Leon hummed, browsing through the car catalogue in her hand until she marked down the car she wanted on the piece of paper and grinned.
"Lion," A holoform suddenly appeared before her, whining like a small child. The mechanic blinked and made sure she kept her mouth closed.
The holoform, which was obviously Sunstreaker, had shaggy black hair with bright yellow bangs and Autobot blue eyes. His shirt had a bright red Autobot symbol but it was hidden beneath an unbuttoned yellow t-shirt. Sunstreaker's legs were encased in formfitting jeans and his high-tops where black with yellow strips.
"Lion, what cars did the new bots get?"
"Don't worry, Sunshine." Leon snorted, looking away before she started drooling over him and boost his ego up to far. "You're still have the most expensive alt-form."
"Good!" He grinned and then his tone morphed back into a whine. "Lion..."
"What?"
"Come play video games with me and Sides!"
"Fine."
"You're going down! Take this!"
"No! You glitch! You just killed me!"
"Noob! NOOOOO! MIRAGE, HOW COULD YOU?!"
"I am an assassin. It is what I do."
"I'M YOUR TEAMMATE, YOU FRAGGER!"
"I am a double-agent. "
"I'm going to hunt you down, Leon."
"Crap. Sides, don't avenge your brother! That's not fair. You're all ganging up on me!"
"Take this!"
"NO!"
"And this!"
"GAH!"
"And that!"
"You're dead."
"WHAT!? HOW THE FRAG DID YOU KILL ME, LION!?"
"It's called skill."
Ellie frowned, holding open Hide's door as she looked at the mechanic.
"Are you sure you'll be okay here?"
"Course I am. You go take care of those injured soldiers and I'll keep building the engine for Larry."
"Larry?"
"He's the jeep with no engine. Duh." Leon snorted, crossing her arms with a grin.
"Alright."
"Tell me all about the Decepticons if you see them, 'kay?"
"I will. Try not to kill yourself while I'm gone. And don't go down stairs. And dinner's in the cafe-"
"Ellie, you're fussing again." Leon shoved the mocha skinned CMO into the truck and Ironhide slammed the door.
"I'll see you at the end of the day." Lennox appeared, hugging his niece. "Or really late at night. Don't wait up."
"Yeah, yeah. Try not to get yourself killed. Kay?"
"Yes, ma'am!" Will saluted, laughing as he climbed into Ironhide.
"Bout time. Let's go." The weapons specialist grumbled.
"Bye, Hide."
"Yeah." Leon delivered a swift kick to his tires, and the mech revved off to the waiting plane.
Ellie was bored. The plane ride back to Diego Garcia was way to long for her liking.
Fig grinned at her from across the plane, tossing a small ball of paper at the young woman, which she pegged him in the face with.
The group on this plane had been gone nearly a week, out on the field, and Ellie really missed Leon. The mocha woman's ears popped as the plane began its descent and it wasn't long until she was stretching her legs out in the sun.
Lennox met her at the door to the Autobot hanger, and he smiled, knuckle-bumping her.
"Where's Leon?"
"She went to have a shower. I think she went to the main one, by the training room."
"What was she doing over there?" Ellie frowned, pushing her hands into her pockets.
"I think she was challenged to a shoot-off with Irohide and Sunstreaker. I don't know who won." Lennox shrugged. "But she was sweating and greasy, so she used the women's showers."
"I'll go talk to her."
"It was a while ago. She might not be there."
"I'll check anyway." Ellie shrugged, moving to the human door.
Her footsteps echoed down the nearly empty halls and Ellie turned the corner, trotting into the women's bathroom with a smile that quickly faded.
"Leon?" Ellie stared, horror crossing her face. She was glad for her ability not to throw up when she saw horrible wounds.
"Ellie..." Leon lifted her haunted green eyes from the blood drenching the floor. She was pressed against the thick shower divider, a white-knuckled grip on a pistol.
"Leon, what happened?" Ellie took a careful step forward, and Leon's eyes snapped to the body on the floor. A puddle of crimson was spreading across the pristine white tiles, slowly dripping down the center drain.
"I killed him." The mechanic shivered. Ellie grabbed a towel off the rack and stepped closer, wrapping it around her shocked friend.
"What happened, exactly?" Ellie pulled out her phone. "I'm gonna text Uncle Epps and Will. That's okay, right?"
Leon nodded, scrubbing her face with the back of her hand to rid herself of tears. While she texted, Ellie examined Leon for any injury, still not knowing what had happened.
"The new Autobots arrived yesterday." Ellie hummed, stroking her best friend's hair.
"Yeah."
"I saw them earlier."
"They're nice."
There was silence in the bathroom.
"He tried to rape me."
"WHAT!?" Ellie screeched, making Leon flinch.
"I'd like to keep my ears."
"WHO IS THIS JERK ANYWAY!?"
"Your oh so fantastic Luke." The mechanic spat, wiping blood off her face from a small cut on her cheek.
"That bastard! I'm going to kill him!"
"He's already dead, remember?" Leon rolled her eyes, as Will and Epps burst into the room.
"WHAT'S WRONG!? WHAT HAPPENED?!" Lennox yelled, eyes flickering over the room. "Why is there a guy on the floor?"
"Better yet, why is he bleeding?" Epps knelt beside the man, flipping him over. "Holy shit. This is Luke."
"Leon, Ellie...What's going on?"
"I killed him."
"You'd better have a good reason for this." Epps growled. "Killing people-"
"He tried to fucking rape me. How's that for killing a person!?"
"Oh."
"You were panicking. What's wrong, Will? And why are you in the femme side of the-" Ironhide's holoform appeared, arms crossed and grouchy. "Oh. Who shot Luke?"
"I did." Leon glanced up at the war veteran.
"Nice shot." Hide knelt next to the body. "You've never shot a person before, so that's understandable why he's bleeding so much."
"Ironhide, I don't think-"
"I should really put you in the training schedule." The mech hummed, stroking the rough stubble on his chin. "You've shot a gun before, obviously. And you should put some clothes on. You wouldn't want Sunstreaker and Sideswipe to walk in on you like this. You and your squishy modesty."
Leon was frowning again. Ellie poked her with a ruler, and earned a small smile.
"What are you doing?"
"...nothing." Leon muttered, chewing on several chips before returning to her hunched position over her laptop.
"Doesn't look like nothing." Ellie snorted, leaning over. Leon minimized her browser and all the windows.
"Fine. Don't tell me."
"I'll tell you when I'm done." Leon huffed, typing rapidly.
Two hours later, Leon slammed her hands onto the table and slammed her laptop closed. Ellie jumped about a foot.
"Come with me."
Ellie raced after the brunette, who was hunting for her uncle.
"Will!" The mechanic yelled, slamming the laptop onto the cafeteria table he was seated at and opening it. "Read this."
Ellie peered over her shoulder and her jaw dropped.
Will frowned, reading the screen out loud.
"Name: Luke Thorne-Smith. Age: twenty-nine. Served time, five years, for abusive rape, age sixteen. Released for good behavior. Served time, four years, sexual assault, age twenty-one. Released for good behavior. Served time, five years, age twenty-four. Released for good behavior. Mildly emotionally imbalanced. Sociopath."
"Where did you find that?" Epps breathed, eyes wide. The cafeteria was silent.
"I've had an uneasy feeling about the guy for a while. So, I started poking around the web and hard drives. I found that. Whoever Luke hired, obviously didn't do a good enough job." Leon tapped the screen.
"I'm not sure what to say..." Will ran a hand through his blond hair.
Sunstreaker peeked around the corner, gesturing for his brother to follow. They snuck around the corner, grinning as they advanced on a recharging Optimus. The poor Autobot commander had worked himself to death, and had passed out on his desk.
"Here." Sideswipe murmured, passing his brother the bundle in his arms and moved to the back of Optimus's head. The panel at the base of the Prime's helm opened with minimal effort and Sideswipe fiddled with several wires as Sunstreaker placed the largest part of the bundle on the blue-and-red custom painted bot and then pulled out a large black pen, made for the twins in every color under the rainbow.
Sideswipe snickered as he shut the panel, and backed away to the door, followed moments later by his brother.
::Prowl to Optimus.:: The Autobot leader jumped about a foot, pulling his sword out of sub-space and sliding his battle mask on.
::Yes, Prowl?::
::Major Lennox would like to speak with you.::
::Tell him I will be there in a kilk.::
::Yes, sir. Prowl out::
The Autobot leader pushed himself up, returning his sword to sub-space and he marched out the door.
He passed the Twins in the hall, and they glanced over. Amusement flickered through their optics and they sped away. Optimus sighed.
It was Ironhide who paused as he was walking past an intersection, seeing his leader coming down the hall.
"That's new." The black bot shook his head, continuing on.
Bumblebee waved as he saw Optimus, waiting for the plane he was taking to Sam's new apartment to fuel up.
His optics went wide, and the Mexican Hat dance blared from his radio. Optimus looked puzzled, continuing into the meeting with Major Lennox.
The major turned on his catwalk as Optimus approached.
"Morning, Op..timus." Will laughed. "That's a new look."
"I have received strange looks as I walked through the base." Prime was still confused. Lennox held up a finger, and fiddled with a camera and the large screen and then turned it on the Prime.
Optimus blinked, prodding the large sambero with a servo and staring at the moustache drawn under his nose.
"Twins." The Peterbilt nodded.
::Prime to Twins::
::Yeeees? Can we help you?::
::The brig is in need of company.: Optimus waited a moment, and then smiled. ::Ole::
::Yes, Prime.::
AN-I don't own Transformers. And yes, Luke is a rapist. There was a reason I didn't like him. So now he's dead. Below are the four new bots' alt forms, for those who are curious.
Smokescreen- white, blue, red racing Honda CR-Z Hybrid
Blaster- metallic grey Scion xB
Powerglide- red Sukhoi-34
Cliffjumper- red Dodge Challenger 2011