An; Even though the Title says its the Loose Cannons episode, I'm doing it a bit differently! This is just things that are happening during that episode. ALSO Picture does not belong to me! I found it on google! YAY GOOGLE!

No matter how tired she was, no matter how weak she was feeling, she had to help. She struggled to get up to her feat, struggled to regain her breathing. Not that it mattered, seeing as the air they had was running out... She had to save him, tears pricked her eyes as she gasped and panted while lifting the large rocks away. She could hear the gears within his arms and legs groaning in protest at the weight he was holding up, she could see the pained expressions he thought he hid from her.

"Just stop." His voice run out through her struggling.

She had to save him... "I can't." She whimpered, breaths becoming shorter and shorter. "I have to get you out of here Bulk..."

She fought for strength, struggled to move the rocks out of the way as each breath grew harsher and harsher... each passing moment Bulkhead grew weaker and fearful...

Fearful of loosing his charge, of the one who meant the most to him.

"Miko."

"I can't stop Bulkhead!" She told him, collapsing at one point. She was frightened and panicking.

"Miko..."

They were going to suffocate down there

"Miko!"

Down in the dark...

"MIKO!"

"AHH!"

=Thud=

"You fell..." Mika pointed out bluntly before she giggled as she looked down at her twin. "You were dreaming again."

"Nightmare." Miko muttered, looking up from the heap on the floor to her vanity and spying the picture of her and Bulkhead in human form. Even though it had been a while since they had gotten trapped underground she still had nightmares. Not that Bulkhead needed to know that...

She was afraid of dying, but most of all, she had been afraid of losing Bulkhead. She could still feel her heart clenching painfully when Starscream showed... when they couldn't find help for him.

"Was it the same one?" Mika got up from the bed, her hair disheveled and eyes squinting. She had yet to put on her glasses.

"Yeah."

"I ship just so you know."

"Shut up or I'll start on you and Ratchet! Better yet, you and Rowen."

Mika grumbled to herself. Rowen was a very flirty guy, he never fell for any of the girls and their batting of eyelashes. No, instead he kept his eyes on her only. Mika hated to admit it but she was beginning to have a crush on the boy, much to Ratchets displeasure.

"You up for today?" Mika countered.

"You bet!" Miko grinned. Today the kids, Ratchet (Yes, Ratchet), Bulkhead, Arcee, and Bumblebee were going to have a paintball war.

Prowl, Optimus, Sunstreaker and Sideswipe were back at the base.

"Great! Cause their outside, right now, waiting." Mika shoved past Miko to get ready.

"Hey!" Miko shouted. "You so cheated!" She scrambled after her twin noisily, the two racing for the bathroom.

Mika, with loud giggles, was ahead of Miko and was able to skid into the bathroom. However, before she could shut the door Miko slammed into her due to them both wearing socks.

Socks + wood flooring = slippery.

Both toppled over and landed into the bathtub with an all mighty THUNK!

"Whats going on up there?!" Their host mother shouted.

"Uh... Nothing! Mika just tripped again!"

"Liar." Mika hissed as she shoved her snickering sibling off of her. "UGH your heavy!"

"Oh.. I'm...feeling feint." Miko 'passed out' letting all her weight sink onto Mika who squealed with the pressure.

"What are you two doing?" a familiar grouchy voice sounded.

Both looked up to see Ratchet and Bulkheads holoforms.

"Squishing my sister." Miko replied with a shrug.

Bulkhead snickered before he helped Miko off and then Ratchet pulled Mika up who was grumbling to herself.

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"So uh, how is this fun?"

"Just think about this like a training exercise." Mika started.

"We'll do this in teams!" Raf pitched in excitedly.

{Bzzzzzz vooop beep?} Bumblebee tilted his head.

"That's right." Raf nodded. "Bots and their charges are partners."

"I don't even know why I came here." Ratchet grumbled. "I couldn't begin to list the casualties this could cause. Welts, bruises, eye injuries, dents."

"..."

"Well... Maybe not the last one."

"Oh come on Rach have some fun will you?" Miko whined.

"Don't call me that atrocious nickname." Ratchet growled.

"Right so: Bee you and Raf, Bulk and Miko, Ratchet and Mika, and Arcee with me." Jack spoke as he adjusted his protective chest padding.

"So aside from our partners, we are all enemies?" Arcee questioned as she tinkered with her paint gun.

"You got it!" Mika chirped as she fixed Ratchets gear who was grumbling about the primitive human protection. "We'll be fine Ratchet."

"Alright, My color shots are grey, Arcee's are blue, Raf's are brown, Bumblebee's are yellow, Miko's is pink, Bulkheads are green, Ratchets are orange, and Mika's are purple. Whoever has the most shots wins and if there is a tie between anyone there will be a sudden death match. In the sudden death match whoever gets shot first loses. Me and Arcee will go South, Raf and Bee to the west, Bulkhead and Miko to the East, and Mika and Ratchet to the North. When this timer goes off the game starts, when it rings again the game ends and we all meet in the center for final scoring. Sudden death mode will be a face off in the center. Everyone got it?" Jack questioned.

"Yes."

"Good."

"The rules are; No head shots, No crotch shots MIKO-"

"-Aww your not fun!"

"-no physical violence for any sore losers, again Miko. And finally try to have some fun!" Raf listed off the rules.

{Beeewooop!} Bee pumped his fists excitedly.

"What Bee said, Lets do this!!!"

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~Pew~

~Pew Pew Pow~

~Pew Pow Pffff Pow~

"I think I got a few hits in Bulk!" Miko grinned.

"I think we're winning!" He chuckled as they ran around firing shot after shot. "I got a few in on Bee."

"And I got a good amount on Jack! My next target is Mika! YOUR GOING DOWN SISTER!"

"Not if they find you first." They both turned to see Arcee and Bumblebee tag teaming.

"NO FAIR!" Miko shouted. "We're enemies!"

"We decided you needed to go down first." Arcee smirked as she fired at Bulkhead who gave a girly eep as he dodged fire.

"Did you just scream like a little girl?" Miko taunted before shrieking when she got hit by Raf who was giggling next to Jack.

"Did YOU just scream like a little girl?" Bulkhead fired back.

"Hey, I AM a girl. Whats your excuse?" Miko said cheekily.

"I think your both little girls." Jack chuckled as he suddenly began firing a ton of shots.

"Ahh!"

"Noo!"

"Betrayal!"

"Save yourself!" Miko cried dramatically to Bulkhead.

"No way!" He retorted as he pulled her along, not noticing the small blush on his charges face when she glanced down at their connected hands and the flying paint fire fading.

His hands were really warm...

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"I think we're good here."

Ratchet glared out, he really would rather be back at the base doing something important rather then here fooling around. What if the cons attacked? What if they were needed?

"I'm sure Optimus would call you."

He blinked and looked down to Mika who was frowning at him. "What?"

"You were thinking out loud... I know you really dislike this... just go back. I'll be fine by myself..."

Ratchet scowled, annoyed he had thought out loud. "If you know I wouldn't like being here, why on earth did you have me come?"

Mika looked to the ground, frowning as she kicked at the dirt. "I-I just wanted to spend time with you.." She mumbled, pushing up her glasses with her finger and hiding the fact that she was beginning to tear up a bit. "I don't get to spend much time with my guardian... It's usually Sideswipe or Sunstreaker being sent instead. If you- if you don't want to be my guardian now that there are more bots around I-I'd understand..."

"Mika..." He didn't know what to say, of course he liked being her guardian. Despite him denying it venomously, he DID care about her a great deal. He was just... scared something would happen to her. "Hey, Hey. Look at me." He placed his hands upon her cheek and made her teary eye's look up. "It's not that I don't want to be your guardian- I do! Just, well. There's just... at any moment something could- take you from me -er us! Take you from us."

Mika looked into his holoform eyes, she caught that. She smiled brightly, her heart beating a bit quickly in sudden nervousness, greatly enjoying his warm caress. That was until she heard the cocking of a gun and turned to see Miko grinning like a mad woman covered in an array of paint.

Miko must have gotten to carried away and the bots got revenge...

"Look out!" Mika pulled Ratchet back causing both to go flying back and onto the floor. As she fell Mika fired a few rounds at her twin before said twin fled.

"What was that!?" Ratchet, holding her as she had landed on him, said startled.

"That would be Miko, trying to get in a sneaky shot." Mika laughed looking down to only realize their position. "Uhm.."

Ratchet quickly helped Mika up, grumbling to himself  before clearing his throat. "Yes, well-"

"-Lets get going." Mika took the lead.

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"We have a tie!" Jack spoke as he and Raf finished counting their shots while Arcee and Ratchet counted theirs. "Sudden death match, Ratchet and Mika versus Arcee and Me."

"I can't believe we lost." Miko scowled, pouting.

"Sorry..." Bulkhead mumbled, rubbing the back of his head. 

"It's fine, at least you got payback."

Bulkhead had ended up tripping down a ditch bringing Miko with him and left them vulnerable to attack. Mika and Ratchet took that shot very quickly and Bulk had to say it was the first day that day he saw Ratchet smiling.

Okay, he was more so smirking but still. At least the grouchy bot had finally started loosening up and having at least a bit of fun.

"Ready?"

Mika grinned eagerly as she cocked her gun back, setting her sights upon Jack.

"Set?"

Arcee and Ratchet were staring the other down, the latter of the two glancing at Mika ever so often.

"Go!"

Gunfire shot everywhere, paint exploding and coloring the grounds. Mika quickly ran to Arcee, taking her by surprise, while Ratchet went after Jack. Mika decided that with Arcee as her opponent, it would be fine if she used the training Chromia had taught her... seeing as they were sisters.

Though Arcee hadn't realized this, or she did but never said anything, being Chromia's sister would make her Mika's aunt. So Mika would have to bring her A game!

"Your going down." Arcee smirks as her and Mika stand off.

"Oh I don't think so." Mika smiles as Ratchet gets Jack. "Two on one."

Arcee flipped back, dodging fire and presses the trigger to her gun. Blue pain pellets go flying at Ratchet and Mika but they dodge, returning fire.

"Go Mika!" Raf and Bee cheered.

"No way Go Arcee!" Jack and Bulkhead spoke next.

"Hey, I go for my twin now since I cant get her myself. GO MIKA!! SHOW EM WHAT YOUR MADE OFF! YEAH! LEFT! LEFT! RIGHT!"

Mika suddenly found her and Arcee going head to head, Ratchet went down quickly due to her speed and agility. She was realizing that she too was in trouble, as she had unthinkingly challenged the best Melee fighter in their group... She ducked under kicks and punches, trying to get a shot in but it was no use.

All to soon Mika found herself pelted with paint and Arcee putting her hand out with a small smile. "Not bad."

"I did learn from one of the best." Mika muttered.

"And the winner is Arcee!"

"Congrats!"

"Nice job."

"Yes, Yes, nice job. Are we done here now?"

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"Hey whats that?"

Sideswipe looked in the direction Sunstreaker spoke about and spotted Mika staggering in covered in paint. She looked up pained before collapsing, gasping as if she had no air left.

"Mika!" Sideswipe and Sunstreaker called in alarm, alerting the other bots in the room.

As the twins were about to run to her, Arcee rolls through covered in equal amount of pain. "Get up Mika."

"I... Cannot... your... might has slain me..." She makes a show of exasperated gasps as she 'died'.

"Don't do that to us!" Sunstreaker growled causing her too look up with a smile.

"Sunny!"

"And don't call me- You know what I give up." He growled.

"How about a hug!"

"STAY AWAY FROM ME! YOUR COVERED IN FILTH!"

"But I want a hug!"

"You can tell Mika's back." Sideswipe smirked to two bots hidden in the shadows.

"WOO! Lets do that again!" Miko cheered as she and Bulkhead stepped in next. "You were all PEW! and I was like ZOOM POW! And then Arcee was all TAT TAT TAT TAT TAT Pffff!"

"No more sugar for you." Bulkhead chuckled.

{Bvooop?}

"Yeah I had fun, did you?" Raf asked his guardian with a smile.

{Beep wooop bzzz!}

"-Going to take forever to get the paint out of my innards!" Ratchet came in last, ranting. "Not to mention the problems it could cause if I don't get you guys all-"

"So I take it the... training... went well?" Optimus gazes at all his team members. He resisted his now seemingly famous sentence consisting of either 'Do I want to know?' Or 'I don't want to know.'

"You bet it did Boss bot!" Miko cheered. "You shoulda seen Mika and Arcee going at it."

Mika blushed. "Well clearly Arcee's better... Chromia didn't get to teach me too much..." She mumbled Chromia's name before shaking her head. She really didn't want to dwell on her ex-Guardian. "Hey, who are they?"

Everyone turned to the two newbies, Once is recognizable as Wheeljack who Bullkhead immediately cheers for and proceeds to tackle in a brother like hug but the other bot was new. Different. He was dark grey with accents of red and had a large cannon strapped to his servo. She could see a GMC logo on a part of his body and due to the looks she assumed he was a GMC Topkick of some sort.

"Everyone, I'd like to introduce a very old friend. My weapons specialist-"

The bot stepped forth, interrupting Otpimus's speech with a whir of his cannon. The large intimidating weapon whirred to life and sat just before Mika and Miko.

"You feelin' lucky punk?" He asked threateningly.

Now, as Mika's vision started to fade black, it was NOT from the fact of a large weapon pointed in her face.

No.

It was the name Optimus called out after said bots sentence.

"-Ironhide."

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Hello everybody! My names Kurenai! Well my  computer name anyway, So Wolfette has been going through a TON of issues, what with her sister being ill and breaking something in her pelvis, her mom getting worse, babysitting, holidays, and juggling chores and work she's been run ragged and is just to tired to write in her stories! So!! She sent me all her Documents containing the chapters of the stories she worked on during boredom before her sis fell injured. I'll be going through it, proof reading and spell checking and what not. I can't update all the time like she tried to do mostly because I too have a job. BUT! I'll try just for her xD She's my best friend and I do have her permissions in case someone is wondering. Anyway, I loved this chapter! I dunno bout you guys but I've loved all her stories she's written despite her always worrying that their not up to par or don't do characters justice! I also did a bit of snooping! So here's a small spoiler alert!

Wolfette is writing a few different fics! *Though they have been on pause while she had been writing these* She has a Hobbit one, Lord of the Rings one, Pokemon one, Wolfs rein one, Naruto, Batman. She sure loves her fanfic...Anyway I'm blabbering. Bad habit!! I'll make sure to tell her of any comments placed as she LOVES reading them. 

-Kurneai

Ps. I'll be posting for her in other stories and after I catch up with what she has down, If she isn't back by then, then all her stories are on LE PAUSE! 

P.p.s She is hoping to be back after holidays...