(by Rampage's Girl)
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Author's Notes: Based off the song "Do Or Die" by Papa Roach _____________________________________________________________
"Today I saw my hero fall apart,
Pantha looked over and saw her trainer, Leeu, blocking an attack from Megatron. She smirked softly at the old cat’s determination as she elbowed a dizzy Quickstrike and then kicked him away. It hadn’t been but…three days ago he had come out of the pod. Boy, was Pantha surprised to see that her trainer had snuck along, determined to help his charge defeat Megatron. She did a quick spin kick, knocking an incoming eagle twin, Skywarp probably, out of the air and into a tree before turning to check on her mentor. She gasped softly at his shape.
Leeu was now standing in front of Megatron panting heavily, heavily bleeding scratches and dents all over him, but the old lion still had his hands up. His beautiful emerald optics narrowed and he pulled out his sword, running at Megatron with all his might. He let out a cry worthy of a war hero as he plunged it deep into the dragon’s mighty breast. The dragon, though, seemed unaffected and he quickly batted Leeu away. The lion hit a tree and his head shot back, hitting the trunk with a sickening ‘crack’.
Pantha’s optics widened. She ran over to Leeu and bent down. “Leeu? Leeu! Leeu, speak to me! Please!” She begged, shaking him slightly. When the lion didn’t answer, tears fell from the young commander’s optics. “Please don’t die on me! Please! I’m begging you, Leeu! You’re the only father I’ve gotten to know! Don’t leave me too! Please! …Please…”
"It's never too late to live your life,
Pantha glared at the Predacon tyrant and pulled her sword out of its spot on her waist. She let out another growl from the back of her throat and pointed it at Megatron. Her optics were completely blank of all emotion except one: pure and utter hatred. As Megatron raised his dragon hand to fire at her, the panther let out a screech worthy of a lioness and she lunged. With a quick kick, she knocked his hand away and slashed his face with the claws on her feet. As the dragon howled in pain, Pantha ran towards him, picking up Leeu’s twin swords, and then slashed them at Megatron. She felt them slice through something and saw his wings fall off to the ground, severed by the swords.
Emerald met red and Megatron had a take a step back, surprised. Behind those emerald optics, he saw hatred and a bloodlust that only a Predacon could produce. He saw no fear or any other kind of emotion whatsoever other than those two. The dragon hissed in pain as his wings, or rather the spot where his wings should have been, gave off a throb of pain. Transforming, he looked at the other Predacons.
“Retreat.” He grunted out painfully before retreating towards his base, leaving a peeved Pantha panting painfully.
As soon as the dragon disappeared from sight, Pantha hit her knees and continued to watch the area that he disappeared from. Her now completely emotionless and dull optics dimmed slightly. Tightening her fists around Leeu’s energon/blood covered twin swords, the femme forced her weak legs to allow her to stand and she leaned against the sword in her left hand. After watching the spot again for another few moments, she made it over to Leeu and wiped off his blades for him. “Leeu?”
The lion let out a shaky, pain filled breath, but was otherwise unresponsive. He continued to stay where he was, unmoving, except for the rhythmic slow rising and falling of his chest. Pantha moved his arm around her neck and then wrapped her other arm around his waist. “C’mon…let’s get you to a chamber…” She said, standing up so he was leaning on her. “Let’s get you healed…”
"Now it's my time to help you out,
Days later, Pantha was in her office with tear trails running down her furry cheeks and her optics shut off, her elbows supporting her clasped hands as she sat at her desk. She let out a shaky breath as she hid her face in her folded hands. She sobbed and more tears ran down her cheeks. “No…Leeu…” She whispered, looking at the holo-picture on her desk; it was of her, as a young sparkling, and Leeu standing together, smiling. He was holding her in his arms and she was giving his cheek a kiss. A small, shaky smile appeared on her face as she took it in her trembling hands.
He’s really gone… Pantha thought as she looked at the picture, which was quivering slightly because of her hands. Tears fell out of her optics and through the holograph. She traced Leeu with her index finger’s claw and then frowned when the claw went through the holograph. Just like my tear…and this picture… Her white hand went through Leeu’s body on the picture and she set it down. It proved it…he’s really gone…the one person I thought could never die…died…why? …How…?
It had been three days since the incident where Leeu had been injured and Pantha had lost control of her beast mode, but to the femme the wound was still fresh. After all, her mentor had been the only father figure she had really known. Leeu had died soon after coming back to the base. Pantha still remembered what they had done to his body. Dinobot had requested that his body be dealt with the same way his had. Her mind drifted back to it.
"You helped me, keep my dreams alive,
With one last goodbye, Pantha took a step back and allowed the mech’s funeral to begin. As she watched his body disappear, the tears that had been held back rolled freely down her black cheeks. That, right there, was when it hit her. He was truly gone. There were no second chances for him, no coming back. Megatron had killed him. Taken him from her. Looking at her mentor for the last time, she saluted him and then turned. The femme ignored the others as she made her way to her office, where she remained shut off from everyone else for the next three days.
"It's never too late to live your life,
It's never too late to live your life,
I cant run anymore
Pantha walked out of her office, grabbing her sword and blaster as she did so, and then headed to the control room. It was just past two in the morning so no one, other than the mech on monitor duty, would be awake. She saw Rattrap was asleep and grinned. Perfect. The femme touched one of the monitors and saw Megatron’s sleeping figure come up on the screen. Raising an optic ridge at his sleeping hand, the femme cleared her throat loud enough to wake the dragon up.
“Hmm?” Megatron opened his optics sleepily. “Ah…My dear commander…” He sat up strait, “To what do I owe this honor? After all, it’s not every day the Maximal commander calls my humble self.”
Pantha spat. “Cut the small talk, Megatron. I want a battle. Right now.” Her emerald optics narrowed dangerously, “Listen to me. You took someone very special to me from me. I loved him with my entire spark. Now you’re going to pay for it.”
Megatron yawned, acting as if the femme’s actions didn’t amuse him when, really, they did. After all, she was a Maximal commander, yet she was acting like a Predacon and wanting revenge. Hmm…maybe he could use this later. No matter at the present, though. After all, she wanted a battle; he’d give her one. “Very well, my dear.” The dragon nodded, “Meet me at the coordinates. Come alone.”
“You too, Megs.” Pantha growled, “I want you and only you.” She pointed a slender finger at the mech’s face, “The others can slag themselves for all I care, but I want you. Come alone…” She turned, but then growled, “Or don’t come at all.” With that, her tail cut of the transmission and the femme curtly walked out of the ship, transforming into beast mode as she ran to meet Megatron at the coordinates.
"Today I saw my hero fall apart,
As the panther ran with all her might, she couldn’t help but think about the reasons behind this battle. Revenge? Yes. Hatred for the mech that had cost her almost everything she knew and loved? Yes. What other reasons were there? As she thought, she realized that she was going against Leeu’s whishes. You never attacked with your heart. Only your mind. Oh, but had those words ever gotten her anywhere? That was the true question. As she thought, she realized that, when they hadn’t helped they, they had never hurt her, either.
Pantha continued to run, refusing to back down. Leeu had also told her that, once you started something, you had to finish it. And she was going to finish the battle that Leeu had never finished. Her black, and one white, paws packed in the forest floor under her as she ran full speed towards the valley. Once there, she transformed and pulled out her sword, clutching it tightly. She took deep breaths as she waited for Megatron, using the lessons Leeu had taught her. She wouldn’t disobey anything he had taught her. Not in this battle; not since it was for him.
"It's never too late to live your life,
It's never too late to live your life,
It's never too late to live your life,
“So it’s revenge you seek?” Megatron smirked, amused.
“No.” Pantha’s optics glazed over, “In the words of a great manta ray ‘it’s not revenge I seek. It’s justice’. That’s what I want.” She said, coming back into reality. “Justice for him. Justice for my father. Justice for everyone you’ve killed. And I’m going to get it. But for now, yes, I want to battle for him.”
Megatron grinned and lifted his hand. “Then cry havoc. And let loose the dogs of war.” He smirked, quoting himself. He fired his dragon hand’s ice breath at the cat.
Pantha promptly dodged and lunged. She slashed the dragon’s wing and got in his face, “I’m a cat. Get it right, you moron.” She hissed in his face and then jumped away. She threw her sword away and then motioned for him to attack her head on. “Come on. Unless you’re afraid to attack me.”
The mech rushed at her and Pantha, using her cat-like agility, barely managed to get away from the lunge, using a back flip. She landed behind the mech and kicked him in the back. As he stumbled forwards, Pantha straitened up and started to slowly walk over to him. When Megatron had turned to face her, the femme went to kick his face, but the dragon grabbed her foot and threw her into a tree. Pantha let out a grunt as her head hit the tree, but wouldn’t back down. She stood back up, using the tree for support, and ran at him. However, at the last second, she jumped over his head and kicked him between the wing joints.
However, instead of stumbling, Megatron spun around and grabbed the femme’s tail, using his dragonhead hand. He laughed upon hearing Pantha’s cat screech of pain and slung the femme into another nearby tree, keeping hold of her tail. After a few more rounds of ‘wack the cat into a tree’, Megatron let Pantha go, who was panting and trying to keep conscious, and then watched her stumble to her feet.
Pantha gasped as energon, blood and sweat ran down her face and head as she stumbled and struggled to stand. Once her vision had gone back to normal, the panther pulled out another sword, only this one was smaller, and aimed it at Megatron, spreading her feet apart so they were shoulder width apart. The cat femme felt her wounds bleed her life giving energon and blood as she stood there, but ignored them. She knew she would regret it, but oh well. It was for him. For Leeu.
Megatron laughed as he looked at the battered femme. “Not going to run away, I see.” He chuckled, optics flashing deviously.
Pantha walked over to him slowly, optics glazed over. “Megatron…” She breathed, “There are two things you need to know about me.” She stopped in front of him, dropping her sword. “One…I don’t give up. Evah. Two.” Her leg swung back and she kicked him where it hurts, “I don’t fight fair. That was a rule Leeu taught me. There are no rules when it comes to fighting for your life. Do what you need to. I intend to.”
“I see…” Megatron grated out, standing back up strait. He groaned and glared at the femme. “Well…I shall remember that…as I rip you to pieces!!” He roared, transforming into dragon mode.
With a quick lunge, he captured the femme in his mouth, teeth digging into her waist. The femme screamed and struggled, but was unable to get away. She punched and kicked the mighty dragon’s mouth and nose, trying with all her might to get free. She wasn’t going to loose this battle; she couldn’t! With one final pound, she managed to nail Megatron’s nose hard enough to let him drop her. Pantha got to her feet, ignoring the sharp, horrible pain that stung her every time she dared to draw a breath, and then threw a taser at him swiftly.
With an impressive roar of pain, the dragon batted away the taser, but only after it had shocked out the circuits in his left optic. Half blind now, Megatron watched the femme with all the concentration he had. He saw her limp to her left and blocked her path; he did the same when she went to the right. He grinned triumphantly as he, and Pantha both, realized that she was trapped between his paws, unable to go side to side or backwards because of the tree behind her.
“Where do you go now, kitty?” Megatron taunted, getting in the cat’s face as he tried to frighten her. However, he saw no fear behind those emerald optics of hers; only a passion to continue to fight.
“The only way I can go.”
That was Pantha’s answer as she pulled out a dagger. Rushing at him, the injured femme shoved it into the spot on the great dragon’s chest where his breast bone would be, had he had one, then jumped back, doing a back flip, and then kicked off a tree. She landed behind Megatron gracefully and turned to him. Throwing a few more daggers at him, Pantha fell to her knees, injuries finally taking their toll.
With a roar, Megatron pawed at the daggers were they had gotten his face and neck. After finally getting them out of his body, the dragon transformed and towered over the younger, abused femme. With every slow, even step, his breath seemed to get even more heavy as he walked over to her. He grabbed her up by her throat and held her at arm’s length, cutting off her air. He watched her fighting weaken as her air supply dwindled and grinned.
“And here’s another reason why being organic is…a disadvantage.” Megatron chuckled. He saw the life leave Pantha’s optics, “Your father was right to join me…though it cost him his life.”
The fire returned. Pantha’s optics brightened and became a sickly green color and the pupils returned. Her fur stood on end and she kicked the mech’s chest, surprising him. The kick, though weak, surprised Megatron enough to make him drop her and the panther stood up, optics blazing, and looked at the dragon. She clenched and unclenched her fists.
“Bastard.”
That was the only warning he’d get. Next thing he knew, Pantha was on top of him, clawing with all her might at his wings. He felt his finally reattached wings be sliced off again and roared; not again! He snatched the femme up by the waist and held her in front of him by her wrists. His other hand shot out and grabbed the femme’s ankles so she couldn’t struggle.
Pantha screamed as his dragon hand’s teeth dug into her ankles. She tried to struggle, but failed. With that last bit of strength she had in her, the cat touched her beast side and then her emerald optics glazed over. She froze for a moment…then lashed out, managing to somehow get free. She bit down on the mech’s neck and tore out a decent chunk of flesh metal. As the dragon howled in pain and tried to cover the wound, Pantha scooped up her sword and ran towards him. She let out a powerful screech and shoved her sword into his chest as far as it would go.
Megatron yelled and his optics dimmed. He fell to the ground soon after and didn’t move.
Pantha stumbled and then dropped the sword. “I finished…your battle…Leeu…my mentor…” With that, her emerald optics cut off and she fell forwards with a heavy sigh of relief, letting the well deserved stasis lock and it’s restoring powers come.
"I can’t run anymore
The next day, Pantha awoke to new surroundings. At first, the cat panicked, but then quickly calmed down after realizing that she was just in a CR Chamber. She sighed softly and allowed it to heal her wounds as she leaned against the wall of it. The young panther touched the locket that she had been wearing since Leeu’s death and sighed softly upon feeling the cool metal against her fingers. After only a few cycles, the chamber opened and Pantha walked out, seeing Dinobot and a peeved Rattrap glaring at her. She ignored them, but Rattrap grabbed her arm.
“What in da PIT were ya t’inkin’, kitten?!” He exploded.
Pantha’s only answer was a shove and then walking away. Tears ran down her cheeks and she headed out to where her mentor, her trainer…her dad…was buried.
Rattrap looked down and saw that Pantha had shoved a small chip on him. After plugging it into the computer, he saw what had made Pantha go off and attack Megatron like she had. There, was a picture of Pantha, as a small sparkling, Rhinox before he was Rhinox, and Leeu before he was, well, Leeu. The two elders were standing side by side and Pantha was hanging from them, between their shoulders. She had a cute smiled on her face and her father had his hand over hers. Behind them, was a familiar mech.
Megatron before he was in the Beast Wars.
The one who taught me to be strong,
On the outside I look fine,
But on the inside I am dying
My strength has overcome my pain
My love for you remains the same
The loneliness is setting in
I have no one to free my sins…"
The time is now; it's do or die
It's never too late to live your life,
The time is now, it's your to mine..."
Megatron’s cold laughter rung in Pantha’s ears and the cat femme snapped. She turned suddenly, glaring at Megatron as she did so, and the dragon saw that she had black slits in her optics that resembled cat pupils. A low, threatening growl came from the back of her throat and the panther’s fur stood on end. Her breathing quickened and her nostrils flared with every furious breath. Her tail twitched from side to side and her two different colored fists clenched and unclenched. Her ears flattened against the back of her head and she growled as her optics glowed an evil, green color that reminded Megatron of Rampage’s.
Coz you were there when I was down,
It's hard for me to seal this way
Losing all your sanity..."
Without you how would I survive?
It's time for me to be a man
Now I finally understand..."
Pantha walked over to the dead mech’s body and put his swords in his hands, which were crossed over his chest. She had cleaned and polished them to the point that her fingers had been cut be the blades at least ten times. She looked up at him and carefully gave his cold forehead a kiss. Moving his warrior’s ponytail out of his forehead, Pantha swallowed and said a soft prayer to Primus that he would watch over her mentor’s spark and allow the Ex-Predacon to join the Matrix for he had truly been…one of Cybertron’s greatest.
The time is now, it's do or die
It's never too late to live your life,
The time is now, it's your to mine
The time is now; it's do or die
It's never too late to live your life,
The time is now, it's your to mine
I cant hide anymore
I cant run anymore
I cant hide anymore..."
The one who taught me to be strong,
On the outside I look fine,
But on the inside I am dying..."
The time is now, it's do or die
It's never too late to live your life,
The time is now, it's your to mine
The time is now, it's do or die
It's never too late to live your life,
The time is now, it's your to mine
The time is now, it's do or die
It's never too late to live your life,
The time is now, it's your to mine..."
I can’t hide anymore
I can’t run anymore
I can’t hide anymore..."
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Author's Notes: Oh, and I know a lot of you are thinking "She killed Megatron?! How?!" And the thing is...she didn't kill him. At least...I don't think she did...um...if you think she did, she did...if you're going to hate me for killing Megsie, then she didn't...heh...anywho...
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Do Or Die Lyrics (by Papa Roach)
It's never too late to live your life,
Now it's my time to help you out,
You helped me, keep my dreams alive ,
It's never too late to live your life,
It's never too late to live your life,
I can't run anymore
Today I saw my hero fall apart,
It's never too late to live your life,
It's never too late to live your life,
It's never too late to live your life,
I can't run anymore
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Hence, the title. You wanna watch the vid I got this from? Here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY7Rl4k1SvM
Alpha: the disclaimers?
Transformers/Beast Wars: © HASBRO
Today I saw my hero fall apart,
The one who taught me to be strong,
On the outside I look fine,
But on the inside I am dying
My strength has overcome my pain
My love for you remains the same
The loneliness is setting in
I have no one to free my sins
The time is now, it's do or die
It's never too late to live your life,
The time is now, it's yours to mine
Coz you were there when I was down,
It's hard for me to seal this way
Losing all your sanity
Without you how would I survive
It's time for me to be a man
Now I finally understand
The time is now, it's do or die
It's never too late to live your life,
The time is now, it's yours to mine
The time is now, it's do or die
It's never too late to live your life,
The time is now, it's yours to mine
I can't hide anymore
I can't run anymore
I can't hide anymore
The one who taught me to be strong,
On the outside I look fine,
But on the inside I am dying
The time is now, it's do or die
It's never too late to live your life,
The time is now, it's yours to mine
The time is now, it's do or die
It's never too late to live your life,
The time is now, it's yours to mine
The time is now, it's do or die
It's never too late to live your life,
The time is now, it's yours to mine
I can't hide anymore
I can't run anymore
I can't hide anymore
RG:Huh? Oh! Slaggit!
Pantha, Leeu: © Me
"Do or Die": © Papa Roach
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