Love is a Battlefield
Chapter 5
Ricochet walked down the halls heading for the Med Bay. It had been three days since Ratchet had been tarred and feathered and both sets of twins had been released from the brig. Ratchet had commed Ricochet and asked her to come to the Med Bay since it had to do with her brothers.
When she entered the Med Bay she was greeted with the sight of both of her brothers dented but otherwise they seemed fine. That was until she saw Hawkeye glare daggers at Lightspeed and wave his arms around in a manner which expressed his anger. He and Lightspeed were obviously communicating over their twin bond as well making the sight look quite comical.
"Hey Ratchet, why'd ya call me here and why ain't Hawkeye voicing his complaints out loud?" Ricochet asked using words she clearly picked up from Jazz. Then she went and stood between the two berths her brothers were sitting on.
"Because Lightspeed damaged Hawkeye's vocalizer." Ratchet grumbled as he went to Hawkeye with the required parts and set to work repairing the damaged vocalizer.
" 'Speedy, why would you do such a thing?" Ricochet asked.
" 'Cause he started singing and when I asked him to stop he would. Only then he would start singing again a short time later. Eventually I just snapped and, well, as you can tell..." he said.
"Yes and then you two brawled on and off for the rest of your time in the brig." she finished.
"Pretty much." Lightspeed replied.
"At least the damage to Hawkeye's vocalizer isn't that bad. I'll be finished in a moment." Ratchet said.
"I don't know Ratchet. Maybe he would be better off as he is now." Lightspeed snickered while Ricochet facepalmed. Hawkeye, however, responded by flipping his twin the bird. It was a gesture the seeker siblings learned after being on Earth for only three days.
Seconds after Hawkeye flipped Lightspeed off Ratchet finished the repairs to Hawkeye's vocalizer. Hawkeye then proceeded to express his pent up rage with language most creative and colorful using both Cybertronian and English swear words.
Shaking her head and giggling softly Ricochet said "Well if you no longer need me I'll be and don't worry about them Ratchet. A short time from now and it will be as if they never fought. They're very forgiving."
With that she left the Med Bay while Ratchet tended to her arguing brothers.
-Meanwhile at the Nemesis
Starscream was looking through Decepticon records trying to find out if there was any intel gathered on the three unknown Autobot seekers. So far it had been an exercise in futility until footage of a certain silver and cobalt seeker came up. No mistaking it. It was one of the three Autobot seekers. Now he was glad that Shockwave had been ordered to send the records and footage from Cybertron. The footage was dated back during the time both crews had been in stasis.
"Megatron, I have found some footage of one of those Autobot seekers. It's dated from when we were stasis." he said.
"Patch the footage through the main viewer." Megatron ordered and Starscream quietly complied since Megatron's mood had been iffy all day, that and he was not looking forward to being a punching bag again that day.
The footage came up showing an image of the streets of Kaon. Soon a silver and cobalt seeker in robot mode came into the camera's view pursued by ten Decepticon seekers. Then the Autobot stopped and directly challenged the seekers to a fight. The fight swiftly became a brawl that ended with the Autobot knocking the ten Decepticons, one by one, to the ground and out cold. Then the sound of a blaster went off shortly before the camera cut to static, however, the audio was still functioning as the sound of transforming was heard.
"What were you thinking by heading this far from headquarters, Hawkeye?" an angry femme's voice cut through.
"I was just testing my new strength enhancement." Hawkeye said as if he was trying to calm the angry femme. No luck.
"You could of done that at the base. As it is you were caught on camera and our unit is supposed to be keeping a low profile!" the femme raged.
"But..."
"No buts Hawkeye! You could've been killed and taken our brother with you.! Did you even think about him!? Let's head back before our commander gets to upset."
With that the sound of both of them transforming and flying away was heard before the footage ended.
"Strength enhancement..." Starscream muttered. He had heard of such a proceedure being developed. Apparently this Autobot, Hawkeye, had been one of the first to undergo the proceedure. If so, just how strong was he now? If he could basically knock out ten other seekers with no effort, Starscream figured he probably shouldn't fight Hawkeye head-to-head.
As for the other two Autobot seekers no other records were found. Starscream got up and headed for his lab to tend to some of his projects. It was a good excuse to be away from Megatron who didn't look too pleased at that moment. Knowing his leader's temper the SIC knew that Megatron would not want to be bothered.
-Back at the Ark
Ricochet was in her quarters reading up on intel about the Decepticons on Earth. She figured that since it had been quiet, why not? After all it was usually wise to get to know your enemy. That and she wasn't really in the mood to fly.
"The Decepticons will strike soon. I can feel it in my spark. They've been awefully quiet and I don't like it. They must be up to something." she muttered.
When Ricochet got those feelings she was usually right. It was just a question of when and where the Decepticons would strike.
Don't worry about Hawkeye's strength enhancement. It won't make him unstoppable or anything. He's just stronger than other seekers. Chapter 6 will be coming soon.