Don't Press the Red Button, For Lightfang

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The tiny were-cub had woken up early from his nap and to his surprise, he had woken up alone. Whether his watcher had stepped out only for a moment or not, the pup had no way of knowing. All he knew was that he was alone. It was an immediate decision to go out looking for Moonhunter or nice Lightfang.

Dragging alone his trusty blanket, Cassidy trotted along the hallways looking for a familiar face. Being young and easily distracted, his mission quickly changed to looking for buttons to push. As a result, lights were randomly turned on and off, doors were opened, and corridor temperatures were changed. If he could figure out the button patterns, he usually left the lights off. Brighter lights hurt his very new puppy eyes. Plus there was a subconscious effort to leave a trail for him to follow back.

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Seeing lights turn on and off down a hallway she was passing, the elderly medic Lightfang decided to investigate. What she found was one of the most adorable sight of a werewolf cub reaching for buttons.

"Well well... what have we hear?" She said in a soft tone to not startle him as she knelt down.

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Cassidy slapped at the buttons he wasn’t tall enough to reach. Soothing elevator music and disco music started. He dissolved into giggles and looked up, bright eyed at Lightfang. Without missing a beat, he threw his small arms around her leg.

“Check up time!” he cheered gleefully.

He loved check up times for the simple fact that it was the time of the day when he got to see Lightfang. She was always so nice and spoke sweetly to him. He had already had a check up that day but having just woken up, his sense of time was turned around.

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Lightfang chuckled and picked the cub up and lifted him high in the air with a big smile on her faceplate. Then she brought Cassidy down and hugged him to her chest. No doubts about it... she loved younglings.

"No no no check ups today sweety just a visit." She began to purr the moment she said that. "What are you doing out here all by yourself sweety?"

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What child did not love being swept up into the air? Cassidy squealed in delight and threw out his arms and legs as though he were flying. His trusty blanket dangled from his fist. Being lifted was one of his favourites but so were hugs. The cub nuzzled into her and spread his arms wide in an attempt to hug her back.

The purring was a curious sound but he did not need to know what it was to know he absolutely loved it. The were-pup snuggle up against her and tried to mimic the sound. The best he came out with were a few huffs and a puppy grumble.

Smiling, he pointed at the consol.

“Playing. I like but-tins! You like but-tins?”

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Lightfang had to smile at the mock purr. He was actually pretty good at it but she knew it would not last with his short attention span. Buttons... why did kids have such a facsination with buttons.

"Yes I like buttons too. They help with alot of things. But you have to be careful, some buttons do certain things and sometimes it can be bad." Lightfang moved to show him the console. "Let me show you the good buttons... this one is for the lights.... this one is for doors."

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Still clinging tightly to his Lightfang, he reached down and tried to push them all but of course starting with the ones Lightfang mentioned. Of course he believed her but he wanted to try for himself to see the results. His tail whipped around excitedly. To him, the ship was the perfect playground.

“What button is you?” he asked, thinking that one of the buttons he pressed made her appear.

He remembered that Moonhunter had a button that made music come out of thin air. Cassidy wished he could find that button.

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"Me? Oh I dont have a button. I was just walking around when I saw you." She smiled and snuggle the cub some. All this time she wondered where in the hell Moonhunter was....

"How would you like to go for a walk with me little one?" the medic nuzzled the back of his neck to tickle the fur there.

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Cassidy welcomed the snuggles and hugged her for all his little arms were worth. Since the begining, he had felt close to her; as though as long as she was there, nothing bad would ever happen to him. He had no idea how right he was. If not for her, he would not exist or at least not exist outside a labratory.

Tickling was something totally knew but the response was natural. He giggled happily and squirmed in her arms.

“Hey!”

He batted at her with his paws in a weak attempt to escape.

“Okay! Walk!” was his version of saying he gave up.

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Lightfang chuckled and wrapped his blanket around his waist some so it would not fall then headed outside to her favorite spot. A place where the flowers were blooming and the butterflies fluttered about. "Now I will have to change to get us out there... I dont look anything like Moonhunter so dont be too surprised okay?"


She headed for the exit of the base with the cub in her arms. She had always wanted a sparkling of her own but .... issues always arose and now she had run out of time. Now her old spark would not be able to produce, or it would and she would not survive the sparking. Either way se was just too old to find out what it would be like to be a carrier. In human terms, she would never be a mother.

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Cassidy looked down at his new attire. It made him feel big and constricted. With one last hug, he slipped down and began wriggling his way out of the blanket knot.

“Okay,” he said without bothering to look up.

From his waking breath he had been exposed to the reality of bots and beasts. Meal times were filled with the sight of transformers in one mode or another. It was the only reality he knew and therefor transforming robots were perfectly normal to him.

Cassidy managed to wriggle free of the blanket and drapped it over his shoulders. He loved the feel of the blanket fluttering behind him when he ran.

Not wanting to be left behind, he sprinted to catch up then hopped along beside her.

“Where we going?”

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Lightfang chuckled as she watched the little one trott about. "Im going to take you to one of my favorite meadows." She smiled then she shifted and dropped to all fours smoothly. She had long ago overrode the need to annouce what form she wished long ago. The medic thought it silly to have to resort to voice commands.

Now in her Smiledon form she knelt down. "Wanna ride?"

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Cassidy had expected her to look like him and Moonhunter. A cat was a surprise. Yet he had a hard time focusing on why she didn't like like him when there were big fun teeth to grab.

“Ooooohhhh!” he exclaimed and grabbed the tip of her nearest fang. It felt like a tooth but it was huge!

His fascination did not last long. The offer of a ride promised to much fun and he scurried up without a second thought. Of course he wanted a ride. What sane child wouldn't?

“Fast fast!” he cried and quickly tied his blanket around his neck so not to lose it. “Hi ho silver!!”

Obviously someone had been getting into Moonhunter's western collections.

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"Fast huh?" Lightfang moved out at a fast walk. "Im too old to go super fast okay?" she then picked up into a trot and was a little bouncy. Though she would not let him fall, she would feel for his balance and adjust her pace accordingly.

They continued till they got outside in the warms of the sun and thats when Lightfang slowed down to a walk. Hear ears swiveled around to pick up all the sounds around them and then she took a sniff. All of that was out of instinct of the form she chose and now that she had a cub with her she was extra cautious.

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Cassidy squeaked in surprise. The bouncy ride forced him to hold on tighter. It also made the ride feel much faster than it actually was.

At the light, he reflexively burried his face into her fur. The new warmth felt good. The sun warmed him through and through and he decidedly liked it better than the temperature control on the ship. He enjoyed it so much that he braved pulling his face out into the sun shine.

Squinting, he tried to mimic Lightfang and sniffed at the air. He was instantly overloaded with scents and he sat up a little straighter to sniff again.

“I wanna sleep outside,” he declared. He already had his blanket-cape. All he needed now was to convince Moonhunter and Lightfang to move outside with him.