Back at the main underground base, Flasher was slowly recovering, though recovering much faster than an adult as Flasher was young. Ratchet made sure that Flasher was completely fixed up before allowing the youngling out of the med bay. "You got lucky, Flasher" Ratchet stated.

"Lucky?" Flasher asked, unaware of how close he had been to not coming back alive.

"Yes, that rogue seeker that hit you was a lousy shot. A mere foot in any direction and you wouldn't be talking right now. You would be with Primus" Ratchet stated, emphasizing parts that he felt needed to be emphasized.

Flasher was absolutely stunned. "You're lying to me" Flasher stated, though Ratchet could tell Flasher was worried what the medic had said.

"I don't lie about my work, Flasher. I am a medic. I tell it like it is, whether or not you like the answer" Ratchet stated. "Now you should get home. Take it easy and listen to your parents."

"Yes sir" Flasher responded and he headed for home. Ratchet sighed – Flasher had manners but had no common sense. Ratchet couldn't figure out how that worked and didn't have time to as his next patient was arriving.

Meanwhile, in the quarters of the Prime, Mirage and Optimus were talking with Peacekeeper, deeply disappointed in what the twins had done and what had happened as a result of what they had done. "We love you but it is hard to trust you when you two do silly things like what you just did" Optimus stated and Flasher overheard.

"I understand. You expected more out of me and I failed you" Keeper answered, unaware his twin was home.

"It will take time to rebuild the trust we had in you and your twin" Mirage explained, not happy about this whole thing either. Mirage had trusted them to be good younglings and follow the rules. Keeper nodded, as he knew Mirage was right. It would take a long time to rebuild the trust that Keeper had previously earned. Keeper wished he had never gone on the stupid outing, but he had felt compelled to protect his twin. Even with that, it still felt wrong.

"It was my fault" Flasher stated coming into the conversation. "I am the bot to blame. I was getting what the humans call "cabin fever" and I wanted to get away from home for a bit. I was going to go alone, but Keeper wouldn't let me. He told me that if I go, he will go so that I would return home safely."

The three other bots looked to Flasher who had spoken. He appeared battered and bruised, but Ratchet had fixed up what he could. Optimus didn't look too happy with Flasher, nor did Mirage. "You made a reckless choice, Flasher. You could have been killed. You have to understand that rules are made to keep you safe, not to stop you from having fun" Mirage uttered.

"Unfortunately, I had to learn that the hard way" Flasher stated, rubbing over the solder lines in some of his recently repaired wounds.

"You both had to learn this the hard way" Optimus stated. "I wish you both weren't so stubborn"

"At least we come by that honestly" Flasher stated, knowing both his parents could be very stubborn and pointing it out.

"Yes, Flasher, but you have to remember that there is a time and a place for everything and this was not a time or a place to be stubborn about things" Mirage retorted. He hated being called stubborn even if it did apply to him. He preferred to use the term "determined" but it still meant much the same thing.

"I am just relived that you are both back safely" Optimus stated, obviously relieved that the two were finally where they belonged.

"And I think we both learned our lesson" Keeper mentioned, stunning Flasher as Keeper didn't look bad.

"You aren't hurt" Flasher retorted, trying to figure out just how his twin had learned his lesson.

"No, I had to go work at the nearby construction site until Hide came to get me and perform a few really tough, dirty, nasty jobs that were harder than anything I have ever done before" Keeper replied, which explained why he was still so dirty and felt disgusting. Mirage hadn't let the bot clean off just yet so that Keeper would learn even more from all of this. Flasher nodded. "Now can I clean off, mama?"

"Yes, and you better be squeaky clean by the next time I see you" Mirage stated with emphasis. Keeper hurried off, happy to finally be able to wash the gunk off him. He hit the showers and scrubbed hard as Keeper had heard this type of gunk takes a lot of effort to get rid of.

Back in the main part of the quarters, Flasher was still standing with his parents. Both were grateful that Flasher was still online but were upset at the choice he had made. "You are really lucky flasher" Optimus stated, seeing the wounds.

"Ratchet said the same thing" Flasher stated, not wanting to hear this again.

"You know, seekers had a reputation of being deadly accurate with whatever they shot at. That seeker chose not to kill you, and I am not sure why" Optimus revealed.

"You mean it wasn't a bad shot like Ratchet said?" Flasher asked, wishing he wasn't hearing this.

"No, this was sent as a warning to me" Optimus stated, realizing what had really happened.

"Why would they want to send a warning or message to you, dad?" Flasher asked, curious, not thinking of his father as the Prime over all transformers. Mirage had a bad feeling about what Optimus would say next.

"Because I am Prime. They are trying to lure me out by hurting those who work under me. They long to do away with me so that they can have Cybertron" Optimus explained. Mirage sighed, as that was what he had thought as well. Flasher was stunned, as he hadn't thought of it that way. Things had taken a turn – for the worse or for the better, no one knew.