Chapter 10
Ratchet had been put on high alert... the little monsters were after him... armed with cannons and sharp blades.
"They're out to get you ya know, they could be anywhere with those sneaky skills inherited from their father." Red-alert spoke up
"I'm well aware of that." Ratchet spoke nervously as the doors opened and closed
"Ooh I think they're in here." Red-alert grinned and bent down to see a small blue boy putting his finger to his mouth saying 'shush, sneaky up on glitch head' Red-alert smirked and stood up-right "we'll i'm just gonna leave you to be tortured by two sneaky sparklings." He stated and dashed out the room as a wrench came flying after him but missed by an inch. Ratchet began being paranoid now, the doors kept opening and closing on their own accord, creaks were heard then soft giggling, then a noise of a sharp knife being dragged past a metal wall.
"I know you're in here." He spoke calmly and a young voice replied with
"But what you don't know is... where we are." It was Slipshot; she'd learned quite a bit of English already and was growing up rather fast for her parents' likings.
"Come out Slipshot, you know that if you harm me, you get injured and I will not repair you." He warned and a giggling was heard
"Then yew gets frown in de bwig." That was Roadrip; he hadn't mastered English very well
"Ugh... fine do you're worst." He shrugged and went back to working as the doors opened and closed again. They had left... NOW he was paranoid. The small twins had run off to find the big twins in the lounge watching TV.
"Sunny?!" Slipshot called and he looked round not seeing anything
"Down here." She grinned and he looked down and grinned
"Sorry squirt, didn't see ya there... so what can I do for you today then?" he asked
"Pwank big glitch!" Roadrip grinned and both twins smirked
"You're speaking our language now kids. What did you have in mind?" Sideswipe asked and Slipshot grinned deviously. After about ten minutes Slipshot had explained what the prank was for and what was included
"Slip... I like you're style." Sunstreaker grinned
"I do my best." She grinned
"WE do our best." Roadrip corrected and she smiled at him
"Correct brother of mine." She smirked and both big twins stood up
"I believe our secret stash of evil pranks is around here somewhere." Sunstreaker smirked deviously and they made their way to the big twins' rooms whilst passing a certain blue femme
"... Why are my kids following you?" Aqua asked as she frowned
"Pranking Ratch." Sideswipe grinned
"Ah... may I join?" she asked slyly and the smaller twins grinned at their mother
"Our prank... you may join us mother." Slipshot smirked and she joined the four and picked Roadrip up who seemed to be tripping every now and then.
"Mummy I can wawk!" Roadrip whined and she chuckled
"You have a dent in your forehead... Ratchet won't fix that since you're pranking him... so no more tripping up." She smiled softly and Roadrip made a 'humpf' sound and crossed his arms across his chest stubbornly and she rubbed her hand over his head "stop being stubborn honey, i'm the master." She winked and kissed his forehead as he made a 'eww' sound Slipshot turned around and grinned
"Big baby." She mumbled and ran over to Sunstreaker "hey Sunny." She called and he looked down as she pointed to her mother "major blackmail material." She grinned and he chuckled and scooped her up
"You're a kid after my own spark Slipshot, like a mini me." He grinned
"Well I am yellow." She smirked and Bee walked past and heard it frowning sadly "HI DADDY!" she waved and he stopped and perked up smiling warmly then plucked the girl from Sunstreakers arms
"Hiya Slip." He grinned and tickled her under the chin as she giggled
"I miss you daddy." She whined
"I'm a guardian... I have to protect the human kids." He smiled sadly
"Why can't you get someone else to protect them... you have a family Mister." Aqua grinned
"My duties are inescapable..." he sighed and Slipshot hugged him
"So Daddy" Sunstreaker started sarcastically, "wanna join our prank-fest?" Sunstreaker grinned
"How could I be your daddy, i'm younger than you." Bee frowned
"Sarcasm is a foreign language to you isn't it?" Sideswipe stated dryly and Bee chuckled
"So, who are you pranking?" he asked
"Watchet!" Roadrip grinned
"Ah, I suggest the energon leak trick, then for added effect you use the mourning brother routine." He suggested
"Hehe good idea dad." Slipshot smiled and looked at both the big twins
"...Done and done." Both of them grinned and they ran off to find some accomplices that had grudges against the insane medic of doom.
"We all want you to stay at the base with us" Aqua frowned
"But... Sam and Mikeala need me." He sighed
"You have kids of your own now Bumblebee." She countered and put Roadrip down "what happens if you die out there... I go too." She frowned "then who will be here to care for them?" she asked and Slipshot looked up at her dad with sad optics
"We need you daddy." She whimpered and Sam and Mikeala poked their heads around the corner smiling and Bumblebee looked around frowning
"I have an idea." Mikeala grinned
"Go on." Aqua replied as Sam messed with Roadrip
"Why don't you be my guardian... then the kids can stay with us when you're at our houses." She suggested
"And you get a hot Femme as your guardian" Bumblebee grinned
"Bee there's kids in the hallway!" Aqua scolded
"Sorry." He replied sheepishly and put Slipshot on the floor
"You could also take care of them when we're out on missions... as Ratchet has had enough as f today." Aqua grinned
"What did they do?" Sam asked grinning
"It's not what they've done... it's what they're gonna do." Aqua winked
"Put it this way... Ratchet's gonna be scared out of his wits." Bee smiled as Mikeala played with Slipshot.
"Ooh I feel sorry for him." Sam grinned "are the big twins involved?" he asked
"We wouldn't play a prank without em." Slipshot smiled
"Wow... you learned some new words." Mikeala smiled and Slipshot grinned in pride
"I listen to the twins a lot." She replied
"... Oh primus you haven't learned anything bad have you?" Bumblebee asked
"Of course not." Slipshot grinned and charged up her cannons "ya can learn a lot form Ironhiney too..." she grinned and made her arm turn back
"You've grown up way to fast." Bee smiled at his daughter
"I'm still a youngling dad...I just happen to listen to Sunny a lot." She grinned and hugged him... his leg anyway
"Ok guys' lookie who we have!" Sideswipe grinned and gestured to the group of Autobots willing to help. In the group there were –only cause the smaller twins needed em-, Bluestreak, Red-alert, Firestar, Chromia who had switched back to her natural blue colour (there ya go fixed it), Ironhide, Jazz, Hound, Mirage, Wheeljack, Hotrod and believe it or not; Optimus
"So my niece's kids need our help do they?" Optimus grinned
"You got Optimus? You guys rule!" Slipshot grinned and Roadrip cheered as Optimus chuckled
"So, how can we 'elp?" Jazz asked
"Allow us to explain." Sunstreaker grinned deviously as his twin began explaining the prank.
"Wow... you guys really know how to round em up." Aqua stated in awe of the group
"And to top it off, we have the best pranksters in the galaxy." Slipshot smiled as the bigger twins grinned down at her "I meant me and Roadrip but yeah you two as well." She smirked cheekily as Sunstreaker shook his head
"So how can we help?" Hound asked
"You... hologram." Slipshot smiled and he nodded understanding what to do
"Me?" Jazz asked
"Yew gonna make it more wealistic with the others." Roadrip grinned
"Yep, Hound... we're glad we have you, we need holograms. We need everyone to look like they've just been in a war zone." She smirked
"Oooh," He grinned and cracked his knuckles "that can be done." He replied and Optimus frowned
"What exactly will we be doing?" he asked suspiciously whilst looking at the parents
"Don't look at us, the twin terrors came up with it." Aqua defended
"No, daddy came up with it, we just elaborated." Slipshot smirked and Bee laughed nervously
"Well then, let's get crackin!" Jazz grinned and they began preparing. When everyone had their Holograms and props Sunstreaker began whining
"My paint job is tarnished!" he exclaimed
"Hologram." Aqua stated dryly as she examined her missing arm
"Still can't believe i'm the dead one." Sideswipe shook his head
"Think yourself lucky, you only have to look dead." Bumblebee groaned as he looked down at his missing leg
"But I have a hole in my chest!" he exclaimed
"It's only a hologram Sides." Jazz shook his head and looked down at his energon leaking side.
"Where are my kids?" Aqua asked looking around
"Down ere mum." Slipshot smiled and she looked down and almost yelped with surprise and fear. The twins were a shamble, wires were everywhere, leaking energon lines and one of Slipshots optics was loose
"How did you do that?" she asked shocked
"Hehe, Hound went bonkers, he's pretty cool with the holograms." She grinned and Roadrip examined his broken cannon with interested optics
"I'm suw it was fixed before..." he mumbled and poked it
"Roadrip, you'll turn the hologram off." Slipshot yelped as Aqua chuckled, you could definitely tell who was older.
"Sowwey." He mumbled as Slipshot smiled
"Come on guys... and gals, time to scare Ratchet." She grinned as Optimus walked over with his paint job all messed up and scratched and one of his optics off and shattered
"Wow... you look creepy." Bumblebee shuddered and he chuckled
"Hound is a master of the holograms." He grinned. Sideswipe was being carried by Sunstreaker whilst Aqua supported Bee; Optimus carried the smaller twins who seemed offline Jazz was helping Firestar whom also had a missing leg, Red-alert was being supported by Chromia and Ironhide whom weren't as bad except Ironhide had lost his cannons and Chromia had a leaking side, Bluestreak was limping as his leg leaked energon and his arm was bent weirdly and helping Mirage who had some severe wounds on his chest area near his spark casing, Wheeljack carried hotrod who was unconscious.
"Ok on three Sunstreaker start the hysterics." Slipshot whispered as Optimus grinned "everyone, start acting... injured!" she exclaimed quietly
"Gotcha!" Jazz replied and the madness began with
"Three... two... one... go!" Slipshot counted and Sunstreaker started off his drama king routine
"SIDESWIPE!! DON'T LEAVE ME!!" he cried and Ratchet looked out of the med-bay shocked at the outburst and almost choked at the sight
"Oh primus what happened?!" he yelped and Slipshot grinned as Sunstreaker answered
"Ambush... Soundwave... Sideswipe..." he cried
"All of you?" he asked
"Yo we got trouble ova 'ere doc!" Jazz yelled and helped Firestar over
"NO Sideswipe first!" Sunstreaker growled
"The twins first Sunstreaker!" Optimus bellowed and Ratchet's optics grew wide as he saw the small twins
"What were they doing outside?!" he asked
"They...followed me and Bee." Aqua cried
"We didn't know." Bumblebee whimpered
"SIDESWIPE'S DEAD!!" Sunstreaker exclaimed hysterically and Sideswipe was trying his hardest not to laugh his head off.
"MY CANNONS!" Ironhide whined
"MY TWINS TAKE PRIORITY!!" Aqua yelled as Sam and Mikeala came in the cherry on the top was the fact that Hound had done them up to, Sam had a massive gash on his chest and Mikeala had a broken arm
"They ambushed us Ratch." Mikeala cried as she supported Sam
"I haven't got enough room for everyone!" Ratchet exclaimed and a boom went off as the entire hallway was flooded with fire. Ratchet closed his door quickly and re-opened it to find everyone gone, nothing left... just gone. He walked through the hallways and heard a noise in the lounge. He walked in and was immediately annoyed
"TWINS!!" he yelled and both Lamborghini twins looked up
"Can we help you Ratchet?" Sunstreaker asked grinning like a deranged child
"Not you!" he exclaimed and a small pair of zombie Sparklings bumped into his leg "AHH!" he yelped as he fell over. Slipshot climbed up and portrayed a Zombie walk as Roadrip poked his head. A few seconds after they burst out into uncontrollable giggles
"GOTCHA!!" everyone yelled even Sam and Mikeala
"Who planned this?" he asked/demanded
"WE did, you said to do your worst." Slipshot smirked deviously as the holograms wore off
"Hound." He grumbled
"The fire was an added bonus that we didn't expect but hey, why not." Aqua smirked
"We could have carried it on for longer." Sunstreaker smirked
"Yeah, all I had to do was act dead." Sideswipe grinned as Ratchet picked Slipshot up off of him and stood up
"We should have done it more... but Hound cut us off with the fire." Chromia frowned
"Sorry, I was bored." Hound apologised
"Ugh! I'm going to my Med-bay; don't come in unless you're dead or dying." Ratchet growled and stormed off making everyone laugh hysterically.