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Chapter 10: Demons

~x~

~Sideswipe~

~x~

Sideswipe couldn't recharge... He had spent the better part of the night thinking about his charge. The girl definitely had a chip on her shoulder, and was more than ready to take on the world in defense of her belief that she wasn't alone.

Talking things over; he actually learned several things about the girl. She loved martial arts, was a decent hand at art, and despised the unnecessary killing of other animals for food, which led her to being vegetarian. She had been home schooled by her father after her twin's and mother's deaths. Crescent, spent most of the girl's waking minutes with her, and thankfully the girl hadn't been present when her father had been killed.

Her father had been killed in a shoot out in Detroit on the one day he actually had to put in his service hours to keep his badge. The girl had cracked hard that day. Absolutely alone and broken. It was only after child welfare had caught the girl crying and talking to Crescent that they had hospitalized the girl for her sanity... It would only be a week after her father's death that the Witwicky's had been informed and the girl sent here.

The damned feeling from the night before came back. With a hiss he activated his holoform and stepped out into the cool damp air. "Fragging glitch, stop it!" He glared at his driver's side. The feeling of the hands on him stopped before something poked him in the chest. Just as his internal clock hit 0500 Sideswipe heard something that make his energon run cold.

"Make me."

~x~

~Jazz~

~x~

Jazz was sitting in Cassie's room watching over the girl as her twin went down to bother Sides. The two of them had come to an agreement that the only way that they could get Cassie to accept the fact that there was such a thing as other life out there, they would have to convince the bots that ghosts were real... Get them interested in the girl and go from there.

Jazz's half of the plan was devious indeed.

"No!" Cassie shrieked as she sat straight up on the bed, eyes wide with unbidden terror, her skin pale and clammy.

"Easy there Cassie."

The blank look in her eyes slowly gave way to the realization of where she was. "Jazz..."

"Good mornin' girly." He grinned at her.

Cassie blinked at him for several minutes before quietly asking, "Where is Crescent?"

"She is currently downstairs hauntin' Sideswipe."

"Sideswipe?"

"Scott's corvette. Scott's sleeping in his car."

"Ah." Cassie stretched her arms over her head cracking her back in the process.

Jazz grinned. "Ya gonna sit in bed all day or what?"

"Why hurry? I might as well take my time and meditate since I didn't get the chance to yesterday. And it's not like I have school today anyways." Cassie yawned.

"Wha' if Ah said Ah have somethin' special planned?"

A brow arched. "Special?"

"How abou' Ah teach ya some of the martial arts Ah know?"

Cassie blinked at the ghost. "... I would have thought people back then fought with rocks tied to sticks back in your day."

Jazz's felt his aura flare at the girl's jab, but he brushed it aside with a slight huff. "Look Ah'm willin' ta teach ya moves no other human alive would know. Surely you're up ta da challenge..."

The engine to the corvette started up outside loudly before the tires screeched out of the driveway and down the alley quickly.

"The idiot's gonna wake up Aunt Judy." she growled as she got up from the bed.

"I could show ya some of da moves in here if ya'd like... Then ya wouldn't havta go out before sunrise..."

"Oh please. What's the worst that could happen?"

Jazz shot her a dubious look.

"Okay don't answer that."

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~Bee~

~x~

:You do realize that some of us are trying to recharge right?: Bee grumbled over the commlink.

:Please tell me you heard that.: Sideswipe's somewhat stressed tone came over the comm clearly.

:Heard what? I was enjoying a peaceful recharge before you ran out of here like Ratchet's after you for pranking him. What has your wires crossed?:

:Okay... Um... you remember how I was dealing with that weird feeling...?:

:You mean Crescent?: It was too early to deal with this... Sure Bee was pretty much used to the thought that the girl was indeed being haunted by her dead twin, but he deemed it too early to deal with Sideswipe's denial... :Sides...:

:Look I know that it's going to seem crazy but I swear I heard her. I heard Crescent.:

Bee was silent as he contemplated the possibility of this... Sure there was plenty of evidence on the internet about spirits being heard if they wanted to be... :Are you sure it isn't the recharge depravation?:

:I know what I heard. And before you ask no Cassie was not out here.:

:...:

:Bee?:

:I'm going back to my recharge for an hour. Have fun being a scaredy cat Sideswipe.: Bee cut the comm and promptly did so.

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~Cassie~

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Later that day she had taken a break from Jazz's regimen to meditate... At least she was trying... It didn't help that she could feel Scott's eyes boring holes into her back from his lax position where he was leaning against his car.

"You know if you keep staring hard enough I might just spontaneously combust." Cassie snapped.

Scott snickered. "I highly doubt that would happen."

"You don't have to watch me all the time... The likelihood of me being attacked in my back yard is very minimal."

Jazz scoffed from his position next to her. You'd be surprised.

"Oh let her live in her deniable plausibility Jazz." Crescent snickered. "It makes life more interesting anyways."

Funny coming from a pair of ghosts. Cassie opened her eyes to glare at the two of them. "Look Scott, Why don't you go for a patrol or something? I can't meditate with you trying to see into my soul back there..."

"... How did you do it?" Scott asked as she spun around to face him.

"Do what?"

"That trick you pulled this morning. How did you do it?" He asked with narrow eyes.

"I afraid that it wasn't me. That was all dear Crescent, I don't know what you've done to irk her but I'm afraid there isn't much I can suggest other than maybe investing in some salt."

Scott's left eye twitched. "You're kidding me. I know it was you-"

Cassie shook her head. "If you mean me as in the literal other half of my soul which is her own personal entity within herself; then yes it was me. But I can assure you that it was not physically me."

Scott blinked at her for a minute before saying, "Can I use that for future reference?"

"Uh... I suppose..."

"I don't see how he can use it..." Crescent commented.

"Scott's got a twin brotha named Sunny."

Cassie snorted. Scott raised a brow, "What's so funny?"

"Just something Methuselah said." she grinned. "Look, I am just going to sit here and meditate before working on some of the moves Methuselah has been drilling into me this morning. If you really must do something either go on patrol or buy me about fifty packages of post-it notes. Make sure it's the one's with the hundred count."

"... Why post-it notes?"

Cassie grinned. "Because I owe Sam and Bee some repercussion for tattling about me walking to school." It was true last night Sam had spilled the beans to Judy who had not been to happy, but she had a nagging suspicion that Bee and Scott had also informed her aunt about Pedocop. At which Judy had gone out on her full parental mode and had given the girl hell over not telling her herself about walking and forbade her to do so alone.

"Um... shouldn't I be on that list too?"

Cassie considered this for a minute but already had a punishment in mind... "Not if you get me my post-it notes... Oh and add about five boxes of tampons to the list while you are at it."

"T-Tampons?" Scott sputtered.

Crescent burst out laughing at the man's hesitance. "Nice punishment there sis."

"Yep. I think I have the rest of the tools I need in the garage. Now get and maybe I'll let you help me redecorate." Cassie waved him off. "Ooh wait. I also need pink nail polish."

Scott's eyes were practically dancing as he had finally caught on to what Cassie was plotting. "Any particular shade?"

"Preferably barbie pink, but a neon would also do."

Scott nodded. "Right... Don't go anywhere."

"Yep. Shoo."

"Gone." Scott said as he got into the corvette and sped off.

"Ah think ya made his day." Jazz said with a smile. "He's far too moody for his own good. It's not like him."

"Oh? And how does he usually act? Mischievous and carefree?"

"Actually... yeah." Jazz said standing. "But anyways since he's gone let's ge' back inta ya routine."

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~Sideswipe~

~x~

Sideswipe stared at the wall of feminine hygiene products... Why the slag are there so many kinds?!

A couple of elderly women passed him one giving him an odd look, the other giggling...

His holoform's cheeks burning he grabbed five boxes and shoved them into the cart before making his way over to the nail polish. He was picking through the various cosmetics when one of the last voices he expected whispered into his ear,

"Those really aren't your color, Autobrat."

Sideswipe jolted up to glare at the red eyed holoform of Barricade. He tensed, and onlined a secondary processor to scan for the 'Con.

"What do you want?" Sideswipe growled.

"Ah, ah, ahh… you don't want to make a scene and blow your precious cover now do you?" Barricade sneered. "I was only going to say hi." His holoform flickered briefly... as if it was strained or glitching...

"Yeeah and Unicron is all fluffy cuddles. What do you really want?"

"Wouldn't you like to know." the cop smirked before flickering out of existence. Sideswipe growled as his scans failed picked up the slaggers position... Sideswipe glanced up and down the surprisingly empty aisle before grumbling to himself and comming Bee.

:Hey Bee, are you out patrolling right now?:

:Yeah why?:

:Barricade just popped up and said hi to me in his holoform.:

Bee snorted. :Just to say hi huh? Yeah right and Ratchet's the sweetest medic in the universe.:

:The slagger is so up to something...:

:Wait... I just passed the house and you're not there. Where are you?:

Sideswipe groaned inwardly, but his tone carried over the comm line. :The femme required some feminine hygiene products...:

:...: Bee's side of the line was silent before he burst out laughing. :She made you go buy tampons... Ha! The great Autobot frontliner Sideswipe buying tampons... Oh Primus I wish I could see you right now...:

:Shut up Bee, mention this to anyone and I'll paint you pink in your recharge.: Sides grumbled as he cut the comm..

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~Crescent~

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"You know I don't know why don't you call Jazz by his name." Crescent commented as she mimicked Cassie and Jazz who were going through various moves of a Cybertronian form of Martial Arts.

"Yeah, Ah'd really like it if ya did so."

"And lose getting a rile outta you each time I call you ancient? Besides, you are what several million years old right? You are old; the end. Besides... I just... I can't find it in myself to call you by your real name in the presence of company, Jazz."

"Ya are so mean to meh..."

"She gets it from me."

"Yeah right. We both know I'm the more serious out of the two of us."

"Touché..."

Tires screeched in the driveway causing them all to glance over at the corvette. "Oh look my torture victim has returned!"

"Don't even think about it." Cassie narrowed her eyes at Crescent who pouted as she crossed her arms as her gaze wandered back to Sideswipe who was starring at Cassie with wide eyes... Cassie dropped her stance with a slight bow to Jazz before making her way over to Sideswipe. "So you get my goodies Scott?" she asked.

"Ah think our plan is workin'." Jazz whispered quietly to Crescent.

"I hope... Though in all honesty if we could just get her to leak some of the details we've been slipping to her it would definitely set off some bells in your friends slow processors." Crescent eyed her twin who was currently going over the large amount of cosmetic supplies that the corvette had picked up on his grocery run..

"Mah name would be a good start. But Ah think da reason he screeched ta a stop wasn' because of his lust for speed. Ah think he recognized da last set of moves Ah had Cassie goin' through."

"Perhaps... But we still gotta keep feeding her stuff that she couldn't possibly know and hope that someone will realize that we're actually here or make them slip up." Crescent watched her twin. Cassie was wearing a very devious grin as she relayed her plans to Sideswipe.

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~Bee~

~The next morning~

~x~

There had been no noises... no indication. But when Bee onlined that morning his entire sensor net itched. He onlined his holoform beside his altmode and stared slack jawed at himself... He was completely covered from his front bumper to the back in thousands of post-it notes... The culprits had even gotten his tires... It was artistically done so that the irritating little slips of paper were in flowery patterns over his form...

His glare instantly shot to the still recharging corvette, but as he turned to go kick Sideswipe, a bit of black among the multicolored paper caught his attention. Squinting at the papers, he found the one, smack dab in the middle of his windshield that was written on.

-Done with much love, Cassie and Crescent…

Bee blinked at the little square for a long time until a scream from his charge in the house brought him out of his stupor.