I DO NOT OWN TRANSFORMERS

All was quiet on the chilly December afternoon. All except the sound of a fight ensuing inside the infamous autobot base. Inside, Lightrunner and Prowl were sparring. The femme lunged and Prowl dodged. He tried to get her with an aerial kick which she pulled off a matrix backbend and then she jumped back. The ninja bot crouched on the floor and sprang towards Lightrunner. She ducked and elbowed him in the square of his back. Prowl slid to the ground but did a somersault and was back on his feet in record time.

"Doesn't know when to quit does he?" Lightrunner thought with a smirk.

She ran forward and did a kart wheel, using the heels of her boots as a slicing turbo and nearly whack Prowl in the side. He moved to the left and did a sweeping kick, knocking Lightrunner off her feet. The sun yellow mech hit the floor with a dull thud.

"Slag it!!!!!" she griped and rubbed her sore aft.

"Here, let me help you," Prowl said, offering a servo.

Lightrunner gripped his hand and then her optics flashed mischievously.

"Sneak attack," she smiled and pulled on Prowl's arm, sending him careening to the floor.

The ninja bot was stunned for a few seconds then recovered, leaning on his elbows, he looked up into the beaming face of Lightrunner who smiled at the baffled bot. Prowl furrowed his brow in concentration and stared at the femme.

After a few minutes, she asked him, "What the frag are you looking at? Is my stabilizing servo unbolted?!"

Prowl shook his head and said, "I can't figure you out."

"Excuse me?"

"What I mean to say is that ever since I met you, I could never really figure you out, no matter how hard I try."

Lightrunner crouched down and got right near Prowl's face and said, Well, there is more than meets the eye with me."

With that said and done, Lightrunner sprang up into a flip backwards. Landing near the hallway, she turned on the heel of her foot and walked off, leaving behind a very baffled Prowl.

Sari stood with Lumina at the mall parking lot and and the small girl danced excitedly. They were here to do a little Christmas shopping for the others.

"Ooh, I can't wait!!!! Let's go!!!" Sari squealed and ran for the outlet mall's entrance. Lumina followed behind, dazzled by the extravagant decorating, this being her first Christmas ever.

The silver mech watched the people come and go out of the stores carrying all sorts of oddly colored packages. She shrugged, telling herself she'd ask Sari later and kept going.

Bumblebee contented himself by playing away the holidays with all sorts of holiday inspired tricks. He had even got the Boss Bot once, but he wasn't gonna try that one again. Bee cringed as his backside was still stinging from his "talk" with Ratchet about responsibility and setting a good example for Sari. Bulkhead had been easy with the sign taped to his back the said free presents in his storage compartment. Little kids were still chasing the oversized bot around the neighborhood and as for Ratchet, Bumblebee had decided not to go their. The yellow mech instead, was busy setting up a trick for everyone's favorite ninja bot. Bee smiled as he placed the final piece into play.

Ratchet sat in front of the medbay's monitor, running another self diagnostic and grumbling about Bee's stupid pranks. He was certainly angry about all the rioting the kid had caused with his last prank on Prime. The doc bot was still trying to get the oil stains out of the floor and every time Optimus moved, he would squeak from the bucket of oil landing on his head. Ratchet had never seen Prime so angry except for that one time. The old bot sighed and got up from the chair, his joints creaking as he did. When he went into the living room, the medabot heard a crunch beneath his feet. Ratchet looked down and saw one of Sari's toys.

"Slag, that kid and her stupid toys!!! How many times have I told her to clean them up?!"

Somewhere in the city, Optimus walked the streets looking for Bulkhead, who had called earlier asking for help. But there was one thing: the bot was nowhere to be found. Prime turned a corner when he heard tires screeching and Bulkhead came around the bend flying. He transformed and tried to stop but ran right into Optimus. Both fell and slid down the street because of the ice.

"Oops, sorry boss bot," Bulky said helping Prime to his feet.

Optimus shook his head and asked, "Why were you going so fast anyways?"

"To get away from all those kids. They've been chasing me since this morning, wanting presents or something."

Bulkhead turned around and walked down the street with Optimus trailing behind, when Prime noticed the sign on Bulky's back.

First word that came to his mind was this, "Bumblebee..."