Leanna was first to notice the terrible screaming. She tried to shake Leo awake, but without realizing how close to the edge of the couch he slept, Leanna accidentally shoved Leo off the couch completely. He landed on the wood floor with a loud thud, and a moan. "Sorry." Leanna apologized. Leo lifted his head off the floor and slowly sat up to look at Leanna. He was surprised by the look on her face. Her eyes aimlessly stared into nothing like they always did, but now her pupils were bulged out. Her lips were opened just enough to see the upper half of her two front teeth. Her mouth was opened so small, yet she gasped such large breaths. Then Leo noticed the noise outside. "Something's out there." Leanna whispered. Leo listened for the noise again. He had a bad feeling in his stomach that he knew who it was. And worse, source the noise wasn't where he thought it would be. Instead of out in the driveway, Leo heard the noise coming from Leanna's backyard. Leanna heard Leo stomp towards the house's back door, and looked in his direction. "What do you think it is?"

"Just a couple of malfunctioned idiots." Leo answered. Leanna made a confused face.

"Okay... What makes you say that?" All Leanna heard that time was Leo slamming the back door.

"They're my idiots." Leo mumbled under his breath. He turned around and looked at the twins. "SKIDS! MUDFLAP!" The twins cringed at the harsh tone of Leo's voice. Leo stared at the scene in the backyard. Skids laid his back against Leanna's giant blossoming peach tree where he was mostly hidden from the neighbors. Mudflap was laying on his side, leaning against the wood fence, and trembling in Skids' lap. Leo's shouting brought Mudflap back to reality long enough for him to stop screaming. But he still shivered from the whole night's worth of painful memories lingering in his mind. "What was that?" Leo demanded. Mudflap sobbed and moved his head closer to Skids. Skids stroked his hand over Mudflap's optics and forehead.

"Ya aint in any trouble Muddy. Don' mind him." Skids said through their bond. Then he spoke to Leo. "We sorry Leo. Mudflap jus' got scared is all."

"Scared? Is that what it is?" Leo said with sarcasm. "I gave you two one simple request, and you can't even do that!"

"We tried ta stay outta sight. Dat's why I brought him back here till he calmed down."

"Oh! But you couldn't stay out of sight long enough to resist screaming like banshees at five in the morning?"

"I told ya dat wasn't anybody's fault! Mudflap got scared!"

"Scared...of...WHAT?"

"Bad dream." Skids confirmed. Leo actually laughed a little.

"That's it? You're supposed to be my guardian, and you get scared to death over that?" Leo mocked directly at Mudflap.

"YOU SHUT UP!" Skids yelled at Leo. "Don't eva talk like dat ta him! Is not his fault! We're jus' kids, Leo!"

"Well what are kids doing in a war?"

"Ask yoself dat! It aint easy is it?" Leo was quiet for a while. "What's yo glitch today, anyway?"

"My problem, is that I got stuck with you two on spring break!" Leo shouted, too proud to admit he felt sorry for Mudflap.

"Then if ya hate us dat much, you an' your girl can have yo peace an' quiet! Cuz we aint' your guardians anymore!" Leo couldn't have agreed more. He walked over to the fence and gladly opened it for Skids and Mudflap to drive out. Skids pulled Mudflap up to his feet and lead him forward. "C'mon. You alright." The twins transformed and drove off. When they were gone, Leo went back to Leanna.

"Everything alright?" Leanna asked when Leo came back in. Leo watched Leanna making scrambled eggs in the kitchen, as if she weren't blind at all.

"Yeah. I guess so." Leo mumbled.

"You sure you don't want to tell me what's going on?"

"I just told you everything was alright. Why do you think there's something going on?" Leo asked nervously.

"Because." Leanna said, placing a plate of breakfast on the table directly in front of where Leo was standing. "I heard you shouting, and I heard your car. I'm assuming you moved it, right?"

"You could say that." He said. Leanna sat down at the kitchen table with her own plate.

"So what's going on?"

"I can't explain it." Leanna was about to say something, but her wrist watch beeped and interrupted her. She devoured the rest of her breakfast and chugged down her milk before quickly running for the closet to get her jacket. "Are you late for something?" Leo asked, noticing her sudden 'Taz the Tasmanian Devil' table manners.

"Yes. Actually I'm late for piano lessons."

"You're taking piano lessons?"

"No. Teaching piano lessons. To this girl down the street. Her parents pay me to give lessons for an hour twice a week."

"So why'd you decide to teach piano?"

"Four reasons. One, I love music. Two, I also love money." Leo knew she only said Reason Two to get a laugh out of him. "Three, I'm friends with the girl's extremely nice parents. Four, I can't get a decent job anywhere else in the area." Leanna left the room for a moment to grab some sheet music.

"Why's that?"

"Well apparently it's because I'm blind. But at every job interview I specifically point out that blind people are capable of doing anything non blind people are capable of."

"So why do they keep turning you down?"

"I kind of have a sensory issue. If going to be visiting one place a lot, then I have to understand every detail about the place. But most people don't get me like that. Like this one time, I was trying to figure out the office environment. I got escorted out of the building for feeling the walls and sticking my hand out the window."

"Well that's a little harsh."

"Yeah well, now I'm working on echo location, so I don't look like a crazy lady when I feel the walls." She walked passed Leo and went straight to the door.

"Oh right. Because we wouldn't want anyone thinking you're crazy." Leo joked.

"Thanks. It's good to be a little crazy." Leanna smiled.

"Hey. Does echo location really work for you?" Leo hollered as Leanna stepped out the door.

"It's iffy." She replied. "Love you."

"Love you." Leo said before Leanna closed the door behind her. Meanwhile, the twins were speeding down the road without a care in the world about where they were going.

"Why'd we do dat?" Mudflap asked.

"Dat punk don't need us. Ya heard what he said ta yo face!"

"He don' know abou' what da 'Cons did."

"Well I don' care. We done givin' dat chiapet rides an' claimin' ta be protectin' him." A message from Autobot base came through to Skids. :WHAT?: Skids answered, annoyed.

"What's goin' on?" Mudflap interrupted.

"Decepticons." Skids sighed when the transmission from base ended. "An' ya won' believe where they're headin'!"