CHAPTER 4

The next day was going along as normal. Me, Barricade and Soundwave were hanging out in the med bay. Some idiot *coughs Barricade* thought it'd be hilarious to taunt Starscream about losing to an organic.

Soundwave was banging out the dents now.

I chuckled, grinning up at Barricade. As much as I despised Screamer, I was sorta glad he'd stood up for himself. I laughed. Then I noticed something, or rather the lack of someones. I knew from experience that no sign of Wheelie or Frenzy meant BIG trouble.

With a nervous smile I looked up at Soundwave. "Um, guys? Have either of you seen Wheelie or Frenzy?"

Barricade shook his head. "No, I-ow! Careful!" He glared at Soundwave, who merely shrugged. He rubbed his arm. "I think they said something about your…"

I looked at him challengingly. "My what?"

"Um, your phone- wait where're you going?!" I had already sped down the hall before he had even finished the word. Crap crap crap!

I got to the entrance of my room. Sure enough, the two minicons were huddled over MY phone. "What in PRIMUS' name do you think you're doing?"

They froze in place, slowly turned around. "Ah, hey Livewire. What's up?"

Wheelie let out a nervous chuckle. Frenzy hid behind him as I took a menacing step closer. "You tell me. Tell me, at what point did you think it a good idea to mess with my phone without my permission?"

If it had been any other time, I would have laughed at their frightened expressions. But this was MY phone. "Um, well, Wheelie thought-"

"Oh, no! Don't try to pin this on me! It was your idea!" WHACK!

They both turned to me as Frenzy rubbed his head where a mysterious wrench had hit him. "What wazzat for?"

"You know what! Now hand over the phone! I don't go rummaging through YOUR files."

Frenzy winced. He started to come forward with my phone. Relief coursed through me. There were things on that phone that were, well MINE! They definitely didn't need to be in the servos of two annoying minicons. I reached out to grab my phone. Then Wheelie did something totally evil.

He stopped Frenzy. "Wait a nanosecond. Why do you want this phone away from us so bad?"

I inwardly winced. Darn you Wheelie. Just then my good friends Barricade and Soundwave decided to make an appearance. "What's going on?"

"Oh, thank goodness. Those two miniature trashcans refuse to give me my phone."

Wheelie grinned maliciously. "She has a secret on here and we're gonna figure it out."

I shook my head. "Nope. Bad idea."

I glared daggers at him. He smirked at me. 'Oh, so your brave with your 20 foot friends, aren't you?' "Actually, I think it's a great idea."

"Frenzy, stay out of this." In answer he flipped my phone open. I think that's about the time I lunged at him. I barely got within arm's reach when I was quite rudely grabbed by Barricade.

"Lemme go! That's private." His curiosity outweighed everything else. "Really? What's so special about it?"

"N-nothing!" I said, blushing. "He smirked before turning to Frenzy. "Find it."

It took less than a minute. "I think I found something." Barricade grinned. I crossed my arms over my chest and frowned. "Good. What is it?"

"Um. Looks like a video file. Want me to play it on the screen or something?"

Wheelie nodded eagerly. "Forget that! If we're gonna watch it, we need to watch it right. To the Rec room!"

"Don't you even think about it!" They of course didn't listen to me. Soundwave was suspiciously quiet, but I could tell he was smirking.

Frenzy uploaded the video to the main screen. How many mechs could there be in one room?! Then as if my embarrassment couldn't get any worse, MEGATRON decided to make one of his rare appearances.

"What is the purpose of this gathering?" Wheelie's face fell slightly.

"Well, uh, you see… Livewire has this top secret video on her phone and we're gonna watch it!" He glanced between me and Megatron.

Megatron looked at me where I was sitting in Barricade's hand. "Really?"

"No NOT really! They stole my phone and ack!" Barricade squeezed my side and I glared at him. Megatron chuckled grimly. "Well, what are you waiting for? Play the video."

I gasped. "Traitor!" He chuckled. Frenzy pressed the play. My eyes widened. "Oh no! Anything but that!"

Several mechs shh'd me as they watched the video.

It was from a couple of years ago. This guy had been bugging me. And when I say bugging me I mean unwanted affections bugging me. So I'd 'taught him a lesson' and with the help of his brother (a friend of mine) I'd recorded it as a little momento.

So now they were watching me beat up/wrestle a guy to the ground without mercy. Heheh… yah.

I wanted to bang my head into a wall, but the only thing nearby was Barricade's hand, so I made do. He looked down at me. "Are you attempting to offline yourself?"

I nodded before resuming my self-ordained task. He chuckled. "Why? You were quite amusing."

I glared at him. "I'm gonna offline those two no good glitches…" He laughed at me!

He sat me down… within arm's length of Frenzy's head. Wheelie was looking at me like I was the greatest thing since sliced bread. "Woah! You're a warrior goddess!" I rolled my eyes as he wheeled closer.

"No, I'm not and come any closer and I'll have to kill you twice." He smirked. "Promise?"

I lunged at him. "Ugh you spazzy perverted can opener!" He chuckled as I Barricade blocked me. I scowled at him.
"Well, I'm sooo glad somebody gets pleasure out of my discomfort." He laughed. "Oh, I do."

I frowned, remembering an old saying. 'Never go to bed angry… stay awake and plot revenge'…and I would have my revenge.

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Life was grand. Wheelie and Frenzy were in the med bay trying to get rid of the remains of my revenge prank.

Let's just say they look good in pink… with sparkly stickers… and glitter glue.

One problem I had was Megatron. Most of the time I would just be sitting around when all of the sudden he would enter the room and scoop me up without any say. It didn't matter what I was doing, he didn't care. I sighed. What to do?

I really did like him. 'Cade, Frenzy and Wheelie were my friends, but Megatron didn't really fit under that category. It was strange…

I looked up at where he was sitting. "What did you say? I'm sorry. I'm a bit distracted."

He smiled and repeated the question. "What was your family like?"

I froze. I pointedly avoided talking about my family. I'd already told him I was an accident. Wasn't that enough? Apparently no. I sighed.

"Well, my parents didn't really care. Ugh. I got good grades blah blah blah. Perfects student… well except for this one time with Charlie and the cafeteria toaster…" I giggled.

"Who is Charlie? Your mate?"

I smiled. "Ugh, no thanks. He's my best friend. I always seem to get him in trouble though…" Did I see relief in his optics? …nah.

"I thought you said you were the 'perfect student'."

"I never said I got caught… and most of the time I was able to help him out…" He chuckled. I stretched my arms. I was sitting in his palm looking up at him. We mostly spent the time before bed talking. It was nice.

Although tonight I was extremely tired. Pranking two idiots was exhausting. I let out a small yawn. He didn't notice. He was talking. I liked the sound of his voice…

WOAH! Sleep deprivation thoughts! They don't count. "Livewire? Live…" He sighed. "You're asleep."

Well, I was in three… two… one…

When I awoke I noticed the bed was moving… wait. Beds don't move… I sat up realizing that I'd fallen asleep. Megatron was still in recharge and a protective hand was laid over me. I decided just to go back to sleep. It was nice and warm and safe and….BAD LIVEWIRE! No more caffeine for you! But I couldn't help that he really was adorable… No! Stop!

Later that day I started feeling strange. That's the only word to describe it. My vision started blurring. Then I started seeing things that weren't even in front of me. My head started throbbing. At first I just shrugged it off, but soon that was impossible.

Then came the stabbing pain in my chest. It was as if my heart was trying to jump out of my chest. Not fun. Soon the pain became too much and I crouched down in a ball. Wheelie and Frenzy found me like that when they came to talk to me. I barely remember the conversation.

"Oh my- Frenzy! Go get Megatron! Something's wrong with Livewire!"

Soon another voice was added. "What happened?!"

"We don't know, Lord Megatron! We just came in and she was lying on the floor."

"What are we gonna do? Warrior Goddess is hurt!"

"It doesn't look like we have a choice… we'll have to take her to them."

"Lord Megatron! Are you certain-?"

"YES, SLAGIT!!! Contact Optimus immediately for a rendezvous…" I returned to the darkness.

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