Author Note: It's been too long since I updated this, wasn't it? I was too busy on dA that I forgot to update the story! *slap in the face* Sorry about that, but I have been kind of losing my obsession with TF, so I got a major writer's block. And with tests coming up every week, it's been nearly impossible for me to even read the story's of the authors I have been following. Updates may be slow, but I'll try the best I can to write new chapters.

Miko hopped out of the car with a stoked expression on her face and stared at the line of four vehicles in front of her. "Are you all ready to win bragging rights for the rest of the month?" She asked, clenching her fists in excitement.

Bulkhead laughed a little after Bumblebee gave off an ear-piercing beep of excitement. "It looks like someone is raring to go."

"…What's a month?" K-Os had to ask in confusion. He heard Arcee growl beside him, making him snicker in his mind.

"On your mark!" Miko cried happily, "Get set! Go!" She hopped into the air, excitement flowing through her body. She watched as Bumblebee immediately sped across the road with incredible speed. Then, the yellow bot was followed close behind by Bulkhead.

K-Os was caught off-guard due to the fact that he was too busy ignoring the human. He quickly sped off, trying his best to catch up to the two bots.

Miko turned to see Arcee just standing there in her vehicle mode. "Aren't you going to participate?" She asked in confusion.

"I'd rather watch this race crash and burn." Arcee answered to Miko with a hint of amusement in her words.

"Isn't that a little harsh?" Jack asked.

"No." Arcee answered with an edge in her voice.

If…Miko wasn't so boring, then I would've been neck-and-neck with Bumblebee! K-Os thought in annoyance. He quickened his pace, inching closer and closer to Bulkhead on the road. He fell into step next to the green bot, chuckling in the process. "How's it going there?" He asked.

"Knock it off, K-Os. This is just for fun." Bulkhead replied with no amusement emanating from his words.

K-Os sighed and breezed past Bulkhead, letting his engine roar so the green bot could hear clearly. "See you later!" He cried and immediately left Bulkhead in a cloud of dust.

Bulkhead grumbled to himself and immediately turned on his com link. "Did you just see that, Arcee?" He asked in annoyance.

"Of course I did, Bulk." Arcee replied to the green bot, "Let's see him laugh when he faces ME."

"What do you mean?" Bulk asked. Right after he finished his question, a familiar blue motorcycle zoomed right past with Sadie "driving" instead of Jack.

K-Os gradually fell into step with Bumblebee on the track. "How's it going, Bee?" He asked.

The yellow bot gave off a series of high-pitched beeps to the young mech.

K-Os then began circling around Bumblebee, barely missing the yellow bot's sides with his tires. He circled around Bumblebee a few times before the yellow bot gave off another series of high-pitched beeps. "What's wrong, Bee? Did a Photovoltaic Pussy-cat get your glossa?" He asked, snickering softly in the process.

Bumblebee suddenly went dead silent. All could be heard was the roaring of his and K-Os' engines. This immediately took K-Os' attention. He stopped circling the yellow bot and fell into step next to him. "What happened to you?" He asked in confusion.

A blue motorcycle zoomed past K-Os, making the young mech screech to a halt in surprise. "If you think you're so great, then try to beat me!" Arcee hissed and quickened her pace down the track.

If K-Os was back in his robot mode, he would've been baring his teeth in frustration. He immediately regained his speed and sped after Arcee. The only thought going through his head was that he didn't want to lose to a femme at anything; even at something as stupid as a race he couldn't care less about. He fell into step next to the blue femme. "Stop trying to prove that you're better than me!" He hissed in frustration.

"I'm trying to prove that I'm better than you? I'm not some sparkling that considers everything as a contest!" Arcee growled back to the young mech.

K-Os immediately sped up and cut in front of Arcee. "So what?" He retorted, "Some bots just have to find out their rightful place the hard way."

"Is that what it is, K-Os?" Arcee asked with an edge in her voice, "Or is it because you want to look like a total badaft and not some little kid that was forced to join the war?"

Memories of his past began to flow through K-Os' processors. He remembered his pleas to return to his family. His screams pounded against his audio sensors, muting the world around him. He could clearly remember that solar-cycle. He couldn't describe how painful it was to him just to even think of that day. His servos stiffened up, making him stop right in the middle of the track.

Arcee tried to stop as well, but it was no use. She was going too fast to keep herself from hitting K-Os. Her front tire pounded against the side of K-Os and they both rolled across the ground. Dust floated into the air, blurring the blue femme's vision. She felt the hard surface of a rock wall on her back and then the feeling of stone surrounding her. She immediately transformed back into her robot mode, seeing that she was crammed into a rock wall. She looked down at her servos, noticing several deep scratches in her metal alloy. Arcee then clenched her fists and growled, "K-Os, you fragging"-

"S-Sorry about that." K-Os muttered and transformed back into his robot mode. A deep gash in his servo dripped energon, making him softly hiss in anger.

Arcee tried her best to find some sympathy for him deep in her spark, but she found nothing. The only thing that she wanted to say to him was that he had it coming. But she hesitated to say what she was thinking. Optimus would've said to watch what she says next time; but Bulkhead and Bumblebee would agree that K-Os deserved it in some way. It's just a cut! I experienced worse wounds, Arcee thought, rolling her optics.

Even with all the negative comments Arcee was thinking of, she couldn't help but lend a hand to K-Os. "Come on. Let's get Ratchet to patch you up…Again." Arcee explained to the young mech and carefully grabbed ahold of his servo. She then helped him up, staring directly at the gash in his servos.

Unbelievably, K-Os didn't shoot a rude comment to Arcee. He just let her hold up his servo so he could focus on walking with his weakened legs.

"I knew I should've kept you from running off!" Ratchet hissed as he turned to look at K-Os.

K-Os hopped onto the medical berth and gave the medic a weak smirk. "At least you have something to do in your spare time. Old bots still need to have fun, right?" He asked, grabbing ahold of his own leaking servo.

"I'm not that old." Ratchet muttered as he turned his back to K-Os with an annoyed look on his face.

"Of course you're not." K-Os replied in a sarcastic way. He looked around him and noticed that all the Autobots and humans were in the base; everyone except Optimus. "Where's Prime?" He had to ask.

"He went on a patrol alone." Bulkhead answered, walking towards K-Os from behind. As he got close enough to the young mech, he patted K-Os on the back with brute force. K-Os' optics widened and he struggled to keep himself from falling off the berth. Before the young mech could fall off, Bulkhead quickly grabbed K-Os' hand. "You're not that tough as how you seem to be." Bulkhead chuckled as he pulled K-Os back up onto the berth.

K-Os gave Bulkhead a sheepish grin and a weak chuckle. "Thanks…?" He replied, his voice trailing off. He placed a hand on the back of his own head and slightly looked down to the ground.

Ratchet walked up to K-Os and began wrapping the young mech's servo with bandages. "Now," He started as he finished wrapping the wound on the servo, "Don't move this servo that much if you don't want your wound to worsen." He then began walking away from Bulkhead and K-Os, softly muttering something to himself. "And by the way," He quickly added without turning around, "Remain here with Bulkhead, Arcee, and Bulkhead."

"As you command, Ratch." K-Os replied with a miniscule smile on his face. He then lied back down onto the berth, staring up at the ceiling. He laid there in silence, pondering things over. He remembered the peaceful solar-cycles back on Cybertron; he could never explain how much he missed them. He remembered the days when he could walk around Crystal City without watching buildings get destroyed in front of him. He absolutely hated everything related to the war. The latter changed his life whether he wanted it to or not.

K-Os quietly sighed to himself before he began to close his optics so he could drift into stasis.

Raf slowly walked up to the side of K-Os' berth with an innocent smile on his face. "…K-Os?" He asked softly.

K-Os growled in annoyance and looked down at the small human. "What is it?" He asked with no enthusiasm in his tone of voice.

"If you're bored you can play a video game with Miko and me." Raf suggested happily.

"Why would I do that?" K-Os hissed, glaring down at Raf with a cold stare.

"Well…You're more than welcome to come and join any time." Raf murmured with a frown on his face. He then walked off towards the TV up the incline where Miko was starting up a racing game with Bumblebee right behind her.

K-Os lied back down onto the berth, staring up at the ceiling once again. He wanted to fall into stasis, but his body wouldn't let him; recharge wasn't his top priority at the moment. He stayed in the same place in silence. A few minutes later, he turned his head to his right to look at the video game Raf was talking about. He watched the virtual yellow car bump the red car off the road, which made Miko hop into the air screaming in excitement. K-Os, at first, was in confusion, but he then came to the conclusion that Miko just won the game. He quietly leaped off the berth and walked up to Bumblebee's side, who was watching Miko bragging about the game. "Is it that fun?" K-Os asked to the humans with a small smile on his face.

"Yeah, especially when you get to run your friends off the track!" Miko replied with an amused grin on her face.

K-Os gave Miko a wider smile before Bumblebee rubbed the top of his head. "What the…" He then paused, looking up at the yellow bot. He then nodded one time and gave him a friendly smile.

"K-Os seems like he's bonding with Bee." Bulkhead said to Arcee.

"I'm sure he's faking it." Arcee growled to Bulkhead and crossed her servos. She then turned her back to him, not wishing to be a part of another conversation.