Magnus cowered in the corner, having learned from before it was never wise to piss off a seeker, but Wingspan was nothing compared to a pissed off Optimus and Skywarp. Warp and Optimus exchanged glances before both went after the cowardly mech. Magnus didn't have a prayer.

Optimus let Warp get in the first blows before Optimus truly stepped in and he showed why even though he was a kind and fair mech, why you don't piss him off as he tore into Magnus.

By the time the two were done, Magnus's body was unrecognizable and Magnus's corrupted spark was sitting in Optimus's left hand, and Optimus was debating whether to crush the spark in his hand or let it go and have primus guide it to the pit. Optimus felt a slightly twinge of guilt, but he realized the friend he had had was no longer there, as Dion would never have hurt Orion and Airel's sparklings. Now the decision just needed to be made.

"Goodbye Dion, perhaps Primus will have mercy on you. But I will not" He said and let the spark go.

The other Autobots merely watched, not understanding what had brought this on, but figured that in due time, Optimus would tell. But soon after Optimus released the spark, he felt like a caged animal, as Mirage sent his struggling and his fighting against his restraints unknowingly over their bond. Mirage was completely oblivious to what had happened, but he wanted to know and to know now!

Optimus cursed and told them to see to the body before he went to Mirage and freed him. "Shhh, it's alright love calm down"

"Something's wrong. I KNOW IT! TELL ME DAMNIT!" stated Mirage, frustrated with a mood swing on top of it.

"I will, calm down" Optimus said and took an intake of air before telling Mirage what had happened.

Mirage was horrified by what had befallen Flasher and the precious little seekerlings. "I-I-I want … to see them" stated Mirage, tears dripping down his cheeks. 'And I don't get it, I did what Magnus had asked of me, why did he harm them?"

"His spark...as I held it in my hand it was corrupted, for how long I do not know but he stopped being Dion an long time ago." He didn't realize Mirage would know the name since he and Prowl had went to the past and had met the three best friends. "I will take you to the med bay" Optimus said and carried his mate.

'well, now that he is no longer here to threaten my life or the life of our sparklings, I will tell you how my knee joints were truly busted – Magnus busted both of them after he realized I didn't get the required intel, and I was forced to hide them and the real story or he would harm the sparklings. I guess he must have figured when you told him I had no legs below the knee that I told you what happened and he went after the sparklings. I just hope he didn't kill any of them' stated Mirage, tears dripping down from his optics.

Optimus for a brief moment wished he could offline Magnus again. "You should have told me sooner" Optimus said before they entered the med bay.

"This was the first time I felt safe telling you' Mirage said quietly, in a very un-Mirage like way.

Upon entering the med bay, Mirage was even more spark broken as he saw the screaming seekerlings in Wingspan's arms, the seekerling parts damaged, but the part that seemed to get Mirage the most was seeing poor little Flasher sleeping under Ratchet's meticulous hands.

Ratchet didn't even spare them a look. "I'm surprised it took you two this long" He said as he worked.

"Well, Optimus did have to untie me from the berth, as Jazz made sure I couldn't get out on my own after having found me crawling on the floor trying to get here. How are my precious sparklings?" asked Mirage, worried.

"I'm doing all I can Mirage, for now you can help Wingspan calm the seekerlings"

Once Optimus set Mirage down on a med bay berth, Wingspan brought the little seekerlings over and they quickly cuddled close to their mother. Wingspan stayed until Optimus told the seeker to go, as Optimus would stay, and so Wingspan left.

'Ratchet, I have to tell you I lied about how I got my knees busted" Mirage said.

"I know" replied Ratchet.

"What do you mean you knew?"

"I'm a medic remember I know how different injuries are inflicted and by what if not by who"

"I'm sorry for lying, but I feared for my sparklings lives' replied mirage, which disturbed Ratchet even further.

"All the more reason you should have said something" Ratchet said.

"And have Magnus rip out my spark as well as those of my sparklings, I don't think so' replied Mirage, showing just what a pickle he had been in.

"I would have offlined him much sooner" Optimus said. "Had you but told me"

"I'm sorry, I guess I am not as strong as you are. I am just a scared-y cat weakling" replied Mirage, not trying to throw a pity party, but just feeling like he was weak, especially since he couldn't even get anywhere on his own and being sparked didn't help either.

"It's over now" Optimus said gently caressing his mates face. "Try and rest with the little ones"

Mirage looked at his mate before falling into recharge, both seekerlings snuggled into their mother, grasping on so tight that Mirage's metal in that area was starting to warp, though Mirage had no clue.

Optimus watched them before going over to Ratchet where he was working on Flasher. "How bad is it Ratchet"

Ratchet sighed. "His main processor and spark are safe, but several subsystems as well as his protective plating have been damaged and will take time to repair and even longer to heal. Fortunately, he got help before he went into shock, otherwise, things might be different. And while the seekerlings mostly lost their wings, those will grow back on their own. They will be in pain, but their wings will grow back. We will have to keep a good optic on Flasher, though, as he had much more acid on him" replied Ratchet as he continued working on Flasher.

Optimus gently caressed his son's tiny helm. "He will make it; I know he will he is so much stronger than us"

A week later, Mirage had his legs back, the seekerlings wings were growing back, but flasher remained in the med bay, as he was healing slowly. Elsewhere, things were changing slightly too.

Ratchet asked Mirage to stay with Bumblebee while he went to the med bay to check up on Flasher.

"Mirage sad?" Bumblebee asked when they were alone.

Mirage sighed, for as much as he tried, he could never hide his real mood from Bee. "Is it that obvious" Mirage asked, to which Bee nodded, "well you remember flasher, right (to which Bee nodded). Well, Flasher is in the med bay right now, slowing getting better after his ordeal."

"He be okay" Bumblebee said and touched Mirage on the arm his coordination was improving.

That was one thing Mirage enjoyed about Bee, he was always optimistic no matter what came his way. "I hope you come back to us soon, my friend, as I miss swamping parenting stories regarding our mates with you."

"Miss..." Bumblebee started to say when his hands went to his helm and his optics flickered a bit. Moments later Bumblebee let out a scream of pure agony that could be heard in the nearby corridors, he screamed for what seemed like forever before his vocals cut out for a moment then he was slumping to the ground. Optics offline and was completely still.

Mirage gently nudged Bee at first, as this had happened a couple times before and Bee usually came around, though he was not as loud with his screams before. And in seeing that Mirage couldn't rouse the minibot, Mirage commed Ratchet, "Medical emergency in your quarters, Ratchet. Bee just crashed and I can't get him to respond to me"

"I'm on my way" Ratchet said and considering how far along he was he made really good time getting from the med bay to his quarters.

Just as Ratchet came in to his shared quarters Bumblebee was rousing, optics onlining and it took a few moments for things to clear. When he saw Ratchet he was jumping and ran to his mate and threw his arms around the medic. "Ratch, primus my Ratch you have no idea how much I've missed you" Bumblebee said babbling as he hugged and kissed Ratchet's sparkling bump then looked at his mate with love in his optics.

Mirage was so surprised, he nearly pulled a "Prowl." Ratchet was completely caught off guard not sure exactly what to say, though feeling his mate on his sparkling bump was starting to make the medic horny as all get out.

'Welcome back, Bee" Mirage said starting to feel like he was in the wrong place and the wrong time. "I think I will just go and let myself out" and with that Mirage headed toward the door.

"Thank you Mirage, for everything you've done for me" Bumblebee said before he pulled Ratchet to their berth.

Mirage smiled and nodded as he left.

Meanwhile in the berth, Ratchet was so off guard that soon Bee was on top, taking his mate, driving Ratchet wild with lust, as it had been a couple months since Ratchet had been able to have any interfacing.

"I love you, have missed you so much" Bumblebee said as he worked his mate.

Ratchet wanted to ask how much Bee remembered, but as Bee kept hitting the right spots on the medic, Ratchet's thoughts started filling with only images of him and Bee sharing their love. And in being horny, ratchet tried his best to make sure they both enjoyed the session, or sessions as Bee would soon learn.

Bumblebee moaned finally being inside Ratchet after so very long and leaned down kissing Ratchet deeply as he thrust.

Both overloaded quickly during the first and second sessions and were quickly approaching their third overload. Ratchet couldn't believe his stamina, as he never thought he had this much, but he wasn't about to complain.

"I love so much Ratchet, and I owe you so much more then I will ever be able to repay"

"Just…j-just..give me…one more…ugh OH OH OH.. overload…ugh ngh….precious…and call it e-e- OOO – even" replied ratchet, enjoying the time now that his mate was back.

"Anything for my Ratchet" Bumblebee said as he worked on giving his mate another overload.

After the last intense overload, Ratchet had just enough strength to pull his mate close to his spark chamber before falling asleep.

Bumblebee had a satisfied smirk on his face as he too settled in and drifted off.

Meanwhile, poor Prowl felt underloved and unwanted as he played with his youngest sparklings. It had been hours if not a couple of days since he had seen Jazz, and he was missing his mate, but didn't know if his mate was missing him.

Jazz of course missed his mate he was just suddenly swamped and his visor kept acting up and finally while he was in one of the corridors it shorted out completely plunging him into the darkness he knew all too well. He tried to keep his calm as he reminded himself he was on the ARK he was safe, but it only helped a little bit and he tried comming Prowl.

Prowl felt the fear and he felt the panic, Prowl quickly commed Wingspan to watch the sparklings and Prowl dashed out. He followed his spark to find his mate. Prowl was devastated when he found his mate in an abandoned hallway, stumbling around blind, cursing, swearing, crying, and begging for help. And worst of all, Jazz was completely in the dark and lost. Prowl's spark went out to his mate, who turned defensive, not realizing it was his mate. Prowl dodged a few close blows before Prowl was able to initiate the touch the Jazz knew no matter what. "Sweet spark, its me, do you need some assistance?" prowl even kissed his mate, in an effort to calm the bot down, and finally Jazz relaxed and realized who had come to his rescue.

Jazz clung to Prowl. "My visor went out, it was acting funny then it just went out"

Prowl offered his arm to his mate, "shall I take you to see Ratchet, my sweet spark?"

Jazz nodded still clinging, probably with a firmer grip then what was needed but he was scared.

"trust me" was all Prowl said as he gently guided his mate, glad that it was Mirage and not Optimus visiting Flasher. "ratchet, Prowl and Jazz need your help' stated Mirage. Prowl merely whispered thank you as Ratchet waddled his way out.

"What's wrong" Ratchet asked noticing the way Jazz was clinging to Prowl he suspected what might be the matter.

"Can you check Jazz's visor, it is malfunctioning" replied prowl, not too loud in case any bot was close to the med bay.

"Of course, come on in the back" Ratchet said and lead the way.

Jazz followed as Prowl led the way. Mirage watched just in case. And soon the three were back in Ratchet's office and finally able to sit down, Ratchet plopped down, carefully removed Jazz's visor and began on working to rectify the problem.

Ratchet frowned as he looked at the visor and shook his mumbling to himself.

Prowl was now very concerned. 'What's wrong, ratchet? Can you fix it?"

"Its heavily damaged, I can repair it but it's going to take some time" Ratchet said. Unspoken was the fact that it was going to take long enough that the others would probably become suspicious.

Prowl took the hint but was not sure what to do, as he didn't want Jazz's weakness revealed to all. Mirage didn't say anything but listening outside he tried something, to see if his mirages would work for his adopted mother, and soon, a mirage of a visor appeared on Jazz's face, but Mirage had no idea if Jazz could actually see with it. HE hoped he could long enough to be able to keep his secret a secret.

Jazz had very limited visibility when a 'visor' appeared on his face. "Mirage?" Jazz asked semi able to see.

Mirage remained outside, pretending like he hadn't heard the conversation, as he didn't want Jazz to feel bad. Mirage kept the visor mirage up for Jazz, not wanting any credit and not knowing if it really worked. Mirage somehow corrected the mirage, making almost completely clear for Jazz, to see, though just not clear enough so that Jazz knew it was not his visor.

Jazz knew something was up when he saw Ratchet with his visor and he rubbed his helm not sure what to say.

"Is something wrong, Jazz?" asked Prowl, not noticing that Jazz had another visor on, as Prowl was focused on Ratchet and the visor.

"Nothing, you wouldn't believe it if I told you" Jazz said finally.

"If you say so, hon. Are you ready to go back, Ratchet will have to work on this for a wh…" Prowl stopped mid sentence when he realized his mate seemed to have another visor on. "can you see out of that" asked Prowl, drawing even ratchet's attention to the strange occurrence.

"Yeah...and I think I know who's responsible for it" Jazz said. "A bit at least"

"Is it alright with you if I go back to watching the sparklings, hon" Prowl asked Jazz.

"Yeah, you go on ahead" Jazz said not showing that hurt.

"Jazz, I want to spend time with you, however I have Wingspan watching the sparklings, and I am afraid they will where him out as he is carrying four sparklings. I will be back for you once I go check on them, ok?" Prowl asked, explaining as to why he needed to go run and check on things.

"Yeah go ahead Prowler it's okay" Jazz said.

Prowl soon left and Ratchet was busy repairing the real visor. That left Jazz free and Mirage stroking his son's helm. Jazz was not exactly sure what was going on, but he was going to get to the bottom of it.

Jazz had to trust in the illusion and he made his way to where Mirage and Optimus were. "Mirage"

Mirage secretly knew about Jazz and made sure to keep the illusion going, which allowed Jazz to see, not quite as clear as his own visor, but clear enough that he could get by with it and no one would know the difference. 'How are you doing, Jazz?" Mirage asked focus still on his son. Optimus chose to go visit quickly with Ratchet and First Aid once Jazz approached, figuring it was a conversation between mother and son.

"Why and how Mirage"

Mirage didn't play dumb, as he knew. "How I cannot tell you, but why I can. You took me in when I lost my parents, you believed in me, you loved me, and you helped me be the bot I am today. I never called my bearer this, as I use this word carefully, but you are my mother, and if I can help, I am going to. I love you," replied Mirage, quietly so that no one else but Jazz heard.

"Mirage I love you too son, but you didn't have to do this for me" Jazz said and pulled Mirage into a hug.

"I know I didn't have to, mom, I chose to. Simple as that, and I am not going to let your precious secret be exposed to those who don't need to know" replied mirage, hugging Jazz right back.

"The second this becomes draining for you, you comm me and let me get somewhere where I know the layout and you shut off whatever it is your doing. Promise me"

"I will let you know, but it takes a lot to cause this program to shut down. And I will do my best to let you know if something should happen. Otherwise, please enjoy' Mirage said.

"Thank you son" Jazz said and rubbed his temple a little bit.

Mirage caught Jazz's hand before Jazz could rub too hard. It was then that Jazz understood that somehow Mirage was using a connection where his visor normally fit to create the illusion. "Sorry, mom, but I can't let you rub too hard on that area" Mirage said.

"Okay son but I've got some pressure building I have to get rid of, or I'm going to be out for a while"

"Shall we give your optics a break, I think the new visor could be contributing to the pressure. Just tell me if you want me to do that. I am right here and I don't plan on going anywhere anytime soon, especially with little Flasher in the med bay" replied Mirage.

Jazz nodded. "Shut it off son please"

Mirage turned off the illusion, only after placing his hand on Jazz's left side, the side closest to the illusionist. "Is that a bit better, mom?" asked Mirage.

"Give me a few minutes and we'll see" Jazz said and rubbed a bit trying to make the pressure ease on his own, not having much luck.

Mirage took a look at the bot, and realized what had been missed before, something that should have been open to vent pressure was closed though Mirage had no idea why. Mirage moved around slowly talking to Jazz as he went. And soon, Mirage flicked the closed "door" open, relieving Jazz of tons of pressure that he felt. "Feel better, mom?"

"Primus...much better son"

And with that Mirage created the illusion again, and while Jazz was grateful, he took a closer look at Flasher and didn't understand what had happened to the little sparkling. 'He was tossed in a vat of acid by Magnus" Mirage said aloud, flooring Jazz, "And you should have seen what Magnus did to our poor little seekerlings."

"He hurt the seekerlings" Jazz growled practically.

"Hurt is an understatement. Maimed would be a better word. It will take weeks for their wings and rocket boosters and stuff to return to what they should be for their age' replied Mirage, boiling mad but just about ready to cry. 'Flasher, unfortunately got it the worst though I am not sure why. I never told anyone until after Magnus left that he busted my knee joints. I had to make up a phony story and cover my busted knees up, as he had threatened myself and my sparklings."

That made Jazz even madder. "You should have told me"

"I wanted to tell you and my mate so many times, but Magnus threatened to rip my spark out if I told as well as those of all my sparklings. What was I supposed to do?"

"Tell me and let me take him while he was asleep"

"I am sorry, mama, I just couldn't bring myself to do it as I was too scared due to being sparked" replied Mirage.

"Flashers a tough little one, he'll pull through" Jazz said. "And I'll never let anyone hurt my children"

Mirage looked at his adopted mother and nuzzled Jazz, and while Mirage was enjoying the moment, Seaspan and Bluefire found their way to mommy, as they missed their mommy really badly, and as Mirage delicately picked up his seekerlings, Jazz saw the damage that the little ones had. "wingspan saw it too, mom, the day it happened. It is a little better now than the day it happened"

"Come here little bots" Jazz said holding his arms out for one or both of them.

Both seekerlings were skeptical, especially since they had been dipped in acid by an adult who was supposed to be able to protect them, but due to Mirage's encouragement, while Seaspan stayed with Mirage for the time being, Bluefire went to go be with Jazz.

"There now little bot you know who I am" Jazz said rubbing the little helm gently. "Its grandmum"

Bluefire snuggled into Jazz's chassis, seeking out the warmth of the spies spark, and as Bluefire snuggled, jazz could see where the damage had been done and was slowly healing.

"Sweet little bots grandmum is going to keep safe for as long as I can" Jazz said and held Bluefire close being extra careful.

"rub my wings and back, pwease" begged Bluefire of Jazz trying to sound really cute, 'pretty pwease Gamma."

"Anything for you little bot" Jazz said smiling and rubbed the wings and back with a practiced hand.

Mirage watched and while Jazz was more experienced, Mirage thought he would try showing jazz what he had learned. And while Jazz had Bluefire quiet, but not purring, Mirage had little Seaspan purring is his sleep. "Mind if I show you a trick I learned, mom?"

"Sure son" Jazz said.

Mirage soon showed Jazz the technique the illusionist had learned from the grown seekers, and soon Jazz was making Bluefire purr louder than the bot ever had before.

"Cute trick, which seeker showed you that one?"

"Warp, their data donor father' replied Mirage, "it seems to work though"

Jazz nodded and kept rubbing. "They're all going to be alright Mirage, you'll see"

'I really hope you are right, mom' replied Mirage,

"Trust me and trust in the strength of your sparklings"

Mirage nodded, as he knew his mom was right.

Jazz found a stool and sat down keeping Bluefire close to his spark.

"Sit down son"

Mirage sat down, and began to think more positive thoughts.

Elsewhere, Ratchet was just waking up, a little stiff form the night before.

Bumblebee came with the sparklings and a few cubes of energon for his mate and let his children visit with First Aid while he brought the cubes to Ratchet. "Hello sleepy head"

'Hey sweet spark, and I see you brought the little ones' replied ratchet, always happy to see his family. However, this day was going to get more complicated as Ratchet's body slowly prepared for the sparklings he was carrying to come out soon.

"I did, we all missed you so we thought we could just come to you" Bumblebee said handing Ratchet a cube.

Ratchet tasted the sweet energon as it ran down his throat, and he was enjoying time with his family when he slowly began to notice certain faint pains.

"You alright?" Bumblebee asked when he felt something along their bond.

Ratchet, thinking that the pains were a minor annoyance, ignored them. "Yes, I am fine dear."

"If you're sure" Bumblebee said coming over and rubbed Ratchet's back

The thing was, Ratchet wasn't sure what was going on. And for all the info he had access to as a medic, he could not pinpoint what was causing his discomfort at this point in time. But soon the pain faded, and ratchet discounted, not realizing it would be getting more painful as well as more frequent as the time drew closer.

"Do you want to lay down some more?" Bumblebee asked.

"I can't afford to, I have things to do…." And it was then that the pains returned just a slight bit stronger.

"I know something is wrong Ratchet" Bumblebee said.

Ratchet was about to say something, when the pain ripped through him again, and this time a black viscous fluid startled trickling down this thighs. Ratchet swore as he knew this could mean one thing – the sparklings were coming.

"Well at least we won't have to move you far" Bee joked and called for assistance.

Ratchet would have laughed if he wasn't in so much pain, and Aid wondered if Ratchet was as tough as he said he was.

Between the two of them they got Ratchet to a berth and Bumblebee called for someone to get the seekerlings.

Starscream quickly came to the rescue and soon Ratchet was in a position he never thought he would be in- delivering his own set of sparklings

Bumblebee thanked Starscream before giving his attention to his mate and helped him through each pain.

Starscream nodded and Moved on with the seekerlings as Ratchet prepared to do something his body seemed eager to do..

"You're doing good Ratch" Bumblebee said holding his mates hand.

Ratchet was in more pain than he had ever felt before, but he was glad that his mate was right there with him and standing by his side.

"Keep breathing it helps" Bumblebee said and encouraged Ratchet to do as he did..

Soon enough, both new sparklings arrived and they had names Wrench (An all silver mech0" the second one with red stripes soon was named Yellow Jacket. Both were loud as they entered the world. Ratchet was glad when the sparking part was all over.

"You did good" Bumblebee told his mate and kissed him lovingly. "Their beautiful"

Ratchet smiled, as the really hard part of sparking was over and they had two more healthy little ones. "thank you, my sweet spark. Thank you for this gift."

"You're welcome" Bumblebee said. "Do you feel up to holding them?"

"maybe later, for now I want to rest" replied Ratchet.

Bumblebee nodded and kissed Ratchet again. "Rest now, I'll tend to the sparklings"

Ratchet smiled just before he crashed, finally able to rest.

Bumblebee smiled and stayed a little longer before he went to get the mini seekerlings from the seekers.

Meanwhile, as Bee and Ratchet were relieved as their sparklings were all sparked and safe, Optimus started feeling slightly off. Mirage was swamped trying to take care of the 8 sparklings on his own while heavily sparked, and so Optimus wasn't able to ask Mirage any questions or anything. Disturbed by his own strange actions, Optimus went to the med bay, however, since First Aid was not quite as adept at catching things as Ratchet, Optimus was told that what he was feeling was in his head. Optimus wasn't sure, but there was little else he could do except wait a few weeks until ratchet was back to double check.

"Are you doing alright, my beloved?" came Mirage's voice over the comm., sounding very tired.

"Fine, just feel a little off Aid says its all in my head" Optimus said. "I'm coming my love to help you for a while"

"Thanks sweetspark. I could really use the help. And maybe we could both use some rest once the sparklings settle down" stated Mirage, in a somewhat tired but also slightly needy tone.

"Sounds good my love I'm on my way" Optimus said going to their quarters.

In their shared quarters, Mirage was worried as the place was a mess, Luckystar and Silverstreak were covered in paint after having a painting war, Bluesky wouldn't leave Firestar alone, and Keeper and Flasher were trying their best to help with the seekerlings as Mirage was trying to clean off the two covered in paint. Mirage had carefully taught his two oldest and most responsible sparklings to rub the sparklings wings correctly just in case it would be necessary. Mirage was also tired as he had had to run after all the sparklings all day without reprieve.

Optimus arrived quickly and started helping with the sparklings and put Bluesky in the corner for the moment and helped wherever he could.

Finally, after an hour and fighting with a stubborn Silverstreak, all the sparklings were sound asleep and Mirage and Optimus were able to share time together without the sparklings.

"(sigh) they are a lot of work" stated Mirage, finally getting a chance to relax.

"Forgive me for not being here" Optimus said holding his mate after giving him some energon.

"Don't worry too much about it, beloved, as I know you have lots weighing on your processor. It is nice to get a chance to spend some time with an adult, as I am in a bit of need" Mirage said playfully teasing his mate.

Optimus smiled and nuzzled his mate. "Who am I to deny my mate"

Mirage struggled to get off the couch as the added weight weighed him down and threw his balance off a bit. "I think you better offer assistance, if we want to have fun' Mirage said, which Optimus knew was the closest thing that Mirage would say to asking for help.

Optimus wrapped his arms around Mirage and guided him to their quarters where he gently made love to his mate.

After the quiet and pleasurable overload, Mirage had a question for his mate, "So what brought you to the med bay earlier today, my sweet?"

"I'm not sure, I just feel off" Optimus said. "Cant quite put my finger on it'

"speaking of which, why didn't you see Ratchet? I mean I know First Aid does a good job, but only Ratchet really knows your systems, if you know what I mean. He would never tell you it was all in your head, he would investigate further" Mirage said, not trying to be mean, but not trusting First Aid's conclusion.

"I want Ratchet to have some time off, if it gets bad I'll get him off his leave"

"Alright, but can you at least tell me what seems to be bothering you, you just seem so much more touchy feely than usual" replied mirage, as he felt Optimus's hands on his aft.

"Its hard to put into words" Optimus said but he tried anyway.

Mirage listened, and was not sure what to think, but as Optimus teased the illusionist's aft without thinking of the consequences, Optimus was pulled out of his monologue by the moans of his mate. It was only then, with slight embarrassment, that Optimus realized what he had done without even thinking about it.

"Sorry my love" Optimus said in a bashful tone.

"D-d-don't b-be sorry, just finish what you start' moaned Mirage, pressing his aft back into Optimus groin area, stimulating Optimus's cable to become aroused yet again. "come on, don't leave me hanging, sweetie pie." Optimus knew if Mirage used that nickname, Mirage was extremely horny and pretty much gone.

Optimus moved his mate a bit and gently pushed into his mates aft.

Mirage enjoyed the next overload that hit him. The problem was after the second overload for both bots, Mirage was bushed and fell into a deep recharge, while Optimus was still horny as hell, though he could not figure out why, as it did not make sense.

He let Mirage sleep and eased into the refresher where he took care of his needs before coming back and joining his mate in sleep.