DMK: I am going UPDATE HAPPY!!! ^_____^ WHOOOO! Anyway, I've got nothing much to say in the authors note section except for ENJOY! And uhh…. The 'battle' sequence that I know a lot of you will laugh at was originally devised by flamestrike, and further polished off by yours truly, sooo…HAVE FUN!!

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Chapter 6



"So what's the problem, sir?" Hotshot asked, looking out at the monitor. "Another Minicon?"

Prime nodded. "It certainly seems that way."

"So what're we waitin' for? Lets save it before the D-cons get their slimy hands on it!" Smokescreen announced in a gung-ho tone.

"We will, as soon as the last two members of the team show up," Scavenger responded a bit crossly.

Then, almost on cue, Jetfire, Sideswipe, AND Caitlin came running into the room.

"We're all ready to go sir!" Jetfire said quickly, giving a small salute, as Sideswipe and the now Transformerized human nodded.

Scavenger stared. "Excuse me… no one said you could come Caitlin… its much too dangerous for someone with no battle experience."

"Well I won't get any experience if I don't go out and learn, right?"

He glared down at the diminutive femme. "You're not going."

"AWW! Optimus, can I PLEASE go?"

The Autobot leader thought for a moment. "Well…."

"You can't seriously let her come along!" the green and purple Autobot cut in. "She could be a serious hindrance in battle!"

Cait huffed and glared back at the tactician. "Will NOT…"

Optimus had finally come to his consensus. "You can come just this once, but you MUST stay close to one of us in case the battle gets a bit heated, understand?"

"Yay!"

Scavenger's jaw dropped. HE WAS LETTING HER GO?! The war-hardened mech didn't have a good feeling about this at all…

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After warping to the battlefield, the team of assembled Autobots saw no sign of the Decepticons. "See?" Caitlin started cooly to her 'antagonist'. "those scum bags are-"

But she was interrupted by a torrent of laser fire

"You were SAYING?!" Scavenger quipped, covering his face with one of his big hands as the laser rounds rained down.

"WHO CARES?! SCATTER!" Hotshot shouted, diving behind a rock with Jetfire. Caitlin then found herself being yanked roughly by Scavenger and Blurr into a half-cave, where they took refuge also.

"Slag, they're really cracking down on us," Blurr noted under his breath, watching Starscream strafe the rock formation that Hotshot and Jetfire were using as cover.

"Hence why we shouldn't be just sitting here!" The newest team member stated. "Lets go!" She stood up, but was yanked back down into a crouching position by Scavenger.

"YOU are staying HERE."

"Prime said I could fight!" she protested, reclaiming her arm from Scavenger's grasp and stepping a ways back.

"You've only been in that body for a few hours, do you HONESTLY think you could handle it?!"

Blurr had taken note of Cyclonus as he closed in on their small hiding spot, and shoved the two quarreling Transformers to the ground along with him. "DUCK!"

Scavenger growled and again glared at Caitlin. "See? This battle is much too heated, now stay put!"

She stood up, her optics shimmering. "Heck no, make me!" Unfortunately for her, she hadn't noticed Cyclonus transform and land behind her.

"Weeeeel, lookie what we have here!" Cyc said in that supposedly evil tone. "Aren't YOU the cutest Autobot femme I've ever seen!"

At that, Caitlin straightened up and turned to face Cyclonus. "EXCUSE me?!"

The Decepticon ignored her and called to his leader, "Hey! Megatron! Can I take her home with me, PLEEEEEEEESE?!"

Megatron was just a tad busy as he fought off Optimus with the Starsaber, and he growled. "Do as you wish you fool, just DEFEAT THOSE AUTOBOTS!"

Cyc grinned a bit lecherously and looked her way again. "What the boss wants, he gets..."

That ticked the human-former even more. Cyclonus cackled at this, while Scavenger and Blurr just watch this unfold. Mad as Hades, the blue-green femme ran straight towards him in an attempt to introduce his orange mug to her fist, the HARD way.

"Take THIS you short-circuited toaster!" And, with a punch that was rather strong, she swung out at him. But, the Decepticon caught her fist with one hand a bit easily and quickly put her into a stranglehold. "Agh! PUT ME DOWN YOU CREEP!"

"I don't think so, missy!" He said teasingly. "Yer comin' back to the base with me! I am a LOT a' fun once ya get to know me, Tootz..."

"ALRIGHT, THAT'S IT!"

CRASH!

"OW!"

BANG!

"I DARE YOU TO SAY THAT AGAIN!"

SMACK!

"I GIVE I GIVE!"

Pretty much everyone nearby stopped at the sudden outburst and watched as the cloud of dust rose up. And, emerging from the cloud, fuming and tense, was Caitlin, who had her hands clenched into fists. She stopped and watched for a few moments.

Sideswipe stared. "What... just happened?"

When the dust settled, there was Cyclonus, a hand-shaped dent on one cheek, lying face-up on the ground. Upon realization of what had just happened, Hotshot, Jetfire, and Sideswipe all burst out into explosive laughter. Caitlin walked back to the three, and was greeted by both a high five and a power noogie.

She glared back at the dazed Cyclonus. "Dont you EVER call me Tootz again." With that, she and the other Autobots, snickering and giggling insanely, warped away from the battlefield, the Minicon secured.

After about five minutes, Cyclonus finally gathered his senses. "Oh yeah, she wants me."


TBC

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DMK: HA! Cyclonus got b*tch slapped by a femme! ^_____^ Thanks again for giving me the inital idea, Flamestrike! That was kinda funny! Anyway, uhh... I have no idea what the next chapter should be about, other than the three kids finding out who she really is, what alt. mode she chooses, and uhh... maybe she devises a Transformer name for herself or something... Alright, enough from me, I leave you now, with a SMILE! :D