When Words Fail Chapter 3: Cleaning This Gun, a transformers/beast wars fanfic

Wow, ANOTHER chapter! I'm on a roll!

This chapter is about Ironhide doing his job as a guardian a little TOO well. I know that in the song it is a father talking to a boy, but in this fic, it's going to be an overprotective 'Uncle Hide' talking to Annabelle's date, so just play along people.

This is set in the Transformers movieverse, the prompt is, Ironhide and Annabelle, and the song is Cleaning This Gun by Rodney Atkins.

Disclaimer: Big surprise! I don't own Transformers! I also don't own Cleaning This Gun, Rodney Atkins owns that.

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Cleaning This Gun

The declaration of independence
Think I can tell you that first sentence
But then I'm lost
I can't begin to count the theories
I had pounded in my head that I forgot
I don't remember all that spanish
Or the gettysburg address
But there is one speech from high school
I'll never forget

Ironhide's holoform growled when a Shelby Ford Mustang pulled up next in the driveway and parked next to his alt mode. Will paused and looked up at him in amusement and said, "Still not real hot on Anna going on a date are you?"

Ironhide glared at him and muttered, "That boy ain't got no business being around your offspring."

Will just smiled and shook his head. Annabelle's date knocked on the door and Will went to answer it but Ironhide held out his arm, "Let me get it," He said, "Me and this boy are gonna have us a nice little chat."

Will frowned and winced, "Uh, 'Hide, I don't know if that's such a good idea…" He said, eying the pistol attached to Ironhide's hip.

Ironhide rolled his eyes and said, "I'm not gonna hurt the boy," He said and muttered, "wouldn't wanna get blood all over Sarah's new rug."

Will's eyes widened and he sputtered, "W-WHAT?!"

Ironhide gave him a lopsided grin and said, "Just kidding!"

Will sighed in relief and heading into the kitchen, barely missing Ironhide's, "Mostly", comment.

The boy at the door knocked a second time and Ironhide walked slowly to the door, this was gonna be FUUUUNN…

Come on in boy, sit on down
And tell me 'bout yourself
So you like my daughter, do you now
Yeah we think she's something else
She's her daddy's girl and her mama's world
She deserves respect, that's what she'll get, ain't it son
Now y'all run along and have some fun
I'll see you when you get back
Bet I'll be up all night
Still cleaning this gun

Outside the Lennox house, Justin fidgeted nervously, Anna had told him her father was in the army and he knew how strict those guys were!

He was still fidgeting when the door opened and a tall man appearing to be in his fifties, with deeply tanned skin, black hair, and striking blue eyes stepped out.

"Uh, um, ar-are you Mr. Lennox, Anna's dad?" He asked, "I'm Justin, h-her date." The boy said.

Ironhide's smirk widened inwardly, this boy sure was jumpy…

"No, I'm a friend of the family, Name's Jacob Hide, Annabelle calls me Uncle Hide." He said and Justin visibly relaxed, stupid boy…

Justin held out his hand. After a moment of staring at him just to rattle the boy's nerves, he took the hand in his strong grip and shook it.

"Nice to meet you sir, is Anna ready to go?" he asked, noticing the gun on Ironhide's hip.

"Oh, she'll be down in a lil' while," Ironhide drawled, smirking at the wary look the boy was giving his gun, "Until then, how 'bout me and you get to know each other a bit?" He said and got behind Justin, pushing him gently into the house and over to a chair.

Well now that I'm a father
I'm scared to death one day my daughter's gonna find
That teenage boy I used to be
Who seems to have just one thing on his mind
She's growing up so fast it won't be long
'fore I'll have to put the fear of God
Into some kid at the door

Ironhide smirked at the flighty looking boy sitting across from him, Annabelle may kill him later, but he was going to enjoy this while he could.

"So you like our Anna don't ya boy?" He said narrowing his eyes at the teen.

Justin swallowed and said, "Oh, yes sir, she's a real special girl, one of the smartest and prettiest I've ever met! And, uh, my name's J-Justin." He added the last part nervously.

Ironhide chuckled, "That she is boy," He said, deliberately calling him 'boy', "You do know what's gonna happen if you ever –hurt- my Annabelle, don't you?" He said, leaning closer to the teen and narrowing his eyes.

Justin's eyes widened and he slowly shook his head 'no'.

Ironhide smiled dangerously and said, "I get to come after you and make sure you'll never be able to do it again, get it?"

"Got it." Justin said quickly

"Good." Ironhide said, leaning back in his chair, "You seem like a nice boy, Anna likes ya a lot," Justin's face started to brighten, then Ironhide added, "But that just means you better watch your back even more." Ironhide wished he'd had a camera so he could take a picture of the look on Justin's face.

It's all for show, ain't nobody gonna get hurt
It's just a daddy thing, hey believe me man, it works

Ironhide continued to toy with Justin's nerves for a good five minutes until Annabelle came running down the stairs, with both of her parents following.

She took one look at Justin before glaring at Ironhide and whispering angrily at her father, "You let HIM talk to Justin?!"

Will shrugged sheepishly and said, "He promised to be nice."

Annabelle just narrowed her eyes a fraction more, before walking into the living room and smiling brightly.

"Hey Justin! Ready to go?" He kept his eyes on Ironhide and nodded, "Uh, sure Anna, ready if you are."

She shot a glare at Ironhide before asking, "Did you two have a nice talk?"

Justin nodded and Ironhide stood and put an arm around his shoulders, "Oh sure, me and Justin here had a long talk and I think we understand each other, don't we boy?"

Justin smiled, "Oh, we sure do Mr. Hide," He said, laughing nervously, "We understand each other completely."

Annabelle smiled, "Well, that's great! Why don't we just go now Justin? The movie is going to start in an hour."

Justin agreed and shook Will's hand, nodded to Sarah, and when he got to Ironhide, he hesitated a bit and Ironhide reached out and grabbed the teen's hand, giving it a good shake before pulling him close, "You BETTER have her back by nine, or you know what will happen."

Justin swallowed hard, and answered, "Yes sir, of course sir." He pulled away and hurried over to Annabelle, grabbing her hand and gently tugged her out the door.

Annabelle shot Ironhide a glare and mouthed, "I'll deal with you when I get home," before following her date out the door.

Ironhide stood next to Will on the porch and watched the Mustang drive back up and drive away.

"Nice boy, hope he comes back sometime." Ironhide said and Will simply shook his head.

This has to be my favorite so far, I can imagine Ironhide doing this! I actually based this off the time my first date came to my house to pick me up. My dad acted similarly to the way Ironhide was in the story, except that my older brother was a part of it too.

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