Episode 10: Honks And Blasts
One morning over at Bumblebee's finally finished house, Mirage was complaining to Bumblebee, Optimus and Bulkhead about how loud they always honked to each other and their friends. Mirage was a good friend of theirs who spoke with an italian accent and owned large wrist blades.
"It's always the same with you three. Always blowing your horns so loudly...it isn't wrong, but we just don't do it. We older grounders need to set an example for younger ones." Mirage looked at Bee when he said younger.
"I'm not that younger than you all. And how does it bother you so much?" Bee asked.
"I like peace and quiet...and mabye...BECAUSE I LIVE RIGHT NEXT TO YOU!" Mirage pointed to the red and black house beside Bee's that shared his paint job.
"Mirage calm down, don't your friends Sideswipe and Jazz do the same thing?" Bulkhead asked.
"Yeah, but they don't bother me with it." Mirage sneered clenching his sharp claws.
"You know what fine! We won't do it!" Bumblebee rolled his eyes.
"Good! You better not, because if I hear it again...me and you are gonna have a problem." Mirage threatened with a wrist blade in Bee's face.
Mirage transformed and sped off leaving the other three now grumpy...and Optimus didn't have to say a word. Later...Bumblebee and Bulkhead talked with Barricade over at the police station.
"How's being a senior enforcer?" Bee asked.
"It's nice...though I haven't chased anybody for awhile." Barricade shrugged.
"Man can you believe Mirage, saying we honk too loudly." Bee scoffed.
"That's a total lie." Bulkhead shook his head.
FLASHBACK...
Mirage is reading a book one morning and it's quiet and peaceful. But after reading about 3 pages...
HONK! HONK!
"HEY BULKHEAD!"
HONK! HONK!
"HEY BUMBLEBEE!"
"YO OPTIMUS!"
BEEP! BEEP!
"MORNING BEE!"
HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONK!
Mirage growled and nearly ripped his book in half.
"WOULD YOU THREE KEEP IT DOWN?" Mirage yelled out his window.
"OH HEY MIRAGE!"
BEEP! BEEP!
PRESENT...
"Yeah, we can't be that loud!" Bumblebee agreed with Bulkhead.
BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-
"Who the scrap it that?" Barricade asked.
"It sounds like Mirage...and it should be Mirage...but Mirage doesn't sound like that." Bulkhead said.
But it was Mirage, he was racing down the street in a panic, swerving around and cursing. His horn was busted and was more high-pitched than usual. As he came towards the police station, he didn't look at Bee and he didn't look at Bulkhead as he bolted past them.
"It isn't wrong...but we just don't do it." Bulkhead said and fist-bumped Bee and Barricade.
Barricade had to chase after Mirage and pull him over. Mirage transformed but the horn kept going. Bee and Bulkhead covered their audios and nearly fell to the ground. Mirage looked at Barricade helplessly.
"BARRICADE DO SOMETHING!" Bee yelled.
Barricade balled his claws into fists and gave Mirage a hard punch in the chest knocking the horn back in place and it stopped. Mirage fell to the ground in pain and clenched his chest while Bumblebee and Bulkhead immediately burst into laughter. Mirage eventually recovers from the punch and his face turns as red as his paint job...in anger.
"IT'S NOT FUNNY!" Mirage growled.
"It isn't wrong...but we just don't do it." Bumblebee smirked.
Mirage had to be held back by Barricade who had a hard time at first. Bumblebee and Bulkhead ran off laughing while Mirage plotted revenge. Later that night...Mirage asked for Shockwave's help to get revenge on Bumblebee. Bumblebee was watching a scary movie on TV and was starting to get creeped out. Suddenly he jumped when he heard a knock at his door. He went downstairs to open the door and saw Shockwave.
"Hey Bee, heard about what happened to Mirage earlier." Shockwave said.
"Yeah, he got so mad." Bumblebee began to laugh.
What Bumblebee didn't know...was that Mirage had the ability to make himself invisible and he snuck into Bee's house while he was distracted.
"You sure he's isn't going to get revenge for you laughing at him?" Shockwave asked.
"I'm sure he's over it." Bee shrugged.
"Hmm, well I was just curious to know if he was planning something." Shockwave shrugged. "Goodnight!"
"Goodnight!" Bee said and closed his door.
Bumblebee went back upstairs and sat on his bed to continue watching the movie not noticing Mirage was also sitting next to him waiting for the right moment. A very intense moment of the movie was coming up and when it did...
BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Bee yelled as Mirage honked his horn.
Bee scrambled into a wall in horror and clenched his chest as his spark skipped a pulse. He started to get hot and his cooling fans kicked in. Mirage became visible and was laughing.
"PAYBACK'S A GLITCH!" Mirage laughed.
Bumblebee was embarrassed and pouted in a corner while Mirage came over still laughing.
"You gonna honk loudly in the morning again?" Mirage asked.
"No..." Bee grumbled.
Mirage was originally going to beat up Bumblebee but felt that a prank would be better. He then smirked when Shockwave stepped in.
"It isn't wrong but we just don't do it." Shockwave simply stated.
Bumblebee was so embarrased he began to cry. Mirage sat down next to Bee and hugged him while Shockwave watched. The next day, Shockwave was enjoying a ride around town. He always liked to travel to the hills to relax and enjoy the weather. He was about to pass under a bridge where three Vehicons were hanging around looking for trouble. But Shockwave didn't see them and the rocks they had. The Vehicons waited until he got close enough...
CRASH!
Shockwave felt several things smash onto his roof. He transformed to see the Vehicons running away laughing.
"ARGH! HOW DARE THEY!" Shockwave growled.
Later...he talked to Warpath about the incident who wasn't pleased either.
"Listen Shocky, Vehicons may have no respect for any of us...but they really don't like tanks. I have an idea...why don't you sneeze on them?" Warpath suggested.
"Sneeze? How?" Shockwave asked.
"You still got that gun?"
"Yeah at home."
"You're gonna need it!"
Later...Warpath and Shockwave met up near the bridge. Shockwave couldn't speak as he was so stuffed up. His gun had been modified to be put on his back but still be on top of him when in tank mode. The gun was stuffed with a large amount of dirt ready to be fired.
"You ready Shocky?" Warpath asked.
Shockwave still couldn't say anything but showed a thumbs up. They transformed and headed for the bridge where the Vehicons had more rocks to throw.
"Okay Shockwave get ready. Sneeze hard when I tell you...NOW!"
"AAAAAAACHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
POW!
The dust shot out of the gun and hit the Vehicons hard enough to send them tumbling off the bridge and they fell on the ground below in front of the tanks. They coughed and groaned from all the dust covering them. Then they looked up to see Shockwave and Warpath in robot form.
"So...like to pray pranks on tanks huh?" Warpath growled.
The Vehicons gulped before Shockwave and Warpath brutally beat the scrap out of them. Shockwave and Mirage later met up talking about their success in payback and high-fived each other knowing they had taught their friends and troublesome Vehicons a lesson they would never forget.
End of Episode 10.
To be continued...