Here are some drabbles featuring Penny, Izzy, and Meg spending time with the kids!

Penny and Soundwave do bills

"Soundwave, you know you don't have to help me."

It was late at night and he should've been in bed with the others, but here he was watching me do bills. Lazerbeak was on my shoulder, peering over at the dollar signs and various numbers. Soundwave stood at the other end of the table, multiple books stacked on top of each other to give him some leverage. In his servos was a black pen in which he was writing out different calculations on a pad. Most of my bills were spread out amongst the table, checked red if they were done.

I yawned a bit, rubbing my eyes. "Maybe we should call it a night. You must be tired like me." I started to get up, only for him to pull me down with his tentacles. "What is it now Slendy?"

Soundwave showed me the pad he was writing on, displaying the numbers of my mortgage. It was lower than I realized. Perhaps we were actually going to keep this house a bit longer. I smiled at this, patting his helm.

"Thanks Soundwave, say can you do income taxes too?"

"Soundwave: Loves to help Penny out."

"That's why you are the best child for monetary policy."

Why Operation isn't played anymore

"I hate this game!"

It was a lazy Saturday afternoon and the kids were playing board games from the basement. Penny had found the dreaded Operation game and started to scream loudly. This freaked out the bots, all of them taking out various weapons before she had to calm them down. Explaining her outburst, the bots were quick to understanding her animosity for the game...well except for one.

"I find this game to be relatively easy." Ratchet said, carefully taking out the Adam's Apple. "Surgery in a game is fun!"

Penny rolled her eyes. "Of course my little Doc would love this game. It's right up his alley!"

Knockout took the tongs from his servo. "He isn't the only one good at this game!" He looked at the patient's body and tried to grab the Funny Bone.

BZZZZZT!

Needless to say, Megatron made sure that accursed game got blown up into many pieces, much to Ratchet's dismay. Penny was secretly glad the game buzzed it's last buzz.

Starscream's Paper Army

Izzy had came over one day to show Penny her origami crane that she made for a Japanese project. Penny was so enamored by it that she hung it over the bookshelf. As she was admiring it, Starscream came in.

"Penny!" He started to say before seeing the origami crane fluttering in the soft breeze of the window. "What's that?"

"That," Penny plucked the paper bird from the bookcase and brought it down to show him. "Is an origami crane. They are Japanese paper crafts that children love to make."

Starscream looked in awe at the design and poked it. "Can I have one?"

Penny grinned nervously as she put the crane back up. "You'll have to ask Izzy for one. I can't do much with paper." An idea struck her mind as she smiled. "But we can make paper airplanes instead!"

Starscream faceplate lit up immediately. "Paper airplanes! You mean they can fly too?"

"Of course they can! And you can lead them!"

So they spent the afternoon making paper airplanes. Penny's fingers were covered in cuts, but it was worth putting a smile on Starscream's face. He even gave each one a name: Thundercracker, Skywarp, Ramjet, and Thrust. When they were all done, Penny tied them all to a string and tied them to his wings.

"Now when you transform, you have your own little paper plane squad to help you!" Penny said, smiling as he turned around to see his fleet following him.

"Thank you Penny!" He exclaimed, latching onto her chest for a tight hug. Penny patted his back, being wary of the wings. He got out of her hold and went to the backyard where the others were playing.

"Watch this guys!" He said, transforming into his jet mode as he flew across the backyard with his paper army in tow. "Starscream's paper army will rule the backyard."

Penny watched him from the door, her arms crossed and a placid look on her face. Even as the rest of her children wanted their own paper armies too and went to the door to bug her for one.

What Little Girls Are Made Of

The whole debacle started when Optimus came home from his library run with Penny. He had acquired a certain book that explained the differences between boys and girls respectively. This intrigued the young bots as they gathered around the book to read what it had to say.

"Look, it says to make a female you need sugar, spice, and everything nice!" Bee read aloud to the others. "Do you think Penny was created like this?"

"Well she does have sugar-like qualities." Dreadwing said, tapping his chin thoughtfully. "When she sees us crying, she always comforts us. And she gives us treats when we're good."

"She definitely has spice in her too." Breakdown said. "When she disciplines us, her voice gets super scary!"

"What about everything nice?" Smokescreen wondered. "What's so nice about Penny?"

"Everything is nice about her!" Megatron shouted, making the bot flinch. "She cares for us, but not to the point of which it is insufferable! She tolerates us, loves us, and wants to protect us no matter what!"

"Maybe she was created in a lab somewhere to act like this!" Bulkhead looked at the book again. "Maybe we can create a girl for Penny!"

"That would be a thoughtful gift." Optimus said, nodding. "Another human besides Izzy for her to take care of alongside us."

"But doesn't she already have enough on her hands with just us?" Ratchet put out. "Another human being would just add onto her list of growing problems."

"At least let's try. She and Arcee are out shopping for the week. We can make a human by then!" Starscream said, his scientist brain working.

"What are we waiting for then? Let's make a female!" Knockout said, the rest of them cheering.

...

Penny and Arcee walked down the walkway to the house with pleasant looks on their faces. Arcee was glad to finally be hanging out with her mother and trying things that girls do. They went to the store and shopped for groceries and then to this quaint boutique on Broad Street. Penny even took her to her favorite pastier shop and they got little treats for the boys too. Arcee wasn't one for the girly stuff, but it was nice spending time with Penny. She wished the day would never end.

"Boy! That shopping wore me out!" Penny sighed, stretching her arms. "We should do this more often Arcee. You are my only female after all."

"I liked the boutique and the cupcake that man gave me!" Arcee said, holding the box of sweets. "Does he give out free treats to everyone?"

"Only to the cutest little girls!" Penny patted her cheek, making her giggle. "Now let's hope the boys were on their best behavior. I did say they could stay by themselves since Izzy is away on vacation."

They opened the door to be greet with the biggest mess that Penny had ever seen. Her attitude took a full 180 as she saw clumps of sugar on the floor, her spice rack sprawled all around, and her arts and crafts bin raided and broken. Arcee's optics widen when she walked into the kitchen to reveal her brothers surrounded over a bubbling pot on the stove as if waiting for something to pop out. They were all covered in glitter, cinnamon, and sugar. The only one that didn't participate was Soundwave, who was up in the bedroom recharging.

"What did you guys do to the kitchen and the foyer?" Arcee shrieked, looking at the mess that surrounded the area like a bomb going off.

"We were making a girl for Penny!" Bee said happily. "Another sister for her and you to hang out with!"

"But things got super messy." Smokescreen admitted, his servos covered with honey. "We were only following the recipe in the book."

"What on Earth-MY KITCHEN!" Penny exclaimed, shocked at the scene in front of her. Her face turned into a glare as she looked at all her sons. "How did this happened?"

Optimus brought the book from under the table and placed it in her hands. "We read about what little girls were made of and wanted to make you a daughter. Please don't be mad at us."

Penny took a moment to register what he had said before shaking her head. "You guys, little girls aren't made in a kitchen or lab."

"Then how do you make little girls then?" Dreadwing asked curiously.

Either she didn't have the patience or she really didn't want to give them the talk because Penny made sure that her kitchen and foyer were spotless and had Optimus return that book back to the library the next morning. And they all had to stay in their rooms while Soundwave and Arcee enjoyed the baked goods.

1. No asking Soundwave to do your homework.

Izzy's eye twitched as she sucked hard on her grape flavored lolly. She was working on her Pre-Algebra homework while babysitting the bots. They all had their homework around the table too, Optimus being the only one who had completed his earlier. He was currently reading the textbook he had received from school. Izzy watched as she wasn't the only one struggling to do work. Bumblebee and Smokescreen were chewing their pencils as they had to write a story for class. Bulkhead was doing some math too. Knockout and Breakdown teamed up to study geography. Arcee was completing her reading homework. Megatron growled as his brows furrowed with concentration to remember the Dewey Decimal System. Starscream smiled while he categorized the different animal kingdoms. Dreadwing was coloring in his math connect-the-dots sheet.

Izzy saw Soundwave doing his homework on Penny's laptop and scooched over to see what he was doing. Her face blanched when she saw him working on Calculus problems. How smart was this kid? Maybe if she bribed him enough, then he would do the homework for her! She silently congratulated herself for thinking this. So she tapped on his shoulder.

"Hey Soundwave!" She asked in a sugary sweet voice. "I'll let you play on the computer as long as you want if you do my homework for the day!"

Soundwave looked up from the laptop, Izzy couldn't understand what was going on behind his mask. He closed the laptop and left the room, leaving Izzy to weep silently at the fact that she would have to do her homework without his help.

2. Don't diss Bee's favorite flavored lolly.

"Hey bots, I got a big pack of lollipops today!"

It was just another afternoon in the Drake estate when Izzy popped the door opened and swung a particularly large bag of multicolored treats onto the coffee table. The bots came from other corners of the house to look upon her large stash.

"How many flavors are in there?" Starscream asked, poking the bag.

"I got the biggest bag I could find!" Izzy replied, a blue raspberry pop in her mouth already. "So about 1000 pops even."

"How come you never get cavities from eating this much candy?" Arcee wondered, fascinated by the teen's addiction.

"I brush my teeth five times a day to balance the ten lollipops I eat every day!" Izzy took the scissors and cut the bag open, spilling the entire contents out on the floor. "So what flavors do you guys want? But don't tell Miss Drake I let you have some of the stash!"

"I'll take Blue Raspberry." Optimus said.

"Fruit Punch." Ratchet requested.

"Do you have Green Apple?" Bulkhead asked.

"Cherry! I want Cherry!" Knockout exclaimed.

"Cotton Candy." Breakdown said.

"Mystery Flavor." Dreadwing said.

"Grape." Soundwave said.

"Bring me the flavor known as Pink Lemonade!" Starscream commanded.

"I want Strawberry if you have it." Arcee said.

"Bring on the Peach-Mango!" Smokescreen exclaimed.

"And I know you want Root Bear Megsy." Izzy teased the gunmetal grey mech as he snatched the pop from her hands. Laughing, she leaned over to talk to Bee. "And what flavor would you like today Bee?"

"My favorite!" He told her, hopping up and down.

"One Butterscotch coming right up!" Izzy gave him his treat as he unwrapped it. The others gave him looks of disgust.

"Butterscotch flavored? That's an old person taste!" Starscream said.

"Nobody likes the taste of person candy on their glossa!" Knockout stuck his out. "Blech!"

"I like Butterscotch! It taste good to me!" Bee squeaked, popping the pop in his mouth. "You guys always tease me for liking this flavor!"

"It's not that we tease you for it." Arcee started to say. "It's that we just don't get the appeal of it. The flavor taste yucky!"

Izzy fumed at how they treated little Bee and stood up. "Do you guys even hear yourselves right now? How dare you tease poor Bee for liking a different flavor than one that you're used to. So what if he likes the taste of an old man's candy drawer? That's his flavor and you should be more supportive of this!" To prove her point, she got a Butterscotch flavored pop out of the bag and stuck it in her mouth. "I support the weird and unusual!"

Bee had coolant running down his face as he hugged Izzy on her waist. She patted his helm, lamenting on the inside of how horrible Butterscotch truly did taste.

3. Never say "Fashion Show" out loud.

Or else Knockout will have you walk down the runway, in an outfit of his choice.

There wasn't even a runway, it was just the main foyer with some Christmas lights to add for atmospheric effect.

This all started because Izzy put on "America's Next Top Model" for a project in school. Since Penny hadn't turned on the television when the bots started living there, she was surrounded on the couch by the curious bots. They watched as the different designers and models went through all the work and preparation for making outfits. Some of them found the show to be boring while others were smitten by the show's unique sense of style.

Those being Starscream and Knockout.

As soon as the show ended, both of them leapt from the couch and started to strut their stuff in front of the television. Izzy giggled as Knockout turned and posed with his blanket in servo.

"You guys make the fashion world look a bit bigger." She said, wiping the tears from her face. "You actually looked like real models for a second."

"Really? You think we could be models?" Knockout said, posing again.

"As a matter of fact, we should have a fashion show right here in the foyer! We could dress up, make some lights, and have some judges judge us on our outfits!" Izzy said, getting too excited for some reason.

"Who would be the judges?" Starscream asked the girl.

"Optimus can be one, Breakdown too! And Arcee because we need a female touch!"

The three bots nodded in agreement and the preparation for the fashion show began. Bee helped Izzy pick out a cute outfit, making comments like a designer.

"You look gorgeous darling! You will rock that runway!" Bee said in a French accent.

"Oh stop Bee! You're making me blush!" Izzy said.

Megatron and Ratchet begrudgingly helped set up the foyer with the string of lights that Smokescreen had found in the basement. They were white and red, but just festive enough. Optimus and Bulkhead pushed some cushions together to make a judge table. Breakdown used a box for a table. He, Optimus, abd Arcee sat down at the table, eager for the show to begin. Soundwave pulled up fashion show music and started to play some jams. Dreadwing used the red blanket to make a suitable red carpet.

"Okay we're ready!" Bee announced from upstairs. "Femmes and Mechs, I present for you, the Izzy Connell Fashion Show!"

Starscream, Knockout, and Izzy walked downstairs in such a dramatic flair that it made everyone laugh. Izzy had her hair in a high ponytail while sporting one of Penny's cutest sundress. It was pink with white polka dots and looked silly with the floppy pink sunhat. Knockout had made a toga with his blanket and started waving like a Roman Senator. Starscream wore a cape and crown, blowing kisses out to the small audience.

It was all fun and well until Penny chose to walk in on that moment. Her mouth dropped at the sight in front of her as everyone froze.

"So, can I be the paparazzi?" She joked, taking out her camera phone.

And so she did. The show went well and Izzy ended up winning.

To which she celebrated with a victory flavored lollipop.

Yes, that is a flavor.

Crepes

"Mon dieu! What did you three do to yourselves?!"

Megara stood in shock at the mess that had accumulated in her sister's kitchen. Flour was spilled on the floor along with various fruits. Water was spilt on the counter too. Tons of dishes were stacked in the sink. In the middle of all this, her Vehicon trio was on the table, a large bowl full of goop in their servos.

Steve started beeping fast, trying to explain what had happened before she placed a finger in the goop. A smile adorned her face as she sniffed the ooze.

"You know, we can make something out of this! I have the perfect recipe!" She got out a book from her purse and flipped through the pages. "Here we are! This mixture is similar to the crepe! How about we make some for your cousins when they come back from school?"

Gary hopped up and down, excited to make food. That's what they were trying to do in the first place before Kevin accidentally spilled the water all over the place. Steve tried cleaning it up, but where he was reaching for the towel, the flour spilled all over his frame. After all the carnage that happened in the kitchen, they started to panic.

Meg hummed as she cleaned up the mess that had accumulated in the trio's cooking lesson. They helped her of course, beeping happily as they hummed along. After cleaning the pan, Meg got out a bowl and stirred the batter for the crepes.

"So you have to stir nice and gentle. Don't go so fast or the batter will bubble up!" She said, allowing Gary to stir the batter. The Vehicon did what she instructed, gasping at the batter. The other two watched the inside of the bowl, trying to poke their digits in. Meg playfully slapped their hands.

"Hey! Wait till He's done stirring." She said, getting the pan hot. "Steve, you can flip the crepes. Kevin, you can decorate the crepes with chocolate sauce and fruit!"

The other bots came in through the door, Penny following behind them as she opened the house door. The orange haired woman had bags underneath her eyes, hair all over the place, and a wrinkled shirt. She took off her coat and shoes. Then proceeded to faceplant on the couch.

"Penny's been getting tired too much. She hardly has time to play with us." Bee said sadly, patting her face.

"Penny...please tell us what's wrong." Megatron asked, looking worried.

Before she could reply, Penny's nose caught the distinct scent of freshly made crepes. A sudden memory triggered inside her mind as she recalled a moment from her past.

"You know Penelope, you look so beautiful with those flowers in your hair."

"How about we try this little bakery I found! They have the best-"

"Crepes are done!" Meg shouted, bring in the platter of Parisian deserts. "Me and the triplets made them just for you!"

The bots and cons dug into the treats while Penny looked down at her plate. Her sister had a strawberry flavored heart on the top one while chocolate sauce was drizzled on the sides. Picking up her fork, she speared the treat and placed it in her mouth.

Taste liked...a summer's memory.

Macarons

"Shockwave, you need to at least go outside to make new friends. I took you to the park to have fun, not to study insects!"

"I find making friends to be highly-"

"Illogical, I know..."

Meg volunteered to take the kids to the playground to exercise and get out the house while Penny cleaned up a bit. As if by a miracle, all their friends had came to the park that day. Optimus and Tanya were inside the tunnel, reading. Ratchet and his new friend Claire was hanging out by the pond, he was leaning against her wheelchair. Bee and Smokescreen raced Aidan and his sister. Breakdown and Sera were sitting under the trees. Knockout was pushing Julie on the swings while Vicky watched enviously. Starscream hung upside-down with Louis. Megatron was with Fred and Nadia, playing jacks. Behind them, Beth watched Megatron with loving eyes. Soundwave was chatting with Lotus in rapid fire sign language. Arcee laughed at a joke that Onyx was telling by the slides. Dreadwing was sword fighting with Dianna, who was using her stick to her advantge. Even the Vehicon trio had found kids to play with!

Shockwave was sitting by his carrier, studying the bugs on the ground and possibly torturing some of them if she hadn't intervined. Meg was worried that her brainiac of a son would grow up cold and lonely without someone to play with. Biting her lip, she looked around for a child that wasn't playing with her niece and nephew.

"There has to be someone you want to play with! You can't just stay beside me the whole trip." She argued, waving her arms in a frantic motion. "You need to spend time with children you own age."

Shockwave gave her a lazy look, his red optic glowering. "If I can find someone to connect with on an intellectual front, I will believe it. After all, Soundwave found someone to chat with. I guess it isn't illogical for me to find a friend." He got up from his spot and walked towards the play structure. "Very well, I will try to make "friends" with these lower lifeforms."

Meg could almost weep at the sight of her son trying to effort making friends. She got out a small basket, revealing freshly baked macarons. She handed him one. "Give this Macaron to the first person you see. If they accept, then that shall be your friend."

"This is quite a silly way to make friendship, but I will try this method." He said, walking over to the playground.

Megara hoped he would be alright. Those were darn good Macarons!

Goodnight Bots

"Meg, you need to get to sleep! You've been working on that project for hours."

Penny was worried that her sister was going to suffer from sleep deprivation. Her little sister had a big modeling project to finish for her boss before the month ended. Her kitchen table was littered with various thrown out prices of papers, pencils on the floor, and ink pens all over the counter. Meg was looking dead as she drew more designs.

"No, I must get these done! I have to *yawn* find a muse for my art!" Her sister babbled, eyes beginning to droop. "I need to...I need to..."

The sound of wheels caught her ears as a small tank made its way into the kitchen. It transformed into Shockwave, who had an annoyed look on his optic.

"Carrier, you need to recharge! You are going to over work yourself!" He chided, scolding her. "Bedtime, now!"

"I am practically an adult! You can't tell me what to do!" Meg protested, pouting at him.

And thus a glaring match began with the two, making Penny get more migraines.

"Goodnight Carrier."

"Night Auntie!"

"Sweet dreams!"

Meh grumbled as she wrapped her arms around the Vehicon trio. They happily beeped and snuggled deeper into her arms for warmth. Shockwave tucked her into the other bed in the basement before snuggling next to her as well. Meg had to admit, he was clever. Too clever to discover she needed more get more rest. A smile crept onto her face as she nuzzled her nose against their small helms.

"Goodnight, my metal babies."

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