1. Darkness
It was dark underground and one of the two mechs trapped in the small space was trying desperately to ignore that fact, and failing miserably. Its dark…I can't see…what if…Prowl cut off that train of thought before it had a chance to go further, knowing that would only make the situation that much worse. If the other cyberninja found out that he was afraid…no…terrified of the dark, he could just imagine the other's laughter.
It was dark when they came…once again Prowl cut the thought off, unfortunately he knew that if they weren't rescued soon he was probably going to end up having a nervous breakdown…Why in Primus's name had he agreed to explore this blasted cave system with Jazz in the first place?!...and why did Lugnut have to show up and attack us?!
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Jazz leaned back against the wall, and glanced over at Prowl. The other ninja's behavior was starting to worry him but shockingly he didn't know what to help. He had tried to figure out what was wrong but Prowl had just snapped at him whenever he tried to ask. As the hours ticked by Jazz's worry increased as Prowl became increasingly twitchy. By now Jazz was sure that the dark ninja was terrified by the situation, more importantly by blackness surrounding them.
Normally Jazz would have made light of such a fear but one look at the dark cyberninja told him that such an approach would just make things worse. The beginnings of a plan to distract the other had half-formed in his processor when a sharp sound broke the near silence, "JAZZ! PROWL!" The shout had an immediate effect on the trapped pair, both of whom began calling back to their rescuers. It took nearly an hour for Optimus and Bulkhead to clear the rockslide trapping the ninjas, and when the final rocks were cleared to two ninjas where thrilled to see the sun once more. As they drove back to base Jazz kept a scanner on Prowl and vowed to find out why he was so afraid of the dark.