Chapter 3: Let the Screams Begin

Shadowpaw, Skysiren, and Autumn Beauty wondered about the station.

"This space station reminds me of one of my first missions" Skysiren commented as she looked around curiously.

"Eh, whatever. I'm just glad to get off the ship. That thing can seem so small and boring when it's the only thing you see for months on end" Shadowpaw responded.

Autumn Beauty looked on in awe at all the different alien species. "What this place needs is a bit of plant life. It looks so dead."

Shadowpaw sighed. "So what are we gonna do here?"

Skysiren looked around. "Ships have no choice but to stop here, it's the only space station for light-years. Not everyone can afford their fees, so plenty of short-term jobs are available."

"Eh, I think not" Shadowpaw said sitting down.

An alien creature walked by and smiled viciously at the femme Bots. Autumn Beauty seemed to be the only one who noticed and shivered. "We'd better find something fast, I don't like this place that much."

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Back at the bar, Waitstate and Admiral Lilwall fill orders.

"Now you can see what life is like behind the bars and not passed out in front of it" Waitstate said jokingly.

Admiral only grumbled.

"It was only a joke," Waitstate said with a smile as he nudged Admiral.

Admiral Lilwall finished wiping a glass clean and put it away. "I'll be more than happy when we get off this station. We'll have more credits than we'll know what to do with."

Waitstate nodded. "Yeah, we won't have to do this again for a long time. If we didn't take that detour we could have lived off of our storage material."

A strange green and black bot with blue wings came and sat down at the bar.

"What'll it be?" Waitstate asked.

The bot just stared back.

"Some basic energon? Perhaps something with a twist?" Waitstate asked rather befuddled.

The bot gave a cold stare. "I'll take both of your heads on a platter."

The bot lunged for the necks of Waitstate and Admiral Lilwall, both of whom easily blocked his attack. Admiral Lilwall jumped over the bar and knocked the bot to the ground and pulled out his gun. The bot quickly moved out of the way and pulled a gun. There was a stand-off.

Waitstate walked up behind the bot with an active beam saber. "I wouldn't make any sudden moves if I was you."

The bot's comm link activated which seemed to momentarily draw his attention. He then smiled. Quickly stepping aside the bot grabbed Waitstate's arm. In a split second he whacked Waitstate's arm against his knee and stole the beam saber. The bot picked up the beam saber and threw it at Admiral Lilwall's gun causing it to explode. Transforming into a jet the bot flew off.

Admiral was about to transform but was stopped by Waitstate. "Better let him go Admiral, he was just a high strung bot looking for a fight."

"I'll kill him if he so much as leaves a vapor trail near this place again!" Admiral shouted.

Waitstate tried to comfort Admiral Lilwall. "I don't think we'll have to worry about him again. We're gonna be leaving soon and this is a rather big station."

Starax came out of the back room and saw the messed that the fight had caused. "What am I paying you guys for? You'd better clean this place up!"

"When we leave, remind me to punch a hole or two in him" Admiral commented as he and Waitstate went back to work.

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