Edit July 2011: I no longer know the link to the Random Pairing Generator. For all I know it's vanished from the interwebs. If anyone wants the html file itself, though, I do have a copy. Just PM/email me if you'd like it.

Yey for the Random Pairing Generator! For anyone who hasn't tried it, I seriously recommend it, even if it's just for laughs. There's a link to it in my profile if ya do wanna try it out :D

Disclaimer: I don't own any of this - Hasbro/Takara/Michael Bay/whoever does. The Generator doesn't belong to me either; it was created by Glowstick Chick, and modified by Aaron Bono and Nri.
Rated (T) For: Bot/sparksex, however I don't think it's graphic enough to warrant an M rating.
Prompt: Frenzy/Xbot360/argument

Barricade doesn't bother to try to understand either of his partners. They argue over the strangest things and are constantly playing pranks on each other, and on occasion, him. They've nearly scrapped each other more times than he cares to remember. And yet, each and every time they make up and become friends.

It's puzzling, to say the least.

Frenzy, strangely enough, is usually the voice of reason between the two of them. He's always there to pull his friend out of trouble and watches over the younger bot like an Earth hawk; more than once he's gotten himself hurt to save his friend. He's the thinker of the two; not much of a fighter, but he can outsmart most everyone.

Xbot360 is a fighter, despite his small size. And he's good at it too, both physically and on the Net. He can sight, lock on to, and hit things the size of a fly from incredible distances, something Barricade has only ever seen that Autobot sniper Bluestreak do. He has a fearsome temper; sometimes even Barricade fears for his safety when the small bot is angry. The only thing that can ever calm him down is Frenzy and on occasion even he can't do anything.

They are almost complete opposites, and yet Barricade has never seen two bots that are closer friends.

The two took to each other almost immediately when they met. Barricade had been searching the ruins of Mission City for any trace of the Allspark when he had stumbled upon the little bot. Frenzy, half-dead though he had been at the time, had refused to leave the young Decepticon behind and so Barricade had reluctantly allowed Frenzy to try to fix his new friend.

And now, thanks to Frenzy's stubbornness, he has two partners that are pains in the aft.

Both of them have been missing for nearly an hour now, and Barricade is worried. They usually return from their escapades within half an hour. He can't help but think that the worst has happened: that they have been killed, or perhaps caught by the Autobots.

He is relieved when he finally picks up both of their homing signals. They may or may not be prisoners of the Autobots, but at least he knows they are still alive. Barricade searches in his Mustang form so as not to attract any unwanted attention and eventually he traces their signals to an abandoned human structure on the outskirts of a small city. Cautiously, he transforms and looks in a few windows before he spots them on the upper floor.

Frenzy is pinned to the floor by Xbot and for a moment Barricade is worried that Xbot's temper has gotten the better of him again. But that theory quickly leaves his processor when he realizes that Frenzy has his arms and legs wrapped around the smaller bot on top of him... and he's moaning, quietly, but Barricade can hear it nonetheless.

Suddenly he realizes just why the two of them always returned with scratches or grass stains on their armor... even occasionally with damaged limbs.

Barricade shakes his head in amusement and carefully sits down and leans against the old structure. He has a feeling he'll be waiting for some time and makes himself comfortable. For nearly half an hour Frenzy and Xbot's cries grow in volume and frequency above his head until they both call each other's name in near unison and then lapse into silence. Smirking slightly, Barricade waits for a few minutes before he rises to his feet and looks in the window again. They are still wrapped around each other in virtually the same position, except for the fact that it is now Frenzy on top.

Xbot is the one to spot Barricade looking in the window and he nudges his mate and mutters something in his audio receptors, too quietly for Barricade to make out. Frenzy raises his head from its position on Xbot's chest and grins sheepishly at the large bot. Both of them try to get to their feet but they are both weak after bonding and neither of them gets very far.

Barricade shakes his head again and reaches in the broken window to pluck them from the room. They both mutter their thanks as he deposits them in his chest compartment and though Barricade can't see it, they both grin tiredly when he tells them that he doesn't care if they're mates... he just doesn't want them trying to interface inside of him. They fall into stasis almost immediately after Barricade transforms back into the Mustang, curled around each other.

They may disagree on practically everything and they may be total opposites... but somehow, Barricade knows that they will be bonded for many, many years to come.