Permanent Sleepover

Inspired by Concrete Angel and the chorus of I'm Gonna Love You Through It by Martina McBride & aided by IAmStarscream.

One Orn Later Orn = 13 weeks

The dark of night is peaceful on Cybertron. The two suns have set, the beautiful moon having risen above the horizon, it was beautiful, but the night can sometimes hold dark secrets. Horrible ones. A sparklings cry rings through the silent night, gone unnoticed by millions of mechs and femmes.

One small sparkling stood out in the quiet, still night. He was red and a pale purple, a tiny box full of energon treats tucked under his arm. Breakdown will be so excited! He thinks to himself. A shabby house meets his eyes as he arrives to Breakdown's address. Breakdown was a sparkling his age. He was blue and bulky, and they were best friends, always having each others back. Though, what he didn't count on was Breakdown having a secret.

He took nervous steps towards the house. Was this the right place? Maybe he shouldn't have trusted the femme known as Ariel. His hand rose into the air to knock, when he heard the cry.

"S-SIRE!"

Knockout freezes.

That was Breakdown! What was going on in there?

In his panic, he searches for an open window around the small, iron house. He pulled on one. Locked.

"SIRE! PLEASE!"

His panic reaches new levels and he franticly searches for another one. Primus, why were they all locked? The pain filled cries kept coming, but he finally found an open window. So, he crawled in. It turns out he had crawled into Breakdown's berth room, but the windows were blocked by metal blinds, which he hid behind. The sound of metal hitting metal caused him to wince, tears forming in his optics. Why was Breakdown's sire beating him? It felt like an eternity before the beating stopped.

"Y-you stay there you stupid p-pest!" A grown mech slurred and stumbled out the door.

Knockout, sensing it was all clear, pushed the blinds out of the way and gasped. Breakdown was full of dents, sitting in a pool of his own energon.

"BRE-!" He cut himself off before he could bellow out his friend's name.

"Breakdown!" He whispered.

The beaten child glanced up weakly with the small sliver of strength he had in his frame.

"Knockout... What..." He was cut off by Knockout picking him up, wraping an arm around Breakdown's waist to support him.

"We're getting you out of here, now, Breakdown." Breakdown inwardly smiled, but was in too much pain to do so on the outside.

Knockout aided him out the window, collecting the small box, and helped a limping Breakdown to whole mile to his house, eventually having to almost drag him.

Then, they made it. His house wasn't perfect, but not to bad either. So, he hauled in Breakdown, into his bedroom, onto his berth, and under the covering.

"Stay here. I'm sure you repair systems will kick in." He orders, crawling in next to him with the box.

"I have a surprise for you." He whispers to his friend.

Breakdown glaces up, his face streaked with tears. Knockout held up an energon candy, causing Breakdown's eyes to brighten. He reached out for one, only to get his hand slapped away.

"Uh uh, save your strength. i want you to get better. Say ah." Holding out one, speaking in his You-better-do-what-I-say tone. His friend sighed and opened his mouth, earning him a small piece of candy. He chewed it happily, the pain fading as his self repair systems started to work.

"Thank you." He whispered. Knockout just got under the covers and snuggled up to his best friend, the other following his example.

"You're my bestest friend in the whole world." Knockout whispers. Breakdown smirks.

"Right back atcha, Doc."