I think I died of laughter whilst going through Tai's Guidelines again looking for ideas. I couldn't think straight for most of this chapter, so sorry if it's a little messy. xD
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"Are you sure that's gonna work?" Maple asked as she and Fantasy watched Tai putting some snakes into an Energon cube to prank poor Sunstreaker. Again. None of them knew why they targeted him of all mechs, but hey, it was fun to watch him go into super-angry-oh-my-primus-I'm-going-to-kill-you mode.
"Of course it'll work!" Tai replied as she inserted the last snake. "If you doubt me so much, go and test it on Prowl."
A wicked smirk formed on the British girl's face.
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Poor, unfortunate Prowl had just returned from scolding the twins after he found them setting up yet another prank outside the rec room. Apparently, it had been intended for one of Tatyana's friends, but he could never be sure with those two. He didn't want to see some poor 'Bot covered in paint again.
He was quick to check the door of his office in case there were any traps set for him when he'd been distracted by Sunstreaker and Sideswipe. Hot Rod had been doing his fair share of annoying him as soon as he'd arrived. Something told him that, as soon as some more 'Bots arrived on Earth to join them, it would be chaos all round.
Not something he was looking forward to.
After he entered (and once again checked for any little 'surprises'), the Police bot blinked briefly as he noticed that someone had left an Energon cube on his desk. Naturally, he would've assumed it was from either the twins or Hot Rod, with some sort of human beverage inside it to make him go 'hyper' or even fall asleep, but he was rather surprised when he found a little note on it that said 'From Maple'.
Well, it didn't seem like there was anything prank-like about the young British girl, so he guessed it was safe. How wrong he was. Within seconds of opening the cube, half a dozen of fake snakes suddenly jumped out and hit him in the face. Like any sane person/Cybertronian, he yelled in surprise. Rather loudly.
It was after he yelled and before he fell over, glitched, that he heard the simultaneous laughter of three, human, 18 year old girls from the ventilation systems.
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"Remind me never to doubt you again." Fantasy muttered as the girls prepared yet another Energon cube with fake snakes. Naturally, they'd decided that they may as well prank the rest of the 'Bots rather than just Prowl and Sunny. Because that was just boring.
"I told you so." Tai stated in a triumphant voice. "Tatyana Witwicky: Queen of Pranks!"
"… I will not say how I misheard that." Maple said suddenly.
"Oh, you- There! It's done!" The Techno Organic never finished her telling off of her foreign (or as foreign as a British person in America can get) friend as she held up the cube with pride. For a moment or two she swore she could see the black version of her father grinning evilly in the shiny cube, but she looked away, then back, and it was gone.
"Right, who first?" Fantasy asked eagerly, thinking of the many 'Bots who they could scare the daylights out of.
"Hmm… Maybe Barricade?" Maple mused.
"Maple, do you want death?" Tai questioned sarcastically.
"No… but it would be quite funny…"
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Barricade didn't even remember what he'd been doing before he was cruelly pranked by Tai and her friends.
He just recalled his charge running up to him with an Energon cube and giving it to him, before running off, presumably to find Fantasy and Maple again. After checking it in case it had glue on the bottom of it (he'd never be able to shake it off), he'd opened it.
And then dozens of snakes just jumped out and hit him in the face.
"TATYANA!"
"Why does everyone assume it's MY fault?"
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The three girls slowly tiptoed up to the Med Bay door, another Energon cube in Tai's arms. "This isn't a good idea." She muttered, mainly to herself.
"Oh come on." Maple begged rather pathetically. "What's the worst that could happen?"
Yes, they were suicidal. Yes, they wanted a good laugh. No, they didn't want wrenches thrown at them.
No, they would not enter the Med Bay after they heard the screams of Sunstreaker and Sideswipe coming from within.
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They did get Sunstreaker eventually; the next day, when for some reason someone had obviously seen a certain YouTube video and made a giant Slip 'n' Slide leading straight into the nearby ocean. Nobody knew who had made it, though Tai secretly suspected that Wheeljack had been watching too many Mythbusters episodes and had thought of it.
As much as it broke her spark, Prowl would probably want to ban it at some point. Though even he wasn't suicidal enough to bring down the wrath of every human – and some mechs – if he were to ban said show. He would probably get pranked by the twins for the rest of his life.
Not that that wasn't happening anyway.
Breakaway, an Autobot who had arrived a few days before Hot Rod, was the first to investigate the strange, extremely long slide that somehow started on the roof of the base, went down, came back up, and lead straight into the water. Using his jet engines, he flew straight up onto the roof, and studied the ride for a few moments, debating on how safe it was. They'd probably need Ratchet to look at it first.
Once a few other Autobots had (carefully) climbed up onto the roof of the base (making sure it wouldn't suddenly buckle and cause them all to fall in first), Jazz bent down and lifted Tai up onto the top of the base, and she promptly started laughing.
"Whoever built this is a genius!" She complimented, looking down it. If one was to slide down, one would probably end up straight in the sea. But it looked fun none the less. And she knew who would be the first to try it.
Sunstreaker and Sideswipe were arguing over who would go first, and after a brief squabble, the yellow mech shoved his twin out of the way and stepped up to the slide.
"Wait! Sunny!" Tai bounced up and down, getting out an Energon cube and passing it to him. "Energy boost?"
"Oh lord." Sam muttered from on the ground below, whilst Fantasy and Maple snickered quietly to themselves, knowing full well what was actually in the cube.
Sunstreaker opened it, and promptly yelped in surprise as dozens of snakes flew out and hit him in the face. He stumbled on his wheel feet, falling straight onto the slide. With a helpful kick from Sideswipe he was sent flying down it, off the end, and into the ocean beyond.
Everyone cracked up laughing, the humans going pink as they struggled to get oxygen from crying with laughter. Even Optimus couldn't help but chuckle loudly. Sadly, the remaining humans on the ground failed to notice the tidal wave that came straight for them. Sam, Fantasy, Maple, Leo, Miles, Glen, and Maggie suddenly widened their eyes, shouted in horror, and ran away as the mini tidal wave slapped straight into the NEST building wall where they had been moments ago. Luckily, it was only small, so no damage was done.
"Dude." Leo muttered. "That was awesome."
"Who's next?" Fantasy asked eagerly.
But they were interrupted as various NEST vehicles pulled up outside the base. Major Lennox was quick to hop out, followed by Epps and Graham. Tai was quick to hop down, being caught neatly by Breakaway, who had hovered down just in time, and walked up to the three soldiers as more NEST members piled out behind them.
"Major." She said, doing a mock salute.
"Hey, Tai." Lennox replied cheerfully, then looked at Fantasy and Maple. His smile instantly faded, and he became wary.
"Who're the two new chicks?" Epps asked, giving Tai a cautious look. "And how did they get here?"
"With all due respect, sir, I don't think there's time for that." Graham pointed out.
"Oh thank God." Maple breathed. "Fellow British person. I thought I was surrounded by Americans." Graham smiled at her briefly, before turning serious again.
"Gee, thanks." Fantasy muttered.
"We'll have to do questions later." Lennox stated. "We've got an inbound meteor with Cybertronian life signs heading straight for Florida." He grimaced. "And it's a big one."
