AN: I need to start writing more flash fics again...
Liaison Intervention
Prompt: Twist
Characters: Will Lennox, Bobby Epps, Galloway, Ironhide
Universe: Movie
Word Count: 497
It was easy for Will Lennox to identify the high-pitched screech that traveled through the Diego Garcia compound. He didn't twitch when it began, and he would have continued his conversation with Epps had the other man not burst into a fit of hysterical laughter. Will glanced over his shoulder, and his mouth fell open.
Galloway stomped towards the two men, glaring at any NEST soldier he passed who dared to snicker. Epps fell into a coughing fit the closer Galloway got, and Will bit the inside of his cheek to hide his smile. Galloway's nostrils flared, but his glare was obscured by the white glue covering his glasses. "This is not a laughing matter. I have been attacked, and I demand the perpetrator be found and rightfully punished."
Will stepped on the tip of Epps' boot. Epps' coughing laughter paused for a second. "I'll get right on that. Did you see anything that could help tracking down the person who did this? Someone hanging around the area; a trail they left behind; the naked flamingo now running around the base?"
Epps released another round of hearty laughter while Galloway growled and worked his white glue and feather covered hands in a strangling motion. Will smirked at Galloway's back when the liaison stomped away, chuckling at the large pile of pink glitter and feathers leaving a trail in his wake. Epps was bent over with his hands on his knees and gasping for breath when Will turned back to him. "Pay up—I told you it wouldn't even be a week before Sideswipe got the guy."
Epps waved a hand at him, and Will leaned against the outside of the hangar with a smirk and waited for the man to catch his breath. The loud and familiar sound of mechanical feet caused him to turn and smirk up at the hulking Autobot coming their way. "Hey, big guy. Looks like Optimus is going to have to do a little bit of smooth talking next time he meets with the new liaison."
"Really?" Ironhide huffed in what Will would consider a restrained laugh when Galloway continued his hissy fit on the other side of the base. "Doesn't look like that'll be for a while. Guess that means Prime's free for a little target practice after all. Shame—he was looking forward to his boring meeting."
Will glanced back towards the raving liaison, back up at Ironhide, and back again at Galloway. Epps huffed as he finally caught his breath, and Will groaned. "Ironhide, you didn't."
"Didn't what?"
"I thought you guys said Sideswipe was the prankster."
Ironhide harrumphed and straightened his posture, but Will could see the smirk forming on the scarred face of the Autobot. "I don'tprank. I simply have a tendency to find a use for everything. Sideswipe wasn't using it anyway, and Optimus was being stubborn."
Epps bent over double in a new fit of laughter, and Will shook his head with a smile.
Chain of Command
Prompt: Grammar Tips (Semicolon usage and Affect vs. Effect)
Characters: Soundwave, Starscream, Vehicon
Universe: Prime
Word Count: 256
Soundwave tilted his head to the side. Starscream's voice created such a…unique sound effect; unique enough that Soundwave carefully catalogued each sound bite into a separate file labeled "STARSCREAM SCREECHES" for later use.
"For the last time, I am the one in charge now; I am leader of the Decepticons; so you will do everything I saywhen I say it." Starscream shoved his pointed finger against the chest of a Vehicon. Soundwave tilted his head to the other side at the ping the forceful finger produced. "Do you understand?"
The Vehicon snapped to attention, and the other Vehicons watching from their work stations did the same. "Of course Comman—I mean, Lord Starscream. Whatever you say."
Starscream grunted and shoved his finger a little deeper into the drone's chest. After a moment, the Seeker straightened, and a smirk spread across his face. "Good. Now back to work—all of you!"
Starscream waltzed off the command deck with his head and wings held high, the smirk firmly in place until the door slid shut behind him. The Vehicons glanced at one another, and Soundwave straightened his head when all of the Vehicons turned as one to him. He closed the file he had stored Starscream's sound bite in and accessed another, larger compressed file.
"Back to work."
Every Vehicon on deck immediately turned to their work stations; Soundwave nodded and returned to his own station. Starscream's screeches may have been formidable, but Megatron's growling voice affected the crew in a way Starscream's voice could never accomplish.
Thy Regret is Jazz
Prompt: Regret
Characters: Jazz, Sideswipe
Universe: G1
Word Count: 100
"I regret ever meeting you."
A wide grin flashed along Jazz's face. He turned towards the mech sitting beside him, grin growing wider at the pink, green, and yellow splotches that adorned the usual red and black mech. "Wha'cha gotta regret, my mech?"
"My pranks never ended with personal damage before."
"Really? You were in mo'e dire need o' my help than Ah thought."
"You just had to let Ironhide get that paint gun."
"Ah didn't have to…but it was a lot mo'e fun, huh?"
Sideswipe huffed at Jazz and slouched further in his seat, waiting for Prowl's impending sentence.
