Chapter 23: The After Party

(::Comm. speak.::)

:::PRIVATE COMM. SPEAK:::

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Thought

^Twin Comm Speak.^

"Nice of you to join me." Arcee said as they pulled up to the school.

"I forgot." Elita said.

"I know you did little sis." Arcee teased her. They waited a few minutes for the children to come out, Miko was the first one out.

"Hey Bulk! Let's rock!" she jumped in to his passenger seat and they left for the base.

"Nice to see you all!" it was Kithra but they couldn't see her.

"Where are you?" Wasp asked.

"Behind you guys." she said. She walked by Wasp and and got in her back seat.

"I'm not even going to ask how you got passed us without us noticing." Wasp said, and she and Kithra left for the base.

"Hey Bee." Raf said, Jack exited with him.

"How's it going Arcee?" Jack walked up to Arcee.

"Fine Jack, how are you?" Arcee asked as they left for base.

"Illusion, where are Alex, and Andy? Those two usually come right after Miko." Elita wasn't good at waiting for long.

"Did Alex tell you that they were moving?"

"Yeah. I'm going to miss them." as she said that, Andy and Alex walked put the school doors.

"Hey guys." Andy had tears in her eyes.

"What's wrong?" Illusion asked worriedly.

"Today was our last day. We're leaving tomorrow." Alex responded for his sister.

"Could we take you guys home? You know, one last ride." Elita asked hopefully.

"Yeah, that would be nice." Andy said, as she got in Illusion's back seat.

"Let's go." Alex, Andy, Elita, and Illusion were on their way to the two humans'` house. It was a silent ride. Illusion had activated his holo-form and comforted Andy. It felt like for ever between the school and the kids' house. They finally got to their destination, Alex couldn't get himself to say good bye, and Andy didn't want to get out.

"Andy, the sooner you leave the sooner you get to come back." Illusion hugged Andy before his holo-form disappeared, and the door opened. Andy got out, but slowly.

"We're leaving late tonight. Tell everyone that we'll miss them." Andy said to Illusion.

"I'll make sure to tell them."

"Thanks." Andy and Alex ran inside. Illusion and Elita stayed for a few more minutes, then they made their way for base.

(::Hey guys, where are you two? We just got to base but you haven't got here. Are you guys still waiting for Alex and Andy?::) it was Bulkhead.

(::No, we had to drop them off at their home.::)

(::Why?::) Wasp asked.

(::We'll explain when we get there.::) Elita said. The two made it to base where there were three sparklings running around. As they transformed one of them ran into them, fell got back up and started to run around again.

"Sorry, I have sparkling sitting duty. I'm the only one willing to take care of them." Stormclaw said. "So why did you two take so long?" she got really close to their face-plates.

"They had to take their charges home. You said you would tell us when you got here." Bulkhead said.

"Today was their last day." Illusion said sadly. "And I was so mad at her yesterday."

"What happened to them?" Stormclaw asked.

"They're moving." Elita said with tear going down her face-plate.

"Miko, did they ever tell you?" Bulkhead asked.

"She just texted me that today was her last day and she's leaving at...moon? No, sorry midnight tonight." Miko said reading something from her phone.

"I knew from the start. She told me a few days before." Kithra said, she had been playing video games with Raf, and he kept beating her.

"She told me yesterday, we have the same social studies class." Raf said as he put the controller on the table.

"Alex told me after math." Jack said.

"So you all knew and didn't tell us?" Arcee asked.

"You never asked." Miko said, getting a glare from Arcee. "Hey, none of you ever asked."

"Is there anything else we should ask you about?" Bulkhead asked.

"Not at this time, no." Raf responded.

"Is this everyday for you guys?" Stormclaw asked. She caught a running Jetstream before she ran into her leg.

"No, today was a school day. Anyway, what was your name again?" Miko looked at Stormclaw who was still holding Jetstream.

"I'm Jetstream, and she's Stormclaw." she pointed at the femme that was holding her.

"Yes, that's right. These three are what you humans consider toddlers." Stormclaw giggled and set the sparkling down.

"How old are they?" Wasp asked.

"In human years, they would be, hmm...let me calculate." Stormclaw offlined her optics and brought her servo up to her chin."Dot, dot, dot. Aha! They would be either three or four years old in earth terms."

"They're so cute." Kithra looked at the three sparkling who just stopped.

"Thanks. You know, sparklings here are so tiny. Look I'm taller then this one." Jetstream said, unintentionally striking a nerve.

"Everyone and everything is taller then her." Jack said.

"Not my fault I'm short." Kithra said, she crossed her arms and pouted.

"You really are the only one willing to take care of them except their creators?" Wasp asked Stormclaw.

"These three sparkling were my only joy when I wasn't with Knockout, Breakdown, and Soundwave and his deployers." Stormclaw answered.

"What's a sparkling?" Raf asked.

"Basically a baby, when they grow older they become younglings. Like them." Stormclaw pointed at all the younglings in the room, the three pairs of twins(author too lazy to name them all), Elita, Illusion, and Mirage.

"Hey! I'm older then Illusion!" Mirage exclaimed.

"Hey, you didn't say that Illusion was your brother? You mentioned it some time ago, I don't remember when." Miko asked.

"Yeah, he's my younger brother." Mirage said, nudging the said brother.

"Stop that. It's out! You all now know that I'm a younger brother." Illusion pouted.

"And you're acting like an immature sparkling." Stormclaw said giggling.

"Shut up!" he exclaimed.

"Does the little sparkling need a hug?" Wasp asked.

"No!" Illusion screeched and stormed to his room.

"You guys tease each other a lot, don't you?" Stormclaw asked.

"Welcome to the world that is ours." Bumblebee said sarcastically.

"Seems interesting." Stormclaw said.

"Thanks." Bumblebee said unenthusiastically.

"AHH!"

"What was that?" Stormclaw asked, she looked for the three sparkling to make sure that they hadn't done anything bad. They were standing behind her.

"Raf, Jack, Kithra! Come on." Miko and the rest of the humans ran to the hallways, all their phones in hand.

"Wait! Where are you four going?" Wasp and Bumblebee ran after them, Mirage went with them, because it had been Illusion who screamed.

"Illusion! What's wrong?" Mirage asked as he ran towards his brother.

"S-cr-scraplets!" Illusion pointed behind his brother.

"AHH!" Mirage exclaimed as he saw the six scraplets.

"Don't be such sparklings. They're just plushies." Miko said, as she picked one up.

"Geez, come on. They're soft and squishy. You two screamed bloody murder." Kithra was still giggling as she picked up two of the plushies.

"That was a sick joke." Illusion said.

"It wasn't my idea." Kithra said. "It was Miko's."

"Thank you!" she bowed.

"You guys are mean. You know what happened last time there was an invasion." Illusion said.

"I don't know anything, they just told me what a scraplet could do to you guys, I thought it would be funny to see your reaction." Kithra smiled.

"Evil children." Mirage said, he left back to the main room.

"Drama bot!" Miko and Kithra yelled back at Mirage.

"Whatever!" Mirage screamed back louder.

"Leave my brother alone." Illusion was hiding a laugh. "Cause only I can tease him."

"Ok." Miko and Kithra said in defeat.

"Hey, didn't Wasp, and Bee follow?" Raf looked around for his partner and his sister.

"They did, didn't they?" Kithra looked around too. There was a clash of metal down that hall.

"What was that?" Kithra, Miko, and Raf ran towards the sound, Jack face-palmed and walked, not ran, after the three. Illusion just smiled and went after the humans.

"Maybe if we try again, it won't hurt."

"Hold still."

"Ow! You hold still."

"That was my foot!"

"Ow! It's stuck!"

"Then pull! Now mine is stuck!"

"Push away harder!"

"Come on be a real mech!"

"Your not helping Rumble!"

"You either Frenzy!"

"It worked this time!"

"Yay!"

As the three humans found the source of the metal clashing, they saw Wasp hanging onto a pole that supported the ceiling, and Bumblebee pushing up her peds. Something metal was hanging on a support beam. Rumble and Frenzy were still holding on to that metal thing.

"What are you two doing?" Raf asked.

"We were going to prank Stormclaw, but I forgot to set it up when we got back."

"So when Mirage, and you guys ran to the hallways, we thought it would be a great opportunity." Raf translated for Bumblebee, then Miko and Kithra got evil smirks on their faces.

"Why are you looking at us like that?" Wasp looked suspiciously at the two humans.

"I got a voice recorder on my phone. I always find blackmail opportunities, but this one seems like it want's to be used now." Kithra ran off to show Stormclaw the recording. Miko got a smirk on her face and followed Kithra.

"If you can't beat them, join them." Raf smiled and followed as well.

"This is not going to end well. Jack, hide before you are found guilty by just being here." Illusion said, but he hid the smirk on his face as he ran off too.

"We're dead. Run!" Bumblebee ran off to his room. Wasp, panic written all over her face, did the same, but ran into the door first.

"Bee! Let me in!" Wasp banged on his door, Bumblebee quickly opened his door and let her in.

"Lock it! Fast!" Wasp hid under her brother's desk.

"I did!" Bumblebee calmed down.

"Bee, we should have waited longer to prank her, or we should have waited until Sunny and Sides pranked her. Now we're dead." Wasp said from under Bumblebee's desk.

"AAHHHH!" It was Stormclaw.

"Be very quiet." Bumblebee whispered to his sister.

Banging was heard on the door. "Let me in so I can send you to the scrap yard!"

"Stormclaw, they were just playing a little prank. It's not like it was going to hurt." Knockout's voice was heard.

"Well, the bucket fell on me, and the the stuff was oil, which made me slip, and little Jetstream was in my arms!" Stormclaw banged on the door again. Suddenly the banging stopped.

"Maybe Knockout pulled her away." Wasp got out from under the desk and walked to the door and opened in the slightest bit. Bumblebee walked up behind her.

"BOO!" Stormclaw suddenly appeared. Bumblebee and Wasp were startled and fell back, Wasp landed between Bumblebee's legs, and both she and her brother blushed after the shock of Stormclaw disappeared. Stormclaw walked up to Wasp and helped her up.

"Thanks." Wasp helped her brother.

"Sorry we pranked you, it was just like saying, welcome, kind of, I think..." Bumblebee the equivalent of smile.

"It's ok, I don't blame you. I once pranked a high ranking officer. Though this case is different, cause I'm not a high ranking officer." Stormclaw laughed.

"That must have been funny. Who was it?" Wasp asked, even she might not know him.

"Starscream." Stormclaw said, with a smile that said 'I regret nothing'.

"St-starscream?" Wasp and Bumblebee that she was still in one piece.

"If your wondering how I'm still here, not offline, well I'm the daughter of Megatron. Basically everyone was afraid to hurt me, so everyone stayed away from me, until Knockout, Breakdown, and Soundwave came along. Knockout didn't know, Breakdown didn't care, and I actually started talking with Soundwave before he could eve say anything. Plus, he wasn't, and still ins't, very talkative, unlike me, ever since I was a sparkling, my vocalizer is always making some kind of noise. Just like right now. You see, I talk a lot, and that came in handy when it came to interigation, once my dad left me alone in a room with an Autobot prisoner, and just let me talk and talk and talk, that 'Bot thought it was cute at first, but it became annoying, and you can imagine what happened after. Ok, maybe you might not, he was rescued before he could tell us anything."

Wasp's mouth was so wide, it hit the floor. "How can you say that much, you talk more then Kithra, and Miko combined."

"Well, that's just me for you." Stormclaw said. "I need to see if the triplets have caused any trouble."

"We'll come with you." Bumblebee said. Wasp nodded and the three walked to the rec. room.

"I surrender! Please! Don't hurt me, I'll tell you anything!"

"That was Kithra!" Wasp ran to Kithra's aid, only to find her waving a white flag. "Kithra? What are you doing."

"I'm I'm surrendering to the enemy!" Kithra smiled and kept waving the flag to the triplets.

"You were searching that show again, weren't you?" Wasp frowned at Kithra.

"Hey, it's a good show!" Kithra kept waving the white flag. "Andy showed it to me and I got hooked.'

"Well, how about I change the subject to... one of the sparklings escaped to my room and tore it all up!" Illusion came in holding held up Jetscream.

"it's not like you were using it right then." the said sparkling smirked.

"I always recharge there!" Illusion screamed at the sparkling he had trapped with his wings.

"Jetscream! That was not nice, and that was not the best way to say 'Yay! The war is over.' I'm taking you back to the Nemesis, your brother and sister get to stay here. But if they don't behave, well, you three know what happens." Stormclaw grabbed Jetscream, and he crossed his arms and pouted. "Could you someone open a groundbridge for me?"

"I will." Ratchet said and then Stormclaw left with a pouty Jetscream.

"What happened to your room?" Wasp asked.

"That little sparkling got in my room and messed with everything that I have in there." Illusion left to clean his room. Wasp went with him.

"He acts like my big brother." Kithra said.

"You have a big brother?" Wasp looked down at her small charge.

"Yeah, but he moved away, he must be like 23 now." Kithra said.

"Odd, cause I'm the older brother and he's my little brother." Mirage, as for usual, he was invisible as he said this.

"Why do you say things when your invisible?" Miko asked the spy.

"Cause I can always scare Illusion when he walks in, or, anyone in all." Mirage appeared again, and winked and disappeared again.

"Now I'm afraid." Kithra said sarcasm dripping thickly from her voice.

"Oh please, I know what sarcasm is." Mirage reappeared and left the room before Kithra could start arguing with him again.

"Kithra, do you want to play video games?" Jack asked, after the prank incident, he had snuck back, and the two other humans were already had the two controllers.

"Alright, how about we make this interesting, we will make a chart for the four of us and any of the bots that want to join us, pair two up and then see who wins and whoever beats everyone is the master champion of the base!" Miko suggested, more like exclaimed.

"What does the winner get?" Stormclaw appeared near the four kids.

"AHH!"

A/N:
ME: I've been gone for so long! I blame ze interwebz! By that I mean, a bunch of anime that I found! And I also blame school! Some one save me!

Wasp:No thank you.

Author:That was the kind of thing that isn't meant to be answered.

Wasp:No need to tell me.*smirks*

Author:Bee, your brother is being annoying!

BB:Wasp, don't get her mad.

Author: yeah, listen to him. STORMCLAW!
Miko:She's busy. Jetstream fell from a pole on the ceiling of the Nemesis, don't ask.

Author: And how do you know that?*eye Miko suspiciosly*

Miko: Jack, Raf, and Kithra and I went with Stormclaw to see their war ship. it's cool!

Author: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Kithra:Your just sad cause you don't own them.

Author: Yeah, but I own you, and Illusion, and you guys don't igsist in their real world, so we are all out of luck. Any way, I opoligize again for not being here. You can get mad at me, and you guys*looks at everyone in the room* you can't get mad, only the readers cause I deserve it. I'M SORRY!