Rattrap\u2019s teammates were stunned at his information. \u201cHave you lost it, Rattrap?\u201d asked Cheetor. \u201cInferno is who?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cRoadblock!\u201d insisted Rattrap. \u201cInferno is Roadblock!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cN-No, no!\u201d argued Airazor. \u201cRoadblock\u2019s an Autobot warrior! Inferno here is a\u2026well, she\u2019s not all there like Roadblock was!\u201d Inferno then groaned as she got up and shook her head. She then transformed to beast mode. The Maximals did the same. \u201cRoadblock?\u201d asked Airazor. Inferno flashed her mandibles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTake it easy, Roadblock!\u201d called Cheetor. \u201cWe\u2019re here to help!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI don\u2019t require help anymore!\u201d snarled Inferno. \u201cNot now that my dormant memories are back to the forefront!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt really IS you, Roadblock!\u201d gasped Airazor. \u201cBut how-?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEver since Tarantulas made me into what I am now, I was buried inside my new identity of Inferno! I couldn\u2019t reach the surface, couldn\u2019t communicate! But the whole time, I was watching, LEARNING!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve recovered you! It\u2019s great to have you back, Roadblock! With you on our side, we can beat the Preds!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBeat them?! Why should we go against the ones who know how corrupt the Dynasty of Primes is?!\u201d That shook the Maximals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEr, Roadblock-\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI AM INFERNO, NOW! Clean your optics, Airazor! The destruction of the Matrix is the only hope the Transformers have of achieving dominance!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIMPOSTER!\u201d called Cheetor. \u201cThe Roadblock I knew would NEVER side with the Decepticons!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSpots, I hate to burst your bubble,\u201d gulped Rattrap, \u201cbut she DID!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThen we need to bring her back to our side\u2026by ANY means necessary!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhoa, hold on a minute!\u201d called Sonic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCheetor\u2019s right!\u201d called Airazor. \u201cWe need Roadblock more than we need Inferno! Her Spark must have been corrupted! Rattrap, do whatever you need to do!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOh, when the stars align!\u201d chuckled Rattrap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cRattrap! Belay that order!\u201d interjected Kong\u2019s voice. He, Tigatron, and Rhinox joined them. \u201cMaximals, stand down!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBut, Kong!\u201d protested Cheetor. \u201cShe-\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe saw it all from the Oracle,\u201d interrupted Kong. \u201cRoadblock\u2026Inferno\u2026made a conscious choice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI was afraid of that,\u201d sighed Sonic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWell, she made the wrong choice!\u201d urged Rattrap. \u201cWe need to get her head reset and-\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIf we tamper with her mind after she made a conscious choice,\u201d argued Sonic, \u201cwe\u2019re no better than her current bosses!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBesides, the Call came out,\u201d reminded Kong. \u201cThis business IS concluded. Let her go.\u201d Rattrap, Airazor, and Cheetor grimaced before parting to give Inferno room to pass. As she left, Inferno called back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGoodbye, Maximals. You recovered my memories for me, so I will spare you for now. When we meet again, after Hydran has made his address, you will have to kill me in order to survive.\u201d She then disappeared in the trees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026I can\u2019t believe YOU, of all people-!\u201d Airazor snarled at Sonic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLook, both sides want this planet to run in harmony,\u201d replied Sonic, \u201cbut harmony without free will is just oppression. We can only hope Inferno will remember that in time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMaximals, Optimus also saw the whole thing,\u201d explained Kong. \u201cHe\u2019s going to have the Autobots keep the Decepticons off our backs as Hydran addresses us. Let\u2019s go.\u201d Kong knuckled his way to the front and Rhinox brought up the rear. Sonic headed back to Maximal City to pick up Knuckles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cRoadblock?!\u201d cried Prowl once he got the news. \u201cShe\u2019s Inferno?! How?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSomeone with a knowledge of genetics, from what I could glean,\u201d replied Optimus. \u201cEither Shockwave or someone using her work. In any case, we have Maximal City\u2019s A.I., Sentinel, back up and running. He\u2019s sent auto-repair drones to fix the comms towers and has managed to pinpoint the location of all the Maximals. Even when they\u2019re beasts, they still heard the Call.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWell, so did the Dyno-bots. They\u2019ve headed off to the Pangea<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLet them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2026Sir?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThey helped Kong Primal\u2019s team regain their old minds, they can help them restore the rest of the Maximals.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIf you\u2019re sure\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cPositive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWell, all right. I guess the best thing we can do is to keep them in our prayers at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Every form of metal beast arrived at an ancient starship, the Pangea<\/em>, the colony ship that brought the original Cybertronian colonists to Animatros. As the Animatronians clamored, whether they were affected Maximals or Predacons still capable of transforming, a robot, wingless dragon stepped to the ship\u2019s old entrance ramp. He roared for silence. \u201cAs I have repeated during each of these gatherings, as my ancestors have done before me, so I say now, I am Hydran, the Flame Convoy of Animatros! Why has communication between the Maximals and Predacons ceased?! Who was fool enough to take the Cyber Planet Key?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLord Hydran!\u201d called Kong, \u201cwe accuse the Predacons and have proof of what happened!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2026Not many Maximals claim to have proof,\u201d remarked Hydran. \u201cWho among you carries it?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThat would be Nightscream, Lord Hydran.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNightscream, step forward.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNightscream, MAXIMIZE!\u201d Nightscream\u2019s beast feet and wings split away as the chest folded down and split into legs while feet folded down. As the feet\u2019s rear toes folded to the sides to make thumbs, the beast head folded to the chest as the bot head popped up to take its place. His helmet made him look like he had hair all swept to the left of his face. Nightscream inserted a memory drive into a console. \u201cThe proof is here!\u201d It then showed footage of Saurion\u2019s attack with him brandishing the Cyber Planet Key.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSo it was YOU, Saurion!\u201d roared Hydran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou DO value survival of the fittest, do you not?\u201d asked Saurion. \u201cWhy else would I take it?! I had the strength to do so!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cStealing an artefact is NOT survival of the fittest!\u201d roared Hydran. He then rolled his optics at the continued noise. \u201cWHY DO THE MAXIMALS NOT STOP?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLord Hydran, I am Grimlock!\u201d called the Dyno-bot leader. \u201cWe have a means of getting them to stop!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2026Then do so, Outsider.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cActually, I think I\u2019ll leave that to Kong Primal.\u201d Kong nodded and began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAccess Maximal Core Consciousness! Passcode: Kong Primal!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cPasscode: accepted,\u201d called all the computers of the Maximals. The afflicted Maximals roared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cQUIET!\u201d shouted Kong. The noise\u2026stopped. \u201c\u2026Much better. Now, let me tell you how to help yourselves. You must first delete the programming block. Our ancestors may have needed it once, but that\u2019s now a thing of the past.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSo, what are we?\u201d asked Hydran. \u201cRobots or animals?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBoth. We\u2019re a blend of beast and bot. We are still the same when we\u2019re animals. Deleting the programming block is just the first step. The key is finding the balance within yourself. Then, and only then, can you easily go from beast to robot and back again.\u201d The Maximals growled\u2026then found the programming block.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cProgramming block: deleted,\u201d came the voices of multiple computers. The Maximals then felt something calm them, then a new rhino spoke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou know, that sounds like something Tigatron would say,\u201d he chuckled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThat line of thinking was expanded upon,\u201d replied Tigatron, \u201cwhen my former students, the Dyno-bots, retaught that lesson to me.\u201d By now, all the Maximals were talking as normal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cA splendid show, Mr\u2026I\u2019m sorry, I didn\u2019t ask for your name,\u201d recalled Hydran as he gestured to Kong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019m Kong Primal, head of Maximal City Security.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAnd now, you are Kong Primal, my chosen successor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWell, it was no WHAT?!\u201d The assembled Maximals and Predacons all repeated Kong\u2019s question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThat was the initial reason why I called you all here,\u201d explained Hydran. \u201cI was going to pick my successor. Kong, I say this only to state a fact, you are NOT physically stronger than me, but you are a perfect blend of brain and brawn. When I step down, YOU shall be the new Flame Convoy. Until then, I intend to get used to my new activation code. Hydran, MAXIMIZE!\u201d His beast head, like many Animatronians, folded down to join the chest, the front legs became arms with hands of clawed fingers, and the beast mode\u2019s rear legs served to hold the robot upright as the head popped up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201c\u2026Lord Hydran, I\u2019m both floored and honored,\u201d replied Kong as he transformed to bot mode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe honor is all mine, my future leader,\u201d assured Hydran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI think not, Hydran, no!\u201d growled Saurion. He went to bot mode and fired a strange energy beam at Hydran. It enveloped him in a green aura and made him weak. \u201cPredacons, we WILL have our day, one way or another! 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