-Chapter 11-


A/N: Int. = Intermission

Hey look at that, its the intermission I said I was going to do eventually and see, here we got the laughs and giggles that are fully deserved lol. So anyways, I think of energon as a very boring substance of just being a cube or filled glass, so I made a lot more similarities to human food, yay :D Oh btw before you read, here's a heads up, an energon "topple" is pretty much like, Transformer cheese cake XD Not a lot of talking by our little Outliers here ha ha

Guest Starring: Dai Atlas, Ratbat(yeah that jerk was a Senator), Soundwave(yay :D) Proteus(trust me, its going to be worth having his jerkiness around here lol)


The four of them all sat in complete utter looming silence that lingered over them as they patiently observe the full out heated raging "war" of words of pure laser fire between both their beloved Senator Shockwave and the jerk who sat across the table from him, Senator Proteus. The two high classed Senators were duking it out again with yet another not surprising argument, and it was more than just a little obnoxious how it seemed that Proteus was always seeking out their mentor for an argument even if it wasn't anything political or related, no wonder why the jet always walked in with such a headache, he had to deal with this mech, every, single, orbit. No doubt about it though was this at least the third time they've argued in the past four or five joors, and of course it was an obvious statement about the topic on how they had been granted permission into the Senate office as welcome expected guests under Shockwave's request. But then it was no surprise that Proteus was harassing him because of their presence he was totally against the idea of "children" running around the building, and they had rolled their optics at that. Honestly, they weren't that immature, and if they were going to do something they were do it in manner and style gaining Senator Shockwave more points instead of decreasing his status.

As they sat quietly they were all scanning over the wide variety of the assortments of energon goodies that was on the table before them. Plenty of dishes of specially made energon cubes of the tastes, from the welcoming warmth of the broth that sat in a large boel, to a smooth looking topple of a tad side of sweetness stacked upon one another-not to mention that it was the dish on Proteus' plate-, to a small plating of mini cut up cubes with many flavors from sour to spicy to sweet and a lot more than where that had come from. Looking at one another their continued to let their gaze mingle to the point that they were all looking at different things. Glitch seemed to be just drifting off into a light doze, Trailbreaker was more than likely already asleep, Skids was staring out the window, and Windcharger, well who knows what Mr. Magic Arms is looking at...Seriously, just how much longer was this going to go on? It was more than just slightly annoying and it almost made it seem like the younger sparks in the room were more mature than well just, him. Windcharger seemed to be eyeing the topple on Proteus plate now and the others' gaze soon drifted onto him, wondering actually what his devious CPU was processing to plot out now.

.::'Ey, 'Charger? What are you thinking about right now? You look like you're going to do something::. Trailbreaker questioned over the private communications between them that it almost seemed like the words he was messaging him was like a whisper. However, the message was also without a single notice from the rest of them, popping up on Shockwave's HUD as well for he was also in their little chat room, but he seemed to have discarded it right away. Though, knowing Windcharger it was probably something of a plan that they were all going to have to laugh about later, but sometimes, some things might not be so easy to contain, and the Levitator didn't look so happy about the current situation at all. It was really hard to get the bot mad, or irritated for a matter of fact of him being so relaxed about everything, being serious was one thing, but being mad was on a whole new level.

There was a soft click sound from the direction that Glitch was sitting, but it seemed to have gone unnoticed by the two Senators who didn't even flinch or bother to look at the four Outliers who sat at the table as well. Their battled between words wasn't faltering even for a second, but no doubt about it was it his mini little recording device he liked to take to new places he went. He probably knew more than the rest of them that Windcharger was more than likely to do something that was worthwhile to record and he was waiting for it to happen at any moment now. But then came the thought that it was going to be something, like maybe the table be flipped and everything going flying or something else, whatever it was going to be it was exciting and totally going to be hilarious that the one optic mech was probably going to crop that part of the video for them and send it to the whole academy.

"Shockwave I've honestly have had enou-" Proteus wasn't even able to finish his sentence as the topple that was once on his plate somehow been flung into his face and the others all had huge round optics as they looked at the red black mech. And oh they swore beyond Primus that there was fire blazing around his figure. Looking back to the multicolored mech in which the topple was sliding off his face they had to contain their laughter, and not to mention that Shockwave was spamming their HUD chat room with all sorts of comments, comebacks and jokes he could've said with that stunt the Levitator had just pulled. However he was sending them so fast that they couldn't read them all until it came to a sudden dead stop. "Okay, now who and how in Primus' name just di-" And there went the bowl of broth as well, Windcharger's invisible fire only blazing brighter and farther that if it were real the whole building would have been ablaze by now.

.::Hey, um...Windcharger? You okay over there?::. Shockwave asked cautiously while posting the message into the chat room with a poke file attached to it at the very bottom like he was afraid to get something splat against his own face. Windcharger just looked at him and he nearly fell out of his chair from the flinch he had witnessed at the look he was being given. It was like he was about to turn the whole Senate building inside out and then toss it upside down, and with their luck, it wouldn't be surprising if it were to just suddenly happen how of nowhere. But they still waited for his response, only getting the; "Windcharger is Typing" on their HUD's chat room window and there was the posted enter.

.::Well if you must know then yes, I'm fine. I was just getting tired of him yelling all the time, seriously, does this guy ever shut up without being smacked in the face with something?::. Shockwave gave an internal sigh and wished that Proteus was a little less loud, especially since his students were here as guests and should be respected as so, but Proteus' nature didn't seem to change even if they were here. And if it wasn't going to risk his job he would have already slapped the sense out of the Senator himself, but if he wasn't going to be Senator Shockwave and return to his scientific job, his funding would be less and he would have troubles to support the academy until it was officially paid off, which wasn't going to happen anytime soon that was for sure, even with his status.

.::Yeah, sometimes I wish that he would learn when and how to shut up, but its honestly in his nature to be like this...::. Shockwave confessed almost as an apology to his students for his rudeness, however Proteus was glaring at him with more than just fire in his optics as he had suspected that the jet was the one who was the cause of his misfortune. Now if only if he knew who exactly the true troublemaker was. And right as he was about to start up yelling and screaming again the entire table flipped, rendering him to be unconscious, and it was actually quite a funny sight to see, but no one dare to laugh, not just yet of course. Shockwave had warned them not to laugh but it was almost to the point where they nearly couldn't help but let a few giggles slip out, even from Windcharger who gave a; "pfft" from the results of his actions.

"What is the meaning of all this racket?!" Senator Ratbat exclaimed his fiery ball of a question as he unexpectedly burst into the room, Soundwave was close behind him and holding a stack of datapads for the upper class mech. The four of them automatically realized him of his status as an Outlier, for they did just have that sense about him that told them so about how he was different. But sadly he had been recruited off the streets and was under Ratbat's rule as a simple servant of his with many duties, titles and rights only to a certain degree however, they knew his back story well from what Shockwave had explained to them about the young blue mech. No doubt about it though did the Funcitionistic nature of the purple black mech give one exception to Soundwave, most likely knowing about whatever his ability was to be and more than likely used it for his own gain. The entire room was more than a mess and Ratbat gave a loud audible sigh as he shook his head while pinching the bridge of his nose. "Again, Shockwave?" The jet just blinked at him, surely he would've remembered if he had flipped some sort of furniture before at the multicolored mech, even if he had been in a blind rage he would've seen or heard about the after effects.

"I reassure you-even if you must watch the security feed just to be sure of it-that I have no idea what's going on and how things are just going flying everywhere." Shockwave commented his answer politely and Ratbat motioned Soundwave with a simple nod and in return the shorter blue mech rushed off quietly to the silent request of the Senator. More than likely was it to get a copy of the footage of the room and what really had happened. And while they waited, silence looked over them as they awaited Soundwave's return, the purple black mech walking over and crouching next to the knocked out Senator while the others remained where they still sat from the very beginning of the incident. "Anyways, aside from that. I thought you were in Kaon going official business, it is after all, the city you represent and reside from." The change of topic was something of a relieving one when it came to a situation such as this and the four younger mechs sighed with relief.

"Ah, well yes I was. I've actually just returned from my business just a few short joors ago." Ratbat explained as he lifted the table back onto its stands and he looked at the four quiet mechs sitting together. "Your students are very quiet, surely they're more productive in conversation than this?" They nodded as Soundwave returned and with him was Dai Atlas who held a large projector in hand, but even though the purple mech was prone to lashing out for disagreeing with the presence that his servant had disrupted of another Senator, the kind spark of the larger mech of the group didn't seem to mind it at all. So for now, he would let it slide. "Ah, come over, come over." He motioned them and the two strolled over as Dai Atlas placed the projector onto the table Soundwave clicked the play button and dimmed the lights and the show began.

Flying topples, bowls, assortments and tables. Ratbat found himself laughing at the footage with joy of his colleague being mistreated by an invisible force before he coughed and settled down, crossing his arms. He needed to act professional, but it was replaying and he couldn't help but to dim his optics and a grin spread across his face. Oh yes, Proteus surely deserved the "beating" that the silver and table had given him, all his yelling needed a cease fire every now and then anyways, he was nothing but a stalemate anyways.

"He fully deserved that." Ratbat commented. "Okay let's drag his aft to the medibay for an inspection, I don't really care if we just-literally-drop him off there, he is a bit of an aft..." They nodded in agreement.