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Ch. 25

-Megatron's POV-

::And they are both safe and sound?:: I asked the medic while I continued pacing the throne room. Sideswipe and Sunstreaker were with me, they were standing next to a window that faced the gardens and were looking outside quietly.

::Yes Megatron, they are both safe. Jazz had to help me put him into a stasis lock, because he was being more of a danger to himself and the sparkling. I would go to Earth to find out what happened, but right now I can't leave Bumblebee or the sparkling.:: The medic explained to me. ::And none of the other Autobots have the time to return, not to mention Jazz and Prowl can't leave since they have a sparkling.::

::Well as per the agreement, no Decepticons may return to Earth. So, are you saying that no one has the time to go and find out what happened!? My mate was assaulted and sparked forcefully, and you are the only ones that are permitted to go to that planet!? I want answers and I want them now!:: I yelled into my comlink and stomped my ped in rage.

::Now you listen here you bucket of bolts, if you had sent someone to go with Bumblebee none of this would have happened! His gestation chamber would be intact and he wouldn't be sparked, so if this is anyone's fault it's yours!:: He yelled back at me.

I growled and looked for something to break, but there was nothing within reach so I lifted up my arm and fired at a spot just above the thrones. ::I was respecting my mate's decision! You dare blame me!?::

"Sire?" Sideswipe had walked over to me and looked over his shoulders just as his brother nodded.

"Sideswipe, whatever it is it can wait." I told him and was leaving the throne room. The twins followed behind me to my chambers. It was times like this when I needed my mate, I wasn't good with socializing with them that didn't end with Sunstreaker and I yelling at each other. "Sunstreaker, Sideswipe I am not in the mood to talk to either of you about what is happening to your Carrier."

"Sire, we want to go to Earth and help find what happened." Sideswipe said, trying to keep his tone a steady flow as his optics looked into mine.

"No, out of the question." I threw my arm to the side with a rev of my engine.

Sunstreaker wasn't the least bit intimidated by the rev. He pointed a digit at me, "we aren't Autobot or Decepticons! Our Carrier was hurt and isn't telling anyone anything because he's terrified, we are the only hope of finding out answers! I'm a trained fighter and I've been teaching Sideswipe, let us go to Earth and help."

Oh, Bumblebee if you could only see the fire this mechling has. I thought to myself and looked at the two mechs before me. Sideswipe had started to develop a minute amount of confidence since Sunstreaker started training him. He had even bought his brother twin katanas as a gift, which terrified their Carrier in fear of someone hurting themselves. "We will discuss this in the solar cycle." I said to them after staring them down.

The both smiled before nodding, Sideswipe hugged me and Sunstreaker just groaned and pulled his brother off me. Sunstreaker hadn't hugged me since he entered his teen years, and Sideswipe has only just started hugging me. "We'll see you tomorrow, Sire." The yellow twin said before dragging his red twin off.

I shut the door and locked it before laying on the berth. My spark could feel the agony from the bond, and dread. Bumblebee may not have been aware that I could hear his fears of what I would do to him or the sparkling because of what happened, which hurt me even more than he may realize. My mate, if you can hear me just know that I love you with my entire being. When I said that I would love the sparkling, I spoke nothing but the truth. You and our family mean everything, so don't worry your pretty helm about what won't happen.

There was nothing coming from his end, but I continued to feel the fear and self-hate coming from his end. This happened during the beginning of our relationship, he was terrified of how I would react because of his past and hated himself for something he had no choice in. I had to show him that I was going to be with him till the very end of our lives. Bumblebee, remember when you were scared of how I would react to your past? And when you showed me the scars of your old life? I called you the most beautiful creature that I laid my optics on. I still think you are beautiful, so there is no need for your nasty thoughts love. You are stuck with me until the very end.

A small spark of light of came through the bond, which I hoped it meant it was working. I started to hear his spark, his thoughts, and could feel his emotions. I laid on the berth when I felt the floodgates of sadness overpower the bond. How can someone carrying a sparkling that isn't their mates be beautiful? What if you see the sparkling and change your mind about both of us?

I sighed loudly, understanding his fears even if they were simply illogical. Bumblebee, when Solar eclipse perished you feared I would hurt you physically and emotionally. You feared that without a sparkling I wouldn't want you, but I comforted you and we pulled through the dark times. I will not do anything but cherish you and help you raise the sparkling. We will recover through this as we have recovered through the few dark times we went through.

I… I want to tell you, but I'm scared. His voice wavered as the bond was starting to close off again.

Love, don't shut me out please. Take my strength. You don't have to tell me now remember? When you are ready to tell me, you can. For now, focus on recovering and being a Carrier to the sparkling residing inside you. I kept letting my mate know I still loved him.

I want the sparkling and I want you to be happy, but what about our sons? Will they accept the sparkling? Will it accept you as its Sire? Bumblebee asked his worries, but he was calming himself down as he accepted the emotions I was giving him. Thank you, Megatron.

I chuckled and finally laid down. For what my lovely mate?

For giving me what I've always wanted. His side of the bond pulsed happily through the bond. Ratchet said that I'll be able to return home tomorrow. Bumblebee sounded happy again.

I will be sure to greet you properly upon your return, my dear Autobot. I finished bidding my mate a restful cycle before slipping into stasis.

-Sideswipe's POV-

I sat in the window sill hugging my knee to my chest. All sorts of emotions were coursing through my processor and spark. A feeling of being watched caught my attention. I turned and saw Sunstreaker rolled over and opened his optics from the pillow. "I'll be there in a minute Sunny, I just have a lot on my mind."

"Want to talk about it? I can't recharge without feeling your emotions." Sunstreaker moved over and reached a servo out to me. He smiled, my brother clearly was wanting me to lay with him. Sides, come on I don't need the bond to tell you're stressed. I simply shook my helm with a small chuckle as I made my way to the berth. Which was apparently not fast enough, because as soon as I was in reach Sunstreaker pulled me on top of him. I fell across his torso with a shout as I landed. My idiot brother groaned and sat up with the pain when I landed on him.

"You did that to yourself, Sunny. You need to learn the virtue of patience dear brother." I said while sitting up with my legs on either side of my twin's. His servos went to my hips and he looked at me with a smile on his face. Hey now, I'm too tired for this. Can we do this in the solar cycle?

Why not now, come on the guards won't even know that we're gone. He slipped his servo under the mattress and pulled out small high grade flavored crystals. We were planning on sneaking out to the gladiator pit and do a bit of training and spend time with each other without anyone following us around. Sides, do you not want to go out?

It's not that I don't want to, but what if we get caught? Sire would ground us and we won't be able to leave for the organic planet. I rubbed my arm with a frown. I climbed off his lap so he could stand up; Sunny ran a servo on my face. A ripple of shivers ran through my systems as his servos touched my horns. I promise we won't get caught Sides.k

My arms crossed with a frown on my face, "but Sunny how will we get inside the arena? Your contract ended a couple solar cycles ago, and they took your copy of the keycard."

Sunstreaker opened his subspace and pulled out a key card with a smirk on his face. I couldn't help but chuckled at my brother, I knew for sure we were going to get caught but he wanted go out and do whatever at the arena. "If I learned anything from Carrier, is to always have a backup plan. He grabbed onto my servo with a growing smile on his face. "Now come on before the guards rotate."

I whined in disapproval before looking out the window and then at the door. I did want to see the arena. My inner thoughts reminded me while my brother continued to stare at me, waiting for my response. I looked into my twin's optics and smiled at him, getting a wicked smile from him. "Alright, come on but if we get caught I'm throwing you under the transit bus."

Sunny chuckled through the bond as he led me to the window, quietly opening it, and climbed down slowly. We didn't need the bond for Sunstreaker to know I was terrified to be scaling an eighty-foot-tall wall with nothing but the hard ground to land on. My brother sent me reassurance through our bond as we continued to climb down. We were nearing the bottom of the wall and I was about to just jump the small gap, but my ped slipped and I fell on top Sunstreaker who fell to the ground. We both groaned in pain as we rolled off of each other.

"Sideswipe, what in the world is wrong with you? If we were any higher and we would've been crushed." Sunstreaker got onto his peds before holding his servo out to me. I took it and stood up with a smile on my face. We dropped our servos and walked towards the large wall. "Come on we have to climb the outer wall." He looked at me before heading to the wall, and start climbing another wall. I groaned in disappointment before climbing the wall right behind my brother.

When we got to the large gladiator pits and it was very empty. As we walked through the main corridor to the arena grounds, our steps echoed softly while Sunstreaker showed me each room. Sunstreaker lifted this giant iron gate up high enough for me to crawl under. He took my servo in his and we sat in the middle of the sandy ground. I watched him open his subspace and pulled out two cubes of high grade. He handed me one with a smile, which I took with just as big of a smile.

"Sideswipe, so Sire asked me how you would feel if you came down tomorrow during the meeting with the leaders around Cybertron?" He asked while we started drinking the warm, smooth feeling running down my pipes. I leaned against my free servo while I continued to sip the energon.

"Is it going to be happening at home? I don't want to leave Carrier alone, he needs us there to help him recover." I sat the cube down beside me and looked at my brother with a small frown. We remained quiet while looking at each other.

My brother nodded, I'm not sure if he did out of understanding my concern or to answer my question. "I know Sire said that it was going to happen in Praxus. Carrier is going to be fine Sides, he'll be okay I promise. How do you like the energon?"

"It's really good thank you. In Iacon, I don't think I've ever had high grade this strong." I drank the rest of my energon with a big smile on my face. Sunstreaker finished his off before pulling out a vial with more high grade. "Oh, Sunny please for the love of Primus we don't need to get overcharged. Especially here when we aren't supposed to be."

Sunstreaker shook his helm and poured the cubes up to the rims. "It's fine Sideswipe, it's not the end cycle and no one is going to be here until the mid-solar cycle." He started drinking his at a much faster pace. "Come on Sides, I bet I can drink more than you." My twin started poking my side, just below my hip plating to get a reaction.

I rolled around in the sand while he crawled after me while tickling me. "Okay! Okay! I'll drink more! Stop tickling me, Sunny!" He finally got off me and we lifted our cubes before drinking our energon like it was a race. Then we started emptying the container we were pouring the high grade that Sunstreaker had brought with use, and we were both becoming more and more overcharged.

Then the blackout.

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