A/N HardyGal: A big thank you to Random Person, Sidekicks-anonymous, NovaShifter15, Jules Cardy, SamN5, and Calliope-Beautiful Voiced for reviewing! It is amazing to see how many of you guys have stuck with me thus far :'3 And I hope you will continue to stick with me as the end of this series draws nigh.


10.07.17

I Stand by My Actions

Prowl and that other bot were shouting at each other now.

Tensions had already been high when the other bot accused Prowl of going against orders. The accusation surprised Smokescreen, and the sparkling was prepared to defend his guardian, but it was then Prowl had Smokescreen leave the room. Once outside, however, the sparkling simply pressed his audial receptor against the door and continued listening in.

Smokescreen heard Prowl slam a servo on his desk. "If you must punish me, then fine! I would do no less! But I believe that what I did was right, and I continue to stand by my actions."

11.07.17

Careful Who You Mess With

As Knock Out attempted to examine the patient, the latter made it clear how he felt about Knock Out's position as a medic.

Eventually, the patient shoved Knock Out away, snapping, "D'you even know what you're doing, nurse?"

Before Knock Out could snarl a retort, his mentor stepped in. "Of course he does. Looks like this requires a longitudinal incision. Bring out the buzzsaws, kid."

The patient instantly backed down.

"Yeah, just remember, pal," Knock Out's mentor warned. "Your life's in our servos, and with an attitude like that, your spark's in as much danger in the medbay as it is on the battlefield."

12.07.17

Because Optimism Drives 'em Crazy

"Woah!" Bumblebee exclaimed. The sparkling stared up at his guardian with awe-filled optics. "That's gotta be your coolest story yet, 'Hide!"

"You may have 'Bee impressed," Sideswipe scoffed. "But I've heard too many of your stories, 'Hide. And seriously, you're way too happy for a bot who nearly lost his entire lower body."

Ironhide chuckled, downing another high-grade. "Kid, there's a lotta things other bots can take from me - my home, my slaggin' body parts... But my ability to get back up and keep on truckin' with a smile that'd drive Megatron mad? Heh, that ain't one of 'em."

13.07.17

But I CAN Outrun You

Despite Smokescreen's serpentine driving pattern, a plasma bolt hit him in the side, sending him flying. Smokescreen transformed and landed on his back with a crash. Before he could get up, a large servo clamped down on his chestplates and pulled him up until he was face to face with a living Decepticon sigil.

"Okay..." Smokescreen grunted as his chestplates bent under the pressure. "Maybe not my best escape. How's about we call that the warm-up round?"

Tarn laughed. "You're funny, Autobot. I might even consider a quick death if you answer our next question - where can we find Doctor Knock Out?"

14.07.17

The Only Way He Knows How

"I thought the end of the War also signaled the end of potentially being blown up," Knock Out grumbled as he welded the hole in his colleague's side.

Red Alert laughed shortly, then winced. "I thought you'd be happy, seeing as you were nearly rid of me."

"Happy?" Knock Out exclaimed with mock offense. "I've only just begun to tolerate you and learn your habits and integrate you into my routine. If a mine were to succeed in blowing you up, your absence would felt, and I would find it incredibly inconvenient."

Red Alert raised an optic ridge and smiled a little.

15.07.17

No Time To Panic

Sideswipe's optics widened. "Oh. Oh, scrap. Oh, slag. That's a lot of energon."

Bumblebee quickly re-covered the wound in his abdomen, gasping. "Yeah."

"Wh- What can I do?"

"Call for backup," Bumblebee snapped.

Sideswipe jumped to it without question, sending a comm. message to Strongarm and Grimlock. Bumblebee instantly regretted his snapping at Sideswipe - it was clear the younger bot wasn't used to seeing this much spilt energon. But pain did tend to dull Bumblebee's patience. Actually, a lot of things were starting to dull right now...

Bumblebee groaned as his internal warning system drew attention to his rapidly depleting energon levels. "Not good..."

16.07.17

What Goes Around

The trip back to Cybertron was uneventful, if rather lonely. When he arrived, Smokescreen considered maybe getting in touch with the rest of the old team - it had been nice seeing Bumblebee again, and Smokescreen honestly missed (most of) them.

The ship powered down, and Smokescreen stepped out.

He found himself surrounded by a crowd of bots, each of them with their weapons drawn and aimed at him. One of them ordered him to surrender in the name of the Cybertronian Council.

"Oh, scrap..."

He should've expected this. It was too late now, though. Sighing, Smokescreen raised his servos in surrender.


10.07.17: S'more sparkling!Smokescreen!

11.07.17: Set pre-series. Knock Out's mentor has shown up in 'O Death' from Week Forty-one and 'European Sweetbriar' from Week Five.

12.07.18: Sparkling!Bumblebee returns! On a different note, you may have noticed that in these first three drabbles, I didn't focus so much on the main characters, but more on their guardians (or mentor in KO's case), with the main characters acting more as audience members. In case you're wondering, that was intentional.

13.07.17: Set post-Predacons Rising.

14.07.17: Set post-Predacons Rising, in the Foxglove-Colleague universe.

15.07.17: Set early season one of RiD.

16.07.17: Continuing from 'Trusting Issues' from last week, thus ends the 'Strange Reunions' series! Will I make a full on fanfic out of it? Hopefully, if my mind doesn't lose interest/focus. Seriously though, it's so satisfying to have brought this to a cliff-hanging close :P

The complete 'Strange Reunions' master list:

'Five' (Week 13)

'Not Unpunished' (Week 7)

'Past Evils' (Week 7)

'Imprisonment' (Week 8)

'One Time He Didn't' (Week 13)

'Hope It's Worth It' (Week 28)

'Strange Reunions' (Week 9)

'Even Stranger Reunions' (Week 11)

'Hello, Old Friend' (Week 12)

'Excuses, Excuses' (Week 15)

'Back Away' (Week 19)

'Tell Me More' (Week 20) and 'Don't Start With Me!' (Week 22)

'Yeah, You Can Trust Me' (Week 29) and 'What is Going On!?' (Week 24)

'Under My Benevolent Rule, Of Course' (Week 30)

'I'm Counting On It' (Week 32)

'Stop Justifying Yourself' (Week 27)

'Fantastic' (Week 35) and 'I Know Your Kind' (Week 41)

'Trust's Shaky' (Week 37)

'Situation: Evaluated' (Week 38) and 'That's It!?' (Week 41)

'Not the Rescuer Expected' (Week 42)

'Don't Be a Hypocrite' (Week 43)

'Can't Blame 'im' (Week 43)

'If You Give a Bot a Revenge Opportunity' (Week 44)

'Ugh, Moral Dilemma' (Week 44)

'Enter: the Cavalry!' (Week 45)

'I CAN Hear You' (Week 45)

'Winding Down' (Week 46)

'Close Enough' (Week 46)

'Scheduled for Departure' (Week 47)

'Trust is So Complicated' (Week 47)

'A Bit of Nostalgia' (Week 48)

'Trusting Issues' (Week 48)

'What Goes Around' (Week 49)