Chapter 14 Long Talks
Megatron keyed in the password for their room and stepped in. He turned back to his mate as the door closed and smiled gently. Starscream smiled back; he never seemed to get enough of being alone with Megatron.
"So, you don't want a sparkling?" Megatron asked softly.
"I do!" Starscream replied with an even larger smile. "But, I want it to be my own."
Megatron nodded. "I know. I want that too, but...it would help break us in so we know what to expect." He stated. "And besides...it looked like you connected with the little Autobot." He replied.
"Yes, and I don't want to ruin his life." Starscream replied as he walked forward.
Megatron frowned. "I guess that isn't something we need to do." He replied. He still had an image of a laughing bundle of yellow metal and red optics. He shook his head slightly; if Starscream didn't want to make Bumblebee a sparkling, he wasn't going to dwell on it.
Starscream smiled as he walked up to his mate and started drawing circles on his chest. "Besides, I bet ours will be cuter." He purred.
Megatron nodded. "Yah…but I think…he would make a cute sparkling." He murmured.
"Would you like to be turned into a sparkling and forced to live your life over again?" Starscream asked.
Megatron did his best to stop his optics from widening in utter horror. "No…but…how do we know he had a good sparkling-hood?" He asked as he accidentally let a shiver pass through his frame.
"Who cares?" Starscream demanded with a frown as he touched Megatron's cheek as his shiver subsided. "He seems happy with himself."
Megatron winced slightly at Starscream tone. "Ok." He replied. "I'll just wait until we can have our own." He added.
"Thank you." Starscream murmured as he buried his face into Megatron's neck.
Megatron smiled as he kissed his mate. He wrapped his arms around Starscream's waist and pulled him closer to him. Starscream wrapped his arms around Megatron's neck and smiled into the kiss.
"What to go talk to him?" Starscream asked as he pulled back.
"About what?" Megatron asked.
"Stuff." Starscream replied with a small shrug.
Megatron chuckled. "Very well. But you're asking the questions." He replied as he turned and walked out of the room, stopping to let Starscream catch up.
"You really think we connected?" Starscream asked as he walked faster to keep up with Megatron's longer strides.
"To some extent." Megatron replied. "You were petting him and he was putting up with it."
"I clawed him in the head." Starscream replied as he glanced at his claws.
"Sometimes that you need to show someone where they stand." He replied. He walked into the holding room and grinned as he noticed Bumblebee.
He was walking around the holding cell, muttering angrily under his breath. The Autobot froze when he saw them and fear entered his optics.
"State your name." Starscream ordered, although it was spoken slightly kinder than an order given to one of their mechs, as he crossed his arms.
"Bumblebee." He squeaked. "But I don't know why you want to know it." He added a little more bravely.
"Just curious." Starscream replied with a shrug.
"Yah. Sure." Bumblebee snapped. "Stupid Decepticons." He muttered under his breath.
Megatron frowned as he charged his fusion cannon slightly. "Sorry, didn't quite catch that last part." He stated coldly. Bumblebee yipped as he tried to hide.
"Watch your tongue." Starscream stated as he reached behind him and touched Megatron's arm slightly.
Bumblebee shook in terror. "W-w-why should I?" He squeaked. "I-I-I'm an Autobot! I don't h-h-have to listen to a Decepticon if I don't want to."
Megatron growled. "You're pushing your luck."
"You're the one in the cell." Starscream stated. "I wouldn't be so mouthy if I were you."
Bumblebee froze. He looked away and turned away from the Decepticons. He was terrified out of his mind, but he didn't want them to know that. He shouldn't have been here; the Allspark wasn't supposed to give off that energy blast, but it had. He felt tears racing down his face and he tried his best to keep his shoulders steady. Why was this happening to him?
"Cry, Autobot." Starscream cooed softly. "Tears wash away fear and pain."
Bumblebee tried to still his tears. He didn't want to do what the Decepticons told him to, but he found it difficult; he was really scared of what could happen to him. The chances that he could get terminated were very high.
"What do you know, Decepticon?" He spat as he almost choked on his tears.
"More than you think." Starscream replied.
"You're a Decepticon." Bumblebee croaked. "You never show emotion."
Megatron smiled sadly. "You're fear isn't going to help you here, little one."
Starscream nodded. "And you'd be surprised about what does on around here after dark." Starscream replied. Megatron grinned to himself as he cast Starscream a glance.
Bumblebee shivered. "Somehow…I don't WANT to know." He replied coldly as another shiver racked his frame, this time from some unknown cold.
Starscream chuckled as Megatron grinned. "It's probably too mature for your audios anyways." He chuckled.
Bumblebee shivered again. "D-d-don't you h-h-have c-c-climate c-c-control in here?" He shivered as he tried to warm himself up.
Megatron frowned. "It's the same temperature in here as anywhere else." He replied.
"Need a tarp?" Starscream asked.
"I-I-I haven't g-g-got a c-c-clue." Bumblebee replied as his teeth clanged together as he shivered.
Megatron frowned slightly. "Do we have any tarps left?" Starscream asked.
Megatron shrugged. "I have no idea." He replied. "I think we might have some over in the storage room there." He added as he motioned to the door.
Bumblebee continued to shake from the unexpected cold. Starscream gave him a worried look. "Could you go get him one?" He asked.
Megatron nodded as he entered the storage room. He searched around, trying to find a suitable tarp. Too big and it wouldn't provide proper heat, too small and some part of Bumblebee's body would continue to freeze.
Bumblebee shivering increased. "F-f-frag it's c-c-cold." He whimpered as his body began to shut down.
Starscream flung open the chamber door and ran over to the small, yellow mech. Bumblebee sluggishly tried to avoid the large Seeker, terrified of the outcome if he was caught. He didn't know what Starscream would do to him in his weakened state and he didn't want to find out. Unfortunately for him, Starscream caught him and sat down on the floor.
"I'm not the one that you should be worrying about, Bumblebee." Starscream stated as he wrapped his arms around the tiny mech.
Bumblebee whimpered as his need to warm up overtook him and he snuggled into Starscream's chest. Warmth was radiating out of his chest and bathing his frigid body in the much needed thermal energy. He didn't like what was going on, but he desperately needed to warm up. Starscream smiled gently as he stroked Bumblebee's helm.
Megatron finally found the right sized tarp and walked out of the storage room and smiled at the scene in front of him. There was a connection between the two mechs; it was small and could easily be broken at this stage, but there was something there. Megatron walked into the holding cell and offered the tarp to Starscream.
"This should help with his unexplainable cold." He stated.
Bumblebee shivered against Starscream's chest. He was getting colder for some reason and it didn't make any sense. With all the warmth he was getting from Starscream, his internal temperature should be rising, not falling. Starscream wrapped him up in the tarp and his temperature stopped dropping. Bumblebee snuggled against Starscream's body as his teeth continued to chatter. Megatron stroked his helm gently and he felt a temporary wave of surprise rise up in him.
Bumblebee sighed softly as his body shut down normally. His core temperature was rising back to normal and his systems were losing the ice that had begun to form within them. Starscream reminded him of an older brother and before he could stop himself, he uttered it.
"Night bro." He whispered as he rested his head against Starscream's chest.
"Pardon me?" Starscream asked, flabbergasted.
Bumblebee chuckled nervously. "Um…opps?" He squeaked.
"I think he called you "bro"." Megatron stated.
"I think he did." Starscream agreed.
Bumblebee squirmed. "Look...I didn't know what overcame me." He squeaked nervously.
Megatron chuckled. "I thought it was cute." He replied.
"So did I." Starscream chuckled.
Bumblebee let out a confused noise. "Wait...Decepticons thought that was cute?" He asked in confusion. He let out a soft sigh before he fell into recharge; he could live without the answer.
"Must have been a rough day." Megatron chuckled.
"Can you blame him?" Starscream asked with a chuckle.
Megatron chuckled. "So you are going to leave him here?" He asked as he stroked the Autobot's head.
"I think that would be best." Starscream replied as he ran a clawed finger along Bumblebee's helm.
Megatron nodded. He stroked Bumblebee's head one more time before he stood up. Bumblebee's hand twitched in his sleep and he let out a small yawn before rubbing his head against Starscream's chest. Starscream cooed softly before he reluctantly set him down. Megatron smiled as he turned and led Starscream back to their room. When they were safely behind the door he chuckled.
"He's a cute little mech, I'll give him that." He stated.
"Yeah." Starscream agreed.
Megatron smiled. "Perhaps...we could alter his allegiance? He seems like a capable mech...just undisciplined." He stated. "It would be a shame to let him go back to the Autobots now."
"I agree." Starscream chimed.
Author's note: So, there. Sorry to everyone who wanted Bee to be turned into a sparkling. I wanted to during the roleplay, but Shadowbreaker777 was against it. Oh well…we got to have fun with him later. So, please leave me a review…and don't get mad at my co-writer just because she didn't want to make Bee a sparkling…it would have be annoying probably anyways. So…yah…thanks!