3.Dec.2005
BEAST WARS
DAY OF THE WASP
By: Timothy Carter
ACT I
EXT. PREDACON BASE - DAY
Establishing shot.
INT. PREDACON BASE - MAIN CHAMBER
MEGATRON sits in his bath, playing with his rubber duck, looking very
happy. WASPINATOR scrubs his back like a docile servant. INFERNO,
RAMPAGE, QUICKSTRIKE, and TARANTULAS stand around the bath. The
Sentinel
control panel sits on the deck near the bath, just within Megatron's
reach.
MEGATRON
Ah, fellow Predacons. Congratulations are in order.
The capture of Sentinel is a major strategic victory.
(to Waspinator)
A little to the right... yes!
(to other Predacons)
And though I would never be one to advocate laziness,
I'd say you've all earned some R and R.
QUICKSTRIKE
Hot diggety dang! It's party time!
MEGATRON
Indeed. Go and enjoy yourselves.
INFERNO
(salutes)
Yes, my Queen!
(beat)
...enjoy ourselves?
MEGATRON
Have fun, yes.
INFERNO
(confused)
Fun?
Quickstrike nudges Tarantulas.
QUICKSTRIKE
He don't know what fun is!
TARANTULAS
I doubt he's ever had any.
MEGATRON
I'm sure you can educate him.
The Predacons turn to leave. Waspinator starts to follow.
MEGATRON
Not you, Waspinator.
He gets out of the bath.
MEGATRON (cont'd)
The bath will need cleaning.
Megatron leaves. Waspinator sighs, crestfallen.
WASPINATOR
Waspinator never get a break. No one ever
treat Waspinator with respect. Not fair.
DISSOLVE TO:
ALTERNATE UNIVERSE
A nightmare version of Earth. The sky is blackened by thunderheads,
and
the ground is scorched.
AIR RAZOR, RATTRAP and Quickstrike hide in a crater, their backs to its
wall. Air Razor has a Transmetal body, but Rattrap is his old Season 1
self.
QUICKSTRIKE
Where is that freakin' bird
dog? He was supposed to
be here by...
Rattrap clamps a hand over Quickstrike's mouth.
RATTRAP
(hisses)
Shut up! You wanna bring
the Preds down on us?
AIR RAZOR
He'll be here. But if he's hurt...
They hear a noise and look up.
SILVERBOLT flies over the ledge in bird-dog mode, carrying a Transwarp
Cell. He's in bad shape; holes gape all over his body, wires leak
fluids,
half his face has been burned off. He crashes, dropping the Cell.
The
Maximals rush to his side.
AIR RAZOR
Silverbolt!
She turns him over, cradles his head in her lap.
RATTRAP
Buddy...
SILVERBOLT
My time... in the light... is short.
AIR RAZOR
Don't talk like that!
RATTRAP
We're gonna get you
back to base, fix you up.
SILVERBOLT
No... time. Get the transwarp
cell to Rhinox. Quickly!
He's... coming.
Silverbolt dies. His spark rises into the sky.
QUICKSTRIKE
Bird dog...
AIR RAZOR
Noooo! Damn the Predacons!
I'll kill them all myself.
A blast hits the ground near the Maximals, sending them all flying.
Rattrap and Air Razor land next to the Transwarp Cell.
TRANSMETAL WASPINATOR hovers above them in wasp mode. He is the
Waspinator
from hell; big, powerful and scary.
TRANSMETAL WASPINATOR
Waspinator love to see you try.
The Maximals watch as the Predacons appear over the edge of the crater;
SCORPONOK, BLACK ARACHNIA, Tarantulas, MANTERROR and TRANSMETAL
TERRORSAUR.
All are in beast mode.
TRANSMETAL WASPINATOR
Predacons, terrororize!
Transmetal Waspinator looks even more intimidating in robot mode. The
others transform and draw their weapons.
They fight. Lasers fire, explosions shake the crater.
AIR RAZOR
Now, Wasp, let's finish this!
RATTRAP
No, Air Razor! You've got to get the
Transwarp Cell back to Rhinox!
AIR RAZOR
But...
RATTRAP
No time to argue. Go!
We'll hold them here.
AIR RAZOR
Beast mode.
She transforms and picks up the Cell.
AIR RAZOR
Goodbye, Rattrap.
She flies away. Rattrap and Quickstrike advance on the Predacons,
firing
as they go.
TRANSMETAL WASPINATOR
Aww, they fight to save
birdiebot. Sweet.
(mean)
Finish them.
The Predacons litter the crater with firepower. Rattrap and
Quickstrike
leap to avoid the blasts as they advance.
QUICKSTRIKE
Boy, it sure is good to
finally get to kick Waspinator's
keester.
A shot hits him dead centre, sending him down.
Rattrap shoots, and hits Manterror. Transmetal Terrorsaur fires,
hitting
him in the leg. Rattrap falls.
Transmetal Waspinator descends toward Quickstrike, who shoots for all
he's
worth. The blasts hit Waspinator's chest, but barely dent him.
QUICKSTRIKE
I'm takin' you down, Waspie!
Transmetal Waspinator lands in front of him. Quickstrike gets to his
feet
and points his snake head, but Transmetal Waspinator grabs his snake
arm
and deflects the blast. Transmetal Waspinator smashes his other fist
into
Quickstrike's chest, then pulls out the fuzor's spark. Quickstrike
screams. Transmetal Waspinator crushes the spark, and Quickstrike
dies.
TRANSMETAL WASPINATOR
Yippie Kay Yay, Two-Heads.
Transmetal Waspinator drops Quickstrike's corpse. Transmetal
Terrorsaur
lands next to him.
TRANSMETAL WASPINATOR
This too easy, Terrorsaur!
TRANSMETAL TERRORSAUR
Much easier, all mighty Waspinator, than
stopping the Maximals from taking our
Transwarp Cell!
Transmetal Waspinator backhands him. Transmetal Terrorsaur falls over
backward.
TRANSMETAL WASPINATOR
You an idiot, Terrorsaur. Cell
had homing beacon! Now
Waspinator can follow them
to secret hiding place.
Rattrap lies on the ground nearby, with smoking holes all over his
body.
He crawls forward, and grabs Transmetal Waspinator's leg.
RATTRAP
No!
Transmetal Waspinator looks down at him.
TRANSMETAL WASPINATOR
Such heroic nonsense.
Transmetal Waspinator aims his arm-mounted cannon down at Rattrap and
fires.
EXT. THE WATERFALL - DAY
Air Razor flies toward the large waterfall next to the Maximal ship,
the
Axalon. The ship looks like a gutted fish, utterly destroyed.
Air Razor flies into the waterfall.
INT. MAXIMAL HIDEOUT - DAY
Air Razor enters a cave that opens into a small base of operations.
There
is one CR chamber, a few operational consoles, and a rack of weapons.
TRANSMETAL RHINOX works on the Gateway - a doorway-like device. Air
Razor
drops the Transwarp cell next to him and transforms.
TRANSMETAL RHINOX
You got the cell! Prime.
(beat)
The others?
AIR RAZOR
Gone. All gone.
TRANSMETAL RHINOX
Slag.
(beat)
Slag!
He punches the nearest wall.
TRANSMETAL RHINOX
Ever since the alien device nearly
fried this planet, we've lost friend
after friend. It's gone on long enough.
AIR RAZOR
Is the Gateway ready?
TRANSMETAL RHINOX
I think so. It's based on Autobot
time-warp technology. If it works,
we should be able to escape to
another worldŠ
(beat)
Šwith this.
He holds up a Golden Disk.
AIR RAZOR
Rhinox, I don't want to run.
TRANSMETAL RHINOX
We have to! WeŠ
He hears a noise and turns to look at the waterfall opening.
Rattrap's head flies into the hideout and rolls to a stop beside
Transmetal
Rhinox's feet.
TRANSMETAL RHINOX
They've found us.
Transmetal Waspinator and Transmetal Terrorsaur burst through the
waterfall
into the hideout.
TRANSMETAL WASPINATOR
Knock, knock!
Air Razor opens fire on them. Transmetal Waspinator and Transmetal
Terrorsaur duck out of the way.
AIR RAZOR
Go! I'll keep them busy.
Transmetal Rhinox grabs the Transwarp Cell.
TRANSMETAL RHINOX
You will be remembered always.
He attaches the Transwarp Cell to the Gateway. It hums to life, and a
portal appears.
Air Razor shoots, hitting Transmetal Terrorsaur.
Scorponok, Black Arachnia and Tarantulas enter the hideout and
transform.
Transmetal Waspinator transforms and kicks the gun from Air Razor's
hand.
She staggers back, and he punches her against the wall. Air Razor
tries to
rise, but Scorponok blasts her. Transmetal Waspinator turns to
Transmetal
Rhinox.
TRANSMETAL WASPINATOR
You next, hornbot!
TRANSMETAL RHINOX
Not a chance!
Transmetal Rhinox grabs a Dimensional Device from the Gateway console
and,
with the Golden Disk in hand, leaps into the portal.
Transmetal Waspinator and Tarantulas approach the Gateway.
TRANSMETAL WASPINATOR
What this?
TARANTULAS
It looks like a time-dimensional
portal. He's created a doorway
to another place and time.
Transmetal Waspinator bends over and stares into the portal.
TRANSMETAL WASPINATOR
But where he go?
Black Arachnia aims her gun at Transmetal Waspinator's behind.
BLACK ARACHNIA
Why don't you go ask him, bug-boy?
She shoots, knocking Transmetal Waspinator into the portal.
TARANTULAS
Well done, widow. Now
this world is mine to rule!
BLACK ARACHNIA
Don't you mean, ours?
TARANTULAS
But of course.
INT. DIMENSIONAL TUNNEL - DAY
Transmetal Rhinox and Transmetal Waspinator scream and flail their arms
as
they swoop down a silver tunnel, just like in Sliders.
EXT. THE SHOOTING GROUNDS - DAY
Tarantulas, Quickstrike and Inferno stand in front of several boulders
that
have been roughly carved into Maximal shapes.
Quickstrike leaps forward and blasts one of the rocks apart.
QUICKSTRIKE
Yeeah haaa! Take that, Maxies!
He fires again.
INFERNO
This is fun, isn't it?
TARANTULAS
For some more than most.
He fires, destroying a boulder.
TARANTULAS (cont'd)
I'd rather know what Megatron
is scheming.
INFERNO
You question the Royalty?
TARANTULAS
Oh, I would never do that.
Another boulder explodes, then Quickstrike tackles one to the ground
and
pounds on it.
QUICKSTRIKE
Just the way I like 'em! Big an'
easy to knock down!
TARANTULAS
I prefer moving targets, myself.
The Time-Dimensional portal opens, and Transmetal Rhinox falls out. He
lands on top of Quickstrike, flattening him.
Tarantulas and Inferno look on, interested.
Transmetal Rhinox stands up, shaken, and looks down to see whom he's
fallen on.
TRANSMETAL RHINOX
Quickstrike? You're alive!
(looks up)
Predacons!
He draws his superchaingun and fires at Tarantulas and Inferno, who
leap
for cover behind a boulder.
TARANTULAS
What is thatŠ thing?
INFERNO
A threat to the colony, and
he shall burn!
TARANTULAS
Sometimes, I like the way
you think.
They charge Transmetal Rhinox, firing as they go.
Transmetal Rhinox grabs Quickstrike by the arm.
TRANSMETAL RHINOX
Come on, I'll get you to cover.
He hauls a confused Quickstrike to his feet and drags him away.
INFERNO
After him! Death to all whoŠ
TARANTULAS
Wait!
(points up)
What isŠ
Another portal opens, and Transmetal Waspinator emerges. He does not
look
happy.
TARANTULAS
Is thatŠ?
INFERNO
By the colony!
ACT II
EXT. PLAINS - NEAR SHOOTING GROUNDS - DAY
Transmetal Rhinox drags Quickstrike along by his arm.
TRANSMETAL RHINOX
I have to find this dimension's
Maximals!
QUICKSTRIKE
Woah! Hold on there, pardner!
I ain't goin' lookin' for them Maxies.
Transmetal Rhinox stops, looks at him.
TRANSMETAL RHINOX
Aren't you a Maximal?
QUICKSTRIKE
Me? A Maxie? Hah! I ain't noŠ
(worry)
Šthat is, I'm sortaŠ between
the two right now.
TRANSMETAL RHINOX
I see.
(beat)
But you know where they are?
QUICKSTRIKE
Sure I do, butŠ
TRANSMETAL RHINOX
Rhinox, tank mode.
Transmetal Rhinox transforms to rhino mode, and tank treads emerge from
his
legs and feet.
TRANSMETAL RHINOX
Get on.
INT. PREDACON BASE - DAY
Megatron looks at a computer image of Optimal Optimus. Waspinator
stands
nearby.
SENTINEL
Warning. Anomaly detected.
Megatron.
Eh? Explain.
SENTINEL
Unit Waspinator returning
to base with units Tarantulas
and Inferno.
The screen changes, showing three Predacon symbols heading in.
MEGATRON
But that's not possible!
Waspinator is right here.
Run diagnostic. Waspinator!
Investigate.
Waspinator flies away.
INT. PREDACON BASE - HALLWAY - DAY
Waspinator flies down the corridor.
WASPINATOR
Waspinator, investigate!
Waspinator, get blown to
Scrap! Waspinator...
Transmetal Waspinator flies toward him. The two stare at each other.
Inferno and Tarantulas approach from behind.
TRANSMETAL WASPINATOR
There Waspinator! It an honour
to meet myself.
BEAT.
WASPINATOR
(points at himself)
Waspinator?
TRANSMETAL WASPINATOR
Yes.
Waspinator points at him.
WASPINATOR
Waspinator?
TRANSMETAL WASPINATOR
Yes!
BEAT.
WASPINATOR
Okay, who the wise bot?
Transmetal Waspinator takes him by the shoulders.
TRANSMETAL WASPINATOR
No one joking, Waspinator.
I you, and you me. I am a
you that might have been.
And I need your help.
(beat)
Where is your throne room?
WASPINATOR
Throne room?
Inferno and Tarantulas snigger.
TARANTULAS
I think you may be in for
a bit of a shock.
EXT. THE PLAINS - DAY
Transmetal Rhinox, with Quickstrike on his back, races along the
plains,
kicking up a trail of dust around his treads.
TRANSMETAL RHINOX
The Quickstrike I knew was a
real hero, if a bit hot-tempered.
QUICKSTRIKE
Yeah. Well, you got me half-pegged.
(looks up)
Maxie! Ten o'clock!
CHEETOR appears over the horizon, flying towards them.
TRANSMETAL RHINOX
It's Cheetor! He's alive.
QUICKSTRIKE
Not fer much longer.
Quickstrike fires at Cheetor.
TRANSMETAL RHINOX
Quickstrike! Stop!
EXT. THE SKY - OVER PLAINS - DAY
Cheetor flies toward Transmetal Rhinox and Quickstrike.
CHEETOR
Cheetor to base. Got
something strange here.
Might be a Pred.
Quickstrike's blast hits him, knocking him from the sky. He screams as
he
plummets.
EXT. THE PLAINS - DAY
Transmetal Rhinox swerves in the direction of Cheetor. He transforms,
throwing Quickstrike off, and catches Cheetor.
TRANSMETAL RHINOX
Gotcha, old friend.
He lays Cheetor down and draws his superchaingun. Cheetor looks up at
him.
CHEETOR
R... Rhinox?
Transmetal Rhinox advances on Quickstrike.
TRANSMETAL RHINOX
Why did you do that?
QUICKSTRIKE
Oh, IŠ uh, thought he
was a Pred. Yeah, that's it.
TRANSMETAL RHINOX
You said 'Maxie'.
QUICKSTRIKE
Yeah, well, um... bye!
Quickstrike turns and runs away. Transmetal Rhinox aims and fires,
blasting Quickstrike into spare parts.
TRANSMETAL RHINOX
Farewell, old friend.
INT. MAXIMIAL BASE - DAY
OPTIMAL OPTIMUS stands at the comm. RHINOX, RATTRAP, SILVERBOLT and
BLACK
ARACHNIA stand behind him.
OPTIMUS
Cheetor! Cheetor, do you copy?
(beat)
Something's happened. We'd better...
TRANSMETAL RHINOX (OS)
Optimus? Is that you?
Rattrap looks at Rhinox.
RATTRAP
Hey, he sounds just like you.
OPTIMUS
This is Optimus. Who is this?
TRANSMETAL RHINOX (OS)
No time to explain. Cheetor's
been shot down, and I don't know
the location of your base.
Rhinox listens, amazed.
OPTIMUS
Who are you?
TRANSMETAL RHINOX (OS)
I'm Rhinox. Another Rhinox.
Please come quickly, I think we're
being followed. Out.
Optimus steps back.
OPTIMUS
Silverbolt, you're with me.
The rest of you stay on alert.
This could be a trap.
Optimus transforms to jet mode. Silverbolt transforms to hawk/wolf
mode.
They fly toward the exit.
RHINOX
What the slag is going
on here?
INT. PREDACON BASE - DAY
Transmetal Waspinator stands before Megatron. The other Predacons
stand
around them. Waspinator stands off to the side, embarrassed.
MEGATRON
I'm sorry, let me see if I
heard you correctly... In a
parallel world, you are the
leader of the Predacons?
The Predacons chuckle quietly.
TRANSMETAL WASPINATOR
Yes, Waspinator in charge.
Waspinator lead Predacons to
ultimate victory!
(beat)
Your Waspinator have important
position in this universe?
The chuckling grows louder.
MEGATRON
Oh, but of course.
(smiles)
Very important.
Megatron laughs. Waspinator hides his face.
TRANSMETAL WASPINATOR
What so funny?
The laughter becomes a roar of mirth. Tarantulas, Inferno and Megatron
fall over. Inferno bangs his fists on the floor.
Transmetal Waspinator walks over to Inferno and Tarantulas. They look
up
at him, then laugh even harder.
TRANSMETAL WASPINATOR
In my universe...
He grabs Inferno by the neck and hauls him up.
TRANSMETAL WASPINATOR (cont'd)
...you dead.
Inferno looks worried. Transmetal Waspinator tosses him into the
nearest wall.
Tarantulas gets up and aims his weapon. Transmetal Waspinator
spin-kicks
it out of his hand, then beats him up in five rapid movements.
Megatron stands, points his cutlass and fires between Transmetal
Waspinator
and Tarantulas, knocking them both over.
MEGATRON
Enough! You have made your point,
Transmetal Waspinator. And you have
worn out your welcome, yes.
(beat)
Give me one good reason not to blast
you back to your universe, in pieces!
TRANSMETAL WASPINATOR
Waspinator love to see you try!
Megatron fires again. Transmetal Waspinator fires back with his eye
beams.
Both their beams meet at the mid-point between them, creating a ball of
energy that explodes and knocks both of them backward.
TRANSMETAL WASPINATOR
Ow, good try.
He stands back up, as does Megatron.
TRANSMETAL WASPINATOR (Cont'd)
Waspinator expect help from
fellow Predacons, but noooo,
Predacons not interested in helping
Waspinator get Rhinobot, even
though Rhinobot have golden
disk and Waspinator's ticket home.
Tarantulas and Inferno get back up.
TARANTULAS
Did he say, golden disk?
MEGATRON
So what if he did? It is of no
further use to me.
(to Trasmetal Waspinator)
And I don't care if you rot here,
Trasmetal Waspinator. However,
in the interest of fostering amnesty
between our two universes, I suppose
there is some help I can spare.
He turns and looks at Waspinator.
Waspinator looks back, suddenly realizing he is the centre of
attention.
WASPINATOR
Huh?
EXT. THE PLAINS - DAY
Transmetal Rhinox sits with Cheetor.
CHEETOR
So you're the last Maximal?
TRANSMETAL RHINOX
I guess so. Optimus was the first,
destroyed in that alien construct.
Then the Preds destroyed our base...
that's when we lost you.
CHEETOR
Oh. Bummer.
Optimal Optimus and Silverbolt arrive. They land, transforming as they
do
so. Transmetal Rhinox stands to greet them.
OPTIMUS
Rhinox? That can't be you!
CHEETOR
It is, big bot! He's from
a parallel world.
TRANSMETAL RHINOX
A world that's been lost to the
Predacons. I came here to escape,
and to keep this...
(pulls out golden disk)
...out of their hands.
Optimus and Silverbolt look at the Golden Disk, astonished.
CHEETOR
Woah, the golden disk!
SILVERBOLT
Do you understand what the true
purpose of that disk really is?
TRANSMETAL RHINOX
No, and I hope I never do.
TRANSMETAL WASPINATOR (OS)
Well, Waspinator does!
The Maximals look up, surprised.
Transmetal Waspinator and Waspinator arrive, flying towards them in
their
wasp modes.
TRANSMETAL WASPINATOR
Maximals hand over golden disk,
or Maximals pay!
ACT III
EXT. THE PLAINS - DAY
Transmetal Waspinator and Waspinator hover in the air over Optimal
Optimus,
Transmetal Rhinox, Silverbolt and Cheetor.
TRANSMETAL WASPINATOR
Hand over golden disk, or you all die!
OPTIMUS
(smiles)
Really?
TRANSMETAL WASPINATOR
Really.
Waspinator hovers closer to him.
WASPINATOR
Uh, other me think this good idea?
Cheetor transforms.
CHEETOR
Can we take them, Big Bot?
OPTIMUS
(shrugs)
By all means.
Waspinator screams and hides behind Transmetal Waspinator.
The Maximals open fire. The blasts hit Transmetal Waspinator, knocking
him
back.
TRANSMETAL WASPINATOR
Okay, that does it! Waspinator warned you.
Waspinator, terrorize!
Transmetal Waspinator transforms, points both arm cannons and fires.
The
ground explodes, sending the Maximals flying.
Waspinator looks at him, impressed.
TRANSMETAL RHINOX
We have to find cover!
CHEETOR
Come on! It's only Waspinator.
Let's just slag him!
Cheetor fires. Transmetal Waspinator dodges left, and the blast hits
Waspinator. Transmetal Waspinator fires his eye beams and knocks
Cheetor
down.
OPTIMUS
Cheetor!
He gets back up and fires at Transmetal Waspinator, who dodges his
blasts.
While firing, Optimus speaks into his comm.
OPTIMUS
Optimus to base! We need backup, stat!
(to Silverbolt)
Get Cheetor out of here.
Silverbolt transforms and picks up Cheetor.
Optimus and Transmetal Rhinox fire on Transmetal Waspiinator, who takes
a
few hits.
TRANSMETAL WASPINATOR
Waspinator, where are you?
Waspinator gets up from the ground and shakes his head.
TRANSMETAL WASPINATOR (Cont'd)
Come on! Help me destroy Optimus.
WASPINATOR
Oh, no! Waspinator not idiot,
stay right here where it safe.
Optimus blasts Waspinator down.
TRANSMETAL WASPINATOR
Oh, Waspinator not believe this!
Transmetal Rhinox blasts him with his superchaingun. Bullets hammer
all
over him.
TRANSMETAL WASPINATOR
Aaaaah!
He transforms back to wasp mode, then swoops down and picks Waspinator
up.
Transmetal Waspinator flies off, carrying his other self.
OPTIMUS
I guess we won't need that
backup after all.
TRANSMETAL RHINOX
Keep it handy. You don't know
what he's capable of.
He hands Optimus the Golden Disk.
TRANSMETAL RHINOX
Get this back to your base. It must stay out of his hands!
OPTIMUS
What about you?
TRANSMETAL RHINOX
I'll be fine. Go!
Optimus transforms to jet mode and hovers in the air.
OPTIMUS
Keep to cover. I'll be back
with help soon.
Optimus takes off. Transmetal Rhinox transforms to tank mode and
drives away.
EXT. HILL - DAY
Transmetal Waspinator carries Waspinator to the top of a small hill and
dumps him. He transforms to robot mode and lands beside Waspinator,
annoyed.
TRANSMETAL WASPINATOR
What that? You make us both
look like jerks!
WASPINATOR
It not Waspinator's fault!
TRANSMETAL WASPINATOR
It completely Waspinator's fault! Why
you not back Waspinator up?
Waspinator shrugs.
WASPINATOR
Waspinator not big and transmetal
like other Waspinator!
(bitter)
Other me get all the breaks.
TRANSMETAL WASPINATOR
Waspinator think so? Let Waspinator
tell you how I got my 'breaks'...
DISSOLVE TO:
FLASHBACK.
INT. THE PREDACON SHIP - NIGHT
The Quantum Surge flows through the ship. The energy hits Megatron,
Terrorsaur, Scorponok and Waspinator.
TRANSMETAL WASPINATOR (VO)
When quantum surge hit, Waspinator
sees Megatron glowing.
Megatron starts to glow.
TRANSMETAL WASPINATOR (VO)
Waspinator had enough of Megatron!
Waspinator decide to do something.
Waspinator flies forward, knocking aside Terrorsaur and Scorponok as he
does so. Those two fall backward onto a catwalk, and do not fall to
their
deaths.
Waspinator slams into the glowing Megatron. Megatron falls off his
platform and falls down to the magma below. As he falls, he stops
glowing.
Waspinator begins glowing, and he watches as Megatron disappears into
the
magma. Waspinator morphs into Transmetal Waspinator.
TRANSMETAL WASPINATOR (VO)
Waspinator knock Megatron into lava,
and becomes strong transmetal while
Megatron is destroyed!
Nearby, Terrorsaur glows and becomes Transmetal Terrorsaur.
DISSOLVE TO:
EXT. HILL - DAY
Transmetal Waspinator finishes his tale.
TRANSMETAL WASPINATOR
When Predacons recover,
we destroy Maximal base!
Soon all Maximals be destroyed,
and all because of me.
(stands)
Waspinator understand? I did
something! Waspinator took matters
into his own hands, and now Waspinator
rules!
(kicks Waspinator)
Waspinator do something, then
Waspinator will rule just like Waspinator.
WASPINATOR
(sighs)
Hnnngh.
Transmetal Waspinator looks around.
TRANSMETAL WASPINATOR
There rhinobot! Rhinobot has golden
disk. And he all alone!
WASPINATOR
Alone?
(beat)
Then Waspinators go and
get him!
The two Waspinators transform to wasp mode and fly off.
EXT. THE AIR ABOVE THE PLAINS - DAY
Waspinator flies ahead of Transmetal Waspinator.
WASPINATOR
Waspinator will get there first!
TRANSMETAL WASPINATOR
Waspinator does not think so.
Transmetal Waspinator transforms to jet mode and soars ahead of
Waspinator.
WASPINATOR
Cheater.
EXT. THE PLAINS - DAY
Transmetal Rhinox races along the ground in his tank mode.
Transmetal Waspinator soars past, firing along the ground. Transmetal
Rhinox looks up as Transmetal Waspinator turns for another pass.
TRANSMETAL RHINOX
Oh, no...
Transmetal Waspinator flies past again, blasting up the ground. One
shot
hits Transmetal Rhinox and knocks him over. He slides to a halt,
flattening a tree and crashing into a boulder.
Transmetal Rhinox transforms and draws his superchaingun.
Transmetal Waspinator transforms from jet to wasp mode and hovers in
front
of him.
TRANSMETAL RHINOX
It ends now, Waspinator.
A blast hits him from behind, throwing him forward. Waspinator hovers
behind him in robot mode.
TRANSMETAL WASPINATOR
Yes, it does!
(to Waspinator)
Other me do good.
WASPINATOR
Two Waspinators make
good team.
Transmetal Waspinator transforms and lands. He walks over to
Transmetal
Rhinox and picks him up by the neck.
TRANSMETAL WASPINATOR
Golden disk, please.
TRANSMETAL RHINOX
Get slagged.
TRANSMETAL WASPINATOR
Wrong answer!
He throws Transmetal Rhinox into the boulder.
WASPINATOR
Ooh! Let Waspinator try.
He lands beside Transmetal Rhinox and grabs him by the neck, then tries
to
lift him. He tries with one hand, then two, but Transmetal Rhinox
won't
budge. He gives up and points his gun instead.
WASPINATOR
Rhinobot will give us golden
disk. Now!
TRANSMETAL RHINOX
I said get slagged!
He punches Waspinator in the midsection, sending him flying.
Transmetal Rhinox gets up, ready to fight, and charges at Transmetal
Waspinator.
Transmetal Waspinator sidesteps Transmetal Rhinox, then trips him up.
Transmetal Rhinox falls flat on his face.
Transmetal Rhinox rises, roars, and swings a punch. Transmetal
Waspinator
blocks and punches back. Transmetal Rhinox staggers a bit, then tries
again. Transmetal Waspinator grabs his fist and flips Transmetal
Rhinox
into the boulder. Transmetal Rhinox tries to rise, but Transmetal
Waspinator shoots him with his arm cannons. Transmetal Rhinox falls,
and
lies still.
Waspinator gets back up and staggers over.
Transmetal Waspinator picks Transmetal Rhinox up by the neck once more.
TRANSMETAL WASPINATOR
Last chance. Where golden disk?
OPTIMUS (OS)
Right here!
Both Waspinators and Transmetal Rhinox look up to see Optimal Optimus
hovering nearby, holding the golden disk. Behind him stand Depth
Charge,
Rattrap, Rhinox and Blackarachnia. All have their weapons trained on
the
Waspinators.
WASPINATOR
Oh, no...
The Maximals fire on Waspinator, blowing him apart. Transmetal
Waspinator
drops Transmetal Rhinox and takes to the air, firing all weapons.
RATTRAP
Hit him with everything
you got!
The Maximals do just that. Blasts from everywhere hit Transmetal
Waspinator, until finally he falls to the ground.
The Maximals stop firing. Transmetal Waspinator tries to rise, but
cannot.
Transmetal Rhinox picks him up by the antennae on his chest.
TRANSMETAL RHINOX
You slag heap.
He punches Transmetal Waspinator into the boulder, then fires his
superchaingun and blows Transmetal Waspinator apart. His head lands
next
to Transmetal Rhinox, who raises a foot to crush it.
A blast hits Transmetal Rhinox's other leg, knocking him over. What's
left
of Waspinator - his head attached to his right arm and gun - inches
forward
to Transmetal Waspinator's head.
TRANSMETAL WASPINATOR
How Waspinator do that?
WASPINATOR
Practice. Waspinator get blown to
scrap a lot, learns to adapt.
INT. MAXIMAL BASE - DAY
Optimus, Rattrap, Black Arachnia, Silverbolt and Cheetor stand in the
background. Rhinox hands Transmetal Rhinox the Dimensional Device.
Transmetal Rhinox holds a netted bag filled with all the pieces of
Transmetal Waspinator.
RHINOX
Here. This will get you
back to your universe.
TRANSMETAL RHINOX
Thanks.
RHINOX
Are you sure you want to go?
I was just getting to know myself.
TRANSMETAL RHINOX
I must. I am my universe's last
Maximal, and I have a duty.
TRANSMETAL WASPINATOR
Rhinobot not last ten cycles.
Rhinox kicks the bag.
RHINOX/TRANSMETAL RHINOX
Shut up!
OPTIMUS
Good luck, Rhinox.
Transmetal Rhinox nods, then uses the Dimensional Device. A Portal
opens,
and he walks toward it.
TRANSMETAL RHINOX
Thanks.
He jumps into the Portal.
OPTIMUS
There goes one brave Maximal.
RATTRAP
And one big loser! Who'da thought,
of all the Preds, Waspinator would
take over?
RHINOX
There are always possibilities,
I suppose.
OPTIMUS
At least we know our own
Waspinator won't be...
(beat)
Where is he?
The Maximals look at an empty corner of the base.
BLACK ARACHNIA
But he was in pieces!
EXT. THE SKY - NEAR MAXIMAL BASE - DAY
Waspinator flies away from the Base. He looks like a jigsaw puzzle put
together wrong - all his bits are in the wrong places, and his arms
carry
his head underneath him - but he is flying.
WASPINATOR
Waspinator escape! Waspinator the
greatest Predacon in the universe!
Waspinator going to rule the world!
(beat)
Once Waspinator put himself back
together.
He flies off into the sunset.
FADE OUT.
THE END