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***AB***

Yuki dug through his backpack as he set it down close to the Cybertron control consul. Ai watched, a bewildered look on her face as the boy seemed to be over-excited about...whatever he was searching for.
"What's wrong Yuki-kun? Have you lost something?"

"No, I'm looking for a report that was made yesterday." Yuki looked up towards Ai. "I don't know if you guys heard about what happened in America yesterday."
"America?" Ai blinked lightly, looking interested. "What exactly happened? We had been busy yesterday, trying to figure out what the Destrongers had done to Wrecker Hook."

Yuki pulled out a tablet and pressed a button, before showing Ai the screen. "Apparently, there was a helicopter that disrupted a flight pattern in California. It made no effort to get out of the way, and no one was able to contact it."

Hearing the story, Fire Convoy turned and slowly made his way towards Yuki and Ai. "Was anyone hurt?"
"No," Yuki replied, showing the leader of the Cybertrons the picture of the helicopter. "But when approached by military jets, the helicopter gave off some sort of shock that shortcurcited the systems of the jets."

Fire Convoy looked over the picture of the helicopter and narrowed his optics. The coloring on it...was hauntingly familiar…

"Apparently it disappeared into thin air after it got away from the jets." Yuki explained, looking back down at his screen. "They searched all night for it, and was unable to find it."

"...Ai," Fire Convoy turned towards the main screen. "Send the Spychangers to the last known area of this helicopter. I want to ensure that it means no harm to the humans."
"Roger. I still have some of the Spychangers looking for Cat Scratch...it's been three months, should we call that search off?"
"Negative. Have X-Car, Artfire, and Eagle Killer continue the search for Cat Scratch. Ox, CounterArrow and Wars will search for this mysterious helicopter."
"Roger!"

***SW***

The snows of winter were slowly settling in on the edges of Mt. Fuji. The wind gently whistled between the tree branches...the snow was SO tempting to eat!

Cat Scratch took a large bite out of the snow that surrounded her paws. For a while it was pleasant...before she found herself shivering quickly and suddenly.
MAN! How could something so awesome be so PAINFUL!?
Rubbing her head a few times, the cat quickly looked up when she heard the engine of a vehicle. Standing, Cat Scratch narrowed her eyes, preparing for possible confrontation.

A bright blue suv came into sight and swerved his turn, before jumping into the air.
"Jazz! Transform!" The suv quickly transformed into a blue and silver mech with a yellow vizor across his optics. Landing with a loud THUD, the mech looked up and grinned, approaching Cat Scratch.
"'Ey Scratch! Did you check on the status of tha parts?"

"Yup. All safe and out of the servos of both parties." Cat Scratch responded, sitting back down on her haunches and looking up cooly. "Though I almost got discovered by GelShark this morning...Kinda wanted to mess with him, but I know Ice Star-sama wouldn't appreciate that, nya."

"Yeah, she can be a bit stiff...but I can't blame 'er, after what happened." Jazz responded, looking towards the sky, noting a blip a few miles away headed in their direction.
"Jazz-san. What happens if we get found by the Cybertrons? I mean...they've SEEN me...if they find out all of the original protectors are here…"
"We'll worry about that IF it happens." Jazz responded, giving Cat Scratch a reassuring smile. "I mean, Fire Convoy is very reasonable from what I remember. I only met him a couple of times...but…"
"But Fire Convoy didn't stop your banishment…"

Jazz paused for a moment and sighed lightly. "...true...but don't worry about it, kid."

"Yeah, 'cause it's not going to happen."

Both Jazz and Cat Scratch looked over as a helicopter swooped down towards them and transformed, landing HARD on the ground and standing up with a smirk.

"Nice, Sandstorm." Jazz said sarcastically, putting his hands on his hips. "Way to show of how UN-covertly you can be."
"Ah quit your bellyachin'. At least I didn't get seen, like SOME bots!" Sandstorm made a motion in Cat Scratch's direction.

Cat Scratch gave off a sarcastic look and scoffed. "There were humans in DANGER, nya. I was only trying to help."
"Yeah, but knowing team Shinkansen, they probably could have done it without you." Sandstorm shrugged his shoulders and smirked towards Jazz. "After all, if J-Seven is still as stubborn as I remember him to be, he would have probably jumped of that bridge if it meant the human's safety."
"No kidding," Jazz grinned. "He always was a stubborn butt."

Both mechs laughed, leaving Cat Scratch to puzzle at them. After a moment, Sandstorm took a small disk out of his subspace and handed it towards Jazz. "Here, the humans have updated their satellite technology. I managed to get the signals that they are using currently."
"Have you tested it?" Jazz asked, taking the disk and examining it.
"Yup. I've also managed to track down four more Cybertrons. It's the build team, they shouldn't be too much trouble."

"I'm curious…"

Both Jazz and Sandstorm looked towards Cat Scratch, who seemed slightly concerned. "Dosen't it bother you that...you're going against your own team?"

The two mechs were silent for a moment, before Jazz took a few steps towards Cat Scratch, a smile on his face. "Scratch...we're not part of the Cybertron team anymore...We're just here to guard the warrior from any threats."
"It kinda WOULD be nice to kick their butts for turning on us." Sandstorm muttered, crossing his arms and looking away. "Tch...that slagging Sentinel. The next time I see him-"
"Sandstorm...don't forget we're here to protect the humans, and to keep Cybertrons and Destrongers alike away from the warrior." Jazz narrowed his optics. "We can worry about revenge later."

"Tch."

...beep...beep….beep…

All three looked towards each other, before Sandstorm looked at his wrist computer.
"...huh...it would seem we have a couple of Cybertrons in the area."
"We can't afford to be discovered yet." Jazz muttered, looking towards Cat Scratch. "Scratch, go distract them while Sandstorm and I get this to Ice Star-sama."

"Understood, nya." Cat-Scratch turned in the other direction and ran off, narrowing her optics lightly. Not far away, she could see three cars driving closer towards the area.
So...how does one distract a car?

"Artfire, we've been searching for three months." X-Car observed as he drove along the snowy path along with Artfire and EagleKiller. "And we've been out here for 2 hours. I honestly don't believe we are going to find Cat-Scratch."
"I'm going to have to agree with X-Car." EagleKiller said lowly. "We should be with the others investigating that helicopter incident in America."

"I know it's strenuous, but Fire Convoy wants to find this…'Cat-Scratch'...I'm not sure how we can possibly find he-"

WHOOSH!
SCRREECH!

All three cars swerved and came to a grinding halt as something whizzed past them at an alarming speed.

"Artfire, Transform!"
"EagleKiller, Transform!"
"X-Car, Transform!"
The three Spychangers quickly stood up and looked around, trying to pinpoint just WHAT had gotten in their path. "What was that just now?" X-Car asked, looking around for possible threats.

Before anyone could really answer, a figure jumped on top of a nearby boulder, causing all three to look over at the...cat...a very LARGE Siamese cat.
Cat-Scratch sat on the top of the boulder, only grinning at them. For a while, no one moved...before EagleKiller took a step up. "Are you CatScratch?"

"Depends on who's looking for her, nya." Cat-Scratch replied, tilting her head. "Though you're kinda cute, so if it's you, I can make an exception."
"Wha-" EagleKiller blushed in a mixture of flattery and outrage.

"Cat-Scratch." Artfire took a step up, catching the Destronger's attention. "Fire Convoy has requested to see you. If you will kindly cooperate, we won't have to get viole-OOFF!" The Cybertron Ninja suddenly found himself on his back as Cat-Scratch TACKLED him to the ground and looked down at him with a sarcastic look.
"Won't have to get violent huh? Jumping to conclusions since I'm a Destronger, right?" Cat-Scratch scoffed, simply sitting on the Cyberninja in the process.

"Get off him!"

Cat-Scratch didn't bother to look over at EagleKiller or X-Car. She already knew she was being aimed at; however, she didn't bother to get off Artfire. She continued to watch him carefully, as though she already had an escape plan ready.
"What's you're name, nya?"

"What?" Artfire scoffed, trying to wiggle from her pressure...only she added more pressure as he struggled. "Why would that be important."
"So I know what to address you...duh. I mean, you came here already knowing my na-"

"I said get OFF him!"

Cat-Scratch's ears perked at the sound of running pedes...and quickly jumped into the air, missing EagleKiller trying to tackle her to the ground. As he missed, Cat-Scratch quickly transformed and took out her weapon. "Flash Whip!"
EagleKiller suddenly found himself entangled by a cord made of energy, which SLAMMED him into a tree..and securely tied him to it.

Cat-Scratch landed on her feet and CHUCKED something in Artfire and X-Car's direction. The device activated and entrapped the two Cybertron Ninjas in an energy dome.
"LET US OUT!" Artfire snarled, pounding at the forcefield angrily.

The female Destronger ignored the two trapped Cybertrons and walked over towards the yellow and red mech tied to the tree. EagleKiller sneered at her, amazed at how quickly she had immobilized them. They were NINJAS! HOW could she have gotten the drop on them!?
"You know, you actually are cute." Cat-Scratch suddenly said, looking over him as though she were intrigued.
"Wha-" EagleKiller gave her a strange look as she placed a finger on his chest.

"Since you're not going to be a gentlemech and at least give me your name, I'll just call you Tori."
"Tori?"
"Yeah, you have a bird on your chest!"

EagleKiller frowned and scoffed. "It's an Eagle...and my name is EagleKiller."
"Oh it's too late now, you should have been civil when you came here, Tori." Cat-Scratch smirked at the Cybertron before her and placed her hands on her hips.
"Why you little-"

"Cat-Scratch!"

The Destronger femme looked over towards Artfire and X-Car, who were looking at her intently.
"We're not trying to start a fight! We're just here to retrieve you for Fire Convoy!"

"Well if he wants to see me, he can call for me himself." Cat-Scratch reverted back to beast mode and huffed. "But of course...I'm a cat. I'll come and go as I please." She turned and started to walk away, leaving the three Cybertrons trapped.
"Wait...WHERE are you going! Release us, you Destronger!"

Cat-Scratch merely rolled her eyes as she walked off, smirking as the three mechs yelled and called after her.

***PC***

"It was at least an hour before her traps wore out." Artfire explained to Fire Convoy, looking visibly embarrassed. "By the time we got free and back on the road, she was long gone."

"I see…" Fire Convoy looked thoughtful for a moment, looking to the side for a short moment. "Then she hasn't forgotten about the early years…"

"Early years?" Artfire inquired, looking confused.

"When Gigatron took over, most of the Destrongers followed him. Only a few refused to. This caused a severe amount of segregation." Fire Convoy looked back towards the three Spychangers. "Should you find her again, please alert me first. I would like to convince her to join us personally."

"What?!"

"As I said before...she was one of the few Destrongers who defied Gigatron. She has many skills that rival your own. I believe she could be a very valuable ally." Fire Convoy replied seriously.

"You honestly believe that a Destronger can be good?"
"Yes...I do."

***PC***

"Gigatron-sama. I inform you that the Destronger known as 'Cat-Scratch' was fighting the Cyberons this morning." Gel Shark reported, kneeling in front of the throne of Gigatron.
"I propose moving forward and seeking out the cat, convincing her to join our ranks."

"You fail to realize, that Cat-Scratch was THE FIRST to defy me." Gigatron growled, looking displeased. "Thanks to her retaliation, a group of Destrongers pulled away from us and defied me for all to see."
Gigatron stood up, growling louder. "I don't want her on this team! I want her eliminated!"
"Gigatron-sama-"

"But Gigatron-sama! She's got amazing skills that have put three Cybertrons in their place!" Gas Skunk recalled. "If we can convince her to join us, the Destrongers won't be pushovers!"
"If you're so adamant about it, then find her and capture her! If she doesn't heed my warnings, she will be terminated!"