Warnings: this and that.
Disclaimer: I own nothing to do with Transformers.
Klik - seconds
Breem - minutes
Joor - hour
deca-cycle - weeks
Orn equal to days
cycles equal to months
Vorns- years
Prowl wondered just how he ended up in his current situation, it was almost like a sense of déjà vu. He found himself again sandwich between three seekers with no Bluestreak in sight. A quick location ping showed that the little Praxian was already back in Praxus another check showed that Smokescreen was on his way and would arrive near the end of the orn. Prowl sent a short message to his apprentice then settled back down in the seeker pile.
Though it had only been cycles since he found out about them and the bond between them was weak. He found that he didn't mind onlining like this but he hated being smush. Prowl wiggled his doors trying to get comfortable but it only served to make the three flyers move with him. like the servo that was on one of his legs move to his thigh. An arm ending up around his waist holding him possessively and tugging him back into a large blue chassis. He found his vision being taken over by another chassis as his helm was pulled under another's chin. Now he was fully trapped and unless he wanted to wake them he could no longer move.
Sighing, Prowl felt that this was some short of karma for something that he must have done, though he had yet to figure out what he did. Shifting he could peek out from the red chassis and saw that he was backed into Thundercracker and Skywarp had moved to the bottom with Starscream being the one holding his helm in place. He froze when Skywarp's servo started moving from its spot on his thigh and not wanting to have to deal with that yet, Prowl gave the purple and black seeker a solid whack to the helm with the bottom half of his one moving door wing.
The seeker woke and fell out of the berth with a yelp, waking both Starscream and Thundercracker. The two looked over the Praxian that was still in their hold and down at Skywarp on the floor. The seeker was rubbing the spot in his helm that he landed on and glared up at the two grinning down at him.
"Which one of you pushed me off?" he grumbles getting up and back on the berth.
"Who knows, we were in recharge when you fell. You twist and turn so much that it's really not surprising that you finally fell off." Starscream waved at him adjusting Prowl who had turned his optics off feigning recharge.
Thundercracker hummed in agreement. "You do tend to toss and turn." He loosens his own grip on the black and white Praxian. "But it's your fault for recharging near someone's pedes."
"I was at the head of the berth you two pushed me out of the way." Skywarp threw up his servos and scowl at the two. "Where else was, I supposed to recharge!"
Starscream snickers, "Well there is the chair that TC slept in last time." He had a small grin on his face as he stared down Skywarps scowl.
Thundercracker sighed as he freed Prowl from the oncoming tug a war that was brewing. He tapped Prowl on his chevron, "I know that your awake."
Prowl optics grew brighter when he was found out. Thundercracker was helping him off the berth as the two others continued to stare at each other. "Let's leave the sparklings to play while we go enjoy our morning energon."
Starscream and Skywarp snapped their helms in their direction, mouths open in astonishment as Thundercracker led Prowl out of the room. He only gave them a small smirk over the Praxians helm before shutting the door. A faint click let them know that he had locked them in and if they wanted to join the duo for energon, they would have to fly down and back through the front.
"Who knew that he was such a sparkling." Skywarp said arms crossed.
"I would never act like that." Starscream huffed walking away for his trine mate.
"Where are you going?"
"Where does it look like." Starscream blasted open one of the windows and jump out transforming then flying off. Skywarp gapped at the open window before he jerked and jumped out cursing his trine mates as he tried to catch up with Starscream.
Prowl took small sips as he and Thundercracker waited for Starscream and Skywarp to join them. the blue seeker had said that they were taking care of some business before they could join them. the sound of jets engines had him looking up as a red dot started to grow above them. when another set of engines was heard, Prowl saw that the red dot was joined by a purple one.
"It seems that they are finished." He said.
Thundercracker didn't bother looking, he was getting ranted at by his trine mates through the bond but he replied anyway. "So, it would seem, maybe they will behave long enough to enjoy the morning." He took a sip of his cube. "So, you were saying that you found your little sniper out on the streets?"
"Ah yes, Bluestreak had been abandoned by his creators. He never said why and the Enforcers could find no one who was missing a youngling his age. Putting him into the youth centers became a game of catch." At Thundercracker's questioning look Prowl elaborated. "He tended to escape the caretakers and disappear back into the streets. We would be called to find him and bring him back. I was usually the one called since he responded well to me. It confused everyone including myself. But when asked he would only smile. At the time Bluestreak didn't talk much if any."
By now the other two seekers had sat down with their own cubes they gave the larger blue seeker a glare. Skywarp had even placed himself between Prowl and his trine brother pulling him close in a possessive hold. Prowl glanced between the three feeling like there was something going on that he missed. But Thundercracker was ignoring the two glares aimed at him smirking at his brothers before encouraging Prowl to continue.
"By now I was getting frustrated by the constant calling for a youngling the obviously didn't want to be there. so, the next time I was called out I told them to let it him be. It would be cycles later that he confronted me on one of my patrols." Prowl smiled and the seekers forgotten their little squabble and melted at the rare smile. "He talked more that orn then he ever did since I found him. turned out he only left the Center because he wanted my attention since I had been the only one to listen to him. after that, I allowed him to stay at my place only if he attended the classes at the Youth Center. The rest as you saw is history."
Thundercracker hummed. "Yes, did you formally adopted him?"
Prowl shoulders slumped a little. "No," he whispered. He had wanted to adopt Bluestreak but those in charge of such things had been strict and had loudly and quickly said no. it was mostly due to him having a battle computer and the troubles with his emotional centers. They had said that he wouldn't have been able to help Bluestreak with his emotional needs or that what would happen to the youngling should Prowl fail to recover from a crash. They also added that they would rather that he be bonded in case he fell in the line of duty.
Then they preceded to take Bluestreak and place him in another Youth Center far from Prowl's location. The youngling at the time had disappeared for cycles before Prowl found him again, sick from starving and far too cold to the touch. From then the Enforcers had kept quiet on Bluestreaks whereabouts until he reached his final frame and enrolled in the academy.
The trine of seekers, remined silent until Prowl shuttered out of his memory. Skywarp, surprisingly, was the one to break the silent. "But now you two are together and we don't mind adopting him once we finalize the bond."
Prowl blinked at the purple and black seeker, he wasn't the only one stun either. Starscream and Thundercracker were staring at their trine brother in awe before they saw the little triumphed smirk. While they could feel that the younger seeker was sincere, they wouldn't put it pass him to used that to gain more of Prowls going affection for them.
Prowl, on the other hand was more focus on the last part of Skywarp's sentence. "Wh-when would it…we, when would we finalize the bond."
This time Starscream answered before the other two had had a chance. He placed a servo over Prowls, optics never leaving his. "When you are ready. We will not force you to do something that you are uncomfortable doing. Unless it's for your own good of course."
Prowl glanced down into his half empty cube deep in thought. He felt small nudges from the three seekers through the small bond that they share. He felt acceptance, love, determination, patients; everything that Prowl felt flowed over him and through him. Prowl's doors fluttered behind him showing the emotions that he couldn't show and soon he found himself being tackled by one overly happy seeker.
"Great! now that's that done. We can show you around!" Skywarp snuggled into Prowls neck his own wings twitching up and down in his excitement.
Prowl looked confused. He needed to contact his Commander, he was still on loan to Kaon even if both Bluestreak and Smokescreen were on their way back to Praxus. He could not just leave an unfinished assignment.
"Lazierfield has been informed by your little mech. He said that you still had some unfinished vacation time that needs to be used up and that he better not see you back until it's all gone." Starscream said in a bored tone.
Prowl thought of a few choice words towards his boss. the mech loved to poke his nose in his subordinate's business. He would have to have a talk with his boss once he could get near communications rely.
"We have work to do ourselves Warp. Perhaps Prowl would like to explore the city alone. Then we can show him around once we finish our own paperwork."
"b-but but I want to stay with Prowl, let some peon do all that boring paperwork." Skywarp whined.
"If we have to suffer then so do you!" Starscream scruff the clinging seeker before Thundercracker managed to dislodge him. with the sudden release while Starscream gave a harsh pull sent the purple and black seeker into the red and blue one both falling on their afts. Prowl, after deciding that it was funny, gave a soft chuckle at the pouting look the younger seeker was giving at the two older ones.
The seekers, keeping their pouting scowling expressions, gave a small thought of victory at the sound. Before Bluestreak had left that orn he had told the seekers everything he knew about Prowl that the black and white usually kept to himself. So, their goal was to get as many expressions out of the Enforcer.
"If you start now, Warp it won't take you long. Your stack is smaller than ours." Thundercracker pointed out. the youngest seeker perked up.
"Yeah that's true! Bye!" with a pop he was gone leaving the three mechs staring at the spot he was just at.
"We should have done that a long time ago." Starscream mutters. Thundercracker nodded. "Anyway, here is a list of places that you may enjoy as well as a map of the city. There is also a time to meet us at the end of the orn." The lead seeker sent a burst of said items to Prowl. "No doubt that Skywarp will find you sometime this orn and he will try to drag you everywhere." He warned.
Prowl accepted the map and list and nodded at the forewarning. With that Starscream and Thundercracker left the Praxian to his own devices. But Prowl ran into a small problem. Even with a list to go by he still had no idea what to do with so much free time without a goal. The Vos was built for those that could fly so it didn't have much for those with wheels. Though there were walkways, Prowl couldn't get to most of the places on the list without a way to get to them.
A quick look at the map and Prowl found something that wasn't on the list and wasn't really known to tourist. While not like the gardens back in Praxus Vos did boast about its own sky gardens. But that still left him without a way to get to them. he could use the public transportations but they cost credits that he wasn't sure that he had on him.
To his surprise, he had found some credits that he couldn't account for. They weren't there before the situation in Kaon. so, where did they come from?
His answer came from a ping later. It turns out that his trine spark mates had no intentions of sending him out without some currency. Prowl ran over the figures and he nearly froze at the amount. It was too much. He had never seen that much before nor could he ever make in his career. He was about to send over half back when another message pop up.
: Don't you dare send any back. These are your credits to use and no we do not expect you to use them all in one setting: Skywarp had sent. Prowl wondered how they knew what he was about to do.
: Plus, I think that little Blue said that he was going to take some vacation time soon. he makes less then you. Wouldn't it be great if you had some credits to use when he came to visit you: Starscream did have a point. But still.
: its tradition that the spark mate of Vosian Leaders has a small allowance. It was a sign of acceptance when the consort took it. What they did with it was their own business. One used it to fund charities: Thundercracker added.: If it was refused it didn't always bode well:
Prowl sighed in defeat. They all had a point, he would just have to figure out what to do with the extra funds. But at least now he could use the transport to get to the sky gardens. Though looking at what was available made him shutter. The tightly pack transports would be pit on his door wings, the vehicles not meant for those of his frame type. He sighed again, if he wanted to go he would have to use the most expensive one that would give him the room. As he walked to the station he scrolled through his options. He smirked when he found an interesting find.
One of the transports was own privately and for the amount provided Prowl could rent for the entire orn. He could visit all levels of the sky garden platforms. It would cut his time in half leaving him more time to explore before having to meet up with the seekers.
Once payment was rendered and the small transport started take off, Prowl found himself starting to relax. He relaxed more once he stepped onto the first level of the gardens. The Vosian gardens were made up five levels. Only the bottom two could a bot reach by stairs. The others could only be reached if said bot could fly or have one of the transport vehicles.
It was the last and biggest level that Prowl really wanted to see. But he allowed himself to see the lower levels. Unlike the crystal gardens in Praxus, the gardens in Vos were mostly made up of several plants both native to Cybertron and some that were organic and could survive high altitudes. Different verities of air plants liter the platforms. Some flowering some not. Little metal insects, those that help take care of the plants, buzzed lazily back and forth between sections.
As he visited each level the organic plants disappeared and were replaced more by metal and crystal variety. Some he didn't even know of and some were examples of the ones in the Helix gardens. Though none were as large as the one back in Praxus.
As he stepped on the last platform Prowl stood in awe at the giant crystal at the center. Colors exploded around him. Prowl was so lost in what he was seeing he didn't hear the pop of someone coming out of a warp. It wasn't till his was encircled by a pair of black and purple arms that he realized that someone was there.
"Hiya Prowl, enjoying yourself?" Skywarp grinned. Prowl nodded still in awe of the beauty of the gardens. Skywarp noticed and tried to think up of a way to get the Praxian attention. He smiled when he thought of one, though his trine mates might get a little miff that he thought of it first. He turned the door winger around tilted his helm up and before Prowl could ask what he was doing seal his mouth over his.
Prowl's optics widen before he uncertainly returns the kiss. Skywarp would have continue further but a shrill unimpressed voice shouted at him over the trine bond. He sighed, Starscream had bad timing in his opinion. But looking at Prowl now he grins, the Praxian was panting as fans whirled to cool down his frame. Skywarp preened at the effect he gave, usually he was the one looking like that it was nice to have someone look blissed because of him.
"Well Screamer just order us to meet up with him and TC. But if you wanted to see the rest of the gardens then they can wait a while longer." He snickers as Prowls daze look.
The black and white Enforcer shook his helm to shake off the daze. "I would need to let my transport know. I did pay for the orn."
The seeker nodded, "Alright you go enjoy the garden while I take care of your ride. I'll catch up with you later."
Prowl watched him leave before going in another direction. There was hardly anyone else on the fifth level, the seeker would be able to find him easily. It was joors later that he and Skywarp were standing out in front of a small café. But instead of going through the front door Prowl was led to the back of the café up some stairs to the roof. there already waiting for them were Thundercracker and Starscream, the later impatiently thrumming his fingers against the table.
"Bout time you showed up Skywarp." He growled. "We have been waiting for joors."
"Well Prowl wanted to finish seeing the gardens. I did feel like rushing him." the black and purpled seeker said dismissing the irritated Starscream.
"Then you should have called us and let us know so we wouldn't have been sitting here looking foolish." The red seeker said wings held high before relaxing. "But never mind that now." He looked to Prowl, "I trust the gardens were to your satisfactory?"
"I enjoyed them." Prowl said taking a seat between Thundercracker and Starscream. The younger seeker pouted before shrugging.
"you should see them during one of the festivals. They really come alive then." Thundercracker said waving over the waiter. "Would you like a menu Prowl since this your first time here? or would you trust our judgment and order for you?"
Prowl thought about it. It really didn't matter to him either way. "Since you know what's good I'll let you decide."
The blue seeker nods but hands him a menu anyway. Just in case Prowl saw something he may want to try. The trine wasn't planning on drowning the mech in a sea of fancy foods and ball rooms. Not like what would have happened if they were in Iacon. Bluestreak had been a well of information on all things Prowl with added commentary from other sources.
After they had fueled Skywarp had disappeared before showing back up and with a large bowel of frozen energon. It was hard to make dish since frozen energon was useless and caused more problems once consumed. However, some bot had thought up a way to freeze it while keeping it edible. They also added several layers of favor, but the process was long and expensive so if someone wanted some they would have to order it a head of time.
Luckily, they had already had order it before Prowl was found. Or to be more precise Skywarp had order it behind their backs and was making it up by sharing it with them using Prowl to avoid being yelled at. But to be able enjoy the frozen treat had them forgetting about the younger seeker spending credits that he shouldn't.
Of course, they were more interested in Prowls first taste. What they got was a shocked look follow by a blissful moan. Prowl once he was done savoring the treat looked embarrassed by the moan but he didn't have long to think about it as another treat was placed gently in his mouth by one of the seekers.
Prowl was a little confused at first as those digits lingered in his mouth as he licked off the sticky remains of the energon treat, but found that he liked being fed. His passed lovers never did anything like this. Each took a turn feeding him until Prowl returned the favor though a bit more shyly then the bolder flyers.
It would have gone a bit further if the building they were in didn't started shaking. Screams and yells from within and without the building reached them and all four raced outside to see what was causing the ruckus. Prowl had a uneasy feeling and it only got worse once they were outside and saw one of the towers fall. Beside him he felt more then saw the waves of anger roll off the royal trine.
"Thundercracker get to the air forces and evacuate those still in the top buildings. Skywarp, get in touch with the Enforcers and start finding whose responsible and sweep ever building for any more bombs. I'll take care of the rest." Starscream said to his trine mates. He turns to Prowl, while he would want to send the Praxian somewhere safe he had no doubts that he vacationing Enforcer was itching to help. "Prowl the Youth centers need to be checked on. After what happen to the Kaon Centers I am taking no chances. The guardians know that you are coming and they are only to leave if the structures are unstable."
Prowl nodded and stayed only long enough to watch his mates fly off. He transformed and sped through panicking tourist and frantic flyers trying to launch themselves. It was only a few breems before he made it to the first Youth Center. Thankfully it was still standing and had received no damage. The mechs and femmes guarding it gave the okay and that they would be staying until it proved too much to stay. Prowl sped off again using the map that was provided earlier that orn hitting all the Centers on that side of the city. Only one needed to be evacuated and Prowl escorted them to one of the other centers that had the room.
He spends the rest of the orn and well into the next crossing the city checking on every single Youth Center. He also stopped and help those that he could, but thankfully the bombings were localize in the main tourist areas. But that didn't deter him from doing his job.
It was only when a familiar signature of Thundercracker dropping in front of him that he finally stopped. He hadn't rested since the first bomb had gone off. He swayed before a cube was shoved into his servos. He took small sips as he waited for the blue seeker to start talking but when the other remain silent did Prowl look up.
The large flyer had a sad and grim expression and the bad feeling from earlier returned. Prowl took a step back when the seeker started talking. The Praxian only caught a few words before he fell the rest where muffled as if something was blocking his audios. But what he did hear he couldn't believe.
Praxus had been destroyed.
Prowl crashed so overwhelmed by the tidal wave of emotions as thoughts raced through his processor. Thundercracker lunge forward to catch the unconscious mech. He sighed thinking that he should've though of Prowl crashing from the news. Cradling his mate, Thundercracker returned them to Palace. The news would no doubt have to be repeated once the Praxian online and they would have to try to keep him in Vos until it was safe to leave. But Thundercracker knew that nothing would keep Prowl from returning to the ruin city, not with the chance of being survivors there. it was in his core coding as a Enforcer so they might as well let him go and send someone with him.
He sighed again, they only knew of the disaster due to Barricade's last transmission before they lost his signal. He just hoped for Prowls sake that someone survived or he didn't want to think what would happen to the mech.
Landing on one of the balconies, the large seeker laid the mech on the berth and sat next to him. Prowl curled up and around Thundercracker burying his face in the seekers middle. Keens and whimpers were muffled by the flyers frame and Thundercracker let him. it was the scene that Starscream and Skywarp walked in on. Neither spoke as they took their spots around the morning mech. Until he was ready to face reality they would guard him. and Primus help any one that came close to their mate.
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Chapter End.
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