A few days later, Mirage was searching for his twin, Illusion. Mirage had left his little ones with Hide and Orion after the pair begged to have them. Mirage was relieved, as he needed to see what his brother had been up to as Mirage hadn't been able to get ahold of Illusion the last couple of days, as Illusion even ignored their twin link.

"I hope he's ok" Mirage said to himself as he looked to find where his twin was, as Mirage had already checked in with Jazz and Prowl as well as Wingspan and Hot Rod. Mirage was a bit surprised when he realized Wingspan had bonded, but Mirage wished Wingspan and Hot Rod the best. Mirage was getting worried.

"Something wrong, sir?" A small young femme asked Mirage.

"I am searching for my brother. His name is Illusion. I have looked at his usual spots but haven't been able to find him." Mirage stated, his voice even showing concern.

"Could you describe him for me?" She asked gently. She had seen a few mechs she didn't know well recently and was curious. Mirage described his twin. The femme was in shock, as she had seen that bot none too long ago. "Sir, I saw a bot matching that description in the secondary rec room a little while ago. He was with another bot I did know – Buster."

Mirage nodded. He had heard of Buster from Optimus. Buster was the son of the old mining bot who had passed just after the war began. But Mirage wasn't sure how to get to this "secondary rec room." "Thank you for telling me, but would mind showing me how to get there?" Mirage asked nicely, seeing that the young femme had been nice with him.

"Sure" She replied and led him right to the room. It was definitely different from the regular rec room, but Mirage had learned not to judge.

"Thank you" Mirage told the young femme who soon left. Mirage scanned the room. He wasn't sure what Buster and Illusion were doing here, but he was concerned if his twin was ok. Far in the back corner, Mirage finally spotted his twin and made his way over. Thankfully for Mirage, most of the bots in the room knew that Optimus had a mate named Mirage but they had no clue what the bot looked like. IT served Mirage well as he moved through the room.

As Mirage got closer, Illusion spotted his twin. Mirage looked angry, but Illusion sensed it was more – not anger but concern. Buster just watched, not sure what to expect.

"Illusion?" Mirage asked.

"Bro" Illusion replied, as he rarely called his brother by name. "What's wrong?"

"I was concerned about you. I haven't been able to get a hold of you in several days and you are nowhere to be found. What do you think that makes me think?" Mirage asked, concern evident in his voice.

Illusion sighed when he heard that. HE hadn't realized that he had been virtually ignoring his twin. "I think you, Buster and I should go elsewhere and talk" Illusion stated. Mirage merely nodded, as this area was too loud to really talk in.

They soon headed for a private area, away from prying optics. "Please, Illusion, just tell me the truth" Mirage uttered.

Illusion nodded, preparing to tell what had happened. "Well…a few nights ago, my spark led me down the rec room. I wasn't sure why, but I knew I needed to follow my spark. When I got to the rec room, many bots were there and some were cat calling me. You know I hate that. Well, as they were cat calling me, Buster came up, and told them to knock it off. They stopped after that, and Buster and I started talking. One thing led to another and now we are spark mates" Illusion stated, telling his story.

"Is this true?" Mirage asked Buster, wanting to make sure it was,

"Yes, sir" Buster answered. Illusion was not exactly happy with his twin at this point, but said nothing.

"So Illusion is finally off the market, huh" Mirage joked, his optics smiling.

Buster was caught off guard, but Illusion realized what his twin was saying – Mirage was accepting the bond and the bot that Illusion had bonded to. "Yep, I belong to Buster alone" Illusion replied, smile evident.

"Well, welcome to the family" Mirage stated, still failing to introduce himself.

"Thank you, but who are you, anyway?" Buster asked.

"I am Illusion's twin – Mirage" Mirage stated, waiting to see what would happen. Buster didn't react at first as he had to figure out where that name sounded familiar from. It took a few seconds and then it dawned on Buster – Mirage was the mate of Optimus who had helped to properly entomb Buster's father and was the current Prime. Though not known for doing so, Buster passed out in utter shock.

"Bro, you have to stop doing that" Illusion stated, knowing his mate was ok, but Mirage was having too much fun.

"I never said I was trying to hide my identity from him" Mirage stated.

"But you could've had approached this in a better way" Illusion retorted.

"I have accepted him and welcomed him to our family, what more do you ask of me?" Mirage asked, starting to get upset. Illusion realized he had pushed Mirage a bit too far.

"Nothing, 'raj. You have already given the greatest gift – the gift of acceptance and love of the family" Illusion replied.

Mirage smiled and hugged his twin. "I am glad you are safe and that you are happy" Mirage stated. Those words alone made Illusion feel like he was on top of the world. Mirage soon left. He needed to go tell Optimus about the newest edition to the family. Illusion remained by his mate as Buster slowly came to. Illusion hoped that Buster wouldn't do this when Illusion introduced Buster to the Prime. Only time would tell.