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Author's Note: I hate winter.
After they drop off the humans at their destination, the train, when they are sure that no humans are nearby, they drive off to one of the mountains where there is no humans, and well secluded from the human population, so they can stretch their legs whenever they need to. Which is now.
As they all transform at the same time, the head car decides not to combine together, and walks to the edge of the mountain where there is a wind chill. Cybertronians do not necessarily get cold, it does not bother her. What does bother her, is the nagging presence of her mistress. She cannot see her mistress, but she can faintly sense her, through the link that all masters, mistresses, and servants have.
It seems as though her sisters cannot sense her mistress like the head car can, but the head car feels no need to inform them. They are all already under the stress of hiding. She misses her old home, Cybertron. Again, the tugging presence in her spark tells her that her mistress is nearby. This fact disturbs her though. She had seen her mistress offlined before her very own optics back on Cybertron, even her sisters had experienced it.
"Something troubles you, sister?" the voice of the second car echoes in her processor. The head car cannot talk, for she does not have a vocal processor, then again, none of them do. Instead, they have an antenna somewhere on their head(different places), and send signals and frequencies to send and receive words.
"Nothing at all," she replies, turning her attention towards the trees. "Recharge now. It seems as if tomorrow shall be a long day."
"Indeed," the second car rumbles, and transforms into her alternate form, driving towards her cave. The head car sighs. She really hates to lie to her sisters, but this feeling is not really confirmed(although she does believe that her mistress is online). She tapped her digits against the ground, and what returned to her was soft clinks from the ice covered ground. Luckily, they are installed with pedes that can walk on hazardous conditions, such as the ice right now.
Blink. Blink.
A radar pops up inside her processor, acknowledging two red dots 2 miles north. A frown crowns her faceplates, as she tried to zero in on the dots. They were in the air.
"Decepticons," she growls. There is no movement behind her, so she is glad she did not wake up the others. Standing up, she quietly transforms into her feline form. This form was the most silent of all her forms, so she leapt to the ground and bounded away north.
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The feline makes sure that her signal is strong, so that she can eavesdrop on the conversation the Decepticons are having.
"The human boy is somewhere near here." confirms a blue jet.
"We've been following that trail forever. Are you sure?" whines a purple jet.
"Yes, Skywarp. That insect is also there with him. Two against one seems fair," the blue jet replies irritably.
A low growl escapes the feline, as she flexes her haunches and gets ready to spring. Since the purple one, Skywarp, seems more cowardly, she decides to target him. Once they are near, she launches herself at Skywarp, who flies down in surprise before regaining altitude.
"Ahh! Get if off of me!" Skywarp squeals, shaking in circles. The feline sinks her metal jaws onto his wing, one of a seeker's precious part.
"Is it Ravage?"
"I don't know! If it is, I'm gonna slag that cat!" Skywarp exclaims, as he began to lose altitude again, towards the trees.
"Transform you fool!" the blue jet growls. Skywarp did so, and the feline was now on his back, wrapping her tail around his shoulders. Skywarp then warped and twisted himself, so that his back landed hard against the ground, crushing the small feline.
"It's not Ravage. Maybe some Autoscum pet," Skywarp sneers, now speaking in English. The feline perks her ears just a little. Autobot pet? Never!
She growls again, diving for his pedes and bit them, feeling energon flow between her metal teeth.
"Ahh!" Skywarp hops around. "Thundercracker, help me you imbecile!"
"Who's the imbecile?" Thundercracker growls, shooting his weapon at Skywarp's pedes. He successfully got the feline, but in turn...
"You blasted my pedes!" Skywarp whines. The feline sighs irritably. How did she get stuck dealing with these two? Energon leaks from the wound on her side, but that does not deter her from standing on her fours.
E-enemy is here. Must protect humans! she thinks, as she staggers towards them. Thundercracker picks her up by her tail, weapons right in her face.
"What should we do with you?" he wonders.
"Offline it!" Skywarp suggests.
How can I be so weak? she wonders. Is it because my sisters are not here? Or-
A yowl echoes throughout the empty forest, before several forms attack the two seekers. Thundercracker drops the feline he is holding, but another feline catches her.
"You could have told us you were going hunting," the second car informs her, not amused. The head car hisses. In no time, the other felines that appeared had chased away the seekers.
"Cowardly piece of scraps!" the third car spats.
"Eww! I got Decepticon germs in my mouth," the fourth car fake-gags. The fifth car leaps over to her sister, scanning her injuries.
"You're a real glitch, you know that?" she mutters. The head car curls her tail around her paws, baring her teeth.
At the new Decepticons that appeared.
"What? Our sensors didn't pick up anything!" the sixth car complains.
"Who cares? More fight!" the seventh car grins.
"Transform!" the head car struggles to get up. "There are too many! Transform and combine!"
"Okay!" voices echoes, as the sound of metal shifting was heard. The Decepticons open fire, but it is too late, since the large form of the femme's combined form looms over them. Gleaming green optics stare at them, before a low rumble erupted from its vocal processor.
"Still wanna fight?" it sends a signal to the Decepticons processor. The Decepticons are still frozen, weapons drawn but no firing was heard.
Until something from west fired on them.
"Retreat!" comes the screechy voice of Starscream, who flies away. "Stupid cat!" he adds.
"Cowardly glitch," she sends a public signal, before curling her tail down. Although she cannot lift her head off the ground by a lot, she can still see the gleaming blue optics that stare at her. She lands on her paws with a thud that shook the Earth, tucking her tail around it. She notices two humans with the Cybertronians that have appeared. Then came the question of the century.
"Who are you?"
This took longer than I expected. Alright, I have to change the summary, since I totally strayed from it. This is way different from the summary. Anyways, review!