Inferno and Silverbolt head one way while Crynoth and B'boom head another, Inferno and Silverbolt round a corner and meet a squad of storm troops. Inferno blasts the first row with a burst of flames, Silverbolt turns and yells back.) Crynoth! Get out of here! Once you're out, deploy as many E.M.P. torpedoes as you can! (A laser hits his shoulder, Inferno shoots the troop back off his feet, there are two guards left, Inferno stares at them, he puts away his guns and motions for them to come, they rush him.)

INFERNO: Ah-haha! (He delivers a round-house kick to one's throat, as he's finishing the kick he grabs the other's neck in his claw and picks him up off the ground, the troop starts to raise his gun, Inferno grabs it with his free hand and throws it away.)

INFERNO: Time to die. (The mini flame thrower on his wrist comes out of the gauntlet, Silverbolt puts a hand on the flame thrower and turns it away.)

SILVERBOLT: No! He is defeated. (Inferno looks at Silverbolt, squints his eyes at him and thinks hard, he then looks at the black and white figure in his hand.)

INFERNO: He would kill me if the situation was reversed.

TROOP: No, I-I-I'll go, I promise. (Inferno looks into the mask, he pulls it off and looks the creature in the eyes, he has a blue pigmented skin, scaled yet fairly smooth, his eyes are green and watery.)

INFERNO: Remember this. (Inferno drops him, the creature goes down on his knees, gasping for air.)

SILVERBOLT: Let's go. (Silverbolt's voice is low with anger and disappointment, he starts off walking, Inferno follows. The troop's vision is coming back, he watches the two walk away down the hallway. They round a corner and close a door behind them, Silverbolt turns to Inferno.)

SILVERBOLT: What was that!? You would have killed him! Wouldn't you!? (Inferno looks into Silverbolt's eyes, then looks away.)

INFERNO: When that soldier causes us to fail you will not be scolding me.

SILVERBOLT: He was a defenseless defeated enemy! (Silverbolt jerks Inferno and slams him against a wall, Inferno grabs Silverbolt by the neck and jerks him up off his feet, slamming Silverbolt's head into the ceiling, he then drops him to the ground.)

INFERNO: Forgive me Captain, but there are times for compassion and times for strategy. (Silverbolt jumps to his feet and has hand around Inferno's neck.)

SILVERBOLT: We never kill a defenseless enemy! Maximals don't kill defenseless enemies! (He points to the Maximal insignia on Inferno's armor.) You might as well still be a Predacon! (Inferno's eyes burn with anger, he grabs Silverbolt's arm and throws him down the hallway, he walks up and steps on his neck.)

INFERNO: How dare you!? The only bondage I had while being Predacon was mental slavery and manipulation on the part of Megatron, aided by primal urges. The day Stagatron killed Megatron, as soon as I had destroyed Stagatron I was released, I am not Predacon! I am not evil! (Silverbolt closes his eyes.)

SILVERBOLT: I'm sorry. (Inferno helps him to his feet.) We have to hurry. (They continue to run down the hallway.)

Scene goes into the place of the first battle, B'boom and Crynoth have some cable hooked up to them, forming bungee cords, B'boom has the laser pulse rifle leveled at the emergency door.

B'BOOM: When I blow it, be ready to grab for the ship and wait until the sector's done decompressing, then we can just float into the Falcon.

CRYNOTH: This better work. (He turns on the space containment function in his mask.) Let's rock and roll! (B'boom looks down the sight on the rifle, the camera goes to outside the metal door, it bows out from the strong blow, then explodes away from the suction, B'boom and Crynoth fly out Crynoth is sucked under the ship, he uses his suit as a magnet and holds himself to the landing gear, B'boom misses the ship, his cord pulls taught. and he floats weightlessly outside of the docking bay.) The whole sector should decompress soon! (He uses his gloves as magnets and crawls along to the hatch, he opens it and gets in, he closes the hatch and compresses it. A few minutes later he sits down in the pilot's chair and pulls the ship out, outside the docking bay B'boom slings the laser pulse rifle over his shoulder and draws his blasters, he fires down a few times to stabilize himself above the ship, Crynoth's voice comes in over the communicator.) B'boom, I'm decompressing the docking arm, you can wait inside it until we dock, I'm going to start saturation E.M.P. at third computer level, it shouldn't affect you or Silverbolt and Inferno.

B'BOOM: Let's hope so. (As soon as the Falcon is below him he fires up so that his body heads for the ship, he clangs down on top of it and detaches the cable, a few meters away the docking arm hatch opens and he gets down inside.)

Scene goes into a hallway inside the Death Star, Inferno is blasting away at a small squad of troops, they duck behind support beams and around corners. Silverbolt comes down out of the ceiling and lands between two troops. They turn and aim their guns but Silverbolt leans back and they shoot each other, as they fall back. Silverbolt grabs both guns and shoots two more troops, three in front of Inferno turn around and aim. Inferno nails the one in the center with a wave of flames, he flies back over Silverbolt and the two to his sides bounce off the walls and slide to a stop in front of Silverbolt. There is a shutter in the station and the lights go out.

INFERNO: Follow me. (The camera shows Inferno's infra-red vision, as they round a corner there is a bright red flash as he shoots two troops, when he walks by the walls are still red on the infra-red from the blast.) We are coming to the detention block. (Silverbolt walks up to the door and opens it, Inferno steps in and in a moment he has neutralized the room, Silverbolt walks in, there is so much fire in the room he can see easily.)

SILVERBOLT: She is in cell, (He puts the two blasters at his waist and clicks a few buttons on the computer.) zero-one-five. (The emergency lights come on. Inferno walks down the long hallway and stops at her door, he tries to open it, the computer bleeps.)

INFERNO: I cannot open it. (Silverbolt moves in and tries a few times, Inferno sighs in frustration, he digs his claws into the metal on either side of Silverbolt and rips the door out. He lifts it up and Silverbolt steps in. Scale is standing in a bio-pod, as soon as Silverbolt steps in the room the bio-pod opens, Scale steps out, unfurling her wings and stretching, her leather cat-suit pulling tight around her shapely body.)

SCALE: What happened? (Inferno is still standing out in the hallway.)

INFERNO: I still don't even- (A barrage of laser blasts catches him off-guard, they hit the metal door protecting him from the blasts, but the force sends him skidding back. Silverbolt draws the lasers and jumps out into the hallway and presses against a doorway on the opposite side, a familiar voice yells-)

TROOP: Ha, you can't win! It's two dozen against three, and we have the surprise advantage! (Silverbolt squeezes his eyes closed and whispers to himself.)

SILVERBOLT: It's him.

TROOP: I bet you wish you hadn't let me go now huh!? (Silverbolt presses further against the door as the laser fire intensifies. Inferno stands up, still holding the metal door, he begins to walk down the hallway until he has passed the door, he looks at Silverbolt.)

INFERNO: Go! I'll hold their fire! (Silverbolt nods and runs behind him to the cell.)

SCALE: Were you expecting to just fly out? (Silverbolt hears a zipping noise and he pulls her back, the wall begins to glow red and it explodes out into the hallway, B'boom steps in, laser pulse rifle smoking, he tosses it back to Silverbolt.)

B'BOOM: Calvery's here! Let's not take too long now. (He helps Scale through the layers and into the Falcon, he follows behind her.) Are you two coming!?

SILVERBOLT: We have to finish something first.

B'BOOM: It's no good! Just pull him out and let's go! (Silverbolt growls angrily and steps out behind Inferno, He grabs him from the back and jerks him into the cell.)

SILVERBOLT: Let's move! (They run after B'boom into the Falcon, as soon as they enter the ship the hatch closes and the docking arm pulls in, Crynoth's voice comes in over the speaker.)

CRYNOTH: Please choose a safe position and hold on, I am going to fire a torpedo into the cell and take them down. (From a space view the Falcon pulls away and backs out so that the front faces the opening.) Fire in the hole! (Inside the prison the Troop is holding onto a computer console as the whole cell block decompresses, there is a loud bang as the end of the cell block bursts into flames.)

TROOP: Oh- (He ducks behind a computer console as the explosion envelopes them. Outside the Falcon turns around. In the cockpit they all come in and sit down, Silverbolt gives his seat to Scale and remains standing.)

CRYNOTH: We've got smooth skies all the way out, you better fill these two in Silverbolt. (Silverbolt leaves with Scale and Inferno, Scale's thoughts are spoken out loud.)

SCALE: If what I have already read from their minds is true, we are in trouble.

Scene goes to a little while later, The Falcon is now well away from the Death Star. Silverbolt, Scale, and Inferno, both of the Maximals in robot mode, are sitting at a round table with a circular checker board on top.Silverbolt has already finished explaining everything.

SCALE: I don't believe it, Blackaracnia, Airazor, Tigatron, they're gone. (Her beautiful reptilian face saddening from the loss of her comrades.)

INFERNO: We are dealing with a truly formidable enemy, this, Lordess Ivyna.

SILVERBOLT: Yes. (He closes his eyes in pain as he again visualizes Blackarachnia, a long time ago when they were arguing over a game of chess- His thoughts are cut short by B'boom's voice.)

B'BOOM: Hey Captain, we had better get ready for the next one. (Silverbolt holds on a moment longer to the images of Blackaracnia, Tigatron, and Airazor, then he stands up.)

SILVERBOLT: Shall we? Mellone, we're ready. (The ship is instantly gone and they find themselves standing on packed-down dirt, in front of them is a huge and rundown mansion covered in shadow.)

MELLONE: That was a most exhilarating game Silverbolt, well done. Your seventh task is Funhouse, the Elemental in charge, Wind, the crew member, Yuna. Good luck. (B'boom cringes as he realizes who's life is at stake. With a whistling gust of wind Wind appears behind them.)

WIND: In this game you will all have to take separate paths in the funhouse to reach the end, each path is different, you will not fight any other warriors, they will instruct you in challenges of the mind. (He taps his helmet with one gloved finger a swirl of wind spins him around and he disappears. Silverbolt steps forward to the funhouse staircase, the whole building sparks and lights up, neon signs and a murals are brought from the shadows on the walls, crappy carnival music begins to play, B'boom steps ahead of him and shoves the front door open.)

B'BOOM: What are we waiting for? Let's go! (He walks into the door and disappears into darkness, inside the house he steps into a room with another creature dressed as a clown, B'boom turns around but there is no door behind him, only a wall.)

CLOWN: Welcome, through the door behind me is the mirror maze, if you reach the other side in an allotted amount of time you will get the chance to save your crew member. (The clown steps to the side and B'boom rushes through the door, outside the building Silverbolt enters, Crynoth behind him. Silverbolt enters a small room with another creature, this one is small and slightly weighted, he turns around, no Crynoth, no door.)

MIDGET: You task is quite different, you will have three tests. (Crynoth looks around in front of him, Silverbolt and B'boom are not in the same room as him, he is in a room with another being wearing a top-hat and holding a cane.)

RINGSTER: Welcome! Step right up! This is the ride of your life to save another! (He taps the side of a roller coaster car with his cane.) Make it to the other side and you get a chance to save Yuna, once in a lifetime chance! (Crynoth jumps into the small car and the Ringster pulls a lever. Outside the house Scale turns on her light saber and cautiously walks in.)

SCALE: Silverbolt? Crynoth? B'boom? (There is no one in her room, on three of the walls there are moving targets from ducks to ugly monsters with small lasers, an ugly little alien stands up from behind the counter.)

SHOOTER: Take a shot, you know you want to try, escape alive and get a chance to save the magnificent Yuna! (He tosses her a pellet gun, a laser barely misses the side of her head, Shooter disappears back under the counter, she turns around and one of the small cardboard monsters has shot at her, she dodges another shot and shoots it with the pellet gun. Inferno turns around to see a wall.)

INFERNO: What? (The wall opposite where he came in lights up, there is a small counter in front of him with five darts a another alien, about fifteen feet behind the alien is a dart board.)

ARCADE: Welcome my metal friend, your task includes three simple games, the concept is simple as well, pass all the games, get a chance to save Yuna. (Inferno steps up and picks up the darts.) Get a score over forty and you pass.

(B'boom smacks into a mirror, he falls backwards and hits the floor, he stands up and feels with his hands, all four walls are mirrors.)

B'BOOM: Oh slag no! You aren't playing this game with me! (He begins to slam against the walls. Silverbolt is standing with his arms crossed in front of the midget.)

MIDGET: First, you have to stick out your tongue and touch your forehead. (Silverbolt looks at him in disbelief.)

SILVERBOLT: Okay, beast mode. (He converts to beast mode, he sticks his tongue out of the side of his mouth and it creeps up between his eyes, he struggles to say-) There. (-with the tongue still out of his mouth.)

MIDGET: I guess I can accept that, it would have been easier just to do this. (He sticks out his tongue and touches his forehead with his index finger.) But anyway, (Silverbolt converts back to robot mode, a door opens behind to midget.) your next task will be in that room. (Silverbolt walks through. The camera shows Crynoth's car shoot over a ramp and land back on the rickety tracks, he looks down over the edge and sees the support beams disappearing into infinity, he uses his suit to create a magnetic charge so he doesn't fly off the track on a sharp curve.)

CRYNOTH: I hate these rides. Ahhhh! (He goes down a sharp incline. Scale folds her wings in and spirals to the side in the air, she fires twice and a target on each side of her falls back. Inferno's last dart cuts the first four down the center to make a perfect flower in the bull's-eye, Arcade scowls.)

ARCADE: Beginners luck, next! (The wall behind him rotates and the dart board on the wall is replaced with a standing pole, Arcade brings up five rings from under the counter.) At least three out of five. (Inferno takes the ring and takes his first toss, scene switches to B'boom, he is slamming into the walls of his reflective cage.)

B'BOOM: Yuna! Yuna! I'm sorry! (He pulls out his blaster and fires at one of the mirror walls, the shot ricochets all over the place and slams him in the shoulder.) Ahhhhh-slag! (He jerks his head back in anger, he opens his eyes and looks up.) Oh, give me a break. (He jumps up out of the cage and finds out that when he fell back he fell into a mirror trap in the floor, he continues to jog through the maze.) Don't worry Yuna, I'm coming. (Silverbolt steps up to meet a tall and thin creature with eight long arms.)

SPIDER: See this ball? (He holds up a red ball in one of his hands.) See these shells? (He takes three shells out of his pocket and puts them on a small table, he puts the ball under one of them and shuffles them at light speed, Silverbolt watches carefully and sees his jacket jerk quickly, he stops and waves a hand over the shells.) Where's the ball? (Silverbolt puts a finger on the center one.)

SILVERBOLT: It's this one. (He doesn't flip it but flips the two next to it, nothing in either of them.) See, it must be in the center, if it wasn't that would be considered cheating, and I'm guessing you could be punished for that. (Spider gives a nervous grin and steps to the side.)

SPIDER: You win, take you next challenge. (Silverbolt walks through the door, there is another midget, slightly thinner than the first.)

MIDGET2: I have a riddle for you. Get it right and you may continue. A man walks into a bar, what does he say? (Silverbolt looks at him in confusion. Crynoth's cart crashes onto a rail, he uses his helmet to zoom ahead, there is a break in the track ahead.)

CRYNOTH: Oh give me a break. (He looks to the side, another track is running alongside his, there is about ten feet between his dead-end track and safety, he grabs onto the sides of the car with three of his arms and takes the cutlass from his belt with his top right arm. Scale leans back as a laser shot travels over her head she flips the gun and shoots the target. She takes out a duck and a rabbit on both sides of it as well, she freezes, there are four targets left, one on each side around her, she tenses her muscles and concentrates. Inferno is staring at the pole, two rings around it, two to the sides, and one in his hand.)

ARCADE: This one will determine the outcome. (Inferno tosses the ring, it floats, the front end travels over the pole, the back end hits the pole and it spirals down to rest around it.) Good toss! (The wall behind the counter changes again, there are two clown faces with limp balloons on top and small holes in their mouths, Arcade hands Inferno a water gun and comes out from behind the counter with his own.) First one to pop their balloon wins! (The two take aim and water shoots out of their pistols from a front view. B'boom comes to a wall and hits the mirror, he falls to the side slides down a tunnel. Silverbolt is thinking when he smiles.)

SILVERBOLT: Ouch, he says ouch. (The midget chuckles.)

MIDGET2: Correct! (The door behind him opens and Silverbolt charges through. Crynoth brings the blade down on one side of the track, cutting it open, the cart jolts to the side and Crynoth is launched to the side, he uses magnetism to bring the cart toward himself, he grabs the track with two hands and flips around, the cart connects to the tracks and he lands inside, a rift in the darkness opens and the carts tips forward dumping him on the floor next to Silverbolt. Scale stands frozen in the center of the four targets, they fire, in a fraction of a second she whips her light saber in a full circle, it deflects all four shots and sends them back to their sources. Shooter comes up from behind the counter.)

SHOOTER: Impressive! (One of the walls disappears and turns into a door she walks toward it. The camera shows two clowns with swelling balloons on their heads Inferno's bursts first.)

ARCADE:Go on ahead. (The wall flips again, this time it turns into a door, Inferno steps through, he comes out next to Scale, Silverbolt and Crynoth, B'boom falls out of a hole in the ceiling and stands up, they are in a small room, in front of them is Wind, he is standing in front of two doors, one labeled 3#12 the other 3#22.)

WIND: Congratulations, all you have to do now is select to correct door to save Yuna. (Silverbolt looks at the others, Scale's face contorts in pain.)

SCALE: I can't read his thoughts!

SILVERBOLT: That's cheating, we have to play fair. (B'boom steps forward.)

B'BOOM: I will make the choice. (He looks at the two doors, a tear swelling in his eye.) Two. (A buzzer sounds.)

WIND: I'm sorry, it was door one. (B'boom looks at the door, frozen by a wave of emotion.)

B'BOOM: Yuna? Yuna. I'm sorry. (He collapses to his knees Inferno and Scale catch him before he falls all the way. Wind disappears in a whistling breeze and they are standing outside the back of the funhouse.) I'm sorry. (Silverbolt puts an understanding hand on B'boom's shoulder and looks to the sky, his battered, wingless form and scarred face show little fatigue, but a withering amount of, confidence. The camera zooms out.)

To Be Continued..........