Disclaimer: I do not own Transformers, I merely borrow the characters to weave my own tales and do not make any profit from this. Sorry for the long wait and the short chapter.
Alleycat blinked, staring up at a ceiling she recognized from her maybe-memories. She was at the robots-Autobot's-base. Turning her head, she smiled as she saw the contents of a familliar med bay. "Scooter-cat safe now?"
"Yes. You're safe. I wouldn't advise attempting to sit up, though."
Alleycat lifted the blanket covering her and looked at herself. She was covered in bandages, but she was clean-for the first time since she could remember, there wasn't a speck of dirt on her skin, but there wasn't anything more than bandages on her skin either. Suddenly, an alarming thought hit her as she recalled the small radio from the warehouse.
"Where Wavelength?" She demanded.
"The Arcee triplets are looking after him."
At that moment, the doors opened and Ratchet's holoform walked in with Will. He seemed slightly surprised to see her looking back at him. "Awake already? I thought the painkillers would keep you under for a few more hours."
"Scooter-cat does not like sleeping from pain." She informed him firmly. He walked over to her, obviously preparing to run a scan, but she reached out and caught his hand, stopping him. "Scooter-cat is fine."
Ratchet studdied her for a moment with an unreadable expression. "So, your name is Scooter-cat?"
"No. Scooter-cat is Alleycat, not Scooter-cat. Only Scooter-cat calls Scooter-cat Alleycat."
Ratchet's face went blank for a moment, Will looked slightly confused. "You refer to yourself in third person?"
"Scooter-cat is only one person."
"He means that you talk about yourself as a seperate person."
"Scooter-cat has always spoken this way. It is normal for Scooter-cat." She met Will's eyes. "Scooter-cat thanks Ironhide and Soldier for helping, but Scooter-cat wants to sleep now. Ratchet can look at Scooter-cat while Scooter-cat sleep and tell Optimus when Scooter-cat wake up again."
Both of them noticably stiffened. "How-?" Will began, eyes narrowing.
"Scooter-cat does not know how Scooter-cat knows. Knowing names is threat to Soldier and the others, but Scooter-cat will stay here without force. Scooter-cat is safe here." She closed her eyes and leaned her head back against the pillow. The world drifted back into darkness, and she faintly heard Ratchet asking a question, but by that time, she was already asleep.