It was barely a week after the Quantum Surge. Tigatron had visited his tiger friend, Snowstalker's grave, recently; he had little idea that his visit would have as massive an impact as it did.
From within the gravesite, quantum radiation reacted with Snowstalker's tiger DNA and some Trans-Organic metals that Tigatron had left behind. Not long after the reaction had started, an explosion rocked the area.
Cheetor was patrolling nearby when he heard and felt the immense shockwave.
"Jumpin' gyros, what was that?!" he exclaimed.
Descending to the gravesite, Cheetor witnessed something astounding.
"Holy cat's meow..."
Stood before him was a female Transmetal tiger, her body still radiating the quantum energy that had rebirthed her.
"Who... Who ARE you?" she asked. Cheetor's jaw slackened.
"I was about to ask you the same thing, but I think I know who you are... You're Tigatron's friend, Snowstalker!" he replied. The tigress nodded, quirking her eyebrow as she awaited her answer.
"I'm Cheetor, a member of Tigatron's kind. I was there when Tigatron first transformed," he explained. Snowstalker's eyes widened in recognition.
"I... I remember you now! Your form has changed considerably!"
"So has yours, if you hadn't noticed."
Now examining her own body, Snowstalker FINALLY realised that she had become a Transformer.
"How do I, you know... Change?"
"Follow my lead. Cheetor, MAXIMIZE!" Cheetor explained, transforming. Snowstalker nodded.
"Snowstalker, MAXIMIZE!" She shouted, transforming such that her beast head became her robot head, she stood upright, and conventional arms revealed from her body, with her tiger tail staying in place.
"That felt... Interesting, to say the least," she stated. Cheetor smiled awkwardly.
"C'mon, we should get you back to base. Optimus, my leader, will be interested in meeting you."
Cheetor and Snowstalker had made it back to the Axalon, where Rattrap greeted them.
"Hey, Spots! Did you find another Stasis Pod or something?" he asked.
"Not quite, Rattrap. I'll explain once everybody's here."
Once all the other Maximals were present, Cheetor explained what he'd observed, with Snowstalker filling in the blanks.
"So; yet another freak combination of events has occurred, resulting in another of our species being produced," Dinobot guessed.
"It seems unlikely, but Quantum Surges don't happen every day... I suppose it IS possible," Rhinox said.
"What I don't get," Rattrap said, "Is why she isn't the exact same body type as Cheetor! Why does she keep her beast head in robot mode?!"
"I get the feeling it's to do with her origin, having been an organic tiger in her first life," Optimus explained.
"Whatever the reason," Silverbolt stated, "She is a welcome addition to our ranks, wouldn't you say?"
"I definitely think so!" Cheetor said enthusiastically.
Snowstalker smiled, feeling very comfortable with her current situation. She had little idea that her life would soon be turned upside-down yet again...