“You want a what?” Megatron question as he leaned down from his seat to get a better look at Darkscream. “Darkscream, say that again.” He watched as the blue seeker rubbed the back of her head.

“I’d like a day off. Besides, I could keep the Insecticons busy so they wont bother you," replied Darkscream.

Almost as if they knew, Kickback, Bombshell, and Shrapnel came running in and barely missed colliding with each other. They gathered themselves and looked up to Megatron. “She’s right, right,” said Shrapnel as a grin appeared on his face.

“Ya, wouldn’t you rather have us out?” added Kickback. He then grinned as Megatron pondered this, while drumming his gray fingers on the chair. He watched as the trio climbed up on Darkscream and to his surprise, she didn’t swat them off. She was, instead, laughing with them.

Rubbing his chin, he thought before answering. “Alright Darkscream, you can have the day off. Just keep them out of the way,” he finally said with a glare at the Insecticons who were going to jump on him. He then dismissed the Insecticons and Darkscream.

As they left, Megatron turned to see Soundwave. He was silent as the boxy blue Decepticon walked into the room. “Soundwave, was this such a good idea to let them go with her?”he asked his second. As usual, Soundwave remained quiet to let Megatron think this over. It was his choice after all, but still, he may regret doing it.

“Okay, since we’re out here, got any ideas?” Darkscream pondered as she looked down to Bombshell. Her gaze then moving over to Shrapnel and Kickback. She blinked when Kickback yelled, "Party!"

“Party, party?" Shrapnel looked over as he spoke. He crossed his arms as Bombshell spoke up. "Where would we put it?" That was the perfect question as the other two Insecticons and Darkscream wondered. Where could it be placed?

Darkscream came up with an idea and grinned. That grin made the Insecticons nervous. “I know exactly where to go. Hop down and I’ll be back in five,” she said before turning. "This will indeed be a fun day." Chuckling to herself, she headed down the hall, leaving the Insecticons to murmur among themselves.

“Where is she going?” Kickback asked as that question was on all of their minds. Unless something keeps them busy, they bore easily. Since that is true, Shrapnel removed a piece of metal from subspace. He was going to eat it later, but found it was more fun for the time. Crushing it, while the others watched, he made it into a ball. "Play ball, ball!" Throwing it, Kickback caught it as they ran around playing catch with the ball while waiting for Darkscream to return.

Darkscream found what, or rather who she was looking for in the lounge area of the base. Smirking, she saw Starscream, Skywarp and Thundercracker all sitting together. Which was a rare occasions, but it did happen. They were in the same flier group as she was the newest addition. Glancing around, she saw that only Dirge, Rumble and Frenzy were there besides the seekers. "Well, now is a good time as ever. I hope the Insecticons don't get bored waiting for me," she mused herself while thinking of what they do when they are bored. Walking past Dirge, as he was leaving, she waved to the cassettes as they were trying to repair broken wires in the floor.

As she approached Starscream, she became more amused by the second. By the time she got there, wary glances were being cast at her from Skywarp and Thundercracker. "Yes?" asked Skywarp, as he spoke for the entire table. Nobody was amused with that, delightful look on Darkscream's face.

Getting uneasy and moving slightly, Skywarp growled. "Going to tell us what ya want? At least stop staring at me like that," Skywarp grumbled.

Seeing there was no choice but to ask now, Darkscream cleared her throat. "You three up for a game with the Insecticons? Megatron gave me the day off so I'm going off with them to have some fun. Care to join?" It was a simple question, but one that nobody seemed to like. Mainly Darkscream since she jumped back at Starscream's reaction.

“What?!” yelled Starscream, as he jumped to is feet.

Thundercracker coughed as he was drinking his energon, as it went down the wrong way. He rubbed his throat as Skywarp just peered at Darkscream. Of course Skywarp and Thundercracker hated the Insecticons, considering how many times they almost got bit or kicked by them.

“You’re joking, right?" asked Starscream as he needed reassurance. Sadly, he was expecting this to be a joke, but it wasn't. His jaws clamped shut when he saw that look on Darkscream's face. Now he knew that she was serious. Shaking his head, he glared.

"Darkscream, I for one am not going to go play with those bugs! Find yourself someone gullible to go. I for one am not getting into this," he growled as the female seeker looked to the others.

Thundercracker grimaced as Skywarp put his hands up. "No way. I nearly got my wing bit off last time I was on a assignment with them. Right TC?" he asked the blue toned Decepticon, who nodded.

"Now then," He looked back to Darkscream. "Go bother the cone heads." Skywarp got up and walked off with Thundercracker.

Starscream shook his head and also left. Seeing them go, Darkscream sighed. “There goes some fun for the day." Grumbling, she turned her head and saw the stack of cubes. Shrugging, she went over to the stack and got her own cube. Standing there, she looked down at it and debated things over. Watching the pink fluid move around, gave her an idea. Smirking and chuckling, she drank the energon cube and tossed the empty shell away before leaving the lounge.

It was around an hour later when Darkscream finally returned. She found the Insecticons fast asleep with their backs together. A slight chuckle escaped seeing the bits of metal that cluttered the room they were in. Crossing her arms, she tapped a foot on the ground. “You guys going to wake up, or sleep all day? I didn’t go the trouble of finding a good oil well for nothing,” She said before jumping back as the Insecticons bolted awake at the word "oil".

“Did you say oil?” asked an eager Kickback. He stood there with a smile as Shrapnel picked up a bit of metal and started to munch down on it as he waited for Darkscream to continue. Turning his head, he watched Bombshell as he was silent. Shrugging, he looked back to the seeker.

“Yes. I did,” replied Darkscream with her own smile. “There is just one condition to get it.” A smirk was there when she spoke those words, but it faded seeing the nervous faces. Frowning, she rubbed the back of her neck. It wasn't her intention to make them nervous. Looking to the ceiling, she sighed then looked back down. Leaning over slightly, she put her hands on Kickback and Shrapnel's shoulders since Bombshell was in the middle of them.

“Here’s the deal,” Darkscream's voice lowered, so only the Insecticons could hear her. As she spoke, a few snickers arose from the Insecticons. They knew that doing this little job would make things very interesting before they received their part of the deal. Even if oil wasn't truly involved, they knew that just seeing the fruits of their work would end up making it worth it.

Peering inside Skywarp's quarters, Shrapnel watched as the black and purple seeker was deep asleep. Waving a hand to Kickback and Bombshell, he entered the room with a paintbrush. Containing his chuckle, he stood beside Skywarp. "Ready, ready?" he asked the other two as they nodded. His gaze moved to the door, as he wanted to make sure that they wouldn't be interrupted.

Bombshell opened the paint can as Kickback dipped his paintbrush in first. Watching the paint drip in the dimly lit room, he turned and started to paint the seeker. This was fun as Shrapnel came up next and Bombshell was the last. "This makes one down and two to go," said Bombshell as he painted. He knew, as did the others, even if they hated doing work, this type of work was very fun.

When they finished with Skywarp, Bombshell sealed the paint can as Shrapnel cleaned up. He glanced to Kickback, who was curious to what a paintbrush tasted like, but decided against it. Snickering in silence, they left the room to go paint Thundercracker. The Decepticon Air Commander, Starscream, was last on the list. Just as Darkscream requested.

A short time later, when everything was done, the Insecticons met up with Darkscream in the main control room. They still had the paintbrushes and even the paint can. Spots of paint dappled their armor. Darkscream raised an optic ridge seeing that Kickback had some on his face. Shaking her head, she accessed the intercom and says, "Skywarp, Starscream, and Thundercracker are needed for a very important assignment. So," She made sure the next part got them up and made a few Decepticons snicker hearing it. "Get your afterburners in here or they are mine!"

"Good one Darkscream!" laughed Kickback as Darkscream shut off the intercom. "We still get the oil, right?" He was of course curious as then Darkscream was the one to laugh before replying.

"Of course. I don't go back on my word guys. You'll learn that, unless you already learned." A smirk formed as she turned to see the three seekers walk in.

As the trio looked from one another trying to figure out what had happened. Of course, the second they instantl it, three high pitched screams broke the air. “YYYAAAHHH!!!”

That sound echoed through the halls of the base. Whoever wasn’t busy or just interested, came running to the main room and stopped dead in their tracks. In the middle of the main room, Skywarp, Starscream, and Thundercracker were standing with pale faces. Well, almost pale, but could you tell under what was on them?

Slowly turning, they saw the other Decepticons looking at them. Then to the their hatred, everyone burst out laughing. Even Soundwave, who rarely laughed. Not even the most hardened Decepticon couldn't help but laugh. The reason for the laughing, was that Starscream, Thundercracker and Skywarp had all been painted, neon pink. From head to toe, the paint covered every single spot.

Starscream clenched a fist then turned with a growl at some snickering. "Wha?!" His jaw dropped and everyone went silent, when they saw who the culprits were.

“Hey boys,” mocked Darkscream as she leaned against a wall. In her hands, swung a can of paint. Dribbled down the sides of the can was the same color that covered the seekers. Besides her, the Insecticons had the paintbrushes in their hands. As they snickered, Darkscream just smirked.

“Darkscream,” Starscream growled as he started walking over. He suddenly stopped when Megatron entered the room.

Thundercracker and Skywarp moved back with Starscream when their commander stopped in the middle. The latter turned to see the pink trio, and then he looked over to Darkscream and the Insecticons, who stood nervously beside her.

“Darkscream,” growled Megatron. “I suppose this is your way of keeping them out of trouble?” His optics narrowed slightly as he waited for the seeker’s response. He may of been amused, but it never showed in those red optics. Right now, he was not very happy.

“Well, they didn’t bother you. They get something out of it along with me. They get oil, and I get amusement. Those three,” said Darkscream as she gestured to the pink seekers. “Didn’t want to join a game.” Standing straight, she looked slightly nervous.

The Insecticons stepped back but then blinked when Megatron started to laugh. Not evilly and it defiantly wasn't angry. He was, more or less, laughing happily. No one had really ever heard him laugh like that before. “Darkscream, you have quite a good idea of revenge. I suppose the next time I actually need help with revenge, I’ll ask you,” he chuckled as he let his arms lower to his sides.

Darkscream let out a sigh of relief, as did the Insecticons. A smile formed as she looked up. “Megatron, can we head out now? I have nothing more planned for the day,” she asked her commander.

When Megatron nodded, a smile came to her face. Turning to the Insecticons, she raised the bucket. "Haha!" She laughed then put down the bucket.

"I'd say to washing up, but your just going to get yourselves covered in something cool and..." Darkscream didn't even finish the before Kickback dropped his paintbrush and jumped onto her shoulder.

"Lets get going then!" said the metal grasshopper. He looked down to Bombshell, who shook his head before dropping his own paintbrush. Of course when gazes went to Shrapnel, his paintbrush was gone; he ate it. The pink evidence on his mouth was a dead give away.

Turning, Darkscream walked off and chatted with Kickback. She laughed as he explained how everything was done. With Shrapnel giving in fun details and Bombshell explaining a bit more. Otherwise, it was just bliss and fun while they left and headed out for the oil well. As she said, Darkscream always kept her word and this time was no different. A good trade off in the minds of the Insecticons.

Watching them go, Megatron then turned to the seeker trio. He didn’t need to say anything, as they ran out to get the pink paint off. Smirking, he dismissed the rest of the Decepticons. When everyone was gone, he went to his throne and sat down.

Darkscream, he mused to himself. I’ll have to keep an eye on that girl. She could be very useful or very dangerous. With a yawn, Megatron’s optics went dark as he fell asleep. With one arm resting on the arm rest of his throne, the other was up with a closed fist. His head settled on it before he drifted off completely.