"Keep moving boy's! Unless you want another hour of training!" Ironhide ordered through the howling wind. The soldiers are doing stations; station one is jogging laps around hanger thirteen, station two is having to do Russian twists and the dreaded burpy's, station three is climbing on the monkey bars and running through the middle of tires. Ironhide hasn't been going as hard on them as usual. From the chatter around the group of soldiers training in front of me, they are goofing around saying Ironhide is going 'soft'.

The summer sun of the desert is beating down on us with full force. Sweat rolled down my face as I rested against Ironhide's foot and he hasn't made me do anything. Gladly there is a strong force of wind blowing my hair, yet it still didn't help with the extreme heat.

"James! It looks like you want the entire team to gain another hour of training," Ironhide teased. The soldier with the name James hasten his pace as everyone around him groaned in announce. Some cussed at him for giving him for giving them the extra training time, which angered me. Standing up from up from my resting position, I move closer to the team of solders so they can hear me over the wind.

"Leave the guy alone. You are a team, work together and don't bring someone down," I grounded out for them to understand. Many of them stopped and stared at me. Most of the onlookers began to laugh as it was the funniest thing they have ever heard. A loud growl could be heard behind me and the ground rumbled below.

Glancing behind me to see what is making all this trouble, Ironhide is the trouble maker. Rolling my eyes at him, I turn back around to see everyone backing away from the angered weapon specialist. A smirk is plastered on my face and I return to original spot.

Instead of letting me to rest against his leg, Ironhide scopes me off the ground and places me on his shoulder. He takes a threatening stomp towards the soldiers. They back away from him with fear written all over their faces.

"Do not laugh at Gabriel! You mess with her, you mess with me!" Ironhide growled to all the scared shitless soldiers. After that moment, everyone gets back to their stations and continues moving with much haste. I'm still sat upon the iron giant who is my guardian and now very protective of me. Even though we both were at each other necks a couple weeks of ago.

"Thanks for the backup. I hate it when someone gets blamed and put down by a team mate," I explained my actions. Ironhide glances at me with a small smile playing his metal lips. He dipped his head in agreement.

"It reminds me, one time I was friends with a girl named Sadie. She was my only friend at the time. Sadie was kind to in the beginning and sooner or later the other four came into the picture. She was not happy about this and tried to push away the other four. That didn't work and next she tried to bring down Piper. It got so bad; Piper almost took her own life. In the end, Sadie is no longer friends with us," I finished with a slight growl on the back of my throat. Ironhide returns his gaze to me with a sorrow expression.

"But it doesn't matter, Piper is still with us and Sadie is long gone. So how much longer until the boys are done?" I shifted a little as my foot was starting to slip from the shininess of his armor.

"Well, they are a team and will have to learn to work together. About thirty more minutes until I might release them from training," Ironhide said. Nodding my head to silently tell him I heard him, we continue to watch the soldiers train.

Later that day

"You need to learn how to use a gun. I won't always be able to protect you all the time and by learning how to use at least a pistol will help you," Ironhide pointed out with a great point. At the moment he is trying, main word trying, to get me to get within ten feet of the pistol. Guns aren't my thing and most definitely don't want anything to do with it.

Ironhide is in his alt. mode with his holoform attempting to coax me to at least touch the gun.

"I don't like guns! They're a big no-no for me and you know that," I whined like a two year old. The holoform in front of me rolled his eyes at my antics. He grabs my wrist again to once again attempt to get me closer to the gun.

"Yes, I know this but you need to learn how to use it," Ironhide argued back and began to pull me towards where the guns lays on the table. The first time he tried to get me close to the gun, he got kicked/kneed in the precious jewels AKA his ball sacks.

We are inside the human shooting range and there is no one else in here. I rip my hand out of his grip and run to the other side, closest to the locked door, of the fire range. Ironhide groans in annoyance and walks over me to drag me back over there.

"Hilfe!" I yelled in German and dodged the swipe from Ironhide. I dashed once again to the other side of the small box of the shooting range.

"You're fine Gabriel," Ironhide reassurances as he slowly sneaks over to me. The fear expression changed to a smirk to be plastered on my face and I sprint towards him at full speed. He expressed a confused look and steps back in reaction. His stance is wide enough for me to slide between and make a break to the door. I drop my ass on the floor, bent my left leg, and stuck out my right leg to help me balance. Instead of sliding like the people in movies, my ass stops about half a foot from Ironhide and I panic as he could easily get me.

Scrambling on my hands and feet, I was able to quickly stand up and dashed into the locked door. It breaks under my weight and speed and I curl into a ball to protect myself. My body rolls a few feet then stopped. I unrolled myself from my ball and jumped up to celebrate my victory.

"I can't believe that worked but OW!" I cheered with a small tone of pain. It surprised me greatly that my quick thinking was able to get me through a metal door which was locked.

Scanning the area to see if anyone saw the most amazing thing I have ever done; two Lamborghinis, one red and the other yellow, race towards me with great speed. Once they got within twenty feet of me, the two transformed from the clean machines to sleek bots. Sides is the first one to rush over to me and scopes me off the ground into his hand.

"Are you okay? I heard you yell for help," Sides questioned with worry laced in his voice. Next moment another transformation sounded and I turn me to the noise to see Ironhide coming from behind the indoor shooting range.

"She's fine; she doesn't want to learn how to use a gun. Even though it would help her protect herself," Ironhide explained. From my spot on Sides metal hand, I narrowed my eyes at him.

Sides raises me to eye level with him. "Why don't you want to learn that? It would be fun. A ten year old that can shoot out a Cons eyes, which would be all over the base."

"And it will help you defend yourself from a Con," Sunstreaker speaks up from his quiet state to put in his input. They may have a point but there is no way you going to get me near a gun again.

"I don't like guns at all. There is no way you are going to get me inside of there again," I use that as my excuse. The yellow twin rolled his eyes at my antics with my guardian along side of him.

"Fine, you are being too stubborn and you have put down your foot. I have given up on you. You two can watch her," with that Ironhide transforms again and drives off, leaving me with the terror twins.

Wassup? Reading my chapter? Very good! Anyway, I'm stuck home for the second time for this stupid sickness I have caught. Mostly it's coughing up a lung or getting close to puking (sorry) and receiving massive headaches from the coughing. Sorry I'm ranting and you don't want to hear my problems. Hope you enjoyed the chapter!

Let the wolf howl!
-MidnightHowling4