RID: As the Kospego Commands
Hello everyone! Hope yall are doing good and I hope yall enjoy this chapter. I had fun writing it!
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While hanging out with Sideswipe I ended up falling into recharge. When I woke up I found myself back at the scrapyard. I can only assume Sideswipe carried me back since I obviously didn't walk.
For some reason the thought of Sideswipe carrying me back makes my face heat up in a blush. I push back the thoughts, not wanting to think too much on them. Earlier Bee had told me to scout around the perimeter of the crash site to see if I could find anything of value, but sadly I'm returning to the scrapyard emyty handed. I'm sure if there was anything of value the Cons would have already made off with it.
Once I'm back at the scrapyard I hear the sound of thing falling. I rush over to the source of the sound. Once I get there I see stasis pods falling all over the place and Fixits right in the middle of it. I notice one about to fall right on top of him, so I run over and catch it before it can.
Fixit looks at me thankfully. "Thank you miss lope-rope-Hope."
"Your welcome Fixit. So what are you doing trying to stack these by yourself?" I ask.
"Well actually-look out!" He exclaims pointing behind me.
I turn and see a stasis pods about to fall on me but thankfully Bee catches it before it hits me.
"Many spanks-glanks-thanks sir. I'll finish stacking these stasis pods immediately." Fixit says.
"Fixit, didn't I ask you and Sideswipe to work on this together?" Bee asks.
"Well yes sir, but Sideswipes stablizer is sore so he thought it might be better if I did it myself." Fixit replies.
Bee and I look up and see Sideswipe dancing to the music he's listening to through the headphones Denny fashioned. He's obviously fine.
Bee sighs. "I think Sideswipe might be taking advantage of you."
Fixit laughs and says, "Oh hardly sir. Sideswipe offered to cover my elephant cage cleaning duties for the next five cycles. Fair trade."
"No Fixit. We don't have any elephants." Bee replies. "Let's go talk some sense into him Hope."
I nod and eagerly go over to him, ready to give him what for.
"Sideswipe-Sideswipe." Bee tries getting his attention but can't be heard.
Coming up with an idea I yank his headphones off, thus getting his attention.
"Audio overload!" Sideswipe exclaims.
"You need to stop taking advantage of your teammates and you-what are you listening to anyway?" Bee takes the headphones from me and places them over his audios. He goes wide opticed at what he hears. "Oh! I love this song!"
Me and Sideswipe watch as he dances in place to it. At our staring he gives the headphones back to Sideswipe. "Uh, well the music on this planet is pretty good. The melodies are complex and the lyrics frequently have different meanings."
"I like the unza unza parts." Sideswipe adds.
"Yeah, well in any case we need to help our teammates ok? And don't get the better of them." Bee says.
I smack Sideswipe on the arm. "Yeah, so no being a jerk."
"Hey I'm not a jerk. If I were I wouldn't have carried you back last night." He replies with a smirk.
I huff but before I can reply a ring goes off. Denny and Russell rush over. "Customer."
We transform just as a vehicle drives up and humans...wearing very strange outfits, come out. "Give us what we desire...or the Kospego will destroy you all." One of them says.
"Kospego?" Russell asks.
"Local legend. Some kind of giant cranky elk like creature that walks on two legs and has the strength of 1,000 humans." Denny answers.
"I too thought the Kospego was but a myth until I saw it. The Kospego said, 'I need stuff and you's gonna get it for me, or else I'm gonna break some junk. And by junk I mean yous.' I shared the story with others. They came to witness the Kospego and now they too are believers. We must all follow the Kospegos commands or kkkkk." They make a noise sounding like something breaking.
"Uh-huh, and will the Kospego be paying in cash?" Denny asks.
"Oh no. Arnold will. Thats me." The human says.
"So what can I get you and the Kospego Arnie?" Denny asks.
The humans snaps his fingers and another brings him a scroll. He opens it and it is very long. "We have already found many things but the Kospego still demands fifteen pounds of lead, one hundread and fourty one two inch nails, thirty-seven yards of steel cable, and one high voltage electric generator."
"Ok. Just stay here and we'll see what we can find for ya." Denny says before walking off to find said items.
After a while he comes back with a lot of stuff. "Well heres most everything. Give me a mintute to fire up the crane and I'll bring a generator over."
"But dad we sold the last generator yesterday remember?" Russell hints.
"What? We have one in the back." Denny says not getting it.
"No. We sold it to mr. Bumblebee." Russell adds.
Denny catches on and says, "Oh...sorry."
"The only other high capacity generator in the area is at the dam, but thats not for sale. The Kospego will not be pleased. He may very well kabab us on his antlers. Off we go." The humans get their stuff hooked up to their vehicle before driving off.
We transform soon after.
"Boy is someone taking those poor saps for a ride, pretending to be the Kospego. So, why couldn't I sell them my generator?" Denny asks.
"Because Denny I suspect-"
Bee is interrupted by Strongarm driving up. "I'm back lieutenant but the mission was a complete failure. I didn't find anything at the crash site that we hadn't seen previously, except this." She says holding up a Decepticon hunter device. Suddenly it activates and turns into a blaster and slices a bright metal box in half.
Denny flinches at it being destroyed and drops to his knees by it in sadness.
"Well this thing won't be bothering us anymore." Grimlock says.
Denny isn't amused.
"I bet that could totally take down a Decepticon." Sideswipe states.
"What is it?" Russell asks.
"It's a Decepticon hunter...Sideswipe how is your stabilizer feeling?" Fixit asks.
"Um Fixit, a little more info?" Bee asks.
"Oh right. Sideswipe damaged his stablizer so I-"
"On the Decepticon hunter." Bee interrupts.
"What? We have a Decepticon hunter? Where?" Fixit asks looking around. He then spots the one in his servos that he took from Strongarm. "A Decepticon hunter." He then hands it to Sideswipe.
Strongarm snatches it back from him.
"Careful. It can be quiet dangerous. Decepticon hunters were made standard on all prision ships." Fixit warns.
"Whats it do?" Russell asks.
"The Decepticon hunter connects to its users neural transions to whatever combat device is imagined it generates within certain peramiters." Fixit states.
"That doesn't sound dangerous. It sounds awesome!" Russell exclaims.
Strongarm walks up to the other metal boxes and holds up the hunter. "Protoblaster." It transforms into a sword and slices a box.
"I said protoblaster." It transforms into some kind of mace and drops on another box.
"Protoblaster!" It changes into a strange looking sword and destroys another box.
"I must be doing it wrong." She ponders.
"Thats because its tried to your thought process. You actually have to be able to think to make it work." Sideswipe says snidly.
"Your lucky I'm able to think about sunshines and rainbows right now." She retorts.
I go up to Sideswipe and pull on his arm. "Just let it go Sideswipe. It'll just be another argument."
He look at me. "Oh come on. Even you have a hard time not being mad at her."
"Be that as it may if you wouldn't react to her then you'd be so much better off." I reply.
"It's not like it's my fault. The punk is the one who always starts it." Strongarm argues.
"That is a complete lie. You've started plenty of arguments and don't call him a punk." I retort.
"Oh excuse me. Didn't mean to insult your mechfriend." She says sarcastically.
I faintly blush at her words. "He's not my mechfriend."
"But I wouldn't mind if I were. Infact, please be my femmefriend." Sideswipe begs.
"Your not helping you lug head." I say to him.
Bee breaks up the three of us. "Before anyone thinks something they'll regret."
"So why couldn't I offer them a generator Bee?" Denny asks. "I could've used the space to display my vintage refrigirators...my poor poor refrigirators."
"That list from the Kospego; these items may have seemed random but they weren't. I suspect the Kospego is one of our Decepticons tricking humans into thinking its your creature of legend, using them to help juryrig a spacebridge." Bee explains.
"A spacebridge? So we could go home to gather reenforcments." Strongarms states.
"Home or anywhere else." Sideswipe adds.
"I could see my creators again." I mutter to myself without anyone hearing.
"We could if we thought the spacebridge would work, but its far more likely that the slightist misalignments woud create a black hole like phenomenon that could badly damage Even destroy Earth." Bee says.
Everyone gasps at that.
"Which would be bad." Grimlock says.
Fixit holds up his mobile archive of the prisoners. "The Alchemors prisoner manifest does list a Decepticon named Thunderhoof matching the general discription."
"We better make sure the generator at the dam stays where it is." Strongarm states.
"Roger that." Bee says walking off. "Autobots!"
We follow after him and wait for him to try out another motto. "Here comes another stinker." Sideswipe mutters.
"Nope. This time he nails it." Strongarm argues.
"Lets rev, rock, and rumble." Bee says.
We all go quiet, which means we think its awful.
"Oh really? I kinda liked that one." Bee says disappointed.
After that we make our way to the dam and see a line of generators. Thankfully its dark out so no humans are around. "Sidedwipe, you Hope and Grimlock stay here and guard the generator. Strongarm, let's make a circular sweep of the area." Bee orders.
He and Strongarm drive off while the rest of us transform and move in front of the generators. Sideswipe just sighs as he leans against the fence.
Grimlock, however, gets into a fighting stance and gets ready for anything. Have to admire him for determination. "Does it bug you that he asked Strongarm to help scout and not you?" Sideswipe asks me.
"No, why should it?" I ask.
"I don't know. Figured standing guard over a generator wouldn't be ideal for you." He replies.
"Well it's not like I would volunteer for a job like this, but it needs to be done so I'll do it...you sound like you're bored already." I joke.
"I am. This is torture." He says dramatically.
"How can this be torture? We've only been standing here for about a minute." I ask.
"Urg, I don't know." He grips.
I laugh at him and say, "You just want to be dramatic."
"I do not." He argues.
I just shake my head and laugh at him.
For the next few minutes as we stand guard, and not seeing anything, Sideswipe starts to gradually lower to the ground until he is lying flat on his back...dramatically.
He then sits up and says, "I'm gonna scout the perimeter." He then starts walking off.
"But Bumblebee told us to stay here." Grimlock says.
"Yeah but here includes right here and the perimeter around here." He replies.
"Oh." Grimlock replies before getting back in his stance.
"Sideswipe, you shouldn't go anywhere. What if something happens? It'll be easier to fight off a Con if there are three of us instead of just two." I say.
"Don't worry. Nothings gonna happen, and even if it does you can call me over. I promise I won't be far." He replies.
"Sideswipe-
"Look, I won't be far. You two will be fine." He interrupts. He then disappears into the trees.
I sigh and mutter about him being idiotic.
"You alright?" Grimlock asks.
"Yeah I'm fine. Sideswipe's just an idiot. But thanks for asking." I reply sweetly.
He grins. "You're welcome, and don't worry. If anything happens I'll protect you."
"I can take care of myself, but I appreciate it. You're not bad at all Grimlock."
He chuckles bashfully. "Awww, gee thanks. I bet you say that to all the mechs."
"Hardly." I reply jokingly.
Our conversation is cut short when I hear a noise. "Did you hear that?"
"No. What did it sound like?" Grimlock asks.
The sound of falling trees and footsteps fills the air. "Like that."
"Maybe its one of the others." He suggests.
"Since when do they knock down trees when they walk...I don't think its a friendly. I'm gonna look on the other side of the fence since I think it might be from over there. Can you cover this side?"
"No problem. I got this, but yell for me if you need help." He replies.
I nod and sprint over to the other side of the fence to check out the treeline. It looks pretty normal and next thing I know I hear Grimlock say, "Whose there? What are you-AHHH!"
I turn and see the mech we saw in Fixits archives. He really does look like the humans version of the Kospego. He's tall, blue, and has big antlers on his head. All in all he looks very intimidating. I also see the knocked down Grimlock at his peds.
Without thinking I rush over to Grimlock and kneel down to check on him. "Grimlock! Grimlock, are you okay?"
I see Thunderhoofs peds walk right up to me as he, in what the humans would call a mafia voice, says, "Eyoo whats dis? Who might yous be dollface?"
I look up at his face and I can't help but be intimidated by this mech. noticing my silence and expression he adds, "Ey now, der aint no reason ta be afraid of me. I wouldn' dares harm a femme, especially one as lovely as yous."
"Is that supposed to make me feel better?" I ask sarcastically.
He lets out a chuckle. "Der we go. I was begginin ta think dat yous was mute. Nice ta know der's a pretty voice ta go wit dat pretty face. Now, how about yous let me get dis here generator and den come wit me ta where I'm buildin a spacebridge."
"Why would I want to go anywhere with you, especially after you attacked my friend."
"It was necessary, and besides I can take ya back to Cybertron. No femme should have ta stay on a mudball like dis." He replies.
"I'd rather stay here than go anywhere with you." I reply feeling a little braver.
"You's wont be sayin dat after ya hear what I've got ta offer." He adds.
"And what exactly is that?" I ask.
"Come ta Cybertron wit me and yous can be my gal." He replies with a smirk.
My optics widen at that. "Be your WHAT?! Why in any universe would I want that?!"
"Let me explain somethin ta ya. I ran the biggest criminal organizations on Cybertron, which made me a lot of doe. If yous was my femme you would want for nuthin. I could get yous anything you want. You'd have the life of luxury."
"Oh yes my creators would just love that...why would you even want me? You just met me. You can't possibly be serious." I say in shock over his words.
"I know a good one when I see one, and baby yous a real good one. Plus, your just about da cutiest thing I've ever seen. I always wanted me a trophy mate." He replies with a smirk.
If at all possible my optics widen even futher. "Mate?! Your insane! As if I'd ever agree to that!"
He shrugs and keeps smiling. "Yous only think dat cause ya aint ever lived it. Youll learn ta love it...but we'll talk later. Right now, I need this here generator and yous is coming wit me."
"Not on your life." I then very quickly stand up and head towards the direction that Sideswipe went. I know I shouldn't leave Grimlock but I need to get away from this mech to call for help. Before I can com anyone I am roughly knocked to the ground.
"Eyooo, not a good move dollface. Not a good move at all." Thunderhoof says from above me. He then grabs me and lifts me up so I'm forced to walk beside him rather clumsily since my arms are trapped to my sides.
"LEt me go! Sideswipe! Sideswipe!" I yell hoping to get his attention.
Thunderhoof just puts his hand over my mouth. "Enough of dat doll. I don't think ya realize how good a deal I'm offerin."
I try to retort but its muffled from his hand over my mouth.
Stupid Sideswipe. Why did he have to go running off.
Thunderhoof walks us up to a generator and takes his free hand off my mouth and grabs the edge of it, and in an impressive amount of strength starts to drag it with him.
Figuring I'm not going to be released anytime soon I figure I might as well fill the silence. "Where are we going?"
"To the place I set up to have a spacebridge built, so we can get off this mud ball and back to my empire." He replies.
"What makes you think your empire is still there?" I ask snidely.
He laughs and hugs me to him tighter. "You've got spunk; I like that. Even if it's been taken down I can just start it back up all over again."
I choose not to reply and instead just try to focus on where we're going so I can remember the way for when I try to make a break for it. After walking for a while we come to a large clearing where a spacebridge is obviously being built. What's stranger is that there are a lot of humans dressed like the ones who came to the scrapyard running around.
"What are all these humans doing here?" I ask.
"Well I couldn't very well build da bridge myself could I. I needed workers and apparently I look like des natives legendary creature, so it made it easier ta get em ta do what I say." He replies.
We walk into the clearing where Thunderhoof places the generator where he wants it.
"Oh grand Kospego. We live to serve you...oh, is this a female Kospego?" The human asks when he catches sight of me.
I go to retort when Thunderhoof interrupts. "Dat's right and yous better get dis thing built or else she's gonna be upset...and I don't like my gal upset."
The human immediately gets nervous. "O-Of course grand Kospego. We shall impress her with the alter." He then runs off to help with the construction.
I glare at Thunderhoof. "I'm not your gal."
"Yous say dat, but I'm sure I can get ya ta change your mind." He replies. "Come on dollface. Let's check da perimeter ta make sure no ones gettin da sneak on us."
"Oh wouldn't that be a crying shame." I reply sarcastically.
He laughs at that. "Like a gal wit a sense of humor." He walks us around for a little while with me trying to get loose but he just tightens his grip.
We are interrupted by a noise coming from the clearing, and it almost sounds like...talking. I immediately get my hopes up. "What in da name of Cybertron is dat?"
"Come on toots. Stick close." He adds.
"Like I have a choice." I reply under my breath.
We walk back to the clearing and I immediately brighten at what I see. Its Sideswipe and Bee.
When Thunderhoof spots them he asks,"Eyoo, what's goin on here? Where'd my little worker weirdos run off to?"
The two mechs spot me trapped by Thunderhoofs arms. "Hope!"
"Guys!" I exclaim. I try to run over to them but Thunderhoof won't let me go. "Let me go!"
"Let her go!" Bee orders.
"I don't think so. I found dis little beauty so get your own." He replies.
"I told you I ain't your gal, so let me go!" I exclaim.
Both Bee and Sideswipe immediately get angry. "What have you done to her?!"Bee asks angrily.
"Now hold on rite der. I may be a crime boss, but I ain't a monsta. I aint eva layed a threatning hand on a femme and I ain't startin now!" Thunderhoof replies offended.
"Your under arrest." Bee states.
"Don't go barkin rules and regulations at me officer. I'm Thunderhoof see and I ran some of the biggest criminal enterprises on Cybertron. Half you cops were on my payroll."
"That spacebridge is dangerously unstable." Bee says.
"What's unstable is you if you think I ain't bridging ta Cybertron ta take back my turf. Tell ya what; seeing as your fellow Cybertron and all I'll cut ya in on a piece of the action." Thunderhoof states.
"You are going back to Cybertron Thunderhoof, in a stasis pod...and you won't be taking Hope with you." Bee says pointing his gun at Thunderhoof.
"Bee maybe we should think about this. It's not like we have a spacebridge. Maybe his will work and we don't want to stay on Earth forever." Sideswipe suggests.
"Sideswipe, we don't make deals with criminals. Especially one who kidnapped one of our friends and is holding them hostage." Bee replies. "Your coming with us Thunderhoof, but first let Hope go."
"Eyoo wheres the respect. Usually I let underlings do tha dirty work, but that don't mean I don't know how ta do it myself. " Thunderhoof places me on the ground before pointing his antlers at Bee and charging at him.
"Bee!" I yell in worry.
Thunderhoof hits Bee and he grabs his antlers and the two try to out shove each other. Bee then grabs ahold of Thunderhoof and throws him over his head. "Sideswipe, a hand!" Bee yells at him for just standing there.
I get up and go to help when Sideswipe grabs my arm. "Wait!"
As soon as he says that Thunderhoof stomps the ground and it makes Bee stumble and fall. Thunderhoof walks up to him and raises his ped ready to stomp him. "You mess with the boss you get the hoof!"
I go to rush over but Sideswipe won't let go of my arm. "Sideswipe let go! He needs help!"
"Just wait. I've got an idea...Thunderhoof wait!" He yells.
This grabs his attention and he looks back at Sideswipe. "Bumblebee's not worth it."
"What?!" Bee exclaims.
"What are you doing?" I hiss at him.
Sideswipe lets my arm go and walks up to Thunderhoof. "I'm sick of that bot telling me what to do and telling me that everything I do is wrong. I want off this bot forsaken planet."
I glare at him and silently figure out a way I can offline him.
"Oh finally. Someone with a little intelligence. Come on kid let's do the Autobot stomp." Thunderhoof replies.
"Seriously don't waste your time. He can't stop you. Just leave Bee here to rot on this mudball with no way home."
"Would serve him right." Thunderhoof replies.
I take that moment to walk up to Sideswipe and punch him right in the face. "You glitch! How can you say that! How dare you turn on us. I outta scrap you!"
"Eyoo, cool it der toots." Thunderhoof says while grabbing me around the waist to keep my arms pinned to my side so I can't hit Sideswipe again.
"Don't call me toots!" I yell and try to get free.
"Hope, it's not what you think, really." Sideswipe states.
"I don't wanna talk to you right now." I hiss.
"So dat's ya name? Hope? Nice ta know...alright let's go." He says walking us over to the controls.
"Wait, Thunderhoof. We should check the connections in the space bridge before-"
"Hey you're a smart kid, but don't tell me my business. I've got an empire ta go home to." He replies. He then lets me go to work the controls. He turns it on and it soon goes sour. It starts to feel like it's trying to suck everything in.
"I've been through my share of spacebridges but I ain't neva seen one do dat." Thunderhoof comments.
"BLackhole!" I hear Sideswipe and Bee exclaim.
"Somethin aint right here." Thunderhoof adds.
"Ya think?!" Sideswipe asks sarcastically. He goes to reach for the weapon on his back when Thunderhoof grabs his arm. "Why don't ya test it out for me kid?" He then starts pushing him towards the bridge.
Seeing how his little act was just that I grow scared that he's gonna get pushed in. I rush at Thunderhoof and attach myself to his back. This causes him to let go of Sideswipe. Thunderhoof tries to get me off his back but I try to hold on as tight as I can. "Don't make me hurt ya toots!"
"Hope! Get down!" Sideswipe yells.
I look and see he has the Decepticon hunter activated into a mace. I quickly jump off Thunderhoof's back and Sideswipe hits him with it. He then gets sucked into the bridge, but he managed to grab ahold of the sides and uses them to push himself forward.
Sideswipes weapon deactivates. "Scrap." He grabs ahold of my arm and says,"We gotta get out of the way before we're sucked in." We then run at the controls so we can grab ahold of it. When we're close we jump and Sideswipe grabs ahold of it. I miss and let out a worried scream. Thankfully I grab ahold of SIdeswipe's waist.
"Don't let go Hope!" He yells.
"No worries here!" I reply while tightening my grip on his waist.
Thunderhoof manages to make it to the entrance of the bridge and says, "I said yous was going first kid and I mean what I says, and I'll be takin my gal back." He reaches for me since I'm closer and he's within finger length.
Bee quickly tugs on the ropes keeping a big bundle of beams together and releases them and they head straight for Thunderhoof. They hit him head on and knock him into the spacebridge...making him disappear.
Unfortunately, the vortex gets stronger and I feel myself losing my grip on Sideswipe. "Sides! I'm slipping!"
"No your not! Just hold on!" He yells back. He moves himself over the controls and we find ourselves sitting in front of it, where the suck of the vortex isn't affecting us. I keep my hold of Sideswipe, practically shaking from nerves.
Sideswipe feels it and holds me back. "It'll be okay. We'll get out of here."
Bee flashes his headlights at us from where he's positioned himself, signaling for us to come over. Sides gets my attention. "We gotta get over there, so we'll have to transform so we're lower to the ground."
"I can't." I protest weakly, still shaken up from the possibility of being sucked in.
He grabs my face. "Yes you can. You can do it, and I'll be right beside you the whole way. Just stay on my left side so you aren't facing the vortex. Ok?"
I reluctantly nod. We transform and start driving across to get to Bee. It's very difficult because the suction of the vortex is strong. We end up swerving a lot. Thankfully we make it to the other side where Bee is.
"We need to close that hole before it grows bigger!" Bee exclaims.
"How?" Sideswipe asks.
"BY detonation inside the hole, releasing more energy than the rift is generating!" He yells. We move in front of the generator and put it in reverse and push the generator. It gets knocked over and we quickly get out of the path.
The generator flies into the vortex and it starts going crazy. The structure around it caves in on itself and soon it explodes, leaving nothing behind. It's safe to transform. "So, that happened."
"You had me worried for a minute there Sideswipe." Bee tells him.
"Dude, I'm on the team. But I can kinda see how it hasn't always seemed like it." Sideswipe replies.
Bee holds up his fist and bumps it against Sidedwipes. "The spacebridge wasn't stable, but when Thunderhoof disappeared it sure looked like a teleportation."
"So where did he go?" Sideswipe asks.
"With any luck on a remote astroid far away." I mutter.
Both mechs put their attention on me. Bee grabs my hands and asks, "Are you alright? He didn't hurt you did he?"
I shake my head. "No. He was actually gentle."
"You didn't answer my other question?" He asks.
"...I'm okay." I reply.
"You're lying to me." He states.
"No I'm not." I protest.
"Then why won't you look at me?" He asks.
I just shrug.
He sighs and says, "You've been through a lot today. Let's just get back to the scrapyard so you can rest." We transform and head back to the scrayyard. He doesn't even give me the option of seeing everyone. He just sends me straight to the area I have dubbed as my "room".
I try to relax but I'm still too wound up from today, so I just sit up and think on it. What really has me rattled is that spacebridge. I thought I might get sucked in and it scared me. My thoughts are interrupted by Sideswipe walking up to me. "Hey Hope." He says quietly.
"Hey Sideswipe." I reply.
"Just wanted to check on ya, but I honestly thought you would be in recharge by now." He says.
"I can't relax enough to recharge."
"...mind if I sit down?" He asks.
"Sure."
He sits right next to me and is quiet before finally asking, "You don't have to pretend to be okay. I could feel you shaking so I know you were freaked out...do you wanna talk about it?"
I'm silent for a bit before deciding that might make me feel better. "...I was scared, and I hate being scared."
"Well I don't figure anyone likes to be scared." He says goodheartedly.
I let out a weak chuckle before going quite again. "I was losing my grip on you. I really thought I was going to be sucked in."
"But you didn't, and besides I wouldn't have let that happen." He reassures.
"You can't prevent everything Sideswipe." I say.
"...look at me Hope. Look at me." He urges gently.
I do so and wait for him to continue.
"I swear on my spark that I would never let anything happen to you. " He says seriously.
I'm a little concerned with his tone since I never hear him speak so seriously. "Sideswipe?"
"Look, when I found out that Thunderhoof nabbed you and later when we could have been sucked into that vortex I came to some realizations." He explains.
"And that would be?" I ask.
He immediately gets nervous. "...well, ever since we started spending time together I've come to realize...um, that I actually really like you."
"I really like you too Sideswipe." I reply not getting it.
"No no. I mean I really really like you. As in I want you to be my femmefriend like you." He adds shyly.
My optics widen at that...oh that kind of like. Now it's my time to get shy. "Oh."
"I just screwed up didn't I?" He asks worridly.
"No no. You didn't. I'm just surprised is all." I reply.
"Are you kidding me? How could I not. You're funny, nice, smart, strong, great to work with, and really beautiful." He states.
I blush at his compliments. "I think you give me too much credit. I mean it's not like we've spend enough time for you to really know me and I'm sure there are others you'd rather—" I'm interrupted by him kissing me...my first kiss. My blush intensifies.
He pulls away and gives me a very loving look. "Please don't sell yourself short...so if I were to ask you to be my femmefriend what would you say?"
I smile and say, "I'd say yes."
His face lights up and he holds me tightly. "Yes! You've made me the happiest mech in the universe."
I laugh. "You really are a great catch Sideswipe."
"Hey, back when we saw you with Thunderhoof you called me Sides...think you could keep calling me that?" He asks.
"I'd love to...oh and sorry about punching your face earlier."
"No worries. I know I didn't give you much to run on. Besides I'm sure I deserved it for doing something stupid anyway." He replies. "But you could kiss it better if you wanna?"
I roll my optics playfully and lean up and kiss his slightly dented cheek. "That better?"
"Much. I wonder what Bee will say when he finds out." Sides wonders.
"He won't be half as bad as Strongarm will be." I reply.
"Urg, maybe if we're lucky she won't even find out. " He suggests. "As fat a chance as that is."
"Before I forget thank you for trying to keep me calm today." I say.
"Hey I'm your mechfriend now. It's my job to protect you, but you're welcome." He replies with a smile.
Even though today was bad with me being kidnapped by a Con who wanted me to be his gal and almost getting sucked into a black hole like vortex, it ended up good. I got a mechfriend out of it. Sideswipe irritated me at first, but he's been growing on me. Now I find him incredible charming and funny. I just wish my creators were here so I could introduce them...wouldn't that be fun.
WOW! I was typing this on my computer and when I looked at the page numbers at the bottom it said 16 pages! 16 pages! That's awesome! I love when I can write a long chapter for you guys! I hope you enjoyed it and that Hope doesn't come off as a damsel cause that's not the image I'm going for. If that's how she looked to yall please let me know. Until next time, bye!