This was inspired by Youtuber emgo316's videos, EmGo Bloopers: Too Cold for Words and EmGo Bloopers: Lip You. I do not own Transformers prime, nor do I own the videos I mentioned earlier.
This is post 'Darkest Hour' for Transformers Prime.
Told from Bumblebee's POV.
Put on your boots and let's go!
Too Cold for Words
"Why is our new base in northern Alaska?" Arcee asked irritably as she looked around.
"Because it's all we've got!" Ratchet snapped, just as irritated.
I just looked back and forth between the two of them, feeling a bit tired. After the old base was destroyed and after we got Optimus back, Agent Fowler showed us this old research facility that may as well been a warehouse. Raf, Jack and Miko had been staying in a hotel some thirty, forty miles from here with Ms. Darby. This is the closest spot to the kids that could hold all of us bots for an extended period of time.
We all kinda had issues with the new base. But the main one was that there was only one room in the whole warehouse (I'm not even gonna count that tiny makeshift restroom Ratchet made in the corner). So we all had to sleep in the same room. I didn't really have a problem with that since I had to share a room with a couple other younglings in the youth center back on Cybertron, but I know for sure Ratchet and Arcee had an issue with it. Bulkhead seemed to be cool with it, Smokescreen was just looking uncharacteristically cheerful and Optimus looked he didn't care one way or the other if you stared hard enough. I know Boss Bot's tired (he had one graze with death too many), but he probably doesn't want to fall into recharge in front of us. I don't have an issue with him going to sleep, but apparently he does.
Optimus's optics were heavily lidded and he looked he was having a hard time keeping his optics focused properly as he stood beside me. He normally has that sharp, alert look in his eyes. I refocused my optics, sending our leader a concerned look. Okay, now I'm starting to get worried. He seriously looks like he's going to fall over and take a nap on the floor. The way he's looking, I wouldn't put it past him to do it.
"Optimus?" Boss Bot's helm lifted a little, implying that he was nodding off. He does a pretty good job at hiding how tired he sounds, though.
"Bumblebee?" He acknowledged. I looked at him for a moment, cocking my helm slightly to the side before saying anything, carefully considering him.
"You should get some recharge."
Optimus gave a rare, microscopic smile. "I appreciate your concern, but I will be fine for the time being."
I squinted at him for a second and shrugged. For once, I didn't believe him.
"Homey, huh?" Smokescreen said sarcastically, looking out one of the warehouse's thick windows. There was a pretty bad snowstorm going and it was piling up fast. You could really only see about six or seven feet in front of you, which is bad for an Autobot.
"Smokescreen, get away from the windows," Arcee ordered, arms crossed over her chest. Smokescreen turned back towards us.
"Yes, Mother." Arcee rolled her optics at the response.
"So, what are we gonna do now?" Smokey asked. Ratchet just turned to Optimus and pressed a servo on his arm, encouraging Optimus to sit down in the floor. Ratchet crouched down and began scanning Optimus for any signs of progress in his health. After Wheeljack somehow managed to get Optimus out of that rubble and back to us, we saw just how beat up Optimus really was. He took one Pit of a hit for us, staying behind like that. Gave Ratchet a spark attack.
Thankfully, Optimus is a fast healer. According to Ratchet, he was doing really well for a bot to narrowly escape a situation like that. Ratchet carefully scanned Optimus's arm, making sure he didn't miss anything.
"Seeing how bad the storm is outside, the only thing we can do is sit here and wait it out."
…
"Primus, it's cold in here." Bulkhead complained while he sat on the floor. Smokescreen looked at him sarcastically, his armor rattling from the frigid air.
"You think?!"
There was enough snow outside to get even Optimus's truck mode stuck and the only way out of the warehouse was through vehicle mode. Ratchet's ambulance was durable enough for rough weather, but not this rough. And if Optimus and Ratchet can't get out, I know Bulkhead, Arcee, Smokey and I can't. All of us were seated on the floor in a circle looking around at each other, trying to find something to do. Normally when it's cold and you've got nothing to do, you complain.
"Yeah, I think it's cold in here, Smokescreen. I think it's cold in here." Bulkhead replied, glancing at Smokescreen. Ratchet looked up, an annoyed look on his face.
"Will you two stop it?" Ratchet snapped.
Smokescreen shrugged. "What else can we do, Doc? We're trapped in a room with nothing to do but bother each other."
"Well, I would advise you don't bother the rest of us, unless you want to wait out the storm outside with it."
"Sure, sure." Smokey waved him off, only succeeding in making Ratchet mad.
"Smokescreen, I will rip- I will lip you- psssht, hah hah hah…" I gave Ratchet a funny look while he just sat there, laughing at himself.
I shook my head. "Derp."
"Wow, Ratchet." Arcee said, giving him a sideways look. Smokescreen just played along with it, waving his servos around in false fear.
"Oh no, you're gonna lip me limb from limb and smack me with my own lips and I'll be like 'Yeah, lip-smacking good beatings'."
"Shut it." Ratchet muttered, hearing Smokescreen trail off into laughter.
"Primus you guys its just- ugh, are thos-… Man, I can't get words together anymore!" Bulkhead laughed. Smokey's doorwings perked up. What's on his mind now?
"I know what the problem is!"
Arcee arched an optic ridge at him. "Oh, really?"
"Yeah! It's too cold for words!"
I decided to join in on the fun. "It's too cold for words, too cold for words! Too cold, too cold, too cold."
"What does the cold have anything to do with y-your speech pattern?" Arcee brought her legs up to her chest and wrapped her arms around them. Smokescreen pointed at her enthusiastically.
"See? You're doing it, too! I told it's too cold for words!"
Optimus had an amused look on his face as he sat next to Ratchet, looking back and forth between us. He hadn't said anything yet, but he seems to be just fine on the sidelines.
"Too cold for words!" Bulkhead exclaimed, a smile on his faceplates.
"Yeah!" Smokey and I said in unison, laughing.
"Too cold for words!"
"Yeah!"
"You three had better stop before I weld you to the ceiling!" Ratchet snapped, pulling out his frame welder from the medic backpack to prove it. I pouted and muttered.
"Killjoy." Optimus placed a huge black servo on Ratchet's shoulder at my statement, a tiny smile on his faceplates.
"Ratchet, be nice."
That only earned a scoff from the older bot. "'Nice' isn't a word in my vocabulary."
Smokey, Bulkhead and I continued our little chanting for a few more seconds until it died back down into silence. We all kind of just sat there, looking at each and listening to the howling wind outside. The snowstorm was showing no signs of letting up and it was getting dark outside. But even over the wind you could still hear the rattling of armor. I'm starting to lose the feeling in my doorwings. Smokescreen finally broke the silence.
"I don't know about you guys, but I'm going to sleep." With that, the white and blue mech laid down, his back to the circle. "See you guys in the morning."
"…Why is our new base in northern Alaska again?" Arcee asked after we all stared at Smokey for a moment. Ratchet just stared at her like he was going to throw a wrench at her. Arcee returned the look, as if to say 'You do that, you die'. I made optic contact with Optimus and shook my helm. Optimus looked pretty amused by our cold induced antics. At least Optimus seemed to cheer up a little. I refocused my optics and flapped my left doorwing to get some energon flowing back into it. This was only our first day in our new base. If today went like this…
What's tomorrow gonna be like?
...I just had to do that. The plot bunny made me do it! This fic is dedicated to all the snow my city is not getting. It's December and there's no snow! There is something wrong with that picture! T_T
I'm considering continuing this... Should I?
You should really watch those blooper vids I mentioned earlier. They are hilarious!
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