Aww, Maple I love you! Don't worry, we'll get through this together!
Curse you writers block!
But anyway!
I hope you all enjoy this! Wrote it on a whim!
I won no one but Tai and Psyche and the concept of flying skateboards! I wish...I owe that to Death the Kidd!
Onward!
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Tony Hawk, eat your heart out!
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"Behold my latest, greatest human invention to date!" Wheeljack exclaimed like a whacky, over excited toddler, which in turn caused both Optimus and Tai to glance at each other with curious, yet extremely cautious, looks before the truck stated:
"Wheeljack, that's a strip of wood."
Prime was right. Laying flat on the table was a thin strip of plywood, sanded and polished neatly, with the Autobot insigna painted in bright white and red on the bottom while the top was some sort of rough black material.
"We are all so proud." Tai said with a giggle.
"Hush, buffoons!" Wheeljack snapped. "This is just no mere piece of wood, but it actually is a highly advanced gravity-defying one-seater transportation of perfect fuel efficiency and speed and stability! In short, not-as-smart-as-me people, it a skateboard with an ass-kicking jet engine stuck on it! Oh and it comes with this nifty parachute!"
Wheeljack held up a parachute, once again, with the Autobot insigna on it.
Tai and Optimus exchanged another glance as the techno organic tucked her now white blonde hair behind her human ear. Wheeljack had made a flying skateboard. For humans. More specially...for her. This was beyond bitching!
"Cool beans! So, does it work?" Tai asked, stepping forward to get a good look at the device.
"I haven't the slightest idea." The scientist shurgged, causing both father and daughter to have a sweat drop moment.
"Of course you don't, what was I thinking?" Tai grumbled.
"I have to test it out first. I have added alll the nessesary equipment to keep it stabalized...in other words, who ever rides won't die in a fiery explosion of death."
"Sounds dangerous." Optimus noted.
"As dangerous as having highly heated axes come out of your arms!" Wheeljack retorted.
Optimus gave him a dry look while Tai laughed slightly. "He's got you there, Dad."
"Oh hush."
"So, Tai, my dear one." Wheeljack sai, gently patting the table. "Would you care to try it out?"
"Umm...Wheeljack..." Optimus started to say in a panic but was stopped by a loud squeal of excitement from his daughter.
"Hell yes I would!" She bounded forward like a hyper active child, which she was now that Optimus thought about it. "Can I daddy? Please, please, please, please, please...!"
"Okay, okay, okay, fine, fine, fine...Tatyana, don't hurt yourself!" He gently placed his large pointer finger over her mouth to shut her up. "Wheeljack, you sure it will be safe?"
"Optimus, I'm insulted!" Wheeljack said in a hurt tone. "Why would I have the daughter of my Commander test something was not 95% safe?"
"95%? What about the other five?"
"She could possibly...explode before she even..takes off but that's very small odds of that happening at all!"
Optimus left optic twitched slightly.
"Well, Dad...a 95 is still an A...so I think the odds will be at my back...and if I do die..what better for a skateboarder to die then exploding on a flying skateboard?" Tai said in a cheerful tone.
"Hmmm..."
"Don't worry, Optimus." Wheeljack soothed his leader, patting his side. "She'll be fine, she has the parachute, all the tests have been done...the only thing that could possibly hurt her is a Dece..."
"Wheeljack." Tai said a sharp tone. "Exnay on Epticonay!"
The science bot quickly back tracked. "But, like I said, it's perfectly safe. I can even get Breakaway to keep an eye on her!"
"I don't need a babysitter!" Tai scoffed just as Lennox, Epps, and Sam walked in with Bumblebee in tow. "Hey guys!"
The three men waved at the excited techno organic. Bumblebee twittered in greeting to his Commander and team mate befgore turning curious optics to the device on the table.
"Hey Tai!" Lennox called. "Optimus, Wheeljack!"
"Hello, Colonel." Optimus greeted with a bow of his head.
"Greetings, humans!" Wheeljack exclaimed excitedly. "You are about to witness something extraordinary!"
"Extraordinary means good right?" Epps asked in a cautious tone. "Last time you said extraordinary the base had to be evacuated due to the smoke."
"Honestly, when is everybody going to let that go?" Wheeljack said in an annoyed tone. "It's good! This time...it probably won't explode"
Optimus's optic twitched yet again.
"Hey, big guy, when did that twitch appear?" Sam asked, pointing.
The look the Autobot commander gave him said it all. "Ah, got'cha."
Wheeljack glared at his Commander. "I feel as if I should be offended by that remark, but can we please proceed with the testing?"
Tai shrugged and picked up the plank. It was light, much like her own skateboard. Putting it down, she stepped onto it. It supported her weight nicely, which was a very good thing, since her robotic side wasjust a wee bit heavier then her human side for obvious reasons. "So, how does it work?"
"Ah, I was hoping you'd ask!" Wheeljack squealed gleefully. "Simply put, your feet magnetise to its surface, so you don't fall off, really, and then, a special transmittor links to your processor, allowing you to direct your actions! Magnetise now, link up, and you're good to go!"
"Alrighty then." She said, and did what he told her to do. Everyone watched as the girl concentrated on trying to get the board to lift off the ground...which she did.
Opening her eyes, she nearly fell off the board. "Holy crap." She was literally floating about five or six feet in the air, bright glowing blue lights lighting up teh floor from the boards bottem half. The excited gasps from the four humans made her grin in pride, knowing this was something only for her use.
"That is bitchin'!" Epps said, rushing forward and bending over to look underneath the board. "Crazy stuff!"
"Dude, Tai, you are so lucky!" Sam said in awe. "Wish my board did that!
Optimus watched his daughter continue to laugh as she levitated, his spark feeling lightened at her joy, it was clear she liked that contraption but he still couldn't help but worry. After all, he was her father after all...
But unfortunatly, the test wasn't complete quite yet.
Sigh.
"Okay, now what?" Tai asked.
"Just tell it what to do, and it will do it." Wheeljack said excitedly, literally bouncing on the heels of his feet.
"Umm...input command...fly?" She shrugged, then froze when the rocket's kicked into life and sent her rocketing off, screaming into the air as the board took off, the girl stuck to it via magnets.
"Maintain control!" Wheeljack called after her, before nudging Prime. " Don't worry, she'll be fine...ah...oh crap, I forgot to give her the parachute..."
Optimus's optic twictched once again. "Someone get Breakaway."
"On it." Lennox said.
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Tai continued to scream loudly as she continued to fight for control of the device. "Go LEFT! LEFT! LEFT!" She narrowly avoided colliding into one of the main hangers in the area.
Jazz, who was training with Ironhide and Barricade, looked up at the sound, not quite knowing what it was.
"What is that?" He asked, straining his optics to see exactly what the small, flying object was. It looked way too small to be a fighter jet...and it was giving off no Decepticn signal.
"Huh. No idea." Barricade commented, trying to focus in on what it was.
"Seems tiny, whatever it is." Ironhide said.
Whatever it was, became apparent when a familair voice yelled, more like screamed out. "BABE! CADE! HIDE! GET DOWN!"
The three mechs all quickly dove onto the tarmac as the technorganic flew over their heads at incredibly fast speed, leaving a trail of smoke.
"What the F-TAI!" Jazz yelled, realising his sparkmate was on yet another Wheeljack special. "Tai! Babygirl, get off of that thing!"
"What can't my life be sane?" Barricade grumbled, his head clanging back onto the tarmac with a groan, his charge once again making him question his sanity.
"Optimus let her fly that thing?" Ironhide asked in a shocked tone.
"Oh god! Please don't kill me now!" Tai screamed, her board going freaking crazy as it drove her through a group of palm trees. "OW! OW! Go up, damn you!"
The board did just that, ascending up into the air to avoid any more trees or face full sof rather sharp leaves. Tai struggled to keep her balance as she maintained control, she also made sure not to look down.
"Okay, breathe Tai...it's not so bad...just pretend your at the park...not nearly a hundred feet up in the air." She muttered to herself as the board finally took a straight path. "Um...turn right..."
It easily turned right on the dime, causing the girl to let out a sigh of relief.
"Awesome!" Tai giggled, her body no longer whirling around. "I think I'm getting the hang of it!"
Deciding to be really brave, Tai zoomed down towards the water and skimmed it lightly, causing it to jet behind her like she was on a jetski. Her eye and optic were wide in amazement as she looked down at the light blue water of the ocean, the water spraying behind her as she continued to fly away from the base. Kneeling down carefully, she reached down and touched the water, causing it ripple, distorting her reflection.
"Wow...this is really cool.." She said in a airy voice. "Alright board, turn around!"
The board obeyed and did a long, wide turn and headed back to the base.
Optimus and Wheeljack continued to search the skies as they kept a sharp optic out for the runaway technorganic. "Wheeljack, where is she?"
Sheepishly rubbing his head, the inventer rubbed the back of his neck. "Heh...hard to say...somewhere?"
"Wheeljack. One of these days, I swear..." Optimus growled, torn between worry for his daughter and anger at Wheeljack's lack of foresight. "I should just stuff you in a cave somewhere!"
"That's harsh, Prime." The Mercedes whined, but the truck ignored him and growled: "Breakaway! Find Tatyana."
The nearby jet shook his head: "No need, Prime."
"Why not?"
"No reason, but if I were you, you may want to move about five yards to the right." Optimus was about to ask why when he heard a distinct noise of something approaching rather quickly. Turning, his optics widened when he saw his daughter zooming right towards them at break neck speed,
"Holy crap! Duck and cover!" Both the Commander and the scientist hit the floor while the humans simply stood there and watched in awe as Tai flew over head, leaving a trail of smoke.
"Sorry Dad!" She called out. "WOOO-HOOOO!"
"Frag!" Optimus cursed, quickly getting back up. "Tatyana Topaz Prime, get back here!"
"Chill, boss bot." Breakaway said, laughing his head off as he helped Wheeljack to his feet. "I'll go make sure she's okay! Primus, this is the best thing I've seen since the humans did the Nightmare before Christmas song!"
With that, he flipped into jet mode and took off after the girl.
Fuming, his turned to Wheeljack, who cringed slightly: "You are cleaning out the human toliets this week.."
Wheeljack sighed.
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Tai started soaring up into the sky, her hair whipping in her eyes as she flew staright through a cloud. "Wow..." She breathed out as her eye and optic saw the most amazing sight she had seen in a long time. An endless sea of white fluffy clouds, along with the bright blue sky and the bright yellow sun, shining down onto her face, causing her to shield her eyes.
Turning around, she smiled when she saw the form of Breakaway following her closely. "Seriously now? Well, then...board, pick up the pace!" And with a mighty burst of energy, the board went even faster, parting the clouds as it went.
"Wow...this girl is fast!" Breakaway chuckled. "But not fast enough!"
With a burst of speed, Breakaway zipped after the girl, observing her wheel around the sky gracefully on her new board. Damn, it was like the girl was born to fly. At least with a skateboard.
The jet wheeled around and flew above Tai, whom looked up to see her own reflection in the jet's canopy.
With a laugh, she called: "Hey, Break! Think you can match this!"
With that, the girl swung her board forward and did an impressive grinding trick against a cloud, causing it to disapate.
Breakaway chuckled, before zooming up after her, the two soaring valiantly through the sky, before the jet took a deep dive, then, at the last minute, streaking back upwards in a stunning display of speed.
Tai whistled approvingly, before grinning as she picked up speed, got nearer to the jet's side and promptly slapped her hand against his wing in an "AERIAL HIGH FIVE, FOR THE WIN!"
Breakaway just laughed as they continued to zoom around.
"Hey! Race ya back!" Tai laughed, going into a dive.
"Whoa! Wait! Tai!" Breakaway exclaimed, chasing after her.
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"Optimus, calm down..." Ratchet said, who was gently scratching Psyche on the stomach. "You're wearing a hole in the floor."
Optimus ignored him as he continued to pace and watch the sky for any sign of Breakaway and his precious daughter.
Jazz wasn't doing any btter...it was widely known around base that Breakaway was very fond of Tai, so fond in fact that Jazz threatened to rip off important appendages if he tried anything. But then Tai would throw one of her brightly colored shoes at the jet and Jazz would feel better.
"Send Breakaway after her..." Jazz grumbled, causing Optimus to stop and glare.
"Jazz, are you in anyways, a jet?"
The silver bot didn't comment.
The Soldier on the moniter, known as Britt Anderson, laughed slightly when he overheard the little argument between the two Autobot's. He was the newest recruit to N.E.S.T...and thank God he signed up for this branch, he had never laughed so hard while out in the field.
"Who would've thought working along side giant Alien robots could be so exciting!" He said to Captain Graham, who simply gave him an amused look.
"Cleary, you haven't read Tai's rulebook have you?" He said with a smirk.
Suddenly, Sam let out a yell as he gazed through his binoculars. "Found them!"
Everyone gathered to see the small from of Tai zooming towards the ground at rather high velocity speed.
"Oh, that is not good..." Wheeljack said from behind them. "She's coming in rather fast..."
"That's what she said." Sam muttered, causing Sunny and Sides to snigger lightly.
"Tatyana!" Optimus called in a panic. "You must slow down!"
"DAD!" Tai called back, sounding terrified. "WHEELJACK! HOW DO I STOP THIS THING?"
"Well, crap...knew I forgot to mention something.." He flinched when he saw both Optimus and Jazz starting at him with death in their optics.
Then before anyone could stop her, Tai flew right off her board when she hit a container and she flew off in the distance with a loud crash, causing everyone to flinch.
"Ouch..."
Optimus looked as if he was going to offline at any moment as Jazz called in a panic.
"Ya alright!"
"I think so...hey, did anyone spill ketchup?" She called back.
"Nope." Barricade dead panned.
"I'm not okay!" She exclaimed, causing both Jazz and Optimus to run over.
Sam let out a low whistle. "Wow, she dented a tank with her head...that's even better then when she broke the window with her chin."
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I finished it!
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