A/N: (SPOILER ALERT STARTS HERE FOR TF PRIME)
OPTIMUS PRIME, YOU'RE BACK! Oh my god, I just loved the last TF Prime! I totally called it when I saw that bug looking con! I thought he was an insecticon, and Ratchet totally proved me right! Anyways, that was probably the best thing ever! Orion Pax is so cool! Though for a moment there I thought Megatron was going to ruin everything! And also, Starscream now holds a place in my heart for the time being (Until he screws up again).
(SPOILER ALERT ENDS HERE FOR TF PRIME)
Anyways, on to this chapter! I wanted to do a Mirage one for a very long time, but due to me not being born in the right generation, I knew very little about his personality. So here is my assumption of how he would act from seeing him only once! I hope you guys enjoy this chapter!
Also, 300 reviews! Holy cow, I did not ever realize how popular this story would be when I first wrote it! I'm so glad you guys liked it! (I don't know how I should celebrate this. Maybe I'll write a special oneshot or something like that. I don't know! Maybe I could write about Sunny and Side's time in "that place". I really hope you guys remember this reference to an earlier chapter…)
Actually, that is not a bad idea. A small separate mini story in honor of this story being so well received! So I think I'll start a poll on my profile page (Once I learn how this whole poll shenanigan business works, which should be today!) and get some of your feedback. I'll leave it up for a week! so yeah, keep checking for whenever that appears.
Sounddrive: Indeed
Eltigre221: XD glad you like it! Sunny will probably never be able to live this down. I hope you enjoy this chapter!
Starfire201: ….*snort* poor Sunny! They probably will. The twins are lucky Ratchet was not allowed to cart them off to "there" again.
Phaedra39: XD, glad you like it! Lol, yeah Bee has been getting a little more than the others. He hasn't even intentionally tried to be bad either!
Iwanita: XD yeah. Sideswipe is going to be one unhappy mech
MissShelz: XD yeah
Osprey2012: ! That sounds…like a LOT of fun to write. I'll have to do something like that…
Noella50881: XD, glad you like it!
Shrata: Haha, I guess I do a little. He had it coming though!
Rat001: XD yeah
Sheekblack: XD, that would be a huge blow to the Decepticon's dignity. Hope you enjoy this chapter!
Makkenna Witwickey: XD, glad you like it!
Lady Quickshift: XD yeah
Things had slowly progressed back to normal, though Sunstreaker had locked himself away and Sideswipe was still unconscious in the medbay. For once, everyone thought that everything would be peaceful. Even Ratchet assumed that he would be wrenching bots and femmes less. Oh how wrong they were.
"Peekaboo!"
Annabelle giggled uncontrollably on the floor as the transformer suddenly appeared again, doing his best to feign a smile. Mirage was currently held captive by Ironhide, the mech holding him down in front of Annabelle.
"Again Awobot!" Annabelle squealed, clapping her hands in delight. Ironhide looked at Mirage expectantly, who wanted to disappear forever this time. Thankfully, he was saved by Will.
"All right Bell, why don't you let Mirage rest for a bit. Mommy's looking for you" Will said, scooping up the squealing girl in his arms. Annabelle smiled brightly, excited about seeing her mother. Waving at Mirage and Ironhide, she was quickly taken away by Will.
"Can I go NOW Ironhide?" Mirage grumbled, falling to the ground once Ironhide had let him go.
"Now you can. And if you ever pull a stunt like that again in my shooting range, you'll lose more than your dignity" Ironhide grumbled, amused. Mirage quickly disappeared, running off without saying a word. Ironhide chuckled before heading back to his shooting range once more.
"That was embarrassing! The nerve of Ironhide making me do something like that! I'm an Autobot built for stealth, not playing human games!" Mirage grumbled, clearly agitated about what had happened. He was currently relaxing in the rec room, a large energon cube in his hand. Muttering again, he slowly took another sip as he stared at the wall.
"Hey Mirage, what's cracking?" Jazz came waltzing in to the rec room, heading over to where the Autobot was currently leaning against the wall. Mirage merely vented while Jazz retrieved his own energon cube, leaning against the wall beside Mirage.
"Let me guess, it's about what Ironhide did to you?" Jazz asked, cracking a grin. Mirage tensed, his optics resting on the mech beside him. How did he find out?
"What, how do you..? Who told you…" Mirage stuttered, his optics wide. Jazz snickered at his expression before accessing the internet, sending a link over to Mirage. Mirage accessed the link, throwing his energon cube down once he read the website.
"Ironhide! Wait till I get my hands on him" Mirage growled, fully prepared to stomp out of the room after the mech. Jazz quickly stopped him, thrusting an arm out to keep the mech from leaving.
"Wait a minute! Ironhide couldn't have done it. That old mech's been wary of any websites ever since Annabelle to him that Santa had his own secret website somewhere and could send emails to anyone through it. Besides, if you want to get him back, I can help you" Jazz said, grinning. Mirage cocked an optic ridge before smirking himself, fully prepared to listen to what Jazz had to say.
"Go on…"
The hallways were empty, except for both Ironhide and Ratchet. The two mechs were speaking to each other rather seriously.
"Ironhide, if you keep avoiding your fragging check-up, I'm going to drag your limp sparkattacked body down to the medbay myself" Ratchet warned, Ironhide venting loudly at his words.
"Doc, I'm perfectly fine! This black mech won't be having a spark attack any time soon" Ironhide growled, though the look on the medic's face nearly caused him to flinch. He suddenly halted, his optics narrowing before returning to normal.
"Well then you better get your aft down by tomorrow" Ratchet snapped before walking off, the wrench he had wanted to smack Ratchet with firmly in his grip. The medic rounded the corner just in time to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Mirage suddenly appeared out of nowhere, making the most horrible screeching noise Jazz. Behind him, Jazz played incredibly haunting music. Ratchet nearly had a spark attack right there, and when Mirage and Jazz saw who it was, they almost did as well.
"Ratchet, I-" Mirage began, only to earn a wrench to the helm. Ratchet then kicked the mech backwards, sending Mirage flying in to Jazz. Jazz grunted in pain as he was forced to the ground, an unconscious Mirage sprawled across him.
"You two, I think it's time for your check-ups" Pause. "And mine" Ratchet added, his spark currently beating uncomfortably against his spark chamber. He scowled before grabbing the two mechs by their feet, dragging them towards the medbay.
Ironhide felt bad for Ratchet, but at least those two idiot mechs had gotten what was coming to them. The old black mech was leaning against a wall as Ratchet passed by, hiding the grin trying to force it's way out. He played back the small conversation he had picked up with his audio receptors earlier.
"Are you sure he's coming this way Jazz? I don't want to get the wrong mech"
"RELAX. I can hear him coming"
"Jazz, quiet down! He'll hear you!"
"Don't worry, he is pretty old by now. I doubt he'll be able to hear us"
Ironhide chuckled before walking down the hallway. He might be old, but he was built for fighting. It was only natural that he would have had Ratchet improve his audio receptors a long time ago.
A/N: So, I think we all just learned a lesson. Just because someone is old does that mean they can't find a way to kick your aft. Anyways, don't forget to review; I get some of my inspiration from you all!
