The Allied Wars, part 4

Scene opens in the jungle where Whiplash, in beast mode, is working at the outpost dish, Inferno, in robot mode, is patrolling back and forth, and Rattrap, Dinobot, and Silverbolt, all in robot mode, are sharing a conversation.

RATTRAP: Alright, I can't wait to greet the new Maximals.

SILVERBOLT: I too am anticipating the event, but something has been bothering me, the way Inferno is being so..... (Dinobot finishes the sentence.)

DINOBOT: Friendly? Yes I have noticed that to, he is definitely different. (Whiplash hears them from the his work station and comes over.)

WHIPLASH: Whiplash might know, Whiplash explain, Ant-bot thinks he's an ant so he serves a royalty, the person in command, so when Megatron was destroyed he had no leader but now Rat-bot in charge so you are his new queen.

DINOBOT: It may go deeper than just loyalty. (Dinobot gives a curious glance at the ant then grins at Rattrap.) Although, I could understand if he were to confuse Rattrap with a female. (Dinobot and Silverbolt chuckle at Rattrap, Whiplash heads back to the computer.)

RATTRAP: Oh boy.

SILVERBOLT: Oh what is thy bidding my queen? (Silverbolt gives a mocking bow and Rattrap swings at him playfully. Inferno steps up to them.)

INFERNO: My queen what shall I do while the stasis pods are landing? (This makes the others laugh even more, except Dinobot who merely grins.)

RATTRAP: Yeah, yeah, funny, Whiplash how much longer?

WHIPLASH: Whiplash will be done soon, my queen. (This sends them into a frenzy.)

RATTRAP: Okay guys, shut up! Do something helpful like try to find one of Starscreem's weaknesses.

DINOBOT: There is the matter of the alien power flux in their base. (Whiplash steps back from the dish.)

WHIPLASH: Done, Whiplash set the stasis pods to come down one every quarter megacycle, the first one should be here soon. (He grins a snake’s grin.)

RATTRAP: By the way, how's come we didn't know about you? There were only supposed to be three prototypes.

WHIPLASH: (Looking away.) Hssssss um you were not informed because Whiplash's inventors not tell anyone at all, look here comes the first pod! (Conveniently there is something coming down out of the sky it flies down and then makes a perfect landing in the clearing.)

DINOBOT: This area is full of animal life, looks like we are going to get quite a variety. (Whiplash walks over to the pod, types a little, then the scanner pops out, turns a full three-sixty and goes back in. Then the lid opens and out bounces a brown Kangaroo.)

BOOMERANG: (In an Australian accent.) Boomerang! Maximize! (He transforms into a brown and orange robot with two wrist-missile launchers.) Owdy my names Boomerang, what might yours be?

RATTRAP: I am Rattrap and this is Whiplash, Dinobot, Silverbolt, and over dere's Inferno.

BOOMERANG: E's a Pred! I'll slag 'im. (Boomerang dashes for Inferno, Inferno sees him coming and makes no effort to move out of the way, Boomerang pulls out two Boomerangs and throws them at Inferno, he grabs them within an inch of his face, then throws them back, they trip Boomerang and he falls flat on his face in mid-run.)

INFERNO: Easy Maximal, I am currently on your side. (The next pod starts to land, Whiplash walks to that one and goes through the same routine, he steps back as the pod opens and out flies a scarlet Macaw, he flies down and lands on the pod.)

PARRATOR: (In the voice of Gilbert Godfrey {He did iago the parrot's voice in Disney's Aladdin.}) Whoa hello folks I just flew in from-Whoa where the slag am I? This isn't the cafe! Whoa what a gruesome bunch! I've seen better faces in the slag heap! (Dinobot is staring at him.)

DINOBOT: I didn't think it could happen.

SILVERBOLT: What?

DINOBOT: We've found someone more annoying than Rattrap!

PARRATOR: Okay what am I doing here?

RATTRAP: I'll tell you when everybody's here. (The next pod lands, Whiplash sets it and when the lid pops a dark, black as night panther slinks out. It sweeps its dark eyes over the others and speaks in a James Earl Jones deep voice .)

PANTHOR: Panthor! Maximize! (He transforms into a robot that looks like Tigatron only darker, blacks and blues, with broader shoulders and bigger muscles.) Why have I been- (Rattrap interrupts him.)

RATTRAP: Whiplash, can you send them a briefing of the situation while deir in da pod so's they don't keep askin' the same question?

WHIPLASH: Sure. (Panthor walks over to Silverbolt.)

PANTHOR: What kind of vile creature are you? (Silverbolt is surprised at the blunt question.)

SILVERBOLT: I am a fuzor good sir. (The next pod lands and Whiplash goes through the procedure, when the lid opens a green Pterodactyl flies out screeching and lands on the branch next to Parrator. He speaks in a voice that is almost identical to Terrorsaur but slightly deeper.)

TERADUCTILE: I won't bother with transforming, you may call me Teraductile, because of my electrical personality. (He seems to be very comfortable with the situation and just sits there, everyone stares.) Why are you all looking at me like that?!

PANTHOR: Interesting. (Parrator flies down to the ground and transforms into a tall brightly colored robot, he stands out against the rest. Rattrap leans over and whispers into Whiplash’s ear.)

RATTRAP: How's come he looks exactly like Terrorsaur?

WHIPLASH: Easy, similar beast modes create somewhat similar resemblances. (The next pod lands and Whiplash proceeds, when the lid opens a large alligator snapping turtle lumbers out.)

BOMBSHELL: Bombshell Maximize! (He transforms into a small, short robot who doesn't look at all helpless with a detachable shell/shield on his back and spikes down his arms.) Nice place, except, where’s the base?

RATTRAP: Uh, dis is da base.

DINOBOT: Whiplash they are coming down faster than a quarter megacycle at a time.

WHIPLASH: Hey, Hsssssssssss, Whiplash not perfect! (The next one lands and he goes through the same procedure again, the lid opens and a stag prances gracefully out of the pod. He speaks in a teenage voice.)

BAMBARD: Bambard! Maximize! He transforms into a strange looking robot, the strangest part is that his antlers turn into his hands, or claws.) Whoa I really need a manicure! (He looks over his hands.) Well, from the briefing I got in the pod this mission sounds really cool!

RATTRAP: Ohhhh, as soon as Cheetor matures we get another teenager! (He looks at his new team so far.) We're all gonna die. (Then out of the sky the next pod lands perfectly, when Whiplash walks up two more crash inches from him and skid over the ground.)

WHIPLASH: Ahh! That was a close one! (He sets the first one, then the next two.) The first one is fine, but it will take a couple seconds for those two to function. (Out of the first pod climbs a black and white panda bear.)

PANDORA: Pandora! Maximize! (She has a soft voice and looks a little like a female version of the old Optimus Primal, she looks at the others then says.) Is this a zoo or an army? (Out of the corner of the camera you see something dark green move quickly out of the stasis pod, everyone turns to look but there is nothing there, behind all of them a huge Anaconda lunges out of the trees and wraps around Inferno.)

ANACRONDA: Predacon scum I will swallow you alive! (He starts to open his mouth.)

INFERNO: I tire of this. (He punches the snake once in the head hard and Anacronda loosens his grip then falls to the ground unconscious.)

PANTHOR: Whoa don't want to cross him! (A fly buzzes by, the other pod shakes and a long pink tongue thrashes the air and grabs the it, a Jackson’s chameleon walks slowly out of the pod crunching the fly.)

CHAMELEOTRON: Chameleotron! Maximize! (He transforms into a short robot with a slight resemblance to the old Megatron with the Chameleon head as his hand.) Hey how's it going? (Swallowing fly) Have no fear the warrior’s here!

DINOBOT: And how exactly is bug control going to help us?

CHAMELEOTRON: I can do more than that, watch. (He converts back to beast mode.) Dinobot mode! (He transforms into Dinobot in beast mode, everyone’s mouth hangs open, he transforms back to his own beast mode.) I can transform any beast mode that has been uploaded into my memory.

DINOBOT: I stand corrected. (The huge snake on the ground wakes up.)

ANACRONDA: Anacronda! Maximize! (The thirty foot snake transforms into a tall, very thin robot, all the snake's skin turns into two thick wings, he holds his head.) Whoa what hit me?

WHIPLASH: Boy, Snake-bot not pay attention to briefing, it specifically noted that we had a Predacon working with us. (Something beeps on the little computer.) Oh slag! stasis pods are failing to stay in tractor beam they are going to crash! (Before he finishes the sentence the stasis pods start to fall flaming toward the Earth everybody runs for cover as Whiplash tries to do some last minute calculations, WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH! one after the other seven stasis pods crash-land in the clearing, the seventh lands further away out of sight with a splash, Inferno chases after that one.)

PARRATOR: Whoa that was to close! (Whiplash walks out to the clearing and sets to work on the pods.)

WHIPLASH: Whiplash set one pod with information to relay to other pods so job shorter. (He realizes he is talking to himself. When he is done setting the pod all the pods set out their scanners simultaneously, the first three to come out are a pillbug, a frog, and an armadillo, the first one to speak is the pillbug.)

CANNONBALL: Cannonball! Maximize! (He transforms, the frog speaks up next, followed by the armadillo.)

SPITTOR: Spittor! Maximize!

ARMORDILLO: Armordillo! Maximize! (Whiplash calls to Rattrap.)

WHIPLASH: Rattrap, come here, this pod has no personality program, I need to splice a basic program from you. (Rattrap walks over to the pod and Whiplash plugs him into it. Then a porcupine comes out of the next pod.)

SHREDDER: Shredder! Maximize! (He transforms into a robot somewhat resembling the old Rattrap, except for a quill mohawk that goes all the way down his back.) This is weird. (The last two come out, a fruit bat and out of the one that was missing a personality program, a rat that looks exactly like the old Rattrap except he is white with red eyes.)

BATTERAM: Batteram! Maximize! (He transforms into a gargoyle-like robot consisting of black and brown colors.)

PESTALANCE: Pestalance! Maximize! (The white rat turns into an almost exact duplicate of the original Rattrap except he is white and light blue with bits of silver. His voice is a little higher than Rattrap.) Hey, how'sit going? (Dinobot screams. Inferno calls from somewhere.)

INFERNO: (Out of sight, where the other pod landed.) Queen, the other pod is activating! (All the robots in the clearing run for the river where the pod landed. It is almost submerged under water.)

RAZORJAW: Razorjaw! Maximize! (He leaps into the air out of the pod, a piranha, he transforms in midair and lands on the shore.) I like this. (His voice has a kind of cybernetic echo.)

DINOBOT: Oh I'm completely sure we are going to win, our team consists of rodents, loudmouthed pests, and a fish!

RAZORJAW: Hey! I can do more than just swim Fossil-face. (He walks up to Dinobot, sizing him up, which is hard because Dinobot is taller.)

RATTRAP: Okay you had your fun now we gotta' get down to business. New guys, we have to get our friends outta' that base and we gotta' do it now. First we need a plan.

DINOBOT: No! Don't you get it!? That's what we've been doing wrong, we've been planning too much, if we split up and get organized again we will be defeated one by one! What we need is a brutal non-strategic attack that will take Starscreem off-guard!

SHREDDER: Guerrilla Warfare?

RATTRAP: Hmmmm, I like it Dinobutt. Fa' once your talkin' sense.

WHIPLASH: Hsssss, Wait, the last pod is coming down, look! (Everyone looks into the sky to see the pod coming down, it takes a jerky right turn and heads far out of sight.)

SILVERBOLT: What happened?

WHIPLASH: Hsssssssss! Whiplash worried this would happen! The Insectitrons are setting out a more powerful tractor beam! Should Whiplash try to override?

RATTRAP: No time, we have to strike now!

BOOMERANG: All royt! We get to blow something up!

RATTRAP: Maximals move out! (All twenty Maximals move out and the only Predacon takes flank next to his new queen. Anaconda’s seemingly useless, thick as a rock wings expand and become huge, the size of a hanglider and he takes off. The flyers pick up the non-flyers and hit the sky.)

Back inside the Insectitron base Starscreem is watching some cameras when he hears Centorpedoe and Drone over the comlink.

CENTORPEDOE: Sir, we've got the pod.

DRONE: Yea, you’re gonna love this!

STARSCREEM: Good, Bring it to me. (He turns off the comlink and opens the door to the holding room to reveal his prisoners.) Well, well, well, looks like we intercepted one of your pods. (The computer’s voice interrupts him from saying anything else.)

Computer: Warning! Warning! Twenty one Enemy signatures approaching from th- (Starscreem interrupts the computer this time.)

STARSCREEM: What!? It must be a malfunction, there's no way- (loud explosions shake the entire base and Starscreem runs out and closes the door to the holding room, he sits down on his chair.) Computer! On visual! (On the screen appears a scene of the approaching robots flying through the sky, firing as they come. He runs out of the room yelling into his comlink-) Centorpedoe! Drone! Code V! Get the pod to the fallout station and prepare the surprise for them! (Before he leaves he opens a hatch in the wall and pulls out the mysterious orb from the first episode, his chest plate splits down the center and opens revealing his spark, he inserts it into the opening.)

DRONE: Yes sir! (Outside the base all the Maximals are standing on the roof, Inferno is scanning for the holding room.)

INFERNO: I've found it! (He points to the spot where he is standing and Whiplash cuts a clean hole in it with his light saber, then Anacronda transforms to beast mode and sticks his head in to help get off the restraints. Blackaracnia is startled to see an anaconda in her face.)

ANACRONDA: Don't be afraid, trust me. (He looks at the energon bindings and calls to the group above.) Whiplash I think this is your job. (Whiplash jumps down with his saw and light saber ready and he starts slashing and slicing at the energon bindings. Starscreem is inside the fallout station with Drone Centorpedoe and a new transformer, a scorpion fly still in beast mode.)

STARSCREEM: What is your name recruit?

HOVERSTING: Hoversting. (He looks around.)

STARSCREEM: Centorpedoe are the plasticine nets ready? (Centorpedoe nods his head.) Well, then we shall give them a surprise they didn't expect?

OPTIMUS: (The last one out being lifted by Anacronda.) Well, I see our group has grown, we have a very good chance now. (Illumeneeto flies up behind them. All thirty robots cock their guns, draw their swords or charge their lasers.)

ILLUMENEETO: Oh slag! (The camera goes to a view of outer space there is a huge explosion and Illumeneeto flies out into space like a commit.)

RATTRAP: Whoo-hoo, now dat! Was fun! (Starscreem, in beast mode, flies down and hovers at a safe distance.)

STARSCREEM: Not as fun as this! Defense line one! Online! (Small hatches all over the hull open and guns raise out of their cases, they start firing plasticine bands at the group, snap! snap! Optimus and Quickstrike go down snap! one band ties Inferno, Cheetor, and Blackaracnia together, Dinobot is grabbed by Whiplash who flies away into the jungle, Rattrap converts to vehicle mode and starts to drive away, Pestalance converts to beast mode and follows. Snap! Razorjaw and Bambard go down. Snap! Shredder is caught around the ankles and goes down, Anacronda swoops down and picks up Rattrap and Pestalance, both by the tail. Panthor and Tarantulus clear the base and run into the jungle, the rest are picked off by the plasticine bands and forced back into beast mode.)

HOVERSTING: Boss, should we put them in the holding room?

STARSCREEM: Yes! And hurry, as soon as they are all in make sure they can't transform and we will launch the entire holding room into space, then we will only have seven to deal with. Ha-ha!

Scene goes to in the jungle where the remaining seven sit around in a small clearing, all in beast mode.

PANTHOR: We should have stayed behind, we could have helped.

RATTRAP: (At the exact same time as Pestalance.) What are you nuts!? (They look at each other.)

DINOBOT: Whiplash! Why did you do that, retreating is a cowards answer! I would have rather stayed behind! (He is obviously infuriated.)

ANACRONDA: It was too late, we could not have won.

Scene goes back to the Insectitron base where the remaining eight Insectitrons are preparing to launch the holding room.

LADYBOT: I set it to orbit the moon.

STARSCREEM: Now we only have seven to deal with, this will be easy. (A familiar voice yells from above.)

WASPINATER: Waspinater not think so! (He swoops into view and starts firing at Starscreem he gets lucky, one hits him in the chest and stays there. Starscreem looks at it, it explodes, annihilating Starscreem’s exo-structure and sending his spark into space.)

STARSCREEM: Noooooooooooooo! (His spark disappears into space.)

DRONE: Boss!

HOVERSTING: What just happened? (Waspinater flies off into the jungle.)

TRANSQUITOE: That was my initiation into the leader of the Insectitrons, Ha-ha, Ha-ha, Ahh-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! (The camera zooms out on them and goes back to the clearing.)

WHIPLASH: Whiplash wonder what that alien power flux is.

PANTHOR: I scanned the base, I picked up traces of mutated crimson energon.

RATTRAP: Tell me, Whiplash, if your such a sophisticated intelligent prototype, how’s come you talk in third person all the time? (Whiplash opens his mouth to talk then closes it obviously embarrassed.)

WHIPLASH: Whiplash never think of that, most likely a pod activation glitch. Whiplash will make proper adjustments now. (He shuts down and his internal systems go to work.)

TARANTULUS: Well now its seven of us verses eight of them. (Waspinater flies out of the trees.)

WASPINATER: Doesn’t Spider-bot mean eight of us verses seven of them? Waspinater destroy Starscreem, Waspinater greatest warrior ever, Waspinater rules! (His bragging isn't as surprising as his return.)

TARANTULUS: Where did you come from? Or more importantly, where did you go? (Whiplash comes back on line.)

DINOBOT: Who cares, we must attack now while they are stunned!

TARANTULUS: No!

ANACRONDA: What?

WHIPLASH: We have to stop them before they launch the holding room!

RATTRAP: They'll have their defenses on double, but that’s a risk we gotta' take.

TARANTULUS: No they won't launch the holding room, that was Starscreem’s revenge plan, but like any self-respecting being who plans to conquer the universe, they need hostages, I am betting they will take them with them to Cybertron.

DINOBOT: If this is correct, then we better find a way into their base before they depart.

RATTRAP: Looks like we're going for a ride!

Scene goes to later that night inside the Insectitron base where Transquitoe is conducting a briefing to all the Insectitrons in robot mode.

TRANSQUITOE: The plans have changed we have to eject the holding room just in case the remaining Maximals and Predacons try to save their friends. We will keep the one named Optimus Primal as our hostage, they would not fire upon him.

CENTORPEDOE: I agree, we should take off now and launch them in space, the ship is ready.

SWARM: That good idea, we leave now, leave survivors stranded, he-he-he! (Transquitoe nods in approval, all of them go to their stations and start to charge the engines.)

Outside the base the remaining eight robots run to the ship in beast mode and enter a door before it is automatically closed, they gather in a dark room.

DINOBOT: Be ready for battle. (He transforms and pulls out his sword and shield, a grim look on his face.)