#2 – this is where I got this story from. I saw comment of people wanting to see it, but I didn't see anyone claiming it, so I took it. I tweaked it a little, but… enjoy.
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Sideswipe strolled through the city, humming contentedly to himself. Sunstreaker had managed to sell a few of his paintings, which meant that they would have some extra money for awhile, and not just depend on what their third brother, Red Alert, could bring home.
Whenever Red Alert was home. He was usually off on his commissions to guard different buildings and to help plan and set up security systems. Red Alert was the cities best kept secret. Only the city they were currently in knew about Red Alert, and didn't tell anyone else, because with rumors of war coming, they wanted to feel secure. And Red Alerts excessive paranoid security mechs did make one feel secure- Clink!
Sideswipe paused at the sound of the noise, head turning. He hesitated, wondering what he had heard. At last he shrugged, figuring he had just imagined it, when again came the soft clinking noise.
Scowling now, Sideswipe moved into the alley to figure out what was making the clinking noise. The alley way looked completely deserted. Disgusted with himself, Sideswipe turned to move out, when a soft click caught his auditory receptors once again.
Sideswipe resisted the urge to shout, instead warily scanning the area for anything. When he came up with nothing, Sideswipe decided to go find a medic to get his auditory receptors checked. Then, a tiny form came crawling out of the darkness, making the small clicking. For a split moment Sideswipe wondered how it had dodged his scanners, then realized it was so low on energon, it was a miracle it was still online.
Quickly he scooped up the tiny sparkling and hurried off, heading home.
Red Alert had a bit of medial training, he was usually too paranoid to let doctors work on him, or the twins, and at the rate the twins came home with injuries, meant a lot of hiding from their creators. So thus, Red Alert was forced to learn medical abilities. My brother is nearly a jack-of-all-trades Sideswipe thought sourly. With him so paranoid he taught himself how to do most things, and I guess that's good now that I look back on it, but it was annoying as the pit at the time he was learning how to do something.
Sideswipe looked down at the small sparkling he had rescued curiously. It clicked softly, one hand reaching up to touch Sideswipe on the side of the face, and Sideswipe chuckled, one optic running over the white paint and delicate door-wings. "Don't worry little guy, we'll have you fixed up nice and new."
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Red Alert was home for once, and about to get some recharge when Sideswipe burst in, carrying the small sparkling. "Red Alert!"
"Sides?"
Sideswipe shoved the sparkling at Red Alert, who instantly frowned, "Sideswipe, where did you find this from?"
"He was abandoned in an alley way, and before you can say anything, no one was there, so it couldn't have been a trap."
Red Alert snarled, retreating into the kitchen area, "You know, you still should've made sure! With you two being gladiators half the time, you've made a lot of enemies."
Sunstreakers head poked out from the art studio in which he was working in. "Someone say my name?"
A slight smear of paint was on his cheek, and Sideswipe thanked Primus that Sunstreaker was on a roll. If Sunstreaker didn't fuss over his appearance while he was painting, that meant the painting would be exceptionally good. Red Alert scowled, flapping a hand at Sunstreaker. "No, go finish your painting."
Sunstreaker hesitated for a moment, and then withdrew back into his room. Red Alert set down the sparkling, eyeing it carefully.
"Not too badly hurt. Something's been tearing off what little his body can do however, so that's why his energon levels were so low." Red Alert chewed on the bottom of his lip, considering what to do next.
"C'mon Red! You're the one with medical training!"
"That may be, but I only treat small things that you two morons should know how to fix by yourselves now!" Red Alert said, exasperated. "I can fix small things, but…"
Red Alert subspaced a medical kit, bending over the sparkling. It was mandatory for security/police officers to carry such kits, for they had the greatest chance of being shot at while on the job.
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Red Alert leaned back as Sideswipe peered over his shoulder. The sparkling had a sloppily done patch job, but the small thing would live until they could get it to a proper medic. Red Alert had demanded an explanation while he had been patching up the Sparkling, and Sideswipe easily provided it.
Red Alert searched the sparkling for any identification at all, and at last gave up, rubbing his optics tiredly. "I can't find anything, but that might just be because I'm tired. First we gotta get some energon in it, a specially mixed grade of energon-"
Red Alert shuffled towards the energon cubes stacked in the back of the room, muttering about filtering it. Sideswipes head tilted as he realized something. "Wait, Red, how can you know so much about sparklings?"
"I don't. I just heard snippets from when I was over at the hospital when I was a youngling. I used to sit in a corner in the waiting lounge so the doctors couldn't find me, and I'd listen to creators trade tips on their creations."
Red Alert pulled down a cube, staring at it. "Slag it! We need an actual medic."
Sideswipe considered, and then said slowly, "Theirs always our regular doctor-"
"NO!" Red Alert cut Sideswipe off brutally. "He's not the best-"
Sunstreaker entered the room, and the two looked up warily. Red Alert still hadn't quiet reconciled himself with the idea of a sparkling in the house, but he was reasonably sure that it would be gone soon. Just as soon as he could find a number on it, and send it off to its creators. "What is that thing?" Sunstreaker snarled, looking at it.
Sideswipe however answered, "A sparkling. I found it abandoned."
"Get rid of it." Sunstreaker snapped, glaring.
"No! He was abandoned. We're keeping him!"
Two pairs of stunned, mixed with rage optics looked at Sideswipe, and Sunstreaker snarled, "What?"
"We're keeping him. Isn't that right Red?'
Red Alerts optics grew wide and panicked as two pairs of optics fixated on him, and the bond tugged him between the two seesawing emotions. "Don't look at me! I-"
Sunstreakers optics narrowed, and Sideswipe snapped, "You must have an opinion Red!"
"Sideswipe, do you have any idea of what its like to take care of a sparkling?"
"No, but I'm sure we can ask our creators—"
Silence fell as if cut with a knife. Red Alerts optics grew distant, as Sideswipe and Sunstreaker suddenly looked away.
The sparkling, who had been silent until this time, began to wail, desperate for energon. Sunstreakers optics narrowed even further as he snarled, "Shut it up!"
Sideswipe took the sparkling, and began rubbing its back, optics pleading with Red Alert. Red Alert sighed, setting down the cube of energon. "I'll go buy some more energon for the kid. I just got paid."
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No, I haven't read the story where Sideswipe and Sunstreaker raise Prowl. I've been thinking about it, but I haven't so far. As much as I write fanfiction, I hardly ever read it. A bad trait about me. XP