Warning: This chapter does contain a character being sick (as in the upset stomach sick). Just wanted to give you all a heads up.

Chapter 10: Halloween

It was fall time in Nevada as Miko was at the pumpkin patch with her mom in her bike form since tomorrow was Halloween. "Mom, I have found the pumpkin that I want to get," Miko said as she carried a big pumpkin in her arms. A farmer was selling them for two dollars a pumpkin and Miko had already paid him for the pumpkin. She was excited because she had never carved a pumpkin before, but had heard about it from her boyfriend. She was also eager to dress up too as she learned that she could make a costume if she wanted to. Jack and Raf had helped her in secret without anyone else knowing as Miko wasn't sure how it would come out, but now she was eager for Halloween to come.

"That's good, sweetie. Now, let's go and get ready for your first trick or treating," Arcee said as she drove off after Miko secured the pumpkin to the back of the bike and climbed on behind Arcee's holoform. It was a bit of a tight squeeze, but they managed as they headed off.

The next day at school, Miko was so eager to get to carving her first pumpkin and dressing up for Halloween for the first time that the day seemed to fly by. As it was Halloween, the teachers didn't give any homework out and warned students to be careful wherever they went and to be wary of darkened homes or suspicious homes. "While I hope no one in our town would give you kids poisoned candy or put razors in apples before giving them to you, it might still happen, so please be careful and check all your candy and goodies before you eat them," the Math teacher said. "One of my cousins got a caramel apple with a razor blade in it one Halloween when we were kids."

The students gasped, including Miko. "Was he okay?" She asked.

The teacher nodded, a small smile on her face, but she still looked serious. "My brother noticed that the caramel looked uneven in some places and sharp and my father tried to cut it open, but couldn't. That's when we found the razor blade in it. If my brother hadn't noticed it before my cousin ate it, he could have been severely injured," she said. "So please take heed and be careful. I'd hate to hear that one of my students ended up in the hospital due to such a horrible thing."

They all nodded, taking the teacher's words to heart. While they had never heard of an incident like that happening in their town, it never hurt to be careful. Miko vowed to herself that she'd ask her mother to come with them. Surely her sensors would pick up if something was wrong.

After school, Miko and Arcee were in their private living room carving the big pumpkin and Arcee was enjoying herself, as was Miko. "Okay Mom, it's finished, so now all we need is to put a candle inside and light it," the teenager said as she picked up pumpkin stuff from inside of the pumpkin, putting it in a bowl so that Arcee could make pumpkin pie.

"Sweetie, why don't you go and put on your costume while I light it for you?" Arcee suggested.

"Okay. Oh and Mom, will you come with me, Jack, and Raf tonight?" Miko asked. "While I trust Jack and Raf and we'll all stick together, my math teacher warned us all to be careful when we get treats tonight. Her cousin one time got an apple with a razor blade inside and almost got badly hurt."

Arcee nodded grimly, having read similar stories recently when looking up Halloween safety tips. "I'll be there and you can be sure I'll be scanning every home before allowing you kids to get close to it," she said. "If I sense something wrong and say the code word, which is 'orange', you kids are to move on at once, no arguments."

Miko nodded. "Trust me, you'll get no argument from me," she said, not wanting to be the recipient of a contaminated treat.

"Good," Arcee said approvingly. "Now hurry along. I want to see my little girl's first Halloween costume she picked to wear tonight."

With a smile and a nod, Miko headed to the bathroom to change clothes while Arcee made the pumpkin pie and put it in the oven.

"Okay, Mom, ready to see my costume?" Miko asked.

"Ready as you are, honey," Arcee answered.

Miko came out from the bathroom, making Arcee freeze in shock and surprise at seeing what her daughter was wearing. It was a costume that was almost identical to her, something that filled her with pride.

"Surprise! I'm you for this Halloween, Mom. Do you like it?" Miko asked.

Arcee smiled with a little bit of tears in her eyes. "Like it? I love it, sweetie. I love it so much," she said.

After putting the pie in the fridge, both of them headed out with Bumblebee to pick up Jack and Raf. When Jack got out from his house, he was wearing a red cape and fangs as he dressed up as Dracula and Raf was dressed up as a zombie.

"You look great, Miko. I love that costume," Jack said as he handed Miko her candy bag.

"Thanks, Jack. You boys look great too," the teenage girl said, giving her boyfriend a quick kiss on the cheek.

"Thanks. I love zombie movies and games," Raf said.

"Okay, kids, you want some candy, then let's go for it," Arcee said. Bumblebee beeped in agreement.

The kids started ringing door bells on every block of the neighborhood, their candy bag getting filled up with goodies. Acree and Bumblebee scanned the homes giving out the goodies and were pleased and relieved to see all was safe and it wasn't long before the kids' bags were filled to the brim. "Looks like we're all out of room for more candy," Jack said as he carried his heavy bag with both hands.

"I can't wait eat this candy," Raf said, noticing he had gotten a few of his favorite candy bars.

"Let's head back to my place and we can trade each others' candy," said Miko with a smile.

When they got back to the base, all three kids put all their candy in one big pile and began trading. "Okay kids, who wants pumpkin pie?" Arcee, who was holding a tray with slices of pie, asked.

"I do, Mom. Mmm, that's so good," said Miko as she ate her pie and candy, loving how it tasted. Even the boys had to agree that Arcee's first pumpkin pie was a hit.

"Now Miko, don't over do it, okay?. I don't want you, Jack, or Raf having stomach aches," Arcee said, giving them a mom look.

"Don't worry Arcee, we won't," Raf said while eating his big chocolate bar.

"Come on Arcee, it's Halloween. Let us have some fun," Jack said, not realizing he be eating those words later on.

Then next morning...

All three kids were groaning and rubbing their stomachs. "We ate too much candy. I feel like I'm going to throw up," Miko said, looking as miserable as she sounded.

"Arcee did say not to overdo it. But this is no surprise to me at all. Sparklings never learn," Ratchet said with a chuckle while Arcee gave the kids each a spoonful of Pepto Bismal to help them recover.

"I hope you three learned your lesson. Because this is what I call trick or treat," Arcee said as she began to laugh.

Miko, who still had a huge stomach ache, groaned at her mother. "Not funny, Mom. Not funny," she said before looking a little green. "I think I'm about to...,"

That was the only warning they got before Miko threw up all over on Arcee's feet.

"Great. Thank you, sweetie," Arcee said sarcastically, hating the smell of half-digested pumpkin pie and candy that hit her nose.

"Haha. Trick or treat, Mom," Miko said with a weak chuckle, as Jack and Raf laughed as well until all three started holding on to their stomachs again in pain.

Smokescreen and Wheeljack came in at that moment. "Wow, Arcee, what happened to you?" Smokescreen asked in surprise.

"And what is that smell?" Wheeljack asked, looking a bit disgusted.

You boys don't want to know. If you need me, I'll be in my room cleaning this mess off my feet," Arcee said as she headed to her room, passing Optimus who was looking at the kids as they still holding theirs stomachs.

"Sparklings will be sparklings," he said with a smile.

True fact: While I've never received candy that was contaminated or apples with razors in them (thankfully), I have heard about it happening to where I'm wary too. My mom told me that it happened a lot too when she was younger.

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