"Man it's been a long time since I had high grade," Heatwave sighed. It was nighttime on Griffin Rock and the Burns family were asleep.
*Luckily*, Chase thought, as Heatwave downed his fifth cube of high grade. Had been a overall long week. Between fires, car accidents, and Doc Greene's inventions the bots had been needing a break. Today was definitely their biggest rescue ever. An earthquake that caused numerous houses all across town to catch on fire was just the tip of the iceberg, as the humans would say. The earthquake made a tsunami that Blades had to hold off with wind gusts from his rotors while Boulder dug a trench around the south side of the island. In the end, though, Blades and Boulder both got caught in the wave. Luckily, neither Dani nor Graham were inside their bots at the time. Boulder had a dislocated knee joint and a cracked windshield. Blades had come off worse with a snapped rotor, cracked optic, and broken femur strut. Thankfully, it was nothing a few hours in stasis couldn't fix.
"Agreed," Chase said, not having the heart to tell Heatwave that he shouldn't be grabbing a sixth cube. Chase was on his third and starting to feel a little tipsy himself, so he cut himself off and gave his half drunken cube to Blades. Boulder was on his third ,as well, tired from the day, and Blades was finishing his fourth. It surprised Chase that Blades wasn't at all overcharged yet, remembering the time on Cybertron that Blades had passed out after just two cubes, but being a thinner model could do that to a mech.
"Are you overcharged yet?" Boulder asked Blades, the alcoholic energon taking its toll on the bulldozers as well.
"Nope," Blades stated bluntly. The Helicopter casted a glance at Chase and the police car nodded.
"Time for you and Boulder to get some recharge," Chase told Heatwave.
"Whatever," Heatwave grumbled, nursing his sixth glass.
"I'll take Boulder if you take Heatwave," Blades said.
"Agreed," Chase nodded.
Chase and Blades hoisted their two larger teammates onto their shoulder plates and started half leading, half dragging the two to their berth rooms. After the two were situated, Blades turned and started walking towards his room.
"Hold it right there," Chase said, blocking the copter's path with an outstretched servo. "How are you not overcharged?"
Blades sighed. "Probably another one of those side effects of having an sky based mode that Ratchet talked about," Blades shrugged. "Seekers are notorious for how much high grade they can intake without side effects."
"I'll chart it down in my weekly report," Chase sighed.
"You do that," Blades growled, before pushing Chase's servo out of his path and continuing to his room.
"How long till you tell them?" Chase asked.
"Tell who?" Blades sighed.
"Chief. Cody and Dani. Heatwave and Boulder. Optimus's team," Chase listed. "Next time Optimus or Bumblebee come for a visit they are sure to notice your increase in hostile behavior."
"Or not," Blades grumbled. "So far everyone but you had been fooled by my charade."
"True," Chase sighed, "but this alt mode is changing you. You, Ratchet, and I know read the legends regarding helimechs. There is a reason that helicopter alt modes were banned on Cybertron."
"'Because of their legendary tempers and terrifying feats', yeah I know," Blades muttered angrily, but it immediately turned into a smirk."Optimus had no idea what he was doing by giving me this alt. But it was pretty funny watching Ratchet scold him like a youngling."
Chase chuckled at this briefly, turning back to a scowl. "Are you still afraid of heights?" Chase asked.
Blades raised an optic ridge. "Where did this come from."
"Just answer the question," Chase sighed. Blades sighed back.
"No," Blades answered. "I'm not sure I can even act like I'm afraid anymore."
"That was all I needed to know," Chase smiled, stepping out of Blades way.
Hey guys! I want to see how people react to this story to see if I should put it I front of Past Meet Present in being completed. I started planing these two stories at the same time for which Blades story I wanted to tell, and this one lost. Seeing as I came into a writer block on my other story, I decided to write this one. Please let me know if you liked and I hope you enjoyed!