Ghosts of the Past- part 1- a Beast Machines story

Summary: An object crashes on Cybertron, and its contents prove deadly and familiar.

Author: MPhage

E-mail: Author's note: I recently broke my hand and it is in a cast, so my stories are going to be a little short as far as length for about a month. I'll continue this story in a few days. Thank you.

Rating: G

Legal notes: I do not own Beast Machines, Transformer, or anything like them, so no copyright infringement is meant.

A DARK NIGHT, THE SKY OVER CYBERTRON IS STILL, WHEN SUDDENLY...

Cheetor watches in awe as a glow fills the sky and an object pulls through the atmosphere. "Whoa!" Cheetor yells out in shock, "I don't believe it! I better relay this information to Optimus!" Cheetor runs off towards the ruins that the Maximals have been using for a base.

Megatron watches as the object descends towards the planet's surface. He scratches his chin. "There is something familiar about that thing." He says in an overbearing tone. "Tankorr! Jetstorm! Thrust!" he screams at his three Vehicon generals. "Find out what that thing is! And bring it back here!" The three Vehicons nod and race of in the direction of the object. Megatron stares at the screen, "Something very familiar indeed." He says replaying the image of the objects descent.

"Are you sure Cheetor?" Optimus says in shock, Cheetor nods. "I know a stasis pod when I see one bigbot. And that was definitely a stasis pod!" Rattrap scratches his head, "A stasis pod coming down on Cybertron? It just doesn't make sense! It would be like Megatron preaching the virtues of the animal kingdom!" Rattrap joked. Nightscream smiled, "Well at least it means we'll have another ally against Megatron and the Vehicons." Blackarachnia cut him off, "You're assuming we'll get to the pod before Megatron's goon squad does." Optimus nods in agreement, "If we want to get to the pod first we'd better get moving." The Maximal leader says leading the group out of the ruins. As the small band of animals works their way through the tunnels under Cybertron, Nightscream shares a conversation with Rattrap. "So, have you guys dealt with a lot of stasis pods before?" Rattrap nods his head, "If I had a chunk of energon for every time a stasis pod came down while we were on Earth, I'd make old Megabutt look like a wimp without any power!" Nightscream didn't believe this exaggeration but the point was understood. Nightscream asks Rattrap an odd question then. "What's the worst thing that ever came out of a stasis pod?" Rattrap stops walking and thinks, "Well I don't remember much from back then, because of the virus. But I seem to remember a rather large nasty guy coming out of a stasis pod once. I think he was a lobster or something like that." Rattrap said straining to remember. Nightscream couldn't think of anything else to ask Rattrap.

Optimus and the other Maximals arrived at the crash scene, the ground had been torn apart by the stasis pod, which turned out to be several stasis pods welded together into one large one, one VERY large one. Optimus stepped towards the pod very slowly trying to get a grasp on the situation. Inside the pod something moved, something big. Optimus glanced into the pod as a look of terror, shock, and worry came over his face. "Maximals! Get back now!" He screamed trying to move the group back. Before they could move a huge shape ripped through the side of the stasis pod. The shape grabbed Optimus around the waist and lifted him over the top of the pod as it opened and Optimus stared into a huge pair of glowing green eyes. The creature spoke in a sinister voice which sent a chill up the spines of everyone present, "I'm baaaack!" Rampage screamed. -To be continued...