Bumblebee and Grimlock got back to the scrapyard with Sideswipe who was barely hanging on. Fixit sees them and rolls over to them, "You're back. Any-?"

"Not now Fixit," Bumblebee interrupts him, "We need to get Sideswipe to med-bay immediately."

Fixit looks over to Sideswipe in Grimlock's arms, "Primus, what happened!?"

"Don't know, we found him like this," Bumblebee responded as they rushed over to med-bay, "But judging from the claw marks on his body I would guess he was attacked by one of the Decepticons, probably even Steeljaw."

It doesn't take them long to reach med-bay, when they get there Grimlock lays Sideswipe down on the berth and Fixit looks him over, "Primus, his wrists have been dislocated and he was grabbed, slabbed, stabbed in the abdomen, by claws from the looks of it. He's lucky, the claws missed his spark chamber by a few inches."

"Will he survive?" Grimlock asked.

"Too soon to tell," Fixit replies as he gets to work stopping the Energon, "He's losing a lot of Energon and there's no telling what kind of internal damage he's sustained."

"We'll leave you to work, inform me of any changes," Bumblebee says as he starts walking away.

"Where are you going?"

"To look for Strongarm, she's missing."

"She is? I saw she wasn't with you guys but I fought, caught, thought she was patrolling or something."

Bumblebee shakes his helm, "She's missing and we don't know what happened. She just disappeared without a word so we went looking for her, later we heard her and Sideswipe yelling so we ran over to see what was happening. When we got there we found Sideswipe like this and Strongarm gone."

"Hope she's alright. Good luck with your investigation."

"I hope so too and thanks, we'll need it. Come on Grimlock," Bumblebee says as he leaves med-bay, he then transforms and drives out of the scrapyard with Grimlock following close behind.

Steeljaw and Strongarm continue walking through the woods heading to the destination Thunderhoof gave Steeljaw. After a long walk with no talking they finally reach their destination which was an old sawmill, they go inside and find Thunderhoof and Underbite waiting. The two look to the entrance after hearing footsteps and see Steeljaw walking in with the Autobot Cadet, "Eyo Steeljaw, what are you doing with the Autobot?" Thunderhoof asks as he looks at Strongarm.

Strongarm felt a twinge of fear when she looked at the other two Decepticons, but when Thunderhoof looked at her and questioned her presence in the base she just glared at the mech. Steeljaw pulls her back a bit to get between her and Thunderhoof in case Thunderhoof wants to try anything, "She's my captive, so neither of you can touch her or go anywhere near her. Understand?" He says with a small growl of warning.

Both Thunderhoof and Underbite nod their helms and Steeljaw takes Strongarm to the back to look for a place for them. Strongarm looked around at her surroundings, she was surprised he told the other two that and in such a tone. It was almost like he was being protective of her. But why?

After a bit of looking around, they find a room that Steeljaw decides to claim as his, being the leader he can choose whichever room he wants. They go into the room and Steeljaw has her sit down on the floor, "I know this isn't much but we'll fix it up," he says as he starts removing the cuffs, "Get some rest, I'll be back in a bit," he then heads for the door and leaves.

Once Steeljaw was out Strongarm headed for the door to try and open it but found it to be locked, "Of course, he would figure out how to lock the doors and keep me in here, he's not stupid," she walks back to the spot where Steeljaw had sat her and she laid down on the floor.

All she could think of was how she needed to escape and get back to the scrapyard. She's still confused as to why Steeljaw wants her, all he said was that she would find out. What is that supposed to mean? Before she can dwell on the question for too long she slips into recharge.

A couple of hours later Strongarm wakes up hoping that the whole thing of Steeljaw kidnapping her was just a dream and she was back at the scrapyard, but no luck. She finds herself still in the room Steeljaw put her in. She vents out a sigh as she tries to sit up, but she's immediately stopped by something heavy around her waist and a low growl coming from next to her.

She looks down and sees an arm and a tail draped over her waist, her spark almost froze for a second as she looked over to her left to see Steeljaw laying there next to her fast asleep. She looks at his faceplate and sees a peaceful look on his face which helps her calm down a bit, guess even 'Cons look peaceful when they sleep. She found herself wondering what he was dreaming about. If only she knew.

Steeljaw was once again dreaming of Strongarm, but this time it was a bit different. They were together with their own place on Cybertron, they were mates and living a happy life together. He felt so happy and in love, something he never thought he would feel, but something about this femme changed him.

But the lovely dream soon turned into a nightmare as he suddenly saw himself being pulled away from the femme he loves and carried away, watching as she fades off into the darkness. He calls her name and tries to reach her but she vanishes and he's left alone.

He wakes up with a startle as his spark's pulse picks up, pulsing so fast it felt like it would come right out of his chest. He sits up and puts his helm in his servos as he tries to calm down his spark. What was with that dream?

"Are you alright?" Strongarm asks him as she sits up after seeing him in the state he's in. She's not sure why she asked, she just did.

Steeljaw froze for a second then slowly looked over to where he heard the voice come from, his yellow optics met with her blue ones as she looks at him with concern and he finally realizes that she was right next to him. He's not used to waking up from a dream about this femme to see her right next to him, it was a... pleasant feeling. He actually forgot she was there, but he's filled with relief and happiness at seeing her, "Yeah, I'm just fine. Just had a bad dream."

"Wanna... talk about it?" She asked slowly, unsure why she was even asking.

Steeljaw looked over her faceplate and he suddenly realized how young and innocent she is. He never saw this in her before since every time he saw her she had a scornful look on her face, so he never saw her innocence until now and it makes her look even more beautiful than ever. He closed his optics and shook his helm, he has to try his best to keep his emotions at bay and not allow them to make his actions for him.

But the innocent look she just gave him will not leave his processor. If only she knew what kind of effect she had on him. He growls at the thought of it as something builds inside him, he's not sure what it is but it makes him want to do things to her he never wanted to do with any other femme.

Strongarm heard him growling and saw something flash in his optics, she's not sure what's come over him but whatever it is it's making her fight or flight instincts kick in overtime. She figured she might have upset him by asking if he wanted to talk about his dream, it's probably a sensitive subject that he would rather not discuss.

She begins scooting back to get away from him as she tries to figure out a way to retract her question and calm him down. But the moment she moved his demeanor shifted and in an instant, he pounced on her. She found herself being slammed hard against the floor.

Strongarm winces as her sore back hits the floor, her back still hurting from when he slammed her onto the ground earlier. When she looks up at him she sees something in his optics that causes her to panic, but she doesn't move in fear that movement will invoke him to attack and hurt or even kill her. She settles her spark and calms her fears as she decides to try and reason with him, "You don't have to talk about it if it's a sensitive subject, I'm sorry I asked. Can you please get off me?"

Steeljaw snarled at her, "No, you tried to move away from me!"

"Because you started growling and you looked upset, I didn't know what you were gonna do."

Seeing the panic and fear building in her optics Steeljaw calms himself down, "I didn't mean to startle you, that innocent look you gave me did something to me. You're making me feel things I never felt before, Cadet," Steeljaw moves his face closer to hers as he talks, looking in her optics that have widened in surprise, "You're so beautiful."

Strongarm just looked at him unsure of what to say, this is the first time a mech has ever said anything like that to her. Her ex used to tell her she was pretty, she looked good and she had a nice body but he never said anything like that. He certainly never said she was beautiful. Makes her begin to think that maybe her ex was only into her body and not her herself. What is Steeljaw after? Surely he can't really be into her, he has to be after something.

"My sire once told me when I was a sparkling that if I found my femme, the femme I fell in love with and desired to make my mate, I should never let her go," Steeljaw leans in close to her audio receptor, "He said to take her and make her mine no matter what. That's exactly what I intend to do."

"Why are you telling me this? Get off me and go do that," Strongarm says as she tries to push him off her.

Steeljaw chuckles as he grabs her servos and places them above her helm, he dips his helm down and starts kissing her on her neck. He starts at the spot just below her audio receptor and kisses down her neck while his fangs scratch against the metal, "It's what I'm trying to do," he speaks when he stops at the junction between the neck and the shoulder, the spot where the mating bite has to be in order to make her his.

Strongarm realizes then that her suspicion was correct, he is talking about mating with her. She didn't want to believe it because she doesn't want it to happen but now she sees that he does in fact plan on making her his mate. She tries to pull her wrists out of his grasp but his hold is too strong, she does everything she can to get from under him and avoid this but it's hopeless. As long as he keeps his firm grasp on her wrists and keeps his body pressed against hers, holding her down onto the floor, there's no way she can escape.

Steeljaw watched her as she settled down and stopped struggling to get away from him, he is not gonna release her. When she completely settles down and lays still he dips his helm down to her neck and starts kissing it again. He opens his mouth with each kiss so his fangs can scrape across the metal of her neck, "Steeljaw, please don't. Please don't do this," Strongarm pleads as she holds back the lubricant that's threatening to fall from her optics.

Steeljaw ignored her pleads as he continued to scrape his fangs against her metal, just one bite and she'll be his forever. Then no bot will be able to take her away from him, not her team or any other Autobot and certainly no other 'Con. None can have her, she will be his. He opens his mouth once more as he prepares to bite her, but before he could dig his fangs into her metal a knock came at the door.

"Steeljaw, me and Underbite are waiting on you!" Thunderhoof's voice came from the other side of the door.

Steeljaw growled as he moved his mouth away from her neck, "Scrap, I forgot we had plans. Be there in a second Thunderhoof!" Steeljaw calls out before he looks back down to Strongarm, "We'll have to finish this later," he gets off her as he stands and heads for the door.

Strongarm watches him walk to the door as she feels a momentary relief, she hopes that he will actually leave and won't change his mind and decide to stay and finish what he started. Even after the door closed and locked she still waited, after a moment she sees that he's completely gone and won't be back anytime soon so she lets her body relax. She lays there as she thinks over what just occurred. She was almost marked by a Wolf-Con criminal.

But why? Why does he want to mate with her? Actually, that doesn't matter, she needs to hurry up and find a way to escape before he actually has a chance to go through with it. She needs to escape, get back with her team, and figure out a way to capture the three 'Cons.