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Optimus reached up for his com link to ask for a ground bridge. It would take a couple of minutes since human technology decided to mess with the Cybertronian technology of the ground bridge causing a few error messages to appear which frustrated Ratchet to no end. Besides the fact he was also working on the kid's projects.
Seth looked over Bee's hands towards the ground dreading the moment Ratchet found out he broke another rib. He hated doctors and hospitals with a passion.So naturally he disliked the Autobot Medic.
"What are you thinking of human?" Ironhide asked looking at the human in Bee's hands starring down at the ground.
"In all honesty just wondering if I jump from here would it kill me?" Seth said making Bee freak as he suddenly shifted Seth so he couldn't move. "Bee! I was only joking, ease up on the hold, damn it!! I wasn't serious, i just don't want to go to medbay!!!" Seth yelled.
"Are all humans like this one, Prime?" Ironhide asked in concern as he wondered about the boy's mind set.
"No, Ironhide they are thankfully not all like, young Sethiroth. Your just meeting our most unusual human ally who i and the others have very deep concerns about." Optimus said sighing while being deeply worried for the boy's mental health.
The boy was way to much like Megatron as well as Ratchet in many respects but their was something else that was a mixture of pure rage, darkness, a madness so close to being the true embodiment of insanity and a deep unrelenting sadness unlike anything Optimus had seen before which was truly worrisome.
"Prime, stop calling me, Sethiroth!!!! It's just Seth!!!" Seth spat.
"Your sure he's not Megatron trapped in a organic body or something? I mean his personality is almost the same as his and he also looks a lot like Megatron if he was a fleshy." Ironhide asked in concern.
"He's not Megatron." Optimus said softly. "His story and situation is a bit complicated..." Optimus said sighing.
"That's an understatement of the year..."Seth grumbled bitterly.
"Sethiroth..." Optimus said.
"It's true and you know it." Seth grumbled.
Bee chirped something as Seth's eye twitched in annoyance upon hearing his name. "Ironhide, I'm basically the problem child in this little rag tag group, who happens to share a similar personality as to that of Megatron's." Seth grumbled as he looked at Bee's finger that tightened on him. "Bee, for the last time!!! I said ease up on the fucking grip already!" Seth snarled as he than suddenly bit down onto a sensitive wire making Bee scream from the pain as he accidentally toss the human high into the air making Bee freak as well as Optimus. Ironhide however calmly caught the human by the back of his shirt before placing him into his hand.
"Let's do that again!!!" Seth said in evil amusement as he laughed almost insanely.
Bee began yelling at Seth in his series of frantic beeps, clicks and whirls at him. "Yeah i still can't understand ya bee, but i think i want to try bungee jumping or jumping from a plane next time." Seth said grinning. Bee smacked his face.
"You're a suicidal little imp aren't you?" Ironhide asked in concern as he stared at the boy.
"Just another part of my charming personality." Seth laughed as he grinned like a cat that just ate the pet bird and was rewarded with a bowl of cream.
"Sethiroth, has unfortunately gained a unhealthy tendency of biting people as well as a unhealthy habit of enjoying near death experiences." Optimus added with a frown as his optic twitched slightly. This human is going to be the death of my sanity. Perhaps i owe Ratchet an apology...Seth just might be the death of us, after all. Optimus thought in concern.
"I am warning you now, if you bite me, it will be your last, squishy." Ironhide warned in deadly tone at the human in his hand.
"Dude, if you think I am going to bite you, than Ratchet, needs to look at your processor. You think I want to be vaporized!?" Seth snarled before he became very calm as he eyed the sensitive wires in ironhide's hand.
Every fiber of Seth's being was screaming that this was a horrible, suicidal, bad idea and not to do it. Was he going to listen or even care to listen to the little voice of reason in his head screaming at the top of it's lungs, not to do it?
Nope!
"Than again...you only live once so...you know what? Screw it." Seth trailed off before he suddenly bit down onto the sensitive wire in Ironhide's hand.
Optimus and Bee paled dramatically at this. He didn't just do what i think he did, did he?! Optimus and Bee both thought in grim tones as they glanced at one another. Scrap, he did!!! The two panicked as the realization sank in.
Ironhide's optic twitched violently as his body shook and Seth had a wide evil Cheshire cat grin while still biting Ironhide. Gotta love me. Seth thought with a evil glint in his eyes.
Ratchet finally cleared all the error messages as he finally opened the ground bridge upon Prime's request. The sight of Seth running for his life came running through the ground bridge screaming, "I regret nothing! The temptation to do it was too great to just ignore!" while running like the devil was on his heels.
"Come back here you little, organic, pit spawn, scraplet!!" Ironhide screamed as he came running through the portal with cannons blazing as Bee and Optimus were right behind him. Bee was beeping wildly in fright as Optimus was shouting for Ironhide to stand down.
"What in the all spark? Ironhide?! What? When? How?" Ratchet asked in pure confusion before he than quickly scooped up his human charge before he could flee out of the main room. "Why do i have a feeling your behind this and what in the name of Primus did you do this time, you pit spawn gremlin!?" Ratchet demanded as he glared at his charge.
"Augh... for starters I am not a gremlin or a scraplet! Sevondly all i did was help us find another Autobot so your welcome!!!!!!" Seth shouted.
"He also snapped another rib and he bit me. Are you completely sure that organic scraplet isn't rabid?!" Ironhide hissed as he put his cannons away. Dead silence filled the room. Seth paled dramatically at those words as he began sweating bullets.
"Scrap..." Seth said under his breath.
"What!?" Arcee and Bulkhead yelled in disbelief.
Fuck my life. Seth thought to himself as he closed his eyes for a moment
"Is this true Optimus?" Ratchet asked in a deadly cold tone. "Did he really break another rib?!"
"It's true." Optimus said sighing. Ratchet than looked at his charge who swallowed thickly as he looked up at him.
"At least we have another bot now. So...can we sort of talk about this without sending me to medbay?" Seth said nervously as he saw Ratchet's expression turn down right murderous.
Ratchet snarled in rage as it looked like steam was coming from his helm as he tightened his grip on Seth making him wheeze for a second that almost sounded like a dying squeak from a dog toy as Ratchet than carried him to med bay. Ironhide glanced around at the other bots and noticed the other kids staring wide eyed in disbelief.
"Don't any of you kids, get any ideas about biting me, because i really will use my cannons!" He snarled at them.
"Seth, strikes again." Jack said softly as he smacks his face. Miko than snapped a picture of Ironhide as she laughs nervously, while Raf shook his head.
"How in the all spark, did you manage to snap that one rib in twenty places, and do i have to add a special metal coating to your bones in order to prevent them from breaking?!!!" Ratchet suddenly screamed loudly making everyone jump.
"I am not a science experiment for you to test shit out on! Also I'm not deaf, so stop screaming at me, Doc! Bad enough that i already have energon in my blood stream, so your fucken nuts if ya think for a moment i'm letting ya add any more shit into my already damaged body!!" Seth shouted.
"Just where do you think your going?! I have to reset that rib!"
"Oh hell no!!! Your not fucken cutting me wide open!!! Do you even have a medical degree in human biology!?" Seth shouted.
"They are going to kill each other..." Jack said nervously as they all listened to the commotion from med bay.
"Told you it was a bad idea pairing them together, Optimus." Arcee said sighing just as they all heard a crash from med bay.
"Will you stop being so damn stubborn!? I am trying to help you!! Get back here, Sethiroth!!!" Ratchet yelled.
"Not on your life, you crazy alien quack job!! " Seth screamed.
"Why you little-" Ratchet shouted which was soon followed by loud crashes and bangs. "I needed that!!!" Optimus shook his head as he felt a processor ache forming.
"Uh...should we make sure they really don't kill each other?" Bulkhead asked.
"It's fine Bulkhead...it's not like Ratchet would really kill him." Miko said just as a plasma blast went off. All optics and eyes widen in horror. "Than again...i could be wrong." She said fearfully.
A thick uneasy silence fell upon them. Horrified expressions were on everyone's faces. The silence was than shattered by, "How could you miss, i was like three feet in front of ya!? I mean really! It's no wonder as to why you bots are getting your asses kicked...if you can't fucken hit your intended target!" Seth yelled.
"Hold still! you little pit spawn brat!!" Ratchet shouted.
"Ratchet!!!! We do not harm humans!!!" Optimus yelled looking rather pale as he ran into med bay with the other Autobots close behind. Arcee paused as she looked at the three kids and her look spoke louder than words for them to stay put, before following the others.
"Than help me catch that little imp, so I can safely sedate him and fix his ribs!!!!" Ratchet shouted.
"Really, starting to think the Decepticons are the good guys, over here!! Oh fuck my life!!" Seth yelled.
Before many more crashes,and bangs were heard. Jack, Miko and Raf shared terrified expressions when they heard their bots yell in pain. A loud klang was heard followed by a thump.
"Bulkhead, we needed him alive! Me accidentally shooting off a plasma blast was one thing!" Ratchet freaked.
"He ran into me!" Bulkhead yelled.
"He's alive, just out cold." Arcee said.
"Autobots, we do not harm humans..." Optimus groaned.
"Give me the imp...so i can tend to him." Ratchet grumbled.
Roughly several hours later Seth was currently strapped down to a hospital bed, while his expression perfectly matched that of a very pissed off Megatron, upon waking up after getting his ribs reset.
Seth was more angry at himself for not paying attention, where he accidentally ran into Bullhead's leg with enough force to be knocked out cold. Ratchet walked away with a evil smirk of amusement even though he looked like hell. The other Autbots also looked like hell as they left med bay covered in scratches and dents.
Seth struggled against this bindings violently and even made the bed jump a few times. He slumped back as his eyes saw red. "I'll get even...If that is the last thing I ever do." He hissed as he growled under his breath.
Miko suddenly walked over to him when no one was looking except for Seth who raised an eye brow at her and watched as she released a strap on his arm and wrist with a wink before racing out of the room before anyone noticed her missing or what she had done.
Seth blinked a few times before he made a very wide, terrifying, purely demonic grin that would have made even Megatron run away in pure fear. Seth than waited for night to fall upon the base silently.
Why thank you Miko, i promise to buy you the largest bag of candy, the next time we go out shopping together. Also i will let you choose what colors to paint, Ratchet. Let's see what kind of horrors i can unleash that would make the terror twins from the G1 series seem like angels. Seth thought with evil amusement.
Once all the bots were in recharge, Seth quietly freed himself as his body shook with evil glee as grabbed his cans of paint and paint brushes. As tempted as he was to repaint Ratchet again, he ignored the temptation. He would repaint Ratchet another time.
Seth went straight to Bumblebee's room first. Bee was sound asleep as Seth grinned like a mass serial killer as he held up his paint brush up. Revenge shall be mine! Seth thought to himself as he twirled the paint brush in his hand. Seth than quietly opened the two paint cans and went to work. Once done he carried his two paint cans out of the room. He went back to his room as he grabbed another set of cans and hurried to Optimus' room quickly.
Seth grinned as he looked down at his paints and approached Optimus. He than crackled his knuckles in evil glee before he went to work. Once it was all done he left. He didn't get far when he saw Arcee standing there with her arms crossed and starring at him. She tapped her foot softly as she looked down at him.
"Oh hi Arcee...lovely night for a stroll." He said nervously. Fuck, I'm busted.
"Okay, what did you do this time and how did you get loose?" She demanded in a tone like parent would speak to their child when they caught red handed at something.
"I repainted Bumblebee and Optimus." Seth said truthfully since he was caught.
"So what exactly did you do to them?" She asked as curiosity got to her.
"It's a surprise." Seth said with a evil smile.
"You didn't answer how you got loose." Arcee added.
"Let's just say, I have my ways." Seth said as Arcee only shook her head as she let Seth go back to whatever he was doing. He returned to med bay for a moment to make sure Ratchet was still asleep. After putting the cans of paint away, Seth went over to the human couch to wait.
It wasn't long before a horrified screech was heard from Bee's room. Seth's smile widen as he waited as the bots ran into the room. Bumblebee came running into the room making jaws drop. Bumblebee was now a very bright neon pink color with bright cherry red rose petals instead of black racing stripes.
Arcee was trying her hardest not to laugh. She had to admit the kid was rather good at painting. Ironhide was frozen in disbelief, bulkhead slowly looked at Seth who grinned demonically at him as Ratchet smacked his face.
"How in the all spark, did the gremlin get loose?!" Ratchet yelled.
Optimus than enters the room as all optics widen as jaws dropped. The dead silence and the expressions that his friends were making, made Optimus rather confused and uneasy. Ratchet turned his head to Seth who smiled like a great white shark going in for the kill.
"Bumblebee?" Optimus asked upon seeing his new paint job.
Bee silently pointed to Seth who waved at them. "Hey Optimus, what do you think about your paint job besides Bee's?" Seth asked grinning. Optimus froze for a moment as he than left the room to take a look for himself. In all honesty Optimus never truly believed that Seth would repaint him.
"3...2...1-" Seth counted down before the sound of Optimus screaming his name was heard. The bots looked away from Seth just for a moment allowing him time to escape. Exit stage left and feet don't fail me now!!! His mind thought as he moved.
"Sethiroth James Grimsley!!!!!" Optimus screamed as he came running back into the room supporting his shattered glass universe colors. "You will be fixing this!! Where is he?!!"
Everyone looked at the couch to see Seth was no where to be seen. Ratchet smacked his face. "I told you he would be the death of us. Besides he is an exception to the rules!" He grumbled.
"He's your human...Ratchet." Bulkhead said.
"He's a gremlin, not a human!" Ratchet tried to correct him.
"For the last time I am not a gremlin!! Seriously would everyone just stop calling me that, besides using my full name!!" Seth yelled as he realized he gave way his position. "Scrap..." He said smacking his face and before he could run, Optimus quickly but gently picked him up off the ground. "At least i didn't paint ya grey with purple highlights like i was originally thinking." Optimus narrowed his eyes at him.
"You are fixing this...now." Optimus said.
"Fine...ruin all my hard work." Seth grumbled as he went to get his paint cans.
A few hours latter the kids arrived at the base as Ratchet asked them how their projects, well more like how his projects went and Seth laughed as he heard what happened with each project as Ratchet stormed off.
Optimus was soon back to normal as well as Bumblebee since Seth had to repaint them. Miko approached Seth with puppy dog eyes as he was putting away his paint cans. "Seth, can you please give music another chance?" She asked him.
"What?! No! Miko, I told you that I no longer have a passion for it." Seth spat.
"Oh come on! What are you, chicken!?" She taunted making him pause as he slowly turned to face her. Miko almost regretted her words from the soul piercing glare Seth was giving her.
"I am not afraid of anyone or anything, Miko." He snarled. It was a half lie since his fear of hospitals and doctors was rather obvious.
"Than prove it." She spat as Seth took a step forward only to stop as he smirked.
"Hnnn...you almost got me to agree...but not a chance in hell. Only way I'll ever do music again is if the bots do something stupid like bringing a scraplet trap into the base or something." Seth said thinking the chances of that event ever happening was slim to none. There still wasn't any proof yet, on how accurate his knowledge was.
"What's a scraplet?" Miko asked. Seth doesn't answer as he stretches and walks away. However a dark feeling washed over Seth as he walked and he hoped to Primus he was wrong. Seth explored the base a tiny bit before finding a human size room that he could easily turn into his own private room, instead of having to share with Ratchet.
Surprisingly it had a full working bathroom and kitchen area inside. That was when he found some left over gear from the previous owners of the base before the bots moved in. He opened a dust covered create and stared wide eye what was inside.
"I'm sure the bots won't mind me borrowing this...when the time comes." He muttered as he closed the lid once more. He left the room and walked back into the main room. Fowler soon arrived there.
"Seth, great news you start school tomorrow. the school called asking that you join them early." Fowler said making Seth's face gain a unhealthy blue tinge to it.
"Ironhide, do me a favor...Shoot me." Seth said quietly.
"Not on your life..." Ironhide said in evil amusement As he watched Seth's expression.
"I swear i will repaint you...and take your tires leaving you on cement blocks." Seth snarled.
"Try it squishy, i dare you." Ironhide hissed.
"Challenge accepted. So whose bringing me to school tomorrow?" Seth asked.
"Ratchet is." Optimus said.
"Why do i have to?! Can't you get Ironhide to do it and be the boy's Guardian!?" Ratchet demanded.
"Ratchet...Seth is your responsibility. " Optimus said.
Ratchet and Seth than looked at each other and both groaned at the thought of what tomorrow was going to be like for them.
"If i go missing, i blame you Optimus." Seth grumbled just as Ratchet grumbles something under his breath in Cybertron along the same lines about the boy killing him.
"This won't end well..." Raf muttered as Bee nodded in agreement.
"Want to make bets on who kills who tomorrow?" Miko asked.
"Twenty says Seth drives Ratchet insane, and does something stupid." Jack said.
"Your on." Miko said grinning. "What about you Bulkhead?"
"I hate to say it but I think Jack's gonna win this bet Miko." Bulkhead said. "Arcee?"
"I'm not getting involved...all i am going to say is that boy hold grudges and carries out his threats...i am not looking forward in getting repainted if i make him mad. So i am staying out of it." Arcee said quietly.
"I wouldn't repaint you unless you asked." Seth said calmly.
To Be Continued...