Author's note: Hey Y'all, I'm back from vacation (Yes I had a good time thanks), and I had plenty of time to think this chapter over and I do believe this one will be worth the wait.

Warning: Light OOCness, a nod to G1 (We ARE clear on this fic is very much AU, right?) bad things happen when Megatron is happy

Disclaimer: You know, if I write well enough maybe they'll start to pay me to do it, but not likely.

Down by the Bay

All was quite for the first time in…as far back as any of them could remember. The Decepticons walked surprisingly silent though the woods, carefully avoiding groups of trees that were huddled too close together. The fresh smell of water lingered in the air, and a light breeze shifted around them.

And Megatron was happy.

None of them had known it to be possible, but there he was up ahead of them, smiling, humming and swaying his hips slightly in a vague dance, reminiscent of his hours on the DDR machine. Starscream sped up to get at the Decepticon leader's side, trying to find a way to mock him for this, but a smile was at his own lips.

Since Blitzwing's capture they'd all been in a rather good mood, even Soundwave and Lugnut appeared to have gotten over the tension between them. BlackArachnia traveled in her spider mode carrying Wasp on her back, talking with Swindle, who was trying to convince her that her little Waspinator needed a double barrel plasma rifle, while she argued that he'd gotten this far without one and didn't need it. Wasp seemed caught between wanting it and being proud that BlackArachnia thought he was strong enough to not need it. Lockdown, Mixmaster and Scrapper brought up the rear and had made a decent conversation; finally Frenzy and Rumble ran around, sometimes leading the group, sometimes lagging behind, with Lazorbeak gliding above them all.

It seemed without Blitzwing their tempers did not flare as easily.

"What I'm saying," Lockdown said, "is that this is the perfect place for a base and we should have moved sooner."

"Hold your horses Bounty-Hunter." Mixmaster said taking a sip out of a can of oil, "We ain't even moved yet, Scrapper an' me still gotta get building!"

"Yeah!" the other construction expert said, "And we need a plan before we get building. Remember, we got a human, and a half organic to shelter too!"

"Don't forget the SUV!" Swindle shouted back to them.

"You don't seriously still have connections with them, do you?" BlackArachnia asked.

"What's SUV?" Her passenger piped, unfortunately like a child trying to talk over two adults he was ignored.

Swindle smiled, "Oh come on, Blackie they were so much help during that whole prank war thing, what if we need them again?"

"Don't call me 'Blackie'!" She snapped, "I don't let Blitzwing call me that, what makes you think you can?"

"I'm not a constant pest?" The one bot black-market offered, "So how about buying a null-ray like the one Starscream has?"

"Oh please!" the spider sighed rolling her eyes, "Forget it, I know why they call you 'Swindle', more than likely it actually IS one of Starscream's null-rays."

"Hey!" Starscream barked, "What about my null-rays?"

"Oh, leave them be Screamer." Megatron hummed, "They're just having intelligent conversation, I know its a new concept for you, but you'll get used to it."

"'Screamer'?" The seeker repeated. He paused for a moment thinking over what Megatron had just said. Somehow the playful tone in Megatron's voice made it seem less like an insult, but he knew better, "Hey, I'm perfectly capable of intelligent conversation!"

"Yes, I'm sure." Megatron said patting Starscream on the head, "but I don't have the patience to wait three minutes for you to reply to everything I say."

"You're awfully cheery." The jet mumbled.

"And why shouldn't I be?" Megatron said lift a hand and waving it to the woods around them, "We have a new location for a better base hidden underwater, it's a beautiful day, the sun is shinning, the grass is a vibrant shade of green, birds are singing and best of all there's no Blitzwing to ruin it~!" He almost sang the last bit.

"Hmmm, I guess…" Starscream agreed, but it was still a little creepy to see Megatron in such a good mood. "Where's the Professor?" he asked noting the human's absence.

"Guarding the location of the base." Megatron joked.

-Isaac Sumdac at the moment-

The human was tied to a rock in the middle of lake Eerie, waiting the return of the Decepticons, who were the only ones who knew he was there. The water had risen slightly and his boots were soaked though to his socks. He was a scientist and knew better, but couldn't help but question if there were sharks, or alligators in the water.

But then again, the gulls landing on his rock were also looking at his head like it was a giant donut.

"Nice birdies…" He chuckled uneasily. A few more stopped and landed around him. "Uuummm... Help?"

-Back to the Decepticons-

Megatron was humming again, the tune of some song that had been on his game before Lockdown had shot it. There was a sudden rustling ahead that made everyone pause. Out of the bushes a small organic creature called a 'rabbit' jumped out. For a moment the Decepticons stared at it doing nothing.

"I'll get it." Starscream said raising his null-ray to blast it into ashes, but suddenly Megatron reached over and pushed his gun down.

"Leave it be." He ordered.

"What?" Starscream's jaw drop slightly, "You ARE in a good mood." He concluded.

"True, I haven't felt this good in ages." Megatron sighed looking at the rabbit, "Without Blitzwing bugging us on a constant, we're all less tense and that's been keeping us from fighting all the time, and since we're not fighting I'm not angry. So I see things as they are now. Like that creature there, any other day I would have thought of it as insignificant, but now I sorta think it's cute. I mean, look at that face, and the way its ears keep twitching, you know if it were a little bigger I wouldn't mind having one as a pe-"

He was cut off suddenly as there was a shriek and a bird of prey swooped down from the skies and carried off the little rabbit.

All was silent. Not the good silent from before, but a dark and scary silence as all waited in horror for Megatron's response. The air got cold as it seemed the sun itself was trying to hide behind the clouds from the anger that was visibly building up in Megatron. Starscream backed up a step as Megatron turned to face them, his countenance dark with familiar rage at everything. Things were still quiet as he tried to find words to effectively portray his swelling fury.

"I hate the universe." He said simply at last.

Author's End note: The way Megatron reacts to the rabbit being carried off y'all should be able to guess that this was not the first time that Megatron's happiness got something cute killed ^^. I have a few more plans for the Elite Guard than this Ark is wrapping up; have fun with it while you can. And the nod to G1, if you didn't catch it was the underwater base, mwhaha ain't I clevah.

Editior's Note: Also need to note that it now April, our school is going to be out in just eleven weeks, so I'm sorry to say, but Down By the Bay will be drawing to a steady close before those eleven weeks are up. Don't be disheartened though, there's still plenty more fun to look forward to before we hit the end. Leave your reviews in the usual way: No flames, but a few suggestions are always nice!