Disclaimer: I don't own Transformers. Twostroke is owned by MariaShadow. Flight kitty is owned by elvenarchress, and Sandy kitty is owned by Flight kitty (thought we're not quite sure if she realizes this). The only kittens I own are Blue kitty and Prowler, well as much as you can own a cat.

Did I forget anyone? If I did I'm sorry...

Oh and a big thanks to Lament of Meow for Beta reading this for me!! Believe me if not for her, this thing would be full of mistakes.

Feline Escapades of the Autocats – Accessories

After about a month in the Ark, it became apparent that having small organics that could be at times hard to see was going to be increasingly problematic. One of the major problems was that the kittens, like any good feline, liked to be underfoot. Because of that, not only was there a danger of someone stepping on them, but when a fight would start, many bots would forget to watch for the kittens and that would put the kittens in danger.

After one particularly bad fight were Flight kitty was nearly squished by Sideswipe (and Sandy kitty had attacked the red twin in rage for endangering Flight kitty) it became apparent that there needed to be some way of being able to constantly locate the kittens when ever needed.

Optimus Prime, Ratchet, Prowl, Bluestreak, and Fireflight were therefore all standing in Wheeljack's lab after the engineer had called them all down to his lab saying that he had created the solution to the problem. As Prime looked at said solution he realized that he had no idea what it was. In between Prime's thumb and first finger was a small, circular thing. It was made of a flexible material that appeared to be very sturdy. Prime looked at Wheeljack and asked in puzzled voice, "What is it?"

"It is a locater beacon," said Wheeljack, it was easy to hear the pride in his voice. He seemed to be very proud of small circular thing.

"We know that, but why is it shaped like this?" Growled out Ratchet, he was holding another of the supposed locater beacons.

"Huh…?" From the puzzled sound of Wheeljack's voice and the greenish-white coloring of his fins, everyone knew that Wheeljack had no idea what the problem was.

"Why is it in a circular shape?" clarified Prowl.

"Oh! That … I shaped them to look like the pet collars that humans are known to put on their animals," said Wheeljack, his fins glowing with pride, "I figured it would be good to have something that wouldn't stand out. That and it would solve the other problem that Bluestreak and Fireflight have been worried about."

Ratchet turned and looked at Wheeljack, "Problem?"

"Remember a week or so ago, when Blue kitty and Flight kitty went missing and no one could find them?" Asked Wheeljack. Seeing the nod of acknowledgement from Ratchet, he then continued, "Well, I not only fashioned the locator beacons into collars, but on each collar I also added a tag. This tag will let any humans know who the kittens belong to and how to contact us should they find the kittens. That way if the kittens do get lost and actually reach a city the humans will know to contact us."

Ratchet nodded his head in agreement and looked at the collar again. It was then that he noticed that each of them had a small golden colored piece of metal on them. On one side of the tag was the name of the kitten the collar belonged to and a series of numbers that Ratchet assumed was a communication line that the humans could use to contact the Autobots on while the other side had the Autobot insignia on it. Ratchet hoped that this metal piece – a tag – would work, he didn't want a repeat of the Kitten Disappearing episode. During that event, Bluestreak and Fireflight had both had panic attacks that would have even rivaled Red Alert's. And Sandy kitty hadn't been much better, he nearly had a fit when he couldn't find Flight kitty anywhere. But eventually they had found the two kittens about 15 miles from the Ark on the side of a road near a meadow. How they had gotten there, no one was sure. All anyone knew was that the other kittens, Bluestreak, and Fireflight had been very protective (clingy) of the wandering kittens for a while after they got them back. Ratchet hoped the tags would give some piece of mind to everyone and reassure them that the kittens would be returned home should they ever wander off again.

While the other bots finished discussions about the collars and tags, Bluestreak and Fireflight were putting the collars they had on the assembled kittens. Each kitten was given a different colored one to make them look good and a few of them were given little extra accessories to wear.

Flight kitty's collar was the same shade of blue as her eyes while her tag was in the shape of a jet. She also wore a ribbon of the same collar that had been given to her by Sandy kitty and Firefight thought it was so cute that he tied it around her neck so that the bow sat on the back of her neck. When Sandy kitty saw this, some of the mechs joked that his purrs of pleasure could be heard all throughout the Ark.

Blue kitty's collar was red and his tag was in the shape of a Datsun. He also had his favorite bell attached to a ring that was put on his tail. Once it was attached, he sat there and moved his tail back and forth so that he could hear the bell ring. Blue kitty's purrs of joy made Bluestreak and Fireflight smile; they were both very happy that Blue kitty was happy.

Twostroke got a green collar that matched her eyes, while her tag was in the shape of the engine that she was named for. Jazz was the one who thought of that, and no one heard Two complaining. And while she wore no accessories, she didn't seem to mind this, either.

Sandy kitty had a tan collar, and his tag was in the shape of the Wrecker's insignia. He hated the collar. The instant it was on, he was already trying to take it off. But luckily it was on tight enough to prevent him from being able to remove it, much to his displeasure. When the Autobot's noticed this, they nevertheless began to worry that he would get it off eventually, but that fear was short lived. The minute that Flight kitty saw the collar on Sandy kitty she went up and rubbed against his neck, purring. And then, all at once, he stopped trying to get the collar off. It seemed that as long as Flight kitty liked something, Sandy kitty would put up with it.

The last kitty was Prowler. Her collar was black and her tag was the outline of the Autobot insignia. What no one knew, however, was that along with her tag she was also presented with a small device that would allow her to read classified material and to enter areas that were off limits to almost everyone but the officers and, amazingly, the kittens (they had yet to find a way in to the area). Prowl knew that his namesake would never abuse such a privilege, and he knew it would also be a good way to keep her from sneaking into any places as the device would log when she went in and when she left. Which, in the long run, seemed to be safer for everyone involved, one never knew when a kitten would be in an area that could be harmful to organics. Prowl also knew that it was better to be safe then sorry.

Once the collars were distributed, the Autobots found everything to be much nicer, and safer, with being able to find the kittens all the time. And Fireflight and Bluestreak were relieved when the mechs could easily track the kittens down during fights overall making the kittens much safer.

Red Alert was also relieved that he would finally be able to keep all the organic creatures under surveillance. It had been driving him insane to try and track the tiny things with his cameras alone.

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