(Disclaimer: I do not own transformers. Only my OCs...)

(A/N: This here is a kind of sequel or prequel, I suppose, to Starscream's Rant. This is going to be a multichaptered story focusing on various pranks or adventures the Cassetticons have. Since I discovered Transformers, I have always been impressed with the power and attitude in Rumble and Frenzy, who are my favorite Cassettes. Soundwave is by far my ultimate favorite Transformer but I love the cassettes- they're tough, got attitude, can stand for themselves in a fight with much larger Transformers, show connection with each other, and have awesome pile driver arms ((I like their show incarnations more than the comics and stuff)). That said I hope you enjoy. There's more chapters to come!)

Summary: Rumble and Frenzy's latest prank involves common idiomatic expressions, shocked flyers, and furious combiners.

Idiomatic Chaos

The ocean's surface was rough as gales of wind and debris flew through the air in a frigid storm. Below, the Nemesis shook and groaned in the churning water, but aside from this the base was silent. Nearly everyone was in a deep recharge cycle for during the storm while Reflector, Soundwave, and the three newest recruits kept watch on the monitors on the bridge. Even Megatron was recharging, so as to not waste the first peaceful night the Decepticons had had in a while, what with all the chaos cooped up warmongers cause in an underwater base.

But this peace would not last long.

Prowling the halls were Rumble and Frenzy, mischievous glows lining their optics. They wore identical smirk on their faceplates and every once in a while they'd snigger in anticipation. They stopped at the end of the Main wing, the portside hallway on the Nemesis where the Seekers, the Coneheads, the Constructicons, Blitzwing, and Astrotrain's personal quarters were located. Starscream and Soundwave's quarters were behind the cassettes, and Megatron's room was further up the hall, closer to his office and the bridge. With the exception of those keeping watch everyone was recharging.

The twins hacked into the surveillance system, via electrical port, so they wouldn't be caught and then proceeded to pull out their newest weapons- two giant megaphones. Frenzy quickly adjusted the modifications he'd made on the devices earlier so the volume would be three times louder than the megaphones' loudest setting while keeping the sound crystal clear. With such settings, anything whispered into them would make anyone within 100 yards hear the words as if the person was standing right next to them. Now, if one were to scream…

Looking up and down the hallway, the two troublemakers snickered once more.

"Ok. Ya ready, Frenzy?" Rumble grinned.

"Good to go, bro," Frenzy whispered back, giving him a thumb's up.

They counted back from three and charged.

Starscream was in the middle of a restful "sleep." He was dreaming of the glory days. The days of the old War Academy and all his trophies. He was the best, the brightest flyer, and he and his wing mates Skywarp and Thundercracker had air maneuvers and routines that even gave other flyers a hard time trying to watch them. His intakes chuffed a contented sigh and a small smile graced his otherwise guarded faceplate.

"BLOODY MURDER!! BLOODY MURDER!!"

"AT THE TOP OF YOUR LUNGS!! AT THE TOP OF YOUR LUUUUUUUUNNGSSSS!!"

Starscream was wrenched from his dreams and he shot out of bed and slid into the hallway where he was met with a scene that seemed to last a few minutes, but actually took place in about two seconds.

See, one should never startle awake a lone Decepticon, much less 19 tough, trained, battle ready warriors who had been locked in an underwater base together for a month.- especially if "one" is actually "two" and only, at most, one third the height of any given Transformer in the hallway. That being said, it is understandable that Starscream got up so fast- and, yes, he has Seeker reflexes after all. It is also perfectly excusable for a witness to find the rest of the hallway in an equal state of alarm. Thundercracker and Skywarp had run out of their room almost as fast as Starscream while Blitzwing and Astrotrain followed shortly after at the other end of the corridor. The Coneheads hurried out in great confusion, guns at the ready. Then came the Combiners. The combiner teams in the army always protected each other first then fought. If they didn't they might be down a member, and then they wouldn't be able to merge. Bonecrusher ripped down the door to the Constructicons' quarters but Motormaster threw away any shred of formality as he rolled off his recharge berth and bust right through the wall. The two short-tempered 'Cons glared at each other, and then turned their focus downward to the Cassette twins at their feet.

With a loud cry the two rudely awakened Combiner soldiers threw themselves atop the small bots while the rest of their teams piled on top, dragging the flyers with them. Rumble and Frenzy transformed their arms into their patented pile drivers and swung away, occasionally screaming bloody murder at the top of their vocalizers' abilities.

The next day, all members of "Last Night's Brawl" were holed up in Repair Bay being patched up by Soundwave, a salvaged Hook, and Tarnish, a new recruit with medical training. While the cassettes were beat pretty badly, they couldn't help but grin at the deep dents they put into all the bigger Cons. Soundwave couldn't help but be surprised the below decks didn't collapse, even partially. And it surprised Starscream to no end at how Megatron had no idea what happened. Usually Soundwave or Starscream told him about the army's latest self-destructive event and if not them, a poor rookie.

The silver mech had come in earlier, amazed at the devastated hallway and the menaced survivors of the fight. He even asked Soundwave if it was a sign of insanity to have a dream where a school professor screamed out his lesson about human anatomy while beating the walls. Soundwave's visor glowed brightly at that which could mean anything, but judging from how Megatron's expression went from "honestly confused" to "resentful embarrassment" Starscream strongly suspected that the tape deck thought the question was hilarious. That and he must be feeling tremendously pleased to see that the tiny machines could hold their own remarkably well in a fight with some of the most powerful soldiers among the Decepticons. Oh, Starscream would tell Megatron exactly what happened- those little scrap heaps were so in trouble- whether Soundwave reported the events or not. Oh, he'd be sure to tell him how soundly the leader slept that night. How vulnerable he'd be if the Autobots, or anyone else for that matter, decided to invade his room and end Megatron's reign as High Commander of the Decepticon Army, Starsream smirked to himself.

He started a slow chuckle which soon became an all out cackle, while everyone else stared.

"SHADDUP, YA LOONEY!!" Motormaster rumbled, and threw a welding torch at the hysterical jet's head, launching the cassettes into howling laughter and a shocked Second in Command into the month's first Rant.

Soundwave struggled to get his youngest cassettes to sit up straight, but as Starscream's shrill lecture filled the air and Motormaster glared from his berth, all he could really do was shake his head.

A/N: (So what didja think? If you read Starscream's Rant this is the event Starscream was referring to when he said that the cassettes were "screaming 'bloody murder'- whatever that means." Obviously R + F understand the real usage of the term - and "screaming at the top of one's lungs- but decide to use them literally in order to cause some chaos. lol)