When morning came Alana woke at her usual early time, she had a schedule for waking up and no matter what time she went to bed she had to get up at seven in the morning. So she fell out of bed and got dressed as were her usual routine. Once dressed, she went outside and walked on over to the group of cars which were the Autobots. All were in stasis and couldn't be bothered by the arrival of the small girl.

Alana was bored so she went over to the yellow Camaro and gave it a swift kick in the bumper. Bumblebee's entire body jerked as he was brought out of stasis.

"Huh?" when he saw Alana he sighed "What is it Alana?" he asked.

Alana smiled at him and leaned forward "Wanna go exploring with me?" she asked.

"Not now, Alana" Bee groaned.

Alana pouted but then she shrugged "Fine, I'll explore by myself" she said.

She was beginning to walk off when Bumblebee's holoform caught up with her "Only for a little while" he told her. Alana giggled and led him to the back of the motel which was backing against a forest. Alana took Bumblebee's hand and led him into the dense forest. Its was easy going for a while but then Alana grew bored from just walking and decided to climb a tree. Bumblebee watched her apprehensively, he poised and ready to catch her is she fell.

Alana did indeed fall but Bee caught her and when he turned her around in his arms she laughed and thanked him for catching her. From her fall she had gained a pretty bad scratch on her cheek which was now bleeding. Bumblebee's shoulders slumped, Ratchet was gonna kill him.

Alana wanted to explore more but with her scratch bleeding more than it should have Bumblebee picked her up and walked her back to the motel.

"But I'm fine Bumblebee I swear!" she tried to push away from him but it was no use, a little girl wasn't going to overpower and Autobot. Once they were out in the open Bumblebee took his sweet time in walking on over to Ratchet. Once he had reached the yellow hummer Bumblebee silently contacted him and Ratchet woke.

"Wazgoinon?" he asked sleepily.

"Uh Alana hurt herself" those four little words brought Ratchet right out of his sleepy state. He activated his holoform and bent down so that he could see the damage done.

"Alana what did you do now?" he asked as he turned her head in his hands so that he could have a better look.

"Bumblebee and me went exploring" Alana told him proudly.

"Is that so…" Ratchet gave Bumblebee a look that could kill "well I'll deal with him later" Bumblebee shuddered but did nothing more. "Well Alana" Ratchet said, his face was grave "You need stitches"

"oh" Alana said "What's stitches?"

Ratchet paused; he was trying to figure out a way how to tell her truthfully with out freaking the small girl out. "Stitches is a piece of string that will fix your cut." He said after a moment.

"Ok!" Ratchet took her and led her to the back of the recue hummer; Ratchet had opened his back doors and then had placed Alana in the back. Her feet dangled off the edge as she waited happily.

Ratchet got out the needed supplies and was sterilizing the needle when Alana popped the dreaded question.

"Will it hurt?" she asked.

"Uh… a little" Ratchet said.

"Oh…" Alana didn't really like pain when she knew it was coming.

"I'll be gentle" Ratchet promised her.

"Ok" Alana closed her eyes just as Ratchet began. During the whole process Bumblebee had come up next to Alana and had grabbed her hand which she was currently squeezing with all her might. He knew it hurt and he didn't like the fact that he had been the cause of her hurt but he felt happy that she hadn't let go of his hand.

Ratchet was done a few moments later, Alana had ten stitches and once the pain was over she smiled.

Alana turned to Ratchet "Can I see?" she asked. Ratchet shrugged and brought out a mirror, Alana admired herself for a few moments and laughed "That looks so cool!" she shouted pointing to herself. And before anyone could stop her Alana ran off back into the motel room to go and show off hr new stitches to Sam.

Sam was unlike Alana when it came to mornings, he hated them and would normally sleep right on through them, but when Alana had something to say or she was excited about something there was no stopping her from waking up Sam. She began to jump up and down on the bed in excitement and when Sam didn't respond she jumped on him instead.

"What?" Sam groaned.

"Sam, Sam, Sam!" Alana laughed "Guess what" she sat down on his chest and pulled on his shirt collar so that he would have to look at her. She leaned in close and said "I got stitches!"

It was too early for Sam to have a reaction to that so he waved her away and mumbled "That's nice Alana" Alana frowned at him for a moment but then shrugged, he knew now and she had others to tell.

She walked back out of the motel room and saw Ratchet yelling at Bumblebee, but since this was a common sight she did not mind and paid it not attention. Her next target was Ironhide, He sat parked in the middle of the parking lot and had a nice warm sunbeam on him. It was a very peaceful stasis until… Alana came along, she woke him up just like she had done with Ratchet- and that was a short but hard kick to the bumper.

"Hey!" Ironhide shouted.

"Moring!" Alana laughed.

"Oh hey" Ironhide looked at his little girl and had he been in his robot mode he would have frowned "What happened to your face?"

"Oh this?" Alana looked excited "I got stitches!" she sang.

"Oh really?" Ironhide said.

"Yup, Bumblebee and I were exploring and I fell out of a tree and Bumblebee caught me!" Alana waved her hands wildly.

"And I suppose the yelling in the background is Ratchet telling Bumblebee off" Ironhide said.

Alana looked at the cowering Bumblebee and Ratchet who had gotten a bit red in the face "Yup!" she nodded happily.

Ironhide let out a sound which sounded like a sigh "Then I'm not needed" he said. And that was the last thing he said before he slipped into stasis once more.

Alana then walked on over to Optimus the last person she had to notify about her new injury.

She was pulling back her leg to kick him when Optimus' cool voice stopped her, "Don't even think about it Alana" Alana pouted. "What is it?" Optimus asked kindly.

"I got stitches" Alana said proudly, she then went ton to explain what happened and the end she had actually managed to get Optimus to laugh. Which was a rare thing but Alana seemed to have a knack for getting the big bot to smile. Then suddenly Alana held onto her stomach.

"Alana?" Optimus said her name questioningly.

"I'm hungry" the small girl sat down.

Optimus activated his holoform, walked over and picked her up. "Now that just won't do" he said as he cradled the girl to his chest.

Alana nodded "no sir" she said. She hadn't understood him but she agreed any way. Optimus walked the small girl into the motel and then they sat together in the little restaurant. There Alana ordered food and Optimus watched as she ate her fill. Once she was done he ushered her towards her room and told her to go and brush her teeth. Alana paused for a moment remembering a scene off a movie she and Sam had been watching, where a man had bought a woman food and after she had given him a kiss on the cheek. Alana thought that all that Optimus had done fit into the criteria of gaining a kiss so before she went to her room she motioned for him to lean down and then planted a stick maple syrup kiss on his cheek.

"Thank you for breakfast." She said.

Optimus smiled "Your welcome Alana" he gave her head a small pat and then pushed her gently in the direction of her room.

Alana and Sam were soon once again ready to go, they piled into the cars and after paying for the rooms they once more headed off.

Alana this time had opted to ride with Ratchet, she sat in the front seat playing with her LEGO. Ratchet would sometimes give her ideas of suggestions for her creations and she would accept and reject some.

Sam on the other hand was sleeping, Alana had ruined his peaceful sleep with the news of stitches and now he was trying to catch up on his lost sleep. And so went on the day driving quickly across the country side until finally late in the night they had reached the base. Alana had fallen asleep inside of Ratchet and was taken out gently by Ironhide, Sam too was feeling tired and once the humans were put on a big mattress that was protected from the weather by some tarp did the two humans rest peacefully.

The rest of the Autobots checked to see how much Fireflight had done, and for a distracted Mech he had done quite a bit. Laid foundation and had put up some walls, stealth beam coding was all set up too. The next morning the Autobots would get into action and continue building but for now, all any one wanted was rest.