Put Your Brakes On!

*Finally found a cute picture of baby Soundwave a.k.a Slendy!*

Penny blamed karma for making her suffer so much. She wanted to find karma, re-arrange its face, then kill it with fire for the mess she had to go through today.

She now regrets saying what she said about it being easy and junk.

How could she forget that her cutie pie bots were the worst at sneaking around due to their metal frames and glowing optics. At this point, she might as well put the word "duh" on every inch of her body and drown in it!

But right now wasn't the moment. She would have to deal with this later. For now, she needed to find the rest of the children and get home in one piece.

Megatron watched as Penny recovered the rest of the team whilst avoiding the guards around every corner. He was impressed that she could sneak around any corner, making sharp turns and quick movements. His admiration towards Penny was growing as well as accepting the fact that she was now his carrier or mother in a sense. His spark leapt in his chest at the prospect of her finding him and showering him with hugs and kisses like she did the others. He looked over at Soundwave, who was fooling around with the master controls once more. Megatron guessed he was trying to turn the lights back on.

Footsteps were heard as the door to the control room opened widely. A young man walked inside with a serious expression on his face. Megatron quickly grabbed Soundwave and dragged him underneath the table. The silent mech watched the young man go towards the master controls.

"Well here's the problem, someone smashed the main controls." The man said, whistling loudly at the damage. "They seem to be trained on...wait is that a lady and her kids? I thought we evacuated the store?"

Megatron almost facepalmed himself when he realized he had trained the cameras on Penny! He hoped that she wouldn't get in trouble for his grave mistake. The young man got out his tool kit as he trained his eyes on Penny. He had to admit; the lady was pretty cute.

"Not a bad view on the screen at all. I wonder if she's single." He thought aloud, a smile sneaking on his face. "Love those curves and hair color."

Soundwave heard Megatron growl silently behind him as his fists started to clench. "Soundwave, eliminate this pest for trying to watch our carrier." He said quietly, red eyes burning with rage.

Soundwave happily obliged as his long tentacles wrapped around the legs of the young man before tripping him upwards. The man yelped as he flew forwards and hit his head on the door. Seeing the distraction, they ran from the room to end up on the main floor of the store. Megatron grinned as he and Soundwave went to look for Penny.

Penny tiptoed around the different sections of the store as the rest of Transformers followed behind her. It had been ten minutes since she had found some of them. Four more were missing and the store was still pitch black. It would take a miracle to find a way out!

"Okay guys, we need to find some way to bypass the guards, save the rest of our family, and still make it back home in one piece!" Penny sighed loudly as she saw the blank expressions given to her. "I know I'm repeating myself! But if you understand me, try to come up with a plan to help me out here."

At first she thought they would keep giving her blank expressions, but then she saw Optimus beeping at the others. They all nodded and gave her an understanding look. Penny took a second to understand what just happened before smiling softly.

"Alright here's the plan and it will involve your vehicle forms."

"I guess there's no one else here."

"Yeah rookie, you must've saw some aftermirage of a person or your imagination is driving you nuts."

The young man from earlier shook his head as his lip throbbed painfully. "I'm telling you, I was just ambushed by tiny robots! I saw a girl on the screen in the control room with a group of them!"

"Sergeant Peters, I think Carson could use a vacation or something." The women guard chuckled, placing her flashlight back in the belt buckle. "He's seeing things a lot today."

Before Sergeant Peters could reply, the sound of wheels breaking was heard. They look down to see a small car driving towards them. It stopped in front of Carson, making the young man yelp and take a step back.

"See? The toys are possessed or something!" He shrieked, pointing to the small car. "I'm sure of it!"

The woman knelt down to examine the cat that had driven near the rookie. "What in the world? Is this a mini yellow Camaro?"

Roaring noises were heard more as the trio saw more ca3rd driving towards them. Leading the pack was a big blue Peterbuilt truck that flashed its headlights at them. They all screamed and started to run for the exit.

"Quickly, I think they're gaining!" Sargent Peters yelled, huffing and puffing as he ran.

"What is wrong with this store?!" Carson cried, his face red from running.

"Let's just worry about getting out of here!" The woman screamed, fumbling with the keys in her hands. "We need to warn people about this haunted store!"

Optimus had to keep himself from laughing as the guards ran out the door as if they had fire on their bodies. The police stumbled out the door into the afternoon sun, their car speeding down the road. The others transformed back into their bot modes and grinned at the scene.

"That was so fun!" Bumblebee beeped, jumping up and down.

"We should do that again!" Smokescreen agreed.

"Did you see the look on their faces? They thought we were ghost!" Knockout said.

"Duh, that's what Prime suggested after all!" Breakdown reminded him.

"The plan was foolproof Optimus!" Arcee went and stood near the Prime. "How did you know it would work?"

Optimus turned around and shrugged his shoulders. "I had no idea that it would work. I guess it was just dumb luck."

He wasn't the only one with dumb luck that day either.

Penny, Bulkhead, and Ratchet stared up at the high shelf down aisle 17. Dreadwing leaned over the edge to see his carrier staring up at them with a look of disbelief. He nudged Starscream, who was cowering next to the wall, and pointed down below.

"Penny has come to our rescue!" He relayed happily.

That was all he needed to hear as he pushed Dreadwing out of the way to stare at his beloved carrier. Penny gasped as she saw him about to leap off the shelf. Reaching her arms up, she caught him as soon as his metal body clanged against her soft flesh. Starscream sunk into her arms and sighed happily, his wings shifting for optimal comfort. Dreadwing expertly climbed down the shelf with ease, landing on the ground near Bulkhead and Ratchet.

"How did you two get up there?" Bulkhead asked him

"We flew..." Was Dreadwing's only response as he hugged onto Penny's leg. She leaned over to grab him in her arms and gave them a deep hug.

"Oh thank goodness you guys are alright! Don't ever scare me like that again." Penny said, planting kisses on their helms. Starscream happily accepted those loving kisses as Dreadwing sighed in relief. It was nice to be back in her embrace.

They all walked back to the main lobby to see Megatron and Soundwave waiting for them along wirh the other bots. Penny placed the two seekers down on the ground as she ran to the other two. Megatron flinched as she came near him, wondering if she was going to hit him or injure him. But to his surprise, she hugged them both tightly. He silently smiled at the prospect of her being the caring type.

"You guys drive me crazy!" She said, looking at all the optics staring at her. "Why couldn't you just stay still? Why did you all run off? Do you know how that worries me as a parent? You all could've gotten killed or worse experimented on!" Tears started to roll down her cheeks as they all stared at her. "I've only had you guys for two days now and it feels like a lifetime. You are my children, and It's my job as a parent to make sure you are safe. If you all just run off like that, how do you think that makes me feel?"

They were all silent, no one dare to reply. They knew she was right, they did disobey her orders. Neither of them thought about how Penny would feel. Now seeing her as a sobbing mess in front of them made them guilty. Penny covered her face with her hands as she cried harder. Money was tight, her job could hardly pay for her house, and now she had to feed these children she had chosen to adopt. All these thoughts swirled in her head as the burden of being an adult finally hit her.

Slowly, she felt many servos wrap around body as the transformers all surrounded her and gave her a hug. She felt a figure on her back as Soundwave made himself known. Her tears fell harder at this, loving the fact that she didn't have to do this life alone. Her children...her new goal in life. Whether she liked it or not, it was her job to make sure they were safe and sound. Being a parent was hard, but nothing satisfied her more than knowing that she was trying her best to take care of them.

They were still going to be punished though.

That was the end of the Supermarket Arc. Next arc will be the Babysitter Blues! What will happen to Penny's life now?

Until then: Izzy will need to work extra hard to take care of her new friends!