~Little Witch~ { A TFP Fanfic }

Chapter 18

"Come on, Ratchet, we're missing all the action!!" Bulkhead said.

"Yeah, yeah." Ratchet said as he flicked his wrist before turning on the groundbridge, "I'll prepare sickbay." He said as he started to walk away.

"Hah-ha, for who? The con's?" Bulkhead boasted. "This is Wheeljack we're talking about." He ran as fast as he could go into the groundbridge, unnoticed by him, Ratchet was giving him a death stare that would cause even Optimus to be a little worried.

Rouge swung his legs between the gaps of the fence around the human area made to keep the kids from falling off and dying. 'Falling..not even the worst for a small puny no good waste of space race that destroys the planet they swore to protect. To expire, they deserve nothing less to suffer like being eaten alive.They need to feel the pain they give.' He stared motionlessly into space as everyone else moved as little puppets, talking in muffled voices.

Eventually, he felt a small hand grab his shoulder and shake it, Combee honked. He blinked, easing back into reality with rock music Miko was assaulting his ears with.

"Come on Jackie, show me what you got!" Bulkhead yelled to the new bot who Rogue assumed was Wheeljack from across the room. The face-to-the-name answered him by throwing an Arcee sized ball at Bulkhead. Just watching made Rouge's stomach turn and fur grow due to the anxiety of the ball hurling towards Ratchet and hurting him somehow.

Swallowing down his last meal, he wondered where the hell Optimus had gone, but instead of asking like a normal person he just listened to conversations waiting for the topic to show up.

"Woah, hah! Nice lob Jackie!" Bulkhead said, catching the huge ball. He threw it back, beginning a back-and-toss with Wheeljack. Rouge channelled into a different conversation sensing that this one wasn't going anywhere. "So, what's that about?" Jack said to Arcee.

To Rouge, Jack's voice sounded like nails on a chalkboard, but he clenched his fists and made the choice to power through, 'For Optimus!' he thought to himself.

"It's called 'Lobing.' It's a favoured pastime on Cybertron, especially amongst the Warrior class." Arcee monologued, Rouge looked across the room to Miko, Mario and Raf, deciding to listen in for a few minutes.

"Come on Raf, show us some moves!" Miko said while playing her gay-taur.

"Oh.. alright.'' Raf said while fixing his glasses, he stood up almost immediately doing the 'robot' Combee clapped their hands and her brother flinched due to forgetting about her.

"Heh, of course the robot!" Jack just had to put his two cents in, Rouge thought to himself, giving Jack a light glare. The witch didn't want to waste his time on this imbecile and turned to Raf again - only to see Bumblebee copying him. He smiled fondly and roughly pushed Combee towards the others, wanting them to have some fun.

When Combee ran off, he looked at Ratchet, who paid the dance-off no mind as he fixed the groundbridge controls. Offhandedly, Rouge was puzzled as to when that happened, but then realised it likely happened when he was still with the decepticons.

Ratchet looked towards Bumblebee and Raf, sighed, and continued to work on the controls.

As soon as Rouge attempted to turn back to Jack and Arcees conversation, he saw the lob ball fly towards Ratchet at an incredible speed. Rouge reached his hand out as if it could stop the ball and opened his mouth with a shriek only Mario could hear. He closed his eyes, pulse racing, but when he opened them he saw that Ratchet stepped out of the way and the ball crash-landed onto the controls setting.

The ball looked as though to do a lot of damage to the technology, pushing the progress further back, Rogue could only imagine what it could've done if it hit someone. The ball tumbled off of the controls like a drunk man tumbling out of the bar.