"Hey Strongarm, can I talk to you?" Sideswipe asks the cadet all nervously.
"I guess," Strongarm was wondering what he was up to this time, probably one of his usual insults or something.
"I wanted to apologize for the way I've been treating you, it was wrong of me and I'm sorry."
Blinking in surprise she looked at him for a moment trying to figure out what the catch was. But it seemed like he was serious, "What brought this on?"
"I guess I finally grew up and I saw my errors and knew I was wrong. I was worried when Steeljaw kidnapped you and I felt so bad that I couldn't stop him."
"Apology accepted, don't beat yourself up over it," she responded still a little unsure.
"Good. Thank you."
Steeljaw growls as he looks at them. Metalsound hears him and swats her tail on his leg, "Calm down. You're crushing the box," she growled softly noticing his claws digging into the cardboard boxes.
He calmed down a bit, "What?" He asked as he looks over at Metalsound.
"Loosen your grip before you break whatever's in there, I don't want to hear Danny crying over it," she growled as she placed her stack of boxes on the ground.
"Oh sorry," he says as he loosens his grip and then places the boxes down on the ground.
"It's ok to feel jealous but he really is like a crazy brother. Strongarm loves you, you've got nothing to worry about. Except if you ever meet Ultra Magnus, well you're on your own."
"Yeah, I know. I just can't help it, I go crazy whenever I see another mech talking to her, especially if they touch her."
"I know the feeling. I couldn't stand it when Glowstrike got anywhere near Thunderhoof. But I know that he wouldn't do anything to hurt me, just like Strongarm wouldn't do anything to hurt you."
"Yeah, you're right," he says as he looks back over at the pair. He saw Sideswipe grab Strongarm and kiss her.
Strongarm pushed him back, "What the pit Sideswipe!?" She shouted.
"I'm sorry, I couldn't help it! I've been wanting to kiss you for so long and I just couldn't help myself!" The red mech yelped in surprise as he was pushed to the ground by Steeljaw.
Steeljaw raised his claw to teach the mech a lesson only to be tackled by Metalsound, who was now in her beast form. Crouching down he growled at the femme who in turn let out her own growl, "Sideswipe, switch places with Drift," Metalsound growled keeping her optics on Steeljaw.
"But-"
"NOW!"
Flinching Sideswipe made a beeline for the ship.
"Steeljaw calm down!" Strongarm shouts trying to calm her mate, "It's alright, just calm down," she calmly states as she slowly walks over to him. Bumblebee, Grimlock, Thunderhoof, and Drift run over which caused Steeljaw to feel uneasy and they could tell he was getting ready to attack someone, anyone, "Lieutenant, stay where you are!" Strongarm shouts and Bumblebee, Grimlock, Thunderhoof, and Drift stop in their tracks, "You may want to move back, Metalsound."
Steeljaw tried to keep his optics on Sideswipe but he couldn't as he watched Metalsound slowly back off, making room for Strongarm. He was going to kill Sideswipe for that stunt.
"Just calm down Steeljaw," Strongarm says once more as she got closer to him, she kneels down in front of him and puts a servo on his helm. She starts stroking his helm around his ears, "Calm down my love, it's alright."
Slowly he started to calm down, his growls becoming a little quieter. Feeling her servo on his helm he started calming himself down, he now understands why Wolf-Cons calm down and feel more at ease from the touch of their mate, it's just so relaxing for some reason. Unknowingly, he leaned his helm closer to his mate, his tail wrapping around her arm.
She pulled him into a loving embrace, "Permission to leave and go back to my quarters, sir, so that he can calm down."
Steeljaw's body shook as he returned her embrace with his own, "Granted, I need to have a talk with Sideswipe," Bumblebee looked to the ship seeing the mech watching the whole thing.
"Baka," Metalsound hissed at the red mech as she transformed back into her bot mode, getting back to work.
Strongarm got up with Steeljaw and they headed to her quarters, Steeljaw eyed Sideswipe and started growling but kept walking with Strongarm to her quarters. Strongarm was holding his servo as they walked.
Once they were in her quarters and the door closed she sat him down on the berth and sat in his lap, she wrapped her arms around his neck and laid her forehelm on his, "Just calm down my love, just calm down."
Steeljaw wrapped his arms around her, his claws gripping her back, "How can I? How can you expect me to calm down after he-?" He closed his optics but he kept seeing that foolish punk kissing his mate. He buried his helm in her chest, a small part of him was afraid and he hated this feeling.
"I know, he was foolish to do that, just please try to calm down. I sense you're afraid. What are you afraid of?"
"I don't know."
"Well, just please calm down, we'll get through this. I know this is making your protective instincts go crazy but you got to try and calm it."
He nodded as he tried to calm down, even his grip on her was starting to loosen up. She was right, he had to calm himself down, "I'm sorry."
"Don't worry about it, it's natural for mates, especially a Wolf-Con who has protective instincts over their mates."
Just hearing her voice was enough to calm his nerves, "Could you keep talking? I don't care what it's about, it could be about your police rule book for all I care. Just something to distract me from doing something stupid."
"Alright," she goes on talking to him. He wraps his tail firmly around her waist along with his arms, he's not letting her go anytime soon.
"Care to explain what happened?" Bumblebee asked Sideswipe sternly.
"Strongarm and I were talking then I got this strange sensation and I just had to kiss her, so I did."
"Not a wise move kid," Thunderhoof says starting to feel scared for the youngster.
"I'm sorry ok! I don't know why I did it," he growled holding his helm in confusion.
"It's because you're jealous bit-brain," Metalsound huffed, "You're lucky I managed to get him off you else he could have killed you, or severely mauled you."
"Yeah, Wolf-Cons are very protective of their mates, they will kill any bot or anything that hurts or even makes a move on their mate," Thunderhoof adds.
"In a way, it's like you're challenging him to see who will be her mate," Metalsound added in.
"Really? I didn't know that."
"I thought you guys researched this after you found out about Steeljaw and Strongarm."
"I did but I didn't see anything about that. Can one change their mates?"
Metalsound slapped Sideswipe on the back of his helm, "No, they can't! We only have one mate, unless something happens to that mate."
"Was just asking," Sideswipe says as he rubs the back of his helm.
"It doesn't matter, you pretty much just challenged Steeljaw to see who will take Strongarm as their mate, but since it doesn't apply to you as a Cybertronian I'm not sure how that would work," Metalsound informs the young mech.
"Steeljaw is already cruel, vicious, and dominant but when it comes to protecting his mate or having to fight for claim over her, he will be even more so, he will most likely tear you to scrap and then use your pieces as a chew toy," Thunderhoof adds in.
"Ok you two, that's enough," Bumblebee warned them as Sideswipe started looking like he was about to lubricate himself.
"We're just telling the kid how it is."
"I know, but can you tone it down a little?" He asked Thunderhoof.
"Eh, I said what I wanted to already," Thunderhoof replies while shrugging his shoulders.
Bumblebee groaned as he looked over to Sideswipe, "You owe both of them an apology."
"Do I have to? I'm afraid to go anywhere near Steeljaw now."
"Whenever he's calmed down enough to listen, and with myself present. Strongarm will also be there so she can calm him down if he starts getting riled up again."
"Alright."
"I'm still in amazement that Strongarm was able to calm him down as she did," stated Grimlock
"That's what a Wolf-Con's mate can do. We can calm each other down if we're scared or upset, we can sense if something's wrong or if something exciting is happening," Metalsound explained.
"Yeah, we could see that as he was getting ready to attack the rest of us but settled down for Strongarm and melted right into her arms," Bumblebee says still in amazement himself.
"I am surprised that you managed to keep him at bay as well," Drift added.
"I think I had him in a state where he wasn't going to back down, I was in as much danger as anyone else," she replied.
"Yeah, if you remember the position he was in he was getting ready to pounce on her and would have on the rest of us as well, nobody was safe from him at that moment, not even Metalsound," Thunderhoof pointed out.
"Just remember that you do not want to tick him off like that again," Metalsound added.
"We were lucky Strongarm was there and was able to calm him down," said Bumblebee.
"Yeah, I'm not doing anything to tick him off ever again," Sideswipe states still feeling scared out of his armor.
"What do we do if she isn't there the next time he gets like that?" Grimlock asked.
"Not sure, call her I suppose. I honestly doubt any of us could get him to calm down, he does still despise us after all."
"I agree," Drift pipes in.
"Is there anything else Danny?" Metalsound asked the older human.
"No, Russell and I will take care of the rest."
"Ok. Got anything else for me, Bumblebee?"
"How about you and Sideswipe go on patrol."
"Are you sure that's a good idea? I'm sure seeing a giant winged metal wolf would scare anyone," Sideswipe stated.
"Just stay away from the human population."
"I can stay in the sky, just high enough for the humans to think I'm a bird," Metalsound countered.
"Or you could do that if some humans do cross your path."
"Right, come on kid," Metalsound transformed and took off.
"Don't call me kid!" He called after her as he followed her.
"I think I'll go check on Steeljaw, and see how he's holding up," Thunderhoof says as he walks off.
"I'll come too," Bumblebee says following him.