(Added another speed drabble to this. Enjoy.)
"Miss Nakadai."
Miko looked up, brushing the rough draft papers under some unfinished tax forms. "Hiya, Fowler. What's up?"
He glanced disapprovingly at the scattered art supplies. "We have an information leak." He set a manila folder down in front of her. "I was wondering if you might know anything about it."
She pulled the folder across the desk, moving a few pencils out of the way before flipping it open. Lying before her was her own artwork, pages and pages of comics that she had sold. "Well..." She tapped a pencil against her chin thoughtfully. "This is some very well-done art, if I do say so myself." She gave him a mischievous grin.
Fowler sighed. "This is serious, Miko. Extremely serious. You realize you could be charged with treason?"
"Against who? Earth or Cybertron?"
"Miko-"
"Agent Fowler, I'm doing you a favor." She leafed through the pages he had collected.
"What you're doing is leaking massive amounts of classified information to the public!" He snatched the folder away. "They're not ready for this information yet, and it was extremely irresponsible of you to put it out there."
"I leaked information, yes, but nobody is going to believe it's real! It's a story to them, Agent Fowler. Fiction."
"I have had Esquival purging information from the internet for days now!"
"Well, let Raf know he can stop. They're just talking about comics! He'll never have to replace another picture of any bots online again. People will call it photo manipulation."
He pinched the bridge of his nose, making a mental note to start keeping painkiller with him when he planned on talking with Miko. He could feel a headache seeding itself. "You're suggesting that by telling the public everything, we're hiding the Bots better than ever before?"
"Because they're not a conspiracy now! We've been hiding the Bots for years, but now they're just a story. You could write practically any incident off as a publicity stunt."
"...I'll talk to my people about it."
"Uh, Billy? I am your people." Miko leaned back in her office chair with a smirk. "Agent Nakadai, at your service!"
"Right." Fowler paused for a moment. "You have to tell the Bots about this. And show them everything."
Miko's face fell. "...Show them?"
"Yes."
"Oh man..." She buried her face in her hands. "Arcee's gonna kill me..."
"I'd be more worried about Knock Out. You know how he loves his paint job. Blue doesn't suit him too well."
Miko folded her arms over her head. "Fowler, make sure my will is on file... This is going to be my most dangerous mission yet."
