A/N HardyGal: Hello, everyone! Thank you to my reviewers - Jules Cardy, SamN5, Sidekicks-anonymous, and NovaShifter15 - for all your wonderful encouragement! School is coming back next week and I need to catch up on procrastinated homework, but that's okay! On with the show!
27.03.17
Being Wrong Isn't a Democracy
"Sir, hasn't Knock Out proven himself to be at least somewhat loyal? He's kept himself in line and helped save more of our comrades than I can count."
"Yes. But the decision has already been made. Knock Out's history has put many bots ill at ease, and now that many have expressed a desire to remove Knock Out from the medical board, the acting Council has seen it fit to fulfill that desire."
"That doesn't make it right!" Bumblebee exclaimed.
Ultra Magnus raised an optic ridge. "That is not especially democratic of you, Bumblebee."
"All due respect, sir, but being wrong is not a democracy."
28.03.17
I'd Rather Be Lucky than Good
"...but even though he's still recovering from a flashbang, Bluestreak still chooses to take the slagging shot," Sunstreaker growled through clenched denta.
Sideswipe emptied his high grade cube and jovially continued his twin's story. "And against all odds, he manages to hit the 'Con, and Sunny lives to see another cycle, all thanks to Bluestreak."
"Wow!" Bumblebee laughed. "Even with damaged optics, Blue can still keep his rep as a crack shot."
"Crack shot my aft!" Sunstreaker snapped. "He's lucky he didn't shoot me!"
Sideswipe shrugged. "Hey, I'd rather be lucky than good any day."
"You usually are," Bumblebee quipped.
29.03.17
That was the Worst Throw Ever, of All Time
"Primus," Sideswipe scoffed. "You beat me in one spar, and that's all it takes to increase your cocky ego."
Bumblebee grabbed another grenade. "Hey, my ego is well founded. You haven't beaten any of my throws yet."
He pulled the pin and hurled the grenade. The grenade bounced off the wall and back at the two Autobots. With a panicked "SCRAP!" the two mechs dove for cover. The ground shook as the grenade exploded.
"Primus…!" Sideswipe gasped, lifting his helm sharply.
Bumblebee groaned as he pushed himself up. "All right... that wasn't one of my best throws."
"Yeah, no scrap."
30.03.17
In the End, They Just Have to Have Faith
Bumblebee pushed himself into an upright position. "You're too late," he said hoarsely. "The transmission's already been sent."
"Irrelevant," Shockwave droned. "It is highly unlikely that the transmission will be of any aid to your cause."
"I know..."
"Your suicide mission can therefore be deemed as fruitless, and therefore pointless."
Bumblebee laughed softly. "Not sure if I agree with you on that. I wouldn't even be here if I didn't have even the smallest bit of hope that my team would be able to pull through, despite the odds."
Shockwave leveled his cannon at Bumblebee's helm. "That is most illogical."
"Maybe. ...But that's faith."
31.03.17
Let's Play the Quiet Game
Sideswipe was still shouting insults at the guards in an effort to get them to open the doors, with Jetstorm often interjecting. Bumblebee wasn't sure how much more of this he could take.
"Guys," Bumblebee said, surprisingly calm. "Let's stop and, I dunno, play the quiet game for awhile."
"C'mon, 'Bee," Sideswipe groaned. "We have nothing better to do, plan-wise and boredom-wise."
"You are running out of insults, Sideswipe," Jetstorm pointed out. "We may have no choice but to participate in Bumblebee's game of quietness."
"Oh, please. I'm only just getting started!"
"I would really like to play the quiet game, please," Bumblebee muttered.
01.04.17
Ha! Melodramatic!
"Fine, so you're working with us. But don't forget that there are people living on this planet; humans who know nothing about us or our mission. If you reveal yourself to a human, or put any human in harm's way, I will personally fly you back to Cybertron. Got that?"
Wasp shook his helm with a laugh. "Primus, 'Bee, and I hoped you would have finally outgrown your melodramatic stage in the short time you've been gone."
Sideswipe, who had been lurking in the background, burst out laughing.
Bumblebee fixed him with an irritated glare. "Aren't you supposed to be on patrol?"
02.04.17
My First Order of Business Will be Murdering the Cool Kids
"I thought you were supposed to be the responsible one," Knock Out drawled.
"I am- ow!" Bumblebee winced as the medic pulled out the dents in his doorwing.
"Then why the Pit didn't you clean yourself up before coming to me?"
Bumblebee scoffed. "Wait, that's what you're concerned about?"
"Road dust's in this year, KO," Smokescreen said with a grin. "All the cool kids are wearing it."
"Well, if they don't start cleaning themselves up before entering my medbay," Knock Out muttered. "My next order of business will be murdering the cool kids."
Bumblebee laughed, then cut off with another wince.
A/N HardyGal: I dub this the Week of Red vs. Blue Inspired Drabbles.
27.03.17: Set post-Predacons Rising. Inspired by a comparatively sillier scene from season 6 of Red vs. Blue.
28.03.17: Set pre-Tyger Pax. Inspired by a little exchange from season 10, episode The New Kid of Red vs. Blue.
29.03.17: Sort of a continuation of 'OWNED' from week twenty-two. Inspired by a scene in season 6 of Red vs. Blue, as well as a bunch of military fails.
30.03.17: A continuation of 'Ain't That a B**ch?' from week twenty-two. Finally plucked up the courage to rewatch the Red vs. Blue season 13 finale, and it's just as painful as I remember it. If you want to see the quote that inspired both this drabble and 'Ain't That a B**ch?', I have it written somewhere on my profile.
31.03.17: Sometimes, you're just in way too bad a mood to tolerate a lot of talking. Inspired by a scene in season 12, episode 9 of Red vs. Blue.
01.04.17: A continuation of 'Nice to See Me' from last week. Loosely inspired by a scene in season 11 of Red vs. Blue.
02.04.17: Set post-Predacons Rising. Inspired by a hilarious scene in season 14, episode Head Cannon of Red vs. Blue.
