The Warcat

By: Juditangelo

Editor's Note:  Judi's first language is Spanish. She sent me a rough translation into English, which I have edited as best as I can.  Some phrases and wording might come across as a little odd, at times, but bear in mind that this is her first translated fic, for the convenience of English readers.

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In the outskirts of the planet, where the pod Maximals were in orbit, one of them left the array and began to go to the planet. it didn't take in being detected by both decrees, but for bad fortune, the fall was more foreseen in Predacon territory.  
  
In the Predacon base, Megatron almost smiled, when as he looked in the radar screens, he saw that the pod would fall in Predacon land.  
  
- Yes... a new soldier for our lines, luck smiles on me... Waspinator, Terrorsaur!   
  
The two flyers didn't take much time in being presented in front of their leader.  
  
- Go to take that pod! - Both air soldiers hurried in obeying. Megatron looked at the screens again -.   A new Predacon is at hand... - His wicked laugh almost completely flooded the corners of the ship.  
  
  
Further on, in the Axalon: Optimus and Rhinox looked into the radars for some of their units that were close.  
  
- Cheetor is not very far away... - Optimus said. - Rhinox, tell him by comm. that he must go where it stops!  
  
- C´mon, Optimus... - The incorrigible Rattrap. - Will ya send the child alone to Predacon Zone?  
  
- No, I plan to go right now by air, and you come with me Rattrap, let's go!  
  
The rodent shook his head, before transforming to beast mode and climbing on Optimus's back before he took off.  
  
- We're all gonna die... - He noticed Optimus, who was looking at him -. Yeah... I know... "Shut up, Rattrap"   
  
The commander took off with him, going has fast as he could to arrive as soon as possible.  
  
The pod landed; some animals stayed looking at it attentively, when the flying Predacons, the wasp and the pterodactyl arrived, in robot mode, and came closer to the pod.  
  
- Bzz... now Wazzpinator will activate the new Predacon!     
  
- Not so quickly, waspy. - Terrorsaur said, catching at his arm and taking it away from the object. - I will be the one that changes the Maximal chip  for one of ours.  
  
- No way, it will be Wazzpinator who makes it!  
  
- Oh, yeah, hey?  
  
- Yes!  
  
And they start to discuss, grabbing at each other at the neck and the shoulders, almost being given hits, without realizing that a couple of black panthers came closer to the pod and smell it; the object, when detecting the animal forms, took out the scanner.  
  
Optimus, with the propellers to almost full power, detected the sign of Cheetor that was near to the pod coordinates, the bad thing was that he also detected the sign of two Predacons.  
  
- Damn! - He said through gritted gorilla teeth and hurried, with the rodent strongly clinging to his back, trying to not look below.  
  
  
While, the other two continued fighting, they almost didn't notice that the Maximals came closer, they veered coming unfastened mutually and taking out armaments at the same time.  
  
Optimus went down and the rodent transformed to robot mode and took out his weapon.  An instant later the spotted feline arrives.  
  
- What a surprise! You arrive exactly on time to see how we transform this protoform into a new Predacon! - Terrorsaur laughed scandalously.  
  
- Not while we can impede it, ugly bird! - Cheetor took out his quasar, aiming at the flyer directly.  
  
- Looks and learn, kitten! - While Waspinator aimed at them with his weapon, the terodactyl turned and his mouth gaped, staying totally open.  
  
- Bzz... what it waiting for the stupid of Terrorsaur to activate the protoform?  
  
- The protoforma is left! - The "stupid" exclaimed.  
  
The wasp was turns and the Maximals also look; the pod was open and the tenant of its interior had already left.  
  
- Noooooo! - Filled with rage, Terrorsaur lifted the flight and it began to shoot the Maximals, visibly an advantage in front of them, three against two.  
  
Both flyers tried to avoid the shots of their enemies that shot against them, without realizing that behind them a red and big figure looks at them.  
  
- Inferno, Terrorize! - The ant took out his armament and he shot the backs of the Maximals, catching them totally unawares. The three were impacted, Waspinator and Terrorsaur took advantage to attack them with their shots: the restitutions were rotated, now the Maximals were in the floor, half scorched and somewhat stunned.  
  
- Let's kill them, for greater glory of our Queen! - says Inferno, who has more than a dozen loose screws in the head.  
Not far, rather near the pod, three black panthers looked at the scene, one of them with a puckered frown and looking with attention, her tail waved nervously after her.  
  
The enormous Predacon insect pointed first to the smallest of the Maximals that had an enormously big mouth despite being so small.  
  
- I refuse to allow myself to mash for a stinking Predacon... - Says Rattrap, visibly angry, but his weapon  was far, something more than a click from him and they were aiming at his head, so he cannot do anything.  
  
Inferno was about to shoot, when he dropped something above their backs, throwing his face to floor, leaving him stunned by the blow. The Maximals lifted the view, on the back of the demolished insect a black panther stands gloweringly, grunting to the other two Predacons, that took out their weapons and shot at him, but the panther, with a quick movement jumped out of there and the ammunition of the flyers went right into Inferno, who was made into powder. The feline creature was standing now, covering the rodent, to the sides of the rodent were Optimus and Cheetor. The adolescent dared to ask:  
  
- Are you... Maximal?  
  
What a silly question, honestly...   
  
- You will pay, busybody feline! - The terodactyl screamed. The panther lifted a brow and she rushed against Terrorsaur, avoiding his shots at full speed, when more fence had it he left flying to a click of the floor. - And now that you will make, stupid?  
  
Stupid, hey? The panther grunts and passes to robot mode, to the surprise of the Predacon, the "stupid" was a girl that didn't doubt to take out a kind of quasar and to shoot him, with quite good aim; so Terrorsaur was forced to leave; it was only the wasp now, who was amazed at her.  
  
The feline turns, pointing to Waspinator that also aimed at her.  
  
- Wazzpinator don...'t fear you...! You go away or... - He began to tremble, the weapon trembled in his hands, while the girl was impassive, aiming at him without losing her nerve, she came closer, Waspinator went back a little. She had her green optics nailed on the wasp. She walked gently and cautiously at the same time. Two fine cables of the same color that her optics were, waved lightly to her step, falling from her temples until under the neck, and two badges in her cheeks seemed like tears or something like that; in their front, in the greenish color that prevailed in her structure, the  Maximal symbol shone. Of stature she was rather short, like the rodent, and the tail of the panther still waved after her, from the back part of her hips. She stopped at a short distance from the Predacon, who no longer could resist and he flew away, not without bashing against a couple of trees. The panther lifted her head, looking at him.  
  
- Meow... - Cheetor commented, getting up and recovering the weapon. - That's what I call  a fierce woman.  
  
- Another feline for the ship... - Rattrap commented, anyway, He won't complain too much, the movements of the feline fighting had been very good.  
  
- But we have seen that she is very effective in combat... - Optimus commented, getting up heavily. It seemed that he had read the thoughts of Rattrap. - Go with her.  
  
They came closer to the panther, who was still looking up, more concretely to the sunbeams that filtered through the leaves of the nearby trees, as if something worried her. When hearing steps behind, she turned around, being on the side in regard to them, but her head rotated to look them frontally. The girl kept the weapon and rotated completely, staying in front of them.  
  
- Welcome. - Optimus said. - I'm the Commander of the Axalon, Optimus Primal, and you are...?   
  
The feline was looking at them, with her mouth a little open, surprised, then she looked to the other two.  
  
- Oh right, I have not presented you these two... He is Cheetor...   
  
- Hi! - Said the child happily, lifting a hand. The female feline inclined her head a little, greeting him.  
  
- And this one... - Optimus continued. -   is Rattrap.  
  
The green optics of the panther were nailed fixedly on the rodent, she leaned her head a little, without stopping to look at him attentivley. He also looked at her, he came closer and offered her a hand, being well mannered for once won't harm him.  
  
- It is a pleasure... and I thank you for helping me before, feline.  
  
They were face to face, in size she was a little shorter than Rattrap. She looked at the hand of the rodent and extended hers, trembling, it came slowly nearer to the hand of Rattrap, and the hand didn't stop trembling, when it was about to touch the hand, the girl lifted her head towards them, she went back a little, gave a half turn suddenly and left running. The rodent was left scratching his head.  
  
- What have I done!? - He asked dumbfounded. Optimus shrugged his shoulders.
  
- Maybe she is not yet prepared to be come with us, it is dangerous for her to be alone, but we cannot force her to come if she's not willing, she could need time to adapt to her animal form. Return to the base, guys. We will see her again.  
  
The three turn, the rodent looked a moment behind him, looking through the thicket through which the panther left, Cheetor gave him a touch on the arm, already in animal mode.  
  
- A very attractive feline, hey? - He tells him to shut it. The rodent lifted a brow and transformed to animal form.

  
- Kid, when you grow a little, I will teach you some things about women.   
  
- Right, like to make them run like her?  
  
The panther, in animal mode, looked after them as they left, sitting among the leaves.   Then she looked again at the sunbeams among the trees.  
  
  
Some days had passed since the appearance of the panther, that showed elusive behavior even with those of her own faction. They used to see her helping them when the Predacons attacked them, but once the battle finished she disappeared.   
  
Airazor arrived at the control room, in her robot mode and approached Optimus.  
  
- Have you seen her? - The commander asked her.  
  
- Yeah, I have even spoken with her, she says that everything feels so much stranger and she still needs time to adapt... but she has promised that, when she is willing, she will come, and meanwhile will help us in all that she can.  
  
- But would she not help here more, in the Axalon? - Cheetor asked.  
  
- It is necessary to give her time at the moment, Cheetor. - Rhinox put a hand on the shoulder of the adolescent.  
  
- Good, for today, already single lack that Dinobot and Rattrap arrive of the mission that I told them.  - As if Optimus was not worried about what those two were discussing.  
  
  
The rat and the raptor walked for the cornice of a mountain, until arriving, from where a white was observed seen of the ravine, the fall would be of fright.  
  
- It is already time ta return home... c'mon, chopperface. - commented the rat.  
  
- Don't give me orders, dirty vermin! - Dinobot hit him with the tail in the head, without too much force.  
  
- Eh!  Who do you think you are!  
  
An explosion that left a hole near both took them out of their discussion. Scorponok.  
  
- The only thing that you will be both is scrap!  
  
Brilliant, an ambush... apart from Scorponok two flyers and Tarantulas came.  
  
The Maximals took cover as quickly as possible behind some rocks, transforming to robot form and taking out their firearms. The first one that fell was Waspinator for a good shot of the optic laser of Dinobot; the insect fell into the ravine making a loud metallic noise.  
  
The scorpion fired one of his missiles at them, forcing both enemies to leave their now exposed cover Dinobot took out his sword and he rushed towards Tarantulas.  The arachnid was not only scientific, but he also proved to be good in the battle field. With one of his giggles, he avoided Dinobot and rushed to hide among the wild thicket.  
  
- Come if you are as good a warrior as you say, traitor!  
  
That definitively perturbed Dinobot, who went after him, leaving Rattrap alone. The rodent watched him go with a really sour face.  
  
- come back here, stupid skittle head! - A shot from Terrorsaur hit him in the arm that held his weapon and he made him lose it, forcing the rodent to pay more attention to the battle field.   
Ok, now the rodent was in a bad situation.  Avoiding the air shots he took one of his bombs from his forearm and he threw it at the pterodactyl, left him well scorched and with that, transformed to beast mode, he left there. Rattrap rubbed his hand across his forehead and sighed, when something exploded behind him and left him thrown on the floor; he incorporated being sat down and looked that the scorpion was still on stand. And the weapon of the rodent was quite far from him.  
  
- Say goodbye Maximal! - Scorponok opened the clip and threw a missile toward Rattrap, who covered his head with both arms, waiting the impact. He listened the explosion of the same one, but didn't feel that it had hit him; it has been intercepted and in front of him the robot panther fell sitting: she had put herself in front to protect him from the attack.  
  
- Damned feline, I will destroy you! - Scorponok screamed, and before he shot again he received the shots of the girl's weapon.  
  
- I regret to disappoint you! - She replied shooting more angrily, making the Predacon fall into the ravine with a horrible scream.  
  
To the astonishment of Rattrap, the feline let fall the arms to the sides of her body. It was easy to hear her breathe heavily. She was seated exactly before the rodent, who had to stretch the arms to catch her when she fell back. The rat looked at her state; she had her stomach destroyed and sparks jumped, however she tried to not complain and she held back the pain as best she could.  
  
- You need the Restoration chamber. - He half-closed his eyes looking at her and got up holding her in his arms, she didn't weigh a lot. The feline looked at him directly while the rodent took her near his weapon to pick it up. - Well, I'll take you to the base... - he still didn't know, neither his partners, the name of the panther.  
  
- Warcat... - Responded the girl, with soft voice, while the rodent gripped her better.  
  
- So, your name is Warcat... this is the second time that you save my hide, I'll have to make something to show gratitude to you.  
  
It didn't seem to be said it with second, the feline looked to another side, pensive.  
  
Rattrap took her avoiding as much as possible the energon fields, according to his scanners. It was darkening already and Dinobot hadn't appeared, later Rattrap would have some words with him... His internal radar detected the presence of a Predacon unit over there; he didn't know if they were following them or what. The first thing that the rodent had to make sure of if he had to combat it was to leave the girl in a secure place, he looked around and entered among the bushes, left the panther at the foot of a tree and covered her with  leaves. Over there, to something more than a click, Inferno passed carrying the pieces of Waspinator and a disabled Scorponok; he didn't seem to have realized the Maximal presence, but...  
  
- Stay here and don't make a noise... - Said the rat to the panther, taking out his weapon. He was about to go away when he felt someone grab his left arm; the feline didn't seem to want to allow him to go.  
  
- No... don't leave... - She said in low voice. She had on her face an expression of anguish. The rodent thought that the damages that the scorpion made to her before were hurting her too much. He kneeled in front of her. 
  
- Look, I won't take much time... - before he could continue, she was hugging his waist. He looked at her incredulously.
  
- Please... stay... - She closed her eyes tightly, she was very afraid.  
  
- But... what scares you?  
  
The feline only pointed up, with a trembling hand, toward the sky darkened at night. The rodent didn't understand it well; a feline with fear... of the darkness?  
  
- P-please... don't go... I don't want... I don't want to be alone... between the shadows... - she seemed more afraid every minute. Finally the rodent kept his weapon and put his arms around the feline, with a calm expression.  
  
- I won't leave you alone. - He told her in a low voice, looking as the Predacons went away, for luck. He tried to calm her a little, felt something strange with that girl among his arms; she was a brave and agile feline in the battle field, just as he had checked when seeing her in the action days before... and in that instant she was fragile and seemed very vulnerable.  
When the panther woke up felt she slightly sick, she listened to a noise and opened the optic sensors, the door of the chamber had just opened up, leaving her free and repaired. She looks around, didn't know this place; unless this was the Maximal base, although there was nobody present.  
  
- You are a useless one, chopperface! - she heard it suddenly by the corridor, the feline leaned out to see what had happened. She could see Rattrap discussing with Dinobot. - You should've stayed to help me, and not to release you as the coward that you are!  
  
- Coward me? Grr... you are ruined, eat-cheese! - And threw a punch, the rodent was drained like he could and gave him a kick in the butt, making him fall on his knees. - GRR, YOU ARE SCRAP!  
  
The rodent left running to the room, looking back and laughing at Dinobot, until he tripped with "something"  and that "something" grabbed at him to not falling for the impulse of the stumble. The rodent also held on too and looked to the front, seeing the green optics from the panther close to his, who was lookeing at him, astonished.  
  
- Oh... you're already recovered. - he said with a smile, as if doesn't pass anything. The strong steps of Dinobot were heard, coming closer. - Hey, Dinobutt, leaves already! There are ladies here.  
  
- Yeah... and don't like to be in ridiculous in front of her, right? -  he told him with an incredibly bad smile.  
  
- Hey, are you insinuating that you could win against me?  
  
- No, grr... I affirm it!  
  
- Oh yes?  
  
- Hey... excuse me! - sounded the voice of the feline one, somewhat embarrassed. Both bots looked at it. - First: could you let go of me, please? - She said with a smile something amusing, Rattrap loosed her slowly. - Second: what has happened?  
  
- Oh, see: - The rat began. - The skittle head didn't appear, for while I had to be attentive to the Predacons; then you were unconscious and I brought you to the ship. Optimus had gone with Rhinox to look for some samples and the spotted kid is with his cousin the tiger and the flying one.  
  
- That's ok, everything clarified. - The feline agreed with the head, insinuating she had found out everything, in spite of the speed that the rodent talked.
  
- If you'll excuse me, I will go for a walk in the ship. I promise that I won't disappear. - she smiled and went inside.  
  
  
At that moment,  Optimus arrived and the other ones, who were under the ship, and they brought enough samples and energon.  
  
* Dinobot, I need you to be here to help with this * The raptor listened to the communicator.  
  
- Grr... I'll  go! - And with a shove of the arm at the rodent, he came out to the exterior with the elevator.  
  
Rattrap smiled with his habitual sly face, he had caused the iguana head much anger, and that for him was an entire victory. He began to go for a walk through the ship, looking for something with which to pass the time for a while; if he gave a turn and can't think of anything, he will to play cards with the computer. He went calm, thinking his things, when a curious little sound  made him look around; he began to look for where it came from. It was probably a song - it seemed that at least to his hears; melodic and soft, but not sad; following the music he found Warcat, who seemed calmer. The feline one observed everything, feeling some surfaces with the fingers and intoning that melody; the rodent came closer from behind, trying so that doesn't hear him, but she was turned suddenly, taking out some claws on his fingers.  
  
- Hey, hey! Calm, girl. - Rattrap went a step back with his hands held in front.  
  
- Oh... it was you... - she kept the claws, hiding the hands behind and looking embarrassed at the floor.  
  
- I thought that you were distracted completely with that song, but it seems that you have more attention than you look.  
  
- Have you heard me singing...? - she open her eyes like saucers The rodent laughed, amused, but there didn't seem to be malice in that laugh.  
  
- Calm. - He laughed again. - Besides a feline you are a mermaid, no? - The girl blinked a couple of times, missing the point. - Forget it.  
  
- I only looked for the way to the control room... - She looks to other side; because yes, she got lost in the Axalon.   
  
- Hah; well c'mon, I'll show you. - He made beckoned her with his hand; the girl hurried to catch up to him and she held on the rodent's arm, the ship was not so dark, baby! - A question; how is it possible that a nocturne feline us scared at her own element?  
  
- I don't know... I feel something strange in the darkness. - The rodent directed his red optics toward her, rotating the head a little. - Something like... emptiness. I don't know how to explain it, but I fear to be alone in the darkness. - Her face turns a little sad, as if she felt that her fear surrounds her and she couldn't prevent it.  
  
- Hey, calm... - The rodent stopped. - If you stay in the ship, it's probable that you won't feel that again; or didn't you feel it when you were outside?  
  
She didn't respond, she lowered her head looking to the floor; undoubtedly she felt that when she was living in the forest, at nights, even if it had been nights without sleep.   
  
- I don't want to feel it again... no more... - she said finally, then she noticed that the rodent put an arm around her shoulders, she lifted her face to look at him more directly and the rat gave her a lopsided smile.  
  
He took her to the controls room, the others had already finished placing the energon for the radars; the commander turned and smiled.  
  
- From what I see, the new soldier is already repaired. - He said coming closer to both, Optimus smiled a little without being able to avoid it; it seemed amusing to see somebody that had the same stature, or even a little less, than Rattrap. - Tell me, will you continue in the forest, or...?  
  
- I would like... - Interrupted the panther suddenly. -... I would like to stay here, if you let me, Commander  
  
  
Optimus smiled and put a hand on the shoulder of the feline one.  
  
- Welcome to the Axalon, then.  
  
- She stays, brilliant! - Cheetor exclaimed , beside Rhinox and Dinobot.  
  
- Grr, yes, brilliant. - Dinobot said, still mad with the rodent.  
  
- Chopperface, tell me a thing, how can it be possible that your vocal box has not yet exploded with how you grunt?  
  
- Because I reserve energies to pull out yours with a bite, GRR!  
  
The female feline tilted her head looking at them, beside the gorilla.  
  
- Don't look surprised, I assure you that they are always this way. You will get used to it soon.  
  
- Already, I see it, yeah. - The girl said, with a smile. - But... they are even comedians. - She told the commander softly, while their laughs were retained with a hand covering the mouth.