Eavesdroppers

"Megatronus originally asked Primus if you could be the one to bear his reincarnated spark-"

"-but I refused. I refused because your spark wouldn't be able to bear the strain! Solus, you dare go against my direct orders!?"

"Fixit is the only one both Megatronus and I trusted to raise his reincarnation right. And I have a plan to ensure both Fixit and the newspark's survival. I will not allow either of them to perish."

"My…my newspark is the reincarnation of Megatronus Prime? Of the Fallen?"

"Yes."


"Is it true your war's over?" Bumblebee asked hesitantly. He and pretty much every other Autobot on the Ark who was free were gathered around the two dimensional travelers seated on the couch. Even Optimus Prime, Ratchet, and Ironhide were there, sitting at a table in the back.

"Yup," Fixit confirmed casually as she fiddled with her datapad. She was sitting sideways on the couch, leaning up against one of its arms, with her legs sprawled out over Steve (who was next to her) and Jazz (who was next to Steve).

Stunned silence followed this proclamation. But it only lasted for a moment before Cliffjumper broke it.

"Who won?" the red minibot demanded.

"No one."

"The Autobots."

Steve and Fixit glanced at each other, startled. "What?"

"What do you mean the Autobots won? I thought Ryan and Wave hashed out a peace treaty," the Eradicon frowned in confusion.

"Well, yeah, but only after Jazz rescued Soundwave from the Shadowzone. And since Megatron disbanded the Decepticons before that-"

"WHAT!?" the Autobots sputtered.

Steve ignored them. "-technically the Autobots won."

Fixit frowned. "…I guess that makes sense. But wouldn't they have still had to fight the remnants, the 'Cons that didn't listen to Megs' order to disband?" Like Creamer? she added silently to herself. She still didn't know what had become of the Seeker…

"Which is why Soundwave helping make the peace treaty came in handy. Thanks for that, by the way."

"For what?"

"Getting Jazz to rescue Soundwave."

"I didn't even know for sure Wave was alive when I made Jazz promise, you realize."

"Regardless, it made the transition to peace way easier. Especially after Prowl came up with his BS reasoning for Soundwave keeping his insignia."

Fixit snorted, aware of their attentive (and incredulous) audience, but not really caring. "Like Wave would ever willingly be rid of the symbol of his loyalty."

"Hence the BS reasoning."

"It would've been more convincing if more bots than just Wave kept their insignia."

"They did."

"Really?"

"Yep. You just haven't run into most of them. Either that, or you noticed and immediately disregarded it."

"…probably the second."

"…yeah, probably."

"…Megatron…disbanded the Decepticons?" Optimus asked weakly, voicing the thoughts of their entire audience.

"Yup."

"…why?"

"He got resurrected and possessed by Unicron," Fixit said nonchalantly, returning her attention to her datapad. (Little did the Autobots know that she was actually fiddling with the pad's camera. Their reactions were just blackmail gold!)

Pause.

"…Ah think yah've los' us," Jazz admitted, resetting his visor. "Megsy go' wha'?"

"Resurrected and possessed by Unicron," Steve remarked, slightly amused. Slaggit, Fixit's sense of humor was rubbing off on him! "It's a long story," he added when their confused and incredulous looks didn't go away.

"We've got time," Ratchet scowled. He hated being confused, especially since the two travelers were practically radiating smug amusement. (Although it was only evident to the more observant bots.)

"And we have no problem with telling you. But I have a question before we start," Fixit glanced up at Prime, who nodded warily at her. (The Eradicon cackled inwardly- yesssss, already he was learning! Muahahahahaha!)

"What is it, Fixit?"

"Do you mind your Decepticons finding out about this? 'Cause I just noticed Ravage is up in that vent over there, and I get the feeling that he's been there for a while."

Everyone choked in shock (including Steve), whirling to see a pair of equally startled red feline optics staring down at them. There was a frozen tableau for a long moment (Fixit made sure to take lots of pictures)…and then all hell broke loose.

The Autobots sprang into action as the Cassetticon made a break for it. Steve yelped and ducked as Jazz leapt nimbly over the back of the couch, just barely avoiding hitting the Vehicon's helm. The saboteur quickly vanished through the door to the rec room, followed closely by his special ops mechs, Mirage and Bumblebee. One of Ratchet's wrenches impacted the vent screen the feline Decepticon had been spying on them from just moments after the red optics disappeared. A couple of Autobots ran into or tripped over each other in their haste to attack the intruder. Smokescreen, Hound, and Gears all ended up on the floor in a giant pile somehow. Optimus hopped awkwardly over them, flailing his arms as the large mech tried not to squish any of his unlucky men. Ironhide and Sideswipe ran through the door unsteadily, wobbling unsteadily from constantly being shoved together in their sprint across the room. Sunstreaker followed them at a slower pace, screeching at anyone who got in his way to 'watch the paint!' The sound of the alarm going off, no doubt courtesy of Red Alert, only added more confusion to the already chaotic room.

Fixit just sat back and happily added to her blackmail collection. Discreetly.

Hey, it was easier to keep the blackmail safe if no one knew you had it till you used it…


A/N: Methinks Unicron is jealous of Fixit's ability to cause Chaos. Primus certainly thinks so, anyways…