Thundercracker couldn't believe his luck. He had won a 3-day cruise on the Sea of Rust for him and two companions, of course he had picked his brothers, Skywarp and Starscream. Skywarp had been easy to convince to come along, the cruise offered free energon. Starscream, on the other hand, hadn't liked the idea, as it meant the three would have to share a room. Right now, he sat in a deck chair with his arms crossed.
"Could you at least pretend you're enjoying yourself?" Thundercracker asked him.
Starscream gave him a fake, overly dramatic smile then continued sulking. Thundercracker sighed. "This is the best energon ever!" Skywarp said, tossing an empty cube onto the floor and grabbing two more from the tray a waitress carried by.
"You think it's a good idea to be drinking that much energon at once?" asked Thundercracker.
"It'll be fine". Skywarp said.
"What are we supposed to do for three days?" Starscream asked.
"There's a lot to do". Thundercracker said.
"Such as…?"
"Uh...shuffleboard! Let's go play shuffleboard!"
Starscream buried his face in his hands and groaned. "No one knows how to play that stupid game!" he said.
"We'll just do what everyone else does, come on".
Thundercracker's plan backfired when it turned out no one was playing the game.
"I saw it on TV once". Skywarp said. He used his stick to shove a disk with all his power, across the deck. It hit a crew member in the foot, causing him to trip, then the disk flew under the railing and into the sea.
"Nice shot, doofus". Starscream said, popping Skywarp on the head with his stick.
"There's a tennis court, let's try that". Thundercracker said.
"Do you know how to play?" asked Starscream.
"No, but there's gotta be someone useing it."
The tennis court was empty as well.
"I saw a tennis match on TV once". said Skywarp.
"Do you ever do anything besides watch TV?" asked Starscream.
"Get on that side of the net, Starscream". Skywarp said, pointing. "Me and Thundercracker will stay on this side and challenge you".
"That's not fair!"
"Since when do you care about fairness?"
Starscream muttered under his breath, taking the racket Skywarp handed him and walking over to the other side of the net.
"You use the racket to hit the ball". Skywarp explained. He tossed the tennis ball into the air and hit it. It landed next to Starscream's feet.
"You've gotta hit it, Starscream!" Skywarp called.
"This is so stupid…" Starscream mumbled and tossed the ball back to Skywarp.
Skywarp hit the ball with his racket, sending it toward Starscream. "Hit it! Hit it!" he yelled.
Starscream hit the ball with his racket, sending it hurling toward Skywarp-and hitting him right in the eye. Thundercracker winced.
"I win". Starscream said, coming over to Skywarp, who was laying on his back with one hand over his left eye.