Chapter Four

"C'mon! It'll be fun!" Ari pleaded, pulling on his hand as if she could actually make him follow her. He shook his head.

"I...don't know about this.."

"It's just a movie! It won't bite you! Please?" Her eyes got all big and innocent, and he melted.

"Oh, all right..." I swear, he thought to himself, I'm turning into a big softy. And it's all her fault! He transformed and she climbed into the driver's seat.

"You won't regret it! I promise!"

"...I'm regretting it.." Wheeljack grumbled, staring at the drive-in movie screen. Ari sighed from her perch on his shoulder, leaning against his wing.

"Everyone told me it was a great movie!" She told him defensively. '2001: A Space Odyssey' wasn't exactly the best movie she'd ever seen, actually, in both their opinions, it reeked. She did get a kick out of the scene when HAL was being disconnected though..

"Daisy, daisy, give me your answer true,

I'm half crazy, all for the love of you,

It won't be a stylish marriage,

I can't afford a carriage

But you'll look sweet

Upon the seat

Of a bicycle built for two.." She sang along. Wheeljack was certain he'd never heard a more ridiculous song. When he said so, Ari only grinned mischievously and went back to watching the movie.

"Okay...a twenty minute light show....why...?" He asked, staring at the screen as if hypnotized. Ari didn't even turn to look at him.

"I...have no idea.."

"Well...that was...different." Wheeljack managed as the credits rolled. Ari gave him a sidelong glance, and laughed.

"Yeah, 'different' is definitely a good description of the...uh...'thing' we just watched." She grinned and climbed down to his leg, then hopped to the ground and took off. "Be right back!"

A few minutes later she came back, the grin on her face telling him he was not going to like whatever it was she had in mind. She held up one hand, in it, he could see two small slips of paper.

"...you didn't."

"Nah, they aren't playing it twice in a row. I just got tickets to the next movie showing."

"And that would be?"

The grin turned impossibly evil.

"Terminator."

One Week Later...

"Daisy...daisy..."

"Will you stop that?!?!"

Ari stifled a giggle and went back to work. She'd been driving him nuts with what he called 'That Infernal Song' for the past week. After the movie fiasco, they'd both agreed that the lab was where they belonged. Though she still held plans to get him outside every once in awhile. She'd just have to be sneakier..