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A few weeks had gone by and Megatron had exerted his ultimate authority, or at least what he assumed was his ultimate authority. He had no idea Primus was just biding his time for now. Optimus was starting to show the signs and symptoms of being sparked, and struggled not to do so in front of Megatron. Megatron, not understanding the whole thing, yelled at his queen for all the signs and symptoms until hook explained that these were not signs of illness but of the sparklings. Only then and because of the sparklings did Megatron relent.
In the separate harem rooms at the castle, Ultra Magnus was resting, having just sparked a few days ago. He didn't even get to see the little ones, as they were immediately taken away and sent elsewhere. All Magnus could do was sigh and rest until Megatron decided to use the bit again. Magnus tried to make himself as presentable as possible now that he wasn't sparked. This wasn't new programming, as even when he had been in command, after he had had a health issue, he always made sure he looked presentable. This time, though, it was more focused on getting a certain bot's attention rather than because he was the leader.
Meanwhile, in the other harem room, Starscream was out cold. He had sparked about the same time as Magnus and had been forced to give up the little ones. All he knew was that they were seekers as he had seen their little wings. But for now, he was out cold as he had tried something stupid and Megatron busted him for it. He still wasn't a good learner, but his lean and mean form was the only reason that Megatron even kept the worthless bot around. Megatron had only been mildly pleased when Starscream had sparked as this time, Starscream had sparked all femme seekerlings. Megatorn wasn't a big fan of femmes at all and would have killed the lot if it hadn't been for Soundwave who reminded the leader that femme seekers were far deadlier than their male counterparts. Only then did the tyrant let the brats live.
Back at the castle, Optimus was purging his tanks yet again. He felt weak, though Megatron didn't notice it yet. "Why must you do that in here?" Megatron asked demandingly to his queen.
"Because…*purge* you refuse…*purge* to allow me to leave the berth room…*purge*" Optimus answered, his slight defiance coming forth.
Megatron growled at hearing that. It was true that Megatron didn't allow Optimus to fully explore the castle, but Megatron had his reasons – one being the secret harem that Megatron didn't want his queen to find and possibly do something amongst many other reasons. Optimus just weakly glared at his mate before passing out from being dangerously low on energon. Megatron was a bit stunned, but he didn't show it. He called for the medic Hook to come take care of things. Hook came quickly.
"What is wrong with him?" Megatron demanded to know even as he watched the energon drips go up and push much needed energon into Optimus' systems.
"He is dangerously low on energon, most likely from all the purging of his tanks and while sparked" Hook responded to the query.
"And how do we stop this?" Megatron wanted to know, hoping that there was a good answer that was feasible to do.
"It may not stop till he sparks, my lord, but if you give him more energon, your sparklings will more likely come out stronger and more powerful. And try laying off anything that makes him lose a lot of energon for a bit" Hook recommended, though Megatron didn't like the recommendations that Hook provided.
"If it is for my sparklings, I will consider it" Megatron answered coldly.
"My recommendations are so you can have healthy and strong sparklings, my lord" Hook replied.
Megatron growled. He didn't like the recommendations but would reluctantly try to follow them. Optimus was still out cold, his systems preparing for whatever Megatron wished to do even if Optimus was totally out of it. Megatron smiled at that. Maybe this wouldn't be as bad as he thought.