"So, lemme put that all in a nutshell." Leon paused in tightening Optimus's wheel bolts. "There's a kid, Sam, he buys a car -which turns out to be Bee-, gets dragged into this war because of his great-grandpa's glasses -which have funky shit on them- which will led you to the location of this AllSpark -which is a life-giving cube thing that I don't understand-, he shoves said cubey-thing into Megatron's chest and kills him. Megatron also happens to be your brother and the leader of the Decepticons, who are trying to kill or enslave us. The government sector, Sector Seven -which was holding the AllSpark hostage while Meggies was frozen- dumps Megatron into a trench in the ocean and leaves him there. The Shard -which is all that's left of the Cube- was under the care of the government, in Area Fifty-One, or something like that. Does that sound about right for the first battle?"
"That sounds about right." Ironhide nodded, fiddling with his cannon in the corner.
"Good." Leon nodded. "So, then a little while later, the Shard is stolen. You go to Shanghai, beat a bunch of bad-guy-aft, and then the Decepticon you were chasing is like 'The Fallen will rise again'. Megatron gets revived and goes to his Master, who was once a good guy, then he turned on his bros. Sam -the kid who killed Megatron- starts seeing crazy shit, you tell him to come back,he doesn't want to, you die, he gets Agent Simmons -who was in charge of Sector Seven- to help him after being attacked by Megatron and having his brain prodded by a creepy little spider-doctor-bot-thing. Brings along his friend, Leo. They revive an old jet guy, who teleports them to Egypt, they find a Matrix, revive you after Sam dies, you kill the Fallen guy, Megatron runs away and you haven't seen him since."
"That is accurate." Optimus hummed as Leon tucked her wrench into her back pocket and stepped back. "Thank you."
"So, now what?" Leon stepped onto the hand he offered after he'd rose to his bipedal mode. "You're waiting for Meggies to show his face so you can kick his aft?"
"That about sums it up." Ironhide nodded with a chuckle.
"Great." Leon stepped onto the platform to the side so she could grab a bunch of tools and a data pad. "Now, the paint should be in tomorrow, I'm going to sit with Ratchet and learn slag, and then I'm going for a drive with Sunny. Anybody need anything?"
Ironhide motioned her over.
"Tighten that will you?" He pointed to a small bolt mostly in his cannon. Leon fearlessly shoved most of her body into the cannon and pulled out a small wrench.
"I swear to Primus, if you shoot me out of here," Leon growled as he shifted. "I'm going to haunt you. Or if I'm miraculously still alive, I'll disassemble you while you're in recharge, and frag you up."
Ironhide fell still and Leon climbed out.
"Well,"
Leon whirled, chucking the wrench in her hand at her surprise attacker. Will fell to the ground, clutching his head while Ironhide laughed at him. The silver wrench lay innocently on the ground.
"Ow! What the fuck, Leon?"
"Don't sneak up on me!" She hissed, reaching for another wrench. "In case you didn't notice, I was in a fragging cannon."
Will glanced up, blood sliding down his cheek.
"Sorry."
"Primus," Leon sighed. "I'll take you to Ellie before going to Ratchet."
"You're willingly going to Ratchet?" Sideswipe stared at her as he entered the hanger. "What's wrong with you!?"
"Nothing." Leon snorted, crossing her arms.
"Nothing what?" Sunstreaker entered after his twin.
"She's willingly going to Ratchet!" Sideswipe shuddered.
Sunny stared.
Leon rolled her eyes, taking Will's arm and pulling him out of the hanger.
It wasn't long before they were entering the infirmary. Ellie glanced up and lifted a brow.
"What happened?"
"Wrench." Leon laughed, tossing her uncle forward. Ellie snorted.
"What did you do? Sneak up on her?" Will nodded. "Idiot."
"Throw it."
"Why would I throw the wrench, Ratchet? I mean, I already did...but again!?"
"You threw a wrench."
"Yup. I do it a lot. Hit my uncle in the middle of the forehead."
"Just throw the slagging wrench. Try to hit the target." Ratchet sighed, fiddling with one of his data pads. Leon glanced at the painted target on the wall and then at the wrench in her hand, before hurling it.
The wrench bounced off target, but not before striking the blue around the center.
"Again."
"But this will dent my wrenches!" Leon whined.
"I'll make you a new set out of Cybertronian." Ratchet gave her a pointed look, and Leon threw the wrench again.
Leon muttered to herself as she strode down the hall, fiddling with a pen as she scanned the list of parts for several malfunctioning military trucks and a helicopter.
So focused was she on her task, Leon didn't noticed Sunstreaker standing in the middle of the hall until she walked into his leg.
"What the frag, mech!?" She yelled, dusting herself off and then looking up. "Oh, it's just you. Your legs really hurt, 'Streaker."
"Then watch where you're going, silly squishy." He snorted.
"Geez, Streaker." Leon sighed, yanking her pants up. "I didn't know you cared."
"Oh, but I do." The golden mech insisted, downsizing to his alt mode. "Very much. Now get in."
Leon nearly jumped into the good car, and it turned sharply before flying down the hall and outside onto the paved road leading around the island.
The drive was smooth, and nothing terribly exciting happened, save for the rush of adrenaline pumping through the mechanic. However, as Sunny approached the section of the island that led into the lagoon, he sped up, aiming for the small ramp placed in the middle of the road.
"Sunstreaker!" Leon suddenly realized what he was going to do. "Don't you dare!"
"Relax." The golden mech snorted. "I know what I'm doing."
"I know what you're trying to do!" Leon screamed as the ramp came closer. "I swear to Primus if I live through this I'm going to murder you."
"If you live through this will you kiss 'Sides?" Amusement trickled through his voice.
"Yes! I'll kiss 'Sides, and Ironhide! And I'll even kiss Optimus! Just don't kill me!" She wailed.
"And Ratchet?" Sunny's wheels dug into the asphalt.
"Yes!" Leon's voice rose as she screamed, pressing herself against Sunstreaker's leather seats and squeezing her eyes shut.
Sunny himself was laughing, and he landed with a hard bounce and skidded as he tried to regain his grip of the road.
"See," He teased, laughter shaking his frame. "That wasn't so bad."
Leon opened an eye, terror reflected in their depths and she didn't release her death grip of his seat.
"I am never going on a drive with you again." She snarled, shaking violently as he sped into the Autobot hanger and opened the door for her.
Leon took one step out and fell to the ground, running her fingers over the beautiful white tiles while Sunstreaker returned to his bipedal form.
He snatched her from the ground and strode over to his twin, who was polishing his blades.
"Oi, Sides." The silver mech glanced up. "Lion's got something for you."
Leon shook her head at the nickname, and wobbled as Sunny thrust his hand into his twin's face.
She rolled her eyes, pressing her hands against Sideswipe's face plates and planting a kiss on his cheek. The silver mech's eye twitched as his brother ran towards the black weapons specialist and set her down before retreating.
Leon glared at him. She was going to keep her unofficial promise, even if it was creating more work for her later.
"Oi! 'Hide, lift me up." She pounded his foot and he lowered a servo. She planted a kiss on his nose when she was close enough. Sparks fizzled out of his nose and his ear. "Take me to Optimus, will you?"
Ironhide nodded slowly, rising and crossing to the hanger beside the one he was in. Optimus was drinking a cube of Energon inside, looking deep in thought as Ironhide lowered her to his cheek.
She planted a kiss on the Autobot commander, who sprayed Energon on the floor in surprise.
Ironhide, who was still in slight shock, took her back to the twins and set her down beside Sideswipe's wheel.
"That went well." She snorted at Sideswipe, picking up the clipboard she had tossed aside earlier and grabbing the pen. "I'm going to find Luke. I'll see you tomorrow. Go...recharge or something." Leon slammed the door shut and began going over her list again.
It wasn't too much later that Leon found herself outside Luke's office. She knocked before poking her head in.
The male lifted his nearly black eyes and smiled, gesturing for her to come in.
"Here. List for you. I need all this slag and soon." She tossed him the clipboard. "I'll see you around."
Ellie burst through the door to the room she and Leon shared, grinning from ear to ear. She had just run from the infirmary, and running put a smile on her face.
"Leon!" Ellie called, rather loudly as she pranced in, pulling off her yellow scrubs and tossing them to the corner. "Leon!"
The room was silent, and Ellie frowned.
The mocha-skinned woman frowned slightly, tugging her long black hair from it's braid.
"Leon! Where the fuck are you?! Dude!" Ellie frantically climbed onto the platform where their beds were and bolted to where her friend's was. Ellie let out a relieved sigh.
"Good Lord." She grumbled. "I swear you could sleep through a hurricane. Or worse."
Leon was fast asleep, one of her arms dangling off the side of her bed, legs splayed, covers half off and her shirt pushed all the way up to her neck, which revealed her tattoos.
Ellie poked her friend's shoulder, staring at the cheetah prowling there and then down at the lotus on her lower back, opposite the large cat.
The mechanic had an armband with her zodiac symbol in the center and although Ellie couldn't see them, she had the names of her mother, father, and older adopted brother displayed on her ankle with their birth and death days.
She smiled sadly, turning to her own bed.
'Stupid tattooes. Now my good mood is ruined.'
