bv and sv, Decepticon and Autobot bases, Birth and Return
Mistfire: *dancing by putting her feet on coloured lights that appear on the floor. Is a strong beat to the music she's listening to, and the lights move in time to it*
dRumrunner: *laying on back of couch and watching, one cheek bulging slightly with cookie* 0.o
Scattershot: *getting his butt handed to him by Mistfire*
Wheelie: *watching from his spot on the couch, a cookie in his hands that has been forgotten in favor of watching what the grown-ups are doing*
Mistfire: *bends forward and back to touch two lights with her hands*
dRumrunner: *quietly* Can you do that?
Wheelie: *small shrug as Scattershot trips and faceplants* Dunno... but Scattershot can't...
Mistfire: *stops and goes to one knee by her mate* Gorgeous? You okay?
DDR game: *fails them both and shuts down*
Scattershot: *getting up, and giving Mistfire a sheepish grin* yeah... *attention goes to the game* Awww...
Mistfire: *checks him for smudges and scrapes as she rises with him* We can try again.
Scattershot: *aside from the sheepish look he's still got, is just fine* Yeah... and maybe this time I won't fall on my face! ^_^
Mistfire: *walks over to the little transmitter and bends to poke at it* Same song?
Scattershot: Sure. :3 *stretches a bit, grinning*
Mistfire: *selects it and then moves quickly to where the lights play, is dancing nearly before they start*
dRumrunner: *notices Wheelie's cookie. Reaches for it*
Scattershot: *keeping up fairly well this time!*
Wheelie: *watching the grown ups, doesn't notice dRumrunner reaching for his cookie until it's too late* Hey!
dRumrunner: *chortles, and then falls behind the couch*
Wheelie: *up and over the back of the couch, will pounce on dRumrunner*
Mistfire: *dances on*
Scattershot: *too busy focusing on keeping up*
In another place and another time
Deepdancer: *gently picks up the tiny form as it starts to move and turns to hand it to Optimus* You've got a femme.
Optimus: *fighting a wibble as he gently cradles the little femme*
First Aid: *blinks groggily and turns her head* Optimus?
sparklet: *snuggles and frowns deeply*
Deepdancer: *slight smile and a glance at the energy bars she made sure were here before she limps away to leave the new family to bond*
Optimus: *quietly, as he moves closer to First Aid* She's so little...
First Aid: *optics widening slightly as she catches sight of her creation for the first time* Ohhhhh....
sparklet: *turns and looks back at her, then clicks quietly*
Optimus: *very slight wibble, clicks back to the sparklet as he moves to help First Aid sit up*
First Aid: *slightly dizzy, but sits and reaches a hand toward her daughter* Hello.
sparklet: Kendell
First Aid: 0.o Pardon?
Optimus: *raised brow ridge* Is that your name?
Kendell: *nod and click* Kendell.
First Aid: :o
Optimus: *quiet chuckle* It's nice to meet you, Kendell.
Kendell: *looks up at him again, then back to First Aid and clicks quizzically. She wants words for them*
Optimus: *gently moves Kendell's hand so it's touching First Aid* Mama.
Kendell: *there is that serious frown again* Mama.
First Aid: *wibbles* Yes.
Kendell: *wriggles the little fingers that are touching First Aid, then looks up at Optimus*
Optimus: *gently puts Kendell's hand on himself* Papa.
Kendell: P... P... Papa. *clicks and moves the little fingers again, then looks up as the room suddenly brightens*
First Aid: *optics wide with alarm as reality seems to tilt and shift* Optimus???
Optimus: *tensed and ready to protect his family* ... *looking around to see if there's something attacking, or just what the heck is going on*
First Aid: *involuntary cry as the light flares up and then implodes all around them, sucking them away*
Deepdancer: *throws open the door, Torque at her heels, then stops short and stares at the lone young femme inside* ...First Aid?
Mistfire and Scattershot's warehouse. Here and now.
Mistfire: *takes a flying backward leap as she senses a change in the air. Is just missed by a pile of bots that appear suddenly in the middle of her dance pad* What the...!?
Scattershot: *barely misses getting squished under the bot pile* !!!!
First Aid: *startled look around and then faints*
Kendell: *very quiet, but she's shaking*
Optimus: *befuddled look, before he's trying to comfort Kendell and gently rouse First Aid*
Mistfire: Slaggin'.... *pokes herself in the ear* //Doc! Emergency! At the warehouse!//
dRumrunner: *looking out from under the couch, his hand still on Wheelie's face where he was pushing him away* 0.o
Ratchet: //What sort of emergency?// *sounds like he's in a bit of a foul mood...The mun wonders why*
Wheelie: *wiggling to get a good look at who dropped in*
Mistfire: //NOW!//
Ratchet: //...I'm on my way over.//
dRumrunner: *lets go of both brother and cookie and huddles down a little as First Aid continues insensate* The little baby's scared.
Wheelie: *grabs cookie and clicks quietly, before hurrying off to his room for something*
Optimus: *still tensed, but starting to relax, even as he clicks and gently rubs Kendell's back*
Mistfire: *moves to kneel next to Optimus* You sure know how ta make an entrance, Prime. *looks at First Aid* She hurt're somethin'?
Optimus: She just woke up not too long ago from bringing Kendell into the world...
Wheelie: *Back! Has a blanket, which gets brought over to Optimus and Kendell*
Mistfire: *looks at the sparklet and blinks* You are so dead.
Optimus: *slightly wry smile* Because my bondmate and I created someone?
Mistfire: Bondmate.... I jes' called the docbot.
Kendell: *tries to hide from the blanket when it gets close. Too new to know what that is*
Optimus: *slightly cheeky* He can deal with it when he gets here. *focuses on introducing Kendell to the soft blanket, clicking and talking quietly to the little sparklet*
Scattershot: *goes to let Ratchet in*
dRumrunner: *scoots out from under couch and goes with Scattershot*
Kendell: *finally accepts the blanket, but then looks up* Mama?
Optimus: *gently, in as soothing a tone as he can manage* She's right here, Kendell... *puts a gentle hand on First Aid's shoulder, inadvertently transmitting his worry to the insensate femme*
Ratchet: *hurrying in, stops short when he sees Optimus and First Aid*
Kendell: Mama? Mama?
Ratchet: ... *gives Optimus a Look, before moving to scan First Aid*
First Aid: *has had a slight shock to her slightly weakened by delivery systems. Is going to be alright*
Ratchet: *raised brow ridge, scans Optimus and Kendell as well*
Kendell: *ignoring him* Mama?
First Aid: *lets air out of her intakes and turns her head slightly* Uhh....
Optimus: *gently, as he moves to help First Aid sit up again* First Aid?
First Aid: *hand reaching for her sparklet as she leans against him, but then she sees Ratchet and pauses*
Ratchet: *has a lot of things he wants to say, but for now, he'll choose* Welcome home...
First Aid: *wan smile, and then shutters her optics and leans her face against Optimus' shoulder as she gently puts her arms around Kendell*
Kendell: *snuggle* Mama. *sigh*
Mistfire: *moves over to where Scattershot and her boys are so that she can watch their unexpected guests without being in the way*
Ratchet: I'll call Captain Fanzone and get a flatbed for the three of you. *soft chuckle* The Aerialbots won't know what to think...
First Aid: *softly* We've been gone so long.... Are they alright?
Ratchet: *puzzled expression* So long? It's been about a day...
First Aid: *startled look but then she remembers* So the time difference stayed constant.
Kendell: *clicks and frowns. Something doesn't feel right*
Optimus: *clicks to Kendell, before his processor starts going over basic sparklet needs* ...
First Aid: *quietly* Has anyone got some energy? My tank's full of energy bar, so I can't feed Kendell.
Kendell: *looks up at her. Do whatnow to Kendell? Will it make the ow stop?*
Ratchet: *getting a can of pasgetti out of his subspace* Think she might like this?
First Aid: *looks at the open and hastily covered can* We can try. Optimus, will you? I'm still dizzy....
dRumrunner: *slips over to offer a spoon Kendell can eat with*
Fanzone: *comes walking in, frowning thunderously and wiping snow off his head. Pauses and opens his eyes wide when he sees what Optimus and First Aid have*
Optimus: *taking the spoon and removing the hastily-placed cover on the pasgetti can. Then he's getting a spoonfull of sauce and offering it to Kendell*
Kendell: *blinks as the spoon is held to her mouth, and then makes small smacking sounds as she makes the sauce vanish*
First Aid: *soft smile* Good girl.
Fanzone: *moves over and pokes Ratchet in the leg with his thumb* *quietly* Izzat what I t'ink it is?
Ratchet: *small nod* *quietly* She's their daughter... and not very old, if my scanners are telling me correctly...
Optimus: *small smile, offering Kendell another spoonfull of sauce*
Kendell: *sputter and coughs, spraying sauce all over her creators*
Optimus: *startles a bit and then begins quietly fussing and searching for a cloth to gently wipe Kendell's face with, clicking all the while*
Fanzone: *still quiet* Don't it take a few weeks fer yous guys ta have kids?
Ratchet: *nod* *just as quietly* To be honest... I don't know how long they were wherever it was they went to...
Fanzone: *scowls, his concern apparent* T'at ot'er First Aid still around?
Wheelie: *scampering over to grab some spare pieces of cloth from the laundry pile*
Ratchet: *headshake* Right before I got called here, she vanished in a flash of light...
Kendell: *sucking sauce off her fist and frowning*
dRumrunner: *goes to help brother*
Fanzone: *growling softly* Well da truck's here.
Optimus: *using a cloth brought over by Wheelie to gently wipe the sauce off of Kendell, then off of himself, and finally, off of First Aid*
Kendell: *turning face away from the cloth. Froowwwwn and click quietly*
First Aid: *soft chuckle at the little one's expression* I think she'd rather eat, Optimus.
Optimus: *blink blink* Oh... right... *gets more sauce on the spoon and offers it to Kendell*
Kendell: *smack smack smack. Tiny purr*
Ratchet: *gentle expression as he watches Optimus continue to feed the sparklet*
Kendell: *small tanks fill fast, especially with this stuff. She has a few more spoonfuls and then turns her face away, only to frown when she notices Wheelie and dRumrunner. Clicks about them curiously, despite her optic shutters drooping*
Fanzone: *gruffly* Didn' you adopt 'Aid?
Ratchet: *nods, soft chuckle* I guess I also adopted Optimus...
Fanzone: So dat makes you a grandpa, eh?
First Aid: *explaining to her new one about the two curious little mechs*
Ratchet: *another soft chuckle* I suppose so... for the second time...
Wheelie: *Clicking and talking quietly to Kendell, and introducing himself*
Kendell: Wheelie. *tiny hand on self* Kendell.
dRumrunner: *shy*
Wheelie: *smile* Nice to meet you, Kendell... *as he gently nudges dRumrunner*
Scattershot: *isn't not taking pictures*
Kendell: *lifts brow ridges and clicks... and then droops quietly into stasis*
dRumrunner: 0.o Is she okay?
First Aid: *tiredly* *smiles* She's sleeping.
Wheelie: *small nod, moves to gently pull the blanket that Kendell is wrapped in up around her a bit better*
Fanzone: Easy, kid. Don't crowd 'er. Dis's all new.
First Aid: *blinks and glances toward the gruff human*
Mistfire: *smirks*
dRumrunner: *going to go and climb onto Scattershot's back now*
Wheelie: *quiet clicks, and then he's darting over to Mistfire in quest of being picked up and cuddled*
Scattershot: *clicking and reaching back to gently patpat dRumrunner*
Mistfire: *scoops Wheelie up and holds him close, her cheek on his head*
Ratchet: *Quietly* The flatbed's outside... *moving to help Optimus, First Aid, and Kendell up*
First Aid: *too tired to walk on her own, but takes her blanket wrapped sparklet and holds her close*
Optimus: *once he's on his feet, he's bending to pick First Aid and Kendell up*
First Aid: *smiles at Ratchet as she snuggles in Optimus' arms* I'm glad the Aerialbots haven't had time to miss us.
Ratchet: I think some of them have been busy tormenting Cragbuster in between Stiletto's sessions.
Optimus: *As he carries First Aid and Kendell to the flatbed* Who is Cragbuster?
Ratchet: My... *slight pause as he gears up to say this* son.
Optimus: ... *boggling slightly at Ratchet, who is now making sure First Aid and Kendell are secure on the flatbed*
First Aid: *softly* I didn't tell you because of the confidentiality thing, Optimus.
Optimus: ... *seems a bit brain-broken currently, is getting helped onto the flatbed*
First Aid: *makes sure the tarp she and Kendell are covered in is keeping off the snow, then shutters her optics with a sigh*
Fanzone: *getting into his car and grousing about the weather*
Ratchet: *sticking close to the flatbed*
Sparkplug: *pulls out carefully and heads for the plant, watching out for people who stop to wave at his passengers or who stop right in traffic to stare*
Prowl: *crouching on the plant roof and looking down at the yard and the 'snow cat' it holds*
Ratchet: *slowing to a stop and transforming with the intention of helping First Aid off of the flatbed*
First Aid: *deep in stasis, hugging her newspark*
Sparkplug: *backs up carefully, mindful of that snow sculpture*
Prowl: *watches them*
Ratchet: *gesturing to Sparkplug when he can stop*
Optimus: *looks relieved to see Prowl, waves a little, and then startles as the 'snow cat' moves to reveal Stiletto in alt-mode*
Prowl: *somersaults off the roof and lands on top of the truck cab, to Sparkplug's startlement* Welcome back, Optimus. *slight smile*
Fireflight: *bursts from the plant, her optics wide as she stands and stares at the truck*
Stiletto: *Turning on the thunderpurr and doing a "Happy Kitty Dance" around Ratchet's feet*
Optimus: *nods to Prowl* It's good to be back.
Sparkplug: *stops truck* There ya go.
Ratchet: *helping Optimus down, and then the two are getting First Aid off the flatbed carefully*
Stiletto: *runrunrun at Fireflight!*
Fireflight: No! Stop! Gotta be quiet for the new one.
Stiletto: *slips on some hidden ice and winds up in a snow drift*
Prowl: *sniffing and giving Optimus a surprised look as he catches Kendell's scent*
Optimus: *holding First Aid and Kendell close, gives Prowl a slight nod. Yes, the little femme is First Aid's and my creation*
Prowl: *softly* Congratulations.
Cragbuster: *backs out of the door, scowling* *sounds just like Ratchet* No, I don't want to play snow football. I think water should stay in its place... which isn't my joints!
Fireflight: Shhhh!
Cragbuster and Stiletto cousins: 0.o
Stiletto: *tacklepounces Cragbuster*
Fireflight: Stop that! Stop that! Stop that! New sister needs quiet!
Prowl: *moving over to steer the Lambo kids to other areas and other amusements*
Stiletto: *shakes all the snow she's covered in off onto Cragbuster, before following her cousins with a smug kitty grin firmly on her face*
Ratchet: *Facepalming and quietly muttering something, even as he moves to gently usher Optimus and his family inside*
First Aid: *face turned toward Optimus as she snuggles without waking*
Fireflight: *over there, not in the way, but close enough to see her mentors' faces* Home....
Optimus: *nods* Yes, Fireflight... We're home.
Fireflight: Baby sister thinks a lot. *glances back to where Cragbuster is pulling himself out of a snowheap and grumbling*
Optimus: She's still very new, Fireflight...
Silverbolt: *peeking from behind the couch, is trying to stay out of the way*
Fireflight: *quietly* She thought of her name first. Kindle the flame. *soft smile*
Optimus: *soft chuckle*
Silverbolt: *quietly* She's gotta blankie already...
Fireflight: We got her one too. It has a unicorn on it. *yes. She'd known*
Skydive: *peeks silently, his mouth twitching just a little bit*
Optimus: *small smile* I think... we should get Kendell and First Aid where it's quiet...
Fireflight: We fixed your room. There's a nice big bed now. And it's soft.
Optimus: *nods, moving to gently lift First Aid and Kendell* Thanks guys. *quick glance around to make sure he's really home*
Kendell: *little clicks, but she's not very awake*
Fireflight: *herding her mentors toward their sleeping space*
Cragbuster: *pauses beside Ratchet and frowns* That's your Prime? He's just a kid.
Ratchet: *nods* *quietly* He may be young... but I respect him.
Cragbuster: *snorts and walks off*
Stiletto: *debating about pouncing on Cragbuster again*
Fireflight: *stops at the stasisroom door and pulls it shut behind Optimus*
Optimus: *quiet as he looks around, glad to be back home*
First Aid: *wakes a bit as he puts her down* Mmmm... Optimus?
Optimus: *quietly* We're home, First Aid...
First Aid: *sleepy smile* I'm glad.
Optimus: *smiles as he moves to settle down beside her* Me too.
Kendell: *little clicks till she hears Mama's systems settle back to stasis, and then she sleeps too*
Optimus: *stays awake for a few more minutes, before he too succumbs to sleep*
((co-written with random_xtras))