Transformers Prime One-Shots

Guilt And Hope

I Care

[Sideswipe sighed as he stared at the door in front of him. He can't take this anymore, he had to talk to him.]

Sideswipe: Sunny, can we talk? [He asked, knocking on the door.]

Sunstreaker: I'm busy, leave me alone. [Sunstreaker grumbled, not opening the door.]

Sideswipe: You're always busy. I just want to talk, one minute?

Sunstreaker: No.

[Sideswipe sighed. Sunstreaker has been avoiding him, and he doesn't know why, but he plans on finding out.]

Sideswipe: I'm not taking no for an answer, Sunstreaker. [Sideswipe knocked harder on the door.] Let me in.

[Sideswipe heard Sunstreaker sigh. He heard the door unlock, so he went in.]

Sideswipe: So, watcha up to? [He asked, looking at his brother, who didn't reply.] Polishing yourself? [He walked passed a body mirror, looking at his reflection briefly.] Prank ideas, perhaps? [He went to Sunstreakers bedside table to examine his blaster.]

[Sunstreaker still didn't answer, he just closed the door, walked up to Sideswipe to grab his blaster, put it back on the table, then sat on his berth.]

[Sideswipe sighed in frustration, sitting next to him.]

Sideswipe: Sunny, what's wrong? What happened, why aren't you talking to me? [No answer.] You can't keep ignoring me, Ya know. [Nothing.] I want answers, Sunny! You keep trying to avoid me, we don't prank each other or anyone anymore, and we didn't do Jet-Judo in our last battle! We always do Jet-Judo! What's gotten into you? [He asked, crossing his arms.]

[After a while of silence, Sideswipe was about to speak again when Sunstreaker beat him to it.]

Sunstreaker:... What's wrong? Do you not see what's wrong? After everything we've been through, you don't know, after everything you did, you haven't noticed!? [The sudden outburst startled Sideswipe, but he didn't care, he continued.]

- You've become what we vowed not to be, a stick in the mud! You've changed- I just don't- you- every time I wanted to pull a prank, you declined because you were busy with Ratchet, learning medical stuff, or whatever. It was that or cleaning weapons with Ironhide.

- Every time I tried to talk to you, you were the one to avoid me! You never looked at me or tried to talk to me! And then? Ha! Then I came up with an awesome stunt idea and told you about it, and what did you do? What did you do you told on me! And then... You have the nerve... to come to me, after all that, and ask me what's wrong? What's gotten into me!? It's like you don't care!

Sideswipe:... Sunny, that's not true, I do care–

Sunstreaker: Really now? Cuz I definitely didn't notice! You didn't care about what I was doing or spending time with me, you didn't care about hurting my feelings or ditching me for old-timers! You dare come up to me and ask what's gotten into me or-or-or- that you care about me when you're the reason why I'm mad!? You don't care, you traitor! Why don't you go play cards with your new–

Sideswipe: YOU NEARLY DIED!

[It was Sunstreakers turn to get startled, flinching at Sideswipe's sudden outburst. He stared at his brother, confused.]

Sideswipe: A month or so... We were on the battlefield, we were outnumbered, injured, trapped, and alone. ... I couldn't prevent the nearly fatal shot from hitting you because my weapon stopped working.