dens_tf_den | Scatters-verse, Detroit, New revealations...

Scatters: *dozing, occasional foot twitch*

Mistfire: *walks in with Wheelie and gently pokes him in a ticklish spot, aware of the morning birds chirping outside*

Scatters: *Snerk, squirms away from the poke, sleepy blink, followed by a smile* Hey, Beautiful...

Wheelie: *still kinda sleepy, but is waking up, or at least, trying to*

Mistfire: *tucks her little guy in beside her big guy* I'm gonna go talk to Optimus. You two stay out of trouble till I get back, okay?

Scatters: *nods, holds Wheelie close* Alright...be careful out there...

Mistfire: *leans down and kisses him on the cheek, then straightens with a smirk and turns toward the door* Always am.

Scatters: *happy rumble, turns attention to Wheelie, who has decided that he'd rather go back to stasis-napping*

Mistfire: *PINpoints out instead of bothering to unseal any of the doors, then flips into alt mode and heads for the Autobot base*

Mistfire: *pauses to look at that one ambulance again as she passes it, then resumes her journey*

Optimus: *Discussing something with Sunstreaker and Sideswipe, before dismissing the twins*

Mistfire: *raps at the door, then turns her face to the sun*

Optimus: *raised brow ridge, sighs as he spots Mistfire on the monitor*

Ratchet: *opens the door, grumbling and cursing like usual*

Mistfire: *grins and kisses the old bot on the cheek* Hey, Doc. Prime around?

Ratchet: *scowl, but it's not as grouchy as normal* Yeah, kid, he is...

Mistfire: Think he's got a little time to talk to me?

Ratchet: *Moves aside and gestures for Mistfire to come inside* Yeah...He was thinking about trying to track you down...

Mistfire: *pauses and tilts head slightly as she absently runs her thumb under the strap of the case she's wearing on her back* Really, now?

Ratchet: *sagely nod* Something you need to be told...I'm not the bot to tell you though...Prime's on monitor duty, currently.

Mistfire: *slight frown as she turns and walks silently over to the monitor area and stands behind Optimus*

Optimus: *sigh* Mistfire, there's been a...slight problem.

Mistfire: If this is about the paintbomb in Sunstreaker's locker....

Optimus: ...*snerk, headshake* No, no...Off the record though, how you managed to get that in there without being spotted on the monitors, or by Prowl...I gotta hand it to you...

Mistfire: Prowl helped. *slight smirk*

Optimus: ...*raised brow ridge, headshake* Anyways, it's regarding Lockdown.

Mistfire: What about him? *smirk grows a little*

Optimus: *turns away from the monitors, sighing again* The guy you caught...wasn't the real Lockdown...

Mistfire: ....

Optimus: *grim expression, isn't happy about telling this part* According to what we've found, he made a decoy with a protoform he stole....

Mistfire: *expression darkens*

Optimus: *drops optics* I'm...sorry to have to be the one to tell you this...because of what was discovered, the reward for the fake Lockdown has been nullified...

Mistfire: ...So what's that mean in non-nerd speak?

Optimus: The credit chips that the Guard paid for the reward won't work anymore...any credits that were used are being recovered...

Mistfire: So everywhere 'Shot and I used 'em....

Optimus: They'll be compensated if they're registered in the vendor's federation...only a few vendors aren't registered...but they're usually black-market dealers...

Mistfire: Gotcha. *calmly unslings the case and tosses it to him*

Optimus: *Catches the case, and gives it a look of confusion* What's this?

Mistfire: A little gift. *smirk*

Optimus: *puzzlement as he opens the case. Puzzlement turns to shock as he carefully withdraws the bow inside* This...this is Showtime's...

Mistfire: It was.

Optimus: *optics narrow* What happened to her?

Mistfire: She defected.

Optimus: *small quirk of lip components* Besides that...how did you get this?

Mistfire: Got it from a parts dealer on Station Tau.

Mistfire: He said it'd come from a trash compactor.

Optimus: ...oh. *expression drops, he's assuming the worst* Thank you for bringing it here...

Mistfire: *quietly* Relax, Prime. Show's gone... but her spark lives on. *turns and walks away*

*back at the warehouse*

Mistfire: *PINs in* Gorgeous? Slugger? You awake?

Scatters: *has hobbled to the kitchen area, is getting breakfast ready* ^_^ Good Morning, Beautiful

Wheelie: *clinging to Scatters' back, being mindful of the older mech's doorwings, looks over shoulder, grins at Mistfire* Hi!

Mistfire: *walking over there, her face grim* Prime had a little surprise for me when I got to the plant.

Scatters: ...Oh? *not liking Mistfire's tone, as that tone usually means something unpleasant*

Mistfire: *pauses by the pillar* We brought in the wrong mech.

Scatters: ...

Wheelie: *frown*

Mistfire: *tells them what Optimus told her, her expression growing darker*

Wheelie: *climbs off of Scatters' back during the explaination, still isn't ready for when Scatters punches the countertop and swears*

Scatters: Damnit!

Wheelie: :o *hides behind Mistfire*

Mistfire: *picks the little guy up and cuddles him* That mech had a spark signature.

*optics flash* The Lockdown of this reality is just as much a $#@$#@$#@ as the one I came from. But this guy's gonna pay for what he did to my brother.

((Co-written with

random_xtras))