A/N: Okay, I know I SHOULD complete my other stories, but here's the thing. My digimon fic has hit a roadblock(No inspiration, sorry!) and my other Transformer fic... Blaster hates me... He doesn't want to be pregnant again... -sighs-

BUT! I am doing this because BlackDragonQueen's story Cover Me ROCKS! And I need to write the background on Hound and Mirage! Though, here's the thing, I will go onto Mirage landing on Earth, but she's going to do a completely other version of that, since she's the author and she has it planned out. And I have BDQ's permission to do this! ^-^

This story is in Mirage's POV and it WILL end when Mirage gets to Earth. 3

Disclaimer: Yeah, 'cause a 16-turning-17 year old is gonna create a damn kick-ass story like Transformers and make money off of it... -rolls eyes- I also don't own the universe of Cover Me. Go check out BlackDragonQueen's profile and READ THE STORY! Otherwise, you will NOT understand this, 'cause I'm lame and don't feel like explaining alignment and linking and such.

Claimer: I own Galaxy, Cosmos, YellowJacket, Jumper, NightWing, SpeedWing and pretty much all mech swith names you don't recognize... (Galaxy and Cosmos are the only femmes that matter to me, so they're the only femmes in this story!)

Cover Me Origins: Hound and Mirage

Chapter One: Distractions

Mirage sat in the Crystal Courtyard with his three best friends. Galaxy, Cosmos and Jumper. They were one split spark, and their caretakers took them in quickly.

"So, what shall we do today?" Cosmos asked the others. Jumper was lounging on one of the benches, taking up the entire thing. His black armor had white whisps all over it, and his rare silver optics showed no interest in anything.

"Who cares?" He snorted. On another bench was Galaxy. Her light red and green armor was glinting in the setting suns, and if anyone dared say that her armor was pink, she would make sure they knew to never mistake that again, as her bright blue optics showing mischief.

"I think we should explore Kaon and Iacon!" She exclaimed happily. Jumper shrugged at his sibling.

"We'd get our afts kicked by NightWing. You know how protective he is of us. And no doubt Karma will get pissed if we leave him out of it." He said.

"I've got an idea!" Cosmos gasped, sitting up. Her red optics meshing nicely with her red, yellow and orange armor.

"What?" Mirage sighed. He'd rather be out searching for turbofoxes, and seeing if he could help any of them should they be injured or ill.

"We could get SpeedWing to help us go down to Iacon and Kaon!" The red optic'd femme said.

"Why would SpeedWing help us?" Jumper snorted. Really, didn't they know by now that SpeedWing wouldn't help them if it meant that his brother and Aligned would get upset and angry?

"Because... SpeedWing's going to be working at the Academy today..." Cosmos smirked, "He'll be working with that Wheeljack guy. His lab will be free for us to grab some electro disruptors and holograph projectors..."

"News Flash." Mirage said, "SpeedWing keeps his lab locked when he goes to Iacon to work with Wheeljack." The femme deflated.

"He's got a point Cosmos... SpeedWing always locks his lab. And the last time he didn't, NightWing got really angry..." Galaxy frowned.

"Great... Now how are we supposed to get out...?" Cosmos huffed, crossing her arms over her chestplates.

"Hey, Mirage, maybe you could distract NightWing, and I can grab the key from our caretakers' room!" Galaxy grinned.

"That's a great idea!" Cosmos gasped, grinning as well. "Jumper can help too!"

"How the Matrix are we going to distract him?" Jumper frowned.

"I know! Ask him about how he and SpeedWing met!" Galaxy said.

"Again, News Flash. They're twins." Mirage rolled his optics. This time, Galaxy deflated.

"How about you ask them about Links and Alignments?" Cosmos asked.

"Ugh... I don't want to sit through another lecture of that..." Jumper and Mirage groaned.

"Illusion did nothing but go on and on about that..." Mirage said, "Then he kept rambling about that SkyRacer mech..."

"Please don't make us go through that again..." Jumper said.

"Too bad! Get going!" The two femmes said. Mirage and Jumper groaned as they walked to the triplets' house. Upon entering, they saw a black mech with silver seeker wings sitting on the couch, watching the news on the computer screen in the living room.

"Uhm, NightWing?" Jumper asked, walking over with Mirage. The mech looked up at them, and turned the screen off.

"What's wrong Jumper?" NightWing asked.

"Uhm, we were, uh, wondering about, you know... Alignments and Merging and stuff..." NightWing shifted nervously. Mirage heated up in embarrassment.

"I thought we already discussed this. And I'm sure Illusion spoke to Mirage about Alignments and Merging." NightWing said, frowning.

"Well, we're teenage mechs." Mirage muttered, still embarrassed. NightWing's optics widened.

"You two haven't... done anything... have you...?" He asked.

"NO!" The two exclaimed. NightWing frowned.

"Mechs..." They sighed. Best go with what he said, besides, they did interface a few times...

"We... Kinda... interfaced..." Jumper bit his lip component. NightWing frowned.

"Alright, sit." He said. Jumper sat next to NightWing as Mirage took the floor. "What do you guys want to know?"

"How do you know when you've met your other half?" Jumper asked. Mirage glanced at the doorway and glared at the two femmes sneaking to the back. Jumper kicked Mirage's foot gently and Mirage returned his attention to NightWing, who was explaining Merging now.

'Oh Primus help us...' Mirage thought as he heated up more. During the talk of how to submit forms for Sparklings, another mech entered the house.

"What's going on?" The green mech with white Seeker wings and blue optics asked.

"Hey SpeedWing." NightWing smiled. The mech grinned and sat next to Jumper.

"So, what are you three talking about?" SpeedWing asked.

"The Talk." NightWing said.

"The talk? What talk?" SpeedWing asked.

"The Talk." NightWing said.

"The tal- Oh! The Talk! I thought we already went over this?" SpeedWing frowned.

"Apparently they've interfaced together a few times." NightWing said.

"Oh mech..." SpeedWing sighed, "What've you gone through so far?"

"We're discussing how Sparklings are created." NightWing said. Both mechs paled when SpeedWing started talking.

'We are so never getting out of this online...' They shared a frightened look.

To Be Continued...

A/N: I know, it's short, but I really couldn't get to them sneaking out yet. I figured I'd torture the two mechs first. And yes, these two are Younglings and are hitting Adulthood soon. So, yeah, that's that. And I think it'd be fun if Mirage wanted to be a vet. So, yeah. Instead of hunting Turbofoxes to just hunt, he hunts them to help them. And I know, I based SpeedWing's looks off of Wheeljack a bit... ^^U

Mirage: -whimpers in fear-

Jumper: o.o;;;

Galaxy: ... I feel so bad for you two...

Cosmos: Poor them...

NightWing, SpeedWing: -sighs- Please review! And constructive Criticism is much appreciated!

Me: you two sound like the Twins from Ouran High School Host Club! -giggles-

NightWing, SpeedWing: -grin- Thank You!