The evil side of Prime
Chapter 5: Prank recruiting
The twins were on a mission. They needed help though. It wouldn't be easy taking Prime down. Difficult to impossible on a range of a prank task. Jazz was easy. Prowl was okay. Ratchet was mild. Ironhide was fairly difficult. Each other was impossible. Prime somehow ranged in between each other and Ironhide. Either way, it was hard.
They had a semi plan though. They would need recruits, willing to admit Prime has lost it. They only knew a few; convincing them shouldn't be a cake walk either. The only ones who would give in were those Prime had gotten already: Jazz, Red Alert and Prowl. Jazz, recovering quickly from losing his audio receptors, would enjoy the idea. Red alert would be a little harder but, facing the facts, would comply. Then came the impossible, convincing Prowl that Prime was pranking people.
First up was Jazz though. The twins entered his room which was rather quiet. Ratchet had fixed his audio receptors but he still was sensitive to sound, especially loud noises. The two entered slowly and quietly, trying not to stir Jazz, who happened to be sitting in a desk chair.
"My hearing is very sensitive still!" whispered Jazz, glancing back at the two intruders.
"We need your help," Sunstreaker gasped. Jazz turned completely around.
"With what? Another prank, because I've had enough of you two this week," snapped Jazz.
"It wasn't us!" the two shouted.
"OW!" wailed Jazz, grasping his head.
"Sorry," the two whispered.
"if not you, than who?" Jazz hissed.
"Prime," Sideswipe admitted.
"Yeah right!" laughed Jazz, turning away.
"We were on guard duty when you lost your audio receptors," Sunstreaker offered.
"Optimus is one of three with the controls to sound dials in the main office," Sideswipe added.
"You prove a good point," Jazz hummed, looking back. "How can you prove it?"
Sunstreaker lifted a camera, pressing play. On the small screen, Optimus sat in his chair as he laughed loudly and proudly. Sunstreaker hastily paused the tape before it ran into a completely different video of nothing really related. Nothing, really!
"Wow," nodded Jazz.
"We need to get him back," growled Sideswipe.
"You, Red alert and Prowl have been pranked so far," explained Sunstreaker.
"So we'd most likely admit to Prime's little game," gathered Jazz.
"Basically," the two nodded.
"I'll join in this. It'll be epic to prank the leader himself!" cheered Jazz, wincing after his own raised voice.
Jazz was a go! Next up: Red alert. The two knew he'd been cleared by Ratchet as healthy again. Not sane but healthy. He was in the Rec room and wasn't allowed to be very alone any more. The twins didn't know who was watching Red but they could easily trick them away. They, however, were surprised to see who was guarding Red.
"Our plan is speeding up a little," Sideswipe gulped.
"Just a little," groaned Sunstreaker.
"What do you two want!"
Prowl was left to guard Red Alert. They were hoping to get Prowl alone, in case of Optimus sneaking up. Their plans needed to work out now without a problem. If they failed to get Prowl, he'd go to Prime to ask question. Then Prime would know which would let the cat out of the bag.
"We wanted to talk," gulped Sunstreaker.
"About?" Red whispered.
"Ignore them," Prowl ordered.
"You know that we've been out for almost the entire day," explained Sideswipe.
"I am aware. You were sent to the city with Spike right?" Prowl nodded.
"When we returned we heard that Red had been frightened," Sunstreaker added.
"Wait!" gasped Red. "You two were out all day, there would be no way to pull that prank on me!"
"To add, we don't own a hologram system. Only Ironhide and Optimus own those," Sideswipe explained.
"Optimus…has been sick all day," Prowl whispered.
"Has he? If he was, wouldn't he go to Ratchet right away?" Sunstreaker snickered.
"Doesn't it seem like he's acting a little active for a sick bot," chuckled Sideswipe.
"Optimus is pranking people and blaming it on you two?" gasped Prowl, twitching slightly.
"Exactly!" the twins screamed.
"I find that hard to believe," whispered Red, looking away.
"As do I!" howled Prowl, standing up.
"Admit the facts, Prowl. They're impossible to miss!" hissed Sideswipe. "You never ignore facts, Prowl."
"I…"Prowl stuttered. "I agree, Optimus has been acting weird but…"
"He's not acting like Prime at all!" gasped Red Alert, quickly jumping to his feet.
"We need help. We're going to get Optimus back into his leadership spot and away from our prankster spot!"explained Sunstreaker.
"I'm in!" nodded Red alert.
"Red?" gasped Prowl, stuttering and twitching.
"They're right, Prowl. We can't ignore the…the facts," nodded Red Alert. "Prime's the only one who knows how to shake me in just the right way to get me in Ratchet's office or in anyone's care."
"True," whispered Prowl. "I need to keep an optic on you, so I'll join in this test…for now."
"We're going to have fun tonight," sang Sideswipe, clapping his hands together and dancing out of the room.
"So you two have a plan?" Prowl asked.
"Plan? We never have a plan! Who needs a plan when you're the kings of pranks!" laughed Sunstreaker.
"This is Optimus we're talking about," gasped Red Alert.
"We're going to need a plan!" whimpered Prowl.
"We'll think of it on the way," nodded Sunstreaker. "Come on."