True Stories About Imaginary Giant Robots

by Ha-Hee Prime

These are all true and complete as I recall them. I needed a place to record some of the wacky interactions I have had with the crew of characters who live in my head and defy my control. Some of these adventures are happy; some are sad; many are silly. One or two of 'em changed my life. Hugs to all my robot pals! Especially to you, Megs. 3

11. February Fool: Megs's Big Prank

February Fool

So, yes, I curl up alongside Imaginary Megatron in order to fall asleep every night. It's tradition by this time - a "You're still gonna be here, and we're still all good?" daily checkpoint. (Plus, let's face it, it's just nice.)

Well, he pulled a doozy of a prank on me last night.

I was snuggling into the blankets, all content and smiling that end-of-day, drop-responsibilities, snuggle-up-to-Imaginary-Megatron unconscious smile. When suddenly I realized that the person in the bed with me was NOT Megatron.

It was blinking OVERLORD. Smirking.

I yelped and jerked back. In real life.

Megatron just about fell on his aft laughing. (He'd been watching from the corner, of course.) I almost never see gruff ol' Megs chortling till the robo-snot comes out his nose. (As it were.)

I told him off, but I had to laugh pretty quick too. It had been a great prank, after all. You know you're officially crazy when you laugh out loud and tell off an imaginary character. But yes, he got me good. Between the looming advent of MTMTE #14, and the fact that my pretty blonde choir director/dental hygienist friend has inexplicably become the human avatar for Overlord in Ironhide's and my heads (trust me on this: she's perfect!), the Big Blue Bad has pretty much taken over my mind. Megs simply took advantage of a wonderful one-time opportunity.

You should have seen Ironhide's response when I told him this one...

Freud really missed out on a choice patient in me.