Leon yawned, rolling over and falling with a splash into turquoise water. She floundered a moment, before grabbing the inner tube floating beside her.

Narrowing her green eyes, she scowled and took in the horizon before moving to the land to her right.

Unfortunately, the NEST base was on the left side of the island.

"I'm going to turn Sides and Sunny into toaster-ovens." She snarled, pausing a moment to catch her breath. "No; toaster-ovens are too good for them. Just toasters."

"Has anyone seen Leon?" Will asked. Ellie and Epps shook their heads.

"Maybe she fell asleep while working?" Ellie shrugged, shoveling pancake into her mouth. "She's done it before."

"Let's hope she shows up for dinner." Epps snorted, smearing whip cream on his niece's nose. She shrugged it off after she shoved his face into his egg.

Leon grumbled to herself, stomping into the base. The military men she passed scurried out of her way, so she must have looked a sight.

Her brown hair was a mess, filled with sand and probably holding several pieces of vegetation. Her face was smudged with dirt, and she had cut her arm on a sharp rock.

Leon growled, kicking the door of the main Autobot hanger in and stepping inside looking positively livid.

"Hello, hello!" Bee noticed her first, darting over and lifting her to his face, where he nuzzled.

"Hello, Bee." Leon sighed, slumping in exhaustion. "How are you?"

"I missed you."

"Missed you too, Bee. Where are the devil twins?"

"Just shut up and drive!"

"Good." Leon patted his cheek and he placed her down.

"Shorty!" Her vision was invaded by red and green. "Where'd you go, girl?! We was bored."

"Excuse me a moment." Leon pushed through them, beelining for Optimus. "Prime, I need a word."

He offered her a hand and lifted her to his height.

"How much would you care if I turned the devil twins into toasters?" She snarled. Ratchet perked up.

"I'll help!" He grinned, snatching her from Optimus. "I've wanted to do that for ages!"

Leon grinned, planting a kiss on his cheek.

"Good. I'll take them apart; you can put them back together. We could sell them even; they'd probably be worth a good amount of cash."

"Who's worth lots of cash?"

"And speak of the devils." Ratchet muttered, utterly unfazed by her kiss. "Sunstreaker, Sideswipe, do you know where Leon is?"

"No." Sideswipe shook his head, complete innocence set on his face.

"That's interesting." Leon spoke up. "Because I'm pretty sure it was you who dumped me in the lagoon on the far side of the island two days ago."

"Oh shit." The twins shared a look before roaring out of the hanger.

"Ellie!" Leon jumped on her friend, hair slightly damp from the shower she'd just finished.

"Leon! I was worried." Ellie smiled, eyes drawn to the white bandage on her friend's right arm.

"I cut myself on a rock." Leon shrugged at her curious gaze. "I need your help."

"I'm not a therapist, hon." Ellie pulled a pair of jeans from her side of the closet and began changing.

"No, I need your help with a prank. I'm gonna introduce you to my friends once you're done."

Ellie sighed, pulling on a t-shirt before following her friend to the human sized door to the Autobot hanger.

"Just…promise you won't freak out." Leon glanced back at her friend.

"Sure." Ellie stepped through the open door and sucked in a breath.

"Ellie, these are the Autobots."

"You gave them a group name." Ellie snorted. "You really need a life."

"And I've said that I have one." Leon sighed, striding to the lime Hummer and smacking the hood. "Up you get, Ratchet."

Ellie shook her head.

"You really need a therapist."

"I don't." Leon smacked the black Topkick. "Ironhide, don't be a baby."

The truck seemed to tense, and then folded in on itself with a screeching sound of metal on metal.

"BABY!" He roared, glaring at Leon, who looked completely unfazed. "I am not a baby! I am a weapons speacilist!"

The Hummer transformed too, venting and grabbing Ironhide's shoulder.

"She's trying to bug you. Don't blow a gasket." The other cars began shifting then.

"Ellie, meet the Autobots." Leon snickered at her friend's flabbergasted expression. "This is Ratchet." She gestured to the medic. "You guys will be good friends."

Ellie's mouth opened and closed like fish for a moment, and she turned to Leon with a glare.

"YOU'VE BEEN WORKING WITH SEXY CARS THAT TURN INTO ROBOTS AND YOU DIDN'T TELL ME!"

Leon nodded, sitting on Ratchet's foot.

"I hate you and I love you at the same time." Ellie strode up to the lime medic. "Ellie Epps, nice to meet you."

He offered her a hand, which she shook.

"A pleasure. I am Ratchet, the Autobot's medic. You are a human nurse?" Ellie nodded. Leon turned away as they began discussing something too smart for her.

"That went well."

"You remember the silver and gold bots in the corner?" Leon asked, seated cross-legged on her bed facing Ellie, who nodded. "Those two are Sunstreaker and Sideswipe; they're the ones at covered me in goo and dropped me on the other side of the island."

"They're the ones you're revenge pranking." Ellie nodded, flicking a piece of black hair from her eyes.

"Exactly, but I need your help."

"Why did they drop you across the island?"

"I covered one in sticky notes and wrapped the other in plastic wrap, and then I convinced them at they had coloratus-quadratorum and patet folliculus operuit."

"I never heard of those."

"They're not real. Coloratus-quadratorum is colored squares and patet folliculus operuit is loosely clear wrap covered."

"What are we doing to get back at them?"

"We're gonna scare them into thinking someone killed me."

"What!?"

"You're a doctor, so I'm gonna have one of the bots help me die while Ironhide is training the twins with Ratchet. One of them is going to run in, grab Ratchet, Ratchet will page you, you'll come running, I'll be lying on the floor in a puddle of fake blood and both of you will annonce that I'm dead and take me to the infirmary. I'm gonna dress like a zombie and walk in."

"That's it? You're not going to do anything dramatic while you're zombie-fied?"

"Of course I am! I'm going to fall on Sunstreaker's hood and slid down it. Because I'll be covered in blood it will smear down his paint, and then I'll do the same to Sideswipe, but on his window."

"Then what?"

"I don't know."

"Then you've gotta do something like," Ellie jumped up. "You've just been pranked!"

"I've got a better idea. I'll leave and then come in the next morning looking perfectly fine."

"Poor twins." Ellie laughed.

"Why were you so cool with the Autobots?"

"Robots are awesome." Ellie shrugged. "I've always believed we weren't alone in the universe, and I was right. Besides, they're the good guys right? They're not going to do anything to harm us."

"That's true." Leon nodded, falling backwards. "Night, Ellie."

"Night, Leon."

The two girls were silent for several minutes.

"Hey Leon? Are you awake?"

"No."

"Have you met the liaison yet?"

"Yeah, Luke's pretty nice."

"He thinks you're pretty."

"I'm a fragging mechanic."

"I was walking down the hall and he was talking to another guy." Ellie kept talking. "He was like 'Have you seen the mechanic yet? She's hot.' And the other guy was like 'No. I'll have to go check her out.' You have a fan club!"

"Good night, Ellie." Leon turned out the light.