Hey guys! Got my computer problems worked out (at least for another two years until this one poops out on me). As for the story, I'm getting to some of the nitty gritty, so I'm excited because Cat will be put to the test two chapters from now when I can update into the Valentines chapter. Yeah, I'm aware that it won't be Valentines day by that time, but under the circumstances of school and computer issues, it's the best I can do.

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FORD B: Yeah, computer problems seem to happen to me more often than not. Now I'm going to try something new to keep it from overheating. I bought a laptop cooling pad on ebay, and I'm hoping that it'll extend the life of the cooling fan, and reduce heat cracks. Anyway, thanks for your continuing support!

Disclaimer: I don't own Transformers, I own Cat (Seven) as well as Rotten and Five. I've had some reports of a copy Seven out there, and I'm a bit dismayed that someone would steal her (since there are other numbers out there to choose from) If you have another character that you wish to write about, I'm all for it, but please stop the copying of my original character... Also, from what I understand of this copy, the writer is someone who used to be on one of my stories' "favorites" list... Dissapointment...

Enjoy!

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"Under the circumstances, I don't see how this wouldn't be the ideal solution for now," Prowl explained.

An emergency meeting was called for technicians, supervisors and Autobots alike. The newest surge that Cat had created, sent a short burst of residual energy through some of the systems of the medical bay's floor, which caused a short blackout. The medical crew were still assisting with repairing Bumblebee, so they weren't present. The situation was calming down, however there was still a debriefing at hand.

"That's a little harsh, isn't it?" Bluestreak asked.

"Yeah," Sideswipe added, "I mean, she tried to warn us before it happened. It's not like she did it on purpose!"

"Be that as it may, she nearly offlined the both of you," Prowl argued, "I believe a containment field would be beneficial until we can investigate what this is caused by. If we don't, another surge could possibly offline the medical crew."

Optimus vented a sigh as he thought carefully. If it weren't bad enough that he had Cat near death, now he had Bumblebee to worry about; as well as the worries of the humans and Autobots about whether or not they could be next.

"I understand both sides," he replied, "And I want to make it clear to everyone that I don't belief that Cat is, purposefully, putting everyone in danger."

"I'm not saying that we lock her up," the regional advisor of the Dam's operations had attended and was putting in his two cents, "But if there's a way to keep her from harming any of my employees, then I want it done. You've nearly suffered a loss at her hands," he directed towards Optimus, "How are we supposed to be sure that it won't happen again, this time she actually harms humans?"

"She's never hurt any of ya," Ironhide's gruff, old voiced added, "Every time this happens one of us gets our circuits fried."

"Yes, but we don't know how long it will be until she does do damage. For all we know, the next time could be genecide for both sides... I've already have some of the Dam's staff threaten to turn in their notices and badges if something isn't done today," the manager finished.

The room was quiet for a moment. Optimus didn't like being left with the decision of whether or not to contain one of his most trusted allies. He knew that Cat wouldn't have wanted it, however he didn't want to lose anyone else to the possibility that she could subdue his men in a split seconds' time. He also couldn't stand by and watch her kill a mass amount of humans. As much as it disheartened Optimus, Prowl's idea of placing Cat in a containment field was the only way to keep the mood calm at the Dam.

"Prowl, as soon as Wheeljack is finished helping Ratchet, I'd like the two of you to construct this containment field," Optimus ordered.

"You can't be serious!" Jazz disagreed, "This is Cat we're talkin' about here! Optimus, I know she's a hot-head, but she's not a murderer!"

The leader only nodded slightly, "I know, Jazz... I know."

The meeting was dismissed, and almost everyone had left. However, Jazz, Ironhide, the twins and Bluestreak had stayed behind to try and talk some sense into Optimus.

"I'm sorry men, but this is my decision for now. I have humans and my team to worry about," Optimus explained.

Before their arguments could be presented, Ratchet and Wheeljack walked into the room. Everyone looked to the two expectantly.

"How's Bumblebee?" Optimus asked.

"He'll recover," Ratchet replied. He was about to go into more detail but not before looking straight to Jazz, "Jazz could you do me a favor?"

"Sure, doc," the silver mech replied.

"While Bumblebee is in recovery, could you take his place in Tranquility for a while?" the medic asked softly.

"You mean right now?" Jazz asked.

"If you could, yes," Ratchet replied.

Jazz looked from the medical officer to Optimus for a moment, wondering what was wrong, "No problem..."

"Thank you. I'll be sure to keep you updated, lieutenant," Ratchet nodded.

Jazz made his way out of the meeting room, still left wondering what it was that Ratchet wasn't telling him. However, he knew that Sam and Mikaela were going to need an explanation as well. He left the room without so much as asking what was going on.

"Could I speak to you, Optimus?" Ratchet asked.

"Of course," the leader replied, "The rest of you still have your duty roster to take care of. You're all dismissed."

The group left Ratchet and Wheeljack to speak, alone, with Optimus as the three sat down at the table.

"What can you tell me?" Optimus asked.

"It's hard to say. All of my readings on Cat are as inconclusive as they were those months ago when she last created the surge. It's as if whatever it is that caused this, just disappeared inside of her. I can't find any reason, medically, as to why this power just suddenly revealed itself," Ratchet explained.

"I see," Obviously this wasn't the answer that Optimus was hoping for, "I'm afraid that the Dam's staff refuses to stay unless we contain Cat... And, for now, I've agreed that we could take this precautionary measure for as long as it's needed."

"Contain her?" Wheeljack asked.

Optimus nodded, "Yes. Prowl has suggested that we use a brig setup the same way we would contain a Decepticon."

"That seems a bit overdone," Ratchet thought aloud.

"Agreed. But until Cat wakes, we can't be sure that it won't happen again. So for now, I've agreed to it."

Ratchet vented a sigh, "As long as I can be the first to monitor her, I suppose I can agree to it as well."

"Good. Now what's the full status on Bumblebee?" Optimus asked.

"The damage to him is just as strange as the energy itself. It shorted out his processor, however it also cut the energon lines to his lower ligaments. He'll recover, and I've repaired the lines, but I can't help but feel as if this was a specific kind of damage."

"What do you mean?" Optimus asked.

"It's the same kind of damage that was inflicted to him during the battle in Mission City, when Starscream attacked him and Ironhide."

"... You mean-" Optimus started.

"It looks as though the damage that was repaired by the fusion between Cat and Five in Mission City, was re-inflicted... The surge merely reversed the repair," the medical officer was unsure how to explain what could have done this to the seeker.

It only took Optimus a moment to understand why Ratchet had asked Jazz to take Bumblebee's spot in Tranquility. "So you asked Jazz to take care of Sam and Mikaela because you were afraid that the same thing might happen to him?"

Ratchet nodded, "Bumblebee was injured severely in Mission City. However Jazz was torn in two by Megatron. If he had been within reach of this surge, he would have been offlined beyond repair... I didn't tell him about my fears because I knew he would brush me off. This way he just thinks that he's taking care of Bumblebee's obligations while he recovers."

At that moment, Gina Murray walked into the meeting room, "I'm sorry to disturb you guys. But I have some uplifting news for you."

The three Autobots turned to the human medical professional.

"What sort of news?" Ratchet asked.

Gina smiled widely, "Catherine is awake."

--

"Oh god..." Cat groaned, feeling a pounding in her head. Her human arm, and her legs weren't much better. In fact her whole body felt heavy and ached.

"Uh, sir?" a strange female voice broke the silence in Cat's head. It was a voice with a heavy accent of some sort... It was actually kind of familiar.

"Yes, ma'am?" a male voice asked from far off.

"I think she's coming around," the woman advised.

"What?" the voice of Gina Murray asked, the sound of footsteps rushed close to Cat.

Her eyes had been closed, but someone forced her right eye open, pointing a pen light into it, "Catherine? Can you hear me?" Doctor Murray asked.

"Why are you asking me if I can hear, when you're pointing a light in my eye?..." Cat griped.

"She's fine, " Doctor Peterson announced with a slight chuckle.

The light was retracted from her vision as Cat closed her right eye again, feeling too weak to keep them open, "The hell is going on?" she demanded.

Gina scoffed and turned to Peterson, "Since she's awake, I'm going to leave her in your capable hands."

"That's fine," Peterson replied, "Could you do me a favor first and get Ratchet? Him and Wheeljack just left to go meet Optimus in their meeting room."

"Sure," Gina sighed. She was really hoping that after having gained a few extra hours of overtime she could go home and rest. But if it was one single task, she'd do it. Leaving the oversized examination table, Cat could hear her footsteps clanging against the metal staircase.

"I'm in the med bay?" Cat asked.

"Yes you are. It's a miracle that you made it here when you did," Peterson replied, checking the monitors that were attached to Cat, "Your fever is gone again. Maybe waking up is a sign that it'll stay away."

Cat's eyes fluttered open, "Fever?"

"Yes, you've been sick as a dog for three days now. How are you feeling?" James asked.

"Like Ironhide ran me down..." Cat replied with a touch of a groan.

James chuckled again, "Well I can assure you that he's done no such thing."

"Uh," the thick accented woman spoke up, "Should I be going?"

Cat whimpered a little as she turned her neck to the side, looking over to see who it was that was speaking. The woman had blonde, somewhat curly hair, and blue eyes. She was thin and-.... Wait... Cat knew who this was.

"Maggie?" Cat asked in a whisper.

James and Maggie turned towards Cat, James looking surprised. Maggie only smiled a little as she replied, "You remember," it was more of a statement than it was a question.

"Course I remember..." Cat's chest lifted high as she took in a deep breath, "I can remember back when I was two years old. Why wouldn't I remember last year?"

Maggie smiled as she sat down next to the girl, "Well we didn't see that much of each otha'. I figured you'd draw a blank at the sight of me."

Cat coughed to clear her airway, "What brings you all the way out here? I thought you were given a job back in Washington D.C.?"

"I got a call, yesterday, that I was needed to come here and examine you," she replied.

"Examine me?" Cat asked, "I thought you were a computer geek?"

Maggie giggled and replied, "Well, more specifically, examine your left eye. I was told that you were ill, for unknown reasons, and that they wanted me to take a look at your eye to make sure it wasn't a cause."

"Why wouldn't Ratchet do that?" Cat asked.

"They thought I might be able to come up with a solution that they couldn't think of since I uncovered their secret last year. Ratchet was searching for known causes, but they were hoping I could find a lesser cause," Maggie explained.

"Ah... I see," Cat allowed her left eye to boot up, giving her a chance to test it out for herself.

"Is it working all right?" James asked.

"So far so good..." Cat replied.

"Well then, I see my work is done," Maggie stood, "It's good to see you again."

"Yeah, same here," Cat gave a small nod.

Maggie exited from the platform and left the med bay. James turned to Cat with a slightly confused expression.

"What?" Cat asked, noticing the look he was giving her.

"I don't get it... You barely know her, but you give her and Captain Lennox more respect than you give us here! Why?" he asked.

Cat looked away, a slight growl wanting to procure in her throat, "You work here..."

James was about to ask her what that had to do with him, but he suddenly stopped himself.

"You know none of us would ever hurt you..." he told her softly.

Cat just continued to look away in silence. There was already too much thought swimming around in her head; she didn't need to add to it

James sighed and nodded just before turning to the sounds of giant robot feet hitting the concrete floor. Cat turned her head and smiled faintly at the sight of the three Autobots.

"So it's true," a smile appeared on Ratchet's faceplates.

"Hey..." Cat breathed.

"Fever's gone, and so far everything, both mechanical and organic, seem functional," James reported.

"At least we have one back," Wheeljack thought aloud.

Cat looked over to the scientist, "What are you talking about?"

"You... Don't remember?" Peterson asked.

"Remember what?" Cat was almost concerned to the point of not wanting to know what they were talking about.

Doctor Peterson looked up from Cat and gave a small nod, pointing to across the medical bay. Cat lifted her head and craned her neck, feeling a small strain by trying to move. She looked across the bay to where James had pointed her. Cat's face went from calm to a look of complete and utter terror as she spotted Bumblebee. She saw that his leg armor was missing and he was unconscious.

Cat's head swung back around towards the others, "What the hell happened?!"

--

There was just nothing like it. Just the way that the roads wound, the way that the winds could activate the olfactory sensors. Jazz was always finding reasons to like this planet almost every day that he was there. He also really enjoyed it when he could get back to Tranquility. Sure he spent several, boring, months here while they were waiting for the Dam to be finished, but as far as he was concerned, the hustle and bustle of Tranquility was far more exciting than living in the middle of a desert. He was also content with the idea of getting to see two of his favorite humans, Sam and Mikaela. Though, of course, his mind wasn't far from what was happening at the Dam, he felt a small bit of relief to be back on the roads.

Pulling up to Tranquility High, Jazz went around to the rear of the school, where most of the children were exiting to their cars in the parking lot. The school had just let out only a moment ago, so he was sure that he could find Sam or Mikaela. If not, he could always take a trip over to the Witwicky household to find Sam. Activating his hologram to keep the illusion that someone was driving the Pontiac Solstice, Jazz spotted Mikaela almost right away. She was walking with a couple of other female humans, talking happily. Jazz decided to beat the girls to the punch as he quickly shot into the parking lot and pulled around a small island of trees. He pulled up to the curb and allowed his very well toned hologram to exit the driver's side door and walk to the other side. He leaned up against his alt form and crossed his arms, awaiting for Mikaela to notice him as she stepped out into the parking lot.

"I don't think I'll ever get this homework packet done..." one of the girls commented with a sigh.

"Yeah, I don't know what Mr. Hopper was thinking when he assigned this!" the other girl on the other side of Mikaela agreed.

Mikaela was about to comment when her eyes quickly caught sight of a familiar face. She smiled and turned to her friends, "I'll see you guys tomorrow, okay?"

"I thought you needed a ride home?" her friend asked, concerned as to why Mikaela had suddenly changed her mind.

"Sorry, but I think I've got another ride home today," Mikaela trotted off into a different direction.

"Hey, Kayla!" Jazz smiled brightly, "How's ma girl?"

"Better now that someone familiar is here!" She beamed.

"Where's Sammy? I'm suppose ta take care o' you guys for a while," Jazz looked around thinking that where Mikaela was, Sam wouldn't be too far behind.

Mikaela's eyes suddenly strayed away as her body language told Jazz something was wrong.

"I don't know, I think he drove his mom's car to school today," she responded.

Now Jazz was sure that something was wrong, "Didn't you ride with him?"

Mikaela shook her head, "He's been kind of an ass lately and I'm waiting for him to apologize."

"Sam? Our Sam?" Jazz asked.

"I guess it's a long story..." Mikaela nodded.

Jazz's passenger door opened as he replied, "Well let's go for a ride, and you can tell me all about it," his hologram led her to the passenger door, waiting for her to sit down so he could close the door and sit back inside the driver's side. When he was finally settled, the Solstice slowly made its way out of the parking lot, careful not to accidentally hit another high school student.

"So what's goin' on?" Jazz asked softly.

Mikaela sighed and began to explain, "He hasn't been sleeping very well because of some dreams he's been having."

"Dreams?" Jazz suddenly went from inquisitive to seriously concerned. After all, Cat's dreams have been causing her trouble as well. Jazz was certain that Cat was an abnormal case all on her own, but who knew what humans, in general, could do.

"Yeah, something about the stuff that happened in Mission City. He says that he sees himself being cornered by Megatron, but no one comes to help him and right before he dies, he wakes up," Mikaela didn't want to make Sam anymore upset at her by telling someone his problems, but she had considered calling one of the guys and talking to them sooner or later if he didn't anyway.

Jazzs' hologram face went straight to shock, "Megatron?"

Mikaela nodded, "Yeah... When I tried to talk to him about it he just brushed me off and told me that I'd never understand. It made me mad that he didn't think I could help him, and when I tried to talk to him it was like talking to a brick wall. I got mad, and I haven't talked to him since then."

Jazz wasn't sure what to say. Usually, when something like this happened to one of his fellow Autobots, it would be about right after a traumatic experience with a battle. But this was a human, and although he'd been around them for nearly an Earth year, he wasn't sure how to react. However he chose to continue asking Mikaela questions.

"Anything else been goin' on?"

Mikaela sighed and nodded once more, "Yeah. Neither of us have been able to get in touch with Cat," her face suddenly turned from exasperated to confused, "Which brings me to something else. Not that I mind, but why are you here instead of Bumblebee? Where'd he go off to?"

Uh oh. Jazz was fully expecting the kids to want to know what was going on, but he also knew that, until things calmed down, Ratchet and Optimus didn't want to scare the teens into thinking that Cat was dying, or that, now, Bumblebee was on the brink of death.

"He's just got some stuff to take care of. He should be back in a few days, but until then ya got me," the dark skinned hologram smiled to encourage a different mood.

Mikaela smiled, grateful that she had Jazz to talk to, but she was still bothered by the avoidance of what she wanted to know.

"What about Cat?" she asked, "She hasn't answered her cell phone or her apartment phone for a few days either."

"She, uh, broke her cell phone..." Jazz thought quickly, making sure to avoid looking into Mikaela's face.

"And what about her apartment line? Did she break that too?" Mikaela was certain that she was being lied to.

"Dunno," Jazz shrugged, "She's been pretty tied up lately."

"With what?" Mikaela persisted.

"You know how Cat is..." Even Jazz didn't buy it.

"Yeah, I do know Cat. And up until about three or four days ago, she and I would talk on the phone nearly every day. Why would she stop so suddenly?" Mikaela asked.

Jazz didn't want to break what Bumblebee was trying to do by not scaring the kids, but he was starting to think that it might have been worse trying to cover up their tracks, "You'd probably be better off taking that up with her when she calls ya back."

"Fine..." Mikaela looked out the window. Not only was Sam trying to keep her out of his problems, but it was obvious that their alien friends were hiding something from her as well. And if they didn't want her to know, she'd just ignore them too.

Jazz looked over to the teenager as she stared out the window. He was a mech that had dealt with many femmes in his lifetime, and knew what that look was, no matter if it was a Cybertronian or a human.

"Kayla-" he started before being cut off.

"You can stop here. My apartment's just down this alley..." she hinted that she wasn't interested in anymore excuses and as soon as Jazz came to a halt, she threw open the door and slammed it behind her, walking straight down the alley, not even looking back. Jazz watched to make sure that she got to her apartment safely and then slowly started off towards the Witwicky household... Maybe he'd have better luck with Sam...

--

The medical crew had been able to calm Cat after the shock of seeing Bumblebee injured and unconscious. It probably wouldn't have been as bad if it weren't for the fact that Cat was told she was responsible. The shock After having been calm for a few minutes Cat asked that everyone but the Autobots leave. When that was done, she had a rather large task ahead of her.

Being propped up into a sitting position, Cat looked ahead to see the three that stood before her. She sighed and said, "I'm not exactly sure where I should start..."

"Just do your best. Whatever it is, I'm sure we'll be able to help," Optimus encouraged.

"All right..." she looked up to Optimus, Ratchet and Wheeljack, "I know what this surge problem is."

"Do you?" Ratchet was surprised.

"Yeah... I kind of had a talk with someone about it while I was sick. Up until now, the reason why I was able to activate the power of that fusion spell with Five had been a complete mystery to me. I couldn't remember anything past the point of watching Five die. But now I have the answers..." she took a deep breath and then decided to let it all out, "When I was on the rooftop, I remember hearing the commotion that was going on below me..."

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-FLASHBACK-

"At least this way... There will be nothing... left of us... to pick up after..." she looked into the eyes of Five with tears stinging her own and continued, "I can't heal us Five... And neither can you now... you're too weak and you're dying... just the same as me..."

Five's eyes widened and she made to try and shake her head, but could only manage a slight twitch in her neck. Her harsh breathing in her chest increased as she reached to put a hand on Cat's cheek. Cat closed her eyes, warm tears falling from her eyes onto Five's soft hand. Before Cat had realized it, Five had taken her hand back and brought her other one up as well, slightly clapping them together, then dropping them to the ground. Cat's own eyes went wide in surprise as she saw the transmutation circle that she had made begin to change forms and twist into a different shape. When the blue light that had formed from Five's change had gone away, Cat looked at the circle and looked at Five with a questioning face.

"But... That would never work... You know that it... can't work!" Cat tried to make sense of what Five was doing.

"NO!" Cat's head twisted back to where she had heard Optimus yell, and felt a strange rumble of power beneath her.

Just then, Five coughed and blood splattered from her mouth, Cat turned back to Five and watched as her older sibling took one last, long, deep inhale. Her chest then settled and her eyes went into the back of her head.

Five was dead.

Cat's eyes lowered to Five's facial features as she reached a hand up to move some of the blood-soaked hair out of Five's face.

"I don't know... if I can do it... I don't think I even... have the strength..." Cat wondered aloud.

Just as she had said this, Cat heard a noise as if something had dropped right next to her, just outside of the transmutation circle. Looking over to it, she saw that it looked to be a piece of a strange, black metal, which was still smoking and blue sparks making it twitch. It was only about the size of a marble.

Picking the metal piece up in her left hand, Cat brought it up to her face to get a better look at it. However, as she did this, she felt a powerful sting from the object, like a burn. She flipped her wrist in reaction to this pain, but it didn't go away. She looked back to her hand and saw that the piece of metal was fusing into her palm, disappearing into her skin. She turned her hand over back and forth, looking to her palm and the back of her hand to see where the metal had gone. Before she knew what was happening, blue sparks formed all around her arm and pain shot up from her arm into her torso, shooting up and down her spine and into her legs, as well as her head. Cat's face looked up to the sky as she screamed at the top of her lungs.

-END FLASHBACK-

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"An Allspark fragment," Ratchet knew, almost immediately what Cat had made reference to.

"Yeah... It was a piece of the Allspark that fused into me, which provided the energy I needed to complete the transmutation," Cat nodded, "Five tried to tell me about it when we had that whole disaster after the new guys arrived, but I didn't understand what it was that she was trying to tell me..." she lowered her head, "But now I do..."

"Five told you this?" Optimus asked.

"No... Not exactly..." Cat's eyes softened, "But I do know one thing for sure. I need to find Five and have a little chat with her..."

"How do you propose that you do that?" Wheeljack asked in a curious tone, "I was under the impression that your sister was offline?"

Ratchet raised an eye ridge, "She is."

"Right... So there's only one way for me to find her," Cat commented, "I have to die..."

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Chapter Teaser!

Cat looked up to the three that were standing before her. She knew that this was the part that would be the hardest for them to "swallow" so to speak.

"The Allspark... Spoke to you?" Optimus asked.

"Yeah... And it told me a few things that I think you ought to know too."

"Go on," the leader aknowledged what Cat was trying to tell them.

Cat looked directly to Optimus and said, "You may not know it, but you're carrying part of the Allspark's power too. By having that fragment, you're keeping its power with you."

"Now that I think of it, "Ratchet interjected, "I've never had a chance to examine that fragment of yours, Optimus."

Optimus opened a spot in his chest compartment, pulling out and revealing the jagged piece of metal that he had kept with him since the battle with Megatron. He looked it over just before handing it to the medic.

"Anything else?" Wheeljack thought that maybe this wasn't the end to Cat revealing this new information.

"Yeah... There's two more who have a portion of the Allspark's power..."