"There you are!" Kazran exclaimed, "I've been looking for you!"

Beck snorted, "I'm always here Kaz," And he was. It was rare when he left, what him, Kazran and Ezra called the, "Paladin Headquarters". It's where they could work in peace, without being bothered by a cadet or general.

"True," He agreed, "But I need your help with an experiment. Even Ezra is helping."

"Ezra agreed to help you?" He asked in disbelief, Ezra was notorious for being as far away as possible from any of Kazran's experiments.

He nodded, "It was actually his idea." Katz smiled knowingly, "It surprised me too."

Beck looked back down at what he was working on, not noticing Kazran walk behind him until his friend rested a hand on his shoulder, "The work can wait for a little while Beck." He said gently, giving the monitors shoulder a squeeze.

"I suppose," He sighed, locking the data pads in his desk. Standing, he asked, "What is this experiment anyways?"

"To be honest," Kaz began, "I have no idea, I'm here to help with the formulas and the likes."

Beck stood and pocketed a cube on his desk, "Well, there's no time like the present to find out."

The admin snorted and grinned, "You sound like Ezra."

"Is that a good thing or a bad thing," Beck asked, walking out of the room, dimly aware of the guards snapping to attention.

The other pretended to think about it, "Eh. A little of both I guess."

Beck laughed quietly, "Fair enough."

They walked down the hall, idle conversation flowing easily between the friends.

Reaching the room in question they halted and stared at it in silence.

"Am I the only praying to my user that we don't die?" Kazran asked quietly beside Beck.

"If our users are anything like Ezra, we're screwed." He muttered, reaching out to open the door.

"'Bout time," Ezra greeted as they stepped through the door, both scanning the room.

Kaz smirked, "You can blame Beck, you know how hard it is to get him out of the Paladin Headquarters." He responded, "So, what do you need me to do?"

"I need you to make these," Ezra answered, handing him a data pad with formulas on them.

"This…seems easy enough," He drawled out, already walking over to his equipment.

"I figured. How long do you think it will take?" He asked, walking over to the oven Kaz used for his experiments.

"A micro or two," He said around the pen between his teeth.

Ezra turned the oven on and glanced over to Beck who was leaning against the wall tossing up a blue ball that he seemed to carry around everywhere.

"Beck," The program looked at him, "Will you grab those bowls up there?"

The uprising leader looked to where Ezra had pointed and nodded, "Sure," He said pocketing the ball before grabbing the requested bowls.

He walked over to the large table beside the smaller area they were in and placed the bowls on it.

The user and monitor jumped as Kazran exclaimed "I got it!"

The admin looked over to Beck, "Toss me the bowls please." He requested taking a chip from the microscope over to the contraption in the wall.

Beck slide them down the table with just enough force to land them where Kazran's hand had been.

"Thank you," He said, not taking his eyes off the screen as he put the larger bowl inside the oven looking box.

He flipped a switch and watched as the chemicals mixed together to form the first thing Ezra asked for.

Said user walked over and took it out of the box, "This looks perfect, thanks."

"What is it?" Beck asked from the other side of the table.

Ezra looked over to him, "We called it flour on the earth, the thing that he just got done making was chocolate and the thing that's being made now is eggs and milk." He explained, walking into the smaller area to find a pan.

"What is it for?" The monitor asked walking back over to the two, before hopping up to sit on the table.

Ezra blushed, a rare thing for the user, who cleared his throat before speaking, "Uh," He sighed, "It's for cookies, but more than that. It's been awhile since us three just did something without out worrying about the fate of the grid or what not. I figured this could give us time to just be us."

"That's my fault, I hardly ever leave the headquarters. I'm sorry." He apologized, looking down.

Ezra's eyes turned sharp as he looked over to Beck, "I don't blame you Beck. You're fighting a war, your job is to try and plan every mission and keep us all safe, that requires work."

Kazran tried to think of something to break the tension, but found only one way.

Or maybe he just really wanted to do it.

He reached into the bowl of flour, and threw it at Beck.

Who turned just in time to receive a faceful of flour.

Kazran burst out laughing at the stunned expression on his friends face, even Ezra barked out a laugh, but for a different reason. He saw Beck reaching for some of the chocolate morsels and throw them at Kazran.

Kaz narrowed his eyes when he was hit by chocolate, he reached blindly for an egg and threw it towards Beck who ducked and sprinted to the other side of the table.

The egg hit Ezra square in the chest, the cracking of the egg shell could be heard across the room when it was silent for a nano.

But only for a nano, as both Beck and Kazran burst out laughing, but was cut off as a white liquid was splashed on the two of them.

"What the glitch is this stuff?" Beck yelled jumping up.

Ezra couldn't answer as another egg was thrown at him and he was forced to take cover behind a chair.

The three of them fended off attacks from each other, no one sparing the other, each determined to be the victor.

An amused, but exhausted voice cut through the air as Beck and Ezra ran in circles around the table. "Guys, how about we call this a tie."

The three met each other's eyes and shrugged, "Why not?"

Once the tie was in order Beck collapsed on the table, soon followed by Ezra and Kazran seconds later.

They were silent for a micro, "I missed this." One of them said, and was met with sounds of agreement and a snore.

Kazran looked over to his friend and saw Beck asleep, and Ezra smiling at the sight. "I think Beck has the right idea."

"Lights!" Kazran called, ordering the lights off.

Kazran fell asleep micros later, leaving only a drowsy Ezra awake.

They may not have gotten cookies, but they got something better. Ezra thought, drifting off, We got ourselves.