And while Peacekeeper and his father went to check up on Flasher, at the site in above ground citadel of Vos, Silverbolt was punishing those who had tried to pull the thoughtless stunt on Peacekeeper. It wasn't because Peacekeeper was the son of the Prime but it was because Peacekeeper was a still a youngling and safety regulation had policies that prohibited younglings from working in certain areas if younglings were allowed on the site at all. Silverbolt ripped into each bot that had been a part of the whole thing and made sure they learned their lessons. Once all was taken care of, Silverbolt made his formal written report for Optimus to review. Silverbolt would have commed and updated the Prime, but Silverbolt knew that Optimus was very busy and so the written report would be better.

Meanwhile, back at the underground base, Peacekeeper and Optimus made their way into the med bay. Keeper still felt awful. He still felt this was his fault even though Optimus had already explained it wasn't. Keeper still felt guilty, especially when he saw the damage on his twin. Keeper about lost, and only the presence of Optimus kept Keeper in line.

"How is he, Ratchet?" Optimus asked with the deep concern of a parent while still trying to keep Keeper from blowing a gasket.

"He's stable. Right now, he is in a induced temporary stasis lock until we can make sure all systems are repaired and or damage free" Ratchet explained. Ratchet noticed Keeper pacing but it was better than the bot yelling, as Keeper's temper was much like Optimus' temper.

"How much longer do you think he will need to be like that?" Optimus asked, really wanting to know.

"I don't think it should be much longer, as we are very close to finishing with repairs" Ratchet answered. "Why was he outside the base?"

"According to Peacekeeper, Flasher was planning to sneak off the base on his own" Optimus reported.

"And did Flasher succeed in that?" Ratchet asked as he worked.

"Yes and no. He snuck off the base, but Keeper went with him in hopes of preventing Flasher from getting lost or getting hurt" Optimus stated.

"Well, thanks to Peacekeeper we can be grateful that Flasher is not dead" Ratchet stated.

Peacekeeper heard the comment and his helm shot up. "thanks to me? Thanks to me? He still got hurt!" Keeper called out.

"But rogue Cons are still on the loose apparently, and without you having followed him, we would have had no place to look for him as we would have had no way of knowing where he headed and he may not have made it" Ratchet explained to the youngling.

Peacekeeper hadn't thought of it like that. HE thought he had failed. "I thought I had failed as he still got hurt" Keeper stated.

"But because you commed your location, bots were already trying to help Flasher when he was attacked, hence he wasn't slaughter, merely injured with non-life-threatening injuries" Ratchet stated and only then did Keeper seem to calm down as he realized that though his brother was hurt, it could have been much worse.

Meanwhile, Mirage was rousing. He knew that his two wayward sons had been located, he just didn't know that one had been injured during the locating and retrieving process of the two. Mirage looked around and was surprised to not see his mate as Mirage knew that Optimus was on medical leave like Mirage was. Mirage commed his mate.

"Optimus, where are you?" Mirage commed, worry in his voice.

"I am in the med bay…" Was all Optimus got out before Mirage but in.

"Why are you in the med bay? Are you hurt? IS one of our sons hurt? Why are you not at home? And why didn't you wake me and tell me?" came the rapid fire questions from Mirage.

"If you will listen, I will tell you" Optimus stated, sensing Mirage's worry.

"I'm listening" Mirage said coldly, already working on sending the little ones off to other places so that Mirage could go to the med bay and see what was going on.

"Well, as the bots were trying to help get flasher back to the base, Flasher was attacked…" Optimus tried to explain.

Mirage then read the riot act over the comm as he worked on getting the little ones elsewhere and then headed for the med bay. Mirage was in a mood and even Ratchet and Keeper could tell by how Mirage sounded coming over Optimus' comm link. "I hope mom takes this well" Keeper whispered.

"You and me both, son, but something tells me, your mother will not be happy – with either of you or me" Optimus added as they waited.

They didn't have to wait long as Mirage burst through the med bay doors "WHERE IS MY SON?" Mirage yelled, having a mood swing thanks to being sparked along with the worry about his two sons having runaway.

"He is right here, Mirage" Ratchet stated, drawing the bot's attention.

"What happened to him?" Mirage asked, rushing to his son's side.

"As he was horsing around, a rogue seeker blasted him or so I was told in report by Air Raid who witnessed the whole thing and rove the rogue seeker off" Ratchet explained.

Mirage just cried, as this was too much. Keeper was shocked to see his mother's moods change so fast but Optimus wasn't and before Mirage could crash to the ground, Optimus went over behind his mate and held him close. Mirage cried into his mate's chest plates. This was just too much for mirage to handle right now. "Optimus, take him home before he sparks those little ones too early. I will continue to work on Flasher and will let you know any new developments" Ratchet informed Optimus.

Optimus nodded. It was all he could do right now as Mirage was a moody mess and Flasher's condition wasn't helping. Optimus soon left with Mirage while Keeper remained in the med bay. He wanted to stay so that Flasher knew someone was there. Ratchet, though reluctant, allowed it for now.

(Might be a few days until next update as my schedule is pretty busy coming up)