Incompatible

Chapter 1: Rebellious

A challenge for myself to pair Dinobot with ANYONE but Rattrap :D this is crack.

Consider this my BW universe mostly it's cannon line but then again; I do feel the needs and pulls of their organic halves mean something. They do drink small amounts of water, and can (not that they all will) eat organic food.

Optimus Primal X Dinobot

Sitting solemnly was not always his way. He made a point to try to conceal any worry or doubt from his crew, because if they could see or sense the uncomfortable wake that rested just on the periphery of his spark they could loose all faith in their cause, and he could not stand to see that happen. Personal feelings aside he had to get this next mission accomplished with as little Energon spilt as possible.

He was alone, at the small spring pool that rested only meters away from the tail end of the Axalon. He let the air out of his manifold slowly as his head dipped. It was truly the only place he could get a moment's thought to himself. As he shifted slowly pushing up to his feet, his knuckles made contact with the stone ground, and he stepped closer to the water dipping a hand in to draw it up to his mouth and drank slowly. Licking his lips he sighed looking out at nothing; he wasn't alone. "What is it?" he questioned slowly.

The warrior stepped forward and was quietly. "You have been gone for joors." Dinobot said stoically. "The others were starting to worry."

"But not you…" it was a statement meant to evoke a response. Optimus was getting sick of this, they cared for one another and they still held each other at arms length. Their denial of things that had happened, repeatedly between them, was causing Optimus to become angry.

The low growl before the answer told Optimus he'd triggered an internal sensor for sure. "Your business is your own but your absence was longer than your normal walkabouts….to leave you alone would have been…neglectful."

"Neglectful?" Optimus turned the black fur along his body shining slowly and the sun glinting off his silver back made it impossible for Dinobot to look away. Optimus yawned and his large fangs extended from his mouth. Dinobot had never noticed the gorilla's teeth before; they could rip one of the small proto-humans apart. This beast, though soft was just that, a beast and his guise was almost a perfect match for his moods, he could be serenely calm, and sometimes furious with anger. "You say that like you're the head of my security."

"You are requested back by Rhinox." Dinobot changed the subject and turned away from him to go to the water to dip his head to lap up a few gulps of water.

"You didn't come all the way out here… to tell me that did you? It wouldn't be worth your honor." Optimus said turning to him fully. "So what is it?"

"How dare you impugn my honor." A long thin claw pointed out in Optimus' direction but Dinobot didn't move toward him.

"Apologies it was not my intention." He smirked with a look at the spring again. "But you have something to say to me that does not involve Rhinox's need of me. I do not like this tip toeing around."

"Tip toeing?"

"Forgive me I've been reading the history files on humans it's a saying when you are trying to get to something but are being sneaky or standoffish." Optimus felt his spark pang as he took in a deep vent. "So do you have something you wish to discuss?"

The dinobot turned his head away to focus off in the distance. "Affirmative..." He murmured. "We are planning to go into Predicon territory to harvest an energon vein very close to the spider's territory."

"Yes, that is correct, it's my intention to gather what we can to refine much of it for our consumption, and Tarantulas is the least of my worries." His eyes looked directly at Dinobot, and he knew Optimus was not looking through him. "I need you on your game."

"Let Cheetor lead this mission." Dinobot said firmly before catching himself. Struggling to think of a way to cover the blatantly spoken words he finished. "As the leader of this outfit you cannot jeopardize yourself like that…it would be highly unwise."

Optimus' brow rose as his knuckles strode forward back feet slowly behind. "Why is that?" He asked curious as he came to the raptor's front waiting for some sort of answer to this odd request and odd behavior. Would Dinobot admit the feelings he'd held for so long. Would he say them outloud? It was all over Optimus' mind.

"It's not logical." Dinobot said coming around to turn to leave, as if his statement was the only answer he could use to end this conversation. "Rhinox is waiting."

"Dinobot." The firm statement of his name in a warning tone made the raptor stop and turn his head slowly to the side, one eye catching Optimus. "If you have something you need to say to me you need to get it out now…because once we board the ship you won't get another chance." Optimus breathed a sigh. "I'm tired of the back and forth with you."

Dinobot's head tipped low only a moment, before he looked up and sighed. He stood perpendicular to the ape looking away. "It's against the code of a warrior to indulge in pleasures of the spark." He spoke evenly. "What we did was wrong….and I suffer for it continually."

"Pleasures?" Optimus took a cautious step forward. "Suffering you say? You do not want me to go because of the danger to my person." Optimus looked forward but the raptor refused to make eye contact with him. "I see…so putting Cheetor in danger is more than acceptable." It was pure sarcasm and he and the warrior both knew it well. "Just because you have feelings?" before the Raptor could speak he was cut off again by the Ape "Feelings I might ad you won't admit to yourself even less so to me."

"Under the circumstances yes…if this group were to be without you we would all be lost." The raptor turned "it is illogical for you to lead the assault...I will if I must but you mustn't. That has nothing to do with feelings…that is fact."

"Because you fear for my well being?" Optimus' brow raised "Well this certainly is a change in you my friend. Such strong feelings that you still refuse to admit."

"The fear is for your life or anyone else knowing." Dinobot snarled "You're a fool to go in headlong into a battle without knowing the cost."

"And you, what do you know of this cost?" Optimus was getting fed up with this back and forth. "It's not your debt, it's not some penance to be paid in protecting my life. If you're that shamed you can stay at base." Dinobot could not pretend that it didn't sting as bad as it had.

"We almost lost you once, but I refuse to loose you again." Dinobot turned catching his optics a firm finger pointed to the dark earth. "We agreed not to speak of what took place between us orns ago…but I cannot …I will not…" The raptor growled his toe talons digging at the rock below him. "I can't…" Anger welled inside dinobot and rose like lava from his throat. "I won't loose you again!"

Optimus took in the shout with serious consideration. It was a long tense moment before he spoke. "You cannot loose me? You cannot let that go can you?"

The Dinobot shook his head looking away in the distance not giving him the satisfaction of being ashamed. Optimus however for his own self was very composed as he stepped forward. "You are a weakness I'm having trouble overcoming myself." He muttered softly to the raptor's surprise.

In all the time Dinobot had known him, he'd never known Optimus to be dishonest. The ape stood beside him only a moment a hand pressing to the side of his face before retracting it. "We should get back, your assessment is dually noted, but I'm leading the attack. I would, however, be honored to have you at my side."

"My sword is yours." He said slowly optics turning to the ape. "I still do not agree."

A lingering silence came between them. "And I appreciate you fighting beside me." Optimus smirked before and turned to him. "If we live through this…remind me to promote you."

The raptor stepped up beside him. "As unlikely as that is I would decline."

A nod from Optimus as a hand lay over the raptors back slowly. "You say that now, but just wait." Optimus and Dinobot began to slowly walk back to the boarding platform silence hanging between them like a thick weight. "Dinobot?"

"I thought we weren't going to talk about it." Dinobot snorted softly.

"My quarters….2200 cycles." Optimus said firmly.

Dinobot only nodded but said nothing in their silent walk back to the ship, however, the smirk across the Raptor's pleased face was not lost to Optimus.

It was late, and his patrol had lasted slightly longer than normal. He'd run into Quickstrike who served to slow up his return to the Axalon. His back had a large scrape across it but he'd bypassed the CR chambers for his appointed date with Optimus. Stopping at the door he lifted his palm and clawed the buzzer only a moment before stepping back. "Enter."

The doors slid open and the raptor stepped in. "You should have gone to the CR Chambers." Optimus frowned noting the blemishes over the warrior's back and tail. Dinobot sighed as he stepped further from the shadow of the room into the main living area.

"It's nothing, Quickstrike will require more repair than I. Maximize." He smirked and transformed. Optimus nodded coming into the light and looked over the mech's shoulder plate that had suffered the damages.

"Come sit before my chair and I'll see what I can accomplish." Optimus motioned him forward and Dinobot complied kneeling down before the large chair. The warrior vented out a strong breath as he bent forward. Optimus knelt down with a small rag and a bottle of cleaning solution. "This isn't dreadfully horrific your internal systems should be able to repair most of this on its own."

"I thought as much myself." Dinobot murmured lowering his head. Sealing his optics and enjoying the moment; something he infrequently did.

The cloth slowly moved over the shoulder joint and plate. Optimus watched as the scales on each plate began to stir. This was awkward, but he was able to bare it without much protest. Optimus smiled "How long are we to keep silent about all this."

"It's not for them to understand." Dinobot said firmly.

"They would not judge us Dinobot." Optimus sighed and continued to work to wipe the dried energon off the plates and wires around Dinobot's neck. "You know that." Optimus smiled as his servos moved over the rough plates and his thumbs slowly ran over the wires in Dinobot's neck. The warrior let out a low contented growl.

"I am being selfish." He murmured.

"Just want this to us?" Optimus smiled and discarded the cloth and continue to rub into the strained armor and occasionally letting his digits into the seams of t he warrior's armor. "I'm not exactly opposed to that either, but it would make all the sneaking around less…obvious."

Dinobot seemed to freeze at that. "The rodent?"

"Rhinox." Optimus Corrected "I'm certain he has some idea." Optimus smiled. "I'm sure it won't be long before Rattrap has some idea."

"He needs to keep his vermin hide out of our business" Optimus slid down onto the floor behind the raptor and put his head over the warrior's shoulder. Dinobot turned to meet him and their lips joined with a spark. Mouths running wild they pressed for dominance that, due to pure weight, Optimus easily won. Pressing Dinobot down on his back Optimus growled low, little grunts mixed with quick short vents of his manifold.

"Optimus…" Dinobot's voice was low and stern. It was short of insistent as they continued to indulge in each other. Optimus smirked and pushed up off the floor offering an extended hand to his partner to assist him to rise up.

"Let's move this to the berth." Optimus smiled softly. "I tend to offline after we're done, might as well do it somewhere comfortable."

"Agreed." The raptor reached out for the ape's hand and was drawn up to standing. They looked each other over quietly before moving to the berth. Dinobot sitting along it's edge and Optimus pushing him back crawling over him. "Be heedful of my shoulder." Dinobot tipped his head to meet the lips of his leader and groaned. That noise was like fuel to the fire for Optimus who slid the lithe body up on the large berth and continued to kiss him. Hands dug into seams pulling at sensors that charged with the delicate touches of the ape.

Dinobots servos found purchase against the ape's fore arms guiding him. They tried to keep their vocals down but it was difficult. Their charged up systems screamed for release and their intertwining limbs and servos made it hard to keep silent. Optimus bucked forward as his chest plates retracted and his spark's glow bathed the warrior in a warm light. "Are you certain?" Dinobot asked quietly.

"Yes." Optimus let his mouth raise up on the sides. "I am most certain, more certain that I have ever been in my existence." He murmured softly.

"Very well." Dinobot willed his chest plates to release and reached below the chamber to pull his uplink from below it. Optimus nodded reaching within himself to pull his own cable out allowing the two cables to fuse to one another bridging their bodies to complete a circuit between them.

Emotions and thoughts ran like flowing energon. "Dinobot…" Optimus murmured slowly lowering down to kiss him again. "I never knew you felt…"

"Saying it …doesn't mean as much as this." Dinobot said as if a defense not to say what exactly it was he felt.

Not holding that against him Optimus spoke. "I love you too." He managed to murmur before he sealed their mouths together and growled against the warrior's lips. Their systems began to cycle together, manifolds, energon flow, cooling systems. Their bodies began to sync together. "Almost there."

Dinobot nodded and bucked up chest meeting Optimus' with a determined clank. Dinobot growled and bit down on his denta to keep from making any noise outside their systems. Optimus leaned down and bit down into Dinobot's good shoulder to muffle his own cries.

Their bodies heated rapidly. "Overload imminent." Optimus' computer said slowly. "Spark rupture in progress…Code downloaded, finding ample host body…"

"No…no no no." Dinobot tried to push back but they couldn't it was too late. Optimus shook his head as they forced out a yell, both Mechs falling offline with sound of collapsing metal as they fell together onto the berth; Optimus just alongside the Warrior. They both offlined for what seemed cycles until the sound of Optimus' read out roused him.

"Host found." Optimus' computer continued to read out.

Groaning Dinobot roused first. "Computer internal scan Dinobot."

"Scan complete." The voice resinated.

"Computer compare to last scan." Dinobot sat forward panting softly as his hands moved to replaces his uplink back into his chassis.

"Compared to preceding scan systems are nominal." The computer said quietly before going silent. Dinobot turned. Optimus was in beast mode. It was him.

"Computer scan Optimus Primal for system irregularity." Dinobot turned over and reached out for the Ape's shoulder.

"Scan complete."

"Computer compare to Optimus' last scan."

"Duel sparks, Optimus Primal is experiencing-"

"Silence." Dinobot muttered quieting the computer "I know very well what he is experiencing." Dinobot scooted closer to him and rolled Optimus back to face him. "Optimus." Nothing.

Rolling up on his elbow joint he tried again. "Optimus awaken."

Primal raised his hand and pushed it against Dinobot's shoulder "What in the name of Primus happened?" He groaned.

"We sparked." Dinobot said quietly, there wasn't judgment in his voice, nor anger, to Optimus it sounded like confusion. "Easy roll over." Optimus nodded rolling to his back.

"Optimus Primal Maximize."

"Unable to comply." Optimus groaned as his computer spoke up. "Systems are in diagnostic state and cannot revert."

"You may have to be like this for a few cycles." Dinobot shook his head. "What do you wish to do?"

"I suppose I make the best of it." He muttered weak and sore.

"You can't seriously intend to keep it." Dinobot seemed aghast. "We're invested in war at the moment." He shifted "We have …cycles before our mission." A beat before he continued. "It's completely Illogical."

"I know." Optimus sat forward a hand on his torso. "However the latter is not an option."