"You actually kept that?" I asked, stunned at what I was looking at behind the base in an open spot.

"Didnta seem righ' ta leave it behin'. It goes where we go." Jazz calmly told me as he led us to our rooms we would be using in our stay here. Once again tucked away on the back side of the base in case of surprise visitors from the top brass. Even though Will had worked his way into that selection of brass right now, they still had to do inspections and what not I suppose. That part of military life would never change. And the bots made sure to keep my turtles away from it as much as possible.

But still...the playground? They kept the playground? For some reason I felt my eyes water at that. And a few tears slipped out when I noticed it was still in perfect condition. Not a speck of rust was found on it and it gleamed in the bright sunshine as I wiped the tears away. The care they must have given it...

Leo was also a bit misty eyed as he looked at it, then at the now grown children it had been made for. For a moment I felt sadness come from him before he quickly buried it and pulled his eyes away from the kids as they were talking amongst themselves.

Jazz led us into a corridor large enough to fly a dang helicopter through, even holding the massive door open for us, though we could have used the human sized door built in. I quickly noticed that the hallway was lined with just as big of doors on the inside. I raised a brow up at our escort. "We wouldn't be by any chance bunking in the bot side of the base would we?"

"Wha' clued ya in?" Was the the reply with a grin. "Had a few rooms ta spare, an' n'one eva comes on this side. They know betta."

"Trying to keep us all to yourself huh?"

"Tha' too." He wasn't even phased by admitting it and I laughed.

He stopped by one of the doors and opened it, again using the big one. "This one is for you an' tha missus." He told Leo. "Gonna have tha boys in tha room next ta ya and the girls across tha hall. Ol' red and firecracker gonna be on their otha side and the other two couples will be flankin' tha girls."

Leo gave him an amused look. "And by doing so you kept the children protectively in between all of us."

"Thought that migh' be tha best way." Again Jazz didn't even look embarrassed by being caught. He just gave Leo a grin. "Take some time ta get settled in. Then we'll have tha talk I know has been buggin' ya."

Gratefully I slipped into our private domain and Jazz closed the door behind us with a boom. My eyes grew about three times their size once I took in everything here. Room was friggin huge... It was obviously a renovated Bot room. But where a berth would normally be was a large, king size actually, bed. Area rugs were scattered all over the smooth floor and a soft blue comforter set decorated that large bed, along with crisp white sheets. They had even went all out and decorated. Asian paintings hung all over the place and there was even a place set up for Leo to meditate, complete with candles, along with another area set up as a sitting area. Even had a tv mounted on the wall this time around. It was uniquely suited for this particular turtle. Me personally I didn't give a rat's ass what the room had in it as long as the bed was comfortable. But this even took my breath away. Was that a fucking indoor fountain in the damn corner?

Leo and I stopped a few steps in, looking around the room with wide eyes before looking at each other. "Why do I get the feeling they have been planning on this for awhile?" He asked me.

"Because they either have or spent a damn fortune on overnight decorating services..." I mumbled.

We walked over to the dressers near the bed and gently, still filled with awe, put our suitcases down. I was so touched by what I saw that my hand reached out on its own and sought Leo's, and he took it. "It feels more like a fancy hotel room than a dang barracks..."

We both just stood there, actually kinda scared to touch anything. Then I just had to go look at the bathroom. I drug my husband along with me as I marched over to it and flipped the light on, and my jaw hit the floor. I was fully expecting a shower a sink and a toilet. Not the tub big enough to hold me and Leo and about three other people. Not the waterfall type shower, double sinks and long mirror that covered almost that whole wall. I was scared to look at the toilet, might be those fancy ones that squirt water up your ass when you are done taking a shit... Again area rugs and paintings softened the harshness of the metal and tiles found in here. Big, fluffy, blue and white bath towels were folded neatly on shelves beside both shower and tub. And there was a large bath welcome basket sitting on the tub rim, waiting to be opened.

"Holy mother of...something..."

Leo just quietly nodded his agreement to that.

I was seriously eyeing the tub by now, and I know I had that dreamy look in my eyes as I started to wander over towards it, and the waiting basket where I could clearly see the bottle of bubble bath.

"Really? Now? You are going to take a bath now?"

"Jazz said we have some time...I intend to spend it in there, and if I have time I'm taking a nap."

"What about our stuff that still needs to be put away?" Amusement was in his voice now.

"You can do that. I'm pretty sure you are more than capable of handling it. I, on the other hand, have had a very nerve wracking trip with a pair of wound up twins. I'm tired and I need a nice, hot, bubble bath..." I was already undressing before I even got to the tub, leaving a trail of clothes behind me as I made my way over to it. Then I redid my hair from a braid to a messy bun on the top of my head.

He just shook his head and left the bathroom and I immersed myself for the next forty-five minutes or so in sudsland. By that point I was getting my nap in too, because my head had leaned back against the rim and my eyes had drifted shut. What woke me was the gentle pulling of a brush through my hair. Leo had obviously found my brush and was putting it to use on my long hair after he undid the bun, letting the hair drape over the rim of the tub. "Sorry, I didn't mean to wake you. I was just trying to brush the dirt out from last night since I know you more than likely didn't feel like washing it."

"I don't actually. Too tired to deal with it right now."

He just smiled a little at that as he silently ran the brush through my hair again. "Lot of dirt in there." He finally commented, his fingers carefully working out a large clump that got stuck. "Don't think you are going to avoid it for to much longer."

I absently blew my bangs out of my face. "It's just going to have to do for now. I ain't messing with it."

He chuckled. "You already made that point very clear."

I closed my eyes again. The warm water and his hands working in my hair luring me back to sleep I had almost drifted off again when he finished and redid my hair so it wouldn't get wet. Then to my surprise...he stripped and joined me in the tub. I opened an eye again as he settled himself in next to me. "You're going to smell all girly." I teased him as he shifted around to get comfortable.

"I really don't care." He pulled me next to him, wrapping his arm around my shoulders as I leaned against him. "It's more than big enough for the both of us and it seems a shame to waste the opportunity."

My brow shot up. "Opportunity for what?" I asked him mischievously.

His eye ridge shot up in reply. "To spend some relaxing quiet time with you. And since this is the place you chose to relax, I guess I have to get wet. It's not always about the other thing you know." He reached for some leftover suds that hadn't bubbled down yet and scooped some onto his finger, and put them on my nose.

"Hey..." I blew them back off with another upward puff from my mouth, and they premptly flew into my eye. "Well that didn't work..."

His laugh was quiet and gentle when he wiped it back out again. I stuck my tongue out at him as I shifted a bit so I could lay ontop of him and snuggle against him. I sighed happily as his other arm wrapped around me and I laid my head on his shoulder. "This is nice... I wish we had a tub back home this big."

"Where on earth would you put it?"

"I'm sure we could have Donnie blow up something back home to make room for one."

His body shook with his amused snort. "Not sure there would be anything left to call home if he did that."

"Oh well... A girl can dream I suppose."

"You can always dream."

We passed about another half hour or so just quietly talking, or not even doing that. Long quiet moments snuck in there a bit as we just took comfort in each other's presence like we usually did. Didn't really need words in moments like this.

Eventually the water grew a bit on the chilly side, which pretty much forced us out of the tub. Leo stepped out first, wrapping a towel around him before he held one open for me as I stepped out. "Thank you kind sir." I wrapped the big fluffy white towel around me.

"Your welcome, love of my life."

I gave him a quick peck on the lips and he followed me out of the bathroom and into the main room. The suitcase was already unpacked and he even pulled out something comfortable to wear. I dried off and got dressed in the t-shirt and sweatpants he chose. Gratefully actually. Was having a lazy sweats moment after that bath. But then, I always have a lazy sweats moment.

Overall I felt much better once I was dressed again and our timing was perfect. Once Leo had redressed himself and slipped his weapons back on, that were never really far from his reach, the knock on the door told us that someone had come a calling.

I walked over to answer it as Leo was adjusting the strap of his harness and found Tony waiting outside. "Guys get settled in alright?" There was was an amused look on his face as he asked that.

"More than alright." I said dreamily as I opened the door wider to let him come in, and he took me up on that unspoken offer and entered the room. "And I have a sneaky suspicion you guys planned it that way."

"Would we do that?" His eyes were wide with feigned innocence.

"Yes." Leo said flatly giving him a level look. "You would." Then he smiled a bit. "But I do have to admit...the room is welcoming."

"Good. General consent was that you deserve more than sloppy barracks rooms this time around."

Leo's eyeridge shot up at that. "Which brings me to the obvious question."

"And the reason I'm here. It's time for that update the bots have been sidestepping on telling you. Just was waiting for the others to get back, and they just did."

"Well, then let's go find out what we have to do to earn these generous rooms."