Disclaimer I do not own transformers.

I don't much about the cone heads so I don't know if Thrust is actually the leader of the cone heads, but he is in this. If he's not sorry.


12:00pm Thundercracker and Skywarp's quarters

"No Skywarp. It's a bad idea."

"Awww Please."

Skywarp was now on his knees begging him to help him out with this new prank of his, Skywarp didn't think his plan for his prank was that bad he stood there thinking over his prank

"What's wrong with the plan Thundercracker?" looked at him like he had when Skywarp was trying to talk Thundercracker into something he had got to used to Skywarp's pranks signing

"It's not the plan I have a problem with, it's your prank." Skywarp looked suddenly crestfallen, and went to sit on his recharge bed.

In the control room Soundwave was working at one of the consoles when Starscream walked over to Soundwave was and asked

"So did you talk to Optimus?" Soundwave looked at him then finally said

"Negative." Starscream turned round and walked out 'Hmmmmmmmmm…I should do him a timetable of where the rest of the Decepticons will be at.' Starscream thought that as he walked back to his lab he set to work on the timetable for Optimus.

Optimus however was wondering why he made the bet when a knock on his door, Optimus opened it and was surprised when Starscream walked in and throws him the datapad he had been working on, Optimus looks it over then finally said

"What's this for?" Starscream looks at him a bit disappointed 'Been under a day and already picking up the attitude of the rest of the Decepticons.' Sighing he answers

"It's a timetable of where the Decepticons are or might be at curtain times." Optimus was surprised at how smart he said all that; he didn't think any Decepticon could be smart seeing, as Skyfire didn't talk about Starscream much.

Elsewhere Thundercracker was trying to talk Skywarp out of one of his pranks again he knows that not one of Skywarp's pranks has a happy conclusion,

"Skywarp please can't you go bug someone for a while." Skywarp looked hurt at that then noticed Thundercracker's optics dim

"Did you not recharge last cycle?" all Thundercracker did was shake he's head Skywarp finally said

"Fine I'll go see if Ramjet wants to join me in pranking someone." Thundercracker knew there was a catch but he never heard it he just saw a flash of purple light 'I know what the catch is.' he thought as he lay down on his recharge bed.

Meanwhile back at Optimus' temporary quarters

"Hold on you're telling me you don't know many Decepticon names?" Optimus just looked at the floor and shook his head

"How many Decepticons do you know?" Optimus looked up

"Errrmmmm….mostly all them." Starscream stared at him

"Well, that puts most of the Decepticons to shame then." now it was Optimus' turn to stare at Starscream

"WHAT!" he screeched taking offence to the staring Optimus jumped at how high his screech was

"Listen you want to know how to tell the diffrance between the Decepticon jets, someone as smart as you, can't you figure that out by your self?" and walked as quick as he walked in.

Later Optimus looked over the datapad in his 'Hmmmmmmmmm…………Starscream's Ariel elite.' Optimus thought grabbing a blank datapad he began writing down the names of the Decepticon jets under Starscream's command he got they all down and then tryed to find some stuff about the jets in the database of their underwater base, insted he found something that might help get the Decepticons to follow his orders.

Meanwhile in Starscream's lab, he was working on something that wasn't meant to be glowing however, his mind was elsewhere. He wasn't watching what he was doing and the test tumbler he was experimenting on exploded.

Starscream being in a bad mood from before he stormed out of his lab and right into Skywarp and Ramjet prank Starscream let out a very frustrated growl, Skywarp peeked around a corner which didn't go unnoticed by Starscream who took the opportunity to shoot at him, Skywarp dodged it by disappearing back around the corner.

"Skywarp show yourself." Starscream demanded there was some muttering from behind the wall Starscream knew the other voice as Ramjet, Starscream let out another frustrated growl then demanded

"Ramjet, Skywarp show yourselves!" Skywarp and Ramjet slowly stepped out from behind the wall they stood nervously in front of their very annoyed air commander

"What did you two think you were doing?" Starscream asked very calmly, Skywarp was trying not to laugh at him with neon pink paint dripping of him however, Ramjet wasn't really laughing in fact, and he was far from amused

"Well 'Screamer," at hearing his nickname his wingmates gave him, he got even angrier

"It was just a little prank." then Skywarp added very quickly

"This was not meant for you." Starscream didn't believed him

"YOU GUYS WOULD NOT LAST A FEW DAYS WITHOUT FIGHTING IF IT WASN'T FOR ME." Starscream shouted at them before storming off to wash the paint of him.

Skywarp and Ramjet stood there stunned for a few minutes and what Starscream just shouted was slowly sinking in when it did they looked at each other before bursting into a fit of laughter and going back to where their quarters where their wingmates were.

5 minutes later Skywarp was trying to wake Thundercracker up but all Thundercracker did was stir and rolled onto his side Skywarp was getting worried that any minute their leader would storm in to tell him to clean the whole base just because of the tin of paint that fell on Starscream before. He forgot Megatron wasn't any where near them.

"TC please wake up." Skywarp pleaded he didn't even notice Thundercracker's optics come online

"Skywarp stop shaking me and calm down." Thundercracker startled Skywarp by his voice

"What are you panicking for?"

Skywarp told him about Starscream and the paint and that it was an accident Thundercracker didn't know what to say after that

"Thundercracker?" Skywarp asked softly thinking he had fallen into recharge again

"Well I don't think 'Screamer is going to do anything." Thundercracker said finally Skywarp was slightly relived at that but he still didn't trust Starscream's unpredictability.

Decepticon HQ 11:30pm

Soundwave was walking back to his quarters when he thought he should go see what Optimus wonted before so he stopped by his temporary quarters. Optimus was still looking up the Decepticons so he could put the names with the 'cons, when he heard a knock on his door he opened it and to his surprise Soundwave standing on the other side, he walked into Optimus' temporary quarters.

"What did you want me for earlier?" he asked getting straight to the point on why he dropped by so late.

"Errrmmmm…just to ask how to tell the differences between the Decepticons that had the same alt." Soundwave was nodding

"so it is by their coour?" Optimus asked while looking puzzled for a minute, so Soundwave carried on speaking

"Thrust is the leader to Dirge and Ramjet which all three are conesheads, Thundercracker Skywarp, and Starscream are the F-15s. Thundercracker and Dirge are blue, Starscream and Ramjet are mostly white however Thrust is red and Skywarp is black and the only prankster in base." Soundwave in the monotone he always used 'so it's their colour Optimus thought

"Thanks Soundwave." Soundwave turned and walked out but before the door slid shut, he advised

"You should get some recharge when the rest of us are." and went to his own quarters.

At midnight nearly everyone was in recharge, most of the cassettes apart from Ravage were in Soundwave's chest, while Ravage him was on Soundwave's metallic pillow, more than Soundwave himself, Astrotrain and Blitzwing were on the others recharge bed, because they thought that the others was more comfy.

Skywarp was on top of Thundercracker because he couldn't be bother to get on his own, which was in the same room, Thrust, Dirge, and Ramjet had pushed theirs to beds together and with Ramjet on the middle, Thrust and Dirge were cuddling him because he wouldn't let them when he was awake.

Starscream however, was not in recharge in fact he wasn't anywhere hear his quarters he was on the flight deck, he transformed into his alt and launched into the pitch black of the night sky his white and red form flew across the sky gracefully and towards a destination unknown.


i know cats have a habit of nicking most of the pillow space.