A/N: I'm back again! Thanks to everyone who read the last chapter!

Disclaimer: I do not own Rescue Bots. I only own Catherine Burns.

*3rd POV*

That night, at the Burns' residence, the Rescue Bots were in the firehouse hanger for the first time. Heatwave was barely managing to maintain his anger. He transformed and walked over to the wall.

"Where are you going?" First Aid asked.

"I need some space. Chief told me about a bunker below street level." Heatwave flicked a switch, then walked over to a console. "Relic of something they call 'The Cold War.'"

The floor beneath Heatwave, Chase, Boulder, and First Aid began lowering, while Blades was left on the bunker floor.

"Apparently, we're getting some space, too." Chase remarked.

"Wait for me!" Blades exclaimed, transforming and jumping down to where the others were and the floor closed over them.

Meanwhile, the Burns family were all gathered around the dinner table, eating and laughing. Charlie was at the stove, making some mashed potatoes, while Catherine had just gone down to the bunker where the Rescue Bots were.

Everyone was having a great time. Everyone, that is, except Cody. Cody was still mulling over what he saw that day. He was certain there more to the new rescue vehicles/robots than meets the eye. And wanted to know what.

"Dad, how did Kade's robot know to-?" He was interrupted by Dani, who said, "Pass the carrots, huh?"

Graham, who was nearest to the carrots, passes them to her while she said, "I noticed a glitch or two with my copter, but at least I had it under control."

She smirked at Kade, who scowled at her as she spooned some carrots onto her plate.

"A glitch is one thing, but I saw-" Cody was interrupted again by Charlie putting a giant bowl of mashed potatoes in the middle of the table, wearing an apron with a hula girl on it. Normally, Cody would laugh at his dad, but he was too preoccupied with his Case of the Mysterious Rescue Bots.

"Kade, Dani, Graham, you guys did great work today!" He patted Dani on the head, liked e used to do when she was little.

Cody looked down at the table, and said, "Can I be excused?"

Charlie nodded and Cody got up, walked over to the fire pole, and slid down.

*Catherine's POV*

I excused myself from the table before everyone else finished. I guess it was an old habit from my army days. I kissed Charlie on the cheek and all the kids went 'Ew!' I laughed and made my way down to the bunker. They weren't where we parked them earlier, so they probably went below streets level, in the old bunker.

I slid down the pole and the first thing I heard was grunts and punching. I looked around and saw that Heatwave was furiously punching a tree-like object firmly bolted down onto a raised platform. The rest of his team was scattered around the bunker.

First Aid and Blades were leaning against the wall farthest from Heatwave while Chase was polishing his forearm, which appeared to be his passenger door. Boulder was over by our 'library.' We had an entire wall, from floor to ceiling, completely filled with books. He was turning a painting from side to side, probably trying to figure out what it was supposed to be. Honestly, I don't exactly know, myself.

"Optimus or no Optimus, I don't think I can take much more of this." Heatwave growled to himself and punching the tree.

I raised my eyebrows and turned to the other Rescue Bots. "Does this happen often?"

"Yes, but we usually just let him go until he tires out." Blades said.

Heatwave kept talking, as if he hadn't heard us, which he probably hadn't. "Ordered around. Rah! Others taking the credit. Grah! ...Having to pretend we're tin cans."

Blades scoffed. "Well, did you see how my human pilots me?! My controls are still sore! It's always 'Higher, higher! Faster, faster!'" Blades turned to me and pouted. "You need to learn to control your daughter."

I laughed lightly. "She's a big girl now. She can do what she wants."

Blades sulked at that and First Aid, my new partner, said, "It was rather nice to be part a rescue again."

"Glad you think so, First Aid." I smiled.

"I find our chief quite competent." Chase added, now polishing his other arm. "There is much your sparkmate can teach us about Earth's law enforcement procedures."

"The humans have strange ways." Boulder said over by the bookshelf, still looking at the painting. "But that's what makes then so interesting."

He showed us the painting to us also, and I also turned my head from one side to the other.

That must have been the last straw for Heatwave. He jumped down from the pedestal with a loud crash! and said, "I'm leaving."

"You can't leave! You're our leader!" Boulder protested.

"Then we'll all go. No offense, Dr. Burns, but your family will never understand us. We'll never belong here." Heatwave said.

I smiled sadly. "I'm sorry, Heatwave, but it's not up to you whether or not you leave or not. That's up to Optimus. Even if you do try to leave, you'll blow your cover if you walk around without a human with you."

Heatwave growled, frustratedly. "I know, but being a Rescue Bot is more than just putting out electrical fires. It's more than that."

"I know what you mean." Cody's voice said from behind us all. The Rescue Bots stood rigid, but Cody waved it off. "Don't bother. Youre not fooling anyone. Trust me. Living in Griffin Rock, I know robots. And you guys? Heh, worst robots I've ever seen."

"Cody, what are you doing down here?" I folded my arms and raised an eyebrow.

Cody smiled back innocently. Unfortunately, before I could gey an answer out of him, Chase said, "We've failed our mission. Our cover is blown. If this child knows, he'll tell the others."

"Are you kidding?! And waste the opportunity to know something they don't?" Cody pointed to himself. "I'm the best thing that could have happened to your mission because I'm gonna teach you everything you need to know about Earth."

"Can you teach me how to get my human to stop yelling?" Blades asked, completely convinced that Cody, my 12-year-old son, will teach them about Earth.

"Dani? I don't think anyone can do that." Cody said. "Mom has tried, but it only lasts for so long. I'm Cody, by the way."

"I'm Blades." Cody reached up and shook Blades' hand, uh, servo.

"First Aid." He has been looking at Cody with interest since he shown himself.

"Your name is 'First Aid?' Like a doctor knows First Aid?" Cody giggled.

"Cody, don't try to insult a giant alien robot who is capable of stepping on you. Trust me, I know from experience." I said. "Let's just continue introductions."

"Well, I'm Boulder." He pointed to himself.

We all looked at Chase, expectingly, but he simply said, "Classified."

"That's Chase." Boulder chuckled.

"And I'm Heatwave. So, Cody, now that you know what we are, tell me one good reason why we shouldn't leave this planet right now." Heatwave leaned down ad got into Cody's face.

Cody got a thoughtful look on his face. "Mom, can I show the Bots the tunnels?"

"Go ahead, but I'm going with you. I haven't been in the tunnels for a while." I smiled.

A little while later, we were walking through the tunnels that les to different spots all over the island. I listened to Cody's running commentary. "...There are tunnels like this all over the island."

We were approaching the end of this tunnel. "And they all lead to the bunker. Great for sneaking out of the firehouse." I shot a glare at Cody, who tried to backtrack. "...Which I don't do at all, of course."

Then Boulder and First Aid gasped in awe. I turned to look at them, and saw that they were looking at the starry night sky. It was a particularly clear night and we could see way more stars here than if we were on the mainland.

"It's like a million optics set in carbon." First Aid said, serenely.

"So beautiful..." Boulder agreed. Somehow, I got the feeling that I would be having giant robots trying to sneak out of the firehouse on a clear night.

"I... guess it kind of is." Cody said, swinging his legs back and forth on the rock he was sitting on. "So why would you ever wanna leave?"

A/N: Done! I'm so glad people like this story! Make sure to review and suggest a total for this!