Just a little fic I decided to do in order to get rid of writers block. Hope you guys enjoy it!
Chapter 1: It Begins
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A normal day on the Ark meant that the rec-room was bustling with bots. But a normal day on the Ark when the Decepticon's haven't tried anything for three months meant that the rec-room was bustling with BORED bots. Bored bots and two permanent human residents that is.
"For once I wish the 'cons would do something." Griped one bot as he sat down at the table that the two humans were sitting on.
"Cool it, sides." One of the humans, a 20 year old girl with blonde hair and blue eyes, sighed. "You don't really mean that, you're just bored is all."
"You got that right." Another bot, almost identical to the first, huffed as he took a seat.
"Come on, Sunny." The other human, a 22 year old woman with brown hair and blue eyes, stated. "There's got to be something you guys want to do that will get rid of the boredom."
The twins glanced at each other, and then back at the humans.
"You better believe that we are bored… but Prowl would put us in the brig for entertaining ourselves, Chi." Sideswipe stated.
"Not the place we want to be, I feel the need to say Kagalei." Sunstreaker added.
Chi rolled her blue eyes and flicked her blonde hair out of her face. "Then don't complain about being bored."
"Easy for you to say, the two of you have all sorts of things to keep you entertained." Sunstreaker said with slight annoyance.
"Fine… we'll play 'Riddle Me This'." Kagalei snapped. "Chi is like the mistress of riddles, so we'll see who can come up with the answers."
Chi sighed. "I am not a mistress of riddles… I just know a lot of them."
"How does this game play?" Ratchet asked as he stepped up to the table.
"I tell you a riddle, and then you have to answer it." Chi shrugged.
"Simple enough." Perceptor stated leaning over the divider behind the twins.
"What do ya get when ya answer tha riddle?" Jazz asked from behind the girls.
"The pride of figuring it out." Kagalei stated.
"That hardly seems worth it." Mirage appeared beside Ratchet, causing all occupants of the table to jump.
"Alright, whoever answers the riddles correctly gets a 'no prank pass' from me and Chi." Kagalei stated.
"I'm in then!" Red Alert stated from beside Perceptor.
"I'll join to." Ironhide huffed from beside Jazz.
"Anyone else want to join this little party?" Chi asked.
"I'll join!" Bumblebee grinned as he came over to the table.
"And Prowler joins too!"
"Jazz! One, my name is Prowl… and two, why would I join this game?" The SIC was shooting Jazz a glare.
"Cause it'll be fun Prowler!"
"I'm in!" Wheeljack's head fins lit up.
"I will join as well." Optimus rumbled from behind the group, earning a surprised glance from the others.
"Twelve players, twelve riddles… are you guys ready for the first one?" Chi asked before any other bot could jump in.
A chorus of 'yes' followed, albeit a reluctant 'yes' from Prowl, and Chi nodded.
"Long legs and bandy thighs
A little head and no eyes"
The group fell silent, waiting for Chi to continue.
"That's it." She said with a shrug. "First bot to answer correctly gets the 'prank passes' from us. But you cannot get more than one."
"That is the entire riddle?" Prowl asked with exasperation.
"Are you sure?" Ratchet added.
Kagalei nodded, she had heard this particular riddle before from Chi.
The group once again fell silent as they thought it through. Chi picked up her glass of soda and took a drink. The bots were actually slightly confused as to what it could be, she could tell by their expressions. The answer was something that both the humans and the bots used, so it should have been obvious.
But most riddles were like that.
"And there are no hints…"
Chi gave Bumblebee a look that told him how much of an idiot he was. "That would defeat the purpose of the riddle… it's supposed to test your intelligence and ability to think 'outside of the box' so to speak."
The minibot nodded and went back into thought.
"And no looking it up on the internet guys." Kagalei stated without looking up, but the two who were about to do just that flinched.
Chi picked up a human sized data pad that she normally carried with her. It held all of her drawings, including the one that she was working on at that moment.
The group sat in contemplation, and Chi got lost in her drawing. It was one of the entire Autobot faction on earth, and it had taken her quite a while to get the heights right. Now she was only adding color and a background.
Two hours later found them still thinking about what the answer to the riddle would be. Chi was two strokes of color away from finishing the picture when Perceptor suddenly sat up strait and grinned at her.
"A pair of tongs!" He stated excitedly.
Chi glanced up and blinked at Perceptor, all the bots were waiting for her to say if it was right or wrong.
"Correct." The blonde stated with a smile. "I thought you guys would never get it."
"How…"
"Think about it Prowl…" And Perceptor pulled up a hologram of a pair of tongs. "Long legs and bandy thighs, a little head and no eyes…"
The moment Perceptor pointed those out it was extremely obvious to the others.
"Next!" Sunstreaker stated.
Chi grinned with another nod.
"Only one color, but not one size
Stuck at the bottom, yet easily flies
Present in the sun, but not in the rain
Doing no harm, feeling no pain"
The bots sat back in contemplation, while Kagalei handed one of the 'prank passes' to Perceptor, who sat back and thought about this riddle after receiving it. He knew that he couldn't answer this one, but it was actually fun to decipher the answer.
Chi finished the picture and sent it to Kagalei so she could search for any mistakes, then started another one of the scene in front of her. She was a talented artist, but she didn't really want very many others to know of her talents.
Of course her sister and the twins knew, but they didn't count at that moment.
Chi was halfway through this drawing when Bumblebee suddenly perked up.
"A shadow."
Kagalei glanced up this time, and then nudged Chi. With a jump she glanced up at the surrounding bots.
"What?"
"The answer… it's a shadow." Bumblebee stated now that he had her attention.
"Correct." Chi responded with a nod, just as the bell for shift change went off. "We'll continue this later."
"Give us the riddle so that we can think about it while working." Jazz stated as the others stood up.
"Alright… here it goes
Little Nancy Etticoat
In a white petticoat
And a red nose
The longer she stands
The shorter she grows
Now get to your shifts."
The bots left with the riddle in the forefront of their processors.
"And you…" Chi turned to her sister that had volunteered her to entertain the small group of bots.
"Gotta go on shift with Sunstreaker!" And Kagalei ducked out of the room.
Chi glared after her sister, then sat down and began to work on her drawing again. The bots still tended to leave her off the shift list because of her temper… which is why they normally had her working with Ratchet.
She was way too much like that medic.
"Now I'm bored…" She finally muttered, then stood up and made her way outside. She was going to wait until the next shift change until she went back inside. She wanted to watch the sun rise.