I forced my systems to come back online. I refused to leave Moonmist alone with Decepticons. I onlined my optics and found a war zone. Moon had dragged me off into a small den of some kind. Autobots and Decepticons were maiming each other. And we were the prize. Moon nuzzled me when I sat up.

"Are you alright?"

"I'm fine. Just got hit with a stun ray."

"We're trapped here. They've been fighting for quite some time now. It's like Megatron won't give up. There is nothing left of the ship but us."

"We need to get as far away as possible."

Moon was going to reply but the ground in front of us exploded and a pair of bright, red optics stared back at us. This Decepticon looked very familiar. He grinned before turning back to the battle.

"Lord Megatron! I've found them!"

Now I knew who it was. The Aerial Commander of the Decepticon fleet and 2IC, Starscream. He must have been the one that hit me earlier. When his shout rang out all fighting ceased. Megatron grinned at Optimus before shoving him away.

"Grab them and let's go."

Moon and I looked at each other before looking at the Decepticons who were advancing on us. We each slipped out at a speed that wasn't known to these mechs. We made a 360 turn and started snarling at them. We made it clear. Back off.

The Autobots were giving us strange looks as were the Decepticons. As if they've never seen two transmetal cats. Megatron stopped looking before trying to grab us. We split off and Moon did a little flip before swiping her tail at him. A deep, long gash stood out on his chest. The others stopped their advances when his yell echoed throughout the glen.

"You stupid pest."

I growled at him when he said that. I launched myself at him and used my claws to leave cuts on his face that gushed out energon. His screams could probably be heard on the other continents. I felt we had done enough. I looked at Moon and she nodded. We turned tail and ran into the forest while the cries of the Autobots drowned in the distance.

"What should we do now?"

"We find a place to lay low. Hopefully they'll forget about us after a while."

"Let's just hope that someone will come for us soon. We don't have a lot of energon."

"Slag, you're right. Let's find a pla-"

"Cheetor! What's wrong?"

We both looked down. Where the ray had hit me left an open wound. It was slowly trickling energon out. We both cursed this time. We need to find a safe place but the only places nearby were human homes. I looked at Moon.

"We'll need to find a human who can help. You know we can't take care of this on our own."

She looked at me long and hard before finally nodding. She helped me to stand up and let me lean against her as we walked towards the homes. Hoping that whoever would help us would be kind enough to keep our secret.

"We'll be in so much trouble when they find out what we did to Megatron."

"Yeah but you wanted to do that just as much as I did."

"You're right Moon. I did but that doesn't mean anyone else has to know."

"Right. Whatever happens on Earth, stays on Earth.

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I calmly watched the footage we had of the battle of the cats. They looked to be exceptionally strong and very quick. There was something about them that rang a bell but would continually avoid me. They looked familiar somehow. I turned to my 2IC.

"Prowl, have you found anything yet?"

"Sorry sir. There are no records of any sign of those cats. It's like they don't even exist."

"Thank you Prowl. Good work. Bumblebee!"

The bright, yellow Minibot came up with an eager look on his face. I smiled under my faceplate. He always wanted to make me proud of him.

"Go scout the area. See if you can out anything about them. Don't approach them. Just watch. I don't want them to feel threatened by us."

"Yes sir."

After he saluted he transformed and raced out into the desert. I rewound the footage before sitting back down to watch it again. My spark was telling me I knew them somehow but where?

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We had slowly but surely made to where the houses were at. The street was filled with kids of all ages, playing. We stayed in the shadows so to keep out of sight but I wasn't able to stand anymore. With a loud growl I collapsed onto the ground.

"Cheetor, you're exhausted. You need to rest."

"I also need to get this wound looked at. We need help. Go see if you can find-"

I stopped talking and looked to the young human that stood behind my mate. She turned to also stare. She lay down beside me and we studied the boy before us.

The boy looked to be 13 or 14. He had brown hair and green eyes. He stood to be around 5'6. He wore dark blue jeans and had a dark yellow shirt that said 'speed is my game' on it. His sneakers were black and red.

He had an amazed look and was steadily walking closer. His hand reached out and I pushed my nose into it. He finally got close enough to where he could pet the both of us. He took a deep breath.

"Wow. You two are so cool. I heard you talking. What are you names? I'm Jason Malane."

"I'm Cheetor and this is my mate, Moonmist."

"Are you Autobots? I noticed your symbol is red like theirs but yours is different."

"We'll tell you what we can but Cheetor needs help. He is injured. Do you have some place we can hide?"

"There is a really old house nearby that no one lives in. It's been abandoned for years. Do you need tools or anything?"

"Yes. Bring anything that can repair us. But you can't tell anyone about us."

"I promise. Head down a couple ways and you'll find the house. It's black. Go through the back way. Give me ten minutes and I'll be able to bring anything I can."

I walked back to the street before running down to a house where a group of girls were playing jump rope. The door slammed and we crawled in the direction that Jason had pointed out. We didn't more than one finding out about us. It was nearly dark by the time we made it and almost all the kids were inside. Jason was sitting on the back steps when we walked up.

I was still in a lot of pain. He had brought an enormous toolbox with him. Moonmist looked around before transforming.

"Moonmist Maximize!"

In a blurry motion she stood up on two legs. Her back legs became the legs she stood on like mine. Her cat head was also in the same place as mine, her chest. Her front legs became her arms. She looked a lot like me only different colors and more feminine. She took the toolbox from the shocked Jason and began sealing up the wound on my leg.

Jason shook his head and looked at me, probably thinking I was gonna do the same thing. I chuckled.

"I can do the same thing but I won't because I could cause more damage to the wound."

"Can you tell about yourself and why you're here and why-?"

"Whoa slow down there with the questions. Just sit tight and we'll give some info on why we're here."

He nodded his head before sitting on the ground before me. I was about to start when I heard a small voice.

"Jason, where are you?"

"Oh no! I forgot about my little sister Jessica."

"Maybe you should take her back to your mother and father."

"My father left me when I was eight, after Jessica was born. My mother works the night shift at the hospital. I'm the one that takes care of her."

We couldn't let the girl stay by herself. Moon glanced up from her work.

"Bring your sister here."

"Are you sure?"

"Of course."

"Okay, thanks."

He ran off to the side of the house to retrieve his little sister. Moon and I loved little ones. She paused in her work to give me a soft smile. I returned it with one of my own. When we heard rustling in the bushes we turned to see Jason return with a little girl. She had dirty blond hair and beautiful golden eyes. She wore blue shorts with a matching blue tank top. White shoes covered her feet. She stood in awe of us. She ran forward squealing and hugging my neck.

"KITTY!"

I chuckled softly and returned her hug. Moon finished her work and nodded to me. I sat up and pushed Jessica away. Jason grabbed a hold of her and held her back.

"Cheetor Maximize!"

Once my transformation was complete I looked over at the two gawking children. I smiled and sat down to lean against the house. Moon followed my example. Little Jessica moved to go sit in Moon's lap. I pulled Jason down into mine.

"Now I believe I owe the two of you a story. But I'm not going to tell you all of it tonight. This story is going to take some time to tell. But you have to promise not to tell anyone. Okay?"

"I promise not to tell."

"Me too."

"Okay. We were on Cybertron getting some very classified information when we were found."