The Bond of Master and Servant

Author's Note: Hey everyone! I'm back from No-WiFi Hell! xD During that time I typed out a lot of fanfictions but was unable to post any up. The horror of no internet… *le cries* Alright, enough rambling. On with the show! *Plot Bunnies cheer and eat treats* Btw, thank you all for favoriting, following, and reviewing my story! You guys are AWESOME! *gives out cookies* :D

Disclaimer: Transformers doesn't belong to me and never will. The OC's belong to me though.

Chapter 8: Unofficial Arrival

~Flashback~

(Thoughts)

=Speaking Cybertronian=

::Comlink::

[Week 1 before the Ark's arrival]

Optimus Prime walked to the Main Hanger with General Morshower sitting in his hand. Both of them weren't excited to go however. The Reason? Theodore Galloway arrived early to access the damage that he read in the report Major Will Lennox sent him and called a meeting with the two of them. Knowing him he'll probably yell and scream about how much money it costs to fix part of N.E.S.T Base. Morshower groaned and rubbed his head, already getting a headache from thinking about it. Optimus looked down at him and did a quick scan of his vitals. The human felt him scanning him and chuckled.

"I'm alright Optimus. No need to scan me."

"But your vitals seem to have risen a bit. You're not wanting to go to this meeting either I presume?"

Morshower chuckled and looked up at him. "You got that right. And from how you sound, you don't want to go either?"

Optimus lightly shook his head and gave off a chuckle of his own. "Not really. I can already hear him yelling in my possessor…"

"I wonder if Galloway threw tantrums as a child if he didn't have his way?" Both of them imagined a tiny child-like Galloway throwing tantrums one after another and started busting up laughing. Some of the Solders nearby stopped and looked at their commander and the Autobot Leader laughing on their way to the Main Hanger. It wasn't unusual for anything strange or odd to happen on base so seeing them laugh like that was kind of relaxing.

"Why are they laughing? They're that happy to see Mr. Galloway?" one of the solders asked.

"I'd doubt that man. Knowing those two they're probably making fun of him." The other solder said.

"Oh… makes sense." They returned to their duties and didn't think much of it. Meanwhile, Zephyr was on her way towards the Hanger as well. She heard about him arriving early and wanted to meet him face to face. After hearing much about his treatment of the Autobots, she was ready to confront him and tell him off. She could just squish the human, but she promised Will that she wouldn't do that… Yet. Zephyr passed by some of the Autobots that was heading towards the Training Grounds. Arcee saw the look on her face and chuckled.

"Somebody is in trouble."

Sideswipe looked at her then back at the retreating Mechapanther. He snickered and shook his helm. "More like some Liasion. I hope Zephyr scares the slag out of him."

"I'd love to see that." Said Arcee.

Soon Zephyr made it to the Main Hanger but hid herself. She watched as Optimus and General Morshower spoke to a human with a receding hair-line and wore bulky glasses. From the way he was yelling she assumed that was Galloway. Her ears folded back as she growled lightly. (So that's the fragger… He won't act so high and mighty when I'm done with him…)

…..

Optimus didn't show it, but he was getting annoyed by Galloway's temper and arrogance. His friend Morshower had more patience than him at the moment. They both stayed quiet and listened to the liaison's rant about the incident a few days ago.

"I don't believe this! Half the damn base gets destroyed by two Cybertronian cats?! And one of them was a Decepticon and the other an Autobot? How the hell could those two cause $78,000,00 worth of damage to the Base?!"

"Mr. Galloway I had no knowledge of this event until I received a call from Major Lennox that same day. He reported what happened and even sent me video footage of the battle. As you can see, the Base is fully restored and operational again." Said General Morshower.

Galloway rubbed his head and sighed in frustration. "Then how do you explain the extra buildings currently being built in the Autobot Quarters then? What are those building for?"

"They're for the 41 Autobots coming to Earth." Said Optimus. "When Zephyr arrived she had a message from Elita-1, the Autobot Femme Commander. She along with others will be arriving in the Autobot ship called the Ark."

"It's true sir. Optimus showed me the message in his office when I got back. That's why we're building the extra buildings so they can have their own rooms." said Morshower. Galloway stared at the both of them and pinched his nose in frustration. He looked over the papers one of the construction workers gave him and saw the total estimate it would cost afterwards. "Alright… I'll allow this, just this once. I understand that you all need your privacy and everything; I even understand that currently you're investigating the recent NASA hack that happened a few days ago. What I don't understand… Is how in the world two Robotic cats could cause this much damage?! Not even you Autobots could do much damage to the base even you tried!"

"Zephyr and Ravage are stronger than regular Cybertronians because they're Mechanimals. The Dinobots are classified in the same category-" Optimus wanted to tell him more about them but saw the liaison wave his hand in a dismissive manner. "I don't care how they're classified Mr. Prime. Listen, I'm already having enough trouble keeping you robots secret from the public, so whoever is in charge of that stupid feline tell them to keep it in line or have it put down!"

That did it for Zephyr. She ran out of her hiding place and roared in anger. Optimus and Morshower stared at her in shock and quickly backed away, the Autobot leader letting his friend hop on his hand. Galloway dropped his papers and stood still in fear of the big Mechanimal Panther, who was slowly stalking towards him. Zephyr stood in front of the human, noticing how much he was shaking. She grinned, showing all of her teeth as she growled. Galloway spoke in a quivering voice.

"W-w-who the h-hell i-is that?!"

Optimus smirked a little at his fear of her and answered. "This is Zephyr. She was the one that fought Ravage and is Ironhide's faithful companion."

"And I don't think she liked what she heard you say either Mr. Galloway." The General was trying his best not to laugh at the Liaison's reaction to meeting her for the first time. Zephyr let her grin fade and leaned in close to the human's face. She glared at him for a full minute before she spoke.

"Listen you four-eyed bastard... If you ever threaten to 'put me down' again... I won't care if you are a human, I'll rip you apart with my bare paws..." She powered on her twin-tail cannons and pointed them at him. They were set to a low setting but no one knew that. "Is that clear Galloway?"

Galloway fell flat on his ass and scooted away from her in fear. He couldn't speak even if he tried to. Zephyr heard him whimpering a bit and raised her voice in anger. "I SAID IS THAT CLEAR?!"

"Y-YES! I-I'M SORRY MA'AM!"

She smiled and powered down her cannons, then waved a paw at him. "Alright. Thank you so much for understanding." She turned around and left the hanger, happy she got her point across. Optimus and Morshower looked at Galloway then at each other. Both grinned and tried not to laugh. Galloway quickly picked up his papers he dropped. "T-that'sEnoughForTo-today!I'llComeBackNextMonthBYE!" He quickly made his way out the door with his two guards following. The General yelled back at him.

"Wait! Don't you want to see the tail Zephyr ripped off?!"

"I'LL SEE IT NEXT TIME!" yelled Galloway.

After he left they both started laughing loudly. Never in the years working at N.E.S.T had they seen the Liaison so terrified before. Major Lennox, who was watching nearby walked up to them and smiled.

"Didn't I tell you that scaring him will work?"

Optimus lowered his friend on the ground and stood back up. He was still chuckling when he spoke. "I have to admit, that little scare tactic did work out for us. I'm glad Zephyr didn't try to hurt him though."

"She wouldn't. I told you so Optimus." Said Will.

"That look on Galloway's face was priceless." Said Morshower. "I'm glad your plan worked Lennox."

Will grinned and shrugged. With him out of their hair for a while they can concentrate on the new buildings for the rest of the Autobots that'll show up soon. As they walked back to Optimus's office, Will noticed something about how the Autobot Leader acted when Zephyr was in Galloway's face. "Hey Bossbot? You looked ready to grab Miss. Big Cat when she threatened him. I told you she wouldn't hurt him."

Optimus looked down at him. "I was ready to stop her just in case she overdid it. But even I can't hold her down for long if she even tried harming a human like Galloway."

Will and General Morshower looked up at him. "What do you mean by that?" asked Will.

"I'm saying I'm glad she held herself in check. If she went on a rampage only Ironhide will be able to stop her."

Morshower whistled and rubbed his head. "Well then, I'm glad she didn't go overboard." They both nodded an agreement and went inside Optimus's office.

...

Zephyr was proud of herself. She scared that human and made clear how threatening she was. She decided to reward herself with some meat-flavored energon treats and so headed to the Rec Room. When she got there she saw her Master plus the other Autobots laughing about something. She walked over and nuzzled her Master's leg, purring.

"Rrowl~"

Ironhide grinned and petted her head. "Hey Zephyr! Take a look at this." He grabbed a small iPad-looking data disc and showed it to her, he then pressed a button as a video started playing. Zephyr watched for a few minutes and snickered. What she saw was herself yelling and screaming at Theodore Galloway in the Main Hanger. The other Autobots started laughing at how scared the little human was.

"Oh Primus! He look like he was gonna pee his pants! Hahaha!" said Skids.

"Damn he look stupid yo!" said Mudflap.

Jazz was holding his sides and almost fell on the floor laughing. "My ribs! Hahahaha!"

Sunstreaker gently hit him in his side and grinned. "You don't have ribs!"

Bumblebee had his helm down and was shaking with laughter, banging his fist on the table. Arcee, Moonracer, and Flareup were laughing so hard one of them fell on the floor. Sideswipe was holding on to his brother laughing, and Wheeljack's bars on the side of his helm were glowing in different colors as he laughed like a madbot. Ratchet had his arms crossed and kept snickering at the display. Zephyr looked at them all and giggled. She forgot that area had a camera so everybot would be watching. She wagged her tails and mewed in a happy way.

"...He'll never forget that warning... Hehe..."

"Bumblebee scratched her ear and smiled. "That he won't Zephy!"

Zephyr purred and gently nipped his fingers. She then wrapped her tails around Ironhide's leg and spoke Telepahy to him, asking if she can have a full bowl of treats. He smiled and got up, filled her bowl and sat it next to her. She started eating them greedily, making Ironhide, and Bumblebee laugh.

"We ought'a ask her to scare Galloway with her more often." said Bumblebee.

"I agree." said Arcee. "I don't care much for that human and has been getting on everyone's nerves lately... Why can't he be like the other humans around here and help us fight the enemy instead of becoming one?"

"Simple, he couldn't care less. I don't know why we need a fragging Liason in the first place." Ironhide watched his pet eat up the treats then groom her muzzle. "The President should've brought us one that wouldn't cause me to "accidently" shoot em'."

"I agree with you there Hide'. Jeez sometimes these little squishies need a reminder on who's protecting them from those Con's." said Sunstreaker. "If it wasn't for us, all of them would've been dead by now."

Mudflap shook his helm and took out a box of energon snacks from his subspace. "Some humans, dey's stupid man. There's only one human I like and dat's Leo. He cool unlike the other ones."

"Other one's too skittish mang. Dey' run for the hills if dey' see sumtin' like us 'round. Hey gimme some!" Skids snatched the energon snacks from his brother and laughed when he got punched in the arm.

The other Autobots started to talk about which humans they liked and ones that they hated. Ratchet sighed through his vents and tapped on the table, getting everyone's attention. "Now, now everybot. We can't go judging humans based on their flaws and whatnot. The humans here have accepted us with no problem, even President Obama and his family is fond of us. I for one am grateful the lead human allowed us to stay on this planet, so let's try to get along with some of them. Even if it's another human with a personallity like Galloway."

Everyone muttered in agreement, even though they didn't like the "getting along with humans they hate" part. Zephyr laid her head on her Master's knee and growled softly. She spoke quietly but loud enough for everyone to hear her.

"If Cybertron was still alive... Then we wouldn't be living here..."

Ironhide rubbed her head and sighed. "That's true... I miss our old home."

"I do too. But Earth is a great place." said Wheeljack. "For some reason Earth is overflowing with natural Energon. This planet is like a second Cybertron without the bigger Sun orbiting it." Moonracer pulled up a holographic image of Earth's Sun. "How can humans and the other life on this planet deal with their Sun's heat? It's too much for me."

"They're strong little beings that's for sure." said Flareup. "Our sun back on Cybertron wasn't as powerful as their's." She looked at Ironhide's armor and smirked. "Don't you get hot being out in the Sun Hide'? With that choice of color for your armor..."

He scoffed. "That Sun doesn't bother me." Zephyr mewed in agreement and wagged her tails, nothing bothered her Master when it came to the elements. Ratchet got up and discarded his Energon cube, then headed out the room. "I'm going back to my office. With the new arrivals coming in two weeks there's bound to be somebot on board the Ark with damages." Wheeljack got up also along with Jazz and headed out the door also. "Well I'll be in my lab then. Ever since the Vortex Barrier got hacked I've been working on a new device to detect incoming viruses."

"Alright. Hey Jazz have you found out where those Con's might be?" Ironhide asked.

Jazz shook his helm. "No, sorry man. You'd think it'd be easy to track down 5 Decepticons. But I'll find them." He left out the room with Wheeljack. The other Autobots stayed in the Rec Room for another hour before they left to either train or get some recharge in. Ironhide and Zephyr went to the Training grounds to shoot at some marked targets. Something about what Jazz said worried Zephyr. It's been a week since she fought Ravage and they haven't heard anything on where the Decepticons might be. She powered down her tail cannons and vented in frustration. She felt her Master's hand on her helm and turned to look at him.

"Something wrong?"

"...Just thinking Master..."

"Is it about the Con's and where they're are?"

She chuckled and nuzzled his hand. "You read my mind... I was wondering... why its hard for Jazz to find them is all..."

"I'm not worried about it to be honest. Jazz will find them one way or another." He smiled at her and poked her nose. "Just like how he found you." Zephyr purred and hugged him with her tails as the mark on her forearm glowed a soft pink color. The black Mech's mark glowed in the same color and he chuckled. He then stretched and popped a few of his joints into place as he powered on his cannons, aiming them at the targets with bull's-eyes on them.

"Lets pretend we found them and are blasting them to bits."

Zephyr growled, aiming her weapons at the targets as they both fired a few shots at them. Her Master was right, they'll find the Decepticons sooner or later.

...

Meanwhile a jet belonging to Galloway was flying back to Washington D.C. The liason was on board fuming as he looked over the report for the new Autobot living quarters. What ticked him off was the fact he got scared by the huge robotic cat that had the nerve to threaten him. The President may like the Cybertronians but he didn't, and they overstayed their welcome on their planet. He had to think of something get rid of them because ever since they arrived they brought all kinds of trouble with them. Trouble Earth didn't want or need. For some reason the Decepticons were still after them for reasons unknown. The Allspark was destroyed so what could they want? He knew of one person that could know why they were still here. Galloway grabbed the phone that connected to the Pilot's cockpit and pressed a button, the pilot answering on the other line.

"James, change course and go to Detrot, Michigan. There's someone there I want to talk to."

"Right away sir."

The Private Jet tilted a little and headed to the designated city and state. Maybe Galloway's "friend" could enlighten him on what was truly going on.

AN: I hope you like it! R&R please! And sorry for updating so late!
EDIT: I changed some stuff throughout the story and made a few fixes.