It felt like it was so long ago, the battles only a distant memory to her now, a year hadn't even passed yet but everything since that day had been great, the arguments and debates were just a part of daily life but she wouldn't be able to appreciate the better times were it not for the rougher moments. Today marked a year that she had know the autobots, fall was setting in once more, the leaves were turning, Victoria looked over the landscape from the cliff she had ridden to. Her new bike wasn't a classic as the one she had before had been but the Honda Shadow still served it's purpose and was much more maneuverable. She looked to the town in the distance, that was where it had all started, where she first met her autobot friends, her new family, and today she was going to meet another two of their allies.
Sideswipe kept looking around, his eyes on the darkening sky as he searched franticly for any sign of the new arrival. They had received a communication from the incoming autobot but Sideswipe had known before the signal even reached the atmosphere. The moment he had felt his twin's signature through the twin bond he had shouted through the coms to everyone that Sunstreaker was on his way to the planet, a few hours after that they received the actual communication from the silver bot's twin letting them know he would be landing today and that he was bringing another friend with him.
This had been the landing coordinates they had given Sunstreaker and then Optimus sent a team out here to be able to greet them and see to any damage they may have. Sideswipe kept skating from one side of the cliff top to the other and looking about the sky as if he'd miss them if he blinked. Victoria shook her head a bit seeing this "Hey 'Sides, calm down, they'll be here but ya gonna wear yaself out if ya keep going on like that." the redhead said to Sideswipe as the silver bot looked back at her with a bit of a childish grin.
"I know but I just can't wait! I told you how long it's been since I've seen my brother." Sideswipe said before moving his gaze to the sky once more "He's really close, I can feel it, he'll be visible any moment now."
"Really? That close?" The redhead said as she looked upwards as well, they knew Sunstreaker was coming but he hadn't said who he had with him only that it was another autobot which they had all figured.
//"You know Sideswipe and Sunstreaker are goin' to drive us all crazy, right?"\\ Ironhide sent to her through a private com as he came to stand behind where she was on her bike.
//"Maybe they'll drive y'all crazy, but ya gotta remember, I'm already half crazy. . ."\\ Victoria begun on the com before Ironhide interrupted her.
//"The other half you don't admit, I know Vic, you've said that line enough in the last year for it to be committed to my memory by now."\\ he sent to her, the redhead just shook her head a bit at that.
"I see them!" Sideswipe suddenly shouted to the others as he pointed to a section of the sky, sure enough there were two comet like items blazing across the sunset sky. Victoria watched as the light reflected off the incoming protoforms, the trail of flames behind them from their entry through the atmosphere flickering brilliantly from the force of the winds and speed. Everyone's attention was drawn to the two autobots coming in for a crash landing as the grew nearer.
//"Do they appear to be on course 'Bee?"\\ Victoria sent over the com to the yellow scout, over time she had learned how the connections worked enough to establish them herself instead of having to be contacted first. Bumblebee, Sam and Ratchet were closer to the landing zone to intercept the newcomers and be sure there was no damage to them when they landed. Optimus had chosen this specific location due to Victoria's suggestion, this was the abandoned strip of land she normally used for her joyrides, since she knew the area he had asked her to coordinate it, which she had. So far it was all going to plan, if only Bumblebee would respond //"'Ello? Earth to 'Bee! Do they look like they're on course?"\\ she sent again.
//"Sorry Vic, Sam was asking me something. Yea, the look like they're right on course from this angle, what about where you are?"\\ Bumblebee finally responded.
//"Everything looks good on this end, let me know soon as they touch down a'right?"\\ Victoria sent.
//"Will do Vic."\\ Bumblebee responded before the connection clicked closed. The redhead watched the protoforms coming in hot, as they grew nearer the wind kicked up from the sheer speed at which they were traveling, as soon as they passed by the cliff her half of the team was standing on a blast of heated air followed in the two autobot's wake, thankfully it wasn't too hot of a wave though it was uncomfortable it had passed just as quickly, it wasn't long before they heard impact against the ground and Victoria turned her bike towards the path they had used to get up here "That's our cue boys." she said as Sideswipe and Ironhide transformed into their alternative modes.
"We'll be right behind you Vic." Ironhide said.
"Yea, lets hurry, I want to see Sunny!" Sideswipe stated, the silver bot was rather excited but Victoria couldn't blame him, this was his twin they were talking about after all. Victoria nodded as she hit the throttle and began down the path, Ironhide and Sideswipe right behind her.
//"They've come to a stop Vic"\\ Bumblebee transmitted to her as she tore down the path.
//"A'right, we're on our way 'Bee, try to find the designation of the one accompanying Sunstreaker."\\ she sent back.
//"Once he unfolds himself, he seems to be having a little trouble."\\ Bumblebee responded.
//"Trouble? Think ya could be a little more specific?"\\ she asked.
//"I think he's stuck in the entry position, Ratchet's working on helping him."\\ Bumblebee informed her.
//"A'right, we'll be there in a sec."\\ Victoria responded with before the connection clicked closed. The redhead glanced back slightly before taking a sharp turn, following the path down "We got one of 'em kinda stuck in their entry position, Ratch is trying to get 'em unfolded, everything else seems to be going pretty smoothly though." she shouted to Ironhide and Sideswipe behind her.
"If it's Sun that's stuck, I'm going to laugh at his aft." Sideswipe stated.
"My, such a caring brother." Vic stated, her voice just dripping with sarcasm at the statement.
"Be quiet tire killer." Sideswipe responded in jest, this got a laugh from the redhead.
"Whateva wheel feet." she said, she heard Ironhide give a slight grunt at the playful banter, the redhead smirked a bit before sending one message to Ironhide via a private communication //"Keep it up and I'll give you a real reason to make those sounds."\\ she teased before quickly closing the connection so the weapons specialist didn't have a chance to respond, he kept trying to establish another connection with her to get in his comment but she kept denying the incoming connection. She knew how to mess with Ironhide after all this time. She just glanced back to her lover as he followed in his alt form and gave a wink, this caused Ironhide to grumble a bit and the redhead laughed. "Love ya Ironhide." she shouted back at him.
"Will you two stop that?" Sideswipe said as they finally took the last turn in the path, it was a straight shot to the landing zone from here.
"Why 'Sides? Would ya rather we said it out loud?" Victoria said.
"Not what I mean!" Sideswipe said sounding rather shocked at even the thought of hearing them flirt, Victoria couldn't help but laugh, Ironhide also gave a chuckle at Sideswipe's reaction. Victoria still saw Sideswipe as a big brother and loved him dearly as family but he was still just too fun to mess with sometimes. Ironhide, Sideswipe and herself had become something of a trio over the months, they were always picking on each other but they worked rather well together even if they rarely had to show it in this peaceful time, the battle months before stood as proof. Soon they came into view of the landing sight, one of the protoforms was already standing, he was the same height at Sideswipe and had wheeled feet as well, he looked towards the incoming group, looking right at the silver corvette before scanning Sideswipe's stingray form and folding down into a yellow version of the same car as they came to a stop nearby. Ironhide and Sideswipe shifted into their true forms and Sideswipe made his way right towards the yellow copy of his alt mode.
"What? Can't go out and find your own earth form Sunny?" Sideswipe said nudging the side of Sunstreaker's vehicle form with his hand.
"Hey, watch the paint!" the yellow corvette said before he transformed into his bipedal form and grabbed onto Sideswipe, hugging his brother. "I missed you man." he said.
"So glad you made it Sunny, you had me worried out my processor!" Sideswipe said returning the hug.
Victoria couldn't help by smile, she hadn't seen Sideswipe that happy before, she was glad to see he had his twin back. "Great, we're doomed." Ironhide said from behind her, Victoria laughed as she killed the engine of her bike and got off.
"Nah, I think we'll make it." the redhead said looking back to Ironhide for a moment before she looked towards where Ratchet and Bumblebee were trying to help the other unfold, Victoria made her way towards them as the medic was grabbing onto one part of the protoform and Bumblebee was pulling at another. "A'right, so who is it and how bad are they stuck?" Victoria asked.
"Be careful!" came the voice from the folded up protoform before the medic looked towards Vic.
"His name is Prowl, he's our tactical officer, it seems the landing was a bit rough on him and seems to have locked some of his joints." Ratchet informed her before moving to try and tug what looked like an arm free to help this Prowl unfold. Finally the arm was freed, sending Ratchet tumbling onto his aft from the sudden movement.
"Careful Ratch, ya might break something." Vic said with a small laugh as she saw the medic get up and saw the freed arm from the folded up Prowl move to push off of the ground a bit.
"I think I have it from here." Prowl said as he pushed himself upwards slightly and began to carefully unfold himself, Bumblebee stepped back as he did so and soon Prowl stood, he was near Ironhide's height but a bit less bulky, their protoforms did look rather bare without their armor.
"Well 'ello there Prowl, we needa find ya an alt mode, ya look a little naked there." Victoria said towards the new arrival, Sunstreaker had just copied his brother's car form which was understandable considering he and Sideswipe were twins but for Prowl they would have to find a suiting one, especially since the tactical officer was a decent sized bot.
Prowl turned to look at where the redhead stood, he leaned down a bit to get a good look at her before he looked towards Ironhide who was standing behind her. "So this is a human?" he asked Ironhide.
"Yea, she is, for the most part." Ironhide began.
"Name's Victoria Marcus, nice to meet ya Prowl." the redhead introduced herself, Prowl looked back towards her and just seemed to look over her for a moment, his optics locking on the metal which was incorporated into her left arm, and autobot insignia imprinted on it, something which had been added recently after Optimus honoring her request to join the ranks of the autobots despite her being mostly human, the leader had seen no problem considering not only her situation and cybertronian qualities she had gained from the allspark but also the fact she had fought alongside them, he had granted her request and Ratchet had been the one to add the insignia to her arm.
"Why is there cybertronian metal on her arm? And why does she bare the autobot insignia?" Prowl asked as he looked towards Ratchet.
"She lost use of her arm during a battle, it was the only way to restore function to the limb. She is among the autobot ranks Prowl." the medic answered. Victoria gave an annoyed sigh, bringing her hand to the bridge of her nose for a moment as her brows knitted in annoyance, she was standing right here, she could explain why if Prowl asked but he kept asking the others and didn't even seem to acknowledge that she was speaking to him. She would just have to fix that.
Victoria closed her eyes a moment before she was able to lock on to Prowl's signal and establish a communication link //"That's not the only similarity I have to y'all. Now if ya done staring at me, we need to find you an alt mode."\\ she sent to Prowl, doing it this way to be sure she got his attention before closing the connection and looking up at the new arrival.
Prowl actually jumped when he received the message from her, he looked right at the redhead with a rather shocked expression "Humans can use the internal com links?!" he asked.
"Nah, jus' me. Long story, we'll explain after we find ya an alt mode that works, a'right?" Victoria said before looking towards the nearby medic "Wouldya mind going with 'im Ratch? So he doesn't happen into the wrong area or get spotted?" she asked.
"I wouldn't mind at all." Ratchet said before looking over to Prowl and motioning for him to follow "I'll explain a bit while we look." the medic said, Prowl turned to follow as Victoria looked back to where Sideswipe and Sunstreaker were, they had begun walking towards where she and the others were.
"Vic, you have to meet my twin." Sideswipe said as he and Sunstreaker came to a stop near her and Ironhide. Sideswipe turned back toward Sunstreaker "Sunny, this is Vic, she stays with us at the base we have set up here." Sideswipe told his twin before Sunstreaker looked towards the redhead.
"Hey there Sunstreaker, nice to meet ya, 'Sides told me bout ya." she said, giving a bit of a wave.
"Hi." was all Sunstreaker said to her before looking back to his twin "As long as no one asks me to let it ride in me, I'm fine."
"It? Boy, don't call me an 'it', I'll throw something at ya ass." she said, leveling a finger to point at Sunstreaker.
"You wouldn't dare." Sunstreaker said to her, a cocky smirk on his face.
"You don't want to test her Sunny, she doesn't make empty threats." Sideswipe warned his twin with a slight laugh as Sunstreaker's smirk fell.
Ironhide stepped forward at that moment and leaned down so his face was closer to Victoria "I told you we're doomed." the weapons specialist said to her, she just looked over at her lover with a small smile, shaking her head slightly.
"Nah, I just might have to key 'im a few times to get the point across." Vic said, Ironhide gave a small chuckle as he brought his hand down to Victoria, lifting her from the ground and placing her on his shoulder as he stood.
Sunstreaker went silent for a moment before he looked up at the redhead "Do not mess up my paint, no key marks!" he said, the redhead couldn't help but give a small laugh as Sideswipe placed a hand on his twin's shoulder.
"Sunstreaker, she's joking, that's just how Vic's humor is, you'll get use to her." Sideswipe said as his twin looked back at him.
"I thought you said she doesn't make empty threats." Sunstreaker responded.
"I never said she wouldn't do it if you gave her a reason to, just said she was joking about it." Sideswipe explained.
Victoria just shook her head a bit, leaning against the side of Ironhide's head as she brought her hand up to run her fingers across the horn like part near his ear. "I think I'm going to have fun messing with him 'til he gets use to me." she told her guardian.
"Careful Vic, he'll get you back for it." Ironhide warned her, Victoria couldn't help but grin.
"A little competition neva hurt anyone." the redhead said before she switched to internal communication with Ironhide //"And if I remember right, I still need to get ya back for what ya pulled on me the other night, didn't think I forgot, did ya?"\\ she sent him over a private com connection, Ironhide gave a bit of a choked sound at that message, causing both Sideswipe and Sunstreaker to look at him with an optic ridge raised.
//"I thought you were gonna let that one slide."\\ Ironhide sent back.
Victoria couldn't help but smirk //"Ya should know me better by now."\\ she responded with as she noticed Sideswipe and Sunstreaker's looks, Ironhide also seemed to notice at that moment and they both closed the connection at the same time.
Sideswipe was shaking his head a bit as he looked at them "I'm not even going to ask." the silver bot said.
Sunstreaker looked towards his twin once more "Are they. . .?" he began to ask and Sideswipe just nodded in response, Sunstreaker looked rather surprised and his next word confirmed the look on his face "WHAT?!"
They had made it back home once Prowl had found himself a suiting alternative mode, much to Victoria's dismay he had chosen to scan a police car of all things, it was a blue and white Diablo with an autobot insignia designed into the shield emblem at his side. That was going to take some getting use to seeing around but at least he was on their side. Sideswipe and Sunstreaker had vanished for the time being, Victoria knew they had a lot to catch up on after all the time they had spent away from each other.
Bumblebee, Sam, Ironhide and Victoria were sitting around outside for the time being, the redhead intended to let the others explain to the new arrivals that they had a human among them who had a spark, she simply didn't feel like explaining it right now, she figured they would take it about as well as Sam had, if taking it well counted yelling what the hell in response, though Sam was use to it at this point, he had taken the news of Ironhide and Victoria's relationship rather well in comparison and Bumblebee seemed rather happy for them, now, just when everyone had grown use to it, they had two new arrivals who would have to adjust.
"So the yellow one is Sideswipe's twin and the cop is someone named Prowl?" Sam said, though it sounded as if he just wanted to confirm the information.
"He's not a cop, he's the tactical officer, but yea, pretty much." Vic said as she leaned back against Ironhide, she had taken a seat on his thigh when he had sat on the ground, thankfully his thigh was much easier to keep her balance on then his shoulder but she was quite comfortable at either point.
"Right, tactical officer, either way, how many others do you think will show up?" Sam asked.
"We don't know, they might be the last or there might be more headin' our way." Ironhide answered.
//"Hey Vic, want to spar?"\\ Bumblebee sent her via com.
Victoria looked over towards Bumblebee and smirked a bit //"Sure 'Bee, unarmed again?"\\ she asked through the connection.
//"Yea, you're getting better. I think the practice could do a bit more good."\\ he said before the connection closed and she saw Bumblebee shift into his vehicle form and activate his holoform.
Victoria looked up to Ironhide and placed a hand up in his chest "Me and 'Bee are gonna have a lil' spar babe." she said before she moved to get off his thigh, Ironhide moved as if he was going to try and stop her before he moved his hand away, if was taking time but he was getting use to the fact that she wasn't as fragile anymore, though he had even been know to be slightly rough with her as of late even though it was always playful with them.
"Just be careful." he said, the redhead gave a small smirk, looking up at him.
"Don't worry, I will, still wanna go a round against ya one day though." she said as she poked him in the side, right at that ticklish spot she could reach while he was sitting, Ironhide flinched a bit at the poke before bringing his hand to very lightly push her away from the sensitive area.
"Don't start with that." he said as the redhead gave his hand a playful shove from her, he responded with a light shove of his own, knocking her from her feet and onto her rear, Victoria gave a chuckle at that.
"Hey now, if ya gonna start getting pushy least activate ya holoform so we're on equal ground." she said as she got back to her feet. It wasn't until she got tackled from behind that she realized Bumblebee had managed to sneak up behind her while she was picking on Ironhide, she laughed at the young mech's antics as she managed to keep her footing and simply ended up with Bumblebee's holoform on her back "A'right 'Bee, ya got me that time, now get off my back." she said as she tried to shrug him off of her, it didn't work, he just grabbed on tighter, his legs wrapped around her waist from behind. "A'right, suit yaself." she said before grabbing onto his arms which were wrapped around her shoulders and slamming herself down backwards and thus slamming Bumblebee against the ground, he let go once she did that and she stood, turning to him and offering a hand down to help him up "See? I got my own way of getting ya off my back." she said as she pulled him to his feet, he was smiling, she knew that she didn't hurt him, after all their holoforms didn't sustain injury.
Bumblebee didn't give up, he moved to try and headlock her, she ducked down to avoid it with a chuckle, she was beginning to think that he didn't really intend to spar at all but was just in the mood for a little goofy fun. "A'right you, that's it." she said before lunging forward at him, since she had discovered that their ticklishness transferred into their holoforms for the autobots who were ticklish she decided to take advantage of this and she knew Bumblebee was highly ticklish so she attacked his sides and dug her fingers in, Bumblebee shrunk back from the tickling and tried to guard his sides from her assault. The redhead just smirked "Uh-huh, that's what ya get for trying to headlock me." she said before shaking her head a bit.
She hadn't even realized Ironhide had activated his holoform until she felt his arms wrap around her from behind. "I got 'er 'Bee! Get 'er!" Ironhide said as he held the redhead against his holoform.
"Oh, I see how it is." Victoria said as she dropped a leg back behind his and hooked her ankle around Ironhide's before sweeping the foot out from under him, sending both of them tumbling to the ground chuckling before Bumblebee dived right on top of both of them and all three of them started playfully wrestling around, it wasn't often that they goofed off like this but it was fun when they did, Victoria kept trying to pin Ironhide's holoform while Bumblebee kept pulling her off of him and trying to headlock her, she just about swore those two were coordinating this through a com connection because they certainly seemed to be working together a little too well. "Hey, not fair, y'all are teaming up on me!" she said as Ironhide rolled her off from on top of him, Bumblebee helping him do this but pulling her to the ground. She could hear Sam was laughing his ass off over near Bumblebee's car form.
Ironhide moved and pinned her to the ground where she had been pulled to, he had quite the grin on his face "Now I got you." he said to her. Victoria tried to pull her wrists free of his grasp but he did indeed have a rather good grip on her, she looked at him with a smirk.
"Yea, ya got me a'right, but whatcha gonna do with me hmmm?" she taunted as she opened a com connection with her lover so the other two wouldn't hear what she said next //"I could certainly think of a few things I would do with ya if I was on top, or should I say things I would do to you."\\ she sent him with a grin.
//"Don't tempt me."\\ he sent back, Victoria felt the spark in her chest grow warmer at that, the pulsing hum becoming audible. Bumblebee paused hearing it and backed up slightly, realizing the sound had been noticed caused a bit of a blush to come to the redhead's cheeks and she gave a slight chuckle. Ironhide smiled before they heard the roaring of engines pass by, Victoria lifted her head a bit as she saw Sideswipe and his brother zoom pass where she and the others were goofing off. She heard the sirens and saw Prowl chasing behind them, she just raised an eyebrow as Ironhide rolled off her and watched the scene that drove pass them with the a slightly amused look on his face. "They're on the same planet for three hours and it starts, think that's a new record for 'em." Ironhide said, Vic could pick up the slight amusement in his voice.
"What ya think? Prank or pestering?" Vic asked looking over to Ironhide, she had heard stories from the others and a bit of bragging from Sideswipe himself about how they use to cause chaos, she remembered mention of the fact that Prowl was a favored target for the older twins.
"With how fast they're goin', I'd say prank." Ironhide answered as the trio made another pass, the redhead could hear Sideswipe and Sunstreaker laughing and yelling back taunts at Prowl as he tried to catch up with them, the tactical officer was shouting right back at the twins and sounded rather upset.
"Heh, a prank already, they do work fast, musta been a good one with how he's tearing afta 'em." Victoria said wondering just what they pulled on Prowl this quickly, she could already tell, Sunstreaker's arrival was going to liven up this base quite a bit. Sideswipe seemed to be enjoying himself quite a bit as his silver car form whipped around to face Prowl and continued accelerating in reverse, this was proving rather entertaining already.
"Just wait, you ain't seen nothin' yet, those two are a terror together, one of 'em is fine, together, get ready for it." Ironhide said to her as his holoform disengaged, Victoria stood as Bumblebee disengaged his holoform as well.
"Eh, maybe to you, I think I'mma jus' enjoy the show to be hones'." Vic said as she saw Sunstreaker pull the same driving backwards stunt Sideswipe was doing before they both shot forwards right towards Prowl, they swerved onto either side of the police car alt form at the last minute, causing Prowl to have to pull a quick 180 before beginning to pursue them once more "What I'm wondering is jus' what he plans to do once he catches 'em." the redhead commented.
"Prowl will think of somethin', probably make them clean up whatever mess their prank caused." Ironhide said as he moved to scoop the redhead up in his hand and move her to his shoulder where she took a seat. The redhead watched as the three made another pass and couldn't help but smirk.
"Heh, ya know, I think I know what I'mma be doing later today." Victoria said with a bit of a grin, that grin she normally got when she had a bit of a want to go insanely fast on her bike, she just wondered if Sunstreaker would be as quick to accept the challenge of a race as his twin seemed to be.
Ironhide raised an eyebrow at her, Victoria figured he likely knew that look by now, after all they had been together for a decent span of time at this point, his next words confirmed that he recognized that look all too well "You're not plannin' on racin' both of them are you?" Ironhide asked her.
"Maybe." Victoria said with a smirk, the weapons specialist just sighed at that. Thankfully he had relaxed a bit when it came to her racing, since they didn't have the constant threat of decepticons after her throat and in light of the fact she was a bit sturdier now he had finally relaxed a bit, though he did still threaten to dent Sideswipe if she got hurt during one of their races, the silver bot was use to the threat by now and not once had Ironhide been given a reason to follow through with the promise. It was simply Ironhide's protective nature speaking anyways, by now everyone was about as use to his threats as they were to Victoria's sarcasm, such things were just a fact of life on the little base they called home.
What was she looking for? Stormflux hadn't found the courage to face her fellow decepticons since her failure in Australia, she had been roaming aimlessly, following the roads as far as they would go, she had no place now, she had no people. How would they accept her back? She had failed her commander, this was her punishment, self imposed exile. Maybe if she could get her hands on that fleshling, maybe then she could ask forgiveness. It had taken her so long to repair her own damage since she escaped that human carrier plane all those months ago, her wrist still held the scarred that disgusting human had left.
The blue femme hadn't felt quite right since that day, her systems checked out well enough but there was a lingering feeling, like something was missing, as if something had been ripped from her but she didn't know what. She increased her speed, hugging the curves of the road as she felt the current of air rolling over her frame, she wanted to get away from everything, from all these thoughts, that nagging in the back of her processor, it was going to drive her truly mad if she didn't find a way a way to silence it! It was like an echo taunting her, reminding her she was no longer whole.
She didn't know why but she felt that she had to go west, she felt as it something was calling her there, as if she might feel complete once more if she found whatever was beaconing her there, whatever was calling her across the country. She had to follow it, if she didn't it would drive her to madness, though many had questioned her sanity previously as it was.
"WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?" she shouted to the afternoon sky as her own voice echoed back to her from all angles. She was so tired of the nagging feeling, she just had to shout, she needed some form of outlet. "Get a hold of yourself girl, shouting and yelling like a lunatic isn't going to help anything. Just follow the feeling, that's right, maybe whatever it is that's missing is that way." Stormflux said to herself as she made her way along the winding road before her. She didn't know what she was hunting or what was calling her but right now it was all she had to go off of and she had to follow it or risk losing herself.
This guy had a problem, he might be Sideswipe's twin but Sunstreaker sure was conceited. Victoria had decided to try and get to know the new arrivals a bit, Prowl turned out to be pretty polite, he seemed very stuck on procedure and rules but he wasn't half bad, Sunstreaker on the other hand seemed too concerned with his paintjob and looks to notice the stick up his aft. He was already wearing on the redhead's already limited patience as it was, he was currently obsessing over the tiniest scratch he had gotten when Prowl finally caught them. The scratch wasn't even an inch long, Vic could patch that up in a couple of seconds with her paint and body work experience, she was going to offer to take care of it for him but then he started showing just how vain he was and the redhead decided to just let him suffer with the scratch for now.
Sure Sideswipe had been known to be a little full of himself but he had a lot of redeeming qualities as well, Sunstreaker seemed to just be conceited as hell. There were two things in this world Victoria couldn't stand, that was sexism and conceitedness, thankfully the former wasn't a concern among the autobots but the yellow twin was the perfect example of the second.
"Calm down Sun, it's just a scratch." Sideswipe said to his twin.
"It's a scratch in my paintjob 'Sides, a flaw and old Hatchet won't fix it right now." Sunstreaker responded with, the redhead couldn't help but roll her eyes hearing this, it seemed Sideswipe's twin had nicknames for a few of the autobots.
"Damn boy, get ova it eh? Swear ya sound worse than a cheerleader with a broken nail on prom night." Victoria said to Sunstreaker, she heard a slight snicker come from Sideswipe as his twin glared at her.
"What would you know fleshy?" Sunstreaker responded.
"More than ya might think ya pain in the aft." Victoria paused slightly after she said that, she really was picking up on their slang a little too much as of late. "Ya know, I sure hope ya don't worry bout scratches that much in combat, talk bout a liability if ya get distracted bitching bout a damned chip in ya paint." she said, she really didn't like being called a fleshy or anything similar to such, normally the others didn't refer to her with the term, mostly because she had a tendency of throwing something at their heads if they did.
"Are you saying I can't fight?" Sunstreaker asked sounding offended.
"No, what I'm saying is I hope ya can pull ya head out ya ass long enough to hold ya own in battle." she retorted, Sunstreaker moved as if his was going to approach the redhead but Sideswipe put his arm in front of his brother.
"Easy Sunny, Vic's just sarcastic, you'll get use to her humor in time." the silver bot said to his twin.
"She didn't sound like she was joking." Sunstreaker said. Sideswipe brought a hand to rub the back of his head a bit before glancing over at the redhead.
//"Cool it Vic, Sunstreaker is easy to offend sometimes."\\ Sideswipe sent to her over a private com as he began to speak to his twin in cybertronian.
//"That's his problem 'Sides, he'll get use to it, or he'll end up hating me, one way or another. He is conceited though."\\ she sent back.
//"Yea, he can be sometimes but he's not that bad really. Please don't make him into an enemy Vic."\\ Sideswipe sent in response, Victoria gave a bit of a sigh at that.
//"I went into bitch mode again, didn't I?"\\ the redhead said over the com.
//"I wasn't going to say it like that but, yea, you kind of did."\\ Sideswipe sent as he glanced towards where the redhead was sitting //"Come on Vic, he's my twin, you know he can't be all bad if he's related to me."\\
//"Sorry 'Sides, just, well, guess I'll have to get use to him."\\ she sent as she watched the two talking in cybertronian, not being able to understand them was annoying her but they were brothers, she wouldn't try to intrude on their private conversation.
//"It's not me you need to apologize to Vic."\\ Sideswipe told her via the connection.
//"Something tells me he's not in the mood to listen right now."\\ she sent. This meeting was already off to a rough start, OK, so she was a bit harsh, she knew it, she would admit it but Sunstreaker wasn't exactly the most agreeable being on the planet himself it seemed. But he was Sideswipe's twin, she saw Sideswipe like a big brother and, if anything else, she would try to get alony with Sunstreaker for that reason alone, if only she could figure out how to smooth over this little mistake of hers, she gave a sigh, not even waiting for the twins in front of her to finish their statements as it seemed there was no end to their conversation in sight so she took the chance at interrupting them, even if it was rather rude. "So, you two up for a race?" Vic asked, Sideswipe looked towards her with a smirk, Sunstreaker soon mirrored his twin's response.
"Think you can keep up fleshy?" Sunstreaker said.
"OK, first things first, if we're going to have any chance of getting along, ya need to stop calling me 'fleshy', second, I'll leave ya in the dust." she said, there was something of a friendly challenge in her voice, she always taunted those she would race, she liked the challenge.
Sunstreaker grinned a bit "You're on." he said before the three of them moved to head out, Victoria heading to where her Honda shadow was parked, not only did the prospect of a race seem to make Sunstreaker a bit more agreeable but it was going to be quite a bit of fun for all three of them, or at least the redhead hoped.
Author's note:
I said I was going to take a break didn't I? Man I got a weird definition of 'break' eh? Not even a week since the last chapter of Benevolent Renegade and here I am again!
So, just a starting out chapter, showing how things have settled in, the arrival of Sunstreaker and Prowl (Oh I'm gonna have fun with these additions) and Victoria's standing now as well as a glimpse into Stormflux's progress, yes, she did survive, Also, I do have a little contest going on Deviantart right now, see my profile for the link to my account and look at the journal, Stormflux needs a face for her robotic mode, reward is a month's premium membership, up to three winners, so try ya had at it if ya can pull off cybertronian designs eh?
I hope you guys like the beginning of this installment, Wildfire: Perilous Roulette, oh how names can foreshadow.
Til next time ya'll!