"Your heart decides who it likes and who it doesn't...You cant tell your heart what to do. It does it on its own, when you least expect it, or eve when you don't want it to." ~ Unknown.

"I love you as certain dark things are to be loved. In secret, between the shadow and the soul." ~ Pablo Neruda.


Chapter 14

Blood red optics lazily onlined, a powerful engine growling as it awakened fully. He shuttered his optics, getting his bearings. He felt… warm. Quite warm, actually. And he also felt like…

He looked down, seeing a large, strong arm wrapped around his waist, holding him firmly against the broad torso of the ex-gladiator. His helm rested on the other silver arm, using it as a pillow, as the tyrant rested his helm just above and behind Starscream's, his warm exhales caressing the Seeker's nape.

A large leg was wrapped over Starscream's, effectively keeping the Seeker in place. He was pretty sore down below… And stiff all over. How many times did they overload again..? Ten? Eleven? Thirteen? All he could remember was that he had overheated so much from it that they were forced to call it a night. And they had fragged in at least six different positions. Maybe more. It was a blur at this point, really.

That's when he noticed something. Megatron was still inside of him. Not the first time this had happened either. He vented a sigh, knowing he would be walking funny all orbital cycle. Definitely part of Megatron's evil plans…

The Air Commander quietly unsubspaced a camera and turned it on. He paused, making sure his superior was still in recharge before holding it up and making it face them. He widened his optics, looking shocked as he took a picture. Then, he took a picture of him smirking, then broadly smiling, then making a disgusted face. He checked the images, making sure him and Megatron were both clearly visible, then held it up again, taking a picture of him looking like he was crying, then one of him looking lustful, and one of him seeming to be satiated. He then lowered the camera, taking a picture to show that Megatron was hugging him, and that the tyrant was still inside of him. He held the camera back up, made a face as if he was in a slag heap of trouble, and took the final picture. He subspaced the camera, pushed himself back into Megatron, and smiled when the warlord instinctively held him closer, grunting softly.

The Seeker just lied there, enjoying it when these arms were holding him like this rather than tearing him apart. He debated on how he would online the grounder. He could just fall back into recharge and wait until Megatron onlined himself, or he could be an afthelm and do something terrible and earn himself a solid aft beating. Or a punch in the faceplates. Pain in some physical way.

He had already onlined Megatron before by licking him on the faceplates, another time by kissing him madly. Then there was that time he had simply smacked Megatron on the aft with a metal rod… His own aft was nearly decimated after that incident. Then there was the time he had kicked Megatron in the codpiece when his spike was still out… Oh, and the time he had managed to shove the gunformer off the berth entirely. He had blared a car horn right in Megatron's audio receptor, made him online to fireworks being set off on the berth next to him, and dumped ice water on his helm. And that one time he put cyberflies under Megatron's outer plating.

Damn, Skywarp was such a bad influence on him…

Starscream thoughtfully chewed his lower lip plate, contemplating on what to do. Then, he evilly smiled.

He looked down, carefully pulling his aft away from Megatron's crotch, lifting his upper leg up to try and push Megatron's leg off. It took a bit, but he managed to get Megatron's spike to slide out of his very sore valve. He quickly covered himself and rested his leg back down. He perked his wings, being careful not to hit the recharging grounder.

The Alpha Seeker made a sound as if to clear his vocalizer, readied himself, then let out the loudest, most feminine shriek he could make.

Megatron startled online, his optics wide as he leaped up, lost balance, and unceremoniously fell off the berth with an undignified squawk. Starscream couldn't suppress his mischievous giggle.

Megatron quickly glanced around the room, checking for danger, but soon realized it had simply been that dumb Seeker he kept around. "Starscream!" He bellowed furiously.

Starscream immediately sat up, his wings drooping, optics dim, and looking like he was about to cry. "Oh, Primus, I did it! I recharged with you a-and now..!" He cupped his cheekplates in mock horror. "If sire and carrier find out I'm going to be grounded for eternity! Why did I agree to this?! We aren't even graduated from secondary education! I'm probably sparked and will be an adolescent carrier! And then they'll put me on those TV shows to show other adolescents to not be like me! And you're going to abandon me once the sparkling is born because my creators will force me to have it to 'teach me a lesson,' and I'll be a single carrier living in my creators' basement, unable to finish my education and having to get a job at a brothel cleaning the berths all because I'm not pretty enough for any other use, and then my creators will disown me because I have brought dishonor to them!"

Megatron eyed him, realizing that the annoying flyer was doing that roleplaying slag. Ugh, these Seekers…

"Starscream…"

"AND IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T UNPLUG YOUR WIRES!" He screamed fervently.

Megatron rolled his optics before standing up. Starscream crossed his arms, flicked his wings, and held his olfactory sensor in the air like some bratty femme.

"Starscream, will you-"

"I'm not talking to you. UGH!" He held out a blue servo to silence the grounder in such a feminine manner, not even looking at him.

"I'm not playing along."

"BECAUSE YOU HATE ME AND GOT ME SPARKED!"

Megatron slapped his Second across the faceplates, eliciting a yelp from the tri-colored Seeker. "Stop screeching. My audio receptors are about to leak…" He growled.

Starscream eyed him, rubbing his hurting cheekplates. Then he smirked. "Apology interface?" He fluttered his wings.

"You're insatiable."

The Air Commander gave him such a smug smirk, so proud of that. He finally looked down, noting the condition of his frame. He was absolutely covered in dried transfluid from both himself and Megatron. His frame was dented from being roughly handled, and his aft was sporting the worst of it from being humped so hard and getting more than one severe aft beating. It still hurt quite a bit.

He was covered in black and silver streaks of paint, much of his own chipped away. Megatron was covered in transfluid himself, along with red, white, and blue paint. One look at either of them and anyone could guess what they had been up to last night and with whom.

"I think we probably should shower first, my lord." Starscream replied, looking up at his superior.

"That would be best." Megatron said as he examined himself.

Starscream smiled lustfully. "Apology interface. In your washroom. Let's clean each other."

Megatron grinned at that idea.


"Hah, ah, oh, hahh, hah, mrhh, hah, ow, harder!" Starscream moaned, his front pressed against the wet, slippery bulkhead, his digits clawing at it's cold surface.

Megatron was behind him, thrusting brutally into his Second, one servo resting on the bulkhead as the other grasped Starscream's hip, keeping him in place.

Water from the shower head poured over the two heated bodies as they worked on their second overload of the morning. Not much had been cleaned off from their frames before they went at it and found themselves like this once more. Starscream just relaxed, allowing his superior to have complete control. After last night and his spark still a little weak, he much rather allow someone else to do all the hard work and he just reap the benefits. And getting Megatron to spark bond with him did seem to help give his spark an extra boost of energy to aid in healing. So, Hook couldn't complain about this being detrimental to his self repair.

HA! Take that you damn, annoying doctor! You and trying to make Starscream healthy all the time… Such an evil bastard…

Soundwave palmed the door open to Megatron's quarters, his visor brightening for a moment. He silently made his way to the washroom, gazing through the open door.

"Lord Megatron." He intoned.

Megatron didn't look back or cease his thrusting. Soundwave never accidentally walked in on them. He could hear them across the planet, especially with the noises Starscream made, so the Communications Officer was never surprised to see them like this. And there was really no point in hiding it since he heard their thoughts and already knew what they did, how they did it, and all the… stickiness of it.

Why try to hide what he already was aware of? He had optics and audio receptors everywhere, anyway…

"What is it, Soundwave?" He panted, pushing his Seeker harder into the bulkhead.

Starscream pushed back against him, his wings fluttering. He looked back, winking at the blue mech with that sexy smirk of his.

Soundwave returned a look beneath his mask and visor, not willing to play this game of favorites with the Seeker. "Soundwave: Discovered information regarding Seeker Starscream."

Starscream's optics widened, suddenly terrified of what he could be in trouble for this time. And Megatron was in him… That meant a dominating would be involved… Primus, not in front of Soundwave!

Megatron ceased his thrusting, giving the Seeker a scowl before looking back at Soundwave. "What did you find?" He demanded, his servos grasping Starscream's waist tightly, readying for the punishment the Air Commander would obviously be receiving.

Starscream bit his lower lip plate, his optics dim as he looked down at the floor, his frame tensing for the imminent pain. And his morning at been going so well, too…

Soundwave cocked his helm ever so slightly. "Autobots: Gathered secret files from Seeker Starscream to Autobot Skyfire. Files: Contain explicit content. Evidence: Condemning Seeker Starscream for quite some time. Primary concern: Makes Decepticons look bad."

Starscream's spark dropped, knowing what Soundwave was talking about. He covered his faceplates, wings so low, silently begging that Primus just struck him down now.

Megatron noticed the Seeker's reaction before turning back to the tapedeck. "What is it..? Or do I not want to know...?" He said slowly, his grip loosening some on the flyer.

Soundwave opened his chest compartment allowed Rumble to shoot out and transform. He trotted over, held up a datapad much too large for him, and played it. Megatron raised an optical ridge at first, his faceplates slowly becoming annoyed as the datapad played a very obscene video of Starscream self servicing while chanting Skyfire's designation and clutching a datapad with a picture of the shuttle.

Starscream swallowed, tapping the tips of his index digits together. He looked over at Soundwave who was just staring at him. The Seeker narrowed his optics, knowing that the Third in Command was triumphantly smiling at him, so happy to have gotten him into trouble yet again. Damn that spy… And all his rodent creations…

Starscream flipped him off, then mouthed, "At least he frags me."

Soundwave's visor glowed brightly for a moment, obviously annoyed by that comment.

Starscream smirked, mouthing, "I get all his humping while you get nothing. Obviously, I'm the favorite here. Freak."

Soundwave didn't react, his helm moving ever so slightly to not look at the pinned Seeker. He was just a moron… A moron who had a serious case of interface addiction…

Megatron rubbed over his faceplates tiredly, getting so tired of this rivalry between these two. "I'll deal with him, Soundwave. Thank you for informing me of this."

"You like it, don't you?" Starscream perked his wings.

Megatron smacked him upside-the-helm, causing the Seeker to whimper and flinch away. "Shut up." He looked back at Soundwave. "Dismissed, Soundwave."

Soundwave inclined his helm before opening his chest compartment. Rumble leaped up, transformed, and safely landed inside of his host. The Communications Officer pivoted on a heel and walked out, silently exiting the hab suite.

Starscream bit his lower lip plate, patiently waiting for Megatron to make the first move. He trembled slightly when those powerful servos felt his sides, stroking his curves tenderly, then firmly holding his hips.

"I really don't know what to do about you…" The deep vocalizer grunted.

"I was just sending personal videos to my lover… Sexting… Completely normal." He said softly.

"Yes, but you were doing it to an Autobot. And made me look bad."

"Apologies, my lord. I never intended for you to feel insulted. Seekers… We don't consider such things…"

"I've noticed."

Starscream looked back at Megatron, pushing himself against that large chassis. "I don't regret sending all of those videos to Skyfire. Wanna know why?" He smirked.

Megatron raised an optical ridge. "Why?" He asked slowly.

"Because," Starscream paused for dramatics. "It makes you jealous. I know that deep, deep down inside of that cold, black spark of yours you secretly wished that I would send you videos of me self servicing while chanting your designation. Because, quite frankly, my lord, you can't get enough of my frame when it comes to interface and fulfilling your desires. And you know why my frame is the most fulfilling, right?"

"Why?" He asked as if he already knew the answer.

"Because I took your virginity." He fluttered his wings. "Snatched it right from you that night! And the look on your face!" He began to laugh. "And how early you came! And the surprise and everything! It. Was. Truly… Embarrassing for you. And you know what? I loved it when you were so innocent, and virgin, and not a bully like you are now. Because you are a bully." He paused. "But, at least you last longer than ten astroseconds now… sire." He smiled evilly at his superior.

Megatron narrowed his optics, glaring down at him. "What did I say regarding our first time?"

Starscream's smile faltered. "To not mock you for it or else."

"You mock me for that incident, and you make me look bad with your… whatever you would call them… And, you bit me twice last night."

"You asked for it both times…" Starscream grunted.

Megatron rolled his optics, done with Starscream's poor attitude. He grasped the flyer's waist tightly, pressed himself against Starscream, then began to thrust as hard and fast as he could.

Starscream's optics widened, gasping from the pain, his digits clawing into the bulkhead. "Ow, ow, ow, hah, ow, p-please, ow, m-my lord..! Ow, d-don't d-domin-nate me… Ow, please…!"

Megatron ignored him, continuing with hurting the Seeker with his brutal humps. Starscream always behaved so much better when he was punished the way Seekers punished each other.

It didn't take long before Starscream's optics filled with static, whimpering and yelping from the horrible pain. He whined when his nape was bitten, followed by his wing being bent backwards. He jumped, struggling a little before quickly lowering his wings. It was two kliks into the dominating that coolant leaked from his optics, offlining them as he fought back crying. Nothing hurt quite like Megatron tearing into his valve like this.

"I submit… Ow… I'm sorry…" He whimpered, knowing it meant nothing to the grounder. "I submit…"

Megatron kept going.


A Joor Later:

Starscream walked down the corridor, going to his quarters. It hurt immensely between his legs, making his gait awkward and slightly bow legged. Whenever he passed someone he was quick to hide it, but when alone, he just hobbled along, wishing he could teleport.

He got to his quarters, put in his code, and walked in, hiding his soreness. He didn't get fare when that damn trinemate of his spoke.

"Where the hell were you?"

Starscream turned to face the blue Seeker. "Out."

Thundercracker flicked his wings, stood up, and stomped over. He grasped Starscream's arm and stuck his faceplates in the Air Commander's. "Why didn't you call? We were worried about you!"

"Apologies… carrier." Starscream grunted. "I'm an adult and can take care of myself. Let go."

"No, you are in a slagheap of trouble." He then whispered. "I know what you were up to. And you will be punished, unfaithful slut."

Starscream glared at him. "I don't know what you're talking about."

"Oh, you know perfectly well. And guess what? It's been an orn since you gave birth so we're taking you to Hook. And if Hook says you're fine, then you get your punishment this orbital cycle. And there's a lot we need to go over."

Starscream opened his mouth to say something when Skyfire entered the main room from his shared berthroom. His optics widened some, rushing over to his beloved. "Oh, Starscream!" He quickly got down on a knee and embraced the troublesome Seeker. "Oh, Primus, I was so worried!"

"I'm fine, Sky." Starscream assured him, giving Thundercracker a venomous glare.

Skyfire pulled back, eyeing his mate. "Where were you?"

"I can't tell you."

"Why didn't you let me know? You said last night that you would be gone for only a short time…"

"It… was originally supposed to be a short time, but… got unexpectedly extended. I apologize."

"Why are you all beat up?" He asked as he studied the Seeker's body.

"I deal with a moron… Sky, I'm fine. Seriously."

"You don't look fine…"

"Where are our sons?"

"They are in the berthroom. Skyblade is napping and Starfire is playing a videogame." He said, still not looking away from the dents covering his mate's frame.

"I probably should see to them." He started to walk away, but Thundercracker grabbed his arm and pulled him back.

"No, we are taking you to Hook first. Nacelle is on his way to sparkling-sit." Thundercracker said sternly.

Starscream glared at him. "I can see to my creations first. Trineleader." He flicked his wings.

"You're coming with us first." He growled.

Starscream glared at his brother, his engine growling. Skyfire swallowed, not liking how these two seemed to always be arguing.

There was a knock on the door that broke the tension between the two Seekers. They both turned to the door, wings hiking, but Skywarp appeared next to it.

"I got it!" He exclaimed, palming the door open.

Nacelle stood there, smiling. "Hey, 'Warp. Thunder called me about sparkling-sitting."

"Yeah, come on in." The black Seeker gestured him inside.

Nacelle stepped inside, perking his wings. "'Sup, boss. Where are the munchkins?"

"My berthroom." Starscream grumbled, flaring his wings at Thundercracker.

Nacelle noticed the tension. "Oh, trine arguing. Well, don't mind me! I'll just go be with the younglings." He said quickly as he trotted by them and palmed open the door to the berthroom.

Thundercracker glared back at his trineleader. "Skywarp, get us to medbay." He snapped.

Skywarp swallowed, then reached over and grabbed Starscream's and Skyfire's arms. He teleported them into medbay, quickly letting go and stepping back, not wanting anyone mad at him.

"And what do you want?" Hook groused, sitting at a table with his gestaltmates.

"It's been an orn since Starscream gave birth. Just want you to check him over." Thundercracker said as he shoved Starscream forward.

Hook stood up and walked over. He gestured for the Air Commander to sit down on a medberth. Starscream reluctantly did so, crossing his arms and keeping his icy glare on his larger trinemate. Hook picked up a scanner and held it in front of the Seeker. He scanned him over, then read through the results.

::I know about my valve. Don't tell them.:: Starscream secretly commed the medic.

::And why not?::

::Because… I fragged Megatron last night and Thundercracker knows, but I don't want Skyfire to. Please, Hook, don't say anything.::

::What do you want me to say?::

::Just say I need at least another orbital cycle to heal down there. Don't say I can frag! It… really hurts.::

::Maybe I should say you can frag so that-::

::No! They're going to punish me anyway. Just… lie. Just this once. I'll… I won't come in to bother you for an orn!::

Hook eyed him. ::Make it two orns and you got a deal.::

::I'll try my best.::

"Well," Hook said out loud. "His spark is at 92.3%. It's strong enough for some interface and flying, but don't strain him. He's a little low on fuel so make sure he refuels. As for his valve and reproduction organs… His gestation tank and tube look wonderful, but his valve could use another orbital cycle or two of self repairs. Then, you may have at him."

"Thank you, Hook." Thundercracker replied. "We'll take him now."

"I'll bite you." Starscream flicked his wings.

Thundercracker grasped Starscream's wrist and pulled him off the medberth. He then pulled him along and out of medbay. Skywarp trotted just behind. Skyfire paused, glanced at Hook, then quickly followed.

"I commed Nacelle and he is taking the sparklings to his quarters for the next couple of joors." The blue Seeker apprised his trineleader.

"I hate you…" Starscream groaned.

"Well, if you weren't a brat…"

"I'll be whatever I want to be." Starscream flicked his wings.

Thundercracker continued dragging the Alpha Seeker down the corridors until they finally arrived at their hab suite. Thundercracker palmed the door open, and looked around, making sure Nacelle had already left with the Seekerlets.

"Come on." He yanked Starscream into Skywarp's berthroom.

The other two followed behind, Skywarp locking the door once they were all inside.

"Get on the berth." The blue Seeker shoved Starscream onto it.

"Thunder, you're being ridiculous!" Starscream exclaimed as he was pushed down onto his front.

"No, you are breaking rules and acting up." He roughly pushed Starscream down. "Lie on your front and hold still." He growled through gritted denta.

Starscream flicked his wings, slowly doing so. He propped himself up by the elbows as the rest of his frame lied stretched out on the berth. He glared at Thundercracker, his optics glowing brightly.

"If you move you will be tied down. Do I make myself clear?" Thundercracker said in such a stern, dangerous tone.

"Yes, sir." Starscream growled back.

Thundercracker released him to approached the wall covered in all the tools used to inflict pain. He selected a thick, metal cable and returned to his trineleader, bending it over. "You're being punished for several transgressions."

"Primus…"

"You're being punished for getting caught."

"What?!"

"For being gone for so long from us. For being a pain-in-the-aft, for leaving the hab suite when you weren't supposed to, and for being gone last night without informing us." He gave Starscream a knowing look.

Starscream just glared at him.

"Look ahead."

Starscream flicked his wings, then did so, glaring daggers at the bulkhead before him. His frame tensed, preparing for the pain.

"Thundercracker, is it really necessary to-" Skyfire started.

"Yes." Thundercracker replied abruptly. "We have rules and he broke them."

"I'm helping!" Skywarp piped up, running over to grab something from the wall.

"You can either shut up and watch, or have your own turn at disciplining him." Thundercracker grunted.

"Be nice to my mate or-AHHH!" Starscream cried out when Thundercracker gave him a vicious lash on the aft, hitting him as hard as he could.

Starscream instinctively reached down as he rolled onto his side, trying to shield his poor aft. Thundercracker grasped his arm and roughly forced him back onto his front.

"What did I say? I said to stay still, didn't I?" The larger Seeker snapped.

Starscream quickly nodded. "Yes, sir. Sorry, sir." He whimpered, slowly getting back into position. "Primus… I hate you… Ah! Ow! TC! Ow!" He cried from each brutal strike, digging his digits into the berthtop.

Skywarp trotted over, got onto the berth, and crawled around until he was between Starscream and the bulkhead. He readied the energon tawse he held, placing a couple of metal paddles, metal switches, and an energy crop on the berth beside him, to be used later during the punishment session.

Skyfire swallowed. "Thundercracker, please, don't hurt him-"

"I've been dealing with him a lot more than you have, Skyfire. Let me handle him." Thundercracker snapped, not relenting in beating Starscream's aft.

"TC, please! Ah! Please, stop. Ow! I didn't mean-Ah! To piss you off! Ow! Ah! You're getting brig-Ah! Time!" Starscream continued to cry out.

Skywarp joined in, him and Thundercracker soon in a perfect rhythm making sure Starscream's aft was constantly being struck. The Air Commander kicked and jerked his frame from side to side slightly from the cruel thrashes. He clawed at the berthtop, hissing, growling, yelping, whimpering, cursing, and screaming profanities at his brothers throughout it.

It was a breem later when the two grabbed the paddles and used those for another breem. Then, they used the switches for yet another breem, then back to the cable and a crop. After that breem, they used a paddle and tawse, and once that breem was finished they used a paddle and switch for the final breem.

By the time they were done, Starscream had ceased his squirming, just lying there whimpering from the pain. His aft was so damaged and dented that it was even leaking a little, and his upper thighs were also in poor shape.

Thundercracker leaned over and kissed Starscream on the cheekplates, gently rubbing over the abused, red aft. "It's over. You've been forgiven. We love you." He said softly, lovingly.

Starscream slowly nodded, his optics barely online, swallowing. It took him a moment to gather his emotions back up and be able to speak. "Primus… I hate you two… Go to the brig…"

Thundercracker kissed him again. "How about we send you to your berthroom to rest and bring your sons back over. I'll get you some energon and goodies. Sound good?"

"Yes, sir." Starscream slowly nodded.

"Let's get you up." He started to help Starscream get up when Skyfire stepped forward.

"No, you've done enough." The shuttle said harshly, picking up Starscream himself. "I'll get my mate his energon. Just… Leave him be for now."

Thundercracker flicked his wings. "Skyfire, let 'Warp and I-"

"No." Skyfire snapped, picking up the Air Commander bridal style. "You've hurt him enough."

"Sky, I'm f-" Starscream started.

"Don't start." The Autobot ordered him as he palmed the door open and stomped out of the berthroom.

Starscream bit his lower lip plate, not expecting Skyfire to get so upset about his trine doing their usual thing of being afts to each other. But, Skyfire being so protective and caring towards him was pretty hot… Damn, did he pick 'em well.

The Alpha Seeker fluttered his wings, smiled, and snuggled into his mate's embrace. He was looking forward to all the cuddles and kisses he would be getting for being the "victim."

Skyfire entered their berthroom and shut the door behind. He gently placed the Seeker on the berth, then got on beside him. Starscream made sure to lie on his side, favoring his sore aft. He cuddled against the larger mech, so happy to have him with him.

"Why do you let them do that?" Skyfire asked as he petted the top of Starscream's helm.

"Because… I deserved it. I made a deal with them that when I'm an afthelm they could get back at me." He shrugged.

"I don't like it. They really hurt you."

"Eh, been through far worse. Megatron hurts me more." He gave a dismissive wave.

"I don't care. No one should be hurting you, Star."

Starscream smiled. "You are far too nice, Sky. I need to make you mean."

"No, you need to learn to respect yourself."

"I do respect myself."

"Not really…"

Starscream flicked his wings. "Are we really starting this argument again..?"

"Star, look at yourself. You allow that monster to hurt you and now also your trinemates. You think it's okay for you to get beaten over everything, that you deserve it! You don't, Star."

"I'm punished…"

"Primus…" Skyfire rubbed over his faceplates tiredly. "Punishment does not mean you need to be physically harmed. I get that physical punishment is something traditional Seekers do, but it's also what abusive bullies do."

Starscream sat up at that, his wings flaring. "Skywarp and Thundercracker are not abusive." He growled with gritted denta, his engine beginning to rumble angrily.

"Hitting you like that is. I get you are into BDSM, but, that didn't have your consent! And what Megatron does to you is-"

"Just… ARGH!" Starscream threw himself down onto the berth. "Stop talking about Megatron! You think you know everything about our relationship but you don't! Megatron punishes me for when I frag up! That's it! And I frag up a lot! I frag up with battle schemes, with pleasing him, with… EVERYTHING. So he reminds me of my failures and I learn. I learn to improve myself and ensure he is kept satisfied. That's it."

Skyfire eyed him. "What is he? Your leader or master? You are not his slave, Starscream. And regardless of what he tells you, you do not have to serve him or allow him to hurt you."

"Says the Autobot who knows nothing about what goes on in this ship…" He grumbled.

"Then tell me. Tell me everything." Skyfire crossed his arms.

"I can't…"

"Why not?" He raised an optical ridge.

"Because it doesn't pertain to you! Ugh! Let it go, Skyfire!"

"No, because I care about you and I'm not going to sit idly by and let you get harmed by-"

"Shut. The. Hell. Up." Starscream ground out each word, flicking his flared wings. "Just… shut up or else you will recharge on the couch tonight… And tomorrow night."

"Not until you tell me-"

"I'M ABOUT TO TEAR OFF YOUR WINGS!" Starscream suddenly shrieked, his optics brightly glowing.

That made Skyfire pause, never having seen Starscream angry at him like this. In fact, Starscream had never threatened to tear off his wings before. That was something he only said to other Seekers.

"Star…" He said softly. "I'm sorry. I don't mean to upset you. I just want to take care of you and protect you."

"Well, you have upset me. And you can't take care of me, so… Just shut up about things you know nothing about."

"Star, I can help you if you would tell me. Things are not right here. You've… You've changed so much, a-and Megatron hurts you. He hurts my mate. No one should be hurting you, my love."

Starscream glared at him. "We're not in the Science Academy anymore. This is the military during wartime. I'm a Seeker. Seekers use pain. Lots of it."

"You're not traditional and you are the Alpha. No one is supposed to be hurting you. I'm not completely ignorant on Seeker customs. You taught me a lot back when we were dating and you did all of that courting stuff."

"I never dated you. I courted you. Primus, stop calling it dating…" Starscream rolled his optics.

"We dated. Those were dates, Star."

"I'm not a grounder. I don't do grounder things. I never dated you. I courted you." He grumbled, looking down at the berthtop.

Skyfire turned up a corner of his lip plates in a half smile. "We dated, Star. It's the same thing."

"Is not because grounder don't show off how good they are at flying, or their strengths, or how they will be perfect mates. I did. I courted you."

Skyfire reached over, pulled Starscream over and onto his lap. He hugged his Seeker, kissing him on the cheekplates. "I love you."

"Meh…" Starscream rested his helm against the broad chestplates of his lover. "Just tell me how fabulous I am… That's all I want to hear coming from your yapping mouth…"

"You're super fabulous." He kissed the top of his helm.

Starscream faintly smiled, his optics offlining. "And a sexy turbofox, right?"

"The sexiest." He hugged him a little closer, resting his chin on the top of Starscream's helm. "My perfect, little Seeker."

"I'm not that little… I'm taller than some of the other Seekers…"

"Isn't Skywarp taller than you?"

"Just by a tiny bit. Can only notice when we're up against each other. No, TC is the giant… And you're… colossal…"

Skyfire lifted his mate's chin up and kissed him on the lip plates. "And you're adorable. Love you, Star."

"Love you too, sexy aft. Even if you are a pain-in-the-aft…"

"No, that's you."

"Lies…"

"Oh, you want to talk about the liar? You're the one who keeps saying negative things about yourself."

"Blech… Not my fault that my big, fat mate is so perfect."

"No, you're perfect."

"You." Starscream smiled.

"You." Skyfire said softly before capturing Starscream's lip plates in a passionate kiss.

The door to their berthroom hissed open and Skywarp stood there holding Skyblade, Starfire standing beside him.

"Ew." Starfire made a face as he entered, going straight to his creators.

"Ew." Starscream looked back at him. "This is good ew. The best ew. You'll want some when you get a trinemate."

Starfire climbed onto the berth and shook his helm. "Noooo." He smiled sheepishly, crawling over to them.

"Yeeeeesss." Starscream sagely nodded, picking his eldest up and placing him on his lap.

Starfire shook his helm before hugging his carrier, hoping that would stop the embarrassing questions. Starscream chuckled, hugging his son back.

Skywarp lowered his wings and handed Skyblade over. Starscream took him, placing the sparkling on Starfire's lap. Skywarp turned and quickly walked out, not feeling welcomed by Skyfire at all.

Starscream waited until the door shut before speaking. "What do my little mechs want to do?"

"Videogames!" Starfire exclaimed as he held his fists up.

Skyblade reached over and grasped at Starscream's chest plates, making soft whimpering sounds.

"Primus… All you two want is to play games and refuel." The Air Commander grunted as he lifted Skyblade up so Starfire could slip off his lap.

Starfire slid off the berth, grabbed a datapad from a shelf, and climbed back on. He sat next to his sire, onlined the tablet, and began to play. Starscream opened his chest plates and held Skyblade against him. The little one was soon nursing, biting Starscream extra hard as he sucked.

"Ow… I actually felt that." Starscream muttered. "Vicious sharkticon…"

"That's from your side." Skyfire informed.

"Please, I'm the skinny one. Clearly, his voracious appetite comes from you… Fat aft."

"Uh huh." He kissed the Seeker again. "Love you. Even if all you do is insult me."

"Tough love. Suck it up, princess."

Skyfire rolled his optics and kissed Starscream again. "You are so precious. Even if you're mean."

"I try…" He rested his helm against Skyfire's chest plates, a servo stroking the back plates of Skyblade. "So… maybe tomorrow… I want to bond. I haven't been with you in so long." He said quietly.

Skyfire slowly nodded. "Only if you feel up to it."

Starscream smirked. "I most certainly will."


The Next Orbital Cycle:

Starscream held Skyfire's servo in his right hand and Skywarp's in his left. Thundercracker followed just behind his trinemates, the four of them going towards the Control Room. The sparklings had been left with Nacelle and Slipstream, Slipstream acting more as security while Nacelle gave the mechlings all the attention they required.

"You sure he'll give you the orbital cycle off?" Skyfire asked slowly, looking down at his mate.

"Please, I have ways of getting that old grump to acquiesce to my requests." Starscream gave a slight flutter of his wings.

"How so?"

"You'll see."

They arrived at the door and the Air Commander released their servos. He palmed the door open, arrogantly entering with his wings held high. He glanced around the room as his trine followed him from behind. Then, he suddenly jogged over and hopped onto Megatron's lap as the tyrant sat on his throne reading a datapad. The silver grounder grunted, gritting his denta as the Seeker's knees made contact at speed against his lap.

"My lord!" Starscream purred, nuzzling his olfactory sensor against Megatron's.

Megatron's large servo grasped the Seeker's face and pushed it away. "What do you want..?" He grumbled, so done with this Seeker's slag.

"I just came over to say how you are the best leader ever and to pledge my undying allegiance to you, Oh Mighty One." He then leaned closer, whispering into Megatron's audio receptor. "Oh Mighty One of the massive, fat spike that feels amazing when it's stretching me out… Moving in and out of me… And your large, strong arms wrapped around me, holding me as you take me. If my mate wasn't watching right now I would start dry humping your arm."

Well, that sounded disgusting. Megatron pushed the Seeker away from him once more. "Stop it."

Starscream moved the arm aside and got his faceplates in Megatron's. "You like it." He whispered again before licking Megatron over the faceplates.

And, that was it. He had enough.

Megatron shoved the annoying thing off his lap as quickly as he could. "Starscream!" He exclaimed as he did the deed.

Starscream landed on his aft with a small "oof!" The Seeker perked his wings, cocking his helm to the side. "That was rude… Did I annoy you, my lord?"

Megatron glared at him, silently ordering the Seeker to get lost and find something productive to do. Starscream made sure his wings blocked his face from Skyfire, not wanting his mate to see everything. The Air Commander made a V with two of his digits and pressed it over his jaw so his mouth was between the digits. He then stuck out his glossa, his optics darting down to his codpiece, then back at Megatron, silently asking the warlord to give him cunnilingus.

Megatron threw his datapad at Starscream, striking him in the faceplates. "OUT!" He barked.

Starscream yelped from the datapad breaking over his helm, quickly getting to his peds. "Fine… aft." He grumbled as he turned away and walked off.

He joined his trine and led them out of the Control Room, waiting for the door to shut before speaking. "And we have the orbital cycle off!"

"Why didn't you just ask him instead of-" Skyfire started.

"He won't give me time off unless I annoy him to the point he wants me to stay far away from him. Trust me, I know how to handle him." Starscream gave a dismissive wave. "Now, 'Warp!" He snapped his digits.

"Yes!?" Skywarp bounced over to him, wings fluttering.

Starscream gave him a smug smirk. "Take us away."

Skywarp grabbed his trinemates before they disappeared in a flash of purple. They reappeared high above the ocean, the Seekers immediately activating their thruster heels.

"Primus!" Skyfire squeaked as he fell, not expecting to appear out in the open. He transformed and flew up, wishing they had warned him at least.

"Tag! You're it!" Skywarp poked Thundercracker before transforming and bolting away.

Starscream transformed, broke the sound barrier, and sped away as quickly as he could. Thundercracker transformed, giving chase, determined to catch them. Skyfire simply flew around, having no hopes of ever being able to catch up with the Seekers. He was content enough to watch them, not really interesting in their high speed game.

It was amazing some of the things they did. They were so comfortable with each other and had played this game so much that they were truly masters at avoiding and catching one another. There was one point where Skywarp was "it" and he had teleported in front of Starscream to catch him. The Air Commander twisted to his side as he transformed, Skywarp transforming as well. As their frames changed shapes, the moving parts almost came into contact with each other, moving and adjusting just in the nick of time to miss touching the other. Once they had passed each other, the two Seekers transformed back into alt. mode and continued the chase.

Multiple times Skyfire thought they would crash with how close they came with their almost head on collisions. They would just madly charge at each other at Mach 3, making last astrosecond twists of their bodies before they could crash. And all the times they had grabbed the other by the wing sending both of them into a tumbling spiral… Skyfire was eager for when they would finally tire.

It was about two joors later that the Seekers finally circled back to him, their undercarriages almost touching his frame as they flew over him. He could feel the heat emanating from their overheated frames, their intakes heaving to get cooler air into them. Maybe he would be able to have a relaxing evening now since they had burnt all their excess energy. Seekers… They were so energetic that they might as well just be younglings who just keep on going.

Starscream gave his mate a nudge with his undercarriage, the warmth of the jet's metal almost burning. The powerful engine purred, flying just ahead of his lover before flipping over and flying beneath him. He pressed his undercarriage against Syfire's, his wings giving a quick flutter. The other two Seekers flipped themselves over as well, helping to push against the larger flyer's undercarriage.

Skyfire gave in, rolling over so he was flying upside down, something he hated because it just felt so wrong. He didn't understand how Starscream could fly for over ten thousand miles upside down like it was nothing. Seekers…

The Seekers kept pressing down on his undercarriage, getting him to flip over again and again until he was aileron rolling. The Seekers joined in, wingtips almost touching as they made an isosceles trapezoid between them, spinning as they flew horizontally.

Skyfire internally smiled, knowing this was how Seeker trines danced. It was only done when trining or to show off that they were a trine and together. Such an honor to be part of this sacred tradition for the warrior flyers.

Starscream led them upward, never ceasing in the spinning, taking them higher and higher until they could see the stars. Then, he led them downward, still spinning, racing towards the ground before once again making them fly horizontally. Finally, the Air Commander transformed, breaking the dance. The other Seekers transformed as well, the three flying by their thruster heels as they gathered next to each other. Skywarp and Thundercracker instinctively got in formation behind their trineleader, their wings perked.

Skyfire transformed as well, awkwardly hovering on the thrusters on his back. He never used them like this, not very often at least. He certainly wasn't as balanced on them as Seekers were on their thruster heels. Which, had to be far harder to master than using a jetpack…

He moved closer to them, hovering before them, not sure what they were doing now. "Um, so… Now what?" He awkwardly scratched his nape.

The Seekers exchanged glances before Skywarp flew forward, took Skyfire's mandible, and kissed him on the lip plates.

"I am your brother, your friend. I will be faithful, kind, courageous, strong, and caring. I will carry you when you are weak, defend you from the terrors of this world, and fight for you until my spark fades. I will guide you through the darkness, make you laugh when you are sad, and fly beside you until the sun fades away. I am forever yours, your accomplice, your lover, your teacher, your student. To grow with you, care for you, cheer for you, and cry with you. Always yours, until my spark is no more. This I swear to you my new part. My completed spark. Together we are, forever unseparated, united through hell, we are one. Trine till the bitter end. This I swear to you, my trinemate, my brother, my friend. My life, my spark, we are one, till we are none."

Skyfire swallowed, realizing they were going through the official trining ceremony with him. He bit his lower lip plate, not having any vow to recite back.

Skywarp kissed him on the lip plates again before backing off, allowing Thundercracker to approach. The blue Seeker kissed the shuttle on the lip plates before he said his vow.

"I swear to you, upon this cycle, that I will always be faithful, respectful, patient, understanding, kind, caring, and above all else yours. To be your protector, your best friend, your brother, your sword and your shield. To never falter, to never flee, to face the hard times by your side. To fight for you, carry you when you fall, kill if need be. To be the trinemate you deserve, and always try my best to be worthy of your love. To never, ever let you be alone and scared. To fly with you though hell, and never leave your side even as the world burns around us. It will protect you, care for you, and never lead you astray. I will cry with you, laugh with you, and always be yours. I am your pillar of strength, your light in the darkness, your guiding servo when you are lost. I will listen to all your troubles, and do my best to help you through them. I will be your lover, your friend, your partner in all things. This I swear to you, my new part. My completed spark. Together we are, forever unseparated, united through hell, we are one. Trine till the bitter end. This I swear to you, my trinemate, my brother, my friend. My life, my spark, we are one, till we are none."

Skyfire slowly nodded, feeling bad for not having something to say back. Thundercracker kissed him again, then backed off. Starscream flew over, smiling so broadly. He kissed his mate on the lip plates, mouthing his lover far longer than his trinemates had. And when he spoke… His words were soft, filled with such love for the shuttle that it made the Autobot shiver.

"You are mine, and I am yours… I will be true to you and only you. To love you, to cherish you, to be faithful, honorable, courageous, generous, kind, loving, understanding, and humble. To be yours through the hard times, as well as the easy." He paused to sheepishly smile, knowing he had certainly kept that part down. "To pick you up when you are hurt, to support you when you are struggling, to lead you through the darkness, to help you in your direst joor. To be your foundation of hope, love, and peace. To never surrender when you need me to fight by your side against any and all enemies. To defend you even when there is no hope. To never flee, to never cower, to never hide. To be everything you ever needed in a friend, a lover, a brother. To be yours and only yours. To fly by your side until no more, and to never betray your trust. To never falter." He paused. "This I swear to you, my new part. My completed spark. Together we are, forever unseparated, united through hell, we are one... Trine till the bitter end. This I swear to you, my trinemate, my brother, my friend. My life, my spark, we are one, till we are none."

Starscream them captured Skyfire's lip plates in a searing kiss, wrapping his arms around the shuttle's helm, pressing his frame against his lover's. Skyfire hugged his mate close, kissing him back passionately.

"Mine. For now and always." Starscream whispered between kisses.

"Till the bitter end." Skyfire smiled.

Starscream smiled back. "You're getting it."

"I… I wish I had a vow to say back, but I-"

Starscream pressed a digit against Skyfire's lip plates to silence him. "Vows are written by a Seeker when they are adolescence. It's fine, Sky. You don't need to say anything. We already know." He kissed him again. "Do you remember what else happens during the trining process?"

"Um… fighting for dominance, then bonding, and then you finish up with the vows, right?"

"Mhmm. We don't need to fight for dominance because we both know you would get your aft handed to you by each of us."

"Yeah, and I really don't care to be the boss."

"So, what does that leave left?" He sexily smiled, fluttering his wings.

Skyfire sheepishly grinned, scratching his nape. "Uh, th-the bonding part."

Starscream chuckled. "You're so adorable when flustered." He kissed him again. "Want to do it here in the sky or land somewhere? Somewhere other than the ocean because I have fragged underwater and it… was not a fun experience… The human Coast Guard thought there was an oil leak or something and came to investigate or whatever and… Yeah…" He shrugged.

"Ew, no…"

"Where does my handsome mech wish to take his naughty Seeker? Hmm? Not another prison cell, I do hope." He winked.

"I'm fine with our quarters."

Starscream nuzzled him before whispering. "You're part of my trine. Fully now. That means you bond with all of the trine."

Skyfire swallowed. "Star, I-I don't think-"

"Sky, three Seekers. You are so lucky to have us. I know I'm the only one you've been with, but it's not any different fragging my trinemates. You can do this. Just don't stick your glossa into Skywarp's mouth. Okay?"

"Uh, okay…" He said slowly, so uncertain about this.

"I love you, big aft." Starscream kissed him again.

"Love you too, Star."

"Skywarp, take us back to our quarters. Skyfire is going to bang us until we can't walk!"

Skyfire's faceplates felt suddenly warm. Why did Starscream have to talk like that?

Skywarp approached, taking Skyfire and Thundercracker's servos before teleporting them all into their hab suite. The Seekers deactivated their thrusters once materializing, but Skyfire almost hit the ceiling before he turned off his. He'll eventually get this teleporting thing down.

"Take me on the berth!" Starscream squealed as he trotted into his berthroom, his trinemates eagerly following, having waited well over a stellar cycle to bond with their trineleader.

Skyfire followed, feeling so uneasy about this. Skywarp had already pinned Starscream to the berth and was on top of him when the shuttle entered the room. The black Seeker ravaged his brother with hungry kisses, his servos groping that curvaceous frame all over.

Thundercracker sat on the berth, silently watching, his wings perked, waiting for his turn. Skywarp gave Starscream's still sore aft a hard slap, eliciting a whimper from the Air Commander. The Alpha Seeker removed his codpiece, knowing what Skywarp truly wanted. His valve was already lubricated, impatient to have Skywarp inside of it. Skywarp removed his own codpiece, sliding the spike cover aside. His spike was hard, and he wasted no time in plunging it deep into his trineleader and furiously thrusting into him. Starscream gasped, his servos holding Skywarp's waist as the teleporter gave it his all, so excited to finally be in the tri-colored Seeker.

Skyfire inwardly cringed, the speed the black Seeker was humping looked like it must hurt the both of them, but they were clearly enjoying it. Skywarp stole every opportunity he could to slap Starscream's aft or thigh, kissing the Decepticon Second harshly. His glossa forced its way inside of Starscream's mouth, wriggling about as Skywarp made the grossest smacking sounds.

Skywarp's chest plates folded away first, Starscream's following quickly afterwards. Their glowing sparks reached out their raw tendrils of energy, interlocking and grasping at each other. It was a couple of kliks later when they finally overloaded, their sparks fiercely bonding as they cried through their climax, surplus energy surging through their frames, filling them with ecstasy. Starscream fluttered his wings as Skywarp filled him, his engine purring contently.

"Primus… I love you." Starscream smiled.

"Love you more." Skywarp kissed him, then pulled out. "Turn over."

Starscream groaned, turning his lower half onto the side so his aft was exposed. Skywarp gave that pert aft three hard smacks before kissing where he had struck.

"I love your aft." He gave it a squeeze. "The only reason I keep you around. It's perfect for beating and humping."

"At least some part of me is useful…" Starscream grunted.

Thundercracker shoved Skywarp aside and pushed Starscream down. He didn't say anything, just removed his codpiece and forcefully entered the Alpha Seeker. Starscream glared up at him, gasping and moaning from each brutal thrust as Thundercracker pounded into him. The larger Seeker kept his trineleader pinned down, just looking down at him with narrowed optics. It was nearly a klik into their interface before Thundercracker kissed Starscream on the lip plates, the two soon forcing their glossas into each others' mouths.

Thundercracker snaked a servo down, squeezing Starscream's aft before giving it a smack. Starscream fluttered his wings, his arms wrapped around Thundercracker's helm, his legs crossed at the ankles against Thundercracker's aft.

"Primus… I need this." Starscream panted. "Oh, hah, I love you, slagger."

"I love you, afthelm." Thundercracker panted back.

Thundercracker then leaned forward, biting Starscream on the neck cables as his chest plates opened. Starscream gasped, writhing beneath his trinemate, his own chest plates parting once more.

They soon sparkbonded, growling through their overload as they clutched each other tightly. Starscream made an almost growling-like sound in his vocalizer as he was filled, a smirk quickly appearing on his handsome visage.

Thundercracker licked those dark faceplates, then nuzzled olfactory sensors. He paused before pulling out and scooting away. Starscream fluttered his wings, gesturing for Skyfire to approach.

The Autobot did so, not liking the idea of fragging in front of Skywarp and Thundercracker, or fragging them. It just felt… wrong. Those two had seen him fragging Star before, but only towards the end when they were warning them that Starscream had to get back to the Decepticon base. Now… They would see it all and experience the shuttle with them.

Skyfire got onto the berth, carefully getting over his mate. He glanced up, seeing Skywarp and Thundercracker getting it on next to them. Skywarp was making some weird sounds as Thundercracker thrust into him and bit his neck cables. Was Thundercracker growling?

He quickly turned back to his beautiful lover, seeing the Air Commander smiling up at him. Starscream wiggled his lower body, lifting his aft up to invite Skyfire inside his still leaking valve.

"Come on, sexy. Take your Seeker for a ride." He coaxed him with a digit, smiling that sexy smirk of his.

That sent a powerful tingling sensation down below in the shuttle. He bit his lower lip plate and removed his codpiece. His spike was already hard, turned on by the earlier moans of his beloved. Starscream reached down, taking the spike in his servo and giving it a playful squeeze. Skyfire grabbed Starscream's thighs, pulled him closer, and began to penetrate him. Starscream removed his servo, gasping as he was stretched, arching his back strut.

"Mmmm, make me scream." He moaned as Skyfire adjusted their position so they were both comfortable.

The Autobot leaned over and kissed the Decepticon on the lip plates before beginning to gently thrust. Starscream fluttered his wings, wrapping his arms around his mate's helm. Skyfire was soon kissing his lover's neck cables, holding him by the waist as the Seeker offlined his optics, just enjoying this.

"I love you, Skyfire. Hah, love you. Thank you… For being my world."

"No…" Skyfire kissed him on the lip plates. "Thank you for being mine."

Starscream smiled, keeping his optics offline. "Just keep humping me."

Skyfire did so, glancing over at the other Seekers. His optics widened some, not sure what it was he was seeing but it looked like it hurt. The way they were clawing at each other, how furiously Thundercracker was thrusting into Skywarp, how they were biting each other, and the sounds they were making… Well, mostly Skywarp. Thundercracker grunted and growled while Skywarp sounded animalistic with most of the sounds escaping his lip plates. Was that energon? They seemed to have managed to bite each other so hard they were leaking… Better just look away.

He concentrated on Starscream, at least his mate was semi normal when making love.

"Oh, frag me harder you moron! I don't want to be able to walk! Yes! Oh, fragging, yes! Harder! Ah! Hah, oh, tear me apart! Bite me! Make me cry!"

Well… somewhat normal… Why did he always have to be so loud?

Skyfire's chest plates folded away, his spark's energy soon joined with Starscream's. He kept thrusting into his mate until they finally overloaded, their sparks savagely bonding together, bringing them to the tip of their ecstasy, crying out as the excess energy flowed through their systems and into the metallic berth. Starscream jumped a little as he was filled, much of the transfluid pouring out of his valve.

"AGAIN!" Starscream giggled, his wings fluttering. "Oh, I love you being inside of me…"

Skyfire smiled sheepishly. "And I love being inside of you."

"Hey! One of you get over here! Sky needs to start fragging you." Starscream ordered.

Thundercracker and Skywarp were busy licking each others' faceplates like turbofoxes, already having finished overloading. They both turned to their trineleader at once, their glossas loosely hanging from their mouths.

Skyfire wasn't sure if he wanted to frag them…

"I'll go first." Skywarp shrugged, shoving Thundercracker off him.

Thundercracker pulled out, flicked his wings, then folded his plates back over. Skyfire swallowed, then pulled out of Starscream. The Air Commander quickly got up and crawled over to Thundercracker, pinning his trinemate down as he covered is valve and released his spike. Thundercracker smirked, revealing his valve for his trineleader.

Skywarp lied down on his back where Starscream had just been and spread out his legs. Skyfire bit his lower lip plate, his servos in tight fists from uncertainty.

"Um… You sure you want this, Skywarp?"

The black Seeker shrugged. "You're part of the trine, Scree loves ya, and I'm willing to get fragged by a big spike. Or, would you rather have me in you?" He then gave the most devilish of smiles.

Skyfire's optics widened. "N-no, I'll spike you."

"Then get going, big guy!"

Skyfire glanced over at the other two Seekers, who were very much already into it, making weird sounds again as they bit and clawed at each other. Why did they always have to be so violent? He turned back to Skywarp, pulled the black Seeker closer, then took his spike, gently pushing it inside.

Skywarp gasped, not having been spiked by anyone except for his trinemates. He adjusted his lower end until he was comfortable, then wrapped his legs around Skyfire's hips.

"I see why Star likes you." He lustfully smiled.

Skyfire swallowed, placing his servos on the berth on either side of Skywarp's helm. He hesitated, then began to thrust, going slow and being very gentle. Skywarp didn't make a sound, reaching up and stroking Skyfire's chestplates. He cocked his helm, tracing the Autobot insignia.

"Harder. This isn't even as satisfying as my vibrator on the lowest setting."

Skyfire gave him a look. "I really didn't need to know that…"

Skywarp giggled. "Have you ever used one?"

If Skyfire was human, his faceplates would have been as red as Starscream's aft. "I-I-I… Um, I-I…"

Skywarp fluttered his wings. "Never used toys before?"

"Um, I…" He swallowed. "N-no…"

Skywarp wiggled his aft. "I'll show you that later. Come on, frag harder! Does Star frag you like this!?"

"Um… h-he… He has never spiked me. I've only spiked him."

"So, you've never been spiked?"

Skyfire slowly shook his helm, thrusting a little harder in vain hopes it would get Skywarp to stop talking.

"Well, we'll change that! Hah, harder, Sky! Come on! What do I look like? A femme? HARDER. And bite me. Growl. You're acting like you're fragging a corpse! Fight me a little. Pin me down. Slap my aft and tell me I'm naughty."

"That's where Starscream developed that habit…"

"I made him better."

"You ruined him…"

"I made him fun in the berth. You know, he used to be scared about fragging, kept thinking it would hurt and stuff, but I showed him the fun… sinful side of it." He wiggled his optical ridges as he gave such a "oh, yeah" smile.

Skyfire rolled his optics, being silent as he just concentrated on thrusting into Skywarp. The black Seeker wasn't as tight as Starscream. He felt like he had been used a lot, while Starscream felt like he had only fragged a few times. Other than that, he felt pretty much the same.

Skywarp grasped Skyfire's chest and pulled him down, biting him harshly on the neck cables.

"Ow!" Skyfire jerked himself back, rubbing where he had been bitten. "W-why-?"

"Bite me back! Come on, Autobot… Show me your mean side!" Skywarp flicked his wings.

Skyfire hesitated, then leaned down and nibbled Skywarp's neck cables, feeling so awkward. Skywarp vented a sigh.

"Bite me. Make it hurt." He growled. "And don't stop biting me no matter what I say."

"Don't you guys have a safe word?"

"I submit. That's it. Now, bite me."

Skyfire exhaled heavily, placed his jaws over the neck cable of the Seeker, hesitated, then bit down hard. Skywarp yelped, writhing beneath him as he grasped Skyfire's chestplates. He growled with gritted denta, flicking his wings. Skyfire paused, then bit the Seeker again, eliciting some more animalistic sounds as the Seeker struggled weakly against him.

"Slap my aft, then squeeze it." Skywarp commanded.

"I don't want to hurt you…"

"Are you for real? Slap my aft!"

Skyfire reached down, awkwardly feeling Skywarp's aft before giving it a firm smack. Skywarp whimpered, then fluttered his wings when his aft was groped.

"Keep biting me, molest my frame, and frag me hard. I want to feel the tip of your spike hitting my spark casing!"

"Uh, I…"

"DO IT!"

Skyfire just went with it, biting the Seeker on the neck cables and shoulder, hitting that very fine aft and squeezing it as he just thrust with all he had. Skywarp writhed, yelped, growled, and giggled throughout it, his wings fluttering and flicking.

Skyfire finally overloaded, filling Skywarp with his transfluid as he growled. Skywarp watched him, glaring at him.

"Keep going. I'm not there yet."

Skyfire gave him a look, not sure how he couldn't be. He slowly nodded, then resumed thrusting the Seeker. Skywarp reached up, pulled him down, and kissed him on the lip plates. He nipped Skyfire's lower lip plate before forcing his glossa into the shuttle's mouth. Then, he trailed his glossa over Skyfire's cheekplates, making such gross smacking sounds as he did so.

Suddenly, the vile, wretched creature that that Seeker was bit Skyfire on the olfactory sensor. Hard. Skyfire cried out, a mixture of surprise and pain, shoving the monster down as he jerked his helm back, energon leaking out from his wounded olfactory sensor.

"The hell was that for!?" He cried out, quickly pulling out of the Seeker and pushing him away. "No, get away. I don't want anymore of you for tonight."

Skywarp cackled, Skyfire's energon dripping down from the corners of his mouth. "Aw, but it was a love bite!" He innocently smiled.

"That was anything but 'love!'" Skyfire screamed.

"Skywarp!" Starscream shrieked, suddenly upon his insane brother. "You do not hurt my mate! He's mine to injure, not yours!"

"I was just playing, Scree." He replied matter-of-factly, shrugging his shoulders.

"To the corner. No more interface for you." The trineleader flared his wings, optics narrowed and glowing.

"But, Scree!"

Starscream's engine growled, his wings flicking. Skywarp swallowed, drooped his wings, and looked away. He folded his plates back over and crawled to the corner of the berth, pouting like a scolded child.

Starscream turned to his mate, kissing him on the lip plates. "I'm sorry about him… Should have remembered he's only for professionals…"

"No, he's insane." Skyfire grumbled.

"I know. I sometimes like that about him." Starscream kissed his mate again. "TC is gentle when he's being spiked. Have fun with him."

Skyfire vented a sigh, just wanting this over with. Starscream moved aside, allowing Thundercracker to get in front of the shuttle and lie down on his back. Skyfire glanced up at Skywarp who was sitting there hugging his knees, looking off to the side at the ground. He was definitely upset, more so than what he probably should be. Starscream had said he had trouble being chided. That it affected his anxiety. It made Skyfire feel some pity that he had gotten in trouble, but, then again the little punkaft should not have bitten him.

He turned back to Thundercracker, and went through the process of entering him and adjusting them both so they were comfortable. He leaned over the larger Seeker, resting his servos on either Side of Thundercracker's helm. He thrust into him, feeling that Thundercracker was definitely larger, and not very tight at all. He felt very good, actually.

The blue Seeker panted softly, his wings flicked, and optics narrowed. He looked more angry than anything else.

"Are you alright?" Skyfire asked slowly.

"I'm fine." Thundercracker grunted.

"He gets all aggressive when turned on." Starscream explained as he watched. "It makes him so sexy."

Well, that explained why Thundercracker always looked like he was about to beat the slag out of his trinemates whenever they bonded. That had to suck, really. To get all aggressive and angry whenever you were in the mood… Better than Skywarp who just became… psychotic.

"Not bad." Thundercracker grunted between pants. "A little harder, please."

Skyfire smiled slightly, not expecting manners from a Seeker when in the midst of fragging. He did as requested, soon leaning down and kissing Thundercracker on the lip plates.

Thundercracker kissed him back, his kisses surprisingly gentler than Starscream's. It was quite enjoyable, actually. So far, fragging Thundercracker was quite nice, not like that… kink monster in the corner.

The two overloaded after a couple of kliks, growling as the surplus energy flowed through their connected frames. Thundercracker fluttered his wings, removing the tickling energy from his wings, a habit he and Skywarp had picked up from Starscream.

"I enjoyed that." Thundercracker informed the shuttle softly. "Not a bad frag."

"Um, thanks…" Skyfire sheepishly smiled, slowly pulling out of the Seeker and folding his plates back over.

Thundercracker covered his intimacy as well, then sat up. "Better clean up so the sparklings can be returned." He looked up at Skyfire. "And an official welcome to the trine to you. I apologize for 'Warp's behavior. He's… special."

"He's adorable." Starscream chirped, cuddling next to Skywarp and kissing him. "Even if he's a complete pain-in-the-aft."

Skywarp vented a sigh, leaning into his trineleader's embrace.

Skyfire was relieved the trining was complete. Now he could just try and forget about the weird things Skywarp was doing and check on his olfactory sensor. Hopefully, he could avoid learning anything more concerning the black Seeker's fetishes.

He hoped, at least.


The Next Orbital Cycle:

Starscream sat in the Control Room working at his console, Skyblade sitting on his lap as Starfire sat on a chair pulled over next to him. The youngling contently played his videogames, a wire connected to his wrist so he heard all the sounds of the game, but no one else did. Skyblade was busy trying to eat a toy in the shape of a cube, his glossa sticking out the corner of his mouth as he nommed on it.

"I mean, it's been thousands of vorns, Soundwave." Starscream complained to the Communications Officer, having been going on for quite a while now, the other mech not having said anything yet. "Why won't he propose? Seriously?! He said to me when I was going to be executed by those Autobots that he wanted to propose and I told him that I would say 'yes!'"

Soundwave just nodded, politely listening to the Seeker's woes.

"I mean, how hard is it to propose? Not that hard. He can just set up something romantic, or nothing really. I don't care. But I want a proposal, Soundwave. Hey, I'm airing me grievances here. You better be listening!"

"Soundwave: Listening. Why don't you propose to him?" Soundwave gave the Air Commander a look beneath his mask and visor.

"I don't want to! I want him to so I can be the one to say 'yes.' It just…" He looked up as he searched for the right words. "I don't know… I just always imagined that he would ask me and I would answer."

"Why don't you tell him that you want him to propose?"

"Because you're not supposed to do that!" He held his servos up, so frustrated right now.

Soundwave hesitated, not understanding any of this logic. "I… Ahem… Soundwave: Not sure why it cannot be done… Seeker Starscream: Need to communicate with mate. Skyfire: Clearly not getting it."

"You're telling me…" He vented a sigh. "I just want him to propose already and we finally become Conjuges Endurae after a long, beautiful ceremony. You know, I wrote my vows out already for that. I just want to be able to say them to him now!"

"Just talk to him…" Soundwave started to sound annoyed.

"I can't do that, Soundwave. He can't know how desperate I am for him to propose!"

"What's wrong with him knowing...?" He just gave him a puzzled look.

"Because that's not how it works!" Starscream rubbed over his faceplates. "Have you ever had a mech-friend? A femme-friend?"

Soundwave glanced at his cassettes, then turned to Starscream. "Negative."

"See, you don't understand the complications that arise when you have one! It's… Not so simple."

"Query: What is it like dating you..?" He asked slowly, just not understanding any of this.

"Loud." Starscream muttered. "In the berth, I mean." He vented another sigh before turning to Soundwave. "Why won't he propose?! We already have a healthy relationship in and out of the berth, two sons, and he's been fully accepted into my trine. All that's left is for him to propose! For us to join together! Why is this so hard!?"

"Why… don't you ask one of your trinemates to talk to him for you?"

"Because then he would know I told them to!"

"Pretend to write a journal entry and leave it out for him to 'accidentally' stumble upon." Rumble suggested. "And have in there all about you wanting him to propose."

"He knows I am against journals. A breach of security and personal experiences." The Air Commander grunted.

"Want us to tell him something?" Frenzy asked.

"No…"

"Watch a romantic film and when a character proposes to another just sigh all dreamily and say something like, 'I want that to happen to me.'" Buzzsaw said.

"That makes me seem desperate."

"You are…" Soundwave intoned dryly.

Starscream gave him a look. "At least I'm not single."

"At least I don't have drama."

"You are snarky this morning."

"Soundwave: Always snarky."

"No, it's worse this orbital cycle."

"Talk to him."

"I can't do that!"

"You're hopeless then!"

Everyone in the room was surprised by Soundwave raising his vocalizer and sounding… Exasperated.

Starscream was silent a moment before speaking. "Could you..?"

"I what?" Soundwave was obviously clenching his denta behind that mask.

"Talk to him on my behalf?"

"Why should I?"

"Because… Deep down you secretly harbor platonic emotions for me."

Soundwave remained silent, just looking at the Seeker.

"What? Soundwave, we've been through a lot together. I know what you look like and even your favorite TV show to watch."

"Soundwave: Doesn't know what you mean."

"And I know your fetish."

"Seeker Starscream: Shut up."

"I won't blackmail on those things, yet. I just… We both know each other professionally and… unprofessionally. Can't we help each other out every once in a while?"

"What's in it for- ahem, Soundwave: Acquire anything in return?"

"My unconditional love and eternal gratitude."

"Seeker Starscream: On his own."

"Femmes. I'll get you femmes to frag. And Shanix."

"Soundwave: Does not need femmes."

"Soundwave! Reconsider!" Rumble and Frenzy exclaimed at once.

"Femmes with big breast plates." Starscream continued. "I'll take you to a brothel. I'll cover expenses. You and all your cassettes. And engex. And I won't attempt to hack your files for an orn."

"Just one orn..?"

"Two!" Starscream held up two digits.

Soundwave contemplated, thinking the matter over. His cassettes all closely watched him.

"I'll get Ravage a new scratching post. One in the shape of Optimus Prime. The birds can have a new perch as well. And the twins… Their own mini femmes to frag. And… Ratbat more whatever makes him happy."

"All because you want me to talk to your mech-friend…" Soundwave said slowly, just giving him a look.

"Yes. Just… I just need him to propose. That's all. Just… drop a major hint. Or something. But don't make me seem like the desperate one! And don't make it obvious I spoke to you about this!"

"Soundwave: Will think about it…"

"Please?" Starscream gave him his best "puppy-dog eyes."

Soundwave eyed him, biting his glossa as he thought. "Two orns. No hacking."

Starscream quickly nodded.

"And femmes and everything else for my cassettes."

Starscream nodded again. "Just… Nudge Skyfire in the direction I want him to go."

Soundwave uncharacteristically vented a sigh as he rubbed his mask. "Fine…" He grumbled.

Starscream's face lit up, a large smile spreading over his faceplates. "Thank you, Soundwave! You're the best." His wings madly fluttered.

Soundwave grumbled something under his breath about complicated relationships as he turned away. "Uh huh…"

"All my platonic love. Take it." Starscream pretended to be handing him something invisible.

"Soundwave: Doesn't want it."

"Take it!" Starscream shouted, his wings flicking and optics narrowed.

Soundwave hesitated, then reached over and acted like he took the invisible thing from the Seeker. Starscream wiggle his aft, smiling once again. Soundwave kept his servos clasps, moving two digits apart to peak inside.

"Can I see?" Frenzy asked.

Soundwave held his servos out and allowed the twins to look inside.

"Wow, his platonic love is black." Rumble commented.

"Probably like his spark." Frenzy nodded.

"Can I keep some to mess with?" Rumble asked.

Soundwave shook his helm, pulling his servos against his chest piece. "Negative. Too dangerous. Safe course of action: Put under lock and key."

"Protecting us from being potentially poisoned and killed by the dark forces of Starscream's corrupted spark?"

"Affirmative."

"Har har." Starscream grunted, wincing when Skyblade smacked him across the faceplates with a toy.


Starscream takes "morning after selfies" so he can use them later to embarrass Megatron. Mhmm!

Starscream also makes sure the morning after is fun by being so mischievous! Naughty, Star.

Secondary education would be their high school. Teen pregnancy can be stopped if kids are taught proper sex ed, to use birth control, to practice abstinence, and for all that peer pressure to stop and to learn to ignore it. Being a virgin is actually "cooler" than not. Wanna know why? Means you are safe with your body, won't be procreating when there are enough humans on this planet, and that you are responsible, waiting for the right time and person, if you ever decide to do it.

Star's sex tapes to Skyfire makes Megatron look bad because it makes him seem that he is allowing a whore to help him lead his army/cause. And, no one wants to follow a slut or someone who hires a slut. He could risk losing followers, especially since he kind of already as pissed a lot of people off by having a Seeker have such a high rank anyway.

"Take your Seeker for a ride." Star said that line to Skyfire in "Invictus" as well. :P

The vows of a Seeker kind of reflect them as a person. It's who they are and who they promise to be to their trinemates. I thought about Starscream's vow for a while, wanting to make sure it would be perfect. The perfect vow for the perfect Seeker. And almost everything he said he has broken. He's lied, he's been unfaithful, he's not kept his word fully to his trinemates or his mate. And it wasn't one time. He's broken everything multiple times for thousands of vorns. And Skywarp and Thundercracker have not broken theirs. They have remained faithful and true to their word to Starscream for all this time. So, yeah, they get pissed off at him, hurt him, and then hope that maybe Starscream would change. But he won't. He just keeps being pulled further and further away from them, the war and Megatron driving the trine apart.

It's so sad! :'(

Starscream thinking that fragging would hurt is from his past again. No, not a rape victim himself.

The scratching post in the shape of Prime is an idea of a scratching post I saw in the shape of Donald Trump. I want that for my kitty... Scratch that asshole's hideous mug right off...

WOMEN CAN PROPOSE. Okay, if you want to marry your man, don't wait on him. You can propose too! Women proposing isn't just for lesbians! Straight, bi, etc. women can propose as well! As long as you love your partner, they love you, you get along and treat each other right and want to spend the rest of your lives together, go for it. You don't need to "wait on a man."

Soundwave only breaks character when he is REALLY frustrated with Starscream. ;)