Another day, another chapter, let's do this thing. Hope you enjoy this chapter and I hope it's not too out of character.
I don't own transformers, animated or prime.
Random usually didn't enjoy school, or at least he didn't enjoy the classes. Being around other kids all day was fun, but having to be quiet and pay attention made him bored out of his mind. Until one day his English (or reading) class started to read one of his favorite stories ever. The Phantom of the Opera. The book was a little hard for twelve year olds, but the teacher thought that if they took it slowly and discussed it then it would be good for them.
Random loved The Phantom of the Opera; he'd had his brother read the book to him a few years before, after he had seen the movie. Because of this, Random was one of the only kids in class who participated in discussions or seemed excited about the book. His behavior though did not go unnoticed by some high schoolers who were helping the teacher out in order to get credit.
Well, one day after school Random, Dirge, Sunstorm, Thrust, and Skywarp were all playing at the park. Thrust and Skywarp loved going to the park and Random and Dirge were more then happy to take them there. As the kids were playing though they didn't notice some teenagers watching them.
"There's that annoying know it all kid," One of the teenagers says to his companions.
"Yea, he's such a fan of the Phantom that it's pathetic. But I do know a way to help him express his crazed obsession a little more." The apparent leader says, smirking and taking a glinting object out of his pocket.
Meanwhile Knockout was riding his bike nearby, enjoying the ride. But then he hears screaming coming from the park and he stops, a minute later he see's four kids running towards him, all of them looking terrified. After a minute Knockout recognizes the kids.
"Dirge, Sunstorm, what's going on?" Knockout asks the two calmer kids. Dirge takes a deep breath and says "We were just at the park, when a bunch of teenagers come out and started picking on Random, but then they pulled out a knife and we ran…but Random's still back there."
Knockout thought for a second before asking "How old were the teenagers, and how many were there?"
This time it was Sunstorm who answered the question, "They're in high school, and there are three of them."
Knockout thinks for a minute, but then he hears another scream, one that sounds a lot like Random's. After that Knockout made up his mind. Getting off his bike he leans down and picks up a metal rod that was lying on the ground and says "Sunstorm, Dirge, come with me, Thrust and Skywarp go get help."The four kids nod, all looking determined and they go off to where they were told.
Knockout, Dirge, and Sunstorm run until they see Random who was on the ground, holding the right side of his face with both his hands, and they could see blood, quite a bit of it. Knockout grips his staff tighter and quickly runs to the teenager with the knife and hits him on the head. The teenager staggers back, dazed, but turns his focus away from Random and onto Knockout.
"Picking on kids about five years younger then you, very brave." Knockout says, mocking the teenager. The teen glares at Knockout and clutches his knife, ready to strike.
While Knockout was distracting the guy with the weapon, Dirge and Sunny take Random and get him to run with them toward the playground, knowing that the other two teens were after them. Once at the playground Dirge comes up with a plan and tells the others. Quickly the three kids get on the playground and Random goes into the tunnel.
This tunnel wasn't like normal tunnels at playgrounds, this one was dark, so Random took that to his advantage. The teens see that Random was in the tunnel, so they move to go in after him, only to get the scare of their life.
Instead of seeing a terrified kid, like they expected, they see a creepy, glowing face covered in blood. Both boys yell out in horror and run off, both trying to get ahead of the other to get away from park.
When the teenagers run off Random starts laughing like crazy as he crawls out of the tunnel, still wearing his mask, which was covered with his blood. Random hands a flashlight back to Sunny and says "Zhat veally vas a genius plan, Dirge." Dirge smiles and says "Yes, I know."
"Are you guys okay?" Someone asks from the ground. The boys look off the playground and see their older brothers and Breakdown there.
"Ja, ve're fine." Random replies happily. When they hear that response Icy turns to Hothead and says "Zhat iz his definition of fine?" Hothead scowls and says "Vhere are those idiots so I can teach zhem vhat happens vhen zhey mess vith my brother."
"Oh, he's over there fighting Knockout." Dirge replies casually, causing Breakdown to raise his eyebrows in shock and run over to where Dirge was talking about, the others follow him. The sight that they find is one that they weren't expecting.
They see a furious looking Knockout standing over and pinning down the teenager with his staff. Both boys were glaring daggers at each other. The teenager looked pretty bruised up and was sporting a nice bloody nose. Knockout on the other hand looked fine besides a few cuts here and there.
Breakdown steps forward and asks "Knockout, what are you doing?" Without looking up Knockout replies "I want to make sure that this guy pays for what he did to me."
All the kids look over Knockout and see nothing wrong with him, finally Starscream says "What exactly did he do to you?"
While hold the staff with one hand Knockout jerks out his other hand and yells "This is what he did." Most of the kids were still confused, there didn't appear to be anything wrong with Knockouts arm or hand, besides a large gash in his jacket. But Breakdown seems to understand because he moves next to Knockout and brings the teenager to his feet, but still kept him pinned to a wall. Breakdown may have been a few years younger then the guy, but he was strong.
Once Breakdown has the teen secured Knockout starts searching through his pockets. Before anyone can ask what he's doing he says "Got it," and holds up the guy's wallet and starts going through it, ignoring the teen's protests. Knockout takes some money from the wallet, then throws it on the ground and puts the money in his pocket.
"Knockout, vhat are jou doing?" Icy asks. Knockout looks at Icy and says "I said that he would have to pay, and I meant it. This jacket cost me nearly a hundred dollars, and since he ruined it it's only fair that he be the one to pay for it. Plus a little extra, for medical reasons."
The teenager looks furious "A hundred bucks? You've got to be kidding me, I'm not going to let you take my money so you can act like a spoiled rich girl." Breakdown brings his face within an inch of his and says "You don't have a choice." The teenager got the threat and, once Breakdown let him go, he ran off, just like his two friends had.
"Okay, weird, but whatever." Thundercracker says, "Should we get these boys home now." Knockout looks at Random and says, "Right, nearly forgot about that, we've got to get Random back to his place." So Hothead gets his brother on his back and the kids race off to the Blitzwing house, so that they could take care of Random.
Okay, there's the first half of the story. The second half should be up soon. Now let me explain some things. Knockout's bike, I know he doesn't seem like the type to ride a bike, but he's got to be riding something and he's not old enough for a car. So let's just pretend he has an awesome bike. And The Phantom of the Opera thing? Well, I think that that would be Random's favorite musical. I'm sorry if the story moved too fast, or didn't have enough dialog, or whatever. Please review if you can.