Chapter Eight
Freespirit sat in her quarters and sighed, thankfully whatever Megatron had done to her in her human form hadn't affected her 'true form', but that hadn't stopped the…what was that human term… nightmares she had while 'out'. She had heard how Prowl had kept a constant watch on both her and Koji and couldn't help but give a small smile, which was why she hadn't gone to see him deciding to let him rest. She would thank him later, she gave a small chuckle at that. She got up and headed towards the recreation room for some energon.
"Shouldn't you be resting." a voice said from behind her as she walked down the corridor.
She smiled to herself recognising the voice, "I could say the same thing about you." She said turning to them.
"I'm not the one who just regained consciousness."
She chuckled, "Prowl, I've been 'resting' since I came back. I need some energon… and some company."
"Spirit." He began "Your systems need time to get over what Megatron did to you."
She gave him an amused smile, "What, you a medic now." She joked, but the look in his optics told her that he didn't get the joke. She walked over to him and put her arms around his neck, to which he in turn put his arms around her waist. She looked into his optics and said softly, "I'm okay, Prowl. Whatever he did to my human form hasn't affected this one."
Prowl was about to reply when a voice said, "If you two want to do that I suggest you don't do it in the corridor."
Freespirit smiled and gave Prowl a quick kiss on his faceplate before turning to the voice.
"Why, you jealous Crosswise." She joked.
"Funny Spirit." He replied.
She chuckled, "Sorry Crosswise, but you can't say you didn't see it coming." She answered cheekily.
"How are you feeling?" he asked.
Prowl watched as both the jet and spychanger walked off talking. He wasn't sure what embarrassed him more, that he was 'caught' doing what they were or that Freespirit had just kissed him in front of someone else.
"Everything okay, Prowl?" Hot Shot asked as he saw the police car just standing there.
Prowl looked over at him and smiled behind his faceplate, "Everything's fine, Hot Shot." And walked off.
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When Raincloud arrived back at base she was surprised to see no one around.
"Where is everyone?" she asked transforming.
"They're all in the recreation room talking to Freespirit." TAI informed her.
"Spirit's awake, and here?" she said in both surprise and joy.
TAI gave a nod in reply.
Raincloud virtually ran all the way to the recreation room, when she got there she saw Freespirit talking and laughing with Crosswise, REV, Ironhide and WARS. She smiled then suddenly wondered why Spirit wasn't with Prowl.
"There you are." A voice said gaining her attention.
"Hm?" turning to the voice "Something wrong, Prowl?" well I guess that kinda answers that question she chuckled inwardly.
"I want you to talk some sense into Spirit." He said.
"Come again?" she heard some chuckling and saw X-Brawn come up from behind Prowl.
"Prowl's just gettin' jealous because Spirit's spent time with everyone else except him." X-Brawn said.
"I am not jealous." Prowl retaliated looking over at his older brother.
Raincloud chuckled, "I'm sure she'll get to you sooner or later, Prowl. No need to worry. She's just making sure she can give you her full attention without any distractions from us."
"She needs to rest." Prowl began ignoring what Raincloud had just said.
"Like you needed to rest when Spirit was at Koji's." Raincloud said slightly humorous.
Prowl was about to reply to her when he realised that there was no reply.
X-Brawn chuckled, "It seems she's got you there, Little Brother."
"By the way, have you noticed anything…strange about Midnight?" she casually asked changing the subject.
"Midnight? Not really, why do you ask?" X-Brawn asked.
"He just seemed a little…strange when I was talking to him earlier."
"If you want to know anything about Midnight Express then I suggest you ask the bullet trains." Prowl said if not a little annoyed.
Raincloud chuckled, "Awww, seems I upset someone. Better let Spirit know what's she's up against later." She joked and headed in Freespirit's direction.
All Prowl could do was stared after the leaving MG trying figure out if he'd actually heard what he thought he heard and judging by X-Brawn's chuckle he had.
When Freespirit saw her friend walk over to her she said, "Sounds like you've had quite an adventure." She chuckled.
"I wouldn't exactly call it an adventure, Spirit. Not when the only other transformer you have for company is Ultra Magnus." Raincloud responded.
Freespirit just smiled, which surprised Raincloud as she was at least expecting a witty reply.
"Spirit?" again a smile was the answer, but her optics were told a different story they said 'we need to talk', slightly confused Raincloud just nodded. Deciding to go and find one of the bullet trains and ask about Midnight's strange behaviour.
"I think you better go and see to your 'love', Spirit." Crosswise joked seeing how Prowl looked positively annoyed.
"Hm?" she said not getting the joke and looking over at the blue spychanger.
"Prowl." REV said.
Freespirit looked over at Prowl and chuckled at the expression on his face. "Oh I'm sure he'll be okay until later."
"Your not going to go over to him?" Ironhide asked.
Freespirit shrugged, "If he wanted to talk to me or he wanted something he would have come over, wouldn't he." She stated.
"But what if he doesn't want to come over." WARS pointed out.
Freespirit shrugged again, "Then that's his problem isn't it. Although…" she began as a devilish smile came across her face.
"Uh oh." Crosswise said making the other three Spychangers look at him "I know that look, and it can only mean something bad."
Freespirit laughed, "Only when it's directed at you." She pointed out.
"Wanna tell us what the two of you are talking about?" Ironhide asked.
"She's planning something… something that would make any mech squirm with embarrassment." He explained.
The jet gave a small chuckle and the four couldn't help but notice the slight evil hint it had to it.
"Then I'm really glad she isn't directing it at me." REV said, as the other two agreed.
"So what are you planning?" WARS asked curiosity getting the better of him.
"Prowl wants attention, okay. I'll give him some attention." She stood and walked towards the police car, who now looked surprised as well as confused.
The four Spychangers all turned to look at what she was going to do, curious at her statement.
Prowl watched as he saw Freespirit stand and make her way over to him, seeing the look on her face he became slightly worried at what she was going to do.
The entire room was engulfed in silence as everyone wanted to see what Freespirit was going to do.
Freespirit stood in front of Prowl and gave him a sweet smile.
"Feeling lonely… Prowlie." She said half playfully and using the name she called him whenever they were alone.
There were hushed whispers and small chuckles throughout the room at Freespirit's words. Prowl resisted the urge to look and glare at them, keeping his focus on Freespirit.
"Spirit." He began
"Yes Prowlie?" she asked sweetly.
Another round of snickers came from the rooms occupants, Prowl could feel his embarrassment rising but fought it back. "You know full well that…" he stopped as she sat on his lap, her optics full of amusement as well as love. He looked at her not sure what to say, this was way more embarrassing than getting caught in the corridor. He tried to control his embarrassment the best he could but knew it was probably still visible to anyone near him, like his brother who he could hear trying to hide his chuckles. He was just glad that Side Burn was out chasing red sports cars or it would have been ten times worse than it already was. That was when he heard it, her voice right next to his audio "You know, Prowlie." Her voice low and slightly seductive "It's a shame you have that faceplate on or I would kiss you right now." He looked at her his optics wide in surprise. His embarrassment increased tenfold and there was no way of trying to hide it this time. His processor sped up and his plating got warmer with every word that came out of her mouth in that low and seductive tone. He praised Primus for giving him his faceplate or things would have gotten worse pretty quickly.
"What's going on in here?" a voice asked breaking the silence.
Everyone looked over, and Prowl was thankful for the interruption, standing just inside the recreation room door was Wedge, High Tower, Grimlock and Heavy Load.
"If the two of you want to do that, I suggest you do it somewhere more private." Heavy Load said.
Freespirit chuckled, "I was only giving Prowl the 'attention' he wanted." Getting up off his lap and walking back over to Ironhide, Crosswise, REV and WARS without a second thought.
X-Brawn leaned over to his younger brother and said in a low voice. "Remind me never to get on that femme's bad side." And gave a slight chuckle as he sat back in his seat.
Prowl stood up to leave, he had to get out of there. He was just at the door when he heard Freespirit say "Prowl." He froze for a moment before continuing out the door.
"You're one mean femme." WARS said as Freespirit sat back down in her seat and just laughed.
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Raincloud walked into the command centre. "TAI, do you know where Rapid Run or Rail Spike are?" she asked.
"Why do you want to know, Raincloud?" the hologram asked.
"I need to ask them something about Midnight's behaviour earlier." She explained.
"Midnight Express?"
"Do you know anyone else with 'Midnight' in their name." She said slightly sarcastic.
"What was the problem?" Optimus asked walking in.
"Hm?" Looking over at the Autobot leader. "Oh no problem, Optimus."
"Raincloud, if something is wrong with Midnight Express then we need to know about it." Optimus said having a slight stern tone to his voice.
"I'm sure there's nothing wrong with him, Optimus."
"Then why did you want to speak to Rail Spike and Rapid Run about it?" TAI asked.
"I was… curious. Midnight seemed a little…nervous…odd when I spoke to him earlier." She said.
Optimus gave a slight smile behind his faceplate.
"I see. And you wanted to know if the bullet trains knew why."
Raincloud smiled, "Just being a good friend, Optimus." She turned to TAI "Could you tell them I was looking for them?" as the hologram gave a nod Raincloud transformed and drove off deciding to go for a drive.
When Optimus was sure Raincloud was gone he said, "TAI, contact Midnight Express."
"Right away, Optimus." She said "Midnight Express, come in. Optimus wants to speak with you."
Midnight Express' picture appeared on the screen soon after, "You wanted to talk to me, Optimus?" he asked.
"Yes Midnight Express. Is everything alright?"
"Fine, why do you ask?" Midnight asked slightly confused.
"Raincloud seems to think there is something wrong." Optimus explained.
"Rain?" Midnight asked surprised.
"Yes. She wanted to talk with Rapid Run or Rail Spike about your behaviour earlier." TAI said.
Midnight Express suddenly became very nervous but he tried not to show it.
"She did? I told her I had to leave for the four o'clock route."
"Is there any other reason she might think something is wrong?" Optimus asked.
"Not that I know of, Optimus." He answered.
"Very well. Thank you for your help, Midnight Express." Optimus said.
"You're quite welcome, Optimus." Midnight said closing communication.
"Is it just me, or is he hiding something." TAI said.
Optimus thought for a moment, "I do believe you are right, TAI."
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As Midnight Express ran along the track on the humans train route he wondered about the conversation with Optimus and TAI. Raincloud was worried about him? But didn't she say that she would 'leave it alone' if he said it was private? Why would she need to talk Rapid or Spike about it?
He was so busy thinking he didn't notice Rapid Run come up along side him.
"Everything okay, Midnight?" Rapid Run asked.
Jerking out of his thoughts Midnight Express looked over at the bullet train besides him.
"Fine, Rapid." Why is it everyone thinks something's wrong. Midnight thought slightly annoyed.
"You know I know you're lying, right?" Rapid Run said plainly.
Midnight Express sighed.
"Midnight? What's wrong?" after receiving no reply he said, "Come on, Midnight. Talk to me, I know something's up."
They pulled into the station where Midnight Express detached himself from the carriages and sped off. Rapid Run went after him determined to find out what was wrong with his friend.
"Don't make me called Rail Spike and…" but Rapid Run didn't get to finish.
"Rain." Was all Midnight would say.
"What about her?" trying to get his friend and team-mate to open up.
"She's… she's worried… about me."
Rapid Run smiled behind his faceplate.
"Then I don't see what the problem is."
"The problem is, Rapid, I virtually ran away from her when I was talking to her earlier." Midnight explained.
"And so now she thinks there's something wrong." Rapid Run continued.
"Exactly."
"Why'd you run? I thought you liked her."
Midnight Express became slightly embarrassed still not used to his team-mates knowing his 'secret'.
"I do, but she wanted to know why you and Rail Spike 'carried' me off like that."
Rapid Run chuckled, "And you didn't want to tell her that you're madly in love with her." He teased.