The Children Chapter 3
The Trickster

Penny trudged home completely exhausted from work. In one hand she carried Blaster and the other was holding her workbag on her shoulder.

"You sure this work thing is healthy?" Blaster asked obviously worried.

"If it brings money into the house then yes" Penny responded pulling today's pay out of her pocket and showing it to him. Blaster remained silent.

Penny walked up the steps and put the key in the lock. She then stepped into her house as she entered an odd feeling came over her the area seemed to be disturbed. She flicked the light on so she could see and to her surprise written on the wall closest to the door were the words "Sunny Sucks" in a yellow florescent color.

"Blaster?" she said nudging the tape deck. He didn't respond he had fallen into recharge before they had even gotten home. Penny closed the door behind her but, didn't lock it she might need that exit open. She walked into the kitchen and placed Blaster on the counter picking up her mom's ceramic rolling pin as she passed. She slowly walked through the house checking every room as she went. Just as she walked into her room she suddenly fell flat on her face! Then a bucket full of cold water fell on her back. She got up soaking wet. She then heard stifled giggling coming from around the corner outside of her room. She rounded it and there sat Sideswipe clearly alive laughing his head off.

"You should have seen your face when you fell!" he cackled. Penny just glared at him. She picked him up and put him in the crook of her shoulder then marched down the stairs. She placed him up onto her mom's old china cabinet that was beside the kitchen table

"Lets see you get down from there" she said glaring at him.

Blaster who was now transformed was sitting on the counter trying not to laugh at his fellow autobots position.

Penney turned to face Blaster then looked back at Sides with a puzzled look on her face.

"How come Sideswipe is almost the same size as you? I know I bought him smaller than that" Penny said rather confused. Blaster just shrugged.

"Hey, you should be happy his brother didn't wake up to. Then you would be in real trouble," he said letting out the laugh that he had been holding in. This made Penny smile but, she then turned back to Sideswipe

"I hope you like it up there because you're not coming down until morning" she said walking over to Blaster and picking him up.

She headed up the stairs and into her room avoiding the string that the little tyrant had placed there.

"Are you really going to leave him there?" Blaster asked with a sheepish grin. Penney let out a sigh.

"No, I just couldn't. But, he will be cleaning those marking off my wall! Sunstreaker isn't even around why would he bother?" Then it hit her she smacked herself in the forehead making Blaster jump.

"I know now," she said silently. Blaster gave her a puzzled look.

"You know what?' he asked

"It doesn't matter. I'm going to have a shower want to be my music?" Blaster transformed and she carried him into the bathroom with her.

After her shower she carried Blaster downstairs. Sideswipe hadn't left his spot up on top of the china cabinet how could he if he were to jump it would be suicide. He was just quietly sitting up there leaning against the wall arms crossed.

" You ready to come down?" she asked the red and white bot. Sideswipe gave her a confused look.

"Down? But, you said I would be up here all night" Penny smiled

"I'm not that mean But, you will have to clean up the wall tomorrow" she said gesturing to the mess he had made. Sideswipe nodded she picked him up then placed both of her new housemates on the counter.

"Now where are you guys going to sleep?" she asked, "The shelf isn't going to be comfortable anymore. We have a spare bedroom and my parents room" Blaster shook his head

"Could I just sleep with you?" Penny was taken aback she had slept with some of the transformers before but then they were inanimate objects

"Well, I guess so if you really want to…." Blaster nodded happily then looked at Sideswipe.

"Where do you want to go?" Blaster asked.

Sideswipe shrugged

"This place is really big I could hardly get off the shelf yet get up on a bed" Penny smiled

"Okay then, you can sleep with me to" she said picking him up "Unless, of course you prefer the china cabinet?" Sideswipe just remained silent. Penney carried the two up to her room and placed them on the bed. She turned of the light and let them choose for themselves where to sleep. Blaster cuddled up close to her and instantly fell into recharge but Sideswipe just sat on the end of the bed staring at the shelf filled with transformers.

"Sideswipe are you ok?" Penny asked already knowing why the small transformer was upset. Sideswipe nodded in response.

"You miss your brother don't you?" he turned to face her than nodded. She moved away from Blaster being careful not to disturb him then sat Sideswipe on her lap.

"It's ok I wont tell Blaster I know how it feels not to have some one you care about close to you" She sat there with him in her lap his arms crossed in denial but eventually his systems fell into recharge. She then laid him down close to Blaster and then she fell asleep beside the two mechs.

Yup SIdeswipe was next he isn't his normal fun self because his bro isn't there but when Sunstreaker dose come to life he'll be back to his normal self. :)

High five for "blood shifter" for figuring out one of the character's that were going to show up next before I posted this :D

Chapter 4 will be up as soon as I have time!

**EDITED AS OF NOV17TH/11**
I fixed the font so it wasnt painful to read
I would fix up the chapters writing and such as well but since I wrote this so long ago I dont feel right fiddling with it