The Noble Rescue By: Wes Whitten and Nibblix (Slasher Red) *Authors's Notes: Hello everyone, Wes and Slasher Red here again! Here is our latest story which we roleplayed out together! It involves the introduction of a brave new warrior, can you guess who? :) Anyway, all characters except Nibblix, in this story are copywrites of Hasbro, Mainframe, and ect. Nibblix is owned by Slasher Red herself, and the new name for the new Maximal (who is a toy character) was also created by her! This story picks up right where For the Royalty left off, as Fern is still hunting down Nibs to recapture her. Enjoy!* Miles from the Axalon, near the edge of the desert region, Inferno flys forward stil lon his butt propeller. He scouted the land before for the golden hamster known as Nibblix. He promised himself he would take revenge on her for escaping, and he knew she couldn't have made it back to the Axalon by now. Nibblix scurries away from Darkside as fast as she can even though she is partly recovered. She hears Inferno coming that drives her to run faster. She knows that she is no match for Megatrons warrior in her state. Inferno looks like some insane robot from the air, and his head zips to and fro, "Must find Nibblix, enemy of the Royalty!" Inferno's scanners go off, and he blurts around towards Nibblix's direction, they signal in on her, and within seconds, Inferno has her pinpointed, "Ah! At last!" Nibblix's early warning sensors go off. "Oh no! Inferno is going to send me back to Megatron if I do not escape this area soon." Nibblix quickly finds a place to hide and thinks up a plan fast. Inferno hovers to the ground, and clutches to his flame thrower. He marches around in a circle and glares about, "She is here somewhere, and I shall find her!" Nibblix notices the ground soft on her toes. She starts to dig furiously and soon she is underground. "Maybe Inferno will not find me." Inferno's sensors began to click on again, and he scouts for Nibblix. He soon finds her paw prints, and follows them. He growls as they dissapear down a hole. "Clever female, but not clever enough! BEAST MODE!" With that, the tall Predacon warrior converts to fire ant form, and burrows after through the hole, digging to make it larger as he goes along for himself to go in. Nibblix mutters softly when she hears the skittering of ant legs following her. She quickly enters a narrow area and enters a very dark area. She giggles because she can see well in the darkness. Nibblix pauses for a moment to get some breath. She is still not up to 100% power. Inferno comes to a series of different passageways, and he knows Nibblix went down one. As dirt from the tunnel ceiling flutters by, Inferno pokes his large head into the long tunnel, "This way!" Nibblix begins to really tire out and bumps into something in the dark. "Ouch, what the slag is that?" Nibblix feels the object and a grin forms on her face. She must be dreaming because she just found a stasis pod underground near Predicon territory. Inferno skitters out of the wrong tunnel and back into the series of passageways, he grunts, and begins to burrow towards the other end of the stasis pod that Nibblix is not at. Nibblix opens the control panel slightly buried in dirt near her, and punches in the activation code for the pod with the last bit of energy she has before blacking out from exhaustion. But before she passes out, she manages to stay online long enough to send a distress signal before going into stasis lock. She hopes someone will find her soon, and everything goes black. Inferno is unaware that the protoform has been activated, and is trying to choose a beast mode as he burrows towards it. Inferno bonks his head on a metallic object, and jumps back in fright. He rubs his head with his thin, twig ant legs, and stares at the metallic end of the Stasis Pod beside him, "Ah, the ultimate treasure! A stasis pod! Must recover it for Megatron!" With that, Inferno forgets about Nibblix, and clamps his pincher teeth down on the Pod, and then he begins to burrow upward. Within moments, the Predacon arises from the dirt of the ground, and tugs the stasis pod tenderly out. Inferno converts to robot mode, and stands over the Pod with pride written all over his face. He stares at the controls and blinks oddly at them, "Hmm...the Pod has been activated, and it does not seem to be damaged. Maybe a new Predacon is already on its way!" At the Axalon, Rhinox detects the faint signal. "Slasher Red, I detect a faint reading near the Predacon territory, check it out because it might be Nibblix." Slasher Red growls, "I will find her and bring her back for repairs." Rattrap comes in from the Hallway as Rhinox talks to Slasher Red. His audios perk and he walks over to Rhinox, "Mind if I give her a hand Big Green?" "Slasher Red, take Rattrap with you and hurry." Rhinox ordered. Rattrap smirks, and walks quickly to the lift, "Come on Red, we'll get her back before yer friend Chopper Face even realizes were gone!" "Watch it vermin, that is no way to talk about Dinobot around me.", snarls Red. Red follows Rattrap to the man lift. Rattrap rolls his optics, and folds his arms gruffly, "Yeah yeah, sure. Hey, I ever tell ya about the time ol' Dino- Face found out the hard way not to try to redecorate my quarters?" Slasher Red snarls louder, "Keep it up Rattrap and I might forget which side you are on and eat you." Rattrap steps away from Red slightly, "Hey hey, don't even THINK about it!" "Then I suggest you leave Dinobot out of the conversation. Got it!" Rattrap gulps, and the man lift begins its descent to the ground. Slasher Red makes a mad dash in the direction Rhinox told her to go before the manlift even makes it to the ground. Rattrap converts to beast mode, hops off the lift, and slowly dashes after Red. *********** Moments later, Slasher Red pauses because she hears something. She quietly slinks into the bushes ready to ambush any unsuspecting Predacon. Rattrap is a bit behind, and doesn't even pay attention. He continues to run in the open towards the direction Slasher Red went. Slasher Red sniffs the air and snarls softly because she smells Pteryxia in the area. Red notices Rattrap heading in the direction she smells her worst foe. Slasher Red dashes ahead of Rattrap and prepares herself for battle. Slasher Red transforms into her warrior mode with her cyber-slasher and sword activated. As she sees the Predacon flier near by, she fires her optics at Pteryxia. Pteryxia screeches from afar and turns into her robot mode. She fires her poison darts at the enraged Slasher Red. Rattrap sees the femmes break out into a fight, and sighs, "Looks like they can't seem to get along. Rattrap, Maximize!" Slasher uses her cyber-slasher to deflect the darts. "Hah, you think that was tough? Try this one Predacon." Slasher fires her optics and throws her sword at Pteryxia. Pteryxia leaps out of the way in time to avoid the attack, and sneers in frustration. Rattrap gets out his rifile and unleashes a barrage of laser shots at Pteryxia, "Heya, try this on fer size!" A bit away, Megatron enters the area. He kept a radio silence connection to Inferno, and knows about the stasis pod, "Excellent! Pteryxia is diverting the Maximals attention, yess. Inferno have you opened the stasis pod yet?" Inferno radios his leader from afar, "It seems to be waiting for the right moment to open Royalty! It looks done, but shall not open! Meanwhile, Rhinox radios Rattrap. "Did you find Nibblix yet? If she remains in stasis lock for too long her spark will extinguish." Rattrap continues to fire his rifile, "Kinda busy buddy! We'll get to it shortly!" The stasis pod opens and a streak of grey flies high into the air. This catches Inferno completely offguard. The new Maximal heard the radio transmission and sniffs around for the missing Maximal. Inferno stumbles backward, and falls onto his propeller butt, "Royalty! Something has arisen!" "Aroooooooooh! I think I found something of this missing someone." says the new Maximal when he locates Nibblix's scent. He dives into the hole his pod emerged from and locates the hamster with little problems. Rattrap blinks from afar as he sees the creature emerge from the Pod and dive into the ground, "What the smeg is that?!" Slasher Red blinks and remembers the reason she and Rattrap left the Axalon. "Nibblix might be in trouble." Rattrap flips forward into beast mode, "I'll check it out!" The little gray rat scurries over to the hole, and reachs it shortly. He peers down it, and can hear something going on down there, "Nibblix...uh....new creature person, ya down there?!" The new Maximal flies out of the hole carrying his passenger. Rattrap blinks as the new Maximal flies out, and gets a clear look to see some sort of flying wolf with wings holding Nibblix, "Huh? What kind of creature is that?!" The new Maximal realizes that Rattrap is one of his friends, and stares down at the rodent. "Greetings, my name is Tracker. I must get your friend to safety." Rattrap blinks confused, "Uh huh...nice to meet you....Tracker." Tracker returns to robot mode and gently lays Nibblix on the ground. Inferno, now back to his feet, charges at Tracker, "You! You are not of the Royalty's faction! You shall BURRRRRRNNNN!" Inferno fires a large plasma bolt at Tracker with a dreadful sneer on his face. "Really? You dare to threaten me and this little Lady?" Tracker smiled. With that, Tracker pulls out two wing darts and throws them at Inferno. He quickly shields Rattrap and Nibblix with his large fuzor wings. The wing blades smash into the plasma bolt, blowing it up in mid air. It steams away, and Inferno throws a temper tantrum, "No! How dare you disrespect the Royalty's way!?" Tracker snarls, "Your Royalty's ways are wrong. I serve what I believe to be right. You are not worthy and your assault on my Lady proves it." Rattrap looks at Tracker and Inferno and shakes his head, "Oh great. They're both loyal to some insane cause...." Tracker leaps into the air with Nibblix in his arms, "I must get my Lady to a medic before she dies." With that Tracker heads in the direction of the Axalon. Rattrap watches Tracker take off, and scurries after, not wanting to be left behind with the Predacons, "Hey, wait up! Come on Red, let's go!" Slasher Red quickly follows the strange Maximal carrying her little friend. *************** Minutes later, as the group approaches the Axalon, Sentienel breeps online and keeps the shields up. The computer does not know Tracker, so the auto-guns go online. Snowstalker is at the Command Center, and notices the auto-guns going online outside. She takes a seat at a station, and monitors the activity on the computer screen, "Hmm...who's that holding Nibblix?" Snow turns around in her seat and motions Rhinox over, "Rhinox, we have an unknown enitinity outside with Nibblix and the others." "Yes, Nibblix is in bad shape." Snowstalker presses the button, and the shield fades from existence. The auto-guns hum, and fold back into their waiting position. Tracker lands softly onto the ground. "Do not be afraid, I am Tracker. Your friend needs help." Snowstalker speaks over the intercom to the outside, "Please bring Nibblix inside. There is a man lift which will take you into the ship that is lowering down now." Tracker obeys Snowstalker and climbs onto the man lift being careful not to injure Nibblix. Rattrap scurries to the lift before it ascends upwards, and he hops onto the edge as it jerks slightly and begins to enter the ship. Within seconds, the group finds themselves in the large front of the ship known as the Command Center. Tracker blinks at the other Maximals present. "Here is Lady Nibblix." Snowstalker glances over at Rhinox, and smiles at how nice Tracker seems, "My name is Snowstalker." Rhinox quickly rushes Nibblix to the CR Chamber and places her in it. "Good news Nibblix is going to survive." Rattrap transforms and steps off the lift as it descends to pick up Slasher Red. He points over to the large brown and green Maximal and smiles jokingly, "That's Rhinox, and I'm Rattrap, master spy and leader of the Maximals!" Snowstalker laughs at Rattrap, "Don't listen to him OR believe him, he's just a wisecracking guy who is NOT leader. And what's your name?" Cheetor enters the room. "Oh wow! You found Nibblix." Slasher Red arrives, and looks at Tracker, "The kid is Cheetor." Tracker views all the Maximals and smiles with satisfaction, "I am Tracker." Optimus Primal comes out of the hallway leading to his office, and straightens up as he notices a new face and all the Maximals assembled, "Greetings everyone. And who is this?" Tracker looks up, "I believe that you are the Leader. I am called Tracker." Optimus Primal extends his hand, "Indeed. I am Optimus Primal. It is a pleasure to meet you Tracker. From the commotion I heard on my way to hear, I believe we have you to thanks for saving Nibblix." Tracker replies, "It was all in the line of duty. I am glad to be of service." Optimus gives a bright smile and shakes Tracker's hand, "Welcome to the Maximals Tracker." Tracker smiles back and shakes Optimus Primal's hand. "Thanks." The End