That Awkward First Meeting

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Characters: @wildbreak
Location: Outside Jasper - Sometime after Chris’ Rescue
Content Warnings: N/A
Plot Summary: While venting out some of his frustrations following the abduction - Chris has a run-in with his half-brother.

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Chris was frustrated.

He was finally free - Warpath of course had come for him and saved him. But It was almost like he had somehow more problems outside the Nemesis.

He wondered how long it would be before word got out that he was a Decepticon kid? He knew Warpath didn’t care, the mech cared about him either way. But what about the others? Would they now hate him? Fear him? He’d chosen to stay on their side, even label Warpath as his “dad” but would that be enough?

So he was taking his frustrations out in a... Healthy way. He’d been shooting rocks, cutting them in half, all kinds of things for the last three hours. This time he didn’t stray too far from base and was sure to stay in close touch with the others. But he needed this time to be alone with his thoughts - would he be OK? Would he be driven away now?

He didn’t know - but at least here, for the moment, he could be alone with his thoughts.

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Jasper!

That was the closest city in the area.  Wildbreak had been coming through just to explore, but he was also hoping that he'd one day spot a glimpse of the Nemesis in the sky.  That way he could stay on the ground and wave to his carrier and sire.

..He'd never see that ship with the shields on.  It wouldn't stop him from trying though, and maybe it was just invisible to the Autobots.  But what if that wasn't the case though.  What if he really couldn't see the Nemesis and it was just right above him?  The Stunticon paused for a moment before transforming into root mode, then promptly waved up at the empty sky.  "Hi Dad!  Hi Other Dad!"

At least he was cheerful about it.

That cheerfulness would immediately dissipate as a nearby rock was suddenly shot at, the thing splitting in two.  The sound alone was enough to startle the dark blue mech,  He looked around for a moment, then eventually spotted what looked like a weird looking Mini-Con or something in his optics.  "Uhh.. I come in peace?"

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Chris nearly jumped out of his skin, spinning right around.

Well this was weird, finding another Cybertronian our this far. And not one that he’d seen before. On one hand that seemed to spell Decepticon to him - yet on the other hand he did say he came in peace. Chris took a deep breath lowering his gun as he turned to look at the mech. He had to say it was a little strange - but he would later say he felt a strange sensation the first time he saw his half sibling. Really it wasn’t much given they were only half siblings - but he still felt a small sense of fimiliarity in his spark.

All the same - he kept his comm open just in case this went south if it was a Decepticon.

“Oh uh. Sorry, didn’t mean to look like. Nah. I was just destressing a bit,” he explained, putting his hands on his hips a bit as his blue optics traveled up toward the bigger mech that was unknowingly his brother. “Didn’t think anyone else was here. So I thought blowing some crap up and slicing things in half would make me feel better. Plus I need the practice.”

He tilted his head. “What are you doing up here?”

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Wildbreak stared at the boy like a deer in headlights.  Little Mini-Cons were so weird to him, even if they did have their uses.  Just how the heck could they be so tiny?!  How did all the parts fit inside of them and they could still tick?

Although, there was something that stuck out about this one.  Something that reminded Wildbreak of.. Knock Out?  But why would he remind him of his own sire?  That didn't make any sense at all!  The Stunticon was the only one in their family!  At least.. that's what he had thought anyway.  Really he needed to find time to just hang out with Knock Out and Breakdown, but with the both of them on Megatron's ship who knew how often that was going to be.  They lived such busy lives.

It made Wildbreak so proud~.

Even with his apology, an audible 'meep!' sounded from the Stunticon.  "You're.. haa..  You're not gonna make me your next target, are you?  You see I gotta figure I gotta watch and I don't wanna have to buff out all the scratches and stuff, ya know?  Dragstrip don't do it right.  In fact he doesn't do it at all!"  A nervous laugh then erupted from the mech, though curious by the other's question.

"Um.. Nothing important?  Sky watching?  By the way.. you kinda remind me of Knock Out.  Why do you kinda remind me of Knock Out?  I think you're a bit too small to be Knock Out."

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Chris snorted.

He have to be stupid to try and attack a fully grown mech after all. But the mech did seem genuinely skiddish at the same time! What was up with that? He was just a youngling and this guy looked like he had several years on him - we’ll probably centuries but one got the idea. “No way! Bro I’m only sixteen. You have to be at least in your twenties. I’d get my butt kicked,” he then realized the mistake he was making. “Oh right. Robot mode, sorry.” He let himself fold down into human form for emphasis. “See you got the size and...”

He stopped when he mentioned Knock Out.

Of course he’d made some peace with the mech after learning he was his father. But then again he was some of the reason for his stress so he did get a little nervous. All the same, he chewed the side of his lip, since he could only think of one explanation for that kind of reaction. Given he said that as if Knock Out was someone important to him.

Damn, for brothers they couldn’t have looked any less alike.

“... wait, are you... Wildbreak?” He asked, curiously.

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Only sixteen?

Only sixteen what?  Thousand years?  Million?  Petro-rabbits?

He honestly had no idea what this little Mini-Con was going on about, but just smiled and nodded anyway.  Maybe he could subtly give this guy the hint that he had no idea what he was even talk abou- what in the heck was going on?!  The Mini-Con was no longer a Mini-Con and now was a squishy Earth creature!!  Wildbreak shuddered at the thought of how squishy the Earthlings were, but then something even more confusing happened.

It knew his name.

"H-how do you know my name?  I never said what my name was..  Oh no, you're not one of those creatures that can read minds are you?!"  Out of his head out of his head out of his head!  Wildbreak shuddered more, trying to hide his thoughts from this creature that couldn't read his mind anyway.  He'd never heard of a Mini-Con who could turn into an organic, or even the other way around, so just what the name of Motormaster's motor oil was going on?!

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Oh dang, he really was Wildbreak.

Chris felt his spark leap a bit. Was this really happening? He wasn’t sure what to say - he’d never had a brother before after all! He’d always been an only child. The only one of his kind as far as he knew too so this was hard to figure out. He put his hands in his pockets - then took a few steps forward. “Well you don’t look anything like our dad. So I guess you look more like your... Carrier? Did I get that terminology right?” He asked curiously.

Oh he should probably explain that. He was about to freak out. “So uh... try not to freak out. But Knock Out, he told me about you... A couple of weeks ago,” he swallowed a little. “You don’t know me - but he’s my dad too. So I guess that makes us what... Half-brothers? I think that’s how it works.” He explained.

He could only imagine how this guy was going to react to that.

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Wildbreak was definitely nervous around this not-as-metal Mini-Con or whatever this creature was.  It knew his name and it knew of Knock Out?!  What in the world was going on here?  As the creature spoke more, that was when things got even weirder.

Our dad.

Our.

"I.. do look like my carri- wait.  What are you talking about?  What do you mean by our dad?  I don't share a dad.  I have two dads but not.. two dads I share with someone else?  I don't know of anyone else that calls Knock Out and Breakdown dad."

Thankfully the explanation came quickly enough, and apparently there was another.  A brother?  Half brother?  It was a concept that Wildbreak wasn't all that familiar with.  "Makes sense.. I guess?  I dunno.  Why only half?  Is it cause you're half organic?  Is that what makes you half?  I dunno about this half brother thing.  I dunno how that works.  But.. how long has this been a thing?"  Wildbreak scratched at his forehelm, a completely mess of confusion.

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Chris snorted.

Ok so this guy wasn’t good with human terminology. That’s ok. He was still learning what half of the Cybertronian stuff meant anyway. Crossing his arms, he lifted his head up to Wildbreak a bit and thought of how to put this gently. How did one put a secret little brother thing gently? You didn’t really - you probably had to be blunt but at the same time he wanted to not freak him out. “Yeah, trust me this is as weird to you as it is to me. But apparently we share a dad - Knock Out. Not exactly by his choice but hey, that’s MECH for you,” he explained honestly, shrugging his shoulders. “I didn’t exactly learn in a nice way either. Since he sort of went and kidnapped me first. So take all the time to process this you need. I sure as heck did.”

He tilted his head a bit and tried to think of how to explain a half sibling in human terms. “Nah it’s not like that, actually. A half-sibling means we have the same dad but different... Er, well I had a mom. You kinda had another dad. But you get the idea. We share one parent, but not both,” he explained. “I mean obviously since I didn’t just get human for kicks!”

He hoped the joke might lighten the mood, at least a little.