The murmurings alone in the room sounded like something from one of those horror movies Prime has walked in with the villagers discussing what is to be done to the monster that has been found in their midst. It was possibly the worst thing for him to think of at the moment since Thundercracker stood aside near the right of him, face impassive, as Prowl, Jazz, Ratchet and Hound flanked him. Near the right of Thundercracker stood Sideswipe and Trailbreaker. Sunstreaker would of stood guard, but he honestly didn't know how to feel. At least that was the vagueness of what Sideswipe told Prime. Every Autobot stood in front of him as they waited for the proceedings to begin. To his left he saw the Carlisle's sitting patiently, even though he can see a barely contained Remote in between sitting and standing as she looked more to Thundercracker then towards himself. But to be fair, Prime noticed now how Thundercracker was returning her gaze.

"It is nothing unusual to have all Autobots present in order to pass fair judgement." Prime began. "While, yes, Thundercracker has been serving as a Decepticon for many centuries, even I have noticed my fair share of differences between him and other Decepticon's. Many that I know you have seen as well." Seeing some nods and some mumblings, Prime took them all into account as he continued on. "While most Decepticons who have been brought forward for justice has feigned their innocence or ignorance, he has been the only one that has accepted."

"Then why have this judging if he has accepted it?" Sunstreaker questioned. Ignoring Tina's sudden glare, he continued. "He accepted he is guilty so be done with it then. Why are you prolonging this?"

"Because while he has accepted it for what he was ordered to do as a Decepticon. Under Megatron's orders. He does know of all the things that he has done that has been deemed as good." Prime replied unfazed by his question.

"Even though most femmes have met their end by Megatron and others hands, I heard from many of those femmes, way before their ends, along a few others, like Prowl, Jazz, Wheeljack, Hound, Trailbreaker, Sideswipe, Powerglide, and Mirage, that it was a Decepticon by the name of Thundercracker that saved them from the atrocious things that happen to any female." Ratchet interjected. "He risked his aft to protect them."

"Lot of good that did since we know what happened to them in the long run." Sunstreaker spoke a little glumly as he spared Tina a brief look. "Did he have anything to do with their deaths?"

"No, I didn't." Thundercracker spoke up. He didn't care if he wasn't supposed to speak now, but he had to then. "Not one femme I ever killed. Not one."

"You know I was spark bonded to him and was privy to all his memories, Sunstreaker, so that makes me a witness in his life." Remote chimed in.

"What if you are just covering for him in order to protect him?" Brawn wondered. "I'm not trying to belittle you, Remote, but..."

"This goes to everyone here." Standing up, she did her best to look at everyone. "It is true that I love him and I gave myself to him mind, body and soul because regardless of him being a Decepticon, I saw him also do some good. I found myself trusting him and I know he will never betray my trust ever because regardless of what he faction he has been under, he does have morals. I love him and I will protect him as he protects me. This goes for all of you because not only do I think of you as friends, but I think of you as an extension of family, and my family knows that I love and protect them." Leveling her gaze at Brawn, she said. "There is no covering at all here. I'm being very honest." Sitting back down, she felt Tina's arm go around her waist.

"I've had many opportunities to talk to Remote before when Thundercracker was first here and once again. I do believe in her in my spark." Prime stated. "As for Thundercracker," Glances in his direction. "I started believing in him as well."

Hearing the mumblings suddenly get louder, Prowl stepped forward as he studied every face in the room even Thundercracker's as he frowned a little more as he tried to look forward more away from everyone, including Remote's face. If he didn't know better he was thinking that he was gearing himself for the possibility of bad news. Going back to Remote's face, he saw how all her sisters were whispering to her, but she wasn't listening, she was staring at Thundercracker until she felt his gaze and looked to him where he seemed to hear her tell him to say something.

"As everyone knows in here." Prowl started. "I have always been described as a mech with a rod permanently stuck up his aft. Rules, rules, rules, and more rules. Must stick to them or else things fail." Hearing agreeing remarks to that, he sighed. "Of course things changed slightly whether you wanted to notice it or not." Taking a couple steps forward more, he said. "I'm going to ask you all a question, because I know when Prime began speaking about differences between Thundercracker and the other Decepticons, I noticed all of you mumbling in agreement and nodding. Well except for Sunstreaker who is right now acting like myself before humans entered our lives."

Frowning, Sunstreaker gently barked at him. "Get on with the question, Prowl."

"I'm fine with questions that all of you will be asking. This is why we are all here." Glances towards, Thundercracker. "When Remote confessed her relationship to him to me and that she sparked with him, I naturally got angry at her. I acted like she was this stupid naive person who wasn't taught anything in this world." Looks to her now. "I was very wrong there. Something I'm glad she snapped my head off that day with because with each day I spoke to him and each day I remembered his past and present, I saw a mech who had morals in spite of the faction he served." Now scanning the room, Prowl inquired of everyone. "I ask of all of you, with knowing his past and present, would you be comfortable in punishing the one Decepticon who truly was never a Decepticon? I have to tell you this, he was one mech who really had no choice compared to the rest of us."

"As some, or many may have heard by now, my creator was Aergon Meede. He was an Autobot, even though he shunned them for many years regardless, and I still don't get why he just didn't bother to remain a neutral. Seriously, he never was clear to me on this whole thing there, but as he also decided to share with Prime, Prowl and Remote along with myself as we visited Cybertron, he never wanted me to be an Autobot myself. He never wanted me to be a neutral like I wanted. I never wanted to fight. Seeing it may look thrilling from afar for a sparkling, but even I can tell it can get tiring pretty quickly which it did for me. But I fought as per my orders or else. Want to see death by Megatron's hands from disobeying him or something else? Stop following his orders. Become a traitor in his optics." While Thundercracker spoke with his head up in the air for most of this statement, he felt the servos in his neck start to become heavy, even as he felt a tiny voice sift through to him.

"I don't regret saving innocents lives. I will continue doing that. I followed orders simply out of survival. If it wasn't Megatron. It was my own creator who tried to beat the snuff out of me. Somewhere down the line between trying to do what is right and doing too much that is wrong, I felt myself drowning. So many times I spouted things about wanting something more and is there anything else in this life but this fighting? So many times I would get laughed at so it came down to me just only saying this stuff to one and even though I was told that our lives are not meant to be like that, I still desired it." Thundercracker continued. "Perhaps some of you understand that feeling, but I knew that being Autobots and that some of you wouldn't stop yourself from having someone. We come to Earth and years later I notice a couple of you are with them." Points to Alesha and Kathy. "While many of the Decepticons were wondering why you were with humans, I secretly envied you that you were free to be with someone and Optimus is accepting of it."

Looks point blank to Remote and smiles softly, and continues. "Then one day she shoots me out of the sky and I land on the ground unable to move and I'm struck quickly by this girl with a mischievous gleam in her eye as she talks to me as if is normal to speak to a Decepticon, but she tells me I'm different then the rest of them. At first I'm not happy with not being able to move, but quickly very quickly I'm glad of it because I'm meeting someone that has struck me as different. I wanted to keep seeing you again and again after. I took a chance to do that. I'm glad I landed at your favorite place. It felt like fate. I know you feel like life has been taken shots at you what with Barricade, but I want you to know that none of it was your fault. He was the sick mech. You might feel weak with what happened, but you truly aren't. Look at you, you are on your own two feet, you have many who will be there for you, including myself. I wanted you to hear it from me. In front of everyone because I hear your doubts of yourself." Seeing her tears fall slowly, he wished he could hold her, but was in his annoying stasis cuffs. "I don't know what punishment will be handed to me, but know one sure thing is that I'm glad that you were well worth the wait in my life. I love you."

"I love you too, TC." Remote said softly as she held her sister's hand.

Meeting the silence in the room, Prime had that portion adjourned while he spoke with the others as Thundercracker was escorted back to his quarters.

Happy to have the stasis cuffs off him, he sat on the berth as he waited to hear word. Closing his optics, he knew this could go so many ways, and he knew that even if she was friends with them that they still might not grant him any mercy. He knew she had to accept it begrudgingly. Although he really hated not having her right next to him just so he can feel her touch, but it was enough he could see her right across from him. Leaning against the wall, he smiled when he heard the door open and her light footsteps enter. Opening his optics he leaned down to help her up so she can sit on his lap.

"I remember that one time at the lake, the first time we kissed."

Feeling her feather touch of her finger running up and down that part of his leg he smiled before pulling up his holoform to hold her. He wanted to shrink down, but felt if he did there would be no stopping his urge to respark with her and he didn't want any of the Autobots to walk in on them mating. "I remember it as well."

"Sweet innocent moments really even if we thought we were being scandalous." Remote smiled.

Kissing her nose, he had to agree. "What would be more scandalous is if I removed that entire swimsuit off of you." He said with a chuckle.

"I wouldn't complain if you did." She said with a giggle as he laid her out. "I always found you pretty sexy. What with that voice and demeanor. I hated that sometimes I had to shoot you in the past."

"Oh yeah... I was thinking about that for some time, but couldn't figure out your proper punishment for that." Lifting her shirt up to expose her stomach, he placed feather light kisses there along with a slight hum as he thought. "I had to think about this for a long time really until I thought of one thing."

Feeling her body electrified at his mere touches she felt like she was melting into his leg. "And what would be my proper punishment?"

"Well there is no way I would tie you up because that would be punishment for me as well since I love your touches on me as well." Unbuttoning her pants and taking down her zipper, he really wasn't originally gonna do this in case of being interrupted, but she was really tempting to him as he put her pants down a bit and placed kisses down that way. To hear her hitched breath along with his name being whispered from those lips, he hoped he had plenty more time with her. "Really, I can't even punish you."

"Why not?"

Moving his face up. Enjoying the lovely rise and fall of her chest as breathed in her excitement. He came level to her face while his hand laid on her lower abdomen area. "Right now in my thought process in punishing for that time I'm going through it more and more as I'm thinking that sooner or later someone will burst through that door destroying this peace we have going on right now when all I want to do is this."

Pressing his lips softly onto hers, he felt her lips equally return the kiss as well as he slowly parted her lips and their tongues met. Feeling her encircle his neck with her arms, he moved his hand down further to tease around her lower lips. With one eye slightly open he saw a smile start to form on her lips as she went to deepen their kiss. Feeling all her familiar invitation coming from her, he went to run his finger tantalizing up her slit to feel her so ready for him already. With all she went through and she was incredibly responsive of him. If she wanted more time, he would of gladly gave it to her without any guilt trips.

Remote's body was humming with delight as she was pressed against him. Kissing him and what he was doing down there, she just wished this judgement was all over with and he was safe and they can spark again. Fuck she loved his touches even as his finger went in deeper and she left his mouth in a full on gasp of pleasure. "I'm yours forever, Thundercracker." She moaned out before she kissed him again.

He always knew that. Besides her own family knowing her real first name, she told him it before they ever sparked, and while possibly many others wouldn't think much about that, he knew it was meant to be special. So as he continued his ministrations he heard the one thing he didn't wish to hear right now and that was the door start to slide open. "Door." He whispered. Seeing Remote quickly get off his leg and run behind him just so she can cover up, probably should of been funny, but Thundercracker honestly hated the interruption even if it was his fate.

So as he gazed at Prowl who entered and seemed to know what was happening there tried to politely avert his optics, but still had to remain the second in command. "Time to come out now. Both of you." Watching him stand up and placing her on his shoulder he put his hands out to ready for the cuffs. Shaking his head, he had him just come out.

Walking out behind Prowl and having Sideswipe follow behind, he soon was walking out to a calmer atmosphere then before as he was told to stand in front of Prime. Optimus walked towards him and looked him over. "I noticed that you already seemed to take off your own emblem off you. Was that you or Megatron?"

"Me."

"You are aware that being a neutral would not guarantee you any protection if you remain away from this base."

"I'm aware, Prime."

"If you are to remain here you are to be an Autobot and follow the rules and duties of one."

"Again, I am aware, Prime."

Nodding his head, Prime announced almost very loudly. "Then it is the judgement of this court a unanimous decision has been made that from this day forth you will be one of us." Seeing the slightly stunned expression of his face, he placed a gentle hand on the shoulder that wasn't occupied. "Yes, while we do know the duty that you have done for many years, we all have noticed from you a very honorable mech. Someone who has always been good in their spark. While I do know that Megatron will still have a vendetta against you, and I know you can always handle yourself. Please know that we are here to help you as well." Looks to Remote. "I know he'll treat you good."

As he turned to walk off, Remote breathed a sigh of relief as she smiled. "You are an Autobot. Are you okay with that?"

TC was speechless. No punishment at all. He will get to spend his time with her. Bond with her again. Seeing Sideswipe, Prowl, and Ratchet walk in front of him with their respective mates on them smiling he knew his mouth was open in disbelieve. "I'm more then okay with it."

"Good because you know since you are now a part of the team, and also essentially in this family here, we expect you to keep her happy." Sideswipe teased with the wink of his optic.

"Oh I will." Looks over at her beaming smile. "I'll always keep her happy." Thundercracker assured them.

"You haven't failed me yet." Remote said planting a kiss on his chin.

Winking at her sister, Kathy said. "Let us give these twos some time to celebrate alone. You do have that lovely home you can run off to."

Blushing then biting her lip, Remote agreed with her. "We do have our home, TC."

"It's alright to leave?" TC asked unsure.

"It is fine. I'll send you a communication when I expect you back here for duty. Prime and I are working that out right now." Prowl informed him. "Have yourself a honeymoon, as the humans call it. I think you deserve it."

"Thank you, I appreciate it. All of you." Thundercracker honestly said as he slowly made his way out, but was stopped near the exit by Sunstreaker who was giving him a hidden stare.

"Sunstreaker..." Remote warned.

Holding his hand up to halt her from saying anything more, Sunstreaker said. "Look it will take me some time to adjust to you, but I will eventually. You know I can be an aft. That is in my nature, but you betray us or hurt her, well you know what you would receive from me."

Leveling him with an equal stony stare, TC nodded his head. "No need to worry about that from me. You know how I felt about the last slagger who hurt her."

Grinning, he slapped a hand on his shoulder. "Oh yes I do." And wandered away.

"From him, that is acceptance." Remote said.

"I gathered." Placing her in his hand, he continued walking until he got outside and transformed placing her inside. "Right now I'm interested in alone time with you. What about you?"

"After the preview in your quarters, yes, yes, yes." She replied giddily as she felt her adrenaline kick in from both that and him taking off. "Thundercracker?"

"Yes?"

"In a way I still feel you. Feel your thoughts and emotions even if it is a bit faded, but I would love to be bonded with you again. You?"

"Remote, I had to hold off on doing that in my quarters hence me using my holoform, so fragging yes I want to bond with you again. You are the only one for me." TC replied happily. "I can't wait to hold you in my real arms and make love to you again."

Smiling from ear to ear she just felt her heart pound really loud as they flew to their home to enjoy one another again. "Another beginning." She happily sighed.

"No more separation." Thundercracker wished he was a faster plane so they can be there now, but he knew it was right around the horizon. To kiss her again was right there in his sights.