Okay, yes Megatron in my stories can love, but also remember there are a few other words in there that he associates love with. 1. Mine. He does not share, 2. Possess, again he is not going to give it up, and 3. There will always be strings attached. So don't have a heart attack yet! He is, after all, still a war lord. Thank you for the reviews. I enjoy reading them. Maybe I might make a hundred. Don't know just have to watch, read, and review. Thank you so much. I have enjoyed writing these stories.
One other thing is that I was sorry that the last chapter was so hurried. I wanted to post before I left for school yesterday. Thanks again!
One more point, Megatron did say he was sorry, but Shalon did not hear him tell her he loved her. She was in recharge! He's not that crazy yet.
Astrotrain was on standby. Shalon had packed up the day before so all she needed was to double check. She did leave a small picture in Megatron's drawer hoping that he would find it after she was home so that he would have something from her for his berth room. She walked by the chair that had been moved to the corner of the living area and realized that she would miss her mate and the time that they spent together. She was finally at peace with herself and thankfully Megatron seemed happy too. That was all she had wanted. She wanted him to have happiness with her. Maybe next time they could try for a little more, a sparkling perhaps. There was still so much that she wanted to share with him, and since last night he had seemed more than willing.
This morning she had woken up to him still in the berth with her and they had enjoyed the morning activities rather well. Megatron seemed that he had made peace with himself and his place in her life and that was all she had wanted.
Shalon was busy thinking about how she would miss being here and did not hear the door swish open. Megatron walked in and watched her as she wondered from the desk in the corner to the couch and then jumping when she noticed him standing in the doorway.
"I'm sorry, my lord. I didn't hear you." Shalon said she smiled at him before lowering her eyes.
"Don't. I told you last night, no more of that when we are in these quarters." He said softly and she raised her eyes to look him in the optics. He walked to her and pulled her to him as he kissed her.
"Are you going to miss me? He teased. Typical was what Shalon thought. He was always testing her feelings before allowing any of his to show and she was the foolish one to admit that she loved him, though she suspected he may have said it when she was recharging, but she could feel the love emanating from his side of the bond and she returned it with all the love and warmth that was her being.
"You know that I will miss you." She reached up on her tippy toes and kissed the plating of his nose. He smiled as he cupped her face and planted kisses all around her mouth before swooping in to explore her mouth with his glossa. She eagerly accepted him as she wrapped her arms around his neck and shoulders and rubbed herself against his armor.
"Enough, Shalon or we will be late." He finally said panting. She smiled her wicked little smile.
"You should never start something that you can't finish, my lord, and I packed last night." She purred as he groaned and then Megatron pulled her against him and slammed them both against the wall as he ran his hands up her skirt to find that she had nothing beneath it. His optics grew large at her implication and then he laughed.
"You little minx!" He growled before her pinned her with his body. She was ready and wet for him as he opened his panel and slipped into her hot wet valve.
"We shouldn't be doing this! Astrotrain is below, waiting for us." He said as he began to thrust into her. Shalon panted her approval into his audial receptor as she held his waist in a vice like grip urging him to go faster. Megatron did as his mate bid and thrust hard and fast as she moaned and cried for her lover to send her into overload.
Megatron groaned as he knew that they would be late but as he felt her valve tighten against his spike he just did not care. He heard her shout out his name as she went into overload and he quickly followed. His only regret was that they didn't have time to spark bond because he had grown quite fond of her spark reaching out for him. Primus she was everything that he had never imagined in a mate and she belonged to him. Never in a million years had he would have dreamed that Primus had made the perfect mate for him. Until her, he had never given much thought to Primus, but maybe there was more than just being a war lord and he looked forward to her next visit.
"You know, I don't ever think you have been late for anything." She finally said softly. She has been told about his OCD tendencies about tardiness and what happened to any mech that was late. He laughed loud and hard at his little mate. He would sorely miss her when she was gone and it angered him that he had to let her go.
"Promise me that you will come back every chance you get." He softly said as he released her from the wall. She felt him slide out and as they quickly cleaned themselves.
"I will always come back for you." She replied after they were ready and she was dressed. Megatron escorted her down to the entry room where the elevator was to take them up level to leave. She held onto him for as long as possible before boarding Astrotrain with the others. She would miss him terrible, but was still happy to be heading home. She noticed that it seemed that over half of the base was escorting them back to the boundaries of the Diego Garcia base. Shalon looked out the little window and counted at least thirteen of the cons and recognized well over half.
"Why are there so many going with us?" Shalon asked.
"I don't know." Replied Chelsea. "Astrotrain, so you know why?"
"Megatron seemed in good spirits this morning when it was discussed and he is letting us go for once." He replied. Shalon noticed that the command trine was leading and she was happy that Aura had helped them work things out. Aura had told her that it would take them time to trust each other again, but at least they were talking. Soundwave and his aerial cassettes were next while Megatron, Astrotrain, Hook, and Knockout were in the rear. Shalon also knew that that the twins were in deck along with Ravage and Ratbat. Cassie had the sparklings secure although Firefox was whimpering since she had to be placed in her own seat. They had tried to seat her where she was facing Shadow, but nothing short of placing them together would ever satisfy her. Isis was content and in her own little world, and Chelsea was seated and quiet though very pale. Shalon hoped she would make it to the rendezvous point before being sick and upsetting Astrotrain. Aura looked a little pale too and Shalon wondered if everything was okay with her, but decided not to ask. They would have plenty of time later to talk and Shalon also knew that Allie planned to go to the hall first before they went back to base.
The ride was not too long, thank goodness because both Chelsea and Aura looked like they were going to lose their 'cookies' and Cassie was fidgeting because of fussy sparklings. Shalon was developing a nice throbbing headache and wished she could have taken a different flight. Even Astrotrain had become sullen as he thought about how much he missed the quiet thrill of a lone flight and everyone was very happy to see land.
Shalon already missed the quiet solitude of Megatron's quarters and wished that they could turn around and go back. Cassie picked up on her feelings and reach over to squeeze her hand.
"I know. I felt that way the first time I made this trip back to Diego Garcia." She said.
"Does it get better? I mean we are not even on the ground and I already miss him." Shalon said. Astrotrain felt sorry for the petit femme. She and Aura were newly bonded and they would miss their mates. Astrotrain stilled marveled that Lord Megatron had taken a mate. No one on the Nemesis had seen that coming, well maybe Soundwave, but he didn't count since he was a telepath. Still, the last few days had seen their lord actually smiling and it had been a long time since anyone remembered the war lord laughing, but they had witnessed it quite often for the last month and Astrotrain hoped that his mood would not blacken after she had left.
"It does, and it doesn't help that you are picking up on every one's feelings while we are together in this shuttle." Cassie stated as she felt her sparklings demand to be unbuckled through their bond with her and then tried to telepath their dad, but he told them emphatically no which started their whimpers once more. Shalon had to agree mentally with Cassie that all the fussing and Aura and Chelsea being motion sick did not help things, but soon they felt Astrotrain descend to the ground and Shalon let out a sigh of relief which she felt Megatron laughing at her through their bond. She sent back warmth and love and told him it wasn't him that was causing her mood but all the craziness that was going on in the shuttle.
Aura and Chelsea could not get out fast enough and Shalon almost laughed at the comical expressions as they lodge themselves in the doorway trying to get out. Shalon let Soundwave sprint in and they both helped Cassie unbuckle the sparklings. Shalon just managed to catch Shadow but Firefox slipped by and ran out the door causing all kinds of uproar that didn't help with the tension between the two factions.
It was Optimus Prime that finally caught the little femme sparkling as she squirmed and kicked at her captor. Allie walked over and took her from her mate as all the Decepticons watched menacingly at the couple.
"Your mother has already warned me about you. Where's your little Shadow, little one?" Allie walked her over to Soundwave who took her back while scolding the little femme. Cassie walked out holding a squealing Shadow as Shalon carried Isis on her hip.
"Thank you, Allie. We are going to have to sparkle proof everything. Firefox and Shadow are terrible." All the cons groaned at her statement as they watched the family gathered and reunited.
"Aura telepath me and told me that you had three instead of two." Allie walked over and looked at the family. She smiled as Ravage curled around Shalon and Allie reached down to the shock of all the Autobots and patted Ravage on the head.
"Well, Ravage, It looks like you are going to have a little partner. You will have to teach her well when she is older." Allie could tell that Ravage was beaming at her words and she felt something like warmth emanating from Soundwave. Allie smiled at the family. "If we keep coming maybe you can talk Megatron into negotiating talks between factions and save us from this awful war. She thought to Soundwave sure that he would pick it up. He nodded slowly to show that he had heard and accepted her words. She smiled back one more time. She had left her bond open and as she walked back she could tell that Optimus was smiling behind his mask.
"Allie, as you can see the femmes are back, safe and sound, just like we negotiated." Megatron stepped forward. This time both Allie and Prime stepped forward. Allie saw two of the mini bots start to raise their weapons but Optimus held his hand out to stay their actions. The cons, though twitchy, did not raise their weapons. Shalon walked to her lord and turned facing the couple opposite from their site. Allie could see the love and pride that Shalon held for her mate and Allie had to mentally agree that she had done well even of her was a Decepticon war lord. Shalon, like her, would never settle for second best.
"Ready to go home." Allie asked softly. Shalon looked at her and then at Megatron who palmed her face, and this time shocked everyone, as they shared a mental moment between each other. It was all that Megatron would allow in public, and then Shalon walked to Allie as the others walked over and Soundwave helped transfer Firefox to Aura while Ratchet slowly came forward to gather Aura bag.
"Thank you, Ratchet." Aura said. She turned back and sent Thundercracker a mental note saying goodbye and he mouth silently to her that he loved her and take care. She smiled and sent back her love and warmth to him as she turned and nodded to Starscream and Skywarp.
"Take care, Aura. Be safe." Starscream told her as Skywarp did his goofy wave and smiled.
"Don't worry. I may be a commander but I have the best job. I run the bases." They laughed as she bounced a fussy Firefox on her hip and Thundercracker couldn't help but imagine how beautiful she would be with his sparkling bouncing on her hip.
'Okay, everyone said their goodbyes?" Allie asked. She smiled at her girls as they looked at their mates once more. Chelsea and Barricade embraced one more time as Allie heard a soft "Be safe", and Cassie sent one more message of love to Soundwave and the cassettes. Shalon looked longingly at Megatron, and though Megatron tried to hide it, Allie could feel him send a wave of love back to the petit femme who smiled. Optimus watched it all as hope flared in his spark that the war might be close to an end, and elation burst through him as Allie shared what she had telepathically picked up from the war lord and the little femme. Optimus had been so worried about the little femme, but Allie had faith in her apprentice and Allie was right. Shalon had won his spark through cunning intelligence and perseverance. Optimus was proud of the her even if she was not under his command, he was still Prime and a leader of his people and her hard work and willingness to love someone, even like his brother, who had fought against his own people, brought hope to a race that once thought they would die out after the Allspark had been destroyed.
Allie pulled Aura aside to talk to her. "Aura, Wheeljack is setting the gate as we speak, but he says that the solar flares from the red sun are interfering. We need to have our defensive equipment ready." Allie stated.
"I have already adjusted the setting to mine, and the rest have their on the tops of their bags. Thank you for the heads up this morning. It made things easier since we also have to take account of the sparklings. Shalon has made modifications to the carriers since Firefox is fussy and placing Shadow with her is the only way to calm her." Aura said.
"I asked Wheeljack to send us directly to the Hall. Piper is setting the modulators up and the cloaking modulator will be fully activated. My only concern is the solar flares. It could alter our course or we may be fine, but regardless we need to be prepared."
"I agree." I'll have everyone prepared to break into teams if we should end up in the wrong coordinates." Aura said.
"Make sure that Cassie is covered. We can also use her position if we are close to Jung ho territory. She is good at her job and can play off the sparklings as orphans until we are in a secure location."
"I'll see that it is done." Aura replied turning. The cons and the bots were still standing their ground. It seemed that Megatron wanted to see the gate open before recalling his mechs.
Allie walked to the center and stood her ground. "Megatron, the gate will open shortly. I am sure that you are waiting until we are seen off. Thank you for your consideration and thank you for allowing my femmes to see their mates. When the time comes, same contact frequency? About same intervals?" Allie asked.
"I am inclined to agree. It worked very well with our schedule. My mechs are curious, though, will others come?" Megatron asked as his mechs perked up at their lord's question.
"There are more, yes, but it is up to them to come. I don't force them or coerce them to come and it is their choice whether which base they want to stay on." Allie said the last part with a bit of edge to her voice. She understood full well the difference between an Autobot femme and a Decepticon femme would mean to his mechs. Optimus stepped up next to her in support still leery of Megatron's motives.
"Megatron, the gate is opening." As Optimus spoke they could see a swirl of light and a gate appearing. "I think it is time for your mechs to move out. We are done here."
"We are done when I say we are done." As Megatron spoke, Allie saw how close the gate actually was.
"Megatron, you and Optimus need to back away," but before Allie realized it, the gate's system made a static like noise and the femmes felt the electrical discharge. All three sparklings began to cry and everything swirled around until darkness engulfed all that was within fifty feet of the gate. Allie and the girls knew what had happened and immediately recognized the Hall, but to Allie's horror, Optimus, his mechs, as well as Megatron and his mechs had been pulled through the gate with them. Allie also noted that Colonel Lennox, his me, and the new appointed director of operations and special liaison for the president, Charlotte Mearing.
"Well, this is going to be fun." Boy, could Shalon state it well when she wanted to.
So I can guess you will figure it out that the next story is going to be different. I am hoping that a forced truce between two factions can end a war. Let's see. Please take a moment to review.
