(See previous disclaimer. Several weeks after last chapter)

Aquaformer was still missing in action and Optimus was in the med bay getting repaired after a dangerous confrontation with the cons who were also hiding here on earth. He had instinctively proctected his abdomen, but that left many deep cuts on other parts of his body. Slugbug was by his side as Ratchet helped repair Optimus while Kryptonight had the unfortunate task of repairing the oafish Sentinel Prime. If it was one thing that Sentinel hated more than organics, it was seekers. Why, no one knew for sure, but those who posited a guess, might have assumed it was due to the fact that the oafish prime was jealous.

"Stop it, Sentinel, or I will make this more difficult and painful for you" Krypto threatened after Sentinel began to bad mouth the seeker medic. Krypto didn't take being dissed and disrespected very well, especially since he was a seeker.

"You wouldn't dare hurt a prime…"

"Don't tempt me…seekers are well known for being nasty when pissed off…" Krypto said, barely refraining from going off on the arrogant prime.

"And I won't stop him" Ratchet said, knowing just how nasty cons could be when mad, regardless of faction. That shut Sentinel up pretty quick. If Ratchet wouldn't protect the prime, no one else would.

"Hrmph" Sentinel uttered in disgust and tried to settle down long enough to be repaired for a minor injury, as he had run from the fray rather than fight it.

Ratchet returned to what he was doing on Optimus Prime. Optimus was patient and quiet as he was worked on but he held a look of worry on his faceplates. "Are…are they ok?" Optimus asked, forgetting about Sentinel was in the room due to his worry.

"Yes…the team is fine" Ratchet answered, trying to shield Optimus from Sentinel finding out.

"Not my team….MY BABIES" Optimus said without thinking. The room went dead quiet. Kryptonight and Slugbug watched, as did Ratchet. They had hoped Sentinel wouldn't find out, but now Optimus had spilled the beans about him carrying sparklings.

"What do you mean babies?" Sentinel asked, too curious for his own good as well as wanting something else to hold Optimus back with. This could be Sentinel's golden ticket, so to speak, that Optimus wasn't fit to be a Prime.

"None of you damn business" Krypto stated sharply, trying to make things harder for sentinel, but it wasn't working. Sentinel had already learned what they had been keeping from him for weeks.

"I knew it. I knew it! Whore bot can't hide anything from me any longer. I knew something was different and now that I know, I will make sure Magnus knows he is unfit for service!" Sentinel exclaimed loudly, not realizing he was angering someone with greater power than a seeker who was pissed off.

"SILENCE" came a booming voice that sounded like it was coming from everywhere yet nowhere. The med bay went dead quiet. Slugbug now looked different. He had grown bigger and his already intense gold optics went deep blue. Not even Ratchet had seen this before. Krypto merely watched while the others back off. Optimus and Krypto were the only two who knew what was going on. "How dare you defy me!"

"And who, pray tell are you?"

"PRIMUS" the voice said in no tone a Cybertronian bot could possess. That scared practically every bot in the med bay, well, every bot except the oafish prime.

"I don't believe you."

"Oh really. Then how come I know you are keeping Aquaformer's mate locked away in one of your torture chambers and that you chased her here because she had information you wanted to use to destroy her and him because they were happily bonded? Or the fact that you planned on using Ratchet and force him to tell you what secrets she may hold? Or how do I know that it was originally your idea to go to that organic planet and it was you who left Elita-1 behind where she turned into Blackarachnia?" Primus asked, shocking all who listened. They had no idea that Sentinel was not quite the good Autobot he claimed to be. The only saving grace for Sentinel was that Ultra Magnus was gone for a bit.

The others were shocked and looked to Sentinel. This was far worse than they had expected. Sentinel looked at the others and tried to deny the truth, but he wasn't very good at it, especially since Optimus knew the truth about the Elita-1 deal. "You…you want to destroy us? Are you really an Autobot, Sentinel? Autobots protect others, help others and promote freedom. What you are doing can be considered Decepticon behaviors" Optimus stated, protective of his team and babies.

That hurt. It hurt deeply, but Sentinel had truly deserved it. "You were competition. I needed you gone so that I could be the next Ultra bot without having to see you and knowing that you knew that I was lying about Elita-1."

Ratchet was now livid as well. "I think we should throw you in our make shift brig, but that wouldn't fly, as Ultra Magnus has no idea of this, and chances are that he wouldn't believe us over you. We just have to find Aquaformer before you do."

That pissed Sentinel off, as even Jazz opposed him. "You too, Jazz?"

"Yes, as my optics have been opened. You are a despicable bot."

While the bots argued and Slugbug protected his mate, none had realized that Soundwave had sent a secretive device under the base to listen in. Soundwave overheard about one of the bots being sparked, but he wasn't entirely sure who it was. But he had left after that tantalizing bit of info. He knew Megatron could use this piece of information to force the Autobots to do what he wanted. Sentinel had no idea that trouble he was about to introduce to the Autobots due to his own mouth.