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Blackout did what he could for his sparking bitching comrade, replacing charred circuitry and fried wires so that Bonecrusher could finally transform…which he did, Blackout was promptly told how much he was hated.

"You're welcome you ungrateful slagheap." He waved gaily and tromped out of the room before Bonecrusher threw something heavy at him. He couldn't afford to get his rotors damaged again…

Halfway through the next room Blackout nearly shorted himself when a little silver blur sped past him.

"Hey, watch it, nearly stepped on ya, little buddy."

"Ssssorry Blackie!"

And woosh he was gone.

Blackout couldn't help it, he liked the little spastic hacker. He kept things entertaining, helped him clean out his rotors when things got stuck in there (like that one time he crashed into a hayfield and got straw stuck in some of the more sensitive parts), and drove Bonecrusher absolutely insane with rage. That, and it was nice to have someone around whose name didn't start with B, though Primus forbid Starscream ever came back… Blackout'd rather have his innards rearranged with a shovel.

Distracted by his own thoughts, Blackout nearly collided with the little hacker again as he zoomed past, holding some strange thing containing brown liquid… oh no. This time he followed the little guy, trying to be as quiet as possible (which was considerably difficult from his bulk alone), and found him skittering about a tiny (to him) steel tub. He ducked down to the floor, laying flat to make himself as small as possible, and settled down for the show.

He watched as Frenzy, with considerable difficulty, scaled the side of the tub, scratching and clawing his way up with three of his four arms, the other still grasping the coffee pot.

"Need some help muffin?" called a sweet feminine voice from inside the tub. Blackout watched a green and grey arm reach out and Frenzy grabbed it, hoisted easily with his Prize over the edge of the tub and right into it. There was a rather substantial splash of brown liquid as he landed, followed by high-pitched giggles.

"Eager, aren't we?"

"More Coffee!"

"Oh thank you, the tub is cooling off WAY too fast."

There was a contented hum and the fresh pot was added to the mix, and Blackout just about lubricated himself realizing that the two little mechs were bathing in Frenzy's favourite Sumatran dark roast.

"What was that?"

Two little heads appeared on the edge of the tub, eight optics zeroed in on Blackout's not so hidden position.

"YOU!"

"P-p-pervert!"

"Can't a couple 'o mechs have some private time around here?" Xbot screeched, and Blackout rolled away and out of the room just in time to avoid the shattered glass of the coffee pot that was flung angrily at him.

"Aaaaah! My favourite pot!"

"Oh, shit! I'm so sorry babe."

Frenzy made a sad sound, and as Blackout crawled away he heard Xbot splash him. "Here, I'll make it up to you."

Bzzzzzzzrrrrt!

"Eeee!"

"Like that?"

"Frenzy didn't know your t-t-tail could do that!"

SPLASH!

"Just wait til you find out what happens when you press this!"

Blackout got up and ran when the strobe-light effect of the two manic spark-happy couple getting' it on got to be too much for even his experienced optics.

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A/N: Yeah… thank the tf2007fun girls at LJ for this, they warped me completely. hahahaha