[challenge] Rally Brothers

[ajremix]

Okay, not only am I in need of doing something light and fun, I've been having this overwhelming urge to do something OC-centric. So, this challenge is going to be centered around two of my TF characters, Freestyle and Relay. To put shortly, they're both special ops and, in their own way, tend to be mischievous and have a bit of a (rather well-deserved) problem with authority. You can check out a couple comics of them on my dA account.

Therefore, choose one or both of the Rallys and give me a prompt/character. Can't say how on the ball I'll be with these since I'm a little brain fried from too much sun, but let's give it a shot anyway! Need to get back in the practice as it is.

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Re: Freestyle + Optimus Prime - loss

[tiptoptile.livejournal.com]

erm...sorry if this seems greedy, but may I request another? *hopeful puppy eyes*

Relay Fireflight Brothers

Realy + Fireflight - brothers

[idiosyn.livejournal.com]

Yeah, late reply is late sorry^^;; Takes place not long after Freestyle's 'eventful' arrival on Earth.
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Ever since he was released from medbay, no one seemed to know how to act around Relay anymore. Everyone kept their distance, pretended they weren't watching him or whispering to each other. As if Relay weren't built with advanced sensors to know when he was being watched or hear shushed words. Whenever anyone attempted to engage him in conversation, it was usually stilted and awkward and Relay would always give them a way to gracefully bow out of the talk that they always took.

His life had been completely upended. He found out his supposedly dead brother was still alive and had been a Decepticon captive while command forced Relay to believe he was dead. The red mech glared down into his energon, unable to stop the furious reeling of 'they lied to me' from cycling through his processors.

"Um..."

Relay's head snapped up, a little surprised to find Fireflight giving him a curious look. "Yes?"

"Your brother is kinda..." the jet trailed off, trying find a word he liked. Unable to find it, he tried again, "Are you-"

"What happened was not his fault," Relay snapped, simultaneously angry and relieved that someone finally got around to say it directly to him instead of where they thought he couldn't hear. "Freestyle went through a lot of trauma. He was in pain and disoriented and he didn't recognize me. I should've known better than to approach him when he was in that condition, getting stabbed was my own fault."

Fireflight just looked confused. "I was going to ask if you were glad he's here, but okay."

"Oh," caught completely off balance all of Relay's annoyance drained out. "Well, yeah. I am."

Sitting down next to the Lancer, Fireflight stretched out his legs under the table, aileron flexing unconsciously. "Do bots really think he meant to hurt you?" He tilted his head in thought, "Well, a lot of them don't have siblings so I guess they wouldn't understand them."

Unable to help himself, Relay drawled with a phantom grin, "What, your brothers have a tendency of putting you in medbay?"

"Actually, most of the time it's my own fault," the Aerialbot laughed, "but Air Raid and Slingshot sometimes get carried away and might do or say something to hurt one of us. It's not intentional, they just don't always think first." Fireflight hummed. "It's probably not the same thing that happened with your brother, but when he gets better, I'm sure he'll be sorry about it, just like Raid and Sling do."

Folding his hands together, Relay let out a quiet, "I guess..."

"Of course he will!" The certainty in Fireflight's words- as well as the arms suddenly thrown out as wide as his wings -surprised the other mech, allowing Fireflight to plow on. "He's your brother! No matter what the two of you might go through, you'll always be brothers so you really don't have much of a choice but to make the best of it!" He ended with an important nod.

The corner of Relay's mouth twitched into an almost outright smile. "Did you get that from Slingshot?"

"Silverbolt, actually. I think he was kinda annoyed with us then."

"Well," Relay agreed, "Freestyle with me now. That's what really matters."

Re: Realy + Fireflight - brothers

[tiptoptile.livejournal.com]

AWWWWWWWWW!! If anyone was going to cheer up Relay Fireflight could definitely do it! And ain't it the truth about siblings :P I have to remind myself of that all the time with my little sister lol

So quick question because I've been looking through your later entries but haven't found anything :P From what I've gathered Freestyle was captured by Decepticons and is currently suffering from PTSD, yes? Have you written an actual fic for it? I'd be most interested in reading it :D

And sorry late reply is late >

Re: Realy + Fireflight - brothers

[idiosyn.livejournal.com]

Asides from a birthday present for Cafei, I haven't written anything out for either Rallys, though what you've gathered so far is pretty accurate. I am sorely tempted to write an actual story for them but, as with all things, time isn't agreeing with me recently.

Though I'm glad to hear someone wouldn't mind reading about them^^