Title: Transformers III The Day That Never Comes
Genre: Action/Drama/Romance
Rating: T for mild language, some strong violence, some crude and sexual humor.
Summary: With a chaotic end approaching, choices must be made that may end one war and will start a new one. Problem is, how will Earth be able to accept their possible fate?
~Chapter Thirty-Two~
Dance Off
The decision was made for what they all wanted to do to celebrate. There was no real night club near the base, so they would make one in the main hangar for one night. It had been left to Jazz and the twins, Sideswipe and Sunstreaker to organize their own little club.
So while Ratchet, Groundhog and Jolt examined the sparklings and everyone was getting ready for the party, they took over the hangar. No one was really allowed in the hangar until it was ready.
In the mean time, there was a lot of work being done to finding the location of the new All Spark and Alpha Trion. Maggie, Glenn, Anya and Leo were working hard with Hound, Wheeljack and Simmons to figure out their location. It wasn't easy at all. The picture merely showed the All Spark was in some form of jungle but there were a lot of jungles in the world that it could have been in.
Cole was having quite the time with Slipstream, though. She was enjoying herself with her new child. The first thing she had done with her was give her a bath after she had had her excitement. Flying around like she had had made her quite dirty and scuffed up. So it needed to be done.
So finding a small plastic swimming pool for kids, she filled it up with warm water and was currently giving the little femme a gentle scrub down with a soft brush and Dawn dish soap.
Either way, Slipstream was loving it. She giggled and whirled in the warm water and even as Cole brushed and scrubbed her gently with the soapy brush.
However, both were unaware that they had an audience. Namely just one.
Cole didn't notice that a certain Seeker was hovering just outside of the Autobot wash room, watching her as she washed the little one. She was too involved with cleaning Slipstream. Even as she laughed when Slipstream began slapping at bubbles in the small pool. She was just so adorable.
And in truth, watching the human with the sparkling made the Decepticon's eyes soften and he managed to smile. He would not openly admit it but it was cute to watch.
Unbeknownst to himself, he did somewhat feel his spark lightening as he continued to study the human. He couldn't help but admire her a little. He didn't know what was so interesting about this human. It couldn't be the fact that her red hair resembled the color of deep red roses, which he found quite lovely for such an organic plant of earth. He would never admit it, like most things, but he did enjoy looking at roses once in awhile. They had a delicate sight to them. And his sensory system did find the scent of roses quite pleasant.
Now that he thought about it, he did pick up the scent off of Cole. She did smell like roses.
What amazed him the most was her eyes. Her eyes were an interesting color that he wasn't too familiar with. Hazel just wasn't a color he saw very often. In a way, at an angle, they did have a hint of gold...
A light shriek yanked him out of his admirable thoughts and Starscream stiffened before relaxing again when he saw that Cole was laughing when Slipstream splashed her in the face and drenched her black tank top.
It was then Starscream realized something about Cole. He noticed that she did have quite a nice frame. She was curved all in the right places that could rival a Seeker's. He could definitely see her as a Seeker if she was one of them. Now if only she had wings...
His optic shutters snapped wide open as Starscream realized something. He was admiring the beauty of a human and it was making him feel...!
'Oh, slag! Not going to happen! I am not doing this! Not about a human!' Starscream cursed himself before he turned and started to lumber way. He couldn't stay any longer. It meant trouble if he did.
However, even as he left, Cole had finally turned around after feeling something twinge her heart. She had frowned for a moment at the feeling. She hadn't had a feeling like that for a long time. Not since she had first met Reno in high school.
Turning slightly, she barely caught sight of a departing wing and she frowned, tilting her head to the side. She hadn't even realized that someone had been there. But after that mild tickle of her heart, she realized it. And seeing the light rusted brown color of the wing, she knew who it had been.
Though why Starscream had been watching her made her wonder.
Finally sunset had come and it was time for the party. Everyone who was going was filing in the hangar. Jazz and Blaster were working together with the choice of music. It was mostly energetic dance music booming out of their speakers as everyone came in. At the moment, they had a mash up of Keisha's Take It Off and Party At A Rich Dude's House booming.
Most of everyone in the base was going. Except a few. Ratchet had made up his mind that he didn't want to go so he was sparkling sitting for Chromia and Ironhide and Cole.
Martha Richards decided she didn't want to go either so she agreed to watch Annabelle and Delia for the Lennox's and the Boyds.
As it was, the main hangar represented a night club pretty well. There was flashing lights, loud music booming and many tables surrounding the entire the area. A large buffet table of food and drinks had been set up for the humans. Wheeljack was running the Energon converter for the Cybertronians.
Many of the humans, soldiers and civilians were already on the dance floor and enjoying their time. Sam and Mikaela were dancing near Anya and Trent, Dawn and Sideswipe's human form, Bumblebee and Spitfire, and somehow, Maggie had dragged Sunstreaker onto the dance floor. They were laughing and rocking it out with each other, dancing with each other. Arcee and Hot Rod soon joined in, along with Kylee and Greg Butte, whom seemed to have a thing together, as friends as they said. But judging by the look on Greg's face, he didn't want it to be. He wanted to be more.
Even Will and Sarah, Epps and Monique, Reno and Nikki were out on the dance floor, enjoying their selves. Chromia finally dragged Ironhide out onto the dance floor, both in their human forms to avoid stepping on humans.
It was in the corner of the hangar where the Autobots' real forms were parked.
Everyone was having a good time. Even Skywarp, who was just dancing erratically by himself, or shoving himself onto the dance floor. It couldn't be helped that everyone laughed.
"He looks like he is glitching out." Starscream groaned to Soundwave, both sitting in a secluded corner with the rest of the Decepticons.
Barricade barked with laughter while Soundwave and Groundhog merely chuckled. Nemesis Strika, however, rolled her optics before looking up when Ultra Magnus approached them with Blaster on his shoulder.
All of the Decepticons frowned looking up at the Autobot Commander, surprised that he would even approach them.
"What do you want?" Barricade growled before yelping when someone kicked his shin guards from under their large table. He wasn't sure who it was, Soundwave or Nemesis Strika, who were both glaring at him.
Ultra Magnus, however, paid no mind to him as he offered his hand to Blaster and allowed him to climb on. He pushed him a little closer to Soundwave, who tilted his head the side. "Blaster would like to ask you something, Soundwave. Go on, Blaster. It's all right." He said softly.
Shuffling almost shyly, Blaster turned his big blue eyes towards the lumbering large Decepticon. "Um..." he murmured before adding a meek smile. "Sou-Soundwave, can I ask your subordinates to dance with me? I kind...of want someone more my size to be around me." He said shyly.
The Decepticons looked surprised at the question. Soundwave, however, grunted before tapping his chest and allowing it to open for his subordinates to come out. All of them clambered onto the table, looking curiously between their creator and the two Autobots.
"Ravage, Frenzy, Rumble, Buzzsaw, Laserbeak, and Reedman: cleared for night leave." The large Communications Officer sad monotonously. "Blaster requested a dance with you. Go enjoy yourselves."
The sub-units looked surprised before glancing at Blaster, who looked shyly away. Ravage growled lightly before planting his tail down. "Forget it. I don't dance. Especially with Autobots." He said sourly.
Blaster looked crestfallen.
Rumble and Frenzy studied him for a moment before both grinned and darted forward, gabbing Blaster by the arms. "Okay, Boss! Come on, Blast-boy! Let's go boogie!" Rumble said excitedly.
Once again, Blaster perked up and scampered with them. He was just happy enough that at least two of the minis would join him.
Laserbeak and Buzzsaw glanced at one another before shrugging their wings and taking flight after the three, causing Ultra Magnus and Groundhog to chuckle.
"Pathetic." Ravage growled before laying down to curl up.
"Scaredy cat." Came an amused voice.
Ravage's metal ears perked up and he looked with everyone to find the Cheshire cat grin of Cheetor peering from the edge of the table. He looked highly mischievous as he gazed back at Ravage.
Ravage recalled what was said and growled. "What did you say, spots?" He snarled.
Cheetor smirked before turning slightly away. "I said you're a pussy cat. You couldn't keep up with me anyway. You're so slow that you make snails look fast." He said before cackling and dashing off.
Snarling in irritation, Ravage was after him. He tackled Cheetor from behind and began biting at him, yet surprisingly not hard. There were a few chuckles as everyone watched the two robotic felines began rolling around, looking like two cats play fighting.
Ultra Magnus looked back at the group of Decepticons, who all looked back. "So, why aren't you joining your fellow Con into having fun?" He asked nodding towards Skywarp.
"Please." Barricade remarked dryly. "We are Decepticons. Why would we want to join that idiot? Ow!" He then yelped when Starscream whapped him over the head for insulting his trine mate.
Chuckling, Ultra Magnus shook his head. "At least he is trying to fit in with us." He looked at Nemesis Strika before shrugging and motioning to the floor. "Would you like to join me?" He asked, getting wide eyed looks from all of the Decepticons except Soundwave and her.
Nemesis Strika gave him a dry look before shrugging and pushing herself to her feet. "Sure, why not? I was getting bored." She said ignoring the flabbergasted look from everyone as she and the Autobot Commander went out onto the dance floor.
"Wh-what the frag? Has she no dignity as a fragging Decepticon?" Barricade yelped.
"Hey, Barry!"
The Cons looked down to see who had approached them now and found Kris Hepherr. She was smiling slyly up at her robot partner, hands on her waist. "Hey, come dance with me." She said to him.
Barricade glanced at his fellow Decepticons with hesitance before he scoffed. "Hell no. I don't dance with squishies." He said as darkly as he could.
Snorting, Kris didn't buy that. She just tilted her head to the side. "Is that so? But I thought you and I had such a good time doing it on that one..." she was saying.
"Ahhhhh! Okay, okay, okay! You don't need to go into that!" Barricade quickly said as he stood up, glowering when Kris laughed.
"Barricade, I want FULL details in your report." Starscream called after the interceptor.
The only reply he got back was a very human gesture dealing with an extended finger sticking up, even as he kept walking. Starscream, however, just snickered while Groundhog rolled his eyes. Soundwave made no noise as he ended up standing when he saw Kylee wave at him to join her and the group of young adults and teens. Both Starscream and Groundhog watched bewildered.
"Hey, Spitfire, looks like your old friend is being a table prop." Flare-Up said with a snicker.
Spitfire glanced at her fellow femme before looking over to see that Starscream was now sitting by himself, watching as Eliza Boyd asked Groundhog to dance and being friendly with him, since he was partners with her husband.
Frowning, the fiery red interceptor shook her head, a light sigh escaping from her. She wished that there was something she...
A light bulb turned on in her head and a big grin formed on her face as she caught sight of a certain human who just walked in. She looked right over at Bumblebee, who seemed to have read their bond and met her eyes. They stared at one another before Bee slumped a little before smiling and nodding as to whatever she was thinking about.
Looking back at Flare-Up, Spitfire smiled slyly. "Hey, I got an idea." She said before leaning in and whispering it to her.
It was a good thing the music was booming because only a few heard Flare-Up yell, "What! Are you crazy?"
But after a moment of explaining the idea, Flare-Up reluctantly gave in and agreed to Spitfire's idea. They both even asked Moonracer, Dawn, Mikaela and Elena to help out, though, only half of them felt apprehensive about it. It was due to the fact that Starscream was a Decepticon and he did have quite the temper about him. Not to mention, some of them did have sparkmates or boyfriends who would not be happy about what they were about to pull.
At the most part, Flare-Up was only doing it because it might actually embarrass the Seeker of what they were going to do.
Starscream had noticed the moment that a certain red haired beauty had come in and he took a moment to study her attire. She was wearing black skinny jeans and a deep red halter top with a shimmering rose imprinted on it. Her deep red hair was pulled half way up, yet ended with curls and waves. And unlike some of the other human femmes, she wore no color alterations that the humans called make up. Perhaps a lip shine called gloss but other than that, nothing.
"I see someone has caught your attention." Came the very familiar voice of his old friend.
Starscream tore his gaze away from the human and looked at the Autobot femme that sat next to him without him even realizing. He scowled a little at her choice of words before turning away towards his Energon. "I do not know what you are talking about, Spitfire." He faked ignorance.
Spitfire hummed softly in amusement before glancing towards Cole Keller. "I am sure." She looked back at her older friend. "You know, this party is for everyone. It is not just for the humans and us, Autobots. You can surely see that with all of your comrades." She told him, sweeping her hand to where every one of the Decepticons were.
Starscream snorted as he looked to Soundwave, who was in a somewhat silent conversation with Jazz and Blaster about the music they were playing then to Barricade, who had his human holo form activated and was dancing with Kris Hepherr. He saw Skywarp clumsily dancing near the older set of twins, Mudflap and Skids, who joined him into dancing, yet looking like he was malfunctioning badly instead. The sight of him caused Starscream's optic shutters to twitch and he grimaced. he looked on to where Nemesis Strika was moving to the music right beside Ultra Magnus and the Seeker had to raise an eye ridge.
That was a curious outcome. Something that Starscream and everyone seemed to have missed and he and everyone realized that. It was due to all of the stares trained on the pair of long time enemies.
Then his gaze trailed to Groundhog, who found himself holding up two human femmes in both hands; Judy and Eliza as they danced and their husbands watched in amusement.
"Peh." Starscream shot a silent but mocking laugh. He looked back at Spitfire, who was smirking at him. "Please, as if I would allow myself to embarrass myself by this ridiculous form of movement." He shot at her.
Spitfire grinned at him, shaking her head. "So are you saying you can't dance?" She asked.
Starscream scowled at her, narrowing his eyes at her in warning. "You know very well that Seekers are the best in rhythm movement rituals, Spitfire. We dance just fine, if not better than clumsy grounders such as yourself and the rest of the Autobots. We fly across the floor, showing grace and tranquility, unlike the loud and obnoxious shuffling you grounders do." He said dryly.
"Then show me and the girls, Star. Prove you are a better dancer." Spitfire challenged slyly.
"Frag no. I know what you are trying to do, Spitfire. And it won't work." Starscream growled at her.
"Well, that's too bad then, Screamster." A voice said from behind him making him stiffen. And the two pairs of hands grabbed at him, forcing him from his seat. "Cause you're going us your moves."
It was Flare-Up who spoke as she and Moonracer pulled him towards the dance floor.
"Hey! What are you crazy Auto glitches doing?" Starscream growled as he tried pulling away, only to feel hands pushing against his wings. He looked around to find Spitfire helping the other femmes get him onto the dance floor. "Spitfire!"
Everyone soon noticed what was going on and some had to stare or even laugh at the Seeker's predicament. The other Decepticons made no move to help him either. They didn't see him in danger. So they would watch curiously.
As it was, Mikaela was talking silently to Jazz, making a request. And whatever she said had the silver Autobot grin and nod. Then she was off across the dance floor to join Elena, Dawn and Anya, who were telling their boyfriends not to get technical or interfere.
The three Autobot femmes finally had Starscream on the dance floor and had him surrounded so he couldn't try to escape. It did not help when the human femmes joined them, getting quite the looks from everyone. Everyone looked surprised and some of the guys stared at their girlfriends with alarm.
But as they tried to call to them, their voices were drowned out by the sudden booming music of Right Around by Flo Rida. And as soon as the music was going, the femmes began to dance around Starscream.
"What the frag are they doing?" Ironhide asked bewildered as he watched the awkward Seeker in the middle of the femmes.
Chromia stared before she smirked and turned to him. "They're trying to make him fit in." She then grabbed his shoulder and hopped up to tap her forehead with his. "Don't get jealous, hon." She told him, earning a confused look before she rushed forward and joined the dancing femmes. She almost cackled when she heard Ironhide sputtering in alarm. But he didn't move after her.
In the middle of dancing femmes, Starscream was trying to decide if it would be worth just attacking them to getting away from him. He tried to move to leave but every time he tried, one of the femmes would block his escape.
"Come on, Star! Dance!" Spitfire yelled over the booming music.
Starscream glared at her. "No! I don't want to! Now leave me alone!" He growled as he tried to leave again but Chromia spun into his path blocking him off. "Will you get the frag out of my way!"
"Nope! Start dancing, Screamer! We won't let you go until you do!" The blue trigger happy femme laughed.
Starscream just growled at her before jumping when Spitfire and Moonracer began aft bumping at his sides. "What the frag!" He yelped. He looked down to find that the human girls were dancing close to him as well.
"Come on, Starscream! We're just trying to have fun with you!" Dawn called over the loud music.
Glowering, the Seeker shook his head before looking around to find quite a few glowers were aimed at him. He grimaced to see that the two Corvette twins were glaring at him, as well as the blue Porsche. Even Ironhide looked ready to kill. "I swear, you're just trying to kill me." He grumbled even as the femmes kept dancing. He was surprised to see that Bumblebee looked like he was enjoying watching the torture he was going through, however. He spotted an opening through the femmes and made way for it.
Suddenly a pink and black femme was there, blocking him off and dancing. He looked flabbergasted at Elita One before looking over at Optimus Prime, expecting to see him making his way over to slag him for his dancing mate being near him.
But again, Starscream was surprised to see that the Prime was watching and looking quite smug about it.
Before he knew it, there were quite a lot of femmes, human and Autobots dancing around him. They were moving and dancing to the music, not looking like they cared of who and what he was. He looked for support from his fellow Decepticons and scowled when he saw that they were either laughing at him or looking amused about what was going on.
"Dance, Screamer. Or is it a lie about Seekers being the best dancers of Cybertron? Do you really suck that bad?" Challenged Arcee, with sly amusement.
Glaring full out at her, Starscream had it. He didn't want to do this but it seemed all of these femmes weren't giving him a choice. And having that kind of challenge was enough to annoy him.
So he snapped to it.
Everyone looked surprised when the Seeker suddenly began to move to the music, and doing quite well for his size. He even kept up, if not went faster as the femmes all spun in circles to the music.
"Whoo-hoo! You go, Star!" Skywarp cheered as he watched his Air Commander, Leader and Brother dancing to the highly energetic music.
Laughing, Spitfire nodded as she danced right beside her old friend, who was basically sandwiched between her and Flare-Up. "See! It's fun!" She cheered when she saw a ghost of a smirk on Starscream's face plates. Especially when cheers began exploding all over the room by all.
It was a surprise, once again that the Autobots were finally getting over the shock and were actually enjoying the show. No one could deny that Starscream was actually pretty good when he got into the beat of the music.
Sitting at a table and smirking as she watched, Cole was one of the few who hadn't joined in on the rave that seemed to break out all around the Decepticon Leader. She even managed a light chuckle when at the point of the song it seemed to go into a slow motion part and all of the Cybertronians and the human women actually danced slow mo to the music. She, like a lot of the people and robots laughed at the sight.
"So why aren't you out there?"
Cole looked up and frowned when she saw Reno joining her table. She stared at him for a moment before shrugging. "I don't dance." She said dryly.
Reno smiled slyly at her, raising an eyebrow. "Oh really? You sure were doing fine at the night club when we came to get you." He stated. "And as I recall, you used to be on the dance team in high school."
Cole gave him a dry stare before looking away, miffed that he even remembered that far back. "Please, I didn't say I can't dance. I said that I don't dance." She remarked.
Again, Reno smirked at her before shrugging and turning slightly away. "Right. Whatever you say. Maybe you're just rusty." He said trying to persuade her.
"Drop dead, Reno. Reverse psychology don't work on me." Cole snapped. "I can dance if I want to."
Reno then offered his hand to her, nodding to the dance floor. "Then bring it on." He said with a challenge.
Cole glared at his offered hand, looking ready to snap it off. "Forget it! I wouldn't dance with you even if you got on your knees and begged!" She growled.
"Oh, yeah? Then who would you dance with? Without biting their heads off when they are just trying to be nice?" Reno asked skeptically.
Cole glared harder at him but then her eyes flickered onto the dance floor. She wasn't so sure what made herself look at him but she smirked at the thought. It would be an interesting challenge. And she did want to see what this Seeker was really made of.
If he could dance as a huge robot, then could he as a human?
"Challenge accepted, Reno." Cole said as she stood up, looking right at his surprised look. She leaned forward, hands on the table. "But I still won't dance with you." She added before turning and walking towards the dance floor.
Reno watched her go, still surprised by her reaction. But then he smiled and turned his eyes towards Optimus, who was looking his way. He gave him thumbs up to let him know it worked. "I just hope you know what you're doing, Optimus." He said in a quiet tone.
"As do I." Optimus said softly, hearing Reno's statement from across the way. He turned his eyes onto Cole as she approached the dancing mass of femmes and the Seeker.
The song ended and Starscream looked smugly at Spitfire as a burst of applause and cheers broke out from all around the room. He was mighty proud of himself for showing up the femmes. "There. Are you happy? I danced and did better than you, lot." Hr said smirking.
Spitfire smirked back as she folded her arms and nodded her approval. "Not bad, Star. Not bad at all." She said trying to sound impressed, though she somewhat was.
"Yeah, but can you dance in your human form?"
Starscream's eyes lit up at the voice before looking down to find Cole there, hands on her hips and smirking up at him. He frowned a little, recalling what she said and snorted. "More than likely. Human dances are so much more simpler than a Cybertronian dance." He said smugly.
A wide grin spread out on Cole's face and she nodded as she dropped her hands to her side. "Then show me." She said before glancing over at Jazz and Blaster. "Hey, music cans. How something appropriate for us?"
Jazz and Blaster stared somewhat confused and amused at the same time.
Starscream blinked. "Come again? Us?" He asked, missing a few glances from the others around them.
Cole nodded as she looked back up at him with a sly smile. "That's right. Us. I am challenging you to a dance off. You against me to see who is a better dancer. I used to dance in high school and I had won a few competitions. And recently," She rolled her eyes and shot a few of the Autobots and human men a look. "People found out I was quite an exotic dancer at a night club. So I have the skills."
In unison, and not missing that look trained on their husbands, Sarah and Monique looked at Will and Epps, who both cringed and looked back at their wives.
"A night club?" Sarah asked dryly.
"You mean a strip joint." Monique said just as dryly before reaching over and grabbing Epps' shirt collar, pulling him close. "Mind telling me what you were doing in a strip club and not telling me about it?"
"Erm...uh, finding Cole?" Epps replied weakly.
"I swear, I didn't look at anyone. I was just looking for Cole." Will said in an uneasy tone as he found himself being stared down by Sarah.
Sarah narrowed her eyes at him before nodding sharply. "That better be it, William Joshua Lennox. Or you are in big trouble. The only one you should see strip dancing is me." She growled.
"Ewwww!" Both Mudflap and Skids drawled out.
"TMI, Sarah." Ironhide added grimacing while Will got a goofy grin on his face.
"Anyway, shall we begin?" Cole challenged ignoring the banter all around her.
Starscream smirked before he made his way to the large corner for the Cybertronians' bipedal forms. He immediately transformed into his jet form and his hologram flickered into view. "You don't know what you're getting yourself into." He said as he made his way back over.
Smirking right back, Cole nodded before looking over at Jazz, who had Spitfire whispering into his audio receivers and a big grin on his face plates to whatever she was saying. "Jazz?" She called over.
Jazz sent her a smile and thumbs up before a very familiar song came blasting out. "Gotch'ya, Cole! Knock him dead!" He said cheerfully.
And as soon as Katy Perry's E.T began, Cole started the dance off by spinning rapidly in one place before snapping into the rythumn of the song, moving to the beat with her body.
Throughout the room, cheers and applause broke out in deafening volumes. Humans started it before it jumped to the Cybertronians. They watched as Cole moved with grace to every beat of the song. She side stepped to the right boom, spun in a circle with the words and even added a few curling backwards before snapping right back up straight.
After the first chorus, however, she snapped a mocking bow towards Starscream, who had been watching with some fascination but amusement, his arms folded across his chest. It was her invitation for him to join.
With a fake yawn, Starscream snapped onto it, doing the exact same movement that Cole had just pulled, except with surprising speed, flexibility and grace. And to add his own spice his dance, he leapt into the air and did a 350 spin on the side before landing in a pose to mock Cole right back.
In a soft peak of the song, Cole and Starscream looked right at each other, smirking before they both snapped into the same movement, both moving at the same time, with the same steps, spins, curving sweeps. They were in exact sync.
And everyone watching couldn't help but either cheer or just join in to dancing to the song. It was like the entire dance off had been recited and practiced. Dawn and Sideswipe, Sunstreaker and Maggie, Sam and Mikaela, Arcee and Hot Rod, Bumblebee and Spitfire, Trent and Anya, Cliffjumper and Flare-Up, and even Rex and Elena had joined in to dancing along.
"Well, gotta say this is entertainment." Reno snickered as he and Nikki went to join Optimus and Elita One as they watched the dance off.
Optimus chuckled as he wrapped an arm around his sparkmate, who was smiling. "Yes, it surely is. I never realized that Seekers were so talented with music and movement like this. And it seems Starscream and Cole can keep up with each other." He said with amusement. He, with everyone, watched as a sweeping spin sent both Cole and Starscream towards each other and they both stopped in time from colliding into each other.
But it did bring them quite close to each other and all they could do was look right at each, a hint of a genuine smile on each of their faces. They were enjoying the dance off a lot more than they would have thought.
"I think that this might work out. They already find each other fascinating..." Optimus was saying.
"Optimus Prime." Came a very un-amused, dead tone, making the Autobot Leader cringe at the very sound of it. Even Reno and Elita One had cringed before all four pairs of eyes turned to find Keller standing there right next to them.
Without alerting everyone even noticing him, Keller had come in, with a serious look on his face. He had a purpose for coming to find Optimus Prime. Something had come to his attention that just came to his attention and he did not like it whatsoever. He had entered just in time to see Cole and Starscream spinning and facing each other like they were. He had stopped dead in his tracks, looking surprised and alarmed by what he was seeing. He was not expecting to see his only living daughter dancing with a dangerous Decepticon in his human form.
And to make matters worse, he had heard that last bit of what Optimus had said, since the four; two humans and two Autobots were standing near the door.
Optimus grimaced as he looked down at Keller. He knew this was not good whatsoever. Especially with that last bit of information he just stated. And it probably didn't help that he had sent Keller the list of which Decepticon were paired up with which human.
He knew very well and purposely had put Starscream and Cole's names last, knowing that it would probably not go too well with Keller.
This dance off, this somewhat sneaky way of trying to get Cole and Starscream to work together, to get comfortable with one another probably was not helping the matter at all. Especially with the manner of how the pair were looking at each other as the song and dance finally ended. The two covered it up well as they stepped back from each other and joined in with the cheering and applause.
"John, I can explain..." Optimus was saying.
Keller shook his head, holding up his hand to halt whatever was about to be said. "Save it for a moment, Optimus. We are definitely going to talk about this partnership with Cole and Starscream later. But we need to talk right now. It is very serious. A certain name or two has showed up in the Department profile manifest that you need to know about right now. And it would be better that no one else knows about this." He said seriously.
Optimus frowned, with Elita One, Reno and Nikki before they all turned and walked with Keller right out of the main hangar to somewhere more private. This did not look good.
With the song have ended, everyone cheering, Cole and Starscream looked at one another, both smirking at each other. They had enjoyed that. It had been exhilarating for both.
"Not bad. For an over grown tin can with wings." Cole said with a teasing hint.
Huffing but smirking, Starscream merely folded his arms and shrugged. "Not bad, yourself, squishy. Actually, if you were a Cybertronian, you might actually make a nice Seeker. You do have grace and speed. For an insect." He said lightly.
Instead of being offended, as some humans might, Cole snorted before lightly punching his shoulder, sending an interesting tingle shooting through them both. But she paid no mind to it while he froze.
"Whatever you say, Starscreamer." Cole teased.
Starscream blinked but did not reprimand her for the teasing slaughter of his name. He just stared at her, surprise in his eyes before he flinched and scowled at the sound of a loud metallic thunk from somewhere in the room.
Jerking around, the Seeker growled, glaring at his trinemate, who had jumped up on top of his real body and was sitting on his wings. "SKYWARP! GET OFF OF ME!" He snarled before flickering out of view and his real form began twisting and transforming, knocking the deep purple and black Seeker from his wings.
"But I wanna dance with you next, Screamer!" Skywarp cried cheerfully.
Snarling, Starscream went after his brother, who shrieked and bolted away from him, heading straight for the open hangar door. Both Seekers blasted off outside, one still screaming for mercy and one snarling petty threats.
Everyone, human and Cybertronian just laughed as they watched and listened. Mudflap and Skids had actually went to the door to watch, however and laughed hard at whatever they saw.
"Run, Seek'a, run! He a'gaining on you!" The reddish orange twin called, which was followed by a shriek and a loud whump.
Skids slapped the back of his head. "You mean fly, ya stupid, stupidhead! Seekers fly, stupid genius!" He snapped.
Growling, Mudflap turned and slapped him right back before once again another fight broke out between them. It ended quickly when Ironhide walked over and slammed their heads together, snapping at them to knock it off before they crushed a human.
Cole, however, was smiling as she walked over to the open door and looked out at the night sky to watch a dark jet chasing after an almost invisible against the night sky jet. She smirked and shook her head, not really realizing that her heart was actually fluttering.
He had been called to That office, something that did not happen at all. Not once had he been called by Him and he preferred it that way. Because being called by Him meant two things. And not very good things.
One, something happened and it was not a part of the plan.
Two, he did something wrong, which was rare enough, and he was being retired.
Not that he let his anxiety showed, but he couldn't help but feel anxious about why of all people that the Director had called for him to join the one office throughout the entire facility, if not all facilities that no one but the Doctor went to visit.
This was either good or bad and he was leaning more towards bad. He would nearly be the only agent to actually get a summoning from the Director, himself.
Coming to the pair of dark steel doors, the Department Agent took a deep breath, put a complete dead look on his face and knocked. He did not hear a voice call to him, but the door slowly creaked open on its own accord. So he went in.
The office was nearly pitch black. He couldn't see anything whatsoever. So he stood near well lit door. "Sir, you summoned me?" He asked in a dead, emotionless tone.
"Sit down, Agent. We have much to discuss." Came an almost mechanical, deep throaty voice. It sounded like at one time the Director had had his throat damaged, though the agent still couldn't pinpoint his location.
"Sir, I am afraid..." the Agent was saying.
But there was a loud click, nearly making him jump. He only relaxed when a single spot light from above in the ceiling turned on, revealing a chair in the middle of the room. It was still too dark to see where the Director was sitting.
"I said sit down." The cold mechanical voice spoke again.
Hurrying to do as ordered, the Agent sat down, and fought the urge to squirm. "Sir?" He asked a little uncertain of how to go. "Was my performance as Department Agent not satisfactory?" He immediately assumed this was leading to Retirement and it sent a cold, terrifying chill through him.
"No. Relax yourself, Agent. This is not a Retirement plan." The cold mechanical voice spoke from the dark. "Hollander?"
The agent nearly jumped out of his skin when an old man suddenly walked right out of the darkness, a file in his hand, which he dumped into the Agent's hands.
"Agent Adams, I think you may want to see this. We are sending you on a mission, which is highly, if not extremely delicate. But I think you need to see the facts first of who your targets are." The Doctor, Hollander said, his tone extremely serious.
Frowning, the Department Agent flipped open the file, looking at a picture right on top. His breath sharply caught in his chest as he couldn't believe what he was seeing. It was horrifying, shocking and in a way, disgusting from what he saw.
"This is..." The Department Agent said, a little acid in his tone.
"Your next target, or at least one of them." The mechanical voice spoke up. "In that file, you will find all you need to know of how to eliminate your targets. Our sleeper agent in the enemy base has gotten everything we need. Including this abomination photo. You are to fix this. One way, or another. Either be her or it."
Author's Note:
Whew! I'll tell you what! This chapter was really hard writing! I am not that great at writing dancing scenes, though I think it worked out. Tell me what you all thought. Did I do good and all?
Anyway, I have to say this. Thank you all for your reviews. You guys are the ones who keep me going, though I love writing this story anyway. As it is, the next chapter is the one you've all been waiting for and dying for. *grins*