Any of you guys kow the acronym P.O.K.E? I'm sure the animated transfan know this. It's not hard, what is it? Can ya guess? Can ya guess? No? Yes? Ok, I'll tell. P.O.K.E, Lugnut's 'Punch. Of. Kill. Everything'. HAH! Found it on Tfwiki, that's where I get most of the transformers' nicknames.
Like Wheelfeet McStabber, I'm sure you know which story it's in. Aside from that, I'm not sure how many chapters I might be doing left, if there are ideas pouring in, this might take some time, if not, maybe the following couple of chapters would mark as end. In any case, I hope you enjoy.
Sideswipe is on his belly and trying to learn how to crawl. The little bot manage to flip onto his side and flip again on his belly, if only he could work his coordination to use his knees and arms. Sunstreaker walks out of the washracks and saw his brother on his berth flailing his arms and twittering angrily.
"Sides, what are you trying to do? It'll be dangerous if you fall," murmured Sunstreaker. He went over to his berth and carefully flip Sideswipe on his back. The sparkling acknowledged his brother by calling out to him and reaching out with both arms. Sunstreaker smiled warmly and carefully heft his brother up.
"You're getting heavy Sides. Maybe you should lay off the energon," chuckled the yellow warrior. Sideswipe twittered and poked his brother's nose playfully as his frame is wrapped with a nice warm blanket.
Placing Sideswipe back on his pillow, Sunstreaker went off to small room where the walls are lined with several cabinets. He opens one and pulls out a heating bad and a bottle of low grade. Mixing the minerals into the bottle, Sunstreaker place it on the heating pad once he's done and returns to his brother.
Sunstreaker was surprise to see Sideswipe back on his belly and scooting forward bit by bit by using his arms. He puts two and two together and realised that his brother's learning how to crawl. Sunstreaker perched himself at one side of the berth to observe his brother's work. The sparkling finally manage to figure out which works where once he starts moving his legs.
After a few moment of struggling, Sideswipe slowly props himself up by his arms and balanced his weight by pulling his knees forward. He's got the stance to crawl, now it's time for him to do the real deal. The sparkling slowly moves his arm, then his leg, then his other arm before loosing balance and fell on his chin.
Small whimpers was muffled by the berth until he finally cried. Sunstreaker gently scoops his brother up and cradled him over his spark chamber. When Sideswipe continues to cry because of the pain, Sunstreaker hefted him up and rubs the sore spot tenderly. His optics warm with love.
"Don't cry brother...it's not always easy on your first try, but you'll get it after some practice," murmured Sunstreaker in a hushed tone. Sideswipe's crying now reduced to sniffs and clicks after hearing the soft encouragement.
"Sunny...?" squeaked Sideswipe. Sunstreaker merely stroke the little helm and hugs his brother tighter. He then wraps the small frame with the blanket and went off to retrieve the now warm energon.
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Sideswipe is sleeping contently in his blanket after being fed while Sunstreaker is beside him, sketching a picture of his brother. Every detail, every curve he sketched it nice and clear, he couldn't make it out himself, usually when Sideswipe's a grown mech, the gladiator doesn't care this much but after the accident, everything changed drastically.
A soft twitter snaps Sunstreaker back to reality. He gaze down to see Sideswipe curling into a tighter ball to warm himself, causing the blanket to cover his mouth. The older mech gave a warm smile and subspaced his charcoal and sketchbook. He tenderly scoops Sideswipe into his arms, shielding him from the cold of the air cond.
"Maybe I should check with Wheeljack, see if he's nearly done with the device," mumbled Sunstreaker while he stroke the little helm. Sideswipe chirps and ducks his head lower, basking into Sunstreaker's warmth.
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"Hey Percy, see if you can connect this wire, I need to get some spare parts," motioned Wheeljack to the microscope. Perceptor looks up from his chemicals and nods his head. Carefully placing the apparatus he's been holding down, he went over to the half finished machine and inspected the wires he was suppose to connect.
"Hopefully this works, I don't want Sideswipe to blow up into a million tiny molecules that'll make Sunstreaker infuriated. Then it'll TRULY be a-.." Perceptor starts with a worried thoughtful look but stopped when Wheeljack cuts him off.
"Please don't say anything that might be a bad omen! I really really want this to work or else..." he stopped, fidgeting his fingers. Perceptor stared at Wheeljack for a while and returns his attention to the wire without a word. Wheeljack sighs in relief when Perceptor didn't question the matter further.
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With Sideswipe sleeping, Sunstreaker slips out of the room to get some energon. Sparing one last glance at his brother, Sunstreaker tried to push away the worry that starts to rise from deep in his spark. Worry that Sideswipe might wake up and crawl off the berth and hurts himself, or that his brother might search for him and be stressed out. The sparkling gets very clingy at times, but Sunny wouldn't mind.
Biting his lower lip, Sunstreaker went out and closes the door with a quiet hiss. The walk to the rec room alone is..awkward. Usually he'd walk with his brother who might chatter about his latest prank, but it's different now.
Entering the rec room, Sunstreaker makes his way towards the energon dispenser and sat down on a nearby chair. The place is as loud as it can be with the off-shifts mech running about and two humans practicing their instruments. Jeazmyne plays her guitar like how Sartana does and Leanna bassing like a true pro.
"Don't those two ever get tired?" asked Sunstreaker to an impressed Jazz.
"It's like asking if Sides eva' get bored of prankin', those two loves ta live wit' it," snickered Jazz as he watched Jeazmyne plays her solo perfectly and Leanna performing a slap bass. "Humans can do lotsa things wit' their hands don'cha think?" geins the saboteur. He crossed his arms and taps his fingers to the beat.
"What language is that? I don't think it's english," Sunstreaker muttered without taking his optics off of the girls' quick hands.
"I think it's japanese, called don't say lazy," answered Jazz. Sunstreaker watched the two for a while more before returning to his seat by the dispenser. He sips his energon until the girls finished practicing. Then he disposed the energon cube and returns to his room to see if Sideswipe is either awake or not.
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Opening the door quietly, Sunstreaker peeks inside and smiled when he sees his brother still sleeping soundly. Not wanting to take risks, and practically shut both of them in a room, Sunstreaker cradled his brother gently as though not to wake him up and walks out back to the rec room.
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Walking back into the rec room, he placed Sideswipe on the couch where most of the mechs actually kept quiet so that little Sides wouldn't wake up. After that, the yellow twin made his way to talk to Wheeljack about his inventions and how long it's going to take until it's complete.
Moments later, Sideswipe squirms around in his blanket and opens his optics groggily because of the loud instruments being played in the room. He yawns and rubs his optics and realised that he wasn't with his brother. Sideswipe clicks and called out his brother but the mechs that was suppose to be on the couch are now gone, leaving him alone.
Twittering in annoyance, plus his audios are starting to hurt by the girl's loud music, he kicked the blanket away and twisted on his belly. Remembering his little practice earlier, Sideswipe slowly crawls clumsily until he finally gets the hang of it and twittering happily at his success, but the sparkling is inching dangerously close to the couch's edge and it'll be a long way down if he falls.
As his hand slips and tumbling forward, a couple of arms manage to get him just in time before his helm managed to impact the hard floor. Sideswipe can only coo at the unknown mech who just saved him.
"You're lucky I manage to get ya in time, but don't count on it next time," grumbles Huffer. Sideswipe smiles and reached with both arms to be cradled. Huffer pulls his face back in annoyance. "Don't get comfy there,"
"What're you doing to Sides, Huffer?" came a deep baritone behind the minibot. Huffer turns around and saw Sunstreaker looking down at him with icy blue optics.
"Hey, don't start snarling at me when your brother nearly fell off the edge! Who's dumb idea was it to place a sparkling on a large couch?" sneered the minibot. Sunstreaker's optics narrowed when he heard the insult. He could just bash Huffer right there and then if it wasn't for Sideswipe in his arms. That, and Huffer did just saved him. A sly idea suddenly came to the yellow twin's mind.
"Fine then, as payment for my debt, you can take care of Sideswipe," smirk the gladiator. Huffer completely flabbergasted upon hearing this.
"Wh-WHAT? Why me? Why won't you take care of him, I mean, he is your brother!" blinked the minibot in surprise. Sideswipe twittered when his brother's not picking him up, instead leaving him in the unknown mech's arms.
"Wheeljack wants to explain to me how the mechine is going to work and what I'm suppose to do. In the mean time, I need someone watching over Sideswipe for me, and who else to watch him that the mech who just saved him and putting me in his debt. It's the least I can do,"
Huffer opens and closes his mouth like a fish when the Lamborhini just walks out of the room with Wheeljack. Once they're both out of sight, he turns his attention to the sparkling in his hands.
"Why did I just saved you...?" huffed the minibot.
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Sideswipe is now being tortured mercilessly by Huffer. The deft fingers running down his soft plating causing him to shriek and giggle. The minibot in sitting on the couch and tickling Sideswipe like there's no tomorrow along with Cliffjumper and Bumblebee.
"Give him a rest Huffer, you've been doing that for nearly fifteen minutes now," Bumblebee said as he stroke the panting sparkling's helm. Sideswipe's optics became droopy once his energy now gone after being tickle tortured.
"Hey, this is a good payback for all the bashings I've gotten from him. If I hurt him, Sunstreaker might get me, this is preferred as 'soft torture'," grins Huffer sadistically. When Sideswipe's cooling fans stops whirling, Cliffjumper joins in the torture, but Sideswipe doesn't want to play anymore, so now he decided to cry.
"HUFFER! Make him stop!" yelled Cliffjumper as he place both hands on his audios. The semi-truck minibot covered his own audios while a screaming Sideswipe lies on his back on Huffer's lap.
"What do you want me to do, give him milk? I don't know anything about sparklings!" yelled Huffer over the loud volume. Bumblebee grit his dentas together and moving away from the other two minibots.
"Maybe it's a good idea if you hum to him! Jeazmyne says music tames all beasts! In this case, HIM!" points Bumblebee to the wailing and kicking Sideswipe. Both Huffer and Cliffjumper knew if they don't calm Sideswipe, Sunstreaker might be after their afts. Huffer look left and right and scoops the sparkling up as he tuned out his audios.
'This is gonna mess with my career...' thought the minibot grumpily. He place Sideswipe over his chamber and start to hum an old Cybertronian song from the Golden Age. Sideswipe's crying now reduced to sniffles and hiccups and both Cliffjumper and Bumblebee stare in disbelief.
"Primus...it works.." muttered Cliffjumper as he carefully made his way to look at the sparkling who now has his thumb in his mouth and optics drooping. Bumblebee slowly walks over and smiles.
"Congratulations Huffer, you are now a full-fledge Sides-sitter. Look at him, he's content to be in your arms," murmured the bug as he stroke Sideswipe's helm gently. The sparkling hiccups again and curled into a tighter. Huffer just give Bumblebee a pointed glare but nonetheless rub Sideswipe's back and lull him into a deep slumber.
"Eh..I guess it ain't so bad..." Huffer admitted, letting himself smile at Sideswipe's innocence. True, the older Sideswipe can cause a whole planet of a problem, but now he's a sparkling and innocence practically shines around him like never before. "Sleep now, sparklet. You'll be in your brother's arms soon," murmured Huffer with the smile still on his face.
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Entering the rec room again, Sunstreaker sees Huffer wrapping his brother's frame with a thermal blanket. He walks over to the couch and smile when Sideswipe is fast asleep.
"Well Huffer, thanks for babysitting him for me," grins the gladiator. Huffer merely huff and cross his arms once he's done wrapping Sidesipe up.
"Well, don't look too happy. I'm not doing it anymore...unless no bots are available that is..." mumbled the minibot, looking away to hide his slightly embarrassed face. Sunstreaker grins and gently scoops his brother up.
"Right... I'll be sure to remember that," smirk the yellow twin. He stood up to full height and returns to his quarter with a sleeping Sideswipe lies protectively in his arms. Huffer watch the two go and ponders on Sideswipe's cuteness that managed to wriggle its way into his spark. Remembering back when the little bot responds to his humming, Huffer couldn't help but grin.
'I want to watch over him again...'
Sorry it took some time and quite short, I got a flu and wasn't thinking straight, heck, the germs are still lingering in my head and practically eating all my bunnies' food aka my brain. *sniffs* Yea...I got a shot in the arm too 'cause my temperature's too high, dangerously high.
But I'm slightly better now, half zombified, but better. The japanese 'don't say lazy' song is in my head ever since this flu attacked me. Link's at my profile if you want to hear it and/or see the cover.
*ACHOO!* ugh..read n review...