Disclaimer : I don't own anything.

Note : The prank...might be somewhat original, I'm not sure. I got it from when my quirky uncle tied some big yellow plastic balls to his truck. It was hilarious. Also, in other stories I've read, the twins are lamborghinis, but in the movie, Sideswipe was a 2009 Corvette Stingray Concept, so... I might go back and forth, depending on the chapter. Just a head's up.

The Pumpkin Guardian - LOL. That would be annoying.

Dragonwitch250 - Here you go. :)

Rubyswordmaster - Yeah, I think Optimus getting beaned was the funniest part of the last chapter. This one I like a lot better. -grins evilly-

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(Normal POV)

All was dark at the Lennox house hold. It was late and night, and everyone was asleep. This included Ironhide, their guardian, who sat in the garage with a truck bed full of tools and other equipment Lennox was transferring to the new Autobot base. It was all held in place with several chains, which meant that it would make transforming impossible for Ironhide.

That was probably why Sunstreaker and Sideswipe had been given nightwatch duties over all of them.

And that was also why Ironhide would have been watching them carefully for the whole night...if he hadn't been so fragging tired.

As it was, there were only two Cybertronians online at the moment, and both were sharing evil grins as they drove as silently up to the house hold as they could. They were speaking, quietly amongst themselves, via their internal private com links, so as to not wake anyone up.

'Are you sure this is a good idea?' Sunstreaker took a look at the massive weapons specialist, currently hiding in the form of a black GMC Topkick C4500. He shuddered a little. 'I don't need him coming online as we do this.'

Sideswipe shifted a little in a slight shrug and slowly and silently transformed, before kneeling down. In one hand, he held a small item, and after looking around carefully, he leaned towards Ironhide's aft. 'For future references, let's avoid pranks that involve Ironhide and afts.' He grimaced a little as he reached under Ironhide's back bumper, looking for the connector where the chain was hitched.

'And balls.' Sunstreaker shot out a hint of a snicker and shook a little on his axels, remaining in his Lamborghini form. 'Just hurry up, Sides.'

'I'm hurrying, I'm hurrying.' Sideswipe found the connector and leaned down a little to wrap a metal band around it, in along with the chain. He slowly and carefully attached the item, and then pulled back, watching it swing back and forth a little. With a victorious smirk, he pulled back and transformed swiftly into his lamborhiniform, and pealed out of there after his brother as silently as he could.

Upstairs in the Lennox house hold, Will raised an eyebrow, watching a shadow swinging under Ironhide's rear bumper. In the darkness of the night, he couldn't make out what it was, but he relaxed anyways, knowing the twins wouldn't do anything to hurt Ironhide. He was just lucky he'd needed to use the washroom, and managed to catch them.

Headng back to bed, he decided he'd check it out in the morning, when he was more awake and there was light.

When he woke up the next morning, Will's mind was more on th trip than anything else, and he'd actually forgotten about the mysterious actions of the twins the night before. He had his breakfast with his daughter and wife, before kissing them both goodbye and heading outside. It was double checking the chains that he realized what the twins had been up to.

And being a joker at heart, Will just couldn't seem to find it in him to tell Ironhide what was hanging just under his back bumper.

Climbing into the driver's seat, he grinned at the greeting he got and returned it. "Hey, 'Hide. Looking forward to the trip?"

There was a low rumble as Ironhide pulled out and began driving down the road. "I'm not looking forward to whatever the twins were up to last night. It was far too quiet." The frown could be heard in his voice.

Oh, if only you knew. Will smirked to himself as he pretended to drive to the base.

By the time they got there, several people had honked at them, or made innuendos involving 'big balls'. Ironhide was confused and had asked Will about it, but the human was too busy laughing to answer. This only served to confuse Ironhide worse, and he put his sensors at full, trying to hear what the humans in the other 'vehicles' were saying, but none of it made any sense.

Finally, he got to the base, and Epps, along with Wheeljack and Hound, came over to help unload him. It took them a few moments, and in that time, the lamborghini twins showed up, laughing their afts off about something. Shooting them a look, Will shook his head and tried not to laugh. As it was, he knew that if Ironhide got the slightest inkling he knew about that, there was no way he'd ever live it down.

"And what the frag are you two glitches laughing about?!" Ironhide seethed silently, knowing they'd done something and hating being unable to transform to beat it out of them. With a low rumbling growl, he sat down lower on his axels, only to raise back up when he was informed by a very amused looking Lennox and Epps that they couldn't unload him if he was too low for them to get at the rest of the chains.

Finally, as the rest of the chains were pulled off, Ironhide stretched, remaining for the moment in his alt-mode. As Optimus rolled in, the weapons specialist cycled his vents and began changing.

Something was off, however. As he changed, he became aware of something still attached to him that shouldn't have been. It wasn't alive, luckily, nor did it reek of Decepticon energies, but it was bulky and awkward to avoid as he transformed. And even though he could avoid it, the utter horror of where it was located was even worse.

Ironhide soon stood in the middle of the room, a confused frown on his face. The very first thing he became aware of was the heavy laughter echoing from the room, from every human with a good view of him. The second was that, after apparently looking something up, so were many of the Autobots, and the twins were doubled over in laughter.

Perhaps the worst thing of all, was the horrified yet amused look on Optimus' face, as he gazed at his weapons specialist. "Ironhide..." He trailed off as he seemed to be choking on his laughter.

Feeling the same awkward feeling as before, Ironhide's optics trailed down his body armor, to the source, and he let out a very loud, grinding shriek when he saw what it was. Thanks to being around the military men, 'Hide was certain he knew of more perverted jokes than any of the other mechs, but for someone to do this to him?!

He roared in outrage, sending most of the humans scrambling for cover as he transformed his arms into cannons and spun towards the twins. Of course, the casual 'clang, clang' that followed suit, only served to send even more people into hysterics, despite the deadly aura about Ironhide.

"Nice...decorations?" Bumblebee's optics were wide when he took in the addition to Ironhide's usual armor, and he squeaked and darted away, when the massive cannons shot in his direction.

"You two pit-slagging, glitching sons-of-Unicron are dead!" Ironhide roared, taking a step forward, and trying to ignore the 'clang's each of his steps made. "I'm going to offline you both, and then melt you down into scrap metal!"

"Wow, Ironhide." Sam walked into the room, and it only took him a moment to spot the change. "Nice, uh..." He trailed off, his face beet red, and looked a little horrified. "Never mind."

The twins scurried off, laughing, with Ironhide in town, steady 'clangs' ringing through the air and sending most of the occupants of the room into hysterics. Adorning Ironhide jucture where his legs met his torso was a large pair of bright red, metal balls. They seemed to be hooked on something, between his legs, and Will took a moment to explain what the twins had done.

BOOM!

Obviously they weren't going to get off so easily. Optimus cycled his vents and went after them, muttering about them destroying the base if he didn't.

Mikaela, who had walked in during the conversation, began to laugh, even as half the room calmed down. It took several moments before people started to calm, but then, a steady 'clang, clang, clang' could be heard, coming closer to the hangar, and everyone began to chuckle once again.

Ironhide slowly entered the room, his right optic twitching, and his cannons smoking but still activated. Optimus was right behind him, looking for all the world like he was struggling to hide his amusement. He'd even brought his mask out, though his optics seemed to sparkle.

"Ironhide?" Mikaela looked worried, but Sam caught the mischevious glance in her eyes, and Bumblebee must have, too, because he quickly transformed into his Camaro form and stood nearby, engine ready. "Are you ok?"

"I'll be fine once someone gets these useless piles of scrap metal off me. I don't think the twins will be bothering me again, any time soon." The smug look on his face spoke volumes.

A small snort escaped her lips. "Wow. I didn't think you had the balls."

Ironhide's other optic began to twitch.

Looking at her evilly, Sam nodded with a smirk. "Yeah, it sure takes a pair of brass knockers to pull something like that off, with the boss 'bot on your tail."

Optimus let out a sound that surprisingly resembled a metallic snort, and shook his head, shuttering his optics and folding his arms over his chest. Yet he decided to remain silent, even as Ratchet made his way into the hanger, took one look at Ironhide, and almost ran out after the twins, his optics twitching and lips trembling.

A low growl issued from Ironhide's throat and he took a step forward, only to narrow his optics dangerously when the resulting 'clang' almost brought both humans to their knees with laughter.

"On the up side..." Will chuckled. "If there's ever a Decepticon attack, you can use this to your advantage." When all the Autobots looked at him in confusion, he seemed to be trying to hold back his laughter. "Well, think about it. They'll be laughing too hard to do anything but stand there."

Everyone began laughing again, and finally having enough, Ironhide reached down and pulled the decorations off with a faint snap, before tossing them at Will, though making sure not to actually hit him. Half of the men in the base cringed at his actions, almost crossing their legs, before turning and finding reasons to hurry out of the room.

"Well, I guess he doesn't have 'the balls', anymore." Sam muttered, squeaking and grabbing Mikaela's hand, ducking into the Camaro, when Ironhide roared and glared in their direction. The moment they were inside, Bee took off, shaking back and forth from the force of his laughter.

Even Optimus couldn't help it, and began laughing.

One look from Ironhide's face, and despite his laughter, Will knew he was in trouble. He mentally vowed to sleep with one eye open at all times.

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Hope you like it -giggles- I did.

R+R please.

Thank you.

Tenshi