"So, this machine turned Heatwave into a girl?" Kade asked as he looked at Graham's tablet.
"Yeah," Graham said.
"And now he's permanently a 'she'?"
Heatwave nodded.
"This'll take some getting used to."
"You're okay with it?" Dani asked.
"Uh, yeah, why wouldn't I be?"
"Because you're you!" Heatwave crossed her arms over her chest.
"Look, do any of you remember Jake Lee? He was transgender."
"The line backer in high school?!" Graham was surprised.
"That explains a few things," Dani said.
"Thank Primus that you're used to-" glruch "- oh no!" Heatwave covered her mouth. "Oh no, no, no!" Then she ran out.
"Is she sick?" Kade asked.
"Girl stuff," Blades said.
xxx
Heatwave rested in her quarters.
"Hey, 'Wave!" Kade walked in. "Want to go for a drive?"
"Sure," Heatwave said, "if I still have my alt mode."
"Don't know if we don't try!"
"Ugh! Fine, lets go!"
xxx
"One, two, three!" Heatwave closed her eyes and thought of her earth alt mode. She felt her pistons hiss and her abdomen cramp up. "Gah-ah!" She doubled over. "Nope, can't do it!"
"Try again," Kade said.
"Fine, Mom," Heatwave focused on her alt mode. She transformed.
"Uhhmm... It's a start."
"I'm a fire response vehicle, right?"
"Be right back."
xxx
"Chase, something's wrong with Heatwave," Kade said.
"What is it?" Chase asked as he put down his data pad.
"When Heatwave tried to transform, this happened," Kade showed Chase a picture of an odd fire truck that was hovering.
"That would be her Cybertronian alt mode."
"Well, she's supposed to be in her earth alt mode."
"Give her time, her body went through a major change."
"Psh! Alright, not like I was planning on Heatwave and Hayley doing girl bonding," Kade covered his mouth.
"You're planning on telling Hayley?"
"Maybe," Kade walked to the elevator.
xxx
Heatwave was in her personal quarters trying to figure out why she had her old alt mode and not her current one.
"Must be my T-cog," she muttered.
She looked at her berth.
"Should get some rest..."
xxx
Cody wanted to go fishing with Kade, as his eldest brother promised they would, but Kade was busy on the phone.
"Kade, you almost ready?" Cody asked.
"Uh, y-yeah. Can you put the old fire truck?" Kade went back to his conversation.
"Sure," Cody took the elevator to the garage and put the fishing equipment in the back of the old fire truck.
"Hey, Cody," Heatwave said when the platform got up from the bunker. "Goin' fishing?"
"Yep, Kade'll be down in a couple minutes," Cody buckled himself in. "Are you going to try and transform again?"
"Heck yeah!" Heatwave cracked her knuckles and attempted to transform.
PSNAP!
"GNYA-HA-HA!" Heatwave grabbed her side.
"Are you okay?!"
"Nope, I think I blew out my t-cog!"
xxx
"So, why did Hayley and you break up?" Cody asked.
"Because of the bots!" Kade cast his line. "First, I get the girl of my dreams and then she suspects me of keeping secrets, which I have to so no one freaks out!"
"Maybe you'll get get back together," Cody reeled in his line.
"Grr... She's moving outta state!" Kade recast his line and heard his brother give out a blood-curdling scream. He turned around and saw his brother on the deck screaming and crying in agony.
"My eye! My eye!" Cody held a hand to his right eye. "You hit me in the eye!"
"I-it's probably just a scratch," Kade removed Cody's hand and caught something. Cody's eyeball.
"FUCK!" The two said.
