Predacon Outcast

Chapter 22.

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The next day, I was with Grimlock and his team again. Only today we were in their "hangout space" which was a really big room with a big screen on a wall, big cushy seats, a few big storage things and a big countertop. I sat on the counter while the others each drank liquid energon after another training session. They were a little rougher today while I was watching them, probably because they now know I can get out of the way really fast in case they come at me.

"Why do you guys hang out in here and not with the other Autobots?" I ask.

"Because we need our space. We're twice as big as they are, not many things are tailored to our size." Snarl said.

I guess that makes sense. They ARE really big Autobots, and I guess not everything fits their size. They all finished their energon and set their cubes down in a corner of the room, then Grimlock went to sit down in one of the big seats. He sat down with a heavy sigh and picked up some type of remote. I tilted my head as I was confused to what he was doing, that was until the really big screen turned on.

Huh, that's kind of familiar. I think I remember something like that from my early childhood. I flew from the counter and towards his seat, hovering behind it to not get in his way. Grimlock was watching something involving Cybertronians in vehicle mode and racing against one another, Ooooh that looks cool!

"Whatchya watching?" I ask.

"Street racing." Grimlock looked over his shoulder at me.

"What's street racing?"

"Racing on the streets for a reward, it's really dangerous." Swoop added as he sat down in another seat.

I flew over and sat on the arm of the seat.

"Why do they do it if it's dangerous?" I asked.

"They do it for money. Surely it's all staged, meaning faked, but still." Grimlock said.

"Can I watch with you?"

"You're already here, aren't you little bunny?" Grim pat my head with a finger.

I purred when he did so, it felt really nice when he did it. I like Grim and his team, they're really good friends. They let someone as small as me "hang out" with them, they defended me from Slingblade, they let me train with them, they're awesome! Grimlock even came up with a little nickname for me, Little Bun. He's also called me Lil Bun and Little Bunny. I liked all three of my nicknames.

We watched the street racing event on the big screen, it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. The racers were going only in a straight line at a fast speed, and the WORST thing that I saw happen was cars spinning out and coming to a stop. Luckily they didn't crash into anything which made me happy, they just kept going and one of them that spun out actually won a race. The big Autobots cheered for that one and I did too, it was so cool how someone so far behind managed to win.

"That was cool!" I said.

"Today's episode was one of the better ones." Sludge said.

I tilt my head, "What's an episode?"

"A scheduled and pre-recorded event put on television for entertainment." Snarl explained.

"Ohhhhh."

Grimlock, Sludge, Slug, Swoop, Snarl and me continued to watch the street racing for a while, long enough for another show called Wreck and Roll to come on. That name sounded REALLY familiar. Then it hit me.

I was sitting in Nex's lap as he was watching this show, I wasn't exactly interested in it while my papa was. I would look up at it every now and then, seeing a bunch of boy cybertronians and one red and black girl Autobot. He noticed I wasn't paying attention and decided to change it to something else, something called Moana. I was immediately interested and started watching, so did Nex.