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Disclaimer: I don't own Transformers, blah blah blah, I own Project Seven.
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"How was it?" Five asked, looking between Cat and Lillian.
"Too easy. I'm almost upset that it was so simple," Cat smirked, looking to Lillian.
"See? I told you we'd fool them!" Cat snickered with a chuckle as she patted the hat in her hands.
"Yes, they were certainly surprised," Lillian agreed.
"Wait, wait... How did you... I mean... What are you... How in the hell did you-" Sam began, unable to put all of the questions that he wanted answering in the right order.
Cat laughed and patted the poor boy on the back, "I guess it's a long story. Geez I'm only gone for less than a day and there's already so much to catch up on!"
Before anyone could play the game twenty questions, a mechanical hand snatched Cat up quickly, blue optics overlooking her closely, almost in disbelief.
Cat actually smiled at being scanned over and said, "Hi, to you too, Ratchet!"
Ratchet's optics widened and looked to Optimus, "It's... It's really her!"
The Autobots couldn't help but surround the girl in Ratchet's palm, smiling and feeling waves of relief rush over them all.
Five walked over to the mechs and yelled up at Cat, "Did you bring them?"
Cat looked down to Five and said, "Yeah, yours are in truck there."
"Her's what?" Sam asked.
Five bounded for the truck and opened the back door finding another black and white, government issued suit and sunglasses.
"We've- come on Ratchet, it's me, really! You can let me down!" Cat gave a reassuring nod to the medic as he placed her on the ground so she could walk over the truck.
"Not too long after you guys left, I managed to intervene and get to Lil here before the feds could drag her off. Five went to get you guys to bring you here, and I was able to, let's say, make use of the government being there. After which, we were to meet up with you guys here so we could all go get the Allspark!" Cat explained.
"Wait, so if you were alive and well, why didn't Five just tell us?!" Sam asked.
Five yelled from behind the truck while she changed, "Would you have believed me?!"
Cat looked confused all of a sudden, "You mean... she didn't tell you guys about all of this?"
Five walked out from behind the truck, in her own government suit.
"It wasn't going to be like they were going to automatically trust me. I knew they'd think that I was making it all up to find a way to kill them or something, so I had to do it my way," Five groaned as she adjusted the tie and jacket.
Cat raised an eyebrow, "What exactly was your way?"
"She crashed two civilian cars, nearly killing the humans inside of them to get our attention, then threatened to kill the children if we didn't do as she said..." Optimus crossed his arms.
Cat's shoulders slumped as she turned and gave Five a "Why?!" look.
"Actually, I had nothing to do with that crash, they did it all on their own. I made sure that they were alive and noticed that you guys were coming my way, so I used the situation to my advantage and waited for you to stop, knowing that it would have given me a chance to talk to you," Five explained.
"But you said that you needed a way to get our attention!" Ironhide huffed.
"I didn't lie. I needed a way to get your attention. Those cars just happened to be at the right place at the right time. I never said I had anything to do with that crash, I just said that I needed to talk with you," Five snickered.
"You also claimed that Cat was dead!" Ratchet accused.
"No I didn't... If you remember correctly, I said that she was taken care of... I also mentioned the fact that I know what she "knows" since I had been perusing around her mind. I'm actually surprised that you guys didn't catch that one," Five laughed.
"So when you threatened to kill us-" Mikaela started.
"I wouldn't have, but I played to my advantage, knowing that these guys were going to follow my orders as soon as they realized that they were at a disadvantage. And as I figured that they would, they folded as easily as lawn chairs and became pawns in my little scheme. I must admit, it all made things go very smoothly for me," Five smirked.
"But still, if you had told us that Cat was alive, we might have just come here anyway, knowing that we would see her " Optimus reasoned.
"Right, " Five replied sarcastically crossing her arms, "You would have seen all of the blood on me and automatically assumed that I was telling the truth?"
The Autobots looked to each other as if to say "Yeah, probably not..." as they shrugged.
"So you didn't actually kill Cat? You just used her blood to make it all look real?" Jazz asked, confused.
Both Five and Cat frowned, looking to each other and then back to the group.
"No... The blood I had on me was from when I killed her all right... "
"Wait... If she killed you, then what are you doing standing here in front of us?" Sam asked, confused.
Cat sighed while Five frowned and looked away.
"I suppose you should know anyway..." Cat said as she began to explain.
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-Flashback-
"Get up and fight!" Five ordered as she pulled the girl to her feet, holding her by the front of her white tank top.
"No..." Cat replied, refusing to raise a hand as her body collapsed to the ground upon the release of Five's grip on her.
"You were designed to be a soldier! A soldier capable of mass destruction upon your enemies! And you will stand to fight your enemy!" Five yelled to the girl, angry.
"I was designed to be a soldier of war... But you are not my enemy..." Cat replied, ready for the final blow.
Five clapped her hands together and put them to the ground, the sands quickly forming into a steel blade, which rose above Cat, coiling back for the strike. Cat smiled smugly as she watched the blade plunge into her chest painfully. Her body convulsed for only a few seconds before falling limp, eyes rolling to the back of her head.
Five stood up, the blade dissipating back into nothing but sand as she looked over Cat's lifeless body. She had finally found a resolution what had haunted her every day for the past six years... Hadn't she?... Just as a feeling of satisfaction washed over her, it disappeared, her heart dropping into the pit of her stomach as something in her mind suddenly snapped.
"What have I done?!" Five yelled as she ran over to Cat's body picking her up into her arms and clutching the dead woman to her chest.
"I'm sorry Seven! I'm so sorry! I promised to always be there to protect you and I killed you instead! Why did I do that?!" she cried out, Cat's blood smearing all over her as she held her so close.
Five suddenly put Cat down gently and said, "No! I won't let you die!"
She put both of her hands on the girl's bloody chest and pulled electrical waves from the earth through Cat's body as she healed all of her wounds. The electrical waves shot through the girl's body as Five attempted to revive her. Every wave of energy rushed to her from head to toe as her body didn't respond.
"Wake up! Dammit wake UP!" Five screeched, tears in her eyes, still pulling electrical pulses from the earth through Cat's lifeless body.
Time after time she did this, until she finally stopped, realizing that too much more would only be doing more harm instead of any good. Five, then, picked up Cat's body and held her close to her once more.
"I'm so sorry... So, so sorry Seven..." she whispered.
Cat's body suddenly jumped to life on it's own as she began to cough, her lungs gasping for air as jagged breaths managed to make their way into her lungs. Five was completely startled by this and jumped, still holding her twin in her arms tightly. Cat's eyes shot open, looking around as if she were also startled by what was going on. She looked up to Five as her breaths started to come easier to her and noticed where she was, remembering what had just happened to her.
"F-Five?" Cat asked.
Five laughed and tightly clutched her twin to her chest.
"Yeah, little sister... It's me..." tears streaming down her face.
"What just happened?" Cat asked, confused.
"Can you ever forgive me?" Five quietly asked.
Cat looked even more confused, "But I thought that... I mean..."
"You were right... We're not enemies... I don't know why I felt the way that I did but I know that I don't really want you dead... Not anymore..." Five explained solemnly.
Cat looked up to Five, her confused look beginning to switch into a smile and hugging her twin back.
"I thought you were going to hate me forever..." Cat sobbed.
"I thought so too... But I finally came to my senses... I'm sorry it took so long," Five replied.
-End Flashback-
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After that, it only took her a few minutes to make her understand that we needed to help you guys, so we got onto your trail quickly," Cat finished the story before coming up to a question of her own, "Which brings me to why you guys were so far out a different direction to where you needed to go..."
"Your little friend over there wouldn't tell us where to go!" Sam said angrily, the others nodding in agreement.
Cat looked to Lillian who looked to the ground with a frown and said, "Why?"
Lillian couldn't look at anyone. She didn't want to admit that she might have been wrong about the alien beings in front of her.
"I didn't... I didn't want to trust them..." she said.
Cat turned to the woman and said, "I thought I told you to take them where they needed to go... That you could trust them? If it wasn't for them I'd probably be back in the hands of the government, for crying out loud!"
"It's like talking to a brick wall, Cat... You may as well have just left her back there at the rest stop and-" Mikaela started.
"Actually, you guys have no room to talk here. If it wasn't for Lil, I'd have either harmed or killed you the morning that I woke up to see you guys for the first time," Cat interrupted.
The group looked confused, "What's that mean?" Sam asked.
"I would have fought you guys or run away as quickly as possible if it weren't for the fact that Lillian made me promise not to harm anyone if they meant no harm against me. And when you guys told me that you weren't going to do that, I had a change of heart. So if it weren't for her, things may have turned out a bit differently," Cat explained.
The group, besides Cat, Five and Lillian grumbled but dropped the subject.
"So, what happened when you found her at the rest stop then?" Mikaela asked.
Cat smiled strangely in a way that made the group nearly gasp. She really did look like Five, with the exception of the yellow eyes.
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-Another Flashback-
"Where's Seven?!" Simmons asked Lillian, but she didn't respond to him, nor even look him in the eye.
Several officers stood around Lillian as they interrogated her.
"Need I remind you, that you are facing so many charges that you'll be lucky if you ever see the light of day again!" Simmons growled.
Just as Lillian looked up to give them a smart comment in return, her mouth opened but no noise came out. Instead, her facial expression went from anger to a smile.
"What the hell are you smiling about?!" Simmons shouted within inches of the woman's face.
A hand suddenly went to Simmons' shoulder as he looked to the hand. The metal appendage gave a few light taps as the group of officers eyes widened, holding their breaths.
"Hello boys... How's things been since I've been gone? Good I hope?" A woman's voice asked in a taunting tone.
A few minutes later all of the officers found themselves either tied up to the base of a tree by their clothing, or if they were as unlucky as Simmons, they found themselves hanging from the tree by an atomic wedgie, their mouths covered with a gag.
-End Flashback-
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The two teens couldn't help but nearly roll on the ground, they were laughing so hard. As well as a few good chuckles from the Autobots. Five gave a few giggles as well to herself quietly. Cat was laughing a bit as well, but was suddenly stopped by a fit of coughs, causing the rest of the group to go silent, very quick.
"You... okay Cat?" Sam asked.
Cat managed to breathe normally again as her coughing fit ended, "Yeah, yeah I'm fine. No worries," she shrugged it off quickly.
"You are ill," Ratchet said softly.
"No, no. I don't get sick," she gave the medic a wave as if dismissing his claims.
The group looked to Five who was looking away with a solemn look upon her face. Lillian moved forward towards Cat as if to comfort her, but she knew that it would do no good. So she stopped herself and looked away, looking as if she were very sad indeed.
"Anyway, so we had this idea, "Cat tugged on the suit that she was wearing and smiled.
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Chapter Teaser!
Five narrowed her eyes before looking back over the cliff and said, "I plan on destroying anyone and anything in my way..."
"In your way of what?" Ironhide asked.
"I'm going to reveal this government for what it's done, and then I'm going to kill everyone at the top... Leaving only me," Five replied in a low growl.
"Do you mean to say that you wish to control the human race?" Optimus asked, startled at the girl's answer.
"Well someone has to... Someone has to teach these people a lesson for all the pain that they've caused... And if I have to destroy everyone who gets in my way, then so be it," Five replied.