Happy Halloween! There is something I should mention that may be frowned upon. Technically, this fic is pretty much saying the Transformers tricked kids out of their candy and left a town full of them balling their eyes out with tears. That is cruel, I know, but then again, the Decepticons are doing it all so it's reasonable if you think about it.
Megatron swung his tail around as Optimus lifted his knight sword, which was actually the Star Saber. The dragon roared as a warning until Miko interrupted their standoff.
"Hey, quit roleplaying and save that until the next hour! You waste your energy now and you're going to have a hard time stealing candy!"
"Miko!" Jack yelled, "You can't use them to steal other people's stuff, much less candy!"
Miko huffed, "Oh, and you're going to stop me? The entire Decepticon army agreed to help me and besides, no one will trace it back to me. All they'll know is that a bunch of big robots got sweet teeth and decided to feed on the closest thing they could find, candy."
The black-haired teen shook his head, "I hope karma comes and bits you in the ass!"
Miko turned back to the awaiting mechs, looking there costumes over to make sure everything was perfect. The Vehicons were nice enough to construct various parts for every bot for each's specific costume. They even spray-painted a few Cybertronians to match what they desired to be, but others like Megatron only needed the parts colored to their original scheme.
Optimus was a knight who had to get some silver coloring added so the red looked like highlights while Megatron was given a tail, wings, horns, and purple spine spikes which were connected to him and now function as if he actually did have them to begin with. They moved whenever he felt a certain emotion or was just mimicking a natural animal's movements. To be honest, the new appendages on Megatron scared many and since he looked like an actual predator, most kept their weapons out just in case.
Arcee and the femmes were given materials to represent various characters; Arcee was a princess who had only the dress tail and not the full dress. The tail was covered in blue and white roses along with her custom crown and her chassis corset. Chromia was Red Riding Hood, Elita took on Alice from Alice in Wonderland, and Flare-Up had a cop costume on her with a hat and a belt with holsters for the guns.
Blitzwing also was a dragon, for no other creature or thing matched his personas. Icy had ice breathe, Hothead had fire, and Crazy had a toxic gas that was also flammable. Together, they formed a literal three-headed beast that had the same special equipment as Megatron. His partner, Lugnut, and his partner's old enemy, Bulkhead, were both bulls with attachable horns though Lugnut claimed the bull nose ring.
Breakdown took the pirate necessities and thanks to Knockout, had a beautiful black and gold hat to go along with it. Soundwave became a vampire and had Laserbeak be his bat. Starscream and his seekers looked like the various types of dragons from HTTYD with Starscream as the Deadly Nadder.
Ratchet wasn't doing anything for Halloween but he did help Bumblebee by creating an outfit identical to the scout's girlfriend, Flare-Up. The others were dressed as mummies, zombies, animals, you name it.
Miko took her guitar and had June Darby pick up a Rock 'N' Roll costume she bought at a local store, while Jack went as a werewolf and Raf had a Gryffindor suit and the infamous scar to play as Harry Potter.
Convincing the Decepticons to participate was hard but after showing Megatron what he was capable of being and doing for one night made him agree. But Miko's deal with him went unnoticed until just recently. Why would King Con agree to steal candy for her? Nobody knows. Then again, nobody knows what she promised in return either.
"Alright, Big Guys, ready to Trick or Treat?"
Megatron, Bulkhead, Lugnut, and Blitzwing bellowed animal-like roars to answer her. Vehicons dress as animals as well joined in and immediately, it sounded like a zoo. Wheeljack did the same, for he was designed to be a Sea Monster.
"Then let's get started! It's dusk and I want to have some fun!"
Creeping around Jasper without someone seeing you was going to be impossible, but Miko had several ideas. One of them also included once they ransacked Jasper, they go to San Francisco and start getting candy there. With the entire Decepticon fleet backing her up against his band of Autobots, Optimus knew he couldn't stop her without triggering Megatron's anger along with his brother's new appendages.
Miko signaled for the mechs to hide behind a residential house and ordered if they were spotted, act like a Halloween decoration. Pretty much, Jack's neighbor had a 25-ton dragon in their back yard posed as a monster rearing up. Several others had Vehicons and other mechs posed like they were climbing up the house, stuck in the ground trying to break up to the surface, and doing silly stances. Luckily, nobody really noticed they were out of the ordinary props.
Whenever a kid went near a house where a Vehicon or one of the others where, that bot distracted the kid and instantly plucked the bag away from him, leaving the child confused and heart broken. Each time it happened, Optimus sat in vehicle mode, growling at the Decepticons and Miko for doing such a cruel act.
Pretty soon, the whole neighborhood was loud with the cries of the candy-less children. Music to Megatron's audio receptors. He gave a toothy smile which he knew a kid spotted him at that moment. The child had such a look of sheer terror from Megatron's movement that he ran to his mother, screaming, "Monster! Monster!"
The mother simply motioned him towards the car saying, "There's no monster, only a dirty, rotten thief around here."
The Vehicons in sync turned their heads quickly to peer down upon the children who gave them suspicious looks. Some of the grown-ups saw it too, pulling their younglings towards them. One mother gave her son to the nearest grown-up and eyed Blitzwing's Crazy persona carefully. His teeth formed a straight line until he released his wide grin in a manner that the woman then realized he was no ornament in the house's backyard.
She bolted back, grabbed her son's hand, and fled back to her car as did the other parents. The streets looked like a crowd scattering from an apocalypse. Knowing his cover was already blown, Blitzwing began running across the rooftops of the houses. There was one problem though. Every time he stepped on one, it caved it, leaving a trail of destruction behind him. He gave a loud bellow and transformed into his jet mode.
The others followed suit and Megatron offered Miko the chance to ride on his back. She accepted. The wings finally proved useful. "Well, that could've been worse," he snickered.
Miko just smiled and headed back to base with him which wasn't the best idea, since when they arrived, Optimus was pacing angrily with a darkened frown cast upon his faceplates.
"What you all have done is inexcusable! You've ruined Halloween for those children, and now, reports of several 'demons' are flooding the state's comm. lines! Your reckless behavior is going to expose us!"
The Decepticons barely were affected by his outburst but the Autobots cringed.
"And as for you, Miko, you are grounded for two months. You cannot leave the base nor are you leaving your room at home, Bulkhead will make sure of it, unless your adoptive parents say otherwise. The Decepticons, however, will be confined to their ship until further notice," he emphasized as he leaned down to Miko's level, "Am I clear?"
The human girl snarled and crossed her arms, "Yes, sir."
"Go now! All of you! Except Soundwave and Knockout; I have a task for you two."
Multiple moans escaped the Decepticons as Ratchet activated the ground bridge. The medic gave a rare laugh at the justice he witnessed.
Miko watched as the Vehicons began leaving through the vortex, all except the one next to her. Suddenly, she grew an enormous grin, "Hey, ST-3V3, I need you to do something."
As ST-3V3 entered the ground bridge, Ratchet shut it down as he saw the mech disappear. "Well done, Optimus. Never thought I'd see Megatron obey like a good boy in my lifetime."
"Yes, well, 'someone' is going to apologize to those poor mothers and their children this instant, right Miko?" Optimus called.
Silence.
"Miko!?" Bulkhead yelled.
Optimus thought for a second, "Either she's somewhere in this base or…she went the Decepticons! Ratchet, retrigger the ground bridge coordinates onto the Nemesis."
"Uh, Optimus, it won't let me. It appears the Decepticons have moved their ship and reactivated their shields. They're undetectable now."
The Prime, for once, growled in frustration. "MIKO!"
Miko fed some candy to the warlord as the others munched on the vast stockpile they had stolen. There was literally a mound that touched the ceiling, for over the past couple of hours, they ransacked a lot of candy from various cities and children.
Greed may be a sin, but some sins were worth the trouble. Especially since she had thousands of troops by her side along with a brute, a seeker, and a homicidal, dragon-like former gladiator; all of whom loved the treats they were given.
She knew she'd get in more trouble when she went back, but in all honesty, she didn't care. "Enjoy life while you can, for you only have one and one chance to do everything you dream of doing" or simpler, "Yolo."
"So, Big Guy, what do we do now? Go back or get more in Houston, Texas?"
Megatron raised a brow and looked towards the ceiling for a second, "Mm, I'd say let's see what treasures lie in Houston."
Miko raised a fist and yelled in a pirate accent, "Plunder and retrieve our lost booty, me mateys!"