Angel's POV

I enter the base silently like I usually do, with my holo-disguise on. It's a hologram of puma or mountain lion around my actual body. It won't stop anyone from feeling my metal frame, but it's good enough to allow me the freedom to roam. And keeps humans from getting to close.

Anyway my name is Angel, at least that's the closest English translation of my name. The actual translation is Guardian Angel, but that was to long for my liking. So it's just Angel. I've been on Earth for over a decade. I was and I still am rogue, a neutral. But the autobots allow me to visit whenever I want. In fact their medic gave me the ability to make my disguise. None of them know I have a bi-pedal mode though and I intend on keeping it that way.

I smell intruders in the base and silently snarl. Rushing into the main room and spot three young humans. "Mountain lion!" the girl screams. I growl stalking towards them, holo-hackles raised.

"Whoa, easy Angel!" Bulkhead shouts blocking my path to the human youth with Bumblebee.

"They are friends" Bumblebee beeps and I cock my helm (head) to the side. Friends? I ponder.

"Angel" Optimus says calmly and I look up at him expectantly. "Welcome home, I trust you have nothing to report?" he asks. I head over to the computer and plug in. Uploading my report from my time away.

"No decepticon activity or new energon deposits in the area" Ratchet states reading it.

"Since when did you guys have a puma?" the taller of the human boy asks.

"Is she safe?" the other asks as he hides slightly behind the other boy.

"Yes and no" Arcee tells them. "Angel is a rogue, neither an autobot or decepticon. But she brings us useful information" she explains as I let my holo-disguise fall.

"Wow! She's a robotic cat!" the girl screams excitedly. I glare at her with my blue optics (eyes) and head to my usual spot. A vacant drain pipe and jump into it. I lay down looking down at the whole room.

"She is a cybertronian mini-con, who resembles a feline" Optimus tells her.

"I thought you said she isn't a con?" the older boy asks confused.

"Mini-con is a sub-species of Cybertronian, like dino-bots" Ratchet states matter of factly.

"Most mini-cons bond with an autobot or decepticon. Like Laser-beak with Soundwave" Bulkhead explains.

"Who is Angel bonded to?" the younger boy asks. I should probably learn their designations. I am sure I will learn them in time.

"No one, not anymore" Optimus state and I growl warningly. These humans have no right to know my story. Even if they are autobot allies or friends as Bumblebee put it. "Anyway, Arcee and I must get going. Ratchet ground bridge" he says. Ratchet activates it and Optimus leaves with Arcee. The control panel sparks and I frown.

"Should we introduce ourselves?" the young boy asks his two friends. As he comes out from hiding behind the older boy.

"Great idea!" the girl yells and runs towards me. She looks up at me as I look down at her quizzically. "Hey, I'm Miko" she states and I look at the young boy.

"I'm Raf" the young boy says timidly and I look at the other.

"Jack" he states and I nod my helm. Happy to know their designations, so I can put them to their unique scents. So that I will remember it in the future. "So how come you guys never mentioned her before?" Jack asks the autobots.

"Never came up, not even Fowler knows about her" Bulkhead states.

"Sweet" Miko cheers and takes my picture. I scowl as she and the other two head for the human platform. I did not give her permission to take a photo of me. Sly human, I'll have to keep an optic on her. Something tells me she is a trouble maker. "So, what do you guys think we should do today?" she asks the others.

"Video game tournament" Bee buzzes.

"Video game tournament! Last one standing wins!" Raf cheers. Translating for Bumblebee. Miko grabs the remotes and hands one to Jack. As Ratchet called Bumblebee and Bulkhead over to him. I cock my head and jump down wanting to investigate. As I see Raf leave the room from the corner of my optic.

"You can't boss us around just because the boss is out" Bulkhead tells Ratchet annoyed.

"I need some heavy lifting done. The ground bridge is down. Optimus and Arcee made it through just fine. It's bringing them back that concerns me. Now, remove those panels. Chop-chop" he orders them. Bumblebee and Bulkhead do as they are told. A familiar scent fills my nose and I silently bare my dentas (teeth).

Ratchet removes a chip from the panel and sees it's been eaten. I sniff it and growl. Scraplet, but what would a scraplet be doing here on Earth, let alone in the autobot base? "We most definitely have a problem. But what could have caused this?" Ratchet asks allowed. Just then the lights go on and off.

"Or that?" Bulkhead asks.

"Might be the main grid. Hopefully, it isn't a substation malfunction" Ratchet states. Suddenly the smell of scraplet becomes stronger as Raf returns.

"Hey, guys. Look what I found" he says happily. I roar when I see the scraplet napping in his arms catching the others attention. Bulkhead and the bots scream activating their weapons as we back away from Raf. As I get in a defensive stance, ready to attack.

"Scraplet! Scraplet" Bulkhead screams.

"What's a scraplet?" Raf asks as Jack and Miko stand in front of him.

"The most dangerous vermin ever to crawl upon the face of Cybertron" Ratchet answers.

"This? Are you kidding me?" Jack asks shocked.

"You're giant robots. Scrappy here is Teeny" Miko states.

"You have no idea of the damage that teeny thing can do!" Bulkhead retorts.

"Aw, he wouldn't hurt anything" Raf states. The scraplet wakes up and spots us. It jumps out of Raf's arms and speeds towards us teeth bared. I snarl and leap at it. I try to bite it, but latches onto my side and begins to eat me. I roar in pain and use my tail to grab it, then throw it away from me. It then goes after Bumblebee.

Raf grabs a pipe and knocks it off of Bumblebee and smashes the scraplet to pieces. Once he was done, I decide to shred it with my claws. Before looking at my side as Ratchet exams Bumblebee. "I'm sorry, Bumblebee. Is he gonna be okay?" Raf asks.

"Only a mesh wound, he'll live" Ratchet states. Then comes over to me. "You ok Angel?" he asks me concerned. I nod my head, it's only a mesh wound.

"Now do you believe me? All Scraplets do is dismantle machinery and eat anything metal. Especially living metal" Bulkhead tells the human kids.

"Well, bug squashed, game over, right?" Jack asks hopefully.

"No. When it comes to Scraplets, there's never just one. And I fear I know how they got in here" Ratchet states and leaves the room. We follow him to an empty scraplet trap. Which is surrounded by a puddle of water. "Most likely ejected into space eons ago, only to wind up in the arctic, where the temperature kept them in stasis" he explains.

"Until we brought the thaw" Jack states.

"Now they're wide awake and ready to brunch" Miko adds.

"So how many are we talking about?" Raf asks as I exam the trap.

"Thousands. And the power malfunctions and ground bridge damage are sure signs that their infestation is well underway" Ratchet tells us. I pick a horrible day to return to base. We return to the main room and Ratchet tries to contact Optimus, with no luck.

We then split into teams. Raf with Bumblebee and Miko with Bulkhead. They went on a scraplet hunt. While Jack and I remained with Ratchet to cover him while he tries to fix the ground bridge. "How's it going over there?" Jack asks Ratchet.

"I've repaired the damaged conductors and rerouted the central conduits, but the ground bridge still won't receive power" Ratchet complains. Just then a squad of scraplets appear and they fly towards us.

"They fly?! You never said they could fly!" Jack shouts as I swipe at the scraplets. Wishing I had weapons like Ravage did. I'm soon being swarmed and yowl in pain.

"Angel!" Ratchet shouts running over to me. He swats the scraplets off of me and they start attacking him instead. As he tries to protect me from them. Jack tries to protect us both from them. "The fire extinguisher!" Ratchet yells. Jack grabs it and uses it on the scraplets, freezing their circuits as I lay on the ground leaking energon.

"She ok?" Jack asks concerned as Ratchet grabs his medical kit. He to is badly hurt, but if he doesn't stop my energon leaks I will offline.

"Hang in there Angel" he tells me and starts to patch the leaks. As my optics start to dim. "Don't you dare Angel, stay awake!" he snaps as the others return.

"Ratchet, get the patch kit. We're leaking energon like, Angel!" Bulkhead shouts.

"Oh no!" Raf shouts rushing over with Miko. He touches my helm. "Will she be ok?" he asks as Ratchet patches the last leak.

"I've managed to stop the energon leaks, but one more attack like that and I fear she won't survive" Ratchet states as he sits back.

"We get them all?" Jack asks. I huff, hardly. As we hear the others.

"Hardly. These were just scouts" Ratchet tells him.

"Frag me" Bumblebee whines.

"So, the rest of them know we're in here?" Bulkhead asks.

"And if we allow ourselves to become their next meal, Optimus and Arcee will never make it home. We must get the ground bridge operational" Ratchet states.

"Then we can use it to send the Scraplets anywhere on Earth" Raf adds.

"Why not back to the arctic? We already know they don't do cold" Jack suggests.

"Sweet! One-stop shopping" Miko cheers.

"Given the body mass of the Scraplets, sub-zero temperature should freeze them on contact. So think, Ratchet. Think! If the ground bridge is still down, there must be a breach in the energon fuel line" Ratchet explains.

"If we weren't breaching, one of us could get back over there and fix it" Bulkhead states. The human's volunteered to go and were told how to fix the problem. And where to find it before they left the room.

I go to get up and Ratchet places a servo on my back. "Rest Angel, save your strength" he tells me. I growl, I'm not gonna offline laying down. I'd rather go down fighting.

"When we get the ground bridge open, do we send the creepy-crawlies out or bring our bots in?" Bulkhead asks.

"Optimus and Arcee will be fresh meat. If we bring them in first, the Scraplets will have no reason to leave. We'll need bait" Ratchet states.

"Where are we gonna get bait?! The Scraplets already helped themselves to everything in here!" Bulkhead complains. As I think to myself, bait? Perhaps I could lead them through the bridge, though I am only small and they may not want to leave the other three.

Just then the rest of the scraplets appear along with the humans. Who told Ratchet to activate the bridge. As he moved I ran to it roaring, trying to get the scraplets attention as the portal opens. I roar again and I see some heading my way. So I take off through the portal I feel some latch onto me. But ignore it as I continue to run.

I reach the Arctic and drop as the swarm spot Optimus & Arcee. Bulkhead appears and kneel beside me as the scraplets head for Optimus and Arcee. But they freeze before they can reach them and drop like flies. I relax, autobots safe and I slip into stasis.

Third Persons POV

"Angel!" Arcee shouts racing over to the mini-con.

"I'd invite you in, but the place is a mess" Bulkhead tells them.

"We must get you and Angel back to base" Optimus states. Arcee picks up the mini-con as Optimus supports Bulkhead. They return to base and see the dead scraplets everywhere. "Report later, right now Angel and Arcee need medical care as we all do" he states.

"Jack, Miko, Rafael I will need your assistants" Ratchet tells them. With their help he managed to save everyone though. It'll be a while before they are fully healed. And they still have the base to fix. Optimus got a full report about the scraplet infestation. Miko ran from the room screaming about a spider.

"How's Angel, old friend?" Optimus asks.

"Very weak, she is lucky to be alive" Ratchet states. "She will take the longest to recover" he adds. Optimus nods his helm, luckily they have a room prepared for her for when she stays longer then a few hours or over-night. Who knows, maybe she will bond with one of us he thinks.

A/N

Pictures above of Angel and her brother Ravage. Picture on external link of a Scraplet. PS, I do not own any of the pictures, I found them on Google search and altered them to suit the look I was going for in regards of Angel and Ravage.