By Fang Wolfsbane

"This place is perfect!" Bumblebee exclaimed the moment they entered the warehouse that Sari had suggested.

The little girl stood with her hands on her hips and a proud grin on her lips, obviously proud of herself. Tyla had to hand it to her, she certainly had the perfect place in mind like she had claimed an hour ago.

"Told you. It's an old warehouse that even my dad doesn't know about and he owns the place. I figured since it wasn't being used, that you might get some use out of it. After all, you need a base and it's a pretty cosy place to hang out at too."

"Must be nice being rich. I couldn't even afford a cube of this place considering my rent already," Tyla said, making her way up to a catwalk situated on what she assumed was originally meant to be a second floor or third floor. Yeah, not even if she had two jobs would she even be able to afford one room.

"And you're sure we can use this place?" Optimus asked, looking to Sari with an even bigger eye at her in what she assumed was their version of a raised brow.

"One hundred percent big guy," Sari smiled, giving him a thumb's up. The action seemed to confuse Optimus for a short while as he looked to Tyla for some sort of explanation. She only smiled as well as she gave him the same gesture. He copied it with an awkwardly raised blue thumb.

"Hm, I guess I can move some of my equipment over… it'll take a while to get everything off the ship though," Ratchet said, a scowl on his face as he wandered off through one of the archways, possibly to look at the rest of the building. Highdrive seemed like he wanted to ask about the place a bit more before Ratchet's voice boomed back into the room, calling him over to help check things out.

"It's so big out here," Bulkhead breathed, nearly spinning around from excitement. Compared to the ship, or what she had seen of it so far, the warehouse was certainly far bigger, perhaps even big enough to hold their ship if it could transform into a giant robot like the others.

"You say that like you've never been in a big room before," Tyla said from where she leaned against the railings, her arms folded on them as she balanced herself on the heels of her feet on the walk.

Bulkhead only smiled, his three-fingered hand rubbing against the back of his head like a child that had been caught doing something silly.

"Small minds are often easily amused," Prowl hummed from where he looked around the base. Bulkhead kept his smile for a short while longer until the realisation of what Prowl truly meant kicked in, causing him to lower his arm back to his side. Tyla frowned to the motorcycle bot, tempted to remind him that it was because of the small mind that he was still functional. She hadn't seen a lot of the fight, but she was pretty sure that if Bulkhead hadn't been involved, then things could have ended a lot worse than they did.

Optimus stopped her before she could, walking up to the larger bot and putting a hand on his arm with a soft, trying smile. "I know this isn't exactly ideal, but it's something. We might as well try to get used to it, don't you think?"

Those words seemed to be just what Bulkhead needed, and they seemed to be effective enough to cause Prowl to look away and rethink what he said. What Sari suggested next, got Bulkhead even more excited.

"Hey, how about we go pick out a room for you? I know just the one," Sari offered, hopping onto Bulkhead's extended hand like she was taking a ride at a fair as the two of them bundled off together with Sari guiding him through each room.

Perhaps getting acquainted with giant robots wasn't everyone's cup of tea, but Sari took to it so naturally that it was almost as if she was one of them. Unable to contain her own excitement, Tyla rushed down the stairs, waving to them.

" Hey, wait for me!"

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