to Terrorsaur's squalling as she admired Tarantulas, who was quickly working on some new device of his.

"What you got there?" asked Blackarachnia.

Tarantulas spun around, "Nothing, just a little project I've been working on."

"What is it?" asked Blackarachnia eagerly.

"You'll learn in due time." said Tarantulas.

Terrorsaur continued to complain.

"I surrender!" cried Megatron as the pain in his body started to increase.

"You can't surrender. You must obey me at all costs." spoke Unicron.

"Never..." grunted Megatron.

"Then prepare to die." said Unicron.

Megatron closed his eyes. Just then, he felt the pain inside him go away, as if it never existed. He opened his eyes to notice that he was no longer in space, but back at the Predacon's ship, sitting in his own throne.

"What?" asked Megatron.

Waspinator walked into the room, and was startled to see Megatron sitting there.

"Megatron! Yay! Wazzzpinator tell spider bot and female spider bot!"cried Waspinator as he rushed out the door.

"Okay..."

Optimus Primal closed his eyes tightly. He could feel his body, or whoever owns it body, being pulled down by a planet's atmosphere.

"I'm not gonna die, I'm not gonna die..." trailed off Primal's voice.

Just then, Primal opened his eyes to find himself back at the Axalon. He was in his old body.

"Optimus!" cried Rhinox.

The four Maximals in the room turned to face their leader.

"Is this real?" asked Primal.

"I think so," said Cheetor.

"Yes! I'm back! I'm back!" cheered Optimus Primal.

"That's great. I think." said Airazor.

"Where were you?" asked Tigatron.

"I'm not exactly sure," said Optimus Primal.

"I want to go home!" cried out Scorponok.

"Stop this! Stop this nonsense at once!" cried Lord Zarak, "I created you, you must obey me."

"Shut up!" said Scorponok, he grabbed Zarak and swallowed him. Scorponok would lick his lips if he had a tongue, or lips. "Huh?" cried out Scorponok as everything got black for him.

Scorponok felt woozy inside.

"Maximals will not be able to follow Inferno now." said Inferno, as he laid behind a row of bushes to catch his breath.

"Inferno?" cried a voice from behind him.

"Burn, burn, burn!" cried Inferno. Inferno turned around to see that everything was fading away. Blackness filled the space of everything to see. "Inferno scared now."

"They're back!" cried Blackarachnia to the other Predacons.

The five Predacons were gathered in Megatron's throne room, welcoming back their leader.

"What?" asked Megatron.

"Scorponok and Inferno are back!" said Blackarachnia, eagerly pointing to the two Predacons that appeared from out of nowhere.

"Wazzzpinator want to cry." said Waspinator.

"I'm back to normal!" said Scorponok.

"Me too!" squealed Inferno with delight.

The reunited Predacons stood in a group together. Discussing the events that recently occurred to them.

"I can't believe Alpha Trion kept his word. He actually brought you back!" said Tarantulas.

"Who?" asked Scorponok.

"Long story." said Terrorsaur.

"Oh." Scorponok said.

Waspinator broke out crying, "Need hankie!"

Blackarachnia handed him one with a face of disgust.

"That is sick..." spoke Blackarachnia, staring at what Waspinator was doing.

"Excuse me..." said Terrorsaur as he quickly rushed off.

Megatron grunted.

"Where'd those idiots go?!" asked Dinobot as everything around him disappeared. "And I wanted to punch that orange thing so badly..."

"Dinobot, you're back too!" cried out Airazor.

The Maximals greeted their returned comrade.

"Who...what happened?" asked a confused Dinobot.

"None of us are really sure." said Primal.

"You got that right," said Rattrap.

The six Maximals turned around to see that their final missing teammate was back.

"I knew Alpha Trion could do it." said Tigatron, clenching his fist.

"Alpha who?" asked Dinobot.

"How'd you get here Rattrap?" asked Rhinox.

Rattrap shrugged, "One minute I was trapped in a nightmare, the next, I was back here."

"Cool. Now we can go hunting." said Cheetor.

Rattrap gained a look of disgust. "I'll take a rain check kid." Rattrap said.

The Maximals all laughed.

"Who is this Alpha person???!!!" screamed Dinobot.

"We'll tell you later Dinobot. Muchhhhhhh later." said Airazor.

"Huh?" pondered Dinobot.