Chapter 20 ~ "Make a wish"
VolFogg shouldered his new weapon and the ammunition, watching the twins make their choices. GunDober chose a sword, while GunGlue, who specialized in close combat, picked out a pair of nasty-looking long knives. They inspected their choices carefully, making pleased sounds before paying for the weapons.
The clerk smiled and nodded.
VolFogg and the twins, carrying their new weapons, emerged from the shop, rejoining the others. GunGlue looked at RaiRyu's stuffed dragon, smiling at him. Then both of the twins disappeared into the store. VolFogg chuckled, watching them.
RaiRyu smiled, picking out the freshest and most beautiful flowers he could buy and brought them back to Prime. Prime looked up at the yellow bot, seeing him sit down next to him and present him with these arrangement of flowers, "They look...pretty," RaiRyu looked up to Prime, "Do you know what they're called? And why is it that this one looks funny?" He pointed to the various flowers.
RaiRyu looked over the selection of flowers at the florist he had stumbled upon. "They all look so... different from Earth's flowers..." He felt his brother walk up behind him and looked down at the collection of colors before them.
Prime chuckled, pointing to the white one that sparkled. "This one can glow when you touch it, and this one..." he pointed a blue metallic one, "This one is said to grant wishes..." He saw RaiRyu blink up at him.
"How...?" the lightning dragon asked, just in time for Mic to pop back up from nowhere.
Prime chuckled and plucked up the flower. "You count the petals, then make your wish..." he said softly, "And then blow them to the wind."
VolFogg came over, curious. "Do they actually work?" He was skeptical, but privately he hoped so... he had a wish of his own that he hoped would one day be granted.
"They do work most of the time…" the blue and silver bot chuckled, "If you're willing to believe it." He held up the flower to the Yuusha, "However it depends on how many petals there are when you make the wish..." Prime looked at the flower, twisting it around in his fingers. "How many petals there are depends on how long you have to wait before your wish is granted..." He gave the flower back to RaiRyu
VolFogg tilted his head, silently counting the petals. "Does it work for just one person, or several?" He knew the other Yuusha could probably guess what he was thinking of, though the Cybertronians probably couldn't.
There was another chuckle, "I'm not too sure on that one…"
RaiRyu looked up to Prime, then back at the flower in his hand; a wish, for anything in the universe...
Mic looked upon the flower as well, knowing what he wanted to wish for. RaiRyu and Mic silently counted the petals, and drawing a breath along with VolFogg, the three blew upon the flower. Good thing that the shopping market was outside, for the artificial wind of the Space Colony blew the blue petals into the distance and the three pairs of optics looked up hopefully as they floated away.
VolFogg watched the petals blow away, hoping that his wish would one day be granted. Then his attention was caught by the returning Gun Robot twins, and he had to chuckle. GunDober was happily carrying a stuffed tiger, while GunGlue had a hawk and a wolf. The hawk-helmed twin chirped cheerfully, passing the wolf to the purple mech. Smiling, Volfogg accepted it. "Chou Bunshin Sappou... Hawk, Tiger, and Wolf... How did you manage to find anything like this here?"
Optimus smiled at the young bots, looking over the younger bots fondly. He sighed, feeling his tank rumble and smirked, "Okay boys," he called out, "Who's hungry?"
Almost all the bots raised their hands.
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Prime smiled a the group, sitting at a table with an empty plate next to him. The Yuusha had already had their meal for the day, and were currently chatting away at what they got; EnRyu and HyoRyu had somehow managed to get a high score on a video game at the arcade and won a few new video games. Where as GoldyMarg bought some... interesting books, although he hadn't checked the titles yet...
GunDober and GunGlue were chirping and chittering, while VolFogg translated for them. More than once he had to tell them not to speak at the same time; he couldn't translate both at once. The purple mech glanced over at Goldymarg; he hadn't pegged the much larger mech as a reader. But then, anything was possible.
Optimus chuckled at the group of Yuusha, sitting back in a chair and trying to relax for a moment. His optic twitched, the slight stinging sensation in his codpiece had been nagging at him all day…
Scavenger was supporting a very tired, very pleasure-filled SideSwipe as they arrived at the cafe; the blue bot was currently latching onto his mentor, "That... was awesome..." he whispered, "Thank you."
Scavenger smirked, suddenly spotting Megatron approaching; the Decepticon looked as if her were walking strangely.
Megatron sat down on a chair next to Prime, hissing when his aft hit the seat. "Oh my bloody ass..."
VolFogg glanced up as Megatron arrived, then his head whipped around sharply as GunDober, having been carefully watching how the other mechs formed words, began trying them himself. He got out a few recognizable words, looking very pleased with himself. GunGlue stared at his brother for a long moment, astonished.
Megatron rubbed his aft. "She was a bloody piece of work..." he groaned. "But she insisted on using the damn dildo..." He looked up to see Scavenger settle Sideswipe in a chair next to VolFogg and then sat down himself.
Prime's message inbox beeped and he checked the holo-screen on his arm, he grinned, "Looks like there's a new bounty head on the charts..."
The ninja mech tilted his head, temporarily distracted from his teammates as both of them began trying out their newfound voices. "Oh? Do tell."
Prime looked over the new bounty head. "Well, all that I we got is she is a femme. We just gotta wait for more information, when it comes."
"What's the status of capture?" Megatron muttered from his spot with his head laying on the table.
Prime blinked, scrolling down the page and he winced when finding the answer. "DEAD: for over $500 million creds..." Money like that was hard to come by, but apparently it wasn't that much for a bounty hunter with a large crew and a ship with high maintenance.
VolFogg tilted his head. "A femme? Is that normal, or is a female bounty head unusual?" He walked over to get a look at the screen for himself, eyeing the displayed information before returning to his seat. "They seem to want her dead quite badly..."
"Why I don't know but femme bounties are rare. Most of the time it's an escaped femme slave wanted dead, but we always just make a body of the femme and send it. Cause most of the time they are kidnapped. But this doesn't sound like that kind of problem. Stolen information perhaps? " The blue and silver bot looked at Megatron.
Megatron shook his head. "Highly doubt it, much much worse than that..." He looked over at Prime's holo-screen. "Looks like she's wanted for assassinations of major entrepreneurs..."
Scavenger blinked. "What was her hit list?"
Prime scrolled through the page. "Big top money... one of them provides funding for the Earth Energon Project..."
That managed to get even the GunMachines' attention; there was silence as they turned to look at Megatron, then at Prime. VolFogg blinked again. "A female assassin... I've heard rumors on our Earth. A difficult target, then."
Optimus nodded. "Yes..." He couldn't think clearly with this damn hard on! He growled and shut off the holo screen and let his head hit the table with a thunk.
"Welcome to my world, Prime..." Megatron had laid his head on the table as well. "Let's get back to the ship before I go into stasis..."
Scavenger nodded, helping Sideswipe up. "Plus I think the maintenance crew at the docks is waiting for the pay..." he groaned. "We keep them waiting any longer they're gonna charge us."
VolFogg nodded. "Then we should get going..." He prodded Goldymarg to catch the larger mech's attention. Pink optics glared at him from over a book. The ninja only smiled slightly as GunGlue and GunDober rose to their feet, once again chattering softly.
Optimus stood making sure FuuRyu and RaiRyu were in front of him. When they got there they found their host had paid for any repairs and refueling on the ship. Once they were on board, most headed for their rooms, some for the lounge to watch TV. Optimus fell face down on to his berth, groaning as the sensation in his codpiece grew larger.
Scavenger had knocked on the door to Prime's room. "Hey Prime..." he was snickering, noticing that the former leader was clutching to his codpiece. "I see you're really... hard..." Scavenger walked around and stood in front of the berth. "This is why I took the liberty and ordered you a surprise..."
Prime looked up from the berth and his optics went over-wide, "I LOVE you Scavenger..."
The old mech waved back, leaving Prime with the three femmes he had ordered for him alone. He grinned when the femmes surrounded him, placing their hands all over her. As the doors closed behind Scavenger, he could have sworn he heard Prime moan, "Ohhhhh yesssss…"
Goldymarg settled onto one of the couches, once again absorbed in his book. VolFogg retreated to his own quarters, stretching out on the berth. Even before he stopped moving he had company. GunDober settled on his left and GunGlue on his right, leaning against him, each with an arm draped over his back. The purple mech let out a soft sigh, letting himself doze off.