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stuff that feels rewarding as a fanfic author:

when your work inspires fanart/comics

when people point out a scene/particular line(s) that tugged at their heartstrings

when people ask for your meta of your work that they enjoyed so much

when someone comments on a fic you wrote 982783113502 years ago

getting recc’d

just the small happiness in knowing you made someone out there smile on their way to work/home or at school, in knowing you warmed someone’s heart somehow

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Reblog In 5 seconds for good luck

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yesterday I was at gamestop and a man in full Data cosplay walked up to the front counter and I did a double take so hard I nearly broke my neck. So, he walks up and the cashier just casually smiles and goes “How’s it going, Data? What can I do for you?”  and Data goes, “I am doing quite well. I was just wondering when you guys would have Destiny 2 in stock.” This mans……literally did not smile or emote at all. He went all in. The cashier was totally non fazed. I, however, was completely shitting my pants cos ya’ll DO NOT understand how good this dude’s cosplay was. It really looked like fuckin data teleported into the middle of game stop in rural ohio to ask about motherfucking destiny 2.

The only time he broke character was when I was stealthily trying to stare at him and thinking about asking for a pic when he was walking out.This dude. Looked at me, completely expressionless. and WINKED at me. Someone collect ya mans he wildin lmfao

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Warrior cats x mlp swap au

Warrior horses and My Little Kitties

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Art Car with singing fish and lobster

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can we talk about ambulon real quick? because, damn, i don't know whether this guy is a chad with balls of steel, or an irresponsible idiot.

like, he used to be a decepticon. he abandoned his old life and joined the autobots instead. which is more than enough to warrant a visit from the djd. but it doesn't end there, no.

for whatever reason, he ended up at delphi. you know, the autobot medical facility on messatine. you know who else is stationed there? that's right, the djd.

first aid said that delphi is "a medical outpost at the edges of djd territory". and ambulon, who almost definitely is on their hit list, decided that apparently it's a brilliant idea to work there.

on one hand, i respect the fuck out of him. i mean, come on, what he did is the ultimate big dick move. the biggest "fuck you" he could say to the justice division.

on the other, what the fuck was he thinking? like, at this point, he's just tempting fate. there's this polish idiom that says "don't call a wolf out of the woods" - basically, don't stir up trouble and don't do risky shit, and i think it fits here perfectly, because it feels like ambulon is doing exactly that.

what would he do if the "wolf" (tarn and the rest of the djd) decided to answer? because i don't know about you all, but if i were tarn, i'd be pretty damn pissed if i found out that the autobot medical outpost, on my territory, is sheltering a filthy traitor, y'know.

what was ambulon's plan in case our favourite squad of professional sadists decided to pay him a visit?

by working at delphi, not only is ambulon putting himself in danger, but he's also putting his patients at risk. that's an incredibly irresponsible thing for a medic to do. not to mention that he's also endangering pharma and first aid.

just. what the fuck, ambulon?

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Incredible how many times I've begged on here and tiktok for intersex awareness and inclusion and how many people have told me directly "intersex people don't want to be included in queer discussions"

To me, an intersex person BEGGING for inclusion

I've had intersex mutuals on tiktok post about their own experiences and had dyadic queer people swoop in to tell them intersex people don't want to be included in the queer community

Why the fuck are yall like this? Yall are so comfortable parroting exclusionist radfem bullshit if it's about intersex people

"Intersex people aren't queer" is a conservative and radfem take. I've met exactly two intersex people who believed that and they were terfs. There are so many more intersex people who are begging yall to include us and to pay attention to our genocide.

But we aren't as important as everyone else I guess :)

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Solidarity with children is often neglected or even made a joke of, so I wanna take a second and tell y'all what I wish I could go back in time and tell myself:

You're right. School is bullshit, homework is bullshit, waking up early is bullshit, going to bed early is bullshit. Some adults are just pointlessly cruel, even those in positions of authority over you. Sometimes adults are wrong, and, in fact, sometimes you are right

You were born with an innate sense of justice and fairness and adults have spent your entire life trying to beat it out of you so you'll shut up and do what you're told in an unjust and unfair society. Don't let them. Many of us have to take effort to relearn the wisdom you have right now, the ability to tell when something is bullshit even if you can't articulate why yet

You deserve happiness, fulfillment, and liberation just as much as any adult. Those first 18 years are just as important as any other time in your life, and it's time you'll never get back. Don't let anyone take them from you just because you're too young to fight back

Question everything, and never take "that's just the way it is" as an answer. Sometimes when things don't make sense to you it's because they just don't make any goddamn sense

Pick your battles, and be strategic. Don't take this post as permission to go starting fights for no reason. But remember that you have worth, and our society tends to not respect that. And you're right: that is bullshit

(also, read Anarchy Works)

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mythbusters was so good because it wasn’t a killjoy show. they didn’t just say “see, it doesn’t work” and leave it there

whenever they find that the stunt doesn’t work as portrayed in the movie, they immediately ask “what would it take to make this happen?”

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The myth, the legend, the literal child abductor. TV Intruder or Six, whatever you call this guy.

Gotta respect this man's grind, kidnapping thousands of kids, ruining so many families like come on.

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📺 Mandela Catalogue Season 1 📺

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I know the American healthcare system is already a joke but this is to funny

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Disliked how the Meatly executed the Sammy fight + the Lost Ones village, decided to put my own spin on it. 

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Transformers: shortstorm's adventure part 16 Chapter 16 "united we stand, divided we fall" When shortstorm arrived back on the WAP krok had spinister give shortstorm a good old once over. "Guys, I'm fine." Shortstorm said. "Ya sure?" Krok asked. "Yes i'm sure!" Shortstorm replied almost snapping. (In the past.) it was the end of the day on cybertron and everybot was waiting at school for their parents to pick them up. Shortstorm was waiting for her $|$+€{ to get out of class and was in her usual waiting spot which was out of the view of students and unfortunately, the teachers as well. "(Ya sure about this..?)" Tesarus said. "(Relax tesarus, it'll all go fine!)" tarn said. Shortstorm turned on her classical music and relaxed in the tree nearby. Shortstorm's $|$+€{ had gotten out of class for the day and started to walk over to shortstorm. Shortstorm couldn't hear anything through her headphones. "(Got the chloroform, Helex?)" tarn asked. "(You betcha.)" helex replied. Shortstorm faintly heard footsteps but dismissed them and went back to relaxing. Helex grabbed shortstorm from behind and held the chloroform over her mouth. "MMM!!" Shortstorm screamed in fear. Shortstorm's $|$+€{ heard shortstorm screaming and ran over to find that she was being kidnapped. "*gulp*" $#€ went. Shortstorm's $|$+€{ started backing away slowly then turned around and ran off. $#€ saw a chair and climbed on for higher ground when felt it start to change shape and grab #€{ tightly. "Tsk tsk tsk. Poor little youngling. You must be so scared!" Tarn said. $#€ struggled against kaon's grip and tried not to let a whimper escape her vocalizer. "Don't worry, we won't need you (online) for long! We'll (kill you) set you free when our demands are met is all." Tarn said faking comfort. Shortstorm struggled against helex's grip hopelessly. "Ready?" Tarn asked. They all nodded. Tarn powered up a ground bridge and they were all on the Peaceful Tyranny in seconds. Shortstorm and her $|$+€{ blacked out for a few hours due to the chloroform. "Sweet dreams." Helex taunted. (In the present.) "shortstorm? Did you hear a word I just said?!?" Krok asked. "S-sorry krok, I-I-I was just remembering something is all." Shortstorm said. "What was it? I-If you wanna tell us that is!" Fulcrum said. "The past. What I went through before I found C3-- never mind that last bit..!" Shortstorm replied. "Were-were you gonna say C32?!?" Fulcrum asked. "N-no!" Shortstorm lied. "If you were." Krok said. "I know better than that krok! I mean come on!" Shortstorm said trying not to snap at her commanding officer. Krok gave shortstorm a look that made her feel nervous and she sighed. "Fine. Okay. Hands up. I MIGHTA almost said C32!" Shortstorm said. "If you were doing C32 shortstorm, you were slowly killing yourself with it." Spinister said seriously. "I-I-I..." Shortstorm stuttered. Shortstorm noticed krok crossed his arms. Bad sign. "I-I-I-I.... I knew that at the time. But I didn't listen to that warning for some reason..." Shortstorm said. "I-I guess that when I started with C32 that was when my depression started to set in." Shortstorm explained. "That is no excuse. C32 is NO JOKE. It was HUGELY irresponsible of you to use it." Krok said. Shortstorm fiddled with something to keep her hands busy. "Y-yeah. I-I know.." Shortstorm said. "Look, we're just worried about you is all." Fulcrum said. "(Tch. Don't see me askin' about YOUR pasts.)" shortstorm scoffed. "What was that?" Krok asked. "N-nothing sir." Shortstorm said. "You said something about depression?" Krok said kindly. "You wouldn't understand. NOBOT understands." Shortstorm muttered. "Guys." Crankcase said. "Not now." Krok said. "Uh GUYS!" Crankcase said. "No!" Krok said. "GUYS WE'RE GONNA FRAGGING CRASH!!!!!" Crankcase shouted. "What?!?" Krok said. "Just 30 seconds or so from contact!" Crankcase said. "*12 seconds until contact.*" the computer said. Shortstorm grabbed silverstreak and fulcrum and misfire and had activated her force-field. The WAP crashed and Shortstorm had slowly but surely gotten up. Shortstorm wandered off to go find the others when she saw a face staring at her. Before she could call for help the bot grabbed shortstorm's throat tightly and slowly began to choke her. "S-st-stop! P-please!" Shortstorm choked. Their grip only tightened. "F-fulcrum! M-misfire! K-krok! C-crankcase! Help!" Shortstorm choked. "Nobot'll hear you~!" The bot said happily. "Gr-grimlock!!!" Shortstorm screamed. "Told you already. Nobot'll hear you!~" the bot said. "GR-GRIMLOCK HELP!!!" Shortstorm screamed. Grimlock's eyes opened and heard shortstorm's screams for help. "Shut. It." The bot said. "Me grimlock say back off!!" Grimlock said left hooking the bot choking shortstorm. "You shortstorm okay?" Grimlock asked. "Yeah. Now I'm fine. Thanks grimmy. I owe ya one." Shortstorm said. "Me grimlock just glad you shortstorm safe." Grimlock said nuzzling shortstorm. Shortstorm's eyes widened when she realized something. "Me shortstorm run back to ship. You grimlock follow okay?" Shortstorm asked. Grimlock nodded. Shortstorm ran back to the WAP and saw the DJD holding up krok and the others. "Ah shortstorm, glad you could make it." Tarn said. Shortstorm started backing up when she heard growling. "No no no!! Rewind!!! Why can't I fragging rewind?!?" Shortstorm whimpered. Suddenly the growling turned to panting. Kaon grabbed shortstorm's throat tightly. "How did you know about that?" Kaon asked being as gentle as possible. "About what?" Shortstorm asked. "That word! 'Rewind' it calms him down. How did you know that??" He asked again more impatiently. "I didn't! I swear!" Shortstorm whimpered. "Oh?" Kaon asked. "I really truely didn't! Swear on my spark!" Shortstorm said. A malicious smile grew on kaon's face and shortstorm regretted her last words. "Swear on your spark, huh?" Kaon said. Shortstorm heard her comlink go off. "Yeah? Yeah this is shortstorm, what is it amby? O-oh. O-okay. I'll be there as soon as I can be." Shortstorm said. "Thanks. Bye." Shortstorm said hanging up. Shortstorm stood in her spot with her head hanging a bit. "Shortstorm?" Kaon asked. "This is it. The last chapter of shortstorm and sparky. I can't believe it... He was only SIX!!" Shortstorm whimpered. Kaon realized what was happening and kneeled down to shortstorm's size and hugged her. "It's okay..." Kaon comforted. "I-I-I'm not ready for him to leave me yet!" Shortstorm whimpered. "It's okay.. Shh shh shh.." Kaon comforted. Tarn and everyone else watched as shortstorm broke down into tears. "I can't believe that after only five to six years he's almost already gone!" Shortstorm whimpered. "You'll be okay, right? He left you so you could survive, doesn't that make ya feel happy?" Kaon asked gently. Shortstorm decided to go visit sparky. "Hey shortstorm." First aid said. "Hey." Shortstorm replied. "Wanna say goodbye before we undoubtably put him down?" First aid asked. "Yeah. I don't want his last thought about me to be of me not being nice to pharma." Shortstorm nodded. "Alright." First aid said. Shortstorm walked in and scratched behind sparky's ears. "Heya buddy, it's me. Thank you, For what ya did. It meant a lot to me. I'll miss ya, but hey, that's how life works, right?" Shortstorm said. "Just wanted to say bye, buddy. You were loved so much, ya know that? Ya helped me through my worst days when I turned to C32. Thank you, and goodbye, sparky." Shortstorm smiled. Before shortstorm got up she felt a paw move into her hand and heard something. "I ruff ru..." Sparky whimpered. "I love you too buddy." Shortstorm smiled. Shortstorm thought for a second. "First Aid? What energon type is sparky?" Shortstorm asked. "I think he was A positive. Why?" First Aid replied. Shortstorm scanned her medical files with her glasses. A positive. She matched. "How much energon did he lose?" shortstorm asked. "90% of it. Why?" First Aid asked. "Is it too late for an energon transfer?" Shortstorm asked. "But he only has--" first aid said. "10% of his energon left, i know." Shortstorm said. "It could kill you!" First aid said. "It could, it could not. Ya know how Ironfist said. 'Life persists' right?" Shortstorm said. "Besides, I always find someway to pull through." Shortstorm said. (A few hours later.) "alright, the energon transfer is complete. He's slowly becoming stable." First aid said. "He's comatose so we'll call ya on your comlink when he wakes up." First aid said. "Thanks!" Shortstorm said hugging first aid. Shortstorm walked to the WAP. To be continued. 

Transformers: shortstorm’s adventure part 17 Chapter 17 “PTSFD!” Shortstorm walked to the WAP and heard the scavengers talking. “So you wanna put these ‘ghosts’ of yours to rest?” Misfire asked. “I know how crazy that sounds but ya know. These things have gotta be put to rest before they germinate too much and eventually start to tear your mind apart.” Fulcrum said. “What ghosts?” Shortstorm asked. “Like your kinda ghosts.” Fulcrum replied trying to sugarcoat things. “Oh. I forgot. I ran off before I could do that so if you’re a'ight with it I’ll come with.” Shortstorm said. “Sure!” Misfire smiled. The WAP turned around and made it’s way to styx. “You’ll be okay?” Fulcrum asked. “Are you gonna be okay?” Shortstorm asked. “I-I-I’ll be fine! I’m not scared.” Fulcrum chuckled nervously. The WAP made it to Styx and landed. Shortstorm took a deep breath and stepped out. “Looks different from when it was up and runnin’ huh?” Shortstorm said. “Yeah. Waay different.” Fulcrum said. Krok, misfire, fulcrum, spinister, and grimlock walked in. “Ya coming?” Krok asked. “Oh right!” Shortstorm said barely managing to lift her right foot. The six made it in and shortstorm was silent as a mouse. “This is spooky!” Misfire said. “Bots died here misfire. It’s gonna be spooky.” Shortstorm said. “So-rry!” Misfire scoffed. “(Tch. Just gotta get this over with! Then I’ll try and clear my name)” shortstorm scoffed. “Whawazat?” Misfire asked. “Nothing your tiny little brain can handle.” Shortstorm replied. “Ex-cuse me?!” Misfire asked. “*krok it looks like there’s another ship here!*” crankcase said over the comlink. “Whose?” Krok asked. “*I see the styx logo*” crankcase replied. “Why are you so snippy all of a sudden?!” Misfire asked. “You wouldn’t understand! Nobot ever does!” Shortstorm replied. “*I found two other smaller ships next to it!*” crankcase said. “Keep going!” Krok said. “Maybe if ya trusted somebot for once they would understand!” Misfire said. “Hold on crankcase. WOULD YOU TWO SHUT IT A MINUTE?!?” Krok said. Blast Doors shut shortstorm off from the others and fulcrum off from the others. “G-guys?! I-I-I’m sorry! J-j-just open up!” Shortstorm whimpered. “That wasn’t us!” Misfire said. “*it belongs to }€@+}•; and his cronies!*” crankcase said frantically. “G-guys i’m sorry! I didn’t mean to be so snippy!” Shortstorm whimpered. Shortstorm heard heavy footsteps. “Guys… Send help…” Shortstorm whimpered. “Shortstorm hold on!” Misfire said. Shortstorm heard the footsteps get louder and she ran off in terror trying to find a safe hiding spot. “I don’t wanna die!!” Shortstorm thought. “*better get ready shortstorm, I’m expecting you to either run, or cower in fear and beg for mercy~*” beatbox said over shortstorm’s comlink. “G-guys? Guys can ya hear me?!?” Shortstorm whimpered. “*what is it? Did beatbox call you?*” fulcrum asked. “Y-yeah. And it sounds like he’s in a bad mood!” Shortstorm replied. “*pit! Okay stay wherever you are and we’ll try and find you!*” fulcrum said. “O-okay!” Shortstorm managed to say. Static cut off fulcrum from talking to shortstorm. “Fulcy?!?” Shortstorm said. “*he’s alright. I just interrupted your little chat to tell you that I’m close to you.*” beatbox said. Shortstorm heard beatbox’s footsteps and she ran and hid in a closet. Beatbox had come near enough for shortstorm to hear him. “Come out come out wherever you arre!~” beatbox said. “I know that you’re hiding from me! You can’t hide from me for loong!~” beatbox called. Shortstorm started shaking. “I know you’re in here! Come on ouut!~” beatbox taunted. Shortstorm couldn’t keep a whimper silent. Not anymore. Beatbox turned around and walked over to the closet. “Found ya!” Beatbox said. “Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide!~” beatbox teased. Shortstorm heard the closet door knob turning and started shaking in terror. Shortstorm heard the door open and tried to back away from beatbox but was already up against the wall. Shortstorm struggled against beatbox but eventually she blacked out. (With krok misfire and grimlock.) “I’m worried. Ya know, about shortstorm.” Misfire said. “Me too. But we gotta get to her in order to help her.” Krok replied. “Maybe we should figure out how to open the doors.” Misfire said. Krok and the others made it to the computer room. “Let’s see here…..” Krok said. “Krok? Why would it be opened to Shortstorm’s file?” Misfire asked. “I dunno.” Krok replied. As krok found out all that he wanted to know the power went out. “I know why I think!” Misfire said. “Oh?” Krok asked. “So first off, shutting shortstorm on her own, she’s afraid of being alone. Secondly, the power outage, she’s also scared of the dark.” Misfire said. “That……. Is actually a smart idea.” Krok said. (With shortstorm) shortstorm started to wake up and found she was in a dark, cold, and somewhat scary room. “(If I get outta this alive that’s it, I’m starting over and seeing if I can do something to right all my wrongs!)” shortstorm thought. “I see you’re awake~” beatbox said. “What do you want?!?” Shortstorm asked. “To make you suffer~” beatbox replied. “You survived when you were supposed to die. I’m here to rectify that.” Beatbox said. Shortstorm struggled against the restraints keeping her down. (With krok and the others) “I found her energy signature!!” Misfire said. “Really? Where is she?” Krok asked. “There. The t-t-t-torture room.” Misfire gulped. “Let’s move!” Krok said. Misfire and the others ran as fast as they could to the torture room. (With shortstorm) “hmm… What should we do first..?” Beatbox smirked. “(Come on… Where are you guys?!?)” shortstorm thought. A few minutes later. Krok and the others broke into the torture room. “Step away from shortstorm!” Krok said. “Or what?” Beatbox smirked. A gun cocking was heard. “Pfft is THAT the best you can do??” Beatbox laughed. Misfire broke shortstorm out and snuck her out to the WAP. “Ya okay?” Misfire asked. “Yup.” Shortstorm replied. “(I’m starting over. Righting my wrongs under the name 'shadowwing’ and stopping as many bad bots as possible!)” shortstorm thought. Krok and the others came out a few minutes later. “You look alright.” Krok said. “Yaawn! I think I’ll recharge early, night guys.” Shortstorm said. “A'ight!” Misfire said. “(Recharge my aft. I’m gonna work on some new armor!)” shortstorm thought. (The next day.) “guys! Guys we did it!!!” Crankcase said happily. “Did what?” Krok asked. “We made it!!! We’re home!!” Crankcase said happily. “Wait. Home home? Cybertron home?” Shortstorm asked. “Yup!!” Crankcase said. The WAP landed and shortstorm walked out. “This place has changed.” Misfire said. Ratchet walked into the area near the WAP and spotted shortstorm. “Oh my primus… Shortstorm?!” Ratchet smiled. “Ratchet!” Shortstorm said. Shortstorm felt ratchet hug her. “I’m home buddy. Sorry it took a while. Beatbox showed up.” Shortstorm smiled. “Beatbox?” Ratchet asked. “Old nemesis.” Shortstorm replied. “Ah. Well you were missed by everybot.” Ratchet smiled. “Hey uh ratchet you’re needed…. In….. Side…..” Ironhide trailed off. “Oh my–” ironhide gasped. “Heya buddy.” Shortstorm smiled. “Where did you run off to?! I was worried SICK about ya!” Ironhide said. “I had an adventure. And I met new pals, new nemeses, old pals, old nemeses. But I’m happy I’m home!” Shortstorm smirked. “Are these 'bots back here some of your new pals?” Ironhide asked. “Yup!” Shortstorm said. “Well now. These bots look nice! Is that true that they’re nice?” Ironhide asked. “If I said no that’d be lying. These bots helped me see that true friendship is giving your life for somebot else’s life. I’ve experienced that firsthand.” Shortstorm said. “Huh.” Ironhide said. Ironhide walked over to krok. “Thank you for keeping her as safe as ya could.” Ironhide said. “No problem.” Krok said shaking ironhide’s hand. “(That’s it. I’m not letting cloudstorm go through what you went through)” shortstorm’s mind said. “(That’s fine by me.)” shortstorm said. “Shortstorm! You’re home!!” Cloudstorm said. “That’s right, lil buddy. And I ain’t lettin’ anything I went through happen to you!” Shortstorm said. “Oh and shortstorm? That thing I wanted to ask ya?” Ironhide said. “Scrap I forgot about that!” Shortstorm said. Ironhide grabbed shortstorm’s hand. “Ironhide..?” Shortstorm asked. “I’ve known ya for a while now and I was wonderin’. Would ya do me the honor of bein’ my conjux endura?” Ironhide asked. Shortstorm was blushing. “Of course!” Shortstorm said hugging ironhide. “(Dibs on the name Ironjustice.)” ironhide whispered. “(Sounds good.)” shortstorm winked. “Aww….” Ratchet said. “She’s grown so fast!” Misfire said. “Misfire she was only with us for like, a few weeks or so.” Krok said. “Aaaactually she’s been with us for seven chapters!” Misfire said. “What does THAT mean?” Ratchet asked. “Meh. Misfire’s weird. It’s probably just a phrase of his.” Krok said. Shortstorm and ironhide went to dorm room 223. “What happened while I was gone?” Shortstorm asked. “Eh. Nothin’ much.” Ironhide said. “When are ya gonna start shadowwing’s legacy?” Ironhide asked. Shortstorm shrugged. To be continued. 

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Transformers: shortstorm's adventure part 17 Chapter 17 "PTSFD!" Shortstorm walked to the WAP and heard the scavengers talking. "So you wanna put these 'ghosts' of yours to rest?" Misfire asked. "I know how crazy that sounds but ya know. These things have gotta be put to rest before they germinate too much and eventually start to tear your mind apart." Fulcrum said. "What ghosts?" Shortstorm asked. "Like your kinda ghosts." Fulcrum replied trying to sugarcoat things. "Oh. I forgot. I ran off before I could do that so if you're a'ight with it I'll come with." Shortstorm said. "Sure!" Misfire smiled. The WAP turned around and made it's way to styx. "You'll be okay?" Fulcrum asked. "Are you gonna be okay?" Shortstorm asked. "I-I-I'll be fine! I'm not scared." Fulcrum chuckled nervously. The WAP made it to Styx and landed. Shortstorm took a deep breath and stepped out. "Looks different from when it was up and runnin' huh?" Shortstorm said. "Yeah. Waay different." Fulcrum said. Krok, misfire, fulcrum, spinister, and grimlock walked in. "Ya coming?" Krok asked. "Oh right!" Shortstorm said barely managing to lift her right foot. The six made it in and shortstorm was silent as a mouse. "This is spooky!" Misfire said. "Bots died here misfire. It's gonna be spooky." Shortstorm said. "So-rry!" Misfire scoffed. "(Tch. Just gotta get this over with! Then I'll try and clear my name)" shortstorm scoffed. "Whawazat?" Misfire asked. "Nothing your tiny little brain can handle." Shortstorm replied. "Ex-cuse me?!" Misfire asked. "*krok it looks like there's another ship here!*" crankcase said over the comlink. "Whose?" Krok asked. "*I see the styx logo*" crankcase replied. "Why are you so snippy all of a sudden?!" Misfire asked. "You wouldn't understand! Nobot ever does!" Shortstorm replied. "*I found two other smaller ships next to it!*" crankcase said. "Keep going!" Krok said. "Maybe if ya trusted somebot for once they would understand!" Misfire said. "Hold on crankcase. WOULD YOU TWO SHUT IT A MINUTE?!?" Krok said. Blast Doors shut shortstorm off from the others and fulcrum off from the others. "G-guys?! I-I-I'm sorry! J-j-just open up!" Shortstorm whimpered. "That wasn't us!" Misfire said. "*it belongs to }€@+}•; and his cronies!*" crankcase said frantically. "G-guys i'm sorry! I didn't mean to be so snippy!" Shortstorm whimpered. Shortstorm heard heavy footsteps. "Guys... Send help..." Shortstorm whimpered. "Shortstorm hold on!" Misfire said. Shortstorm heard the footsteps get louder and she ran off in terror trying to find a safe hiding spot. "I don't wanna die!!" Shortstorm thought. "*better get ready shortstorm, I'm expecting you to either run, or cower in fear and beg for mercy~*" beatbox said over shortstorm's comlink. "G-guys? Guys can ya hear me?!?" Shortstorm whimpered. "*what is it? Did beatbox call you?*" fulcrum asked. "Y-yeah. And it sounds like he's in a bad mood!" Shortstorm replied. "*pit! Okay stay wherever you are and we'll try and find you!*" fulcrum said. "O-okay!" Shortstorm managed to say. Static cut off fulcrum from talking to shortstorm. "Fulcy?!?" Shortstorm said. "*he's alright. I just interrupted your little chat to tell you that I'm close to you.*" beatbox said. Shortstorm heard beatbox's footsteps and she ran and hid in a closet. Beatbox had come near enough for shortstorm to hear him. "Come out come out wherever you arre!~" beatbox said. "I know that you're hiding from me! You can't hide from me for loong!~" beatbox called. Shortstorm started shaking. "I know you're in here! Come on ouut!~" beatbox taunted. Shortstorm couldn't keep a whimper silent. Not anymore. Beatbox turned around and walked over to the closet. "Found ya!" Beatbox said. "Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide!~" beatbox teased. Shortstorm heard the closet door knob turning and started shaking in terror. Shortstorm heard the door open and tried to back away from beatbox but was already up against the wall. Shortstorm struggled against beatbox but eventually she blacked out. (With krok misfire and grimlock.) "I'm worried. Ya know, about shortstorm." Misfire said. "Me too. But we gotta get to her in order to help her." Krok replied. "Maybe we should figure out how to open the doors." Misfire said. Krok and the others made it to the computer room. "Let's see here....." Krok said. "Krok? Why would it be opened to Shortstorm's file?" Misfire asked. "I dunno." Krok replied. As krok found out all that he wanted to know the power went out. "I know why I think!" Misfire said. "Oh?" Krok asked. "So first off, shutting shortstorm on her own, she's afraid of being alone. Secondly, the power outage, she's also scared of the dark." Misfire said. "That....... Is actually a smart idea." Krok said. (With shortstorm) shortstorm started to wake up and found she was in a dark, cold, and somewhat scary room. "(If I get outta this alive that's it, I'm starting over and seeing if I can do something to right all my wrongs!)" shortstorm thought. "I see you're awake~" beatbox said. "What do you want?!?" Shortstorm asked. "To make you suffer~" beatbox replied. "You survived when you were supposed to die. I'm here to rectify that." Beatbox said. Shortstorm struggled against the restraints keeping her down. (With krok and the others) "I found her energy signature!!" Misfire said. "Really? Where is she?" Krok asked. "There. The t-t-t-torture room." Misfire gulped. "Let's move!" Krok said. Misfire and the others ran as fast as they could to the torture room. (With shortstorm) "hmm... What should we do first..?" Beatbox smirked. "(Come on... Where are you guys?!?)" shortstorm thought. A few minutes later. Krok and the others broke into the torture room. "Step away from shortstorm!" Krok said. "Or what?" Beatbox smirked. A gun cocking was heard. "Pfft is THAT the best you can do??" Beatbox laughed. Misfire broke shortstorm out and snuck her out to the WAP. "Ya okay?" Misfire asked. "Yup." Shortstorm replied. "(I'm starting over. Righting my wrongs under the name 'shadowwing' and stopping as many bad bots as possible!)" shortstorm thought. Krok and the others came out a few minutes later. "You look alright." Krok said. "Yaawn! I think I'll recharge early, night guys." Shortstorm said. "A'ight!" Misfire said. "(Recharge my aft. I'm gonna work on some new armor!)" shortstorm thought. (The next day.) "guys! Guys we did it!!!" Crankcase said happily. "Did what?" Krok asked. "We made it!!! We're home!!" Crankcase said happily. "Wait. Home home? Cybertron home?" Shortstorm asked. "Yup!!" Crankcase said. The WAP landed and shortstorm walked out. "This place has changed." Misfire said. Ratchet walked into the area near the WAP and spotted shortstorm. "Oh my primus... Shortstorm?!" Ratchet smiled. "Ratchet!" Shortstorm said. Shortstorm felt ratchet hug her. "I'm home buddy. Sorry it took a while. Beatbox showed up." Shortstorm smiled. "Beatbox?" Ratchet asked. "Old nemesis." Shortstorm replied. "Ah. Well you were missed by everybot." Ratchet smiled. "Hey uh ratchet you're needed.... In..... Side....." Ironhide trailed off. "Oh my--" ironhide gasped. "Heya buddy." Shortstorm smiled. "Where did you run off to?! I was worried SICK about ya!" Ironhide said. "I had an adventure. And I met new pals, new nemeses, old pals, old nemeses. But I'm happy I'm home!" Shortstorm smirked. "Are these 'bots back here some of your new pals?" Ironhide asked. "Yup!" Shortstorm said. "Well now. These bots look nice! Is that true that they're nice?" Ironhide asked. "If I said no that'd be lying. These bots helped me see that true friendship is giving your life for somebot else's life. I've experienced that firsthand." Shortstorm said. "Huh." Ironhide said. Ironhide walked over to krok. "Thank you for keeping her as safe as ya could." Ironhide said. "No problem." Krok said shaking ironhide's hand. "(That's it. I'm not letting cloudstorm go through what you went through)" shortstorm's mind said. "(That's fine by me.)" shortstorm said. "Shortstorm! You're home!!" Cloudstorm said. "That's right, lil buddy. And I ain't lettin' anything I went through happen to you!" Shortstorm said. "Oh and shortstorm? That thing I wanted to ask ya?" Ironhide said. "Scrap I forgot about that!" Shortstorm said. Ironhide grabbed shortstorm's hand. "Ironhide..?" Shortstorm asked. "I've known ya for a while now and I was wonderin'. Would ya do me the honor of bein' my conjux endura?" Ironhide asked. Shortstorm was blushing. "Of course!" Shortstorm said hugging ironhide. "(Dibs on the name Ironjustice.)" ironhide whispered. "(Sounds good.)" shortstorm winked. "Aww...." Ratchet said. "She's grown so fast!" Misfire said. "Misfire she was only with us for like, a few weeks or so." Krok said. "Aaaactually she's been with us for seven chapters!" Misfire said. "What does THAT mean?" Ratchet asked. "Meh. Misfire's weird. It's probably just a phrase of his." Krok said. Shortstorm and ironhide went to dorm room 223. "What happened while I was gone?" Shortstorm asked. "Eh. Nothin' much." Ironhide said. "When are ya gonna start shadowwing's legacy?" Ironhide asked. Shortstorm shrugged. To be continued.