Disclaimer: I do not own Transformers, they are owned by Hasbro. Dinotrap, Ratbait, and Chopper are my little creations. Cheetor and Dinotrap fall into the wrong hands. This has implied slash, but nothing too blatant. No like – no read. You are warned. This is strictly a fan fic. No flames or harsh comments. Constructive criticisms welcome. Enjoy!
It was a beautiful day on the strange planet. Rattrap and Dinobot had left Ratbait and Chopper with Rhinox while they left little Dinotrap with her favorite bot, Cheetor. Cheetor was outside watching Dinotrap and watching for any Predicons. Dinotrap, enjoying the outdoors, quickly went exploring all around. In fact, Cheetor needed his cheetah speed to keep up with the quick little sparkling who would not sit still for a second.
And though she was curious, she always looked around to make sure Cheetor was near her, as she was not going to go anywhere without her friend. Cheetor, not realizing how far away from the base they were getting, kept following the curious little female. Rattrap and Dinobot knew they could trust Cheetor to watch her, as he was the only one other than her parents that she behaved for. Cheetor had to laugh at all the times he watched Dinobot or Rattrap apologize for the little femme lubricating or puking on someone out of displeasure.
Soon, the two young ones were exploring in the forest. Cheetor kept his sensors up, should there be Predicons nearby, and he drew closer to Dinotrap, as he knew that the Predicons could be lurking anywhere, and unfortunately for him and little Dinotrap, there were two nearby, Waspinator and Terrorsaur. The two oafs of the Predicons hid in the bush, watching and waiting. And while they were not expecting to see the 2 young ones, all they knew is that they were supposed to catch a Maximal for bait. But hidden in another bush nearby was yet another Predicon, Blackarachnia. She knew the other two would bungle the job, and so she watched, so if those two buffoons failed, she would be able to grab the Maximals. She at first did not notice the little sparkling.
Waspinator and Terrorsaur soon made their presence known, and tried to capture Dinotrap, but Dinotrap hid behind Cheetor, who transformed into his bipedal mode. And with some but minimal effort, Cheetor chased the two Predicon oafs off. And feeling better about no more Predicons being around, Cheetor changed back into his beast mode. Dinotrap, scared, clung tightly to Cheetor's fur. But before the two could start heading back to the maximal base, an energon web surrounded the two. Little Dinotrap, obviously scared, clung tightly to Cheetor's underbelly, still hiding her presence. Cheetor tried to fight off the webbing, but it was too powerful, and soon the bot was captured. Blackarachnia stepped out from where she was hiding, satisfied with her catch, still unaware of the sparkling.
Meanwhile, back on the Maximal ship, Rattrap and Dinobot had returned from their exploration. Rhinox quickly turned Ratbait and Chopper back over to their parents, as the two were a handful, even for their parents. When Rattrap and Dinobot asked about Cheetor and Dinotrap, Rhinox said that he had not seen them in several hours. This was not good, as Rattrap, Rhinox, and Dinobot knew that Cheetor was more responsible than to wander off with the little femme. And the distress call they received confirmed the fact. All Cheetor could say was that they were captured and unable to break free.
When Optimus Primal finally arrived back to the base, they showed him the message. Optimus then realized and told everyone that the Predicons must be using Cheetor for bait, because otherwise they would never let him communicate with the Maximals. The fact that the two were captured alone sent Dinobot and Rattrap into a tizzy, let alone that their poor little femme sparkling was being used as bait against them was just too much to handle, and Rattrap passed out. Chopper and Ratbait, scared by what had just happened to their mother, looked up at Dinobot with questioning optics, and a question that Dinobot did not have the answer to just yet.
Meanwhile, at the Predicon base, Cheetor woke from his energon induced stupor, little Dinotrap still clinging tightly to him. Cheetor did his best to protect her as he sensed Megatron was coming. Cheetor knew well enough that Megatron would think nothing of torturing the poor little sparkling until she offlined temporarily or permanently. Megatron soon came into the room, still unaware, as most of the Predicons were, of the little sparkling that Cheetor was protecting. And Cheetor realized that while he hated to be captured, he would rather be captured with the little sparkling than have her captured on her own as she was still too young to know the difference or even try to defend herself and she would be easily over powered by even the smallest Predicon. At least with him there, Cheetor thought, Dinotrap has a better chance of coming out alive and unharmed.
Megatron marched around the cage holding Cheetor, not understanding how Blackarachnia could capture the fast Maximal but pleased nonetheless. The sinister smirk on his face told Cheetor all he needed to know and more. He was bait. Correction, he thought to himself, they were bait. And Megatron, happy with what was going on and that his plan was going according to plan, left the room, and left Blackarachnia to watch the prisoner. Cheetor glared at her with anger in his optics. She did not understand, until little Dinotrap suddenly appeared and was scared. The little sparkling walked up to Cheetor's beast form as he sat in his beast mode, and Cheetor began cleaning the little one, on instinct, trying to calm her down, but his optics were always on the spider.
Blackarachnia was concerned, as she was starting to get sick of the Predicons. Yes, she could be as devious as any other Predicon, but even she was not heartless. She could feel Cheetor's angry optics burn right through her, but she turned away. She had not realized that she had captured a sparkling, and she knew deep in her heart that if Megatron found out about the sparkling, he would kill the little one. And though she was still a Predicon, Blackarachnia offered something to Cheetor, who did not fully trust her, but took the object nonetheless, as he learned it would be good to hide the sparkling. Cheetor gruffly thanked her, while little Dinotrap looked up at the spider femme, and though scared, smiled at her. Now Blackarachnia was really caught between a rock and a hard place as she realized just how precious the little sparkling was. Cheetor and BA soon had an understanding, and when little Dinotrap fell into recharge; Cheetor used the cloaking device on the little one. He could still see her with his cat vision, but she was invisible to anyone else.
Meanwhile, the Maximals began to formulate a plan, now that Rattrap was back online thanks to Rhinox and Dinobot. No one ever poked fun at the couple, except for Cheetor in jest, as no one wanted Dinobot angry at them. Dinobot was angry that his little sparkling was taken and blamed Cheetor, but Optimus Primal told the raptor not to jump to conclusions, as Cheetor, though young, was a very capable warrior and would defend the little one with his life, as Optimus had seen it so many times, even when other Maximals approached Cheetor and Dinotrap. Cheetor was very protective of Dinotrap. And with Dinobot calmed down, they Maximals made their plan and then headed out.
Meanwhile, back at the Predicon base, Cheetor was sleeping in the cage, his little charge invisible to all the Predicons. Cheetor had learned the routine and knew when it was safe to let down the shield so that he and the sparkling could play or snuggle or get fed, as Cheetor used one of his own energon lines to help feed the little one. The Predicons only gave Cheetor enough to keep him online until the Maximals come and fall into the trap, and Cheetor was doing his best to keep the little femme online, even if it meant sacrificing himself. Little did he know that his teammates were on their way. But the question was, would they make it before Cheetor offlined and/or the little sparkling femme was discovered by the Predicons? And how would the Maximals be able to rescue their teammate and the little sparkling?
