Thank you for reviewing and guess what! Another chapter of hilarity. :)
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Mr Grouchy Pants:
Lennox and Epps were watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade when they heard grumbling from behind them. Turning to see who was playing, Mr Grouchy Pants, as Annabelle began referring one Mech in particular. Mr Grouchy Pants was Ratchet, who always seemed to have a short spark in his processor. Luckily, the Mech didn't know that his two friends were going to stuffed themselves full and probably pass out in front of the couch watching football later. Or watching football after the Parade ended. Then there'd be two shouts of rivalry between who won and who didn't. Then Ratchet wouldn't be able to work because more people popped in to see the game. They weren't the only two on the base. There were a few soldiers who were working.
Lennox turned around and smiled to Epps, with a plan to give the Medic his worst jibe. Turning to Ratchet, he said, "So, Mr Grouchy Pants, how much turkey did you eat?"
Ratchet paused and a still silence ensued, besides the Parade. Epps and Lennox were looking at him and stifling their laughter. "If I were you both, I would hope and pray that you do not end up in my Med-Bay after you have stuffed yourselves silly because I have something planned for the both of you if you do."
Lennox and Epps burst out laughing as it's not rare that the Medic would say something along the lines of that. Ratchet glared and scoffed. Then he left.
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Forgetful Stuffing and Fried Turkey
Sideswipe and Sunstreaker were watching Figg, Miles, and Sam tying the turkey to some kind of contraption. Why on Earth would it take three people to fry a simple little bird? When they saw the size of the turkey, their 'mouths' dropped open. "You have to be kidding me? It's so big? How do you expect to fit that bird into that small vat of frying oil?" Sunstreaker said.
"Like this. Stand back, Miles and Sam." They did, and Figg's newest contraption of lowering the turkey worked, and the oil almost sloshed the side.
Sideswipe and Sunstreaker stared in shock at the cooking bird. "So, Figg, did you stuff the turkey before you put it in?" Sunstreaker asked. Figg looked pale then when he remembered the last time he fried a turkey. He forgot to make the stuffing and spent several minutes cooking it while Sam and Miles watched the frying turkey.
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Ironhide and the Pilgrim
Annabelle had a school play to enact with her classmates. Ironhide never really understood the story of Plymouth Rock and why she had to dress like a Pilgrim. Her class was enacting 'Thanksgiving Dinner' with the Pilgrims. Ironhide had little patience when it came to certain things, but seeing Annabelle, he mellowed out and went with anything and everything. Heck, the Lennox household trusted him to watch Annabelle when they went out for dinner or the movies. Ironhide was the babysitter.
Now, Annabelle, Will, Sarah, and Ironhide were on the way to the school. Annabelle kept singing 'We Give Thanks'. Their song they'd have to sing during the set up of their table, fake turkey, and other vegetables.
Ironhide parked in front of the school, not noticing a certain cop car in the area. Ironhide watched Will and Sarah go into the building. Where was Annabelle? Suddenly, feeling a light pressure on his seats, he panned a sensor into his cabin. Finding Annabelle, sitting in his seat. "Annabelle? What are you doing in here?"
"I want you to take me in." Annabelle said.
"Well,"
"Please?" Annabelle then begged, her brown eyes wide.
"Well, all right, youngling." Ironhide engaged his holoform and walked around to Annabelle's side and opened the door. Annabelle jumped out and grabbed his hand.
"Well, well, well, if it's Ironhide and the Pilgrim." Barricade mused.
(How did Barricade manage to 'get' into this story? Hmm. Looks like he likes to live dangerously.)
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Robo-Ball.
The holidays were worse for Prowl and especially Jazz. Whenever Jazz set himself to spy on his human friends, he found them over-energized or something was in the air. It was either the smell of turkey cooking and football bringing out the spirit of men and women to cheer on a team. Prowl tried to steer clear of anything the humans planned on, but seeing a certain girl in a pilgrims' outfit was the last straw. He glitched and it took 'Grouchy Pants' and Jazz to get him into the Med-Bay. 'Grouchy Pants' grumbling all the way to his Med-Bay where he kept 'Glitchy Prowl' in the Med-Bay until Thanksgiving was over. But for Jazz, it wasn't over yet.
After leaving the Med-Bay, he went back to the Rec-Room where the humans were cheering to a football player running across the field, darting this way, and that way with the ball in his hand. Jazz came up with an idea. "Who wants to play Robo-ball?" He asked. No paid any attention and jumped up when the player scored a point. "YES! YES! YES! You owe me 100 bucks!"
"What?" Jazz asked.
"Oh! Hey Jazz." Epps said. "Lennox owes me a hundred."
"Hmm. Would ya guys like to play Robo-ball?"
"Robo-ball? What's that?"
"It's like football and the both of ya can cheer me on to beat Sides and Sunny."