Vendetta of Darkness
By: Nibblix and Wes 


*Authors's Notes: Hello everyone, Wes and Nibblix here 
again! Here is our latest story which we roleplayed out 
together! Almost all characters in this story are copywrites of 
Hasbro, Mainframe, and ect. Nibblix, Pteryxia, Tracker, and Red 
are owned by Nibblix. Snowblaze is owned by Snowy. Enjoy!*


        Dawn breaks over the night sky very quickly one misty 
morning on the Beast Wars planet. Within the rocky regions of 
the planet, rests the Maximal Base. Inside the large Maximal 
ship known as the Axalon, the first of the Maximal team stirs 
from their quarters.

	Within her quarters, Slasher Red wakes up from her sleep
 and looks around,  "Grrr, I wonder what will happen today?  
Things have been rather slow since Rattrap has been found.  I 
would love to give Inferno a piece of my mind for hurting my 
friend."  

	Slasher Red stands up and leaves her quarters.  She 
smiles at Dinobot who is still asleep. "I will let him sleep 
since he seems to be enjoying his slumber."

	Cheetor and Airazor both awake from their recharges as 
well, and they walk into the barrack hallway on this new day. 
Airazor turns to see Slasher Red out as well, and she gives a 
wave.

	"Good morning Red, how are you and Dinobot?" Airazor 
asked with a smile.

	Slasher Red turns to Airazor, "Dinobot is fine. As for 
me, well, I am worried about Rattrap still.  How is he doing?"

	Cheetor stretches and gazes around the hallway 
curiously, "I think he's still recharging. His experience 
with Inferno and then Tracker really wore him out."

	Slasher Red nods, "Then I am going out."

	Airazor asks, "Do you mind if we accompany you?"

	Slasher Red snarls at the mention of Inferno, "Not this 
time Airazor, I want to do some exploring on my own.  I want to 
learn if there are other pods hidden that sensors cannot 
detect.  They musn't fall into enemy hands."

	Airazor nods slowly, "I...understand."

	Cheetor yawns, and transforms to beast mode, "I don't 
care. I want to get in some practice on the new VR game Rhinox
 built in the Rec Room anyway."

	With that, the spotted yellow youth pads away to the 
elevator.

	"Slasher Red, Beast Mode!"  With a swift click of gears 
Slasher Red turns from her warrior mode into her terrifying 
velociraptor form.  

	After that, the femme walks to the Command Center and 
rides the manlift to the ground.

	"Sentinel down!" snarls Red.  The defenses go down long 
enough for her to run out of the area.

	Airazor walks into the Command Center as the other two 
leave, and gaze at the security monitor, which shows Slasher Red
 leaving, "I wonder where she is going....."

	Rattrap smirks from behind Airazor, "Chopperette is 
probably out to blow off some steam."

	Airazor turns around, slightly startled, "Rattrap! I...I
 didn't hear you come in. Why would Red need to blow off steam?"

	"Hey, I'm just taking a guess! Red is mighty ticked off 
over Inferno and him capturing me.  She is probably lookin' for
 Predacons this very moment.  I can't say I blame her, I AM 
a hot commodity." Rattrap answers.

	Airazor giggles, "You honestly think that?"

	 Rattrap blinks, "About me being a commodity?  You are 
joking right.  This Rat is what all the femmes worry about."

	Airazor rolls her optics, and gracefully takes a seat at
 the meeting table, "Say what you wish, Rattrap."

	Dinobot awakens and rushes out of his chamber.  He runs 
non stop all the way to the Command Center, "Where is Slasher 
Red?"

	Airazor blinks, "Calm down Dinobot! She just stepped out
 for awhile."

	 "Dinobot Maximize!  Groawl!"  Dinobot goes to his 
station and drums his fingers on the wall.  "It is not like Red 
to up and leave without informing us where she is going."

	Airazor adds, "Dinobot, don't stress yourself out. She's
 one of the strongest of us. She'll be fine."

	Dinobot growls, "I am going out to find her.  She has 
been gone to long."  

	Rattrap hears that, "Hey Chopperface, Slasher has been 
gone for only a few minutes.  Give the lady a break."

	Airazor nods, "You two dont have to be together every 
cycle of the day. I am sure it gets on her nerves every once in 
awhile and she needs some time alone."

	Dinobot snarls, "I will be in my quarters."

	With that, Dinobot runs out of the Command Center.

	Airazor blinks, "Dinobot is acting odd today, but maybe
 he has a point. We should see if any of our aerial comrades are
 out on patrol and can keep a watch out for her."

	Rattrap nods, "I hate to admit it but Chopperface may 
have a point."

	Airazor goes to the main console, and brings up a holo-
map of the area. Three Maximal symbols blink on and off, and 
Airazor points to one near the base, "Tracker is heading back to
 base. We'll ask him if he can follow her. He's good at that 
kind of stuff."

			*****************

	Megatron is at the Darkside's Command Center and viewing 
his monitor, "Well, well, well, it seems that Slasher Red is 
heading our direction, yesss.   Onyx Primal go and intercept 
her, she must be looking for a pod."

	Onyx Primal stands loyally by Megatron's throne and 
salutes, "I shall do as you please, Megatron. It shall be a 
pleasure to eliminate that Maximal!"

	With that, the black and white Predacon assassin flips 
backwards and screeches as he converts ot his small bat form. He
 lets out another screech, and flaps his wings rapidly and exits
 the base.

			******************

	A few sectors away from the Maximal base, in a slightly
 forested area, Slasher Red trips over something, "By the 
Inferno, what did I just trip over?"  

	Slasher Red notices a stasis pod sticking out of the 
ground covered in a layer of dead twigs and leaves, "Great, all 
I have to do is quickly activate it so we can have another 
Maximal.  There are no Predacons in the area."

	From the sky, Onyx Primal silently glides in, and 
perches upside-down on a high branch. He has a clear view of Red
 and the pod, and he licks his lips slightly as if to eat them. 

	Onyx whispered to himself, "This shall be far too easy."

	Slasher Red activates the pod and enters the beast mode 
scanning code, yet nothing happens.  "What the smeg?"  

	Slasher tears the hatch off of the pod.  "It is a dud!"

	Little does she know that a substance from the pod is 
now on her body from tearing the hatch off.
	
	Slasher Red blows up the stasis pod in a complete 
berserker frenzy and is thrown aback by the blast.

	Onyx Primal arches a brow as he sees the empty stasis 
pod, but he simply shrugs, and lets out a high screech for 
Slasher Red to hear as he flings himself off of the tree branch 
towards her hoping to find her distracted from the blast.

	Slasher Red gets up but she is not the same.  Her optics
 are red with hatred and anger.  "You want to finish me off 
Onyx, I think not!  Slasher Red Maximize!"

	Onyx Primal laughs with joy, "Ah, angered already! This 
is good, as it makes defeating someone much more enjoyable! Onyx
 Primal, TERRORIZE!"

	The bat suddenly splits apart and explodes into the 
large Predacon Onyx Primal. His swords appear from his wings, 
and he clutches to them easily. They shimmer in the light as 
Onyx Primal flys at Slasher Red.

	Slasher Red lunges forward firing her optics and 
spinning her cyberslashing tail. Onyx Primal hold up his left 
sword, and reflects the blast. He spirals in the air around 
Slasher Red, and then hurls both of his swords at Red, hoping 
they make contact. Slasher Red sees the swords coming and does 
a flip into the air.  She counters the attack by hurling her 
sword at Onyx, hoping to harm him. Onyx growls, and does a power
 dive to avoid the incoming sword. He laughs as he has the 
advantage, and telepatchically he recalls his swords. They come 
to him, and he laughs as he grabs each, "Where is your sword 
now, weakling?"

	Slasher Red screams and leaps right at Onyx Primal, 
hoping to take him by surprise.   

	The fight does not go unnoticed.   Tracker is in the 
area and he witnesses this battle from the sky,  "Rattrap, you
 are right.  Slasher Red is fighting a bat-like Predacon this 
very second."

	Rattrap intecepts the message and groans, "This is not 
my day."

	Back at the fight, Onyx Primal flys higher into the air
 to avoid the attack, using his ability to fly as his advantage.
 He lands a few feet above Slasher Red on a large tree branch. 
He takes his sword, and begins to hack at the trunk of it, as it
 will fall perfectly on Red if she continues to stand where she 
is. 

	Slasher Red picks her sword up.  "Who is the coward 
now?  You have no honor, you have to fight in the air to be 
tough.  Come down and face me like a real warrior."

	Onyx Primal lets out a slight growl, "That I shall, but 
this tree limb will do much better for now!"

	With one last swing, a large cracking sound comes, and 
the top of the tree falls towards Red.

	Tracker notices the falling tree limb.  He quickly 
throws to feathers to destroy it before the limb can harm 
Slasher Red.

	Onyx Primal watches the tree limb explode, and shields 
his eyes. He then grunts and looks at Tracker, "Ah, a new 
Maximal! It shall be my pleasure to shorten your career!"

	Onyx launches both his swords into the air right at 
Tracker.

	Tracker uses his fuzor wings to deflect the swords. 
He counters the assault by throwing two more fuzor wing darts. 
"Predacon, fighting a female is lacking with honor for that you
 will face me. Tracker, Maximize."

	Onyx Primal concentrates, and his small ability of 
telekinesis enables him to control his swords and brings them 
back towards him. However, instead of coming to his grasp, they
 form an x-shaped shield in front of the Predacon, and block the
 attack, although the blast's explosion shakes the tree, and Onyx
 falls off. He grabs the closest limb to prevent himself from 
falling to the ground.

	Slasher Red quickly aids Tracker.  "You should not have 
come.  This fight is between Onyx and I."

	She uses her sword to slash the net covering Tracker.

	Onyx snarls, takes his swords, and swiftly comes to 
Slasher Red. He brings both of his swords onto the Maximal's 
shoulders.

	Slasher Red screams in pain.  She fires her optics at 
close range hoping to hurt Onyx Primal.  Slasher Red feels mech 
fluid leaving her body.  
	
	"Revert to beast mode." the damage computer says.  
Slasher Red snarls, "Override."

	Onyx is hit by the optic blasts, and is thrown back 
against a tree trunk. He smiles though as he managed to hurt 
the Maximal, hopefully even fatally.

	Slasher Red feels weaker by the minute.  She collapses 
onto the ground in stasis lock.  Dinobot arrives and witnesses 
this.  "Slasher!  Noooooooo."   

	Dinobot quickly turns to warrior mode, and he fires his
 optics at Onyx Primal,  "You shall pay for harming her!"

	Onyx Primal screeches as he sees the blasts coming, and 
flips back into bat mode just in time to avoid being hit because
 of the size change involved. He flaps his wings and rises into 
the air, "No matter, I have destroyed the  one scorn who has 
been in my side for quite some time! I shall be back for the 
rest of you!"

	With that, Onyx flys into the distance.

	Dinobot goes to Red's side. "Slasher Red hang on, I will
 get you back to base."

	Dinobot is worried about his mate,  "Tracker, can you 
fly Slasher Red to the Axalon?  She needs medical attention 
immediately."

	Tracker nods his head, "Yes I will fly her back to 
base."   With that he scoops Slasher up and flies out of the 
area.   Dinobot runs full speed back to the Axalon.   He is 
worried about Red since she did not look to well.

			****************

	Back at the Axalon, Airazor is still in the same seat at
 the meeting table, hoping everything is alright. Rattrap paces
 in the room, anxious as well. Snowblaze and Cheetor are now in 
there also, awaiting word.

	Tracker soon lands on the manlift and enters the Axalon 
with the fatally injured Slasher Red.

	Cheetor immediatly notices the lift rising, and gasps as
 he sees the two, "SLASHER RED!"

	Snowblaze stumbles back, "By Primus! Is...is she....?"

	Tracker shakes his head, "I am not sure. All I know is 
Onyx Primal fought with her."

	Cheetor clenches his fists, "That bat is in for a nasty 
battle."

	Airazor gets up, and presses a button on the CR Chamber 
panel, "Quick, we better get her into the CR."

	 Dinobot enters the Axalon in a foul mood.   "Grrr, if 
anything happens to Slasher Red I will not be pleased."  

	Rattrap keeps quiet because Dinobot is in the foulest of
 tempers at the moment, and he knows better then to shoot out a 
remark about the whole situation.

	Snowblaze slowly and cautiously places a hand on Dinobot
 so not to startle him, "Everything will be alright. Do not 
worry."

	Prowl arrives with Rhinox when the news of Slasher Red 
got to them. Rhinox heard everything from the hall and takes 
charge.

	Rhinox orders, "Tracker and Rattrap, please set her into
 the CR Chamber...GENTLY."

	Tracker and Rattrap carry Slasher Red to the CR Chamber
 and place her down gently.  

	"Hang on Chopperette, you will be alright." whispers 
Rattrap.

	Snowblaze takes a seat and sighs, hoping that things 
stop getting so exciting around here for once. Cheetor sits by
 the CR Chamber loyally, waiting to see if Slasher Red will be 
alright.

	Dinobot paces back and forth totally enraged. "I should
 have went with her. Why did she go out alone? She should 
have had someone with her."

	Airazor slinks into her seat, frowning as Dinobot says
 this, "It's all my fault. I should have gone with her even 
thoug she said not to, and then I should have let you gone 
originally like you wanted to."

	 Prowl adjust the controls to the CR Chamber. "It 
will take at least ten cycles to heal the damage. I am sure 
she will be alright, after all, Slasher Red is tough."


			**************

	Megatron growls at his throne because he saw Slasher Red 
being rescued, "The Maximals have rescued her. I wanted her 
brought to me alive. She intrigued me when she did battle with 
Onyx Primal. Slasher Red is worthy of notice, yesss. She 
could prove to be an ally to us."

	Scorponok stands by Megatron's side and scratches his 
head with his right claw, "Slasher Red? But she's a Maximal!"

	Megatron glares at his second-in-command, "Is she now?  
She fights like a true Predacon and she is a velociraptor in 
beast mode.  I suspect that she is a Predacon without even 
knowing it."

	Scorponok is easily confused by this, "She's obviously 
just like Dinobot though! She'd turn on us just like he did!"

	Megatron gives a evil smile, "I have a feeling that 
Slasher Red will join our side with her own free will."

	Scorponok's jaw drops, "Free will? How is that?!"

	Megatron shakes his head, "Slasher Red is a protoform 
from the Decepticon line.   I suspect that her true colors will 
show soon.  I have done some research on Slasher Red and learned
 that she has a Decepticon ancestor.  She is descendant from the 
Decepticon known as Star Ruby."

	Scorponok has a blank look, "Star Ruby? I don't 
recognize that name, was she someone important?"

	Megatron smiles, "Yesss, she was my ancestor's mate."

	Scorponok is positivly baffled, "Your ancestor? This is
 getting too deep for me!"

	"I did not think your little mind could handle such 
information.", Megatron scoffs.

	Scorponok ponders that over, not sure if he should take 
that as an insult or not.
	
	 "You see Scorponok, I am the descendant of the original
 Megatron.  Megatron was a brilliant Decepticon Leader and it 
pleases me that I am related to him, yessss.", Megatron says 
with a smile.

	Scorponok suddenly gets it, "Oh!"

	Pteryxia is spying on Megatron from the doorway.  She 
snarls because she does not like what she is hearing.  She has 
this fear that Megatron will dump her for the Maximal she hates 
the most.

	Tarantulas comes up from behind Pteryxia, "And what are 
YOU doing?"

	Pteryxia whirls around, "Tarantulas, Megatron wants a 
Maximal to join our side.  I really dislike this Maximal."

	Tarantulas raises an optic ridge, "A Maximal? And who 
would this be?"

	Pteryxia hisses, "SLASHER RED!"

	Tarantulas shakes in disgust, "That miserable 
Velociraptor?! I could not bare for her to be around, she is 
most irritating!"

	Pteryxia smirks, "You and me both.  Lets do something to
 get rid of that pesky raptor once and for all!"

	Tarantulas stares at Pteryxia, "I thought Onyx Primal 
already finished her off."

	"Onyx Primal failed to finish her off.  Megatron has 
confirmed that for me." Pteryxia says.

	Tarantulas clanks his pincher hands, "That is most 
disturbing. It looks like we must be the ones to eliminate 
her....yesss...."

			****************

	Cycles later, Slasher Red emerges from the CR Chamber. 
 She goes straight to her room to be alone without even saying 
anything to anyone. This surprises all the Maximals. Dinobot 
is really disturbed by the fact Red did not even say hi to him.

	Something is indeed different about Slasher Red.



                           The End