Chapter 30 Uninvited Guests

Starscream smiled at Megatron as he nuzzled his sparkling before turning and heading towards the hallway leading away from the command center.

'Where are you going?' Megatron asked as he cradled Oblivion close to him. The little sparkling chirped happily as she hugged him.

"I love you Daddy." She murmured, earning a smile from Megatron.

'I want to see if Shockwave is ok.' Starscream replied.

'Ok.' Megatron replied. He glanced at Lugnut's prone body and grimaced. 'Could you come back and get Oblivion? I want to get rid of Lugnut's body.'

Starscream stopped and turned around, smiling gently as he looked at his sparklings as they chirped and rolled in Megatron's arms. "Come here you two." He called gently. They gave him curious chirps before hopping out of their father's arms and rushing over to him, not affected by the sight of Lugnut's offline corpse.

Megatron nodded to his mate in thanks before walking over to Lugnut's body and hoisting it up onto his shoulders. He could feel the energon oozing down his back and fought back a shudder. 'Just between you and me, this is gross!' He groaned over their bond.

Starscream chuckled over the bond. 'You should be use to this, oh great Pit Fighter.'

'I never had to lift a dead body out of the ring. That was someone else's job.' Megatron chuckled as he walked past him. 'Frag, he's heavy. What did he eat? All of Cybertron?!'

'I wouldn't put it past him.' Starscream snickered.

Megatron grunted as he threw Lugnut off of his shoulders and over the edge of a cliff into a river. "Good riddance to bad rubbish." He growled before he headed back into the base.

Starscream sighed to himself as he walked into the room that Shockwave was relaxing in. Shockwave looked up, his stag-like antlers twitching slightly as he clacked his claws. "Is there a problem, Commander Starscream?" He asked.

"You tell me." Starscream replied as he placed the sparklings on the floor.

Shockwave blinked in confusion. "Why would something be the matter with me?" He asked.

Oblivion chirped and nibbled absentmindedly on her finger as she stared up at him, tilting her head curiously. Starscream shrugged in reply before sitting down beside him. Oblivion followed closely, poking Shockwave's foot curiously, looking up at him as he chuckled.

"That's attached." He commented with a chuckle.

"I know, I just wondered if you could feel it." She chirped with a grin.

"So," Starscream stated evenly, "is there anything you want to talk about?"

Shockwave lifted an optic ridge. "No." He replied cautiously. "Honestly, is there something wrong with you?"

Starscream crossed his legs. "There's nothing you want to talk about?" he asked, unimpressed.

Shockwave shook his head. "No." He replied. He looked at Starscream and shook his head. "If you want to get the desired answer out of me, you have to ask a proper question." He stated matter-of-factly.

"I'm bored, I'd like to have a decent conversation with someone." He sighed. "I've been locked up for nine months in a room, all alone."

Shockwave chuckled as his antennas twitched. "Then what do you want to talk about?" He asked as Oblivion poked his leg again.

"Anything." Starscream huffed.

Oblivion giggled. "Up!" She chirped at Shockwave, opening and closing her hands.

Shockwave chuckled as he picked the sparkling up. "Bet you're happy to have your sparkling back?"

"Oh Primus, yes!" He breathed as he smiled at Oblivion as she rubbed her helm against Shockwave's chest.

Shockwave chuckled gently. "She's a good mixture of you and Megatron." He stated as he let Oblivion hold his finger and look at it curiously.

Starscream nodded as he picked up Emberstar, who was snarling on the floor from the lack of attention she was getting. He stroked her helm gently and her snarling slowly ebbed away into a purr.

Shockwave laughed softly. "Acts just like you." He stated.

"Gee, thanks." he sneered, sticking his tongue out at the communications officer, Emberstar mimicking her 'Mother'.

Shockwave laughed. "I rest my case." He chuckled as he motioned to the young femme. Oblivion looked at her sister and grinned. She stuck out her own tongue just to be a part of everything. Starscream laughed as he reached over to stroke Oblivion's helm, earning a content chirp from the sparkling.

"Did I miss something?" Megatron asked as he walked into the room.
Shockwave's optic seemed to dim slightly as Oblivion giggled.

"Daddy!" She laughed as she reached towards him.

Starscream saw the slight pain in Shockwave's optic and placed a servo over the Communications Officer's. Shockwave looked at Starscream and pulled away. "What the frag?" He asked.

"Language." Megatron stated softly as he shook his head.

"Frag!" Oblivion giggled.

"Oh great; now she's cursing."

Starscream gawked at the dark Decepticon. "What?" He stammered.

"Frag!" Oblivion giggled.

"Why did you touch my servo?" Shockwave demanded as he placed a finger against Oblivion's lips, signaling her to stop talking.

"You seemed out of it." Starscream replied. "I was checking to see if you were alright."

Shockwave nodded his head slowly. "Kindly never do that again. I think I almost had a spark attack."

"Shocky likes Daddy." Oblivion giggled.

Shockwave's optic got slightly bigger. Starscream frowned and shushed his sparkling. Oblivion giggled as she hung herself overtop of Shockwave's arm and smiled innocent, blinking her red optics adorably.

"Those are going to get you in trouble." Starscream chuckled.

Oblivion giggled again as she closed her optics and smiled. She opened her optics again and gave a cute, innocent pout, sticking her finger in her mouth. She batted her optic shutters. Starscream smiled down at her, proud that she had inherited his knack of getting out of trouble quickly.

Shockwave chuckled. "That one's going to be trouble." He stated.

Oblivion let out another giggle and twisted herself around slightly in Shockwave's arms, trying to look modest. "Just like Megatron." Starscream chuckled.

Megatron grinned. "One like me and the other like you." He chuckled. "Odd how that worked."

"Isn't it?" Starscream replied with a smile down at Emberstar.

Oblivion giggled. "Not really." She replied. "You see, we are technically twins. We are born within hours of each other so you can look at it like one of the twins act like one parent and the other acts like the other parent. Nothing complicated!" She giggled.

"The only difference, Oblivion, is that you were brought back from the dead." Starscream stated matter-of-factly.

Oblivion shrugged. "Not really. You two would have ended up bonding again, most likely out of boredom and then Emberstar would have still come into existence. Or the spark that mine was developing from would have split again." She replied. She grinned. "You learn a lot when you're dead." She stated. "You see things that others don't, hear things that other won't, and understand the usually incomprehensible...which are why I'm a little too smart for a mere sparkling." She giggled.

"I can see that." Starscream chuckled.

"You keeping up with everything, sis?" Oblivion asked.

Emberstar's face was twisted into a confused/spaced-out expression. Oblivion giggled. "Don't worry Ember! You'll learn everything soon enough!" She stated happily. "By the way...can I play with that human in the glass tube? He looks really bored." She added with her now signature smile.

"I was just about to pay her a visit." Starscream replied as he stood up.

Oblivion blinked in confusion. "Oh...I was talking about the human working on the space bridge project." She chirped before she grinned. "But the little human femme works too!" She giggled.

"Why don't we go see them both?" Starscream chuckled as Oblivion stood up on Shockwave's leg.

"Okay!" Oblivion squeaked happily. "What do you think sis? We get to play with Squishes!" She giggled as Starscream picked her up. Emberstar squealed in delight and leapt up into Starscream's arms beside her sister. "This is going to be so much fun!" Oblivion giggled.

"Megatron, are you coming?" Starscream asked as he kissed the tops of his sparklings' heads.

Megatron chuckled before he nodded to Shockwave before he left the room.
Shockwave sighed softly as he looked down at his hands. "Frag, this is the hardest thing to see him with him." He murmured.

When they walked back into the command center, Starscream clawed at the clear wall of the containment cell, waking the sleeping professor from his sleep. Sumdac squawked in surprise before he toppled off his chair. "What's the big idea?!" He demanded as he glared up at them.

Oblivion giggled. "He doesn't look too happy, does he, Emberstar?" She asked her sister. Emberstar giggled and shook her head. Oblivion giggled as she looked back at Megatron. "Can we play with him Daddy?" She asked.

"Daddy?" Sumdac asked in surprise.

Megatron chuckled softly. "No, Oblivion. We need Professor Sumdac in one piece to complete the Space Bridge." He replied.

Starscream chuckled gently before nuzzling his sparklings, earning happy chirps of "momma!" from the sparklings. Sumdac grinned. "Oh, I was not aware that Starscream was a girl." He chuckled.

Oblivion frowned. "He meant that to be mean, didn't he Daddy?" She asked as she looked up at Megatron, her red optics easily showing her anger. Starscream growled at the professor, baring his fangs.

Sumdac grinned. "Oh, I hope that didn't hurt your feelings." He mocked.

Oblivion glared at him. "You're a jerk." She spat. "An ugly little jerk that should get more recharge." She added as she stuck her tongue out at him.

Starscream ran his claws down the force-field, his snarl still in place. Everyone winced at the high pitched screech attacked their audios. Oblivion whimpered as she buried her face in Starscream's chest, trying to get away from the noise.

*You're hurting everyone's audios Starscream.* Megatron stated bluntly.

Starscream stopped and looked back at Megatron innocently as Oblivion let out a whimper against his chest. "That hurt." She sniffled as she looked up at him. "Did you mean to hurt my audios?" She asked as she sniffled.

"Never sweetie." He replied gently as he nuzzled her and Emberstar as the other sparkling whimpered and reached up to be hugged. "My intentions were to hurt the human's audios, not yours."

Emberstar nodded in agreement. "I don't like him." She stated bluntly, blinking her large red optics. "Can we leave?"

"Yes, we can." Starscream replied as he turned around. "How about we go see his offspring?"

Oblivion nodded. "Is it as mean as he is?" She asked as she snuggled against Starscream's chest beside Emberstar. Megatron sent a soft wave of comfort to the tiny sparkling, trying to make her more relaxed. She chirped in surprise before she purred and relaxed in the Seeker's grip.

"I'm not sure." Starscream replied.

"She can make that decision for herself." Megatron replied as he turned away from Sumdac and rubbed his daughter's head gently, earning a small purr from both sparklings as Emberstar snuck her head in beside Oblivion's.

Oblivion purred softly as she nuzzled her head against Megatron's fingers. She looked up at him, her optics large and innocent looking and his spark melted. How could he have gone so long without a sparkling like her? Frag, he was so stupid sometimes. He smiled as he stroked her head gently a soft coo leaving him before he had time to realize it was forming in his vocals. Emberstar chirped at him, not wanting to be ignored as his fingers stroked her helm too, causing her to close her optics in pleasure and purr again.

'How could we have gone so long without sparklings?' Megatron asked Starscream softly. 'Look at them; they're so innocent and adorable.'

'Well, you didn't like me back than, remember?' Starscream replied as he touched his mate's cheek with a claw, the other arm secured around his sparklings' bodies.

'I'm starting to wish I had liked you more back than.' He replied softly. 'Look at them. They are our perfect sparklings...and they'll be this way for a long time...right?'

'Hopefully.' Starscream replied.

Megatron nodded as he walked down the hallway to Sari's holding cell. He heard angry voices and froze as they reached them.

"HOW COULD YOU BOND WITH THAT...THAT...THAT FREAK!" Sari screamed.

"Sari...look...I...." Bumblebee's voice stated painfully.

"NO! HOW COULD YOU?" Sari screamed again.

Megatron knew that Bumblebee was crying; the soft broken breaths gave it away. It wasn't right that she was making someone like Bumblebee cry; what had he ever done to deserve to be screamed at like that? Starscream gave him a worried look before rushing into the room, the sparklings' apprehensive chirps echoing behind him. Neither the human nor the yellow Decepticon seemed to notice them, far to engrossed with their "conversation".

"Why did you bond with that freak?!" Sari demanded.

"He...he isn't a freak." Bumblebee sobbed. "It isn't his fault that he is like that!"

Sari snorted. "I don't care. I thought you had better sense than that."

Bumblebee looked at his friend desperately. "But...but...Sari...he loved me. And I loved him too."

Sari rolled her eyes. "He was obviously lying to you." She snapped.

"Do not speak of love, or anything else you do not understand, human." Starscream snarled, earning agreeing chirps from both sparklings.

Sari jumped and spun around to stare at them. "When did you get here?!" She demanded.

"Recently enough to hear you insulting Bumblebee over something you know nothing about." Megatron replied coldly.

Oblivion glared at Sari. "She's a meanie too." She chirped. "Are all humans such meanies?" She asked.

"Not all of them, darling." Starscream replied gently.

Oblivion hopped out of Starscream's arms and walked over to Bumblebee. She looked up at him and lifted her arms up. "Up?" She asked softly.

Bumblebee sniffled before he nodded and scooped her up. "So, you're Oblivion?" He asked. "I guess those solidified forms are only so good huh?" Oblivion giggled as Starscream walked over to Sari's tank.

Oblivion giggled. "I'm alive now silly! Lugnut took my place in the Well of All Sparks." She chirped softly. She leant her head against his chest and smiled. "I can hear another spark." She whispered softly.

"You are NEVER to insult me mechs, understood?" Starscream growled at the human girl.

Sari snorted. "You don't lead the Decepticons." She sneered.

Oblivion glared at her. "You're mean." She snapped. "He is mated to the leader and has just as much authority as Megatron does."

"Almost as much authority." Starscream corrected gently.

Oblivion looked up at him and nodded. "What he said." She chirped. She turned back to Bumblebee and frowned. "Don't let that meanie get to you." She cooed as she reached up and tried her best to wipe his tears away.

"You are even more disrespectful than your father." Starscream spat at Sari.

Sari snorted. "Why should I respect you? You told Bumblebee to kidnap me!" She snapped.

"Actually, I was just supposed to get the Key. Bringing you along was my own idea." Bumblebee replied. Oblivion smiled up at him and rubbed his chest plate reassuringly.

"Oh, and we do have your father here, so I'd be nice if I were you." Starscream sneered.

Sari glared at him. "You wouldn't dare." She growled.

Megatron chuckled as he leant in closer. "Watch me."

'What are you going to do?' Starscream asked with a tilt of his head.

'You gave the threat, you tell me.' Megatron replied.

'It was just a threat. I was bluffing; you know we need to finish the space-bridge.' He stated.

'You know that and I know that but she doesn't...right?' He replied.

Oblivion chirped softly as she snuggled against Bumblebee's chest plate. "Feel better?" She chirped.

Bumblebee smiled and nodded while Sari glared at him. "Traitor." She spat.

Blitzwing burst into the room at that moment, panting hard. He took a deep gulp of air before he bent forward, placing his hands on his knees as he tried to catch his breath. Bumblebee smiled weakly at his mate; Blitzwing must have ran all the way across the base just to get here. "Hey Blitz." He murmured.

Oblivion looked over at Blitzwing and chirped shyly. "Hi."

"Hi." He panted, waving. He leaned against the doorframe for support as he kept trying to catch his breath. 'Something wrong?' Blitzwing asked over his bond.

'Just…trying to explain something to a friend.' Bumblebee replied evenly.

'Joo seemed distraught.' He panted. 'So I came as fast as I could.'

Bumblebee smiled to himself as he stroked Oblivion's head, earning a happy coo from the sparkling. 'I was. But this little angel made me feel better.' He replied.

Blitzwing smiled as he walked over to his mate and wrapped an arm around his shoulders as he bent down beside him. Oblivion chirped fearfully; she knew that he was trustworthy, but she still was fearful of the face-changer. His moods changed so fast, it was almost impossible to predict his actions. "Daddy." She chirped as she held her hands out to Megatron.

'I think she's afraid of you Blitz.' Bumblebee stated.

'Jah, I usually have dat affect on oders.' He sighed.

Megatron gently picked Oblivion up and cradled her to his chest, sensing her new wave of mistrust as it flooded the bond from her premature understanding on how to dampen her feelings. He glanced down at Blitzwing and chuckled. "Blitzwing won't hurt you, Oblivion." He stated softly.

Oblivion shifted nervously. "Big." She chirped, trying to keep the real reason of her fear hidden.

"Hey, daz not fair!" Blitzwing stated. "Megatron iz bigger dan me!"

She pointed at his cannons. "Ice and fire." She murmured. "Same as death."

"Und plasma, but I don't see your point." Blitzwing replied.

Megatron instantly understood. "She's comparing your different weapons to the sensation and association of death." He stated.

Oblivion nodded. "Sudden cold, then sudden warmth." She whispered as she buried her face in his chest.

Blitzwing suddenly felt sick as what the sparkling said sank in. "Perhaps I should leave? No?"

Oblivion shook her head. "NO! Your base too!" She pointed at Bumblebee. "And he's your mate." She added.

"I don vant to make joo feel uncomfortable." He stated.

Oblivion frowned. "But...Bee...he doesn't feel uncomfortable." She murmured. She shook her head before she held her hands out to him, chirping insistently.

Blitzwing looked down, pretending to ignore the sparkling; he knew that she didn't really want him to hold her. Oblivion let out several earnest chirps. She put on her best pouting face and made her optics tear up. Blitzwing sighed slightly.

"Vhat's wrong?" He asked, tilting his head in confusion.

She held her arms up towards the triple-changer. "Up." She stated simply.

Blitzwing carefully lifted the sparkling up out of Megatron's arms and cradled her to his chest; she felt so breakable in his arms. Everything about her screamed fragile and his arms seemed like they would crush her with only one careless motion. Oblivion chirped softly before she rubbed her head against his chest, earning a small smile as he carefully rubbed her helm.

Megatron smiled. 'She's a little nervous around others all of a sudden.' He stated. 'I'm surprised that Emberstar hasn't flattened him to the ground.' He added as he eyed the sparkling that was resting against Starscream's chest plate, one hand curled against her face.

'Yeah.' Starscream chuckled as he nuzzled the snoozing sparkling gently, earning a very sleepy chirp.

Oblivion rubbed her head against Blitzwing's chest again and chirped. However, in spite of her efforts to try to make it seem like she liked him, Blitzwing still felt sick. Oblivion looked up at him and giggled softly. "You ok?" She asked as she snuggled against his chest. He was still kind of intimidating, but so were Megatron, Starscream, and Shockwave, so she shouldn't have judged him on that fact.

"I'm not sure." He panted in reply.

Oblivion pulled back slightly, not liking the fact that he was panting. "Why are you panting?" She squeaked nervously.

"I don't feel vell." He replied as he handed her back to Megatron.

Oblivion relaxed greatly as she snuggled into Megatron's chest. "Ok." She chirped. She smiled. "Good luck." She chirped as she shot a look at Bumblebee and a grin.

"I'm going to run self-diagnostics check now." he stated. "I vill see joo all later, perhaps."

'What's wrong Blitz?' Bumblebee asked, concern heavy in his "voice".

Oblivion chirped softly before she frowned. She yawned, revealing tiny fangs, before she snuggled against Megatron's chest and fell into recharge.

'I don't feel good.' He whimpered as he walked through the door leading out of the room.

'Blitz? Wait up.' Bumblebee quickly followed Blitzwing. 'Why won't you tell me what's wrong?' He asked, feeling slightly hurt.

'I jas did.' Blitzwing replied softly as he continued to walk.

'There has to be a reason why you're sick.' Bumblebee replied as he tried to catch up with his mate's longer stride.

'I guess it's all dis talk about death.' He groaned as his steps began to decrease.

Bumblebee caught up to Blitzwing and grabbed his hand. 'Want to talk about it in our room?' He asked. 'You know I'm always willing to listen to you Blitz.'

Blitzwing smiled down at Bumblebee, drinking in his mate's soft smile and hopeful optics; he always tried to find the good in every situation, always. And he was so willing to listen, even though his attitude was usually fast paced and he didn't like to slow down. How had he earned the right to have this little mech as his own? He nodded his head and allowed Bumblebee to led them back to their room, his spirits lifting slightly as Bumblebee's smile widened before he closed the door.

"So, what's got your wings in a twist?" He asked.

Blitzwing walked over to a corner of the room and slid down with his back to the wall until he was in a sitting position with his knees drawn up. "Vhy does everyone judge me by my handicap?" He sobbed as he buried his face in his arms, trying to keep his face from Bumblebee; he didn't want his mate to see him just break down like this.

Bumblebee smiled weakly. "Because it's the first thing they notice about you." He replied. "I'm short, so they first comment on my height. Starscream's got that weird chin of his and his voice, Shockwave's got that optic...we all have something that people judge." He stated, hoping to lift his mate's spirits.

"Zey say I'm crazy." He whispered. "I…I don't feel crazy!"

"That one face of yours is." Bumblebee replied. "And I don't think Oblivion feared you because of your faces...I think it was more of the powers you obtained from them. Ice and fire...it must be horrible to die." He shivered.

"Zat's vhat made me sick." He groaned.

Bumblebee blanched. "Sorry for bringing that up." He chirped as he rushed over to his mate and hugged him. "I didn't mean to make you feel worse." He added.

Blitzwing blinked in surprise; his mate's need to hold him and apologize still caught him off guard, but it was welcoming. He smiled as he stretched his legs out and pulled Bumblebee up against his chest to cuddle. "Joo could never make me feel bad." He cooed as he kissed the yellow mech's helm.

Bumblebee let out a happy chirp before he clambered up onto his mate's back and began to massage his shoulders. "How about I help you relax a little?" He asked.

"Thanks." Blitzwing sighed as his mate's hands easily found his tense spots. He sent his mate a wave of happiness and thanks as he nuzzled the back of his neck.

"No problem." Bumblebee replied as he continued to rub his mate's shoulders. "Blitz…how do you think that Oblivion knew about our sparkling? There…there isn't any signs that I am with spark…are there?" Just as Blitzwing opened his mouth to reply, an explosion rang throughout the base. Bumblebee yipped and grabbed Blitzwing's shoulders in fright as he stared around.

Megatron's head snapped up as Oblivion shrieked in terror, starting out of her recharge and clinging desperately to his chest.

"SHOCKWAVE!" Starscream shouted. "COME HERE!"

Shockwave was in the room in an instant. "If I am not mistaken," he panted, "the Constructicons have led the Autobots RIGHT TO US!"

Megatron's spark fell out of his spark chamber as he clutched Oblivion to his chest. 'No.'

"Take the sparklings to safety." Starscream stated as he placed the femmes in Shockwave's arms. "I want revenge."

Shockwave nodded in understanding. "Will do." He replied before he darted out of the room, heading for a blocked off section of the base and taking a side route to vanish. But, not before Prowl spotted him.

Author's note: And I'll leave it there. So, why the heck would the Constructicons lead the Autobots to the secret hide out? Guess you'll just have to stick around to find out! BeexBlitz are so cute…and Bee's just starting to accept that he has adult responsibilities now and must act like one, while Blitzwing is still getting used to the fact that Bee likes to hold him; most other bots run from him.