Author's Note: Ah, the first chapter was so fluffy. It felt so good writing it. Okay…here's chapter two.

Chap. 2: Good Distraction

Megatron was the first to wake up the next morning. He noticed Astrid was still asleep against him. Looking her over he couldn't help but smile and think she was the most beautiful femme in the universe. As much as he didn't want to disturb her from her slumber though, he knew he had to wake her up.

This was a normal routine for Megatron. He was usually the first one to wake up and he always woke Astrid up by kissing her. If she refused to get up, he'd only deepen the kiss. Sometimes she would roll over, but that didn't stop the decepticon leader. He'd just kiss her neck. Once his love knew he wasn't going to stop she would roll back over and say she was up.

He leaned down and kissed her, slowly at first. Astrid sighed letting Megatron know she was awake but wasn't about to get up. He kissed her with a bit more force now and the femme moved her head away. Smiling, Megatron tilted her head back towards him and kissed her again.

"Mmmm, stop," Astrid mumbled between kisses, "I'm still tired."

"Well if you would sleep at night you wouldn't be so tired in the morning," Megatron said and then resumed kissing her.

Astrid pushed him away and then pulled the covers over her head. Megatron grinned, this was different. He wasn't quite sure what to do. He could either pull the covers off and continue kissing her, or he could join her under the covers and continue kissing her. Deciding on the second option, Megatron took hold of the blanket and pulled it over his head. He looked at his femme only to see she had put a hand over her mouth.

"That's different too," Megatron quietly thought smirking, "Astrid, c'mon wake up."

Astrid didn't remove her hand and replied in a muffled voice, "I am awake. I just don't want to get up yet."

Megatron tried to pull her hand away but Astrid just rolled over so her back was to him. She put her pillow over her head so that it was covering her neck as well. The decepticon leader wished he could "roll his eyes" but he couldn't. Instead he pulled the pillow off her head and delivered kisses to her neck.

She rolled back over so she was facing him. Her optics were online now and narrowed into a glare. Angrily she remarked, "I dare you to kiss me again."

Knowing he had gotten her mad but not caring he stated, "I accept your challenge." Megatron kissed her knowing he would probably be experiencing some form of pain in a few seconds. He was right. Astrid sunk her teeth into his lips. Megatron pulled away quickly before she punctured them.

"That's it!" Megatron decided and got up from the bed. He walked over to Astrid's side of the bed and pulled the covers off her. He picked her up in his arms and headed for the door.

Astrid continued to glare at him, "You're going to pay for disrupting my beauty sleep."

"Sorry Astrid, but it's getting late,"

"Whatever, just put me down babe,"

Megatron smiled losing whatever anger he was feeling towards her, "Nah. I'd rather carry you to the command center."

"You'll drop me,"

"Drop you? You're incredibly light,"

"Quit lying,"

"I'm not lying. What makes you think I'll drop you?"

"Well this one ex-boyfriend of mine thought he could carry me. So he lifted me over his shoulder and I fell and screwed up my elbow,"

"How long ago was this?"

"About a year ago,"

"Which elbow was it?"

"My right,"

Megatron took her elbow and kissed it. Astrid laughed, "It's fine now babe."

"It's even better now I'm sure," Megatron said teasing her.

"No, it's worse," Astrid returned the humor.

"Well then it needs another kiss," Megatron answered smirking.

Astrid pulled her elbow away from him before he got the chance to kiss it again. Megatron noticed, "Don't worry, I'll get it later."

"Sure you will, now put me down,"

"Didn't I already tell you I was carrying you to the command center?"

"Yeah well won't your troops wonder?"

Megatron sighed knowing she had a point. He didn't want any of his troops to know that Astrid and him were together now. Not only would it be dangerous to Megatron if his enemies found out Astrid were his weakness, but it would be dangerous to Astrid too. His enemies would go after her in order to get to him, and he couldn't risk losing her. That's why he had set up such strict rules with her in the first place.

Gently Megatron set her down and walked with her. His troops wouldn't wonder now since they always walked into the command center together every morning. Thundercracker was the only one of the decepticon troops who knew that Megatron and Astrid were together. He knew better than to tell anyone though.

A lot had happened in those few weeks that had gone by since Megatron and Astrid had first confessed their feelings to each other. They were on Cybertron now. Starscream hadn't shown his ugly head yet, but everyone knew he would soon. Scourge had joined the decepticons and Astrid wasn't allowed near him. Not after what had happened when Megatron first took her to Jungle Planet and the 'bargain' Scourge had tried to make.

The autobots had gotten the Omega Lock and three Cyber Planet Keys back. Now all they needed was the last one, but Megatron was as sure as hell that he would not let them get it. Primus finally appeared and he turned out to be the planet Cybertron since the beginning.

Astrid sighed and Megatron looked over at her, "You're thinking again Astrid."

"Is that a crime now sir?"

"If it keeps you from sleeping again tonight it will be,"

"And just what are you going to do about it? You can't keep me from thinking,"

"What are you thinking about?"

"Stuff,"

"What kind of stuff?"

"Nun ya,"

"Nun ya?" Megatron asked confused, "What's nun ya?"

Astrid smirked, "Nun ya business."

Getting the joke he couldn't help but smile. Astrid laughed at her lover's stupidity, "That made my day."

The two arrived at the command center. Astrid watched in silence as Megatron was given the morning reports. There were quite a few rules the girl had to follow now; besides not telling anyone she and Megatron were in love. Astrid wasn't allowed to participate in battle still even though she was receiving training. When the decepticons were off at battle she had to stay behind and watch the base, which she hated. The femme was not allowed to leave the base unless she had Megatron's permission, and even then he had to know where she was at all times.

Living life wasn't as easy now as she thought it would be. Astrid knew Megatron was only looking out for her safety, but he was being overprotective. She was pretty sure that if she ever did leave the base and if she got into any trouble she could handle herself. One day she would leave the base without Megatron's permission just to show him what she was capable of doing. The femme knew that there'd be hell to pay afterwards though.

Megatron glanced over at Astrid and saw she was deep in thought. Something was troubling her and he couldn't figure out what. Tonight though, he would. "Alright men, let's go—

Astrid cleared her throat. Megatron sighed and started over, "Alright lady and men, we're going to pay Prime a visit."

A dimension gate opened and Thundercracker, Ransack, Crumplezone, and Scourge stepped through it. Astrid looked hopefully at Megatron, "Can I come?"

Megatron turned to her and slowly looked her up and down, "I…are you sure you're ready to fight? I don't want to lose you."

"I wouldn't be asking to come if I wasn't sure. Please babe? I love you," Astrid said trying to bribe him into it.

"Fine, but stay close to me,"

"Yes!" Astrid cheered as she jumped through the dimension gate.

Megatron shook his head smiling and followed his love through the dimension gate. Once on the other side Megatron found himself staring down the autobots.

"Well, finding you was easier than I thought it would be," the decepticon leader spoke, "How about you make this easy and just get out of our way?"

"And let you get the Omega Lock?" Optimus replied already in his super mode, "I don't think so."

"Then I'll make you move myself," Megatron said attacking Optimus.

The rest of the autobots and decepticons took that as their cue to attack as well. Astrid looked at her opponent. Hotshot.

"So you're fighting us now?" he asked not sounding surprised.

"It beats sitting back at the base and doing nothing," Astrid answered.

"Funny, seems like just yesterday you ran away from the decepticons and came to us. Are the decepticons treating you any better than they were?"

"Yes, why are you so curious?"

"Hey, I was only concerned. Now, do you want me to go easy on you or not?"

"You can go easy on me, but you'll probably regret it," Astrid said aiming her gun at him.

Hotshot didn't know if she realized it or not, but that gun wasn't going to be enough to stop him, "Have it your way Asstrid."

"Oh, you are so gonna pay for calling me that," she fired at him and Hotshot dodged the blast. Not amused Astrid fired multiple rounds at him. The light blue bot wasn't able to dodge them all.

Angered, Hotshot aimed all his guns at Astrid, "Okay, I'm just going to get you out of my way right now."

Suddenly Optimus flew into Hotshot knocking the bot over. Astrid looked to see Megatron had thrown Optimus into Hotshot. "Oh crap," Astrid thought, "Now he's gonna send me back to the base."

"Follow me Astrid," Megatron said transforming into his seeker mode.

Astrid transformed as well and took to the skies with him. "Where are we going? Please don't say back to the base."

"We're going to go get the Omega Lock. You know, you were a good distraction for me,"

"What do you mean?"

"Hotshot had no idea Optimus was just about to come crashing into him,"

"True, told you I was ready for this whole fighting business,"

"Ready? Hotshot was just about to blast you into a million pieces," Megatron responded in a bit of an angry tone.

"I was hoping you didn't notice that,"

"We'll discuss this later, let's just get the Omega Lock,"

Suddenly a missile came out of nowhere and hit Megatron. The decepticon leader was unable to stay in his jet form and transformed. He looked to see who had fired the missile when another one hit him. Astrid transformed and looked back at Megatron.

"Keep going," Megatron told her noticing it was Sideways who had fired the missiles at him, "I'll be right there." He didn't put two and two together.

"Yes ba—sir," Astrid answered catching herself before she said babe. She turned and headed back towards the Omega Lock determined to get it for her love. Astrid had put a distance between herself and Megatron when Starscream suddenly appeared in her path. She transformed into robot mode to keep herself from crashing into him but it didn't help. Astrid slammed face first against him.

Starscream locked his arms around her and got an evil smirk on his face. His smirk grew into a wicked grin when Astrid looked up at him horrified. He said, "Isn't it nice to see you again Astrid. Apparently you were eager to see me since you came flying into my arms."

Astrid struggled to get out of his grasp to no prevail. Images of what he had tried to do to her weeks before flashed through her mind.

"Now Astrid, hold still. I've gotten stronger since the last time we met," he remarked and then whispered into her audio receptor, "I will get my way with you this time Astrid. Stop your struggling…my queen."

Astrid screamed.

Author's Note: Well this chapter is definitely longer than the first one. And here we are, only the second chapter and look at the problems Megatron and Astrid are having already. Does anyone get the title of this chapter? Sideways was the 'good distraction' since he shot at Megatron allowing Starscream to go after Astrid.