Earth, Ark, Bugs v Bots

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*Kickback was for lack of a better word sulking around the ark... after all the Autobots were not about to be forgiven for taking away his Katydid.  Kickback growled; they had better not have harmed his daughter or there would be HELL to pay.  Kickback was feircely protective of Katy and he did NOT like having her stolen.  He had been so damn careful too; damnit.

Eventually Kickback reached the Medbay after much searching and many near misses.  He looked inside and growled.  He had found her.*

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Katydid is curled on her side under the restraining field that the big white Autobot used to pin her to the table. Right now she's got her optics offlined, but she's listening to him as he talks to one of his friends about how he's still trying to find the thing that they think Bombshell put into her processor. She's scared, sore, bewildered and scared.

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*Kickback's trying to get her attention without drawing anyone else's antention to himself. Seeing that she's under a restraining field just annoys him all the more so he scurries closer and peeps over the edge; his wings for once are angled down instead of up so they jut out a little along his back.

Kickback chitters quietly hoping to whatever deity watches him that Katydid's conscious*

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She starts just slightly, mostly a twitch of her antennae, then points one of them toward him without turning her optics on or otherwise moving. Well, moving more than the shivering.

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*Kickback looks around for the switch to shut the restraining field off; all the while keeping his sensors alert for an autobots. With a twitch of his antennae to let her know what he was about to do. Kickback flicked the switch*

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She listens to the two Autobots over by the console, then sends over a secure com frequency, //There's an alarm, too, because I got away a couple times. Do you see it?//

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//Ughk....// She lets go of him and slips back to transform, then goes wide-eyed. //I can hear them out there! Not Dinobots, the others!//

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//You okay// *Kickback also transforms and listens.* //Others...which others?// *After all he's not in the mood to have to listen to Megatron about the apparant foolishness of his actions and getting into a fight with anyone is not an option while he must protect Katydid*

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//Autobots.// She hunkers down, hiding.

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*Kickback growls and hides crouching protectively near her* //I see. Don't worry I won't let them separate us again.//

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"What did he say?" comes the faint query from outside.

"Daughter? What does... he's cracked. I knew those Insecticons were nutters."

"Wait... if she's his creation... we got taken in by a fake badge. That's a young Decepticon."

"But what's she wearing an Autobadge for, if they didn't want her here?"

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*Kickback looked up the tunnel aprehensively hoping Katydid was alright* //See anything?// *he asked her before looking back down*

You know I can hear you right? *he called down the autobots talking*

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His words are greeted by a growl from Ironhide and then sudden silence as they switch to communicators.

And up ahead in the tunnel Katydid gives a muffled shriek that cuts off abruptly.

"Slag!" comes Jazz's low voice. "Hey, lil' girl? Awww man... I didn' hurt ya."

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*Kickback hearing the shriek makes a strangled sound imeediately bolts up the tunnel in a scurry not giving a damn that he could be shot in the back* You fragging well have better not hurt her. *there's a clang and an ow as Kickback whacks his head on something low* Damnit that hurt. *Kickback grumbles just about loud enough to hear though any idiot should see the much larger insecticon is not very happy right now*

Katy?! *no not happy at all* //Katydid...are you alright?//

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Jazz is silent for several moments, his head bowed in thought as he watches the little femme snuggle against the Insecticon and watch him back mistrustfully.

Then he sighs and says quietly, "Ratchet says she's related ta me somehow."

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*Kickback blinks then tilts his head and thinks on it for a moment before shrugging* She's from an alternate reality anything is possible. *he doesn't care who she's related to Katydid's his daughter as far as Kickback's concerned*

*He looks down at Katy to see her reaction* What do you think? *he asks softly as he snuggles her in return*

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She shakes her head. "You're not taking me away from Kickback. I don't care. He and Shrapnel and Bombshell are my family."

"Family...." Jazz starts to speak, but then starts as the sound of an explosion comes faintly from outside. "What.... Aw man... speak 'a the devil."

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*Kickback's antennae twitch and he smiles* Hell I aint letting them take you anyhow.

*Kickback looks up and around before shaking his head slightly* Oh this'll be fun. Shrap's gunna kill me. *his antennae flick*

*Kickback looks down at Katydid* Hmm now we have slight predicament don't we. There is no way on Earth that I am taking you into a battle-zone and I don't think either of us are quite comfortable sitting around here. Am I right?

//Shrapnel? You out there?// *Kickback commed his leader* //What's the situation?//

*A rather agrivated Stag-beetle coms back* //Yes I'm out here and what the hell were you thinking?!//

//Well...I wasn't going to leave her there// *Kickback defends himself.

//Gah I never...oh...never mind; but you and I are having words when all this is over// *And with that Shrapnel cut off the comm.

Yeah Shrap's mad... heh should have probably had a better plan. *He shrugs* Oh well.

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"I have to help him." She wriggles to get away, reaching for the head and ignoring the excited Autobots gathering the other parts of Jazz's body. "Bombshell, please, help me?"

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*Kickback blinks and gently sets Katydid on the ground* My head hurts...got any twigs or something; I'm hungry.

*Bomshell just spares Kickback a glance. Then he looks at Katydid's pleading face then to the bits of bot; then to Katydid.* Well I suppose it would be good practice for you... *he muses trailing off a little unsure*

*Shrapnel meanwhile just hands Kickback a pair of twigs to eat* They will not trust us; us.

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Ratchet's fretting at the others, trying to find all the pieces and having a minor breakdown at his inability to locate Jazz's head, when Katydid comes over hugging it with one arm and holding onto Bombeshell with the other hand.

"I... can we help? Please?"


((you do the Ratchet? I think he's kinda shocked and very worried.))

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*Ratchet looked up in surprise. His first though was some relief that Jazz's head had been found; the second was pure surprise that kept his mouth hanging open for a few seconds. Not only were the insecticons offering help but the young pink femme was holding onto Bombshell's hand and the con wasn't complaining about it.*

I...I guess I could use some assistance. Start lower down I need to make sure his proccessors are still functioning. First Aid keep and optic on those two.

*Bombshell just snorted at that but for Katy's sake he assisted her in repairing the lower half of Jazz's body offering advice at certain points whilst Ratchet worked frantically to keep Jazz's processor online and re-attach his head to the rest of his body*

*Kickback was somewhat back to himself and nervously fidgeting over thier current predicament. Shrapnel just kept his optics on the sky. Decepticons barging in now was the last thing they wanted*

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Katydid is carefully NOT clinging to either of the mechs protecting her, though one hand is slipping toward her subspace and her laser tool.

The Seeker grins at the Insecticon. "I'm just curious. Wondering what you guys were really doing down there kissing Autobutt."

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*Kickback just frowns he's going to let Shrapnel do the talking he just keeps his sensors open looking for anyone else who might try to attack or whatever*

*Bombshell does likewise though he does nod approvingly at Katydid not clinging to her guardians*

*Shrapnel just shrugs* They stole one of us; us. We meerly retrieved it; it. Not all of us have the kind of strength that you do; we had to look at other ways of getting our member back rather than simply rushing in guns blazing; blazing. *Shrapnel doesn't sound that bothered though he's on full alert*

((Sorry about the late reply had my 18th B-day then my comp died; so I had to get a new one.))

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"Uh huh," says Skywarp, still grinning. "Or maybe it was just time for the little pink glitch to report to her boss."


((*patpat* and congrats))

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*Shrapnel just smirked back* Well you may just be right or you could be compleatly wrong; wrong. There is of course always the possibility that she went to the autobase to feed them false information in order to cover what we're actually doing; doing. Or it could be as we originally said; said.

*Kickback just gives Skywarp and amused look after all it's not exactly difficult to confuse Skywarp and the insecticons never answered to anyone but themselves anyhow.*