Birdies mentioned tonight :)
Kaboom : Wheeljack (No, Kaboom isn't Ironhide's. Bazooka is Ironhide's.. ;) )
Hatchet : Ratchet
Mira : Sunstreaker (I was in a book store today and there's a book called 'Mira, Mirror' or something like that. I thought it was a pretty name :) )
Aka : Sideswipe (Japanese word for "red")
"A family reunion?" Jazz echoed, blinking in surprise.
"If you knew my family you'd be worried too." Katie replied sourly, making a face.
"Are they anything like Aldrin and Marie?" Jazz asked worriedly and Katie snorted.
"Nah, they were the black sheep, I guess you could say. The rest of my family's crazy, but not in the literal sense." Was her dry reply.
"So… it's like having a family of Autobots, then?"
Katie rolled her eyes. "Worse, though I can't imagine how anything can be worse than that!"
"Ooh, Katie Kat, that hurts. Right in mah spark." Jazz mimed hurt and with a barely-suppressed grin, his charge threw her pillow at him.
Katie yawned. "I stayed up late last night typing e-mails to my family." she explained. "Had to get them out before today so I could get prepared (both mentally and physically) for the stupid thing."
"Where is it? I'll drop you off." Jazz offered, and Katie smirked.
"Oh no you won't. You aren't goin' anywhere. I e-mailed my family and they agreed to let you, Snowy, Jordan, Armonie, Roddy, and Prowl tag along." She smiled slightly at the almost-horrified look on his face. "They insist that you come, in fact."
"I suppose there's no way I can convince you to drop it, right?" smiling, Katie shook her head and Jazz sighed. "I thought so."
Katie yawned and stood, stretching. "Well, I'm gonna tell the others then go and take a nap." With a jaunty wave at her guardian, she left her quarters.
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"Please?"
"No."
"…Please?"
"No!"
"…Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease?" Jordan pinched the bridge of her nose and shook her head. Armonie, who sat on the couch nearby, was howling with laughter at the pleading look on Katie's face and the resigned look on Jordan's.
"Fine." The police officer ground out.
Hope flitted across Katie' face. "Really?"
"No."
"Aww, Jordie, you're mean." Katie whined shamelessly to which Armonie was sent into another bout of laughter.
Jordan glared at Katie whose eyes were as wide and innocent as she could make them. "I told you not to call me that."
"But Jordie –"
"Katie, you're walking a very fine line, there."
"Good thing I have perfect balance." There was a resounding thud as Jordan let her head drop to the table at Katie's innocent reply.
"Aww, just say yes, Jordan." Armonie called over, earning a black look from the female officer.
"When is it?"
Katie smiled. "In two days and it'll last for most of the day."
Grumbling, Jordan pulled out the small pocket calendar in her pocket and checked the dates, praying to whatever deity was listening that it wasn't the day she and Prowl were off.
Luck just wasn't with her today, was it?
Jordan glared up at Katie who smiled innocently, then at Armonie who was still laughing in her little corner, tears of mirth sliding down her face. "Prowl still has to agree to it." she pointed out.
Katie merely smiled as Prowl, Hot Rod, and Jazz walked in, talking amongst themselves in quiet tones. They blinked when they found their charges looking up at them, Armonie laughing, Katie innocent, and Jordan half-pleading half-irritated.
"Did you hear about Katie's family reunion?" Prowl asked his partner who scowled at Katie but nodded.
"Katie just asked me if we could come. It's on our day off and I told her you'd have to agree to it too." Again came the pleading look that unfortunately for her, Prowl didn't notice.
"I admit I've become curious about family reunions." Prowl admitted as Jordan's jaw dropped incredulously. "Especially since you ignore or avoid yours. I think it'll be a learning experience for both of us."
Armonie howled at the incredulous I-can't-believe-you!-you-betrayed-me look on Jordan's face. Hot Rod and Jazz chuckled as Prowl blinked. "What did I say?" he asked, curious.
Katie smiled. "Nothing, Prowl, nothing. I'll tell my family you're all coming, then." Before any of them could react to that (ie stop her from leaving, shouting at her to stop, blocking the door, etc.), she was gone, out the door and down the hall to her room.
Jazz sighed dramatically. "I suppose if I'm goin' down, I'll take y'all down with me." Grumpy, Jordan grabbed the first thing she could and threw it at Jazz, hitting him right in the visor. The overripe tomato hit it with a dull splat, spraying seeds all over the silver mech's face. "Thanks. I needed that. Really, I did." He grumbled dryly, carefully wiping away the hideously-smelling seeds and goo, walking out after Katie muttering something about getting a carwash.
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The finch that perched on his arm chirped, happily eating the dried cranberry Ratchet gave him. Kaboom, seeing the treat being given to her friend flitted over and received one as well, though noticeably smaller than Hatchet's; she had a tendency to get into all sorts of trouble with the simplest of things.
"No, I don't want to go." Jordan grumbled, pacing back and forth. Wheeljack and Ratchet exchanged a glance.
"Then why don't you tell her?" Wheeljack asked practically.
"I did, but Prowl all but threatened to drag me there anyway." Jordan grumbled as one of the other finches (who she suspected was bossy Primo) bullied Kaboom. Hatchet immediately took to the air, shrieking and beating Primo and Kaboom soundly with his wings.
"If only I could do that to Prime." Ratchet murmured, watching the little bird shriek and flit around at the two others. Kaboom went and hid with Wheeljack while Primo continued to fly around in panic.
Wheeljack chuckled. "You should see him with Mira and Aka. Never seen anything that funny – and fitting – in my entire life."
"Mira and Aka." Blue optics narrowed thoughtfully as Jordan tried to relax, sitting at the edge of the berth. "Sideswipe and Sunstreaker? That would be interesting indeed. Where are they, anyway?"
"Mira and Aka are with them. However, where they are, I'm not sure." Was the reply.
Jordan groaned. "If they pull a prank on Prowl again I'll kill them. The last time they did, they painted Prowl pink. Pink! Bright, hot pink with little red hearts. Imagine explaining why my 'car' was hot pink and red to my superiors."
"We've all been through that, Jordan." Wheeljack said with a slight smile in his voice. "The twins prank us so many times we expect it, though we haven't developed an early warning system for it yet. I can just imagine how long it took you to get that paint off him."
Jordan rolled her eyes. "I spent hours cleaning the paint off him. Not something I want to repeat."
"I'm sure he liked that." Ratchet murmured, casting a sidelong glance at her.
"Yes. He enjoyed it. No, not like that. He's my partner." Jordan glared at the medic who chuckled, then at the engineer who held up his hands in surrender. "In any case, we have to head out soon," she added, looking down at her watch. "We have patrol soon." She pulled out her radio and hailed Prowl. "What's your status?" she asked when he answered.
There was silence for a moment. "In my office, in need of assistance."
Jordan let her head fall into her hand. "Oh God. Don't tell me. You've found Aka and Mira?"
"Unfortunately, yes." Was the dry reply.
"Damaged?"
"No, no damage. I just need to be cut down. I do not think we'll be late for patrol, or that you will have to explain anything unusual to our superiors." Prowl sounded both angry and apologetic. Angry at the twins, and apologetic that he required assistance and that she had to cover for his impromptu paint job.
Jordan sighed. "I'm on my way. Any suggestions on what I should bring?"
Silence. "Adhesive solvent and something to cut duct tape."
Hearing that, Wheeljack and Ratchet stifled a round of chuckles. "Tell him we're on our way." With a sigh, Jordan obeyed, climbing carefully off the berth, the flock (minus two) swirling around them as they went to rescue Prowl and skin a few Lamborghinis.
Because family reunions could be as bad as an Autobot party. O.o Especially ones with my family. ;P