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Chatter

There were times when Barricade hated Frenzy's constant chatter. Other times, it was a welcome respite from the silence.

Fragment

Optimus's spark was heavy as he removed the Allspark fragment from Megatron's shattered spark chamber.

Maintenance

Ironhide was sure that going to see Ratchet for a normal check up did not normally result in the both of them being painted bright pink. Later, Ironhide "assisted" Ratchet with Sideswipe's check up. Sideswipe had to be dragged to the med bay the next time he needed maintenance.

Invasion

Ron Witwicky still held a grudge against Simmons for invading his home and destroying his garden.

Refuge

When Sam had nightmares, he would sleep in his car. The nightmares always seemed easier to handle when he didn't feel alone.

Commend

Prowl ought to commend him for being so sneaky and pulling off such a delicate operation—instead, he threw him in the brig. Still, Jazz thought with a smirk, Prowl looked good in electric blue and lime green polka-dots.

Cassette

Ironhide really hated Soundwave's Cassettes.

Envious

There were times when Mikaela was envious of Sam's close relationship with the Autobots. At times, he seemed to be one of them, part of their family.

Essential

Chocolate, Sam mused, was essential for calming down your girlfriend after a battle in which you nearly died. Again.

Potential

There was a lot of potential in Sam to be a prankster—Jazz and Sideswipe took it upon themselves to train him in the arts of a perfect prank.

Identical

Rumble and Frenzy were not identical, and it irked them when someone mistook one twin for the other.

Emphasize

Sam hated the emphasis his dad put on "getting home by curfew." It wasn't his fault he and Bumblebee got ambushed by Starscream, making him late.

Leash

Sometimes Megatron thought he should keep Starscream on a collar and leash.

Shield

Wheeljack cheered as the device didn't blow up. Sam tapped the shimmering blue bubble he was trapped in. "Okay, so this force-field thing works. How do I get out?" Wheeljack paused, looking at the machine. There was no "off" button.

"Oops."

Fatigue

Sam collapsed onto Bee's leather seats, exhausted. Who knew training with Lennox and NEST could be so tough? Oh wait, he did. He was an idiot for asking to train with them. NEST was one tough cookie. Too bad he had baked himself into said cookie.

Politician

Ironhide really hated politicians. He had great sympathy for Optimus, who constantly had to deal with them.

Precision

Jazz always worked with style and precision. Even when gluing pink fluffy pink teddy bears to the floor, walls, and furniture in Starscream's room.

Crisis

Sam was panicking. "I'm doomed!" He yelled. "Bumblebee, we need supplies ASAP!"

Bumblebee paused in his conversation with Optimus and looked at him. "What's the trouble, Sam?" Optimus asked.

"We're out of chocolate! It's a crisis!"

He received blank looks and confused frowns from the Autobots. "Why is chocolate a crisis?" Sideswipe asked.

Sam stared at him, shock and disbelief on his face. "You try dealing with Mikaela at this time of the month without chocolate!"

"What time of the month?"

"SAM!" Mikaela yelled. "WHERE ARE YOU?"

"Um, I'M JUST RUNNING TO THE STORE! I'LL BE BACK SHORTLY!" Sam yelled back. "C'mon, Bee, let's go before she kills me!" Bumblebee transformed, and they peeled out of the base, the rest of the Autobots staring after them in puzzlement.

Logic

Prowl failed to see the logic in the song "Rock-a-bye Baby," and he nearly locked up when he heard Sarah Lennox singing it.

Modify

Wheeljack looked at the crater in the middle of the ground. "I think it needs some modifications." He said at last. "Now, where did my arm go?"

Honoured

Sam was honoured and amazed that someone as awesome as Bumblebee would ask to stay with him and act as his guardian.

Revolve

Sam's life revolved around the Autobots and their friends.

Dislodge

"BOO!" Sam choked, struggling to dislodge the bite of sandwich from his lungs. Bumblebee glared at Leo for two weeks afterwards.

Accomplished

Homework done? Check. Chores done? Check. Driving with Bumblebee? Check. Pranking Leo? Check. Choking on coffee? Check. Accepting the offer to be the Autobots ambassador? That had yet to be checked off. He figured he would do that after he got the scalding liquid from his lungs.

Accommodate

Really, the garage was not meant to house a giant alien robot. Bumblebee kept hitting his head.

Responsible

Sam was very responsible for his age. After all, he tried to get home before curfew, he trained with NEST, he dealt with his ambassador duties, and he got revenge on Simmons for torturing Bumblebee. Simmons looked quite good with pink and green hair.

Groan

Sam had to groan when he saw Bumblebee's sheepish expression.

Drawing

Annabelle said it was supposed to be him. Lennox thought it was cute. Epps said that it looked exactly like Will—a square with four sticks for arms and legs that had a squiggly oval for a head.

Sulk

Bumblebee sulked for days after he found Sam looking at a sports car magazine, until Sam told him that no car in the magazine could compare to him.

Shopping

The Autobots could never understand Mikaela's fascination with shopping. Sam was at loss to explain it to the bewildered mechs.

Potato

Some say potato, some say patato, Blur said "pto!"

Outrageous

Sam face palmed when he saw his mother's latest purchase—a large, flowery hat that was outrageously pink and sparkly.

Discombobulate

He was confused. Very confused. "Say what?" Sam managed to get out. Preceptor started to explain again, and Sam held up a hand. "English, please, not whatever gobbly gook you were saying before."

Cracker

When Rumble asked Buzzsaw if "Polly wanted a cracker," he ended up in the med bay for three days.

Belong

There was no question about it—Sam belonged to NEST and the Autobots. There was no chance of him ever getting a job anywhere else.

Terror

Starscream knew what terror was. It was falling from the sky with damaged wings and no one to save him.

Shock

Starscream knew what shock was. It was falling from the sky with damaged wings and expecting to die, then being caught by Sideswipe, of all bots.

Gratitude

For weeks after the incident with Starscream, Sideswipe and Sunstreaker kept finding datapads of pranks, tubs of wax, and other gifts in their room. For a while, they simply shrugged and accepted it. After they started receiving red roses and sunflowers, though, they got annoyed and called the Nemesis to tell Skywarp to lay off on the gratitude.

Surprise

To say that Optimus was surprised was an understatement. Skywarp had shown up out of nowhere, grabbed him, then promptly proceeded to tickle him before disappearing again, leaving him lying on his office floor, laughing.

Emulate

While Sam did not emulate his parents in their love for gardening, he surprised everyone by becoming as diplomatic as Optimus at times.

Appendages

There were some appendages that Sam had an intense dislike of—tentacles were one of them.

Superfluous

When the Autobots first heard the word "superfluous," they smirked. It wasn't until later that Sam learned they were all thinking of Sentinel Prime.

Paper

Sam was grateful for Mikaela—she always knew when he needed paper to write something down, and she seemed to be able to produce it from thin air. She also seemed to be able to remember where he put his notes.

Grass

When Sam first rolled on the ground for no apparent reason, Bumblebee took him to see Ratchet. It took a while for him to explain to them that he just liked the way grass smelled and felt, and that, no, he wasn't coming down with a virus.

Snow

Sam loved showing new arrivals the snow—they always had such interesting reactions, especially when he told them to stick their glossas out to taste the snowflakes.

Claustrophobia

It was a well known fact that all flyers were claustrophobic. It was a little known fact that Sam was as well.

Overcompensate

Galloway had a habit of going too far trying to kick the Autobots off Earth.

Accelerate

Sam loved the feeling when Bumblebee accelerated—there was a rush of adrenaline, and Bumblebee's entire frame vibrated with power.

Lotion

One look at Sam's cracking hands had Bluestreak, newly arrived to Earth, running for Ratchet, screaming that "the organic was breaking!" It took Sam a while to calm him down and explain that he was fine—his hands were simply dry. The next day, Sam found dozens of containers of hand cream in his room.

Contagious

It took them a while to convince the Autobots that, no, sneezes were not contagious.

Cyborg*

They were, essentially, Cyborgs. Shawn wasn't pleased.

Encouraged

Sam was encouraged by Bumblebee. His guardian chased him around on his daily runs as encouragement to keep running, and waved cannons in his face as motivation to get him to, finally, propose to Mikaela.

Potpourri

Sam sighed as he looked at Bluestreak, having finally deciphered what the Autobot was saying. "No, it's not made of pots, and no, you don't pour it into your eyes. It's just a bunch of smelly flowers and leaves and stuff."

Fuzzy

Every time Sam hugged, him, he felt warm and fuzzy. When Ratchet heard him mention it, he dragged him off to the med bay for scans. Sam had to rescue his guardian.

Pony

Annabelle liked them. Ironhide didn't.

Effective

Ironhide was very effective in terminating things. See something, aim at the thing, shoot the thing, and completely obliterate the thing.

Super-frag-a-cala-listic-nix-me-aly-go-cious*

The first time Prowl heard it, he crashed, and it took Ratchet three days to bring him back online because he kept remembering the word and crashing again.

Word

Words were a powerful thing. For instance, you could be ever so diplomatic with them, even when threatening people.

Squiggle

"What is it?" Annabelle smiled widely and pointed at him. Ironhide squinted at the drawing. It looked like a bunch of squiggles and lines to him, but he didn't want to hurt her feelings. "I see. It's very nice, Annabelle." He said after a moment. The two year old smiled and toddled away, leaving him with the minuscule—to him—piece of paper. A slow smile formed on his face as he looked at it, and after a while, he subspaced it with the rest of Annabelle's drawings.

Caviar

" . . . What are you eating?"

"Caviar."

Bluestreak stared at him in horror. "You eat unborn life?"

Will groaned as the newest Autobot raced away, screaming for Ratchet. "Its just fish eggs." He said to no one.

Incomplete

Without Sunstreaker, Sideswipe was incomplete, and there was a big ache in his spark that only lessened when he felt his brother fall through Earth's atmosphere, and only disappeared once Sunstreaker punched him. "Missed you too, bro." He said with a grin, Sunstreaker's affection pouring through their bond.

Nemesis

He narrowed his optics.

It was staring at him.

It was the bane of his existence, his nemesis, and it was here in his med bay.

He needed to defend his domain against this intruder, but how? This . . . this thing was far more deadly than a Decepticon! His frown increased as he noticed that IT seemed to be smirking as if it could read his thoughts.

His fingers itched as he reached for a wrench, ready to obliterate the thing that dared intrude in his domain and mock him with that smug assurance that he wouldn't dare do anything to harm it.

Two minutes later, Ratchet smirked as he polished away the scorch mark on the berth. He was still smirking evilly when Ironhide entered. "Ratch—err, I'll just come back later." The Weapons Specialist said hurriedly, seeing the look on Ratchet's face and making a hasty retreat.

Yes, Ratchet thought with a chuckle. IT is no longer around to taunt me. Mikaela, though, would most likely be unimpressed by the demise of her fluffy pink towel.

Give

Some people just kept on giving. Sam was one of those people.

Lithium

If there was one thing Sam was certain of, it was that the Autobots couldn't be classified as Lithium. They were stronger than anyone he knew, both in body and at heart. What Sam didn't know was that the Autobots thought of him the same way.

Relevance

Prowl frowned at Jazz. "Why did you mention fluffy pink teddy bears in your report? I fail to see the relevance fluffy pink toys have to your latest mission."

Jazz just smirked.

Hostile

Prowl stared through the bars at his brother. "Barricade," He said softly. Barricade gave him a hostile look and turned his back with a snarl. "Brother, please—"

"I am not your brother!"

Prowl's doorwings drooped slightly, and he turned away. His brother's rejection was like an Energon blade to the spark, but he didn't show it. He didn't see Barricade turn and stare after him with sorrow and regret in his optics, didn't see Barricade reach out as if to call him back, then let his hand drop back to his side, and he didn't hear Barricade's whisper.

"I'm sorry, Prowl. It has to be this way."

Yawn

It also took a while to convince the newcomers that yawns weren't contagious after Leo and Simmons decided to pretend that yawning was a disease. Ratchet glared at them for weeks after that.

Shawn is an OC from the story Mechanic/Mechanic Continued.

The super long word from Mary Poppins. (I do not own Marry Poppins)