X-TREME TRANFORMERS PRIME

PART 1

DINOBOTS AND DESTRUCTION

Chapter 2:

From Arcee's perspective:

"What the frag is happening out there?" Swoop questioned.

I noticed what he meant. Loud shouts and blaster fire emanated from outside. After a while, the noises stopped. There were a few loud booming sounds that might have been footsteps, and a giant mech appeared in the doorway. He scanned the room, emanating a faint growling sound. He scowled when he saw me, but his expression lightened when he looked at Swoop.

"Swoop! Me Grimlock found you Swop! Me Grimlock look all over for you Swoop!"

"Wait," I said. "You're Grimlock? The Grimlock? The leader of the Lightning Strike Coalition Squad? The autobot war hero?"

"And my boss," Swoop added.

"Who the femme, Swoop?" Grimlock asked.

"Oh, yes. You two should be introduced. Grimlock, you've heard of Arcee."

For a moment, Grimlock looked surprised, though he quickly regained his composure. "Ah, yes. Me Grimlock heard of her Arcee," he said awkwardly. "Well, me Grimlock free you Swoop now."

Grimlock looked around for a few moments. Then, three vehicons ran through the door.

"Mighty Shockwave, we have found Thunder Liza-"

"Perfect!" Grimlock said happily. He grabbed one vehicon and swung him around into one of his friends. The two fell to the ground in a heap. He picked up the third 'con and held him over his head. He threw the decepticon toward the cord holding up Swoop's cage. The cage fell to pieces, and Swoop began to fall. In mid-fall, Swoop transformed into a large, majestic, birdlike creature. He flapped his wings and flew to Grimlock's side, where he changed back to his humanoid form.

"Hmm. Well, that's new," Swoop said, surprised. "Whatever that creep Shockwave did to me, I have to compliment his taste."

"Yes, impressive," Grimlock agreed. He then turned to leave.

"Uh, Grimlock," Swoop said, looking embarrassed. "Aren't you forgetting something?"

"Hmm? Oh, yes." Grimlock hefted another unconscious decepticon.

I realized a huge problem with what Grimlock planned to do. "Wait! I can't-"

Grimlock threw the 'con. The cage broke open. I fell on my face.

"Arcee? You okay?" Swoop asked, worried.

"Fine," I said, though my helm was pounding. "Let's get out of here."

I gestured to the door. "After you?"

Swoop stepped forward, but Grimlock pushed him back.

"Uh, him Swoop and me Grimlock will stay back here and talk a bit. We must catch up, talk, you know."

"Oh,sure," I said, and I left the room.

From Grimlock's perspective:

As soon as Arcee was out of earshot, I turned to Swoop. "So, that Arcee?"

"Yeah," Swoop said, blushing.

I rolled my optics. Swoop was oddly obsessed. I don't know why. Somehow, Swoop had gotten a crush on Arcee without actually meeting her.

"You Swoop going to woo her Arcee?" Shockwave's experiments damaged my voicebox. I really wasn't enjoying it. It was hard to hold a conversation when you always refer to yourself in the first and third person.

"Wellllllll…"

"Swoop," I said slowly. "If you Swoop like her Arcee, you Swoop ought to do something about it. You Swoop deserve nice femme."

"Okay…" Swoop said. "But not now, okay? And try not to play matchmaker, alright?"

"We'll see," I said, mentally noting that this was the first thing I'd said normally. "Now, we catch up with her Arcee now?"

"Okay," he blushed and walked after the femme.

"This," I muttered to myself, "will be interesting for me Grimlock."