Here's chapter 17 everyone! Evil Ratchet is evil lol. Lots of odd things going on this time, the twins being nosey and all that~
How long do you think it will be before the three of them end up in the berth together? Hehe.
Anyway, still need sparkling name suggestions! Thank you to those who gave me names! Much appreciated!
Disclaimer: I do not own Transformers, it belongs to HasTak. I claim only Aquafire, Steel Wing, Storm Ridge, Skyblitz, Wildfire, and Lightning Bolt.
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"Tell me again why I have to have daily check ups?" Aquafire drawled as Ratchet scanned over her frame. It had been over a week since her return and yet Ratchet refused to let her off the hook so easily, demanding that she have daily check ups for reasons the femme wasn't sure of.
"Because I am CMO and I said so," He snapped at her. He wasn't about to tell her the real reason, Pit no. He'd rather face down an angry Elita than tell Aquafire the real reason behind the daily check ups, and that was saying something.
"Evil fragging medic," She grumbled. Ratchet only snorted as he continued the check up. When everything came up clean, he allowed her to go free, giving her the usual warning of no interfacing as she left.
"Aquafire!" Sideswipe came racing towards her, a big slag eating grin plastered on his face.
"Touch me and you die," She warned him. He only grinned and urged her to follow him, giggling the whole time. "Why do I get a bad feeling about this?"
"You're going to enjoy it, trust me," He grinned. Aquafire rolled her optics but said nothing as she followed him to the training room. As they got closer, she could hear a faint cheering and the sounds of a fight going on. They fought their way through the crowd and Aquafire was fairly certain her jaw came unhinged from what she saw.
Jazz and Bolt going head to head and Bolt was holding his own quite well against the saboteur.
"Ha, yer doin' really well," Jazz commented as he ducked and launched himself at the young Praxian.
"I was taught by the best," Bolt laughed, jumping away from the strike.
"Ya still got a lot ta learn," Jazz smirked as he caught the youngsters leg and slammed him into the ground, though he was careful not to do so too hard for fear of damaging Bolt's doorwings. While he was down, Jazz surged forward and pinned him down on his front, settling himself on Bolt's lower back with his servos pinned behind his back. "Ah win."
"Ugh! I always fall for that!" Bolt complained, squirming beneath the older black and white. The mechs and femmes who had gathered all cheered and praised Bolt for a job well done as Jazz helped him up with a grin. The crowd dispersed leaving Aquafire and a few others to watch as Jazz gave Bolt a few pointers.
"He's getting really good," Sideswipe smirked.
"Yeah, he is," Aquafire agreed. "He's come a long way," She smiled softly.
Bolt suddenly caught sight of them and rushed over, a big grin on his face.
"Did you see me?" He asked excitedly.
"Yes, I did," Aquafire patted his helm. "You're progressing so fast! I can hardly believe it sometimes."
"Bolt, go n' take a break," Jazz walked up then, smiling. The youngster nodded, hugged his mother, and rushed off. "He's getting really good. Picks stuff up real quick, jus' like Prowl."
"Runs in the family then," Aquafire smirked. She looked to her side and noticed that Sideswipe was gone, probably having followed Bolt on his way out.
"Hatchet still not lettin' ya off th' hook?" Jazz held back a snicker when he saw her annoyed expression.
"Still insists on daily check ups and he still won't tell me why," She grumped.
"Tha's th' Hatchet fer ya," He laughed. "Don' worry, prolly won' be long till he stops."
"I can only hope so," She grumbled. "I'll see you later, Jazz," She gave him a small wave and sauntered off. Aquafire soon found herself standing outside Sideswipe and Sunstreaker's shared quarters, hand poised to knock. Before she could do so however, the door whooshed open and revealed Sunstreaker, splattered with paint. "What the Pit happened to you?" She frowned at him. She leaned to the side and caught a glimpse of a half-painted canvas. Well, that answered that.
"None of your business," He grunted. "What do you want?"
"I don't know exactly," Sunstreaker raised an optic ridge at her. "Just passing by."
"Then leave," He snorted. "I don't have time for you or your games today, femme."
"What's with the attitude?" She glared at him then.
"Not in a good mood," He bit out. "Leave." With that, he stepped back inside and the door closed behind him.
"Yeah, nice talking to you too," She grumbled as she left. Sideswipe caught up with her not long after, slinging an arm around her shoulders in a carefree manner.
"Don't take it too hard," He hummed. "Sunny is always in a bad mood and he doesn't like being interrupted when he paints."
"So I've learned," She muttered.
"Why don't we get some energon?" He suggested with a smile. "Just me and you."
"Do I have a choice?" She looked at him.
"Nope!" He grinned at her. Sideswipe led her to the rec room and got two cubes of energon, handing one to Aquafire as they looked for a place to sit. When they finally did, Sideswipe made certain to sit right next to her, pressed closer than she would have liked at that moment.
"Is there a reason why you're sitting so close?" She scowled at him.
"I just feel like it," He shrugged, sipping at his cube. Aquafire scooted away a little and was dismayed when the red frontliner followed, grinning into his cube.
"You are a pain in the aft," She grumbled at him.
"You know you love it," He laughed. The two fell into an uneasy silence then, sipping at their energon and listening to the conversations around them. "So, any mech's catching your optics?"
"You sound like Chromia," Aquafire snorted. "And no, none."
"You sure?" He insisted, grinning as he leaned in close.
"Yes I am sure," She frowned. "Now stop asking." The red Lamborghini pouted like a sparkling then and whined at her, demanding an actual answer. "Sideswipe, stop!" She chuckled at his antics.
"Fine," He huffed. "I'll get a real answer out of you yet, femme."
"Keep telling yourself that," She smirked. The two continued to joke and taunt one another for a while until Aquafire was called away for patrol.
Sideswipe only smirked as he went back to his and his brother's quarters and walked in, flopping down on his berth with a sigh.
"How'd it go?" Sunstreaker didn't even look up from his painting as he spoke.
"Eh, she's still being defensive," Sideswipe told him with a hum. "Kind of expected it though, all things considered."
"We're making progress at least," Sunstreaker wiped his arm across his brow, a habit he'd picked up from the humans, and scowled when a streak of blue paint was left behind. "I'll get her when she comes back from patrol."
"Don't say anything stupid," Sideswipe snickered.
"Mute it," He snapped back.
"Love you too, bro." Sunstreaker only hung his helm and returned to his painting, determined to ignore his rambling twin.
-X-X-X-
It came as no surprise to Aquafire that Sunstreaker was waiting for her when she returned from patrol. The yellow frontliner gave her a quick once over and then walked off, expecting her to follow. Aquafire rolled her optics but followed him anyway, knowing he wanted his one on one time with her over a fresh cube of energon.
"So, you finally crawled out from that room of yours," She teased. "Finished already with that painting?"
"Scrapped it," He muttered, taking a generous swig from his energon cube. "Didn't like it."
"You do that a lot lately," She frowned.
"Nothing's come out the way I want it to," He sighed. "Feels like something's missing and I can't figure out what."
"You're a smart mech, you'll figure it out eventually," Aquafire muttered. Sunstreaker said nothing in return as he finished his cube off and set it aside. The two continued to chat quietly about various things, and just like his brother, Sunstreaker was insistent on certain topics. "It's been nice, Sunstreaker, but I need to rest. Ratchet expects me in the med bay first thing in the morning."
"I'll walk with you," He stood then. Aquafire remained silent and just let him do as he wanted. "Good night," He rumbled when they reached her quarters.
"Good night," She hummed back. Sunstreaker grabbed her wrist suddenly and tugged. Aquafire was stunned by the sudden action and merely stared at the frontliner as she waited for him to do something.
"We'll break your defenses yet, Aquafire," He growled out. His lips feathered over her wrist up to her palm where he pressed a quick kiss and then dropped her servo. He offered her a dark smile before he turned and left. Aquafire stared after him, trying to process just what had happened. Her poor processor overloaded and she somehow managed to pull a Prowl just as said bot walked by.
The SIC looked at the fallen femme and twitched his doorwings in slight amusement.
"Ratchet, could you come down towards Aquafire's quarters?" He commed the medic. "She crashed." A slight pause. "Processor." He winced when the CMO started rattling off curses and quickly cut the comm. before it gave him a processor ache. When the medic arrived, he was still cursing and grumbling to himself as he ran the same medical protocols he used on Prowl whenever he crashed. When the femme finally came around, she took one look at Ratchet and Prowl and squeaked in utter embarrassment.
"Did... did I crash?" She managed to croak out.
"Yes," Ratchet nodded. "Primus help me if I have to deal with you anymore than I have to deal with Prowl."
"What brought on the crash?" Prowl asked, ignoring what Ratchet said.
"Uh..." She wasn't sure if she really wanted to tell them. "I don't know."
"Bull slag," Ratchet snapped.
"It was Sunstreaker!" She ducked away when he raised a wrench. Where the frag had that thing come from anyway?
Apparently, this was all the information Ratchet needed.
"When I get my servos on him..." He growled lowly.
"Thank you, Ratchet," Aquafire interrupted his impending rant. "Goodnight to you both." She quickly stood and fled into her quarters. Prowl murmured a quick goodnight as well before he left, heading straight for his shared quarters with Jazz. Ratchet shook his helm as he got up and returned to the med bay.
Primus this was going to be a long orn.
-X-X-X-
Aquafire watched the twins as they wrestled and cursed, fighting over who was to be player one in the game they were playing. Since Ratchet had restricted her from active duty, for reasons he refused to tell her, she had nothing better to do than watch them fight like sparklings.
"You two are like a pair of sparklings," She snorted. She picked up an empty energon cube and tossed it at the twins, smirking when it connected with Sideswipe's helm, though she'd really been aiming for Sunstreaker. The twins turned their optics towards her as they paused their wrestling match and then shared a look.
Aquafire did not like the way they looked at her then.
The Seeker bolted and yelped when the twins tackled her, being cautious of her cockpit as they did so and pinned her down.
"Got ya," Sideswipe grinned down at the femme.
"If you two don't get off of me right now..." She growled threateningly. She suddenly let out a very femme-like squeal when they found some very sensitive joint gaps.
"What was that? Didn't quite catch it," Sunstreaker smirked at her. Aquafire growled and squealed when they attacked the joints again.
"Had enough?" Sideswipe cackled, optics glinting.
"Get off!" She whined at them, struggling under them as much as she could. The twins finally let her up and smirked at her slagged off expression. "I'll get you both back, just wait," She grumbled before stalking off. They watched her leave and looked at each other, optics glinting.
"We'll get her, just wait," Sideswipe smirked.
"Never been good about waiting," Sunstreaker snorted.
"You'll have to this time," Sideswipe grasped his shoulder with a grin. "It'll be worth it."
"It better be." Sunstreaker grabbed up the player one controller and smirked at his twin triumphantly. Sideswipe grumbled but settled for player two as the game started up.