I want to thank the followers and the review this story has gotten so far, so thank you! This chapter has some dark themes to it. It fits together with the rest of the story.

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Chapter 2: Friendships

When Chromia woke up in the morning she couldn't remember she was. She looked around the old room. Slowly allowing her processor to come back on she got up. Chromia heard noises from the other side of the door. She blinked and went to go see what was going on. IronHide stood on the other side with a fist ready to knock and an energon cube in the other. He looked down at her and smiled.

"I have to get to work but I wanted to make sure you had some energon," he told her and held out the cube. The one thing Iceshooter never did for her was give her energon without reason. Chromia was hesitant about taking it from him. IronHide noticed the look in her eye about taking the cube. "It's not poisoned or anything, I promise." She let him put the cube in her hands. While drinking she remembered work and looked at her HUB.

"Slag, I've got to work like now!" She said handing the now empty cube back to 'Hide and ran out the door. IronHide watched after her in surprise. It was more of a surprise when she came back in. "I don't know how to get to work from here." IronHide laughed and put the cube in the trash and went out the door to show her the way to work. They drove for several kilks before IronHide asked her, "What's it like working as secretary?" She thought about it "boring" would not cut it for her job. Pulling up to the office she said, "Not worth it. I would rather be working on guns than having someone telling me to their stuff." He grunted and left her at her work. He yelled back I'll come pick you up after work!" She shook her helm and walked inside.

IronHide went to work and could only think about Chromia. She seemed worried about something. IronHide went to his datapad and typed in her name. When nothing came back with a red flag, 'Hide put his servos on his desk. Hound watched IronHide struggled with his problem. "'Hide have you done your work?" Hound asked him. IronHide quickly turned around to look at the dark colored mech. "Yeah I finished. Don't worry about it. I always finish remember?" Hound laughed away his worry for his friend. "Yes I know you do. Oh and Sentinel is on his way here. Be on your best behavior. I know you hate him like a scraplet but for your job like him." Hound walked way and when his pedes were far away, IronHide relaxed. He would have to act for Chromia otherwise he would lose the apartment. Maybe if he acted good and showed the Prime his good work he would get a raise and be able to get a better place for them. He would just think about the wonderful Chromia.

Chromia counted the nanokliks until she would get off and see 'Hide. Her day was normal as it could be until she was about to leave when Moonracer came to her. "There's a mech here. He's demanding to talk you," Moonracer looked nervous and scared. "Please don't go talk to him. He looks like trouble." Chromia smiled and told her everything would be okay. She grabbed all of her things and went to the lobby to see security around a pure white mech.

"I have ta see her! She's mine! A mech stole her!" Chromia recognized that voice anywhere. It was her ex-mechfriend Iceshooter. She started walking backward and went back to the office. Iceshooter spotted her walking back to the office. "That's my femme! She can tell ya! Come on Chro tell 'em the truth!" He yelled after her. She turned to look at his red optics. She shook her helm quickly and almost ran back to the safety of the back office. Iceshooter narrowed his optics at her, face turning from loving to hatred. "COME BACK YOU LITTLE WHORE!" She looked back to him full of fear but looking past him she saw IronHide, who looked pissed. He was holding a sword one he had been working on for weeks to impress Sentinel. Iceshooter looked over at him and took the sword from him and tried to slice his way through the security. IronHide pointed his cannons at the crazy mech. Iceshooter looked around and found himself out numbered. He took the sword with him and ran out the doors out the building. IronHide walked over to Chromia. "You need to tell me everything." IronHide said. Chromia looked around and said, "That was Iceshooter and he was my old roommate and my...ex-mechfriend. He...he abused me both verbally and physically," She dropped her voice even more, "he would make me pleasure other mechs for money if he needed energon for his gambling addiction."