Chapter 28! Thank you guys so much for your reviews! This is the most I have ever gotten! Keep them coming!
Anyway, disclaimer: I do not own transformers prime, it belongs to Hasbro.
Warnings: more cuteness!
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Chapter 28
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Maximum woke up with a soft chirrup.
He looked around, recognizing his surroundings, and cooed out softly in the dim lighting. Primus, he needed a nap. The little one hugged his bunny close, and chirruped softly, as he hugged the toy close to his small body.
Then the door to the med. bay opened, and he let out a surprised squeak.
"I'm tellin' ya Breakdown, wrecking balls leave more damage than your hammer!"
"Pfft! In your dreams, Bulkhead!"
Oh good, it was the two large mechs he liked that always played with him when he parents weren't around! Maximum sneezed, and then mewled happily to them.
Breakdown and Bulkhead looked over, and both smiled when they saw the sparkling.
"Oh hey Maxi, how ya doing'?" Breakdown said, walking over and picking up the happy sparkling, and cradling him to his chest plates.
Maximum giggled, as he was held against the blue mech.
"Uh, Breakdown, I don't think Megs and Prime are…" Bulkhead was cut off by a look.
"Megs won't mind. Besides, Ratchet's busy at the moment giving Arcee a tune-up, so someone's gotta watch him," Breakdown purred, and nuzzled the sparkling gently.
Maximum snuggled close, with a mewl.
"Hey!"
Bulkhead and Breakdown looked down, and saw Miko and Raf. Jack was at work late tonight for an extra shift, and his Mom was still at work.
"You guys up for some off roading together in the grand canyon?" Miko smirked.
Bulkhead sighed, "Ah, Miko, I don't think…."
"Sure," Breakdown answered, earning a wide-opticked look from Bulkhead, "Maxi's safe with us. We take turns driving the kids, and watching Maximum. I'm sure Ratchet won't mind."
"But…"
"Then come on you guys, let's go have some fun!" Miko tugged on Bulkhead's leg, excitement on the verge of bursting.
Breakdown walked out of the med. bay, carrying Maximum in his arms, and went to the space bridge. Maximum mewled, sensing the others excitement, and wondering where they were going.
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Ratchet entered the med. bay just as the space bridge closed, with freshly made sparkling formula. He had a feeling Maximum would need some refreshment after his nap.
"Maxi? Your Nana's here with some yummy energon formula for y-!" Ratchet gasped, dropping the bottle.
Where there was supposed to be silver and blue sparkling, was a rumpled, messy blanket, with a bunny toy under it.
Ratchet roared, going into melodramatic panic mode, "Maximum! Maxi! Where are you? MAXIMUM?"
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"How much longer, Optimus?" Megatron whispered, as he was led towards the edge of the forest.
Optimus had the silver mech's hand in his, leading him towards the spot, where he had gone so many times when he needed to think, to be alone, to get away from reality for a while. He smiled at Megatron's impatience.
"Almost there," he said softly.
Megatron sighed, as he was led through by Optimus. He looked around in wonder, as the sun's light shined through the forest, casting light shadows throughout. He smiled gently, as he watched it, loving how it made the trees look bigger, and stronger.
He didn't feel Optimus' hand slip out of his, and didn't hear said mech sneaking up behind him.
He yelped when he optics were suddenly covered from behind.
"Optimus!" he yelled in protest.
Prime laughed gently, "Easy there…"
"Prime, remove your hands this instant!"
"Hmm….." he heard the prime hum, "No. I want this to be a surprise."
Megatron groaned in defeat, slumping, as Optimus chuckled behind him, and then led him forwards from behind.
The silver seeker sighed, and let himself be led forwards. He felt himself blush a little at how close Optimus' chest was to his back. He twitched his wings.
After what felt like forever, he stopped, when Optimus did.
"Keep your optics off-lined, and don't on-line them until I tell you to," Prime whispered.
Sighing, Megatron did as Optimus asked, keep his optics off-lined, as he felt Optimus' hands move away. Then, he felt those same hands take both of his and lead him forwards.
"Can I on-line them?" he asked.
"Not yet," Prime answered.
"Prime…."
"Trust me."
Megatron felt his throat go dry a bit at those last words. Trust him? It felt foreign to the seeker. He couldn't remember the last time he trusted anyone. But something told him to trust this mech. To allow him to lead him.
He relaxed, and followed the pull of Prime's hands. Then, he stopped when Optimus let go of his hands, and Megatron was left standing there. He listened for a moment, and heard Prime's footsteps, before he jumped, when he felt Optimus' arms go around his waist.
"Now, you can on-line your optics," Prime whispered.
The Decepticon High Commander on-lined his optics slowly, and they widened at the sight before him.
They stood at a precipice, and before him was a beautiful array of colors, shades of pink, orange, bright yellow, and soft blues, all created from the illuminating light of the orange sphere slowly dissolving into the horizon. It's colors left the land before them in shadows.
It was gorgeous.
Megatron felt like his intakes had been sucked out of his body.
How had he not seen anything like this before? What had he missed out here on planet Earth?
And then, something hit him that he hadn't felt for so long: he had the urge to fly amongst it, to dance amongst the colorful sky, to become one with it in this state.
He held back though.
"It's beautiful, is it not?"
He was broke from his trance, and looked at Optimus who had not taken his optics off the beautiful scenery. Megatron smiled.
"Yes…." He said softly, "I've never seen anything like it…."
The two mechs sat down together in the grass, watching the sun setting, Megatron sitting on Optimus' crossed legs. It was mesmerizing.
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"WHOOOOOOOOO!"
"YEAAAAAH-HAAAAAH!"
Breakdown and Miko's roars of adrenaline filled the crevasses of the Grand Canyon, as they drove through the dunes, no holds barred.
Watching them from a safe distance, was Bulkhead, who was sitting down, watching Maximum, as he played with Raf. Raf was playing peek-a-boo with the little one, making him giggle, while Bulkhead was busy making sure Breakdown and Miko didn't overdo it.
The large green mech chuckled when he heard the two, shaking his helm at the sight.
Same old Breaky, he thought, remembering how Breakdown would give Skyquake a near spark attack by pulling crazy stunts like that, just for the thrill of it. A thrill-seeker to the end.
Maximum looked over at Breakdown driving down there, and he cooed in wonder at what they were doing. It looked….dangerous.
After a few more minutes, Breakdown drove back up, and opened his door, letting out an out of breath, but very happy Miko, who collapsed to the ground with a satisfies sigh.
"Oh man….that was the best one yet Breaky….!" She panted.
Breakdown laughed, "So, who's next?"
Raf walked over, "I am!"
He climbed in, and Breakdown closed the door, and put the seatbelt over the small human.
"All right then….Let's get ready to rock!" Breakdown yelled, and then drove off, Rafael cheering on the way.
Miko sat up and began whooping and cheering Breakdown on. Bulkhead laughed at Miko's enthusiasm.
Both forgot to keep an optic on little Maximum, who's little optics caught sight of a desert toad. He cooed and crawled towards it, with a mewl. The toad hopped away when Maximum tried to touch it. The sparkling let out a chirp of surprise, before determination crossed his small features. He crawled after the creature, as his babysitters cheered on the show that Breakdown put on for them.
He followed it into the canyon nearby, letting out a yelp of frustration, as the desert toad once again evaded his grasp. The sparkling followed it without hesitation into the large canyon.
And blissfully unaware of the three strange men clad in black watching him from the ledge.
One of them pulled out a radio.
"Silas, we have a visual of a small transformer," he said.
There was static before a voice answered back, "Do we have the means of transporting it?"
"Yes sir," he said.
There was another moment of silence, before Silas answered again, "Bring it in, quickly and as quietly as you can."
"Yes sir."
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Review please! Oh and for those who hate MECH, I hate them too, but i really couldn't think of anyone else playing the bad guys, since the bots and cons have a truce, and these guys are the only ones who can really threaten both sides.
