Chapter: 3
Point of view: Prowl
They had finally made mistake and now I could figure out this perplexing problem. But I couldn't get what Orion said out of my processor; he was right, investigations did get out of servo quickly and easily if even one tiny mistake was made. There was a case several solarcycles ago were someone slipped by saying too much to many individuals and the next day he was found dead… the case was never solved. But there was no way that would even happen to me, I was very careful with what information I gave out to anyone even to my superiors. At the moment I couldn't get anything done because of the twins; they were running back and forth, back and forth practicing their transforming and I was pretty sure they knew they were interrupting my work me. I understand why they would be transforming over and over again, they had just become old enough and they were very excited but outside my office... they knew better. Then again they were annoying and they did were smart so they do on-purpose. I got up and opened the door which in turn made the twins stop and run around the corner effectively leaving me to me work. I finally had what I needed to finish everything and I was getting close to figuring out who had been stealing the human pets I just needed one more thing.
It was the middle of the night and I was stationed outside of the store that the twins had gotten their pets from and I had changed alt modes just so I didn't spook anyone. I waited patiently but then heard someone transforming from around the corner behind me. They can around the corner looked around then went to the shop's sliding door and inserted something into the electronic locking mechanism. I was just about to transform and stop the individual at the door when I saw movement in the alley on the left of the structure. The one at the door finished and walked away quickly then the one in the shadows came out and opened the door which the first unlocked. The mech's optics turned towards my direction and I was shocked to realize that I recognized those particular pair of optics. He turned back to the open store and entered staying in for only as long as it would take to get to the back of the store and exiting out the front again just as I expected. He only used one hand to close and lock the door. When he turned around I saw the planted humans I had told Onslaught put in the back just in case of this. Before I could transform the mech I saw go around the corner came back, advancing quickly toward the perpetrator with a strong metal rod. The tall, red and blue mech at the door seemed to not notice but as soon as the one with the rod tried to bring it down on his head the red and blue mech quickly turned and intercepted the rod. Crushing the end he had in his massive servo and lifting the mech at the other end off the ground. I figured it was time to defuse the situation so I transformed and pulled out my weapon. The two stopped then turned to me at the sound of me charging my gun. When they turned I was shocked to see that the one who unlocked the door was Jazz. Jazz looked surprised then quickly asked me
"Would you believe that I was trying to help you?" I shook my head not sure what to what to think then said to the both of them
"Move towards that wall slowly then put the pets down" they both moved to the wall but the tall mech didn't make a move to put the pets on the ground. I was about to say it again when someone tackled Jazz to the ground and before I could do anything I was also brought to the ground and given a tranquilizer. Before the drugs took effect I heard the tall mystery mech say to me
"I told you to back out"
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Help me!
Chapter 3 ½
Cybertronian: human
Denta: teeth
Helm: head
Chasses: body
Servo/s: hand/s
Mech: male
Femme: female
Designation: name
Sparkling: baby
Ped/peds: foot/feet
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Home
Point of view: no one
The twins found that their human pets were very easily trained; all they needed was to be shown a few times then would try. If one did not understood the task the one that did would tell and show the other how to do it. Sunstreaker and Sideswipe got an idea; it included Ratchet, some alarm clocks that may or may not have been gotten legally, and a very good hiding place that could support them for about 20 years. The twins decided that Sunstreaker would train their pets to help them with the prank and Sideswipe would get the pranking tools. Sideswipe had to be careful because Ironhide was after both him and his brother for the little prank they pulled that morning. Sideswipe had to dodge Ironhide quite a few times before 'borrowing' all the things they needed in order to pull off the prank and get to their hiding place before 'the Hatchet' awoke and came for them with vengeance.
Sunstreaker was having fun training their pets, teaching them all the things they'd need to help him and his brother. They were surprisingly quick learners and stronger than they looked especially when they did something together almost like himself and Sideswipe. Sideswipe rushed in, closed the door quickly and locked it just in time for it to be hit very hard by Ironhide. The twin's room was their safe spot and the only place where if they were there and they had pranked someone they could not be punished unless they were caught outside of their safe-haven then they could be caught and punished.
In was the middle of the night and the twins were outside Ratchet's quarters and had just hacked the 'security' code the old medic had put on the door so they wouldn't be able to get in his room. They went in quietly with their pets perched on their shoulders and started setting their prank. The prank they were looking at pulling was where alarm clocks are hidden around the room and set to go off at a certain time with the snooze button on a one cycle timer. They first hide the irritants then had their pets tie a small wire to the inner mechanisms in the device. Once all were wired Sideswipe attached both ends to a very small battery they had found lying in Wheeljack's workroom/bomb test room just waiting to be used in a prank that needed a little jolt. They were about to head out but then Sunstreaker tapped his twin on the shoulder and said loudly
"Hatchet's not here!" Sideswipe whirled towards the berth and saw that what his brother said was true. Sideswipe's pet started slipping off his shoulder but was quickly caught by his young owner and returned to his perch.
PETS
The red haired boy his name being, Dalton, was enjoying the things the yellow robot was teaching himself and the other teen the others' name was Jarrod. The yellow robot would show them both something then would urge for them to try it by having then take a piece of long thin metal that they would wrap around the insides of some kind of device, each device a slight bit different. A couple times Dalton would get confused and Jarrod would come over, show and verbalize what they were supposed to do and vice versa. Neither one of them could understand the robots nor did they seem to understand them. It did seem as if one of the 9 robots there spoke English. One night one of them had come in and told them that that they would not be hurt and it wouldn't be long before they would be able to communicate with 'the twins' as the robot had called the red and yellow robots. It was confusing but the humans figured that they were probably just hearing things and didn't think about it too hard.
TWINS
The twins stood in Ratchet's room trying to figure out why he wouldn't be there when both pets tensed which had both twins turn to see a dark mech that looked very similar to Prowl. They both tried to run but had to stop because A: their pets couldn't hold on and were slipping and B: the mech had transformed his arms into dangerous looking weapons that were pointed right at them. The mech told them
"Walk in-front of me and do not try to run so I will not have to use force. I do not want to hurt younglings but I will if I have too" the twins walked out with the mech behind and were brought outside were there was another waiting mech which they did not recognize. The new mech took their pets from the twins' shoulder speaking softly to the pets in their language. The twins cocked their heads to the side when they saw that the mech and their pets where having a definite conversation.
SECRET LOCATION
Prowl woke up in a brig with his helm feeling like it was being pounded by a chasses builder and saw that Jazz was already up. Jazz was pacing but stopped when he saw prowl was up and approached him cautiously. Prowl looked at him and determined that he was not going to be a threat at this time. The tall mech that had stolen the pets walked in and was very intimidating in the full light. The mech spoke in a very easy tone which was very familiar, both Jazz and Prowl recognized his voice but didn't understand a word he said. The mech waited for an answer but then realized his mistake and said
"Prowl I told you to stop before you got something like this happened" Jazz looked from prowl to the mech and back again trying to figure out what he meant. Prowl look the mech up and down looking like he was checking to make sure of something, optics wide. Prowl then questioned
"Orion Pax?" Jazz's jaw dropped and he stared at the tall mech. Once he did think about it he could see the resemblance. The difference between this mech and Orion was that he was taller, had a mask covering his mouth, and coloration had changed slightly. Orion nodded then said
"Actually while you're here you have to call me Optimus because of security… now can I trust the both of you to not try anything funny if I let you out" both nodded quickly. Optimus's optics went up in suspicion but shrugged and let them out. Jazz and Prowl followed Optimus out of the brig and into a hallway that was completely empty. They walked to the end where they came to a large room that was bustling with activity. Prowl and Jazz stopped and stared at what was going on seeing that Cybertronians and the human pets were conversing. Neither one of the two confused Cybertronians could understand anything being said as they followed Optimus through the large room. Everyone in the room froze then continued on their way when they recognized the Optimus that walked through. As they walked through Prowl spotted someone he knew. Prowl's jaw dropped then grinded his denta together his Police partner, Overflow, was part of this whole thing and the fact that he was his twin brother made it sting even more. Overflow was leading Sunstreaker and Sideswipe with their pets in his hands. He dismissed the other mech that had helped him and started leading the younglings. He brought them over to where Optimus was.
The twins looked up at Optimus then looked at Jazz and Prowl and quickly came to them standing close. Ironhide joined them as they were about to enter a quieter room. He then asked Optimus "Why did you bring them?" Optimus was about to answer but then there was a verbal fight between a female human and mech Cybertronian. It was quick the human snapped at the mech which was obviously harsh because all that could understand what was going on cringed. Optimus motioned for his friends to follow him in the quieter room. Once in they saw that it was in fact a medbay and Overflow put the twin's pets on the examination table. Jazz asked
"Why did the mech back down from the female pet?" Overflow and Ironhide both glanced at each other but before either one could say anything someone else spoke up from the other room
"Bluestreak don't say a word!" the door opened to reveal Ratchet. Sunstreaker and Sideswipe started whispering with shocked expressions on their faces. Prowl was looking around in confusion looking for another mech that could be named Bluestreak. Overflow replied
"Yes sir Ratchet" Prowl looked at his brother a little shocked and a little confused. Ratchet went over to the pets and started asking them questions which made Sideswipe come hesitantly up to the medic and ask
"How can you understand them?" without looking up Ratchet replied
"You will learn soon" Jazz, Prowl, Sunstreaker, and Sideswipe looked at him like he was crazy. While the twins watched Ratchet do his checkup on the humans Optimus told Ironhide that he could leave and motioned for Overflow, Prowl, and Jazz to follow him. Optimus led them into another room where they could talk privately. After a long awkward silence Prowl started yelling at his brother about not telling him that he was part of the group that both of them were supposed to try to figure out. Prowl continued to yell until he had nothing more to yell about.
"Feel better now?" Overflow asked, Prowl nodded his helm then looked to Optimus waiting for an explanation. They all looked at the door when it opened slightly to reveal a human investigating the reason for all the yelling; Optimus waved him on and he left. Jazz immediately asked a question for both Optimus and Bluestreak
"Sooo why did you change your designations" Optimus answered
"We are the two of the six that go into the actual shop and take the humans. We change our names so that no one slips if this location gets raided. We can be charged more severely than those who don't go into the shops. If this location gets raided our experience can be used elsewhere; only the most experienced can be what we call 'stalkers'. We find out the shop hours and we spend a couple weeks watching before we strike." Bluestreak nodded agreeing with every word Optimus said. Prowl then asked
"How do you understand the humans or even keep an intelligent conversation" Bluestreak answered this one in the way Ratchet had been trying to stop
"We brainwash them so they gain some kind of I.Q." Jazz's optics widened but Prowl didn't look convinced especially when Blue' cocked his helm to the left with a cheeky smile plastered on his face. Optimus gave him a quick glare that said 'not funny' then explained correctly
"We learned their language, which is called English, so we could communicate with them. We don't require them to learn Cybertronian unless they want too. Besides they are all very good at keeping conversation, in fact they can converse as well as you and I; especially the older ones." Jazz and Prowl both nodded accepting this more trustworthy information. Bluestreak turned around and walked out of the room in mock offense. Prowl mumbled under his breath about his sibling acting like a sparkling then looked to Optimus and waited for him to say something. Optimus left back into Ratchets examination room and returned with two female humans. The two female humans walked glancing up at the two new mechs then turned their full attention to Optimus. They spoke until the two females nodded their heads and walked over beside either Prowl or Jazz waiting for Optimus to explain what was going on to the two. Optimus said to Jazz and Prowl
"You will learn English from these two. This is how we teach every new member: We assign a human to the Cybertronian. Then we have the human point out an object; say the word in English then the cybertronian has to try to repeat it. The Cybertronian than gets another Cybertronian along with the human so the things that can't be touched, like jump, sit, stand, come, or other things that are not objects can be taught. Lastly we take away the human you learned from and no Cybertronian is allowed to help you unless it is an emergency, or you tried 5 times on the same word." Optimus then stood up and walked to the door then turned to his friends and said before leaving "watch your peds. You will get more than a few weapons pointed at you if you almost step on a human." That had both Jazz and Prowl look briefly at their peds then look back up only to find a closed, empty door instead of their Younglinghood friend. The humans tapped their students on the leg to get their attention and waved for them to follow.
Ratchet had told the twins that their former pets were going to teach them English but they had slightly different rules than Prowl and Jazz. They could be helped and wouldn't be attacked by other Cybertronians if a human got hurt because of them because of their young age. Ratchet chased the twins out of the medbay and left then to their own devices. The twins walked together with their former pets on their shoulder when they pointed at something the young humans would say the word. It took quite a few attempts for them to say the word correct but they would eventually get it.
Point of view: Jazz
"Wall" the human that had been assigned to me kept trying to correct me in the way I was saying the word. The human assigned to teach me had her hand on a wall and would push off it slightly when she said the word. I was becoming frustrated to the point of breaking something. I tried one more time and obviously messed it up more because the black haired human femme threw her hands up and walked away yelling something that I didn't understand.
"Wow! Never seen her that frustrated." I turned around looking for the mech behind the voice, only to find there was no one. "Do you know what she said?" I made a full circle trying to figure out who was talking to me. "She said 'I give up, your hopeless' oh ya and just one suggestion, look down." I did as was suggested and looked down. A human male was leaning against the wall I was previously trying to name in a different language. He pushed off the offending wall and walked closer to me obviously not the least bit afraid of me then said in perfect Cybertronian "hi!"
"Uhhh… h… how…" I stuttered. The young human laughed then said again in perfect Cybertronian said
"Never thought a pet" he said 'pet' with great distain " could learn Cybertronian so well; did ya?"
"I… I didn't really think about it it's just… what did I say that made her upset?" he pursed his lips together and smiled at the same time which basically let me know that it was bad.
"Let's just say it was closer to… how do I say this… javiercar?"
"Oh" :(
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That's all I can do for the moment. I don't update a lot but know does in the summer and besides now I'm not only taking care of 18 chickens but 2 beautiful, blue eye, Nigerian dwarf goats.