Sibling rivalry
A story about Arcee, her younger Cybertrronian sister "Flareup" and Jack. This is a merging of characters from the TFP and Wings universe. Please review. More chapters to come.
Suddenly a signal popped up on the monitor at the Autobot base indicating an incoming Autobot transmission. After the Decepticon double of Wheeljack infiltrated the base everyone expected another trick if another Autobot made their way to Earth. "Hellllllo anybody out there?" came a female voice over the intercom from the incoming ship. Arcee gasped as she stared at the monitor. "Scrap it's her" Arcee said, less than pleased. Bulkhead turned to Arcee, a smirk on his face, "who's the girlfriend?" Bulkhead joked. Miko, who was sitting nearby playing videogames, let out a laugh and gave a thumbs up to Bulkhead. "She's my obnoxious younger sister, Flareup" replied Arcee, annoyed. Miko gasped and jumped off the couch. "Wow another girl Autobot? Is she awesome like you Arcee, does she has blasters, can she turn into a motorcycle too?" asked Miko. "Arcee frowned at the thought of Flareup and Miko meeting one another as her cybertronian sister was a lot like Miko: young, obnoxious, reckless and hooked on adrenaline. Jack Darby, who was sitting next to Miko playing videogames, scratched the back of his head and smiled a big goofy grin at the thought of another towering female Autobot. Arcee noticed Jack's expression and knew what he was thinking. "Jack wipe that stupid fucking grin off your face" barked Arcee. Raff was oblivious, sitting in front of his laptop doing armpit farts via video chat to a friend over the internet. Optimus Prime finally spoke up. "We must welcome our comrade and meet her before she lands so the Decepticons won't have another chance to send in a spy". Arcee walked up to the console, pushed Ratchet aside and held down a big red button. "Hi there little sister, long time no see" Arcee said with no emotion. Suddenly a screech came over the intercom "OH…MY…PRIMUS IS THAT YOU AAARRRRCEEEEE?!" yelled the female voice in response. Ratchet looked over at Arcee, who was clearly embarrassed. "Scrap" said Arcee lifting her finger off the transmitter button and placing her hand over her face, "another child to bring into the fold" she added under her breath. Arcee pressed the button again, "Yes it's me sis, great to hear your voice again" said Arcee. "Give us your expected landing coordinates and we'll meet you."
A few minutes later a ground bridge opened in a remote location in Oregon. As usual Ratchet stayed behind, along with the humans, while Optimus Prime, Arcee, Bumblebee and Bulkhead created a perimeter around where the ship was coming down. While concerned with her younger, less experienced sister Arcee was glad in her Spark that she had made it to Earth to join in the fight. Once the ship landed a side door flew open with a loud CLANK. Flareup, always one for the dramatic jumped out and ran towards Arcee. "ARCEE!" yelled Flareup running towards her, bouncing through the air and grabbing Arcee in a bear hug. Physically Flareup was very similar to Arcee. She was a foot or two shorter than her older sister with a youthful face and slightly different armor placement than Arcee. She was also red, orange and grey in stark contrast to Arcee. From a distance they would have looked identical, save for the obvious difference in color. "Hello sis it's been a long time" smiled Arcee as Flareup held her in a long hug. "ARCEE IM SO HAPPY TO FIND YOU!" yelled Flareup, ignoring the other autobots who were walking up to the sisters. Arcee let go of Flareup and turned to her teammates. "This is my younger sister, Flareup" she said to her fellow autobots. Bulkhead peered down at Flareup "Hi I'm Bulkhead" he said smiling. Bumblebee stepped forward and beeped out a greeting, which Flareup understood. "Nice to meet you both" replied Flareup, holding her gaze at Bumblebee. The scout, ever the innocent young warrior in training, "blushed" and chirped a nervous laugh. Arcee turned towards Optimus Prime. "Flareup, this is…" Arcee started to say but was cut off by her sister. "OH…MY..PRIMUS…OPTIMUS PRIME?!" she screeched jumping up and down. Flareup grabbed Prime's right hand and yanked it up and down in an exaggerated handshake with both her hands. "It's so AWESOME to finally meet a Prime!" beamed Flareup, still yanking Prime's hand. Arcee frowned at her sister's lack of proper decorum in front of her great leader but she held her place. Prime looked down at the young female Autobot and smiled, "welcome young warrior to our small but strong family" said Optimus, removing his hand from Flareup's grip. "Ratchet we need a ground bridge" said Optimus though his communicator. Seconds later the autobots re-emerged through the portal back in Jasper, NV along with a new teammate in tow.
As the Autobot stepped through the ground bridge Miko, Raff, Jack and Ratchet noticed a red female Autobot similar in appearance to Arcee step through and into the missile silo. "Wow" said Flareup looking around. As she walked into the base she noticed an old Autobot with red and white highlights standing at the ground bridge controls scoffing at her. This didn't bother her one bit. "Hi I'm Flareup" grinned the female warrior sticking her hand out towards Ratchet. He just looked at her. "Does this mean another human is going to move in with us?" replied Ratchet, ignoring Flareup's outstretched hand. Flareup shrugged and turned to Arcee, puzzled. "We take in the life forms that inhabit this planet?" Asked Flareup. Prime spoke up to answer her question. "Flareup we Autobots are guardians on this planet and we must protect humankind from the Decepticons." The red Autobot female just blinked. "Furthermore while on this planet you would do good to follow my lead" added Prime. "Of course" replied Flareup smiling up at the towering Autobot leader. Arcee walked over to where Raff, Miko and Jack were standing, staring in wonder at the new recruit. "Sis these are our human friends, our partners, our family" said Arcee, mentioning towards the three humans. Miko immediately jumped down and ran towards Flareup. "Hi I'm Miko, are you a fire truck? Do you have blasters? Do you have a boyfriend on Cybertron? Do you like heavy metal?" Flareup was caught off guard and took a step back, surprised. "Is this a human?" she asked, nobody in particular. "Yes Flareup these are humans, they are fragile so please watch your step" replied Prime. Flareup smiled and kneeled down. "How CUTE!" she said as Miko ran up to her. "Hi here Miko I'm Flareup, but you can call me 'flare' and yes I have blasters" she said with a wink. Miko spun around to face Bulkhead, "you have competition Bulk" said Miko pumping her fist in the air. Arcee rolled her eyes and let out a sigh. "Miko and Bulk are partners" said Arcee to her sister. Flareup just smiled and gave thumbs up to Bulkhead, who just stood there astonished. Jack then stood up and climbed down to the silo floor and walked towards Miko and Flareup. "Hello Flareup I'm Jack" said the nervous teenager. Flareup smiled and walked over to Jack. "Hi Jack nice to meet another human, who is your Autobot partner?" she asked. Jack mentioned over his shoulder at Arcee who was standing with her hands on her hips looking at her sister. "No you can't have him Sis" said Arcee, never one to develop a since of humor. Flareup, face turned mischievous at the sight of a young human male paired up with her sister. "Is that so?" said Flareup, "a little possessive are we?" she teased as she kneeled down and patted Jack on the head. Raff walked over to the railing where the kids relaxed. "Hi Flareup I'm Raff" he said. Flareup bounced over to Raff giggling the whole way. "OH..MY..PRIMUS YOU ARE SOOOOO CUTE!" she yelled as she scooped up Raff and held him like an infant in her arms. "Humans are AWESOME!" she said swinging Raff around. Everyone on team Prime was beside themselves at this sight. Bumblebee ran over and began pleading with Flareup to show more care when handing humans, especially his human. The female Autobot looked over at the young scout and stuck her tongue out. "Oh another possessive Autobot" she said laughing. Suddenly the mood shifted when Optimus Prime spoke up again. "Flareup" said Prime in a stern voice. "We are titans on this planet and humans are to be treated with care and as equals". Prime had a way of directing attention to himself as he spoke. "In addition you will need an alternate mode when outside of this base as most humans are not aware of us" Prime said. Flareup turned and looked at her sister. "Arcee I want YOUR alt form" she said with a smile. Arcee sighed and transformed into her sleek motorcycle form. "Neato!" said Flareup, quickly scanning Arcee's vehicle form and transforming herself into an identical motorcycle with red and grey accents. Jacks eyes grew wide. "Wow" said the teenager. "Sierra will freak when she sees me on two different motorcycles" he said without thinking. Arcee was in her alt form but was clearly annoyed at the whole situation. She aimed her headlights towards jack and flashed her high beams into his eyes, temporally blinding him. "Don't even think about it slick" said Arcee to her partner. Flareup, on the other hand, laughed at the whole situation and gunned her engine. "Hey Jack wanna ride this red hot bot?" she purred over at Jack who was now blushing at the fact that these two female Autobot warriors were "fighting" over him. Arcee transformed back into her robot form and did something unexpected. Much to the shock of everyone in the room Arcee walked over and kicked Flareup down to the floor, still in her alt form. "Arcee!" yelled Optimus Prime but Arcee ignored her leader and clenched her fists while glaring down at the floor where Flareup was still in her alt form. "You bitch, keep your hands off Jack" roared Arcee, now fuming with anger. Flareup transformed into a sitting position and looked up at her older sister with Energon welling up in her eyes. "I….I'm sorry Arcee" mumbled Flareup, clearly emotionally hurt by her sisters aggressiveness towards her. Standing up from her sitting position Flareup walked up and got in Arcee's face. "I was just trying to be nice, maybe you should watch and learn something!" yelled Flareup in a cold tone. Jack stood dumbfounded at what was unfolding in front of him. "Could they really be fighting over…me?" he thought to himself. On the other hand he hated seeing Arcee like this: angry, jealous, letting her "dark side" get the best of her. Jack decided to speak up. "Arcee please stop!" yelled Jack up towards his guardian. Arcee looked down at her human partner and then back up at her younger sister. "This is bullshit" said Arcee and with that she pushed Flareup out of her way and walked down the long hallway to her quarters. The rest of the Autobots and their human friends looked at each other, not sure what to make of the situation.