Paige was out one morning walking in her hamster ball when a signal must have come in because the bots were suddenly getting ready to leave. Grimlock was pleading with Bumblebee to take him with, but Bumblebee wouldn't hear of it because it was too close to civilization and Grimlock didn't have an inconspicuous altmode. Grimlock suddenly jumped into a pile of parts without warning sending Paige and her hamster ball flying into Denny's face. He caught the hamster ball and looked at her in surprise. Luckily she was on the side he was holding so she didn't get thrown to the opposite side when the ball abruptly stopped.

"You need to be more careful around Grimlock?" he said holding the ball in front of him. He placed the ball down on the suitcase he had sitting next to him. He was already prepared to go with the bots.

Paige just shook her head and sighed. It should be obvious that she hadn't put herself in the way on purpose. Grimlock was simply reckless and energetic. Paige sighed again and looked down. She wished she could climb walls with this thing because that would be kind of cool, but she was still restricted by a natural law called gravity. That meant that she couldn't simply roll off the suitcase because falling from this height would still hurt or possibly injure her so she unlatched the door and stepped out onto the case before pushing it off. The hamster ball landed on the ground and rolled a few feet away. The sun had been beating down on the hamster ball making it hot and she needed some fresh air anyway. She was going to start climbing down the suitcase to the ground when suddenly it started to move. Denny had grabbed the handle and was rushing to get into Strongarm. Paige yelled at him, but he didn't hear her. Strongarm immediately took off following the other bots and Denny finally noticed her clinging to the zipper on top of the bag.

"What are you doing here?" he asked in surprise. "You're not going to be safe there," said Denny after a moment. He reached down, scooped her up and placed her in the pocket on his Hawaiian shirt.

"What's wrong?" asked Strongarm.

"Looks like Paige tagged along," said Denny. "No worries I've got her in my pocket."

Denny had been out in the scrapyard this morning so Paige was assaulted by the unpleasant odor of sweat. She really couldn't complain though because she was partially responsible for ending up in this situation. She had taken many showers and baths when she was giant, but she wondered if she had smelled as bad to the kids and Autobots. She sincerely hoped not and soon after she became immune to the scent of sweat as her nose became desensitized.

"Look," said Strongarm suddenly.

Denny gasped and Paige cringed in realization. The large bird transformer in front of them was Filch, she realized. Filch was the most animalistic of the Decepticons and would steal anything shiny. I'm doomed, thought Paige looking at the sequined dress she was wearing.

The bots quickly transformed while Denny stayed behind them.

"Quick before she," said Bumblebee running toward Filch.

Unfortunately, she managed to pull the support beam from the bridge and Bumblebee grabbed onto it keeping her from leaving. The bridge started to crack as they played tug of war over the support beam.

"Stabilize the bridge," called Bumblebee. Sideswipe jumped off of it to do just that. Strongarm started to read one of her regulations, but was cut off by Bumblebee. "Write me up later," he said. Strongarm reluctantly joined Sideswipe in holding up the bridge. "Denny, don't let anyone back on the bridge," said Bumblebee.

"On it," said Denny. A police car pulled up suddenly and Denny ran toward it. "Look out," yelled Denny as the cop car slammed on its brakes. Paige ducked down in his pocket so she wouldn't be seen. "Hi officer," he greeted.

"What the heck is going on here?" asked the officer.

"Nevada Fleeber from the Witchihoma County exotic bird park opening next May. Can you set up a temporary roadblock?" asked Denny.

"A roadblock. Why in the name of Sam Hill do we need a roadblock?" asked the officer.

"One of our larger specimens got loose," said Denny stepping to the side so the officer could see Filch. "Our high tech robot keepers will recapture it and take care of the bridge."

The officer gaped at the size of the bird. "One roadblock coming up," said the officer as he backed up and quickly sped away.

Bumblebee was still fighting with Filch and Denny ran up behind him. "Bee, bridge is clear," yelled Denny. "Anyone asks you're a zookeeper."

Suddenly Filch turned knocking Bumblebee off the bridge and caught sight of both the shiny badge on Denny's hat and Paige's sequins. "Shiny," said Filch swooping at Denny. Paige hunkered down in Denny's pocket and anchored herself in the cloth as Filch went higher and higher. If she fell now, she was dead and it was unlikely they would ever discover her body. Of course that was contingent on the size changes only affecting her while she was alive. If her corpse kept growing, someone was going to get an unpleasant surprise. Denny wasn't moving anymore so he must have passed out. Paige cautiously poked her head out to see that they were nearing the statue's hand where Filch kept her collection. As they passed over it, despite her reservations Paige began to climb up to Denny's shoulder. She needed to get on his back before he was dropped or he would squish her when he landed. She made it to his shoulder when Filch let go. She screamed as air streamed past her as she fell, but thankfully the landing was soft as she landed on Denny. She shakily pushed herself to her knees and looked up to see Filch eyeing her.

"Shiny," said Filch before closing her beak over Paige. Paige sat in Filch's mouth in disbelief before she was spat out into a small nest of small shiny objects. It looked like she was sitting in a large gold decorative bowl of some sort. Where Filch had gotten it was anybody's guess. It wasn't something you'd typically find outdoors. Inside the bowl, were a ring, a marble, a necklace, a few screws, a strand of garland and a set of keys. It seemed like Filch liked to separate the tiny shiny things from the bigger mess. Filch then moved off probably to deal with Denny. Paige refused to move from where she was and used the garland to protect herself from the sun. She could see the surrounding area quite well from her position as the bowl was sitting on top of a large silver RV. Paige didn't like heights so she wasn't going anywhere near the edge. Not long after she heard Denny talking to Filch and him sending her off to the recycling plant for more shiny things. Filch took off with a screech and then she heard Denny say, "Low battery, I knew I shouldn't have played all that Sudoku."

Awhile later, Paige heard Filch screech again and the sounds of battle drifted up from below. Sideswipe peered over the side of the lower nest and said, "Ooh, shiny."

"Funny," replied Denny sarcastically.

"Look out below," yelled Sideswipe throwing the bridge support down where it nailed Filch in the head and knocked her out. "Let's get you down," said Sideswipe turning to Denny.

"Wait," said Denny turning his pocket out in a panic. "Where's Paige? Don't tell me I squished her or she fell out."

"She was with you?" asked Sideswipe scanning the junk pile.

In order to get their attention, Paige pushed the marble out of the bowl causing it to clink on its way down. Sideswipe turned his head trying to track the noise. Paige pushed out the screws next followed by the set of keys. Sideswipe was making his way closer to her, but he hadn't spotted her yet. She pushed the necklace over and then threw the garland keeping the end anchored in the bowl. She shook it causing him to see the movement.

"I see her," he said as he started to climb up the RV.

Paige stepped into the ring pulling it up around her like a belt. She wanted to take it with her because she had a use for it. She quickly stepped into Sideswipe's hand when he offered it. "Tiny, you're pretty daring," said Sideswipe cradling her carefully. He jumped down into the junk pile and Paige let out a shriek. She was not looking forward to the climb down. It was very high for Denny so at her height it would be even farther. Sideswipe must have realized this because he popped open a compartment in his chest and slid her in. It was probably the glove compartment in his altmode if he had one that is, but she didn't care. She didn't want to be in Denny's position on the way down. Either he would be clinging to Sideswipe on the way down or Sideswipe would be climbing one handed down the whole way. She shivered to think of it.

She felt the impact as Sideswipe touched down and then he transformed around her. She ended up on his passenger seat, but he didn't pull the seatbelt over her because she was too small. "Hold on," he said as his speed pressed her back against the seat. "We're headed back."

When they arrived at the scrapyard, they had to sneak in while Denny distracted Larry, a fellow collector, who had tried to sneak in earlier to scope out Denny's collection with a video camera. As soon as Larry left, Sideswipe reached through the window of the diner and gently deposited Paige on the counter so she could go to her home. She wrote a note and left the ring next to it for Denny before she walked into her house and collapsed on the bed. The note read: Denny, the ring is my thank you. I'll likely be here for a while longer. Paige knew enough about diamonds to know that the diamond in the ring was real. It looked like someone's engagement ring. Hopefully Filch had simply found a lost one instead of stealing someone's before they proposed. It made her think back to the days before all this craziness had started when she had found an engagement ring in her boyfriend's drawer while putting away laundry. She had been excited at first, but as more and more time went by without a proposal, she had realized that either it was an heirloom or that he was far from ready. While the initial breakup had been over the cat, the ring was simply another nail in his coffin.