Odyssey

Disclaimer: I don't own Beast wars, just my original characters.

Caterina and Claw Jaw were showing Wolf Fang around both the base and the area around it. It was similar to scouting but it felt more like a tour to the silver wolf.

"What an interesting base. A cave."

"Not just a cave." Caterina said. "A cave with a spare replifier we found, along with some computer systems we put together from our stasis pods which had several information of..."

"Ok, I get it." Wolf Fang then turned to Claw Jaw. "Does she ever shut up?"

"I will if someone else becomes leader."

"Not this again." Claw Jaw started but never finished due to the flashing lights inside. When they stopped flashing, Caterina was on the other side of a tipped over council (the table) and Claw Jaw was lying on the ground after hitting the wall. Wolf Fang was the only one who was ok.

"What the slag was that?"

Before either maximal could answer Wolf Fang's question, Taurus entered the room.

"Guys, and girl, I've got something to show you."

All three maximals entered Taurus' room to discover a huge machine in the corner across from his recharge bed from the stasis pod he had been in.

"What's that?"

"It's a Containment Restoration Chamber, or CR chamber for~."

"We know that." Caterina said. "I mean, what is it doing in your quarters?"

Taurus sighed, he'd have to explain it a different way than he expected to. "I thought about how we all could get damaged close to scrap metal so, I searched for a method to help us out and found schematics for the CR chamber. If the Preds can have a way to restore themselves, then we will too.

Bone Crusher then entered the quarters. "Hey, guys what the slag are ya doing in her-what the slag is that!"

Claw Jaw stepped on Bone Crusher's foot.

"Is it tested?"

Taurus turned his attention to Wolf Fang. "That's the smartest question I received all day. Now, who wants to help me test it?"

Claw Jaw, Bone Crusher and Wolf Fang pointed to Caterina.

"Oooh no!" Caterina argued. "But you've been damaged. Remember the power glitches?" Wolf Fang pointed out. "Not me!" "Come on, kiddo! You gots ta." "No can do!" "You're gonna." "Sorry."

"Please?"

"Not gonna!"

"We'll have someone else be in charge." Taurus bargained.

"Ok! Let's do it!" Caterina raised her arm up. She then walked into the untested CR chamber as the hatch closed behind her. Taurus then took the opportunity to knock on the frame.

"Oh and uh, I had my fingers crossed."

Caterina began to bang on the door in anger for being tricked.

"Sorry, too late now." Taurus turned on the power.

"Now, while our leader is being repaired, I hope, would someone please tell me what our mission is?"

"Well, ya see." Claw Jaw started. "We's been havin' Pred-a-con difficulty since we's all been brought online, ya hear? Well, We've all been doin' our done right best to keep them varmints outta our base. Then, the boss lady found out that there was a crew that we's all come from, who plum well just left fer Cybertron."

"Not to mention that the original commander of the crew, Optimus Primal, was accidentally left behind and has been MIA ever since." Taurus finished. "We just have to find him."

"I see. So how did Caterina become in charge?"

"They cheated at drawing shards!" Came a faint answer from the CR Chamber. "Is it supposed to take this long?"

"Depends on the injury." Taurus replied.

"Never mind, it's done." Caterina said. "So, how do I get outta here?"

"The door is supposed to open when it's finished..." Taurus scratched his head. There was no response.

"Uh, Caterina?"

Silence.

"Boss lady?"

Still silence. Suddenly there was more banging on the door as the now panicking leader screamed out: "GET ME OUTTA THIS PLACE RIGHT NOW TAURUS!!! YOU ARE SOOOO SLAGGED IF YOU DON'T!!!"

Taurus suddenly went to work trying to get the chamber hatch open. He then turned to the others.

"Uh, you bots might wanna go back to your duties, I don't think she'll be out for a while." Taurus said as he tried every button on the panel.

*****

Wolf Fang leaped out of the base while transforming to beast mode. It was his turn to scout for any Predacon activity. He was just thankful that he didn't have to scout with anyone else for he preferred to go out alone.

"Warning, Predacon: detected." His internal computer informed him. Wolf Fang began to follow the signature in case the Predacons found this Optimus character and if they did, he'd have to strike.

*****

Tarantulas was in beast mode, looking around the scrap metal in the area to see if he could salvage anything important, if any. He hadn't been too thrilled with Megatron's idea to wait until the Maximals finished repairing the ship to attack. He had known that it would turn out disastrous one way or another but had kept quiet about it in fear that Megatron would suspect something, not that he hadn't know that he did. Tarantulas had begun to curse under his breath while continuing his search when suddenly:

"Maximal energy signature: detected." Tarantulas began to chuckle as he transformed and hid between two rocks.

Waiting for the opportunity to shoot down one of the newer, less skilled, Maximals, he readied his weapon and silently dared of them to find him. To his misfortune, Tarantulas heard a click. I hadn't activated my weapon yet, he thought. So why would I have heard it charging up? Tarantulas then turned around to end up face to face with a long-range missile launcher. He looked up to see the owner, a transformed Wolf Fang.

"Now," the maximal said. "What would a Predacon like you be doin' all the way out here, away from your territory, in a place like this hmm?" Wolf Fang charged up his weapon. "And I want the right answer."

"No," Tarantulas snickered while charging up his gun. "You want a one-way ticket to oblivion!" Tarantulas was about to aim his weapon but it was blasted out of his claw and he followed afterwards. Dark, transparent smoke came out of Wolf Fangs launcher.

"And that, would be a wrong answer." He sneered.

"And you are out of your league, Maximal scum!"

Wolf Fang turned around to see who said that and noticed Megatron, along with Terrorsaur, Waspinator and Inferno.

"So," Wolf Fang smirked, "you must be Mega-scum."

"Megatron!"

"Yeah, whatever."

"Yes, and what would you be doing here on former Maximal territory? There is nothing else here."

"What?" Wolf Fang looked around his bearings and noticed a huge piece of metal with the letters: A, X and A on it. "This must've been the area where the maximal ship was." He muttered.

"Enough talk." Megatron said. "I suppose it is time for a little victory. FIRE!"

All four Predacons standing began to fire of Wolf Fang, who slinked behind a bolder as to not get hit. Suddenly, he noticed gunfire aimed in front of him. He looked up and saw Inferno flying in the air, courtesy to his flight mode.

"Ah, you will burn, Maximal! FOR THE GLORY OF THE ROYALTY!!!"

"Ah, shut up!" was the response as Wolf Fang fired at Inferno and hit him directly in the electrical systems, which activated the flight mode. Inferno then plummeted off the cliff. During the battle, Tarantulas suddenly came to and noticed a Demolition charge lying on the ground. He picked it up and chuckled as he set it and threw it over to Wolf Fang.

"Wolf Fang to base! I need reinforcemen~!"

Wolf Fang noticed the charge seconds before it exploded. However, the only down fall was that Waspinator was in the line of the blast and fell into several pieces. Wolf Fang landed face first in front of Megatron, who only noticed that Tarantulas was there just that moment.

"Tarantulas!" Megatron growled. "What are you doin-Never mind." Megatron grabbed Wolf Fang by the back of his neck. "We now have a Maximal before us and I shall not waste anytime in terminating him. However." Megatron pulled him up face to face with Wolf Fang. "What are you and your comrades up to?"

Wolf Fang remained silent. He knew that he would be blasted if he gave him a snide remark and he also knew that he wouldn't be able to handle any more damage. He also wondered how Tarantulas got his claws on a Demolition charge.

"ANSWER ME!" was what made him turn his head back to Megatron's face. Suddenly a blast from the back caused Megatron to let go of Wolf Fang. Megatron turned to see Claw Jaw and Bone Crusher standing by the other side of the area.

"Not so fast Megatron!" Claw Jaw shouted.

"Step away from the Maximal!" Bone Crusher didn't even wait for any response as he shot down Terrorsaur. "NOW!"

"I think not, nooo."

"Oh, no," Bone Crusher smirked. "We shot down your uh, remaining flyer." He noticed the pieces of Waspinator on the ground. "And the spider over there seems spent. How are ya gonna get outta this?"

Megatron gave the two a smirk before he picked up the unconscious maximal near him and had him over the cliff edge. "You can destroy me, however, your comrade won't live to see a sunrise. You may try to save him. But I may drop him. So, you have no choice but to let me and my comrades go."

Bone Crusher was about to take one step closer but Claw Jaw stopped him.

"We can't risk it."

"Listen to your friend." Megatron said. "Then again, you have no right to trust me."

It seemed to go into slow motion as Megatron let go of his prisoner and watched as he fell. He then turned to his comrades.

        "Retreat at once." The Predacons ran off as Bone Crusher and Claw Jaw ran over to the cliff.

*****

        Wolf Fang was plummeting down the cliff that he had been dropped off of by Megatron. He was beginning to come to but kept slipping in and out of stasis lock when suddenly, a silver clawed hand grabbed a hold of the fallen maximal. The owner then placed Wolf Fang onto a ledge sticking out of the cliff and vanished.

*****

        Claw Jaw was climbing down the cliff while Bone crusher held onto his foot.

"How much further?" he groaned.

"Just a little further." Claw Jaw then noticed that their comrade landed on a ledge. "Hey! I see him!" Bone Crusher let go and Claw Jaw landed safely onto the ledge. He picked up Wolf Fang and began to climb back up. Bone Crusher was waiting impatiently for Claw Jaw to climb back up with their comrade so they could hurry back to base.

"Come on, come on!"

He then saw Claw Jaw climbing up the cliff side. "I got 'im! Almost there!" Claw Jaw then slipped and was about to fall when Bone Crusher grabbed a hold of his hand and pulled him back up. Bone Crusher saw Wolf Fang unconscious then turned his attention to Claw Jaw.

"I think we should take him back to base, Now."

*****

Wolf Fang walked out of the CR Chamber, fully repaired. He looked himself over as the other Maximals watched him now that it was in the command area since Taurus and Caterina had taken the CR Chamber out of Taurus' quarters megacycles ago.

"Well, I'm glad you're okay." Taurus said.

"I'm glad I'm not stuck in CR Chamber, and that we don't have to say good bye to you already." Caterina said. "You can go rest before you give me your report."

"No, I'd rather do that now." Wolf Fang said. "They're on to us."

"What?" Taurus said.

"Megatron suspects that we're looking for Optimus. He was in the same area that the old ship was in before the old crew left."

As Wolf Fang continued to explain to Caterina and Taurus about what happened, Claw Jaw pulled Bone Crusher out of the room and into the built hallway.

"What?"

"Lissen," Claw Jaw said. "Wolf Fang landed on a ledge stuck in the cliff side."

"So, that was lucky."

"Not lucky, luck had nuthin' ta do with this. Someone saved him and left 'im on that ledge fer me ta get him."

"Seriously?"

"You betcha." Claw Jaw then looked back into the room to see Taurus, Caterina and Wolf Fang were still deep in their conversation. He then turned his attention back to Bone Crusher. "Look, I's think that it would be best if we didn't say none a word to the other's 'bout it."

"Ya sure?"

"Yeah."

Bone Crusher turned to the wall, then back to Claw Jaw. "Alright. But I don't want this goin' back to me. If they find out, I'm gonna tell them this was your idea. Got it."

Claw Jaw nodded, which sealed the deal before they went on with their daily assignments.