Optimus prime exited his office with the mission of getting some energon in mind. As he headed towards the rec. room, he saw that a few soldiers that had walked past him were carrying a pile of stapled papers each, and it plagued his interests. He Prowl asking if any new documents had been sent out to soldiers by his orders as he did not remember agreeing to anything. When Prowl replied that nothing new had been sent out, he became curious and quickened his pace towards the rec. room where energon waited to fill his tanks, so that he could search out Major Lennox to find out what was going on. Sure enough, when he reached the rec. room, the Major was sitting on one of the couches in the human zoned area with his back facing him, but what he didn't expect was for half his Autobots to be crouching behind him, reading the papers over his shoulders. Curiosity in place, he headed over to the group and kneeled down on the man's side.

"I have noticed many of the humans on base walking around with papers like these, major Lennox," he said politely, "although I am curious to what they are."

"Oh," the major seemed to only notice the bot now and he grinned slightly before he answered, " these are the rules the kids came up with and I find some of them helpful to us as well."

The autobot leader leaned over then and scanned his optics over the list of rules:

THE TECHNO-ORGANIC'S GUIDE TO NEST BASE

By all current techno organics

(Billy, Bella, Jessie, Jacky, Max, Charlie, Maria, Anna, Justin, Lizzy)

21: and in regards to rule 16, do not suddenly yell:

Bee!

(He bashed through a wall and we landed with a cannon in our faces)

(You try explaining to Ratchet how the heat of the blaster made you look sun tanned)

A Bee's gonna kill me!

(Sam yelled this randomly after one landed on his nose)

(He whispered the A and yelled the rest)

(The bots thought he was referring to Bumblebee)

I'm allergic to bees!

(Bumblebee avoided us for three days until we could track him down and explain it to him.)

22: The following items are not allowed on base:

Lego

(Unless it's locked away in Darren's room)

Silly string

(Ironhide wasn't happy to wake up and find that one of us had sabotaged his cannon so that it shot out stick strings of colours)

(He still doesn't know who it was)

(It was revenge for making Darren cry)

Play dough

(Same as Lego)

Glow in the dark paint

(Red alert freaked out when he saw footprints in the dark on the walls and ceiling of his quarters)

(And crashed when some of the toes started the wiggle and disappear)

(Little did he know that we where hanging on the ceiling kicking our legs back and forth)

Ketch-up

(Unless you are going to eat it)

Junk food

Cake

(Only allowed on birthdays)

Firecrackers

(Only on holiday's when they are used)

Home made explosives

(Max I'm not even gonna say it)

Confetti

(Goes under silly string)

Carrots

(Rule 14)

23: hide all art supplies such as paints, pencils and crayons if you want them to last!

(Just remember that Sunstreaker used to be an artist before the war)

(And he doesn't ask to borrow)

(Or tell you what he's taking)

(School stationary included)

24: Please inform the Autobots if firecrackers are going to be lit on certain days.

(We forgot to do this on Guide Fox)

(They thought it was an attack and sounded the alarm)

25: please inform the Autobots about Halloween at least a week before the date.

(We don't want a repeat of last year)

(Three words)

(Zombies…Red-alert…Alarms)

26: Refrain from using the word offline around the Autobots.

(The last time we did this we were talking to Sam over Mxit)

(He logged out to go to work)

(And one of us happened cry, "aw! Sam's offline!")

(Bumblebee went on a frantic search)

(And when he got hold of him,)

(Refused to let him go for three hours)

27: refrain from using the words "I'm going to kill you!" around the Autobots.

(They take it seriously)

28: Refrain from accusing someone of trying to kill you.

(Again, we got Bumblebee's blaster to our faces)

(And had to explain the sunburn to Ratchet)

29: When Sunstreaker and Sideswipe give each other the looks, back out of the room slowly and pray that you're not on their hit list.

30: Don't let Sideswipe and Sunstreaker convince you into helping them do a prank.

(If you are caught, they will deny everything)

(I don't blame them)

(Who likes to spend their weekends in the brig?)

31: If you prank Ironhide, you're crazy.

(Or susidal)

(Or prepared and want him to come after you with leftie and Righty, his cannons)

32: Don't touch Ironhide's cannons

(He'll use you as target practice)

(Wouldn't surprise us if he suddenly turned into one of the characters from lord of the rings)

(Precious! My precious! Mine!)

33: If Ironhide is in the shooting range, don't go in!

(Last time Billy Warped in)

(It spooked Ironhide who turned towards him)

(Just as his cannon went off)

(Missed him by the hair on his neck)

34: Do not Sabotage the shooting range

(Ironhide and Chromia will use you as target practice)

35: A mad femme is crazier than a Decepticon.

(And scarier than one)

36: Same thing goes for human Girls

37: when the girls are PMSing, leave them alone and DO NOT do the following:

Tell them to take a chill pill

(Sideswipe, Sunstreaker, Sam, Leo, Skids, Mudflap)

(Their tempers become worse)

(They begin to plan your humiliation for later)

(And it leaves them in bad moods for the rest of the day)

State that their menistration cycle has kicked in

(Ratchet, Wheeljack, Jolt)

(They'll snap at you and leave you wondering what you said wrong)

(Then burn in embarrassment)

State that they are PMSing in front of everyone

(Same as above)

Call them unicorn's little workers

(Sideswipe, Sunstreaker)

Irritate them

(It only pisses them off until they snap)

Threaten them

(Same as above)

(Ironhide tried it when he wouldn't change into a truck for Charlie)

(They chased him around the base for an hour)

(And shot him in the Aft with his own cannon)

(Ratchet too)

(He got a wrench to the helm)

(A taste of his own medicine!)

38: Touch Jazz's Stereo-system, and you lose a limb!

39: Touch Jazz's CDs and you'll most likely lose your life, or be used as target practice.

40: Go into Wheel jack's lab, you're on your own.

(Ratchet doesn't treat injuries of stupidity)

(They put enough signs there to warn you not to go in)

Optimus chuckled at the list of rules slightly, remembering the memories that came with them, and asked the Major if he could save a copy onto a data pad for the Autobots to read. The major agreed and with in a few minutes the rules were copied over onto a spare disk that was found lying around. Optimus bid Lennox a good day and turned to leave when prowl came into the room, asking about the papers. He handed the pad over to his Second in command and watched as he read through the first few before looking up again.

"I will make more copies of this." Was all he said before he turned and left.