Plan A
Vivi- This is book two of Dodge, so if you are a new reader, I suggest going to read that first, otherwise… "Spoilers!" –River Song
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Blood red optics shone in the shadows as the red and black mech made his way out of the Decepticon base in the late afternoon. It was time to make his move. The sand made faint whispering sounds, his hydraulics hissed, and his mechanical joints shifted, but his voice was silent. No one must know of his plans. If they did, they would drag him back to base and call him a fool. A fool for risking his spark on a mere youngling.
A soft rev of his engine showed he wouldn't have backed down. He would have fought back and gone on anyway. The information that youngling had in her processor was vital. They would have had to go after her anyway. It would help having an inside mech.
A smirk spread across the mech's faceplates as he shifted into his alt-mode. The Autobots didn't know what was coming for them. He then pulled onto the road and sped off with a roar of his engine. Plan A was now in motion.
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Sparkling laughter rang out from the Rec room, bringing a grin to Electrostar's face. A young femme's laughter joined the first. Star went back to her report with a soft chuckle. Her oldest daughter was certainly good with the baby of the family.
Then a sharp cry came from the Rec room, and Star immediately stood and hurried over.
The cause of the shriek was instantly pinpointed. Optimus Prime's twins, Whirlwind and Steelcharger had been playing with her own sparkling, Scatterstar, but Steel had snatched Scatter's toy bear and had ripped an arm. Scatter was sobbing as Steel gleefully tossed the stuffing around.
"Steel!" Shaderacer, Star's oldest daughter, exclaimed with a growl. The femme took the bear away and glared at Steel. Steel squeaked and tried to hide under some stuffing.
Star scooped up Scatter and purred at her, "It's alright, precious, the bear can be fixed."
Scatter whimpered a few times as she calmed down, giving a last sniff. A few seconds later, Prime himself arrived.
"What is going on here?" Prime frowned at the stuffing on the floor. Whirl chirped up at him in the sparkling version of Cybertronian. He gave a low growl and plucked Steel out from under the bit of stuffing by his scruff bar.
"Did you purposely rip Scatter's bear?" Prime demanded of his son. Steel chattered miserably and whined a bit, kicking his pedes in the air. An ocean blue femme walked in and sighed.
"Prime, be gentle," the femme told him, taking Steel from him, "He doesn't know a whole lot yet. Now Steel, apologize to Scatter. That was very naughty, and you made her cry. That's no way for you to act."
Steel whined a few more times and finally clicked an apology to the now quiet Scatter. Scatter only nodded and nestled into Star, rubbing her blue optics. Her tiny doorwings had perked up at the apology and a tiny smile formed again.
Shade sighed in relief and picked up the stuffing before nodding to Star and going to her room to fix the bear. This wasn't the first time the bear had ripped, so this time, Shade was going to make sure it would stay out of Prime's terrible twosome's claws. She frowned. She didn't understand how such perfect brats had come from two kind parents. Perhaps they were spoiled. Shade exhaled noisily. It wasn't her problem at least. She would just make sure they didn't make her little sister cry again.
Just then, a warning alarm went off and the speakers around the interior of the base clicked on.
"Decepticon spotted heading for Autobot base. I repeat: Decepticon spotted heading for Autobot base!" Red Alert's voice showed urgency as he reiterated that there was indeed a Con coming toward the base of operations.
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The Con grinned at the sudden frenzied shouting behind him as two Autobots on patrol took off after him. The plan was working flawlessly. He soon pulled up on the side of the road leading to the Autobot base. The two Autobots immediately transformed and aimed guns at him. He calmly transformed and raised his hands in relaxed surrender.
"I would like to join the Autobots," he told them smoothly, "I have no wish to start a fight."
The two 'Bots narrowed their eyes suspiciously.
"Take out your weapons and give them to me," the blue one demanded. The Con took out his gun from subspace and laid it on the ground. A broad sword followed, and then he held his hands out, palms up.
"I don't have any more weapons."
The other Autobot, a weird green color scanned him, and then nodded to the blue Autobot. The taller blue Bot took out some stasis cuffs and snapped them onto the Con, and then led him back toward base. The smaller Bot scooped up the weapons and held a gun to the Con's back as they walked back to base. After a few minutes, Prowl, Prime, and a few other officers came out to meet them.
The Con hid a grin. Just as planned. Now where was the femme?
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"What's going on, Dani?" Shade hurried out of her room as Star hurried past.
"A Decepticon has asked to join our ranks. One of the patrols saw him and chased him down and they are coming with him right now," Star replied quickly, "Watch Scatter for me please."
"Sure," Shade answered easily and headed to Star's room. She picked up the chirping sparkling and soothed her.
"Dani just needs to do her job. She'll be right back Scatter," Shade purred and rubbed Scatter's head and little blue chevron. Scatter calmed and purred back, grinning up at Shade. Shade grinned. Her sister was precious. She couldn't believe the changes that had occurred within the few months that she had lived at the Autobot base. Prowl was kind to her, and approved of her babysitting at times instead of Shadow. Not that Shadow was bad at it, but he was a young mech and sometimes he was awkward around Scatter. Cade on the other hand… well, he didn't babysit period. He was ok, but he still didn't really hang out with Shade. This didn't bother her in the least; she preferred to hang out with Shadow and Night, both of which kept her laughing. She had her own room, her own family and friends, and a Dani who really cared.
Opi cared too, a little voice whispered in the back of her mind, he loved you and kept you away from some of the more volatile Cons. He trained you to fight well with your blades.
"Yeah, but he lied to me," Shade muttered, frowning a bit. Scatter unexpectedly tapped Shade's nose with a tiny hand.
"What is it Sparky?" Shade asked, confused. Scatter repeated the action, a sort of worried clicking accompanying it. Shade slowly grinned, and the third time Scatter tapped Shade's nose, Shade honked her car horn in response. Scatter burst into laughter and wiggled happily, pleased that she had stopped Shade's frowning.
"You're silly, Skate," Shade snickered, leaving the disturbing traitorous thoughts for later. Little did she know they would arise again, even stronger than before.
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Vivi- How's that for an introduction? ;) It may be a bit before I can update again, but this idea came, and I had to write it right away. Enjoy!
If there's anything you have questions on, leave a review and I'll be glad to answer, as long as it doesn't give away what will happen in the future. (: