Watching Transformers Related Media.
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Chapter 6
All of the Autobots and humans in the audience sat down and watched the screen turn on.
"Man, I feel like we've been here forever!" Whined Smokescreen as he stretched out his arms.
"You said it." Wheeljack groaned.
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A title typed in saying: "What Autobots do in their free time."
A group of five Autobots stood in a circle as they laughed their afts off. These Autobots are: Bumblebee, Cliffjumper, Wheeljack, Jazz, and Jetfire.
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"Huh, guess it's our turn now." Bulkhead out loud.
"'Our turn?'" Asked a confused Grimlock as he turned to the others.
"Oh yeah you weren't here." Smokescreen said in realization. Before he could explain to Grimlock, Ratchet spoke up.
"The first viewing we saw involved a handful of Decepticons in a similar situation." The medic explained.
Grimlock looked at Ratchet with a level of uncertainty. He simply shook his head and faced the screen again.
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All of them eventually stopped laughing as they got ready for the next joke.
"Alright alright. What does every Autobot want for their birthday?" Wheeljack asked. "An Arcee car!" He joked. Everyone roared with laughter.
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This joke caused Arcee to scowl at the screen and then turned to Wheeljack and Bumblebee.
Wheeljack said nothing and didn't say anything. Simply staring at the screen. Not wanting to make eye contact with the femme. If he were human, Wheeljack would've been sweating profusely.
Bumblebee on the other hand, crumbled into a ball and gave Arcee an apologetic look and the Cybertronian equivalent of puppy eyes. Using his radio to whine as one as well.
However, this did nothing as Arcee simply glared harder. Luckily for the yellow scout, Smokescreen came to his aid.
"Come on Arcee, this is another universe remember?" Smokescreen said as he placed his servos on her shoulders.
The blue femme glanced at the white mech with a stern look before exhaling. "Fine." Arcee mumbled as she crossed her arms and faced the screen.
Bumblebee sighed and gave Smokescreen a thankful look. The rookie nodded in return.
Jack couldn't help but feel that there was something more going on between the two but he shrugged it off. It couldn't mean that, could it?
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"Here, here let me give this a try. Why does Jetfire turn into a jet?" Bumblebee asked the aerial bot.
"Because I like to… wing it?" Jetfire guessed with a snicker. Causing the other to let out laughs as well.
"Heheh, no! But, because you're a robot… in the skies!" Bumblebee quipped.
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Smokescreen and Bumblebee were the only ones that laughed at the joke. The rest simply let out a quiet chuckle.
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"Oh snap, that was good!" Wheeljack complemented Bumblebee.
"Ohoh, not bad you little bugger." Jetfire chuckled.
"Oh oh okay, uhh. What's an Autobot's favorite genre of music?" Jazz asked. Everyone briefly looked at each other before turning back to Jazz.
"Jazz." Everyone said as they began to laugh. Albeit being not as passionate as before. All of them were half heartedly.
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(It was alright. Could've been better though.) Beeped Bumblebee.
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"Yeah it was alright. Could've been better." Bumblebee said with a shrug.
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Everyone, minus Optimus, Ratchet, and Ultra Magnus, let out a laugh as what Bumblebee said was repeated on screen.
The yellow scout himself couldn't help but feel slightly embarrassed.
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"Hey! At least I'm not ugly!" Cliffjumper gave a weak insult.
"Ugly? Hehehe, you and I look the same, you moron!" Bumblebee shot back.
"Alright alright. What transformer should you not play games with?" Jazz asked. "A Cheetor." Jazz's joke caused everyone to laugh at the joke.
"Oh man, we should be like, like comedians after this war is over!" Wheeljack said in between laughs.
"If this war was just full of jokes, we'd totally steamroll those Decepticreeps! Hahaha." Cliffjumper jokes.
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"That would make the war way easier." Mused Wheeljack.
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"Oh! Me, Grimlock want to join!" Grimlock suddenly spoke up from behind. However, he was currently in his T-Rex mode.
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Everyone in the audience looked at the Grimlock on the screen with wide eyes/optics before turning to their Grimlock. As far as they knew he didn't have beast mode.
Grimlock felt their stares and sat still. Not sure how to explain his predicament to him.
He let out a sigh. "When me and the others abandoned our post at the Ark in order to find that energon signal. We were ambushed by Shockwave's insecticons and took us to his laboratory." Grimlock hesitated for a few seconds. "There he cut us open and messed with our bodies. Changing us, damaging our minds, turning us into these beasts. The process was so painful that some of my team don't remember but I do." Grimlock finished and turned to the other Autobots. He then felt Optimus place a servo on his shoulder.
"Grimlock, I do not what torture you have endured during your imprisonment but know that we will welcome you all the same. Beast mode or not." Optimus said.
"T-thank you Optimus." Grimlock thanked.
The two mech returned to their seats and watched the viewing.
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"Holy crap!" Bumblebee cursed and moved a step back at the sudden surprise. They all quickly recovered and turned to one another. All talking about what to do with Grimlock's offer.
"Um… no offense Grimlock, but you won't even get any of the jokes." Bumblebee said, not trying to be hurtful.
"Yeah… uhh… sorry big guy." Cliffjumper apologized to the big Dinobot.
"Me Grimlock sad." Grimlock deflated as he turned to exit the room.
"Uh… um… let's try this out Yeah?" Jetfire said to the rest of his compatriots before calling out to Grimlock. "Grimlock! You can join us if you like."
"Ohh! Now Grimlock happy!" Grimlock exclaimed.
"I got a bad feeling about this." Bumblebee whispered to Jazz and Cliffjumper as everyone moved.
"Alright, just join the circle." Wheeljack instructed the big Dinobot
"Me Grimlock forgot what circle is!" Grimlock whined.
"Umm… It's the shape of Shockwave's optic." Wheeljack explained to him, but unfortunately the name Shockwave brought up some bad memories. The scene changes to one of Shockwave's laboratories, where he is accompanied by Hardshell, Skarpnel, and Kickback. In the middle of the room was a chained up Grimlock, in robot mode. Shockwave, who still had two arms, looked at the Dinobot before turning to Hardshell, who was by a console.
"Hardshell, administer stress-test." The Decepticon scientist ordered. Hardshell nodded as he flipped a switch. As a result electricity began to come out of some rods and started shocking Grimlock.
The giant mech soon began to scream in pain. His entire body felt like it was being eaten by scraplets. Grimlock looked at Shockwave in the optic as the scene zoomed in on his face. An explosion came out of his optic and soon engulfed the screen. The scene then changes back to the present where the camera focused on Grimlock. Now silently traumatized at the memory. "Oh…." Grimlock said quietly.
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The screen then paused as everyone turned to Grimlock. The giant Autobot sat quietly and simply stared at the screen.
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"We'll go clockwise. Starting with Jetfire." Wheeljack explained as he also gestured the order they were going in.
"Uhh… me Grimlock forgot what clockwise is." Grimlock admitted. Causing everyone to groan loudly.
"Oh boy." Jazz said to Bumblebee.
"Okay let's just continue- what do you need if you get a flat tire?" Jetfire asked. "A Wheeljack!" Everyone began to laugh at the joke, sans Grimlock who stood clueless.
"Me Grimlock no get it." Grimlock said.
"Don't worry about it buddy!" Wheeljack told the bug Dinobot.
"Okay my turn. What do Insecticons do in their spare time? Kickback and relax!" Wheeljack jokes, causing everyone to laugh out loud until Grimlock spoke.
"Who Kickback?" Grimlock asked, causing everyone to look at him in disbelief. "Me Grimlock forgot who Kickback was." He added, causing everyone to let out another set of loud groans.
"Stupid Dinobot." Wheeljack cursed to himself before he stood straight.
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This remark got Grimlock to send a death stare at the Wrecker.
Wheeljack responded by putting his hands up in defeat. He knew of the reputation the giant mech had and he didn't want to incur his wrath.
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"Anyways, it's your turn now." He told Grimlock.
"Yeah! Let's see what you got, big guy!" Jazz cheered on.
"Hmm…." Grimlock was in thought, as tried to figure out what to say. He soon knew what to say as he turned to Cliffjumper. "What Cliffjumper do when hit by Vehicon? He jump off cliff!" Grimlock exclaimed, which ended up causing everyone to stay silent. All of them looked at the Dinobot with a cringed look.
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The audience stood silent as well, not knowing how to react to this.
Grimlock meanwhile, grumbled about it. Finding it a bit unfair that no one finds his jokes funny.
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Cliffjumper then broke the silence. "I've got one that describes our predicament. What do you call a Dinobot that can't win at humor?" He asks everyone.
"What?" Jetfire asked.
"Grim-LUCK!" Cliffjumper exclaimed with an obvious pun. This caused everyone to laugh loudly. However, Grimlock simply stood silent with a dangerous gleam in his optics.
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The Grimlock in the audience soon began to growl in anger as he glared at the screen. This caused many of the others to look at him with either fear or caution.
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"Oh! What do you call a dinosaur that can't tell a good joke?" Jazz asked. "A tyrannosaurus WRECKS!" He joked. This caused everyone to laugh loudly.
"Hey! You bet Jurassic can't!" Bumblebee quickly said. But everyone missed the joke until they stopped laughing and looked at Bumblebee.
"Wait… what did you just say?" Jazz asked Bumblebee as he didn't hear him right.
"I said, I said, you bet JURASSIC can't!" Bumblebee exclaimed. This caused every bot to roar out with laughter.
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Grimlock then turned to his Bumblebee and let out a very loud growl. The yellow scout beeped in fright and hid behind Smokescreen. Using him as a Bot-Shield. Smokescreen responded by activating his Phase Shifter as phased through Bumblebee. He did not want to endure the wrath of the Dinobot.
'Oh why must Primus hate me so?!' Whined Bumblebee mentally. As he started to shake in fright.
Grimlock continued to growl until he felt something hit his head. He angrily turned his head to find the one who hit him. Only to see Arcanus behind him somehow looming over the Dinobot with a menacing aura seeping from his body with his helmet glowing blood red. The rest of the audience jumped back in surprise as the scribe just appeared out of nowhere.
"No. Fighting!" Arcanus boomed. "You fight or do anything stupid, like harming him." He pointed towards Bumblebee. "You'll be begging to have your spark eaten by Unicron as a better alternative. DO. I. MAKE. MYSELF. CLEAR?!" Arcanus yelled.
Grimlock simply looked at the powerful being and slowly nodded. Not knowing why he did so or why his spark felt like overloading.
Arcanus's faceplate turns back to it's normal colors and he shrunk back down to his original size.
"Now then, if you'll excuse me I have something to take care of." Arcanus said before disappearing in a flash of light.
The audience shook off the confusion and shock and faced the screen once more.
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All except Grimlock as the camera spun around him. Echoes of their jokes filling his head, before finally stopping at his face. His optics narrowing dangerously.
"Comedy gold!" Jazz yelled out randomly.
Grimlock growled before he started to speak.
"Now listen here you little shits. I am sick and tired of you guys thinking like I don't know any better, but the truth is… I know everything." Grimlock admitted.
"What?!" Wheeljack asked.
"Just because I'm different doesn't mean I am different." Grimlock said.
"What?!" Wheeljack asked.
"We live in a nation where we shouldn't judge each other based on appearance or intellect." Grimlock continued.
"What?!" Wheeljack asked.
"SHUT UP. The king is talking. We should judge each other on who we are. If we keep treating each other like this… then we are no better than the Decepticons! You can't treat us like they're some toy to be played with. We all have energon running through our veins. Freedom is the right of all sentient beings. You fucking racists." Grimlock growled out the last sentence.
"What just happened?" Jetfire asked in shock and confusion.
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"We could ask the same thing." Arcee muttered in disbelief as she and the others had no idea what just happened. Even Grimlock was confused by all of this.
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"Uhh… I mean uhh… me Grimlock stupid! Rawr Rawr Rawr Rawr dinosaur sounds rawr rawr rawr." Grimlock proclaimed as he quickly walked away from the group. "That was too close." Grimlock said to himself as he was out of earshot.
A few seconds after Grimlock had left, the Autobots went back to joking.
"Alright, what transformer can never fly straight? Sideways!" Wheeljack jokes. Everyone laughs.
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Most of the audience let out a quiet chuckle as they somewhat lost the will to laugh. Though that didn't mean they didn't find the jokes funny.
Meanwhile, Smokescreen narrowed his optics when the name of that traitor was spoken. He will never forgive him, ever.
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"Oh wait wait I got one! What is Megatron's favorite day?" Cliffjumper asked.
"Taco Tuesday!" Jazz exclaimed.
"Soundwave Sundays!" Jetfire said.
"Uhh… August 8th 1986!" Bumblebee blurted out that got everyone to look at him. "Was I right?" The yellow scout asked as turned to everyone in the circle.
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"That's an oddly specific date." June said. The other nodded their heads in agreement with the human nurse. All of them having quickly shrugged off the Image of Grimlock snapping at the Autobots.
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"Nope! None of those. His favorite day is… Yesss-terday." Joked Cliffjumper.
"Good one!" Jazz complemented.
"Oh why thank you." Cliffjumper thanked.
"Hey Bee, that date was oddly specific. Why'd you say that?" Wheeljack asked out of curiosity.
"Well it was the day that Optimus Prime and a lot of beloved Autobots were-." Bumblebee started to speak before stopping himself. Not knowing that behind him was Hot Rod, who slowly started to walk away as he heard Bumblebee talk. "Um, never mind." Bumblebee shrugged off.
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Everyone simply looked at each other in confusion. As they all wanted to know what the other Bumblebee was talking about.
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"Speaking of Prime, why did he buy a flashlight? To light their darkest hour!" Jazz punned.
"Uh… are we, are we sure we wanna make jokes about the Big Guy?" Wheeljack asked nervously.
"Oh come on! Loosen up! We're just having some fun hehehe. What does Prime have in common with a movie theater? A trailer!" Jetfire said. Unaware to everyone, a certain red and blue mech was making his way towards them. Specifically walking up behind Bumblebee.
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Smokescreen, Bulkhead, Jack, Raf, Miko, and Wheeljack sucked in their breath as they turned to the yellow scout. Bumblebee meanwhile felt the life drain out of his faceplate.
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"Oh oh! I got a really good one! Okay, here we go. Why did Orion Pax aske Elita to race on their first date? Because he wanted to ROLL OUT with her!" Joked Bumblebee. He soon start to laugh like crazy
"You guys don't get it? Roll out with her? Roll out? Hehe. What are you guys retarded? What are y'all staring ..." Bumblebee said as he turned around, only to see Optimus Prime. This got the yellow scout to step backwards and gasp in shock.
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Everyone sat silent as they waited for what this version of Optimus will do to the alternate Bumblebee.
The Bumblebee in the audience curled up into a ball, wanting to die so he could no longer be embarrassed.
Raf noticed his guardian's behavior and placed a hand on Bumblebee's foot. As a way to calm him down though it only worked for a little bit.
"It's alright Bee. I'm sure everything will be fine." Raf reassured.
(Thanks Raf.) Bumblebee beeped.
Optimus meanwhile watched on as he wondered how his counterpart would handle this.
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"Now that's just Prime." Optimus joked after a few seconds of silence. This caused everyone in the room to laugh like crazy. Except for Bumblebee, who was still in shock.
Though the yellow scout started to let a meek laugh. Eventually he laughed like everyone else. "Hehe good one Prime!" Bumblebee said as the laughter soon died down.
"Now, give me your voice box." Optimus suddenly said in an out of character tone.
"Ah shit." Bumblebee cursed.
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As the screen turned to black, everyone was still laughing out loud. Except for Bumblebee who buried his faceplates into servos in embarrassment.
(I'm so sorry, Optimus.) Bumblebee beeped an apology.
Optimus waved off. "All is fine Bumblebee. Remember that this universe is not like our own and you met this in jest." He told the yellow scout.
The orb that was in the projector soon flew out and another came in.
Everyone straightened themselves as they were ready to see the next viewing.
The End.