Great news: Allie's doing a lot better. She's over the respiratory infection and despite buying the antibiotics for her, she didn't need it this time. But I've got three months left and you never know when you'll need it for a rebound. I'm battling my own allergies and asthma, writer's block, and Nano's a no go. I don't know if I can write a new novel for them this year. Update will still come slowly as I try to get over writer's block so bear with me. :)
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Four Hours Later
The base was quiet except various Mechs were in deep recharge except for the few in the human quadrant cleaning their cells. They hadn't let Joyce back into the quadrant since the discovery of the turborats. Ravage and a few of Soundwave's cassettes were combing through the vents looking for them. Soundwave watched the feeds coming from his cassettes. He needed to know where the nest was before Joyce came back in there.
Something chitters to the right of the feed and the camera panned to the chittering. Two red eyes appeared on the feed following a bright explosive white light. A loud shriek resounded through the vent, followed by frantic chitters and pounding of feet. Ravage appeared hot on their tail now. Soundwave knew they found a horde of turborats. They were the ugliest bunch of rodents to ever walk the face of Cybertron. Only found in the lower parts of Cyberton, Turborats bred like Earth rodents.
Abruptly, Soundwave heard giggles from another part of his monitor. Pressing a button, he saw Bumblebee and Joyce. What were they doing up at this late hour? Bumblebee said something to Joyce and she fell silent. Perhaps Joyce was giggling in her sleep. Soundwave pressed a button and the feed changed.
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Bumblebee and Joyce met with Sideswipe and Sunstreaker in the hangar.
"Ready?" Sideswipe asked.
"Let's do it."
They all walked and skated to Prowl's quarters. "Shh. Be very quiet now."
Sunstreaker hacked into Prowl's lock-pad and the door silently hissed open. The room had an 'organized' and 'orderly' look to it. Dim lights illuminated a stack of 'Tablets' all organized in a pile on a desk. There were even more behind the huge desk, all color coded, and nothing out of the ordinary could be seen in Prowl's room.
The Mechs moved down a short hall, leading to a bedroom. The door slightly ajar. Sideswipe slowly opened the door, revealing a recharging Prowl. His dim lights illuminating over the metal berth. The Mechs and one human stood near the berth. Sunstreaker brought out two can of bright pink, white, and yellow. They all looked at each other and started working. Bumblebee painted the helm yellow, Joyce painted his servos white, because they were easier for her. Sideswipe and Sunstreaker painted the legs and body, keeping their laughing under control. Once out, they'd start laughing in their quarters. Once done painting Prowl, Sideswipe added the crown and tutu to Prowl.
Then Sunstreaker took the cans of paint and subspaced them and they all left. Once out of the room, they waited until they reached Bumblebee's quarters. Then they began laughing. "Wait til he wakes up and sees himself-" Sunstreaker said between laughs.
"It'll show him not to mess with Humans." Joyce said. "Maybe we can do Optimus Prime next?"
All three Mechs exchanged looks before laughing again. "Nah! We tried that once with him. He woke up right in the middle of painting. He must've had a sensor tuned out." Sideswipe said.
"Prime's hard to get." Sunstreaker said. "And not to mention Ratchet! You don't want to be on his receiving end of wrench doom."
"Maybe we don't have to get Prime that way." Joyce said. "Hmm. Maybe surprise him with-" But the sentence was cut off with an unexpected wide yawn. Both Sideswipe and Sunstreaker were shocked at the way her mouth stretched.
"Bedtime." Bumblebee said.
"How about a bath first and get rid of the evidence?"
Bumblebee nodded and said, "The both of you can crash here. I've got two spare rooms and it's less suspicious."
They cleaned themselves off and went to bed. But Joyce, however, couldn't sleep. She tossed and turned, thinking about her Mom and Dad. She hoped she'd see them soon and wondered what happened today when Prowl woke up. She turned over on her side and drifted asleep, dreaming of her school and friends.
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Thank you for reading and don't forget to review. I've been having the dreadful writer's block lately, so bear with me while I overcome it. :)