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Den ([personal profile] dens_extra_pups) wrote in [community profile] dens_tf_den2014-08-31 03:34 pm
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GRV. DC and Fort Lamont. Morning Antics Part 2

Continued from here




elsewhere, a couple hours later



Generals of the Armed Forces: *sitting in the meeting room*

Defense Secretary Bartlett: *also sitting in the meeting room*

Optimus: *steps into the lower part of the meeting room, hands cupped to his chest to hold Bathilda as Senaiji and Kae Yau sit on his shoulders* *quietly* Gentlemen, I'm here.

General MacArthur: Thank you for coming, Optimus.

General Abernathy: *giving the new Secretary of Defense SUCH a massive stinkeye, since the man's the one who all but demanded Optimus' presence* *to Optimus* Yes. Thank you very much for coming out to this meeting, Optimus.

Optimus: *nods to them with what will seem to be his old quiet confidence. But then he pauses and turns his head to look uncertainly at Senaiji* *softly, but audible to the others present* I can't remember where you sit. Where do you want me to put you?

Senaiji: *quietly, as the Generals all boggle* Next to the Secretary of Defense. *moving to get ready to be lifted*

Bathilda: *sitting a bit straighter and adjusting her long skirt*

Kae Yau: *giving the Secretary of Defense a massive stinkeye of her own*

Optimus: Alright. *gently shifts Bathilda to one hand, and then reaches up to carefully take Senaiji and set him in his place* *softly, mindful of the little wood and wire box that the Liaison is holding* Is she alright?

Senaiji: *quick check of Jinju* She's fine. Didn't even wake up. *soft chuckle*

Optimus: Ah. *slight smile* That's good. *turns his attention to setting the ladies down*

Kae Yau: *patpats Optimus' hand* Next t' Senaiji.

Optimus: Alright, Kae Yau. *does so carefully, and then shifts his hold on Bathilda again so that she's sitting in both his hands* *quizzical look to the black-haired woman* Beside Kae Yau? Or opposite?

Bathilda: Opposite.

Optimus: *reaches to set her on the other side of Senaiji, then looks at the other people who are here today* *gravely* Good morning, gentlemen.

Secretary Bartlett: Just what is the meaning of this? *holding up reports regarding the recent attack, as well as regarding the recent arrivals*

Optimus: *looks at the man* I'm sorry, I don't recognize you.

Secretary Bartlett: *boggles*

General MacArthur: This is the new Secretary of Defense. *doing his best to not stinkeye the man the way the Navy General is*

General Fairborn: We received the reports regarding the attack that was prevented, as well as the new arrivals, Optimus.

Optimus: *brightens slightly* Yes. I need to speak to you about one of the new arrivals. May I do so first?

General Fairborn: *nod*

General Abernathy: *also nods*

General Kozak: Please do, Optimus.

Secretary Bartlett: It had better be relevant.

Optimus: *winces faintly but visibly, but then nods* *quietly* It is.

Generals: *SO MUCH stinkeye for the new Secretary of Defense*

Kae Yau: *plotting evil things to do to this idiot*

Optimus: *turns his head to look toward the door and makes a soft trill of Cybertronian, the first any of these men will have heard from Optimus, who has always been conscientious to speak the language of his hosts*

General Kozak: *surprised by this*

General MacArthur: *recognizes the phrase. Has heard it used at the Tannehill Base by the adults who have hatchlings* Optimus, you have a child?

Optimus: *turns back as the door opens and a second tall bot enters the meeting room* *smiles* I have two, General MacArthur. You've met Silverbolt. *looks to his darker toned twin* *quietly* This is my son, Diehard Prime.

General MacArthur: *studying Diehard now, small nod* It's an honor and a pleasure to meet you, Diehard Prime.

Diehard: *nods politely* Thank you, General MacArthur. *blue eyes as calm and serious as Optimus' were wont to be slowly scan the others present*

General Abernathy: *nod of greeting and acknowledgement*

Secretary Bartlett: *frowns* Why is he here, though?

Optimus: Because he is the Autobot Supreme Commander. *hand on his son's shoulder*

Secretary of Defense: What the #@$#-*shocked outburst is swiftly diverted by Kae Yau making his chair tip over backwards* Awk!!!

Kae Yau: *coldly* Ye'd best watch yer mout', b'y.

Senaiji: *admonishing Kae Yau in Korean, even as he checks on Jinju*

Bathilda: *making sure the Secretary's not injured*

General Fairborn: *leaning over the table to frown at the Secretary* You deserved that.

General Kozak: *moving to help the Secretary up, with General MacArthur's assistance*

Jinju: *little head lifted high as she searches for the source of the big noise and makes sure that she knows where Mama is. Satisfied on both points, she asks Mama for water by trying to drink from the wire of her cage*

Diehard: *watching everything even as he gives his father's shoulder a comforting squeeze*

Optimus: *circulating deeply and focusing on the grip on his shoulder and on the tiny calmness that is Senaiji's baby chicken*

Senaiji: *will talk quietly to Jinju and get the small ceramic bowl he tucked into his pocket out, before using the bottle of water that was at his seat to fill it and give the two day old silkie a drink*

General Kozak's aid: *startled look for the tiny drinker* Sir?

General Kozak: *looks* Aww! *grin*

Diehard: *quietly, knowing that his father will focus on his voice* Jinju is two days old. She was orphaned, but accepts Liaison Senaiji as her mother.

Jinju: *nuff water. Daintily wipes her beak and then goes to look in her feed dish and nom*

General Kozak's aid: It's a baby chicken?

Senaiji: *nods* Yes.

Bathilda: Kae Yau, I saw vhat you did vith your thumb.

Kae Yau: *thrrpt*

Jinju: *gonna look for the raspberry*

Senaiji: *more gentle Korean for Jinju*

Secretary of Defense: *now that he's upright again, he's livid* Just what is the meaning of this?!

Diehard: *politely* To what are you referring, Secretary Bartlett?

Secretary Bartlett: *jabs finger in Kae Yau's direction* Her, for starters!

Diehard: I'm afraid you'll have to ask Miss Yeager. But that's not a topic of this meeting.

Kae Yau: *hairy eyeball for the DefSec*

Secretary Bartlett: *so much scowl*

Diehard: *turns to Optimus and speaks softly to the older bot*

Optimus: *nods, and then politely excuses himself and leaves the room*

Secretary Bartlett: Wait a minute! *on his feet now*

Senaiji: *sharply* Sit back down, Mr. Bartlett.

General MacArthur: Optimus is retired. Leave the poor guy be.

Secretary Bartlett: *gobsmacked at the Liaison's tone*

Diehard: *calmly and gently* Could we return to the meeting, please?

Bathilda: *nod, lips pressed a bit thin in reaction to Senaiji's tone*

Secretary Bartlett: *sees the stern looks he's getting from the Generals and from Liaison Ecray, meekly sits back down*

Diehard: Now then. *points to the papers in the Defence Secretary's hand* When were you going to inform us that Megatron was sold and slaughtered?

Senaiji: *jaw drops*

Bathilda: *shocked* Vhat?!

Kae Yau: ... Ye son of a *BLEEP*

Secretary Bartlett: We just received the information this morning. *quieter* The responsible party has been apprehended.

Diehard: President Pratt is under the impression that that man was hunting for hostile Decepticon survivors. But I see that the Autobot named Leadfoot was also taken.

Secretary Bartlett: We're still attempting to locate where they were taken.

Diehard: My people have the scanners needed. We'll do it.

Secretary Bartlett: Absolutely not! Your people have caused enough of an uproar as it is!

Diehard: *lifts his chin slightly* The Decepticons caused the uproar.

Secretary Bartlett: Yet your people still contributed to the damage done.

Bathilda: *so much frown for the secretary*

Diehard: Would you care to imagine the damage that would have been done had my people not been here?

Secretary Bartlett: *about to say something, gets interrupted by General Kozak*

General Kozak: Gus, I think you'd better quit while you're ahead.

Diehard: *quiet, calm, and gentle* I am here to see that my people have what they need. And if they cannot be treated as people on this world, then I will remove them from Earth. *looks at Senaiji to include him and the Autobots' other human friends in his words* I will remove all of them from Earth.

Senaiji: *small nod*

Bathilda: *quietly* Sanftherz und I vish to aid in locating se Cybertronians who vere taken.

General Abernathy: *discussing something with the other Generals* *to Diehard* If there is anything we can do to assist in the search...

Diehard: *nods to General Abernathy, and then looks to the Defence Secretary*

Secretary Bartlett: ... Let me see who I can talk to regarding this. *still not entirely certain about the Autobots*

Diehard: *lets everyone hear a number being dialled as he calls the President's private phone* *intends to put the call over speaker*

President Pratt: //Larry's Mortuary and Wedding Chapel. You marry 'em, we bury 'em!//

Diehard: *quietly* You're on speaker, Madam President.

President Pratt: *awks*

General Abernathy: *one with his facepalm, though he is grinning*

General MacArthur: *muffled snickerfit*

Bathilda: *calm as can be. Is used to the President's shenanigans*

Secretary Bartlett: *just went pale*

Diehard: *swift rundown of the meeting so far*

President Pratt: *silent for a few moments* *then, quietly* //Diehard, can you connect me directly to Defense Secretary Bartlett's phone, please?//

General Kozak: *wide-eyed. Has only ever heard the President use that tone ONCE before*

Diehard: *turns his eyes toward the Defence Secretary as the man's phone starts to buzz*

Secretary Bartlett: *cringing as he answers his phone*

President Pratt: *giving him what for, and getting quite loud now as she verbally tears into him for, first and foremost, breaking the promise she made to the Autobots to help their people, and secondly for not notifying her right away that there was a problem*

Diehard: *a bit startled by the fury he's unleashed. Looks at Senaiji and the Generals*

Senaiji: *expression shocked. He's never heard the President like this before*

General Abernathy: *calmly* We should begin trying to locate where the missing Cybertronians were taken. The faster we can narrow down the search area, the sooner we may be able to do something about the situation.

Diehard: *nods* Major Lennox and his team will wish to be involved. *yes, some of his human people*

General MacArthur: *nod* They've worked with your people in the past, so they're really the best choice, I'm thinking.

General Fairborn: *going over the intel as Secretary Bartlett is still on the call* From the looks of things, the responsible party was taking the Cybertronians to a site in Chicago.

Diehard: There was mention of a company named KSI in the report.

General Fairborn: Then that's where we'll start. *nods to one of his aides, who goes to see if there's any additional information available on KSI*

Bathilda: *tablet out, searching as well*

Kae Yau: *ditto that, on her phone!*

Diehard: *pulls up an as yet unreleased advertisement from KSI which shows a transforming car and proclaims it better than Bumblebee, and calls Bumblebee obsolete*

Kae Yau: *pauses in her search* Don' let 'Bee see t'at. The kid'll be some *bleep*ed.

Diehard: *nods to show he's heard her, and then displays other files, including one of a 'My Little Pony' figure turning into a machine gun. He's found the place*

Kae Yau: ... Ye means somebody finally made one'a t'em *bleeping* t'ing's interestin'?

Diehard: *looks at the advertisement bragging on the uses of "Transformium"* ...That's why Lockdown was bringing that seed to Earth.

Senaiji: ... Seed?

Diehard: *explains about the Cyberforming tool. And then pulls up more files that show that the man who'd been killing Transformers was indeed in contact with the bounty hunter*

Senaiji: *boggling by the end of the explanation*

Bathilda: *softly* Vhen do ve deploy?

Diehard: *looks at the assembled humans*

General Abernathy: Do we have a location?

Diehard: *throws up a map and pinpoints the company location*

General MacArthur: How soon can troops be on the ground?

Diehard: *cocks his head as President Pratt stops yelling to whoop* They're in the air.

Bathilda: *small nod* Sanftherz ist viz sem.

Secretary Bartlett: What?! We don't need more bots in a city that's still recovering from the last big battle!!!

President Pratt: *TELLS him*

Diehard: Three Seekers, one Aerialbot Headhunter, and two saucers, all with human payload.

General Abernathy: Is Skymine with them?

Diehard: No. Skymine is distracting Optimus. *plays a bit of her happy chatter as she observes zoo animals*

General Abernathy: *soft chuckle* Alright.

Diehard: *seriously* Knowing of these deaths, and this treatment of dead Cybertronians, would not be good for my father's health.

General MacArthur: *small nod* We'll do everything we can to minimize the impact.

General Kozak: *staring in wide-eyed wonder at some of the things he can hear President Pratt calling Secretary Bartlett*

Secretary Bartlett: *snorts and mutters* Trying to make him sound human.

Diehard: *reaches over and bangs the side of his fist on the table right in front of the man*

Secretary Bartlett: *startled curse, phone go wheeee*

General Kozak: *calmly leans back and catches the phone* *offers it back to the DefSec*

Diehard: *quiet anger in his deep voice* Might I remind you, Secretary Bartlett, that though my father is not human, he is a person. And that the majority of our babies have been people for longer than you have, and behave more humanely than do you, who are human!

Secretary Bartlett: *just a bit intimidated, is getting yelled at by President Pratt over his phone, and now this*

Diehard: *eyes locked with those of the Defence Secretary, his expression showing clearly his impatience with the man*

Bathilda: *quietly* Ve should get going as vell, ja?

Diehard: *softly* I can't go, Banshee. You, Blue Dragon, and Miss Yeager will have to find your own ride.

Senaiji: *nods his understanding*

Bathilda: *moving to get to her feet*

Kae Yau: *salute for Diehard* Got it, Boss!

General MacArthur: Leave that to me. *going to put a few calls in and secure a helicopter for the trio*

General Kozak: *quietly, toward Senaiji* Banshee? Blue Dragon?

Senaiji: We'll explain on the way, sir.

General Kozak: Alright. *blinks and looks at Kae Yau*

Kae Yau: *squirms as the President runs out of things to say*

Browning: *pops his head out of her collar and adds a few things to the President's statements!*

Diehard: *quietly* Browning...

Kae Yau: *quietly, to her partner* Tol' ye t' stay in yer holster...

Browning: *meeps and ducks*

Kae Yau: *squirm*

General MacArthur: *to Senaiji, Bathilda, and Kae Yau* Transport's been secured.

Senaiji: *nods* Thank you, sir. *to Bathilda and Kae Yau* Let's go.

Diehard: *watches them go, and then clears his throat and quietly gives his report about recent events at the base*

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