Hey guys! First day of May! Yay! Soon the sounds of cars racing around the track for the race will fill the air!... As well as the sounds of drunks ramming into port-o-potties... 'shrugs' You'd have to live in Indy to understand I suppose. ^_^ Anyway, here's the latest update!
FORD B: I'm so very glad you enjoyed it! Thank you so much for the review, and I hope to keep surprising my readers around every corner!
Disclaimer: I don't own transformers, I own Cat.
Enjoy!
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Cat stayed behind the two boys as she pushed them away from Barricade's wrath. She looked behind her to see that Barricade was thrashing around, destroying building after building, leaving shrapnel and debris in his wake.
'I need to use that for some extra time...' Cat thought to herself as she looked forward again, "Hey!" she shouted up to the two, "Get behind that building!"
"Are you kidding?!" Evan asked, "Did you see what that thing did back there?!"
Cat growled, "Just do it! I won't let him kill us!" She shouted. At this point she had to yell as loud as she possibly could with the rain, now, pounding down on them. It was hitting the ground nearly as loud as the debris of the destroyed buildings were.
Evan and Josh veered off to the left, leading Cat behind the tall building that she had pointed to. Once they were behind the alley, they stopped, breathing harshly as the three fought the burning sensation in their lungs.
"What now?" Josh asked, looking around the corning of the dark alley to see if he could spot the giant robot from afar.
Cat pulled up the sleeve of her jacket and opened the panel of her false right arm to activate her emergency tracking chip, "We can't do much except try and get the hell out of here," she said as she pressed the button, "But we can still call for help, nonetheless."
"Call for help from who?" Evan asked, staring at the girl's arm as a small, red light started to flicker.
"Just some friends," she looked up to the two, "I told you it was complicated..."
The sounds of buildings crashing to the ground became alarmingly closer and Josh turned to Cat, "I think we need a new place to hide!"
Cat pulled the sleeve of her jacket back down, "We just need to get to my car. If we can mislead him, we might have enough time to get away right under his nose..." she thought for a moment.
"How the hell do you know all of this?!" Josh asked in a frantic cry.
"Experience," Cat replied, wiping some of the wet locks of hair out of her face.
There was only one way to ensure that the other two got away. Cat sighed and turned to the two boys, "All right listen... We're going to need to split up."
"I'm with you!" Josh shouted, siding with Cat.
"Hey!" Evan's face contorted into an indignant expression.
"No," Cat shook her head, suddenly feeling the pounding in the ground from Barricade's footsteps, "He's going to follow me, and if I work this out like I think I can, we can all get out of here."
"What do we do?" Evan nodded.
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Barricade struck every building and kicked every car in his way. He could still smell the three humans in the area... They were close by... Frenzy made tiny jumps up and down, pointing to the building that the three humans were hiding behind. Barricade grinned, this will be too simple. As he approached the building, ready to punch through the brick office building, he noticed that the three ran from behind it, running away from him down the open street.
"You're making this too easy!" Barricade smirked as he ran after them.
Approaching the three, the mech nearly had them at fingertip reach when they suddenly split, running to either sides of the roads. The two males running to the right, and the clone female to the left. He stopped, watching as they all ran in their different directions. He growled 'This was the female's idea...' But the decision on who to follow came easily. He turned to the right and ran after the two males.
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Cat handed the keys to Evan, "It's an old Plymouth. Bright red, and white. You'll know it when you see it," she explained, "When you get there, my cell phone is on the passenger seat, and it'll probably be ringing continuously. Just pick it up and answer it. Tell whoever it is that the thing that's after us is called "Barricade". Tell them what our plan is and where we are, they should be on their way after that."
"What about you?" Evan asked, "What if you don't make it to the meet point?"
Cat frowned, "Don't be ignorant, I'll make it..."
The sounds of a large enemy approaching made the three turned towards the end of the alley, watching the street, "It's time to go..." Cat announced.
"Let's do this!" Josh tried to pump himself up into being ready for the big run.
"Now!" Cat led the other two through the other side of the alley and out from behind the building. They ran straight out into the street, Cat was sure that she could hear Barricades' footsteps closing in on them.
"Go!" Cat yelled as the three of them separated, she running to her left, and the boys running to their right. Cat was hoping that if they could just make a quick turn around the block, they could get to her car and pick her up once she's lost Barricade. Hopefully, by that time, the guys would be on their way. For a few seconds of running Cat was sure that everything was going as planned before she noticed that the pounding of Barricade's footsteps were no longer behind her. She stopped and turned to see where the mech was, but found that he was nowhere in sight.
'But where could he have-' Cat thought before a sudden realization came over her, "Damn! He went after them!" She quickly set off in the opposite direction, following the path of destruction that the Decepticon had laid.
"What the hell could he want with them?!" Cat questioned as she began to catch up, "There!" she realized as she saw the form of Barricade transform into his mustang mode.
"Gotcha!" Cat neared the mech and brought her right fist up to strike the vehicle, when she was suddenly struck from the side, being pummeled to the ground.
Looking up, she could see that the little annoyance, Frenzy, was chattering away in his first language, looking proud of himself for having detered Cat from reaching the other mech.
"I'm going to finish you off the way I should have, long ago!" Cat stood up and rushed at Frenzy, watching carefully as he manuevered away from her strikes. He cackled with a laughter that only enraged Cat even more. The small mech had made her so mad as he dodged her every attempt to destroy him, that he was careless enough to get clipped as her titanium arm as it grazed one of his small legs. He hopped over onto a mailbox, making another quick jump as Cat gave a shriek of anger, her arm completely obliterating the mailbox, letters flying in every direction, metal against metal scraping and tearing, making the box nearly unrecognizable. Before she could turn to him again, she was overcome by an attack of his own, being struck in the left side, falling to the concrete street. She made a quick recovery, clenching her teeth as she looked back to find the small mech.
'I don't have time for this! I need a new strategy!' Cat thought as she glowered across the street. It was obvious that she was going to need a new way to catch the little silver mech, but the more time she wasted on this battle, the less time she would have to save the two humans whom she promised safety to.
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Sam, Mikaela and Bumblebee had been worn out from a day of traveling and finishing up watching a movie that they had brought over for their friends. It was getting late, and they were supposed to leave early the next morning to get back home and to finish up the projects that were due in their Physiology class.
Walking into the dark apartment, the two teens were suddenly given the grand welcome back ceremony by Rotten as he ran to them, demanding their attention.
"Hey Rotten," Mikaela bent down to give the Rottweiler the well deserved back scratching.
"Is it just me, or did he grow twice as big since we last saw him?" Sam asked, eyeing the large animal.
Mikaela had managed to get the dog to roll over, his feet pawing towards the ceiling as she rubbed his belly, "Well Cat did say that he was already a hundred and twenty pounds. I guess the vet that comes to check him out said that he thinks Rotten will probably be one of the largest Rottweilers that he's seen in a while."
Sam smirked, bending down to help Mikaela rub on the dog, "Yeah, and one of the biggest pushovers."
"I know," Mikaela laughed, "I worried that he might be a biter being such a big dog, but he's such a sweetheart!"
Rotten made small whimpering noises while being rubbed, which made the two humans laugh. They finished their reunion with Cat's friend as they stood and hugged one another, saying their goodnights and heading off to bed.
Bumblebee had pulled into the garage space of the apartment and was settling in for a good night's recharge. He always enjoyed visiting, but driving there could be a daunting task some days. He waited for the teens to go into their separate guest rooms, Rotten following Mikaela. The apartment went dark, once more, as a slight pitter of rain gently hit the windows that surrounded the main rooms. Even for a Cybertronian, the rain was comforting. Nearly in recharge, Bumblebee suddenly heard the sounds of fellow Autobots running down the hallways. The large, hard steps against the ground also brought Sam and Mikaela from their rooms.
"What the hell is going on?" Sam dashed through the apartment and opened the door, watching as Prowl and Ironhide ran past him, turning down the end of the hallways and making a quick disappearance.
"What's the matter?" Mikaela asked.
"I don't know," Sam turned to Bumblebee, "What's the deal?"
Bumblebee was quiet for a moment while he attempted to get a quick answer from one of the Autobots that weren't using their communications.
"What did he say?" Mikaela asked, approaching the doorway to be alongside Sam.
"Nothing yet," the boy checked the hallways again.
Bumblebee's engine suddenly roared to life, the teens and Rotten staring at him.
"It's Cat," he replied.
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The security lab was usually empty and quiet, however the mainframe had called attention to the Autobot crew, causing a large commotion. They were all gathered, waiting for the orders to move out to whatever location was in need of their aid.
Sunny crossed his arms as he waited for the orders, "This better be good! I was using a new wax for my paint job," he whined.
"Yeah, what's the deal?" Sideswipe asked.
"Cat's emergency tracking unit was activated. We're trying to contact her to confirm it, just in case it was either accidentally hit, or if it's disfunctional," Prowl informed them.
"Any luck?" Bluestreak asked.
"Not as of yet," the tactician shook his head.
"Wait," Wheeljack suddenly quieted the group, "Someone's picked up. I'll put it on speaker," he punched some codes into the mainframe.
"H-hello? Is anyone there?!" It was the voice of an unfamiliar male.
Everyone in the room went quiet. That was definitely not Cat.
"Hello," Optimus chimed in, "Who is this?"
"My... My name is Josh! I'm in Boulder City!" the boy sounded frantic, as if his mind were in several different places at once.
"Josh, where is the owner of this line?" Optimus asked.
"That girl, she's out there! Her and Evan! He tried to tell me, but I didn't believe him, now I don't know where the hell either of them are!" the boy answered the best he could being in the state that he was.
"Slow down, I need you to tell me what's going on," Optimus began to wonder if the activation of her tracking unit had been an accident at all.
"My roommate, Evan. He was in some sort of accident two months ago! He said that a giant robot nearly killed him, but I didn't believe it! Now it's here, and it's after us! You gotta help us! She said you'd come to help us!" Josh became more and more frantic as he tried his best to explain.
"Josh, this is important. How many of the robots are there?" Optimus asked, wondering if this was the Decepticon attack that they were expecting.
"I think it's just one! What... What did he call her? Oh, uh - Seven? Is that right? Seven went after it!"
Everyone was stunned. Cat hadn't gone by her project name since before the events of Mission City, and everyone was sure that she would never tell a stranger that it was her name. That meant that, not only could this be a Decepticon attack, but Sector Eleven could be involved as well.
"Hello?! Are you still there?!" Josh asked, thinking that the connection had been lost.
"Yes... We're on our way! Stay where you are!" Optimus assured, Wheeljack quickly closing the connection to Cat's cellular device.
"Autobot's Roll-" Optimus started.
"Wait!" Prowl stopped the leader, "There's another incoming transmission..."
"We don't have time, Prowl!" Ironhide was geared up for battle. If there was a Decepticon, he was always ready to kick some aft!
"It's an Autobot," Prowl discovered, "I'm barely picking up the transmission, but I believe they're close by."
"An Autobot?" Optimus thought aloud as he turned to Prowl, "How close are they to Boulder City?"
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Cat was staring down at Frenzy, who was dancing around in a taunting manner. Enough was enough. She had to go after Barricade, and she's probably already lost a lot of time by trying to defeat this small, annoying creature. An idea suddenly popped into Cat's head and she smirked at Frenzy.
"You want me?" Cat asked.
Frenzy clicked and cheered at the question.
"Fine... Then come and get me!" Cat ran off in the direction of where Barricade had gone, hoping that Frenzy would immediately follow. If she could gain some ground on the larger Decepticon, she may still have some time to keep a death toll from starting. Cat looked behind her to see that Frenzy was right on her tail. This was definitely not going to be an easy battle.
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"He's right on us!" Josh screamed as he looked back to see Barricade nearly reaching them on foot.
Evan reached in his pockets and took out the keys to that old Plymouth that Cat had given him, "Here!" he threw them to Josh, "Go find the car and stay there!"
"What about you?!" Josh asked.
"Don't worry about it, just go!" Evan yelled, dodging one of Barricade's attempts to grab him.
"Right!" Josh turned off of the street, taking a narrow alley behind some buildings.
Barricade ignored Josh, and stayed right on Evans tail. The boy was near to the point that he was just going to stop and give up, however he looked behind himself and saw that "Seven" was close by. She was running up behind Barricade faster than he'd ever seen a human run.
A sudden honk caught Evan's attention as he saw an old truck pull up next to him and the passenger side door open up. There were two older men on the inside, the driver shouting, "Get in!"
Evan took advantage of the sudden generosity and jumped into the truck cabin, the driver peeling away. Looking into the side-view mirror, Evan noticed that the robot had changed from that form into the mustang in order to follow closer. The girl was nearly close enough to strike when he saw the smaller robot pummeled her, taking her down.
"Seven!" Evan shouted. He turned to the driver, "We've gotta go back!"
"Don't think that's possible right now!" the old man griped, "I always knew this would happen! Never thought I'd live to see it, but always knew it would happen!"
Evan's thoughts went to what was going to happen to the girl as they turned from one street to the next, being followed closely by the mustang cruiser. It didn't take more than a few seconds before the sports car caught up with the truck and took to the right side of it. Evan could only stare as the black and white police cruiser rammed into the side of the truck, causing the old man to lose control.
"Hold on!" he shouted as he tried to turn the wheel and compensate. The truck swerved and slid on the slick roads, causing it to collide into a parked car, the back wheels picking up and turning the truck over on its side as it rolled over twice, stopping in an upsidedown position. Evan was pinned in the truck, his legs over top of him as he fought to stay awake and alert.
"Let's get out of here!" the old man shouted as he and his other passenger escaped through the driver's side door, leaving Evan to face the robot alone, as it stopped next to the truck, changing back into its bipedal form.
Evan could do nothing but allow the monster to tear into the truck, pulling his near lifeless body out. He felt the metal hand bring him right up to the hideous face, staring blankly into the crimson red "eyes" which stared back at him.
"Flee from me will you? I'll show you what power a true Decepticon is capable of, rodent!" Barricade seethed.
Evan felt the metal hand begin to squeeze his body slowly. Little by little he was losing his breath, and feeling his bones compress under the immense pressure. He nearly couldn't hold on any longer before he felt the hand suddenly dropped, Evan's body hitting to the ground as the grip loosened. His vision was blurred, however he saw the black and white mech turn quickly, his other hand reaching around to his back.
"Little pest!" Evan heard Barricade screech with anger as he reached around, trying to grasp at "Seven".
The girl was on the monsters back, pulling at wires and tearing at its circuitry. Evan smiled up at the sight of her, "You came... You came back..." and he promptly passed out.
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Cat closed in on Barricade as she saw him transform back into his bipedal mode from a street over. She was nearly to the next street when she was tripped from behind, falling to the ground and rolling over a number of times before she stopped. She growled, turning to get up, when she felt the weight of the small creature on her back, it's tiny hands reaching around her neck and strangling her. Cat tried to pull at the arms, but it was no use.
"D-d-d-d-d-die! Die!" the small mech jeered.
'Five, if you can hear me, I need help!' Cat thought as she let out a small cry. At the moment she could have used just about any help at all, and if the Allspark or Five could sense that she was in danger, maybe one of them could lend her a hand. Unforntunately she couldn't bring the feelings of eternal rage that was normally associated with the sudden surge.
She coughed and struggled for breath before she looked just in front of her and saw a large brick just a couple of feet away. She dropped down, laying on the ground fully as her right arm reached as far as it could. Her fingertips barely touched the red slab of rock. She was nearly close to losing consciousness when she was finally able to drag the brick over to her with a single finger. She grabbed the brick, and brought it up behind her, striking Frenzy in the head. Frenzy let go of her neck, trying to rebound from being struck when Cat turned and grabbed the small creature with her left hand by the nape of his torso armor. Frenzy brought up his left arm as it transformed into a small weapon, before Cat grabbed the arm and tore it off, Frenzy screeching in agony.
"You're finished!" Cat shouted as she grasped him in her right arm and standing up. She reeled back and threw the small creature away.
"Aieeee!" Frenzy screamed.
Cat turned and coughed to regain some of her breath as she ran to the next street. Her eyes widened in shock as she noticed that Barricade had Evan in his grip, squeezing him to near death. She dashed forward and jumped onto Barricades' back, climbing up his armor and pulling the same manuever that she had on Ironhide. She reached into his shoulder armor and began pulling at the wires, feeling Barricades' side slump as he lost control over the limb that was squeezing the boy. Barricade turned in anger and began reaching around with his other arm, trying to grasp at Cat.
"Little pest!" Barricade snarled as he tried to make a grab at her.
She was able to dodge most of his attempts, however as he turned quickly, her fingers slipped from the slick, metal armor and was thrown to the ground on her back, just in front of Evan. The familiar feeling of small shocks of pain traveled up the right side of her back. Sliding across the concrete had scraped against her fair skin. The tank top she wore was torn and ripped in places. Her right cheek was also covered in one large cut and several small scrapes. Her face dripped with the runny, red blood that poured She tried to muster up all the strength she had left just to pull herself up on her elbows.
Barricade growled with fury as he turned to look down at Cat.
'All right Five, or Allspark... This would be a great time for you to help me out here!' Cat thought as she grit her teeth. Her emotions began to overtake her as she felt a small surge writhe within her. It felt like a white-hot searing pain of anger, her throat let out a small growl, her fingers dug into cement, and her heart began to pound within her chest.
Barricade began to reach down to grab her, "Now that I have you, you will obey me or I will kill you!"
'Obey? Why does he want me to obey him? I thought he wanted me dead?' Cat thought. She felt the surge suddenly overtake her, a blue light forming around her. The light shimmered against the falling droplets of rain. She lowered her head, gritting her teeth. The water that puddled around Cat suddenly scattered away from her in a rippling effect, like small waves on a tiny ocean.
"What's this?" Barricade asked, as he stopped in his tracks, watching the girl carefully. A high intensity magnetic field could be picked up on his sensors. It started out just surrounding the girl's body, but slowly began to grow.
Cat felt the intensity build up in her body as she suddenly glared up at Barricade with a look of pure hatred. Her jaw clenched, the visible muscles on her arms and legs tightening, her whole body was shivering.
"What are you doing?!" Barricade took a step back. For the first time since the fall of Megatron, he feared what this human could do to him. So far, she had shown no apparent way of being able to do what Five had done to Starscream, however this single moment seemed ominous and even terrifying to the Decepticon.
Cat stood and looked up into Barricades shining crimson optics. She could tell that he was having visions of the past.
'His fear,' she thought, 'It... It makes me feel so... gratified...' a sick smile appeared on Cat's face.
Barricade, noticably, flinched. He could see some sort of change in the girl... As if it weren't really her...
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No Chapter Teaser this time either!
I hope that everyone was able to follow how I wrote this chapter. I wanted to make sure that you knew how things were done. Let me know if you were, at all, confused or if you loved it, loathed it, whatever, just let me know!
