So, I got this strange idea after reading indigo-ink's Con Warp (thanks for the laughs, btw!). A really odd image of the Armada 'Bots singing Metallica's Enter Sandman. That's a really creepy sort of song, and I can't help but burst out laughing when I see the events of this oddity. I hope it doesn't matter if I use some similar ideas, indigo-ink.

ENTER BOTMAN

(The setting: the Autobot base, in the warp gate room... trust me, that's a good spot.)

Hoist's voice: Are you guys ready?

(A big crash and a yelp from Sideswipe indicate that they're not quite ready.)

Jetfire's voice: Do you ALWAYS have to trip up and knock something over?

Hot Shot's voice: Um, could ya help a little with this, Hoist? Ready... lift! ... There! Take your positions, everyone!

(A really creepy lighting occurs and Hot Shot, Sideswipe, Jetfire and Red Alert are seen wearing black, hooded capes. The hoods are drawn over their eyes, showing only their lower faces... or face plate in Jetfire's case.)

(Hot Shot starts the first guitar, and after that Hoist joins in with the deep, menacing drum beats. And then... Jetfire joins in with the second guitar. Then, in the start of the real melody, Sideswipe comes in with the bass and Red Alert with the keyboard... I always wonder how he does it with one hand, but it miraculously happens every time. The positioning of the players goes like this: Hot Shot is on the front left, Jetfire is on the right left. Sideswipe is positioned a little behind Hot Shot, while Red Alert is behind Jetfire. In the back, straight ahead, is Hoist with the drum set.)

(All of a sudden the lights dim a little and a big puff of theatre smoke whirls in... and after the puff of smoke clears, a black figure steps forward with his hood drawn even deeper than the others.)

A really creepy voice: Say your prayers little one
Don't forget, my son
To include everyone
Tuck you in, warm within
keep you free from sin
till the sandman he comes
sleep with one eye open
gripping your pillow tight

CHORUS (The Creepy One with Hot Shot and Sideswipe)
Exit, light
Enter, Night
Take my hand
we're off to never-never land

(Hot Shot and Jetfire step a little forward and play the melody again, while Sideswipe tries to keep on playing and at the same time trying to free himself from the tangled mass of wires he's got himself into.)

The Creepy One: Something's wrong, shut the light
heavy thoughts tonight
And they aren't of snow white
dreams of war, dreams of liars
dreams of dragon's fire
and of things that will bite
sleep with one eye open
gripping your pillow tight

CHORUS (The Creepy One with Hot Shot and Sideswipe)
Exit, light
Enter, Night
Take my hand
we're off to never-never land

SOLO

(So, the solo... Hot Shot starts playing really loudly... can't even describe that! You might just get an image of him holding the guitar vertically and playing. ;))

The Creepy One: Now I lay me down to sleep

Sideswipe: Now I lay me down to sleep

The CO: I pray the Lord my soul to keep

Sideswipe: I pray the Lord my soul to keep

The CO: If I die before I wake

Sideswipe: If I die before I wake

The CO: I pray the Lord my soul to take
Sideswipe: I pray the Lord my soul to take

(Yeah, I know the kid's voice doesn't sound like Sideswipe... c'mon, imagine!)

The Creepy One with Hot Shot: Hush little baby, don't say a word
Never mind that noise you heard
It's just the beasts under your bed
In your closet, in your head

CHORUS (The Creepy One with Hot Shot and Sideswipe)
Exit, light
Enter, Night
Grain of sand
we're off to never-never land

CHORUS (The Creepy One with Hot Shot and Sideswipe)
Exit, light
Enter, Night
Take my hand
we're off to never-never land

(Then the ominous laughter comes forth, and then, all of a sudden, the black ominous figure tilts his head upwards, and the hood falls down his neck...)

Blurr: BOO!

AD LIB TO FADE

(And during the fading of the music Blurr keeps on singing the lines with a quiet voice.)

(Just then Optimus and Scavenger step in and stare at them all. Their gazes keep on bouncing from Hot Shot to Sideswipe to Hoist to Blurr to Jetfire to Red Alert and back for about a minute. Then they just shrug and keep on going down the hall. The six others glance at each other and collapse into heaps of laughing, guffawing and chuckling mechs... and, then, out of all beings, Red Alert manages to rip off a wire and a falling amplifier falls on his head. The ripped wire starts bouncing around like a snake, giving shocks to everyone until Hot Shot tries to grab it, topples over Sideswipe, falls flat on his face and manages to get a gigantic roof lamp to fall on them. In the back, Hoist has accidentally fallen from his seat and hit his head against the back wall. Jetfire and Blurr both shrug and are about to walk from the stage, when the forgotten, ripped wire zaps them both and gets them to jump. Jetfire engages his boosters by accident and flies headfirst into the roof and drops down, knocking another amplifier down and towards Blurr's head.)

(Well... when Optimus and Scavenger walked past the place next time, they both stared wide-opticked at all of them. Then they walked in, set everything back to where they belonged and dragged all the bots to the medbay.)

Scavenger: You know, they'll have a terrible headache when they wake up.

Optimus: Yep... Do you think they'll ever realize that we dragged the drum set near the wall and positioned the amplifiers so that they would fall down by a slightest knock?

Scavenger: Nah... no way. Hey... they're stirring. We'd better scoot.