Bumblebee stared longingly at the TV, NASCAR was playing and he would give anything to be out there with them, racing his heart out. He sat in front of the TV, his legs were crossed and his hands were held tightly in his lap. Bee's whole body was leaning towards the TV; his mouth was open in awe as the cars zoomed by. Oh yes he would give anything to be out there for one day. And what more they got to race over one hundred laps it was like a dream come true for the small bot.
Bumblebee's awe of racing did not go un noticed, Prowl had been watching the bot move closer and closer to the TV until his face was almost squashed into the screen. He didn't understand the young bot, why would you want to go fast when you could slow down and appreciate the small things and see what there was to be seen. Nature was so full of surprises and Prowl was willing to find out each and every one of them, he had the time. Of course Prowl had to stay at the base due to the sudden increase of decepticon activity and so his nature walks would have to wait.
It was then that Sari came into the base; she was smiling quite brightly and walked up to Prowl.
"hiya Prowl" she said brightly. Prowls visor rose a bit.
"You seem happy today" he commented
"I am" Sari giggled and ran up to Bumblebee; she said hi to him and then headed off to find the others. Bumblebee had practically ignored Sari' hello and with a small look at her and a grunt he continued to watch his show. Prowl shook his head at the bot and walked out of the base, he needed to meditate.
Sari's happiness was due to one thing, she had made her first human friend in a long time. The friendship had started weeks ago and was now a full-fledged one. Sari had befriended a young girl around her age named Kara, she had bright blond hair that glowed in the sunlight. Both girls were strangely small for their age but didn't really mind when they were around each other. They had already many sleepovers and had done most of the stuff best friends do. They even had declared themselves best friends. It was a happy time for Sari.
She bounded into Optimus' room and crawled into his open hand.
"Hello Sari" this was a usual between the two now.
"Hey Optimus"
"You look happy" Optimus smiled at her.
Sari giggled "everyone is saying that"
"And why would that be?" Optimus questioned, there was a twinkle in his optics.
"I have a new friend and I want her to meet you guys" Sari put on a puppy dog face for extra credit.
Optimus tilted his head "have you told her about us yet?"
Sari shook her head "no, I promised I wouldn't, but she is my best friend and is also trustworthy I promise" her violet pleading eyes told Optimus she wasn't lying.
"I suppose, you may bring her in tomorrow"
"yay!" Sari squealed, she gave Optimus the best hug she could give him her tiny arms barely fit around his chin.
The next day Kara was brought in to meet Sari's friends, when she saw them she gasped. Child innocence and curiosity kept her from screaming, running out from the room tearing her hair out. After a few moments the girl walked up to Prowl, she had a large smile on her face.
"Sari you have the best friends ever!" and from that day on, Kara became a good friend of the Autobots. True friendship had kept them together through the years. Suddenly the ten year old girls were now fourteen. Both were very striking and since they had been through many battles they found no interest in makeup but in the electronics or other things that the Autobots, too, liked.
One day they decided to have a sleepover at the base. Kara had brought all of the bare essentials and Sari... well she went a little overboard. She brought games and lots and lots of candy. The girls couldn't wait to get started. Now the girls had been trying to get Prowl to join in on the fun, twister had gotten boring for him due to lack of challenge and it had been years since he had participated. There were weekends absolutely dedicated to this and all were futile, they just couldn't find anything that wouldn't bore the spark out of the others and entertain him. That was until it hit Kara, literally, the game had fallen on her head at the store.
With an "ouch" she looked down at the game and gasped- there it was the answer to all of their problems, it was challenging easy to play and altogether fun. With a smile she ran out of the store, she was going to need the bots help on this one. Sari was at her home school and stuck, she wasn't allowed to leave for a while and so the planning for Prowl's game was left up to Kara.
The girl ran into the base and searched for Bulkhead, he was going to help her, and she just knew it.
"Bulkhead" she called out standing one her tiptoes looking about.
"Yeah" Bulkheads massive body came through a door. "Oh hey Kara, What's up?"
"Im fine, but I need you help"
"Ok" Bulkhead wasn't one to ask questions, he was like a dog loyal to the end no questions asked.
And so the game was set up just in time for the sleepover. Once the rest of the bots got in they were surprised to see a massive tower in the middle of their living room.
"Uh, anyone know what this is about?" Prime asked, he turned to the others.
"Oh hey guys" Bulkheads massive aft protruded from behind the tower of beams that he had set up.
"What are you doing?" Bumblebee asked, his hands were thrown up in a questioning manner.
"He's helping me" Kara came from behind the base of the structure. She waved and smiled.
"What's this for?" Prowl asked, he leaned down in front of Kara.
"It's a game for you and the others"
"Really?" Prowl's raised a bit.
"How do you play it?" Ratchet asked. It was then that Sari came in, she gasped when she saw the structure, but after a moment of recognition she smiled over at Kara.
"Good idea" she praised.
Kara bowed. "Thanks, Bulkhead helped me; I couldn't have done it with out him."
"What is done? How do we play it?" Bumblebee asked impatiently
"What you are looking at, is a game for all of you, including Prowl, it should challenge you all" Kara waved a finger at all of them.
"But what is it?" Bee asked again.
Sari smiled "what you are looking at is a massive replica of Jenga"
The rules were explained and the game started, Prowl was surprisingly interested and he played as well. The object was to get the tower as high as possible, and so they had to take out the massive beams holding up the tower and place them on the top, creating a bigger, harder to stabilize tower. It was just the type of game all could enjoy.
Bumblebee could be reckless and take out most any beam and still live whilst the others played smart. It wasn't long before the tower tumbled down on the surprised Autobots.
Ratchet came up and started sputtering "you didn't tell us that was going to happen"
Sari was on the ground laughing, as was Kara. But she managed to say "that's what was supposed to happen, Bee your out, the rest of you can try again, just build it back the way you saw it" and so the game was played. The tower fell two more times until only Prowl and Ratchet were left. Both were at the advantage of scanners telling them where the weak spots were and so they never touched those spots. The tower at its starting form only reached Optimus' waist but soon it was taller than him, the two bots had to climb on things to place their pieces on the top of the tower.
Sari had gotten out her
candy and the two girls had already gone through three bags of candy,
ten lollypops each and a couple bags of chips and still they were
munching happily. Optimus regarded them with surprise.
"Aren't
you full, you've eaten a lot" both girls shook their heads with
out looking at him, they were too concentrated on their candy.
Wrappers littered around their feet practically creating a smelly
garbage blanket for the girls to sleep in.
Finally the tower tumbled on Prowl and Ratchet was declared the winner. This was a surprise even to the girls, they hadn't expected that. Prowl took the loss well, he didn't even retreat to his room once the game was done.
It was then the bots finally noticed the girls were shaking uncontrollably.
"Uh are they ok" Prowl looked over at Ratchet.
"Uh my scanners indicate too much sugar in their blood streams"
"That means…"
"Oh dear"
"Take cover" Bumblebee shouted. "Sugar high!" the bots took off to safe distances.
Ratchet continued to scan them from afar. "Five four three two… one" at one the girls exploded the wrappers flew up into the air as the girls ran around in big circles. They had their arms stretched out as if they were trying to fly; wrappers were thrown back up into the air as the girls rushed by them. They were going so fast.
"h-hey K-Kara, DDR!" Sari said between shaking. The Autobots had installed DDR on their TV for Bumblebee, who bragged that he could beat the whole game (he did) and now it was used for entertainment proposes. The game was turned on and the girls feet became a blur.
The Autobots gathered around to watch, this was going to be a new record.
Elsewhere in a base not to far away, Blitzwing studied a monitor.
"OI ive got somevhing very big 'ere" Lugnut waddled towards him.
"what?"
"two massive energy sources"
"where?"
"the Autobot base"
"they must have new recruits" Lugnut smashed his fist on the table. "lord Megstron will want to hear this"
Back at the Autobot base the girls had finally crashed, it took a whole three hours to crash but the did. At the moment they were on the DDR mats fast asleep, the music played behind them and the screen read FAIL.
"wow" Bumblebee marveled at the two girls. "one minute there're still going strong and then they just collapse.
"Humans are weird" Bulkhead shrugged.
"they need to be comfortable" Prowl grabbed Kara while Bee grabbed Sari. The night was quite after that.