Don't ask how I thought of this pairing… I don't know either. xD
All of these transformers belong to Hasbro, I don't own any of this. Quite sad, I know.
Oh, why did I agree to this, Perceptor thought frantically, cowering behind a rock as laser blasts peppered the landscape around him. A mechanism of Wheeljack's design was firmly grasped in his arms, poised and ready to be fired. This particular battle hinged on this weapon, the stasis ray, which put anyone it focused on into immediate but reversible stasis lock. Pretty simple, right? Foolproof, even.
Well, the problem with this scenario was that, well, quite frankly, Perceptor wasn't Wheeljack. Although they were good friends and often research partners, most of the time, Perceptor had no idea what contraptions Wheeljack was building and, most importantly, how to use them. Perceptor made a point of visiting Wheeljack's lab only when necessary and unavoidable, mainly for fear of death via explosion.
How such an important object found its way into Perceptor's utterly useless hands is another story altogether. You see, as this battle was just starting, Perceptor along with most of the science team was attacked by a triple-changer. As he was the only scientist who had the capabilities to fight off such a powerful foe, Wheeljack frantically shoved the half-charged stasis ray at Perceptor and ran off to fight the triple-changer, shouting advice to Perceptor as he ran. To Perceptor's audios, this advice started with "Run!" and ended with gibberish. Probably very useful gibberish to Wheeljack, but it has already been established that Perceptor is not Wheeljack and therefore these words were complete bullslag.
When the Coneheads decided to show up, Perceptor followed Wheeljack's discernible advice and ran the frag out of there. And, sure enough, found himself in his current predicament: cowering behind a rock, being shot at by homicidal Seekers, and with a fully charged and mostly unknown weapon in his arms that may or may not spontaneously combust (knowing Wheeljack, this was a very real possibility).
Despite all this, Perceptor knew that somehow he had to get this machine back to Wheeljack or this battle would end badly. Spotting a group of Autobots quite far away from his current position, one of whom had the hitched doorwings that were Prowl's signature, he made his way to them, keeping an eye on the sky for Seekers. This was one of those moments when Perceptor cursed his alt. mode. Though incredibly useful in science-related matters, in battle a microscope was about as useful as a fish out of water. His alt. mode was actually the reason he usually avoided battle like the plague.
Perceptor was just hoisting himself over a huge rock when a large purple and black flyer hurled itself into his vision, cackling the whole way. With a small squeak of fright, Perceptor ducked down behind the large rock, clutching the ray to his chest. The sound of transformation soon followed. "Little Autobot!" The flyer yelled. Perceptor realized with terror that his pursuer was none other than Skywarp, the most brutal of the Seekers. "Did you get separated from your flock, Autobot?" Loud footsteps thudded around, alarmingly close. Perceptor quietly covered his mouth with a servo to muffle his intakes.
Much to his relief, the footsteps wandered off to his left. When he could no longer hear them, he let out a deep sigh of relief. Later on, he would smack himself for such a dumb move. Not two seconds passed between the sound of his sigh and the pop of Skywarp's teleportation systems. The grinning Seeker hauled him up and pinned him to his hiding rock before Perceptor could even process the danger command flashing across his screen.
"Well well well." Skywarp smirked smugly. "What do we have here? Ain't seen you on the battlefield before. Are you new?" Perceptor stared at the smirking flier, petrified.
"At first, I was just gonna kill you, Autobot…" Skywarp leaned in closer, forcing a leg between Perceptor's thighs. "… but then I saw that sexy little aft of yours and decided to have some fun instead."
One of Skywarp's servos groped at his aft, snapping Perceptor out of his stupor. He struggled, kicking at his captor and attempting to wriggle out of his hold. "Unhand me, you brute!" Perceptor cried, kicking Skywarp in the shin.
Perceptor's struggles were only a small inconvenience to Skywarp. The flyer laughed. "Hey…" The Seeker paused, noticing the stasis ray in Perceptor's arms for the first time. "What's that you're hiding? Lemme take that outta your hands." He paused again, his smirk widening across his face. "I can think of a much better use for those hands, anyway."
Skywarp made a grab at the stasis ray, and, in the process, accidentally brushed a button. The weapon hummed for a brief second and, before anyone could react, fired into Skywarp's stomach. The Seeker instantly keeled over with a small whimper, paralyzed.
Perceptor scrambled out of the way, letting out a small sigh of relief. That relief was quickly smothered as the stasis ray began to charge itself for another shot. He frantically pressed the button Skywarp accidentally activated, but it was jammed in place.
Truthfully, he was too preoccupied with opening the side panel of the machine to pay attention to where he was pointing the weapon at. Later, he would lie and say that, yes, he was aiming it and this whole ordeal was completely intentional. When the weapon finally fired, not only did it nearly scare Perceptor out of his plating, but the shot sailed across the battlefield, finally landing straight on Megatron's aftplates. The warlord went down with a mighty roar, blindly swiping at his opponent. Instead, he missed, fell over, and hit his head on Optimus' knee, knocking himself out. Upon seeing Megatron's very disgraceful defeat, Starscream stopped providing cover for Soundwave to safely hack into the security system of the plant they were trying to invade and shrieked with uncontrollable laughter. In his mirth, he neglected to notice the red Lamborghini hellion barreling his way towards him until it was too late. Needless to say, Sideswipe had plenty of time to beat the frag out of him.
Soundwave soon noticed the tide of unchallenged Autobots making their way towards him and called a retreat. On his way out, a well-placed shot to the knee brought him down as well.
A few missed shots from the stasis ray and a downed Devastator later, Perceptor finally found the stasis ray's power core and ripped it out, deactivating the device once and for all. With barely a parting glance to the still paralyzed Skywarp at his feet, Perceptor hopped over him and quickly ran off to rejoin his companions. Unbeknownst to him, he had just won this battle for the Autobots and dismantled the entire Decepticon chain of command.
Skywarp, however, was witness to the whole thing. Thundercracker had soon found him and, with a display of kindness afforded only to his trinemates, hoisted him up and carried him back to the base. Halfway to the base, Skywarp began to get some control over his speech and limbs, pulling at his trinemate's arms for attention.
"TC." He croaked. At first, Thundercracker ignored him, not in the mood for Skywarp's antics. However, as Skywarp's attempts grew more frequent, Thundercracker sighed and relented. "What, Skywarp?" He rumbled.
Skywarp stared at the clouds for a few seconds. "I think I'm in love." He responded wistfully.
"What?" Thundercracker repeated incredulously.
"He shot Megatron in the aft!" Skywarp exclaimed, unable to keep the glee off his faceplates. "I think he's my soul mate!"
Thundercracker could do nothing but shake his head.
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