Ok, another chapter.


Chapter 29:

Drift had returned to school the next day, completely aware of what is going to happen to him. He and Moonrider had their early dismissals cleared at the main office and we're out of there before they questioned them.

Drift didn't want to leave his mate's side but first period had to happen sooner or later. He gave her a comforting hug before she left for her class. Drift sighed as he entered history; he kept his helm held low to avoid any unnecessary attention. Thankfully, Rodimus, Springer, and Tailboom immediately came to his seat.

"Hey mech, we missed you and Moonrider yesterday" Springer smiled

Drift looked up "you heard what happened right?"

Rodimus blew air out his mouth "Are you joking? Everyone's heard of it by now"

Springer looked down at his pedes and up to Drift "This is almost like you and Moonrider's first stunt, except bots actually hate you for it now"

"I could care less what anyone else thinks" Drift crosses his arms

Tailboom cleared her throat "You should because that mech is the son of a senator"

Drift's optics widened and stood up "Your slagging me right?" Drift's optics lit up with fear.

"Relax I got your back" Rodimus patted his friends shoulder "Junior Prime is higher in status than a senator. If he tries to throw you in prison I'll quickly override it"

"Junior Prime?" Tailboom asks

"My official title, everyone just calls me Prime though."

"Well, the senator throwing me in prison is the least of my worries" Drift rubs his fore helm. "What if he sends a hit squad after me?"

Springer scratches his chin "Depends on how bad his injury was"

Tailboom steps in holding her phone "I just looked it up, he is in the hospital in stable condition. Uhhh, he's got a concussion, broken nose, and skull fracture" she looked up to her friends

"That's still pretty bad" Rodimus laughs

"Goody two shoes senator's mech probably never felt pain in his life before that" Drift growls

The bell rings and the professor closes the door.

"Alright class today we will be discussing..." the phone buzzer on his desk goes off "one second" he answers the phone and listens for a second. "Thank you" he hangs up

"Drift, you are wanted in Mr. Spoiler's office" Everyone in the class teased Drift as he left the room. Despite his funny name, Mr. Spoiler was surly the scariest school disciplinarian on all of Cybertron. Drift took his time down the hallway and hummed to himselfin order to prevent himself from going mad on the way. He entered the main office and immediately went to the door to the disciplinarian's stood up straight and knocked on the door.

"Come in" the disciplinarian ordered. Drift entered the tan room and shut the door. There was a desk with a computer, a bookshelf next to it, and two chairs in front of it. Behind the desk was a strongly built mech with dark blue optics and a green color scheme. His demeanor was that of discipline, one of a soldier. Drift shut the door and held out his servo.

"Hello sir, my names Drift and I was summoned here" he held out his servo. The mech stood up and took Drift's servo. They both firmly shook each others servos and then let go.

"Have a seat son" he gestured towards the chairs. Drift sat down hesitantly. He could feel his spark beat a mile a minute. "Let me pull up your file here" he types in on the computer. He looks up at Drift "what do you want to be when you leave here?"

Drift gulps "Cavalry scout in the army...my sire is a veteran and he is the one who inspired me"

Spoiler didn't look up from his computer "admirable" Drift felt a wave of dread, he didn't ask it out of curiosity.

"Ok I've got your file, Drift, son of THERMAL" he looks up in surprise "you mentioned your sire was in the military?"

Drift tenses up "yes sir"

"What service branch?"

"Army"

"What unit?"

"Ughmm, I think... First Wrecker Battalion"

Spoiler gets a massive smile on his face and turns to look at a group holoframe sitting behind him, he grabs it and shows Drift. He points to Drift's sire and Drift's optics light up in excitement.

"There's you're sire" he smiles and moves his digit over one "there's me"

"Wow" Drift smiles in excitement.

Spoiler turns around and puts the picture back. "Good crew, Thermal was one of our machine gunners, saved my aft a few times. I... Oh my prImus" he sat back in his chair and smiled. "He left the military shortly after you were sparked, he had a big retirement party and I remember how your sire was so proudly showing you off." Drift smiled. Spoiler laughs "No wonder I didn't recognize you, you've grown so much."

"It's amazing the coincidence" Drift rubs his chin

"It IS amazing" he sentimentally looks off into space. "I wish we could chat more but I've got to discipline you according to school policy." Drift nodded his helm in understanding and the smile disappears from his faceplates "you have severely beaten a fellow student to the point of him needing to receive advanced medical treatment" Drift looks down at his pedes and swings them. "But it also says that you were protecting your friend..."

"Mate" Drift mumbles

"...I'm sorry...mate who was being physically and mentally bullied" he can tell Drift feels a bit uncomfortable. He sighs "Drift in my professional opinion, you were protecting your classmate and you deserve to be recognized, but, you have participated in a fight on school grounds that could warrant a 3-5 day suspension." He bites his lip and looks at Drift who shakes his helm. "Look up at me son"

"Sorry sir" Drift looks into his optics

"However, I'll let you off on this" he smiled and could see Drift's spark raise. "Listen, ill give your creators a call and explain everything to them. I'm sure your sire especially will understand"

"Thank you sir" Drift nodded his helm

Spoiler stood up and so did Drift. They shook servos and Drift went on his way.