Acknowledgment to Winnifred Daquer for her portrayal of Hook, which I leaned on a bit.

Also, I don't own Transformers in any way, just playing with them a bit.

/TC?/

...

/TC? You recharging?/

.../mhm...wha..?/

/Wake up Tee. I gotta... kinda problem. TC?/

Thundercracker onlined his optics. Dark. He checked the time. 3 AM, Earth time. Warp was comming him. Was he on night shift? No, that's next cycle, he recalled. Slag it, Warp must have done something stupid. He knew this without a doubt from vorns of experience with the purple and black flier. Thundercracker sat up on the recharge berth and opened his comm to Skywarp.

/What is it Warp/

/Come help me./

/What did you do Warp?/ Slowly, as if speaking to a sparkling.

/Just come get me!/ "Ouch! Knock it off glitch!"

Thundercracker started at that. So he's not alone. Is he overcharged? Doesn't sound like it. Frag what did he get himself into this time..? Thundercracker cycled air through his intakes once, twice, then: /Warp, where are you exactly?/

/Level 3-302/

302.../Soundwave's quarters? What the frag...?/ Then /Wait...Warp, what is he doing to you!/

/Nothing! I'm not in his quarters! I'm in the hall...TC just come help me! /

/Okay, okay. Be there soon. Oh and Warp, do I need to bring ...anything?/

/Er...a blow-torch?/

Thundercracker brought his hand to his face in a decidedly human gesture that Skywarp would probably have been proud of. He's teleported into something. Again. What's the count up to now? At least 20 since Earth, probably hundreds pre-Earth...

/Warp, just get one of the Structies. They're better at this sort of thing than I am./

/Yeah, I kinda tried but.../

/Yes?/

/Er, they said to get you from now on. They don't want to help me anymore./

Skywarp said that with an -it's not fair- kind of whine. Well what does he expect. They've had to cut him out of floors, walls, ceilings. He even got himself caught half in half out of the ship. No wonder they don't want to help him. So he's my charge now, it's official. Great.

Resigned, Thundercracker got up and started rummaging around their quarters for a torch. /I'll be there soon Warp./

/Thanks, Tee./