Legal stuff: Transformers G1 and Beast Wars are owned by Hasbro. Power-Bomb, Bad Mouth, and Con are my property! Author: MPhage e-mail: Summary: A young man's hatred of the Autobots leads to his involvement in the Beast Wars. A darkened highway a man, woman, and young child are returning from a movie, when they are struck by an oncoming car, the man and woman are killed on impact, the child survives. But as the vehicle drives away he sees something that he never forgets, a face on the window of the car, a robotic face. The Autobot insignia. 12 years later, in front of the Ark a teenage boy watches the busy Autobots come in and out, and smiles. He turns to a small device next to him. " Time to score one for mom and dad." He says as he starts the machine. A blinding flash of light! The Ark still stands, but the device has been blown to pieces, and the boy is no where to be seen. *DAYBREAK*

Cheetor makes his rounds at the Ark, "Cheetor to Optimus, everything out here is secure. Whatever that distortion Rhinox saw on the scanners must have been a glitch." There is a blinding flash of light that fills the sky. "Whoa, maybe I spoke too soon! Check in with you in just a minute!" Cheetor yells into his com as he heads towards the flash. " What hit me? Did it work? Are those stinking mechanoids gone?!" A young man says as he stands to his feet. He almost falls down from the shock, the roads are gone, plantlife is every where, and there was a large metal cheetah heading straight for him. He trys to run only to find his foot is trapped in a hole. As the cheetah comes up on him. "Whoa, how'd you get out here?" Cheetor says assuming the boy is one of the early humans from the valley. " That's kind of what I'd like to know myself, and since when do animals talk?" The young man snaps back. Cheetor jumps back, "Hey, your not from the valley! Where the slag did you come from?" The young man looks at the surroundings and then corrects, “Not where, when."

Inside the Ark Optimus interrogates the boy, "So your name is Jason, is that correct?" Optimus asks to the small human. As of yet Jason had no reason not to trust these creatures, they at least seemed somewhat organic. "Yes." Jason answered simply. "And where exactly did you come from?" Optimus proceeded to ask. Jason shakes his head, "Not where, when!" Jason was getting tired of all these questions. "OK, then tell us when your from?" Optimus said to the young man. "1999." came Jason’s response. Rattrap's mouth dropped, "That's right towards end of the Great War!" Jason turned to look at Rattrap, and posed a question. "The Great War, what in the world is the Great War? You can't mean either of the World Wars, wrong time period." Optimus answered the question, " The Great War was a long and exhausting battle that took place between our ancestors the Autobots, and the Decepticons." Jason's eyes filled with hate. "So you are descended from the Autobots and the Decepticons?" Jason's voice had changed, it was harsher now. Rhinox spoke up, " Actually, we descended from the Autobots alone." //Even worse// Jason thought to himself, the Decepticons hadn't been responsible for his parent's death, he had a small measure of respect for them. "I see," Jason said. He was backed into a corner. He now had a reason to hate these creatures as well as the Autobots, but if he let on to this it would endanger him. He had to find a way to get out of here. And then he had it. "Yea the Predacons, now they're descended from the Decepticons." Rattrap started. Jason closed his eyes and yawned, "Its getting late is there anyway I could get some sleep?" Optimus smiled at the boy, "Sure, Cheetor why don't you show our guest to a room?" Cheetor nodded at Optimus and motioned for the boy to follow. Jason was thinking up a plan in his head, he'd find a way to contact the Predacons and try to get them to help.

Jason watched in silence as Cheetor walked away from the room. He'd wait until the others had gone to sleep and would try to make an escape then.

//It should be late enough, now.// Jason thought to himself. He peeked out the door trying to see if anyone was in his way, the hallway was empty. //Perfect.// the young boy thought. He opened the door slowly so he wouldn't wake anyone up. Making his way down the hallway he glances into one of the rooms, Rattrap lays in a bed snoring. //Lousy sons of Autobots!// Jason yells in his mind. He remembers the day his parents died and the Autobot insignia that had been on the car that hit them. After that day he swore the Autobots would pay, he now had his chance, not to just destroy the Autobots but also their descendants, the Maximals. He walked to the huge metal doors and pushed against them. Nothing, they were too heavy for him to move. //What now?// he asked himself. Then he remembered the control pad, if he could get to that... maybe, just maybe he could open the doors. He ran up to the display. It was in Cybertronian he couldn't understand a word of it, so he just started pushing buttons, by luck he hit the release. As the doors opened he took off into the night, from a control room Rhinox watched the monitors. "Optimus." Rhinox said hitting his com, "Looks like our friend went for a late night stroll, do you want me to have Cheetor go after him?" Optimus woke up, still half asleep, "No, he'll be back. Just let him go, and let me get some sleep!"

Jason wandered for hours, the land was strange and hard to navigate through, he had all but given up hope of finding the Predacons when he spotted a huge wasp. //I wonder...// the boy thought to himself. He yelled out towards the insect, "Excuse me, but you wouldn't happen to be a Predacon, would you?" Waspinator's mouth dropped. "Wha... human talking to Waspinator? Waspinator not understand." Jason shook his head, //Great! Of all the Predacons I got the local idiot!// Jason looked at the large insect, "Yes, I am talking to you. I wish to speak to who ever your commander is." Waspinator stared at the child, Jason smiled as he followed Waspinator towards a large ship.

Inside the Predacon base Megatron was relaxing in a lava tub when Inferno came up to him, "Royalty!" the fire ant yelled, "Waspinator has returned, with a human!" Megatron put his hand against his chin and thought for a second. "A human? Waspinator is a moron, but even he isn't dumb enough to bring a human here..." Megatron said, as his eyes seemed to light up, "unless he had a reason." He motioned to Inferno to release the shield so they could come in, he was anxious to see why Waspinator had brought a human with him back to the base. Waspinator stepped forward now in robot form, "Megatron," Waspinator said bowing, "Waspinator found a human who can speak! Human asked Waspinator to bring him to meet you." Jason stepped forward from the shadows. Megatron realized that this was not one of the primitive humans from the valley. "Who, may I ask are you?" Megatron glared at the boy, Jason bowed and answered, "I, lord Megatron, am a humble child, who wishes to speak with you." Jason realized that if Predacons were anything like Decepticons the more flattery you gave them the better. Megatron smiled, "Well, what is your name?" Jason stood up, "My name is Jason, and as I'm sure you have already figured out I am not from around here." Megatron glared at the boy. "I come from the future, in an effort to destroy the Autobots, I seem to have been transported here." Megatron scratched his chin, "Destroy the Autobots? Why would you want to do that boy? The Autobots were the friends of the human race." Jason's eyes filled with anger, "They were no friends of mine! An Autobot was responsible for the death of my parents!" Megatron understood now. Megatron looked at the boy, "Well Jason, give me one reason that I should care, or even allow you to live any longer!" Megatron sneered. Jason smiled and looked up, "Because I know the Ark's weak spots." Megatron glared at the child, and then got a large grin on his face. *MORNING*

Optimus yawned and stretched, Rhinox was still in front of the monitors. "He's not back yet, you know." Rhinox said without looking up from the screens. Optimus looked worried for a second and then smiled, "Don't worry old friend. He'll be around." Suddenly a blast hit the Ark as Rhinox and Optimus were knocked off their feet. "What was that!?" Optimus yelled as the other Maximals came rushing into the room, "What's going on!?" Rattrap yelled trying to keep his balance as more blasts shook the Ark. Rhinox looked up at the screens and then over to Primal, "Looks like you were right. He is back, and he brought friends!" The screen showed what Rhinox was talking about, Jason stood on a hill over looking the Ark, the Predacons were behind him firing past him and towards the Ark. Megatron stood next to him, the two seemed to be laughing.

Jason pointed to a spot on the hull of the Ark, "Right there Megatron, fire all your weapons on that spot. It has a structural integrity problem, you hit the ship there and the whole thing blows!" Jason laughed being quite pleased with himself. Megatron glared at the boy and then smiled, his victory was finally at hand. "Predacons! Fire on that spot!" Megatron ordered pointing to the hull, the Predacons obeyed. As their shots hit the hull began to crack and burn, Megatron's eyes glowed and he clenched his fist, "Yeeeees, yeeeees!" He yelled. The hull exploded, and a small hole resulted, but that's all. Megatron's cheerful look turned into one of loathing as he turned his attention to Jason, "WHAT HAPPENED!!" he screamed at the boy. Jason couldn't understand it, "It...it...it, should of worked. I don't know what happened, it should have worked!" Megatron stared at the boy, "Just when did you get this information?" Jason looked back up at the Predacon leader, "It was the same information I was going to use to destroy the Autobots." Megatron became furious, "Did it ever occur to you that the breach has not yet appeared!?" Jason looked sheepish. Megatron roared out in anger, "Predacons retreat!" He said turning into his T-Rex mode and then into his flight mode, he turned his attention to Jason picking him up in his transmetal arms, saying to the small human, "And as for you, we will have a LONG talk when we get back to the base." Jason screamed in terror as Megatron flew off holding the boy in his arms, as the other Predacons followed.

Optimus looked at the retreating Predacons, "I can't believe that Jason would betray us." He said shaking his head. Rattrap smiled, "But, I think old Meg's isn't gonna be too happy with him." he laughed. Optimus frowned, //If only I had sent someone after him that night,// he thought, //maybe this wouldn't have happened.//

Back at the Predacon base Megatron was storming, "You moron!" He screamed at Jason, "I should kill you right here on the spot!" Jason began to breath heavy, Megatron stared at the child, "But then I couldn't use you as my new personal servant." He said to Jason. He headed off down a hallway and yelled out to Jason, "If you want to live you'll do exactly as I tell you." Jason slowly followed the Predacon.

*THREE MONTHS LATER*

Jason was fed up being Megatron's slave, three months of it was more than he could bare. //I'll make Megatron respect me.// Jason thought to himself, he had hidden two small hand guns, one in the science lab, the other on him. Though to a Transformer they were nothing more than hand blasters, the guns were like bazookas to the much smaller human, Jason could barely lift them, he had hidden the smaller of the two on his person. He had the plan all thought out, he would call Megatron into the lab for a request, and while Megatron was listening he would pull the gun from its hiding place on his back, when Megatron saw Jason's resourcefulness he was sure to respect him! Megatron passed by in the hallway, "Meg...Megatron," Jason said in a frightened tone, "I need to speak to you." He called out from the lab. "What do you want, fleshball?" Megatron yelled at Jason. In the last three months Megatron had favored calling him 'Fleshball' over Jason. "There seems to be a problem in here sir." Jason said. Megatron turned and walked into the lab. As he did Jason pulled the gun from his back, on seeing this Megatron laughed and knocked the gun from his hands, the blow knocking Jason off of his feet and sliding him across the floor. Jason hit the wall with quite a force. "OHHH!" Jason cried out. Megatron stared at him, "Did you really think you were going to hurt me, fleshball?" Megatron laughed. Where Jason had landed is where he had hidden the other gun, reaching around he pulled it out and pointed it at Megatron, before he could react Jason fired a shot at the tyrant and hit him in the chest. Megatron clutched his chest and glared at the boy. "Now I'm annoyed." He yelled lunging at Jason, the huge robot pulled the gun from his grip and held Jason up in one hand. A stasis pod stood in the corner, though it had Predacon programming, the spark of the protoform robot had extinguished and its data tracks had eroded away to nothing. Megatron threw open the door to the stasis pod and threw Jason inside, "You'll stay in here until I figure out a suiting punishment." Megatron said closing the lid to the stasis pod and sealing it. Jason pounded on the inside of the pod, "No! Let me out! I was only trying to make you respect me! Let me out!" As he continued to pound on the door he triggered something inside the pod.

Suddenly the device became active, "Spark and data tracks lost, searching for alternate source." The computer voice said, Megatron turned to watch what happened. A white light inside the pod scanned over Jason, "What, what's going on!?" Jason screamed, the computer voice interrupted him, "Alternate life and memory source found...merging." Megatron watched in shock as Jason was literally torn apart and pulled into the protoform robot. He screamed out in pain, "Ahhhh! No, No ! Ahhhh!!!!...." his screams suddenly stopped. Jason was gone now only the protoform remained, the computer spoke again. "Searching for compatible life form, beginning." The scanners came on-line as the lab was scanned, unknown to Megatron a small stag beetle had found its way into the lab. For an instance Megatron thought he himself was going to be scanned, but the beam fell just short of his feet as the computer found the insect. "Compatible life form found, beginning replication." Megatron watched as the pod began to work again the inside glowing, suddenly the computer spoke, "Gamma radiation levels exceeded, modifying structure." The device was then quiet. Megatron stepped towards it, when a huge pare of metal pinschers ripped through the pod's door, tearing through it like butter. from inside a gigantic green and blue transmetal beetle stepped out, a little larger in size than Inferno. It seemed disorientated, when it saw its reflection in one of the lab tables, "What happened to me!" it screamed in an oddly familiar voice. It looked at Megatron, "What did you do to me!?" Megatron recognized the voice. It was Jason. Somehow Jason had taken the place of the missing data tracks and spark of the protoform, and was now a transformer.

Megatron stepped towards the 'new' Jason. "Jason, lets talk." he said looking at the gigantic bug. Jason stared through his insect eyes, "About what Megatron?" he asked the approaching dinosaur. Megatron smiled, "You said you wanted respect. As a human you could have never earned my respect," Megatron said, Jason glared at him, "but now, now you are something more. You can earn my respect if that is what you wish." Megatron added a final part to sweeten the pot, "And avenge your parents death." Megatron now had the confused boy eating right out of his hand. Megatron was curious about this new creature, could he transform? "Jason." Megatron said, "I want you to transform." Megatron was happy with his new prize, just as he had been about Bad Mouth, though Bad Mouth still hadn't been able to transform yet, because of his inability to speak. Jason thought for a second, "How do I do it?" he asked. Megatron was a little annoyed and calmed himself, "Just say 'Terrorize' if your Predacon chip tha twas put in the protoform still works, thats all you have to do." Jason reasoned on this and spoke, "Terrorize." Megatron watched as the insect transformed into a large blue and green robot, Jason's insect legs folding over his back which was his insect shell. his insect head formed shoulder pads while the jaws became a claw attached to his right arm. His face was blue with a green helmet that looked very much like a soldiers. His eyes were pitch black with burning red pupils. Megatron was impressed, "Quite impressive." he said looking at the now transformed beetle, who stood just under Megatron's height. Jason glared up at him, "Why shouldn't I kill you now?" Jason said imitating Megatron from three months earlier. This tickled Megatron, "Because, my dear boy, " he said, "Then who would help you destroy the Autobots and the Maximals?" Jason smiled.

Megatron walked into the main hall of the Predacon ship where all the other Predacons were gathered, "Why did you call us here?" Rampage demanded, Dinobot glared at him as if reminding him of his place. Inferno spoke up, "The Queen need not give an answer, drone!" The ant yelled at the transmetal crab. Megatron was tired of being called 'Queen', and desperately wished that someone would take the initative to shut him up. But the other Predacons either were scared of him, or didn't care. Suddenly a shot hit Inferno from a hallway causing him to fall to the ground, "Who dares!" Inferno screamed. From the shadows a large transmetal appeared, with a grin from sensor to sensor. The other Predacons stared in disbelief, "Well, someone had to do it." he joked. Waspinator yelled, "Who is beetle-bot? Waspinator not understand!" Jason laughed, "Like you ever do." Megatron smiled, "Ah, I see the guest of honor has arrived. Well my happy little group, meet the new and improved Jason. Hehehehe." Megatron snickered, the other Predacons couldn't believe what they saw, Jason spoke up, "No not Jason. Jason is dead, call me Power-Bomb!"

Inferno stood up and screamed, "Insolent drone! The Queen will not allow you..." Power-Bomb raised his cannon again and shot Inferno throwing him back onto the ground. He looked at all the other Predacons "Any other complaints?" They shook their heads. Megatron laughed, and raised his arms triumphantly, "With Power-Bomb helping us we will crush the Maximals!" He yelled. //And avenge my parents.// Jason thought.

*DAYBREAK, THE SUN IS RISING OVER THE HILLS, AND THE PREDACONS ARE SET TO ATTACK THE ARK AGAIN*

//The perfect strike,// Megatron reasoned. //the Maximals won't expect it, and better yet, they won't expect Power-Bomb!// He chuckled to himself. On the ground Power-Bomb was approaching in vehicle mode, a powerful ground speeder. Two jet engines protruded from his insect shell as he raced over the ground on a set of treads. His jaws were now set against the ground ready to crush any Maximal in his path. He reached Megatron and stopped. Transforming he stood next to Megatron coming up to about his shoulder, "Now we strike?" he asked to his commander. Megatron nodded, "Now we strike!" The other Predacons appeared over the hill and transformed firing upon the Ark, all but Bad Mouth who could not, instead he began to spit acid towards the Ark, The hull burning away in the places it hit. Power-Bomb took his cannon from its holster on his back, it was shaped oddly similar to Inferno's gun, but slightly larger, with a metal handle coming off the back, grabbing a hold of that handle Power-Bomb pulled on it to reveal a concealed sword. This was quite a site to see, Jason, now Power-Bomb, holding a huge gun in his left hand, a gleaming sword in his right and a huge claw attached to his right arm. Inside the Ark the Maximals were trying to pull themselves together. Optimus screamed to the others, "We're under attack! Battle stations, we have to hit them back, and quick!" Depth Charge pulled his Ramora gun out, "No problem." He said calmly. As the Maximals opened the doors to the Ark the Predacons fired with as much as they could, Rampage fired his cluster missiles, Inferno shot with his flames and missiles, Waspinator had his stinger gun out, but Megatron and Power-Bomb just stood and watched. As the Maximal fliers emerged, Optimus and Silverbolt, Power-Bomb seemed to prepare himself. As they took to the air, Jason watched very carefully. Suddenly the shell on his back split open as the two powerful engines from his vehicle mode emerged and positioned themselves against the huge metal wings which had been Power-Bomb's insect shell, and he took to the sky after them. "Optimus!" Silverbolt yelled to the gorilla who was in jet mode, "We appear to have company!" an energy blast shot towards them, barely avoiding the shot they turned to face their attacker. "Who in the name of the Matrix are you?" Optimus yelled. "Your executioner, monkey." Power-Bomb said coldly. Stopping in mid-air the beetle positioned his claw as it shot from his arm attached to a large metal cable. As it hit and attached to the vehicle Power-Bomb smiled, "Now for something really shocking." he said as electricity flowed through the cable. The energy shorted out Optimus' systems as he fell to the ground. "Optimus!" Silverbolt yelled to his fallen comrade. Power-Bomb raised his cannon and laughed, "Don't worry, you'll see him soon enough!" firing and knocking the Fuzor out of the sky.

The Maximals had fallen, with Optimus out-cold Megatron easily made his way into the Ark. The captured heroes were chained and bound. Megatron laughed and threw his arm around the back of Power-Bomb. Power-Bomb stood in silence, "What's wrong? You should be happy, you have caused the defeat and soon destruction of your parents' murderers' descendants, you should be proud!" Jason realized this, but something was wrong, he didn't feel happy, he felt guilty. He then realized something, he was in the Ark, he could find his parents killer, now! He could destroy the lousy Autobot who was responsible before he even did it. He smiled and looked at Megatron, "There's something I have to do. I'll be back." he said walking back towards the rooms that the Autobots and Decepticons were in.

He entered the room, the anger rose inside of him. Staring at all the Autobots made him hate them more. To destroy them, to destroy them all, what a glorious thought. But he would start with just one. *Back in the front of the Ark the other Predacons wanted to destroy the Maximals now* "NO!" Megatron shouted. "We wait for Power-Bomb, he deserves to be here for this."

Jason walked through the passages looking for the Autobot responsible, and then he found him, but something wasn't right. He had the same Autobot insignia on his window, which was his chest in robot mode, that he had the night Jason's parents had been killed, but he also had a Decepticon insignia on the other side as well as on his forehead. //What's going on here?// he thought to himself, //The one responsible had been an Autobot, hadn't he?// Jason was confused. He saw a control panel not far away, the night he had escaped from the Ark he hadn't understood a word on the panels, but now he was equiped with Cybertronian programming. Running up to the panel he found himself now able to translate it, on the panel was a large green button which said, ON, he pushed the button. The computers in the room began to run, he typed in a simple command, LIST AUTOBOT UNITS ON ARK, the screen came up. None of them had been the one, he had a chilling thought and typed something else in, LIST DECEPTICON UNITS ON ARK, and there he was. CON, the computer screen read, DECEPTICON SPY, MASTER DECEIVER, SPECIAL TALENTS: ABLE TO CONVINCE OTHERS THAT HE IS REALLY AN AUTOBOT, ABLE..., Jason turned the computer off. //All this time,// he thought almost crying, //It was the Decepticons who were responsible, not the Autobots! And now, now I am working with their descendants!// Power-Bomb looked down the hallway, he could almost make out Megatron who was laughing at Optimus Primal. //So much I've done wrong, so much to make up for. I'd better get started!// he thought running towards the Predacons.

Megatron stood ready to fire on Optimus when Power-Bomb arrived. "I was almost ready to start without you, Power-Bomb." Megatron said. Power-Bomb nodded, and raised his gun towards Primal who was now awake, looking straight at him Power-Bomb winked. Turning around he fired a shot at Megatron throwing him into a wall. Taking his sword he cut through the chains and bonds freeing the Maximals. Rattrap got up and glared at him, "Stinkin' Pred! So why are you helping us now?" Power-Bomb's face filled with anger, bending down towards the rat he answered back, "First, don't ever call me a Predacon! Second, I have a lot to make up for, like pursuing the wrong people for the death of my parents." Optimus's eyes seemed to light up, "Jason?" he said. Megatron stood back up, "No time for chit chat now Primal! Predacons attack!" As the Predacons began their attack on the Maximals and Power-Bomb, the Maximals found shelter under a panel, the Predacons continued to fire. "This won't hold up for long!" Rhinox yelled. Cheetor looked at him, "What do you suggest?" he said trying to avoid being hit. Power-Bomb stood up and fired a shot directly at Megatron, the shot hit and Megatron went down. As he did both Inferno and Bad Mouth went to his aid, just as Jason had figured. The Maximals now saw their window of opportunity, they took it. Standing up the Maximals began to fire upon the remaining Predacons, Depth Charge managed to take down Rampage and Dinobot, Waspinator was laid waste to by Rhinox. Quickstrike got put down by Cheetor, while Rattrap caught Tarantaluas off guard. As this happened Bad Mouth stood up and yelled out as if trying to speak, somehow he managed to squeek out a word, "Ttttteeeoorreiiszzeee!" He screached. Unbelievably he transformed, his tail became his right arm, the end opened up to become a cannon, his left hand had razor sharp claws. His dinosaur head folded down to become his chest and the fringes of his head formed a shield around his body, his hind dinosaur legs folded down into his robot legs, as his dinosaur arms became shoulder blades their sharp claws sticking up. His face looked very similar to his dinosaur one, he smiled revealing rows of gleaming silver teeth. The Maximals were in shock, Bad Mouth raised his tail cannon and fired a liquid towards the Maximals, ducking out of its path the liquid melted the wall behind them. Rattrap screamed, and said, "Just what we need, a Pred with an acid cannon!" Bad Mouth laughed. Power-Bomb raised his claw and fired it towards the monster, it caught him around the waist and electricity went through the cable shorting out Bad Mouth's systems.

Megatron struggled to his feet and picked up Bad Mouth, "Predacons retreat!" he screamed out as the Predacons ran from the glared at Power-Bomb, "Don't think that just because you saved our hides out there that we trust you, cause we don't!" Optimus looked at the transmetal insect, "Don't mind Rattrap Jason, if you did you wouldn't stick around." Power-Bomb was shocked as were the other Maximals. Cheetor wasn't even sure he heard right, "Wait, did you just call him Jason?" he asked Optimus. Jason spoke up himself, "How did you know?" Optimus smiled, "After you joined the Predacons I did a little research on you. I couldn't find much, but what I did find was a mention of you trying to destroy the Autobots a couple of times, because you believed they killed your parents. But actually a Decepticon named..." Jason cut in, "Con. Yea, I know. I have a lot to make up for. I just hope I can do enough." He started to walk down the hall, Optimus called after him, "You can't kill Con, you know Jason! If you do you would..." Power-Bomb cut in again, "change the future I know. And Optimus, Jason died in the car crash with his parents, my name is Power-Bomb." He said walking away. THE END