It's been about a week and Steeljaw and his gang have set up their rooms with berths and anything else they wanted, with each one having their own berth room. The gang got a new member, Fracture, who came to Earth in search of Bumblebee but couldn't catch him due to the interference of Drift. Fracture couldn't get back to his ship thanks to the Autobots so him and his mini-cons fled, he later came across Steeljaw who got him to join his pack. One day Fracture was at the base with Underbite while Steeljaw and Thunderhoof was out searching for other cons or something that could give them the upper hand over the Autobots. Fracture is looking around the base and comes to the one room he never seen the inside of, Steeljaw's room. He had been shown around base after he joined the pack and he's seen every place except Steeljaw's room, the room nobody is allowed to go in. Fracture usually wouldn't be bothered by that as he believes in giving bots their personal space if need be and Steeljaw being his "boss" he needs to stay out of his personal stuff. But curiosity is getting the best of him as he keeps hearing noises coming from the room when Steeljaw be out, as though another being is in there that he hasn't seen.

"Don't even think about going in there"

Fracture looks to his side and sees Underbite standing there watching him. He didn't even know he was there, "Why not? What could our leader be hiding in there?"

"Not something for you to know" Underbite says firmly.

"Why can't I know? I am part of the pack now"

"Just Steeljaw's rule"

"Hmph" Fracture then reaches to unlock the door then opens it, completely ignoring Underbite. He looks into the room and sees a femme lying in the bed, he watched her as she sat up and he noticed she had the Autobot symbol. An Autobot femme!

Strongarm sits up in the bed as Fracture comes into the room and she looks at him with confusion as she never seen this con before, "Who are you?"

"Name's Fracture. I'm a new member of the pack"

"What are you doing in here?"

"I've been hearing movement in this room when Steeljaw be away so I got curious" Fracture says as he moves closer to Strongarm.

Strongarm moves back while Underbite runs over and gets in front of him to block his path, "Trust me Fracture you do not want to touch her or even get close to her, Steeljaw will kill you if you do"

Fracture looks at Underbite for a moment then turns his attention to the femme on the bed and looks her over, which makes Strongarm feel a bit uneasy, "Has Steeljaw mated with you yet?"

"Yes, he has" Strongarm responds as confusion fills her. Why would he ask such a question?

"Hmm.. Must just be only the interface one as I don't see any markings, so he hasn't fully claimed you yet"

Strongarm looks at him as more confusion comes in, "What do you mean?"

Fracture lets out a cackle as he steps forward, "You don't know much about Wolf-cons do you?"

Strongarm shakes her head, "I only know a little so far. Are you saying I'm not really Steeljaw's mate?"

"No, you are his mate, but he hasn't fully claimed you..."

Fracture is interrupted as a vicious growl comes from behind him. He turns to look and sees an angry Steeljaw standing at the doorway.

"I tried to stop him boss.." Underbite starts talking but is quieted by Steeljaw's vicious glare.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN HERE FRACTURE!?" Steeljaw growls out.

"I was curious to what you were keeping in your room.."

"IT'S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS!"

"Heh, I see now why you don't want any of us to come into your room. She is pretty"

That statement just angered Steeljaw further and he pounced on Fracture and slashed him before knocking him to the other side of the room, away from Strongarm. He then went to stand in front of the femme in a protective stance, "GO NEAR HER OR EVEN ATTEMPT TO TOUCH HER AND I WILL DO A LOT WORSE THAN THAT!" Steeljaw warns.

Fracture stands up and gives a gesture of surrender, "Whoa Steeljaw, I'm not trying to take her from you. But other bots might since you haven't fully claimed her yet"

Steeljaw glanced back at Strongarm then looked at Fracture again, "You didn't have to go letting her know that! But you're right, I need to mark her"

Strongarm's optics widen in horror. Mark her? Then it started to sink in, Wolf-cons mark their mates like Predacons do to ensure no other bot takes them away. It also is a good way to keep their mate close to them at all times. Strongarm was so lost in her thoughts she didn't realize that Steeljaw had gotten into the bed until she felt herself being pushed down as she was laid down on the bed with Steeljaw laying on top of her. She looked at him in shock then looked over to the others who was still in the room and was watching as Steeljaw laid on top of her, wrapping his tail around her and holding her in a protective embrace.

Steeljaw looked over to the others, "Even though I have not marked her yet she's still mine and I will kill any of you that tries anything!" he says with a growl.

"Of course, the protective nature of a Wolf-con, always protects the one they love" Fracture says as he looks at the femme, "You're special if you could get this Wolf-con to fall in love with you. I've heard about him and he's never gotten this intimate with any femme"

"Leave Fracture!" Steeljaw says as he starts to get annoyed. Without saying another word Fracture leaves the room along with Underbite, "Close the door!" Steeljaw demands and they do so.

After the door is closed Steeljaw looks at Strongarm, "Did he touch you?"

Strongarm shakes her head, "No. Just talked"

"At least you weren't harmed" Steeljaw said as he laid his forehelm on hers. He then was surprised by Strongarm's next action, she wrapped her arms around him and hugged him back. He looked at her with confusion and joy at the same time as she set her helm in the crease of his neck.

She wasn't sure why but she felt compelled to hug him. She wouldn't admit it to him but she was feeling creeped out and a bit scared by Fracture. For the first time she was actually glad to see Steeljaw show up, she got a sense of relief. So right now she feels obliged to show him at least a little bit of compassion, though she still feels hatred towards him for what he's done.

"Fracture was telling the truth about the marking thing, I should have marked you already, don't know why I haven't" Steeljaw says into her audio receptor.

Strongarm shivers as she hears those words, and with his mouth so close to her receptor. She then yelps as she feels a sharp pain in her neck. He's biting her! She starts fighting and struggling against him as his teeth sink into her metal and her systems start showing warning signs as an unknown chemical enters her frame, making her feel more connected with this con than ever. Her movements slowly start dying down as drowsiness overcomes her and she feels herself starting to go into recharge, she feels his teeth leave her metal as darkness starts to take over.

"Now you're completely mine. Sleep now, my angel"

That's the last thing she hears as recharge overcomes her.


Hours later Strongarm wakes up to find Steeljaw lying next to her fast asleep, and she notices he's not holding onto her so tightly, He must have moved off of me and loosened his grip so he wouldn't crush me while he slept. She thinks as she starts wiggling away from Steeljaw, being careful not to wake him. She gets out of the bed and walks around, lying there for so long cramped up her joints and she needed to stretch. While she stretched she got some very sharp pain in her neck which reminded her of what happened. She looked over at Steeljaw as sadness, anger and concern all filled her at once, he's officially claimed her and made her his. She shakes her head and continues to move about to stretch out her joints. As she does so she realizes that the door is unlocked and from the sound of it the other cons were out. She looks at the door and debates on if she should attempt another escape or not. Just cause Steeljaw marked her and claimed her as his doesn't mean she can't try to get away, right? She doesn't care that she is his mate now she still wants to get away and back to her group, no harm in that. If only she knew.

Strongarm finally makes up her mind and goes over to the door and opens it, she looks out into the base and sure enough the others were gone. They left without a word. Though given how Steeljaw had just acted towards them and how he's been acting whenever they interrupted him while he was with her, Strongarm could see why they would leave without saying anything. Strongarm didn't bother to ponder on it any further, freedom was in her grasp and she quickly, and quietly, headed for the exit. Once she was out of the base she transformed and drove off, not even looking back.


Steeljaw abruptly wakes up with a weird sensation, like there was an emptiness as though he was missing something very dear to him. He was confused to what it could have been until he looked over to his side where Strongarm should have been and found her gone, he then noticed the door open, "No no NO!" he says as he jumps out of the bed and runs out of the room, "STRONGARM!" he then shouts as he heads for the exit. He runs outside and sniffs around, just as he started to get her scent he gets that sensation again, but this time it's basically telling him which way to go to track down his mate. He transforms and heads in the direction he's sure she went as pain suddenly shoots through his frame and he starts to feel like purging out his energon tank. Why is he feeling like this? He's not sure and it's scaring him which is angering him even more.


Strongarm had just made it to the woods when she had to stop, she started to feel sick as severe pain shot throughout her body. She transforms and purges out her energon tank on the side of the road, she then leans against a tree as she tries to wrap her processor around what's going on. Why is she feeling sick all of a sudden? She was just fine a bit ago. She just shrugs it off and starts walking, but she could only take a couple of steps before she fell to her knees, "What in the pit is going on?" she asks herself as she tries to recollect herself and stand up. She has no success as the severe pain grips her frame even more and she falls to the ground, "What is with this pain!?" she shouts in frustration.

She then hears the motor of a car and she makes another attempt to stand up, she gets up onto her feet as the pain starts to subside a bit. She's trying to move off the road and take cover in case it's humans but has a hard time moving. She listens to the engine more closely and comes to the realization that it's Steeljaw and not the humans, Scrap! Of course he would track me down, and I can't really move so I can't hide. She says to herself as Steeljaw's vehicle form comes into view. She then hears more engines and she looks to see a few human vehicles heading towards her. Before she could grasp what was happening the weapon on one vehicle shot at her and she felt a surge of electricity course through her as she blacks out.

Steeljaw pulls up in time to see this and is outraged by seeing his mate taken down in such a way, he transforms and charges the humans but was hit with the same thing that struck Strongarm and he was electrocuted and knocked out.

Strongarm later wakes up to an ache in her helm and soreness all over her body as her systems try to function through the pain. She looks around and notices she's in a holding cell which is large and well accommodated enough for a Cybertronian. She looks over to her right and sees Steeljaw lying next to her and she wonders how they got in this situation, things were a bit fuzzy at the moment. Just then Steeljaw wakes up and puts his servo on his helm as his helm hurt like crazy, he sits up and looks around and notices the same thing Strongarm did, that they were in a large holding cell just for them. They looked at each other as they both tried to figure out where they were and what was going on. Then a male voice rang out which got their attention, "You two are awake I see. There is energon over there in the corner and stuff for you to sleep on if you need to"

Strongarm and Steeljaw looked at the human that was speaking to them. The human was a male that looked like he was around his mid to late thirties, he was muscular built and had short brownish black hair which was slicked back. They also noticed he had a long scar on his left cheek just below his eye, he looked like someone that's been in many fights and won. He had this tough looking exterior to him like he couldn't be intimidated or phased by anything.

Steeljaw and Strongarm looked at him with intrigue and confusion as questions burned into their processors, "Who are you!?" Steeljaw finally asked with a growl and a hint of venom in his voice.

"My identity will be made known in due time" the man responded. His voice was rough and edgy and held a tone that would make anyone follow him, which could be why he has so many men at his command.

Steeljaw let out a growl to try and scare the human but to no avail. Then Strongarm spoke up, "Why are we here? What do you want with us?"

At that question the man's mouth curled into a smirk as he responded, "One thing... Revenge"