Arcee was walking around the scrapyard when she saw Magnus heading to Strongarm's quarters, she runs up to catch him, "Sir, you may not want to go there right now."

Turning to Arcee he looked at her in confusion, "And why not?"

"Well sir, she's doing better and was cleared to have sex again so I'm pretty sure that's what she and Steeljaw are doing right now."

"And you do not want to disrupt a Wolf-Con during mating especially when they're on their heat cycle," Bulkhead adds as he and Wheeljack walk up to them.

Magnus vents out a sigh, "As long as she's being careful."

"I'm sure she is, I highly doubt he'll do anything to cause her pain," Arcee says trying to reassure the commander.

"I know, I just worry about her," his shoulders dropped for a moment as he thought of his late sparkmate.

"I know you do, but you're gonna have to put some faith and trust in her mate. Being a Wolf-Con makes him very capable of taking care of her. From what I understand he's very protective of her and will protect her with his life, he's actually shown that already if you would have just paid attention."

"What do you mean?"

"Did you not see his arm after dealing with those female 'Cons?"

"I saw the injuries on his arm, but I never thought to ask how he got them. I figured one of them did it."

"No, he did that. He hurt his own arm practically getting ready to rip it off to stop himself from striking and killing Strongarm when that one femme was telling him to end her."

Ultra Magnus' optics widen in shock. Steeljaw was willing to dismember himself for Strongarm?

"So you see he would do anything to keep her safe no matter what and he would never cause any harm to her," Bulkhead points out. Magnus just stood where he was, taking it all in.

"And this is all the stuff we all been trying to tell you, even him, but you just wouldn't listen. He has proven time and time again how much he loves and cares for her and that he would protect her no matter what, but you just keep turning a blind eye to it as the humans say," Arcee explains.

He can't deny that they were right, "I have been acting like a fool," he sighed, feeling upset with himself.

"Forgive me sir, but yes you were," says Arcee.

"So will you start going easier on the kid now?" Wheeljack asks.

"Yes," he replied quietly.

"Good. But you'll have to wait to talk to them as they're busy at the moment."

"I wonder if Dreadwing would have been that protective of Metalsound if he was still alive," Bulkhead mused.

"Knowing him he most likely would. He did see her as his sparkling after all."

"I'm still curious about how he died. We never saw him after he gave us the Hammer of Solis Prime," Bulkhead spoke.

"Knockout told me that Megatron shot him to save Starscream's life," Arcee says settling Bulkhead's curiosity.

"Why on earth would he save Starscream?" Wheeljack asked, "He's betrayed Megatron so many times that I've lost count."

"Not sure, you'll have to ask him that," Arcee replied.

"Too bad we can't ask him, he's most likely in another galaxy by now," Bulkhead added.

"Yeah, after leaving Cybertron there's no telling where he went to."

"So how long will I have to wait to see my daughter?"

"I'm not sure, give or take a day or two," Arcee replied, "Or until Steeljaw's heat cycle is over."

"Yeah, most likely they'll be going at it until his heat cycle is over," Wheeljack added in.

"Which could take a few more days to a week maybe," Bulkhead adds. The commander sighed, it looked like he was going to have to wait for a while.

"Speaking of sex, you still owe me for that charade Wheeljack," Arcee says putting her servos on her hips with a sassy attitude. Ultra Magnus rolled his optics before leaving and Bulkhead headed off for a patrol.

"I know," Wheeljack replied with a smirk. She grabs his servos and leads him to their room.

Thunderhoof finds Metalsound on the hillside looking out at the sky with lubricant in her optics, "Here you are, I was looking everywhere for you. Is everything ok?"

"I overheard the Wreckers talking, Megatron had shot Dreadwing because he was attacking Starscream."

"Really?"

"Yeah. I had a feeling that's what happened," she said.

"That couldn't have been easy for you to hear."

"It wasn't," she laid her helm on her paws as her ears twitch back. It seemed that the twins were trying to sneak up on her.

"I know and I'm sorry you had to hear it."

"I'll be ok, thank you," she said as she wiped the lubricant from her optics before the twins let out a battle cry, jumping on her, "Hey guys," she greeted without flinching.

"Would seem we were unsuccessful Jetstorm."

"You are right Slipstream, we will have to try harder next time."

"A small piece of advice, don't yell," she chuckled, "You almost caught me by surprise, you're still stepping around too loudly. Well, me being a Predacon with good hearing may not help but you two are getting better."

"Good advice."

"Yes, nice to know. Thank you," they both bowed to her.

"My pleasure. Try to sneak up on Sideswipe, and if he starts chasing after you, come find me," she said with a smile.

"Yes ma'am!" They both said before running off to find Sideswipe.

She chuckled as she watched them run off, "They are too cute for their own good."

"I actually agree, they are cute."

Metalsound leaned her body against Thunderhoof's, purring, "I'm sure if we ever have kids they'll be just as cute."

"I'd say they'd be even cuter."

With a sigh she rested her helm on his lap, "I can't wait to have my own," she said softly.

"I'm actually looking forward to it too."

"Do you want to try?" She asked looking up at him as her tail wrapped around his waist.

"Sure, let's give it a try," he responds with a smile.

Standing up she transformed, holding out her servo to help him up, "Yes, let's," she whispered seductively. With a grin, he took her servo and stood up.