Author's Note: Here it is the long awaited sequel to "Down By the Bay". Same deal as DBTB, this story has no intended plot so I'm open to suggestions of what is going to happen so long as it doesn't clash with anything in the original story (I.E. The base now being underwater).
Warning: There'sthree of them. "Three Times a Charm" is going to have a bit more… adult humor which will include light slashy references, HOWEVER, there are certain pairings I will not write (For Example I will not write BotxHuman or Lockdown/Prowl, because the bounty hunter creeps me out), before suggesting anything 'romantic' visit my profile, if it isn't on my fav pairings list, odds are I'm not going to write it, but at the same time my profile is an incomplete list, so PM me if you see want a pairing you don't see on my list, it'll save us some trouble.
Disclaimer: Transformers Animated will one day belong to me. Why? Because it's already begun! Nothing happens by coincidence, you'll see! You'll ALL see!

Three Times a Charm

The morning was quite, a gentle breeze rolled across the surface of Lake Erie and the sun rose over a peak of clouds to cause the water to shimmer and sparkle. In the forest, animals took advantage of the brisk morning before it got hot later in the day. Beneath the waters, however, was a completely different story.

The Decepticon base, relocated and renovated, towered in the deep, the wild life, fish, swimming mammals and birds alike, avoided the place. And not because of the megalomaniac in charge, or the ambitious seeker who wished he was.

Megatron lay quietly in his recharge berth. He was perfectly still, a life time of war had made him a light sleeper, ready to jump up at the slightest indication of something wrong, the ability had saved his life (Even among his own ranks) several times. Megatron twitched suddenly. His ability to sense danger bordered on precognitive these days, and as he drifted between sleep and awake as his radar started going haywire.

Optics snapped open moments before a shrill shriek echoed through the base and the pitter-patter of feet running for their lives followed by the strong thumping of feet ready to take those lives. Megatron groaned as the door to his quarters slid open.

"Vere iz 'e!?!" Angry roared.

The Decepticon overlord sat up and matched Angry's gaze glare for glare. "I don't know," he growled, knowing exactly who the red-faced Blitzwing was referring to "Why don't you calm down and wait for him to think he's safe, and get him when he comes back?"

Calm footsteps approached and Cold appeared at the doorway as well. "Normally, I vould suggest ze same zing, but 'e drew pictures on our stabilizing-sevos vhile ve vere recharching." The blue-faced one said nonchalantly, lifting his leg to show the doodles across the bottom of his treads.

Their leader growled threateningly, he was not quite used to there being three of them. He had grown accustom to Cold and Angry being back, mostly because it gave the other Decepticons a break, since Random tended to prank his other selves as a way of 'making up for lost time'.

"Blitzwing." He rumbled, using their shared name since he was talking to both of them rather than an individual personality, "Go recharge, we'll straighten this out at a more decent hour."

Even Angry dared not argue with Megatron when the overlord had a lack of proper recharge. The two personalities dipped their heads respectfully and backed out, the door sliding shut behind them. Through it though, Megatron could already hear Angry bragging about how he was going to tear Random into pieces, and Cold argue that if he got hold of Random first tearing him into pieces would be the LAST thing he did, a bit of icy torment first.

Once their voices vanished, Megatron sighed and leaned over, looking under his berth, "They're gone," he announced, "Get out."

Random poked his head out from underneath his leader's berth, whimpering and giving puppy optics, "Can't I stay vith jou ze rest of ze night?"

"Night is over," Megatron pointed out, "Get lost."

"But-!"

"Now."

Random crawled out from under the berth and hugged Megatron's leg, "PWEAZE!?!"

Stifling a yawn, Megatron rolled his optics, "Fine, but don't make a habit of it." Random squealed delightedly squeezing his leader's leg appreciatively and crawling onto the berth with him. "And I don't want to wake up with drawings on my feet or ANYWHERE, got it?" Random nodded and snuggled into the bigger Decepticon's chassis. Megatron promptly pushed him away. "And none of that either."

The crazy part of Blitzwing's personality whimpered sadly, but decided not to push his luck and further than he had, and laid quietly for a few moments before looking up at his leader again, who was already half in recharge already, "I'll get Starscream later, vith ze egg timer."

"Whatever."

That was the deal. Megatron protected Random from his other personalities, in exchange for pranks on the whiny seeker, which seemed to keep him in line and complete immunity from any other dumb prank the triple-changer decided to pull on his fellow Decepticons. The deal didn't have any immediate or long term down end as far as Megatron could consider, and as he slipped further into recharge, the morning tranquility edged its way back into place until it was like nothing had occurred that morning.

Too bad it won't stay that way…

Author's end note: Well, there's our first installment, DBTB managed to stick around for thirty chapter and over three-hundred reviews, let's see if we can break that record shall we? Oh, and don't ask what Random intends to do with that egg timer…

Editor's note: The chapters been edited, don't expect more from me 'cause I've got lots more I need to do on Zaerith's other works… Leave your comments and/or suggestions and bye-bye.