Authors Notes: Hello everyone and here goes year five :D. Since TF3 brought in a new woman here goes something fun with her, Sam, and a newbe Mirage (You know the red one they called Dino...stupid Bay. So I'm going with the book. Which also means Wheeljack was Que.)

Chapter 5

My cold Skidplate

It was fraggin cold and he wanted to go back inside the base where it was warm. Mirage pulled the scrap of cloth he picked up from the medbay. Ratchet gave that usual 'I don't approve of you...or those kids going outside' and he agreed...but the two newly weds were presistant...they wanted to ice skate. What was ice skating anyways.

Sam had told Carly that he knew the perfect spot where the ice was frozen solid and was peerfectly safe. Mirage groaned to himself as he shivered involentarily. He wondered why Bumblebee couldn't do his job...probably wheezled out of it by doing extra monitor duty was probably it. So Prowl had ordered him to do it.

They started walking through the forestry on the side of where Metroplex had landed. After being hit by every tree he tried to dodge. Soon they made it to a clearing with a good sized pond in the center.

His readings told him that the pond wasn't totally frozen like Sam had promised, but as long as they circled outside on the rim then they should be fine...but he was sure that he could probably also drive over the middle of it without it breaking so he just shrugged and sat down to watch them skate.

After about an hour of skating Mirage had discovered that Sam couldn't skate at all...as a matter of fact...how did the humans say it...he...sucked monkey balls...yes that was it. Mirage stood up and transformed and sped out onto the ice and started to drift drive around. He suddenly realized just why Sam wanted to do this...

Oh the wind in your face, the ice under your tires, the thrill of the speed, the sound of cracking ice.

...Sound of cracking...ice...oh slag...

Mirage squealed as he fell through the ice and landed none to ceremoniously at the bottom before transforming and jumping out. Sam was laughing so hard. At least he and Carly were at the other side of the pond when that happened.

"Dude...your face was priceless..."

"Sam thats not nice I'm sure he's freezing his skidplate off." Carly punched Sam in the arm lightly.

"Don't worry Carly these guys are okay with cold spaces. Optimus and the others went to Alaska a few months ago and they came back fine."

"Yeah well why is he shivering?" Carly asked pointing at Mirage

"Why Mirage...your starting to change color. You look good in white and blue."

"Ratchets going to kill me...specially for the bloody paint job." Mirage grumbled and stood up walking back towar the base.

"No seriously Mirage...you look good in blue and white." Carly admited.

A few minutes later they walked back into the base. Mirage headed straight for the racks to get warmed up. As he walked in he spotted himself in the mirror. He turned left, then right. Slowly nodding. He did look good in white and blue.