Author's Notes: Thanks for the reviews and setting story alert to stay up on the latest. I swear I have a split personality bi-polar muse. In one day, I'm working on Megatron capturing Santa Claus in Transformer holidays, Prime and the Wreckers fighting Shockwave for DOTM Explanations and this chapter. Talk about a variety. :P Hopefully everyone is ready for winter and the holidays coming, whichever you may celebrate. Posts are slower (at least once or twice a week my type slow) as my schedule is packed full right now between family, holidays and work. Until all are one, Layra aka hummergrey.

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"That's us," Sideswipe identified, sitting down on the recreation room couch. The other bots acknowledging the twins as Ironhide curled his fingers a little closer about his ward.

"Mommy found car candy molds but not trucks," Annabelle smiled, holding up two Lamborghini shaped chocolates.

"You lose old timer."

"Fits. Soft inside and runs in heat," Ironhide teased back.

"I heard that," Sunstreaker snarked, sitting down by his twin.

CHOMP!

"Arrgh! She's eating me!" Sunstreaker yelped, the others turning to see Annabelle chewing her candy.

Crunch Munch

"My hood," Sideswipe bemoaned.

"Chocolate, yummy."

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"Ah got me an itchy trigger finger," Ironhide drawled, missing the startled looks.

"Are you functional old friend?" Optimus asked.

"Partner? Ah'm finer than cream gravy. A curly wolf needing to bend an elbow later." *

"Slag it! Who reprogrammed Ironhide's speech patterns?" Ratchet growled, hefting a wrench. "You two!"

"Wasn't us!" Sideswipe protested, backed by Sunstreaker.

"Irregardless, you are excused from today's budget meeting pending repairs," Optimus said.

Entering med bay, the medic grinned. "Plan worked. Pay up."

"You're someone to ride the river with friend."

"Thanks, I think."

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"This is the life. Staying at Sam's. Shown respect I deserve, not as a drone," Wheelie processed, his cat hologram hiding him while working in the backyard.

"Excessive particle contamination. Filter clearing imperative" flashed across his warning display. "Aw slag. Helping with household chores and the garden jammed it,' he realized.

"Are you all right?" Judy asked, looking up from the flowers.

Wheelie went to answer but couldn't. His vocalizer power relay offline, energy routing to the air injector instead. Grimacing, he pulled in more air, ejecting the clump out onto the ground.

"Ewww, hairball!"

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"You trust me to uphold my side of the truce?" Barricade stated, his casual sitting by the pool freaking out the other household staff.

"You help us, no double crossing and you'll get your meeting with Optimus," Simmons agreed.

"Only a Prime can activate the Allspark to create a new spark essence," he reminded.

"Yah yah, you said that."

Mikeala listened intently nearby, pondering. 'Am I crazy or stupid? Have the courage to get in the car. I did with Bumblebee and look where I am now. Where will this lead? Time to find out '

TF TF TF TF TF TF TF TF TF TF

*Author's notes: Ironhide spoke using old west cowboy terms.

Bend an elbow – drink.

Curly wolf – tough, dangerous guy

Fine as cream gravy – Very good, top notch.

Translated: I'm good. Ready to fight and want a drink later after this meeting.