At Odds Chapter 10: CH10: Wake Up Call, a transformers/beast wars fanfic

CH10: Wake Up Call

"Alright. Rise and shine" A voice coaxed me to wake up but it felt like I slept only for a few hours so I kept myself bundled and replied sleepily.

"Let me hibernate for a century…" Turning on my side, facing the wall.

"You asked for it" Another spoke, pulling off the blankets as he used his sonic attack on me.

He was so near that my head ached from the loud boom through my eardrums. I swear I'd be hearing ringing sounds by then and I finally left the metal slab rubbing both sides of my head.

"Alright. I'm up. Don't ever do that again Frenzy…" I glared at him to which he returned with a smirk as I pointed a digit on his chest. "Don't… Ever"

"Hate to not interrupt but Megatron's waiting" Rumble pointed a thumb towards the door.

"Can't I freshen up a bit?"

The two brothers looked at each other then back at me, questioningly.

"You know… A place where I can wash myself" I gestured at myself who's unclean and with dirty clothes.

"Right… Forgot you organics got more issues than us bots" Rumble recalled then led me to what they call washracks.

I entered the place as the two stood guard just by the entrance as I told them to.

"As I expected… Not water…" One hand was outstretched before me as whatever liquid showered on my palm. "Well… At least I got some privacy. For now" Just talking to myself as I reached for my hydro flask clasped on my belt.

"It's a good thing I saved this. Better than applying some cleaning agent these bots use" I popped open the container and bended the sea water out, making the liquid wrap around me like some bubble as it then dispersed into glittering sparkles.

"Now that I'm refreshed, I guess I'll have to go and see whatever they want me to do. I'll soon ask to go out and replenish this" I shook the flask and clipped it back on my belt.

"You two better not pull any pranks on me" A red conehead warned the cassette brothers.

"Fat chance. You ain't worth our time" Frenzy spat.

"Why you…" The conehead was about to strangle Frenzy when I popped out of the washracks.

"I'm back guys. Any way I could get water outside?" That was when I realized another bot whom I may recall as one of the fliers drinking energon at the rec room during the tour.

"Hi there! We haven't properly introduced. Name's Jhan Li. J for short" I smiled, holding out a hand.

"Hmph! Whatever" The conehead just walked across me, entering the washracks.

"What crawled up his tailpipe?" I jerked a thumb behind me and Frenzy just laughed.

"What? Why are you-"

"When did you learn that?" Rumble asked.

"I might have picked up some of your terms back when you were touring me?" I replied.

"Whoo! You haven't heard much to offend any bot if that's what you got" Frenzy spoke after his laughing fit, dropping a servo around my shoulder.

"Come on you two. Megatron would be mighty furious if we test his patience"

We entered a wide open space fit with an observation deck around the place and a view of the skies in the middle of everything. The floor was much less likely Earth itself as the surrounding walls were made of metal. North of where we stood was some kind of control room which was enforced behind some glass. A bot whom I believe was Thundercracker operated behind it.

"Welcome J. Show me how worthy you are to assist us in our cause" A voice boomed somewhere by our left and it was none other than Megatron who was flanked by Starscream on his right and Soundwave by his left.

There were other bots in the room as well such as two of the coneheads and I believe would be the triple changers. Skywarp was among them too, grinning at me with malice.

I answered their leader. "Well. I guess it's fair for what you have provided me so far. So what will it be?"

"Infiltrate the enemy base and retrieve this device" Megatron instructed shortly as he held some kind of metallic cube on his servo and raised it before him.

"Eh?" I gave him a quizzical look when the surroundings suddenly altered and the leader just disappeared along with Soundwave and Starscream.

Shots abruptly showered from both the air and ground. At first, they were mere warning shots telling me about being in the playing field then things became ballistic all of a sudden. I ran for cover behind a boulder piecing things together.

Pity to those who gets a wake up call with air horns. How does your siblings or friends wake you?

Hanging out with the wrong crowd gets you to pick up their style. Wouldn't you agree? No? Then I guess you got your own style.

Thanks for the fave Ratchet's sparkling! And to all your continued interest towards my mediocre of a creation. xP Sorry if this chapter was too short. Go and complain to my brain but before that, you need an appointment to do so.