Her first fic.
Nominated for Best Romance '03
This Riptide Runs Deep
Part One
As Depth Charge swam around looking for Rampage, he let his thoughts drift back to before he left. Before the colony was destroyed.
~Hey, D.C. you don't wanna be late for your interview do you?~
~Of course not Overdrive. How could I be with you nagging at me?~
~Watch it. You might make me angry~
~And of course that's the last thing I want to happen~
Overdrive walked over to Depth Charge ~You got that right buster~
He chuckled, then they kissed.
~Primus, I love you~ Overdrive told him.
~I love you too~ He left.
That was the last time he saw her before X destroyed the colony. Depth Charge snapped back into reality, he let out a growl.
~I'll find you X and I'll make you pay!~
"Depth Charge can you hear me?"
"I hear you kid. Now what do you want?"
"There's a pod heading in your direction. Can you reach it?"
"I thought all pods were off-line?"
"So did we. The coordinates are grid Alpha 35,12. Can you reach it?"
"Yeah, sure kid"
He was approaching the coordinates when the pod crashed right in front of him. He activated the computer.
"No compatible life forms found," the lifeless computer voice droned.
"Come on, come on" He punched in a few codes.
"DNA source found. Replication process done. Protoform may emerge"
The lid opened and a Manta Ray swam out. It had was a light sky blue and had a dark gray underbelly.
"Who are you?" a suspicious female voice asked.
"My name's Depth Charge. I'm a Maximal"
"Your a Maximal...like me..."
"Yes now come on, I've got to get you back to base"
"Alright"
They started swimming side by side. She was relatively small compared to him. She was about half his size.
"What's your name?"
"Call me Riptide"
They were close to shore when Depth Charge's computer picked up Rampage.
"I gotta go. I'll send someone out for you"
"What do you mean you gotta leave?"
"X is close, I'm going after him" he told her in a slow voice.
"Your making me mad."
"And of course that's the last thing I want to do"
"You got it buster"
DC froze "O-Overdrive? Is that you?"
"What? Who's that? My name's Riptide...Riiiptiiide," she said slowly. Like she was talking to a small child.
"Uh, never mind"
"Awww, come on, you can tell me. Who was she? Your girlfriend?" She said the last part sarcastically.
"No!" DC yelled, then a little quieter, "She was a very good friend. X killed her and an entire colony"
"So it's a revenge binge"
DC sighed heavily, "I gotta go. I'll send another Maximal after you"
He activated his com-link. After talking to someone he came back over to the hovering manta.
"Blackarachnia is on her way. Will you be okay?"
"Let's see shall we. Riptide Maximize"
Her body structure was much like Depth Charge's. Her body was streamlined, it was curved to prove her femininity. Her armour rivaled that of Blackarachnia's. It was very revealing. Her main weapon was a large silver trident. The blue and silver femme stared at DC. After he opened and closed his mouth a couple times he spoke.
"Wow!"
She laughed at the dumbstruck 'bot.
"Thank-you."
"X's spark is moving out of range," DC's computer told them.
"Guess you gotta swim. Maybe later you could tell me more 'bout Overdrive?"
He shook off his stupidity. "She'll be here soon. G'bye."
He swam off.
"Bye," she whispered.
Sighing the maximal walked onto the beach. She was instantly greeted by a large red ant, dragon and a wasp.
"Umm...Are you the Maximals?"
"Nooo. We are the Predacons. As will you be. Yessss," the dragon spoke.
"Obey the royalty!" the ant cried.
"Ohhh, female fish-bot look like male fish-bot," the wasp buzzed.
"Okay," Riptide said slowly, "All offense meant, but buddy, you guys act like a circus"
"Predacons, attack"
The three bots transformed.
"Wait!" Riptide screamed, holding up her hands. They stopped.
"What?" Megatron asked.
"If I join will you stop?"
"Yes"
Riptide winked. Megatron smiled, obviously thinking it was meant for him.
"Yeah right!" a voice said.
Megatron turned to the source and came face to fist with Blackarachnia. He was knocked out cold. Before the other two could react, Silverbolt shot them with his wing missiles.
"I've always wanted to do that," Blackarachnia told Silverbolt.
"I take it your the Maximals DC sent for me"
"Yeah, Bowser and I just got a little sidetracked"
Riptide knew that look, ~Guess he's off limits~ She thought.
"We are sorry for the delay young one. It appears we arrived in time though"
"Huh? Hey...umm...Blackarachnia, is he okay?" Riptide whispered, moving closer to the black widow.
"Yeah," she chuckled, "You get use to it after awhile"
The three of them flew back to the Ark. Where they were greeted by Cheetor and Rattrap. The worst possible welcoming committee.
"So...your...um...the new maximal?" It took Cheetor a full minute to get the sentence out.
"Hello there, my name's Rattrap. And what's yours?"
"Name's Riptide"
"Hello Riptide, I'm Optimus Primal"
She turned around and looked up. Optimus is twice the size of Depth Charge. But Riptide was barley the size of Rattrap, so to her he was huge.
"H-h-hi" She stammered.
"Don't be afraid, we’re friends"
She only nodded.
"Since we're cramped for space, you’ll have to double with someone"
"She can double with me" Cheetor and Rattrap chorused.
"Is it possible to have a room of my own?" she asked hopefully.
"She can have my room, I'll just bunk with rover" BA said with a wicked smile towards Silverbolt, who discretely smiled back.
"I don't think so"
"She can take my room if she wants" Depth Charge said from the doorway.
"You sure DC? Where would you sleep?" Riptide asked curiously.
"Don't worry 'bout me," he said gruffly, "this way I don't have to report back to Primus here. And I'll be able to look for X more."
"Very well Depth Charge. If that's what you want. Show her the way to your room."
He nodded and left, Riptide trailing behind.
"You sure that was wise Bigbot?" Cheetor asked once they were out of earshot.
"I hope"
"Thank-you for your room"
"It's no big deal"
Suddenly Riptide had a flashback
FLASHBACK
~Have you ever thought of being a father?~
The other bot choked on his drink.
~Are you serious? You want to be a mother?~
~I never thought it'd be a bad idea~
~I dunno. I never really thought about it. But I would like that. I really would~
~That's wonderful. I love you~
~And I love you~
End Of Flashback
~Whoa, what was that? Where'd that come from?~
Depth Charges voice broke her trail of thought.
"We're here"
The room was fairly large, because it was meant for Autobots. There was a cot on one end and a computer on the other end. It had one chair.
"Cozy"
"Yeah, well, I'm almost never here, so..."
"No prob. 'Least it gives me a clean slate to work with."
"Sure, whatever. I'm leaving"
"Man, are you always this grouchy?"
"Are you always this nosy?"
"Yes, yes I am. Hope that's not a problem here."
"As a matter of fact it is!"
"Well, excuse me for living!" She paused, "And if you say I'm excused I'll hurt you!"
"I'm sure you'll fit right in" Then he muttered "Your as odd as the rest of them" He walked out.
"I HEARD THAT!!!!" Her voice followed him out.
He shook his as he continued on his way. She ran out after him.
"Hey you promised to tell 'bout your girlfriend"
"Will you leave me alone?!" He said angrily.
"Nope, now spill," she giggled.
He ignored her and left. She after him.
"Jeez, what's his problem?"
Optimus walked over to her.
"He's had a very hard life. There's a Predacon here that completely destroyed a colony where he lived"
"You mean that X dude?"
"Yes"
She looked at the big flood doors he had left through. Then back up at Optimus, and smiled. "Guess I'm gonna hafta un-grumpify him"
She ran outside in search of the ray-bot.
"What was that all about?"
"I'm not really sure Rhinox"
Riptide couldn't figure out where to go.
"Are you looking for Depth Charge young one?"
~I am never going to get use to that~ She thought.
"Yeah, did ya see which way he went?"
Blackarachnia pointed a claw towards the ocean.
"Thanks," she said, reverting to fly mode and taking off.
She flew slowly over the ocean ~Now, where could he be?~
A geyser erupted in front of her. She looked down and saw Depth Charge fighting with a large red bot. She dropped into the water and swam up behind DC and transformed.
"Excuse me," she said, tapping him on the shoulder. He ignored her. "Excuse me. Can you stop fighting please?"
"I'm a little busy," he said, punching Rampage.
She went over to Rampage "You must be X Destroyer of colonies"
"Yeah. What's it to ya?"
"Can you please stop fighting? I have to talk to with Depth Charge"
Rampage punched him back "...Who's this? Your girlfriend?"
"No, she's not, "DC shouted.
"I'm not his girlfriend" Riptide whined at the same time.
"Then beat it fish-face," Rampage said, shoving Riptide away. The two bots went back to fighting.
"Hey!"
They ignored her.
"Hey, will you two stoppit!"
When they ignored her again she decided to have some fun. She aimed for a spot on the ground between the fighting duo. She charged up a disk and shot it from the ray head on her front. It exploded in front of them.
"Why'd ya do that?" Rampage asked as he walked over to her. She looked up and felt a stab of fear then it was gone.
"I told you I needed to talk with DC".
"Fine. You and I will finish this another time fish-face."
Depth Charge came over to her. "What was so important that you had to interrupt us?"
"I'm here to help you start your new life."
"My…New…Life? What the slag are you talking about?"
"Yes. From this day on you are going to be happy. And not so grouchy all the time"
"You're nuts! Completely crazy!"
He started to walk away. But she grabbed his arm.
"And that means no more fighting with X."
He stopped and stared at her ~She doesn't know what she's saying!~
"I am not going to stop fighting X just because you say so."
"Yes you are. You waste to much time fighting him."
"He's a murderer!!" His voice had taken on a hysterical pitch.
"So? Let the elders deal with him. You've been fighting him so long you don't know how to have fun."
"We're at war! Explain to me how we're suppose to have fun!?"
"Umm...well, there are lots of things."
"Like what?"
"Instead of fighting X. We could just annoy him."
She smiled at the sparkle that appeared in his eye.
"I'm listening"
Rampage was trying to catch a shark for his supper.
~Kooky female~
The shark got away. He couldn't stop thinking about her.
~And I almost had fish-face too!~
"Hey X...Over here."
Rampage looked over towards Riptide.
"I do have a name you know."
"Oh, okay. What is it?"
"Rampage, now what do you want?"
"How come you like fighting with Depth Charge so much?"
"Because it's fun."
"Why is it so fun? Wasn't killing everyone else enough fun?"
"No! Are you always this nosy?"
"Why does everyone keep asking me that? Yes, I am always this nosy. Are you always a homicidal maniac?"
"Yes, yes I am. Is that a problem fish-face?"
"Actually no. But I am a little bit curious about something."
"What now?" Rampage groaned.
Riptide smiled. "If you’re so strong, how come you haven't managed to kill Depth Charge yet?"
"...Leave me alone!!"
He pulled out a gun and aimed it for her head.
"Oh, come on now Rampage, you shoot a defenseless Maximal. Would you?"
He laughed, "You are either way to gullible or really stupid."
She walked up to him. His gun brazed her skin. She gently pushed it away. Surprisingly, it stayed down.
"Do you like me?" she purred seductively.
"....."
"I know you do. I think that crazed killers are very sexy."
She put her hand on his chest for effect.
"And the color red...Very nice."
"Um, are you okay?"
"Tell you what. Meet me here. Tomorrow at dusk. But show up only if you want to see me."
"I...Um...I...Huh?!"
She giggled at his face. She wiggled her fingers in a wave, transformed and swam off.
"Remember. Here. Dusk" Then she was out of sight.
She laughed the whole way back to the base.
"Eh, what's so funny?" Rattrap asked the half-hysterical ray-bot.
"It's nothing," Depth Charge answered for the femme.
Riptide’s giggles subsided. She told DC what happened.
"And you should have seen his face!"
"I still think that we should have him killed."
RT became annoyed. "Oh, what do you know? You know, for a bot your age, you sure do act like an old fuss bot."
"I do not."
"Look, you better be there tomorrow."
"Maybe. If you'd tell me what your doing."
"Maybe?!? What do you mean maybe? Maybe I'll just have to rip out your core processor."
He smiled. "Maybe I'll come. Maybe I won't"
"Your coming and that's that!" She turned on her heel and stomped off back to her room. Once there she sat at her computer to start phase two of her plan.
Rampage, back at the Darkside, was having some trouble.
~Do I go? Or not?~
He didn't know ~If it doesn't work. You could always kill her~
Rampage grinned evilly.
She giggled silently to herself under the water. She watched Rampage shift from foot to foot uncomfortably.
"So, you came. I thought you would."
"I'm not sure why I came."
"How's this for a reason?"
She held out a cylinder with a spark in it.
"I believe this is yours"
His eyes widened "How did you get that"
"I am very sneaky. And Megatron's an idiot."
He took it from her. Then shot her. She fell on the ocean floor. Through the dust, all she could see was a black shadow with bright red eyes. This image triggered her memory. Back on Cybertron she remembered something similar.
FLASHBACK
~Why are you doing this? Please stop~ Her past self pleaded.
~It's because it's fun. And because I wanna~ the shadow said.
END
Her past dissolved as Rampage stepped into view. He looked at the cylinder, he crushed it. The spark hologram disappeared.
She laughed shakily.
"Guess I didn't give you enough credit, huh?"
"I am not that stupid!"
FLASHBACK
~Call me X~
~Alright, stop killing everyone X~
~No~
~Listen you stupid, slaggin' moron.I said stop killing everyone!~
~You'll die for that~
~I was going to anyway, wasn't I?~
END
"How'd ya know it wasn't your spark?"
"Because that stupid raptor has my spark. Not Megatron."
"Oh! They never told me that."
"If I can't kill Depth Charge, then I can settle for his girlfriend."
He cocked his gun.
She closed her eyes. And had her last flashback.
FLASHBACK
~So you'll kill me. Then what?~
X shrugged
~I'll kill more~
~You'll be caught!~
~I doubt it. You Maximals created me to be immortal .No prison can hold me~
~Yes you will. I worked on the project a bit. You can be killed~
~And what's your name?~
She was slowly reaching for her gun.
~Overdrive~
She looked back at him as he fired
~Depth Charge!~ she screamed. Then nothing. Opening her eyes she looked at Rampage.
"You!" she growled, "You killed me!"
"And I'm going to again."
"No you're not. Not this time."
She fired the same time he did...
Part Two
Depth Charge had been contemplating whether or not to help with her joke. He swam around restlessly. He didn't realize where he was until he heard Riptides' voice.
"Oh, they never told me that."
~What was she talking about?~
He swam closer until he could see them. They were talking, but it was muffled. Then he heard it.
"You...you killed me."
"And I'm going to again."
"No, not this time"
Depth Charges' reaction was instinct. He transformed and ran toward them. When he got there Riptide was unconscious. Rampage was about to fire again.
"Oh no you don't."
He went in front of Riptide. He aimed his gun at Rampage and fired repeatedly until he was out of ammo. Rampage was knocked unconscious. But DC knew that it wouldn't be for long. He knelt by Riptide.
"Hey," he said gently.
"We gotta go."
She slowly opened her eyes "Boy, aren't you a sight for sore optics."
He picked her up and left.
"Hey, where are you going? I'm not finished."
"If you stay here you will be," he said angrily.
"I want to kill him. Take me back."
"What happened to stop the violence and have fun?"
"I was being childish. I want to go back and make him pay for what he did."
"I'm not takin' you back and that's that!"
When he didn't get a reply he looked down and saw that she was unconscious again. She had used up the last of her strength arguing.
He carried her the entire way back to the Ark. He left immediately after she was put in a CR chamber. Because the explosion from the two shots had hit her dead on, she was in there for two solarcycles.
After she got out, she wouldn't tell anyone what had happened. And neither would Depth Charge since he had not been back since he dropped off the nearly dead shell of Riptide.
She stayed in her room for the most part of her days. Most of her memories had come back to her. But there were still some gaps.
Almost two weeks had passed. When there was a knock on Riptide’s door.
"Come in."
She turned around to come face-to-face with Depth Charge. Past emotions flooded her.
"How are you feeling?" he asked timidly.
She fought the emotions that seeing him brought.
"I'm fine. You know everyone's worries 'bout you. Even Rattrap was a little concerned."
"Let them worry. The only reason I'm still here with Primal is so I can-"
"-kill Rampage. I know."
He didn't answer.
~He's just like I remembered him. I wish I could tell him I loved him~
"I just came by to see how you were."
"Oh, well I'm doin' fine. Thanks for your concern."
He nodded "Then I guess I'll be leaving."
He was almost outside.
"Depth Charge" she called. He turned.
"Um...be careful. Next time with Rampage."
He left. The door closed behind him. She sat on her bed and cried. Rattrap walked in
"Hey, RT, you wouldn't have a..."
He saw her on the bed "Hey, what's wrong?"
"Nothing," she said coldly.
Since her arrival, she and Rattrap had become really good friends. He found her bubbly personality better than her twin ray-bot’s grouchy one.
"Come on, ya don't just cry for nothin'. What's up?"
She looked at him while trying to decide what to do.
"It all started with a stupid prank on Rampage..."
Rattrap sat quietly throughout the whole story.
"And then I called him back. I was ready to tell him. But I just don't think he was ready to hear it."
She waited for a response. She didn't get one. Instead, he got up and left. She stared at the door, expecting him to come back in with a wild idea. But he didn't. She went out in search of Optimus.
"Can I have the night shift?"
"Um, sure. Cheetor and Blackarachnia were suppose to, but..."He looked over to see Cheetor drooling over the she-spider widow. "I don't really think it would be a good idea. You can have BA's shift. Go and tell her please."
Riptide walked over to the fuming widow.
"Will you leave me alone!!" she yelled at Cheetor. He didn't seem to hear her.
"Do you want me to get physic on your sorry slaggin' yellow ass?"
"Um, black?"
She whirled around.
"Yeah?"
"I've got good news. I'm taking your place tonight."
Blackarachnia looked ready to hug her.
"Thank-you!"
She took off in search of rover.
"But..."
"Chin up Cheetor. You gotta stop drooling over her. Or Silverbolt’s gonna start using you for target practice."
She looked at him.
~He hasn't heard a word I've said~
"Hey, Cheetor."
She waved a hand in front of his face.
"Hey,anyone home?"
No response "My armour's off."
He snapped out of it.
She grabbed his arm and led him outside. They sat down behind the guns.
"Hey, Cheetor. How come your always drooling over BA?"
"I don't 'drool' over her. I just like her. She's pretty, smart, deadly and-"
"-Off limits. She's also got a large boyfriend. A wolf, and you’re a cheetah. Things don't look good for you."
"I can handle Silverbolt. No prob. I just don't know what she sees in him."
"Another question. I would understand you drooling if she was the only female. But she's not."
"Well, you’re a good friend. I just don't know if we could be anything else. Ya know, with Rattrap."
That caught her attention.
"With Rattrap?"
"I know I shouldn't talk about it. But he told me earlier that he was going to ask you."
She didn't know what he was talking about. But she wasn't going to let him know that!
"How much do you know?"
"Well, he told me about the crush he had on you."
"So he told you that. What else?"
"I knew that he was telling you tonight how he felt."
~Oh Primus, and all I did was rave about Depth Charge!~
"Hey, RT, are you alright?"
"Yeah, yeah I'm fine. I'm just a little surprised he told you. That's all."
"Oh, hope I didn't embarrass you."
"No, not at all. But it might Rattrap. So would it be a problem to pretend you and he never talked about it?"
"Yeah, sure."
"And don't mention it to anyone else. I'd really appreciate it."
He nodded.
After that they talked about boring things. To make some stuff up. As dawn approached, Silverbolt and Blackarachnia came out. The two males exchanged icy glares. The two femmes pulled them apart. Riptide was going to go straight to sleep when she remembered the early conversation. She decided to head straight for Rattrap’s room.
"May I come in? It's important."
"Eh? Sure RT. What's wrong? Did DC do something wrong?"
"We're good friends, right?"
"Yeah, sure we are. Why?"
"I knew why you were visiting me last night. Cheetor told me. And don't be mad at the kid. I dragged it out of him."
"You belong with Depth Charge. I know dat."
"Thank-you. That means a lot to me. I hope that we can still be good friends."
"Of course."
He held out a hand.
She still felt sorry for him. So she went over and kissed him.
It was a sweet gesture, just bad timing.
"Hey, Rattrap, have you seen Rip..."
He saw them jump about a foot away from each other looking guilty.
"Never mind. You both look busy. I'll come back later.”
He left.
"No, DC wait!! Please."
She ran after him.
As Rattrap watched her chase after him, he felt sorry for her. Also jealous. And a faint glimmer of hope and satisfaction. ~If it don't work out for Captain minnow and RT, then WE will work~
"What's not to understand? You're a free 'bot. I don't care who or what you do," Depth Charge said, still heading for the doors.
The others watched in mute curiosity.
"But we're not that. We are only friends."
"Yeah, I get that. You and the rodent have always been friends. Just leave me alone." He walked outside.
Silverbolt and Blackarachnia had heard them inside.
"Please will you let me explain first."
She grabbed his arm. But he wrenched it free. He finally looked at her.
Will you leave me alone! If you want to kiss a rat that is up to you. Not me."
He transformed and flew off. She watched him leave. She roared (literally) "MEN!!! I. Hate. Men."
She looked around and spotted Silverbolt sitting meekly behind the guns. She pulled out her gun and fired three bullets. They formed a triangle on the rock behind his head. He let out a breath.
"Hey, you can't go shooting Bowser. That's for me to do," Blackarachnia yelled.
"Can it. If I really wanted to shoot him, he'd be off-line by now."
She reverted to fly mode and followed him. She didn't find him. And she was too embarrassed to go back to the Ark. So she found a cave and decided to stay there for the night. Too bad it was already occupied.
"Sorry to bother you fish-face," Rampage laughed as he shot her again. She decided to put her latest revelation into action by trying to severely injure Rampage. Impossible right. She dodged the shot again. And fired at him. He laughed as they healed.
She backed up against a wall. Looking down she saw some energon crystals. "You're not afraid! Hah, you should be."
She silently thanked Rattrap for showing her how to use the bomb she had. She placed it on the energon. She held the detonator in her hand. Firing at Rampage a few more times she jumped into the pool of water leading outside. "Heal this!"
She fired the bomb and buried him under tones of rubble.
~It'll take a while for even him to dig his way out~ Transforming she swam away.
~Why should I care what she does? It's her own life. And why does she keep telling me it's not what it looked like? Why am I even bothering to think about it?~ Depth Charge was swimming around trying to make sense of everything ~You can't stop because you love her~ He froze in the water. ~Did he really? Could he? No! He couldn't because he loved Overdrive. And X killed Overdrive~
~But can you love a dead person?~
He couldn't find an answer to that one.
~I've got to find him. Tell him that I'm sorry. And that I...~
~That you what? Love him? He can barely stand you. Why would he love you?~
~He loved Overdrive. And I am her~
~No, Overdrive died. You're the reincarnated spark with her memories~ The internal struggle with herself was losing. She loved him. ~But what if he doesn't love me back? How would I live with myself?~
She snapped out of it when Depth Charge swam above her. He was so deep in thought that he didn't even see her. "Depth Charge. Will you please listen to me?"
He turned around and stared at her. "Why should I? I said that you and the rodent can do wh-"
"You have to stay. I need to explain."
"Fine. What is it?"
She transformed and waited for him to copy. She continued after he complied. "Ever since that fight with Rampage, I've remembered certain things."
"What kind of things?"
She walked up to him and looked up... ~It's now or never~ she thought.
"This kind."
Then she reached up and kissed him. After a few shocked seconds he pulled away.
"I-I can't," he told her.
"Why? I love you. And I remember all the things we shared."
"Overdrive? Is it really you?"
"Yes and no. I'm still Ripetide. Overdrive is now just one half of who I am. I will always be her as well as me."
"Then prove it. Prove that you’re really her"
"The first time we met, I was a waitress at the Blackjack cafe. I spilt your coffee all over you by mistake."
Depth Charge smiled at the memory. Even then he couldn't compete with her.
FLASHBACK
Depth Charge relaxed into the booth. He watched the waitress bring the coffee over.
"Hey Overdrive, be careful. The new guy just waxed the floor," the owner yelled.
"I think I can handle a little-whoooa!"
He watched her step onto the floor then slide like lighting with the coffee pot straight for him. She landed in his lap, along with the hot coffee. He jumped up, knocking her to the floor.
"All I asked for was coffee. How hard could that have been?"
"Stop givin' me slag! The floor was waxed. I'd like to see you try to walk on it!"
He got up and started walking straight for the exit. But Overdrive came up behind him and gave him a little push. He landed on his back staring up into Overdrive's smiling face.
"Not that easy is it blue-boy?"
"You pushed me!" he growled.
Overdrive looked shocked.
"What? I did not. I am just a humble waitress. Surely a big strong 'bot like yourself couldn't be beat by lil' ol' me?"
The others in the cafe started to giggle at the scene unfolding. Depth Charge was looking more and more embarrassed while Overdrive looked more happy by the minute.
"Come on, have another pot of coffee. It's on me this time."
She helped him up and gave him another coffee. Which he promptly dumped over her head.
"Well, you said 'on you’, " Depth Charge laughed at her shocked expression. He then got up and left.
END FLASHBACK
"And it became our favorite restaurant," Riptide finished.
He stared at her then hugged her.
"I have missed you so much."
She looked at him
"Does this mean you love me too?"
He kissed her. They broke apart a minute later.
"G-Good answer"
"Promise me something."
"Anything."
He held her tightly.
"Don't you ever die on me again."
She laughed, "I promise."
"How touching. But you're making me sick."
The two ray-bots looked over to see a very mad Rampage. Depth Charge moved in front of her. But she stepped out beside him.
"You can't always protect me. Besides, we both have a score to settle with him."
She gave Rampage a cold smile.
"Come on crabcakes. Afraid of a little girl?"
He charged her. She transformed and swam over him. Rampage stumbled. That was all the two rays needed. Depth Charge fired from the front, while Riptide fired from the back.
When the smoke cleared, Rampage was so full of holes, it was a wonder that he was still in one piece. They took their leave and walked back to the Ark. They didn't stop holding hands when they got back.
They acted like everything was normal. But fate had other plans.
"We must get rid of these beings."
The two skulls faced Tigatron and Airazor.
"These two will work well with our plan."
"Yes."
The two sparks from the Maximal warriors merged. As the two skulls go into the new being, it descends to Earth.
"Megatron, beware. For the Vok are coming."Like it?
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