Disclaimer : I don't own it. I also don't own any songs used in this fic at all.
Note : Heh, I had a whole note written out to tell people my muse to write any more chapters for this story was dying out and what happens...? I write three chapters in a day. Hm... Well, I don't know how much longer that's going to keep up, so I'm going to milk it for all it's worth. LOL. Hm, don't you just hate it when you dream of an excellent prank idea, but forget it right when you wake up again?
P.S.... If I ever win the lottery, I'm going to petition Bay (and the creators of the Crazy Frog Popcorn video) to use them to create a video of the Autobots dancing to Popcorn. LMAO.
OMP!! Wow, I was just randomly googling 'Corvette Twins' on the net, and the very first link was to chapter 21 of this very fic! OMP! Wow, never seen that before. O.o LOL I don't know if that happens a lot, but wow... I'm surprised. LOL
NOTE 2 : I want to thank everyone for their reviews last chapter, but for some reason I was unable to reply to them individually, so I'm going to do here.
Heaven's Archer - Yeah Bumblebee Bee was adorable. Bee in general is 'awe'-worthy. LOL I know, LMAO. I can't get over that. "Excuse me, are you the tooth fairy?"
Jovianokamigirl - Heh, actually Sunstreaker and Sideswipe's costumes were hummergrey's idea. Hm, Prowl the gargoyle? Never even thought about it.
KittenCeez - Awww, I've always wanted to go to Australia. You don't celebrate Halloween? Hm, I don't usually, either, though this year I'm thinking of hanging out wth my mom. Heh, Ironhide will never live down the tooth fairy rap.
Sacred histories - LOL. Trust me, I've got some pretty cute ones coming.
Starfire201 - Oh, it's coming up soon. I actually have two dancing chapters. Yeah, poor Ironhide. He'll never live it down. Bee's always adorable. LOL
Clifjumpersfangirl - Thank you :)
Princess Lena aka Lady Kittuna - Thank you. :) Actually, I remembered someone requesting the Bumblebee song, so I decided to add that in. LOL
Topkicker26 - LOL. Glad you liked it. :)
Lunatic Pandora1 - thank you :) Hm, I'm not sure what ideas I have left, but I'll see if I can find any other ideas. :) Liberty Prime. LOL That sounds like a combination of the Statue of Liberty and Optimus Prime. *Imagines Optimus in a robe, and falls over laughing.*
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(Normal POV)
Skids narrowed his optics as he looked at the wire relays in front of him. They looked endless, and so fragile, and he winced at what he was doing, wishing he'd paid more attention in his wiring classes. Especially considering what he was rewiring.
Or...who he was rewiring.
Looking down at the large mech laying motionless on the berth below him, he grimaced a little and turned back to his work. He touched one relay, and barely bit back a hiss as the wire sparked and shocked him a little, causing him to jump.
'Hurry it up, will ya?!' Mudflap was standing guard at the door, and shot his brother a look. 'He'll be wakin' up any moment.'
Sticking his tongue out at his brother, Skids returned to his work, delicately taking two wires and purposely crossing them. Then he removed a digital casette tape, smirked to himself, and pushed it into a waiting slot. As the whirring of gears told him the information was being uploaded, he struggled not to laugh. 'We'd better make sure boss bot never finds out this was us.' He was suddenly filled with a renewed sense of dread.
His brother frowned a little and shared an understanding look with his twin, before smirking. 'We'll blame it on the other twins. They're always gettin' into trouble, so no one will believe them when they deny it.'
Hesitating only momentarily, Skids nodded a little, before returning to the task at hand. The tape finished uploading and he ejected it, slipping it into a holding space as he quickly finished the rewiring and put his tools away. Replacing the panels, he nearly silently hopped down off the berth and practically tip toed to the door, and out it. Then he and his brother transformed and beat a hasty retreat.
(Optimus' Office)
He cycled his vents for the twenty seventh time that day, staring down at the reports in front of him. He was sorting them out in order of priority, then he'd look at the most important ones, if his troops ever stopped bringing reports in.
Even as he thought that, there was a beep at his door, and Ironhide walked in. With a nod, he handed Optimus a report and walked back out.
It had been like that all day. Not one word was said as officers walked in, handed in reports or recited oral ones, and disappeared again. Optimus just had to accept and read the written ones, and sit back and listen to the oral ones.
Tilting his head to the side a little, he cracked his joints a little, wincing and then sighing in relief. Then he abruptly stiffened, as he realized something about one of his neck panels was off. He checked it out, but it only seemed to be a little lose.
It was entirely possible he'd simply knocked it lose during his recharge last night.
Speaking of which, he reviewed the security logs, noting only one anomaly. Prowl had found the security cameras showing the Autobot recharge berths had malfunctioned, and a look into it suggested sabotage. At the moment, Ratchet was currently taking a look at all bots within the area, looking for which ones might have been sabotaged. Luckily, he wasn't in the infected area.
Reaching down, he picked up a pad, tapping it scrolling through the list of most recent security breaches. Nothing too big was listed, but for a few missing parts, reported to have been stolen by the Corvette twins for one of their pranks. He put the list back down, and picked up the next one, looking over files for new NEST personelle due to arrive on base shortly.
After several more minutes, his internal comm system beeped, and Ratchet's voice filled the line.
'Your turn, Optimus, and no skipping out this time.'
Narrowing his optics, Optimus paused in getting up. 'I do not 'skip' Ratchet.'
There was a slight pause, and then a cycling of vents. Somehow, Optimus realized it was probably a very good thing he wasn't in the med bay this very instant, or he might have gotten a wrench up the side of the head for that, even if he wasn't being comedic.
'Just get down here.'
Rolling his optics, Optimus stood straight, stretched and groaned a little before making his way to the door of his office. He paused and looked back at the numerous data pads on his desk, considering having Prowl see to at least some of them, considering they were security related. Shaking his head, he shoved the thought to the back of his processor and left his office.
At least on the upside, the day was fairly quiet. It was all nodded or waved greetings. Mechs and femmes were milling around, talking about different ways to pass the time. Surprisingly, even the Chevy twins and the Corvette twins were quiet.
Something that had Prowl and Ironhide keeping a close eye on them.
Once he entered the med bay, he nodded in greeting to Mikaela, who was perched on Ratchet's shoulder, and Sam who was milling around aimlessly on one of the higher tables, out of the way.
Sitting down on the berth, Optimus waited while Ratchet lowered Mikaela onto one of his blue and red armored arms, before settling back a little, carefully, and allowing Ratchet to scan.
"Have you noticed anything unusual?" The routine questions began.
Optimus thought for a moment. Opening his mouth, he went to tell Ratchet that he'd been feeling fine. However, the sound that emerged from his throat had him second guessing that.
Hi Barbie.
Hi Ken.
Wanna go for a ride?
Sure Ken.
Blinking a moment, Optimus closed his mouth, watching as Ratchet froze still and stared down at him with big blue optics. Hearing a high pitched giggle, he angled his head down to Mikaela, who was currently standing on his chest armor. He once again opened his mouth, fully intending to ask what was going on.
I'm a barbie girl,
In a barbie worrrrrlllld.
Made of plastic,
It's fantastic.
He slammed his mouth shut audibly as Mikaela cracked up, and shot a glare over to Sam who was also laughing. Feeling his cooling fans switching on, he ground his teeth a little. he had to look up the song to realize it was a 'girly' song, and he glared even harder.
"I'll take that as a yes, to noticing anything unusual." Ratchet intoned dryly, his shoulders shaking a little.
Feeling the slight tingling, and hearing the hum, Optimus knew Ratchet was scanning him.
You can brush my hair,
Undress me anywhereeee.
"No, thanks!" Sam called, snickering a little.
"What hair?" Mikaela asked at the same time, one eyebrow raised, and a slightly disturbed look on her face.
When Optimus looked over, Sam was staring at him intently a moment, before shuddering and tearing his gaze away, looking a little disturbed. Part of the large bot was curious as to what the boy was thinking, but he'd learned his lesson on opening his mouth.
With a low hum to himself, Ratchet carefully opened a patch on Optimus' shoulder. "Ahh, I see someone took their rewiring class seriously." He frowned. "Unfortunately."
I'd like to think 'fortunately', considering one wrong move could have left me paralyzed on the one side. Optimus thought to himself, opening his mouth to verbalize that thought.
Come on barbie, lets go party,
Ha ha ha ya!
Come on barbie lets go party,
oOoh, oOoh!
A low hiss sounded and Optimus' optics flashed darkly as they narrowed. 'Ratchet, I want you to find who did this.' He spoke over the internal communications network, considering they, at least, seemed to be ok. 'Then you are going to sedate them and let me rewire them.'
With a smirk, Ratchet set to work. He called Mikaela over to help him get to work in the smaller areas, pulling some smaller, less sensitive wires lose and replacing them where they belonged. As she worked, the human began to hum, and Optimus' cooling fans switched up a notch when he realized what she was humming.
Shooting her a slightly dark look, he watched as she looked up, caught his gaze, and blushed.
"Sorry. It's a catchy tune." She went quiet she returned to her work, and the rewiring continued quietly.
....For about five minutes.
The whistling of the same tune caught Mikaela's ears, and she began laughing when Optimus growled, turned to Sam, and opened his mouth to tell the boy off.
I love you Ken!
Optics widening, Optimus slammed his mouth shut and glared at Sam who had the decency to blush and gave him an odd look.
"Well, I'm flattered, but I already have a wife I love with all my heart." Sam snickered a little. "Talk about starcrossed lovers." He murmured to himself, sending Ratchet and Mikaela into fits of laughter.
Shuttering his optics, Optimus forced himself into recharge, absolutely refusing to deal with this anymore than he already had. One thing was for sure, though. Someone was going to pay!
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Hope you like it.
R+R please.
Thank you.
Tenshi
