Chapter Five
"Where are we NOW?!" Bouncy asked as she picked herself up. She sadly shook out her now fuchia colored wings. Sighing, she put that thought out of her mind and concentrated instead on trying to puzzle out their surroundings. They seemed to be on a cloudy like substance.
"Puke green just does NOT work on me!" Heart Throb kept wailing.
Meanwhile, the erstwhile Decepticons now found themselves a disturbing shade of ...
"PINK! NOT HOT PINK! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
"So much unhappiness, Tenderheart," a new voice interrupted the moanings and wailings of the unfortunate misfit group.
"Yes, they need some happy loving Care Bear STARE!!"
Glittering beams streamed from the stomachs of two small, furry bears. The ponies dodged, Rainbow Brite ducked, and Soundwave managed to scoop Ravage into his arms and scramble to the side. Megatron and Starscream, preparing for another bout of insults, looked up in surprise as they took the full force of the blast.
All of a sudden, a new feeling came over the Decepticons. It was a warm, very happy feeling that they had never... quite... felt before. Megatron looked over at Starscream, what a help he was to him. His second-in-command, certainly that must be such a hard job, day in, day out... Starscream was like his right arm. Without him, he didn't know what he would do.
"Starscream," said Megatron, his voice dripping with admiration. "I just want you to know how much I appreciate you." whereupon Starscream burst into tears of happiness. "Oh Megatron! You have no IDEA what that means to me!" The two bots hugged, leaving the others to gape, some in shock, some in horror, and some in complete and utter fear.
"Say," said Medley, "Are they like... gonna propose to one another now? Because that would be SO sweet!"
Heart Throb shook her head, "I would hope not!" she replied. "We don't even have a chapel ready! And what about a priest? And we need to set up invitations, and caterers..."
Wish Bear and Tenderheart looked at each other, "I think we've just created a monster..."
The ground split open with a barreling crack that seemed to echo through the whole of Eternia. A large green tiger with golden yellow stripes leaped over a widening chasm, nearly missed the ledge, and dug his claws into the hard soil to make sure that he didn't missed his mark.
The feline was sweating. His tongue lolled from his mouth as he panted with exhaustion. He turned and a statement of utter horror covered his face as the crack in the earth grew wider. He took off in a dead run as trees and rocks tumbled into the depths unknown.
He was heading toward the palace that he called home. Earlier that day he had wandered off for a bit of relaxation and peace. Now he was wishing that he had never gotten out of bed that morning.
"ADAM!" The cat cried out as the earth below his fleeting paws began to rumble again.
"I'm coming Cringer!" A deep masculine voice called out to him. Before long a muscular barbarian dressed in little more than a fur loincloth leaped over a growing spike of stone, as the ground shifted, landing before the frightened tiger.
"We have to get out of here," The man said, drawing a heavy broadsword from a sheath mounted on his back.
The large cat frowned. "I don't think we have time for that," he whimpered as a flash of light enveloped them.
The green and brown bears looked at each other for a moment before once again looking at the tall robots patting each other on the back and complimenting on their accomplishments. Or lack thereof.
Tenderheart smiled and looked at the hideously green colored pony. "I'm sure you'll have no trouble from them from now on."
"That's all well and nice," Heart Throb tried her best to return the smile. "But I am an UGLY GREEN!"
Rainbow Brite scratched her head in confusion. "Sorry. I normally make bright colors, nothing so.... well...."
"Extraordinarily putrid?"
"Thank you Wind Whistler." The once pink pegasus looked at herself once more. "I think I am going to faint."
Rainbow looked to a small pocket in the blue skirt of her dress. "I wonder if I have a spare clear crystal with me. Then I should be able to remove the colors. This has accidentally happened before."
"And your performance when you cloned Optimus Prime, controlling the double yourself? Pure brilliance, mighty Megatron!" Starscream said.
"Recall your superb acting talents from your databanks, you were just as great as I." Megatron patted his shoulder plate.
Soundwave somehow seemed ill.
And Starlite sniffed at a shivering furry ball.
