Ok so this is a prequel to my one-shot 'A week in the life of Galvy', it's about how Optimus and Cyclonus received their injuries. No real warnings for this fic!

I own nothing though! How I wish I did! Silverbell and Maximum belong to Speedstreek360!

Please review but no flames!

Megatron jumped out of the way as an Insecticon tried slash his chassis open, growling he kicked the large bot away from him. Turning around Megatron froze as soon as he saw a larger Insecticon standing behind him, just as the creature was about to rip his head off of his shoulders the Insection's head exploded. The body dropped to the ground in a crumpled heap, Cyclonus walked over the body his gun still smoking.

"You're welcome" he stated looking around at their comrades, spotting his own sparkmates Cyclonus watched them. Ultra Magnus was taking on three Insecticons at once while Galvatron was giving him cover. "Where's Prime?" he asked looking at Megatron

"I wish I knew" was the reply from the silver mech "I'm going to help Bumblebee before he gets his head bitten off, if you see that idiot mate of mine don't let him die!" the last part was shouted over Megatron's shoulder as he ran off to help the small yellow mech. Shaking his head Cyclonus looked around to see what he could do to help, he went straight over to Ratchet. The medic was attempting to get an Insecticon off of his back.

"Hey Ratch" Cyclonus said as he pulled the creature away from him, Ratchet spun around and blasted a hole through it's chassis.

"Thank you Cyclonus, I don't think I could have kept it away from my head for much longer" was the red and white mechs reply as he rubbed his neck

"It's nothing Ratchet, I think we may have to stick together though" looking around Ratchet noticed that they were being circled by more Insecticons. "If I give you cover from the air do you think you'll be able to handle some of them?" the purple mech asked

"I may be old but I can still put up a fight" was Ratchet's reply as he activated his own guns, the two mechs ran into battle Ratchet shooting the heads off of any Insecticon who got close to him. Cyclonus shot several of the creatures as they tried to catch Ratchet from behind, the purple seeker shouted out in pain as someone jumped on his back. Several sharp claws stuck into his back, the shout distracted Ratchet who spun around to see a large Insecticon was on Cyclonus' back. Before he could act however he too was grabbed by a couple of Insecticons who began throwing him around.

Feeling a stab of pain coming over their bond both Galvatron and Ultra Magnus searched the battlefield for their mate, Galvatron was the first to spot Cyclonus. The purple mech was struggling to stay in the air while trying to get the Insecticon off of him, he then spotted Ratchet who was struggling to stop the Insecticons from tearing him in two.

"There!" Galvatron shouted pointing at the two of them "I'll get Cyc you get Ratchet!" he shouted running towards their mate, Ultra Magnus ran towards the pile of Insecticons hoping that Ratchet was still alive beneath them all. The large blue and white mech began pulling the Insecticons off of Ratchet, he eventually managed to free Ratchet enough for him to fight off the last few.

"Thank you" Ratchet said taking the hand Magnus held out to him, the large mech quickly pulled him to his feet. Just as he got up they heard a cry of pain, turning around they saw Cyclonus unconscious on the ground lying on his front. Energon was beginning to collect around his helm, Galvatron was quick to tear the Insecticon to pieces. Ratchet immediately ran towards the injured mech, both Ultra Magnus and Galvatron knelt by his side. "Galvatron put your hand on the back of his head" immediately he did as told "Magnus help me turn him on his back, gently though"

Together both Ratchet and Magnus were able to turn him over onto his back, Galvatron gently supported his head as they moved him. All three mechs grimaced at the sight, a large gash on Cyclonus' head was leaking vast amounts of energon.

"I need to get him back to the Med Bay, Magnus you're going to have to carry him back quickly but gently. Support his head against your chassis and don't let it move" Doing as Ratchet said Ultra Magnus gently picked up his sparkmate, walking towards the ARK with Galvatron by his side.

Optimus Prime kicked an Insecticon away from him before dodging a large claw, grabbing the Insecticon's arm he twisted it hard enough to snap it in half. He was quick to grab it's head and slam into to the ground knocking it unconscious.

"Prime!" the large mech turned around and spotted Bumblebee running towards him along with Megatron, the two mechs were sporting minor injuries only.

"This is a battle we can't win" Optimus stated looking at his mate "We need to get out of here while we still can"

"Cyclonus is in the Med Bay, Ratchet said it's serious" Sighing Optimus looked down at Bumblebee who was leaning heavily on one leg.

"Megatron get Bumblebee to the ARK have First Aid check his leg over" the yellow mech looked up at his leader with a small smile

"What about you?" Megatron asked placing a hand on his sparkmate's arm

"I'll hold them off until everyone is clear, I'll head back as soon as I can" Megatron looked down at Bumblebee who was watching some of the other mechs retreat back to the ARK, the yellow mech looked up at them both.

"I'm going to go and help Cliffjumper back" he said pointing at the red mini who was attempting to dodge some Insecticons. The two mates watched as Bumblebee ran off before Megatron turned to face him.

"I am not leaving you out here to fight them on your own" Prime was quick to pull Megatron clear of an Insecticon before decapitating it.

"Megatron I will be fine, I just want you to get back. I won't be that long I promise you"

"No!" Megatron protested grabbing Optimus' face and making him look down at him, "I am not leaving you to fight on your own, please don't make me leave you" Sighing Optimus gave him a quick kiss

"Megatron get back to the ARK. If not for me then for Maximum and Silverbell, you know they're going to be terrified. You're their carrier and they need you"

"That's not fair bringing them into this!" he protested before sighing "Fine I'll go but you had better get back in one piece got it?" Prime nodded with a smile, he gave Megatron one more kiss "Don't get hurt"

"Go" Optimus said with a chuckle, for a moment he watched his mate run off before taking something out of his subspace. Looking down at the small device he turned to look at his mate's back, with a sigh he shut his optics and clutched the device tighter. "I'm sorry Megatron, forgive me"

Ratchet finished with Cyclonus' repairs and stood back, gently moving the mech he checked there were no more injuries he had missed in his mad rush to save the mech's life. Satisfied he hadn't missed anything Ratchet went about checking the IV was doing it's job, turning to look at the Med Bay doors he walked over and looked out. Immediately Galvatron and Ultra Magnus were on their feet, Ratchet indicated for them to go inside. Galvatron ran over to Cyclonus' side and looked at the large weld on his head, sighing he gently traced the edges of it.

"Is there any permanent damage Ratchet?" Ultra Magnus asked standing beside the medic

"That is what I need to talk to you both about" Galvatron looked over at them

"What do you mean Ratch?" the concern was clear in his voice

"Cyclonus' processor suffered some damage, I've run several scans and it looks as though there's the possibility he may not remember everything"

"He's lost his memories?!" Galvatron shouted looking at the medic in shock. Magnus placed a hand on his arm

"It's a possibility" Ratchet reassured "Not definite but even if he has suffered some memory loss it shouldn't be permanent, his self repair systems have taken over now and should repair any damage."

"Thank you for what you've done Ratchet" Magnus said turning to Galvatron "We'll have to wait and see" Just as Ratchet was going to say something a loud explosion shook the ARK.

"What the frag?!" Ratchet roared running out of the Med Bay closely followed by both Cyclonus and Ultra Magnus.

"OPTIMUS!" the three mechs heard Megatron scream, upon getting to the entrance of the ARK they saw Ironhide holding Megatron by his waist. In the distance a large column of smoke was just beginning to settle "LET ME GO! OPTIMUS!" Megatron was frantically clawing at Ironhide's arms in an attempt to get free, tears were rolling down his face as he struggled. Galvatron ran over to his brother and grabbed him by the face "I can't feel him!" Megatron sobbed looking at him

"Ironhide, Ratchet with me! Galvatron stay here with Megatron!" Magnus ordered, Galvatron wrapped his arms around Megatron and held him close

"I can't feel him Galvy! Why can't I feel him?" Megatron sobbed leaning heavily against his brother

"I don't know Megs, he's going to be fine I know he will. He's got you and your sparklings to come back for" Galvatron soothed

"Oh Primus! Maximum and Silverbell! They're going to have felt his end of the bond cut off!"

"I'll have Bee go and check on them Megs don't worry" Gently sitting Megatron down against the wall since he couldn't get him to leave the entrance.

"Magnus?" Galvatron called across his bond to his sparkmate

"We've got him but he's in a really bad way, fragger set off a bomb near his location. He killed all the Insecticons but may very well have killed himself." Looking down at Megatron Galvatron inwardly sighed "Ratchet can't stabilise him here we're going to have to bring him back, make sure Megatron isn't there it's not a pretty sight."

"Megatron isn't going to move Magnus, I'll try and keep his back stop him from intervening." Galvatron then turned back to his silver brother who was looking towards the smoke, tears still rolling down his face. Sitting down beside him he wrapped an arm around his shoulder.

"They've got him Megs, he's alive. Badly injured but alive, Magnus said you don't want to be here."

"I'm staying, he's my sparkmate. I don't care how badly hurt I'm staying here for him." Sighing Galvatron went silent and remained by his brother's side until they brought Prime back to the ARK.

When Galvatron walked into the Med Bay the next day to check on Cyclonus he saw Megatron sat by Prime's side, the red and blue mech's armour was charred in several places as well as missing in others. Megatron looked up and smiled sadly at him, quickly checking Cyclonus was still stable he went over to Megatron.

"How bad?" he asked

"Left leg almost completely severed, shrapnel in almost every part of his body. Parts of his armour burnt onto his protoform and a large piece of shrapnel wedged in his sparkcase." Galvatron winced "Ratchet said he's going to have to stay on life support for a while. He's having to take the shrapnel in his sparkcase apart bit by bit, it's too dangerous to try and remove it in one go. He's also go to go through physiotherapy to be able to use his leg again."

"He'll be fine Megatron, Ratchet is the best there is" Galvatron sat in a chair beside Megatron

"I just want to know why he would be stupid enough to set off a bomb"

"He probably thought it was the only way to stop the Insecticons, granted it was but it was still a stupid move. How did you explain it to Silverbell and Maximum?" he asked genuinely curious as to how Megatron explained to the two sparklings that they wouldn't be able to see their father for a while.

"I just told them that their daddy was hurt and would have to stay in the Med Bay for a long time. They weren't too happy but I told them that if Ratchet allows it they'll be able to see him when he's better." Megatron looked away from Optimus's face and looked at Galvatron. "How's Cyclonus?" Galvatron turned and looked down at the ground

"Processor damage, Ratchet thinks he may have lost some of his memories" giving a sad chuckle Galvatron turned back to him "How is it it's always our sparkmate's who get hurt?"

"Oh how I wish I knew" was Megatron's reply "I wish I knew"