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Tfp sg drabble part 3
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The following is the transcript of an interview done by Dr M on the recently captured wrecker, bulkhead. The transcript was written after the fact upon Dr M's recovery.
Date: 10.15.2011
Notes: Bulkhead, who shall from here on out be refered to as brute in this document at his insistence, has agreed to cooperate in return for being granted specific reading material for his cell. Commander silas has requested that the interview be focused on the nature of the subjects companion, nakadia miko, in light of her recent residence with our decepticon allies.
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Bulkhead adjusted the collar of his dress shirt in the mirror. It was a wine red number with black pinstripes a bit fancier than he normally preferred outside of formal events but in this case he didn't mind much. After so long in pathetic donation clothes the feeling of silk against his skin following his first hot shower in months was heaven.
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[Begin transcript:]
Dr M: alright bulkhead, why do you think your being kept here?
Brute: it's brute to you, and i'm here because your people consider me a threat to them.
Dr M: M.E.C.H considers you and the wreckers a threat to humanity in the same vein as the autobots who you have been documented as regularly working with.
Brute: It's nothing personal doc, just business.
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wheeljack was on him the moment he stepped out of the bathroom, arms drapping around his neck as he greeted bulkhead with a smoldering kiss. "Miss me love?" Bulkhead purred when the kiss ended, placing a hand on his lovers lower back. "More than anything. I didn't know what to do with myself, I couldn't eat or sleep or anything." The scientist's embrace tightened as if desperate to hold on in fear of him being taken again. Bulkhead simply pulled him in closer and placed his free hand on his cheek. " Oh sweetspark don't you worry, I'm back now and no one's taking me from you again."
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Dr M: So you don't share his views on humanity?
Brute: Hate is earned just like respect.
Dr M: An interesting philosophy, very sensible. Speaking of humans though I'm curious to the nature of your human companion, Miss nakadai miko.
Brute: What about her?
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"I made us dinner." Wheeljack cooed in his ear. "You? made dinner?" "OK I had the dinobots make the food but I set it all up and I pulled out the good wine." Bulkhead chuckled at his partner before hoisting him up in a bridal hold, earning wild giggles from his lover, and carrying him into their private dinning room where, true to his word, the table was set with dinner and candles. "You've always been such a romantic." He teased. "Can you blame me?"
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Dr M: we have it on record that miss nakadai is regularly referred to as the "handiwork" of wheeljack, just how true is that?
Brute: you wanna know if she's our girl by blood or not.
Dr M: correct.
Brute: no but we made her in all the ways that matter
Dr M: Then how, may i ask, did miss nakadai come into your custody?
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Bulkhead was of the staunch belief that there were few things in this world to welcome one home better than Italian food and good wine, especially shared with a loving partner over candle light. Yet something vital was missing from this little homecoming. "Pet." He called. "Yeah love." Wheeljack responded happily a tinge of concern in his voice. Jackie had always been such a worrier and the slightest thing being off was liable to send him into a frenzy, it was something bulkhead had always appreciated in him. "Where's miko?" The scientist's face darkened.
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Brute: I was in tokyo on business and ended up getting followed by a stray.
Dr M: a stray?
Brute: Yep, a little pup that wandered away from home and decided to follow me.
Dr M: I'm sorry what does this have to do with how you met miss nakadai?
Brute: like I said,she ended up following me around.
Dr M: I thought you said you were followed by a pup.
Brute: She was just a pup at the time, about seven or eight. And yet.
Dr M: yet?
Brute: She followed me for hours and i didn't notice. She walked up to me and I didn't realize until she grabbed my hand. Fully trained assasins haven't managed to even get that close in decades but a little girl did.
Dr M: I take it that caught your interest?
Brute: enough I decided to test her. I kept walking, she kept following me and I decided to do some prodding.
Dr M: what did you talk about?
Brute: Enough for me to know what she was.
Dr M: and what was that?
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"The cons have her. She's been gone for a month and no one's caught sight of her since! I can't even get a signal from her chip! Shesallalonewiththosehorribleschemingrebelsprobablystuckinsomedingycellscaredandforgottenandshesprobablyhurtandhungryand-" Wheeljack clawed at his neck as he ranted his face twisted somewhere between fear, fury and misery. Bulkhead was at his side in moments gently rubbing soothing circles into his back. "Shhh it's OK Jackie, I'm not mad, breath. I need you tell me what happened."
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Brute: A score. Just like jackie. All raw potential and hunger for acceptance. Opportunities like that are rare so I took it. As you can guess that gamble payed off.
Dr M: So you kidnapped her on the spot.
BH: You don't just take a stray from the street doc, you gotta put the work in.
Dr M: how long did that work take? I doubt her parents would be happy with a grown man hanging around her daughter.
Brute: she was an outdoor pet, they'd leave some food out and forget about her. In a little under a year I made sure she'd never be forgotten again.
Dr M: and the rest is history I assume.
Brute: We've become a little family, her and Jackie mean the world to me. They need me.
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Bulkhead took a deep gulp of his wine as he thought over what he just learned. Miko had gone on violent spree against mech in order to avenge his seeming demise. Not unexpected, he knew either she or jackie would pull something like this. She had gotten sloppy and gotten captured by the decepticons as a result. Unfortunate but forgivable, she was only fifteen after all and in deep mourning. It wasn't like other wreckers hadn't done the same thing regularly, it was practically tradition at this point. Still, this would be problem, especially given the fact that the cons were likely already informed of his breakout and would be especially on guard. Troublesome but nothing he couldn't handle. He chuckled to himself. He was going to enjoy breaking the decepticons just like he broke that arrogant docters neck.