Any names mentioned in the following chapter may turn up in other stories. This is just a basic collection of names said and written on the spot.
Chapter 23 Names
Megatron smiled as he nuzzled his mate. "So, you can sense our sparkling now, or am I looking too far into this?" He asked his mate gently.
"I can sense it." Starscream replied gently as he rubbed his head against his mate's chest.
Megatron sighed softly. He rubbed his mate's chest plate and chuckled. "Guess we'll have to watch what you do. Don't want the sparkling to pick up any of our bad habits." He teased as he nuzzled his face into his mate's shoulder. Starscream snickered as he kissed his mate's neck. Megatron kissed Starscream's neck before he sighed. "A name…it will need a name."
"It will all depend on the gender." Starscream replied evenly as he wrapped his arms around his mate's chest.
Megatron sighed. "I was never good at picking names. What would you name a mech or a femme?" He asked softly.
"It all depends."
"A mech?" Megatron asked. "What would you call him? And if he was a Seeker? Or a groundling?"
"Who's to say it's a mech?" Starscream asked.
"True, but stop avoiding the question." Megatron chuckled. "What would you call it?"
"It would all depend on what he or she looks like." Starscream replied matter-of-factly.
Megatron frowned at his mate's comment. "So you wouldn't come up with a name on the spot?" He asked. "Because, to be perfectly honest, Cosmicdust just entered my mind."
"Oblivion, Nexus, Solarian, Arak, Deyvos, Hexus." Starscream replied flicking his fingers in time to each name.
"You've had a while to think those names up." Megatron chuckled. "Firescream and Eternalscream." He murmured. "But then again, Swiftrain and Cloudmoon sound nice." Starscream nodded in agreement. "To be perfectly honest, my little Star, I don't think Oblivion would work very well. It's beautiful, but I don't think that the sparkling will appreciate us telling it its name is "nothing"."
"But in nothing there is imagination, which is everything." Starscream replied.
Megatron grinned. "Good point. A perfect femme name." He chuckled.
"Who said it was a femme name?" Starscream retorted with a frown.
Megatron blinked slightly; it had sounded like a femme's name to him. "Well…I'm sure it would make a good mech's name too! I just…you know…figured that the way you worded it…it sounded like a femme's name." He replied hurriedly, afraid that he had just offended his mate.
"Did I now?" Starscream chuckled.
"Well, yes. "Out of nothing comes imagination" and everything…it sounded like you were talking about a femme!" He stated hurriedly. Starscream huffed, enjoying the near state of panic he was sending Megatron into. Megatron stammered several times, trying to come up with another apology, before he sighed. "I'm sorry." He murmured. "I didn't mean to offend you." He added as he rubbed his head against Starscream's and sighed again.
"I was kidding." Starscream chuckled.
"Oh." Megatron replied in embarrassment.
He nuzzled his face into Starscream's neck to try to hide his slowly reddening face. He didn't see Starscream's smile as the smaller mech reached up and stroked his helm. Megatron buried his face deeper into his mate's neck as he felt his face heating up even more and unintentionally earning a gasp from the Seeker.
"I love you." Starscream whispered as his wings folded down against his back.
Megatron smiled. "I love you too, Starscream." He replied. 'Oh good.' He thought to himself. 'He thinks it's nothing more than a loving nuzzle. Thank Primus!'
'I heard that.' Starscream laughed over their bond.
Megatron froze in horror. 'Slag.' He squeaked in an unnaturally high "voice". 'Slag. Double slag. Slag. Slag. Slag. Slag. Slag.' Starscream chuckled as he listened to his mate curse. Megatron forced a weak chuckle to leave his vocalizer before he buried his face even deeper into Starscream neck as his face began to burn in mortification.
"It's ok." Starscream cooed as he patted Megatron's helm.
Megatron mumbled incoherently into Starscream's neck. "Sure, sure. You're not the one who keeps saying stupid things."
"True." Starscream snickered.
Megatron let out a small growl before he reached up and pinched Starscream's wings. Starscream shrieked and pulled himself out of his mate's embrace. He stood there trembling as he stared at Megatron in surprise.
Megatron grinned slightly. "Opps, thought that was something else." He chirped innocently.
"That really hurt!" Starscream cried as tears sprang to his optics.
Megatron frowned at his mate. "Come here." He stated as he grabbed Starscream's wing a little too roughly.
Starscream winced; the only time Megatron had ever grabbed him like that was when he was about to receive a vicious beating. He wasn't sure what he had done to enrage his mate to that point, but he hadn't meant to. He hoped Megatron wouldn't hurt him so badly that their sparkling died. Megatron pulled him in close to his chest. He frowned when he saw the dent he had left in the red and white wing.
"Frag. I need to control my strength a little more." He murmured before he kissed his mate's helm. Starscream looked up at him and smiled weakly, relieved that Megatron hadn't been planning on beating him. Megatron quickly took note of the weak smile and his optic ridges furrowed. "Did you…did you think I was going to beat you?" He asked softly.
"Yes." Starscream replied as he hung his head.
"Starscream," he murmured as he kissed his mate's helm, "I wouldn't hurt you. You should now that."
"Old habits die hard I guess." Starscream replied.
Megatron chuckled. "Old habits die hard." He agreed. "But things are different now. I won't harm you...unless you do something really dumb...like jump in front of a bullet." He added before he kissed his helm.
"You know I'd never do that." Starscream laughed.
Megatron nuzzled his mate's neck. "Good to know." He replied softly.
"Oh really?"
"Of course." Megatron murmured around a purr.
"Why so?" Starscream asked as he nuzzled his mate back.
Megatron chuckled. "Simple; at least I know what you are least likely to do. That way I can protect you better." He murmured.
"But you always ridiculed me for my cowardice." Starscream stated with a pout.
Megatron pulled his head away from Starscream's neck and looked down into his optics. "Considering that you are carrying, it would be out of protection to your sparkling, not cowardice." He replied softly as he ran his hand along his lover's face. Smiled as he felt his face-plate going red. Megatron grinned. "Embarrassed?" He asked as he brought his face closer to his mate's. He left his lips just brushing the Seeker's, teasing him.
"No." Starscream lied.
"Your face-plate would say otherwise." He teased as he brushed his lips against the smaller Seeker's.
"Ok, maybe a little." Starscream confessed.
"A little?" Megatron whispered. "Are you sure?" He asked as he brushed his lips against the Seeker, still waiting for a response. Starscream shrugged, wondering how far he could lead him on. Megatron grinned to himself. "Pity." He purred as he pulled away from Starscream. "A real pity." He stated as he turned his back to his mate. He grinned. What would the Seeker's reaction be?
"What do you mean "pity"?" Starscream asked as he rushed over to his mate.
Megatron grinned as he kept his back to Starscream. "Oh, I just thought that if you were so badly embarrassed that you would need a kiss to make you feel better." He replied. "Guess I was wrong."
"I never said that! What gave you that idea?" Starscream begged.
Megatron chuckled. "Well, if you aren't embarrassed you don't need a kiss." He replied.
"I never said that!" Starscream shrieked.
Megatron chuckled. "Well, you never said you were either." He replied. He hoped he wasn't getting Starscream too upset. His suspicions were confirmed when he saw Starscream hang his head. Megatron spun around quickly and crushed his mate to his mate in a tight hug. "Upset?" He asked softly, a knowing grin playing across his face. "Allow me to make it all better." He purred before he kissed his mate. Starscream gave a triumphant smile into the kiss. Megatron smiled back. 'Don't think you've won, my little Star.' He murmured. 'You're a long way from winning.'
'Winning what?' Starscream asked.
'Getting me to kiss you.' He purred as his hands found their way to Starscream's wings. 'I was planning on kissing you anyways. Except the plan was to catch you off guard.'
"I don't think fondling my wings would be the best choice of action." Starscream stated as he pointed to his spark.
Megatron pouted. "Right." He agreed as he released Starscream's wing. "That's going to take a while to stop doing."
Starscream chuckled. "It'll only be awhile before it's fully grown."
Megatron nodded. "It'll take what? 8 weeks?" He asked. "I think I heard someone say that once. Of course it varies with each Transformer."
"Nine. Nine weeks." Starscream corrected.
Megatron smiled. "Nine weeks...then we will have to care for a sparkling." He murmured as he rubbed his mate's chest plate. "Hopefully by then we will be on Cybertron."
"Hopefully." He stated. "But we've been banished from Cybertron. What if they don't take too kindly to our returning?"
Megatron frowned. "I still have some forces on Cybertron." He replied softly. "They can create a small opening in the Autobots' security grid and give us time to get through." He stated. "And perhaps by then Professor Sumdac will have the space bridge up and running."
"Good, because I don't want to have to raise a sparkling on Charr." Starscream sighed.
Megatron growled lowly. "Agreed. That waste of a planet you never provide enough energy to produce a healthy sparkling." He growled.
"I can't believe them. Banishing us to Charr! How cold can they be? The harsh weather, the rapid weather change, the dangerous terrain, and it barely produces any Energon!" he cried.
"I think that was the point." Megatron replied as he stroked Starscream's cheek reassuringly. "The poor conditions meant that very few Decepticons would survive."
"But they did. Kind of a buzz-kill, eh?" He laughed.
Megatron chuckled softly. "It won't be long before Cybertron falls." He whispered. "The Autobots won't be able to withstand us, not when we can duplicate their space bridge."
"And we modified it." Starscream added proudly.
Megatron nodded. "Yes." He replied. "And once Cybertron is ours, our sparkling can grow up without complications from those Autobots." He added before he frowned. "Um, who's going to build the protoform body?"
"Yeah, I've been thinking the same thing." He stated. "I'm the closest thing to a medic that we have, and I don't know a thing about how to build a protoform."
Megatron frowned. "This...this is not good." He murmured. His com-link crackled to life.
"Megatron sir." Blitzwing stated. "Ve have found a couple of mechs that do not appear to be Autobot or Decepticon. What do you want us to do vith dem?" He asked.
Megatron frowned. "I will meet these new mechs to decide." He replied. "Make sure they don't go anywhere." He added before he cut the link.
"Should I come?" Starscream asked.
Megatron nodded. "Yes, you should." He replied before he kissed his mate's helm. "Come on." He added before he headed towards the Command Center.
Author's note: Finished. Finally, I don't know why it takes me so long to type these chapters up for this story! Maybe I'm afraid of some slash-hater to start flaming my story…anyways, the names that were stated in the chapter have the possibility to turn up in other stories (and of course later in this one for one special name). I hope this chapter amused you. Who are the mechs that Blitzwing found? Stick around!