*My POV*

Me and Bee watched as the kids and the Terrans were training. They were using the war between Autobots and Decepticons as an example. Mo was running as Robby chased her. "Not so fast, Decepticon." Robby said as he chased his sister.

"Well, I'm getting your Energon, Autobot." Mo said as she ran faster to get the flag that we were having as the Energon. As Mo kept running, Twitch came by in her alt-mode and dropped a bale of hay.

"Can't stop me that way, Twitch!" Mo said as she leaped over the hay bale. But soon enough, she was crowded by a lot of hay bales, trapping her. "How about this way? Ha!" Twitch said as she looked down at Mo.

"Enjoy the sidelines, Decepticreep." Robby said before running the opposite way to get the flag on that side. "Unguarded Energon? Too easy." Robby said before Thrash came out of nowhere. "Ha! it's shielded." Thrash said before grabbing his wheel and throwing it at Robby.

Robby jumped over it and kept running. Thrash caught his wheel. Robby slid under him. "Autobots always win." Robby said as Thrash turned and gasped. As Robby got close, Thrash transformed into his alt-mode and caught Robby and drove off.

"Wow!" Robby said. "You called for a lift to Loserville?" Thrash asked as he drove off. "Twitch, grab their flag." Robby shouted as he fell out of Thrash. Twitch flew around and her and Thrash raced towards the flag in a hurry.

As Twitch transformed to grab it, Thrash transformed and leaped for it as well. "Augh!" Thrash said as they crashed. Twitch sat up and looked to the stick, only to find the flag missing. "Hey! Who took the flag?" Twitch asked looking around.

"Flag? What flag?" Thrash said sitting up with the flag in his mouth. Twitch faced him and tackled him. They began wrestling for it. "Cough it up, Bike Boy." Twitch said as me and Bee walked over to stand behind Mo and Robby.

"Let him go!" Mo yelled at Twitch. "Mm. I guess the lesson we've all learned today is not to let your guard down." Bee said. "Decepticons will get you every time." I said smiling softly. "Hey, we played fair and square." Mo said to me before looking away. 

"Except the cheating part. Get him, Twitch!" Robby said encouraging Twitch. Twitch then began to slam Thrash into the ground before they began rolling...towards the house. "Uh, game's over." Bee said.

"You can quit now!" I said as I began following after them worried. "Stop biting your sister!" Bee and I said as we followed them towards the house quickly. Worried they'll destroy something or someone.

*3rd POV*

Alex was in the kitchen cooking some sausage. "I never sausage a good breakfast. The perfect start to a great day." Alex said before Twitch and Thrash came crashing through the window. They both stopped once they realized what they did. "Family. Meeting." Dorothy said looking at them sternly. 

*My POV*

Twitch and Thrash were pushing each other slightly as we were having a family meeting. Thrash stood up, causing Twitch to fall with grunts, before Thrash sat back down. Twitch came back and quickly shoved him.

"Ugh!" Thrash said as they eyed each other. "Accidents happen. I get that. But maybe now is a good time for us to talk about the house rules." Dot said to the four young ones. "I'm sensing a fun-killer." Thrash mumbled. "Thrash..." I said warningly.

"You already know most of them. Help out the family. Use your words when you're upset." Alex said listing them off. "And keep hidden from the outside world. Remember, we're undercover." Bee said as we looked at them.

"If ghost agents knew Terrans existed, they'd take you away. And nobody is breaking up this family." Dot said crossing her arms looking at the young ones. "Speaking of breaking, we're adding one more rule. No Bots in the house." Alex said seriously.

Thrash crossed his arms and grumbled. "Robby and I have lived by the rules for ages. They're easy-peasy." Mo said smiling at Thrash and Twitch. "Easy is my favorite type of peasy. Count me in." Twitch said grinning.

"And me out." Thrash said holding his servo up. "You haven't heard about the chore chart yet." Alex said holding a hand up. "Oh, dad. Not the stickers." Robby said hopefully. "You get stickers!" Alex said pulling out some stickers.

Twitch was immediately interested. "Ooh!" Twitch said happily. "When you pitch in with a chore, you earn a star sticker. The kid with the most stars by the weekend gets a reward!" Dot said encouraging them. 

"It's like a game?" Twitch asked excited. Mo and Robby felt the feeling. "Easy, Twitch. You're go gonna short circuit our nervous systems with that happy." Robby said as him and Mo smile. "Well, I'm still not buying it. The rules don't even seem fair." Thrash said not wanting anything to do with this.

"Most of the time, you barely even have to think about them. And when you do, I'll help you, T." Mo said leaning against Thrash's leg. He sighed. "Fine." Thrash said before looking at Mo smiling. 

"Shouldn't I be 'T' and Thrash be 'Th'?" Twitch asked Robby. "Just let them have their moment." Robby said before him and Twitch faced Mo and Thrash. 

*3rd POV*

Later, Mo and Thrash were sitting in a tent. "Thanks for trying, Mo. But a backyard fort's really not the same as hanging out in your room." Thrash said sadly. "Maybe if I got my fish tank and beanbag chair?" Mo asked looking at him.

Thrash got an idea. "Oh, better idea. Bots can't go in the house, but bikes can. If I transform, your mom won't even know I'm there." Thrash said as he transformed into his alt-mode. "Oh, Mom knows. Mom always knows." Mo said when suddenly Dorothy's voice was heard.

"Mo, honey!" Dorothy's voice was heard. "See? We're heading to the lumberyard. Be good." Dorothy said as her and Alex were heading to Dorothy's vehicle. Mo waved at her parents. "Mo, this is perfect! No Bots in the house is your parents' rule. Since they're gone, we can ignore it." Thrash said as he transformed back and nudged Mo to try and convince her.

"I guess that makes sense?" Mo said a little hesitantly. Mo walked inside and Thrash drove inside. "Watch your fenders, please." Mo said before walking and Thrash went forward quickly. "You're good. This way. Stay in first gear." Mo said as Thrash backed up and drove up the stairs.

In the process he almost knocked down a picture of Dorothy when she was serving, but Mo caught it with a gasp and put it back up before following Thrash to her room. In Mo's room, Thrash laid on her bed happily.

"Ahh." Thrash said happily. "We'll just sit quietly and watch pro wrestling. What can go wrong?" Mo asked. And suddenly, both Thrash and Mo went flying out of her window, breaking it in the process. "Ahh!" They both went out the window.

When they hit the ground, Mo grabbed Thrash's leg holding it. "One, two, three, victory!" Mo said happily. "Whoo!" Thrash said as he was laughing happily. "Morgan Violet Malto and Thrash-- um, Malto." Dorothy said angrily. "Ugh." Alex said as he dropped some wood. "You two are grounded." Dorothy said crossing her arms while glaring at them.

| Meanwhile |

A GHOST truck stopped at a redlight and as it turned green the driver drove forward, only to be hit by another speeding car. Turns out, it was Swindle. He drove after the GHOST truck quicky. The driver growled angrily.

He slammed into the truck, and he kept after it, before slamming into it again, knocking the truck onto its side. The driver groans as she was in pain. Her vision was blurry, but she saw Swindle transform.

Swindle paid no mind to the driver and went to the back of the truck. He saw that he got it open. He looked inside to see what he was looking for. "Energon scanner. Could give me a lead on Hardtop." Swindle said before grunting as he reached for it.

But he couldn't grab it. "Ugh. Energon force fields." Swindle said angrily before he transformed and drove away, not interested anymore. The driver got out of the truck and spoke into her coms. "Rogue Decepticon on the package. Requesting local backup." The driver said.

*My POV*

Bee and I just got done fixing Mo's window after her and Thrash broke it. "Thanks for the help, Bee, Izz. That repair was so fast. But you know what would make it even faster? Pew-pew." Alex said trying to get Bee to do what he wanted him to do.

I giggled as Bee looked at Alex. "Alex, for the last time, I'm not using my stinger for DIY projects." Bee said as him and I began to walk away from Alex. "Think of how fast we could strip paint. Cut wood? Toast tortillas?" Alex asked as we kept walking away.

*3rd POV*

"Come on, weed." Robby said as he was pulling at a weed, but groans as he was sent flying back once he finally got it out of the ground. "Ugh. No reward is worth this." Robby said before laying on his back as he got his phone out.

Twitch looked down at him. "You're quitting? What about the chore chart? You won't get your star." Twitch said not believing he's quitting. "I'll pick an easier chore later." Robby said not looking away from his phone.

"Well, can I finish the weeding and get your star?" Twitch asked. Robby rolled onto his stomach. "Knock yourself out." Robby said. Twitch jumped down and began pulling the weeds while singing. 

"Gonna get a star, maybe I'll get two. Doing all the chores Robby hates to do." Twitch sang as Dorothy was getting wood out of the back of her vehicle. Thrash and Mo were laying on the ground since they were grounded.

Thrash whines with Mo as Dorothy rolled her eyes. They kept making noises to try and get themselves ungrounded. "Uh-uh. House rule three: use your words." Dorothy said as he put the wood down and faced the two of them.

"No phones, no friends, no fun. We're dying of boredom." Mo said as she slid off Thrash's back. "Augh, I'm lucky I lived through that suntan." Thrash whines before faceplanting his face into the ground.

"Ranger Malto, Decepticon spotted downtown. A first responder is requested on-scene ASAP." A voice came through a radio and Dorothy rushed into her vehicle. "Have to talk later kids." Dorothy told them before starting her engine and facing them.

"Got to go ground someone else who broke the rules." Dorothy told them before she drove off. "If she's going to treat us like Decepticons, we might as well be Decepticons. It was more fun." Mo said placing her hands on her hips.

Thrash looked at her. "Mo, it's like you're thinking my thoughts before me." Thrash said and Mo faced him. "But we're still grounded." Mo said tilting her head. "True. But nobody said where we had to be grounded." Thrash said grinning.

"It's kind of assumed you stay home." Mo said looking at him. "Decepticons wouldn't." Thrash said before transforming into his alt-mode. Mo grabbed her helmet and walked with Thrash. But he drove over a branch, causing it to snap.

Mo turned quickly to see if anyone heard it, only to see no one. She quickly got into Thrash, and he began driving off on the road. They cheer as they drove away from the house. "See, Mo, this--this is what being grounded is about. Ahh, fresh air!" Thrash said.

As they drove into town, Dorothy drives ahead, while Thrash took a turn to not get caught by Dorothy. As Dorothy kept driving, Thrash pulled up to an alley as she drove past. Mo got off him and he transformed back.

A camera was watching them as Dorothy drove over. Elita-One was there along with a lot of GHOST agents. Turns out, Swindle was watching them. He groans. "Stealing's a lot harder solo. Too bad there's no place I can pick up a partner." Swindle said.

He shifts his gaze, and he spotted Mo and Thrash. He scanned them. "What's this? Bot without a badge? Hmm, time to make a new friend." Swindle said with a grin as he came up with a plan against them. 

"This will distract those ghost goons." Swindle said before he shot a blast. "Huh?" Dorothy asked panicked as she turned. Mo and Thrash hid a little more. Swindle walked away out of sight. Dorothy grabbed a fire extinguisher and rushed to the fire.

"Hey! Grab more extinguishers. Get a hose!" Dorothy said as Swindle drove past and transformed in front of Thrash and Mo. Mo gasped. "No time to talk. Follow me if you want to get out of here alive." Swindle said before transforming quickly and driving off

Mo and Thrash looked at each other. Thrash transformed letting Mo get in and he drove after Swindle. Mo faced her mother and gasped as she saw her mother and another GHOST agent putting out a fire. She ducked before she was seen.

Swindle stood on a cliff and turned when he heard Thrash and Mo. He turned as Mo got out of Thrash and let him transform back. "You're lucky old Swindle found you before anybody else did. Rogue Cons don't last long out here." Swindle told them.

"Oh, we're not Decepticons. I'm Thrash, and this is Mo." Thrash said as he ruffled Mo's helmet who laughed, before she held Thrash's servo on her shoulder. "Are we in danger?" Mo asked worried. 

"Not anymore. But you might want to stick close. I won't turn you in. But Optimus and his ghost goons, ooh. They're everywhere." Swindle said as he put his servos around them. "You know Mr. Optimus too? Isn't he great?" Mo asked Swindle.

Swindle hesitated a little but kept the act up. "Yeah, that's one word for him. Hey, what do you say we ditch half-pint here and go for a drive?" Swindle asked Thrash quietly. "Mo's my sister. Where I go, she goes." Thrash said passionately. He wasn't going to leave Mo behind.

"Good. You passed my first test." Swindle said walking towards the edge of the cliff. "Test?" Mo asked confused. "Yeah. Nobody gets into my crew unless they're loyal. Still, doesn't mean you got what it takes." Swindle said facing them.

Thrash scoffed. "Uh, we totally do. And what's so great about your crew anyway?" Thrash asked looking at him with Mo. "Nothing...if you hate fun." Swindle said grinning. Mo and Thrash grinned. "We love it, but we're grounded. The rules say--" Mo said but was cut off.

"There's no rules out here, tiny tot. I do whatever I want. And if you roll with me, you can too." Swindle said smiling at them. "You know, your mom could really learn something from this guy." Thrash said before they ended up in a different location.

"One ticket to Fun Town." Swindle said handing bolt cutters to Mo who took them. She frowned suddenly and faced Thrash. Thrash made a gesture for her to cut the chains. She did so and the chain fell to the ground.

She smiled at Swindle before she looked at the sign that read 'NO TRESPASSING' 'VIOLATORS WILL BE PROSECUTED'. Mo frowned again. "Um, don't those signs mean no trespassing?" Mo asked to make sure.

Swindle grunts as he pushed the gates open. "Oh, yeah. But you know something? They don't say no skate sledding!" Swindle said as he grabbed the sign and dropped it to the ground. "One kind of requires the other." Mo said but Swindle ignored her and ripped off the other sign and kept walking.

Swindle jumped in and threw the sign down and began skating on it. Thrash grabbed Mo and they used the other sign to follow them. "Hold on! Whoo!" Thrash said as they followed after Swindle. 

Swindle laughs "Hey, check this out. Yeah!" Thrash said as he made the sign spin before landing on it again. Swindle saw. "Ha-ha! Race you to the cornfield." Swindle yelled before jumping in the air and transforming.

He landed and began driving off. Mo and Thrash felt emotions through the bond. Thrash laughs happily. "I love being grounded!" Thrash yelled while laughing. He jumped and transformed catching Mo and driving after Swindle really quickly.

In the cornfield Swindle drove through it with Thrash driving after him. They were laughing happily. "Try to keep up tricycle." Swindle said as he kept driving in front of Thrash. "Hey, I was made for this!" Thrash said happily.

Mo laughed. "Yeah! Um, we can stand all the corn up again. Right?" Mo asked looking at the mess they were making. But what Thrash and Mo didn't know was that Swindle led them through while making the Decepticon logo.

They appeared back on the cliff. Mo cheered happily as they arrived back on the cliff. Their engines were still revving. They arrived. Thrash laughs. "Beat you by a sidecar." Thrash said as Swindle transforms.

"You sure did." Swindle said as Thrash transforms. "The only other Bot I know who can do that..." Swindle said before sniffling, faking the emotion. "Is my brother, Hardtop." Swindle said as it sounded like he was about to cry.

"Aw, Swindle. Are you okay?" Mo asked as she put her hand on his servo worried. "No. He disappeared while saving orphans during the war. Being with you makes me miss him even more." Swindle said faking the sadness.

Thrash and Mo felt emotions again and Mo got the best idea. "You should come home with us. Maybe my family can help you find Hardtop." Mo said smiling. "Really?" Swindle asked in a somewhat high voice.

Thrash transformed and Mo got inside. "Really." Mo said before Thrash drove off. Swindle stayed back a little. "The more marks the merrier." Swindle said as his plan was coming together nicely as he grins.

*My POV*

Robby was looking at the chore chart. He saw that Twitch had a lot of stars. "No way you did all of that today." Robby said in disbelief as I chuckled. Twitch flew over holding a basket of eggs. "Can you add one for egg collecting?" Twitch asked.

Robby looked at the basket in disbelief. "What? Where did you get those? We don't even have chickens." Robby said looking at her alt-mode. "Star, Robby." Twitch said not answering and flying off. 

Robby sighs before putting a star on her chart. "Just so you know, the prizes for this are lame. Last time, it was soap." Robby said looking away. "Mom said the winner gets to choose what Dad's gonna cook all week." Twitch said flying back over holding a watering can.

"Oh, man. Seven days of Dad's bebincas. Wait. You don't even eat food." Robby said turning to her. Twitch transformed while holding the watering can. "I feed off the thrill of victory." Twitch said as she watered a flower.

"Well, get ready to go hungry, because Robby is back in the game." Robby said taking the watering can from her. Bee walked out and I smiled. He held me close before we turned to hear transforming, and we didn't want to believe who we were seeing.

"You are gonna love our family." Thrash said before Bee, and I ran over and tackled Swindle. We struggled against him. "Stop, Bee! Izz!" Thrash said holding his servo out to us. "He's our friend!" Mo yelled and I grunt struggling.

"No, he's not." Bee said as we faced them. "He's a Decepticon!" I shouted at them before we were punched off him and Swindle came towards me and Bee. "Go, go, go!" Dot said as she got Twitch and Robby out of the way as the three of us rolled.

Swindle threw me and Bee off him, and we landed with a grunt. We got up and kept fighting with Swindle. Swindle punched me and I glare as Bee got in front of me holding Swindle's fist. "Remember me, Bumblebee? Izzy? We fought the Battle of the Bay. I'm gonna enjoy this." Swindle said.

We kept fighting with him and we accidentally broke the kitchen. "My beautiful kitchen!" Alex said but me and Bee ignored it. We glared down at Swindle. "Ow, ow. Bumblebee, Izzy, I said I surrender." Swindle said before he kicked us off of him.

We landed on our pedes, and we punched him. I got slammed into a tree and pinned by Swindle. "Izzy!" Bee shouted worried. I grunt as I struggled against Swindle. "Nice family you got here. I'll take them." Swindle said and I growled angrily.

Bee grabbed him off me and we each held one of his fists as we grunt. Swindle slammed his helm on ours and we went flying back. He transformed and rammed us, but we tried to use our pedes to slow him down.

We kept him from slamming us into the barn, but we threw him in the air. We transformed our arms into our blasts, but Swindle transformed dodging it before he landed on the ground with a groan.

He rolled onto his stomach plate as Bee, and I had our blasters pointed at him. "Bumblebee, Izzy, please! Swindle doesn't mean any harm." Mo said as she looked at us. "Yeah! You come out blasting, and you don't know anything about him!" Thrash yelled at us, and we realized what we did and transformed our arms back.

"Typical Autobots. All I wanted was a little help. But I'm pretty sure seeing Izzy was enough help." Swindle said before transforming and driving off. Bee growled a little when he said that. We watched him drive off.

"Sneaking out is one thing but bringing a Decepticon to our home?" Alex asked facing Thrash and Mo. "He was nice to us! And he didn't try to control us with bogus rules." Thrash said crossing his arms.

"Rules like keep your identity secret from the enemy? Obviously. I'm in hiding too. Remember?" Bee asked looking at Thrash. "Thrash, no one knows I'm even alive, but they know of my existence. I'm valuable to every bot because of who I am." I said softly but he wasn't listening.

"You guys never give a Bot a chance, not Swindle, not Twitch and me." Thrash said gesturing to where Swindle left and then Twitch and himself. "I actually have no complaints." Twitch added and we sighed.

"You are different from Swindle. Cons weren't born into that life; they chose it. And anyone who wears that badge can't be trusted." Dot said and Thrash crossed his arms. Mo picked up a picture before showing it. 

It was of Dot and Megatron. I gasped softly. "They aren't all bad. Right, Mom? You're friends with Megatron." Mo said softly. "That's different. Megatron has truly changed." Dot said softly to her daughter.

"Which you learned when you gave him a chance. Well, I deserve a chance too. One without a bunch of rules that stop me from being me." Thrash said before he transformed and drove off before transforming and hiding in the tent. 

We all looked sadly as Mo ran over to him. "You're still grounded, but we love you." Alex said and I looked at Bee before walking over to them and sat with them. I could feel the connection between the two.

"You feel angry, sad, and...hurt?" Mo asked softly. Thrash sighs softly. "I know we broke the house rules. But what if they're wrong?" Thrash asked softly. "Mom and Dad just want to keep us safe." Mo said looking away sadly.

"They break rules too. Your family is hiding us from ghosts. Optimus is keeping Bumblebee secret. Izzy doesn't want anyone to know she's alive. Swindle needs our help to find his brother. It's the right thing to do." Thrash said as he looked away.

"Thrash, we'd be grounded for life." Mo said turning to face him. "If you were missing, I'd break every rule in the world to get you back." Thrash said facing her. "But Swindle is a Decepticon." Mo said firmly to him.

"I can't stay with a family that won't help someone just because they don't like how they look." Thrash said and I felt the emotions flowing through them. "Then your family is going with you. I still think it's a bad idea. But somebody's got to protect my little brother." Mo said.

They looked at me. I sighed softly. "Swindle may not be the best Decepticon, but I know Megatron wouldn't want me to get one of his own hurt." I said and that caused Thrash to laugh happily as he grabbed Mo, and he spun her around. "Okay, getting sick now." Mo said. I smiled softly as it reminded me of me, Optimus and Megatron.

| Later |

*3rd POV*

It was late at night and Swindle was on the cliff. "I got these suckers exactly where I want them. Right on schedule." Swindle said as he heard them, but he was surprised to see Izzy's alt-mode following them.

*My POV*

We arrived and we saw him sobbing. I rolled my optics. "Sorry about that back there." Thrash said softly as I stayed quiet. I knew Swindle was faking it and I got really annoyed. "Thrash? Mo?" Swindle said and he clearly didn't mention me before he kept sobbing.

"If you're not too mad at us we were thinking we could help you find your brother." Thrash said and I saw Swindle look up and he faced us. "That sounds just great." Swindle said but as soon as me and him locked optics we glared at each other.

| Later |

"Why did I decide to do this..." I mumbled as I ran after Swindle, Thrash, and Mo. "Come on. Keep up." Swindle said as we appeared outside of somewhere. Thrash picked Mo up to see over the fence. 

"Hardtop's there in that truck." Swindle said as Mo got her phone and took a picture of it. She made something stick to her screen and put it over the camera to keep our mission hidden. "You're lucky I'm nice, you piece of scrap." I mumbled to Swindle.

"Oh, am I now?" Swindle asked sarcastically but grunts as I elbowed him. "Oh, you're a genius, sis." Thrash said as he put Mo down. "Here. Bolt cutters are for the gate. Or the guards. Your call." Swindle said handing bolt cutters to Mo.

"Do I even want to know?" I asked and Swindle just grinned. "We're not hurting anybody, Swindle. We'll help you find your brother, and that's all." Mo said and Swindle groans. He threw the bolt cutters and ripped the gate off.

I got in front of Thrash and Mo. "Any complaints about this?" Swindle asked a little angrily. "No, because you're putting that back when we're done." I said firmly as I glared. "I don't need to listen to this pint-sized pipsqueak." Swindle muttered as we walked inside.

I growled lowly. As he ripped the gate off, we saw...an Energon scanner. "Uh, where's Hardtop?" Thrash asked as I glared. "Never mind that. You, the fleshy one, get in there and release that lock." Swindle demanded.

"She's not doing that." I said firmly as I got in front of Mo and Thrash. Swindle groans before pointing his blaster at me. Mo and Thrash were shocked. But I didn't even flinch. "Swindle?" Thrash asked confused.

"Do what I say or else." Swindle said before gesturing to inside the truck. "Try and shoot me, I dare you." I said dangerously and he growled. Mo climbed into the truck as Thrash gasps. Mo looked at lock and she saw how difficult it was.

"Quit stalling. Stick your little hand in there or else your pretty little femme here will get it. Hurry it up, runt." Swindle said looking at Mo and I glanced at Thrash and saw his worried look. Mo carefully stuck her hand in before she got the lock and twisted it. 

She gasped as everything shut down. Once it opened, I was shoved. "Finally. Hey, Autobrat, give me a hand." Swindle said gesturing to it. But I gave Thrash a signal and he ran. "Nobody threatens my sister!" Thrash yelled angrily as he punched and kicked at Swindle. 

Swindle got a knife to appear, and he swung at Thrash. He got Thrash's wheel to come off. "Thrash!" I yelled worried. Thrash was thrown, but he transformed and landed before driving. Swindle began shooting at Thrash, but Thrash kept dodging and drove around.

He transformed and tried to kick Swindle, but Swindle grabbed him by the ankle and threw him. A lot of cars were destroyed. "Thrash!" Mo yelled worried and we saw Thrash push cars off him. "I'm a big fan Thrash, size, speed, the total Bot package. Too bad you're with the Autobozos. Not too late, though. Still time to come on over to the good guys. Or else" Swindle said as Mo was hiding behind a car. Swindle pointed his blast at me. 

I growled and jumped on his back, but he grabbed me and slammed me into the ground. "IZZY!" Mo and Thrash yelled worried as I grunt. Swindle pointed his blaster at me. Mo got in front of me holding Thrash's shield.

Swindle shot at us, but Mo kept holding the shield up protecting us. I wrapped my arms around them protecting them. Swindle stopped and we glared at him. I got back up with Thrash. "Thanks, sis." Thrash said as he put the shield back on his arm.

Swindle came running towards us and he punched me and Thrash. We yell out as he punched us and slammed us into the ground. We looked up at him and grunt as he slammed his pede on us. "Jeez. Take the hint already. And now for the gnat." Swindle said as he rubbed us into the ground.

Mo gasped and began running and Swindle began following her. He threw cars out of his way. "Come out, come out wherever you are." Swindle said as he kept searching for Mo. Mo moved around quietly but Swindle found her.

Mo screamed before running. "Not so tough without your little family, huh?" Swindle said before throwing a car in front of Mo. She yelped and fell to the ground. She faced Swindle as he walked towards her.

"I'm gonna enjoy this." Swindle said before Dot's truck came out of nowhere. "Mom rule number one, don't mess with my babies." Dot said angrily. Swindle was about to move forward when he got blasted. 

He transformed and raced off quickly. "And my first rule is don't touch my sparkmate!" Bee said as he glared where Swindle drove off too. "You better run, coward." Bee said again. Dot got out of her truck and ran to Mo.

"Oh. Good job calling for backup, Mosey." Dot said. Thrash and I groan. I got up, but as Thrash tried to, he fell back. "Thrash!" Mo yelled before running to him. "I took Swindle out for you. You're welcome." Thrash said painfully as Mo sat on his leg.

"You okay, baby?" Dot asked Thrash. "Yeah. Thanks for saving me. And for always being there, even when maybe I don't make it super-easy." Thrash said and also apologized. Bee rushed to me and held me close. I held onto him.

"That's what family does." Dot said smiling at her two children. "Kind of makes the rules worth it. I'm sorry for joining the Decepticons, Mom." Thrash said to his mother. I smiled and chuckled. "Decepticons are only bad if they choose to be. It's hard to be told what to do. I know, but our rules exist to keep everyone safe and together." I said smiling down at them.

Thrash smiled and got up. "So, what do you say? All in?" Dot asked. "All in." Thrash and Mo said happily. "Still grounded?" Thrash asked hesitantly. "Still grounded." Dot said causing me and Bee to laugh.

*3rd POV*

"Last chore left. First one done with their half of the lawn gets the final star and sweet victory." Robby said to Twitch as she was in her alt-mode. "Are we talking or mowing?" Twitch asked in a challenging voice.

"Oh, it's on. Three, two, one, go!" Robby said as he used the mow, and Twitch used her wings to bow the grass. They kept going round and round before they finished. "Huh? A tie?" Robby asked. "That's worse than losing!" Twitch said angrily. "Augh!" They both said.

*My POV*

We heard Robby and Twitch groaning and we laughed softly. "Last star is mine." Twitch said as she really wanted to win. "You don't even like bebincas." Robby said as Bee and Alex were setting everything up.  

"Well, I've never had them yet." Twitch said. "Ahem." Dot said as we all looked at them. Twitch transformed into her bot mode. "The lawn's mowed forever! How many stars is that worth?" Twitch asked as we stared at the grass confused.

"None. But as part of their 80-year grounding, Mo and Thrash can re-sod that tomorrow." Dot said holding both Thrash and Mo close. Bee had his arm around my waist. I laid my helm on his chest as we watched smiling.

"Okay, now for a good surprise." Alex said and before we knew it, he pushed open the windows in the dining room. "Whoa." Everyone said as Bee leaned against the house with me leaning against his legs. 

"So, Thrash, Twitch, Bee, and Izzy can join us when we're inside." Alex explained as Thrash hugged Dot close to his leg. "And Bee has promised to cook tortillas with his stinger tonight." Alex said grinning up at Bee.

"No, I haven't." Bee said looking at Alex unimpressed. "Worth a shot." Alex said before we all looked at each other grinning. Bee held me close as I laid my helm on his chest.