Chapter 21

Sam had admitted defeat and allowed the ex-con to stay with his daughter, on the condition that Michelle called him frequently to insure she wasn't dead. Slipshot had ended up punching Prowl when he let her out of the brig, which in turn he had to visit the cranky medic whose CPU was elsewhere at that moment.

"Something bothering you, Ratchet?" Prowl questioned as what Mindspike had said ran through Ratchets CPU repeatedly

"...What? Oh erm... what's wrong?" Ratchet shook his head to clear his thoughts

"Slipshot punched me... in the face, now what's bothering you?" Prowl asked casually

"Thought she might do that... well; that new Femme, Mindspike, she said something that completely baffles me," Ratchet sighed

"And what was that?" Prowl frowned as he sat down

"That I may be smart but i'm no good with matters of the spark," he shrugged

"Ah...umm...well, you know what, ask Jazz," Prowl smirked "well I have patrol duty... can't be late for that," he smiled and Ratchet frowned then nodded as Prowl exited the Med-bay letting the doors slide closed with a slight hiss. Meanwhile...

"You seem troubled," Chromia grinned at Mindspike who shrugged

"What's it to you?" she spoke back as Chromia smirked

"You're all on your own over here, Elita told me to come ask you if you wanted to join us," Chromia smiled

"Join who?" Mindspike frowned and looked round the blue femme to see; Slipshot, Aquastreak, Elita-1, Firestar and Dovespring chatting. Aqua looked round then waved smiling,

"Come on over, you're one of the only femmes on her own," Chromia grinned and Mindspike frowned as Aquastreak came over

"Hey Mindspike, you know... Ratchet likes a femme that mingles with the crowd," Aqua grinned as Mindspike's optics widened, she'd taken extra care in keeping that a secret... how did the Porsche know what was going on? "Mothers intuition... when Slip fell for Frostbite, I knew straight away, although Ratchet's gonna be a toughie for ya, he's about as a rainforest." She grinned then sighed at the confused looks "it's a very dense amount of vegetation." She explained.

"Oohhhh" both femmes spoke in unison

"So... umm... you can help?" Mindspike asked and Aqua motioned Firestar over

"These two... are the sultriest femmes in the base, Firestar, she's a medic so she knows all the sensitive wiring... and Chromia's just good," Aqua smirked "ladies, I believe we have a job to do,". Mindspike had never really been blessed with the privilege of friends... so now, she was thanking primus she had them.

"Yo Ratch, Prowlie said ya needed me for sumthin, wasup?" Jazz asked grinning as he entered the med-bay

"Apparently I have femme problems," Ratchet sighed

"Who?" Jazz smirked

"That new Femme, Mindspike, I have a feeling she... has feelings for me," he explained, normally he wouldn't tell anyone about things like this, but he needed Jazz's help so... he was gonna make an exception this one time.

"Ahh te Telepathic one... well what's the problemo, don'cha ya like 'er?" Jazz asked smiling

"The oath," Ratchet rubbed his head

"Wat oath?" Jazz asked confused

"The oath that all war-zone medics have to take; not to fraternize with our patients," he sighed

"Aww Ratch, dat's why yo all alone?" Jazz frowned

"It's not that bad," Ratchet sighed and Jazz smirked "what?" he asked

"Yo like 'er, don'cha?" he smirked

"...Maybe," Ratchet confessed and Jazz put a hand on Ratchets shoulder whilst grinning

"Ratch... when is Mindspike's next servicing?" Jazz asked smiling slyly

"In a few hours...why?" he asked frowning

"I think it's time for the doc, to make a house call..." Jazz smirked.

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"Hello?" Michelle asked as she answered the phone

"Michelle, it's me, your dad... have you enrolled into collage?" Sam asked shocked

"Yup, I get bored while Cade's out, so I decided to go to collage... something wrong?" she frowned

"I still don't fully trust him..." Sam sighed and she rolled her eyes

"I'm perfectly fine, now what's up?" she asked

"Are you ever going to visit us?" he asked and she laughed lightly

"Sure I will, I'll come round after collage," she smiled

"Ok then, just be careful on your way down..." Sam spoke and she subconsciously nodded

"Yeah-yeah I will," she replied "I'll see you later, I gotta go," she hurried

"Seya Michelle," he sighed and she put the phone down then grabbed her bag and was out the door. She tapped Cades hood "Caaade?" she asked like she wanted something

"Whaaaat?" he asked in an equal tone

"Can you take me to collage?" she asked grinning and he opened the passenger side door.

"Yup," he answered and she jumped in the seat as he started the engine with a roar then that died down to a brief purr as she stroked the leather interior "if you don't stop that we won't make it to collage," he spoke strained as she grinned then ran her hand down the gear-shaft as the mustang shuddered. "That's it," he groaned then turned on his holoform and kissed her fiercely. A half an hour later after they actually got to the school, she got out the car shakily then regained her composition and fixed up her make-up and hair. "Seya Cade," she smiled and the car drove off sluggishly. Then she walked through the crowds and into the school to get a few stares off of some of the male population. She reached the reception desk and smiled

"Can I help you?" the female at the desk asked

"Yeah, i'm a new student, I need my timetable," she explained

"Name," the woman asked

"Michelle Witwicky," she smiled and the woman almost choked "yes, i'm the daughter of the guy that toasted the big metal dude," she rolled her eyes "now please, schedule?" Michelle sighed

"Of course," the woman hurried and picked it up then gave Michelle the piece of paper

"Thank you," Michelle smiled

"Oh erm... could you maybe..."

"No, the poor bot has too many fans," Michelle sighed, the woman wanted Optimus's autograph

"Fine," she grumbled then carried on working as Michelle walked off to English.

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"Oh baby, I think I've died and gone to heaven," a male swooned as Sara, Aqua and Dove walked up the steps to the collage

"Keep dreamin loser." Sara growled

"I'm dreamin i'm dreamin!" he grinned as Aqua shot him a look saying 'move or be moved' which made him move.

"Why are we here?" Dove asked frowning

"Bee made us come, they still don't trust Cade. If she's here when we are, then we know she's safe. Now let's get a move on," Aqua spoke "I do have things to do today," (I finally figured out what her voice'd sound like... think Poison Ivy in Batman and Robin... that's what it'd sound like, hers.)

"If I could rearrange the alphabet, I'd put U and I together," a guy flirted with Aqua as she pushed him away

"I bet U would," she purred then pushed him away. "Now girls, let's get crackin," she smirked as she cracked her knuckles.

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Meanwhile, a knock on Mindspike's quarter's door alerted her.

"Come in," she called and the door opened to reveal Ratchet "umm... can I help you?" she gulped

"You have a servicing appointment," he spoke seriously

"You make house calls now?" she asked raising an optic ridge

"You were late, now come on," he sighed and she followed him obediently. Once in the med-bay Ratchet sneakily locked the door without her noticing. "Just sit on the table there and I'll be right with you," he smiled and she nodded then sat down. He walked over then lightly pushed her onto her back

"W-what are you doing?" she asked trying to read his CPU but came up with a big blank; he'd locked it from her.

"Looking for cracks in your amour," he answered simply and she nodded. Then bit back a moan as his surprisingly feather-light touches moved over her armour and between a few ridges and smooth areas. He knew exactly what he was doing to the femme as she arched slightly to his touch.

"R-Ratchet..." she mumbled subconsciously

"Hmm?" he asked slyly

"W-what...are you...doing?" she gasped as he removed a bit of her armour

"You were out in the rain yesterday, i'm checking for rust," he answered

"R-rust wouldn't appear after a day," she gulped and he smirked

"Aww you caught me," he replied then covered her mouth with his own.

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During free period Michelle decided to take a walk around the grounds, finding a large oak tree she sat down and started drawing. When she was younger Sunstreaker had taught her a few things about proportion and how to draw correctly, so she was pretty good at it.

"Wow... that's a pretty awesome lookin drawin," a male voice alerted her and she turned round shocked to see a spiky haired, tanned guy. He was around 5'9; he had deep hazel eyes and black hair. He was tall and slightly muscular and wore a pair of black jeans and a button up blue shirt with the sleeves rolled up. His entire posture radiated of the words 'I think i'm gods' gift to women'.

"Can I help you with something, preferably getting out of my sunlight?" she growled and he smirked then sat down "that wasn't an invitation," she rolled her eyes

"The name's Jake, yours?" he asked

"Witwicky, Michelle Witwicky." She growled as she shaded in the picture

"What is that thing?" he asked

"Correction: WHO is that and he's not a thing," she narrowed her eyes at him

"He?" he asked sceptically

"Yes. HE he's an ex-Decepticon" she explained

"Really?" he spoke unbelieving "and how would you know what one of those looks like?" he asked

"Cause I sleep with one," she spoke under her breath

"What?" he asked

"Cause I was kidnapped by him, his name's Barricade." She sighed

"Cool," he smiled

"And why is being kidnapped cool?" she frowned

"Cause it was by that," he smirked and she rolled her eyes then yelped as a brown ball of fluff jumped on her

"REX!" she yelped as he licked her

"Who's this?" Jake frowned

"Police dog, well, police puppy at the moment... Rex, sit," she ordered and he sat down with his tongue hanging out the side of his mouth.

"What's he doing here?" Jake asked

"I really dunno," she frowned then grinned as she spotted Cade at the side of the road "so you want me to go over to him huh?" she asked the dog whom barked in response "fine," she sighed then turned to Jake," well, gotta go," she grinned then grabbed her stuff and walked over to the police car.

"Who's he?" Cade asked

"Just some dude who came and sat down next to me, what're you doing here?" she frowned

"Just came to say hi... can't I do that?" he asked mocking a hurt tone making her giggle. She ran her hand down the cool metal

"Of course you can," she smiled then looked at her watch "aww crap, I gotta go... I got English now," she yelped as he chuckled as he turned his holoform on

"Get going then," he smirked and she reached in then kissed him

"Bubi," she smiled then shot off as Jake watched then frowned at the police car

"She's dating a police officer? Crud," he sighed then got up and walked off.

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Slip Aqua and Dove are playing spy! MUWAHAHAH!!! And Ratch is havin fun ;-) someone needs to pour a bucket of cold water over these Rabbit wannabees...