Well I've got another one down. Enjoy! Again Solarstorm is all I own.

The air around base was a lot less tense now that we knew Megatron was gone. Granted there were still a lot of decepticons out there but it did'nt seem as frightning without their leader. I have to admit its a little strange. I mean we spend centuries fighting Megatron only for him to be destroyed by his own device. How ironic, but Im not going to complain. Maybe now that he's gone the war will quickly follow.

The humans came to base as soon as they were let out of school. Once they get here I noticed that they brought all kinds of items with them. " Whats all this?" I ask. " Our science projects are due tommrow so we brought them with us to work on them." Jack replies. " I'd work over there if I were you," I say while pointing to a secluded area," Ratchet tends to get grouchy if theres a lot of noise." " Gotcha." Jack replies walking towards the area, Arcee following him. " Solarstorm do you wanna help me and Bee with my project?" Raf asks. " Sure." I reply walking towards the area," So what are you making?"

" A scale model of a volcano." he replies. I kneel down and say," I dont know much about Earths volcanos but I'll do what I can." " Me too," Bee adds. We start construction on Rafs volcano and its going along well until...BANG! The volcano sparks and smokes and not in the way we want it to. " Decepticons, we're under attack!" we hear Ratchet yell and he comes running over with Optimus. " Its no attack Ratchet." Raf says coughing. " Its my volcano...was." Then it just falls flat. Well I did tell him I didnt know much about volcanoes.

Next, Miko says," Hold still Bulkhead. Jupitor needs its red spot." Miko was making a model of their solar system and she had Bulkhead holding it up while she painted it. She then spills some paint on the floor and says," Oopsie." " What in the allspark is going on here?" Ratchet asks. " our projects are due tommrow," Jack says while working on his project of a motorcycle with Arcee who holds up a part and asks," maybe it needs one of these doohickies." " Your a motorcycle Arcee. Shouldnt you know how to build a motorcycle engine." Jack asks.

" Your a human Jack. Can you build me a small intestine?" She replies. ( Touche`) " Well you cant work on these projects in here. Your making a mess." Ratchet says. Raf looks at him and says," But the science fair is a big part of our grade." " Yeah if Bulkhead does'nt help me finish this model of our solar system," Miko starts. Ratchet interrupts saying," Oh and what does Bulkhead know of your Solar system. Or Bumblebee and Solarstorm of your volcanoes. Or..." " Arcee of our motorcycles." Jack finishes.

" Precisely. We're not earthlings and their not scientists. " Ratchet replies shacking his head. Optimus turns to Ratchet and says," But the autobots are their guardians Ratchet. Would it hurt to learn more of Earth by helping our young friends with their school work. " Ratchet turns to him and replies," Well maybe our young friends should try learning more about Cybertron. " I turn to Raf and hand him some newspaper and say," Here you go kiddo. Heres some more paper." " Thanks," he replies while putting it on his volcano.

To pass the time Bumblebee goes to telling Raf about the different battles he has been in and Raf was completely soaking it in. " Impressive is'nt he?" I ask Raf. " I'm not that impressive,'' Bee says to me. " Even though you arent warrior class yet your still impressive Bee. Dont sell yourself short." I say. " Really then how do you make warrior class?" Raf asks." But I've seen you in action your awesome." Optimus puts his hand on Bumblebees shoulder and says," I second your opinion Raf, but autobot life cycles are much longer than that of humans and though it may be hard to believe, our young scout still has much to experience."

A beeping noise starts coming from the computer so Ratchet walks over to check it out. " Exposed energon," he says," and its on the move." Bulkhead then walks up next to him and adds," And since we aint moving it guess who must be." " Decepticons." Arcee finishes. Miko then says," Without Megatron?" Optimus looks at her and says," Unfortunatly Megatrons legacy will live on. As others rise to take his place. Autobots you have projects to complete. Ratchet I may require aid." Ratchet turns to him and replies," Science fair is a big part of their grade. Perhaps I'm better suited to remain behind and advize."

" Very well. Bumblebee. Let us see about this energon intranset." Optimus says to him. Bee stands up straighter and replies," Yes sir." I walk over to the groundbridge controls and set the coordinates and say," Groundbridge activated. Its ready when you are." They walk towards the bridge and before they leave I tell Bumblebee," Kick some butt for us." He just chuckles and replies," You bet." With that they walk through to the other side and I deactivate the groundbridge.

I walk back over to the others to help them with their projects. Once I get over there I see Ratchet working on what used to be Rafs project. " Uh arent you supposed to work on the project yourself Raf?" I ask him. Raf walks up to Ratchet and asks," Um what is it?" You'll find out." He replies and continues to work on the project. " But Ratchet shouldnt I be doing the work?" Raf asks walking up to it. " Ah ah ah ah dont touch just watch and learn." Ratchet replies.

" So we're just gonna help Jack and Miko finish their..." Bulkhead starts. Ratchet looks up and says," Without my supervision. You want them to be right dont you?" We just look at each other looking confused. " Then watch a master at work," Ratchet finishes while activating his laser. " Control freak," Miko whispers. I walk up to her and say," I should have told you kids to work in the hall or something so that he couldnt see you." She looks up at me and says," Its okay how would you that he would go all mad scientist on us."

Bulkhead walks over and I ask," Do you think we should go ahead and help the kids do their projects since Ratchet just took over?" " Unless we want to be welded to the wall I'd say just let him do it.'' Bulkhead replies. " But they are supposed to be the ones to do it, and what caused him to get all boss mode on us." I reply. " Who knows, but I dont want to be on the recieving end of his wrench just because we feel the kids should do it themselves." Bulkhead says. I turn to the kids and say," Sorry kids. I hope you still get good grades even if you didnt do it yourselves. " Jack smiles and says," Its ok and who knows maybe they will be impressed and give us an A." Miko just looks at him with a yeah right expression.

After a while we get a request for a groundbridge so I walk over and activate it since Ratchet was occupied. They walk in and explain to us the incident that happened with a decepticon called Skyquake and Starscream. Seems like Starscream decided to take over. Well thats the only way he could ever lead the decepticons,and that was just cause Megatron was dead. I didnt know who Skyquake was but he sounded like a strong opponent so I was glad he was taken care of. One less decepticon to worry about.

Ratchet went to work on Bumblebee and Optimus and I followed him. Optimus looks to Bumblebee and says," Bumblebee putting yourself at risk was perhaps was perhaps not the wisest of strategies, but you performed admiriably." Bumlebee walks out of the machine just in time for us to hear honking. Well lets hear the damage report. Ratchet turns to walk to them and says,'' Ah ha. There you are. Well how were my uh our projects perceived?" Raf looks down and says," well..."

-Mikos evaluation-

"Ms. Nakadi what planet would that be," her teacher asks. " Um Cybertron?" she replies. The weight of it was too much for the bar so it falls.

-Jacks evalutation-

" Its large Mr. Darby but is it operational?" the teacher states. Jack bends down to push the button that turns it on and once he does the thing starts jumping around and right through the classroom door.

-Rafs evalutation-

" I hesitate to ask Mr. Esquivel but uh is it active." the teacher asks nervously. Raf turns the remote towards it and pushes the button and it then blows a hole right through the roof. Well he did ask if it was active.

I hold in my laugh because I knew that wouldnt make matters any better. Ratchet just looks upset and says," Well You would of have been awarded the highest honors." He then walks away mumbling. Bumblebee walks up and beeps," Maybe they should have stayed away from Ratchet." Optimus looks to him and says," Indeed Bumblebee. Our human friends would have been wise to stray from Ratchets path." I walk up to them and say," I'd hate to say it but he kindof deserves it. He shouldnt have taken over their projects and hearing that the things he made didnt impress anyone was a blow to his ego. Maybe that will keep him from taking over their work again."

" You are right Solarstorm. Although I would not suggest telling him that." Optimus replies. " Not unless I want to face the medics wrath." I say," No I'll just keep this to myself." I walk back over to the kids and say," I'm sorry that you didnt get the grade you were hoping for." Jack looks up and says," Dont worry about it. We figured it wouldnt go well anyway so we didnt get our hopes up." " Next time I'm just gonna work on my projects at home." Miko adds. I smile and say," I think that would be a good idea."

I then look to Arcee and say," Is'nt it time to take the kids home?" She checks the time and says," Yea your right. Come on Bulkhead, Bee lets take these kids home." " Actually Bumblebee needs to stay here so I can make sure nothing was damaged." Ratchet says. " Sorry Raf," Bumblebee whirrs. " It's okay Bee." Raf replies. I look to Raf and say," Dont worry kiddo I can take you home." He smiles and says," Thanks." I then transform into my alternate mood. This must be the first time they had seen it because they had their mouths hanging open.

" What?" I ask. Miko runs up to me and says," Dude I did'nt know you were a ferrari. Your like totally hot!" I just chuckle and say," thank you Miko. Climb on in Raf Its time to take you home." He runs to me and jumps into the passanger seat. " Wow so cool." He replies. Jack and Miko run to their guardians and get inside. Arcee leads the way out followed by me and Bulkhead. I had forgotten how nice it was to just drive and planned on doing so more often.

Today didnt turn out like we planned but it was still an entertaining one. After all who does'nt like to watch Ratchet get all hot and bothered.

Well there it is the end of another chapter. Next is Scrapheap and I'll try to get it up as soon as I can. Until then please review and I will see ya soon!