Warnings: this and that.
Disclaimer: I own nothing to do with Transformers.
Hound kept watching Ichigo as the orange dragon kept turning his head in the same direction every second. Their little hunting party was going well they had gotten a good haul of young Ogre bear-elks. Ichigo was perfect for hunting them since he could keep up the speedy prey. The bear-elks were fast but not as fast the gazelle, so Ichigo was having no problem whereas Hound or Trailbreaker would've. Plus, it seemed that the young dragon was having fun.
That is until a few seconds ago where the orange youngling's head had snapped towards the East those long ear fins flicking up then flaring. Hound shared a look with Trailbreaker, the bigger dragon had noticed too, whatever was over there only Ichigo could hear it and it was taking all his attention.
"Something the matter Ichigo?" Hound asks.
Ichigo didn't answer right away and Hound asked again before the orange youngling shook his head. "What?"
"I asked if something was the matter."
"Oh…um I don't know." Ichigo said unsure of his own answer.
The older dragons glanced at each other again. Thinking it might be best to head back to the Clan since they had enough and that whatever was consuming Ichigo's attention could be harmful. Hound called the youngling over to help load the prey onto the baskets that they would carry back. However, just as the last bit was tossed in Ichigo again was drawn back to the East and it wasn't just his head but his entire body had started moving.
"Ichigo?" Hound asked concerned.
But Ichigo gave no indication that he had heard and before Hound could asked again there was a faded roar. The trio froze, until Ichigo gave an answering roar and ran before Hound could stop him.
"ICHIGO!" Hound shouted. Behind him Trailbreaker cursed. "Damn it. Take that back to the clan and get the others. I'll try to get Ichigo, something doesn't feel right."
Trailbreaker nodded and with a flap of his wings leap into the air creating a giant dust cloud as he went. Hound flew after the wingless dragon. He cursed when after searching for a few breems he couldn't find where the orange dragon disappeared too. It didn't help that a sudden wind had picked up and swept the younglings scent away.
"How can he just disappear like that; his scales are too bright to blend in." Hound says frustrated. Knowing the general direction that he ran in Hound would keep his search in the East until back up arrived.
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Something was wrong, that was all Ichigo could think. When he felt his chest tighten and was hit with emotions that weren't his did that thought enter his mind. It was when that changed to feeling fear and pain and anger that he couldn't stand still. He ran to were his heart pulled him to after hearing that almost silent roar. He only had heard it once but he remembered the owner of that roar.
Sunstreaker was angry.
Why he was angry, Ichigo didn't know but it could only be a few things and that cause the orange youngling to worry. Either someone pissed him off, Sideswipe was hurt and the golden twin was attacking who hurt him, or both twins were bad off. Ichigo didn't know and didn't know how to check over their weak spark mate bond to see. All he knew was that he needed to get over to them.
He knew that he was getting closer when the sounds of fighting grew louder and then he felt a sting on the side of his face. He didn't think too much about until he was soon being showered in pink petals. Those that touched him left little cuts on his lightly scaled face.
A feeling of dread hit his stomach, this was too familiar and he hoped that he was wrong. But his stomach drops when there was a familiar cackle of laughter and a blur of gold that flew over Ichigo's head so fast that he felt the wind. He skidded to a stop to look behind him.
Sunstreaker stood on wobbly legs looking a bit daze. But he growled and raced pass a confused orange youngling.
"What the-
"HahahAHAHAHA That's right give me everything, I want this to last a long time!"
Ichigo looks to the sky. "…why, of all the hunters, out there why did he have to be here?"
More cackling followed by trees being broken, Ichigo could tell that at least Kenpachi would have someone else now to chase after. But if Sunstreaker was fighting the manic then where was Sideswipe. Ichigo going around the two fighters went search of the red dragon. He didn't know which Sereitiei hunter the pink petal blades belong too. As long as it wasn't Kenpachi or the two dual blade wielders, then Ichigo figure he could get him and the twins out before the whole group descended on them.
He spotted red, but it wasn't the red scales that belonged to Sideswipe, and Ichigo frowns when he sees that red headed pain in the ass that gave him trouble the last time he ran into the hunting group. The pink storm that was covering the whole area making it annoying to move around, and Ichigo had yet to find the red scaled dragon.
"What do you want me to do with this one, Sir?" Another familiar voice had Ichigo turning and finally spotting Sideswipe.
"Our orders were to either kill any dragons that wouldn't submit." A noble sounding voice answered, and by noble, Ichigo thought like a voice he would hear from those high up on the social latter. "This one refuses to submit as well as the other one. They are no use to us. destroy them."
"uh sure Captain. If that is what you think is best." The red hair monkey said.
Ichigo didn't hear what the unseen captain said or didn't say, he heard only Sideswipe's answering growl as he struggles to defend himself. Ichigo wasn't about to wait to see if the red dragon was able to defend himself and leap up through the trees and landed in front of a wide eye Sideswipe and a shocked Hunter.
The red hunter jumps back with a yelp but the raven hair captain didn't hesitate and sent a wave of pink at the two dragons. Ichigo reacted without thinking and jumped in front of Sideswipe taking the brunt of the slicing petals.
"Ich-Ichigo." Sideswipe said once the pick wave subsided. And Ichigo glanced back at him with a forced smile.
"Ya know I thought that you were supposed to be quick on your feet." He withheld the pain he was feeling. He paid no attention to dribbling blood running from the shallow cuts.
Sideswipe grins. "Yeah well I was distracted by a cute little dragon." Though he did eye the weeping cuts with concern.
Ichigo about to joke back only to cough up a little blood. "Ichigo!"
"M'fine." The orange youngling said. "We don't have to time to worry about something small. Not with a Captain from the Sereitiei has graced us with his presence."
The raven hair noble frowns and lifts his hand. Pink swirls around it before jumping back behind him and forming a large dragon like shape. "I see that you survive. Most do not live long after encountering my Senbonzakura."
"Yeah well I'm full of surprises. I'm guessing the red monkey belongs to you?"
The red hair human squawks but the Captain glares at him to be quiet. "He is my Lieutenant."
"He's a pain in the ass." Sideswipe adds. "Who's the lunatic Sunny's facing?"
Ichigo answered in instead. "A juggernauted name Kenpachi." he shivers a little.
Sideswipe was curious to the reaction. "Met him before?"
"Faced him before. Not the best time of my life." The orange youngling said.
"that dragon will not last long against the Captain of the eleventh." The noble said.
Sideswipe narrowed his eyes at him. "I really don't like you ya know."
"Hey, don't talk to Captain Kuchiki like that!"
"Or what?" Sideswipe made sure to show off all his teeth when he smiles down at the red hair human. He was starting to feel a little better that he could move now. But he wasn't back to one hundred percent yet. "You're the ones that attacked us and pissed off my brother. It's your Captain that should be worried."
"Captain Kenpachi isn't like other humans." The red hair human warns. "I wouldn't expect a beast to understand why we have groups to hunt them."
"Rude calling someone a beast just because they don't look like you."
"Oh yeah, well who's the one carrying on a conversation in front of others huh?"
"Renji." The Noble says.
"Sorry Captain." Renji mumbles. He glares at the snickering dragon.
Ichigo watched Sideswipe try to tease out more from the one called Renji. He kept his focus on the still unknown Captain and the large dragon shape behind him. something about that pink mass had him wary. The raven notices.
"I see that you realize just what Senbonzakura is." He raised his hand. "Let him show you how outclassed you are."
The pink mass surges forward and engulfs Ichigo after his shoves Sideswipe out of the way. "Ichigo!"
He tried to get his feet under him so he could save his and his twins spark mate, but his twin was soon slammed into him and both went flying crashing into some trees and rocks.
"Hey Kuchiki, don't go killing off the all my fun. I still have a score the settle with that one." A one eyed giant of a human came strolling up to the other Captain.
"you have one to play with now, Kenpachi. deal with it first before complaining about not letting you carry on like a common street fighter."
"Heh, fighting's the whole reason for living. You fight to live to eat you fight just to live to see that next day. But go on and pretend that your better than us lowly common humans." He went off to find the dragon that was entertaining him.
The raven hair Captain sighed but looked back to the swirling pink mass. Every now and then there was a bulge or two before the pink would settle. He could hear Kenpachi laughing as he continued his fight with the golden dragon, now joined by the red one. Though that one was trying to get back to the orange one.
Another bulge that the dragon burst wide open. The Captain clench his teeth as he increased his power to his familiar. He would not let this mouthy beast get away. The he was ordered to see that any beast of legend was either brought back or dealt with. this one has soil the Sereitiei's reputation and he will stop it before it does more damage. The wingless dragon was proving to be more trouble then he thought.
"Having trouble there Byakuya Kuchiki of the great Noble Clans." Kenpachi's mocking tone rang out over the roars of the two dragons.
The raven grunts when the orange dragon tries to break free. He sends the other Captain a scowl and presses more into keeping his opponent in check. But soon Byakuya if forced to his knees as the orange dragon breaks apart his attack.
"I hope that you listened to those reports well, Captain." Ichigo rumbles. "Because your about to see why they went back limping."
Kenpachi laughter could be heard. "Oh yeah, fight me!" he darts over to Ichigo who swats at him with his tail sending the cackling man a few miles back in the direction he just came from. Sunstreaker, a little beat up, snorts as the man flew pass him and his twin.
"He'll be back shortly. So ya might want to take Sideswipe while ya still can." Ichigo says standing in between the twins and Byakuya.
The golden twin snorts again while Sideswipe snickers. "Like we'll leave you alone. Your just as injured."
"Yeah plus it would be in poor taste to leave a young clan member fighting by themselves."
Ichigo gave them a smirk but soon return to the Captain in front of him. Byakuya had reformed his familiar. He had never stayed long to fight the Captains that came after him, except Kenpachi but he came after him. So, now that he was having to fight one, even with the twins help, Ichigo felt a little outclassed.
"Your existence is against our laws. Beings such as yourselves should not be allowed to live. You are a danger to the lives that claim this land." The raven raised both of his hands. "I am Byakuya Kuchiki, Clan Head of one of the five great families and Captain of Squad six of the Sereitiei." Blades started to rise from the ground. "I will take your head back and mount it on a spike for all to see as a warning. No one not human nor beast can defeat those belonging to the Sereitiei."
"Really now, well you wouldn't mind then proving that then. Cause I'm about to punt you all the way back to your Sereitiei." Ichigo took a step forward. "And you're not going to come back and mess with my friends, my family, or anyone that I claim. And you're going to tell everyone back there that. cause if you come back, I'll be here standing in your way." he stood over the scowling raven, while Ichigo may be a dragon he wasn't all that tall. He wasn't one of the shortest but the tallest Captain that he encountered came up to his chin. And that was one of the only ones that he didn't have to fight.
Byakuya frowns but doesn't react further to Ichigo's threat. "I see, then you leave me little choice, but to totally destroy any that inhabit this land!"
The blades disintegrated into pink petals and surged forward towards Ichigo. the orange dragon quickly shoves the twins, who had come up to defend him, back as he was hit hard by the wave. He bit his lip to keep from crying out as what felt like thousands of knives sliced into him.
"My familiar can separate himself into billions of tiny blades that can cut through anything until my enemies drop from blood loss." Byakuya stepped forward. "nothing can escape me and my familiar."
Ichigo could see it and feel it as he felt himself being tossed up and slammed down. Outside the roar of the wave he could hear the twins yelling for him. once he could see, he was on his side a pool of blood forming around him.
"Ichigo!" Sideswipe bounded over him clawed feet hovering over his body not knowing what to do.
"You idiot!" Sunstreaker growls. He was facing down the raven Captain. "Why did you do that?"
Ichigo gives him a weak smile. "I just did. reacted without thinking." He says as he struggles to stand. Sideswipe holding onto him. Ichigo glares at the Captain. "Looks like your familiar ain't all that. I'm still here."
Byakuya raised an unimpressed brow. "That will be remedy." Another wave of pink formed and the twins tensed readied to bolt should they need to. "prepare yourselves." Then the wave crest.
Sunstreaker jumps back to the other side of Ichigo and both twins yank him to the right then back behind a rock that hadn't been destroyed. Both covered the injured youngling as tiny blades cut into their scales.
"We got to get away!" Sideswipe shouted over the roar.
Sunstreaker snarls. "I know. but if we go out there our wings will be cut to ribbons."
Under them Ichigo struggles to get up. "I can buy us-
"You will not…" Sunstreaker started.
"…be going back out there!" Sideswipe finished.
Ichigo would've laugh if he could, but he settles for an eye roll. "I didn't mean alone. If you two could distract him when he's not using his familiar. Then I can come up and knock him out."
The twins growl not liking that. "Why would you just knock him out."
"that bastard hurt you and Sides. When I get out of here I'll deal with him. Sides is taking you back to the dens and to Ratchet."
Ichigo stomp down on the uneasiness he felt and quickly thought of a way that this could end without anyone dying. "W-wait, if you kill someone that high up then…um, then more will come and they might be more powerful than this one and Kenpachi. and they might not come alone."
It was a good thought, he was hoping that it would make them go a different route if it meant that killing the raven could endanger the rest of the Autobots.
"Who cares. We'll just beat them back like usual."
"And we have the best at outsmarting and outmaneuvering any enemies."
Or maybe not. Figures he would go for others that were just as stubborn as him. Ichigo thunked him head on the ground. "Seriously," he whispers. "Okay look, I can see that he is an arrogant prick but killing him is kind of over kill right now. And what if Kenpachi comes back while you're busy with him? "
Sideswipe thought that over. "he does have a point bro."
Sunstreaker growls. "Fine, but if he makes anymore wrong moves…I'm killing him."
They waited for the wave to pass before Ichigo, ignoring his pain jumps up and runs into the woods while the twins run towards Byakuya. As he sends wave after wave Ichigo appears behind him and the noble stares wide eye as Ichigo swats him and sends him careening down into a brook. Ichigo doesn't give him time to recover and prepares to give him a good swat to the rea, but not before the familiar comes up and slashes the younglings unprotected back then grabs its master. With Renji not far behind using his familiar to block the enraged twins.
The other hunter had summoned his own familiar and had been interfering with the twins attempts to help the orange dragon. The snake monkey wasn't as strong as the pink mass that had defeated Ichigo but it gave as good as it got. They chased after the two but the snake monkey got in between them and Ichigo and their target.
As they battle the snake monkey, Kenpachi reappears and stares down at a wounded Ichigo. "I thought you were tougher than this." He lifts the tip of his sword holding over the younglings exposed neck. "It's pitiful to kill you like this but, orders are orders."
Ichigo manages a glare and grunts as he tries to move, the sword descends and Ichigo could only watch. Preparing for the pain that would come. Twin roars coming closer and Ichigo glances over to see the twins trying to reach him.
"Don't worry, I'll make sure to send them after ya once they entertain me more." Kenpachi says. Ichigo could say it sounded almost like comfort but he wasn't holding his breath on that.
Or maybe his was, it was getting hard to breath. His eyesight was narrowing. The twin roars sounded like a storm. 'it would explain why it's so dark now.' Ichigo thought.
But what he couldn't see was that the sky was being covered by angry dragons. Hound and Sunstreaker had slammed into Kenpachi and were pushing him away before they managed to knock him unconscious. Hound wasted no time in taking him up in the air and away from the area.
Sideswipe was pressing the wound on Ichigo's back closed. The familiar had cut deep, enough that one artery had been severed. He was losing blood fast. Ratchet landed and got to work.
"Damn it! I need those leaves now Wheeljack!" he yells. "Aid start soaking those, I can't see were his artery through all the blood!"
"On it."
"Here!"
As Ratchet kept muttering and cursing, First Aid, his little apprentice went over to the twins. He knew not to try to help them himself so he placed all the things that they would need then went back to Ratchet and Wheeljack.
Off to the side Prowl and Optimus were sending out scouts to make sure that the hunters had left the area. Jazz and Ironhide were standing guard. Hound was giving his version of events before he lost sight of Ichigo.
"He had been acting weird since the wind had changed and suddenly he just darted off without saying anything. I should've kept a better eye on him. sorry Prowl; Optimus."
Optimus rested a paw on the lead scout's shoulders. "there is nothing to be sorry about. No one could see something like this happening." Prowl nodded though he knew why Ichigo would have done with he did.
"What we should be worried about now is whether he will survive." Prowl says. " And what to do about these out of territory hunters."
"Don't worry Prowler, Ratchets still raging so he'll be fine." Jazz snickers.
Sideswipe and Sunstreaker wasn't paying attention to everything around them. they hadn't even tried to bandage any of their wounds. Both feeling guilty that they hadn't stopped Ichigo and ran away when they had the chance. Now their perspective mate was bleeding out from a slash to the back and there was nothing that they could do.
They stood out of the way knowing from experience that getting in the way of the healer would be very painful. And Jazz did have a point, a snarling Ratchet meant that the patient had a chance to live. Sideswipe lean on his twin, Sunstreaker didn't push him off not caring of the blood staining his once shiny scales.
The area was quiet, except Ratchet's cursing, as everyone waited to hear what the outcome would be. They would either have to stay until the youngling could be moved or make the area a temporary nest for both healers and patient. Prowl silently came up to the twins and started cleaning Sideswipe. The red dragon flinches as the solution stung the cuts. He glares at Prowl who offers a small apology for not warning the other. Sunstreaker started on his own wounds he out of the three came out the least hurt though there was one long gash on his side, but even that would be healed soon.
"We should've done what he said." Sideswipe whispered. "We should've gone back for help."
Sunstreaker found a spot on his front leg more interesting. Prowl sighs. "From what information we gathered, those from the Sereitiei wield power that is not fully understood. But we understand it to be the souls of those they hunted. We know not of the process of how this is done. You three were very lucky today."
"Luck," Sunstreaker says with a growl. "If we were lucky then Ichigo wouldn't be fighting to live."
Prowl dipped his wings but doesn't say anything. Sideswipe however did. "Sunny…he's still alive. He's right there and-"
"No…no, this is why we can't have a spark mate Sides, this is the reason." Sunstreaker got up wings twitching erratically. "We're poison to others. What good are we to have one if we can't protect them when we not even bonded." He storms off but doesn't leave the surrounding area. Ratchet and Ichigo was still in his line of sight.
Sideswipe frowns sadly at his twin. "He's afraid." Prowl nods but doesn't comment. "Do…do you think we should risk it?"
Prowl cleans another cut. "I cannot answer that for you. Finding your spark mate and getting to know them isn't as easy as others make it seem. When Jazz and I met we hated each other."
Sideswipe looks at Prowl surprised. The two were like the most love-sick couple around that it made him sick. But in a good way.
Prowl seeing this, grins. "It took a long time before we became something like friends and more years before we venture into anything resembling courting." He starts to bandage some of the deeper cuts. "Liking someone and loving someone are two different things even if it's your spark mate. Having one doesn't mean that you'll love them. it doesn't mean that you should commit to them. it just means that they are seen as your perfect match. However, I do not think that you three will have that problem."
But Sunny doesn't want…"
"you said that he was frighten?" the red dragon nods. "Then take it slow. Get to know Ichigo better and let him get to know you and your brother." Prowl steps back done with treating the red dragon's wounds. "Give it time Sideswipe. If me and Jazz could find even ground then you and your brother can heal from the hurt that you both suffered. I believe that you two will find it worth the risk." He left Sideswipe to think.
Sideswipe was about to join his brother when a soft, but it sounded so loud to him, gasp filled with pain confusion came from Ichigo. Ratchet was muttering louder than shouting to get him the reed stretcher. They needed to get him back to his den right now. Sideswipe saw Ichigo as he was lifted up and he couldn't help but wilt at the pale dull scales the should be bright orange that almost had a tinge of red and shiny black. Then they were gone leaving him, Sunstreaker, and Optimus in the battle field.
"Sunstreaker; Sideswipe. Are you two flight able?" the giant dragon asks. Not thinking they were weak but just being the caring leader that he was.
While Sideswipe was a little tired he could make it back to the clan dens. Whether he could make it back to their shared nest however was another thing. Sunstreaker didn't give him a chance to refuse.
"Sides needs it. I can make it."
"Sunny." Sideswipe groans. Optimus looked a little amused.
The red and blue dragon kneels so Sideswipe could climb on. the red dragon does so but grumbles as he did so. Once he was settle, does Optimus jump into the air. It took him several flaps to get airborne, there wasn't room to get a running start nor a cliff to fall from. Sunstreaker didn't have that problem, he was up sooner and with little effort but he flew alongside the giant carrying his twin.
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Ratchet finally could rest, after a full day and half the night his only patient was stable enough that the healer could sit back. Though that didn't mean that Ichigo was out of the woods, Ratchet wasn't sure that the youngling would wake up or if he would be able to walk. The wound after clearing away the blood, showed that his spinal column had been cut as well.
There were a lot that Ratchet could do, but some injuries were beyond his skill and spinal injuries were always tricky. A slight disturbance was his only warning that someone was coming up behind him. he glances over his wing to see Prowl at the entrance of his den.
"How is he, Ratchet?" the crystal dragon asks. There wasn't much hint of emotion. The healer knew better though.
"He's stable," was his answer. "If it wasn't his backbone then I would say he would make a full recovery. But until he wakes I won't know the extent of the damage."
Prowl sighs, "I see." He walks over to his charge. He ran a paw over the horn protrusions on Ichigo's head. The youngling unconsciously leaned into the touch.
Ratchet perked up at the movement. "That's almost a good sign." He whispers.
Prowl nodded. "Though I believe that he would prefer the twins to be with him." he says with a smirk.
Ratchet matched it. "Then you better get their stubborn afts over here then."
Ichigo chose that moment to be somewhat conscious. His eyes barely open as he pitifully moaned and gasped. "w-water."
Both adults didn't jump at the request. Prowl held the orange dragons head still as Ratchet carefully had him sip small amounts of water. But strangely, Ichigo didn't take the water and weakly shook his head each time they tried to get him to drink.
"Don't be stubborn youngling." Ratchet growls. "you wanted the damn water now drink it."
Ichigo shook his head as the bowel was pressed to his lips. But again, he didn't swallow.
More grumbling until they finally got him to swallow. But were surprised when Ichigo manage to speak again before falling back unconscious.
"W-wrong…w-w-w-water."
Confused, Ratchet huffs annoyed. "how can that be the wrong water."
"Maybe there is something he knows that we don't." Prowl offered.
"Well until he tells us himself he'll have to deal with what I got." Ratchet sighs. "maybe he'll behave if the pit spawns came and babysit him. Primus knows I need the rest."
As the two adults were talking, outside between the Ratchets den and were Optimus landed the twins were heading towards their own den. Sideswipe was trying not to fall into recharge as he let his brother lead him back to their shared nest.
But half way there something flickers out of the corner of the golden dragon's eye. Sunstreaker only gave it a second noticed before trudging onward. Sideswipe saw it next and he gave it more attention than his brother, but he too ignored it.
It wasn't until it constantly kept flickering in and out of their eyes that they both finally gave it their full attention. They were ready to pounce on it and beat it into oblivion. But instead of a solid body they saw a shadowy shape and floated. As if it knew that it had their attention the shadow started floating towards the high commands section of dens. Curious, the twins followed ready to sound the alarm in case the shadow prove to be a threat.
"Maybe we should get Jazz or Prowl." Sunstreaker said once they saw the shadow heading towards the couple's den.
It waited for the twins to catch up before going inside. Alarmed they rushed after it, thinking that one of the two was home and in recharge. But to their relief, the den was empty but a possessive growl left them when the shadow hovered over the nest that belonged to Ichigo.
But it didn't do much else. It just hovered there and waited and Sideswipe could almost sense a hint of annoyance pointed towards them.
"Okay, now what?" the red dragon asks. Sunstreaker shrugs.
The shadow felt more annoyed at them and caused a mini twister over the nest.
Sunstreaker growls. "Quit making a mess, I do not want to hear the brat grumble about having to fix it."
The twister got more forceful.
Sideswipe dove as something flew out of the debris. Well two something's. One was the geode that he had given the orange dragon; the other was a bag that he remembers Ichigo wearing when they had found him. Sideswipe could hear sloshing inside.
The shadow, if Sideswipe could see it clearly slapped his head and acted like it was saying finally. Sideswipe looked at the shadow then back at the sack.
"I guess that it was hinting towards this." He hung the sack between his claws.
Sunstreaker snorted. "And what is that supposed to mean to us?"
Red scaled shoulders shrug. "Nothing to us I guess. Maybe it's for Ichigo."
The shadow throws what could pass for hands in the air.
Sideswipe and Sunstreaker narrowed their eyes at the shadow. "Hey, no need to be like that." the red dragon says.
"Lets-
"Mind telling me what ya two are doing in mine and Prowlers den?" a cheery sounding voice asked them from behind them.
The twins were proud to say that they did not flinch or jump when Jazz surprised them. though it seemed that the silver dragon knew it. So they settle for either scowling or grinning at the falsely cheerful dragon.
"Well—" Sideswipe started.
"We saw someone enter and were worried." Sunstreaker finished.
Jazz raised an eye ridge at them. clearly not believing them. "and ya didn't tell anyone because?"
The twins look at each other thinking up something to get them out of this mess. It was a mess with one nest blown all over the place and they knew that no one would believe them if they said it was a shadow figure that did it. Conveniently that shadow figure was nowhere to be seen.
"well um you see we thought that Ichigo might want this." Sideswipe held the sack up thinking quickly. "we thought that the shadow we saw was one of you and went to ask to see if we could take it to him but there was no one here and we got suspicious and well…"
"Sides stop doing an impersonation of Blue. Take a breath." Jazz snickers. He had been sent out by Prowl to find the hellions anyway. "well that's good since I have been order to bring the two of ya to Ratchet." He smiled at their cast fallen faces. "Don't worry ya just looking after the youngling."
Jazz herds them out and over to the den. Sideswipe still with the sack in his claws and behind them the shadow figure shaking its non-existing head before disappearing. It wasn't surprise that the orange brat had to be involved with a couple of idiots.
The twins, as if hearing that thought, sent twin glares over their shoulders at the empty space before being yanked into the den of the sparkeater.
"Love ya bro."
"love ya too."
Sideswipe threw himself at his brother paws on golden shoulders. "Save yourself Sunny. Remember me; tell your hatchlings about all my pranks. Teach them well." the red twin says mock seriously. Before something collided with his head.
"Shut up the both of you and get over here." Ratchet snarls. The two obeyed and sat down when ordered before being told what was expected of them. then they were left alone. In Ratchets healing den. With the dragon that was their spark mate that they may or may not love at that moment.
"Well, we are screwed." Sunstreaker says, taking a spot on one side of Ichigo. Sideswipe nodded taking the other. Soon they were asleep the small sack forgotten. They would figure it out later.
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Chapter end.
Thank you for reading.