Author's note. Really sorry for taking so long to update, hope everyone enjoys this chapter.

Warning for talks and scenes for interfacing.

Written by me and the-writing-mew.

Enjoy and please review.

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Later...

"I dun wanna sleep yet!" Slipstream declared but Valour wasn't so enthusiastic.

"Slipstream... I'm tired..." He dozed off. Apparently the elders decided to leave her with her big brother since she seemed to be way too attached to him.

Finally Valour fell asleep and didn't woke up no matter how many times Slipstream poked at him. "I wanna play..." She whimpered before noticing the open door.

Without wasting a second as curiosity filled her up, she walked towards it and soon was crawling out of her brother's room.

Everything from her point of view seemed so... Big!

Suddenly someone lifted her from the ground. "A seeker sparkling?" Perceptor said turning her so he could face her.

She tried to squirm out from his grasp. "Let me go!" She said gaining an amused and excited look from the red scientist.

"You talk!" He said before subspacing an energon candy and thrust it into her mouth. She calmed immediately savouring the sweet thing on her tongue.

"Come with me," He said taking her somewhere.

"You will pway with mwe?" She said with the candy in her mouth.

"For you it may be a game, so yes," He said making her clap in joy.
...

Hours later...

Everybody in the base was looking for Slipstream, no one could find her and Valour cried in his desperation. He fall asleep for just a second!

"There is someone here who hasn't shown up..." Ratchet said darkly and Red Alert seemed to understand her sire. "Perceptor!"

They ran to Perceptor's quarters and once they opened the door they found the little femmling putting the pieces of a complicated puzzle together while the scientist wrote in a datapad.

"Oh, good morning." Was everything he said before she squeaked with a loud: "Finish!"

Indeed she finished it. Soon he was passing her a cube with many colours and she took it excitedly. "You need to put all the colours together, do it as fast as you can and I will reward you accordingly," He said as she looked at him with her huge optics and nodded before eagerly start. Perceptor timed her.

Everybody who was in the entrance didn't know how to react. Whether to beat the scientist for taking her without permission, or reprimand her for leaving, or being excited or scared by her intelligence.

The latter was thought by Ultra Magnus who just couldn't take his optics from her.

"What you doing?" Valour asked curiously as Slipstream looked up at him.

"Playing," she giggled, showing him her cube. "Wanna play?"

Perceptor tutted, her pause meant he couldn't count this test. Seeing their looks, he said.

"I found her wondering the base, she wished to play so I accommodated her."

"And we're sure you had no ulterior motives," Blackarachnia said dryly as Optimus asked.

"Slipstream, are you hungry?"

"Uh uh," she said, shaking her head. The funny red Mech had been giving her treats so she felt fine.

"You're really clever," Valour said admiringly, he was pretty sure he hadn't been able to do stuff like this at her age.

Slipstream giggled before saying. "Brudder clever too."

She lifted her arms, now that her brother was here, she wanted to snuggle. Valour obediently lifted her up and she purred with delight. Perceptor looked very disappointed but a stern look from the adults prevented him from protesting.

"You wanna watch something?" Valour asked, since he was cooped up inside, he was watching a lot of stuff. It wasn't all movies, a lot of it was educational as Optimus was determined that Valour would still be learning even in this bad situation.

She nodded, she was feeling a little tired now and watching something with her brother sounded very good. As Valour walked off with her, Ratchet barked.

"That Sparkling's not a test subject Perceptor!"

"But she's so intelligent," Perceptor argued, waving his data pad. "No Sparkling her age should be able to talk like that let alone complete puzzles. Megatron has produced an incredible Sparkling, I was merely trying to ascertain how smart she was."

"She looked like she was having fun," Red Alert stated, she was well used to Perceptor working with the Jettwins, testing their abilities and the like. "But you should have let us know Percy, we were all very worried."

"I will inform you next time," he stated as Optimus exclaimed. "Next time you'll ASK if it's okay to test her."

He made a noise of irritation as he said. "What's Megatron going to say when he finds out what's happening? I don't want Slipstream being taken advantage of, she's an innocent Sparkling."

"A very intelligent one," Ultra Magnus said quietly. "And the only thing holding her back is her size."

Everyone looked up at him but it was Optimus who spoke first. "What do you mean?"

"That Megatron will use her for his own agenda, not just to get Valour back but for worst things. I suggest that we keep her," The Magnus said darkly and everybody, except of course Perceptor frowned at him.

"That is kidnapping! And I do not agree with it, sir," Optimus said.

Ultra Magnus was about to argue when Perceptor spoke again. "I think you will be interested to know who her carrier is," Everybody froze and looked at him. "She said his name is Starscream... It can be the only one lieutenant Starscream since there is no other with that name; she also mentioned that her carrier was ill because he was producing more sparklings for Megatron and..." He read the datapad and exact words. "For her to play with and not be alone."

Different levels of shock cursed through the adults present, especially Optimus and Blackarachnia who had know Starscream and never thought that the one treacherous seeker will end up as Megatron's...uhh...breeder.

"Slipstream also said that Megatron was acting different for the past months and that he ignored them most of his time and that caused Starscream's illness.

A carrying mech or femme needs the sire of the sparklings near as much as possible, but he was not there and after Starscream was reclosed in medbay Megatron left her in his quarters, she felt alone and decided to come here," The scientist concluded his report.

"Anything else, Perceptor?" Ultra Magnus questioned and the other nodded.

"Actually yes, she also said that, in resume of her words, Megatron desires Optimus Prime to join him in berth to rape him."

Said Prime paled at that statement and Blackarachnia shock in rage. "Well Megatron can frag his own aft! Optimus is mine and I am not giving him!" she shouted.

This made Optimus smile and he wrapped an arm around her.

"I'm all yours," he agreed, kissing her cheek. She smiled at him and he returned the smile before turning grim.

"I knew Megatron wanted me but I never thought he would want me so bad that he neglects his family. He always talked about how much he wanted Sparklings and how he'd raise them but he's pushing his own daughter away. Someone needs to put him in his place."

"I'm surprised he hasn't just directly attacked us," Ratchet grumbled. "Must be getting pretty mad at this Lockdown guy."

"He knows you'd defend yourself and possibly flee to Cybertron," Blackarachnia suggested. "And there he'd have the whole planet to deal with to get you. By holding back, you remain on Earth where his chances better. But you're right, he must be reaching the end of his patience."

"Those poor Sparklings," Red Alert murmured, a part of her wanted to call up Megatron and yell at him to get his aft in gear and stay by Starscream's side. They might be Decepticons but the Sparklings were innocent and it wasn't right they could die because their Sire was too uncaring to simply sit with his carrier. "Isn't there anything we can do?"

"Not unless you want to kidnap Starscream and bring him here," Ratchet said with contempt as Perceptor looked up eagerly.

"Which of course we're not doing!" Ratchet added quickly and sternly looking at Perceptor particularly.

"I wonder how fertile Starscream is to get himself carrying so soon after sparking Slipstream..." The red mech said with interest and this time Ratchet couldn't hold back and whacked him hard on the back of his helm with his hand.

"Knock it off, Perceptor! Is there anything else other than investigations to you?!"

"No... Everything else is uninteresting and useless," He answered without giving the smallest signal that the offense the other gave him offended him. That made Magnus smirk.
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Outside...
The crystal gardens...

Ignoring everyone's warnings, Valour took his sister to meet the gardens him and his uncles cultivated with love.

"Ooooh..." She said reaching for one and touched it.

"You like it?" He asked and she nodded eagerly.

"Valour!" that was Prowl and he wasn't happy to see him out here.

"Oops..." He said as the other approached.

"Hi Pwol," Slipstream saluted friendly and Prowl stood there frozen...

...Slipstream... The way she looked at him...at everyone...

The cyberninja smiled. "You should not be here, it's dangerous," he stated.

"But... I wanted to show her the gardens...," Valour whined.

"You should have asked an adult to accompany you," Prowl told him as Valour exclaimed. "But I always have adults with me now. This sucks."

Prowl sighed and bent down.

"I know this is hard on you," he said gently. "You want your freedom and for things to go back to the way they were. But if we don't take precautions, that Mech Lockdown will have a perfect opportunity to snatch you and take you to Megatron. You don't want that, do you?"

"No," Valour sighed, holding Slipstream's hand as she stared at them. "I wish he'd leave us alone, I don't want him after daddy, it's not fair."

"Not fair," Slipstream agreed. "Sire should be nice and leave Opemus alone."

"That would be good," Prowl agreed, giving her a pat. "As we're here, you can continue showing your sister the crystals. Just be mindful next time you want to go outside."

"I will," Valour sighed as he led his sister over to some crystal flower formations.

Prowl watched him go before discreetly checking the area. Thankfully, he couldn't sense anything, Lockdown had been unable to take advantage of Valour's boredom. He did understand why Valour was getting so frustrated, the Sparkling had been behaving so well, it was natural there would be a few slip ups. All he could do was try to be there for them.

"I helped grow them all," Valour was explained proudly to sister as she admired all the wonderful growth.

"The ones over here are edible," her brother now said, indicating an almost tree like crystal where bright blue crystalline berries were hanging.

Her face lit up and she eagerly reached for them, Valour lifted her up so she could grab one. She happily munched some before offering the remaining to Valour. As he ate them, she said thoughtfully. "Carrier like them?"

"Mine or yours?" he asked, his lips stained a little blue and she considered it before saying. "Both."

"Dad likes them," he said thoughtfully. "I dunno if yours would."

She looked up at the blue berry crystals before looking back at him. "Take some to carrier?"

"Sure, we can preserve them for him if you want to pick more," Valour agreed, it would probably be a nice present if Slipstream's daddy was ill. While he really didn't like Megatron, he hadn't heard anything bad about Starscream so he was inclined to want to make him feel better.

"Yeh!" Slipstream said in delight, grabbing some more berries.

Valour giggled before saying. "Let's get a basket for them, otherwise you'll squash them all."

The little femmling beamed with joy and obeyed her brother.
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The Nemesis...
Days later...

Megatron grunted in discomfort in the medbay next his sleeping seeker carrier. It's been days since Starscream went unconscious and the medic ordered him to at least come once or twice every hour to check on him.

This of course wasn't to Megatron's liking as he had something 'better' to do...especially now that his seeker was unable to interface him.

"How is this possible?" The warlord growled in annoyance. Well, at least Slipstream wasn't causing any troubles, it seemed she was as mature as he thought.

Checking his chrono he walked out again leaving Starscream alone again.

Then he reached the control room and sit on his chair. No one was there and honestly he got nothing to do so...he started daydreaming about his beautiful Optimus...thinking, just thinking about him made him hard as steel.

Moaning, he took hold of his spike and started rubbing it thinking it was the barely wet port of his missing lover...so tight and perfect... "Uhh..." He quickened the pace and soon he was coming hard...gallons of his fluid now decorated the console as it was now something usual; he always came here to self-service thinking about Optimus.

He sighed barely satiated and smelling his own fluids renewed his arousal.

Even if he was discovered self-servicing no one will tell him anything, being the leader had its perks and actually many wished to see his powerful spike.

Thinking about that he smirked and started again.
...

Hours later when his hand was tired he walked back to his quarters for a nap. Once there he lay on his berth and fall in recharge completely ignoring his 'sleeping daughter' nearby.

Then again, another day came and he woke up noticing something for the first time...that Slipstream was way too quiet.

A thrill of terror ran by his spark... Slipstream was never this quiet!

...what if...?

Thinking about this he ran to her cradle and removed the covers that in place of revealing her sleeping... Or Primus forbid, dead frame...in her place was just a pillow!

He paled.

"Slipstream?" he said in horror before yelling "SLIPSTREAM!"

There was no reply and he felt panic set in his spark. He hadn't seen her since he'd placed her in this room, just where could she be? He hadn't noticed her in the Med Bay, was she hiding with her carrier? Quickly he called the Med Bay but the Medic reported that he'd seen no sign of the little Seeker and he soon found that no one else had seen her. He couldn't believe this, just where could she have gone?

He looked back at the prone pillow, had she placed it there? Why would she do such a thing, did she really want to fool him? One thing was clear and that was she was not on the ship, she hadn't fed from him or Starscream and no one had reported Energon being taken. Which meant she was outside and possibly starving somewhere.

He was about to go haring outside to search for her when a thought stopped him.

Even if she was outside, wouldn't someone have noticed her by now? Like Lockdown for instance, he was still trying to capture Prime and Valour, failing miserably as he did so. Megatron was fast losing his patience with the damn bounty hunter, how hard was it to penetrate the Autobot's defences? But what if Lockdown hadn't seen her and she'd been found by...

"The Autobots," he growled to himself, this was going to be damn embarrassing but he had to call them and make sure Slipstream wasn't with them. If she wasn't, he would have to organise a hunt for her.

As he typed commands into the computer, he wondered what he was going to say. It was unlikely to impress Prime when he found out Megatron hadn't even noticed his daughter missing for several cycles. He growled in frustration, would nothing go right for him.

"Come on," he grumbled, he'd made the connection but the Autobots were taking their sweet time in answering.

Eventually, they answered. To his relief, he saw Slipstream nestled in Prime's arms, she looked well fed and taken care of. He felt a brief pang of longing, imaging Prime holding a daughter that they'd created together. This image was ruined by Prime's scowl as he said.

"So you finally called? I was expecting you to do so days ago."

"Well I have now," Megatron said shortly before turning his attention on Slipstream. "Sweetspark, how are you doing?"

"Good," she said with a nod. "Playing with brudder."

He smiled, she would have enjoyed that.

"You liked that, didn't you?" he said as she nodded before asking. "How carrier?"

"He's doing fine, I've been sitting with him," he assured her as Prime looked sceptical. "He and the new Sparkling are doing much better now."

She nodded again sagely before saying. "Made crystal tweats for carrier. Make him feel better."

"You did?" Megatron said in surprise.

"Valour got crystal garden," she exclaimed. "Can I have one?"

"I'm sure we can create a little one for you," he promised as Optimus now spoke.

"Megatron."

"Prime," Megatron said, his tone becoming cooler.

"I have no desire to keep Slipstream away from her carrier but if you're going to neglect her so badly that you don't even notice she's missing for several days, then I would rather keep her where she's safe."

As Megatron's face darkened, the Prime continued.

"She's a very intelligent, special Sparkling and it's only thanks to that intelligent that she was able to seek help. If she'd been a normal Sparkling, she could have been half dead by the time you remembered to check on her. As Starscream is obviously too ill to look after her, I do not want to return her to a situation where she will be forgotten again."

"She will not be forgotten," Megatron snarled at him. "Perhaps if you did not haunt me so much, I wouldn't have neglected her."

"This is my fault?" Prime said in astonished outrage.

Megatron growled before saying. "Do you know what it's like Prime? Wanting something so badly that you cannot think of anything else. You put me under your spell and now I can't free myself from it. You denied me my son and now you want to keep my own daughter away from me. What do you plan to do next Prime? Take away my Seeker?"

Optimus stared at the screen with a I-don't-believe-you look just like Slipstream before recovering his voice.

"Well, if he's smart enough to leave, he will! Just what kind of sire are you?! Abandoning the carrier of your offspring just to... To... Ughh I don't even want to know what you were doing! You selfish afthole!" Optimus barked in annoyance.

Megatron scowled and to his utter horror he heard Slipstream say: "Afthole!"

"Prime! See what you just did?! You are teaching her bad words!" He barked.

"Ha, it's good to her to know what you truly are," Prime smirked.

The warlord was about to vent his rage to the screen when he suddenly stopped and looked at the Prime with a smirk. "You look stunningly adorable holding my daughter... I cannot stop imagining you carrying one of our own... I remember you all the time...you were a beautiful carrier...," He said silkily.

Optimus' frown deepened but he continued. "I imagine you all the time... You are the one I want...the one I need so desperately...only you can make me this hard..."

Optimus seemed to be ready to purge but Slipstream seemed ready to cry. "You disgusting afthole! How dare you to speak in front of your daughter like this?!"

"It would have been better if she was OUR daughter, don't you think?" He said almost purring and by now Slipstream was already crying.

"Sire mean... Dun luv carrier... Carrier good with sire, loves sire...sire mean...," She whimpered burying her face on Optimus' shoulder.

"Think about this, Megatron, if you're like this with Starscream, how would you have been with me?"

"I would have lov-!" but before he could finish, Prime spoke first. "Call again when you're ready to be a real sire not just a code donor."

And with that the connection was over leaving Megatron with the word in his mouth.

"You," Megatron finished involuntarily.

He remained staring at the screen, unsure about what to do next. It was hard to imagine that his life had once been so simple and uncomplicated. Then his men had found that lone space bridge repair team and captured their leader, bringing the gorgeous Mech to him. He'd instantly desired him and naturally took him for his own and what a surprise it was that the delicious bot had actually Sparked for him. He'd been delighted and had given serious consideration to making the Autobot his bonded mate, something he hadn't really expected he'd end up doing. But with a healthy son being born so easily, it had seemed like a good plan.

And that's when everything had gone wrong.

First that Autobot had managed to escape before their son was even a half cycle old, disappearing without a trace. Blind fury had overtaken him and he'd vowed to retrieve both his son and that miserable whore of an Autobots. However, not only was he unable to do so for fifty cycles, other problems started to reveal themselves. It wasn't just that finding the AllSpark and conquering Cybertron took a bit of a backseat, he had been able to properly interface with anyone and he couldn't understand it. Sure, when he had a new interface partner, he tended to focus on them only but it had never been a problem before Optimus to interface with someone new. He hadn't even interfaced a huge amount with the little Prime, not when he'd found out he was carrying and the stubborn Mech refused to willingly let him.

His best explanation was that the little Prime had become a drug to him, nothing else would fully satisfy him but the blue and red Mech. So he'd forced himself to remain celibate while the search had continued. And then Starscream came along and offered to change all that and he'd figured it was worth a go. Surprisingly, the Seeker had succeeded, they'd become lovers and Starscream even bore him a little daughter and was now expecting more Sparklings. Things had started to look up, his daughter might be a Femme but she was a highly intelligent one and he couldn't be prouder. Then he'd discovered Prime's location and had set off to finally reclaim what was his.

Naturally, this was whether everything went wrong again.

That Primus damned fragged Ultra Magnus had showed up and ruined everything. He'd done what Prime surprisingly hadn't, turned innocent Valour against his Sire. He'd failed to captured Prime and Valour, Slipstream believed what he was doing was wrong and no one could get at the damn Autobots, not even Lockdown. To cap it off, Starscream was extremely ill, at risk of miscarriage and Slipstream was residing with the Autobots who were refusing to let her go.

"Slag," Megatron muttered to himself, his life had become so messed up when it should be perfect. He did feel a little guilty for not realising his daughter was missing, she was just so bright that he assumed she was taking care of herself. But she was still a little Sparkling and since Starscream was ill, he should have been looking after her better. He hated to admit it but perhaps it was just as well she'd sought out her brother, at least a relationship should have sprung up between them and neither child would want to be separated from each other. But what was he supposed to do, Prime refused to be with him and Valour would hate to be away from his carrier. For the first time in his life, he didn't know how he was meant to resolve this, his children had carriers on opposite sides of the war and it seemed nothing could unite his family.

"Megatron!" A hurried medic entered the control room looking for him.

Said warlord growled in annoyance at being interrupted in his reflections so sudden and turned his irate crimson optics towards the intruder who flinched and jumped back at the same time.

He sometimes enjoyed such expressions from his soldiers, the fear he emanated... But now that was not the case.

"M-my lord... Starscream is awake...," He stuttered.

Instead of being happy or relived he scowled and laid back onto his chair completely ignoring the good news.

"Megatron...?" The medic tried again. "He wants to see you..." and walked towards him knowing the risk. "He needs you...besides Hook said-"

"I KNOW WHAT HOOK SAID! NOW GET OUT!" he barked impatiently and the other bolted the room for his life.
...

"Uhhh... Megatron..." Starscream awake only to find himself surrounded by the medic staff and without the mech he wanted the most near.

"He's coming, he will come, Starscream..." Hook tried to reassure him only that that illusion didn't lasted long as the other medic, the one that delivered the news of the seeker's awakening to Megatron, entered the medbay worriedly.

"He won't come... Doesn't want to..." He said making Hook to facepalm himself and looked down at the seeker who sadly lolled his head to the side and prepared to offline again.

"You idiot!" Hook beat his colleague with his wrench hardly on his head. "Couldn't you have said something else?!"

The other covered and stroked his head in the offended place before answering: "It's the truth..."

"I don't care if it's the truth," Hook barked on him. "The commander could offline and his offspring with him."

"Oh," the solider said guilty. "Uh..."

"You stay here," the Medic barked. "I'll get Megatron."

"But," the solider started to say but Hook was already shoving past him and heading for Megatron's location. When he found the warlord brooding, he said flatly.

"My lord, if you don't want your Sparkling to die, you must come with me now."

"Don't you have things under control?" Megatron asked impatiently.

Hook looked right at his leader and said.

"Starscream's pregnancy is not progressing well, there's a very high chance I will have to deliver the Sparkling early. If that happens, Starscream must have you nearby or he and his child will not survive."

"Surely you exaggerate," Megatron stated although inwardly he wasn't so sure. Hook was not a Mech to beat about the bush and he never exaggerated.

"I do not," the Medic stated firmly. "He's going to die unless you come to his side and stay at his side. It might help to have your daughter nearby as well, it could give him more motivation to keep going."

Megatron winced, just how was he to accomplish that. But perhaps Prime would release his daughter for her carrier's sake.

"Very well, I will be there," he said. "Just keep him stable until I arrive."

"Are you going somewhere?" Hook said disapprovingly but Megatron grimaced.

"No, I must make a call," he said shortly.

"Very well my lord, I will see you shortly," Hook stated, leaving the room smartly.

Megatron quickly sent a communication to the Autobot base, hoping they would answer. Thankfully they did but it wasn't Optimus who answered but Ultra Magnus. Megatron bared his teeth, here was the last Mech he wanted to see.

"I want my daughter," he said before the other could speak. "Her carrier needs her now."

"Good evening to you too, Megatron... It took you quite the time to call back and ask for her, don't you?" The old leader said without changing that cold stone face of his.

"Just give her back!" Megatron barked utterly enraged. He had no patience for the other mech's arrogance now.

"I don't think is safe... She's better here," Magnus said.

"That is kidnapping!" Megatron roared. "You better give her back Magnus or so help me-"

"You'll what?"

"I will make sure you pay for keeping what is mine with you!"

"If you lose something, Megatron, you must assume it wasn't really yours. Goodbye," Magnus said before cutting the connection once again in Megatron's face.
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The crystal gardens...

"So... How much did sire kiss your carrier to make him with sparkling again?" Valour asked his sister in utter awe.

"They kiss a lot...and play a lot too..." She said excitedly. "Sire plugs his special feeding tube into carrier's special place...and they are quite noisy... That is why carrier is with spark again..." She said.

"Sparkling like us cannot play, sadly..." She continued and Valour looked confused.

"Why not?" Valour asked and she said. "Sire said that Sparklings aren't allowed, it's for grownups only."

"That's not fair," Valour exclaimed. "But what's the special feeding tube, daddy's come from here."

He indicated a place on his torso and Slipstream nodded, saying. "That's where Sire and Carrier's come from too. But they've got another one here."

She pointed between her brother's leg and he glanced down.

"That's where my spike is," he said matter-of-factly. "I didn't know it was a special feeding tube."

"It is," his sister assured him. "Sire loves feeding from Carrier."

Valour was amazed, he'd never seen adults feeding from one another. He'd thought it was only for Sparklings but maybe adults could do it as well. He didn't know much about spikes and stuff, just that Sari as a human Femme didn't have one but human Mechs had their own organic version. He'd sometimes seen his daddy and uncles when they were cleaning themselves but he'd never thought anything on it.

"Can you show me?" he asked, he needed more information about this.

"Uh huh," she said. "You lie down and I'll show you what Sire does."

He did what she asked and spread his legs so she could move between them. As she reached for his cod piece, there was a crunch of gravel and they looked up to see Red Alert staring at them.

"What...what are you doing?" she exclaimed and Valour said.

"Slipstream's showing me how to play like her Carrier and our Sire play."

"Play?" she repeated in confusion.

"Yeah, they feed from each other's special feeding tube," he explained, gesturing where the 'special' feeding tube was located.

Now he was confused as the young femme Medic stared at him, mouth open.

"Are you okay, Red?" Valour asked but the medic looked at them for a long while paling as the seconds passed. "Red?"

"Maybe she wants to learn too," Slipstream said reaching for her brother's codpiece again.

"NO!" Red Alert seemed to regain her voice and shouted before the femmling could touch her brother right there. "You shouldn't touch that!" She continued reaching for the seekerlet and lifted her up.

"Awww... Why? We just wanna play..." Slipstream said.

"That is not a game!" The medic said sternly looking at the two. "And even less for sparklings! You can hurt each other beyond repair if you do so!"

Slipstream and Valour looked at her in shock. "But...but...but sire never hurts carrier...and...and they seems to have fun!" Slipstream cried.

"What?! You've seen your creators mate?! They dare to do it in front of you?!" Red Alert seemed to pale in rage at the discovery very much like Ratchet does. "How dare they?! Fragging brute pervs!"

"What?" Both sparklings said at the same time.

"Let me tell you something...since you already knows IT exists...," The femme sighed and sit on the ground holding Slipstream tightly. "Interfacing is not a game, not even if it's pleasing!" She added quickly before the little seeker can give her own opinion. "Interfacing is used to get with sparkling, it can be done only by adults since the whole body is fully evolved to produce one...well, it is pleasing to the interfacing bots so it may ensure the productions of new sparks, once you do it, and you like it, you can never stop.

The fully grown mech possess a spike that is specialized in the production of transfluid which is what is used to start the process that will develop the formation of the new body that the new spark will inhabitant.

With enough stimulation, the spike becomes hard enough to stand and penetrate the valve of the spiking mech or femme."

"The special place?" Slipstream asked her pointing at her own crotch.

"Correct; now, either mechs and femmes possess a valve that must be prepared to be penetrated by the spike, it must be lubricated enough or it will hurt.

Anyways, even when lubricated it will still hurt if is the port's first time because a special seal protects it and it must be broken so the spike will be able to enter fully.

Once inside a wet and well lubricated valve, the spike must move so it will be stimulated enough to shot it's transfluid deep inside the valve when overload happens. It is recommendable that the valve overloads as well since when that happens it clenches tightly around the spike and practically sucks the transfluid so it will produce a new sparkling easily... However, no matter how many pleasure sensors a valve has, its still hard to make it overload since it requires more preparations.

Since both of you are still undeveloped bots...sparklings...you cannot produce lubricants or transfluid, so, in resume, you will end up hurting each other...so, don't try it again!" She concluded.

"So...can we do it then when adults?" Valour asked as if reading his sister's thoughts.

"Yes and no; yes, you can do it with other bots, and no, not with each other since you're siblings and the risk of producing a deformed and ugly sparklings are high. Do you want that? To get with spark? A deformed spark?" she said sternly looking at their horrified looks and cleverly avoiding the subject of using protection.

"N-no..." both said shaking their heads.

"Good..." Red Alert said, but before she can said something else Valour interrupted her.

"So...daddy spiked mommy?" realisation hitting him hard. "So THAT's was what they were doing in the shower last time! After all...you are noisy when interfacing, right?"

The medic lifted an optic ridge at him and asked. "You saw them?"

Valour shook his head no. "They practically kicked me out."

"Good, you should not see that, its private for some bots and they feel better when not watched, you understand?" both sparklings nodded, but Slipstream added, "Sire and carrier don't care if someone sees."

"Well...you should not see them doing it and must walk away while they are doing it," The fembot explained patiently but also thinking deep inside what to say to those perverts that dare to mate in front of their innocent creation.

"But...can I still feed from Valour's spike?" Slipstream asked eagerly.

"No!" Red Alert said sternly making the smile on the little seeker's face vanish. "Not unless you want to end up carrying an ugly and deformed sparkling and hurting him as well."

"Sire always feeds from Carrier's spike and he never ends up with sparkling... Only carrier does..." She said and the other femme frowned.

"That is because your sire is the sire and he knows what to do to not get hurt or hurt Stascream..." the medic femme said sternly. "But I wouldn't be surprised if he ends up with a sparkling one day by accident."

She was running out of ideas about how to make the little femme to abandon those ridicules ideas about interfacing or sucking spikes.

"Have you ever fed from a spike, Red?" Valour asked innocently.

She stiffened before saying. "That is a very personal question Valour. As your father and mother will say, it's not a good idea to ask people that as they might get offended. Believe me, you'll understand when you're older."

He pouted but said. "Okay. Sorry if I offended you."

"That's alright," she said briskly. "You've just found out about this and you have questions, I imagine your daddy was planning to tell you about this when you were older as it's not necessary for you to know when you're little."

As he nodded, Slipstream asked.

"Are you going to yell at Carrier and Sire?"

"I will give your Sire at least a good piece of my mind," she declared firmly. "He is a grown Mech and should know better. Have they told you that you shouldn't do this?"

"Yeah," Slipstream admitted. "But I wanted to have fun like they do."

"You can have fun by doing nice sparkling games with your brother," Red Alert told her.

"Okay," Slipstream said as Red Alert.

"I think we should go back inside, I need to talk to Optimus about this."

"Are we in trouble?" Valour asked, he hated being in trouble.

"No, it's your Sire that's in trouble," she said grimly as she led them inside.

The Nemesis

Megatron paced about, just what was he supposed to do now? Prime was refusing to let his daughter go but Starscream needed her. He said he would only let her go if he acted like a proper Sire but what did that mean? Okay, he perhaps hadn't been a very good father the last while but before that he'd done a great job. What more did that damn Prime want?

"Frag it," he growled, glancing over at Starscream who appeared to be sleeping better since he'd come back to the Med Bay.

He sat down on a spare berth and huffed, he hated being out of control. But unfortunately, he clearly wasn't if his daughter continued to remain with the Autobots even after he'd demanded her back.

"Hnngh..." He turned to see Starscream moaning in discomfort at something.

Megatron frowned but hold himself from barking the carrying seeker. "What now?!"

"M-meg... Megatron..." He whispered in a half, and possible total unconscious way moving his legs and closed them tightly in discomfort before twitching slightly.

The warlord lifted an optic ridge at that and moved his hand slowly before setting his palm against the burning codpiece of his seeker.

Frowning in acknowledgment he rubbed the centre slightly with his middle finger hearing the other moan and opening the panel revealing a very much wet and ready valve. Without wasting a second, Megatron thrusts a finger inside and Starscream flushed riding the delicious little invader with gusto.

Megatron's temperature rose. It was a long while when the last time he took his ill seeker as he self-serviced all this times thinking about Prime... But now Starscream looked well and maybe if he was gentle enough he can do it, right?

Releasing his now burning and hard spike, the bigger mech climbed onto the medical berth that held his sleeping lover after releasing his finger from his tight and wet hold ignoring the seeker's whines of disappoint that soon were replaced by a long and very much pleased moan as he was stretched so slowly and gently teasingly caressing all those deep and glorious sensors inside that drove him mad making him roll his hips lazily against the sweet welcome invader.

Megatron hissed at the intense feeling of Stascream's very much tight valve...it was a long while since they did it and his valve tightened again to a point Megatron could swear he was some kind of untouched virgin...but the sounds the other made proved the truth...plus his soon to be born heir inside his reproductive chamber that moved happily at his carrier's joy.

"Hmmmm..." Megatron moaned in delight as he started thrusting gently in and out watching Starscream's unconscious bliss, his flushed face, those burning lips half opened begging for a kiss...

He came at least four times in the end inside Starscream and he could swear the other came at least ten times...if his very satiated and boneless face was anything to say about it. Plus the times he felt the other clamp tightly around him and lay still before riding him again until he too came filling up the other with his many gallons of transfluids but incredibly only lubricants spurt out from the seeker's spent valve.

"Good seeker...," Megatron praised his unconscious lover kissing him after fully on the lips.

The medics came and went but none of them dared to stop him from taking what was his...especially Hook who he could hear said to the others that this will make Starscream and the sparkling better.

The warlord hovered on his carrying seeker for a while before removing himself from the tight embrace that was Starscream's valve before getting off the berth and watched the very much spent, raw and tender port he just filled with his essence...an essence that never came out and the valve started closing and tightening again right in front of his optics.

He watched the scene panting but in the end just closed the other again before walking away to the control room where he sit on his chair and started imagining Prime and his daughter...how he wished they both create a daughter together...the thought caused his tired -not so tired anymore- spike to half pressurise again...which of course he took in hand and gently rubbed it using Starscream's lubricants to move it easier imagining that this time it was Optimis who rides him... He started to get lost into the moment when an incoming call distracted him...from the Autobots.

He smirked...maybe it was the mech of his dreams calling...he continued touching himself as he answered the call, only to find the very much angry face of a very irate femme.

"How dare you?! You sick perv-!" She was about to say when caught optic on his extracurricular activities and her optics widened just as much as his own optics were. His hand stopped moving but still holding his spike.

"Now I see from where Slipstream learned what she shouldn't know at her age!" She roared at him.

"What are you talking about?" he asked irritably, what did this jumped up Autobot want?

"Do you know what your son and daughter were doing earlier?" she asked furiously and when he asked bemused, snapped. "They were attempting to copy what you and Slipstream's carrier have been doing right in front of her!"

"They WHAT!?" Megatron barked in astonishment, staring at her. "They didn't...?"

"No, I stopped them before anything happened," she said stiffly as he stared at her.

"But I gave her the talk," he said in confusion. "I told her it was for adults only."

"Well, you didn't convince her," she said stiffly. "But it doesn't matter, she should never have known anything about it but you insisted on interfacing right in front of her."

"That is none of your business," he snapped. "I want my daughter back."

"As if I'm going to hand her over to someone like you," she exclaimed, not noticing that an angry Optimus had entered behind her, followed by some of the others. "It's clear you're entirely unsuited as a Sire or any kind of Creator. She's better off here where she can be raised properly."

"You dare to think you can keep my own daughter from me?" he demanded furiously.

"I do dare, you are a prevented slagger who needs a shrink," she almost shrieked at him as his optics bulged with fury.

"You come over here and tell me that to my face Femme," Megatron growled dangerously.

"Certainly not," she said stiffly. "I'm far too busy."

"Is that so?" he said silkily. "Well, what will it take for me to get Slipstream back?"

"You have to prove you can give her a suitable environment," she told him as he said sarcastically. "And I suppose what I've been giving her isn't good enough?"

"No, it isn't, you clearly do not know what to give her," she said with contempt.

He glared at her before saying softly. "Perhaps I should come over to the island so you can show me what a suitable environment is."

"Not a chance Megatron," Optimus said, striding forward and startling both Megatron and Red Alert. "You're not coming anywhere near our home."

Megatron scowled but then composed himself.

"I need my daughter back," he said softly. "Starscream needs his daughter by his side as he tries to get through this difficult pregnancy. I've given him what he needs from me but he needs more. Surely you would not be cruel enough to continue keeping them separate?"

While Optimus didn't look overly impressed, Red Alert started. It was true that carrying bots always did better when their offspring were nearby and since Slipstream was still a Sparkling, Starscream would likely be pining for her. Medically speaking, Slipstream should go back but she was loathe to allow an innocent Sparkling into such an unsuitable place.

She glanced at Optimus and whispered. "I don't know what to do, he's right about Starscream needing Slipstream."

Optimus grimaced at this but he knew she was right.

"Slipstream has been missing her carrier," he told Megatron softly. "I don't like keeping them separate but you'd better guarantee you're not going to abandon her again."

"As I said before, I will not abandon her... I've never did, now, I want her back...and it will be SO much better if you join us, my sweet Prime...," Megatron purred in the end enjoying the way Optimus' optic twitched in annoyance.

He liked what he saw, his little Prime was losing his fear to him and the possible acts he promised...good...that way it will be more enjoyable...he always loved a good fight before a hard and passionate lovemaking.

"So...what say you, hmm?" He lifted an optic ridge at him and restarted pumping his spike softly in front of those two.

Both Red Alert and Optimus looked at him with frowns full of disgust. "Now I'm doubting again of returning you Slipstream," She said and he looked at her.

"She must return to her carrier... Or you want to be responsible for the deaths of innocent sparklings?" then looked up at Optimus again. "As time passes, my hunger for you intensifies..." he said this pumping his spike faster in front of them.

He then directed his gaze towards the Magnus and said. "Would you consider delivering my daughter, son and whore in change for peace? I would gladly hand you Cybertron for the latter," He chuckled darkly.

Red Alert seemed ready to purge when Ultra Magnus stepped in front of the screen and answered with a deep scowl after looking at the massive member that Megatron displayed. "Maybe it's for the best that you stop producing spawns, and that they never meet this universe," He said with venom before cutting the transmission leaving everybody stunned.

"Ultra Magnus s-!" The femme was about to argue but a sharp look from him stopped her.

He then nodded to Optimus and walked away in silence leaving everyone in tense silence; after all, Magnus was against the idea of giving that smart sparkling back to such mech.

"He just can't control himself," Optimus stated in disgust.

"At least Ultra Magnus is against his...offer," Prowl said softly, causing Optimus to nod. He was grateful for that at least.

"What are we going to do?" Red Alert asked worriedly. "He is right that Slipstream should be with her carrier, especially if he's having a difficult time carrying. But I'm loathe to send that beautiful Sparkling back to such a repulsive Mech."

"There's the problem," Optimus sighed grimly. "If we had some way to bring Starscream here, I would do it but we cannot attack their ship and Megatron would never allow it. He will simply demand we hand over Slipstream or not at all. And he may decide to attack us..."

He paused, so unsure. Megatron always managed to make things so complicated, didn't he realise how he was thoroughly messing up everyone's lives here? Why couldn't he be satisfied with the Mech who wanted to be with him?

"Perhaps we should ask Slipstream what she wants?" suggested Prowl and as they stared at him, said. "She's very wise for her age. If she really wants to be with her carrier, we should probably let her. We could show her how to communicate with us if she needs to."

"I don't know," Optimus said slowly. "I don't think Magnus would agree to that."

"I know but it's her best interests we should consider, not his opinions," Prowl reminded them.

Red Alert bit her lip, she was feeling utterly confused and that was not a normal thing for her. Being a Medic, she felt she always had to be sure of her decisions, it did your patients no good if you dithered around. However, there was one point she needed to mention.

"But even if we did let her go...how are we going to get her to the Nemesis? Megatron would try to capture anyone who came with his daughter."

"No doubt about it," Optimus said grimly as Prowl suddenly smiled.

"Maybe we should take advantage of our resident bounty hunter. Throw him a bone as it were."

"Give her to the bounty hunter?" Red Alert exclaimed. "Is that wise?"

"Megatron will pay him," Prowl said with a shrug. "And slag him if he allows any harm to come to her."

"That I can believe," Optimus agreed. "Alright, we'll ask Slipstream but if she truly doesn't want to go, I won't make her."

Prowl nodded and the three of them left. Optimus hoped his son was alright with Elita, he'd left his son with her so she could talk to him more about why interfacing for sparklings was bad. She'd do it very gently and he hoped Valour could forget about it all until he was much older. Slag Megatron was corrupting his innocent children's processors like this.

Sometime later

"Fragging planet," Lockdown growled as he once again tried to approach the island. His reputation was being seriously damaged by this, how the hell were these guys still managing to evade him? He was so frustrated that he was tempted just to give it up as a bad job and leave but then he'd never hear the end of it. And he probably could kiss any future contracts with the Decepticons goodbye as Megatron would never forgive him for this.

But slag it all, couldn't a bot catch a break? He was breaking his back over this whole sorry affair and was liable to do something drastic. Maybe if he attacked that human city, that might draw them out. Slag, why didn't he just leave it to the cons to attack and he could grab that Prime and his brat in the confusion?

Just as he was starting to formulate this plan, he suddenly saw a curios sight up a head. It was a Sparkling, sitting next to a container which with something unknown. For a moment, he thought it might be Megatron's kid but then he realised that this was a Seeker Sparkling and a Femme at that. He was confused, what the heck was she doing out here?

"Who are you?" he demanded of her and she replied. "Slipstream, Megatron my Sire."

"You're his kid?" he said in surprise. "How many has he got?"

She shrugged, not offering an answer. He frowned, glancing about the place but detected no one present, not even those damn freak animal bots. He stepped closer, suspicious of any trap.

"You must take me to sire!" She said looking at him up and down and frowning.

"Must I?" He said stepping closer looking suspicious even if he couldn't detect any trap.

Suddenly it hit him and his optics widened. "Wait a sec... You're a sparkling...way too small..." He reached closer to poke at her with his finger...which was slashed away with her little but still sharp claws.

"Ouch! Feisty little thing..," He said stepping back and looked at her better. This creature was way too young to speak...even more so to speak like that!

"No touch!" She barked. "You take me with sire! He's waiting for me and for you to take me to him!"

At that speech Lockdown's optic ridge lifted. "Yep, no doubt you're the slagger's daughter...tsk!"

He was going to reach for her again when she bit him hard on his only hand. "Ouch! Hey! Let. Go!" He shook his hand as she clamped shut her mouth. "If you don't let me go, I will forget you're that fragger's daughter and will kill you!" he threatened and she let go looking up at him with a scowl.

"Frag!" he cursed nursing his offended hand with his mouth. "How am I going to take you if you don't let me touch you?!"

"You don't touch; I touch!" She said with decision and went towards him. The hunter took a step back but then she jumped him and attached herself to his armour tightly and securely. That made the hunter wince, it hurt. "Now, take me to sire!" She demanded. "And dun forget the box," and pointed to said container.

Lockdown growled in irritation, but he had to do as she said or Megatron will have his aft if he was waiting for her to come with him. Then took the container and took off saying between gritted teeth. "Ya better hope yer daddy pays me good for this."

She just scowled before wiggling her nose. "Shut up stinky mech! Ya stink more as ya open your mouth!"

Lockdown stopped and turned his head to face her with irate optics. "You...!" and with that he left.

Hidden in some bushes, Prowl observed everything with a smirk.
...

Sometime later...
The Nemesis...

Megatron received the message that Lockdown will be delivering his daughter and was waiting impatiently.

His mood haven't improved since once again Magnus cut his call... That old fragger was a problem, he thought as he devised something nearing close...

Lockdown landed a few seconds later holding a container... But where was Slipstream-?

"Sire!" She said crawling her way from Lockdown in the most painful way possible for him before reaching for his head and jumped towards Megatron using the hunter's face for impulse and stepping on it roughly.

The hunter couldn't do anything because two reasons, one, it was indeed Megatron's daughter and two, he was holding her container. He growled.

"Sire..." She cried in his arms as he caught her. "Bad, stinky mech was mean to me..." Tears started staining her little cheeks and the other could only look stunned. How she do that?!

Megatron turned his irate optics towards the mech and Lockdown knew he was up for a beating. "S-sir...?" He stuttered before the first blow came.

When Megatron was finished with the groaning Mech, he said curtly. "I would get your act together Bounty hunter before I decide your services are no longer required."

Looking at Lugnut who'd been standing with Slipstream, he ordered. "Get him off my ship. Slipstream, come with me."

"Yes lord Megatron," the large Mech boomed, handing over the little Femme who exclaimed. "Container!"

"What? Oh, you mean this?" Megatron said, picking up the container from where Lockdown had dropped it. "What is it, sweetness?"

"Goodies for carrier," she explained as he carried her away. "Make him feel better."

"Ah, you're so sweet for thinking of him," Megatron complimented and she smiled widely. "Did you make them yourself?"

"Helped brudder make them," she said, already missing him but wanting to be with her carrier. "He got crystal garden?"

"Really?" Megatron said with even more interest. "That was very nice of your brother to help you. I hope that soon, you'll be able to play with all your brothers."

"More brudders?" she asked and he nodded.

"Yes, your carrier is going to give you a new brother," Megatron told her with a wide smile. "Won't that be good?"

She nodded, it would be nice. When they arrived, Hook exclaimed.

"At last you're here, Starscream has been asking for you both."

"Carrier," Slipstream called out excitedly and Megatron quickly brought her open as Starscream weakly tried to lift himself up.

"My sparkling," he gasped, taking her and cradling her against his chest. "My precious darling."

"She's brought you a present Starscream," Megatron told him, opening the container to show him. Inside was a beautiful assortment of Energon goodies, made from the freshest Energon and crystals and it actually made Starscream's mouth water.

"Where did you get these?" he asked in wonder as he picked up a small round crystal fruit that was bright red that had a light dusting of white over it.

"Valour has crystal garden, we made them for you," she said proudly. "I picked dat one."

"You...you...," Starscream whispered as Megatron put a hand on his shoulder.

"It doesn't matter, she's with us now and she wants you to get better," he told the Seeker firmly. "How are you and the little one doing?"

It took a while to process what Megatron said while thinking on what his daughter was doing while he was unconscious. "Fine...," he answered with a lost look before turning to her and said. "You went to see your brother, sweetspark? Alone?"

Megatron frowned at this and Starscream gulped as she nodded. "Yep, sire was busy and I was alone." Starscream's optics widened.

He reached one conclusion... Megatron abandoned her to do who knows what and she escaped!

"She's here now, is what it matters the most," He tightened his grip on Starscream's shoulder but still he couldn't help but ask her: "How long...?"

"A week," She said hugging him close and he did the same with the same lost look but now it had tears that ran freely from his optics.

Megatron started losing his patience when Starscream took a deep breath and looked down at her smiling. "You had fun?"

"Uhh huh..." She nodded. "All good bots, they played with me, especially that funny red mech who liked to see me play and gave me sweet threats each time I finished playing with his toys."

That caught Starscream's attention; Megatron however frowned not understanding fully...but Starscream did...someone was testing his daughter's intelligence. He controlled himself to not pale and looked at her smiling. "What was his name, sweetspark?"

"We call him Percy," She said. "He never smiles or cries...and his tone is always so monotonous..."

Starscream recognised the nickname immediately but kept quiet. So, Perceptor tested his creation, huh?

She must be even more intelligent than what he supposed in the beginning for her to catch his attentions...which was hard.

"Good to know you had fun, sweetspark, I'm happy for you," He kissed her forehead and rocked her softly.

Then he noticed Megatron who seemed to feel out of the conversation, but he was not ready to tell him yet who that mech was and what he was really doing with their daughter.

"Good to know that they only played with her," He said his leader.

Knowing Megatron, Starscream knew that once he finds out how intelligent Slipstream really was, the leader will not waste a second in taking her for training, away from him...and he was not ready yet to let her go...not his little femme...he practically just sparked her! He needed a few more vorns before letting go.

With luck, he, Megatron will think she was just being naughty by escaping... Well...he possessed a very hard and slow processor sometimes.

"Yes," Megatron said slowly. "I knew they could not keep her away from us for long, they knew how much she needed you."

"You told them that?" Starscream asked softly and when Megatron nodded, reached out and took his hand.

"Thank you my lord," he said thickly. "I do need her...and you."

Megatorn smiled and kissed his hand.

"I'm here for you, my sweet Star," he said in his deep voice. "Stay strong for our Sparklings and you'll get more pleasure than you could ever dream of."

Starscream smiled, he knew Megatron had interfaced with him recently and it made him happy. However, he was still sad that Megatron had almost lost their daughter because he was too focused on that Prime. Why couldn't he get over him?

"The Sparkling...might come early," he told Megatron softly. "If anything happens, you will look after him...and our daughter?"

"Of course Starscream but you're not going anywhere," Megatron said firmly. "That's an order and your too stubborn to die anyway, aren't you my Second?"

"I can be," Starscream admitted with a soft smile, enjoying the attention being bestowed upon him. Slipstream now offered him another treat, saying. "Eat."

Taking the threat in his mouth he savoured it...and his optics lightened...it was delicious!

"I want some too..." Megatron said reaching forward towards his seeker, but before Slipstream could offer him anything he kissed Starscream passionately trying to snatch the candy from his mouth.

Slipstream only stared as she remembered something and started crawling away from the berth and her creators.

Megatron stopped kissing Starscream as he noticed his retiring daughter and catch her back. "And where you think you're going?"

"Red Alert said that I must not look as you play with carrier... I was going to leave you...ummm...interface in peace...," She said.

Starscream and Megatron stared at her before the seeker asked with doubt that something else happened there. "Why would they said that?"

"She said I must not look...and that it was wrong to interface with Valour."

"WHAT?!" Starscream yelled in horror and Megatron's optics widened.

Alright...the mood was killed again as he must tell Starscream all he knew in order to calm him.
...

Later...
Autobot base...

Ultra Magnus was really displeased that they sent the little smart femme back to her creators...she should have stayed with them...she possess such potential at such young age...

...it would be better if Megatron never finds out.

"Her intelligence is superior, Magnus," Perceptor continued with his report on the little seekerlet. "Once she grows and develop she will be one of the most important minds in our species... It will be an honour to educate such processor and mould it to our convenience." The scientist said. "I think that she will return to us...to her brother, actually. She's growing independent too."

"Also... I will like to examine her carrier, I've heard about Starscream in the academy and his intelligence and is painfully obvious to who that sparkling took from... Starting from her frame type and now her intelligence Besides, he was able to get with spark again so soon after having her; she's still too young for him to carry again and I wonder if that happens in all seekers that are so constantly stimulated as he is," He continued referring to the amounts of time he and Megatron interfaced according Slipstream's declarations.

"Also... I wonder if he can produce more smart sparklings like this one," That caught Magnus' attentions. "Just imagine it, Magnus...smart and strong sparklings being produced all the time and as fast as the Allspark!"

Magnus nodded in thought. Indeed it will be a good help to their cause to produce something like that...and seekers nonetheless...however, this time smart ones... Not like Jetfire and Jetstorm.

He loved those mechlings as if they were his own...but they were not the smartest of mechs in the Autobots sadly...well, according Perceptor, their sire was not a very intelligent mech either, but no one knows with Perceptor, for him even he, the Magnus can be considered an idiot.

He just hoped they can get their hands on that little femme again, and this time he will not let her go.

A few days passed, the inhabitants of the island found that they weren't molested by the bounty hunter, he was mysteriously absent. It meant that Valour could play outside more often and he was much happier for it. Although he still couldn't have trips off the island like he used to, with the help of Bumblebee he was able to produce some videos of his humans friends on the mainland. He showed off his crystal garden, describing in detail what everything was and delightedly revealed that he had a new mommy who would soon give him some new siblings. He couldn't go into loads of detail about why he had to remain on the island but on his behalf, Optimus explained that there were issues with Valour's other father and that's why they couldn't visit like they used to.

"I miss you all," Valour exclaimed on the video. "I'll see you as soon as I can, we'll have a big party on the base."

Ultra Magnus heard this as he passed and he frowned, did the child regularly invite organics to the base. He knew he'd grown up on this planet but it still seemed strange that a Cybertronian child would be mixing so readily with organic children. He was most definitely not comfortable with the idea of organics running all over the place while he was here, it was hard enough with that one Femme child that kept appearing.

He would definitely make himself scarce if more came.

"When do you think I can see them all again?" Valour asked his daddy. "I miss them."

"I know," Optimus said gently, lifting him onto his lap. "Megatron isn't leaving and we can't go off the island until he does. Do you want me to speak to him, perhaps we can come to an agreement."

"But he'll want to hurt you," Valour exclaimed worriedly. "I don't want that daddy."

"And I don't want you stuck here all the time," Optimus explained with a smile, stroking his head. "We're at a stalemate here and it can't continue. One of us has to make the next move and it might as well be me."

"Are you sure daddy?" Valour said uncertainly.

"Yes sweetness," Optimus said with a smile. Normally, he wouldn't consider it but he couldn't bear to see his son growing miserable. "Come on, he might let you see Slipstream again."

"Okay," Valour conceded. "Do you think Starscream liked the goodies?"

"I'm sure he did," Optimus chuckled, taking him to the communication room. With a slight sigh, he called the Nemesis and waited for a response.

The Mech who answered was Megatron but he looked exhausted. His red optics brightened when he saw them and said.

"My son, I was about to call you."

"You were?" Valour said cautiously.

"Yes," Megatron said with a smile. "You have a new brother, my son."

Valour's frown melted away and he exclaimed. "I do?"

"You do," Megatron agreed and he typed something and a picture of a tiny Sparkling with wing nubs appeared sleeping in an incubator. "Here's the first one Thundercracker."

"The first one?" Optimus said as Valour drank in the image. "You had twins?"

"No," Megatron said smugly, clicking on something else and seven new images appeared. "Meet Valour's eight new brothers Optimus."

"What?!" Both Optimus and Valour exclaimed in shock as they looked at the images of the eight little new creatures; they seemed to be all seekers.

"Eight..." Valour whispered dumbfounded. He might not be an expert but he knew that carrying so many at the same time can exhaust the spark of the carrier and that was the reason why twins or triplets were so rare, even for humans.

"What is going on here?" The voice of the grumpy Ratchet sounded as he entered closely followed by his daughter who frowned at the sight of the warlord.

"Well hello again," Megatron directed his arrogant salute towards her. The femme however frowned as she looked at the sight of eight little seeker sparklings.

"Are those...?" She started before her optics widened.

"All mine," Megatron said proudly as both medics looked with mouths wide open before Ratchet and Red Alert could tie all the ropes together.

"Now I see... It makes sense why Starscream was so ill and why he needed you next him..." the old medic said before his daughter added. "Starscream must stop carrying or next time he won't make it! Are you crazy to force him to do that?!"

Megatron scowled at her. "He did it all by himself, I have nothing to do with this, so don't you dare to make me guilty for it!"

"Then next time you interface, remember to use protection unless you want him to die! His spark must be very weak now and it will take him a long while to recover...he's not a femme!" She added and he frowned in thought.

He haven't thought about it, nor his medics told him. Starscream was very fertile indeed, but there was a reason why femmes and mechs existed... Femmes are more resisting than mechs when carrying is on task and it was true that was a bad idea that Starscream gets with sparks so often and so soon after sparking their first one.

He accommodate better on his chair and said to her. "Well, maybe you should come and see him, medic..."

"Perhaps, but as long as he's there with you it will be impossible," She stated silkily.

"Now, Valour," He directed his gaze towards the mechling. "Slipstream misses you greatly and your brothers will be happy to meet you, why don't you come? No harm will come to you or your carrier."

Valour frowned and said. "I miss Slipstream too but that doesn't means I will go into that hole to get caught by you, so, drop it! We called so you will stop annoying us and leave us be! We want the peace we used to have! I want to see my friends here on Earth, I miss them too and thanks to you I'm trapped here because if I put a pede out here you will catch me and will hurt my daddy BECAUSE YOU'RE CRAZY!" he yelled the last part. It was amazing how he always lose his cool in front of this mech...maybe it was because he knew way too well his intentions with his family...good to know he didn't know of his mommy.

"I want to be a part of your life," Megatron said unhappily. "Why is that so wrong? I haven't even held you since the cycle you were born. I want to make you happy, what can I do to get you to trust me?"

"Get rid of that horrible bounty hunter," Valour said instantly. "Let Slipstream visit us when she wants to. And stop trying to get daddy and hurt him. He doesn't want to be with you, he doesn't love him and the more you try to get him, the more upset he gets. I don't like seeing my daddy upset so if you love me, you'll promise to leave daddy completely alone."

Megatron paused, clearly thinking about it. Finally he said.

"If I did promise, would you give me a chance Valour? I want to know you son."

Valour bit his lip, not sure.

"If you promised, and really meant it and didn't go back on it," he said slowly. "Then I would give you a chance."

Megatron beamed although Optimus wasn't so sure if he would do such a thing. But he did feel proud of his son for being willing to put the past behind him if only Megatron would leave them alone.

"You would make me very happy Valour," he said with a grin. "Now, won't you come and see your new brothers? Your Medic seems to be a bit more up to date than mine on Sparklings and their carriers. She could tell Starscream what he needs to know for the future, we never expected to have so many little Mechs. I promise I won't touch your carrier, you can always bring along that Cyber ninja or that old curmudgeon Ultra Magnus if it would make you feel better. What do you say, my sweet, will you give me a chance to prove myself?"

"Not a chance, Megatron." Ultra Magnus boomed from behind. "You're the Decepticon leader for a reason and just last time we called you proved what is in store for Optimus Prime once he falls in your claws, so, I will not let you fool this mechling; goodbye."

Once again the Magnus cut the call leaving them all stunned. "Magnus-!" Red Alert started but he held up a hand in front of her.

"You have to remember that the mech you were talking to is Megatron, our worst enemy, and the fact that he has sparklings doesn't means his spark has softened a bit but that he gained a good bait to lure his firstborn and carrier to a fake sense of security and my most trusted medic to fall in his trap," He stated coldly making Valour shiver and the others frown.

"I will not allow you to go with him unless he's chained and in prison!" He declared before continue. "And even there I will still doubt. Little mech," Magnus addressed Valour. "Your sire is a bad mech, he wants to hurt your carrier and use you as a soldier once you grow and are strong enough to be used as something. He will use Optimus Prime as a breeder and will force him to carry until he's no longer able or dies as he takes his pleasure from an unwilling mech, he will use each single creation he produces to his own benefit, that is why I opposed greatly for him to recover Slipstream, it will not do us well if he possess someone with her intelligence and he will use her against us, and even if she refuses to cooperate he will punish her in ways I don't even want to mention! He's cruel and evil to a level you cannot even imagine and said behaviour is what made him into a legend... A nightmare for many."

Silence followed after that last statement, none of them thought about all of that at the same time or saw Megatron like the worst bastard this universe ever produced, capable of doing all the atrocities Magnus mentioned and worst. The only one who knew it was right what the elder said was Ratchet, he'd heard and seen the consequences of the warlord's and his minion's acts many times from the first line.

"He's right..." Ratchet sighed. "We must not underestimate him, especially now that he has many sparklings and 'looks' soft and vulnerable, he will try to catch us with our guard down."

Valour felt disappointed, he wanted to believe that peace was possible, but his elders were telling that with said mech around it was impossible. He then started walking sadly towards the exit of the room.

"Son?" Optimus tried to reach for him.

"I want to be alone..." Was everything the sparkling said before bolting out of the room.

Optimus sighed and he too walked out but in a different direction that his sparkling took leaving the others behind.

Soon he was reaching his quarters and found a sleeping Elita on their berth and laid next to her on it before reaching for her and embraced her.

She just stirred and hugged him back without awaking...and without noticing how sad he was...and the sorrowful tears that run freely now by his cheeks.

"I love you..." He declared softly between tears.

Author's note. Megatron continues to try to capture Optimus but how does Starscream react to this? Find out next time, until next time.