It was bound to be some disagreement
Andrea was getting ready for the grand finale, collecting all she needed, persuading Wheeljack. and all the stuff that came in between.
She was taking a well-deserved break when knocking on the door broke the silence. "Enter!"
If it had been biological, what walked in, Andrea wouldn't be sure if it was a rabid werewolf or just a mad tyrannosaurus. That was the best description she thought fitted Rodimus right now.
"What can I do for you?" she asked him in her usual tone of voice. A thought swiveled around in her head. Me, the Hulk thinks you done badly. She nearly started laughing, but managed to keep a straight face.
"Who gave you permission to do that?"
"Your commander, your leader and otherwise your priest." She wondered just how much that would confuse him. Judging by the facial expression; pretty much. She was getting tired and she felt that this conversation wouldn't go exactly smoothly.
"Prime gave you permission?"
"Oh, please stop acting so surprised. Unlike you I am not afraid to tell him about the things he needs to know. You must have understood that he would learn about this sooner or later. He has seen what kind of pain he has been in and like me taken special interest in helping him."
"You." Rodimus waved a threatening finger at her. "You have pushed me out of this, banned me from seeing to and taking care of hi."
"You brought this on yourself when you made things worse. I have taken over and if you want any information it will have to go through me first."
"I will NOT stand in the background and let you destroy Duo with all your crazy experiments and stuff."
"Stuff? My, my, my, don't we have a extended vocabulary?" She rose to her feet. "Look, we have all agreed tot his, otherwise I would never have done it. I won't do anything to jeopardize Duo's life or safety, but this has to be done, risky or not. If we let him continue the way he is today he is bound to kill himself because of heartache or the feeling of worthlessness."
"You know that I can not let you do this, no human has ever-"
"When will that get through your thick head? I-AM-NOT-HUMAN!!!"
"No. No, your kind is worse, you kill and destroy and you have no respect for other peoples' lives or property. You perhaps want this planet for yourselves? Maybe you want to take over since you are such a powerful race, you need to be on top, don't you?"
Andrea started to laugh. "When will all these conspiracy theories stop? Have you all gone mad? We don't want your bloody planet; it's what's making us sick, you dickwad! Indra nearly died because of this stupid planet, what makes you think we want this heap of metal? It means nothing to us."
"I still can not let you do it." He came towards her in the intention of placing her in a cell till he had managed to explain a thing or two to Prime.
"Don't do this, Rod, you're going to regret it," she said as she backed up. When he showed to sign of taking to reason she had no other choice. Without hesitation she sent out one of her specialties; a energy wave so powerful that it sent Rodimus flying straight across the room and into the opposite wall.
Out of pure reflex he pulled out his gun and aimed it at Andrea just as she did the same.
"Children, children, play nicely." Prime entered the room and disarmed both of them. "What is this all about?"
"Just some petty disagreement," muttered Andrea.
"Yes, nothing major."
"I see. And has this petty disagreement anything to do with Duo?"
"Some."
"A thing or two perhaps."
"Andrea, do what ever it was you were doing before Rodimus bothered you. You." he pointed at the other member of the party. "Come with me."
***
Duo just couldn't wait. Tomorrow would be the great day unless anyone came up with a better plan. Of course it was about fifty per cent chance that he would be terminated, literary deleted, erased from existence because they were going to take the best sides of his two personalities and fuse them together to one. There were a million things that could go wrong, but the other fifty per cent meant that he would live the rest of his life a happy Transformer. That weighed up for it all. He would not back out now.
But what if he was to die? What if he should be terminated on that table? Would anyone remember him and if so, how would they remember him? Like the Autobot who had two genders, the transvestite or would they remember him as the hard-worker he was?
He didn't want to die, not now when he had finally found love. It was a strange sort of love, but it was still love. When he would have his new body as a female he could move in for the kill as Andrea said they said on Earth. But what if he died on that table and Red Alert would later find out that it was indeed he who had sent him the letter, how would he take that? And if they ever were to have a relationship what if he ever found out that he had once been a HE?
Primus, this was getting complicated. He hoped this would get much more simple in the end.
But then again, what about his new personality, would he ever remember what he had gone though and things like that? They had after all said that they were going to use most of the female personality to make a new one. Would he remember who he was, what he had gone through? Would he remember that he loved Red Alert?
Stupid, stupid! STUPID! He slammed his fist against his head. He had to stop all this negative thinking; it would only make him nervous and wonder whether or not he should take a chance on something like this.
"What are you doing, Duo?" Bruno sat down next to him. "Big day tomorrow, huh?"
"How many know about this?"
"Only the people involved. And Andrea's father of course." The doctor sniggered. "I never thought I would say THAT!"
"I'm nervous."
Bruno nodded. "It is perfectly normal and ok to be nervous when you are standing in front of the greatest canyon you ever have to jump over, so to speak. Stupid metaphor, but it's been created by our people so don't expect the best."
"You don't like them. your people?"
"It's all about feeling at home some place. I feel at home on Earth. That's where I was born, that's where I grew up and that's where all the fun is. When Daniel takes Indra with him back to Earth I think I'm going to join them. Andrea has an apartment in New York and if I can't stay there I can always take the Winnebago. Be one with the open road and stuff."
"What's New York like?"
"It stinks!"
"Oh. I think you'd rather go for the Winnebago, then?"
Bruno started laughing. "Yeah, I think I'd rather go for the Winnebago."
"What about Andrea? Do you think she'll go back to Earth, to New York?"
"New York, never. Earth." He sighed. "She is so busy right here and her one true love is right here on this planet so I think she'll be reluctant to leave, but she has to because this planet is not good for any of us. It is draining us of our powers somehow. We NEED to be on a living planet, I'm afraid Cybertron doesn't qualify as such."
"Where do you think she'll move to, then?"
"Know much about Earth?"
"Seen some images from various places, yes."
"Knowing her right it is either going to be California or Mississippi."
"What about Terra?"
"She'll never go back to that place, she has found out that she doesn't belong among the Amsheans, she belong among the humans."
"But there's not a drop of human blood in her veins."
"It's all about where you feel you belong, Duo, where you feel you belong." Bruno got to his feet. "Enough chitchat, let's go see how the good lady is doing, if she's getting anywhere with her work."
They had barely gotten halfway through the corridor when they heard loud voices from Andrea's quarters.
"What the hell? Stay here." Bruno went down to check out what was going on.
Andrea was sitting in her chair in the middle of the room, staring up at the angry Autobots who were yelling at each other, but most of all her. They had found out that Wheeljack were to team up with her on some kind of project and none of them were too appreciative of that.
Blaster was the one who took initiative. He transformed and leaped onto Andrea's lap.
The Amshean took the hint and found an old Black Sabbath tape she tuned up way high.
The noise made all the Autobots shut up.
"Thank you." She removed the tape and placed Blaster on the floor. "I have had ENOUGH of all of you and your God damn whining. Are you really so helpless that you can't be without Wheeljack for a day or two?"
"It's the principal that counts here," complained Trailbreaker. "It's the principal."
"Leave her alone! Leave Wheeljack alone, and for Primus' sake leave Duo alone!" Prowl placed himself in front of Andrea like some kind of shield. "If this is what they want this is what they'll get. The least you can do is to support this. It's Optimus Prime's will as well as Duo's will. Now get out of here and let them work in peace!"
"Does Red Alert know about this? Maybe it's Duo who's sent him the letter!" one of them called out.
"That is none of your business!"
***
"I'm out of here," mumbled Duo. "If that crowd sees me I'll be eaten alive."
"You're right, down here. It's about time we get this into action." Bruno led him towards the nearest Med Bay.
***
"Whether or not it IS Duo, I don't care," said Red Alert and the others turned around. "Leave him alone, this is not your fight."
"Excuse me," said Andrea and strode past them. "I have a job to do."
Andrea was getting ready for the grand finale, collecting all she needed, persuading Wheeljack. and all the stuff that came in between.
She was taking a well-deserved break when knocking on the door broke the silence. "Enter!"
If it had been biological, what walked in, Andrea wouldn't be sure if it was a rabid werewolf or just a mad tyrannosaurus. That was the best description she thought fitted Rodimus right now.
"What can I do for you?" she asked him in her usual tone of voice. A thought swiveled around in her head. Me, the Hulk thinks you done badly. She nearly started laughing, but managed to keep a straight face.
"Who gave you permission to do that?"
"Your commander, your leader and otherwise your priest." She wondered just how much that would confuse him. Judging by the facial expression; pretty much. She was getting tired and she felt that this conversation wouldn't go exactly smoothly.
"Prime gave you permission?"
"Oh, please stop acting so surprised. Unlike you I am not afraid to tell him about the things he needs to know. You must have understood that he would learn about this sooner or later. He has seen what kind of pain he has been in and like me taken special interest in helping him."
"You." Rodimus waved a threatening finger at her. "You have pushed me out of this, banned me from seeing to and taking care of hi."
"You brought this on yourself when you made things worse. I have taken over and if you want any information it will have to go through me first."
"I will NOT stand in the background and let you destroy Duo with all your crazy experiments and stuff."
"Stuff? My, my, my, don't we have a extended vocabulary?" She rose to her feet. "Look, we have all agreed tot his, otherwise I would never have done it. I won't do anything to jeopardize Duo's life or safety, but this has to be done, risky or not. If we let him continue the way he is today he is bound to kill himself because of heartache or the feeling of worthlessness."
"You know that I can not let you do this, no human has ever-"
"When will that get through your thick head? I-AM-NOT-HUMAN!!!"
"No. No, your kind is worse, you kill and destroy and you have no respect for other peoples' lives or property. You perhaps want this planet for yourselves? Maybe you want to take over since you are such a powerful race, you need to be on top, don't you?"
Andrea started to laugh. "When will all these conspiracy theories stop? Have you all gone mad? We don't want your bloody planet; it's what's making us sick, you dickwad! Indra nearly died because of this stupid planet, what makes you think we want this heap of metal? It means nothing to us."
"I still can not let you do it." He came towards her in the intention of placing her in a cell till he had managed to explain a thing or two to Prime.
"Don't do this, Rod, you're going to regret it," she said as she backed up. When he showed to sign of taking to reason she had no other choice. Without hesitation she sent out one of her specialties; a energy wave so powerful that it sent Rodimus flying straight across the room and into the opposite wall.
Out of pure reflex he pulled out his gun and aimed it at Andrea just as she did the same.
"Children, children, play nicely." Prime entered the room and disarmed both of them. "What is this all about?"
"Just some petty disagreement," muttered Andrea.
"Yes, nothing major."
"I see. And has this petty disagreement anything to do with Duo?"
"Some."
"A thing or two perhaps."
"Andrea, do what ever it was you were doing before Rodimus bothered you. You." he pointed at the other member of the party. "Come with me."
***
Duo just couldn't wait. Tomorrow would be the great day unless anyone came up with a better plan. Of course it was about fifty per cent chance that he would be terminated, literary deleted, erased from existence because they were going to take the best sides of his two personalities and fuse them together to one. There were a million things that could go wrong, but the other fifty per cent meant that he would live the rest of his life a happy Transformer. That weighed up for it all. He would not back out now.
But what if he was to die? What if he should be terminated on that table? Would anyone remember him and if so, how would they remember him? Like the Autobot who had two genders, the transvestite or would they remember him as the hard-worker he was?
He didn't want to die, not now when he had finally found love. It was a strange sort of love, but it was still love. When he would have his new body as a female he could move in for the kill as Andrea said they said on Earth. But what if he died on that table and Red Alert would later find out that it was indeed he who had sent him the letter, how would he take that? And if they ever were to have a relationship what if he ever found out that he had once been a HE?
Primus, this was getting complicated. He hoped this would get much more simple in the end.
But then again, what about his new personality, would he ever remember what he had gone though and things like that? They had after all said that they were going to use most of the female personality to make a new one. Would he remember who he was, what he had gone through? Would he remember that he loved Red Alert?
Stupid, stupid! STUPID! He slammed his fist against his head. He had to stop all this negative thinking; it would only make him nervous and wonder whether or not he should take a chance on something like this.
"What are you doing, Duo?" Bruno sat down next to him. "Big day tomorrow, huh?"
"How many know about this?"
"Only the people involved. And Andrea's father of course." The doctor sniggered. "I never thought I would say THAT!"
"I'm nervous."
Bruno nodded. "It is perfectly normal and ok to be nervous when you are standing in front of the greatest canyon you ever have to jump over, so to speak. Stupid metaphor, but it's been created by our people so don't expect the best."
"You don't like them. your people?"
"It's all about feeling at home some place. I feel at home on Earth. That's where I was born, that's where I grew up and that's where all the fun is. When Daniel takes Indra with him back to Earth I think I'm going to join them. Andrea has an apartment in New York and if I can't stay there I can always take the Winnebago. Be one with the open road and stuff."
"What's New York like?"
"It stinks!"
"Oh. I think you'd rather go for the Winnebago, then?"
Bruno started laughing. "Yeah, I think I'd rather go for the Winnebago."
"What about Andrea? Do you think she'll go back to Earth, to New York?"
"New York, never. Earth." He sighed. "She is so busy right here and her one true love is right here on this planet so I think she'll be reluctant to leave, but she has to because this planet is not good for any of us. It is draining us of our powers somehow. We NEED to be on a living planet, I'm afraid Cybertron doesn't qualify as such."
"Where do you think she'll move to, then?"
"Know much about Earth?"
"Seen some images from various places, yes."
"Knowing her right it is either going to be California or Mississippi."
"What about Terra?"
"She'll never go back to that place, she has found out that she doesn't belong among the Amsheans, she belong among the humans."
"But there's not a drop of human blood in her veins."
"It's all about where you feel you belong, Duo, where you feel you belong." Bruno got to his feet. "Enough chitchat, let's go see how the good lady is doing, if she's getting anywhere with her work."
They had barely gotten halfway through the corridor when they heard loud voices from Andrea's quarters.
"What the hell? Stay here." Bruno went down to check out what was going on.
Andrea was sitting in her chair in the middle of the room, staring up at the angry Autobots who were yelling at each other, but most of all her. They had found out that Wheeljack were to team up with her on some kind of project and none of them were too appreciative of that.
Blaster was the one who took initiative. He transformed and leaped onto Andrea's lap.
The Amshean took the hint and found an old Black Sabbath tape she tuned up way high.
The noise made all the Autobots shut up.
"Thank you." She removed the tape and placed Blaster on the floor. "I have had ENOUGH of all of you and your God damn whining. Are you really so helpless that you can't be without Wheeljack for a day or two?"
"It's the principal that counts here," complained Trailbreaker. "It's the principal."
"Leave her alone! Leave Wheeljack alone, and for Primus' sake leave Duo alone!" Prowl placed himself in front of Andrea like some kind of shield. "If this is what they want this is what they'll get. The least you can do is to support this. It's Optimus Prime's will as well as Duo's will. Now get out of here and let them work in peace!"
"Does Red Alert know about this? Maybe it's Duo who's sent him the letter!" one of them called out.
"That is none of your business!"
***
"I'm out of here," mumbled Duo. "If that crowd sees me I'll be eaten alive."
"You're right, down here. It's about time we get this into action." Bruno led him towards the nearest Med Bay.
***
"Whether or not it IS Duo, I don't care," said Red Alert and the others turned around. "Leave him alone, this is not your fight."
"Excuse me," said Andrea and strode past them. "I have a job to do."