Ego Mushroom Wars
"Hey, that was my mushroom!"
"Yeah we'll you almost stepped on me!"
"It was still my mushroom."
"Whiner."
"Am not." Offbeat muttered, leaning to the side as his go-cart skid into another brick wall. Gritting his teeth, the little Porsche skid around again, missing two lava pools and managing to knock Princess Toadstool off the track. "Ha! Take that Swipe! You aint got mad racing skills like me."
"Please, you got your licence revoked in two weeks." Sideswipe howled back, rocking back and forth as if moving prevented his kart from hitting the lava.
"Dad told me you lost yours two days after you got yours on Earth." Offbeat countered, dodging another banana peal.
Sideswipe ducked a turtle shell, "Hey, 120 mph is nothing compared to what I did back home."
Offbeat wanted to toss something back but the finish line was looming on the horizon. Princess Toadstool was in the lead, Yoshi coming up fast behind her. Tires squeeling, both teenage boys holding their breath until…
Game over
"I should have won that." Offbeat grouched, dropping his controller to the ground with a slight pout on his face while the red Lamborghini was grinning like a fool. It wasn't often he could beat Offbeat, as much as it nagged him. He was the one to teach the little runt all those moves!
Sideswipe snorted and restarted the game. "If I didn't know any better I'd say you were Sunny."
"In that paint job? I wouldn't be caught dead in black and white." The yellow warrior grumbled from the door way, leaning on the frame with his arms crossed over his chest. "What the slag are you two doing anyway? I could hear you from the lounge."
Sideswipe looked up from the television with a big grin plastered on his face. "Mario Go-Cart, Bro! You gotta try it."
Sunstreaker looked skeptical. Oh sure, he loved to play Nintendo with his brother. Offbeat was a different matter. Not to say he hated the younger Porsche but he just wasn't his brother. Not by a long shot. Offbeat could mimic his brother to his heart's content but that would never make him Sideswipe.
"I don't think so."
"Awh com'on Uncle Sunny! Give it a shot!" Offbeat grinned lopsidedly in a half smirk. He looked too much like Jazz when he did that…
Sunstreaker narrowed his optics, "How about I shoot you instead?"
"Now, now Sunny. Play nice with other kids…" Sideswipe teased.
Sunstreaker just threw another nasty glare his way. Leave it up to his brother to be obnoxious. As if Offbeat weren't bad enough coming in here and taking his spot on the floor- keeping Sideswipe with him. Before Offbeat came along, Sideswipe would follow him around. Sunstreaker didn't like the idea of someone else being his brother's brother. So what if the kid didn't mean any harm. So what if he was trying to get an honorary Lamborghini patch. So what if he was competing in the "Fry Prowl's Logic Computer" game. So what if he was Sideswipe's new best friend…
Offbeat however, was unperturbed. "Yeah, Uncle Sunny. I'll even let you win."
This time Sideswipe smacked himself in the forehead. Now if that wasn't a challenge he didn't know what was. And there was no way Sunstreaker could turn down a challenge. A grin of his own slowly spread across his face. If the kid couldn't plead to have Sunny play with him then he was going to make him.
And by Sunny's own game.
Ego.
"Move over, squirt. Let a pro show you how it's done."
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Author's Notes: Yey another one shot! I love to write these up… Anyway. This one is a gifty for Tirya. She made me that Offbeat pic on Deviant art, and some how this little scene popped into my head and onto the computer. Hope you all enjoyed it! I have a few of the chapter fics of mine on the way so no worries! I haven't forgotten them. Thanks everyone! (P.S. I don't own Transformers or Sideswipe and Sunstreaker or Mario Go-Cart. I only own Offbeat)