"That last mission was annoying. Can't believe Starscream got away…. again!"

William Lennox, Robert Epps and Darell Wagner emerged from the ground bridge tired and defeated. Behind them was Jazz, Bulkhead and Smokescreen. They had just returned from a battle with the Decepticons in Oklahoma but were overrun when Starscream and his reinforcements arrived. While they were forced to flee, they managed to keep those missiles launch codes from falling into their grasp.

"Cowards tend to run."

Jazz nodded in agreement before turning to look at his friend, Ratchet. He was waiting for them with what he assumed was medical supplies.

"Hey Doc!"

"Are any of you injured?"

"Smokescreen might have gotten some dents but nothing serious."

The medic tisked while grabbing the young mech and leading him towards the med bay.

"Holy shit. You guys smell that?!"

Epps sighed in content as his nostrils were suddenly filled with an exquisite aroma. God, was that food?

Will and Darell also took in scent and grinned. The smell of a home cooked meal? Could only be one person.

"My cousin is cooking!"

"Little Waffle is here?! Oh man you didn't mention that."

"I didn't know she was here. Probs with the kids."

Jazz gave a thoughtful look; Magnolia mentioned a sleepover this weekend when they picked up Jack but he didn't expect the sleepover to be here.

"If you're lucky she might have enough for all y'all."

"You think so?"

"If I know my Mag, she probably made surplus just in case. Come on Bulk, let's report to OP."

"Right behind you!"

Will turned toward his two friends with a devious grin, "We are gonna eat good tonight!"

"You brought the whole gang!"

Magnolia who was dressed in a white apron, yelled in joy as she had just finished serving Miko, Jack and Raf. Upon making sure their cups were filled with their desired drink she hastily dusted herself off before running into the waiting arms of the NEST team. She squealed in delight as she flung herself into Epps.

He chuckled as he felt Magnolia push herself into his chest. She was like a little sister to him but unlike her cousin, he wasn't so overprotective. He'd most definitely kill anyone messing with her but he's thankfully more relaxed.

"Good to see you kiddo."

He couldn't hear her muffled reply as her face was buried in his shirt. A habit of hers when it came to Epps, no one knew why she did that. But it was fucking weird. His girlfriend loathed when she witnessed the interaction, but Epps did his best to assure her, Mag had always done that. Nothing meant behind it.

"Where's my hug?"

The woman slowly made her way off of Epps and eagerly wrapped her arms around Darell. The man was known to have an infamous crush on Magnolia. He breathed in deeply when his nose made contact with her hair.

This crush of his never ceased to piss Will off.

Scoffing at the distasteful sight, the Cpatain made his way over to them with a look of irritation in his eyes. With a swift move oh is arms, he pulled his cousin from the man's arms and spun her into his own chest.

That was better.

"Good god Will! I can't breathe!"

"You can breathe enough to talk right? You're fine."

"William I am not-"

"Whatcha cooking?"

Wiggling enough to get her head under his chin, she frowned. "I made spaghetti and meatballs for them."

Lex glanced over to the three smaller humans and gave a grin, "Good to see you three again!"

"Hey uncle Lex!"

"How's school been going?"

"Miko's been ditching."

"Raf you snitch!"

"What?! Miko! We talked about that."

"But it' so booooring!"

Lex gave her a disappointed frown, "Miko we are going to talk about that later. But first, Mag PLEASE feed us!"

Hazel eyes glared up at Lex as he rubbed soothing circles on her back. She knew he was doing this to make her give in. It was a calming tactic he often did back when they were teenagers.

"But I only made enough for the kids!"

"Mag, we are constantly out there on the field fighting."

Here we go, here we go….Oh, here we fucking go.

"We put our lives on the line every single day to protect not only America but the world!"

Dramatic.

"Would it be so bad to come back from a dangerous mission and have a hot, ready meal waiting for us?"

Magnolia deadpanned, "You have a wife."

"But I have you here now."

She craned her head to see Epps and Darell making puppy eyes at her, "Ugh! Fine!"

The three soldiers cheered causing Jack to laugh as well. Magnolia's heart was too good to say no.

"You going to have to wait though."

"Worth the wait, that food looks mad good!"

Finally pushing Lex away from her, Magnolia sighed and made her way to the stove to begin preparing another pot of pasta. The three men sat around Jack, Miko and Raf to mingle. It was cute to see.

"This would be a good time to keep telling the story."

Epps raised a brow, "What story?"

"Magnolia was telling us about the time she met the Autobots."

"Geez, quite the story."

"I can only imagine how much she dramatized."

"Hmph!"

"I'm just messing around, kinda. But continue it, please."

"Not if you continue with your smart mouth comments."

"Alright, fine. I'll stay quiet."

With a roll of her eyes, Magnolia straightened up to continue the tale. "Ratchet is the best at conversation so…."

It had been about three hours since Ratchet took Magnolia for her checkup. Jazz had taken that time to catch up on his work while the doctor entertained himself. He tried not to think about Magnolia's distress too much, but it was hard. Those big pleading eyes, begging him not to leave her. Plump lips trembling at his retreat., her perfect body shaking…

Primus what was he thinking?! That woman was in panic yet here he was turning simple body reactions into foul fantasies. Disgusting.

Shaking his helm of such terrible thoughts, he focused on how William was doing with the preparations. He said it would only take a couple hours and that man was always good for his word. Hopefully they would at least be close to finishing before he arrived with Magnolia.

Turning left to the medical wing, The SIC noticed a black and yellow paint job heading toward him making him smirk.

"Hey Bee!"

Jazz grinned as he crossed Bumblebee in the hallway. Scout had just returned from a mission to investigate a potential energon haul. It turned out to be nothing which was devastating because while Earth was energon rich, much of it laid deep underground. The Autobots and Deceptions just didn't have the realistic means or time to dig so far into the earth. Finding energon on the earth's top layer of crust was not exactly rare but a fortunate find.

Bumblebee whirled in happiness as he stopped in his tracks. Originally, he was supposed to meet up with the twins but hanging out with Jazz was a better option. Less trouble.

"Oh, I'm just headed to pick up Mag from the Med Bay. Come with?"

There was no way he was missing a chance to see her again.

"Lex should be just about finished setting up her room and I can't wait to show her!"

Bumblebee beeped.

"Good point. Captain Lennox isn't great with décor."

Finally arriving to the med bay, both mechs entered the room expecting to see Magnolia crying or screaming. To their surprise, she was not.

She was laughing at whatever Ratchet was saying.

"Doc bot, we're here!"

"Ah Jazz, good. I've finished the exam for today and she's ready to be off."

As Ratchet raised his servo toward Magnolia, Jazz cringed at her potential response but upon seeing her gladly climb on with a smile, his systems nearly crashed.

"I'm sorry but what?"

"Magnolia and I have an understanding."

The woman giggled as she stepped foot on the ground. Her eyes followed Ratchet as she made a heart shape with her hands to which he winked. Bumblebee turned to Jazz with confusion prompting the smooth mech to shrug.

"Thank you so much for everything Ratchet! I can't wait to come back!"

"Good because you'll be here sooner than you think. Now all of you get out, I'm busy!"

The three thanked Ratchet and made their way out of the med bay. Bumblebee kept his sights on Magnolia upon noticing she had some sort of orb in her hand.

"Mag doll?"

"Yes Jazz?"

"Where did you get a lollipop?"

The woman seemed a bit shocked that he knew what she was holding.

"Ratchet gave it to me."

"Ratchet has lollipops?"

"Yep! Before I got there Ratchet said Will thought it would be more friendly to humans if he had a jar of them."

"But Ratch doesn't do medical services for humans."

"He's learning. After all he got me naked to see how the female body works and looks."

Jazz froze to a halt, making Bumblebee smack into his back and nearly fall over. His optics went wide as they looked at the still walking woman. She was nude in front of Doc Bot and was alright with that? Scrap. He got that Ratchet was a professional, but it was strange how he got Magnolia to not only laugh but feel comfortable enough to undress and let him carry her all in the span of a few hours.

"William!"

Magnolia grinned as she ran up to her cousin who was patiently waiting for her outside his room.

Giving him a hug, she noticed he held a grin on his face which was never a good sign. A grin usually meant he had something awful in store for her.

"What did you do now?"

"You mean besides be a good cousin?"

"…Will."

The soldier chuckled and turned around. Magnolia crossed her hands over her chest until he tapped on his back as a signal to hop on.

"Piggyback? Lex come on-"

"Shut the fuck up and get on."

Sighing, the woman smiled as she did her best to gently jump on his back. Being thick fit meant she was heavier than some women he's interacted with. Guess it was her insecurity talking.

"You alright?"

"Yes? Kind of question is that? Let's goooooo!"

As the two sped off down the hall, Jazz and Bumblebee remained where they were. Both seemed shocked at what seemed to transpire.

"I can't even get a decent response out of her most times and Ratchet got her naked?"

"What are we doing here?"

Magnolia frowned as they arrived at the end of the hall. There was one single black painted door which was strange because it was much farther away from the soldier's barracks.

Her suspicions were only elevated when Lex set her down and waltzed toward the door like a doorman at a luxury hotel.

"William?"

"Magnolia you know I love you right?"

"Yes?"

"You know I want to you to be safe right?"

"Yes?"

"You trust me, right?"

"…Meh."

"Fuck you. Anyway, while you were in Ratchet's med bay the guys decided to help me out in making your room."

Oh damn! She had totally forgotten about her having to get her own room. She's been held up in Will's spot for so long it just seemed like she'd permanently stay there.

"Welcome to your new room!"

Oh the anticipation was killing her now! How wonderful it was that her braindead cousin would take time out to invite his friends to come help decorate her room. They were just the sweetest things. Opening the door, Magnolia eagerly stepped in to see…. A bunch of boxes thrown about the room?

"What the hell?"

Spinning around Magnolia growled in anger while pointing at the obvious mess. Nothing was set up!

"Are you KIDDING me?!"

"What? Oh yeah well, we didn't really decorate because you're 'specific' about your tastes. Plus, I really didn't want the guys mistakenly finding your panties or something."

Lex could really be one over protective fucker. She felt bad about poor Anabelle when she would be older, the many boys her father would scare off. Though it was at least kind of him to think of her in regards to décor. This fool had no clue on how to properly make a home feel comfy.

"You're hopeless. Still, thank you Will for thinking of me, I really like the size of the room too. Lots to work with."

"You're very welcome! The guys are here to help too I'll call em' over."

"NEST is here? Haven't seen them since last month."

"Ya know, instead of being a selfish bitch you could call them."

"You have a point. Dickhead."

30 minutes later

"A circle bed? Really?"

William frowned as he helped Epps and Darell set up Magnolia's bed. Circle beds were a pretty rare find but of course MAG would have one. Why wouldn't she? Chick was not only weird but also stupid.

"I mean yeah. I like them."

"It takes up most of the room!"

"Look here. I like my bed space; I'll sacrifice other materials."

"So, I can get rid of the vanity?"

"Let's not get hasty."

Ruffling Will's head, she began setting up her clothes rack at the end of the room near her changing screen. It seemed like Will brought every single article of clothing she had, which was unnecessary. This arrangement would not last long term.

"Bed set and ready to go."

"Thank you, guys!"

Watching them rise from their kneeled position, Magnolia giggled as Darell made his way to her. Bastard always had a thing for her.

"You know I'd do whatever I can to help you Mag."

"Darell, you are always so sweet!"

And it annoyed Will to no end.

"Alright D, stop being a damn simp and come on."

"Simp? That's fucked up Lex."

"Not as fucked up as you're gonna be if you don't come on. Groceries in the kitchen fully stocked Mag, Need anything else?"

"No thank you, you've all been a great help! Next time you stop by, there will be a nice cake."

Grins erupted at the thought of Mag's baking. Her homemade recipes were to die for! No one knew why they tasted so well but she always stated it was love.

Lennox said it was drugs.

Idiot.

Bidding her cousin, Epps and Darell farewell Magnolia took this moment to gaze at their work. Given the circumstances, the room looked quite well! A military style with a touch of glamour.

"Knock, knock!"

Hearing the familiar sound of Jazz she initially yelled for them to come in but the realization of robots fitting in her room made her facepalm. They couldn't fit in her room, obviously.

Heading for the door, the woman paused when her door opened and in came two men.

"Wow they actually did good! I was expecting a disaster."

Jazz, in his holoform whistled at the new digs. He was dressed in a classic white hoodie with black jeans and white sneakers. Bumblebee was rocking a yellow biker jacket, black jeans and yellow shoes.

"Do you like it Magnolia?"

"….Who the fuck are you two?"

The woman glared as the two men made eye contact with her. While she wouldn't complain that two very attractive men were in her room…she didn't know them. Will had never mentioned anyone looking like them to her. Last time she ended up with an unknown man alone, she was thrown off a skyscraper.

"Seriously?"

How could she not recognize them? She's seen these holoforms before.

"Magnolia, it's us."

"You stay back, or I swear I will kick your ass so hard you'll think you threw up your own heart!"

"Is that even possible?"

"Want to find out?!"

"No! Magnolia it's us. Jazz and Bumblebee."

The woman gave a skeptical look as she stuck the middle finger up. These must have been new soldiers playing a prank on her. Jazz and Bumblebee her ass, yeah because two giant robots could just turn into people.

"You think I was born yesterday?"

"Either that or the day before."

"Jerk!"

"Girl it's us! Remember? The day you were thrown off the building?"

Magnolia spent much of her day blocking out that memory, remembering that bit could be overwhelming. Still, she squinted at the faces of these two jokers. That night at the club?

Just as she was thrown over…HOLY APPLES! The second guy that came to the balcony after that Swindle Motherfucker got to her.

"That was you? HOW?"

"We use Holoforms which are basically fully functioning holograms that are able to touch, feel and move. We use them to get by in human populated areas.

At this, Magnolia rushed over to the pair and like a moth to a light and analyzed the two Autobots. Her hands reached for Bumblebee's flawless face and grinned as he bent down so she could get an easier reach. Her mind was blown at the realistic feeling of it. She traced over his eyes, nose and lips making the mech lightly purr.

"Woah."

The scout relaxed his head into her hands, loving how soft they were. Her touch felt right.

"This is amazing."

She left his face to touch his dirty blonde hair, it felt SO FUCKING REAL! There was really no way to tell them apart from an actual human. The technology these dudes had was extraordinary. Humans could only dream of reaching such a level.

Giving Bumblebee a smile she turned her attention to his body and poked his arm. She whistled at the muscle beneath his top, god he was fit.

Jazz frowned at his charge sliding her hands over Bee's arms and back. He knew she was simply curious, but the way Bumblebee was shivering in delight was bothersome.

"You're so tall."

"We can't really help that. Our holoforms only allow us a minimum of 6'4 while in base."

"Minimum?!"

"Yep! Bee is exactly at 6'4 and I'm 6'6. But guess we are short considering Prime is a bit over 7ft in his holoform. Grimlock is over 8ft."

"That actually makes sense. But why only in base?"

"Ratchet mentioned something about our holoforms adjusting to where our frames fit more comfortably. I'm sure it's more than that so not really sure if I'm right."

Christ they were giants. Literal giants!

"Wow I cannot believe this. That is awesome you guys can go out there and interact with humans!"

"Nah we can't interact with civilians."

"What? Why? You guys interacted with me."

"Danger of being found out. You only met us because the cons were after you and the fragment."

Right, that damn fragment.

"Why is that fragment important? It's just a piece of metal."

"Ha no doll, it's much more then that. That is a tiny fragment of the AllSpark."

Letting go of Bumblebee, Magnolia made her way over to Jazz. The scout whined at the loss of contact so instead chose to stand behind her, a hand resting on her shoulder.

"What's that?"

"The AllSpark is energy that can create life. Many say it's what created life on Cybertron."

"Really?!"

"Yes, though the Allspark was thought to be lost after a battle a few years ago on Earth."

"What battle?"

"A battle in Chicago."

Chicago? The news reported it may have been a terrorist attack. Was that actually these guys going at it? Holy shit, how did the government cover that up? So many people died that day.

"That was supposed to be a terrorist attack."

"Technically, it was. Megatron and his Decepticons attacked the city to get the Allspark. Thanks to NEST and Isaac Sumdac, they didn't get it."

Isaac Sumdac? The brilliant scientist who revolutionized technology and robotics? He was there?! How the heck did media not get anything on that? Ugh.

"B-but my mom gave it to me."

"Which makes us wonder how she got it."

She didn't know, honestly. It was a random gift from her. That meant she's had an alien artifact around her neck all these years?! Good God.

"I can try asking her? Give her a call when the time zone is right. She's on vacation in Australia."

"That would help a lot, thanks doll."

She smiled before turning her attention back to Bumblebee, "Mind if I touch you again? Your skin is fabulous!"

As if he would ever say no.