[challenge] Five Things

[ajremix]

Well. About a week and a half ago my harddrive crashed and I've essentially been spending that time up until now juggling between getting that fixed and putting all my necessary programs back and catching up with schoolwork when I realize two fairly essential programs that I am missing (though not so essential that it cut into schoolwork time): iTunes that is compatible with the OS I'm suddenly working with and Microsoft Word that is also compatible with the OS I'm suddenly working with. I'm saying 'suddenly working with' because the dear friend that fixed my computer and- a thousand blessing upon him -managed to save 95% of the data on my computer (the missing 5% is basically my own fault), installed the OS for me and while he claims it's the same as before, I suddenly cannot find an iTunes and Word that will work. So at the moment I can't sync up my iPod (livable) and I can't open up any of my .docs (very problematic). When I get out of class tomorrow, now that I've got my workload managed again, I'm going to call my friend about it.

tl;dr- I can't re-post any more chapters of You and I Collide for the time being and am going to do a challenge instead. Let's make this a '5 Things' challenge. You pick a character and something you want to know about them, like "Five Times ______ was Unknowingly Inappropriate" or "Five Pick Up Lines _____ Got Laughed at For", etc, etc. We'll go with the following series:

MLP: Friendship is Magic
Thundercats 2011
JLI
Batfamily
Young Justice (comic)
Transformers
Birds of Prey
Ultimate Spider-Man
One Piece
Mass Effect
Star Wars: RepComm

NOTE: My body's decide I'm not its real mother and is being rebellious so please just one prompt per person. Should've put this up earlier but... rebellion.

CHALLENGE CLOSED also my body is still dying but that's neither here nor there.

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[catyuy.livejournal.com]

I hate hard drive crashes. Hope everything works out.

Five Times a Superhero was surprised that Booster was intelligent.

Five Times a Superhero was Surprised that Booster was Intelligent

[idiosyn.livejournal.com]

I'm sure it will. And here I thought my final semester would be uneventful :P
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1
Wally looked at the stunned and slightly charred body of Doctor Alchemy, then at the copper cabling he used to give said stunned and slightly charred Doctor Alchemy an massive static shock. Then he looked sort of helplessly at Booster who had thrown him the cabling and shouted, 'Run!'

Booster just shrugged at the look and said- as if that was the part that confuzzled Wally, "Hydrogen is combustible."

2
Not five hours after the bronze original of Zues came to the Metropolis museum, taking place of the marble copy that was previously there, did it get stolen. Superman was in the middle of interviewing the witnesses when Booster came in who took one look around and said, "The statue's right there, what are you all getting worked up about?" When someone tried to tell him it was the bronze statue that was taken he insisted, "No, it's right there. Marble wouldn't be able to stand on those little feet without breaking. That's why marble statues always have those random stumps attached to people. The thief just painted it white and was probably waiting for everyone to leave before moving it."

Superman checked with his x-ray vision and let out a stunned, "He's right- that's the bronze statue!" Then, of course, Booster milked the attention his deducing gave him while Superman caught the thief, but at least that was to be expected.

3
The embassy had gotten a call on the emergency radio that someone had hijacked the JLI shuttle which Max, J'onn and Tedhad taken to a meeting in DC and would be making demands shortly. The other JLIers were in various states of lost and whooping at the chance to hunt down and beat someone up (that last one may have just been Guy). Oberon, however, was beside himself, trying to figure out how to find their abducted team members.

Booster cut in saying, "The Bug has a radio. When they call again we'll find the frequency on that and we'll be able to triangulate the source. Duh."

Oberon blinked. "Uh... yeah, sure. Go kick their asses, then."

4
Ted was busy cursing at his screen while Booster was in the doorway, moaning about wasting away and starving. "Look," Ted snapped, "if you want to eat, go eat! I'm not leaving until I figure out why this damn engine isn't producing as much power as it should!"

"It's because your power output is too high, it's causing a backup," came the automatic reply, "c'mooooooooooooon, Ted!"

"It is not too high!"

"Then lower it and prove me wrong."

Ted did just that. And proved Booster right. "....huh."

"Can we get dinner now?"

5
Were it anyone else (just about anyone else if he were perfectly honest), Bruce wouldn't be worrying. His back-up either would've been able to figure out a way to help him out or would have the sense to stall long enough for Bruce to free himself. With Booster, however... there was a good chance of someone getting hurt that shouldn't be getting hurt.

"Seriously," the thug jammed the muzzle of his M16 hard against Bruce's head, "you take a step closer and I'm pluggin' the Bat!"

"You know that sounded dirty, right?" Booster said, standing nonchalant with his arms crossed. "You seriously think you can kill him with that thing?"

"It's a freakin' rifle, man! An' he's just a guy- he ain't no Superman!"

"You're doing nothing with that thing. Trust me. You might as well just put it down and give yourself up."

The thug snarled a 'fuck you!' and pulled the trigger. The rifle made a painful, gritty noise, but that was it. A gold flash of energy knocked him into the wall five feet back and unconscious.

Booster sighed, picking up the M16, putting on the safety and unchambering the round. "I'd say next time either don't drop your rifle in the mud or get a better weapon that won't jam up, but I don't think it really matters at this point."

Bruce stood up, brushing the slashed zip-ties from his wrist. "Well done, Booster. I'll take it from here."

With a grin and a jaunty salute, Booster took to the air. "Catch you later, then."

[eerian_sadow]

oh! i have one!

Five times the Wreckers got caught being cute.

(for a given definition of cute, of course. ~_^)

Five Times the Wreckers Got Caught Being Cute

[idiosyn.livejournal.com]

1
Twin Twist, Whirl, Scoop and Broadside once followed Roadbuster around the Hub for the better part of three hours, just saying "please please please please please" until Roadbuster eventually said, "Alright, alright! Tell Springer I approve the official movie night. I wasn't going to say no, I just had some actual work to finish first."

"Yeeeeeeeees!" The other four Wreckers cheered, rushing out tell their CO. "Thanks, RB!"

Roadbuster just shook his head and laughed at them.

2
Cybertronians didn't haven't a plethora of holidays, partly because they saw little point in them and partly because the war wouldn't stop for celebrations. One that endured was the Source Creation, the day that Primus (presumably) came into existence and from which all other Cybertronian life came from. Observance for the day generally stayed in two basic practices: jubilant celebration of life or subdued respect of those returned to the Primus.

Optimus had always been in the latter category, especially since he ascended to Prime. Which was why it took him by surprise when the Wreckers practically dragged him to the celebratory party instead. "We respect how you observe Source Creation," Springer told him, "but you dwell on those lost every single day. You need a moment to really remember the ones that are still around you and celebrate the time you still have with them."

And Optimus did look around at all the laughing, carefree faces of his Autobots around him, at the bonds of friendship and life and he couldn't help being grateful for being pulled into it all.

3
When Fireflight entered the hangar he was expecting Sandstorm there. He wasn't, however, expecting Sandstorm to say, "You wanted to go somewhere?"

Fireflight gave him a confused look, "I thought you wanted to show me something."

All of the sudden the hangar lights shut off. All except for one corner that was lit low, showing off a table and two chairs. The table was set with two elegant glasses of energon (which proved to be flavored) and a large, decorated oil cake. From somewhere above, romantic music began playing.

Sandstorm put a hand to his facemask in embarrassment, "For the love of... I'm gonna kill those guys."

The Aerialbot just laughed and pulled Sandstorm toward the table. "I think it's sweet."

4
Topspin getting injured was hardly a rare occurrence. His getting injured bad enough to require major repairs and thus a stay in medical, however, was. But at least whenever this happened he was never lonely. Every Wrecker that wasn't on duty stayed at his side the entire time, chatting with him, just keeping him company. Sometimes it would just be one other Wrecker who talked quietly with him, sometimes it would be a good half dozen and practically a party in the medbay and not even the wrath of Ratchet would scare them off.

If anyone asked the Wrecker might- might -admit it was because whenever anyone else was seriously injured Topspin would stay with them the entire time and they were just returning the favor. But no one ever bothered to ask and Topspin understood and that was what was important.

5
No one would be able to really say how it began, not even the three original Wreckers could as the original group wasn't exactly touchy-feely with each other. Maybe it was the inclusion of Twin Twist, who needed constant physical connection, that started it all. Or Topspin who had no sense of personal space or Broadside who indulged everyone at all times. All anyone really knew was one day the Wreckers had dogpiled each other and didn't seem to care who came across them. After that, they dogpiled each other just about any chance they got.

"Because," Springer had admitted once and only once, "we're family. And, one day, we won't be able to do it again."

No one questioned it after that.

[bookworm-faith.livejournal.com]

*shyly peeks in* Ehh.. Young Justice or Batfamily: 5 times Robin (Tim) surprised Batman

Five Time Tim Surprised Bruce

[idiosyn.livejournal.com]

1
"You want to start a group."

"Yes."

"With Superboy and Impulse."

"Um... yes."

"You're serious about this."

"Yeeeees."

Bruce turned back to the computer in order to hide his surprise. "Good luck with that."

2
Bruce didn't normally do any extravagant for birthdays. At least not in private where it really counted. He'd thrown intimate parties for Dick who was used to birthdays being celebrated and always made a point to acknowledge the day with Jason who never thought the day special. Tim had his own family, though, so Bruce would send him a present and after Tim's party he'd suit up and go on patrol, just as Dick and Jason had always done on their birthdays.

When Tim was sent to Brentwood Academy, Bruce offered to take him to a nice diner or host a small party for his birthday as a sort of olive branch.

"I was actually going to spend it with my friends," Tim said and Bruce's mind automatically began unfolding the profile of the boys in Brentwood that Alfred had told him about. Tim must've known this because he said, "I meant with Young Justice. They're trying to get me to socialize more and... well... someone," which turned into Dick in Bruce's head, "told Bart my birthday and of course he told everyone else and I know they're planning on throwing me a party so..." he shrugged a little helplessly but Bruce could see a part of Tim was happy about this, "figured I shouldn't disappoint them."

A little surprised and pleased himself, Bruce just told him, "Alright."

3
"You told them your identity."

Tim doesn't even hesitate, just snapping back, "Yes, because it's my identity to give, not yours."

"It wouldn't be difficult to trace you to me and then Dick. Your identity isn't yours alone- you've put all of us at risk-"

Tim turned and glared and if Bruce hadn't been convinced that Tim was the one most like him, that look would have. "No more at risk than it was before. I trust my friends to keep this safe. Just like you trust the League. And if you can trust me despite my age, then you can trust them."

Bruce, without having a proper rebuttal, let him leave.

4
He scoured his memory a dozen times but Bruce still couldn't figure out how it happened, just that one day he was no longer able to tell what Tim was thinking or feeling. Bruce had asked him a question- fairly inconsequential, really, about his team -and his ability to read Tim was suddenly shut off. His expression was pleasant enough and tone light but everything beyond the surface was closed to all of Bruce's scrutiny. From that moment on, Tim's ability to keep Bruce out just went deeper and deeper.

Bruce wasn't certain which part bothered him most- that Tim had the ability at all or that Bruce had done something (several somethings) to make Tim unable to trust him.

5
Bruce entered the room just in time to hear Time say, "I told you water wasn't conductive on it's own! It's the salt on our skin that makes it conductive!"

"You said no such thing! You purposefully didn't say it in an attempt to assassinate me and regain your position as Robin!"

"One, it's a good thing you're no longer with the League of Assassins or being 'assassinated by unintentional electrocution' would've been a sad way to go. Two, if I didn't tell you, it's probably because you should already know this!"

"If I already knew all this, then why bother explaining it all to begin with, Drake?"

Bruce left Damian and Tim to their argument, wandering over to Alfred and saying, "They're actually getting along?"

"Surprising, isn't it, sir?"

"Yeah." But, nonetheless, Bruce was happy about it.

[sophiap.livejournal.com]

Ooh!

How about "Five things Rainbow Dash doesn't want her friends to know."

[idiosyn.livejournal.com]

1
Rainbow Dash actually really likes cute dresses and she's spent many a day lounging on a cloud outside the Carousel Boutique admiring the saddles and dresses in the window. What Rainbow Dash doesn't like, however, is Rarity constantly fussing over every little detail and forcing her to stand there for hours.

2
It would probably break Pinkie Pie's sugar-coated heart, but Rainbow Dash isn't a fan of sweets. She's more of a fruit kind of filly and would pick one of Applejack's tarts over any of Pinkie Pie's cupcakes every time. Of course she'd still eat a cupcake if it was given to her because, hey! Free food! But still.

3
The reason why Rainbow Dash moved from Cloudsdale to Ponyville was because of Fluttershy. Granted they didn't really know each other until flight school and Rainbow Dash only knew her because she was so shy and quiet and... well, bad at flying, but she also knew Fluttershy was picked on a lot and if there was one thing Rainbow Dash didn't like, it was a bully. So she watched over Fluttershy in flight school and when Fluttershy decided to move to the ground, Rainbow Dash followed her to make sure none of the earth ponies gave her a hard time. By the time she was convinced Fluttershy would be fine on her own, Rainbow Dash grew to like the town herself and stayed for herself.

4
Rainbow Dash hates scary movies. Oh sure, she can go through the Everfree Forest without so much as tail flicker, but she can't watch scary movies to save her life. There's just something about knowing something bad is going to happen and having no way of stopping it that just gets to her.

5
She never really had many friends until Twilight Sparkle and the others. Yeah, Gilda who was awesome (until she wasn't) but asides from that, Rainbow Dash didn't really have anyone else she hung out with. Maybe it was because she was so competitive and proud and kind of abrasive (and she did know what that meant and it wasn't because Twilight told her) but she also kinda thought if she had to change herself so someone would be friends with her, they weren't really worth being friends with. It wasn't until the whole Nightmare Moon thing that she found other ponies that were fine with her being so... Rainbow Dash-y. And having those kinds of awesome friends was also about the coolest thing ever and she didn't ever want to lose them.

[tiamat1972.livejournal.com]

Hmmmm, let's see...

Five times the Wreckers blew Springer's processor.

Hope you get your programs back. If it helps, OpenOffice is free, works on every OS and is compatible with MS Office docs. Can't help with iTunes though.

[idiosyn.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I'll give it a try!
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1
"Okay, seriously. How many times have I told you guys not to interact with less technologically advanced planets? If Prime found out you were messing with the SETI Institute, he'd have your cranial units on spikes."

2
"No, Roadbuster does not look good in electric blue and no, I don't think he'll appreciate it when he wakes up."

3
"Who the frag thought it was a good idea to tie Prowl up in my office? Now I'm going to have to listen to him nag at me for the next meta-cycle!"

4
"There have been many, many times when I wonder how all of you have managed to survive this long and particularly why I haven't killed all of you yet. That being said, you will find a solvent strong enough to unglue my pedes. Right. Now."

5
"No. I don't want to know. You just put that fuzzy... tentacle... thing back where you found it."

[rebecky-mo.livejournal.com]

Hard drive crashes are the devil. Thank goodness for your friend. :D (which reminds me, I need to back mine up again soon.)

Hm, prompts....Can I put two?

1) Five times Raoul acted like a big brother/family (G1 Transformers)

2) Five times Usopp saved the day. (One Piece)

Five Times Usopp Saved the Day

[idiosyn.livejournal.com]

Only one per, I'm afraid. My body's decided to give out on me today :( (and dear god, that icon XD)
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1
Usopp was regaling Luffy and Chopper with his tales again. Which normally wouldn't be noteworthy except for the fact that Luffy was supposed to be keeping a lookout in the crow's nest. So when Usopp did a dramatic turn shouting, "-and then the Marines came up for a sneak attack!" he actually was pointing at a Marine ship coming in for a sneak attack which made him go, "AAAAAAAAAAA!"

But at least it also got the attention of everyone else and impressed Luffy and Chopper even more because how did he know and Usopp laughed proudly from his hiding place behind some barrels, "Captain Usopp knows everything!"

2
There was only so much 'damn ero-cook' and 'shitty marimo' the crew could take and even less damage the Going Merry could from constant fighting. So, every once in a while (that's been getting more and more often if anyone noticed), Usopp would make his mini-lab in the galley and if Zoro came in looking extra obstinate or if Sanji was being extra pissed, he'd smoothly deflect one or both their attentions onto himself. It didn't always work but at least there were less damaged walls and floorboards than the would've been and that was good enough for Usopp.

3
Usopp was tearing down the hall screaming, as was his usual duty on any adventure. After about twenty doors he passed by, Usopp skidded to a stop, jogged backwards and peered inside a room with a large monitor. The monitor had several smaller ones that looked kind of like security feeds showing the other Straw Hat member fighting or being terrorized by some mechanical puppet looking things. Usopp looked down at the buttons around him and found one marked 'security switch'. He pushed it on to the 'off' position. The mechanical puppets suddenly stopped and then vanished from whence they came. On the monitor, the Straw Hats looked relieved (Nami and Chopper) or disappointed (everyone else except Robin who looked just as indifferent as ever).

Usopp just blinked at the monitor and said, "Huh."

4
They were dangling over a cliff filled with sharp rocks that looked rather capable of impaling but at least they weren't falling anymore.

Franky gave Usopp a considering look, "I thought all your Green Stars were weapons."

"Of course not!" He said proudly, one hand trying to keep his hat on his head. "I've also designed many of them to be useful tools!"

From somewhere came Brook's hesitant voice, "Ah, I'm sorry to say this, Usopp-san, but I think this perfectly handy rope may be trying to eat me. Even though I'm all bones."

At Franky's look, Usopp gave a sheepish, "So this one may actually be carnivorous..."

5
There was one gasp and one wet spluttering as Usopp dragged Luffy onto the dock. "That," Usopp said, hacking up a bit of water, "was an incredibly dumb thing for the future Pirate King to fall for."

"Sowwy," Luffy replied, trying to get the ocean out of his nose.

Usopp just laughed breathlessly and patted Luffy's shoulder. "That's to be expect for you, though." He gave his captain a big grin. "Go kick his ass, Luffy."

Luffy grinned back, "Of course!"

[therixkeycopy.livejournal.com]

Eeeeck hard drive crashes. Hope your friend can help with iTunes and Word.


Um...RepCom: Five Times a Delta felt no one was watching.

[idiosyn.livejournal.com]

(gawd, delta! why such woobies?)
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1
It was a dare. Also boredom (for the incredibly rare times they actually had to be bored), but mostly because it was a dare, Fixer used the terminal in Delta's room and proved it was possible to hack into Kamino's mainframe with it. The Kaminoans watched them very closely after that but there was an undeniable gleam of pride in Sergeant Vau's eyes.

2
It had to have been... what- their fifth mission? Eighth, maybe? In any case, it was rainy, muddy and generally absolutely miserable. The air was rank and the one time any of them had broken the environment seals on their armor, something ended up making Sev sick to the point the anti-bodies injected into him barely managed to keep him on his feet. But they were stuck there and would continue to be stuck there until their mission was complete. They'd have no communication until they took over a communications tower and they couldn't do that until they sabotaged the factory and no one would ever come looking for them if they failed.

Boss looked around at Sev reclining painfully against a tree, Fixer desperately trying to keep their more delicate gear functional and Scorch trying to get some snatches of sleep. For the first Boss realized just how much their job sucked.

3
Vau was here. For the first time since they left Kamino, they were going to see Vau again! Delta didn't really know what he was there for, but surely he'd want to make sure his squads were doing well, that they had to proper equipment. Surely he'd want to hear their reports so Delta kept to the barracks and waited patiently.

And waited.

And kept waiting.

He never came by that barracks that day and when Delta went in to get their next assignment, Boss asked one of the clerks were their former sergeant was.

"Walon Vau?" The clerk said, "He took a shuttle off-world after his meeting yesterday."

Boss gave his appreciation and Delta went on to get their mission and then to complete it, all while trying to ignore the sharp stinging in their chests.

4
Boss made a 'che' sound in his helmet, ducking back into hiding. "They've got this corridor tight. No way I'm getting through."

"/Yeah?/" Scorch's voice came over the comm, "/I'm actually feeling a little lonely over here. I haven't seen a single tinny. Can I make some friends, Boss?/"

Smirking to himself, Boss replied, "Make as many as you want."

From somewhere about five corridors down, there was a massive explosion. Practically all the droids that were guarding the hall to the control room went off to investigate, giving Boss more than ample opportunity to sneak in. "Still feeling lonely, Scorch?"

"/I've decided I'm not really feeling up for company./"

5
When Sev was taken away. No one else cared, no one else gave him a second thought and no one would let the other Deltas go after him. For all that they were created and trained and were prepared to die for the Republic, after all that they did it became clear at that moment:

No one was watching out for Delta. The only ones that cared about them were themselves.

[fleur-de-liz.livejournal.com]

Ugh, technology just plain sucks sometimes.

Five times Ted and Booster were caught in compromising situations.

[idiosyn.livejournal.com]

1
"We've tried it every way we could think of," Ted was saying. "We tried hands, we tried on his back, we tried standing, we tried with him holding me from behind-"

Beatriz, who had been walking by and overhearing the conversation Ted was having with Scott, paused with her eyes wide and mouth opened to speak-

"Flying! I'm talking about flying!"

2
It was Tora's birthday so of course there was a party and even if she wasn't much of a drinker, of course there was alcohol which was imbued in great quantities by the ones that did drink. Which included Ted but didn't include Booster so when Ted got drunk enough to the point he got clingy (and he was a very clingy drunk) he also got to the point where he a) didn't care, and b) usually didn't remember. But Booster did for both a) and b), especially when everyone else kept giving Booster and his cuddle-drunk best friend significant looks.

3
"Look- the first time you two got tied together in your underwear was a prank that backfired. By the ninth time, that's you guys having some kind of unresolved sexual issue."

4
"-God, just... fuck you, Booster. Fuck you."

"Like you ever would."

There was a long pause, then the sound of Sue's peals of laughter. Ted gave Booster an unamused look and said, "You realize that wasn't an actual comeback, right?"

5
Booster was the first in the room by virtue of his flight ring and the fact that Ted was alive. He bowled the man over in a hug so big it sent the two to the floor. The others came in at a much more leisurely pace, watching the two with great big smiles of joy and the occasional wet eyes.

Ted awkwardly patted Booster's back and said, "Hey, buddy? Think you wanna get offa me now?"

"No," Booster sobbed wetly against Ted's neck. "I'm never letting you go again."

Ted couldn't help but smile a little, letting his arms wrap around trembling shoulders. "Well... that's okay."

[madripoor-rose.livejournal.com]

Thundercats '11: 5 times Liono found a piece of 'technology'.

JLI: 5 things about the 20th Century that Beetle had to explain to Booster.

Five Times Lion-O Found a Piece of Technology

[idiosyn.livejournal.com]

1
One of the groundskeepers went up to Lion-O and told him that Snarf was digging in the gardens again and when the young prince went to grab his pet, Snarf sat with something in his mouth that looked like a broken piece of stiff board covered in little dots and pieces of string. Lion-O had thrown it away at that time and when he figured out what it was, years later, he kicked himself something fierce.

2
During one of his allowed excursions to the market, Lion-O had slipped away from his handlers and made his way toward the middle-class section of the city, just to see what it was like. Before he'd even gotten there he saw a simian with the strangest pendant Lion-O had ever seen. It was made out of some clear glass, long, thin and rounded with a metal cap connecting the glass to string. But the oddest part was what looked like a wire looped around inside. Lion-O had gone up to ask to get a closer look and the simian looked at with something like fear and that's when the prince realized his handlers had found him again and weren't pleased.

When Lion-O looked back, the simian and his strange pendant were gone.

3
It had just been lying on the ground, the metal dinged up and surface tarnished from scratching claws and feet kicking dirt and mud on it. But Lion-O had it now and it was wonderful for the sheer fact that he didn't know what it was but knew it was nothing he'd ever seen before.

His claws found seams in the casing but he couldn't open it. He slid a thin dagger and eased it around, eventually hitting some kind of fastening on the inside. Having no way to unfasten it and afraid to damage this odd treasure, Lion-O stopped prying. But he had found something stamped on the (presumed) underside and though he couldn't read it he traced over the raised markings and knew- just knew -this was technology.

4
As he grew older Lion-O found that people paid less attention to him, never really noticed him. Especially if Tygra was around. Normally it bothered him- why wouldn't it? -but after Thundarian troops returned from battle, Lion-O thought the lack of attention was a wonderful thing. Because it meant no one would miss him when, in a week or so, he'd go down to the ill-reputable parts of town and see if any scavengers found anymore pieces of tech.

5
They found him mucking about in the wreck of the lizard camp, crouched over something and when they ask, Lion-O sits back to reveal a pair of... somethings. They fit a bit bulky in his hand, but he gives one to Panthro. It squawks in the general's hand before Lion-O's voice comes out, loud and tinny and broken on the edges, "Testing, test, test."

"Whoaaaaaaaa!" The kittens clamber all over Panthro, trying to get a closer look at the little talking box. "What was that? Do it again!"

"It's some kind of communication device," Lion-O told them. "I don't know the range, but we can talk over a distance now."

Tygra kneels, poking at the one in his brother's hand. "Really? Huh- technology is pretty useful. Not like the junk you've been collecting over the years."

Of course he had to get a backhanded insult in there. "You're a jerk, Tygra."

Five Times Prowl was Caught Laughing

[idiosyn.livejournal.com]

1
Everyone said Prowl had no sense of humor but Jazz knew that wasn't true- it was just so dry, most didn't notice when it went right by them. But Jazz knew- he knew -that Prowl found some of the pranks that he dished out punishment for amusing. He could see it in the way the corner of Prowl's lips cinched tight and his doorwings tensed and how he'd grip at the datapads he constantly had in his hands.

So, after a particularly lip-cinching, doorwing-tensing, datapad-gripping prank, Jazz broke into Prowl's office to find the 2IC laughing into his desk and crowed triumphantly, "I KNEW IT!"

2
Security escorted Bluestreak directly to Prowl who asked tightly just where the gunner had been. He came in close, hands twitching but did nothing else.

A doorwing shrugged and Bluestreak couldn't exactly look at the other mech as he said shamefully, "I just... got a little lost?"

Prowl suddenly broke out in laughter, edged with relief and a what might've been hysteria. He grabbed Bluestreak and held him tight until the laughter turned into hitching little frightened hiccups deep in his engine and he whispered, "Don't ever do that to me again."

3
It would be an incident talked about for meta-cycles, how all of the sudden there was a shriek of laughter that came, undeniably, from Prowl of all mechs. The source was Springer who had snuck up from behind and tickled the hinges behind stiff doorwings. The yelling and datapad-whapping he got in response behind closed doors, Springer felt, was well worth it.

4
Prowl rarely drank high grade and when he did it was always with a selected few he could trust not to make a production out of it. They and he sat in a loose circle and Prowl was comfortable and relaxed and only half paying attention to what was being said around him. He couldn't remember what it was that caused it, but he remembered laughing and he remember Optimus Prime saying kindly afterward, "You don't do that nearly enough, old friend."

5
It was over. He had hoped just as he never believed, but it was over. Everything. Prowl sat back, stunned, and repeated it in his head. Then out loud. "It's over." He looked over the command center at the other Autobots cheering and celebrating and he felt a surge of relief lifting over a millenia of responsibility and consequences off his spark. "It's over." He laughed like he never knew he could and he held his head in his hands and envied the humans for their ability to weep with joy.

[poisonivory.livejournal.com]

Five times Ted couldn't say no to Booster. :)

Five Times Ted Couldn't Say No to Booster

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Every time, but he'll never tell Booster that. Honestly, it would probably be easier to ask how many times he could tell Booster no.

2
He almost managed to say no to him when Booster wanted to learn how to pilot the Bug. To be more precise, Ted constantly told Booster no, but Booster kept asking and asking and it was the combination of that pitiful pleading and the kicked puppy look whenever Ted shot the idea down and the idea that Ted probably should have at least one other person know how to pilot his baby in case he was out of commission that had Ted caving in.

(If he'd known about the big, giddy grin and child-like joy on Booster's face when he finally said yes, Ted probably would've agreed a lot sooner.)

3
When it was all said and done- when the JLI dissolved, Mount Thunder out of commission, everyone split and gone their separate ways and Ted had nothing but a joint business with Booster to fall back on, his best friend said, "Why don't we get an apartment together?"

Ted looked at him blankly and he could see the reasons Booster was ready to give him as easily as Ted could list them off in his head. So, saving them both the hassle, he said, "Alright."

4
When Booster asked if this... Thing between them was okay. The Thing that neither were really prepared to label or even acknowledge. And Booster looked so scared when he asked and if this wasn't okay Ted knew he'd lose Booster for ever and he didn't think he could handle that. So Ted said yes. And when Booster asked if he could kiss Ted, he said yes to that. And he said yes to everything that came after.

5
"Don't leave me. Not again."

Ted wanted to make some half-flippant, half-truthful remark about how dying wasn't really his choice the first time so it probably wouldn't be his choice the second. But he looked into Booster's eyes and saw a partly-mended man who didn't look like he could survive being broken again and Ted just didn't have it in him to do anything less than pull him close and say, "I promise."

Five Times Tracks Saved Raoul

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I haven't watched the cartoons in years so forgive me if I get either one (particularly raoul) wrong
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1
Tracks didn't know exactly what was going on, just that there was a lot of noise and flashing lights and Raoul and his buddies were being chased down by cars, weaving around lampposts and trash cans in their attempt to run over the teens. And that was enough reason for Tracks to pop open his doors and say, "Get in!" before peeling away faster than any human car could follow.

The teens panted, twisted around in the seats to watch the lights fade away before sprawling out and laughing at each other.

Tracks- holding off on snapping at the dirt and sweat they were getting on his upholstery until he figured out the situation -asked, "Who were those guys?"

"Just the police," Raoul said breathlessly, "nothin' important."

Oh, Prowl was gonna yell at him.

2
The world went haywire and everything from Raoul's brain to the fillings in his teeth rattled painfully. When everything finally stopped spinning he looked to find Tracks cradling him in one hand. Only one hand because his other was blackened and cracked on the ground where Raoul had been standing.

"Did... did you just-"

"Getting an arm replaced is nothing," Tracks said tightly. "Getting my paint stripped and bodywork redone because your blood and organs were splattered all over it is slightly more traumatizing."

Raoul gave a little laugh. "Whatever, man."

3
Another day another dumb Decepticon plan requiring brainwashed humans. Who, of course, couldn't be stepped on because of diplomatic relations and blahblahblah...

(Personally Tracks wouldn't have stepped on them anyway just because they were so squishy and would probably get some fleshy bits in every little hard-to-get-to joint they could but still.)

Whatever. Tracks was content to let the other Autobots do all the work, herding the afflicted humans in one place and destroying the brainwashing machine. Fine with him, no sense in getting his paintjob scratched up unnecessar-

Was... was that Raoul? What's he doing here? Especially at a time like this? Tracks peered down the street and it was, sure enough, the teen, shuffling along as if he didn't know what was going on. As if he was... oh. Oh they so did not...

Tracks growled and pushed off toward the fight. It's on, now.

4
He came, no questions asked because he knew they wouldn't be answered. Just pulled up to the bar where Raoul was waiting. The teen- more like a young man now, if Tracks knew his human age limits correctly -flopped into the passenger seat and Tracks's sensors picked up an overabundance of alcohol.

Tracks pulled away and drove silently and Raoul did nothing more than stare out the window. Eventually, pulling out of the city limits and into the solitude of the treeline, Tracks said, "Wanna tell me what's up?"

For a long moment Raoul said nothing. Then he reached over and patted the dashboard saying, "I'm glad you're here, buddy."

5
Raoul stretched out on the little catwalk set up in medical so the humans could visit their recovering Autobot friends without having to strain anything. Below him Tracks was looking through a datapad, looking less than perfect.

"Seriously, man- that was really stupid of you."

"Shut up."

"I mean, you didn't have to go all viking berserker on me."

"Whatever."

"It wasn't like I was in any actually kind of danger."

"You were being held hostage."

"Yeah. By inept psychopathic Decepticons."

"Who are psychopathic."

"But mostly inept."

Tracks put down his datapad and glared. "Just say thank you and shut up."

Raoul grinned right back. "Thanks."

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Oh no!! I hope everything works out with the docs! I would go insane if this happened to me...

I just noticed that "You and I Collide" (my favorite original OTP in forever XD) sooo...could I request "Five Awkward Family Moments with the Aerialbots and Wreckers"?

Once again I hope everything works out!

Five Awkward Family Moments

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"Yo, Sandy! Open up, we've got some requisition stuff for you to look at! C'mon- open up! I don't have all-"

The door whooshed open, cutting Twin Twist off in midrant. Mainly because the one that opened the door was Fireflight who said lowly, "Shhh- Sandstorm is still recharging."

"Oh. Uh. Could you give this to him, then?"

"Sure." The Aerialbot took the datapad with a smile and closed the door again.

Twin Twist stood there for a long moment and then said to no one in particular, "Since when did Sandstorm let anyone in his quarters?"

2
As was his habit whenever boredom set in, Air Raid burst through Fireflight's door with a boisterous, "Hey-" that was abruptly cut off when a wrist blaster was jammed against the soft, malleable surface of his underjaw.

There was a surprised squeak and over sharp angles of orange and black armor, Air Raid could see his wingmate jumping up from the berth. "Stop! Sandstorm, stop! It's just Air Raid!"

The Wrecker pulled back, focus finally coming back to his optics. "Oh. Uh, sorry. What are you doing just bursting in like that, anyway?"

Air Raid let out an explosion of inarticulate curses in response.

3
"So."

"So."

"Yeah..."

Topspin gave the Aerialbots a knowing look. "Spying on their date, too, huh?"

Slingshot's internals flushed as his wingmates and the other Wreckers attempted to look dignified in their hiding spot. "Shut up."

4
Skydive approached the first Wrecker he found upon entering Xantium who just happened to be Whirl. "Here, the Aerialbot bot said, "would you give this to Sandstorm? He left it in Fireflight's quarters."

Whirl took one look at the thing and said, "That's not Sandstorm's, that's Topspin's."

Skydive just stared at him blankly. "What?"

"It's Topspin's. It's a plug exciter. You know- a toy."

Skydive managed to look extremely disturbed without changing his expression. "A... toy. Topspin's toy."

"Yeah. He probably let Sandstorm borrow it, though if Fireflight's giving it back, they probably didn't like it much." Whirl picked up the toy, not noticing or not caring about how unnerved Skydive had become, "I'll give it back to him."

"Yeah. I'm going to go now. And forget I had this conversation."

5
"I... wait, did I hear that right?"

"Hrrrrn."

"You guys- the reason why all of you are in here..."

"Mrrrrrrr."

"Is because you were defending... Sandstorm?"

"No," Slingshot said hastily, "we were defending Fireflight. That triplechanger of yours just happened to be the subject, that's all."

But Springer's grin spread. "You guys really got into a fight over Sandstorm's honor? I think that officially makes us family."

Air Raid casually kicked his pedes up over Skydive's lap who automatically shoved them off, "So does that make you our daddy?"

"Hey, Daddy," Silverbolt leaned against the wall, looking amazingly sheepish and shameless at the same time, "care to post our bail?"

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I hope everything works out with your computer!

Also: (Transformers) Five times Sideswipe wished he was an only child.

Five Times Sideswipe Wished He was an Only Child

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Never.

2
No, seriously. Never.

3
What a silly thing to ask.

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Okay, maybe when Sunstreaker is being particularly sociopathic and everyone is expecting Sideswipe to deal with him, but that's the only time.

5
Also maybe whenever Sunstreaker is chasing him down because of a prank, but that's really really it this time.

i love it when you do this

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Five times Fluttershy used the Stare

Five times Tygra got caught acting like a big brother.

Five Time Tygra Got Caught Acting like a Big Brother

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Good God this got long.
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1
Lion-O didn't hear about it until later, long after Tygra had dumped a bandaged and whimpering Snarf into his arms with a terse, "Take better care of your stupid pet."

It wasn't until after Lion-O overheard someone talking about how Snarf had gotten outside the castle grounds where he was chased by kittens throwing stones at him and how Tygra fought them off and took Snarf to a healer did Lion-O recall the bandages on his own brother.

2
Even through the doors he could hear the tutor screeching to Claudus about how he never paid attention, never bothered with his lessons and was constantly daydreaming. And then, of course, because that on it's own wasn't humiliating enough, went on about how Tygra was so diligent, considerate, clever...

Lion-O hated it. It made him sick and he hated it.

"C'mon."

He looked up to find Tygra standing there, ears flickering in irritation. "Get up."

"Why?" Came the accusatory question.

"Because you don't need to listen to what that blowhard has to say."

Lion-O sneered, but he let Tygra grab his arm and pull him up. "I thought you liked me hearing others praise you."

"Well maybe I get tired of hearing it sometimes. C'mon," he tucked Lion-O under an arm and pulled him away, "I'm bored and I smelled biscuits cooking on my way here."

Later, after they'd pilfered a double handful of cinnamon biscuits, Lion-O said, "Political history is boring."

"It's easy once you get the trick of it." Tygra popped the last bit into his mouth and sucked the crumbs from his fingers, "I'll teach you."

3
He hit him. Tygra actually hit him. Tygra had never hit him before- not outside of a sparing match and never with his fist. Then Tygra ran off and Claudus grabbed Lion-O by the arm and roared in his face, "Don't say that- don't ever dare say that to your brother again!"

Lion-O sobbed, frightened and hurt and victimized, "He's not my brother!"

Jaga touched Claudus's wrist and his grip loosened enough for Lion-O to slip out and run. He ran deep into the garden among the trees thick with leaves and fruit to a thick-trunked acorn whose inside had rotted and burned out in a fire and Lion-O was still small enough to curl up inside it. He didn't know how long he sobbed quietly in there but eventually someone found him.

"I heard Father yelled at you," came a quiet voice. Lion-O sniffled but said nothing. Eventually the mumbling continued, "'M sorry I hit you. It just... what you said really hurt."

"'M sorry I said it," Lion-O mumbled back. "I was angry an' I didn't mean it." His sobbing renewed, "Father hates me..!"

"No he doesn't. Father could never hate you. He just doesn't know what to do with you sometimes." Tygra sat by the opening and put an arm around Lion-O as best he could. "You're still his son and he's always going to love you for that alone."

Lion-O buried himself against Tygra's side. "I'm glad you're my brother."

4
There was a lizard encampment that required scouting to find out why they were there- if it was for a stone or if they had picked up the Thundercats' trail. Even before Panthro finished, Tygra volunteered to go.

"This should be something discussed back at camp," Panthro said pointedly, "with everyone."

"No it doesn't, because I'm going to volunteer for the mission anyway."

"You're just doing it to keep Lion-O from going, aren't you?"

Tygra gave a rakish grin, "Of course."

"Because you don't think he can pull it off?"

"Because if someone ends up getting caught, it's best if it's the most expendable one. Lion-O is the last person we lose. I'm not."

A smirk twisted Panthro's lips, "At least you're starting to take this seriously."

5
It was too cold and stormy outside and too cramped and stuffy inside the ThunderTank, but there was little other choice for the group to bunker down for the night. Cheetara sat outside on watch, huddled in a little lean-to and piled on with all available blankets. She looked down, just as lightening flashed and through the rain and glass she could see the backseat where Lion-O was asleep, his head cushioned on his brother's shoulders and one kitten curled under each of Tygra's arms.

She just smiled to herself and looked back into the darkness.

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Hmmm... For Mass Effect

Five times Shepard confused the crew.

Five Times Shepard Confused the Crew

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Letting aliens on the Normandy. The ship was made by humans for humans!

"The Normandy was a joint creation between human and turian governments."

That's not the point!

The commander just lifted an eyebrow. "I think that's precisely the point."

2
Garrus came to her because Liara was busy with some new Prothean artifacts that were found and Wrex was, well, krogan and thus not someone Garrus generally went to for conversation. So he went to Tali and asked and she just looked at him a little blankly.

"Yeah, why?"

"You don't think that's... odd?"

The quarian tilted her head in what might have been amusement. "You mean all your other commanders never hung around just to talk to you?"

"No. Do quarian captains usually do that?"

Tali opened her mouth to say 'Of course not, there's far too many on each ship for such a thing' when she paused and realized that, even if the Normandy was a fraction of the size of any in the flotilla, there still was a good number of personnel in it. Tali barely even knew all the technicians in engineering and yet Shepard seemed to know everyone on board.

"Huh." She said eventually. "I never thought about it before."

3
Wrex looked at the human in confusion. "You want to go out celebrating a krogan holiday with me?"

"Yeah."

He dwelled on this for a moment. "Why?"

"Why not?"

He dwelled some more. "Good enough for me."

4
Jacob couldn't help asking, "You do realize all the thinks the Illusive Man did to bring you back to life, right? All the time and resources?"

"Yup," Shepard said easily.

"Don't you feel any... obligation to him?"

"Not particularly."

"Mind if I ask why?"

Eyes slide sideways, giving Jacob a cool look. "He knows I don't like Cerberus and I know he's just using me for his own agenda."

"And that's enough reason for you to just do your own thing?"

"That's what he brought me back for, isn't it? Besides, I'm doing the right thing no matter who thinks I owe 'em favors. If your conscience can't deal with that, I suggest you get off at the next port."

Jacob grinned and shook his head, "Not at all. I just wanted to get it all cleared up."

5
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! What is he talking about? What the hell are you talking about?"

Jacob ignored Jack's outburst and repeated calmly, "Shepard's sending us away."

"But why?" Tali's hands were fisted. "With the trial coming up-"

"The trial is precisely the reason," Miranda interrupted. "Shepard doesn't want us to disrupt the proceedings."

"Or start a riot if the give a verdict that we don't like," Jacob added.

Grunt looked extremely put out, "We're not allowed to riot?"

"We've been with the commander through hell- some of us more than once -and now we're being sent away?" Garrus hissed, "Like children?"

"We don't like it any more than the rest of you," Miranda said with forced calm. "After everything Shepard's done- for us and for the entire galaxy -there's nothing more we'd rather do than be there with our support. But Shepard is asking us to do this. And it may be the last order the commander gives us."

"So?" Jacob asked, looking at those visibly steaming at the news and the others quietly taking it all in. "Are we going to do this?"

Nine shoulders bristled and they all said at one, "Hell no!"

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Five Times Prowl kissed the Twins.

Five Times Prowl Kissed the Twins

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1
If you asked Prowl? Never.

2
If you asked the twins? Also never- they're always the ones that initiate.

3
If you watch closely, though- so closely Prowl doesn't notice you, doesn't even suspect anyone else is remotely nearby -you can see him kiss the two tenderly as they sleep.

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Or if one of them is in medical for doing something stupid and brave and nearly paying the price for saving lives.

5
Or just because he's grateful he has them, behind closed doors where he can open up and they'll wrap themselves around him, keeping every vulnerable moment secret from the world.

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Mind if I steal this challenge? It sounds fun. :D

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And I hope you get all of your files back! I've lost files like that before but thankfully had an external hard drive at the time.