Bedtime Bots

*I love Baby Bumblebee! Nuff said for this picture!*

Penny smiled at the scene in front of her.

Since she didn't have a table big enough for all of them to sit at, she decided the best way to have all the bots in one area was to eat in the living room. Her only problem was going to be getting out all the oil in her carpet. But she would worry about that later, right now she would watch her sweeties beep among themselves as they drank their oil at her coffee table.

Penny herself had settled into her big chair with a cup of the cocoa she promised herself. Blowing it softly, she let the steam linger a bit to warm her insides. The bots watched her blow on her cup and looked down at their own cups. Suddenly, Penny was watching them try to blow non-existent steam from their cups. The action alone made her laugh.

"You guys know that your drinks aren't that hot right?" She asked them, not caring if they answered back at that point. She had started to realize that maybe these babies were more than meets the eye. A clinking noise was heard at the table as the one eyed bot knocked the green bot's cup over. The green one beeped angrily at the one eyed one as the latter tried to calm him down. It escalated to a hitting match between the two of them, both rolling on the floor. The blue helmet bot was about to break them up when Penny got up from her chair and walked towards he two. She picked them both up by the scruffs of their necks and sat them on the couch. Both of them were scared at the face she was giving them.

Sensing their discomfort, Penny gave a sigh before rubbing her temples. "So do you want to explain to me why you started to fight on the floor hmm?" She crossed her arms, getting on her knees to face them at eye level. "I know you can't reply at the moment, so let me explain. Eyeball didn't mean to knock your cup over Greenie. I saw him accidentally hit your cup with his elbow. Now I'm not angry at you, but I'm appalled that you would pick a fight with him for no reason."

Bulkhead beeped sadly and looked down from her disapproving gaze. He knew that picking a fight with Breakdown over a silly reason was wrong. The look that his new caretaker was giving him made him feel even more guilty. He didn't want to make her mad at him. Breakdown was shocked to find that their human caretaker was defending him. No one, but Knockout had ever defended him before! He felt a leap happening in his spark at her kindness. Now he was more determined to make her smile.

"Now," Penny took Bulkhead's servo and Breakdown's servo. "I want you two to apologize to each other. There's not a thing a grudge can do that an apology won't fix."

The rest of the autobots and decepticons watched her from the table, curious at what she was doing. She wasn't mad at them for fighting, but wanted them to make peace with each other. Optimus hummed in approval at her methods. He liked the way she thinked.

Penny sat there and waited for the two to shake hands and make up. Bulkhead begrudgingly held out his servo for Breakdown to shake, who accepted it wholeheartedly. Then the two were engulfed in one of Penny's bear hugs.

"Nice job, you two. Now can we keep the fighting to a minimal?" She asked them politely, knowing full and well there were going to be more down the line. But for now, the two were happy to receive one of her warm, loving hugs, going deeper into her chest. Both of them buzzed with pure happiness. She placed them back in their spots and gulped down the rest of her hot cocoa.

"Alright then bots, time for me to go set up your bedroom. Can't have you sleeping in that awful box now can we?" She said, picking up all the discarded cups. All the babies were scattered around her room anyways. As she gathered the cups, the one with the screen for a face along with the other red and blue bot followed her into the kitchen. The red and blue bot waddled after her while Penny felt the screen faced one latch onto her back via tentacles. She turned around to see him looking like some kind of robot backpack.

"Well as long as you two don't ruin the dishes, I think this should be fine." She told them, hearing them both beep in agreement. "How good are the two of you with dishes?"

Turns out they were pretty good.

Penny wiped off the wet cup that was passed to her by Sounwave, who was washing them with his many tentacles. After showing him what to do, he started to naturally do the job with ease. Smokescreen had tried to get into washing, but found himself unable to grasp the soap. Penny pitied him however, and placed him on putting up duty. As soon as she finished wiping the cups out, she would pass them to Smokescreen who would place them in the cabinet. Her workload was reduced tenfold thanks to her family.

"Phew! Thanks a bunch you two." She said, wiping her brow. "You guys did such a great job here tonight."

Smokescreen smiled at her while Soundwave showed another smiley face emoticon. Penny picked them both off the counter and gently placed them on the ground. They crawled after her into the hallway where the rest of the bots and cons were waiting for her. Bumblebee made his way to her, trying once again to grab her attention. He wanted to be her cuddle buddy! Starscream saw him crawl towards her as well and started to give chase. He wanted all her attention, not for her to give it to that bug! Both of them reached Penny and latched on to one of her legs, nearly making her fall over.

"Alright, I see this is going to get annoying fast." Penny muttered to herself, prying both of them off her legs. "Really you two need to cut that out. I need to give everyone equal love in this household, you both can't have me for yourselves."

Both of the bots gave her the biggest pair of puppy optics, making Penny momentarily coo at their cuteness. She shook her head to clear her conscience. These two were both crafty!

"Okay, ignoring that, I need help to get the blankies on the bed so you guys can sleep." She opened the hallway closet and turned to Optimus and Megatron. "You two have yet to help me tonight, so I nominate both of you!"

Optimus eagerly waddled next to her, Megatron lingering for a bit before following. Penny saw this, but didn't say anything. If he wanted her to earn his trust, she would work hard to do so. She placed the red blankets in Optimus' servos and the blue blankets in Megatron's. She then proceeded to grab the big purple blanket and close the door. Walking to the stairs, she then had another duh moment. Babies can't climb up stairs!

"I think you all need help to walk up the stairs, unless you wanted to crawl up the stairs." Penny thought of a solution when it suddenly hit her. She ran into the living room and grabbed the box, placing the purple blanket inside the box. Going back into the foyer/hallway, she placed all the bots into the box, keeping a bit of the blanket on the outside. Grinning at her makeshift sleigh, she grabbed the two ends of the blanket and pulled the sleigh up the stairs. The bots cheered her on, happily beeping and giggling at her horse impersonations. Penny had to applaud herself, she really knew how to entertain children of any species! Her foot caught the top stair, making  her fall flat on the ground. The box toppled over, making all the babies spill from it. Almost in an instant, they all cried out in fear. Penny collected herself from the floor to scoop up all the babies in her arms and rock them gently, trying to calm them down.

"It's okay guys! You were just a bit spooked from the fall!" She spoke softly, trying to calm their beating sparks. "There, there, you guys aren't in danger. You are safe, safe with me. And I won't ever let you be scared like that again, I promise."

Her soothing voice calmed them down, all of them clanged onto her as if she was going to vanish at any moment. Penny walked into the extra guest room that was at the foot of the stairs and opened the door, despite the bundles of joy in her arms. The room was a peaceful shade of green, the white drapes flying lazily in the vent air. The rain had finally stopped, leaving jeweled droplets on the lone window. A large king sized bed sat against the wall, green sheets on it to go with the theme of the room. She placed them all down on the bed, putting each one next to their teammates. She then saw Optimus and Megatron distributing the blankets out among their smal groups. Penny realized that these two must've been the leaders and smiled as they didn't have a blanket for themselves. She went to the box in the hallway and grabbed the large purple blanket from the content.

"Here you two, why don't you share this one? I just washed it, it should be nice and fluffy still!" Penny said, making the leaders both smile at her generosity. She spreads the blanket out and tucked them both in. Now all the bots and cons were tucked inside a blanket, their optics drooping a bit. Penny leaned over all of them and placed a kiss on their helms, wishing them good dreams. Her actions made them more sleepy, as she sat down by the bed to watch them all fall asleep. Then she silently got up and closed the door a crack.

Penny yawned to herself as she sat on her bed. Her orange hair was now out of the style she had it, running down her back like a river. Her pajamas were cream colored, decorated with pink flowers. She tugged the drawstring on her pants to tighten them up as she slipped under the covers of her own bed. Her eyes were about to close as she tugged the chain on her lamp to switch the light off. She sighed, getting comfortable in her bed before she heard the unmistakable sound of pedsteps on the ground. She rolled over to see Dreadwing looking at her from the bottom of the bed. His blue blanket was in his servos as he gave her a scared look. Penny then realized that he might've had a bad dream or something to have come into her bedroom unannounced like that.

"Come here Goldface, you can sleep with me tonight." She reached over and grabbed him, placing him on the bed. Dreadwing made himself comfortable before pulling the blanket over his frame and snuggling into Penny's arms before sleeping again. Penny smiled and wrapped her arms around the sleeping mech before turning over for the night too.

Man! Penny had a rough night! What more does the morning bring? Find out next time!

Until then, who wants a chapter with Penny taking the bots to a science museum?