Heads were going to roll. Terra knew that was certain when she woke up and discovered she was now in the Decepticon base. Her Sire could have talked to her, ask her if she wanted to get to know him, but no he had to be an idiot and kidnap her!
Marauders, eat your heart out, she grinned. The Rampage was on the loose.
"How in the pit did she manage to do this?!" Demanded a rather colorful Megatron, once the rest of the Decepticons had assembled in the throne room the morning after Stardancer's capture. Each of his men were painted in an assortment of colors; overall they looked like a failed tie-dye experiment on a large scale. "First she escapes and now this!"
"That Minicon with her has to be assisting her," said Starscream. "They should have been separated after their capture."
"Oh, believe me: when they're found, they won't be seeing each other for a long time."
The first thing Terra did upon escaping her prison was to check out the warp gate. The Decepticons apparently used a different system to lock and operate their warp gate than the Autobots, so she and Light Racer couldn't use that to get back home. At least, not until they figured out how it worked.
In the mean time she did the next best thing: give her captors hell. She was glad she recorded their reactions; it would be a hilarious video to share once she got back. Maybe she could hack one of the computers and send it to them as a way of letting her friends know she was okay.
She scratched the area around her collar again, wishing she could take it off. Her Minicon companion had made it clear taking it off would be inadvisable where they were. The base was located on the Earth's moon, and the Decepticons did not have a human safe atmosphere in their base.
Light Racer started beeping, notifying her that the Decepticons were busy putting the final touches on their space ship. It was their chance to send the video to the Autobots!
They stayed in the air vents in order to stay out of sight and only came out if they had hit a dead end. They came across Megatron stomping away from the throne room, obviously still pissed at her tie-dye prank and how long it took to get the colors off. The two had a few close calls with a few Minicons, but for the most part no one noticed them. After making sure the coast was clear and no one was going to barge in on them, they finally reached a computer station to send their message. Terra uploaded the video she made and typed a quick message to her friends before sending it.
"Hopefully this'll ease their worries while giving them a good laugh," she muttered.
"There you are!" A voice said, making Terra jump as Thrust made himself visible. "Megatron would like a word with you two."
Light Racer immediately transformed and the two sped off down the corridor. Thrust chased after them until a huge hand swept both the Minicon and human up off the floor.
"Tidal Wave catch princess," said the oversized Mech holding the two. "Tidal Wave take to Megatron."
"Good work, Tidal Wave," said Thrust. "Now, hand them to me so…" He trailed off when he realized the huge Mech wasn't listening to him and walking towards the space ship to see Megatron.
"Thrust annoying," the large Mech said, making Terra laugh. "Stardancer funny. Prank good idea."
The use of her Cybertronian name brought up a question from Terra, "Did Megatron tell the crew who I am?"
"Megatron say we holding human as pet," was his reply. "Crew doesn't know about Stardancer. Crew only thinks we have Terra."
It took her a moment to process Tidal Wave's fragmented statements. Apparently, not all of the Decepticons knew about Stardancer. Megatron hadn't informed them they were housing his own daughter, only a human pet. Apparently, Tidal Wave was more observant than given credit for, and since he found her prank to be amusing, she might be looking at her partner in crime while onboard the Decepticon ship.
"Tidal Wave, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship."
The giant Mech chuckled at this and continued heading towards the ship.
Megatron was starting to become impatient when he spotted Tidal Wave walking towards the ship with both Stardancer and her Minicon in his grasp. The warship Transformer walked up to him and handed over their human guest.
"Good work, Tidal Wave," he said while keeping a firm grip on his mischievous daughter. "Lock up the Minicon in the brig and then you may return to your duties."
"Tidal Wave obeys," Tidal Wave replied and headed towards the brig, ignoring Stardancer's protests. Megatron gave her a slight squeeze and she immediately fell silent.
"This is your punishment," he growled at his daughter. "You and your friend will be separated until I see fit to release him. Do I make myself clear?"
"Yes sir," she grounded out, obviously keeping her attitude is check.
"Good and I expect you to remember this lesson." He entered the ship and proceeded to Stardancer's quarters where he unceremoniously dropped her on her human berth. "You will remain in your quarters unless escorted by me or one of my men. Your meals will be brought to you by one of the Minicons, and you will be expected to 'clear your plate' as the humans say. Do you understand?"
"Yes sir."
He stared at her for a long moment, trying to gauge what was going on in her mind. Finally he vented and said, "Please don't make this any harder than it already is. I don't want us to be on bad terms when we have just reunited."
"It takes both sides to make this work, Megatron," was her reply.
"I know, and I hope we can reach the point of getting to know each other soon." With that he walked out and locked the door. Without the Minicon, he didn't have to worry about her getting out so easily again.
"Hey! What's the big idea?" Alexis demanded as the boys dragged her to the Autobot command center the morning after Terra's kidnapping. All the Autobots were gathered as well, and Sideswipe and Hot Shot were having difficulties suppressing their snickers. Optimus hit a button on the main computer and a video began to play.
Five boxes showing the Decepticons popped up. Each one looked to be asleep in what appeared to be their individual quarters, and then Terra and Light Racer appeared with buckets of pain in tow. The two proceeded to paint each Decepticon in their sleep, making them all look tie-dyed. As each Decepticon woke up and discovered they'd been pranked, near hysterical laughter filled the command center. Thrust's squawks of indignation were by far the most entertaining. When the video feed cut off a message appeared.
Miss Rampage hereby declares a war of pranks on the Decepticons.
"She's okay!" Alexis exclaimed in relief.
"See? What did we tell you?" said Rad when he stopped laughing.
"She'll be back with us in no time!" Carlos fist pumped.