a low growl caught Will's attention. he turned around in the kitchen and stood shocked, Ironhide's holoform stood behind him covered in mud and he. was. pissed.

"Ironhide? why are you covered in mud?" Will ask. Sarah walked into the kitchen and screamed.

"Ironhide! no!" Sarah shouted, looking at the floor. Ironhide looked down at his feet. he felt a little guilty seeing the muddy boot prints tracking from the garage door into the kitchen on to her kitchen mat, but he was still pissed. Will seemed to realize something.

"oh shit." Will groaned, seeing a small muddy hand print on Ironhide's face. Ironhide gave him the nastiest look and crossed his arms over his chest.

"what?" Sarah ask. Will smacked himself in the forehead.

"Annabelle? did you cover Ironhide in mud?" Will ask. the little girl, fresh out of the bath, poked her head into the kitchen and giggled. until she saw Ironhide's dirty glare, then she got quiet and shank back a little. Ironhide loved the little girl, don't get him wrong, but nobody messed with his paint job. he turned angrily back to Will who sighed. "don't suppose you can just back out into the rain and wash off?" Will ask. Ironhide gave him a glare and he sighed again. "didn't think so." Will said. he followed Ironhide back outside. his alt form was covered in mud. mud clumps, muddy hand prints, muddy shoe prints, mud smears. Will winced slightly. there was mud all over his windows and in the bed of his alt. how had Annabelle managed to do this? "holy shit." Will muttered.

"its in the cab." Ironhide growled. Will cursed again as the doors opened and there was mud in the back seat.

"stay right here. hold on. I have to make a call." Will muttered heading back inside. Ironhide grumbled and cursed in Cybertronian. about 20 minutes later Will came back out. "alright buddy." Will said, walking over and opening the garage door. he nodded to himself then went back around and pushed gently on Ironhide's hood. "go." Will said. Ironhide growled.

"I will not!" Ironhide hissed.

"I can't get you clean in the garage." Will said. the holoform huffed, but Ironhide backed out. he looked awful. Will stopped him and closed the garage.

"well?" Ironhide hissed. Will put his hand up to stop him from talking as three cars pull up. three people Ironhide had never seen before got out.

"alright guys, this is Ironhide. Annabelle had a little fun with some mud and now he needs a clean up job. you have to be easy with him." Will said. the holoform seemed surprised. he pointed at two of them. "mud in the back seat. I want the entire cab cleaned and detailed." Will ordered. they nodded and started getting gear out of their cars. the third man walked over.

"alright Ironhide, we're gonna clean ya up real good." he smirked and nodded at the truck. it was clear they knew he was alive.

"like I said, be easy, he's a little hostile right now. he's pissed." Will said going for the water hose. Ironhide grumbled at him, but let Will spray him down on one side, while the doors on the other side opened. they'd have to clean him one side at a time. Will and the other man began working on the outside of Ironhide. the man digging the piles of mud out of the bed of the truck while Will began washing the mud off the front of Ironhide. the holoform stared, completely confused, like he'd never expected Will to do this. the two cleaning his inside even took off their shoe's as they climbed around cleaning his cab out completely. they worked for four hours on cleaning Ironhide up. Will knew how hard it would be for him to transform if he was full of mud and made sure every spec of mud was gone, inside and out. the four men stepped back looking at the shiny Topkick proudly, high fives and fist bumps all round. "alright Hide. looking better than ever." Will grinned. Ironhide rolled back a little more and transformed. the three men stared up at him in shock.

"thank you." he grumbled. Will nodded, motioning to the three guys.

"told you. he blast you with his cannons if you're not careful while cleaning him." Will chuckled. Ironhide's cannons immediately popped out and started spinning, staring down at the three who seemed amazed. he figured it was the least he could do since they had done an amazing job cleaning him.

"dude!" one the men exclaimed. Ironhide crouched down, letting them get a better look at him.

"if you ever need another cleaning, let us know!" another said. Will nodded and watched them go.

"thanks guys!" Will waved. Ironhide grabbed Will and brought him up to his face.

"you didn't have to do that." Ironhide said. Will shrugged at him.

"yeah I did. I should've been paying attention to Annabelle. I'm sorry. you know I'd never let her do that." Will said. Ironhide seemed surprised.

"its fine. thank you for cleaning it up before it dried completely." Ironhide said. Will nodded, seemingly still upset.

"yeah but you're a living creature. it still bothers me." Will said. "I still have to clean the garage." Will frowned looking at the muddy tracks Ironhide had left. Ironhide gave the mud a dirty look.

"I'll help." he muttered. Will chuckled.

"it's fine. just park in the drive way. it shouldn't take long." Will said. he walked over and opened the door, but it was clean. "huh... the guys must've cleaned it while I wasn't looking." Will said. Ironhide shrugged slightly. he didn't need to tell Will he'd already cleaned the garage while they were cleaning him. he shrugged. "I'll clean up the driveway once you're in the garage. no use in washing all this mud back onto you." Will chuckled. Ironhide nodded slightly and transformed, rolling into the garage. Will used his power washer to clean the driveway and nodded to himself, going into the garage. "if it's not rainy tomorrow, I'll see if the guys want to come back and give you a wax when it can dry in the sun." he said, patting Ironhide's hood as he headed back inside. his guardian simply watched him go.

"hey how'd the cleaning go?" Sarah ask.

"great. the guys were more than happy to come do a deep clean with me. she got mud all over the cab too. he was pissed." Will said. Sarah nodded.

"I put her to bed." Sarah said. Will nodded slightly and stretched, looking down at his dirty clothes.

"I'm going to go shower, then I'll probably head to bed too. night Sarah." Will said. he headed upstairs. "night Hide." Will called. he heard a quiet beep from the garage and nodded, heading to shower. he'd have to have a talk with Annabelle later, but for now he really just wanted some sleep, it would wait until tomorrow.