An hour after the shower, I had gotten the most enjoyable full body massage ever from Prime. I was so relaxed that by the time he was done, I was fast asleep.
He put me under the blankets, kissed my forehead and left his bedroom. He left the door slightly open in case I have a bad dream. He walked over to the sofa and turned the TV on and kept the volume down low as to not to disturb me or my sleeping.
While he was trying to find something to watch on TV, someone came knocking on his door.
He got up and answered the door. He wasn't expecting Carbine to be at his door. "Carbine. What brings you to my room?", Prime asked.
"Came to see you and give you my answer about your marriage proposal. May I come in or are you going to have me stand out here the rest of the day?", Carbine said.
"I would let you in, Carbine, but Wolf is sleeping right now. I'd like to keep it quiet as much as possible. We can talk outside the room here", said Optimus, as he closed the door behind him.
"Why is she sleeping in your room to begin with? Why isn't she in her own room, sleeping?", asked Carbine.
"Prowl destroyed her room after telling him she was busy", Prime said.
Carbine looked shocked. "Oh, ok. Anyway, here's my answer to your marriage proposal, Orion. I can't. There's too much at stake back on Mars. Especially, with Limburger's trial and Stoker being MIA, which isn't surprising. I hope you understand, Orion. I love you and would do anything to stay and be your wife, but I can't. Maybe once both wars are over I might say yes, but for now, its no", Carbine said.
"I understand completely. Your people need you just like mine needs me. It's the burden we both share, Carbine. I wish you a safe journey back to Mars", said Optimus.
"Thank you, Orion. Take good care of Wolf and yourself", said Carbine.
"Take good care of yourself, as well, Carbine. I hope we do meet again, but on better terms next time around", Prime said.
"Me too. I better get going. Is it possible to have someone take me back to Chicago so I can pick up Limburger and take him back to Mars?", Carbine asked.
"Of course. I'll have Brawn take you back to Chicago. I'll call him right now", said Optimus. Then he pulled out a cell phone and called Brawn on his comm. link.
"Yeah, Prime", Brawn said.
"Could you take Carbine back to Chicago for me, Brawn. I'd take her but I have to stay with Wolf in case she needs me", Prime said.
"I understand, Prime. Have her meet me out front. I'll be there in 10 min.", said Brawn.
"Thank you, Brawn. I appreciate it", said Optimus. Then he hung up.
"Brawn will meet you out front in 10 min., Carbine", said Optimus.
"Thank you, Orion. You've done so much for me these past 2 days. I feel like I owe you in some way", said Carbine.
Prime held up a hand. "There's no need to do that, Carbine. Just being there for Wolf when she needed you is enough", Prime said.
"Fair enough. I'll call you when I get back to Mars to let you know I arrived safely", Carbine said.
A few min. after Carbine left, Prime came in to check on me. I was sitting up with a scared look on my face and in my eyes when he walked in.
From the doorway of his bedroom to my side at the bed, he ran. He didn't like the look in my eyes or on my face. It scared him not knowing what was going on.
Prime sat down next to me and embraced me, then he started rocking me gently back and forth to calm me. It worked when the triplets had nightmares, so he figured it would work with me, too. He was hoping it would.
After a while of rocking me gently back and forth, he stopped and looked down at me. I had looked up at him with a perplexed look on my face. "You're rocking me like a baby, why?", I asked.
"I'm just glad you're awake. You were scared of something when I came in about an hour ago. Are you ok?", replied Optimus.
I scooted a bit away from Prime so I could sit up better. "I…I think so. I don't remember much of what scared me but it had to do with home", I said, grabbing the pillow behind me. I held the pillow to my body tightly.
"Home? Cybertron or Mars?", Prime asked. He couldn't even imagine Cybertron being destroyed. That was his home, whether he wanted to admit it or not. Even though, he had already made Earth his permanent home, Cybertron was his birthright.
I looked at him, took a deep breath, held it, then exhaled. "Both. I could see and feel everyone on both planets scream in horror as they were destroyed. Megatron knew that if he couldn't rule Cybertron then no one will inhabit it eve again, so he blew it up. Every Autobot, Decepticon and neutral was destroyed. The same fate came to Mars, too. Every Martian mouse, rat, sand raider and anything else inhabiting the planet was destroyed. Including any Plutarkians still on the planet strip mining it. Earth almost got the brunt of the explosion from Mars blowing up. I don't want to see either planet blow up, Prime. We still have friends on Cybertron. And the rest of the Martian mouse population is still fighting for their lives to free the planet from the Plutarkians", I said, shuddering with fear.
"Don't worry, love. Nothing like that will happen. Megatron wouldn't risk destroying Cybertron. The other half of his forces are still fighting against Magnus and the rest of the Autobots", said Optimus.
"I hope someone takes him out for good. I want Magnus dead, love. His damn reputation was more important than sitting down with me and talking about my past indiscretions. And at the time you and I were together, I wasn't seeing anyone, like you had thought. After I left you, I went to Cybertron to take that teaching job at the college. That's when I met Magnus. I know Magnus won't ever admit it, but I know he still loves me, thing is, I hate his guts", I said.
"Then I was in the wrong at the time I left the boys with you and I am so sorry. Thank you for clearing up that mistake for me. I would like to meet your twin boys you had with Skywarp. What are their names?", Prime asked.
"Their names are Skycracker and Skystreaker. I'll have to try and get a hold of Skywarp and see if we can arrange a meeting. I just hope Megatron doesn't answer instead. He thought, at the time, that Skywarp and I having sparklings was weak on Skywarp's part. But since 'Warp had told me that Megatron was his father, he didn't blame him for having sparklings. He loves the twins so much, that I don't think he'd let them get involved in the fight, but then again, I could be wrong", I said.
"Wait a minute here. Skywarp is related to Megatron? What about Thundercracker and Starscream? They also related to Megatron?", asked Optimus. He was shocked at what I told him. To be honest, I didn't blame him at all. I was shocked when 'Warp told me.
"Yep. Let me try and get a hold of 'Warp", I said. Then I grabbed my cell off the side table and turned it on.
After it was powered up, I looked for 'Warp's comm. link number. Prime was surprised that I had 'Warp's number at all considering he was a Decepticon, after all.
I found it, then hit send. I waited for him to pick up.
Decepticon HQ. At the bottom the Pacific Ocean. Skywarp's personal quarters.
"Who would be calling me on my day off?", Skywarp asked himself, as he started scanning the caller ID on his comm. link.
He groaned when he saw it was me calling him. He snarled when he answered.
"What do you want, bitch?", asked Skywarp. Apparently, he was pissed that I had called him.
"I wanna see the boys, 'Warp. I have parental rights to see them", I said.
"Like hell you do! I had your parental rights terminated after you left! Don't ever call me again or I'll have you arrested for harassment!", said Skywarp. Then he hung up on me.
I couldn't believe he hung up on me. I looked at Prime. "What happened? Is he going to let you see the boys?", Prime asked.
