Chapter 13 More Trouble

Conery bolted straight up in her bed while Megatron fell off the bed and landed on the floor. She blinked a few times as she tried to remember what had startled her awake. She looked over at the door and saw her parents sitting on Optimus' shoulders fuming as they glared at her.

"WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS?!" They screamed at her.

"Of what?" Conery asked innocently as she rubbed her optics.

"Sleeping on the same bed!" Lori snapped.

"Nothing happened! And our armor is still on!" Conery squealed.

"I don't care!" Coby shouted. "You are only 16! I will not have my daughter sleeping in the same bed as her boyfriend!"

Megatron stood up and brushed himself off. "Calm down." He stated. "I would never, ever do anything to harm Conery."

Optimus looked at the Decepticon leader and sighed. "There is no point in arguing with them. They stand firmly by the rules that applied to Conery when she was a human." He stated.

Megatron grunted as he sat down on Conery's bed. Conery wrapped her arms around his shoulders and leant her head against his. She heard two low growls just before she felt Pridebreaker rub against her. She smiled as she reached over and scratched her affectionate lioness. A deep purr reverberated around the room as the Decepticon lions purred. She smiled as she rubbed her cheek against Megatron's and he let out a really low purr which made her giggle.

"Do you two even have a clue how much trouble you're in?!" Lori demanded.

Conery looked at her parents in disbelief. "What? Why?" She demanded.

"Simple, you have disregarded our rules." Coby replied sternly. "You aren't allowed to see Megatron for a week."

"But!" Conery started to say but Megatron touched her cheek softly.

"It's ok Conery." He said softly as he stood up. "Don't make it longer." He added with a soft smile.

Conery stood up beside him and looked up at him sullenly. He smiled again as he pulled her close and kissed her softly. Conery kissed him back and wished that is would last longer. He pulled away and left the room, but not before he looked back at her. Optimus closely followed him, her parents still sitting on his shoulders. She sighed as she flopped down on the bed, tears building behind her optics. Pridebreaker lay down beside her and mewed sadly.

"You can still go and see Nemesis." She stated as she looked over at her loyal lioness. Her optics widened as she thought of something. "That's it!" She squealed. "Mom and Dad said that I can't see him, but they never said anything about sending letters!" She explained to her startled partner. "It's perfect! You and Nemesis can relay letters for us and no one will know the difference! What do you think?" She asked.

Pridebreaker mewed in agreement. Conery let out a happy cry as she wrapped her arms around the lioness' neck. She stood up and went to the desk pushed against the wall beside her bed. She grabbed a data pad and quickly typed Megatron a message explaining her plan. She then handed it to Pridebreaker. She transformed and startled Conery.

"Oh wow! Guess I should have known that you could transform huh?" She asked in embarrassment.

Pridebreaker smiled and nodded her head. She looked like a female Leobreaker except her lion head chest was missing the huge mane. She took the data pad and placed it in her subspace. She than transformed back into her beast mode and left the room quickly. Conery smiled as she sat back down on the bed. She was suddenly overcome by exhaustion and slowly slipped into recharge.

She grunted as she felt a hand touch her face. It trailed along her jaw line to stop just under her chin. Her optics flared to life and she stared up into a pair of purple optics. She opened her mouth to scream when the optics were inches from her while a mouth was placed against hers. She felt a glossa working its way around her mouth and she almost gagged in disgust. This wasn't Megatron and whoever it was had no right to do this to her. She slammed her teeth down on top of the glossa and felt energon flow into her mouth. A muffled scream escaped her attacker as he tried to back up. She released the glossa and watched in amusement as the mech backed up with his hand over his mouth and energon flowed in between his fingers. She angrily spat out the energon in her mouth onto the ground.

"You glitch!" The mech snarled as he turned his optics on her.

Conery snorted. "That will teach you to touch me, you vile disgusting excuse for a mech!" She snarled as she spat more energon on the floor.

The mech glared at her. "Oh, you are lucky I'm not in a bad mood." He growled.

"Oh I'm shaking in my titanium boots Starscream!" She snarled again.

Starscream glared at her. "You will be mine whether you like it or not." He growled as he advanced on her.

Just as Conery went to scream again she felt someone shaking her. She snapped awake with a small shriek as she looked into Scourge's worried optics.

"Are you ok Conery?" He asked as he stopped shaking her.

"Yah." Conery replied as she sat up.

Scourge wrapped his arm around her shoulder and sighed. "You were shaking in your sleep Conery." He stated as he hugged her.

"Well you would be too if Starscream was about to make you his mate." She replied.

Scourge's twisted in disgust. "You think?" He commented with a shudder.

Conery laughed as she hugged her "uncle". "So what are you doing in my room?" She asked.

Scourge smiled. "Megatron gave me a data pad to give you. Said that Nemesis was a little too busy to deliver it for him." He stated.

Conery grimaced. "Ok, that wasn't something I wanted to know." She stated as she took the data pad. "Thanks Scourge." She added as he stood up and walked out the door.

He smiled back at her as the door slid closed. Conery turned to the data pad and read the note.

I was wondering when you were going to think of that. I had already thought of it when your parents punished you. Sorry for not telling you that but then your parents would have probably forbidden that. But yes, I think that the lions are a good cover for us. They do, after all, meet each other on a regular basis.

Personally, I think that your parents' punishment is a little harsh, but then again, they are worried. I am after all the leader of the Decepticons. But really, a whole week? And besides we are in the same base, one way or another we will see each other. Well, until you write back, which won't be today since our lions have gone to have fun by themselves (nasty images keep entering my mind);

Your one and only

Megatron

Conery smiled as she shook her head. Megatron had a point about the fact that they would end up seeing each other. She sighed as she set the data pad down on her desk and checked her internal clock. It was only 2 in the afternoon. She groaned in boredom as she walked out of her room and headed for the Command center. This was going to be a very long week.