"Any particular reason you wanted me to go on a patrol with you lieutenant?" Steeljaw asked as they drove away from the scrapyard.
"I wanted to talk to you."
"About what?"
"About you and Strongarm."
"We have quite the drive ahead of us, start talking then."
"Are your feelings really true?"
"Yes, I would never do anything to hurt her. Which is why I haven't attacked you yet, or the others, save for Sideswipe. I know how close she is with all of you and I'm willing to give it a chance to try to get along with the rest of you."
"Yes, I kind of figured, it's good you care for her so. When did you start falling for her though?"
"After I arrived at the scrapyard after I freed the others," he replied.
"You mean after you fought her you fell in love with her?"
"I think that was when I realized it. But I think I had liked her since our first encounter."
"And how did your first encounter go? She never really did tell me what happened"
"I tricked her into thinking I was an Autobot guard aboard the Alchemor," he replied, not wanting to give him the full detail of their encounter.
"I see. What else?"
After a moment of silence, Steeljaw ended up telling Bumblebee the whole story. Something about him commanded respect, even though he was a young leader he knew what he was doing.
"I see. Surprised she even got feelings for you after that. And what about her made you like her even though she was an Autobot?"
"I'm still not sure, maybe it was the way she handled herself against me or the way she carries herself. She's strong, and she's willing to fight for what she believes is right."
"As does the rest of us but you still hate and despise us."
"I believe Metalsound was the same way when she was with you for the first time. Am I right?"
"Yeah, it did take her a while to trust us and vice versa."
"Then it should be no different for me, Thunderhoof and Soundwave."
"I understand. So is that the reason you started falling in love with her after your fight?"
"I think so, after the scrapyard I couldn't stop thinking about her and I just wanted to see her again."
"Is she the reason for your sudden change of plans?"
"Yeah."
"Thank goodness I sent her back to the scrapyard then or else you probably would have never fallen in love with her and you would have stuck to your plans, you would be in stasis with the rest right now."
"Don't expect me to thank you for that."
"Wouldn't dream of it. Have you and Strongarm been seeing each other in secret ever since the scrapyard incident?"
"Yes, Metalsound took it upon herself to look after Strongarm after her fight with Springload."
"So that's the main reason why she was there. Had you always planned to make Strongarm your mate?"
"Not exactly, but it just happened."
"You do know you took a lot from her with that, right?"
"I know."
"But then she knew what can happen if she has an affair with a criminal and she did it anyway, and I can tell she loves you. Which is why I didn't put you in stasis with the rest but instead put you on probation and do community service."
"Was that all?"
"What was the whole deal with you kidnapping her?"
"You said that I would never see her again, except on the battlefield."
"So you decided to kidnap her?"
"I panicked alright!"
"Why didn't you tell her she would become your mate by having sex?"
"I didn't think about it," Steeljaw was starting to get annoyed. Was Bumblebee intentionally trying to get him riled up?
"What makes Strongarm different from the other femmes you sweet-talked then left breaking their sparks?" Steeljaw's tires screeched as he skidded to a halt. Bumblebee skidded to a halt as well, "Why are you stopping Steeljaw?"
"Just stop! I don't know why she's different from those other femmes, she just is! She makes me feel like I'm not alone," he says the last part quietly as he drove on.
Bumblebee drives on as well, "Not alone?"
"Ever since I lost my parents it felt like something was missing deep in my spark. Even though Shockwave took care of me I still felt... incomplete. Having Metalsound and the pack helped fill the emptiness but it was still there. Being with Strongarm, I don't feel like I'm alone anymore."
"I see. Wait, you lost your parents? How?"
"I don't want to talk about it."
"I understand. Why didn't you get with Metalsound?"
"I see her more as a sister, and she didn't fall for my sweet-talking. She saw right through it but she stayed with me."
"So you did sweet-talk her?"
"I promised her revenge on Starscream and I could tell that she wanted to take me up on it. But she surprised me by asking how I could promise something like that."
"Did you get feelings for her?"
"No."
"You sure?"
"Yes, I'm sure. Are you questioning my loyalty to Strongarm?"
"I'm just making sure, I don't want to see Strongarm get hurt because of you."
"I will never hurt Strongarm, my spark will always belong to her alone."
"Good, because if you do not only will you have to deal with her but you'll have to deal with me and the whole team as well as her sire."
"Understood," Steeljaw says as he speeds up a bit to drive on ahead wanting to be with Strongarm more than he ever had.
Bumblebee picked up his speed as well, "Sorry for all the questions I'm just concerned. As I told you before, Strongarm is my responsibility while we're here and I just want to see to it she doesn't get hurt. I could see you love her very much with the way you have been acting, especially when you attacked Sideswipe for kissing her, you were really ticked over that. I just wanted to hear you say it to be sure."
"I don't blame you, if I didn't know any better I would have thought that you were her sire," the Wolf-Con joked.
"I've been seeing myself as her second sire."
"Hmm, I'm a little nervous if I ever meet Ultra Magnus."
"Oh he will beat you to a pulp, but he won't kill you since you're her mate."
Steeljaw let out an inaudible whimper, "You're sure about that?"
"Yep."
"I know he's by the book. Is there anything else I need to know about him?"
"He was Optimus' second in command during the war and he used to lead the Wreckers."
"The Wreckers?"
"You never heard of the Wreckers?"
"Not really, I just know that they were kind of like mercenaries or something like that."
"Mercenaries, assassins, they were the team that would get called in to do the tough dirty jobs nobody else wanted to do or was too scared to do. They were known as the toughest, most fearful team on Cybertron during the war, the 'Cons really feared them. Some were even known to be able to take out a 'Con without the 'Con even knowing what even happened."
"And Ultra Magnus was the leader?" He asked now fearing the mech just a little more.
"One of them. Now you see where Strongarm gets her fierce attitude from."
"Yes. The Wreckers sound similar to the D.J.D," Steeljaw let out a shudder, he never would want to meet that squad of Decepticons.
"Yes, very much so."
They make it back to the scrapyard and see Metalsound and Sideswipe back already, and Steeljaw sees something that he doesn't like.