-1Becoming a cassette

Written by Raven Black

Transformers belong to Has/Tak No copyright intended

Stories always seem so happy with how they have a hero and someone in distress and the hero saves them. But what if the person in distress wasn't saved? An every day college student heading for her first job interview that is forgotten by the hero? After all, you can't save them all! So what if she's forgotten? It's just one life, who knows what difference a simple person can make? Not much? Or a world of difference! And with that said... I leave you to it!

She panted as she ran like the others in this crowd. Shoving and pushing to reach the shelter of the nearest parking garage with the grace of a heard of wild frightened rhinoceros, animalistic disregard for the others of the crowd as they fled in terror. The people of down town Austin were showing their true nature as they scurried and rushed in fear from the automatonic alien beings attacking them! Even the pain of her high heeled pumps forgotten as she tried not to look back at the pursuers. But unlike the other's, she quickly realized they were being herded and made a break out the side of the crowd to the market street's were so much of the more Hispanic and Latin population had normally congregated.

One of the mech's took notice and opened his chest releasing it's cassettes with order of retrieval. The panther was first to catch up to her heels, she skidded to a stop as the panther cassette passed her and blocked her route, it's crimson optics set on her as it readied to pounce. She backed, ready to sprint off in the other direction, but walked right into the purple arms of one of the more hominid sized and looking cassettes!

She kicked out and back at him trying to wriggle free of his grasp, but he hugged her tighter to him, constricting the wind from her lung's.

"Good job Ravage, now let's get back to Soundwave before any of those stupid Autobot's show up and ruin it all!"

The cat nodded.

"Let GO!" she whimpered to the mech who was her captor with little acknowledgment of her weakening state. Her chestnut hair fallen from it's high pony tail, now a mess from the panicked run.

"Yeah, right" He answered sarcastically, hauling her back to the blue tape deck mech Soundwave. "Here ya go Soundwave. And she ain't harmed or nothing!" The cassette said proudly offering his quarry to the larger mech.

Soundwave knelt down and grabbed her up from the cassette "Good job Rumble, Ravage. Return" His chest opened and the two cassettes transformed and entered back.

"Please" she winced and pleaded to the apathetic visor of the Decepticon tape deck. "Why are you doing this? What did we do and what's going to-"

"Silence" He simply ordered as one of the Autobot's appeared onto the scene and open fired on them. Soundwave flew up, her still in his hold.

She screamed out as a final attempt to get the Autobot's help. But to fail as a energy bubble encircled her in his hand, silencing all sound. Tears fell down her face, the parking garage the others were herded into blew up sending the Autobot flying into the opposite building. What was her fate?

Soundwave flew over the ocean and hovered as the tower entrance of Decepticon HQ rose from the depths, the entrance opened allowing entrance as the rest of the Decepticon's came into view. All entered and headed into the main chamber where Soundwave placed her with other captured victims in a energy cage. They meerly looked up at her, acknowledging her presence before going back to their own self pity and fear.

The tyrant leader looked at the humans with a grossened smile "Soundwave report."

Soundwave nodded "Yes Megatron. Subject, Human college student Katellina Oliego. Artist and top of her Tai quan do class, Leader of the 'Out reach' club. Individual has proven strong tactical skills and houses strong energy."

Megatron rubbed his chin. "Will she suit for our need or be another energy source and waste of space like the others?"

"Positive Megatron. Subject Katellina will be set to begin as soon as the equipment is ready." Soundwave answered coldly causing her to shiver in sense of fear.

"Good!"Megatron smiled, his optic flashed. "A human cassette may cause the imprudent, those insufferable Autobot's to back down to their place." His optics flashed as his gaze fell on the girl. "Congratulations Katellina, you will get to continue your existence and in a superior life few get the chance to! You will live far longer then any other lesser insignificant human before."

She quivered in his shadow looking to the door way as some of the jets hauled in a large machine with help of the Constructicons along with surgical devices and a form of helmet. How was she going to think of a way out of this one?