-Chapter 21-

A/N: Well, let's just see how well this one goes now why don't we? XD Oh guess what? Windcharger can walk again :) He's got a little bit of a limp but that won't slow him down!

The two of them had no idea-no idea at all-as to how they had managed to it or how it might have even been possible from the start, but they surely had accomplished in doing it and now, they needed a plan of action as to how they're going to get them unstuck from this. As the two of them stared at it, Skids placing his servos on his hips and Trailbreaker rubbing the back of his helm and titling his head to the side a bit they examined the-well, judging on how bad of a mess it was, it looked sort of like a wreckage from a large transport cargo. Well okay, maybe that was over exaggerating it just a bit, but really, it wouldn't be a surprise if it were true in that fashion of a manner. Skids palmed his face with a groan as Trailbreaker made yet another attempt to get the hoses free from, well, everything that just happened to be piled up in the shed. And seriously, if only they had the place organized maybe things like this wouldn't happen to them...

"Okay, really this is honestly a lot harder than it looks to be..." Trailbreaker grunted out his comment as he failed yet again at another attempt and in the process, nearly stumbling backward and over as the hose cable slipped from his grasp. Those damned expensive hoses were always so fricken durable and slippery, even without being used for so long they seemed like they were brand new, they were built to last and that's exactly being proven right then and there. Sighing he stood up a bit straighter and crossed his arms, humming to himself quietly as he wondered how exactly they were going to work out this little predicament out. "So...You got any ideas Skids?"

"Just one...But its going to require having a lot of maintenance oil and sad to say, my grappling hook." He replied and the black mech with red trims looked at him suspiciously for an astrosecond before he shrugged it off and headed off to get a few cans, leaving Skids along to stare at the horrific tangled up mess in the shed. "Seriously, when this is all over, I'm going to have a fun time organizing this myself..."

Windcharger was more than happy as he strolled down each aisle of the larger hardware store with Glitch, browsing happily through the contents and seeing which of the supplies they were there to purchase. Skids was probably jealous that he got to go instead of him with the active Outlier, seeing how the trainee Theoretician was known to have a healthy "obsession" when it came to shopping. But aside from that, the Levitator had been noted to be in fully recovered condition and he was no longer in need of assistance when it came to simple walking, though the limp he still had from the after affects of not walking for a long while when he was in stasis was still with him, but that would soon end. Besides, even with that limp of it it wasn't slowing him down in the slightly! And as Senator had put it, he was a very flexible mech to begin with anyways. Easy to bounce back and forth between situations and never giving up when he was determined to his fullest even if it was a lost cause. Yep, that was Windcharger all right, no other explanation needed to be given about him.

Walking down yet another isle Glitch could have sworn there was over a hundred of them or never ending seeing as to how he had lost count of them some time ago. Their cart was nearly full however it wasn't because they had so much stuff overflowing it, it was more like, they're getting a lot of the same thing such as buckets and Pit those things took up a lot of room! Maybe they should have gotten a smaller size, well you know if the store had a smaller size to sell that is. So far they had already gotten plenty of buckets, rope, metalloid cubes, paint guns and sprayers along with for some reason, several large springs and launch pads in which the red black mech had claimed to be a surprise that he and Skids had discussed earlier that orbit before the two of them had left to go supplies hunting.

"So, what exactly are we getting now? I'm pretty sure we've got more than we need that's on the list." The red orange mechs stated as he counted over the equipment in the cart and the taller mech turned around and held up welder masks and helmets of the sorts with a grin. "Okay then? And why are we going to need those things?"

"Remember this Glitch brother. This is going to be one Pit of a water war, so we're also going to need some paint and a lot of masks. Me and Skids have already discussed plenty of things along with the plan and made an announcement so everyone is going to get into this, and I mean, everyone." Windcharger started to explain and he continued on. "So we're going to have a mark on our shoulders indicating which team you're representing, ya see? We'll we're going to be on the green team along with whomever else wants to join us and Senator and them are going to be the purple team, but masks make it more fun ha ha." They chuckled and Glitch shook his head in near disbelief.

"Wow 'Charger, you're surely making this a lot more fun than I originally thought it to be." He grabbed the masks from him and dropped them into the cart with the rest of the things and Windcharger winked with a beaming smile of innocence. "But of course you would take many steps just so we can remember this."

"Who do you take me for Glitch? Of course I'm going to make this one of the best things you're going to remember for the rest of your life! Its my job as an older brother!" Glitch rolled his optic and shook his head and nudged him with the cart. "Alright then Mr. Magic Arms, keep moving we've still got some shopping left." Windcharger grinned at that.

"Is it slick enough to move out from the cluster?" Skids called in curiosity and Trailbreaker tugged, the first hose sliding free just a bit but it was still nevertheless, stuck in place. It took them awhile but they did manage to get enough oil to make the things slippery like a freshly mopped and waxed floor and now all that was needed was the additional yank to get it free and that's what Skids was for, well at least his grappling hook for this situation "Oh yeah, that's definitely more than enough, well...Here goes nothing. Wish me luck." Retracting his servo he was quick to transform the details of his left servo into his 'infamous' grappling hook and he took the end of the first hose and clamped down on it, backing up he let the line trail against the ground before he got to a good enough distance and began to retract it. And when everything seemed to be going well-cluck! Well that doesn't sound good. He was jerked forward as a mountain of supplies came tumbling forward off and around the hose, pulling him forward and he was lucky enough to catch himself before he face planted it. Trailbreaker diving out of the way and rushing to a safe distance.

"Well...So much for that plan, its still stuck-Oh wait! Look! I think we can dig them out now and untangle them from everything! Good work Skids!" Trailbreaker corrected himself as he realized just how well it had worked, and to be honest, it was actually difficult to explain just how the frag that had just happen but it was well worth it. Flopping over onto his back Skids stared up at the gray sky as Trailbreaker dashed over to get to work.

"Yeah, you go do that 'Breaker. Oh, and make sure to unbury my hook while you're at it." Skids muttered and he offlined his optics, his spark settling down slowly in his chassis, the beating of it had risen quite quickly when the pile had come tumbling down from its placeholder inside the shed and now all he wanted to do was take a break and get free before he started with anything else. Really, that scared me a lot more than I thought it would, he thought with a soft huff.

"We're back!" Windcharger exclaimed happily as he dashed into the back courtyard where Skids and Trailbreaker were laying in the middle, surrounded in a field of crystal plants to the east. And right as he was about to say something else he cut himself off noticing that the two of them were in a peaceful recharge and then he looked over at the shed. The place was actually organized and just outside the door was the four hoses. They probably had a long and difficult time getting those things out, he thought putting a servo on his chin before he flopped down next to them and offlined his optics, stretching out into a comfortable position for himself. "You guys stole my idea, I wanted nap time ha ha." He was given no response and he didn't mind it, drifting off into his own recharge was no problem with the gray weather blocking out the majority of Alpha Centauri's sunlight.

Glitch walked outside a few kliks later and saw the three of them in their own dreamless state of recharge, peaceful and quiet out there in the clear cool overcast weather. Shrugging it off he went back to go continue trying to figure out where to store all their supplies until the next orbit when it was all going to go down and also how he was going to message Senator about this without him suspecting them and going into his own little investigation because he thought the thing might smell a little funny. Well he hoped he'd do a good job in getting the message right, maybe he'll ask Skids whenever he wakes up for advice about it, better yet maybe he'll take over the message sender himself. Ha, like that'll ever happen but I'm sure I'll do just fine with this, Glitch thought as he headed back inside leaving the three to collect their 'charge. "Sleep well brothers because when you wake up we'll have a lot of work to do."