Notes:
Ok.. so megs will also have some fun with Mika here, yay for megatron! I probably lost a lot of readers with the writing style of this fic haha and I am aware that megs is not behaving as he should, but oh well there's fanfiction for ya. Right now though Mika wouldn't be diving head first for megs as he kinda abducted her and sprained her wrist. but miracles happen (or time jumps hehe). Anyway enjoy!
Chapter 6: Closer
Two weeks later and Mika and Megatron had developed a routine, the large mech was seemingly interested in her injury and "comfort" but soon the conversations turned to more intelligent topics. The warbuilt was actually pleasant to talk to and very intelligent. They had a rough start as they were learning how to care for a human. Mika snickered as she wished she could give them a book " taking care of humans for dummies". They had fed her with simple meals stolen from shops so at least she wasn't going hungry. The first day they had made the mistake of chucking raw chicken inside her cell, Mika had grabbed the chicken and chucked it at Barricades helm with a frustrated scream so they quickly learned that meat had to be cooked.
She couldn't decipher from their language what their conversation was about as it mostly consisted out of strange clicks, growls and beeps but she could tell what mood they where in. Musing a bit to herself she decided that Megatron was quite an expressive and seemingly passionate mech with the way he communicated in his own language and in plain American.
Later that evening Mika turned on her matrass and snuggled under the blanket she had received, it was getting cold. Closing her eyes, she tried to relax but couldn't stop shivering. What was going on, it was never this cold in her cell. After a few minutes of tossing and turning, even curling up in a tight ball she gave a frustrated growl and got off her matrass whilst aggressively kicking off the blanket as she got caught up in it.
"Barricade! CADE!" Mika shouted and banged her metal cup the bars. "CADE! CAAAAAAAADE" she tried again after a few beats of silence. The seemingly very still pile of metal suddenly jumped up and franticly looked around, red optics flashing in anger and distress. Did his scanners fail? No impossible, were they under attack? What in the pits was going on! Mika's shouting had effectively confused the scout and as he was in such a deep recharge it was difficult to regain his bearings.
"NAAAARHG...WHAT is all this infernal noise!" Megatron roared loudly. The next second the room was flooded with light from one of Megatrons light beams, aiming it right at the source of the noise.
"YOU, what in the pits do you think you are doing human!" he roared right in front of the cage, spittle flying everywhere.
Barricade, who had regained his bearings was silent and pressed himself closer to the wall. Megatron was known for his incredibly foul temper, especially when he was disturbed during recharge and he did not wish to be within grabbing distance of the moody warbuilt.
Mika flinched and backed away quickly. "Jeez no need to yell! God! I tried calling for Mr "I know every move you make" there for a few times but he was dead to the world!". Clutching her small blanket tighter around her she decided to hop around from leg to leg in the hopes of getting slightly warmer. When she breathed out she could see small condensation clouds forming. Why was it so damned cold!
Megatron, who had gotten slightly calmer as the horrible noise had stopped, gazed at the human in front of him. He released a low growl and ex-vented some air out of frustration of being awoken so rudely. True, it was a very fitful recharge, but for vorns now they were like that, bad fluxes about his time as a mineworker, or his time dying, Optimus prime winning, him losing Orion and the list went on. No, the large mech had anything but relaxing recharges so he treasured every minute of recharge he could, and then now to be awoken like this, unacceptable.
"Explain" he briskly commanded to the small human.
Mika, who was still basking for a short second in the hot air that came from Megatron, snapped her eyes open and frowned as she felt the cold begin to creep back in. "Explain what..oooh riiiight" she added quickly now understanding his question.
"I'm freezing, its really…really cold in here so I can't sleep. If I fall asleep like this I'll have hyperthermia soon and most likely wake up with pneumonia or something" she muttered her teeth clattering together from the cold "fuck its cold w-what's wrong with your heating…aaaargg I really hate the cold" Mika growled getting more annoyed and anxious by the second.
Megatron frowned and slowly blinked his crimson optics. "Cold" he repeated slowly. Mika gave him a glare that would have send him straight to the pits if she had that power, so he checked the temperature in the room and looked up the average human comfort temperature. "hmm my readings indicate that it is minus seven point six degrees Celsius in this area and that the average temperature humans are most comfortable in is around twenty degrees Celsius, the difference is not that dramatic" he added placing a claw underneath his chin. Humans could be so fickle and dramatic, all this noise for a bit of temperature change. She could have informed them about this at daylight.
"Not that dramatic huh?" Mika repeated "Come closer" she requested with a sweet tone. Barricade was immediately on guard when he heard that tone having experienced it a few times now before he learned that that tone of voice meant something bad. "L-Lord Megatron, I would advi-" he began but was rudely cut off my said mech. "Stay out of this Barricade, if you had done your job this would not have happened and I would have not been pulled out of my recharge!" he grunted and moved closer to the cage. "Yes, just a bit closer I need to show you something" she said with that same tone. Megatron had now almost pressed his face against the bars.
"Not cold you say" she repeated with a little smirk and suddenly pressed her hands against a sensitive looking wire in his plating, what happened next was unexpected. Mika had not even expected a response from the huge mech but the mech snarled viciously and took a few steps back nearly stumbling into the poor scout and crushing him. "Wretched human femme!" he snarled and put a claw on his face. "What did you do?" he snarled and quickly ran diagnostics, his systems came back clean and 100 percent running, for as much as they could run anyways with the little energon they had.
"you how I didn't do anything except show cold I am, geez calm down! Its just a little joke humans do sometimes." She explained but tried to stifle the giggles that threatened to burst from her. Soon she couldn't and so she was almost snorting in laughter. "Sorry, I just couldn't resist.. I promise I will not do it again" she said hoping to sound truthful in between the chuckles.
"Indeed little fleshling, as the next time you will be nothing but a puddle of human goo after I step on you, Prime be damned!" he promised flaring his plating threateningly. He reminded her of a dog raising his hackles when feeling threatened. -Cute- supplied her brain. No, no, she was not thinking about how hot the other mech looked. He would probably conclude she had a bout of insanity and dispose of her instantly if she would share how her body responded to his proximity, besides, she missed Optimus That's the person, or mech she was interested in, would he still be human or would he be back in his original state, was he hungry or cold. Worry gripped her, clenching her jaws together grinding them in concern she wasn't paying any more attention to the mech in front of her and only snapped out of it when she heard a heavy screech of metal breaking.
Looking up she saw that a few cell bars were completely torn off. "Come here little human, I can not have you offline, how else am I going to lure the Prime out of hiding hmm?" he said calmly and held out a claw for Mika to climb on.
Swallowing nervously Mika cautiously stepped forward and climbed on awkwardly then closed her eyes and gave a little yelp as the claw moved up rapidly. Thankfully it stopped its ascent and she was pressed against a large slab of warm metal. Looking up she saw that it was his chest and that he had pressed her lightly against his chest plates near his heart, or whatever they had.
"Barricade, I expect her accommodations to be repaired by dawn" he ordered briskly. "It had a door you know" came the resentful mutter from behind him "What was that?" Megatron growled but not turning around to face the scout. "N-nothing my liege, it will be done" came the swift reply. The war built gave a grunt before moving back to his berth before settling on it and releasing a large vent as a sigh.
Mika was jostled a little but surprisingly enough the behemoth had excellent control over his claws and every plate, caliper and piston in his body. Biting her lip she felt her mind going straight to the gutter again and she coughed gently to hide a moan that threatened to escape. Fuck I'm so screwed, she thought and tried to focus on anything else.
"You do realize human that I am able to read your vital signs and analyze smells on a molecular level?" Megatron suddenly piped up, way to sly for that being a general statement. "ah, ok that's -interesting" Mika muttered. "oooh I'm beat! I'm gonna you know, go and sleep. I think you could use it as well, terribly sorry for waking you up like that. Well, now that all is well goodnight and see you tomorrow!" she rambled not making eye contact even though every cell in her body could feel the intense stare she was receiving from him.
"Rest well my little human" he muttered and rested his helm on the make shift pillow. For some reason his whole frame felt like it weighted a million tons and his optics started to droop already. He subconsciously curled his claws slightly closer to his chest having them woven together to form a little nest or cup for Mika, much like an Igloo.
Mika blinked slowly rubbing her eyes, the warmth and low humming from his chest was making her sleepy. She was dead tired and the fact that he seemed to make a little cover for her to protect her from the cold outside made her think he maybe wasn't so bad as Optimus had portrayed him to be. "g'night" she muttered softly before falling asleep.
"hmh" he replied but was already slipping into recharge and for the first time in vorns, the war lord recharged soundly.