Note: I am back...
I am also lazy...
I don't think anyone will have remembered what their reviews were, so I'll just say this:
This is Cap and Optimus. Next should be Nat and Arcee. And finally, there should be Bee and Thor. After that is done, we can finally head on with the true plot...
Because 6 chapters of bonding time are necessary...
Anyway, I hope you enjoy the chapter that was over a month in the making!
The moment Bruce, Bulkhead, and Miko left the sparring room, Steve turned to Natasha and opened his mouth to say something, but closed it. He did this multiple times, speechless until he managed to ask, "How did you do that?"
Natasha just shrugged at him with a slightly smug smile and said nonchalantly, "Feminine intuition."
"Human femmes never cease to surprise me," Arcee said, remembering all the times Miko snuck through the groundbridge to fulfill her daily adrenaline quota.
"I'll surprise you some more if you want to go next. If Cap and Optimus are cool with it too," Natasha added at the end.
"You can go first, Optimus. Steve," Arcee said.
"How about a coin flip," Steve suggested, digging through the many pockets in his suit to find a suitable coin. Ten paper clips, four pens, two flasks, and a comb later, he finally pulled out a shiny quarter.
"Got a measuring tape in those pockets too?" Natasha teased. To her surprise, he pulled three out.
At her questioning look, he said, "It helps to be prepared."
"If you could find anything," she joked back.
"Optimus is the same," Arcee said, inclining her helm towards the mech.
Said mech smiled almost sheepishly and said, "It is true. I store a number of odd objects in my subspace. Most of which I forget about."
"Let's not forget about our spar. Flip the coin, Steve," Natasha ordered.
"Yes, ma'am." Setting the coin on the side of his closed fist and flicking his thumb, Steve launched the quarter into the air. They all watched is it made a myriad of flips before he caught it as it fell and gave it a final flip without peeking.
"Call it."
"Heads," Natasha said. Steve lifted his hand, revealing the eagle on the back of the quarter. "Well. You win, Cap."
Steve smiled and kicked his shield onto his arm as he said, "I hope you're ready, Optimus."
"I too am very prepared."
Their audience watched with small smiles as the two males circled each other, scouting out their opponent for any weaknesses. Finally, it seemed they decided they were ready to start and they charged at each other. Optimus moved to flick Steve away with a massive servo. But being larger made the Prime slow, which he took to his advantage. The man dodged the servo and swung around his legs to climb up the Cybertronian. Optimus reared back in reflex but wasted precious time doing this. Steve managed to climb up to his torso before he was swept off.
It went on like this for almost an hour before Optimus managed to pin Steve under the point of his blade with barely an inch to spare.
"Surrender, Captain Rogers," Optimus pressed. From Steve's perspective, it looked like the tip of the blade was dancing on top of his right eye.
"Sounds like good advice, Cap," Natasha teased as Steve conceded to surrendering.
"Don't take it personally. Primes are hard to defeat," Arcee said.
"If only the Decepticons were easy to beat, then you wouldn't still be fighting a war." Everyone turned to see Thor walking back into the room with Bumblebee on his heels. "I see that the ladies have yet to have their catfight."
"Arcee, how about we show the boys what a real fight is," Natasha said.
"Bring it on."
Note: I did try. Curse my lack of Marvel knowledge. Anyway, reviews are appreciated deeply and I will get back to them (eventually).
Also, I've recently had a few story ideas pop in. I was actually starting to write one and some more are floating around in my brain too. Do you guys want me to finish this first, or are you okay with my attention being split between multiple fics (home shopping, high school, writing a story for a game, etc)?
Till next time!
(Which hopefully isn't in a month)