tv, Autobot HQ, Street Team's Arrival

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Comet Chaser:  *drank more energon than she's used to.  Sound asleep and leaning against X-Brawn as he shoots the breeze and plays with his kitten*

X-Brawn: *dragging a piece of string for Thunder to chase, is keeping a sensor on Comet Chaser while she sleeps* *To Railspike* 'Parently, the Cardinals beat the White Sox the other day...

Railspike:  *lowers his can and nods*  Yeah, I saw it.  They had the game up on the big TVs at the main station.

Thunder:  *stiff leg walk!  Gonna get you, string!*

X-Brawn: I had to pull Sideburn outta a ditch, so I missed most of the seventh inning...

Railspike:  *chuckle*  Some red sports car fight back?

X-Brawn: Looks like it.. *draggastring!*

Railspike:  *more chuckling as he watches the kitten bounce after the string*

X-Brawn: Got any idea 'bout the new team that's supposed to be arriving? *draggadraggadraggastring*

Railspike:  I've never heard of the Street Team.  They must've formed after we left Cybertron.  Oh, and I've got the game recorded if you want to see it sometime.

X-Brawn: Alright. I'll have to take you up on that offer one'a these days, Railspike. *chuckles and continues to play with Thunder*

Comet Chaser:  *talking in her sleep about fish, her hands moving with soft, quick motions*

Railspike:  *pauses with his can halfway to his mouth, then leans over to see what she's saying*  ...She talking to Sideburn?

X-Brawn: *headtilt* I'm not sure... Looks like she's talking about life cycles....

Railspike:  *musing head shake*  She knows the darndest things.

X-Brawn: Well, she's been here for awhile... Not surprising she knows things we don't... *chuckles*

Railspike:  I have to admit I never even thought about things like other civilisations, or organic life cycles, to really pay any attention to them.  *drinks more*

Thunder:  *nommastring*

X-Brawn: *laughs and tugs the string just a bit*

Thunder:  *purr purr purr!  Nom nom nom!*

X-Brawn: *tuggatuggatuggastring*

Railspike:  *quirks a grin as he watches the game*  What'd Kelly think of Thunder?

X-Brawn: I didn't know she likes cats... *chuckles* Apparently, she's gone out and bought him a whole mess'a toys... *amused*

Railspike:  *another chuckle as he drinks deeply, but then he puts the can down and quirks a brow plate*  ...You know you can't take them with you when we go back.

X-Brawn: Yeah... I know... But I think I know a good place for Thunder when we do go back...

Railspike:  Yeah?

X-Brawn: Kelly's head over heels for the li'l guy... *chuckles* He'll be alright with her, I think...

Railspike:  *watches as the kitten flops down on his side and paws at the string in his mouth, then looks up as the comm crackles*

T-AI:  Autobot Street Team incoming.

X-Brawn: 'Bout time... *moves to pick Thunder up* Well, let's go see who they are... *gently nudges Comet Chaser as well*

Comet Chaser:  *starts and sits up, her optics blinking blearily as she gives him a quizzical look that's still hazed by her overcharge*

Thunder:  *purr purr purr, lick lick*

X-Brawn: *Signs* {New arrivals. Going to find out who they are. Come with?}

Comet Chaser:  {I'm coming.  Circuits feel strange though.}  *moves to rise from the bench, her movements a little uncoordinated*

Railspike:  *has also risen, is watching the red femme with concern*  {Looks like you're a little over charged.}

X-Brawn: {Easy. Lean on me.} *moves to put an arm around Comet Chaser's shoulders to steady her*

Comet Chaser:  *leans against the taller bot.  She's shaking just a bit from all the energy in her system.  She's also looking up to make sure Thunder's okay and in his place*

Thunder:  *sprawled on X-Brawn's shoulder, watching the way they're going with bright eyes and perked ears.  Also purring*

Optimus:  *in his usual place against the wall as he watches two flashy sports cars pass though the patches of light cast by street lights*

Railspike:  *looks over at the screen as he comes in behind X-Brawn and Comet Chaser, his hand still poised as though to help the red bot.  Blinks*  Hey, X-Brawn, you never told me Sideburn was twins.

Sideburn: Very funny. *still in a sulk over having to be hauled out of that 'ditch', which had really been a fairly deep drainage canal, the other day*

X-Brawn: *chuckles* If he is, it's news to me...

Railspike:  Well, get a look at that blue car on the screen.

Comet Chaser:  *blinking at the screen and thinking something over, one hand talking behind the screen of the other*

Sideburn: *looks, and then he's boggling* Hey! That orange car's the one that knocked me into the canal the other day!!!

X-Brawn: Really? *Looks* That li'l thing? *disbelief clear in his voice as he watches the two cars speed along the express way*

Comm: *Crackles with static for a few moments before...* *Female voice* This is Autobot Street Team reporting for duty!

Railspike:  *mouth falls open*  

Optimus:  !!!!  What?? *pushes away from the wall, his optics bright with shock*

X-Brawn: What the?!

Sideburn: *mouth hanging open now*

Prowl: ... Did I hear that right?

T-AI:  *calmly follows routine, paying no attention to the sounds of surprise that continue behind her*  Autobot Street Team report.

Female voice: This is Kriti of the Autobot Street Team. Eclipse and I are en-route, and awaiting orders.

Optimus:  Why has the Council sent females?  I asked for help in dealing with a female who's already here at base.

Comet Chaser:  *taps X-Brawn*  {Girls?}

X-Brawn: *glances to Comet Chaser and nods* {At least one, sounds like...}

Kriti: Your guess is as good as mine, sir.

Different female voice: I don't think they said why but if they did, I probably missed it for some reason, I tend to miss a lot of stuff but that's okay, I can still do my job just as well as the next Autobot!

X-Brawn: ... {Make that two girls...}

Optimus:  *face palming*  T-AI, guide them to base.  *Turns to look at the Autobots in the room.*  And the same rules apply for them as for Comet Chaser.  *signs as he speaks, it's becoming second nature when the red bot's in the room*

Comet Chaser:  *quiet nod, and then muffles a yawn*

Prowl, Sideburn, and X-Brawn: Sir!

Railspike:  *as acknowledgements come from the other trains and the lone Build Team member in the room*  Yessir.

Hot Shot:  *over comms*  Yes sir!

Ironhide: *Also over comms* Yessir!

other Spychangers:  *also acknowledge, as do the rest of Build Team*

T-AI:  *has transmitted the coordinates of the entrance to the Street Team*

Thunder:  *wants to go see Sideburn*

Kriti: *Provides an ETA before signing off just as Eclipse nudges her*

Optimus:  *sounds grim*  T-AI, do we have room for another separate team quarters?

T-AI:  There's that store room we weren't using....  *looks up at him uncertainly*

Grimlock:  *grumbling and wanting to know when females started joining the army*

X-Brawn: Well obviously, they're good enough to get sent down here... *offers scritches to Thunder as Sideburn moves past to get back to work repairing Grimlock*

Grimlock:  Ahh!  Back off, you fumble fingered...!

Sideburn: You weren't complaining earlier, Grimlock. *not amused*

Grimlock:  Yes I was.  *head down stubbornly.  Old bot is tired and cranky*

Railspike:  *pats the Build Bot on the back, and then moves to gently guide him from the room*  Let's get you some of that energon, old timer.

Grimlock:  *grumbles something about the pot calling the kettle as the door slides shut behind him*

Rapid Run:  *chuckles about that* Those two'll be talkin' smack for awhile...

Midnight Express:  Oh dear....

Railspike:  *over comms*  And you two get your butts to bed.  We've gotta full day tomorrow.

Rapid Run: *Over comms* You too, old man. *more chuckles as he moves to usher Midnight Express out the door*

Midnight Express:  *offering good night wishes with his usual unflappable and innocent cheer as he's herded from the room, his hands moving so that everyone can 'hear' him*

Thunder:  *still wants to go see Sideburn*  Mew?

X-Brawn: *chuckles and holds his hand out towards Sideburn, so Thunder doesn't have as far to jump to get onto Sideburn's shoulders*

Thunder:  *bounces over and rubs against the blue mech's neck, purring loudly*

Sideburn: *offers scritches to the little kitten*

Thunder:  *love love love!  Look surprised as the effects of Kelly's barbecue potato chips make themselves known in a silent but insidious manner*

Sideburn: *makes a face* What was that?!

Thunder:  *looks around for the stinky.  And does it again*

Sideburn: Aw man, that's worse than Prowl's exhaust!

Prowl: *looks up at that*

Optimus:  *turns his head as the strange smell reaches his sensors and notices Sideburn and Comet Chaser's expressions*  ...T-AI, can you pinpoint the source of that odor?

T-AI:  *looking embarrassed as she soundlessly floats up and points at the kitten*

Sideburn: Aww man! *trying to get Thunder to go back over to X-Brawn*

Thunder:  *goes back to his favorite person, his ears sideways with confusion*

Optimus:  X-Brawn?  Explain.

X-Brawn: Guess Thunder must'a gotten into some fuel that didn't agree with him....

Thunder:  *more smell*

Optimus:  ...How did that happen?

X-Brawn: I've been leaving him with Kelly when I go on patrol...

T-AI:  *soberly*  Maybe that's not such a good idea.  I'm detecting high levels of methane in his emissions.

X-Brawn: Well, he's safer there than with us most of the time...

Eclipse: *over by the door* Who is?

Sideburn:  The stinky cat.  *hand over nose as he looks over to the door* Oh great...

Eclipse: *confused blink blink, and then she's gasping* Oh NO. Not YOU again!!!

Kriti: Huh? What's going on?

Optimus:  *turns to look at the two females, his arms crossed over his chest as he cuts across the minor confusion*  Autobots report.

Kriti: *snaps to attention and reports* Autobot Kriti of the Street Team, reporting for duty, sir.

Eclipse: *also snaps to attention* Autobot Eclipse of the Street Team reporting for duty as well, sir!

Optimus:  *nods and translates their words to sign, then signs along with himself as he says*  Kriti, Eclipse, this is our base mainframe, T-AI, the Autobot brothers, and Comet Chaser.

X-Brawn: The li'l critter here's Thunder. *indicates the kitten*

Thunder:  *washing his nose to make the stinky go away*

Kriti: *nods, attention on Optimus' hands. Raised brow ridge* Sir, if I may ask, what are you doing?

Optimus:  *still signing as he speaks*  Comet Chaser is unable to process audio signals.  This is her language.

Kriti: I see... Are there any datafiles on the language?

Optimus:  There are.  T-AI, will you share?

T-AI:  *nod*  Transmitting.

Kriti: *small nod once she's recieved the files, shortly before Eclipse nods as well* Interesting...

Comet Chaser:  *'murmurs' something with her hands and sways as the need to sleep overpowers her*

X-Brawn: *Moves to catch her* Whoah... I think it's bed time for her....

Optimus:  *looks over there and frowns*  Is something wrong?

X-Brawn: Railspike thought she might be a bit overcharged...

Optimus:  *frown deepens*  How did that happen?

Sideburn: She probably hasn't had energon in awhile...

Eclipse: *concerned* Is she okay?

Comet Chaser:  {So sleepy.}  *and now out like the proverbial light*

T-AI:  I'm sensing no damage to any of her systems.  She is giving off a stronger energy reading than normal, though.

X-Brawn: *carefully shifting Comet Chaser so he can carry her to her quarters* Think she'll be alright after a bit of shut-eye?

T-AI:  *nod*  Once she's had time to process that extra energy she should be fine.

X-Brawn: *chuckles* Well, I'll get her to her quarters so she can get some rest then...

Optimus:  *looks at T-AI*  Did we ever assign her quarters?

T-AI:  *blush*  I think she's been sleeping in the break room.

Optimus:  *wince*  Great.  Now we have three bots without somewhere to sleep.

Kriti: Don't worry about Eclipse and me... *gets something out of a storage compartment that looks somewhat like a net* We just need someplace to hang our hammocks. *small grin and an amused expression behind the visor she's wearing*

X-Brawn: There's room in Sideburn's quarters...

Sideburn: Wait, what?! *giving X-Brawn a brain-broken look*

Prowl: X-Brawn's right. And since I recharge over at the police station, my quarters are available as well.

T-AI:  *bright smile*  Well done, Autobot Brothers!  That's very gentlemanly of you.

Eclipse: Awww, that's so sweet of you! But I really don't want to put anyone out of their quarters and if there's just someplace out of the way that Kriti and I can hang our hammocks, that's fine by us, *Here guys, have your first full ramblefit from Eclipse*

Kriti: *Talking over Eclipse* We don't want to be a bother. Just wherever there's room for us will be fine, sir.

Optimus:  I think X-Brawn's idea has merit.  Prowl, will you show the Street Team their new quarters?  *pause to look at his hands, and then cross his arms so he doesn't sign anymore*

Prowl: Of course, sir.

Eclipse: *Still rambling, at least until Kriti actually picks her up and slings the slightly smaller femme over her shoulder* Ack! Kriti!!!! Put me down!!!

Kriti: Lead the way, Prowl.

Prowl: *coughs to hide his snicker as he moves to lead the Street Team towards quarters*

Optimus:  0_o  *face.  palm*

Sideburn: Where am I supposed to recharge?! *Acks as he gets hit in the face with a hammock*

T-AI:  Well, we have that empty store room!  :D  

Sideburn: *Sulks*

Optimus:  You'd better turn in, Sideburn.  We need to be ready for whatever happens tomorrow.

Sideburn: Yessir... *sighs and heads for the empty store room, bemoaning the day he ever saw the little orange and black Fairlady*

T-AI:  *looks up at Optimus*  You'd better get some sleep too, sir.  There's no telling what the Decepticons and Predacons might try tomorrow.

Optimus:  Yes, good night, T-AI.  *turns to walk toward his quarters, privately hoping that his misgivings about female team members will be proved unfounded and that tomorrow will be a day like any other*

((co-written with random_xtras))