Chapter 16: The Morning After

Corvin's systems were very slow in booting up the next morning, every part of her being just wanted to sleep and snuggle into that warmth that radiated under her. The seeker sighed happily, nudging her face into the warmth under her and snuggling close. Her frame happily relaxed, ready to lay there all day. This was definitely the most comfortable position she had been in since she got here.

There was a quiet groan, and it wasn't from her…

Corvin's systems booted up in alarm, her optics cycling on and her helm rising to look at the warm thing she was laying on. It was Optimus? The memories of their amazing night together came back like a hammer to the face, and Corvin couldn't help the face-splitting grin that formed upon it.

She banged Optimus!

QUE THE FANGIRL!

She felt giddiness fill her frame, and she couldn't help the wiggle that went through her at the thought. She fragged her favorite character! Who else could say that? And Optimus was a damn good lay. Corvin commenced the dance party in her head, which turned into an all out rave when Optimus-still in recharge-held her tighter, his arms wrapped around her.

Yahhhsss!

She was quite shocked that it had happened, actually. Every fanfiction, show, movie, and comic showed that Optimus was one tough cookie to crack, so how the hell did she managed to do it in the year she had been here? Pure, unadulterated luck, that's what.

Corvin laid there for the longest time, just looking at the only perfect thing in this entire universe. Sure, he had many flaws, but they all just made him even more perfect.

Optimus's vents were low and even, his face looked young in his sleep, all the stress was gone and all his systems relaxed. Corvin hypothesized that she was the cause for that.

Optimus slowly came online, his optics flickering for a moment before glowing fully. He sighed loudly, looking up at the ceiling of his room. He was strangely relaxed, all of his systems humming in content, especially his base coding, which was purring in the back of his processor. He shuttered his optics as the events of last night came back. He looked down and spotted the cause of his relaxed state, staring at him with droopy optics.

"Good morning, Corvin. I trust you rested well?" he asked, his servos lightly gliding down the femme's back. She hummed, a smile crossing her features.

"Indeed, I did Optimus. You?" she said, her voice light and filled with content.

"Better than I have in a millennia." he replied with a smile of his own.

"Hmm, that's good." Corvin hummed, her optics closing for a moment. She was still straddling him, her frame draped over his and her chin resting on his windshield. Optimus continued to pet her, his servos trailing over the back of her helm all the way down to her lower back. They stayed there a long time, just cuddling and dreading the moment that they would have to get up.

Sadly, that moment couldn't be put off forever and they had to get up and go about their day.

Corvin sighed, unhappily this time, and sat up, only to hiss as a sharp, aching pain shot through her lower half.

"Ah, damn it…" she huffed.

"What is it, Corvin?" Optimus asked, looking concerned as he sat up, too. Corvin was still sitting on him.

"Sore, that's all." she informed, twisting a bit to relieve some of the ache in her interface. She looked down at where they had been previously joined. Her face slightly scrunched at the sight of their dried fluids spattered all over their hips and thighs. Optimus had the majority of the mess, due to their position, but she still had a good amount.

Damn, she had forgotten what the first morning after had felt like.

"It appears that we are in need of a wash before we start the day." Optimus hummed, sounding amused.

"Yeah, if I can walk to the wash racks." Corvin grinned. The Prime looked thoughtful for a moment before lightly smiling.

"You will not have to walk," he offered, but before she could fully process what he said, she was hauled into two strong, warm arms.

"Oomph!" she let out a sound of surprise and slight pain as her sore parts were jostled. Optimus stood, holding her bridal style and carrying her down to the wash racks. This caused Corvin's systems to heat up a bit out of embarrassment, like a giddy school girl who's senpai just noticed her.

Fuck, Optimus was her Senpai.

Corvin started laughing, burying her face into Optimus's windshields as she snorted and chortled. Optimus looked confused, but also amused at Corvin's strange laughter. It sounded like a goose inhaling its honk. She had several laughs, that one was her worst and was only used when she found something really funny.

So, there she was, laughing like a hysterical, inhaling goose, all because Optimus was her Senpai.

"What is so funny, Corvin?" Optimus asked, amusement light in his voice. Corvin shook her helm, trying to control her laughter. She looked up, coolant in her optics with how hard she had been laughing.

"Senpai," she whispered, dissolving into another fit of goose giggles. Optimus was very confused, but it was only after a quick search on the human internet was he able to understand why she was laughing. Optimus smiled, even though he didn't fully understand this "Senpai" term. Her laugh was rather funny.

He carried her to the wash racks, the door opening and closing behind them as they entered the room. Corvin had calmed down by now, and tapped Optimus chassis.

"You can let me down now," she said and Optimus placed her on her peds. He didn't let go of her, though. His servos still lightly held her arms, and his frame was pressed into her side. Corvin looked up, smiling at the Prime. Optimus leaned down and kissed her. This surprised Corvin, she had expected Optimus to drift away after their time together, reclaim his position as the untouchable leader. But instead, he was being rather affectionate, carrying her here, and now he was kissing her sweetly. It wasn't unwelcomed, of course, just surprising.

Corvin hummed, turning her frame to press into the Prime's and press deeper into the kiss. Her servos came up to grab at the sides of Optimus's face, pulling him down just a bit more. Her wings flicked happily as his servo came up to hold the back of her helm. The kiss was crushing, but in a good way that made their systems sing.

His lips attacked hers, drawing her bottom one between his and nipping on it. Corvin was still purring, her frame pressed into his, all achiness forgotten. Corvin had to prevent herself from jumping in surprise as something warm and wet brushed against her lips. It only took her a moment to figure out that it was Optimus's tongue. This sent a shudder through her frame, heat gathering lower.

Corvin opened her mouth, letting his tongue enter her mouth and explore. The femme groaned into the kiss as he took control, his arms trapping her to his frame while one servo held her helm in place. She wasn't complaining, not as tingling waves of arousal danced down her spinal strut. His free servo came up to play with the bottoms of her wings. She moaned loudly and kicked up a leg to wrap around Optimus's waist. She could feel the rumble that tore through his chassis at this, and with a slight jump, she was able to wrap her other leg around his waist.

Corvin moved her servos from Optimus's face, instead she wrapped her arms around his neck for better support. She suddenly felt a cold, tiled surface against her back as Optimus pushed her into the wall. Never once did they break the kiss, only deepening it.

Now that Corvin was supported in between the wall and Optimus, the Prime now had a servo free. He reached to the side a bit, patting the wall for a moment before finding what he was looking for. Warm solvent ran out of the shower head above them and hit their warm frames.

Corvin broke the kiss in surprise, looking up at the showerhead as the liquid hit her unexpectedly. Optimus used this distraction to latch onto Corvin's neck. She let out a loud gasp, her frame jerking. Her neck was very sensitive, apparently. Optimus had a large mouth and he knew how to use it. She found that out first hand last night. His tongue lathered the side of her neck as he bit and sucked every inch of it. She could feel his burning frame under her servos, like a furnace fueled by desire. She could feel that desire, that lust that permeated his field, pressing and melding into her own like a dance.

Optimus pulled back and Corvin was able to look at his face. Seeing his bright, arousal filled optics sent another shudder through her, her vents were heavy as she bared her teeth and ground into the Prime. It was his turn to groan, his helm tilting back. He ground his panel back into hers.

Sadly, he pulled away, letting her regain her footing on the ground. She looked up at him in frustration and confusion. He grabbed a sponge and squeezed a great amount of soap onto it before squeezing it. He firmly pressed the sponge on her front, rubbing in small circles and spreading suds everywhere. He pressed the sponge into her seams, flicking out all the mud she had missed in her self-preening sessions.

In return, Corvin grabbed a large sponge of her own and gave him a nice scrub down, as well. It wasn't long before they were both completely covered in suds and both utterly flustered. They purposely rubbed their sponges in the most maddening ways. They were both helplessly aroused.

Corvin was grinning up at Optimus, finding this whole situation both amusing and pleasing. Optimus had stepped back a while ago to give her some room to scrub him down, so she was able to pull fully away from him. She made a great show of walking backwards, her hips swaying slowly with each step. Her back hit the wall, but she positioned her feet farther away from the wall. It was almost like a wall sit, except seductive. Corvin stretched her arms high over her helm, making sure to give Optimus the most sultry look she could muster as she wiggled her hips.

The Prime's optics were bright and his engine was growling. He stood tall and predatory, her servos clenched tightly by his sides.

Corvin continued her show, slowly rocking her hips in a circle as she turned to face the wall. Her arms braced her sturdily against the wall. Her stance was open as she arched her back, pushing her rear towards her aroused lover. Her wings fanned out as she peered over her shoulder to him, giving him an inviting look.

It wasn't a second later that he was upon her, his front pressed into her back. The heat of their frames caused the solvent to turn to steam. One of his servos grabbed her hip while the other splayed across her front, slowly trailing down to brush her panel. It snapped back instantly, drawing a pleased rumble from the Prime. His panel snapped back as well, making Corvin shiver in anticipation.

Optimus didn't prepare her this time, he didn't need to. She was well enough stretched and aroused that Optimus could just slide in, albeit slowly.

Corvin let out a hiss as the tip of Optimus's spike found her valve. He pushed slowly, moaning out her name with his chin resting on the top of her helm. She was rather tight still, and Optimus made sure to move slowly, no matter how much he wanted to just thrust into the hilt and begin thrusting. His servo was still on her front, his digits spread out across her stomach.

Corvin loved this position! She felt so surrounded and safe. Optimus was a beautiful warmth surrounding her from all sides. She could feel every moan and growl from his engine, every sound he made was right in her audios, and his chin was resting on her helm. It was amazing.

Finally, Optimus was fully inside her, stretching her, his ribbed spike hitting every node and sensor in her valve.

"NnnnNNGH!" she groaned quite loudly through her clenched denta. Her helm was pressed back, the sharp edges of her crown digging into her leader's neck cables as he started a fast pace. Her hips were jerked back and forth from the force of his thrusts, but she didn't mind. The clang of metal, the sizzle of evaporating liquid, and the sounds of their cries filled the wash racks.

He would pull out of her, lubricant and pre-transfluid leaking out, before slamming back in with increasing force. She was getting loud and a tiny voice in the back of her processor worried that others would hear, but her own voice drowned it out.

Optimus was getting pretty loud himself as they approached overload. His growls and moans vibrated through her whole body.

He swore he was one with the All Spark, everything felt too good. Her heat and tightness were enrapturing. Her smell was filling his olfactory sensors, spiraling him into a processor numbing arousal that consumed him. She fit in his arms and he fit in her, filling and stretching her as she spasmed and tightened around him.

"Corvin!" he shouted, his mouth dropping open wide as overload ripped through him unexpectedly. His optics widened and brightened to their maximum. He kept thrusting through his overload, causing Corvin to have hers.

Her voice became static, her frame jerking as she spasmed around Optimus's spike. Her arms shook and she was no longer able to hold them up. Her arms gave out and they crashed into the wall. Optimus was able to see through his overload and brace them in a way that cushioned their fall.

"Oomph!" they both grunted as they fell to the ground with a crash. They stayed there, twitching and moaning through their overloads.

Corvin relaxed as her high slowly faded. She felt Optimus relax behind her, his vents heavy in her audios, but slowly evening out. The seeker layed there for a while, letting the strength come back to her limbs.

"Ow," she huffed, before giggling. Optimus chuckled, too. She and Optimus stayed there, happy and comfortable in each other's presence. Corvin felt wonderful. What a great way to start one's day. Some hot fragging with the one she had been lusting after for what? Years, in both her original world and this one. The only difference was that she could act upon this desire in the past year.

Optimus had been petting her side since their overloads had tapered off, his digits lightly stroking down her arm, to her side, and over her hip before trailing back up. The seeker was purring loudly, snuggling back into his warm, comfortable frame as they spooned.

"We left the shower running." Corvin stated in amusement, listening to the sound of the shower over the humming of their vents and systems.

"So we did." he said in equal amusement. Optimus felt rather nice himself, very relaxed and sated. He enjoyed these after-interface cuddling sessions. He nudged the back of Corvin's helm with his chin in a sign of affection. He could see her smile.

A ping in Optimus's inbox made his sigh. He quickly read through the message sent from Ratchet, informing him that his medic had found an energon signal and that he needed to get to the command center. He groaned, but it couldn't be put off.

"Ratchet has found an energon signal we need to attend to." Optimus told Corvin, who groaned.

"But, I'm comfortable." she grumbled, displeased that their cuddling session had to end.

"As am I, but we have duties to attend to that cannot be avoided." Corvin made another sound of displeasure at his words. They slowly untangled themselves, Optimus's spike sliding out of her valve. It felt kind of weird. They stood and quickly washed off before heading off to the drying vents. Once dried, they headed out, but not before stealing one last kiss.

Corvin couldn't help the strut that melded into her walk. It was almost subconscious after her wonderful night. They entered the main hangar and spotted Ratchet at the terminal. Optimus and Corvin shared a hidden smile before they gathered behind Ratchet.

Ratchet typed away at the terminal, attempting to gain more information on the signal before informing Optimus. He could feel his leader approach from behind him, but with his presence came another, and a scent he knew but was distinctively different than what he had grown used to in the past year. The medic turned to identify the familiar smell, only to see Corvin standing there as the source. He was confused for only a moment before he recognized the underlying scent that clung not only to Corvin, but to Optimus as well.

It took a lot of control for Ratchet not to smile, or to throw his servos in the air with a "finally" or an "it's about fragging time". Butm Ratchet was sure his comments would not be appreciated. So, with his own hidden smile, Ratchet turned back to the terminal.

"I had hoped that my growing expertise on the subject would remain purely academic. But, though faint, this is clearly a dark energon signature and it's moving fast." Ratchet informed them.

"Megatron," Optimus rumbled, his voice hitting a note that vibrated through Corvin's audios. There was a clicking sound of approaching pede steps.

"Where did Megatron find more of the bad stuff?" Arcee asked, walking forward with Bulkhead.

"And what is he going to do with it? Recruit another army of the undead?" Bulkhead inquired.

"Zombie-cons?" Miko exclaimed excitedly from her place on the couch. Corvin blinked, not seeing the kids there. She and Optimus had stayed together longer than she had thought.

"We cannot rule out the possibility," Optimus said. "Especially since Megatron seems to be heading to a familiar site." the Prime turned to his men. "Megatron has barely emerged from stasis and it would seem he is already making up for lost time. Bulkhead, Bumblebee, Ratchet, Corvin, and Vela, prepare to roll out." he commanded. They nodded and turned to the bridge.

"Me?" Ratchet questioned in disbelief.

"If we are dealing with dark energon, I may well require your expertise. Arcee-"

"Bridge operator, got it." the small blue femme confirmed before walking over to the controls.

"Go get 'em, Bulkhead. Bring the hurt." cheered Miko, seeming almost uninterested as she doodled on a piece of paper. Bulkhead didn't seem suspicious, and even hit his fists together with a loud 'clang' at his charge's words. Corvin heard Jack and Raf mumble some words between themselves, but didn't pick out any legible words.

Corvin spun up her turbines, readying herself to transform and take off. Arcee spun up the ground bridge. The group of Autobots entered the vortex before transforming. Corvin took on her alt-mode and zoomed through the bridge. Once outside, Optimus Corvin to stay airborne and to inform them if she spotted Megatron. She replied in the positive then soared upwards.

She spotted Starscream right away. It was hard not to, he was surrounded by a bright purple glow. She pinged Optimus with the information. She watched as the others walked into the canyon towards Starscream and Skyquake's grave. She couldn't hear anything over the roar of her engines, but she got the gist of everything when the bots started firing upon Starscream.

Starscream yelled something about being invincible and the blood of Unicron flowing through him, but that was before Optimus shot his arm off. Corvin wobbled in the air as she laughed, but a quick ping from Optimus asking for air support cut off her giggles. She looked down in her alt-mode to see that Starscream had hidden behind a rock. With a quick flip in the air, Corvin went into a nose dive towards the downed Decepticon. She let loose a few rounds of plasma (Arcee taught her how to operate her guns a few months ago), and watched as they rained upon Starscream. Most hit the rocks around him, but a few grazed him and caused him to duck into the rocks more.

Corvin pulled from her dive and shot up into the sky, she transformed with a flip and let her thrusters hold her in the air. Corvin let her whips extend out of her wrist before grabbing onto the ends tightly.

Corvin and Vela had gone through many training sessions with the bots, finding out what their frames could do and learning hand-to-hand combat. It was during these sessions that Corvin found out that of all her weapons, her whips were her favorite. They were rather long, extending a good hundred feet each. She had found out that if she grabbed the ends just right, that she could conduct an electric current down them, which left a rather nasty mark on the training dummies back at base. She also found that she had swords that extended from between her ped-stabilizers, which was really cool. Like boot knives.

Vela had swords that extended from her servos. Her blades had two tips on each. Her tail could also do something, she could remove it and it would become a Morning Star.

Corvin gripped her whips tightly, feeling the energy conduct down them. She pulled her arms back before throwing them forward with force, bringing the whips down upon where Starscream hid. The whips left scorch marks on the rocks where they hit.

She heard a faint yell and looked down to see the humans. Miko was yelling at Jack about something, but she couldn't hear over the roar of her engines. The others noticed that the kids were there as well, and called for a bridge. It happened to be right when Starscream also called for a bridge.

She watched as Starscream raced through his bridge, before Vela and the humans ran through theirs. It was then that the bridges started to collapse and merge.

Oh shit…

The blast knocked Corvin out of the air. Her back hit the cliff face and she let out a loud "omph!" She then hit the ground with another "omph!"

Corvin grumbled from where she landed, cursing under her breath before standing and dusting herself off. Her back hurt from where she had hit the rocks, and she could feel the gritty rocks fall into her seams. Corvin walked over to where the Autobots had been knocked down by the explosion.

"Arcee," Optimus, "Did the children and Vela make it safely back to base?"

"Negative, you don't see them?" Arcee's voice ran over the comm.

"No sign," Ratchet spoke, walking forward to stand next to Optimus. The team began walking away from the site.

"Ratchet, could the children have been transported to the Nemesis instead?" the Prime asked him.

"Not likely. If Starscream didn't get transported to our base, the most likely explanation is a dislocation. The kids could have simply been bridged to an unintended destination " Ratchet surmised. They continued towards where Starscream had been previously standing when they had arrived. Corvin let out a loud whistle at the large hole in the dirt, big enough for all of them to sit in or maybe even lay down in.

"Skyquake's tomb is empty." Optimus said.

"How'd we miss Skyquake rising and shining?" Bulkhead grunted in disbelief.

"Looks like Starscream got what he came for." Corvin hummed, peering down into the hole.

"Another matter for another time. Right now, our priority is locating Jack, Miko and Rafael." Optimus put his servo to his helm to activate his comm. "Arcee, bridge us back to base." The bridge appeared not a moment later and they all proceeded through it. Corvin worried for the humans and Vela, knowing what was in store for them…

OoOoOoOoOoO

Vela let out a loud groan, her audios ringing as she came to. Her frame ached and parts even burned.

She sat up slowly, rebooting her optics a few times until they were clear. Everything looked… muted. Like the colors were being sucked out of the very earth itself.

The kids!

She had been sent through the bridge with them, told to take them back to base safely! She panicked for a moment, not immediately seeing them.

"Miko! Jack! Raf!" she yelled, jumping on her peds and stumbling for a moment as her gyros recalculated her equilibrium. A muffled, "over here" made Vela look behind her to see the kids. She fell to her knees next to them, fretting over them like a mother hen. Miko batted away one of her prodding digits.

"We're fine, Vela." she groaned, rolling onto her back. Jack stood slowly, pulling up Raf with him. They looked over at the sound of a loud groan.

Bulkhead stood, his colors also muted.

"What-what just happened?" he groaned, standing up. The dust that had been in the air settled and revealed the others. They all stood slowly, groaning loudly from where they landed.

"I can't be certain, but if two ground bridges sent to the same coordinates crossed streams," Ratchet spoke. "The feedback could have triggered a system overload."

Miko stood and walked over.

"Could? Hello? More like totally did!" Miko shouted.

"The kids made it though, right?" Bulkhead said. The kids all made various sounds of confusion. Miko walked forward.

"Bulkhead! We're right here!" she yelled up at her guardian.

"Arcee, did the children and Vela make it safely back to base?" Vela looked at Optimus in concern. Why couldn't they see them? Maybe it had to do with why the colors were dull? Vela saw Corvin approach the group, her colors also muted.

"Negative, you don't see them?" Vela could hear Arcee's voice over the comm.

"No sign." said Ratchet.

"What! No sign?" Miko yelled more. "Ok, seriously Bulk?" Bulkhead walked forward

right though Miko.

The girl screamed as Bulkhead's pede passed right through her body.

"He went right through you…" Jack said in disbelief as he grabbed onto Miko's shoulders. Vela looked at the girl in concern, she looked very pale, even for here. Vela's armor fanned out, she had a really bad feeling. "We're not alive!"

"I don't want to be a ghost!" Raf freaked out. Vela bent down and gently picked up the three of them. They were crowded in her smaller servos, but she was still able to cuddle them to her chassis, letting her spark sooth them as they shook.

"It's all right, we are not dead. See?" she pulled her servos back slightly and tapped her chest with her thumb. "I can feel Corvin still, which would be impossible if we were dead." This calmed the children.

Vela looked up and spotted the group of bots walking towards where Starscream had been. They were talking but Vela wasn't listening as she further cuddled the children. She stood and walked to the bots. Raf seemed to have heard them, though. He turned in her grip.

"In another place, but the same place." he thought out loud. The others looked at him in confusion. "We're probably in different dimension, some kind of alternate reality. A shadow zone." he explained.

"Nerd alert," Miko joked, trying to calm her nerves. Vela smiled a bit. She let a purr rumble lightly through her chassis, further calming the children.

"Look, Skyquake's tomb is empty," she heard Optimus say. Vela looked over and saw Corvin standing at the edge of a hole, next to Optimus. This made Vela really smile.

Corvin thought she was so smooth and sneaky, but she couldn't hide it.

Corvin got laid, and Optimus, apparently, was a pretty good bang.

Yeah, Corvin forgot to close her side of the bond during her rumble and tumble with their Prime. Vela and Domi knew everything, Corvin was practically screaming every little detail over the bond, and since they were still learning how it works, Domi and Vela didn't know how to close her out. Vela didn't know if she could proudly or shamefully stay she knew the exact physical proportions of Optimus's… reproductive parts.

She was impressed to say the least.

Shit, that reminded her of something. If Corvin was a breeder and she just did the dance with no pants with a bot Vela was sure that was more than fertile, she'd better get the robot equivalent of the morning after pill or they'd be expecting the tiny pitter-patter of robo-babies pretty damn soon here. She'd have to tell Corvin to go to Ratchet when she could.

While Vela had been thinking, the bots had been talking.

"Arcee we need a bridge," Optimus said. Shit, she really zoned out there.

The ground rumbled and Vela looked over to see a large, blackened servo grab onto the rocks. She gasped, her audios pulling back as the large form of the zombified Skyquake came forward, hissing and groaning. She watched as the zombie stumbled past them, and towards the bots.

The kids struggled in her servos, before she could no longer hold them and they jumped from her hold. Thankfully she had been kneeling at that time, and the fall was short. The kids hit the ground and ran forward towards their guardians, yelling and calling for them to look behind them. They came to a halt when the zombie took a swipe at the bots, and went right through them.

The bots left through the bridge.

"Awesome! It can't touch them either!" Miko yelled. Vela caught up and stood behind them. The sound of the Miko's exclamation attracted the zombie's attention. It stomped in their direction.

"It that thing can't touch the bots…" Jack started

"Just like we can't," Miko said.

"Then we're trapped in the shadow zone… with a Decepticon zombie!" Raf exclaimed in terror.

"Shiiiiitttt," Vela cursed.

"If we aren't ghosts now," Miko whimpered, "we will be soon." The decepticon roared. Vela hissed, her tail swishing and her armor puffing out in an attempt to make herself appear bigger. She let her blades come out of her wrists and took a stance.

"Run," she said, the children did as she said. The Con took a swipe and Vela ducked before slicing at the zombie, but it was useless, and her blades just glanced off the thing's hardened armor, creating sparks.

Vela cursed louder, ducking between the zombie's legs and causing it to stumble and fall on its face. She snickered and hopped onto it's back to slash at any gaps in its armor she could find. She got a few good hits in before she was thrown off.

Vela decided to run now, transforming down into her Jaguar 5.0 with a convertible top. Her engine purred as she drove away from the roaring zombie. Her wheels twisted and turned as she zigzagged through the rocky terrain.

She caught up with the humans quickly, driving up next to them and popping up her doors.

"Hop in," she yelled, and they did, climbing into her leather interior. They huffed in her seats, trying to catch their breath. She drove, easily outrunning the zombie.

It was ridiculously easy to keep this pace, now she was just driving in circles, keeping out of range. the children were talking in the back seat, trying to come up with a way for them to get out of the shadow zone. The ringing of Jack's phone gave them an idea, and it only took a few minutes of their combined thinking to come up with a plan.

"Text me!" Miko said from her passenger seat. "My phone is back at base, maybe they'll see it!" Jack nodded and started to type. Vela turned a corner and got a strange feeling of deja vu.

"Have we been here before?" she asked. The kids looked around.

"I don't recognize it," Jack said

"I do!" Miko yelled.

"So we are going in circles?" Vela asked, she then swerved to avoid the… limb? Vela applied the brakes and turned. There was Starscream's missing arm, the one that had fallen off in the fight. There was a roar, and Vela got an idea. "Lets shoot it."

"Eh?" the children questioned. Her doors opened and they hopped out. She transformed, spotting the zombie a few hundred yards off. She kneeled and they gathered around her.

"We use Starscream's missile to blast the zombie," she said, picking up the limb. The digits curled and moved as she picked it up. She looked over it. "How the hell do you fire this?"

"I think you pull back to first two fingers," Raf said and everyone looked at him. "What? I saw Starscream do it." The others just shrugged. Vela held the back of the limb under her arm and aimed it with the other two. Her sensors honed in on the approaching zombie. She pulled the digits back and the rocket lifted out. The rocket hit the zombie and a cloud of dust puffed up around it. The zombie cut through the dust, roaring in anger. Sparks shot from its arm before wires ripped and the arm fell off completely. Everyone stared at it for a good minute, even the zombie.

Until it fucking moved.

"Oh hell no!" Vela shouted and transformed down, popping her doors open and letting the kids scramble in. The arm raced at them, using its digits to pull forward. "THAT'S FUCKING GROSS!" Vela tried contacting Corvin or Domi through the bond, but there was a sort of wall, a dampener that prevented her from speaking to her trine. Vela groaned in frustration, it was only a few minutes before they came upon the arm again. Vela stopped again.

"This place is one big merry-go-round!" Miko yelled.

"SKYQUAKE! Your master summons you!" a voice yelled. Starscream walked around the corner, his muted coloring showing that he was in the other dimension.

"He's in the other dimension and can't see us, don't freak." Vela soothed. A 'clink clink clink' was heard, causing them to look behind them and see the fast approaching zombie limb. Vela shuddered on her wheels.

So creepy.

A ground bridge opened up in front of them. Was it for them?

"A ground bridge portal?" Raf said.

"That must be our way out," Jack stated.

"The Autobots saw our text!" Miko yelled from the backseat.

"We go through," Raf said, "we run right into Starscream, but if we stay.."

"We're zombie chow." Jack finished.

"Option three, we keep driving in circles," Miko deadpanned. Vela's engine growled, she didn't like the sound of that.

"I got an idea, hold on!" Vela said. She waited, her engine revving as the zombie arm crawled closer. At the right moment, Vela gunned it forward. Her wheels kicked up dirt as she raced through the bridge and out, right through Starscream's legs.

Well, it ain't that hard to get between them.

Vela laughed at her joke, sending it through her now undamped bond. It made it all the better when she heard Starscream's shrieks behind her as the zombie limp attached itself to his face.

Another bridge opened in front of them, and Optimus stepped out.

"Autobots again!" Starscream yelled behind them. "Requesting emergency ground bridge, now!"

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An hour later, they were all at base and Miko was retelling all that had happened. She had even said that it was her fault that it had happened, to which Jack proclaimed he needed it in writing and/or on video. Everyone had shared a good laugh, and Optimus proclaimed that their experience was punishment enough, so no one was scolded or grounded.

Ratchet had approached Corvin after she fussed over Vela for awhile, picking at her armor and preening her. He nudged her side, a suspicious grin on his face.

"I need you in the med bay," he said, trying to keep something from his voice. Corvin raised an optical brow in a suspicious look, but nodded and followed him into the med bay. Ratchet had the door close behind them. Corvin sat on the berth and looked over to him.

"So…" he started, then a large, knowing grin spread across his face and an amused gleam entered his optics. "How good was it?" he was trying not to laugh.

"Excuse me?" she asked, stretching her neck out. She had a good idea as to what he was importing about, but she needed to make sure.

"He's a decent size, given his frame, I'm just surprised you didn't wake anyone, Optimus hasn't been at it awhile so I'm sure he didn't take it silently." Ratchet continued, as if what he was saying was common small talk. Corvin hadn't moved, not an inch as Ratchet made inquisitive remarks about their sexcapades. Ratchet's grin had only grew as he talked, cupping a servo around his chin guard to show thoughtfulness.

"Uhhh," was all she could manage at the unexpected turn of events.

"He seemed to be very relaxed this morning, more so than ever. I'm assuming it was good?"

"Yeahhh?" she was still trying to process this.

"Good, no damage to you? Being a new spark it should have been your first time?"

"Yes, it was," Corvin had finally swallowed what Ratchet had said.

"That's what I thought, your scent changed."

"You can smell it?"

"Yes, untouched bots have a certain aroma."

"Ah, no wonder." Corvin nodded, taking this all in stride. Ratchet wanted to make sure she was alright after her night, no damaged parts, like a medic would. Corvin relaxed, a grin spreading across her face.

"But as I was asking, you are undamaged? No prolonged discomfort in your valves?"

"Nope, feeling rather dandy down under, mate." Corvin smiled as she took on an australian accent. Ratchet rolled his optics.

"Since it was your first time, and with your breeder programing, I need to give you some prevention codes so you do not become sparked." he informed, Corvin nodded.

"Understood."

"Now, i'm going to be giving you a shot, it will keep you steril for approximately three Earth months." he said, going over to a shelf and pulling out a few chemicals before adding them together in precise amounts until he was left with a golden concoction. He took a needle from subspace and entered it into the liquid, sucked some in, then did the procedural tap to get the bubbles out. He walked over and grabbed her arm lightly, turned it over and stuck the needle into a primary cable before emptying its contents into her energon stream. Corvin shivered at the light burning feeling through her arm before the chemicals evened out.

"There, that should keep you from getting sparked. But be warned," he said, pointing a digit at her. "it's effects are nullified if you go through a heat cycle. If you go into heat, there is a high chance of you getting sparked with a litter."

"A litter? Like, multiple babies?" she asked, scrunching half her face.

"Yes, multiple sparklings. Seekers normally have anywhere from one to eight sparklings at a time. But with your breeder coding it might be more." he nodded.

"Ehh," she groaned. She stretched her neck cables and fluffed out her wings. She took note of Ratchet's almost smug look, the one he had since the very beginning of their conversation. "What's with the high and mighty look?" she questioned.

"Oh," he started, crossing his arms as his smug look became a large grin. "I now know that I won the pot." Corvin was confused a moment before her moment of dawning realization.

"You made a be on when me and Optimus would have sex!"She yelled. Ratchet laughed, his helm thrown back as his frame shook from the force of it.

Corvin wasn't pissed, so to say, but she didn't appreciate that her love life was made a betting game. She gave Ratchet a look, but she was able to appreciate the joke. She smiled and rolled her optics.

"I guess since you know Optimus the best, you'd know when he'd crack." she said and Ratchet let out a breathy laugh.

"Well, not exactly, I thought he'd he'd hold out longer than this, personally. You must have done something to break his resolve." he looked at her in question. She pulled an invisible zipper over her lips.

"I will not say," she grinned, "a magician never reveals her secrets!" she laughed with Ratchet for a good few moments. Corvin was happy Ratchet was opening up to her, she wanted to be close with him. He was cool.

"Well, go on and coddle your trine mate, I got some work to do," he said after their shared laughter, Corvin smiled and left to do just that.

(AN: Im so terribly sorry for the lateness of this update. I know it's been awhile. But I have some decent excuses. Family, Friends, Dramaaaa. Trouble is everywhere and i have learned many things in the past few months. I learned just how fragile any relationship is, and anything can fade away, even the strongest of bonds. And that it really fucking hurts when they do. Like, I've lost more people in the past two months than i have in my whole life, they didn't die or anything, they just… left. I just lost one today, one of my closest friends decided she wanted nothing to do with me anymore, and for something so small as me wanting a sorry from her for being mean to me and a few others… I guess the tension built up and finally exploded. Eh, im just gonna hide in a treehouse with like three people.

Also, I got some news. I am in a relationship. It is kind of different than a normal one, though. It's a polygamist relationship, I have three partners. It's fucking AWESOME! They are amazing and we all are super close already and stuff due to being friends before hand. It is amazinnggg~

I am currently writing a new story called "Who Needs A Love Triangle, We Have A Love Polygon!" It is about Optimus meeting a group of Poly humans and being accepted into their group. It's Rated M, as usual, but i'm getting a good response on AO3 and a few of my other sites, so maybe it will do good on this one too :3

Hopefully the next chapter will be faster in the coming than this one :/

Guest: Yes, there will always be more updates for this story.

SweetSpark22: Yes, yes they did do it once again. I've got a good response on the last chapter :3 I think it was because Corvin got some finally XD

Firewarrior123X: I like the way you think :3 evilness~ Ya never know though with Megatron *Eyebrow wiggle*

Firewolves16: Yahsss~

Fuffy the Fluffiness: You could say it was a… premature ejaculation of desire XD EEEHHHHYYYYYYY! I Fucking love puns~

GoddessNefertari17: Danke! I shall keep up the work :D

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Till all are one!~